Chapter 24 7 Restricted obstinate ideas

By six, she's fully dressed, her hair combed in front of the bathroom mirror, a spray of perfume, and her teeth brushed.In between I sat on the couch and watched Sherlock Holmes.The story is based on the idea of ​​my friend Watson. Although it is limited to a narrow range, it is extremely stubborn.This article started.Pretty good opening. I'll be back later tonight, you sleep first.she says. Working? right.I was supposed to be on vacation, but I couldn't.Since tomorrow I will be on vacation all the time, so I made it earlier. After she went out, the door opened again after a while.

Hi, what do you do with cats when you go on a trip?she says. If you don't mention it, I'd completely forget it.However, I will arrange. So the door closed again. I took out milk and cheese sticks from the refrigerator and gave them to the cat.The cat ate the cheese with a disgusting look.Its teeth are weakened. There was nothing in the fridge that I could eat, so I had no choice but to drink a beer while watching the news on TV.It was a Sunday without decent news, and most of the news in the evening on this day would have the scenery of the zoo.After seeing giraffes, elephants and pandas, I turned off the TV and dialed the phone.

It's about cats.I said to the man. cat? I have a cat. how about that You can't travel without taking care of your cat. Aren't there many pet restaurants over there? Old and frail.If kept in a cage for a month, it will die. The sound of fingernails clicking on the table could be heard.Then what do you want from me? I want to send it to your home.Your family yard is very big, there is always room to send a cat, right? Can not be done.Mr. hates cats.The courtyard also specially allows birds to come in.If the cat comes in, the bird will not dare to approach it. Mr. has lost consciousness, and is not a cat smart enough to catch birds.

He tapped his fingertips on the table a few times, then stopped.All right.I'll have the driver pick up the cat at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. I will prepare cat food and toilet litter.There is also cat food, which only eats a fixed brand, so if you run out of food, please buy the same one. Can you tell the driver directly the details.I think I said it, I don't have time. I just wish there was only one window between us, and that's necessary in order to figure out where the responsibility lies. responsibility? That said, if the cat falls or dies while I'm away, even if I find the sheep, I won't tell you anything.

oh.the man said.Oh alright.It's a bit unexpected, but for an amateur like you, it's pretty well done.I'll write it down, you speak slowly. Please don't feed it fat, because it will spit it all out.It has bad teeth, so hard things won't work either.A bottle of milk and canned cat food in the morning, a handful of dried fish and meat or cheese sticks in the evening.The toilet sand needs to be replaced every day, it hates being dirty.It often has diarrhea. If it is not good for two consecutive days, you have to go to the veterinarian to get medicine for it. As long as I said this, I listened quietly to the sound of the man writing with a ball pen on the other side of the phone receiver.

Then what?the man said. Bugs are growing in the ear, please clean it once a day with a cotton swab moistened with olive oil.Although it will resist violently, be careful not to rupture the eardrum.Also, if you are worried about it scratching the furniture, please trim its nails once a week.Just use regular nail clippers.I think there should be no fleas, but just to be cautious, I still wash my hair with flea-removing shampoo frequently.Shampoo can be found in any pet store.After the cat is washed, dry it with a towel, comb it, and finally blow it with a hair dryer, otherwise it will catch a cold.

Shala Shala Shala wrote.The others? That's about it. The man repeated the recorded items on the phone and remembered them in detail. Is that all right? very good. Goodbye then.the man said.Then the phone hung up. It was completely dark around.I stuffed my change, cigarettes, and lighter into my trouser pockets.Put on your tennis shoes and head out the door.Then I went to a nearby restaurant I frequented, ordered chicken fried steak and rolls, and drank beer while listening to Brothers Johnson's new record before it was delivered. After Brothers Johnson finished playing, the record changed to Bill Withers, and I listened to Bill Withers while eating chicken cutlets.Then drink coffee while listening to Maynard Ferguson's Star Wars.It doesn't feel like I've eaten.

