Sakai Hoshino looked at his nephew Sakai He's questioning eyes and softly said these four words: "After all the hardships, the joy comes."
After Sakai He heard these four words, his expression couldn't help but be startled.
Lean less.
Sakai He's somewhat stunned expression was instantly replaced by an expression of unbelievable surprise.
Although his understanding of Dalong culture is far less proficient than that of his aunt Hoshino Sakai and his younger sister Hanaki Sakuraori, he can still understand what these four words mean in Dalong culture and what they mean. .
"After all the hardship comes happiness."
"After all the hardship comes happiness."
Sakai He's lips trembled as he repeated the words "after all the hardships, the joy comes" twice, and looked towards his aunt with an excited and inexplicable look in his eyes.
After all the hardships, happiness comes, just four simple words.
However, just these four simple words are far worth a thousand words to Sakai He, the chief military officer of the Japanese envoy.
"Aunt...Aunt, is it true? You are not joking with the child, are you?"
Sakai Hoshino looked at the disbelieving look on his nephew's face, raised his white and tender hands, grabbed Sakai He's ears and twisted them gently but not hard.
"He'er, what do you mean by this? Do you think your aunt is lying to you?"
Sakai He looked at his aunt's unhappy pretty face and shook his head hastily. With a face full of flattery, he grabbed Sakai Hoshino's wrist and laughed a few times.
"Don't dare, I'll forgive you, aunt.
It’s not that the child doesn’t believe my aunt, but that the surprise came so suddenly that the child couldn’t believe his ears for a while.”
Sakai Hoshino looked at his nephew's smiling face full of ingratiation, covered his pretty red lips with his fingers and chuckled.
Naturally, she would not really be angry with her own nephew.
As my nephew said just now, this surprise was too sudden.
It should be noted that when I was in my room during the day, when I first heard the news from Liu Jun, why didn't I look like such an unbelievable surprise?
That is to say, I couldn't see the reaction on my face at that time, if I could see it.
Thinking about it, my reaction at that time was probably not as good as my nephew's expression now.
"Okay, stop pretending in front of your aunt and go with your aunt to see Mr. Liu."
"Auntie, is this really true?"
Naturally, Sakai He would not doubt his aunt, but in order to ensure that there was nothing wrong with his ears, he asked again.
Sakai Hoshino naturally understood why his nephew asked about his feelings again, because didn't he ask Liu Jun like this at the beginning?
Seeing his nephew's eager expression, Sakai Hoshino smiled and nodded.
However, Sakai Hoshino's character has always sought stability, and she would not give Sakai He a definite guarantee before the issue of awarding soldiers and equipment was officially finalized.
Sakai Hoshino frowned slightly and thought for a moment, then narrowed her beautiful eyes and let out a sigh of relief.
"I dare not say 100% of it, but it should be 90% or 10% possible."
Sakai He raised his hands and beat them together hard, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Great, not to mention nine out of ten, even if it's only sixty percent, my nephew can breathe a sigh of relief.
Auntie, let’s go there quickly, don’t keep His Majesty the Emperor waiting too long.”
"The past must pass, but before it passes, there is one thing that needs to be done."
Sakai He frowned, and the look on his face suddenly became nervous.
"whats the matter?"
Seeing his nephew's suddenly tense expression, Sakai Hoshino chuckled and shook his head.
"He'er, you don't need to be nervous, it's just a small matter.
It’s getting late, and Mr. Liu hasn’t had dinner yet. When we go to see Mr. Liu, we naturally have to prepare some fine wine and food.”
"That's it, aunt, you and sister Yingzhi go over first, and I'll go prepare the food and wine right now."
"Okay, let's go there first. Auntie is waiting for you outside the palace gate. You should try to hurry up and don't let Mr. Liu wait too long."
"My child understands. By the way, aunt, does His Majesty the Emperor have any special dishes that you want to eat?"
"Auntie asked Liu Jun before we came here, and he asked us to just prepare as we like.
As for what food and drinks to prepare, you just have to watch the preparations.
It doesn’t need to be too grand, and it doesn’t need to be too simple.”
"Yes, let's go get ready first."
"Ishibashi-kun."
"The official is here."
"I am going to my aunt and sister Yingzhi to visit His Majesty the Emperor. You can bring back the food and wine in the room to share with the brothers."
"Yes, I understand."
After Sakai Ga left in a hurry, Sakai Hoshino smiled lightly and nodded to Taro Ishibashi.
"Ishiqiao-kun, let's go there first."
"Miss Hoshino please, Miss Sakuraori please."
Sakai Hoshino didn't answer anything. He patted his daughter on the shoulder and walked out of the courtyard first.
Hua Qiyingzhi smiled and waved to Taro Ishibashi, and hurriedly followed in her mother's footsteps.
Taro Ishibashi watched Sakai Hoshino's graceful figure gradually go away, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and punched the door frame hard.
After the mother and daughter disappeared into the courtyard, Taro Ishibashi let out a long sigh with a complex look on his face, turned back to the table and began to clear away the food and wine on the table.
"Mother."
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Did you feel that something was wrong with the way Mr. Ishibashi looked at you?"
"Yes? What's wrong?"
"Hmm~ Ying Zhi can't tell. I just think he looks very excited every time he sees you, mother."
Sakai Hoshino's lotus feet paused slightly, and patted the little girl's bun with a delicate face.
"Sakuraori."
"Mother?"
"Remember what my mother said, never mention anything about Mr. Ishiqiao in front of Mr. Liu.
Especially don't mention the thoughts you're feeling."
"why?"
"There is no reason, just remember what my mother said."
Hua Qi Yingzhi looked at her mother's serious expression and nodded with doubt on her pretty face.
"Okay, Sakurazhi knows."
"You are so sensible, you will always be my mother's good daughter,"
"By the way, mother, there is something Yingzhi wants to tell you."
"whats the matter?"
"Mother, before you went out to buy fabric this morning and didn't come back, your husband asked Yingzhi an inexplicable question."
"what is the problem?"
"The gentleman asked Yingzhi what he thought of Dalong and whether he liked Dalong."
Sakai Hoshino's delicate body trembled slightly, her expression melancholy was silent for a moment, and she looked down at her daughter with complex eyes.
"Really? Then how did you answer Mr. Liu?"
"Yingzhi answered sir, Dalong is very good, much stronger than our Japanese country."
To be continued...