Sakura's childhood

"Regret is something you should do when you grow up"

After Yinshi left the school, he took the tram directly to a dessert house called "Meatball".

Although the name of the store is as stupid as the owner, the business is surprisingly good.For this, Yinshi gave most of the credit to the two big-eyed little milk cats in the store.

"Meatball" is divided into two rooms. The one to the south belongs to the nature of a convenience store, and you can leave after buying; the one to the north occupies a larger area, where guests can eat and drink at half price.

The owner is used to staying in the North Store.

"Wig, here I come." Yinshi pushed open the glass door of the North Store, and the wind brought by it pushed the cat-shaped wind chime on the top of the door to "jingling".

There is a sweet creamy smell and the smell of toasted wheat in the store. Gintoki sniffed it hard, and instantly felt full of energy.

The number of customers was about the same as usual, and the owner was at the counter, teasing the black-eared and white-haired kitten.A little girl was secretly taking pictures with her mobile phone.

"It's not a wig, it's Gui." Hearing the sound, the owner raised his head and said with a serious face.

Gintoki walked over and touched the kitten's neck as usual, then went to the changing room to change into a waiter's uniform, and greeted the other waiters.

"Ah, by the way, Yinshi," the shop owner took out a newly printed dessert list, with a trademark smirk on his face, "I suddenly fell in love with mayonnaise recently, so I launched a series of mayonnaise desserts!"

Looking at the long list of new products, Yinshi felt his stomach churning.

He suddenly thought of a person, with his slender fingers pinching sushi covered in mayonnaise.

At this time, the wind chime rang again, and a guest arrived as usual.It was a man about 30 years old, not tall, always wearing a well-fitting suit, with a gloomy face.

"A matcha cake, a cup of black tea." The same list as before, and the man still sat in a seat by the window.

Gintoki looked at the owner who was sitting next to the customer as usual with a simple smile on his face, and silently turned his head away.

The so-called authorities are stupid, but bystanders are wise.

The part-time job at "Meatball" ended at eight o'clock, and 10 minutes later, Gintoki returned to the rental house with the day's salary and a bag of leftover desserts.

He deliberately picked out the bread with mayonnaise filling.

The rental house Yinshi lived in was on a long street full of small shops and bars, and it was full of complaints, yelling, and hustle and bustle every day.He has seen the ugly faces of countless people, and he is almost numb to all of them.

Today, Gintoki accidentally saw Toshi, his renter, beside the street lamp in front of the house.

Dengshi should have been waiting for a long time. There were a few cigarette butts scattered around her shoes, and the cigarette at her fingertip was almost burnt to the end.

"Hi, old woman," Yin Shi greeted her, and found that she looked very old under the dim light.

Dengshi exhaled a puff of smoke and said as he walked, "Your father sent money today and paid the rent for three years." It seemed that she had waited so long just to say such a sentence.

Yinshi paused for a moment, then gave a soft "oh", took out the key with his right hand that was not carrying the bag, and touched the keyhole gropingly.When the door opened, Dengshi had already walked ten paces away.

At this time, she heard Yinshi's moderate "thank you", and a firm "I will leave here one day".

Whether his father would send money or not was very clear, and he thanked Deng Shi for not revealing the charity and protecting his youthful self-esteem and arrogance.

Deng Shi in the distance stubbed out the cigarette butt, and said with a smile, "I will definitely give it to you the day you leave."

The next day, Yinshi's Class A and Class B had a physical education class together, and the physical education teacher was a handsome young man.

"As a warm-up, let's do a long-distance run first, 1500 for boys and 1000 for girls." Under the tragic wailing of the two classes, the man stretched his arms and legs, and smiled subtly, "I forgot to mention, my name is Shenwei."

Gintoki and Hijikata were assigned to a team, but he didn't know Hijikata's name at the time.

After standing on the runway, Yin Shi was glared fiercely by the earthworker, and suddenly found that the dog food control had a pair of pretty smoky blue eyes.

The whistle blew, and Yinshi controlled the speed and ran in the middle of the team.Earthwork ran at the forefront.

After two and a half laps on the 400-meter runway, many boys were out of breath and slowed down.Including earthworks.

Yinshi's breathing became thicker, but the rhythm of his steps was still steady. He looked at the sweat-soaked sports jacket of the soil not far away, and felt an urge to surpass him.

It doesn't matter what the sense of honor or ranking is, it's just that the young man's competitive spirit has the upper hand at this moment.

Gintoki speeded up his steps, and rushed forward with all his strength. When he overtook Earthwork, Gintoki turned his face sideways, raised his chin, and showed a provocative smirk.

He saw Hijikata's cheeks flushed with sweat, his lips parted slightly in surprise, and then the anger and stubbornness that were about to overflow from his eyes.

After winning him, the two had the same idea in their hearts.

The numbness from unnecessary limbs, the sight blurred by sweat, the exclamation of the onlookers, as long as the person next to him is still desperate, he has no reason to retreat.

The two abruptly compared a long-distance race to the taste of life and death.

The moment when they crossed the finish line almost at the same time, Gintoki thought, what a fucking joy.

After the game, Tufang wanted to go to the rest area, but his footsteps staggered, and his overdrawn body fell forward uncontrollably.

Yinshi stretched out a hand beside him, raised his eyebrows and looked at Tufang who was walking unsteadily, but the latter just bent forward to support his knee, and then slowly straightened up.

What an interesting person, Gintoki thought as he withdrew his hand.

After the Chinese class that day, Gintoki walked beside Yoshida with the quiz in hand, and Yoshida was also the head teacher of Class A.

The teacher's office in the first year of high school is on the fifth floor. When he walked to the corner from the fourth floor to the fifth floor, Gintoki stopped suddenly, "What's the name of the representative of the Mandarin class in Class B?"

"Hijikata Toshiro," Yoshida replied, while calmly looking at Gin who continued to go up, "You don't seem to care about this kind of thing."

Gintoki didn't speak, but just silently repeated the name --- Shirō Hijikata.

Fragments of sunlight fell from the window onto Yinshi's straight back, and the breeze blew by, shaking the collar and hem of the shirt together.

Sure enough, only pure white shirts are the most suitable for children of this age.

Yoshida felt sad for no reason.

"Just let go of what you want to do." Yoshida said, "Regret is something that happens after you become an adult." This sentence is more like saying to yourself when you were young, but time never goes back for anyone.

Gintoki replied "It's really long-winded" in a casual tone.