After Fujiwara Miki left, Kentaro Miyamoto did what he said, and he really didn't play games. He sat down cross-legged and began to meditate with his eyes closed.

I don't know how long it was, but his phone rang suddenly. I was subjected to such a conditioned reflex that I opened my eyes.

Kentaro Miyamoto got up and found his phone. Holding his phone in his right hand, he glanced at the caller ID on the screen, and pressed the green answer button.

Kentaro Miyamoto attached his phone to his right ear and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Ayaka Kato stood on the balcony of her house, taking in the breeze. She also smelled the faint scent of cherry blossoms in the air and said, "I just want to know if you're up?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto told a white lie and said, "I've started working part-time." ”

Ayaka Kato said casually: "Why is the place where you work so quiet?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said without the slightest flustery: "Isn't this not the official business that hasn't started yet?" By noon, it was busy. ”

Ayaka Kato asked, "Where the hell are you working?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto didn't change his face when he told a lie, and his heart didn't beat: "Can you still work there?" In the restaurant, of course. Otherwise, how could I tell you that it won't be busy until noon! ”

Ayaka Kato had something to say, "So what are you doing at the moment?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto told one lie after another: "What else can I do? Of course, I will do whatever the store manager tells me to do. In short, it's miscellaneous. ”

Ayaka Kato realized something and said, "Will I affect your work?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said calmly: "No." ”

Ayaka Kato asked curiously, "How much can you earn by working for an hour like you?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto relied on his objective understanding of the market situation and said, "1,000 yen." ”

Ayaka Kato felt it and said, "So little! ”

The corners of Kentaro Miyamoto's mouth turned upwards on both sides, but he didn't laugh and said, "The store manager is a very good person." 1000 yen per hour is already good.

If it's another store, it's not easy to make 1,000 yen. You know, the time to take a break in the middle of the way, that's not money.

If you're unlucky enough to meet a disgusting store manager, he'll eat your blood. You obviously worked for 8 hours, and he only gave you 7 and a half hours, or even 7 hours. ”

Ayaka Kato, who heard this kind of thing for the first time, asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to argue with the other party?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto really didn't make it up, and said truthfully: "If you argue with the other party, then you won't use it next time." That's what an hourly wage worker looks like. ”

Ayaka Kato said seriously: "It's not easy for you. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said bluntly, "I don't think there's anything." It's not like you don't know, I studied sociology. Observing and understanding the society in person is the only way to truly apply what you have learned. ”

Ayaka Kato became more and more interested, "Do you think you can have a future as an hourly worker?" ”

Even if Kentaro Miyamoto is lying now, it doesn't mean that his words are all lies. In the past, during the summer vacation, he really went to work as an hourly wage worker. I'm not the kind to experience for a day or two, but I'm really doing it.

Kentaro Miyamoto pondered for a while, and said categorically: "There is almost no future. Not to mention income, just after a tired day, I really don't want to move anymore, I don't even want to turn my head, I just want to rest.

Learning to improve oneself or something is like empty words. Unless you are a person with strong willpower or energy, you can do it.

Therefore, there is a common rule that you should not work part-time for more than 4 hours a day. Otherwise, people will have no intention of doing anything else.

However, having said that, there is no small conflict in practice. If you have less time to work, you will inevitably reduce your income.

If you earn 4,000 yen a day, even if you work part-time for 30 days a month without a day off, you can earn up to 120,000 yen.

Renting a decent bachelor apartment here in Shinjuku is more than that. Prices in Tokyo, a cosmopolitan city, are really expensive. ”

After hearing what he said, Kato Ayaka said as if he had been empowered: "I finally understood what you said, it costs too much money to fall in love, and I can't afford to talk about it at all." ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said calmly, "I know that there are many people from wealthy families at Waseda University. However, they are not the whole story.

Even people from ordinary middle-class families may not have too much money on hand. Even if they fall in love, they are often overstretched. Not to mention a poor college student like me. ”

Kato Ayaka immediately frowned, and said with the truest thoughts in her heart: "Last night, I was so guilty of letting you have a treat. Why don't I give you the money? ”

Kentaro Miyamoto pretended to be a little angry and said, "You obviously look down on me? ”

Ayaka Kato panicked for a moment and quickly explained, "There is no such thing. Don't be cranky. I'll invite you next time. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto refused: "No need." Invite a friend to a meal or drink, I can do it. ”

Ayaka Kato said truthfully: "I really think you work hard. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto didn't hold back, laughed loudly, but was able to justify himself: "This is also an experience for me.

Although my life is not good, I know through hourly wages that there are many worse people than me. Before, I still complained about this and that from time to time.

Now, I don't complain anymore. When I look closely at the crowd of hourly wage earners, they are not stupid, nor lazy, but they don't have a good opportunity.

Some of them are working hard in their own way. It's not that they don't have dreams, but they have dreams. It's just that it's often limited by immediate survival.

Some people want to become artists, some people want to be nail technicians, open their own small shop, some people want to get professional grade certificates, and so on. ”

Ayaka Kato sighed: "You are worthy of being a person who studies sociology, and you are really careful enough to observe." ”

Kentaro Miyamoto knows better than anyone else that he can just put himself in his shoes and look at some things objectively. He also learned this from Hideki Ishihara.

If it weren't for the encouragement of the other party, it would never be possible for me to take such a step, so that I would not be able to enter the lives of ordinary people.

The world in which I really live and the world in which the common people live are two distinct worlds. In this way, it is difficult for two parallel lines to have a junction.