Sheep, sheep, sheep
I was awakened by a nightmare, and the reason was simple: it was raining.
There was a sound of raindrops. I watched the mud on the ground being stained by the rain and becoming turbid. I watched the moss and mud on the window getting wet bit by bit and then being washed away bit by bit.
In fact, most of the time I don't think, I just observe.
It's like watching ants moving house. You don't really imagine their conversations, you just recognize them, like:
One was carrying a grain of rice, another was carrying a biscuit, and the other three were carrying the body of the same insect...
It's the same now, I'm just staring at it in a daze.
"Are you awake?"
Yuxing came in from outside, shook her umbrella, and gave me a small bag of bread.
"Here is your breakfast for today. Come with me to wash up. It is raining today, so many people are staying in Yang. You can start teaching people today."
I nodded blankly and asked her to help me comb my hair - this was something we had agreed on yesterday.
About five minutes later, I felt someone patting my head, accompanied by a "OK." It turned out that I had fallen asleep again accidentally.
*
The rain gradually got heavier, then gradually became lighter, and before I knew it, the morning had passed.
I silently thanked the Tsushima family for their elite education. Otherwise, how could I, as an eight-year-old child, teach others?
There were also some Sheep who wanted to go out to work or go to the nearby game hall, but they were stopped by Shirase and Nakahara Chuuya.
At noon, everyone was getting ready to go out for lunch or go back to work or run errands at their previous odd jobs.
However, Nakahara Chuuya called me, but Yuzuko and Shirase had already left together - the place where they did odd jobs was together.
To this I just want to say: Don’t leave me alone, Yuxing!
Although Nakahara Chuuya was the first person I met in Yang, it is undeniable that after our chat last night, Yuuki's position in my heart has surpassed that of Nakahara Chuuya, with whom I have only spoken more than five sentences.
Besides, I personally don't dare to watch Nakahara Chuuya and the socially anxious person.
Chuuya Nakahara kept me here to ask him questions, and I sighed silently: I always felt that Chuuya would be a good student that teachers would like in school.
After we solved this problem, the temporary "classroom" was empty. He and I looked at each other.
Oh, what a coincidence, you don’t have a dining companion either.
*
Nakahara Chuuya took me to a small shop, ordered two bowls of noodles and started eating. "Eat quickly. Do you want to go home or run errands with me? No one will come to class this afternoon. All the capable children have to pick up garbage. So, do you need me to help introduce you to a job?"
I felt troubled as I watched the boss enthusiastically add a large spoonful of chili to my bowl, which I didn't have time to refuse.
He looked up at me, then used my unused chopsticks to push the chili into his own bowl and coughed twice in embarrassment.
"The owner of this shop is good in every way, but sometimes he's too enthusiastic, which makes people feel a little overwhelmed... But his hot sauce is not spicy, and there are some homemade diced meat. Maybe he added it to you because he saw that I brought you here."
I breathed a sigh of relief, took the chopsticks and said to him somewhat depressedly
"Thank you, but I didn't eat like this at home before, so I'm a little worried that I won't be able to finish it... Can I take a look at what you've done before I choose?"
He stopped slurping his noodles and thought for a moment.
"Youxing didn't tell you yesterday, could you go do something?" I shook my head.
"She usually stays with Shirase, and I don't know what she does... You are younger and don't have much strength, so if you don't want to pick up the bottles, you should come and help me."
I responded to him in silence.
*
Our first job was to help move the goods, and Zhongyuanzhong found a small trailer for me from somewhere.
His special ability seems to be very useful in this regard.
He can carry a 50kg box in each hand and another 50kg box on his head - if I were the boss, I would also love such a good employee.
And I only have a 30kg box on my small trailer.
What I need to transport is far less than what Nakahara Chuuya needs to transport, but this box weighs as much as I do, so even with a small trailer, I am exhausted.
Nakahara Chuuya would look back at me from time to time, and the two big boxes above his head scared me to death.
"...Don't look at me, I will follow you carefully." After hearing what I said, he turned his head away uncomfortably. "I'm not worried that you can't drag me and lose me."
Me: ...I was silent. How likely is it that I can make a living by picking up bottles?
I sighed and answered him in a tone that was so practiced that it hurts me to think about it now. "Yeah, I know."
Maybe it was because his tone was too practiced, or maybe it was for some other reason, he looked at me with a complicated expression as if he was choked.
Looks familiar. Who gave me this look before? Dazai Osamu?
I do remember seeing this expression on his face before, but after that, when he heard me respond to him in this tone, Dazai changed his strategy. He stuck close to my face like a puppy and asked me to say something else.
I am two years younger than him!
