Chiyo is ten years old this year, and today marks her ninth month living in the brothel.
The brothel she worked at was a small shop called Mizucha-ya.
The place she lived in was a small cage.
Because she wasn't old enough to lose her virginity, she couldn't live in a large cage like her mother, where customers could choose her.
The cage she lived in was so small that she could only close it by curling up her thin body.
She envied her mother, who could live in a big cage and stay in a comfortable room when there were guests.
Every time she shared this idea with her mother, her mother would comfort her with tears in her eyes, saying that she could enjoy all of this when she grew up.
Chiyo's father and brother both joined the army to defend their country.
The family lost its man, who was no longer able to work, and therefore could not pay taxes.
To survive, the mother had no choice but to take Chiyo and become a comfort woman in the military camp to offset taxes.
Each month, you only need to work in the military camp for seven days to offset a month's tax.
This policy was promulgated by Prime Minister Shingo Abe.
This solved the problem of most soldiers' families having no source of income.
Shingo Abe not only allowed soldiers' families to pay taxes by using their bodies, but also extensively opened up brothels and gambling dens.
It provided a source of income for the soldiers' families and also gave the soldiers some places for entertainment.
This policy, which benefits the country and its people, made Shan Shangche want to kill him several times.
However, Yu Rentianhuang stopped them all, which led to the island nation's number one gun saint betraying his country.
Chiyo's mother also became a victim of this policy.
Apart from spending seven days a month in the military camp, she spent the rest of her time working in brothels.
They work day and night, even when they're not feeling well, they still have to serve those men.
Because of her good looks, countless customers line up to patronize her business every day.
And in the military camp, she was also the most popular woman.
Chiyo inherited her mother's beauty, but she was too young. The brothel owner was worried that she would die, so he had not yet made her a real prostitute.
So her job was to serve those beautiful geishas and learn some techniques along the way.
Sometimes, when the geisha felt wronged, they would vent their anger on the servants.
Most of the scars on Chiyo's body were left in this way.
The only saving grace was that the brothel had a rule against slapping someone's face.
That's why Chiyo's pretty little face was preserved.
With her mother's protection, she was not beaten to death like the other pretty servants.
The jealousy among prostitutes is more intense than the infighting among powerful figures.
Unfortunately, Chiyo's mother passed away last month, which has made her life difficult lately.
Chiyo also knew something about the reason for her mother's death.
Because her brother, who was defending the country, came to the comfort women's place to vent his desires.
And the one responsible for serving her older brother was none other than their mother.
What devastated the older brother the most was that by the time he recognized his mother, it was already over.
Looking at the compatriots queuing outside the door, and then at his mother who had become numb, the brother went mad.
He killed his mother and then committed seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment).
As he died, he cursed Lord Tianhuang.
From that day on, Chiyo was all alone.
They were bullied every day, and the food they were allotted was stolen by others.
She could only sleep in a small cage, hungry.
She desperately wanted to grow up and become a prostitute like her mother so that she could survive and find her father.
Just as a mother finds her brother, she finds her father.
Unfortunately, her wish was not fulfilled; a group of armored soldiers stormed into the brothel.
Those formidable brothel samurai were cleaved in two like firewood before these armored soldiers.
The once arrogant and domineering guests were dragged out and beheaded like dead dogs in the street.
Other prostitutes and children were also arrested.
When she heard others say that these were soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, Chiyo was terrified.
Because in her memory, her father always said that the Ming Dynasty was the enemy.
Chiyo, who had been captured by the enemy, couldn't imagine what would happen to her next.
She had previously watched Miyazaki's Samurai, where they dragged those Ming Dynasty people into the street and skinned and killed them.
This scene terrified Chiyo, and she couldn't sleep well for several days. Every night she dreamed that the Ming Dynasty people who had been killed had become herself.
So Chiyo, crouching among a group of prisoners, looked at the armored soldiers around her, her body trembling uncontrollably, her teeth chattering and making a clattering sound.
When she saw those samurai being killed by Ming soldiers, Chiyo's fear reached its peak.
It wasn't until sunset that the armored soldiers brought the captured Japanese pirates and civilians to the camp.
The prisoners were locked up one by one; tomorrow they would be responsible for building the port and the prison.
All prisoners will be imprisoned here and then transported to Iwo Jima to establish the maritime supply station that Li Chang'an desires.
Because Chiyo was a child, she was locked up in a relatively clean cell along with several other children.
You Mingkuang looked at the bewildered children and sighed.
If you send him to the battlefield to kill Japanese pirates, he'll definitely take them down one by one.
Seeing those Japanese pirate soldiers being torn to pieces, he cheered and applauded, raising his hands in support of the prince.
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