Spring is short, but spring sleep is very long. After leaving Spring Training Camp for twenty minutes and making a lot of noise, one after another children fell asleep. The sunlight leaked through the branches and leaves and filtered in from the few unobstructed car windows, illuminating the shapes of leaves on the faces of some people who were sleeping peacefully with their eyes closed.
Kōshū was leaning to the side, taking a shower in a hurry. The water vapor that had not been wiped off was coming out of the cracks in his neck. It was the scent of the tea that Shen Qing had chosen for them.
'I wonder what they are doing now', Kōshū thought about it and fell asleep in the swaying bus.
When the car enters Tokyo, it becomes like a bus. It stops at several major stations and lets the children who are transferring get off first.
"I'll get off the car first." Hayakawa and Shibasaki's homes are all in the suburbs.
When we finally arrived at Kinoshita Club, there were only a few scattered players in the car, including the two brothers Kōshū.
"Leave it at Equipment Room. There should be no dust on the car." Both of them asked Grandma Gu Yue to put their cars in the warehouse.
"Ah," Kōshū was about to reply when he saw an unread text message from two hours ago, "Don't worry about that, someone is coming to pick us up."
"Who is it, dad?"
As they talked, the two got out of the car and saw a familiar car next to them. They took their things and turned around. From the car, an energetic old man got out. Although his hair was half gray, his waist was very straight. Under the knitted gray coat was a shirt with the collar loosened. There were two deep vertical lines on his brows, probably caused by habitual frowning.
"Grandpa -" Lang Zhi greeted him happily, "You are already here? Didn't Dad say there are two days left? Why didn't you tell us in advance?"
This is the father of Mr. Sasaki and the grandfather of Lang Zhi. "You guys are busy with business. We can come at any time, isn't it just two hours?" As he finally spoke, the faint smile on his face opened his brows a little, making him look more friendly.
"Hello -" Kōshū stepped forward late to say hello.
"Ah - Kōshū, you have become more like a man again." He stepped forward and touched the boy's shoulders. "This is the benefit of playing baseball. It exercises both physical fitness and mind. It is the only way for a man to grow up."
"That's too Showa. We don't play baseball to become men with this kind of statement." Lang Zhi quickly put his things into the trunk, and then heard his grandfather pulling Kōshū to say these words. He stepped over his grandfather and grabbed the luggage, "Grandpa, you are almost out of tune with this era."
"You little bastard, no wonder you can't play baseball well. Baseball is for fighting, not for playing." Seeing the old man start to glare again, Kōshū hurriedly hid in the car. This anger was not to scare people, but was really angry. The elderly always have a set of experiences brought by their own life experiences. Once the younger generations have different opinions, they always think that they are taking a detour and need to be corrected.
"Hi - Hi - Grandpa, you're right." Lang Zhi also quickly got into the passenger seat. Grandpa Sasaki then slammed the door, drooping the corners of his mouth, and deepening his brows, "Kōshū, fasten your seat belt when sitting in the back seat."
Kōshū just nodded and said yes, and tied it on quietly. You can't disobey the old man when he is angry.
The car started, and the sweet voice of the anchor also sounded. After crossing a street, the grandfather sitting in front, as if his game character had been refreshed, began to ask the two people about the details of Training Camp.
"Oh - 9 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie, not bad, a winning rate that can make the playoffs. So Kōshū, how many wins have you had as a main pitcher?" Grandpa was in a good mood and snorted softly along with the singing.
"Winning 4 out of 6 games."
"Hmm - that's a winning rate of about 70%. Not bad for an ace." The old man's affirmative look in the rearview mirror said, "And what about you?"
Lang Zhi turned his face to the side, "Ah? What's wrong with me?"
"Stop pretending to be stupid. In the Training Camp game, I heard your father say that you didn't start as a guerrilla in two games."
"Hi, hi, hi -" Lang Zhi covered his ears and muttered loudly, interrupting the chatter of the people next to him.
The old man picked up the magazine next to him and threw it at the noisy co-pilot. While the car was still driving, a commotion broke out in front of him. Kōshū observed the front, counting the seconds in his mind, and stopped it as a last resort. Fortunately, the old man accidentally pressed the car horn, and he suddenly realized the danger of such a thing and stopped quickly.
