Chapter 71
"Okay, the money and goods are settled. My husband and I will leave here in two days."
As if an important matter had been resolved, Grandma Su felt relieved.
"Oh, there's one more thing." Suddenly remembering something, Granny Su continued, "The mustard seed jade token has a pair of mustard seeds, two in total. I left one untouched and stored it inside the jade token. The other is with me. It contains my husband's and my retirement money, as well as some household items. After I die, it will automatically return to the mustard seed jade token."
Qingxi nodded. "Grandma Su, I'll come back tomorrow during the day. I'll tell you the truth, my situation is similar to yours, but I came later."
"Of course, it wasn't when the Qing army entered the pass that I could have said that the world was united.
You've given me so many things, so naturally I'll prepare some things for you that you'll need in the future."
Thinking that Qingxi also had mustard seeds, Grandma Su no longer refused.
This time the matter was really settled. Qingxi tried to put the jade token into the gourmet backpack. After confirming that the gourmet backpack could store the jade token, not only she, but also Grandma Su breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't see what Qingxi's mustard seeds were, but that also ensured that no one else knew either, right?
In that way, the jade pendant will be safer.
Qingxi helped Grandma Su go downstairs.
Downstairs, unlike the four people who were getting a little impatient waiting, Old Man Qin was still sitting on the stool as he had just gone upstairs. He looked at the old man and the child who slowly walked downstairs and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "It seems that we are already swatting mosquitoes while waiting downstairs, but you two are so good, you are already chatting."
Granny Su walked up to the first floor and glanced at him. "There are a lot of things to do. I have to explain them to the girl one by one."
Realizing that he hadn't even told them his name yet, Qingxi said embarrassedly, "Well, my name is Qingxi, you can call me Ah Xi."
When she said that, Old Man Qin also called her that. He pointed to the shop where his family had lived for decades and said, "Axi, if you have money, pay fifty yen and the remaining goods and furniture I don't plan to take away will all be yours.
And I will take you to transfer the property tomorrow."
Qingxi's mouth twitched. She looked at Grandma Su, and then at Old Man Qin. This couple really didn't want to leave more money for their son's family.
The entire shop consists of a front shop and a backyard. It is estimated to be about 100 square meters in area. Generally speaking, it is considered a large shop on this street. In addition, the location here is not bad. Even if it is rented out, a monthly rent of 50 yen would be considered cheap.
By the way, this is Tokyo, this is Tokyo, this is Tokyo. If this small shop is placed in the future, it will be a golden hen that lays eggs.
However, Qingxi silently took out a fifty-yen note and handed it to Old Man Qin.
Old Man Qin took the money and waved it lightly. Then he said to her, "Okay, remember to come early tomorrow. Now you guys go, don't you still want to watch the fireworks? Then hurry up and go, I guess it will start soon."
The five people were dragged to the back door of the shop by Old Man Qin and driven out. Pretending not to notice the four gazes looking at them, Qingxi took Rengoku Kyojuro's arm and walked towards the main road.
Just as they were standing here, the sound of fireworks shooting into the sky was heard above their heads. As the fireworks reached the highest point in the sky, they exploded with a bang like colorful flowers in full bloom.
"Hmm. Ah Xi, run slower." Rengoku Kyojuro, who was practically being dragged along, had to warn her. "Be careful not to bump into anyone."
"Hurry up, let's find a less crowded place," Qingxi urged. "There are too many people here. Watching the fireworks feels like watching from the bottom of a well. The view is completely blocked."
Qingxi dragged Rengoku Kyojuro to search for a long time, and finally stopped at a river bank where there were few people and the view was unobstructed.
Not long after the two stopped, the three people behind them also came over.
Receiving the resentful gazes from the three people, Qingxi chuckled and said, "Watch the fireworks, watch the fireworks."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga looked up and said, "Watching fireworks and chatting don't conflict at all. Master, how about we chat?"
Qingxi: "No... But I have something I want to ask Tsurumaru, is it okay with you?"
It was the first time that Tsurumaru Kuninaga heard the word "please" from a girl, and he became interested. "What is it?"
"Could you please, Tsurumaru, accompany Granny Su and Grandpa Qin to their destination? I'm still a little worried about these two old people on their journey."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga raised his hand and touched his chin. "Of course, I can, but I'm really curious about what the master and Granny Su were talking about upstairs just now. Is it really not allowed to tell?"
Qingxi raised her head and turned slightly towards him. The moment her eyes met those golden, starry ones, she retracted her gaze. "Nothing much. Granny Su just gave me a few famous swords."
"Yeah." Tsurumaru Kuninaga nodded in response and waited for the next words.
"Kikui-ichimonji, Kokarasuma, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, and so on..."
"Yeah." Tsurumaru Kuninaga continued to nod, but he immediately realized that something was wrong with Qingxi's words. His white head, which was nodding non-stop, froze, and his golden pupils slowly widened. "This is really... scary."
"【Tsurumaru Kuninaga】?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga jumped over, lowering his handsome face that was so white that it glowed, and
The wild is completely occupied.
"Yeah." Qingxi nodded indifferently.
"Is it really really [Tsurumaru Kuninaga]?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga asked again without giving up.
