Chapter 4 Part-time Job and Planning
Kamikawa High School ends at 3:15, and Toru Watanabe arrives at Nishi-Shinjuku Station at 3:30.
He works in a supermarket near the exit.
"Watanabe-kun, you're here!" As soon as he arrived at the store, the young female cashier Chiharu Murai standing at the checkout counter greeted him with a smile.
"Good afternoon, Chiharu-sister."
Toru Watanabe walked into the staff room, put his schoolbag in the locker, changed into his uniform, put on an apron, and walked to the deli area.
"Watanabe-kun, I'm leaving first." Keiko, who was in charge of taking care of him, saw him and couldn't wait to put down the work in her hands.
"good."
Jingzi was in her twenties and had been a housewife since she got married. When her daughter went to kindergarten, she got bored staying at home and went out to work again.
Every day at a certain time, I rush to pick up my daughter.
Watanabe Toru was the only one left in the deli section.
He first looked at the oden, and saw only a few pieces of incomplete fried tofu floating on top.
He skillfully took out processed white radish cubes, kelp rolls, rice cake lucky bags, konjac and other ingredients from the cold snow area, put them into the machine in different categories, filled them with soup, and turned on the fire to cook.
Then there are fried foods.
The best-selling pork patties and chicken skewers are almost sold out, so we have to restock them quickly.
The oil that had been used for the whole morning was still relatively clean. The chicken skewers were put in, and yellow bubbles appeared. A slight heat wave hit Watanabe Toru's face, which was covered with a mask.
"Mom! I want this!"
"It's time for dinner, no!"
"Ah—I want it!"
Toru Watanabe said nothing, waiting for the tug-of-war between the child and the young mother in front of the counter to end.
Finally, the child happily took the freshly fried chicken skewers from him and was obediently led away by his mother who was still nagging.
“Thank you for your patronage.”
As soon as I left this side, students wearing other high school uniforms came to buy oden on the other side.
"One carrot, no, two!"
"good."
He used a clip to pick up two pieces of white radish soaked in soup and put them into a disposable box.
"One bamboo roll, two kelp rolls, and eggs too..."
"Eat so much? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to eat at the dinner later?" the companion said with a smile.
"Don't worry, don't worry." The man waved his hand, "Give me another rice cake lucky bag!"
"Okay." Watanabe Toru did as he was told.
"Then I'll have one too!" said another student.
Two minutes later, Toru Watanabe sent the guests away with the same "thank you for your patronage", while someone else was looking at the fried food on the other side.
"What do you need, sir? They're all freshly fried." He walked over.
The guest took a look and turned away.
He was busy like this until 7:30 , when Toru Watanabe temporarily left the prepared food area and put discount labels on the remaining bento boxes one by one.
The supermarket closes at 9:30, and he, Chiharu Murai and two other staff members restock the shelves.
At this time, you are more free - you can restock any shelf you want. Chiharu Murai follows Toru Watanabe.
"Watanabe-kun, your salary is coming soon, do you want to go out and play together?"
"Salary...how much can I get?"
"For you, Watanabe-kun, if you work five hours a day, three days a week, a month, um... probably..."
The hourly wage is 960 yen, which means 57,600 yen? It's a little low, but if you save a little and eat in the school cafeteria, you can spend less money sent by your family.
Unfortunately, the part-time working hours of fifteen exceeds what the school allows, and I am now doing it secretly.
If I find a part-time job, I might be able to save money.
Toru Watanabe thought about this in his mind, took the potato chips from Chiharu Murai and put them on the shelf.
"Probably... less than 60,000? Never mind." Chiharu Murai gave up her mental arithmetic and suggested with a smile, "There's a new karaoke bar behind Nakano Station. Let's go sing to celebrate?"
"I'm planning on saving money to buy newly released games."
"What kind of game is so expensive? You can't spend all the 60,000, right?"
Watanabe Toru turned around and said to her with a smile: "I'm not like you, Chiharu. My family has no money, and I saved the money to buy games."