"Ahem, when you grow up, you can't drive like me. It's too dangerous. I drive slowly, but you young people are all driving too hard. If you don't pay attention, something will happen. Last month, no one suddenly stopped racing in our place in the middle of the night. When I asked, I found out that the last few people left were also in the hospital."
Lang Zhi didn't want to listen to him chatting about things in the countryside, so he quickly interrupted, "Speaking of which, grandma should be here too. Is she at home now?"
Speaking of this, Grandpa Sasaki didn't feel interrupted, "Of course, wherever I am, your grandma is there. Originally, your father only asked her to come over, but she couldn't stay away from me. She insisted on coming with me. Your aunt even made a special call. She hid in the kitchen and thought I didn't hear her."
Seeing Grandpa's proud and satisfied look, Lang Zhi couldn't bear to interrupt him. It seemed that he didn't hear what his aunt said specifically, otherwise he would definitely be furious. Only grandma could control Grandpa in the whole family. This gas valve left the country, leaving only one gas tank. Sooner or later, his aunt's house would be blown up. Probably knowing this, Mr. Sasaki had to ask Grandpa to come with him.
"Obviously just the two of us are enough..." Lang Zhi muttered.
"Do you think you have grown up?" Grandpa Sasaki is in good health and has a good ear. "There are many hardships in this society that you have never experienced, but your father has been stopping you. Otherwise, according to my idea, you have to come and work in the fields for a day every month to experience the hard work, and then you will not feel that you can do anything."
"Hey, why is it such a long way home?" Sitting in the back seat, he couldn't be distracted. The old man would look at him in the rearview mirror every few minutes, but he was not familiar with this old man. In fact, he was still a stranger. He had never been a person who didn't know how to talk.
"So how's the situation on my mother's side? Every time we call, I feel like my father is evading the most important things."
"How can I understand women's affairs? Your grandma makes soup every day anyway." Not interfering in women's affairs is an 'advantage' that continues while inheriting bad habits. At least he will no longer express random opinions and interfere with everyone's work.
Kōshū recited the Song of Everlasting Regret silently in his heart, and it was not until the second time that he finished reciting it that he finally saw the familiar streets.
There was an old woman standing at the door of that familiar house. She said she was an old woman, but she didn't look like it. Her short hair was dyed black every two months, and the length just reached her ears. Unlike some old people who need perms to increase the volume of their hair, she didn't have perms, and she also had a very fluffy head.
As soon as the old man got out of the car, he was slapped on the car door with a sentence: "Are you taking a long detour outside again and telling the children some nonsense!"
"What are you talking about? For the sake of safety, I drove very slowly, and I'm not familiar with the roads here. Even if I take a detour, it's natural!" The old man glanced at Lang Zhi who had just got out of the car, with a look in his eyes asking for help.
"That's right, you just said something to us like 'baseball is the way to be a man'." Unfortunately, Lang Zhi didn't appreciate it at all. He just asked where grandma was and was about to file a complaint.
"You, you, it's always like this. Children have their own paths. Don't impose your own ideas on them."
Carrying their luggage, several people entered the house together. Grandpa listened to his partner's chatter and just nodded, but his expression showed that he didn't listen. He is the kind of macho chauvinist of the older generation who doesn't care about women and has his own romantic thoughts. But when he is really angry, there is no one in front of him.
The person who fits him perfectly is Grandma Sasaki, who grew up under the macho chauvinism of that era. Although he is very independent in daily life and can control his partner, when it comes to making major decisions in the family, he does not have the confidence to face the mainstay and can only cry behind his back and bear it.
"You're hungry. Come down and eat immediately after putting your things away." Seeing the two children rushing upstairs, Grandma Sasaki couldn't help laughing and swinging his arms back and forth, "Yoshi, the children are back, so I said there are some shortcomings in the filial son's house. A home without children is lifeless."
She hummed and rolled up her sleeves. Today's dinner was Hamburger Steak, and Dumplings, which her Chinese daughter-in-law likes to eat. She usually doesn't eat at night, so after everyone's meal is ready, she will send another one to the hospital alone.
"Don't do it. They have a restaurant in the hospital, so you don't need to deliver meals every day." Grandpa Sasaki said with some sadness on the side. After he came here, he couldn't find his place. He was always considered to be in the way when he learned to do anything. Today he finally became the driver of the family, and he was angry with his grandson over there.
"Oh - it's too difficult."
I want to declare again, accelerate into Seido
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