On New Year's Eve in the third year of Yonglu (1560), Yu Qiuping was in the territory of Yeli County.
It was still snowing in Owari, the temperature was very low, and the wind was biting. The ashigaru of Jobanbe had their families, old and young, and it was impossible for them to live in a simple military camp that was difficult to keep out the cold. Therefore, Naoe Tadayei
First, all the subordinates and their families were settled in Kuroda Castle. Kuroda Castle is the largest city in Yu Qiupei's territory. There are only a small number of defenders stationed in the city. After completing the handover with Naoe Tadayei, they all left
. And a large number of vacant houses in the castle and castle towns were temporarily used by Naoe Tadayei to house these family members.
After completing the preliminary resettlement, Naoe Tadayei began to buy New Year's goods for everyone at the request of Tokiwa Bei Ashgaru and the officers. However, due to insufficient funds on hand, Yu Qiupei spent this year's New Year's Eve relatively shabby. However, these things are not customary
The common people and subordinates who have lived a hard life have not yet "transformed from frugality to luxury". They are already very happy to be reunited as a family.
On the night of New Year's Eve, there were still light snowflakes in the sky, but Kuroda Castle was already filled with smoke, and every household was celebrating the Spring Festival. People with military ranks above Ashigaru gathered together on the first floor of the castle tower.
Dozens of people gathered around a big table they found somewhere to eat New Year's Eve dinner.
"We are not very generous this year," Sena Uji said with emotion while looking at the waiters who were serving the dishes. "There is only one chicken, so please save some."
"What! Just one is not enough to eat!" Yoshioka Katsumasa complained.
"That's right, it's not even enough to drink." Ogawa Yutong muttered. Since he has been tight on money recently, he hasn't had a good drink for several days. After finally celebrating the New Year, Naoe Tadayei purchased some drinks, and he just
Get a cup.
While everyone was busy complaining, Omaezaki Nakahide suddenly stood up and said: "I will go to the kitchen to help serve the food." After that, he turned and left. No one reacted at first, especially Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yutō.
He was complaining vigorously. Sena Ujiyoshi was the first to notice something was wrong, but when he got up and walked to the kitchen, he saw Omaezaki Nakahide holding a chicken leg bone in his mouth with satisfaction and walking back from the kitchen with a smile.
Next to him, there was a dejected waiter, who was carrying a roast chicken with only one drumstick left on the plate and placed it on the table.
"You boy! Damn it!" Yoshioka Katsumasa suddenly became anxious, "There are only two chicken drumsticks in total! You just snatched one! Not a single bit is left!"
Yoshioka Katsumasa was just about to get up and go to Nakahide Omaezaki to seek justice, but Nakahide Omaezaki pointed at his back with a smirk. He saw that the three pairs of chopsticks belonging to Nobumi Anesama, Yutō Ogawa and Uji Sena had already
At the same time, he reached for the chicken leg.
"You guys! Put down the chopsticks!" Yoshioka Katsumasa hurriedly rushed to the table, swiped left and right, and knocked all the chopsticks down on the table. However, at this time, how could everyone give up easily!
Those were the only chicken legs left! Even the normally serious Mizuto Atomic Sutra and the Lanxiang Kagori, who was a lower status than the regular samurai, held out their chopsticks!
"No! It can't be like this!" Seeing his chopsticks rolling to the other side, Sena Shiyoshi probably couldn't grab them, so he hurriedly interrupted: "We have a good review! Who is going to get this chicken drumstick!"
"Yes! Yes!" The ashigaru heads who were far away also interrupted.
"I have made the greatest contribution this year!" Yoshioka Shengzheng immediately patted his chest and said with a smile, "Not to mention anything else, the achievement of being the first to climb to the top of Dagao City! Who can compare with me!"
"What, what is this?" Gomaezaki Nakahide immediately shouted: "Back in Yinma City, if it hadn't been for me, His Highness would have been doomed long ago! What a rescue effort!"
"You've already eaten a chicken drumstick, what are you yelling about?" Nobuyuki Anesama immediately scolded, "When Narumi Castle suddenly suffered a sudden change, I was the one who was ordered to report back to Suruga when the situation was critical! Not only did I save our mistress's life, but I also captured Okabe Masaru.
Tsuna! I have the greatest credit!"
"To be honest, you relied on our mistress to succeed," Shui Yuanjing shook his head solemnly and said, "How do you deserve the mistress if you monopolize the merits like this?"
Everyone was quarreling with each other, and for a long time they couldn't tell the difference. Seeing that the chicken legs were almost cold, they finally found Fukushima Yasunari, who had been left aside without speaking.
"Big brother! It's up to you to judge! That brainless guy is really..." Nobuyuki Anayama muttered and turned to Fukushima Yasunari, but suddenly he was stunned, "Ah? Big brother, why are you crying?"
Fukushima Yasunari's eyes were a little dazed, and two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks.
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That was 24 years ago, and my memory is already a little blurry.
During the Chinese New Year, there was also such a big table. Fukushima Yasunari's father, as the eldest son of the Fukushima family, held a New Year's Eve banquet at home. As the child of his father's first wife, although he was only six years old, he naturally
They were also required to attend. Fukushima Yasunari still remembered that there was also a pot of fragrant chicken on the table at that time. As the eldest son, he naturally got a chicken leg. Even though he moved the chopsticks before his father and uncles.
, and no one punished him.
However, when he happily finished one chicken drumstick and wanted to get another one, he found that the drumstick was in the hand of his half-brother, a bastard.
"Give me the chicken legs." Fukushima Yasunari stretched out his hand across half the table and asked for the chicken legs from his half-brother. The younger brother was probably only four years old. He blinked his tearful eyes and sniffed hard again.