Chiharu Murai nodded slightly unwillingly: "Okay, how about next month?"
"Well, I'll definitely go if I have the money."
"Then I'll look forward to it?" Chiharu Murai said in a cheerful tone.
"good."
After restocking the snack section, Toru Watanabe walked towards the toilet paper section, followed by Chiharu Murai.
After restocking all the goods, the four employees divided the remaining bento and fried foods and said goodbye to each other in front of the store.
It was already past ten o'clock when I returned to the old rented apartment.
This apartment is specially rented out to nearby high school students, college students, international students, outsiders who come to Tokyo to pursue their dreams, etc.
The house price is relatively cheap, but the space is cramped. As you enter the door you will see a kitchen with only a gas stove. Three steps inside is a room that is both a living room and a bedroom.
The toilet can only fit one toilet, but it is a cubicle and has an exhaust fan. The bathroom is also narrow, but you can take a shower and a bath at the same time.
There is also a balcony that can only be used to hang clothes and people cannot stand.
Watanabe Toru had no complaints. After all, it was just a place to sleep, so the size didn't matter.
He put the bento and fried food in the microwave and set the timer for five minutes.
Just leave it alone and take ten minutes to take a shower before taking the heated food out of the microwave.
He put the animation DVD that Kunii Osamu lent him into the TV. His parents were afraid that he wouldn't be able to make friends in the city, and that he would become autistic if he only cared about studying, so they bought him these cheap things to help him pass the time.
He poured a glass of water and started eating his lunch.
He wasn't paying attention to the animation, he just listened to it as background music and thought about other things.
With April's salary and 150,000 yen in cash, he wondered if he could get Tamamo Yoshimi to agree to be his girlfriend.
According to the "market conditions" I heard from Kunii Osamu, the average price is 15,000 yen per session, and there are even high school girls who pay 6,000 yen per session.
From this point of view, he went to Shinjuku Kabuki or Akihabara to find these people and asked them to be his one-night girlfriends, which seemed to help him earn a lot of points.
But Toru Watanabe had no intention of risking his life on this love game.
At the age of fifteen, he spent money to find a one-time "girlfriend". Once the school finds out, not only will taxpayers have to pay for his future plans, but he will also have trouble graduating from high school.
Besides, he couldn't let down his parents who worked hard as farmers in his hometown.
Finally, he had no points left to buy the [Detector].
In other words, Watanabe Toru's current targets are only Kiyono Rin and Tamamo Yoshimi.
Kiyono Rin has an IQ of 8, a Charm of 9, a cold personality, and the [Detector] doesn't give any useful information.
Although Toru Watanabe was surprised by her appearance, he was not interested in such a person and was too lazy to spend time on her.
Tamamo Yomi has a charm of 8 points, but an intelligence of only 5 points. Getting into Kamikawa High School is probably her limit. Even though intelligence is not equal to EQ , it is much easier to fool.
Plus the other party likes money, which is very convenient.
It would be great if it could be solved with money, but Watanabe Toru didn't want to really fall in love. Even if he did, he wouldn't look for a girl like Tamamo Yomi, who didn't share his basic values.
He made up his mind to take action against Tamamo Haomi and use money to make her his girlfriend.
According to the [Appendix], if the relationship lasts for a week, a month, a year, or ten years, there will be a sign-in reward.
Toru Watanabe doesn't expect to get the reward in a year or ten years, but at least he has to get the reward in a week or a month.
150,000 yen to make Tamamo Yoshimi agree to be his girlfriend for a month... I wonder what the other party's "market price" is like?
There was also another risk: letting someone other than the two of them know about the deal.
Watanabe Toru was most concerned about this - judging from the related rumors in the school, Tamamo Yoshimi's tight-lippedness was worrying.
But it could also be that other students happened to see...
It is better to find time to contact the other person and observe for a period of time.
Thinking of this, Watanabe Toru finished his lunch box and collected the garbage and placed it at the door so that he could throw it away easily the next morning.
Turn off the TV which was still making noise, push the table to the corner, make the bed, brush your teeth and go to bed.
