Chapter 13 Section 13

Although he said it firmly, in the next two weeks, Heisuke did not launch any investigations against the Kajikawa driver.Although I thought in my heart that I should take some action, I never had the time.Japan's economy appears to be booming, and overtime and holiday attendance at Heisuke's company is on the rise. Ping Jie's current work unit is the electronic fuel spraying device manufacturing plant.The so-called electronic type means that the computer controls the amount of gasoline delivered to the engine.Its appearance has replaced the existence of carburizer.Hirasuke sometimes thinks in his heart that this is a symbol of advanced development.

During lunchtime on Tuesday, as usual, he participated in a poker battle with fixed members at a fixed place.The fixed place refers to the rest room at the entrance of the factory.There is a conference table surrounded by steel pipe chairs.Regular members refer to workers who work on the same production line, including veterans who have worked in the workshop for 30 years, and young people who have just turned 20.The game being played is called Seven Bridges.Of course, they play cards for money, and the settlement starts at the end of each month.For Hirasuke, however, there were hardly any memorable month-ends.

"Ah, you won again." This round was only one step away, but the young man next to him still took the lead.It was Tuolang who had just joined the company for two years.Heisuke threw the cards out. "You can't be more humble. There is no night shift recently, how can I get back?" "What? Aren't we supposed to be working the night shift next week?" Tauran asked.He always wears his work cap on one side to keep his hair styled. "I'm the one who doesn't have to work the night shift. You still have to do it. You have to work hard." "Ah, why is only the team leader special?"

"Why? Because I can't work the night shift now." Even with this explanation, Tuo Lang didn't seem to react, and wanted to continue asking.At this moment, Mr. Nakao, who was sitting next to him, slapped his arm with a "slap", meaning—why are you so slow in responding? "Has the section chief agreed?" Nakao asked along the way.Nakao is two years older than Jie, and he changed his career halfway. It is said that he used to be an apprentice in a sushi restaurant. "Well, the night shift has been changed to help in group B." "Really? It's because Group B has always said that there are not enough people. Heisuke will be of great help to them when he goes over."

At this moment, Tuo Lang should have reacted, and nodded without saying a word. On the first day of work after the accident, Heisuke approached Kosaka, the section chief, and asked if he could switch his night shift to a day shift, because Naoko would have to spend the night alone for a whole week when he worked the night shift.Leaving only one woman at home for the night was already disturbing enough, especially since Naoko looked like a schoolboy. At that time, Section Chief Kosaka promised to help him find a way.Yesterday, he finally gave the answer.Although the loss of the night shift subsidy made Hirasuke a little distressed, there was nothing he could do about it.If not, it will be too late when something happens.

"Ah, Cao Cao Cao Cao is here." Nakao said looking at the entrance.Kosaka was walking towards this side. "It's all playing. Who won?" Kosaka asked while looking at the score sheet.He is not tall, with a big face and a short neck that looks like his head rests directly on his shoulders. "Ah, it's Takuro. Where's Heisuke?" "Still the same." Hirasuke's answer made everyone laugh.The subtext in the words is that he has not won. "It's my turn to win soon, just watch." Hirasuke turned the brim of his hat behind his head, and picked up the poker cards that were assigned to him.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your elegant mood." Kosaka looked at Heisuke's face and said, "Can you come out for a while, I have something to ask you." Heisuke smacked his lips, put down his cards, and stood up. "What's the matter. You see, I managed to get a good card." Tuolang answered from the side: "I'm the one who thinks it's a pity. Who will be taken advantage of when the team leader walks away?" Hirasuke left the "casino" after making a move to knock Tuolang's head.He and Kosaka sat down on a bench not far away.

"The thing is like this, I hope you can go to Tabata in the afternoon." Kosaka said, "You know, the company has now handed over all the trial production of the D-type spray gun to Tabata. It was difficult to determine the position of the hole in the nozzle, and the project has come to a standstill. The company plans to send technicians to check the situation this afternoon, and it would be great if Pingjie can also go there." "Ah, so that's what happened. Okay, then I'll go for a trip. I also think I should go to this kind of thing." The D-type spray gun is a product that Heisuke plans to officially put into production next year, and is currently undergoing trial production at the Tabata Works. BIG00D's R&D personnel will repeatedly test the prototypes produced by Tabata Seisakusho to determine the final production process.Once it is officially put into production, Pingjie will be responsible for the production line of the product.Therefore, for Pingjie, it is necessary to try to understand the problems that arise during the trial production stage.