He smelled the chicken drumstick in his hand and reluctantly gave it to him.
"Forget it, An Qianyo," the younger brother's half-brother couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Xiao Qi has already taken the chicken drumsticks, give it to him."
"If Achiyo still wants to eat, uncle will find someone to cook it for you next time." Fukushima Yasunari's father's younger brother, his uncle, also advised, "Let this be given to the little brother."
"Why do you care about me?" Fukushima Yasunari put his hands on his hips and glared at his uncle. The uncle's face darkened. He was so offended and naturally he was not in a better mood. However, Fukushima Yasunari's father freely doted on him.
This favorite child of his wife didn't say much, but just touched his head lovingly.
"Give me the chicken legs!" Fukushima Yasunari still stretched out his hand reluctantly and said fiercely in a childish voice: "Otherwise, you will be better-looking!"
"You kid, why are you acting like this!" Another uncle couldn't stand it anymore, "How did your father teach you? Are you so rude?"
"What does it have to do with you? Why are you meddling in other people's business!" When Fukushima Yasunari saw that everyone was scolding him, he pouted and became a little angry, "I just want to eat chicken drumsticks! I don't care!"
"An Qianyo!" His bastard brother couldn't bear to see his half-brother being bullied like this, and said angrily: "Don't be too big or too small!"
"The child of the second wife! You have no right to take care of me!" An angry Fukushima Yasunari cursed rudely. In fact, he didn't even understand what the second wife was. He just mentioned it when listening to the maid chatting: That person
The status of the second wife is much lower than that of her mother.
"You!" The bastard brother was so angry that he couldn't speak. He was trembling all over. He looked at the younger brother who was only as high as a table, pointed at his nose and cursed himself.
"I'm sorry! I've caused trouble to the master! It's because I'm not in good health!" The second wife Fukushima Yasunari mentioned immediately apologized and slapped her eldest son hard on the face. Then he snatched the younger one away.
The chicken drumstick in the son's hand was carefully placed on the plate of the arrogant Fukushima Yasunari, and the younger son burst into tears.
"I don't have much time to disturb you! Excuse me!" After doing this, the second wife immediately took her two children and left the banquet. Before leaving, the eldest son of the second wife was really angry and muttered loudly.
: "You look like this! No one will play with you anymore!"
"Who cares about you!" Yasunari Fukushima said loudly while chewing on the chicken drumsticks he had won: "Who cares about you? You can go wherever you like!"
That banquet ended unhappy, and the uncles had less contact with Fukushima Yasunari's father. However, Fukushima Yasunari didn't care. He didn't care at all whether those uncles and their children came.
Play with him.
Anyway, he is the boss at home.
"I've spoiled you rotten, An Qianyo," my mother complained one day. "You have such a willful temperament that you fight for everything and refuse to give in. What will you do in the future?"
"Mom, it doesn't matter," Fukushima Yasunari coquettishly said: "Anyway, my father and mother love me the most! Sooner or later, they will come over to play with me!"
"Then people will be unhappy if you act like this. We should cherish the time we spend together," my mother said.
"Oh." Fukushima Yasunari responded casually, "Let's talk about it next time."
I didn’t want to but it became a prophecy.
A few months later, the Hanakura Rebellion broke out, and the Fukushima family sided with Genguang Etan. Unexpectedly, the Sena family, the Asahina family, the Okabe family, and the Sekiguchi family later all sided with Umetake Seiyoshi. The Fukushima family was outnumbered.
, and ultimately defeated. Fukushima Yasunari's father opened the city gate to the crusade in exchange for the lives of his family. Unfortunately, however, because his bastard persisted in resisting, he killed a general of the Okabe family. Oka
The family became so angry that they also killed Fukushima Yasunari's bastard brothers, sparing only Fukushima Yasunari and his parents. All the other men of the Fukushima family were executed.
The young Fukushima Yasunari was staying under a big tree next to the execution ground, watching helplessly as his uncles and servants at home who he usually called and drank, threatened not to come to him again.
The bastard brother who was playing around and the younger brother who was in tears and wanted to eat the chicken legs were executed one by one. The familiar faces fell off the limbs and rolled ferociously to the ground. The bright red blood spurted out from the neck and dyed the feet red.
Soil.
He hasn't bowed properly to his uncles yet; he hasn't said thank you to the servants; he hasn't played with that brother again; he hasn't given his little brother a bite of chicken drumsticks... He still has a lot more to do.
Things I can do with everyone in time...
Everyone is gone, nothing is left. Things that I could change with a small move in the past are now out of reach. Why didn't we cherish the time we spent together? Why didn't we let them live it?
Be happier? Why should we fight and let our willfulness bring displeasure to everyone? It wasn’t until everyone was gone that I regretted it alone under the tree.
Only when you have had it can you understand the pain of losing it, the heartbreaking pain.
Of all the physical things in the world, what ones are immortal?
At that moment, Fukushima Ange suddenly grew up.
Cherish now... cherish the time when everyone is still happy and reunited. Don't fight or fight, just let everyone be happy. Don't do anything that may make you regret after losing it.
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Fukushima Yasunari regained his composure, realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly wiped away his tears: "I'm fine."
"Look, you guys are making Big Brother cry because you don't give him chicken legs!" Nakahide Omaezaki joked, "Brother, you can eat these chicken legs! I have been taking care of you for so many years!"
"No, I won't fight with you," Fukushima Yasunari forced out a smile and stood up from the table. He turned around and walked to a tree outside the gate of the castle tower. He sat against the tree and looked across the sky.
To be continued...