Chapter 13: Showa 56, it's not different

Opening his eyes, it is a strange and familiar ceiling.

This room is even smaller than the room at the Makino family, only enough to put a desk and a bed, but things can also be stored in the storage box of the closet.

The previous clothes couldn't be worn, so he could only take out the autumn and winter home casual wear, fleece-lined warm cotton clothes, and loose wool cardigan jackets from the suitcase.

Washing and gargling have to be done downstairs. Tsuruko Nagayama saw it. "I always feel that Nii-chan's dress is very trendy. Is this the style popular with stars now?"

"No, this is the popular style 30 years later!"

"Hmph, really boasting~" No one believes the truth...

Aoki Nagayama said: "Too cold, there is no color at all. Now it is New Year, shouldn't it be lively!"

So you wore a pair of red socks, pretending to be your natal year...

Today is the last day. To prepare for the New Year's dinner of RB, the Nagayama family has been busy since morning. Because it is a family running an izakaya, the father also helped in the kitchen, and several children could only help.

The New Year's dinner for 5 people for 3 days is not a small project. Even if the whole family went on the field, it was not until after 3 pm that it was done. Lunch was just eaten casually.

The waiting time for dinner is always very boring. Before the NHK Red and White Song Festival, there is no particularly interesting program. The three siblings decided to go for a stroll.

At this time, the shops on the street were basically closed, and the three walked along the road with residual snow.

After walking for a while, Tsuruko Nagayama began to mutter, "It's really boring, the shops are closed, and there is no one... and it's so cold, it's better to watch TV at home..."

"It's not easy to see such quiet scenery usually." Aoki added.

"Nii-chan, are there so few people in Tokyo now? Do they spend the New Year?" Tsuruko looked at Naoki.

"Tokyo, speaking of which, I haven't spent the New Year in Tokyo."

"So you don't know anything..." Tsuruko mocked in Osaka dialect.

"No matter what, I know more than someone who hasn't been out of Shizuoka." "Hmph~"

"Speaking of Tokyo now, the streets should be very lively. Those big shopping malls are not closed, and many have year-end activities.

If you are strolling in the city center of Tokyo now, there must be many people on the street. Even if you want to play Pachinko, it is possible."

Tsuruko Nagayama was obviously yearning: "I must take the university entrance exam in Tokyo in the future! I want to be a white-collar worker in a big city!"

"Want to be a corporate slave, that's very hard~"

"Why, shouldn't a brother encourage his sister to work hard at this time?"

"Hai hai, work hard, Tsuruko-chan~"

Naoki Nagayama appeased the sister who was about to explode. At this time, the eldest brother suddenly said: "Naoki has changed a lot this year!"

"Ha, I have indeed learned a lot of tips on styling and dressing, and I have also started fitness."

"Not this aspect, it is other aspects." I always thought Aoki Nagayama was honest, but I didn't expect him to be wise and foolish.

Tsuruko interjected again: "Yes, Oni-chan was super dull before~"

"Well, living alone in a big city, you will always experience a lot. Now the era is changing so fast, people can't change if they don't follow~" The current Naoki Nagayama is not afraid of being discovered that he has changed a person.

"Saying one set after another." Tsuruko was a bit disdainful. "What are the tips for styling and dressing? I want to learn!"

"Don't tell you~ Haha."

"Kikasho... must tell me!"

When returning home, mother had basically placed the New Year's dinner on the table. The family sat around the table and started eating the New Year's Eve dinner, also waiting for the start of the Red and White Song Festival. Suddenly Tsuruko pointed to the TV and said: "Nii-chan, is that you?"

"Ah?" Naoki was stunned, and then saw the soda advertisement on the TV, a refreshing and handsome young man chasing a green plum, from seed to growth, then picking a bottle of green plum soda from the tree, taking a sip and matching it with a hearty smile, and then saying, this is the taste of green plum I like~

The advertisement is said to have been promoted for a period of time, but this is also the first time Naoki Nagayama has seen it on TV.

The whole family accompanied to watch his advertisement, which is simply a large-scale social death scene. Nanako Nagayama smiled and said: "Naoki is really handsome!" Others also laughed.

The joyful atmosphere continued until the Red and White Song Festival. At this time, everyone was holding tea and eating snacks...

Seeing Seiko Matsuda appear at the song festival, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but think of the songs sold. It should be launched at the end of January, and then another small sum of money will be in hand~

Watching and watching, it was the end of the Red and White Song Festival, and the TV turned into the bell of the temple.

Amidst the 108 bells of the temple, the first year of the 80s officially passed.

The RB that follows is still a time of rapid development. It will enter the bubble in 1986, reach its peak in 1991, and then fall into the abyss...

The morning of Showa 56 is no different from the past.

Even if he stayed up until the early morning last night, the young body still felt nothing, and the cold air

Nanako Nagayama had already prepared breakfast, which consisted of the previous New Year's meal, all reheated with hot water. "Mom, Happy New Year~"

"Happy New Year, Naoki. Are you actually up this early?"

"Hai, I couldn't sleep."

"Are you planning to do something for the New Year?"

"Nothing in particular." He couldn't very well say he just wanted to hole up at home until the end of January, could he? "Ah, that's right, New Year's gifts. I brought New Year's gifts for everyone."

"Really?"

"Nani nani? I heard 'New Year's gifts'~"

Tsuruko had been thinking about these New Year's gifts for a long time, and they had been delayed until now. Usually, New Year's gifts at home were prepared by parents—new clothes, shoes, scarves, and the like—but this year, Naoki was considered independent, so he had brought back gifts.

Naoki Nagayama went back to his room to retrieve several gifts: for his mother, the latest skincare set; for Tsuruko, the latest cosmetics. In truth, Naoki wasn't familiar with these things at all and had just bought them based on the recommendations of the sales clerk. In any case, the sales clerk had been all smiles when he left, so the commission must have been quite good~

As for his father and older brother, they didn't have many hobbies. After a busy day, his father liked to drink tea, so Naoki Nagayama gave him a set of purple clay tea ware, while his impatient older brother, who actually liked sea fishing, received a new fishing rod.

As soon as they got their hands on the gifts, Tsuruko Nagayama and her mother happily started comparing them, looking like they were about to have a serious discussion on how to use the cosmetics.

His father remained composed, simply putting the tea ware away in a cabinet he used often, while his older brother couldn't wait to go and try out his new fishing rod.

On the first day of the New Year, the whole house was filled with a happy atmosphere.