【Asongichi Kara】Grow up

03

From childhood to adulthood, this state has always been accompanied by Yisong.I don't know how to face the charity from Kongsong. Among all the brothers' words and deeds, only this person best fits the description of the four words "untimely".He is obviously ashamed to face something, but he shows it wantonly, and he repeats over and over again that he doesn't need it, leave me alone, but he doesn't understand what it means to retreat in spite of difficulties.The last thing this world needs is a hard-working idiot, why can't you understand this.

Yisong walked on the road with his hands in his pockets, the phone he hung up was on his body, together with the two banknotes that Kongsong left beside the bed when he woke up - those brand new ones, without any creases, At first glance, it was the first monthly salary in my life that I had just received.

Then take it home, whether it’s for those who have been paying the rent all the time, or for the big brother who works hard, even if it’s for parents to buy something, there are so many people who honestly support themselves and no longer make garbage , why should it be spent on me?

Kazumatsu stopped in his tracks, hugging his head silently.I don't want to apologize, and I don't want to go home tonight. I've been wandering around the street all afternoon with nothing to do, with the money earned by Kongsong on my body, and I'm so guilty that I don't even feel embarrassed to hit a small steel ball. It's really disgusting.

"Hey, is it Yisong?"

Someone is calling him.Yisong hunched his back, turned his head, and saw a shaky shadow in the dazzling sunset.He didn't eat lunch, and now he was extremely thirsty and distracted. If it wasn't for the familiar voice, he would have left in the early morning without looking back.

"What, it's you..." He said listlessly, and nodded towards the other party.

He hadn't seen Fourteen Pines for months.Although Xiaosong always dragged him into the conversation every time he called at home and said a few words, but because it was far away from the residences of Fourteen Pines and Lime Pines, there were basically no other places except for year-end and holidays. How many opportunities will there be to meet.

The last time we met, it should be celebrating their moving to a new house, and Yisong went to his and Linsong's house for the first time.Before I went, I thought it would be a messy scene of hell, but after I went, it was unexpectedly clean and tidy.

"Brother Fourteen Song is more sensible than all of you." Lin Song, who was cutting the cake, said loudly, "When I'm not around, he will at least help clean up the house!"

At that time, Yisong just drank the beer, and from the corner of his vision, he saw Kong Song who was sitting next to Qingqing blushed slightly.At that time, was that guy also thinking about such a thing?Do you think, in fact, Shishisong has always been like this, although he is younger than them, he is a more reliable brother.

Yisong narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at Shishisong's clothes.

"What's the matter with you?" he asked. "What's the matter with the clothes?"

"Ah, what are you talking about!" Fourteen Song laughed and patted the thick layer of lime that fell on his body. "There is a lot of dust on the construction site, so there is nothing to do about it."

"Construction site?" Yi Song frowned.

"I didn't expect it to suit me unexpectedly, brother Yisong, I have great strength!"

"That brat Linsong forced you to work?" Yisong said angrily, but Shishisong shook his head.

"No, he just asked me if I thought about what I might be suitable for."

"Then what? Isn't that still trying to persuade you to come out to make money? I promised to be optimistic about you at the beginning, but now I'm back on my word?"

"No one has ever said that!" Fourteen Pine replied without thinking, "No one has ever said anything about Lime Pine, but I know it."

"What is it?" Yi Song said impatiently.

"I want to go to college!" Fourteen Song replied, "And there is something about secretly reading!"

Yisong was stunned, the sentence that he wanted to continue was stuffed in his throat by Shishisong, and he had to swallow it in the end.What, I see, he thought.That kid is really, he is 27 years old, hasn't he given up yet?Maybe I also felt that I would be laughed at if I said it, so no one said it.The same is true for Fourteen Songs. Is this guy a monster? Nothing can be hidden from him.

"It's very tiring to go to a construction site at this age." Yisong said.

"But you can save money!"

"Is it true that a fool like you won't be bullied?" He asked again.

"I feel very happy!"

"Why do you have to do this... The one who wants to go to college is Linsong, and it has nothing to do with you..." Yisong turned his face away, pretending to laugh, but his hands hidden in his trouser pockets were tightly clenched. fist.

"Because it's my brother!" Fourteen Songs replied loudly.

Suddenly there was a gust of wind, and Yisong opened his eyes wide, standing in his own slanted shadow and was covered in cold sweat.

Fourteen Song nodded with a smile, as if he was convinced of what he just said.Because he is an older brother, thinking about it this way, it seems to be the case. Even a muscular idiot who is useless and causes trouble everywhere, unexpectedly wants to contribute because of this sense of responsibility as an older brother.As for?Is being an older brother such a noble thing?

Yi Song bowed his head in silence.

"Damn it, Fourteen Songs, do you really deserve to be beaten for saying that?" He said with a wry smile.

Because I am also your elder brother, so far, I have not done anything for you.Can't do anything, can't do anything, you who appeared in front of me today, did you come here to remind me of this point?It felt awful, so humiliating, it was like being slapped in the face.

If you think about it this way... every time that guy fidgets and stays by your side, doesn't he feel the same way?