However, Hirasuke also has considerations other than work - Kajikawa Seiko works at Tabata Production. "Really? It's great of you to go. I'll go talk to the techs now then." "OK." "Oh, that's right." The section chief lowered his voice slightly and asked, "How is your daughter doing now? Has her mood stabilized?" "Well, at least it's stable." Hirasuke replied.Whenever this topic is mentioned, Hirasuke will unconsciously bow his head. "Really, that's really great, I've been worried about it." After a pause, Kosaka continued, "However, it's not easy for a big man to pull a child alone, especially a girl."

"I'm already mentally prepared for this." Hirasuke replied quickly.In fact, for him now, he doesn't feel like raising his daughter alone at all, but like living with his wife. "Well, it's probably not realistic now, but sooner or later you have to seriously consider this matter. You can come to me to discuss it at that time, don't be polite to me." Kosaka patted Heisuke's knee. "Ah?" Hei Jieying looked at Kosaka's big face inexplicably, "Section Chief, what are you talking about?" "What else can it be? Of course it's about remarriage. It's about giving your daughter a new mother."

"Ah..." Hei Jie opened his mouth wide and waved his hands in front of him again and again, "No, I don't have that plan." "Hahaha, it's because you don't have any plans now, it's strange if you have one now. So I want you to remember my words first, and come to me when you have that idea, understand?" After Kosaka finished speaking, he patted Heisuke on the shoulder, and Heisuke blurted out "ah". "That's fine." Kosaka stood up and left the factory.Watching him go away, Heisuke thought of two things: one is that Kosaka is really warm-hearted, and the other is that Kosaka was the witness at the wedding ceremony between him and Naoko. In the afternoon, Heisuke and two technicians drove to Tabata Works.He is very familiar with two technicians, one is called Kijima, who is slightly younger than Heisuke, and the other is called Kawabe, who is in his mid-twenties.When setting up the production line, they met so often that they got tired of seeing each other's faces. Tabata Works is located in the Fuchu area, built in the middle of a flat land, giving people a sense of abruptness. Unlike the BIG00D factory where several production lines are arranged in rows, it is full of various machine tools.Of course, they are not placed in a haphazard manner, but are systematically set up to meet the strict requirements of the parent company at any time. Heisuke, Kijima and Kawabe jointly inspected the process of drilling the nozzle of the D-type spray gun, and listened to the report of the person in charge.Probably because it was a chance from the parent company, the team leader who looked older than Heisuke was a little nervous when he spoke.Hirasuke wanted to tell him that "we are not big people." The consultation on issues lasted about one and a half hours.The on-site team leader provided them with many valuable references.There seem to be many problems, and it is up to the technicians how to solve them next.While drinking instant coffee, Kijima and Kawabe started a serious discussion. Heisuke said he wanted to say hello to an acquaintance, and then he left the two of them and walked around the factory.There are thousands of workers in the factory, most of them men.When it comes to women, office workers should be the first thing that comes to mind, but this company should be the same as BIG00D, it will not use temporary office workers. A workshop with many women...then it should be a coiling workshop. Hirasuke walked while guessing.Although there is an electromagnet in the winding machine, the step of connecting the connector of the iron wire to the winding machine still needs to be done manually.I heard that this job is more suitable for women to do. The coiling workshop is located in one corner of the factory.About 10 female workers are working on the winding machine.Since they were all wearing hats and safety goggles, their faces could not be seen clearly.Heisuke could only approach them without arousing everyone's suspicion, pretending to be casual and scanning everyone's faces. One of the female employees stopped and stared into his face.When Heisuke's eyes met hers, she hurriedly lowered her head.Her hat and glasses looked too big, probably because of her thin face. She left her post and said something to a man who seemed to be in charge.The man looked towards Heisuke after listening, then nodded and said something to her. Then she trotted to Heisuke's side.After taking off the glasses, Hirasuke finally decided that she was Seiko Kajikawa. "Thank you so much that day. You helped me a lot." She bowed her head and said. "How's your foot?" "Ah, it's all back to normal. I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble." "Where is it? But it doesn't matter if you just leave your post now?" "I've already spoken to the person in charge." "Oh..." Hirasuke really wanted to know what she told the person in charge. In order not to distract her colleagues, the two of them moved