Chapter 12: Mom, Big brother has become a handsome guy!

How to spend a good Showa New Year?

In Naoki Nagayama's impression, it is nothing more than eating, drinking, playing, and doing homework. After all, this is the first time he has officially entered work to spend the New Year.

Of course, life still has to go on. Buying beds, furniture, appliances, daily necessities, moving to a new house, things always have to be done one by one.

There is still a week before the New Year, I have to buy gifts!

It is said that Mrs. Makino's children will be back for the New Year soon. When talking about this, the smile on her face cannot be covered.

Genta Nakai actually took Suzumi Hoshino back to his hometown first... What kind of operation is this, jumping directly to meeting the parents?

Finally, the moving in the past two days was Naoki Nagayama alone. All his belongings were the size of a suitcase. After finally saying goodbye to Mrs. Makino, he finally moved into his first apartment in his life on the afternoon of December 26, Showa 55.

The housewarming banquet for moving into a new home was eaten by one person. Having been a bachelor for more than 40 years, filling his stomach was no problem. After that, he started reading magazines, listening to records, enjoying the programs on the old TV, and then washing up and going to bed after late at night...

It looks a bit lonely, but according to the personality of the predecessor, there is no way. Being able to make two friends, Genta Nakai and Suzumi Hoshino, at the end of the year is already very good. Japan itself is also a lonely society.

However, the meaning of having a house is ultimately different. It is a sign of taking root in a city.

In a house that belongs to him, Naoki Nagayama slept very soundly this day.

The next day, there was nothing else important. He informed a few acquaintances of his moving information and the latest landline, and familiarized himself with the surrounding environment.

Then on the third day, he packed his gifts and prepared to return to his hometown for the New Year.

The train to Shizuoka started slowly, and Naoki Nagayama followed the path he came to Tokyo a year ago and embarked on the journey home.

Shizuoka is a coastal city, located between Osaka and Tokyo. The port conditions are actually quite good. If it weren't for the mountains surrounding it and the plain area being too small, it might have become a large port city like Tokyo Bay.

After leaving the station, he followed the road in his memory and returned home. It is a standard single-family house, built by Ken Nagayama 20 years ago after marriage.

Looking at the sign of Ken Nagayama nailed to the door, followed by mother, eldest brother, himself, Tsuruko... Growing up from childhood in this house, and then leaving home a year ago... I felt a bit emotional for a while...

"Oni-chan?"

Such a call suddenly came from the side.

With only two days left until the New Year, the last day of middle school was just for cleaning up, so by noon, Tsuruko Nagayama was heading home with a group of friends, chatting and laughing.

When approaching home, little friend Nana-chan saw the figure at the door of the Nagayama house and hurriedly whispered: "Tsuruko-chan, look, look, there is a handsome guy over there! Very trendy, very handsome!" The remaining girls performed a ceremony of attention together. "Ah, stopped at your door~"

The fitness in Tokyo was very effective. There was a layer of symmetrical muscles on the body, no longer looking weak, and even his height grew by a few centimeters, almost to 1.8 meters. When shooting advertisements, he had an experienced stylist create shallow bangs and short hair, trimmed eyebrows and face, revealing the fair and handsome face... and learned many styling tips.

As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. The returning Naoki Nagayama wears a gray high-neck fleece sweater, a dark gray plaid windbreaker, black nine-point pants, white sports shoes... a proper abstinence-style big shot.

In Tokyo, there were many killing-matt and hippies grabbing the limelight. But in Shizuoka, it seemed like a person who walked out of a different painting style.

"Why is such a handsome guy standing at my door?" Tsuruko Nagayama was full of questions in her heart. Under the urging of her little friends, she walked towards the person, but as she got closer, she felt more and more familiar...

This person is: "Oni-chan?"

Turning his head, "Ah, is it Tsuruko? School is on holiday and you're back?" Naoki Nagayama saw a group of little sisters in school uniforms and suddenly understood the reason.

