【Asongichi Kara】Grow up

13

"Brother Kongsong will pay you back, the repair money for the motorcycle! If you renege on the debt, I will kill you!"

At the first weekend party where the empty room was fully furnished, Lime Song suddenly yelled while holding a glass of wine.Everyone is here, they come here to celebrate Yisong and Kongsong's housewarming, and by the way, use Kongsong's kitchen and craftsmanship to reward their empty stomachs in the middle of the year.The culprit who caused the traffic accident and received complaints now nodded honestly to Linsong, and took this opportunity to be snatched away by Xiaosong the last piece of fried shrimp on the plate in front of him.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone's face was slightly flushed with steam.The man who still had to go to work on Monday shook his head easily, and took out his mobile phone.

"Hey, it's almost nine o'clock..."

However, no one answered, Xiaosong gave him a disappointed look, and snatched his mobile phone.

"It's rare for everyone to get together," he said.He was right, as the eldest man, Xiao Song was the one who drank the most at the dinner table today, his tongue was fighting in his mouth, and he couldn't guess the next sentence from the previous sentence.

"Come here to celebrate, not to make you drunk, you should restrain yourself a little bit." Qing Song loudly taught Xiao Song, but many people didn't hear this sentence.

Bass Song leaned on Fourteen Song’s shoulder excitedly inquiring about Yi Song’s new job, while Fourteen Song tapped the empty bowl in front of Kong Song with his chopsticks. He shook Kong Song’s hand, so the second son had to follow along. He joins the ensemble.

"Hey, I'm talking about you! What's your plan next?" As a matter of course, Xiao Song also ignored the relaxed nagging, and started a completely unrelated topic, "Are you married?"

Are you married, are you married?For virgin men in their twenties, this topic is almost a commonplace at the dinner table.The moment I asked, I felt helpless and hopeless.

Qingqing didn't answer, just tossed her hair annoyedly, and answered with a volume that not everyone could hear,

"I don't even dare to think about getting married. Things that I didn't think would be a problem, but it turned out that Kong Song moved out, and it became a problem to pay the rent independently. How can I have the heart to fall in love like this."

"Marriage and rent are two different things, right? Is it necessary to ask for money to fall in love?"

"Wow!" Linsong suddenly let out an exclamation, pointed at Yisong's face and started laughing, "Can Brother Ansong do such a thing? I can't imagine it!"

"It's so noisy!" Yisong interrupted him anxiously.Amidst the laughter of the younger brothers, he swirled the wine in the glass easily.

"The economy is down, now. It's not that you have to be rich to fall in love, but that it's hard to open your heart to others when everyone is in danger. Those idiots in our family are still It’s amazing to be able to live such a heartless life.”

"Because there is nothing to lose, so there is nothing to worry about." Xiao Song answered him as if muttering to himself, the smell of alcohol lingering in his throat, making his vision blurry and unable to see clearly.In the trance background, he heard a relaxed and hesitant voice.

"What about you? Business is not easy, is it?"

"Ah?" Xiao Song shook his head, then nodded, "Well, that's about it. But there's no other way, life still has to go on."

Having said that, the linden pine suddenly jumped over and squeezed into the position between Xiaosong and Qingqing, shaking their arms vigorously, interrupting the decadent conversation between the middle-aged uncles.

"Brother Xiaosong, brother Qingqing! Come and listen, you must not have imagined what Brother Yisong is doing now!"

"Did you find a job so quickly, Yisong! It's really unexpected!" Putting away the heavy emotions just now, Yisong turned around and patted Yisong's shoulder.Yi Song, who was praised by him, looked away embarrassedly, and unnaturally picked the button of his shirt cuff twice.

"Yeah, it's nothing..." He said with red ears.

"It's a barber! It's not for people, it's for small animals. Brother Yisong, who likes cats, now shaves many dogs every day!"

"I've only just been able to use the scissors!" Yisong hurriedly explained, "I was only in charge of bathing and weighing..."

"That's amazing too," Xiao Song said to him with a smile, and drank another glass of beer. "You like a job where you don't have to deal with people. This job is very suitable for you. Congratulations."

Yisong said something awkwardly, but Xiaosong didn't hear it clearly. It was probably "Thank you, brother Xiaosong" or something like "I'm really sorry before"?Never mind, he didn't care anyway.Regarding whether the younger brothers will hurt their feelings, the answer is of course no.As long as they're all good, anything goes.