I think Nakahara Chuuya should be feeling the same at this moment.
I thought for a while and asked Nakahara Chuuya, "Do you like flowers?"
Without waiting for his reply, I dropped the small trailer, ran to an iron fence with my short legs, and plucked a white rose... or was it a camellia? Anyway, it was very pretty.
She ran back to Nakahara Chuuya, stood on tiptoe, hung the flower on his ear, and then tidied it up a little.
I took two steps back and carefully admired the flower on his ear and the way it matched his entire face. I nodded in approval and said, "Chuuya, it looks good."
He seemed to come to his senses at this moment.
The temperature on his face suddenly rose, and he said to me angrily (?). "How on earth can you do such a thing without showing any expression!?"
I blinked slowly. Is there any necessary connection between sending flowers and having a blank expression?
I don't know where I heard the phrase "beautiful flowers go with beautiful women"
When I heard this, I thought: Why should flowers be paired with beautiful women? Why can't flowers be paired with other more beautiful things?
Flowers can be paired with other flowers, with a blade of grass growing towards the sun, with a large green tree, with a sleeping cat in the sun, with a fish playing in the water...
Flowers are so beautiful, why can't flowers be used on them?
In other words, I have given flowers to all the creatures mentioned above, but I have never seen them react as strongly as Chuuya did?
Nakahara Chuuya saw my confused look, pursed his lips, and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle with a slightly bitter expression.
As the last box above his head fell to the ground with a loud noise, I heard a sigh that seemed to come from the depths of the sea: "Forget it, let's go."
Seeing him like this, I couldn't help but compare him with my brother.
Although I have never given my brother flowers, he would rub my face after hearing what I said until my face turned red, and then he would let go with a smile.
In this regard, I believe that Chuuya Nakahara's ability to adapt can be as good as his brother's.
Change? Why change? Isn't it normal to give flowers to beautiful things?
*
After delivering the goods, we went to help a family buy groceries and some daily necessities...
After running errands, we also have to go to a small restaurant to help serve dishes...
After doing all this, Nakahara Chuuya took me, who was exhausted, to take out about ten servings of food and brought back the lamb - for the younger children.
Just when I could take a break, Nakahara Chuuya was about to leave again. I was so tired that I felt like a layer of skin was being worn off my feet, but it was really strange to see Nakahara Chuuya was about to leave.
Isn't Chuuya tired?
…
I looked at my own thin arms and legs, and then at the lambs that were devouring their food voraciously.
I'm hungry and need to eat something. What is that? Can I eat it?
I waited until I had finished my share, the children who had eaten the lamb cleaned up their lunch boxes, but I didn't see Chuuya come back.
I yawned and lay down on the table.
How is my brother now? I'm so worried... Ah——I'm so sleepy.
By the way, what were you thinking about just now?
Oh, is my brother dead out there? Maybe GSS or Takase is in danger, otherwise my brother wouldn't have told me that he was definitely coming back.
Today, I carried out the tasks assigned by my brother well, stayed in the Sheep well... and tried my best to build good relationships with the people of the Sheep.
When my brother comes back, he must...praise me...well.
*
After finishing the task assigned to him by Shirase, Nakahara Chuuya returned to Yang and found that the lights in the dining area were not turned off, so he planned to turn off the lights and go to bed.
But unexpectedly, he found that Rong had fallen asleep on the table. When he was about to wake him up, he saw an untouched box of lunch next to Rong.
The sound of him opening the door seemed to wake her up. She stared at the lunch box for two seconds before turning her gaze to him.
"You're back... This is the one left for you."
Nakahara Chuuya swallowed his saliva, and his voice became a little hoarse, but Rong, who had just woken up, didn't seem to hear it.
"I don't remember buying this?"
She yawned again and said listlessly, "I think you forgot to buy one for yourself, so I used the money I earned today to buy you one... Remember to eat it, I'll... sleep for a while..."
It seems that the child was really tired today.
Nakahara Chuuya ate his lunch box in silence.
Rong Ke really didn't look like a child from the slums. He didn't have a cob in his hands. Although his clothes were gray and fluffy, it was obvious that they had hardly been mended. He didn't speak politely like them at all, and was only a little stronger because he was in a bad mood when he woke up.
That's why Shirase and Yuzukyo rejected Rong's joining, and he also acted in the same way at that time.
In fact, Nakahara Chuuya didn't plan to have dinner today.
After finishing today's work, there is still tomorrow's work. Get some sleep quickly so that you will have the energy to complete your work seriously and efficiently tomorrow.
Besides, after buying dinner for the sheep man, he didn't have much money left... Forget it, forget it, thinking too much is not the style of people in Iron Street.
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