After taking away the coffee cup, I dropped three ten-yen coins in front of the pink payphone and dialed my partner's home number.The eldest son, who is in primary school, came to answer the phone. Good day.I said. Good night.he corrected.I looked at my watch and it was him. After a while the partner answered the phone. how's it going?he asks. Is it convenient to talk now?Are you eating or doing something? It's eating, but it doesn't matter.It's not a big meal anyway, and your side might be more interesting. I will briefly recount the conversation of the man in black.Big cars, big houses, dying old people, these things are not mentioned about sheep.Because I want to say that he will not believe it, and it is too long to say.So of course what I'm saying starts to sound inexplicable.

I can't understand it at all.partner said. Because this matter cannot be discussed.Speaking up can get you in trouble.In short, as I said you have a family, I thought of his four-bedroom, two-living high-end mansion with unpaid loans, his wife with low blood pressure, and two sons who were big kids.Anyway, that's it. I see. Anyway, I have to travel starting tomorrow.I think it will be a long trip.One month, two months or three months, I don't know how long.Maybe I won't go back to Tokyo from now on. oh? So I hope you will take on the affairs of the company.I'm quitting.Because I don't want to cause you trouble.The work has generally come to an end, and it is said to be a joint operation, but in fact you are handling the important part, and I seem to be half playing.

But if you're not here, I don't know many details about the scene. Let's narrow the battle lines a bit.That is, to return to the way it was before.Cancel all advertising and editing work, and restore the previous pure translation office.You seem to have said last time that you only need to keep one girl and quit all other part-time workers.It is no longer needed, as long as they are paid two months' salary as severance pay, probably no one will complain.The office can also be moved to a smaller place.Although the income may be reduced, the expenditure is also reduced. You can get more when I am away, so there is not much change for you.Taxes and what you call extortion will be greatly reduced.This is more suitable for you.

The partner thought for a while in silence. Can not be done.He said.It must not have gone so well. I put the cigarette in my mouth and looked for a lighter. When I was looking for it, the waitress had already lit it with a match for me. no problem.I do it with you all the time, and I say no problem is no problem. Because it was done with you.He said.Until now, I've done it alone and never got it right. Oh, I didn't ask you to expand your business, did I?I tell you to shrink.Go back to the translation handicraft industry before the industrial revolution.As long as you are alone and a girl, the translation draft can be outsourced to five or six work-study students and then invited to two experts for review. You don't know me well enough. The ten-yuan coin fell with a click.I stuffed three more coins in. I'm not like you.He said.You can do it alone.But I can't.No one whispers, no one discusses, I can't move forward. I pressed the handset and sighed, still circling in circles.The black goat ate the white goat's letter, and the white goat ate the black goat's letter Hello!He said. I am listening.I said. On the other end of the phone, two children could be heard arguing, vying to switch to the TV channel. You think about children.I try to say.Although it is not a very fair way to expand, there is no other way.You can't admit defeat, if you think you can't do it, then everyone is finished.If you have complaints about this world, why do you have children.Work hard and don't drink. He was silent for a long time.The waitress brought me the ashtray.I gestured for a beer. Indeed you are right.He said.I'll try to do it and see.Although I have no confidence in whether I can do well. will do well.Six years ago, you had no money and no relationships, didn't you start doing it? I poured the beer into the glass and said so after taking a sip. You don't know how much peace of mind you make me when you're with me.partner said. I will call you as soon as possible. Um. Thank you for taking care of me for so long.It is a pleasure to cooperate.I said. If things are done and we return to Tokyo, let's work together again. OK. So I hung up the phone. But I knew, and he knew, that I probably would never go back to work again.If you have worked together for six years, you will at least understand this. I picked up the beer bottle and glass and went back to the table to continue drinking. After losing my job, I feel so relieved.Little by little I became more innocent.I lost my hometown, I lost my youth, I lost my friends, I lost my wife, and in three months I will lose my twenties.What will happen to me when I am sixty years old?I try to think about it.It is useless to think about it.I don't even know what's going to happen a month later. I went home, brushed my teeth, changed into my pajamas, and went to bed to continue reading "Detective Sherlock Holmes".Then I turned off the light at eleven o'clock and fell into a deep sleep, not getting up once until morning.