Chapter 6 Section 5

The forklift brought the pallets with goods, and the driver put those things beside Zhigui and the others, and said: Please!U-turned away.It's not polite to say it, but it's still a good thing to say. Most of the time, you don't say anything, just put it down and leave.I probably think, that's your job, why should I say nice things? Tateno peered at the items in the wooden bracket. "What?" Naoki asked. "This is a water pump, right? It uses a diesel engine." Li Ye said, moving his glasses away a little.Naoki wears protective glasses to prevent dangerous objects from damaging his eyes, and Tateno's glasses have prescriptions for presbyopia.

"Is that just scrap metal?" "Probably, I don't think there are any plastic parts." "Okay! It will take several hours to clean up this guy." Zhigui said with the motor parts in his hand.The other hand holds the pliers. "Zhigui's coming really helped me a lot. If I was alone, I wouldn't be able to finish it in one day." Li Ye returned to Zhigui's side and began to work. What I'm doing now is to take the copper wire out of the motor.According to Liye, the motor seems to be the starter of the car.Of course, the copper wire is tightly wound with mechanical equipment, and it is not easy to remove it by hand.There are about three hundred such motors.I started working in the morning, and finally finished packing about 100 pieces, and it was still too early to finish.

"Did you always do this kind of thing by yourself?" Zhigui asked. "That's right! I do it alone every day, silently. It's okay for someone who knows what I do. It's the first time someone who comes to throw garbage sees me as if he saw something." Li Ye smiled.A piece of front tooth is missing.Although he was talking, he was still working fast.At the same time, the work done is almost twice as expensive as Zhigui.He was in his early fifties and was not tall, but his shoulders were full of muscles after he took off his overalls. What Tateno called "garbage" were processed metal products that came out of the car company's factory and were to be disposed of as scrap.Defective and useless test products coming out of the assembly line, and then there are samples coming out of the research facility.A large amount of waste products are transported to waste disposal sites every day.Zhigui's job is to sort them for recycling.Although they are all metal products, there are various materials.Most of them are made of steel, but also mixed with non-ferrous metals such as aluminum and copper.In addition, many motors, steel materials and non-steel materials are complexly combined.At this time, Zhigui and the others can only disassemble it by hand.Some resins such as plastics are wrapped together, and they should also be removed.

At first, when he saw the mountains of waste products, Naoki just stood there blankly.I don't know where to start.So Li Ye said: "Isn't there recycled paper? It's made of old newspapers. Now it doesn't matter if there are some other papers mixed in. It doesn't matter if there were advertisements mixed in before. But whoever throws the newspapers and puts the advertisements in it?" Where did it come out? In the recycled paper factory, there are several mountains of old newspapers mixed with various papers, and they are very high mountains. Do you know how to separate them?"

Zhigui didn't know, and shook his head. "It's all separated by the aunts." Li Ye opened his mouth with missing teeth and smiled, "Without using machines, the aunts who are temporary workers untie the bundles of newspapers and pick out the advertisements and magazines, like counting in the desert. Sand. The toilet paper that everyone uses at their convenience is produced through this operation. Compared with that, our processing of metal is nothing." Maybe that's true, but it's hard until you get used to it, because you're dealing with tough guys and you get hurt a lot.Even if you are injured, there is no place to complain.Li Ye always carried disinfectant and wound ointment, and would say "use this" and lend it to Naoki.

Why did you do this yourself?Naoki often thinks about it.Originally, I should have entered university now, enjoying campus life and studying for the future at the same time.I am good at science, and I want to enter the Faculty of Engineering, and become a technician who studies cutting-edge science in the future.If you want to join a company, you should be a first-class automobile manufacturing company like this one.Use the principles of fluid mechanics to produce racing cars that are not easily affected by wind resistance, or develop cars that are completely controlled by computers. Thinking can keep expanding, suddenly returning to reality, realizing yourself with gloves and pliers.There is neither a computer nor a scientific report in front of him, but the residue of the work of the technicians he yearns for. It is his job to separate these and make them easy to be processed into materials for them.

