Chapter 20 Section 1

Naoki: How are you? Suddenly realized that this year is about to pass.Somehow, there is no sense of time passing here, the same thing repeats itself every day, and Sunday doesn't make any sense.It's just that many people are very happy about the change of month, because letters can be written again, and some guys will still have visits. I also wrote a letter after a month.However, at the beginning of writing, I felt that there was nothing to say.I also said it just now, because there is no change every day.It suddenly became cold here, but how to avoid the cold here, the method is generally known, and there will be no major problems.

The last time I received a letter from Naoki was in June, what happened after that?It is said that you have moved. Are you living in a new house now?I think you will arrange it.However, there has been no letter, what happened?I was still a little worried. But on another thought, maybe it was because I didn't have the free time to write letters.After all, you have to go to university during the day and work at night!How is the work in the tavern?Because I have no money, I have almost never been there, and the occasional visits are all invited by my seniors, so I don't know much about things there.

But do it anyway!It doesn't matter if you write to me or not. Still a little admirable.I thought you couldn't even go to college because of my bad deed, but you've become a regular college student after all.When I told the guy in the same room about this incident, everyone was surprised and moved, and they all said that your brother is really amazing!At that time, I was in the best mood. I am a little sleepy, so I will write here today.There is nothing left to write.Next time, collect some good themes in advance. So, take care of your body, I will write again next month. Takeshi

I read Tsuyoshi's letter on the platform of the station, and as it was written in the letter, Naoki didn't reply to the letter after June.Even so, I still regularly receive letters from my brother once a month.Sometimes I feel that it would be better if I don't tell him the new address, but I feel that it is not right to do so. The tram pulls in.Naoki put the letter back in the envelope, crumpled it up, and threw it into the trash can.After July, I no longer keep my brother's letters, and I plan to deal with the previous letters in a few days. It was past six o'clock in the afternoon, and the tram was full of people getting off work.Zhigui grabbed the suspension ring on the car and slightly closed his eyes.Riding a crowded tram five days a week is completely used to it.Conserve as much energy as possible and not accumulate tension.You must arrive at the store before 6:30, and you have to work as soon as you arrive.If it's not ready by seven, the boss will say endless nasty things.

There is no change every day - a sentence from my brother's letter comes to my mind.Don't know what's actually going on in the prison, but it looks like a very laid back article.I don't know what will happen tomorrow!He wanted to whine. The bar called "BJ" is located near the Azabu Police Station, and the customers are almost all young corporate men and women.Because there are many tables and seats, many people come here for a second drink after a party.It seems that there was a karaoke device not long ago. It is said that it has been removed because the number of customers singing in front of unknown people has gradually decreased.The place where the karaoke machines used to be is now a slot machine, but Zhigui has almost never seen a customer playing that thing.

There are also a lot of couples, but most of them are in front of the bar.Because the atmosphere here seems relatively calm.The decoration is also a little different from the table seats, like a space in another store.The boss has accumulated rich knowledge and experience in well-known hotels, and the cocktails he made are also very popular with guests. The table seats are only busy when the trains are still running.After that, there was a sudden bustle in front of the bar.Many customers come from the Ginza area, where young bar girls bring their customers here after get off work.From their mouths, you knew the word "after work".

Regardless of whether it is male or female, there is also a single one.Some male guests come alone, aiming at the female guests who come by the same person, that is the biggest purpose of coming here.Naoki has seen them fail many times, but also succeed more than expected. Zhigui's job in this store is, simply put, doing odd jobs.Make various preparations before opening the door, and become a barman after opening the door. He is not only responsible for washing the dishes, but also learning to be a bartender.Cleaning up after closing is also his job. I used to take the last tram home.But that income is too little.So I asked the store to let him work until it closes at four o'clock in the morning.The boss probably thought it was cheaper than hiring another person, so he agreed, but with one condition, the store would not pay taxi fares.Naoki accepts the condition, but also asks that he be allowed to sleep in the shop until the first tram begins to run.The boss thought about it, probably not sure whether he should give the key to Zhigui, but finally nodded.

The job for "BJ" was seen in a job placement magazine.You have to go to college during the day, so definitely look for a night job.In this case, the type of work is limited. During the interview, Naoki only lied to the boss, saying that he was an only child and that he grew up with relatives until high school.He added that in order to transfer from the university's correspondence education department to a regular course, one must find night work.The boss has no doubts. Still, it wasn't the boss who hired him out of sympathy alone.There is another background for agreeing to hire Zhigui, that is, someone has said good things.I found out later that after the interview, it seemed that the boss immediately called the foreign flavor store where Zhigui worked, and asked Zhigui if he had worked there before, because Zhigui said that he had worked there.

Regarding Naoki's work in that store, it is said that the boss asked the store manager a lot of things.The store manager seemed to reply: "He is very hardworking, he is an honest boy." Regarding the reason for quitting his job there, the store manager said: "I originally planned to work here for a short time until I graduated from high school." A little bit about his brother I didn't say anything. When he found out about this, Zhigui felt that he was not completely unlucky, and that many people were still helping him.But on the other hand, this kind of help is not extending one's own hand.They want Zhigui to be happy, but they don't want to have too much to do with themselves. It would be better if others can help—this is their sincere words.Of course, even so, thanks to the bearded store manager, there is no doubt about it.

"BJ's" boss doesn't look like a bad guy either.It is the so-called generation of concentrated birth in the late 1940s, probably because of this relationship, he likes to use the term "hard students". "Zaogui is a hard student!" became his mantra, and he even preached it to the guests.Some middle-aged guests and the bar girls around them all looked at him with emotion.The owner seems to believe that his presence can improve the bar's image. But Zhigui didn't dare to be careless.No matter how close the boss is to him, he must never give his heart to him.They must not let them know about Gangzhi.If you know it, it will be over, and this life will be taken away.Because the boss is just like the manager of a foreign flavor store, he is an ordinary person, and ordinary people will not accept a person like himself.

There is no such person as Takeshi Takeshima, and he has been alone from the past, he desperately thinks that way.