behind a tall power unit. "I came here for work reasons, and I wanted to see if I could find you by the way." Heisuke said. "That's right." Kajikawa Seiko looked a little nervous. "Actually, after returning from your house that day, I tried to recall what you said, and I couldn't understand some things no matter how I thought about it." Hearing what he said, Seiko raised her head with a hurt expression on her face. "I don't think it's possible for your husband's income to be that small judging from his work situation. That's what I heard from a person familiar with the situation. At least not so low that you have to come out to work." "But," she said, lowering her head again, "we really don't have much money." "It's probably because your husband spent the money elsewhere." Although he knew it might be cruel to say this, he still said it. Zhengzi raised his eyes and looked at him: "You mean he has a woman outside?" "It could also be because of gambling, or he owes a lot of money to other people and you don't know it." She shook her head: "What you said is impossible, at least in my opinion, it is absolutely impossible." Isn't it common for a husband to borrow a lot of money outside his wife's back? ——This is what Hirasuke wanted to say, but he didn't say it. "You said you never saw his payroll, did you?" "Yes." Seiko nodded. "Never met once? Don't you ever want to know questions like how much his base salary is?" "I'm sorry." Kajikawa Seiko lowered his head, like a student who was criticized by the teacher. "I really can't believe this." Heisuke let out a sigh.His words came from the bottom of his heart.If it were Naoko, she should be able to answer immediately how much Heisuke's salary is this month. "He," Zhengzi said with dull eyes, "basically doesn't talk to me about himself." "But you have been together for many years, right?" "6 years." "what?" "Six years. It's been six years since we got married." "Oh..." Yimei's face immediately appeared in Heisuke's mind, "But your daughter..." "It was born with my ex-husband." "So that's the case. So, you divorced your ex-husband?" "No. Yimei's biological father died of cancer 10 years ago." "Oh, I see." Ping Jie suddenly felt that the woman in front of him was very pitiful.At the same time, he also thought that this girl, Yimei, was really miserable.In just 6 years, I don't know if she has had time to get acquainted with this new father. "Is your husband his first marriage?" "No. I heard from him that he got married a long time ago. But he didn't tell me anything about that time, so I don't know the specifics." "Really." Ping Jie suddenly thought of what he was doing.I shouldn't inquire about her private affairs on this occasion. "You don't think your husband has any other women or signs of a gambler anyway, do you?" "I don't think so," she replied in a small but clear voice. Hirasuke realized that she couldn't delay her too much working time, so he raised his arm and looked at his watch. "Ah, it's time for me to go back. I'm so sorry to interrupt your work." After hearing this, she said, "Excuse me, can you wait for a while? I'll be right back." "Is there a problem," "Well, that, anyway, please wait a moment..." After finishing speaking, she trotted away, heading in the direction completely opposite to the coiling workshop. After a few minutes, she came back again with a white box in her hand. "Please take this back to your daughter. I got it from someone else too, so I'm a bit embarrassed." It was a box about the size of a video tape.You can know what is inside by the handwriting printed on the outer packaging.It's white chocolate, probably someone brought her a gift from Hokkaido. "Ah, no need, you can save it for your daughter. I think the person who gave you the gift also meant the same thing." "It's okay, I received two boxes in total. Besides, Yimei doesn't like sweets very much." Kajikawa Seiko's insistence made Hirasuke a little surprised.At this time, a young employee pushing a trolley passed by them with a strange expression. "Really, then I'm not going to be polite." Thinking that it would be a bit immature to refuse blindly, Hirasuke accepted the box. "Then I'll take my leave." Kajikawa Seiko finished and returned to the coiling workshop.I don't know if it's because she feels that she has achieved a big goal, but her complexion seems to be much better all of a sudden. Kawabe drove back.In the car, Heisuke opened the box and gave the white chocolate to the two of them.He decided to take it to his fellow workers in the workshop if they couldn't finish it.Although Naoko also likes to eat sweets, if she finds out that this is a gift from Kajikawa Seiko, she will definitely be upset. "Won't Sugita eat a few pieces?" Kijima asked while holding the box in his hand. "Ah, then, I'll just eat a piece." Heisuke grabbed a piece of white chocolate the size of a chess piece and put it in his mouth.A very familiar sweetness and ambiguity spread in the mouth.Then he remembered that it seemed like he hadn't eaten chocolate in years.For fear of tooth decay, Naoko almost never lets Sami eat chocolate.