Nobody Knows

Alfonso 2022-01-14 08:01:35

One day in early autumn with melting sunlight. The car carrying luggage came and rushed downstairs. After the worker left, the pink suitcase moved, the voice of a child. -Not hurry up yet. Mao is in the pink box, and Koyuki is in the LV box. Both children shouted hot. My mother told the landlord that she lived with Ming. The other children became secrets. Ming went to pick up Kyoko, the street was brightly lit, and he ran fast all the way. She waited for a while, sitting at the entrance of the station, playing the piano with one hand on her lap. -Is the house big? -Three rooms, quite big. -Where's the washing machine? -On the balcony. -The balcony... Ming first went upstairs, and when she saw no one, she whispered to Kyoko, and then she ran upstairs gently. At the dinner table, my mother made a three-chapter appointment with them. No noise is allowed. No going out. The balcony does not work either. Kyoko asked, what about Kyoko doing laundry? -Only go out quietly when washing clothes. The children agreed, and the house was full of happy laughter. When she was sleeping, Kyoko told her mother that tatami mats smelled of leaves. -The scent of the leaves is really good, because it's still new, and the color is all green. If you are in a good mood, you should be able to sleep well. In the morning, Ming brushed her teeth while watching her mother put on makeup. -Are you coming back for dinner? - have dinner? Supper... what do you have for dinner today? -It may be curry rice. - Curry rice? I'll eat curry rice, save a portion for me. please. She finished speaking and went out. Kyoko woke up and heard that her mother had just left, and went to the window to watch her mother go to work. There are only four children left. Mao watched TV. Xiaoxue took out the packed toys. Ming cleaned up the tableware. Kyoko put the book on the small shelf, and also found a place for her beloved piano. The sky is getting darker. Ming is out shopping, he is 12 years old, in the supermarket, everything is adept. On the way back, he read as he walked: the game hall, Inashitaya hardware store, optical shop... Another convenience store helped Xiaoxue buy Apollo chocolates. The cooking basin in the kitchen is leaking, and Mingdan is standing on his feet to wash the potatoes. When cutting the onion, blink and smile and said, it's okay. Xiaoxue sat at the dining table, eating Apollo chocolate seriously, and the box was covered. - Save and eat slowly. The child's smile is affectionate. Jingzi helped Ming put the bath water. Mother was naughty and quiet, sitting and watching the cooking. He only asked not to put carrots in curry rice. After the meal, Ming and Kyoko wash the dishes, and Mao and Xiaoxue brush their teeth. Then Kyoko dried clothes, Ming studied, Shigeru and Koyuki slept. Everything at home is in order, and it is distressingly organized. Seeing her mother coming downstairs, Kyoko hurried to guard the door, ready to help her mother open the door. Kyoko always smiles softly and has unlimited attachment to her mother. It is also very happy to be by the fireside to help mother warm up dinner. Early in the morning, Ming saw a tear drop from the corner of his mother's eyes. The five of them played games in a circle together, and the children laughed happily. As long as you are with your mother, the children are very happy. -I want to go to school. Kyoko said while her mother was helping her comb her hair. -go to school? There is nothing fun about going to school. Moreover, without a father, go to school to be bullied. Forget it, what school? The quilt was basking on the balcony, and Ming and his mother lay on it, sniffing the smell of the sun. -Mom... I like someone now. -... -It’s not "again"...this time this person... is gentle and considerate, and serious. I think he is very considerate of his mother, so if he really makes a marriage contract with his mother, everyone will You can live in a big room, you can go to school, Kyoko can also play the piano. So, you guys wait a little longer. I'm afraid it's true this time... Ming just got close to the quilt and sniffed gently. That night, my mother came back very late. Ming saw her saying goodbye to the man who sent her back. Maybe it's him. Can he really give his mother happiness? Ming is worried. Every time my mother meets people with bad manners. Mom brought back sushi and woke up the children. Mom watched him take out the cup to make tea and talked to Kyoko. -Ming, he has become more and more like his father recently. The eyes are exactly the same. Brother Ming’s father works in Haneda, Haneda, you know? Airplanes, many, many places where airplanes take off. right? Mao works there... By the way, Ming, do you remember to see your father? - do not remember. -Didn’t you take the monorail to Haneda Airport? forget? - Ok. -Kyoko's father... Music producer, by the way, let me paint Kyoko's beautiful hands with nail polish. Mom, actually...I wanted to be a singer, half succeeded...Together with Kyoko's father...It was almost a record...just a little bit...it turned yellow...Mom, at that time I really want to be a singer... Mom only painted Kyoko's left hand with nail polish. Ming, my mother is going to leave for some time, Kyoko, Shigeru, and Xiaoxue are pleased. Mother left early in the morning, leaving the money and a note to Ming. In the morning, Kyoko stood tiptoe in front of the glass door of the balcony, waiting for the neighbor downstairs to leave before going to the balcony to wash clothes. Ming told her that her mother will be away for a while. Mom left, leaving Kyoko's hand red and lonely on her nails. Ming still muttered