In Chukyo District, Kyoto, there is a century-old wooden machiya house hidden in a deep alley, called Tosuilou Shop.
The entire building was built in the Taisho era.
The quiet courtyard makes people feel like they have traveled through time and space. Coupled with more than 130 years of experience, even if it has been renovated, the store still has the flavor of old Kyoto.
In a spacious room by the window.
Liangying Tianhai's anxious eyes darted from side to side, her legs kneeling on the cushion embroidered with chrysanthemums were rubbed back and forth, and her feet wearing white socks were rubbed even more randomly, as if sitting on her knees was a torment for her.
Beside her is Sakichu Kodou.
At this moment, he sat quietly on his knees and stared at the tofu on the table, his head drooped and silent.
It seems to be as motionless as a mountain.
But Liangying Tianhai didn’t think so.
The current scene is so different from what she imagined!
Seniors are getting married!
However, A Teng is his real girlfriend!
Even the most rational person will have an emotional side. What's more, she knows best how much Sakichu Kodou wants to possess Minamoto no Yorimitsu. She is obviously his girlfriend, but now the situation has taken a turn for the worse.
If you look at it according to normal terms, this is not wearing a hat, it is simply riding on the head and buckling it on!
Liangying Tianhai didn't believe that she could keep her composure, and that's not what they said on the phone. Why did she act like a little rabbit again after she came back last night? She couldn't figure it out, but she didn't dare to ask in front of others.
But the only thing that is certain now is that one of the two main forces that he originally had high hopes for has died before he left the army, and is no longer useful.
As for Minamoto Yorimitsu across from the low mahogany table.
He put his hands flat on his knees and waited quietly.
"Wow--"
The sliding door of the wooden paper window is pushed open.
The three people's eyes converged at the same time.
But they found out that he was not the one they were waiting for.
Minamoto Yorimitsu withdrew his gaze.
He picked up the brown rice tea and took a sip.
Liangying Tianhai showed a disappointed expression.
On the other hand, Sakichu and Koto did not move during the whole process.
But the waitress in a plain kimono felt hairy all over. The guests in this room had strange eyes, and the combination of one man and two women looked strange, but this was not something she should consider.
If you work in the service industry, you will always encounter all kinds of strange customers, and I have seen even weirder ones than this.
However, feeling this strange atmosphere, the waitress still cheered up and walked forward carefully holding the tray. After placing it on the table, she softly said: "Excuse me, guests."
"This dish is called Snow Rice. It consists of eight cups of cooked tofu, then put it into a heated small Ningle tea bowl, add radish puree and soup to get the rice, and pour it evenly."
"Eight cups of it means cooking it with six parts of stock and one part of wine, plus one part of soy sauce, and thickening it with kudzu powder. It comes with a corresponding bowl. You can add the soup according to your taste when tasting.
"
After carefully introducing this excellent tofu dish, the waitress asked if she was needed to add the ingredients to the bowl. After getting a negative answer, she left.
Kyoto’s tofu cuisine is one of the best in the world.
This store is also a century-old store with extremely high spending power. However, apart from the excellent selling price of the snow rice in front of you, you can see the river view on both sides of the Kamogawa River when you open the window, which is quite worthy of the price.
"It's getting late. She doesn't know how long the traffic jam will last. Xiaoteng and Tianhai, you can eat first."
".It's better to wait a little longer, Oiyabukuro-san."
"That's right, mom said you can't use chopsticks until everyone is here, otherwise it will be extremely rude."
"We don't have to talk about these rules."
".It's okay, I'm not too hungry."
"Yes, yes, I'm not hungry either, I'm not hungry either."
Ryokage Tiankai nodded like garlic, pretending not to be in a hurry on his face, but in fact he was so anxious that he was almost fuming. How come this damn Goyakuchayin always misses the mark at critical moments? Ato has already
If it doesn't work, you must stand up.
Minamoto Yorimitsu was speechless. He glanced at the two women opposite him and silently put down the chopsticks in his hands.
You're not hungry, I'm hungry. I originally wanted to find a reason to satisfy my hunger first, but as a result, they both behaved like this, making him too embarrassed to move his chopsticks.
In fact, Minamoto Laiguang understands how serious they are.
Yesterday, after picking up the little girl, I put more burdens on her, which actually solved the urgent problem, but there is still no serious explanation.
And the royal medicine bag tea sound didn't come back last night.
To be precise, she didn't go home to sleep. She and her colleagues came back from Tokyo after completing the training. They went back to Kyoto Broadcasting to submit the training report. In the evening, she said that she needed to pick up some things from her original apartment, so her return to Jurantei was delayed.
Come back and stay again today.
But before coming back, she mentioned that she wanted to go out for a meal with everyone, and specifically mentioned the tofu shop where she and Minamoto Yorimitsu ate together last time.