"Really? Is it Naoki Big brother?" "Impossible" "Cool" "Just came back?"... Everyone is a neighbor, basically knowing the original Naoki Nagayama, and now they can't believe it.

Naoki Nagayama smiled at this group of little sisters, "Hello everyone, just came back from Tokyo..." Then pushed the door and walked in. "Tsuruko, let's go in~"

"Yes, Nana-chan, everyone, I'll go in first, bye-bye~" Tsuruko hurriedly said goodbye and followed in.

Father and eldest brother should still be busy at the izakaya. There are usually some guests on the last day, and they eat and drink in the shop. And Nanako Nagayama is usually at home at this time, and is looking out from the living room.

Naoki Nagayama entered the door and saw: "Mom, I'm back!"

But at this time, Nanako Nagayama was a bit confused. This trendy handsome young man is my dull son Naoki?

"Dad, big event, Big brother has become a handsome guy!" Tsuruko Nagayama shouted, breaking the slightly cold atmosphere.

Nanako Nagayama hurriedly came over to take the suitcase, and then greeted Naoki Nagayama to sit down in the living room, while Tsuruko Nagayama also sat on the side immediately, asking questions like a machine gun: "Nii-chan, how did you become so handsome?" "Where did you buy the clothes?" "What style is the hairstyle?"...

Naoki Nagayama had to deal with it sentence by sentence. Mother put the suitcase in the room where Naoki was originally, and then brewed tea and brought it to the living room table, and sat on the side listening.

"Because of shooting advertisements and selling songs, I earned a little money, so now I have changed to a residence. In the future, if you contact me, use the new phone number." Naoki Nagayama gave the address and phone number of the new home to his mother.

"Shooting advertisements? Nii-chan actually went to be a model?"

"No, it was just an accidental cooperation, and there might be none in the future."

"What advertisement did you shoot?"

"A green plum soda."

"Green plum flavor, is it delicious? Where can I buy it?"

"It's not on the market yet~"

"Did you also sell songs? When did Nii-chan become a composer?"

"No, I just happened to write a set of lyrics, and then it was collected by the agency~"

Mother Nanako also inserted questions from time to time, and the sense of alienation separated by a year dissipated in the chat sentence by sentence.

By lunch time, this chat was temporarily interrupted.

Lunch is home-cooked food, the taste eaten from childhood, suddenly not eaten for a long time, making people very satisfied.

After eating, Tsuruko helped wash the dishes, and Naoki Nagayama sat in the living room drinking tea... This life has already adapted a bit.

At this time, a small head stretched out from the kitchen: "Did you buy the New Year's gift?"

"Of course I bought it."

"What is it?"

"This, of course, has meaning only when you discover it yourself when you receive the gift."

"Hateful, you became mysterious after going to Tokyo..."

In the evening, father and eldest brother finally returned.

When seeing Naoki Nagayama greeting, Ken Nagayama almost asked: "Who are you?" Eldest brother Aoki Nagayama was even more surprised and couldn't close his mouth, "This is Naoki? My brother?"

However, after sitting down in the living room, there was no sound for a while.

Ken Nagayama and Naoki are both silent and stubborn personalities. Communication before was also about things, and they couldn't talk about chatting. Aoki had many questions, but didn't know what to say for a while.

So it could only be the current Naoki Nagayama who opened his mouth to break the silence: "Father, is the izakaya closed today?"

"Ah, yes, from today until the 4th of next year, it is a rest period."

"How is the business this year? Has eldest brother started to take over the master's work?"

"There are more and more companies in the city this year. Thanks to them, there are more guests coming to consume. However, the responsibility of the master, Aoki still needs to continue to learn."

"Father! I have learned all the dishes!" Aoki Nagayama was not reconciled.

"Still far away!"

Just like that, sentence by sentence, slowly chatted to dinner, after dinner. ===== CHAPTER 13 =====