When Crawford took Hull to the docks to watch the Japanese prisoners and expatriates work, in a shack-converted kitchen not far from the docks, Nako Takasugi was constantly busy, and her daughter Miyazaki Achiko was squatting by the stove in the corner to help her light the fire.

Thanks to Xiang Yihang's words, Nako Takasugi received special care from Taro Kanhara, and after her injuries healed, she was transferred to the kitchen and asked her to be in charge of the food of thousands of expatriates and prisoners. At least here they don't have to worry about being beaten by those overseers for working too slowly, and they don't have to worry about halving the amount of food if they can't complete the task, they only need to cook three meals a day to get through the day comfortably, and more importantly, they can not only eat themselves in the kitchen, but also save some for their families, so whoever can work in the kitchen is simply not too happy.

Due to the particularity of the kitchen, all the people who work here are women, after all, the construction schedule is so tight, Taro Kanhara will only transfer sturdy men to work here when he has to eat. A few days ago, when Taro Kanhara sent Nako Takasugi to manage the kitchen, Nako Takasugi immediately felt the strange gaze and unconcealed hostility of the women in the kitchen.

In their opinion, although Nako Takasugi is already the mother of a nine-year-old girl, she is still so slim with her beautiful face and fair skin is still very attractive to men, seeing that Nako Takasugi was brought by Taro Kanhara, at first these women thought she was Taro Kanhara's concubine, but after a few days, they didn't find that Taro Kanhara had any special relationship with Nako Takasugi, but there was another rumor in the kitchen, Someone whispered that Nako Takasugi hooked up with a Chinese officer, and only then did she get preferential treatment from Taro Guan Hara, otherwise a waste like her who couldn't lift it and couldn't carry it would have been killed by the overseer, how could she be arranged to manage the kitchen.

However, these women are only talking quietly in private, and they don't dare to let Takasugi Nako hear, after all, they are not so stupid when they are already adults, no matter what method Takasugi Nako uses to become the steward of this kitchen, it is not something they can afford to provoke, otherwise if she is upset Runway Guanhara Taro crooked his mouth, that fierce Guanhara will not be polite to them, and nine times out of ten, they will beat them half to death and then drive them out of the kitchen, and the thought of returning to the dock to carry boulders like those men, Picking up sand and plastering can make even the strongest woman shudder. The only thing to be thankful for now is that although the people who work on the dock have a lot of work, at least the Chinese people will not treat them too badly in terms of food, don't think about meat, but brown rice, corn, sweet potatoes and other foods can still barely be eaten, otherwise such a large labor intensity alone is enough to tire a large number of people every day.

Nako Takasugi put aside her slightly heavy kitchen knife, turned to a woman who was washing vegetables, pointed to the pork that had been served in a basin next to her, and said, "Mrs. Kono...... Mrs. Kono, this half of the pork has already been cut, you hurry up and take them and fry them, and the meal will start soon! ”

"I see!"

The middle-aged woman with a somewhat bloated figure snorted a little dissatisfied, she strode over, and with a strong arm, the basin with more than thirty catties was easily lifted by her, and she walked to the stove in the corner and put it down, she muttered in her mouth while cleaning the big iron pot with a small broom: "Hmph, what's the big deal, isn't it just by sleeping with the person who can get into the kitchen to help, in addition to cutting a few vegetables every day, she will call us, what a shameless woman!" ”

The middle-aged woman's voice was not loud, and she thought that no one heard her, but soon she knew that she was wrong, because a childish voice sounded beside her: "How can you be like this, why do you speak ill of my mother!" ”

The whole kitchen heard this immature and shrill voice, and for a moment all eyes in the kitchen looked at it almost at the same time.

"Mom, Mom, this woman just said bad things about you!" As the voice fell, a small figure stood up from the stove and pointed at the middle-aged woman and shouted, "Mom, it's her, she was scolding you just now, saying that you are a shameless woman." ”

The little figure who stood up was very small, not as tall as the stove, and her somewhat emaciated little face was covered with black, gray and dust, and she was glaring at the middle-aged woman angrily.

The middle-aged woman who was panicked by everyone's eyes reluctantly smiled: "Nazi, don't listen to the child's nonsense, I didn't say anything about you just now, don't take it to heart, I'm Kono Mi like that." ”

"No, I'm not talking nonsense!" Achiko Miyazaki glared at her angrily and said, "You just said that my mother came here by sleeping with other men, I just heard it, I didn't lie!" ”

"Hiss......" The women in the kitchen gasped, this kind of thing is just a matter of talking about it quietly in private, you are now saying in front of so many people that she only got to the position by sleeping with a man, isn't this a slap in the face in public, no one can bear this kind of thing.

Sure enough, I saw that Nako Takasugi was so angry that her eyes were red for a while, and I saw her holding back her tears and said coldly: "Mrs. Kono, my childish has always been well-behaved, and she won't lie to me." If you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can tell me clearly, it is not a good character to speak ill of people behind your back! ”

Now this middle-aged woman named Kono Mi also knows that she can't deny it, but she has always been unforgiving, how can she bow her head in front of so many people, I saw her eyes glaring at each other, her arms crossed left and right, and she simply played a trick: "Since you don't want to believe it, then you can let me say it!" But even what I said is true, you, the woman who was working on the construction site a few days ago, was transferred to the kitchen to be our immediate boss after a fall, and if there is no reason for this, I am afraid that even the ghost does not believe it. ”

"You...... You ......"

Nako Takasugi's tears couldn't help but fall anymore, but she didn't know what to say when she encountered this situation, but she didn't know what to say when she pointed at Konomi.

Seeing Nako Takasugi's appearance, Kono Mi became even more proud, and just as she wanted to taunt Nako Takasugi again, the kitchen door was pushed open...... (To be continued.) )