So as evening approached, Minamoto no Yorimitsu found someone to jump in line to book a room, and drove the two girls over to order food in advance. As a result, Oyakubag Chayin was delayed, and she was in a heavy traffic jam on the train, so she didn't know where she was at the moment.
Minamoto Yorimitsu sighed slightly and took another sip of Genmai tea, feeling that his stomach was now full of water.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Liangying Tianhai, who was sitting directly opposite, sitting uneasily. He knew that the master's mind was restless again, and he felt that the atmosphere in the room was getting duller. He pondered for a moment and then slowly stood up.
"I'm going to use the bathroom first." After saying this, Yorimitsu Minamoto went out. The sliding door with wooden paper windows quickly fell into silence, and they were the only ones left in the room.
Liangying Tianhai's eyes rolled around, and he tilted his head back pretending to be nonchalant. After waiting for a few seconds to make sure there was no movement, his body finally relaxed.
I wiped the non-existent sweat on my forehead and finally felt a little relieved without seeing Minamoto Yorimitsu. However, the current situation is still not clear. I don’t know the specific reason for the sudden marriage. The Oyakubag Tea Sound hasn’t come yet, Saki
Chu Xiaoteng remained silent even more.
Thinking of Sakichu Koto, Yoshikage Tenkai turned to look at the little girl on one side, and found that the girl was still motionless with her head drooped, as if she was asleep.
Ryokage Amami hated the fact that iron could not become steel, but there was nothing she could do about it. She pushed Sakichu Koto and shouted in a low voice: "Ato, please say something!"
"Ah? Huh? What are you talking about?" Xiaoteng Sakichu was pushed by her, and he suddenly raised his head in reaction.
But when he raised his head, his eyes under the slender black bangs were filled with confusion, as if filled with fog.
As for Liangying Tianhai's anxiety, it seemed that it was nothing to her and she didn't care too much. It was completely different from the sudden hoarseness of her voice on the phone a few days ago.
She even had her head drooped, as if she had really almost fallen asleep just now, and there were crystal drops at the corners of her mouth that kept drooping.
Liangying Tianhai was dumbfounded. Anyone can still sleep with his hat on his head, and his lungs are not exploded. How can you sleep? It's not the same as what you promised at the beginning. It's not like you said
Do you want to ask thoroughly? This is over before it even begins.
"Of course it's senior's business. Aren't you anxious? He's about to get married. A-Teng, aren't you angry?"
"I'm not angry, nor am I anxious." Sakichu Koto hesitated for a moment, looked into her eyes and whispered.
Liangying Tianhai slowly opened his mouth wide, his eyes showed disbelief, as if he doubted whether his ears heard it wrong, and his face was full of shock.
It was really hard for her to imagine that these words came from the mouth of A Teng, who relied on his seniors the most.
Even if he repays his kindness, Ateng shouldn't be so patient with his senior. If it were him, he would have caused a huge commotion. How come you don't even have any fluctuations? Could it be that your senior was drugged?
Not to mention as friends, even if a stranger saw it, they would still be indignant at the behavior of their senior.
What's more, if you don't even make a fuss, Ateng, how can I, as the second wife, take advantage of the situation? I don't have the face to do it. If you don't hold high the banner of righteousness, what will I do?
".Actually, you don't have to worry."
Seemingly seeing that her mood was not right, Sakichu Koto raised his head slightly and said in a weak tone.
"Why?" Liangying Tianhai was stunned for a moment.
Sakichu Koto hesitated for a moment, his delicate little face wrinkled, as if he was trying to form words, and after a long time he said: "Mikaru-kun will not abandon us, even if he marries Miss Kamiya, he will not drive us away."
Ryokage Tenkai was even more speechless. What she was talking about was not a concept at all. She was talking about the identity of the wife of the head of the Genji family. As a result, Ato was satisfied as long as he was not evicted. Doesn't this mean that he was living on a subsistence allowance?
Death? What does it mean to live without ambition?
Besides, what he said before was very good, so I asked Ateng to ask, and then I asked the imperial medicine bag Chayin to fan the flames and get to the bottom of it myself.
As a result, it ended before it even started. This does not mean that as a loyal minister of the emperor, he was planning to blow the clarion call for a counterattack. However, before leading the troops out of the gate, His Majesty himself raised the flag and surrendered.
"I know, but what I care about is not the issue of being kicked out. You are the main wife. You were the one who came first. Even so, Sister Shengzi is indeed excellent. You have also acknowledged it personally from my seniors.
Girlfriend, you should be the one to get married."
She still refused to give up and planned to guide Saki Hatsukofuji again. Such a good opportunity must be seized!
Even if you complain, you still have to have a voice!