"Yeah, yeah." Qingxi said perfunctorily, pushing the face away with her hand. "The original body is actually in my hands. Are you surprised? Are you surprised? I was also shocked when I found out just now."
"But..." She took a sharp turn, "There are real famous swords here, and some dubious, but decent, knock-offs. Do you think the Tsurumaru Kuninaga sword that Granny Su bought is real or fake?"
Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "..."
It was only later that Tsurumaru Kuninaga realized that he was being teased by the girl with words.
But he was not angry. You know, being a crane who wanted to cause trouble every day meant that he was always on the edge of being beaten or not.
The fireworks display lasted for more than an hour. After watching it, the people in the town went back one after another. Because of the chance encounter with their fellow villagers, they didn't buy anything else except a lot of food when they went out. This was very unusual, so Qingxi hurried to buy some things while the stalls on the street were still there.
"Goodbye, then."
They walked slowly back and stopped at the door of Rengoku's house. Qingxi waved goodbye to Rengoku Kyojuro and Rengoku Chijuro.
"Umm, bye."
"Sister Axi, goodbye."
There is no moon in the sky tonight, but there are countless stars, bright or dim, hanging in the night sky.
Walking on the starlight, Qingxi returned to the clinic accompanied by Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Yagen Toushirou.
After saying goodbye to the two in the yard, they turned to the backyard and went through the small door to the crow house at the back. When Qingxi walked to the gate and was about to pull the door open to go in, the door was opened by someone from the inside.
Both of them were stunned. Harada Shinnosuke was the first to react. He took a step to the side to make way. He smiled and said, "You're back from the fireworks display."
Looking at the girl who had specially dressed up in a yukata today and had her long black hair carefully styled, looking like a cute doll, Harada Shinnosuke asked, "Are the fireworks beautiful?"
Qingxi thought about it and said honestly: "It looks pretty good."
However, they are not as beautiful as modern fireworks, nor do they have as many varieties. However, in terms of atmosphere, the two are on par. In fact, because many materials are very scarce these days, and people's daily lives are very monotonous, when the upper class occasionally sponsors such an event that can be attended by all people, everyone actively participates in it.
Moreover, the smiles on each of their faces came from the heart. In comparison, Qingxi felt that the atmosphere of the events she had participated in before was not as good as the fireworks display she attended today.
"Mr. Harada, are you going out?" Qingxi asked as he walked in.
"I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk in the yard." said Harada Shinnosuke.
Qingxi paused as she was about to continue walking inside. She turned around and lowered her head to search among the large bag in her arms, but she was hesitant because each package containing snacks and using leaves as containers was very similar, and in the end Qingxi could not find what she was looking for.
She handed the things in her arms to Harada Shinnosuke and said, "I originally wanted to treat you to octopus balls again, Mr. Harada, but I can't find them now. Mr. Harada, just pick some for yourself and see if your luck today is that you pick something that happens to be octopus balls."
Harada Shinnosuke rubbed his hands with interest, "Well, since you said so, Aki, I won't be polite."
Harada Shinnosuke lowered his head and picked out two leaves from the pile of leaves wrapped in Qingxi's arms. He waved them at Qingxi and invited her, "How about it? Do you want to see what's inside these two I picked out?"
How could she not know what she had bought? She just didn't know which one was packaged where until she unwrapped the leaves.
Seeing that Harada Shinnosuke looked eager to try, Qingxi, who was not very sleepy, stayed.
In order not to disturb the people resting in the house, the two men walked back to the yard and squatted on the path like two thieves, head to head, one unpacking and the other watching.
It turns out that Harada Shinnosuke has no luck in gambling.
However, gambling is something that is particularly addictive, so much so that the unconvinced Harada Shinnosuke kept shouting "One more time, I will definitely get the octopus balls next time" before he got the octopus balls, while rolling up his sleeves and staring at Qingxi with burning eyes.
Again, gambling is not a good thing.
Look at this example. This is just drawing octopus balls from a pile of snacks. If you use money, you will probably lose everything.
So, kids, don’t learn this.
"Oh, Ah Xi, look, I finally got it." The middle-aged man cheered there with his voice so excited that it was an octave higher.
It was just like finally getting a taste of sweetness after enduring a month of bitterness, which made passers-by who didn't know what was going on feel sad.
However--
"Congratulations." Qingxi stood up and looked at the unpacked snacks spread out on the ground. She congratulated him in a calm voice.
"However," she changed the subject, "Mr. Harada, please finish these opened snacks."
The smile that was originally on Harada Shinnosuke's face froze instantly, then gradually drooped until he was on the verge of tears, "Too, too much."
He couldn't finish it all by himself.
I was so happy when I just took it apart, I feel like crying right now.jpg
"Ashi..."
Qingxi raised her hand and touched her stomach. "I'm sorry I ate a lot on the street just now. Now I don't feel like eating anything."
She turned her gaze towards the ward on the first floor, but didn't want to meet a pair of rose-red eyes.
She retracted her gaze and made her suggestion to Harada Shinnosuke, "It seems that there are still people in the ward who haven't rested. Mr. Harada, you can bring them in and share with them."
Harada Shinnosuke raised his hand and touched his chin, "Good idea."
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