Chapter 10 Section 1

Naoki: Hi! Although it has entered September, it is still very hot every day. How are you?You said that you do a lot of work outdoors, and it's hard work in such hot weather, right?I don't know what to do in waste recycling work, so let's do it anyway! I'm doing like metal carving now, doing all kinds of stuff.There are signs from somewhere and decorations in the shape of animals.My hands are clumsy, but that has nothing to do with it. The difficult things are done by machines, so we just have to operate the machines well.It is also hard to remember all kinds of things, but I feel good when I do well.

I'd love to send you a photo of my latest masterpiece, but that's not allowed.So I also thought about drawing it, but this letter paper can only write words, if I want to draw a picture, I need to get permission in advance.It was too troublesome, but I gave up that idea.Thinking about it carefully, I can't draw well, and I certainly can't convey it accurately. Speaking of which, the uncle who came to our room this time was criticized for drawing pictures on the letter.However, he explained the reasons to the guards and finally got permission.The so-called reason was that the uncle wanted to write a letter to his daughter, and wanted to give the girl a picture of a little bear on her birthday.We can't help our relatives outside. , would like to at least use the painting as a gift.The uncle bought colored pencils as soon as he came in, and he seemed to like drawing very much.A prison cannot be said to be a place where demons gather.Probably because it was just a picture of the little bear, it was allowed, but I repeatedly reminded that this is a special case.

We usually only send one letter a month, but it doesn't matter how many letters we receive.There was a guy in our room who got a lot of letters and got arrested shortly after he got married.As soon as he received the letter from his wife, he was happy all day long.Not only that guy, anyone who has received a letter from a woman can tell at a glance.Because I have to watch it many times over and over again, there is still a happy expression on my face.And he said he wished he could go out one day earlier.Guys who have women outside are also suffering, and some worry all day long that their wives will run away with other men.If you're so worried, don't do bad things from the beginning.However, I am not qualified to say this.Anyway, thankfully I don't have that worry.

By the way, the last letter said that there was a strange girl talking to you.Could it be that girl likes you?Although you said it's not your type, but let's not talk about that, how about a date? As if he said something he shouldn't have said.Also, did you help me with the grave-sweeping at Ogata's house?I am very concerned about this matter. I will write again next month.goodbye! Takeshi Naoki read the letter sent to the dormitory mailbox while eating a set meal in the cafeteria.Compared with before, Chinese characters are used more. I remembered that he wrote it in a previous letter, and now he started to use a dictionary.The article seems to be much smoother than before.Probably because I gradually got used to it after writing it a few times.Seeing this situation, Naoki wondered if he had made a mistake in thinking that Gangzhi was not good at studying in the past, maybe he just didn't meet the right opportunity.

It was a bit surprising that the letter touched on women, as such a thing had never happened before.However, it doesn't make sense to say that the twenty-three-year-old Takeshi doesn't care about women at all. Realizing this, Naoki feels somewhat sad. The "weird girl" mentioned in the letter refers to the girl I often meet on the bus.Zhigui didn't pay much attention to her, but last month, she finally talked to Zhigui.Not on the bus, though, but in the factory cafeteria. "This, do you want to eat?" Suddenly someone next to him spoke.Naoki didn't realize that he was talking to himself, and he didn't stop eating the curry rice.So, a sealed food box was pushed over.Inside are peeled and sliced ​​apples.

"Hey! Is this all right?" She nodded, said nothing, her face was a little red. Zhigui wiped his hands with a handkerchief and squeezed out a piece.It has a slightly salty taste in the mouth, and the sweetness begins to spread after chewing. "It's delicious!" he said frankly. "Aren't you from our company?" Her words were mixed with a Kansai accent. "Well. It's a waste recycling company." "Oh. I'm in the third class of the water pump production class." "Really?" Naoki responded appropriately.He didn't understand the department he was in.

"We always ride the same bus!" "Ah! It seems so." Pretending not to notice. "How old are you?" "Me? Just turned nineteen." "Is that just graduating from high school this year? Same as me." She narrowed her eyes as if she was very happy about it.She wears a badge with "White Stone" written on her chest. Later, she asked about the dormitory where Zhigui lived, and Zhigui answered in a polite manner.She is not ugly, but she is not so beautiful that people want to go up to talk to her, Zhigui thinks she is a bit annoying. Just when the bell rang for work, Zhigui stood up and said, "Thank you for inviting me to eat apples!"

"Well, see you next time!" she said with a smile.Zhigui also smiled at her. However, Zhigui changed the bus from the next day.I can't say that I like or hate her, but on the bus, people I know must talk when they meet, so I feel depressed for some reason.I also tried to stagger the time to go to the cafeteria in the factory, so since then, I haven't spoken to her again. Zhigui wrote about this matter in his letter to Gangzhi, perhaps by accident. Seeing that his brother wrote about it in his reply, Zhigui felt a little regretful.Gangzhi has never had any experience with women until now, so it is inappropriate to write these contents for such people.Gangzhi would probably envy his younger brother to death, and maybe even hate him for being unreasonable.

As far as Naoki knew, Tsuyoshi had never had a girlfriend.Maybe it's because I didn't have the chance to get to know each other, and even if I have someone I like, because I have to support my younger brother, starting from this sense of obligation, I definitely don't even have the courage to confront him. When Zhigui was in the first grade of high school, he suddenly felt unwell in school and went home early.The pants he took off were thrown on the ground, and there was a pornographic magazine next to the pants that seemed to be picked up somewhere.There are eye-catching photos on the opening pages.

"Don't come in suddenly, okay!" The brother who ran out of the toilet in only shorts said with a smile. "I'm sorry! How about I go out?" said the younger brother. "It's okay, already." "Is it over?" "Are you annoying!" The brothers looked at each other and laughed. Gangzhi definitely has never experienced it, and probably he has never had the experience of connecting kisses. It will continue like this for another fifteen years. Thinking of this, Zhigui's heart ached again.