Chapter 692: Wealthy
Hanako and Ryoko's affair made Kyoko uncomfortable for many days, and then something that made her even more uncomfortable came. Yamamoto brought the news early in the morning that their laundry team had been disbanded, and in the afternoon they were to take a boat to Manchuria to start a new life. Leaving her homeland to go to a distant foreign land, Kyoko's heart is very uncomfortable, and she suddenly finds that she is very reluctant to be Yamamoto foreman.
"Let's go! Let's go to Manchuria! Where everything is fine except for a little colder, it is a good place and you will have a good life! Yamamoto is also a little sad, but he is also very happy, Kyoko looks good, and he is also very humble and clever, and he will definitely have a chance to advance if he goes to Manchuria. And Yamamoto specially wrote a letter of recommendation to Kyoko, praising Kyoko like a flower, Kyoko's future must be fine.
"Hmmm! Will I ever see you again? Kyoko obediently agreed, but she was still reluctant to Yamamoto, and couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, there will be a chance!" Yamamoto felt that there was no hope in his heart, but he couldn't bear to make Kyoko sad.
The two didn't say anything more, and Kyoko wanted to give Yamamoto a gift, but she had nothing left for her, and she had nothing to give to someone who couldn't give up. Kyoko spent all morning in the yard, but she didn't find anything except some grass and trees, and finally she could only make a bamboo dragonfly with her heart. At noon, the formation began to assemble, and Yamamoto foreman was no longer their sole manager, and dozens of soldiers drove in. Kyoko hurriedly handed the bamboo dragonfly to Yamamoto, but she didn't even have a chance to say another word to him. The poor people were once again turned into cattle and sheep, driven away from the haven of distress, and there may be opportunities ahead, but they did not give up this tranquility.
After only one night in the cabin, Kyoko and her group arrived on the other side. It was full of tall Manchurians, strange costumes, unfamiliar languages, everything that made Kyoko feel intimidated. However, these Manchurians were already surprised by the Japanese, and the arrival of Kyoko and others did not even attract a single idler to watch. Customs officials, as if branding animals, helped them with the registration procedures. Except for someone like Kyoko who looks good, who looks at each other twice and speaks in a better tone, everyone else is no different from an animal. Kyoko and the others were broken up and re-divided, and the people who came in a boat, and many people she hadn't seen before, seemed to be from other laundry teams.
"Is there the right person today? What about our house and other people? "A guy who looks good in costumes, but looks nasty, shows up near the registration table. He wore a hat that resembled a military cap, and he had a cigarette in his mouth, and his eyes seemed to be wrong, and one of them was always closed.
"Steward Wang, there are a few good ones, take a look!" As soon as this person arrived, the customs officer's cold face instantly bloomed with blooming chrysanthemums, nodding his head, and Kyoko was worried that they would accidentally fall into the sea.
"Stand up! Our forehead master has lost weight recently, but Da Gege is distressed, and we have to find a few more elves to serve. It's best to be able to go to the stove, our forehead likes the taste of their hometown! Steward Wang said that he wanted to take a look, but recently he sat straight on the Taishi chair given by the customs officer.
"Da Gege and Ebu respect each other like guests, and they love each other very much, they really envy others!" Several people from the customs hurriedly took the pole.
"That's right! Our grandfather is a little tired from this expedition to Japan, and it will be good to raise it for a few days, but Da Gege is not at ease! If you have to add more people to serve, you can't stop it! "Steward Wang doesn't seem to be able to say anything else, and he is the master when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth. This is also his habit, in their house, it is useless to exaggerate Gege, they must all say forehead, even if they exaggerate the forehead and collide with Dagege, it is fine. And you have to exaggerate how good Gege is to the forehead, in this way, Da Gege likes to listen to it the most.
"Da Gege is really considerate! Only envy the mandarin duck but not the immortal, only envy the mandarin duck and not the immortal! Again, the officials chimed in, but they were all secretly slandering in their hearts. Da Gege has nothing to do to get a beautiful woman next to her husband, isn't this uncomfortable for herself! Of course, they can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, in fact, they all hope that their wives can be so sensible and get some beautiful women around them.
A few people chattered a few more words, which was nothing more than how hard the forehead was, and how considerate Da Gege was. When the gossip is over, it's time to choose people. This first step is appearance, Da Gege has an explanation, looking nauseated, but it can't be sent to the forehead. Although Steward Wang felt a little lacking in heart, he still faithfully carried out Da Gege's order and selected the girl according to the criteria of the beauty pageant. Gongzi didn't dare to say that she looked like a fairy, and she was also a rare beauty, so naturally in the selected list, Steward Wang also paid special attention to her.
Appearance is only the first level, and the rest is personality and talent. The character must be docile, Da Gege doesn't want to pick a few thorns back, what if they are disobedient and angry, so they must be a good baby like a rabbit. Of course, you also have to have some talents, and when you are lonely, you can sing a song to your forehead, and it's also good to relieve boredom. The cooking skills mentioned by Steward Wang are even more important, and you must be able to cook Japanese food well, so that you can get fat as soon as possible. Kyoko's other talents are really ordinary, and she's not a geisha, so she knows a lot of singing and dancing, but her cooking skills are very good.
