As a background board, I want to pursue Dazai

After finishing the manuscript, I met with editor Xiaoshan again. This time, I went directly to the publishing house. There are four or five such cubicles on the side of his office. It must be It's set up for the convenience of editors talking to the guests they're meeting with.

"Is it a handwritten manuscript this time..." He took my manuscript out of the envelope, "I thought Teacher Inai didn't like to write manuscripts by hand, this is also very common, in the modern society that relies on computers, is there Teacher Shao said that using the keyboard would be more inspirational, and writing by hand is too slow.”

I noticed that he changed his address to me as "teacher".

——Is it because the previous works have been confirmed to be published?

I said, "I was planning on getting a new laptop, but the financial straits..."

I probably didn't expect me to give such a straightforward and down-to-earth answer. Editor Xiaoshan was a little stunned on his naive face, and then said: "...that's how it is."

"By the way, the manuscript..."

"I'll watch it now."

After I waited anxiously, I finally heard the sound of the paper being folded again. Editor Xiaoshan had finished reading it.

He didn't comment, but asked another question first: "Does Inai-sensei know that our society is holding an essay contest for the society?"

"No, it's the first time I've heard of it." The editor would suddenly bring up this issue, and it must be on target. I was not sure and asked back: "...you mean?"

"Mr. Inai, do you want to take this manuscript to participate in the competition of our company?"

"...This." I hesitated, "Is my article okay?"

"Of course you can." He said without hesitation, "Soliciting papers from the public, doesn't that mean that anyone can participate?"

I don't know if editor Xiaoshan is deliberately playing sloppy with me, so I can only point it out bluntly: "I mean I think my level is not enough..."

The editor responsible for screening manuscripts may not be able to maintain interest in my manuscript after seeing so many manuscripts, and I don't think my article will continue to attract selectors.

Editor Xiaoshan disagreed with me very much.

"Don't underestimate the professionalism of the editor, Mr. Inai." He said, "What's more, after the article is published, you are not the only reader. The quality of the article is judged by all the people who have read it. Maybe you think There are still shortcomings, but readers have already felt the shining points in the article."

He continued: "I think "Holy Maiden" is obviously more mature than "Vending Machine". To put it bluntly, "Vending Machine" can be published in magazines, and "Holy Maiden" is more mature than him." Why can't you participate in the essay contest?"

Editor Xiaoshan's rhetoric can be said to have become harsher, which shows that he disagrees with me very much.

Encouraged by him again and again, I thought to myself, anyway, the manuscript is for food, whether it is an essay contest or serialized in a magazine, it is actually not bad.

"Besides..." He lowered his voice, "The prize money for winning articles in the essay competition is this amount."

He made a number with his hands, and winked as if asking me "how do you think?" This scene was so vivid that I almost swallowed my saliva in cooperation with him.

"Then, let's submit."

If I win a prize, no first prize, just second or third prize... I can buy a laptop.

After receiving the affirmation of my active participation, Editor Xiaoshan's smile became more real.

"Then I'll take the manuscript away." He said, "I'll take you down, Inai-sensei."

When I got off the elevator, I unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance I met a few days ago in front of the building——Mr. Kobayashi I met when I visited Youzhi Elementary School. He was wearing a gray suit and carrying a briefcase. He seemed to have just returned from running outside. .I wanted to pretend I didn't see it, but I accidentally met my gaze, so I nodded bravely.

He smiled at me from a distance, but in the end he was about to get on the elevator, and we met me on a narrow road.

"Good afternoon," he said, "this is..."

"It's Editor Kobayashi, Mr. Inai, do you know each other?" Xiao Shan asked naturally, not knowing the inside story.

I just talked about how I met Mr. Kobayashi on campus that day.

Editor Xiaoshan took the initiative to answer the question for me. He said: "Mr. Inai is the writer in charge of my side, and a new article will be published on "Blue" soon."

Xiao Lin couldn't hide his surprise: "Is it the manuscript of "Vending Machine"?"

"Yes."

"That's it...that's really a pity, no, anyway, congratulations to you two, I have other jobs, so I'll leave first."

He looked like he was running away.

After the back disappeared, Editor Xiaoshan also sighed in a complicated mood. It was the first time I saw such a disappointed expression on the smooth editor Xiaoshan, and I couldn't help asking: "What happened?"

"Hey..." he said, "Actually, I was a little embarrassed to meet with Editor Xiao Lin. Before that, the two of us screened manuscripts together. That, it's a bit complicated to say, why don't we talk about it as we walk?"

I nodded in agreement.

He said: "The most popular writer of "Blue" is Mr. Miyamoto who specializes in romance novels. Mr. Miyamoto is in charge of Mr. Kobayashi, so Mr. Miyamoto left. He was hit hard and kept telling me to Find a newcomer who is no less than a teacher. We were reviewing manuscripts together and our friendship was good. We had agreed that if we came across a good article, we would give him a chance to contact him... But an accident happened. Xiao Lin's daughter suddenly became seriously ill, and he had to I haven't asked for leave for nearly a week."

I suddenly realized, and said: "However, within this week, editor Xiaoshan encountered...uh..." I was quite embarrassed by myself.

"That's right, I met Teacher Inai. I wanted to introduce him to you, but Kobayashi's phone number has never been connected. I went to his house three or four times, but I couldn't see anyone else. Seeing that the death line is approaching..."

Understood.

The editor Xiaoshan felt that he was a little sorry for Xiaolin, and he promised to help him find another potential newcomer, but he broke his promise.

He also said: "Actually, I had selected an article for Kobayashi before, but he didn't like it. But... when he came back after vacation, he found that Mr. Inai had been assigned to me. Although he didn't say anything, But he has been sulking at me. It can be seen that he is also very optimistic about you."