As a staunch Tongo Party member, they can be said to be both prosperous and devastated. Originally, they thought of relying on the majesty of the eldest wife Ato and living in front of Oyakubag Chaon for a while, and then giving birth to a few more children.
Gui made a comeback against the wind, but now his protective umbrella is completely ruined, and he doesn’t have any children yet!
Speaking of this, Ryokage Tenkai clearly noticed that Sakichu Kodou was a little hesitant and not as firm as before.
It seems that his words really have an effect.
Seeing that Sakichu was a little shaken by Xiaodou, Yoshikage Tenkai struck while the iron was hot and started to talk to her again, as if he was talking to her from the bottom of his heart, but the little girl was very hesitant.
".I can't do it"
"You can do it."
".I really can't."
"you!"
".It definitely won't work."
"I say you can do it, you can do it!"
With a crashing sound, the wooden sliding door with paper windows in the compartment was opened. The two of them looked towards the door in unison, and the discussion stopped abruptly.
Minamoto Yorimitsu looked at Ryokage Tenkai and Sakichu Kodō who were sitting in messy postures in the room, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
Just now when he walked into the corridor, he heard a commotion in the compartment, it seemed that the argument was quite fierce, and he heard vague voices.
"Who can do it?" Minamoto norimitsu asked doubtfully.
Liangying Tianhai opened his mouth, a look of panic flashed in his eyes, then calmed down, and said with a stumbling voice: "Ah! Senior, you are back!"
"What were you talking about just now?" Minamoto no Yoriguang nodded, but there was still a puzzled look on his face.
Ryokage Tenkai was a little speechless, but her mind was spinning rapidly. When she saw Sakichu Kodou, who was silent but didn't say anything, she was quick to think, and she squeezed out a smile on her face and said:
"Ah, well, we, we were talking about Ateng taking the civil service exam. She doesn't have confidence in herself. I'm cheering her on. I think she can definitely do it!"
Minamoto Noraimitsu looked at her with some suspicion, the smile on her face was very stiff, she was probably lying again, but she had nothing to say to the little girl. At most, she just talked about her own problems, and she felt a little bad, but she didn't
It's a lot, and it won't cause any trouble.
After thinking about it for a while, there was nothing wrong. He didn't intend to ask any more questions and said casually: "So that's it."
After a pause, Minamoto no Yorimitsu calculated the time in his mind, then turned to look at Sakichu Kodou and said warmly, "There are still three or four months until the exam. With your talent, it will be no problem to prepare well."
Sakichu Koto was stunned for a moment when he was suddenly clicked, and then subconsciously nodded his head: "Uh, um."
She was still immersed in the rapid change of face of Ryokage Tenkai just now and couldn't help herself. Didn't she just say that she wanted to question Guangjun, why did she suddenly change her face to another one?
Although she had doubts in her heart, she didn't think about it any more. Originally, Sakichu Koto didn't intend to cause trouble today.
She drooped her head. Under the slender bangs that covered other people's sight, Sakichu Koto's eyes gently touched her belly, praying silently in her heart, with the light in her eyes like a devout believer.
Minamoto no Yorimitsu suddenly said: "Come in."
Liangying Tianhai, who was originally grateful that he escaped, was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the door of the compartment.
Sure enough, after Minamoto Yorimitsu came in, a familiar and beautiful figure also walked in.
Her elegant figure seems to have the same temperament, but her neat business attire is still eye-catching. She also changed into high-heeled shoes that she had not worn before. The tight and shiny black stockings are also very eye-catching, but she took them off immediately after she came in.
High heels, bowed slightly and explained softly.
"I'm really sorry. It happened to be during the evening rush hour. The road was really congested today, so I was late."
Sakichu Koto whispered: "It's okay."
"Well, yes, it doesn't matter." Liangying Tianhai was dumbfounded and subconsciously acted as a repeating machine.
But it only took a moment for her to come back to her senses.
Because she remembered the business, now Ato is unreliable, and her only natural ally is the Oyakubag Chaone in front of her, who she hates all day long, and all her hopes are pinned on her.
Looking at the beautiful face that was a little more mature than before, Liangying Tianhai felt envious in her heart, but she still blinked hard to get acquainted with her.
But when she blinked her eyes dry and reached the point where she had consumed half a bottle of tears per 100 kilometers, Oiyabukuro Chayin didn't say anything. Instead, she pretended to be strange and asked: "Tianhai, what's wrong? Why are you blinking?"
Minamoto Yorimitsu also turned his head when he heard this: "What's wrong?"
Liangying Tianhai's whole body froze, and he immediately didn't dare to blink, looking at the imperial medicine bag tea sound in disbelief.
This familiar person pretends to know nothing.
It’s exactly the same as Ateng just now!
She was filled with shock, but suddenly she felt extremely frightened. She felt as if the whole world had betrayed her and was against her.