Kakuda City, an ordinary convenience store.

In the eyes of Tokyoites, even prosperous Osaka is considered a countryside. A little-known small city like Kakuda City, to be precise, includes the entire northeastern part of the island country of Kakuda City. It is not only the level of the countryside, but also a part of human civilization. In the marginal area, it is probably a little better than Gunma Prefecture in Africa, which has no internet connection.

"It's a pity that I don't wear so much today, isn't it cold?" The wife of the store manager saw that Takahashi was wearing only a shirt, not even a school uniform coat. She was still wearing a long winter coat.

Miyagi Prefecture is northerly latitude, and the temperature at night in early April is still below 10 degrees Celsius. Although girls in the island country can wear only skirts in winter, they don't even wear a coat on their upper body, which is too fierce.

"It's not cold, it's not cold." Takahashi pitifully said in a nasally blocked voice, rubbing his cold arms, "I put my coat in the basin last night and forgot to wash it, but I can put it on tomorrow."

How could it not be cold in this kind of weather, but with her school uniform jacket locked in the closet, she could only wear so thin,

It was much better in the convenience store. As long as the store was open, the air conditioner was running, and the warm breeze was blowing, and the cold air on Takahashi was dissipated.

Pity Takahashi has been working in this convenience store since he was able to start a part-time job in the first year of high school. The salary given is not bad in a small town. In addition to his own lunch expenses, his monthly salary can also be set aside for the wealthy. Subsidized household. Moreover, the store manager's wife is really a very kind mother-in-law, and she is kind to everyone. It is said that her daughter who works in Tokyo has long wanted to bring her mother-in-law to Tokyo, but her mother-in-law is reluctant to go because she can't bear to go home.

Takahashi must be pitiful and must leave this cobweb-like countryside.

Put on the work clothes, first get the oden at the front desk ready, and see if there are any products that need to be replenished on the shelves... After three years, Takahashi Pity has long been familiar with the work process.

"Poor, come here."

"Hi Yi."

The store manager stood in front of the small warehouse and moved a small box out of a sore back.

"Send it to the hotel? Is it mineral water?"

Convenience stores also have the function of wholesale. They often need to deliver mineral water and beverages to the surrounding small restaurants.

"It's the supplies delivered to the hotel. Guess what it is."

"Hotel... Supplies..."

Taking the box handed over by the store manager's mother-in-law, and seeing the old smile on her mother-in-law's face when she was talking about pornographic jokes, Pity Takahashi immediately reacted, holding the box and running towards the hotel with a red face.

The weight of the box is a bit heavy, but she can move it in one breath with clenched teeth. Just looking at the [okamoto] logo printed on it made her feel uncomfortable. She only heard about it from her classmates. She found it several times in the stairs and toilet cubicles when the school was cleaning, and every time she walked away, she wanted to escape more and more.

"Hello, I've brought it to you." Holding the box, Takahashi called out pitifully, "Is there anyone in the store?"

A bald man walked down the stairs, looking a bit wretched: "Oh! Put it at the counter."

The way he stared at himself made Takahashi feel uncomfortable.

Of course, the most frightening thing was the Ukiyo-e tattoo on the man's shoulder.

Green-faced fangs, holding a long knife.

"Okay!" Seeing the tattoo on the other's arm, Takahashi pitifully stood up straight and fled the hotel as if taking refuge.

She ran to the telephone pole outside the hotel in a hurry, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm scared to death, there are still such terrible tattooed men on the street."

The country with the deepest discrimination against tattoos should be island countries. Although on the one hand there is a tattoo culture, on the other hand, people with tattoos will never be accepted in the mainstream society of island countries. , not to mention working in the government, even the football circle with the strongest tattoo atmosphere in the world has been affected, and football players in island countries rarely have tattoos. Even when bathing in hot springs or sunbathing on the beach, you need to buy special stickers to cover the tattoos on your body. When the TV station interviews passers-by, it will also put mosaics on passers-by's tattoos.

I went back to the store and stood at the front desk to count the goods for the customers. After 8 pm, there were basically no more customers in the store, and there were less than ten groups until the middle of the working hours.

"Then I'm leaving, manager."

"Wait a moment."

The store manager's wife ran out of the room, holding a rectangular box in her arms.

"Do you want to reward you for your recent job?" The shop manager's wife shoved the box into Takahashi's hands.

"Ah, thank you." Takahashi showed a pitiful smile and didn't back down a few times.

The store manager usually likes to give himself some small things, such as cabbage and the next day's breakfast. During the years when his mother left, the store manager is like his new mother, and the kindness of each small gift is deep. In mind.

"Be careful on the way home."

"Uh-huh!"

Standing under the street lamp going home, Pity Takahashi slowly opened the box handed by the store manager under the light.

Taking apart the cardboard outside, what is revealed are... shoes?

The black plastic package wrapped around the shoes has the store logo on it, which is one of the few shoe stores in the small town.

"..."

Looking down at her still wearing school indoor shoes, Takahashi sniffed pitifully, and her shadow trembled slightly under the street lamp.

Walking home with the new shoes, Takahashi pitifully opened the door. It was already past nine o'clock, which was very late in Jiaotian City, but my father hadn't come home yet.

I'm going to drive late tonight again~lightnovelpub.net~ Dad's job is to drive long distances and work in two shifts 24 hours a day. If there is no long-distance work, I will pick up some short-distance work, transport sea goods from the seaside to the town, because I can't afford a small truck, so I choose to rent a truck. In order to make more money during the rental period, my father can't wait to put He has also become part of the car, and he can work non-stop just by filling in gasoline.

All of this is for the sake of her future university. Takahashi is confident to be admitted to a school in Tokyo, but the tuition fee for each academic year is an exaggerated figure of several million. There is a heavy burden on Takahashi's poor little shoulders. Dare to live up to her father's expectations, no matter what happened in the school, she would grit her teeth and support it.

Putting the shoe box in place, Takahashi pitifully found the white feather in the bag

The feather gleamed in the dim light.

Although many unfortunate things happened today, just like the store manager, there are still many good people in the world, right?

"You are my amulet." Takahashi held the paper feather and pressed it to his heart.

"Good night."