Xiao Song smacked his lips and stared at the newly filled yellow wine glass, although it felt a little bit bitter that some words could not be uttered, but...

The frolic sounds of linden pine and fourteen pine were further away. They were joking with each other, and they seemed to have chased to the other side of the table. How nice, my younger brothers.Xiaosong was about to raise his head to drink, but he felt his arm rub against a body that was approaching suddenly. He turned his face and found that it was the ease of sneaking up.

"Hey, while you're still sane." He said mysteriously, "I really feel a bit spineless to say such a thing in person, and it's not good for Kong Song to hear it, lest he worry."

"Huh?" Xiao Song opened his mouth subconsciously, and sprayed a strong breath of alcohol on Qing Qing's face, causing him to pinch his nose and frown.

"But let's talk about it first, after living with me, it is absolutely impossible to continue drinking like this!"

Komatsu blinked.Try to digest the intention produced by the combination of the two sentences before and after the relaxation.

"You mean...?" He pointed like an old man with impaired comprehension, pointing at ease and pointing at himself.

"I'm asking you if you want to just move here, you stupid eldest man! It's good for you too, everyone will pay half of the rent—hey!"

Before he finished his unbearable temper, the wine glass in Xiaosong's hand suddenly slipped from the center of his palm. At any rate, he had been staring at it, and quickly caught the glass that fell to the ground, and half of the wine spilled out , Wet the floor that had just been wiped, and also wet the relaxed fingers, between the fingers, alcohol mixed with foam, dripping down.

"What are you doing!" Qingqing let out a low growl, and kicked Xiaosong's calf, "You're so drunk that you can't even hold the cup, so stop drinking! I thought you were at least sane!"

"Maybe I'm still awake..." Xiaosong said suddenly after recovering his tongue, "So you asked me seriously just now?"

"What did you say?" Qingqing frowned, and stared at Xiaosong fiercely with an expression of "do you owe me a beating?"

"I drive a taxi," Xiaosong explained, "leave early and return late. It's not as easy to use as Kongsong. It can cook and clean, and take care of you when you are sick. It can't be done."

"I didn't use Kong Song as a nanny!"

"You can't just bring girls back to spend the night. If I'm here, it will be inconvenient no matter what."

"That's why I said there are no girls at all!"

"Not now doesn't mean there won't be any in the future!" Xiaosong exclaimed.

"Are you an idiot who can't understand human language!" Qingqing slammed the cup on the table and yelled back, "Didn't you just make it very clear that you can't open your heart to anyone except you guys!"

The noise at the dinner table suddenly quieted down, and the words that Qingqing suddenly raised the volume drew everyone's attention.Kong Song also looked over curiously.

"Did you quarrel?"

The sudden change froze easily.But his wet hand was suddenly grabbed by Xiaosong at this moment, he looked at Xiaosong instinctively, and found that the other party was shaking his head and waving his arms at Kongsong,

"It's okay, it's just that I accidentally poured wine on Qingqing, and this guy is angry."

Kong Song breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and stood up,

"There are still materials in the refrigerator," he said, "I'll make tofu soup to sober up."

"Then I want red bean soup!" Linden Song raised his hand actively.

"I still want fried shrimp!" Fourteen Songs also joined the team.

Yi Song impatiently said, "I'm so sorry, you still have to order food when you arrive at someone else's house?" He also joined the conversation, and the whole dinner table became lively again in an instant.

"Then please, my tofu soup."

Xiaosong also added with a stern face, took the napkin handed over by Shishisong and dried his fingers with ease.With a whisper that can hardly be heard by others, Xiao Song whispered to Qing Qing while doing so,

"If you think about it and don't regret it, I'll move there."

"It's really..." Li Qing looked at him in disbelief, and tapped Xiao Song's chest, "Is this the first time we live together?"

No, of course not.Komatsu thought.It is precisely because of this that the secret joy in the depths of my heart cannot be appeased at this moment.He lowered his head, not wanting to make the smile on his face look too deep.And opposite him, at the dinner table after Kong Song left, the topic is unstoppably developing in another direction.Xiaosong raised his head and found that he was looking at his younger brothers with a gentle smile, and he patted each other's vest lightly. The two exchanged glances briefly, and then actively joined the conversation:

"When is Yisong going to say it?"

"what?"

"Say those words."

"Yi Song will never say anything in his life, impossible, impossible!"