"Politically, there's nothing wrong with it, right? Can you be sure of your personality? "Steward Wang actually tried the character of the remaining few people, but this haste may not be accurate, so he still has to ask.
"Steward Wang, there are reports from the officers who managed them in Japan, and several good ones have been recorded!" Customs officials don't take care of themselves, and they don't take responsibility for it.
"Well, that's it!" The letter of recommendation that Yamamoto wrote to Kyoko played a big role, and several other people wrote a few strokes very perfunctorily, and they couldn't see anything at all, while Kyoko wrote in great detail. Yamamoto portrays Kyoko as a virtuous and virtuous person, who can find all kinds of good things in women, and her personality is even more gentle and lovely. Politically, although it cannot be said that he supports North Manchuria, there is no resistance either. After reading this, Steward Wang naturally confirmed Kyoko.
"This is the one you pick?" Several officials at customs felt that it was a bit less.
"One is enough, I picked two before, and I don't need so much, in case I make some mess of people back, it's also troublesome! Heaven is extraordinary! "Steward Wang is particularly fond of bringing his own family with him when he speaks, which highlights the difference between him and others, no matter how high your power is, he is just an outsider, he is an insider of the heavenly family.
"What are you thinking about, or are you thinking about it carefully!" Several officials touted it again.
Kyoko's fate changes again, and she embarks on a journey again, aboard a giant train she's never seen before. There were many servants around the king, and they were all very talkative, but they all surrounded the king, and none of them took care of Gongzi. And Kyoko, who only knows a few words of Chinese, has a hard time communicating with them in Chinese. There are no more familiar sisters around, and there is not even a person who can speak, and Kyoko feels extremely lonely.
At night, the train stopped, and Kyoko changed into a carriage again, which was very comfortable, but Kyoko's heart rose a little fear, which was the fear of the unknown. The carriage stopped in front of a mansion that was even more luxurious than the Japanese Oku, and the royal steward and a group of servants pulled Kyoko through the side door into this fairy-like place. The servants gradually dispersed, and only two people remained with the king's steward, who seemed to be arranging Kyoko's future. Kyoko didn't know what she would face, so she could only follow them silently.
"As soon as you go in, you will kowtow, ask you anything, you will answer, and you will do whatever you are asked to do. Don't look up at random, don't look around, don't make a noise casually, get it! Outside a beautiful courtyard, the king's steward confessed two sentences to Kyoko, whose Japanese was so good that Kyoko could hardly believe her ears.
"Hay!" Kyoko bowed in agreement, but she focused more on the surrounding scenery, which was so beautiful.
Steward Wang took Gongzi into the courtyard, which has nurseries, rockeries, pools, and fountains, just like a fairyland on earth, and a three-story small building that combines Chinese and Western styles is even more beautiful and abnormal. After entering the building, Kyoko was asked to kneel, she didn't think it was anything, everyone in Japan sits like this, and it can be regarded as letting her rest for a while. The steward of the king fell on one knee in front of a noble lady and whispered something.
Kyoko peeked at it, the lady was not beautiful, but she was very affinity, and it was very comfortable to look at. Her costumes are very luxurious, and there are more than a dozen servants around her, but she seems to have a faint resentment between her eyebrows when she sits in the exquisite chair. After the steward had spoken for a long time, the noble lady nodded, and the steward beckoned Gongzi over. Kyoko didn't understand the etiquette here, but according to her custom in Japan, she bowed over and sat on the ground to salute.
"Hmmm! You can take good care of my forehead in the future! They will tell you the rules of the house, as well as the preferences of the forehead, you just serve with your heart, and if you need anything, tell the king steward, and he will arrange it. The lady only glanced at Kyoko as if she had just bought a piece of furniture, but her Japanese was very good.
"Yes!" Kyoko bowed her head and agreed, and Steward Wang was about to take her away, when there were some chaotic sounds outside, and then a tall man in a gorgeous costume walked in.
"I'm back, why did you come back so late today?" Kyoko stepped aside and knelt down, pressing her head to the floor, and the lady got up to meet her. Kyoko is very strange, this Manchurian nobleman's family is all in Japanese.
"The cabinet made trouble again today, and the general went to Fengluantai to barely press down, but when he returned to Xingyuan, he began to lose his temper, and the Hetian jade paperweight sent by Bo Ritu from Xinjiang was dropped." The tall man is the male owner here, he seems to be more noble than the emperor, and as soon as he entered the door, the noble lady brought a dozen people to serve him to change clothes and rest.
"Didn't the fifth brother of the paperweight like it very much?" The noble lady helped her husband take off his coat with her own hands.
"I'm angry, and I've lost my temper! Otherwise, how could I have come back so late! "The man is very nice, and he cares very much about his wife.
"The fifth brother is really, if he is angry outside, he can play majestic in front of his family! I'll look for him tomorrow! "The noble lady was very dissatisfied with the fact that her man had been wronged.
"You'd better stay at home! I feel like something big is going to happen, and the cabinet has been getting worse and worse lately! The man took his wife's hand and just shook his head.