Chapter Seventy-Five: Xiaoling
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Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and now the shogunate has completely collapsed, and the shogun is also in a different place. But it was not the reformists who established the new government, but a group of mud-legged people who had never been favored before.
Red newspaper team!
He is now a powerful Minister of the Interior, and the future of Japan is in his hands.
His life is full of drama, as if it was the immortals who opened his mind for him, so that he had an epiphany in an instant and became a hero who ended the troubled times.
Yes, although there are still many problems, the troubled times are indeed over.
Now, it's a new era that everyone is looking forward to.
It's a pity that many people have not been able to witness it with their own eyes.
Edo...... No, the streets of Tokyo are very clean, the sun is shining, the whole body is warm, and the air is filled with the scent of cherry blossoms.
The door of a noodle shop was opened.
"Welcome!" a teenage girl shouted energetically, and when she saw the appearance of the visitor, she froze.
It was a woman, tall, delicate, and very handsome. But instead of wearing those beautiful floral cloths, she wore a dark samurai uniform.
No matter how you look at it, it's all a ronin dress.
And in this day and age, ronin is not a good word.
They can't accept the new era, they still maintain the old bad habits, idleness, bullying the weak, building everywhere and needing manpower, but they still have to make a living by blackmail and even robbery.
It's like a cancer.
The girl has been harassed by them more than once, but fortunately, her father came forward and did not cause trouble.
So, why would such a beautiful woman dress up as a ronin?
But no one answered the question.
While she was thinking, the woman sat down, looked around at the decorations, and said, "It looks like it's really a ramen restaurant." ”
"Of course it's a ramen restaurant!" the girl pouted, "Our shop is famous." ”
"Haha, I'm sorry, I don't mean anything. The woman folded her hands and apologized, and then asked expectantly, "I just happened to be hungry, do you have any recommendations?"
"Recommended. The girl thought for a while and said, "Then the bone broth ramen is ready, the soup is made with good pork bones, to ensure that every bite is smooth and greasy, and your tongue can fall off when it is fragrant!"
"Really, you have to try it, so get me a bone broth ramen!"
"Okay, a bone broth ramen!"
"Oh!"
A man's voice answered from the back kitchen.
"Do you still want wine?" The girl didn't forget to take the time to sell: "We make it ourselves, and we guarantee that it tastes good." ”
"You don't have to drink it. The woman took a gourd from her waist, put it on the table, and said, "I have it." ”
"Oh, well, I'll go get you a cup. The girl was a little disappointed when the sales pitch failed, but she didn't pay much attention to it, after all, at this time, there was no prohibition on taking out alcohol.
The cup was quickly brought in, and the woman thanked herself and began to pour herself a drink.
While she was waiting, she asked which girl she asked, "Are you from this shop...... Kids?"
The girl nodded: "Well, the shopkeeper is my father." ”
"What about your mother?"
"My mother died of illness three years ago. ”
"Ah, I'm sorry. ”
"It doesn't matter. The girl shook her head: "Mom left with a smile, she must have gone to Elysium, so although I am sad that I can't see each other, I am not sad." ”
"You're so strong. ”
"No way, who let me be born in such a family. The girl shrugged her shoulders and said like a little adult: "To tell you the truth, my father, when he was young, was a complete bastard, not only did he get into trouble all day long, but he didn't care about the family's livelihood, if it weren't for my mother's work, I'm afraid I would have starved to death." ”
Speaking of this, she looked in the direction of the back kitchen, leaned over, and said in a low voice, "I heard that guy has killed people." ”
"Really?" the woman was not surprised, as if she had known it for a long time.
"Wouldn't you be afraid, then?"
"No matter how scared you are, it's my dad. And since he ran back covered in blood once, it seems that he has changed his mind, and he is finally willing to live a down-to-earth life. Because of this, my mother was very happy. ”
A smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth, and she continued: "So I thought, even if he is a bad person, as long as he is willing to change, he should still be given a chance, right?"