"Hey, easy brother, don't be so absolute!"

"What do you expect him to say? This guy will never be able to say a few pleasant words in his life. Stop dreaming."

"Why even Brother Xiaosong!" Lin Linsong protested dissatisfied.

"What is it that I love you!" Xiao Song retorted loudly, "Being a man's mark is to say loudly to the other party, 'I will raise you!', Yi Song is still far behind."

"I seem to have said this to Kong Song." Easy to echo.

"But brother Kongsong is also a man, so what should we do with this standard?" Lin Song also joined the debate fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

"Kong Song is another species, not a man, just an idiot!" Xiao Song replied with a big smile.Finally, Yi Song, who had endured to the limit, slapped the table and issued a final warning to everyone.

"If you eat and drink well, go back quickly!" He blushed and roared, then stood up angrily and walked towards the kitchen.Leaving behind those a few annoying ghosts who succeeded in making a joke, yelling in place.

Those bastards definitely did it on purpose, they spoke so loudly, it was definitely on purpose, and they started this topic when they were not around.Yisong let out a "tss" and peeked towards the kitchen.

That guy is inside, he must have heard it all.

It was originally because of his unnecessary worries, and he deliberately made up various excuses to not announce the current relationship status of the two of them. Kong Song, that idiot, was really as naive as Xiao Song said.They are all brothers who have grown up together since they were young. If you think about it with your knees, you know that it is impossible to hide this kind of thing.

Yisong pushed open the kitchen door, and saw Kongsong wearing an apron standing in front of the counter, chopping green onions.With his back turned to himself, Yisong could still see the bright red roots of his ears.Sure enough, he still heard it, he sighed and walked over.

"Those people are very annoying," Yisong said dissatisfied, "Can I drive them away after drinking the soup?"

"After being driven away, you are the first person who will feel lonely." Kong Song replied.In this regard, Yi Song did not refute it.

In the past, it might have been possible, either to immediately lose his temper, or to develop in the complete opposite direction and do something radical.But now, Yisong has learned to use temporary silence to fight against the shame of being exposed in his heart. Correspondingly, the sense of panic has been neutralized a lot. Thinking about it carefully, there are also reasons why the guys around him have become more and more stable recently. .

"Everyone seems to be on the right track," Kong Song, who was taking care of the stove, continued. He has been like this a lot recently, expressing such emotions at every turn, similar to "Fourteen pines are working hard to make money, while bass pines seem to have I'm preparing for the college entrance examination. The eldest brother has stabilized for the time being in the driver's seat, and the easy job is also safe." Such words.Obviously no matter who they are, they are doing the most inconspicuous jobs, and obviously no one is so great, yet they make it sound like they are such an extraordinary family.

"It's the same with Yisong, who works very hard."

There is also this sentence, Yisong snorted.Whether it is a dog barber or a beautician, they have to wear masks all day long, and there is still a lot of hair to be cleaned.People in their twenties are still going through this unbearable life, but he said that...

"In the end, everyone has grown up well, and together, everyone has grown up smoothly." Kong Song finally said.Bursts of white gas came out of the lifted pot lid, puffing on his face.Yi Song was silent, watching the scene.

"Hey," he said suddenly, and stopped Kong Song who was about to try salty food, "You will be here until you are 40, right?"

"Why 40 years old?"

"I always feel that for a person like me, nothing good will happen in life. At 40 years old, this length is almost enough to enjoy life." He glanced at the expression on Kongsong's face, "But... if you work harder , it may be possible to live to 60 years old."

"70 years old." Kong Song said suddenly.Then he lowered his head and turned on the tap.

Yisong stared at his hand wiping the dish, Kongsong's ears were no longer red, but instead, the expression on his face was serious as if he was making the most important decision in his life.Yi Song suddenly wanted to laugh.

The noisy sound outside the kitchen still did not subside, Yi Song leaned against the sink, looked out the window, many thoughts flooded into his head.At Christmas, let's go under the tower to watch the snow.When everyone celebrates their birthday together, should we buy an electric car like Shishisong and the others?Do you want to change houses by this time next year?I feel like there is so much more to do.And I never realized that there are so many things I can do before.Just trying to reach out and touch, you will easily cross that line, and after that, you will only be left with a life of constant speeding without braking.

"Then until you die, and you must exist until that time," he said.

"Yes." Gently, Kong Song who was standing beside him replied.

-End-