words on the way back from shopping. -Rent, electricity, telephone, gas, and... napkins... Going to the convenience store to read comics, a child put a toy in his bag and was misunderstood and stolen. Fortunately, a clerk knew the truth. A blessing in disguise, he got it. A bag of hot steamed buns. The color on Kyoko's hand was only a small mottled spot on her little finger. Mother did not come back. Ming paste the daily shopping receipts neatly, totaling the amount. At 9824 yuan, Xiaoxue repeated the words after Ming. Childish voice, she has no concept. Ming was so troubled that he couldn't sleep. Ming asked her mother's former boyfriend to borrow money. The first one is when he is transparent. Then asked your mother nonchalantly how is it? How old are you? Where is Xiaoxue? Is it like me? The borrowing is not over. The second one actually borrowed 10 yuan from Ming when he was drinking. Fortunately, he gave Ming some money and clarified that Xiaoxue was not his child. Supermarket shopping, spent 674 yuan, 650 yuan left in the wallet, how much money was put in the wallet initially? A 12-year-old child has to take care of three children, cook three meals, and worry about expenses. Mao plays with plasticine alone, talks to himself, entertains himself, a small piece falls on the balcony, and the naughty child is still very obedient. He didn't get out of the balcony, so he lay down, still couldn't reach with slippers. At this time, my mother came back and brought gifts. Koyuki and Shigeru danced together, but Ming and Kyoko were a little sad. Kyoko missed her hand and mother's nail polish fell on the ground. While mom was blaming the floor while mopping the floor, Kyoko asked, Mom, where did you go? -Didn’t you mean work? -One month? -I went to Osaka, the road is far away. It's really annoying, don't touch mom's things indiscriminately. Mom is leaving again. Said that I would be back at Christmas. In the morning, Ming helped her with luggage, she was with the man she mentioned last time, he knew. Ming was silent when the two went to breakfast. -When can I go to school? -It’s nice not to go to school and school all day long. There are many people who have never gone to school but are very talented. - Who? -Although I don't know, there are definitely many. -Mom is always selfish. -what do you mean? Call me selfish? Who is the most selfish? Your father is the most selfish, and left without saying a word. what the hell? Can't I get happiness? Parting mother said that the money will be sent soon and will be back at Christmas. For happiness, she left. The children live a life without their mothers obediently. Kyoko often talked silently about the red mini piano, stroking the traces of nail polish on the wooden floor. That is a trace of mother. Christmas came, and my mother did not come back. Ming stood for a long time in the cold night in order to buy the cheapest cake. I met Saxi on the way home, and she threw away the contents of her handbag one by one. Seeing Ming was watching her, he hurriedly left. Ming shopping, cooking and washing dishes every day, without friends, sitting in the park watching others play, watching the slow river. Call my mother's place of work, she has resigned last month. In the New Year, my mother still didn't come back. Ming asked the clerk at the convenience store to help him write the profit and seal, and told his younger brothers and sisters that he got the New Year's money from his mother. Gray rainy day. Xiaoxue's birthday. Xiaoxue: I hate it, I'm going to the station to pick up my mother. Kyoko: I won't be back today. Xiaoxue: I will definitely be back. Ming: I will be back next week. Mao: Will you really be back next week? Ming: I will be back. Mao: How did you know. Ming: I know everything. Ming quietly took her out at night. When I met the landlord, it was a relative's child. Xiaoxue wore her beloved red slippers and squeaked when she walked. Looking around all the way, I read what I saw one by one, with a novel mood. They go to the station. Xiaoxue believes that her mother will come back. There was a tram driving on the way back, but Xiaoxue had never seen it. Ming promised to take her on the monorail to see the plane. Kyoko discovered that the handwriting on the cover of Li Shi was different from the past. Mao ran to the balcony to play while everyone was not paying attention. Ming got acquainted with two bad boys and had a short happy time. Cycling together, playing video games, and stealing from a convenience store together, but Ming didn't have the courage. Their bad friendship ended when school started. Ming often wanders around the school with his desire for friends and reading. Ming meets Saxi again, just when a group of classmates bullied her. The home is messy and dilapidated. Mao was still very happy, laughing and playing cards with himself, playing video games/toys alone, watching cartoons. Xiaoxue was playing with a cloth doll. She herself is like a rag doll. Kyoko sits sadly every day. Ming has been wandering for longer and longer. Outside the school, in the park, playing with the abandoned red rubber ball, playing with an ant, with two branches. When the money ran out, he wanted to work in a convenience store, but he was too young. Contact the police or welfare committee Wouldn't it be better? The familiar clerk suggested to him. He shook his head straight, and that way, four people would not be able to live together. Kyoko put out the savings to prepare the piano. She said she would not buy it. Ming decided to take his younger siblings outside. Taking out their shoes, the hidden children stood in a row with expectant smiles. Ming also laughed. This