However, you can't complain yet, maybe that's all I can do right now. After Goshi was transferred to the Tokyo Detention Center, the biggest problem Naoki had to think about was how to live in the future.He was looking for a place where he could work while continuing to attend high school.I have seen a few inspirations for recruiting workers in convenience stores and restaurants, but they were all rejected after I went there.If the guarantor column is left blank, it must be pursued to this point.He thought that if he told the truth, it would definitely not work, so he made up some lies appropriately.Probably it was not covered up well, which made the employer feel unnatural.So when he went to a gas station for an interview, he decided to try telling the truth.At that time, I wondered if I had thought too much, maybe people would treat the brother's crime separately from me.It turned out that this idea was still too naive.When the station manager of the gas station heard Naoki's words, his expression became stiff immediately, and then he seemed to only want to drive him out quickly.

How to do it has been uncertain, just a waste of time.Without money, the first thing I think of when I wake up in the morning is how to fill my stomach today.Fortunately, after going to school, Mr. Umemura would bring rice balls from convenience stores for lunch.Sometimes, Jiang Shang and others would give him bread. Although he felt humiliated, Naoki did not refuse, and even his strength to be brave was gradually disappearing. One day after school, Naoki saw a piece of paper pasted in front of the station.It says "High wages! Men aged 18 to 22, who can work at night." Judging from the name of the store, it is probably related to the porn industry.He had no idea what it was for, but he was interested nonetheless.I feel that there is some dark part behind that piece of paper. If that is the case, I will hire myself, who also has some dark part behind it, right?Even if the guarantor column on the resume is blank, they won't say anything, right?

There was a phone number written on it, and when I was about to write it down and open the schoolbag, someone behind me spoke: "What are you doing here?" You don't need to look back, you can tell by the sound, Zhigui frowned, and closed the schoolbag. Teacher Umemura came over and took a look at what Naoki had just seen.The teacher snorted softly, sighed, and put his hand on Naoki's shoulder. "Wujima, come here." The teacher got up, but Zhigui followed behind. The place I took him to was a foreign-style restaurant.It's a restaurant, but it's not a formal restaurant, but a Western-style tavern that mainly serves spicy dishes.Most of the guests are middle school students.Umemura invited Naoki to have dinner here.Everything is spicy but novel and very tasty.

"Hey, Takeshima, is it okay to work here?" Teacher Meicun's words almost choked Naoki who was drinking the spicy soup. "Can I work here?" "I know the store manager. Ask him to let you work part-time here until you graduate from high school, if you want." "Of course I have no objection." Zhigui took another look at the inside of the store, the decoration is very elegant and full of life.Even if it is for a short time, I want to work here.And there are good things to eat around. "Really? It's just that there is a condition. It's a condition, it's better to say it's an agreement between me and you."