I comforted me: "It's not your responsibility as editor Xiaoshan. Since you have been contacting him but have not been able to contact him, it seems that fate is destined."

"Hey, I know it in my heart, but it's really not easy for him. Last year, his wife passed away. This year, his daughter was seriously ill. The author under him also left. It's a double blow to his career and life. He must also be very uncomfortable."

After listening, I also sighed.

It really is unpredictable.

……

……

Unexpectedly, I met Mr. Kobayashi again that afternoon.

I'm at the supermarket picking out bento boxes for Imaken, and of course the ones for kids are different from the ones for adults and teenagers.Not only that, but I also saw a lot of interesting bento boxes on the Internet, and I needed to buy molds, so I thought about buying them together today.

In addition, the seasoning at home is almost used up, and I have to prepare it, as well as the large and small bags I bought for Jinjian.

Just as I was picking by the shelf, I met Mr. Kobayashi who was also carrying a shopping basket.

"Hello, Mr. Inai, we meet again." He looks good today.

"Hello."

He glanced at my shopping basket and said, "Is this a bento box for my brother?"

Since the appearance of the bento box is obviously for children, I nodded as a response.

He brought up the topic of children and said with insight: "Children like to eat themed bento. It is a good choice to make them into cute animal shapes, or to make patterns with ham and radish slices. Molds If so, I recommend the set from the [-]-yen store, which is very useful for making cartoon bento.”

He spoke so enthusiastically, of course I couldn't reach out and hit the smiling face.

I quickly thanked him: "Thank you very much. In fact, I am worrying about my brother's student bento. How to keep it fresh is really a problem."

He smiled and said, "Actually, I also learned it from my wife. Unfortunately, she passed away last year, and no one prepares delicious and beautiful lunches for my daughter and me."

"……Please grief."

"Sorry for talking so much." He raised his hand to look at his watch and said apologetically, "How about I buy you a cup of coffee?"

Because we were going the same way, we were together at the checkout. I couldn’t find a chance to part ways with him, so it continued until I came out of the store and went to the coffee shop downstairs—that’s where I met Editor Xiaoshan. that house.

What I thought was that we don't have a deep friendship, so it's better not to get too close.And there is no need for the other party to invite me to drink coffee. How can there be any need for him to apologize for the casual chat just now?

"No, I have to go home and prepare dinner for my brother."

"Ah, then don't bother me, goodbye." He waved to me cheerfully and said goodbye, his back was printed on the glass window of the coffee shop.

"Goodbye." I said and left.

……

……

Jinjian's formalities have been completed, and school will officially start in a few days, and he will be a real elementary school student.It sounds a bit weird to have an ancient sword go to elementary school.

I told him about that too: "If you don't like school, we're not going."

I didn't expect his reaction to be serious and cute——

"Ai, I'm not really a primary school student, how can I throw a temper tantrum and say I can't go to school so easily." He scolded me with wide eyes, and then assured me: "I believe that going to school is very interesting!"

That being said...it seems that there are also students from Tomoeda Elementary School among the children in the dojo.

Imaken has been playing football with them recently, and it seems that he already has a familiar playmate.

"Okay, but if you feel that going to school is boring, just tell me right away, don't force yourself."

"Good~"

The next day I woke up early, I swapped shifts with Satu last night, and told him that I will make the bento today.It's really because the molds bought in the supermarket are so cute, I want to try what I can make now.

I didn’t expect to be addicted to making rice balls. I made several kinds, although they were all round small animal faces, and then decorated with seaweed and ham to look like kittens and puppies, but I still I felt a lot of fun.

In the end, I also made a light ○ bear rice ball...

"It's interesting, but it takes too much time to do it one by one."

The next step is to roll the eggs and turn them into delicious tamagoyaki as an embellishment, and then roll them with ham into a rose shape and gather them together.The mold is made of vegetables, such as carrots, which are made into flowers and decorated on top.Finally, it is supplemented with other vegetables and fried chicken nuggets.

However, one more thing I realized after I plated it was that I was making too much.Counting the people who want to eat bento, there are a lot of extra, and it can be made into a whole.Originally, I thought that if I tried cartoon bento for the first time, it would fail, so there would be some waste, so I deliberately used more ingredients. I didn’t expect that my success rate was too high, and all the ingredients were converted into bento properly.

While I was hesitating, Makoto and the others had finished washing and were about to go downstairs for breakfast.

Makoto was the first to discover that today's bento is different.

"Ah, I like the one with the kitten pattern!" She picked up her bento box, inspected it carefully, closed it again, and put it in the bag, "Ms. Wu Yishi is trying a new style today, Is it for Jinjian?"

"Well, I don't know if you like it or not. Today is the first time I make it. Tell me how it tastes this afternoon. I can improve it."

Today, Jinjian asked a nearby kid to go fishing together, and I packed him a lunch bag. After breakfast, he said, "Then I'm going out, and I'll bring fish back to Ayi in the afternoon!" and then ran away without a trace.

In the end, I was left with two lunch boxes staring blankly.

...One is the lunch I'm going to take to work and eat at the dojo.

What about the extra copy...?

The author has something to say:

The other one is of course——

By the way, the other one is also a small animal rice ball!

Today, everyone eats cute and loving heart bento!

Today is really too busy, I must write more tomorrow.

Recently, it seems that the sweetness is too high, so high that I can't believe it. Everyone, eat and drink well, and get ready.

—————————————————————————————————————————————感谢在2020-08-2722:21:25~2020-08-2822:26:40期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: a lonely lemon essence, 1 Shimai;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：不知198瓶；時邁36瓶；作业在你床上22瓶；悠里、可可爱爱没有脑袋10瓶；鱼灯3瓶；燕萝1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!