decision is very good. The cherry blossoms bloomed exactly, and the children under the tree ran fast all the way. They go to the convenience store to shop, and then go to the park to play. The wild flowers on the roadside, the children sigh, who threw them here, it's so pitiful. They picked up seeds and mud. When I got home, I wrote my name on the cup of instant noodles and planted flowers. The house was cut off from water and electricity. The children had to go to the nearby park to use the toilet, wash their clothes, and go home to drink water. When I met Saxi again, Mao asked her what she was doing, am I not going to school, and I didn't go to school either. Saxi has a light face, always indifferent, like a few lines drawn by a pencil. -Do you know there is a cicada nest here? - have no idea. She finally laughed. She played with them and went home together. The mess at home made her stop when she walked in, and stepped on Xiaoxue's crayons without taking a few steps. Xiaoxue helped Saxi's portrait, she had only a few crayons left. Kyoko's piano also has only a few keys left to make a sound. There are more and more plants on the balcony. Summer is here. Ming is waiting for the expired food in the convenience store. Mao was waiting for Ming, carrying an empty drink bottle to be filled with water, with a plastic buckle on the top of his head. Opposite him, a few children were eating ice cream and asked him, is it not hot? Mao answered that he was calm and naturally cool. The landlord is asking for rent. Kyoko said that her mother went to work in Osaka. Seeing Ming was annoyed, Saxi sang K to make money with the middle-aged man, and then gave Ming, Ming did not want to take the money in her hand, turned around and ran away. When he got up early in the morning, he found Mao chewing on paper, so he bought two bowls of noodles. But no Mao. Shigeru also went out, looking for the money lost by others at each vending machine. The sultry summer is probably like Ming's heart. Mao watered the plants on the balcony, busy and carefree. Xiaoxue kept asking Saxi whether she would come to play. Ming yelled irritably, Mao ran out of water, and Saxi wouldn't come again. He took his mother's clothes out of the closet. Kyoko heard the voice and asked what he was doing. - It's useless to keep this thing if you sell it. Kyoko refused, and put the clothes in the closet with herself. Ming said outside that she would not come back. Kyoko didn't answer, and dragged in the corner of the exposed clothes. Ming glanced at Mao and then at Xiaoxue. Go out angrily from home. He went to school again, sitting outside the wire fence, watching the students practice baseball. He was called to replace a student who was absent from tuition. For the first time, he played well. He was very committed and temporarily forgot the burden of his family. It was a normal activity at his age, but it was an extravagant hope for him. At the same time, Xiaoxue stood on the stool at the glass door of the balcony, still standing on tiptoe, she was waiting for the Ming. When Ming finished playing and ran home, Xiaoxue had fallen off the stool and couldn't get up. Ming called her mother, and the money ran out before she came to answer the phone. Reluctantly, he went to the convenience store, and had no money, so he could only steal it. Even the back of his hand was sweating, his fist was clenched, and he struggled in pain. He stole hemostatic stickers and antipyretic stickers. Ming sat all night, and when dawn came he lightly touched Xiaoxue's hand. Too much stimulation, but calm. He made no sound, and gently touched his hand that had touched Xiaoxue. There was people coming and going on the street, and bright ears rang: Super home run, which surprised the grandpa and grandma of that country...he was very self-blame for the super home run. Ming asked Saxi to borrow money. He wanted to take Xiaoxue to see the plane. Saxi and Ming bought 19 boxes of Koyuki's favorite Apollo chocolates together. The owner of the convenience store said, buying so much is going to travel, right? Very happy. When I returned home, Ming saw the money sent by my mother and a note: Ming, take good care of everyone, my mother trusts you very much. After spending the last day with Xiaoxue, when it was dark, lit a candle and put her in the LV box she hid when she came in. No way, she grew taller, and switched to a magnificent pink box. Kyoko put in the doll that Xiaoxue always took with him, and Ming helped her put on the red slippers. The room was quiet. Ming slowly closed the box and buckled it. Saxi, Ming, Kyoko, and Shigeru surrounded Koyuki. Saaki and Akira moved the box downstairs, and Kyoko Kazuo watched it from the balcony. I really want to say goodbye to Xiaoxue. Kyoko took Shigeru's hand. On the empty monorail at night, Ming repeatedly stroked the corner of the box. On the grass where the plane can be seen, the box with Koyuki is in the middle, and Ming and Saxi are sitting on both sides. A night plane flew by. They buried Xiaoxue. Sprinkled with soil, Ming's hands kept shaking. He told Saxi that when I touched Xiaoxue this morning, the cold feeling made me very scared. I don’t know why it’s so... just so... Saxi gently held his shaking hand . When they left, the sky was bright. There are still four people. Xiaoxue left, but Saxi came. I still eat expired food from the convenience store and wash water in the park. When the light was red, a plane flew by, Ming looked up. Maybe he was thinking about Xiaoxue. Forgot to cross the road. Mao pulled his sleeve. Shigeru went to the vending machine and public phone to look for coins again, and this time he found it.