"what?" Umemura-sensei hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't talk about your brother, I just told them that your parents died suddenly." After hearing this, Zhigui was speechless for a moment, feeling a cold wind blowing straight into his chest.Perhaps Mr. Umemura didn't want to say this, and turned his eyes to the ground as if embarrassed. "Ah, Takeshima," Umemura-sensei smiled softly, "I probably don't want to lie, but there are many things in this world that are better kept secret. It's not that I'm afraid that people in this store will look at you differently. How should I put it, most people are not used to criminal cases and the like, although they often appear on TV and in novels, but they think it has nothing to do with them. So, if there are people related to those incidents by their side, they will would feel uneasy..." "Teacher," Zhigui didn't want to listen to what the teacher said, and interjected, "Okay, I understand. It's me, if I hear that it's a relative of a murderer, I might treat it differently." "No, that's not what I meant." "Understood. I understand everything the teacher said. I'm sorry to let you worry about it!" "No, I'm fine." Umemura-sensei stretched out his hand to the beer glass, which was almost empty, and sucked the foam attached to the bottom of the glass. You have to get used to this situation, Zhigui thought.It is different from the situation I faced in the past.No matter what you do, no matter where you go, you can't forget the fact that your brother is a robber and murderer.Moreover, just like I hated such a person before, my brother is an existence hated by the world, and this must be kept in mind.From now on, no one will sympathize whether it is poverty or the death of both parents.As long as they know that he is Takeshi Takeshi's younger brother, everyone will avoid him and don't want to get involved. "How about it? Takeshima," Mr. Umemura said, "if you don't want to, don't force it. However, it is very difficult to find a job now! Before you graduate and find a formal job, try it first! The salary may not be too high. many." Cautious tone.The teacher probably didn't expect such a thing to happen. In a few months, the students he taught would be able to graduate smoothly. The job of a teacher is really not easy!Zhigui suddenly thought of it. "Hey! Takeshima." "Okay!" Zhigui replied, "As long as I can do it, I can't pick and choose now, and I have to make money no matter what." "Yes!" As he said, the teacher stretched out his hand to the empty beer glass again, and this time he retracted it immediately. The teacher introduced him to the store manager on the spot.The store manager is a dark-complexioned man with a beard. He seems to be a classmate of Mr. Umemura, but he looks much younger. "Just tell me if you have any embarrassing things, but it doesn't count as doubling your salary." The bearded store manager laughed heartily as a joke.Looks like a nice guy. Work started from the second week.Zhigui originally thought it would be a job like washing dishes, but the work assigned to him was to receive guests, order food, notify the kitchen, and then bring the prepared meals to the table, and sometimes collect money.It was very difficult to remember the name of the dish at first, because it is a foreign local specialty, and I didn't know it at all before.He felt ashamed that he couldn't answer the questions about the dishes several times. However, thinking that this is the only job he can do now, he worked hard, and the store manager also praised him for remembering things quickly.The happiest thing is that the problem of eating has been solved.Meals are provided during work breaks, and the remaining meals after closing can be taken home.Perhaps it was with this in mind that Mr. Plum Village introduced him to this job. However, the lack of living expenses has not changed much. The salary was paid to him in advance, but it is not enough to pay the rent.The real estate company said that it will be limited until the end of March, and legal measures will be taken if it passes.Zhigui didn't know what the legal measures were, but he just felt unreasonable. Almost all the money I earn is spent on utility bills, electricity, gas, etc. I don’t need the phone, and I don’t have anyone to call. At the end of the year, the store became lively.Students and corporate employees started fraternities.Naoki had a towel wrapped around his head, and even though it was winter, he was running around the store in a shirt.Drunk guests breaking utensils, spilling food on the floor, or dirtying bathrooms are common occurrences, and these chores are expensive jobs.Shirts are always soaked with sweat. As Christmas approached, the store changed its decorations, erected a Christmas tree, adorned the tree with many baubles, worked on the lighting, made a special menu for the altar, and played "Christmas Carol" in the store. music.Naoki put on Santa's red hat and delivered meals back and forth.Although it was only for a while, I still felt a pleasant atmosphere that I haven't felt in a long time. The manager of the Christmas night shop gave everyone Christmas presents, which seemed to be a custom. "Don't expect too much of what's inside!" the bearded store manager said with a smile. On the way home on the tram that night, I looked out the window at the glittering decorations, like Christmas lights in some building.The other passengers cheered and looked happy. After returning to the apartment, I opened the gift box, and inside was an alarm clock in the shape of Santa Claus.Also comes with a card that reads "Merry Christmas! Don't be discouraged! Believe in yourself!" Watching the alarm clock and card while eating the cake from the store.The room was cold, presumably dry, and smelled of dust.The tune of "A Christmas Carol" rang in my head. Tears flowed out for some reason. The restaurant stays open until New Year's Eve.It was even better that way, and there was nothing to do in the apartment, and nothing to eat.It was very painful in the four days before the new year to go to work.I just watch TV every day, and the performances that I thought were so interesting before seem unbearably boring, and I have lost interest in the actors I liked before.I received my salary before the end of the year, so eating was not a problem, but I didn't want to buy rice cakes, and I even disliked the sound and words of congratulating the New Year, thinking that it would be better without the New Year.Seeing the dark news of the murder incident on TV, I was a little interested in watching it carefully.Then I thought, how did I become such a villain. How does my brother live every day in the detention center?Naoki doesn't know at all.At this time, Gangzhi had not received a letter.Naoki knew that he could visit, but he had no intention of going.If you go, what kind of face will you use and what will you say?And it's the same with Gangzhi, what kind of posture is good to show, it must be very embarrassing. School life is boring.On the surface, the classmates have returned to their past states, but they are indeed avoiding a deeper connection with Naoki.No one would mess with him, but no one would look for him when something happened.In any case, it will not be long before the stage of preparing for the entrance examination, and there is no last semester for third-year students.Everyone seems determined to endure until graduation. After entering February, there are basically no classes, because there are exams every day.For those who get the admission notice early, the classroom without class is like paradise. It was at the end of February that those impetuous students came to the restaurant where Zhigui worked.