Writer saves the world

The maid secretly brought Shuji the latest issue of "Contest" and a letter from Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

She didn't agree with Xiuzhi looking at these things that were forbidden by the master to appear at home, but she was more worried about losing this hard-won job, so Xiuzhi didn't spend much time convincing her easily.

It is actually not very difficult to do some small tricks in this crowded mansion, especially at this critical juncture when the peace agreement has just been signed and the domestic political arena is undergoing a major reshuffle due to the end of the war. The whole family's focus is on Followed by Xiuzhi's father and brother, he tried his best to seize this opportunity of renewal to take a step closer to the political arena, from the famous family in Aomori to Tokyo.

At this time, no one will pay attention to what Xiuzhi, the little transparent in the family, is doing, so he can escape those social gatherings and tea parties that make him sick, and enjoy a quiet time in his own room or sneaking into Wenzhi's study Relaxing alone time.

However, the books that Wenzhi read are very boring. As the eldest son of the family, Wenzhi has already decided his future life direction in politics since he was very young. , Xiuzhi felt a little nauseous when he saw it.

And he stayed here when no one was there, just because he liked that soft and comfortable western-style couch.He can lie on it and read a book, and occasionally use his own pocket money to let the maid sneak in some carbonated drinks, while flipping through the latest magazines while sipping ice-cooled drinks, if the etiquette teacher sees his rough and bad manners, he will probably be shocked Passed out on the spot.

This is the way Akutagawa Ryunosuke taught Shuji in his letter. Lying crookedly, there is a strange pleasure in the mind stretching along with the body.

As I said a long time ago, the adults in Akutagawa's family dote on their children without any courtesy, and have always indulged the children in the family to "liberate their nature". Therefore, Ryunosuke Akutagawa knows a lot of such unruly but interesting things. Xiu Zhi changed his attitude toward him, from a nasty brat to a rather pleasing little bastard.

Of course, it's impossible to like it. Xiu Zhi will never like this little bastard who shows off his feathers to him like a peacock in every letter.

Why did his family take him to various places for a happy trip, why did he get praised by his uncle and brother one by one for a little help, why ran around Yokohama and would not be caught home to teach him a lesson...

Gee.

Shuji sourly recalled what was written in Akutagawa Ryunosuke's letter before, and honestly put the new issue of "Contest" aside, and anxiously opened Akutagawa Ryunosuke's letter. It looks like that stinky brat Her immature handwriting has not improved much compared to before, and I don't know where I have gotten from practicing calligraphy on three sheets of paper every day.

Xiuzhi secretly complained that Akutagawa's three-year-old sister's handwriting would look better if this continued, and he was satisfied to find that there were no typos in the letter this time.

Akutagawa said in the letter that elementary school will start soon, and he also attended the entrance ceremony with his parents. The joy and longing filled between the lines made it difficult for Shuji to understand.For Shuzhi, school is by no means a pleasant place, like a flock of sheep but he is a goat, with incompatibility written all over him from head to toe.

In the photo attached to the letter, Ryunosuke Akutagawa is showing a shy smile while comparing two fingers. The surrounding lineup is the same as what he saw in the last family portrait. Shuji silently complained to the photo that the school uniform of Yokohama Elementary School is as ugly as Aomori’s .

I thought the school uniforms in big cities would be more western.

Xiuzhi curled his lips, bit the pen and wrote a few lines of related content in the reply letter based on his school experience in the past few days, and then thought about how to get a degree without going to school.

Otherwise, Ryunosuke Akutagawa might go to university after finishing elementary school and middle school, but he might not even get an elementary school degree in the future. Just thinking about this subtle feeling of losing makes Xiuzhi uncomfortable.

And that annoying older brother Akutagawa Ryunosuke is going to elementary school too, he looks a level higher than him, thinking that he will be overwhelmed by that arrogant brat in the future...

Xiuzhi had to take the matter of going to school to heart, and began to seriously consider the probability that he would skip a grade and go to middle school. He had read Yingzhi's middle school textbook before, and found it easy to understand because it was not difficult. Find out the old textbooks and study by yourself for a few days, and there is no problem with the middle school courses.

Xiu Zhi endured the pain of shaking his baby teeth, and pulled out the pen holder that he had been biting unconsciously for a long time, and thought about whether this would be a chance to persuade his father to let him go to a place far away from home to study.

Xiu Zhi wanted to go outside too much, especially when the family guests came one after another around the Chinese New Year, the thought of running away from home was like a balloon inflating infinitely in his head.