The woman nodded: "Well, what you said makes a lot of sense. ”
"Later, Sagara-sama led the Red Newspaper Team to overthrow the shogunate and establish a new government, and life got better day by day, and our family of three came to Tokyo to open this noodle restaurant, and the only thing that made people regret it was that my mother ...... her."
"The noodles are good!" interrupted the girl from the back kitchen.
"It's coming!" the girl instantly regained her full state, ran over like a deer, brought out a steaming bowl of ramen from the window, and placed it in front of the woman.
"One bone broth ramen, please use it!"
"This weight...... What a lot!" the woman was a little surprised.
"Hehe, of course, in terms of weight, we are the number one on this street!" said the girl proudly, "Taste it, it's super delicious!"
The woman nodded, blew on the hot noodles, and took a sip.
"How's that?" the girl asked expectantly.
"The taste is fresh and fragrant, full of strength, it is really rare and delicious!"
"Haha, that's good, that's good!"
The girl has a big smile on her face, and for her, it is the greatest happiness that her ramen can be recognized by the customers.
The woman has a different amount of food than her appearance, and a bowl of bone broth ramen with a full amount of money is eaten by her in minutes.
"It's so full. The woman rubbed her belly, although it was still slender: "How much?"
"Chenghui, three dollars. ”
The woman took out a handful of crumpled banknotes from her body, picked up a few from them, and handed them to the girl.
"Wow. ”
The girl held her hands and took over the mess, crying and laughing. Why is this woman so sloppy, I'm sorry for that beautiful face.
"You girl, why are you in a daze?" The man in the back kitchen walked out, he was black and thin, with a towel wrapped around his head, probably because there were not many guests, so he could sneak out to breathe.
After all, the kitchen is stuffy and hot, and it's not a good place.
"No, nothing. The girl replied, and the man saw the strange thing.
"Good fellow, can anyone crumple a banknote like this?" he said, reaching out to take it and find out, but his daughter dodged him.
The girl frowned and reprimanded: "Hey, you're a chef, didn't you tell you not to touch the banknotes?"
"Yes yes, I'm sorry, I forgot again. The man hurriedly apologized.
"Don't just apologize to me, apologize to the guests!"
"Yes, I'm sorry, but don't worry, my hands were clean!" the man bowed deeply to the only customer in the store, but when he looked up and saw the woman's face, he trembled, and sat on the ground like a demon, and overturned many tables and chairs.
"You...... You...... You are ......"
"Hey, Daddy, what are you doing!" the girl asked, surprised and angry.
Who knew that his father held himself in his arms, stammered, and said nervously: "If you want to kill, kill me, please be sure to let Xiaoling go, she is still a child, she doesn't understand anything, she doesn't know anything." ”
"Dad, you ......"
"Shut up!"
After many years, my father spoke to himself in this terrible tone again.
The girl who was called Xiaoling burst into tears.
"You know I'm going to kill you?" asked the only guest.
"Yes, yes. The man nodded: "I still have some contact with the previous 'brothers', so knowing that they were killed one by one, I have no doubt that you will come to the door one day." I, I won't resist, I won't run away, I just hope you can let Xiaoling go, she's still young, and now she's finally living a good life, how can she ...... So ......" As he spoke, the man couldn't stop crying.
The woman stood in front of the father and daughter.
Although she still didn't understand it too much, Xiao Ling still knew that the beautiful woman in front of her was a bad person who wanted to kill her father.
"I won't let you kill Dad!" Xiao Ling broke away from her embrace, and instead stood in front of the man.
"Help, help! Someone's going to kill someone!"
When she was young, shouting for help was the only means.
The woman couldn't help but laugh: "You think you can stop me like this?"
"Hmph!" Xiao Ling said with a fierce look: "In just a few minutes, Captain Saito of the police station will come with people, and then you will be unable to fly!"
A few minutes?
But I can't even kill people for a second.
Xiaoling, who grew up in the new era, couldn't understand the horror of the end of the shogunate.
Human life is not as heavy as she imagined.
For her, it's just a story in a book.
But the protagonist of the story is now standing in front of her.
The strongest of the swordsmen at the end of the Bakugawa period.