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  • Keiko, the mother: Now that we've moved into a new home, I'm gonna explain the rules to you, one more time. Let's promise to keep 'em, okay?

    Yuki: Okay. How many are there?

    Keiko, the mother: Okay, first of all: No loud voices or screaming. Can you do that?

    Yuki: I can.

    Keiko, the mother: Okay, next: No going outside.

    Yuki: Okay.

    Keiko, the mother: Can you do that? No even out on the veranda.

    Yuki: Okay, Mommy.

    Keiko, the mother: "Okay, Mommy." Can you keep that promise?

    Yuki: Sure!

    Keiko, the mother: Can you do it, little Shige-runt?

    Shigeru: MEEEEEW!

    Keiko, the mother: You gotta promise hardest, huh? Right? Absolutely no going outside. Can you do that? Bet you can-can.

  • Pachinko Parlor Employee: Shit. I'm 10 yen short. Lend me 10 yen.

    Akira Fukushima: Ten yen?

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: No big deal, huh? Lend me. What the hell is with that big wallet? What the hell is this?

    Akira Fukushima: It's a hand-me-down from Mom.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: From who?

    Akira Fukushima: From Mom.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: You moved, right? Roomy, huh? Any pubic hair comin', yet?

    Akira Fukushima: No...

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Bullshit. I got mine in fifth grade.

    Akira Fukushima: No way.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: No bullshit.

    Akira Fukushima: Well...

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: What the heck are you smiling about, huh?

    Akira Fukushima: Well, It's just that single mother's gine, well... there's no money...

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Whoa. I don't have any money. What've you got left?

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: About 10,000 yen.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Oh, that's enogh, huh? You know, I'm in a hell of a jam. My stupid girlfriend, you know, she totally maxed out my credit cards. I'm badly off. I'm working my ass off, slowly paying it down, man. Uh, this is all I've got on me. This is it, the last time, huh?

    Akira Fukushima: Thanks, thank you.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Okay. I'm outta here.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: By the way, Yuki ain't my kid. Every time I did with your mom, I used a prophylactic, huh? Good bye.

    Akira Fukushima: See ya.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Bye-bye.

    Akira Fukushima: Thanks for this.