As the second son, Kong Song, who has four younger brothers instead of two, shouldn't the shame on his shoulders be twice as heavy as his?

"Hey, it's rare to have the conditions today. Do you want me to buy you a drink, brother?"

Yisong hugged Shishisong's shoulders, and a large piece of plaster on it got on his own clothes. He bent down and took out the banknotes in his pocket.

Fourteen Songs gave him a silly grin.

"It's fun to drink, but it's already off-duty time and I'm going home!" He replied bluntly.

What is it... Ichisong let go of Shishisong with some disappointment, and refused me so mercilessly.It's rare to have money on your body to be extravagant.

"Wait until next time, when everyone gets together, let's drink!"

Shishisong said to him, then shook the lunch box bag hanging behind his back, and said goodbye to Yisong on the street.

Is it time to get off work...?Kazumatsu, who was left in place, thought to himself.When the so-called people who rely on labor to support themselves finish their work and prepare to go home, no matter who they are, they will feel relaxed and happy at that moment. This is a social person.Unlike him, a human from another world.

Damn it, am I going to drink alone!Yisong stomped his feet frantically, and glanced at a small supermarket on the opposite street.

***

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Kong Song, who had accurately filled out the work form, completed the last shift handover, and changed into his work uniform in the locker room.It seems that today has passed in peace, the station master has no dissatisfaction, and there is no mistake in the work, it should be able to keep, this job and income, and, to some extent, a sense of relief that some burdens have been lightened.

Then, let's go home and cook, add the ingredients that he bought yesterday and didn't have time to use, try to make some easy and favorite things, and then make them into bento. This is what he should do.

Kong Song went through the dinner menu silently in his mind, and when he walked out of the dressing room, he didn't even notice that someone was waiting for him at the convenience store door of the gas station.He didn't know to turn around until the other party called his name.

The person who came was Yisong.This kind of expansion was something Kong Song had never thought of before.

The other party was holding two plastic bags from the supermarket, and he didn't know what was in them, which sounded clinking.Kong Song froze in place, not even remembering to say hello.

"I only found out that you work here after asking Brother Xiaosong." Yisong explained to him that even the appearance of this sentence was surprising.

Kong Song lowered his head.

"What happened in the morning... don't be angry." He hesitated and said, "If you don't like it, I won't keep the money there next time."

"I will never forgive you if I play it again next time." Yisong replied.Kong Song nodded.

"Of course I will return the money to you this time," the other party continued to say to him, and at the same time raised two full plastic bags in his hand, and handed them to Kongsong,

"Use these to pay back." Yisong said.

Kong Song blinked his eyes.Looking inside from the open bag, it seems that they are all canned fruits, frozen beef, eggs, cheese and the like.He stretched out his hand instinctively, and took it in a daze.

"Yisong?" He looked at his younger brother in confusion, but the other looked like he didn't intend to explain.

"With money, you can buy many things. From this point of view, money has many benefits." He just sighed illogically like this.

"Eh?"

"Kongsong's current job doesn't seem to be very difficult."

"Well, well..."

"It can be done by anyone else, it doesn't have to be you?"

"It's sort of..." Kong Song replied in a low voice, and it wasn't a high-level job in itself.

"What about me?" Yi Song suddenly asked, "Can I do it too?"

Kong Song raised his head in surprise.This sudden movement caused Kazumatsu on the opposite side to look away unnaturally.

"Does Yisong want to work here?" He asked uncertainly.

"That's not it...it's just that when I passed by, I saw that there seemed to be a recruitment notice for night shift workers. Well, anyway, if there is money to be made..."

Yisong scratched his already messy hair, and took a step back awkwardly.When he turned his cheek again and peeked at Kong Song's reaction from the corner of his eye, he saw the pair of shining eyes of the other party.

"Hey, how old are you!" Yisong suddenly couldn't bear to curse, "Are you a primary school student?!"

But Kong Song completely ignored the disgust in his tone, he held the two plastic bags and kept rubbing his eyes with the other hand.

"Because I'm so happy," he explained,

"Issong said this because he wanted to work. Not only the insomnia, but also the work, he came to me first. As long as I think that Issong actually trusts me to this extent, I am so happy that I want to cry. "

Kongsong's other workers also came out of the locker room after changing their clothes one after another.They cast surprised glances at the two people here, and whispered something more than ten meters away, and Yisong, who was enveloped by those gazes, felt uncomfortable.

"Get away from me, idiot!" he yelled.

"I'm sorry Yisong, brother is wrong!"

Kong Song replied equally loudly that he was crying, and laughed like an idiot with his mouth wide open, tears and snot mixed on his face, and he looked stupid, like a nail stabbed hard into the vertebrae of a pine tail , Let him be smart all over.

Yisong couldn't resist the strong feeling in the end, he chose to surrender, and quickly took Kongsong's hand and ran out.

"Where are you going?" Kong Song followed behind him, crying and laughing.

"Shut up!" Yi Song yelled at him.

Go home, where else to go now, of course go home, you idiot!

—TBC—