If there is no letter from Akutagawa Ryunosuke's brother named "Oda", the letter is tolerant and gentle, with a bit of sternness that cannot be rejected, which perfectly hits the weakest part of Xiuzhi's heart, making Xiuzhi want to rebel He couldn't help but read Oda's letter carefully, and now he must be eager to escape from home.

Those harsh and dark thoughts will be left far behind by him.

But Oda persuaded him in the letter not to run away too fast, and told him not to run to a place where his family could not find him—the outside world is too dangerous for children, and running too fast is too urgent. Not knowing the direction, when he wants to go home in the future, he will not be able to find the way home.

Shuji was just too well protected and lacked awareness of the outside world, which led to some over-optimism. After knowing the outside situation, he resolutely dispelled this too dangerous idea. The little young master who ate it felt chills all over his body, the moldy bread and rice with worms on the side were not eaten by their servants, and being beaten to the point of bleeding and rubbing on the ground was beyond Xiuzhi's knowledge.

It was like something that would have happened in another world.

Xiu Zhi thought that if he really fell into that situation after running away from home, he would definitely live desperately unwilling to die in the swamp, and at the same time suffer from the naked/naked darkness of the bottom world to such an extent that he would think about it every day. Die fast.

Shuji rubbed his arm with goosebumps due to bad associations, and decided to be patient with Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who had struggled out of the slum, and to be less ambivalent when replying.

However, the escape route for running away from home was blocked, leaving only the frontal attack route that he didn't want to challenge.

Wenzhi was studying at a university in Tokyo, and his father rented a house for him there. Xiuzhi also heard that if the election goes well, Wenzhi may be transferred to work in Osaka or Kyoto, and the number of times he will come back will be even less.

And Eiji's high school is far away from home. If he is busy with his studies, he can only go home once a month. Xiuzhi heard Eiji talk about his life of studying abroad alone. As long as he handed over a beautiful report card, his father would not bother about the school. .

So...if his academics are so good that he can be admitted to a good school in Tokyo, then his father should be very happy to send him to study in Tokyo, and if he is even better and admitted to a foreign school, even if his father is worried about arranging someone It doesn't matter if you go abroad with him, because home is too far away in a foreign country, and he only needs to play tricks to get a lot of freedom.

Can be far away from home without being trapped by those messy things, can go where he wants to go, live any kind of life he wants to live,

It's just that it means a longer endurance than turning around and fleeing. He has to suffer and painfully pretend for many years, when a clown who is always brought out by his father and brother to show off, pretends to be a fool in public... Forever—— just like Oda said As he said, when he turned his head, he could see the shadow of his family chasing behind him forever.

Xiuzhi felt anxious because of everything this route represented, as well as the timidity that he didn't admit but did exist. It was much more difficult to attack frontally than to turn around and run away at any time. It made people just look at the bumps and thorns on the road and couldn't bear it anymore. Be timid.

This is an emotion that Xiuzhi's father and brother can't understand. Xiuzhi struggled alone for a long time and found that he could only write to Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Of course, he didn't think that annoying ghost who couldn't even see his own yin and yang could understand his feelings. With a faint expectation, I wrote a sentence that I hope Oda-kun can write something for him.

If it's Oda...

maybe……

Shuji began to bite the penholder again, and when the deciduous teeth that were about to fall out shook, it caused restless pain. He didn't realize that he was thinking about things that he didn't need to think about at his age. Realized that there was something wrong with the things written by children of the same age in my family.

After all, Sakunosuke Oda was not so normal at the age of seven or eight, at least he had gone on two or three missions with the instructor, and his hands were stained with blood.

So after reading the letter from Osamu Dazai who was so entangled, he just calmly pointed out that it is illegal for children not to complete the 12-year compulsory education, and then expressed his rich experience in dealing with all kinds of whims of his own cubs. It is better to make a three-year plan, five-year plan, and ten-year plan to implement the illusory and lofty goals in detail.

Regardless of whether the imaginary process is difficult or not, the future is beautiful, if you spend 5 minutes writing a short-term plan, you will find that the goal is either achievable or abandoned.

Generally, their own cubs give up more, but there is no need to write this in the reply letter.

After Oda Sakunosuke finished writing the reply, he was worried that it would not be very convincing, so he seized the only adult in Naruya to fill in the content. Futaba Teimaki thought about Dazai Osamu's letter for a while, and appended Last article.

[It's not a problem whether it's too late or not.Human life is not an issue either.I am running for a bigger goal. 】

[If that's the case, you should run as hard as you can. 】