"Chinoyo, it's rare to see you again, why don't you walk around here together?"

Ignoring the fierce staring between Hidemune and Denji, Hidemitsu walked over to Chinoyo, who was happy, and offered an invitation to hang out.

The elder brother Hideyori returned to Kyoto after a few years, and Hidemitsu also wanted to take this rare opportunity to let him see the scenery in the vicinity.

"Okay!"

Chinoyo agreed to Hidemitsu's invitation in one bite. It seems that he is in a good mood right now. Although Denji muttered a few times in his ear to make him wary, Chinoyo was happy like a child and didn't listen to his words. Oh no, Chinoyo, who looks about the same age as Hidemitsu, is a child.

Faced with the petty willfulness of the master Chinoyo, Denji had to sigh helplessly, and then obeyed Chinoyo's decision.

So, the five teenagers began to slowly pace north along the branch of the Kamogawa River system next to them. The road by the river has a lot of small sand and gravel, and sometimes you will run into Xiuguang's straw sandals, which makes people feel uncomfortable. However, this does not affect their good mood to enjoy the scenery that they usually can't see and continue to chat.

“…… What is that? ”

As he walked, Xiu Lai, who was originally walking beside Xiuguang, suddenly stopped and let out a small mutter.

Hideyori himself is not someone who likes to talk a lot. He rarely speaks when he is surrounded by strangers, and most of the time he does not take the initiative to speak, or he does not have many opportunities to speak to people other than his relatives when he is in Osaka Castle. So Xiuguang was a little surprised when he heard his brother's muttering with a little doubt.

Hideyori narrowed his eyes and stared across the riverbank, as if he had seen something that made him curious.

"Shitaro, what's wrong with you?"

Chinoyo looked across the river and didn't find anything special, so he felt a little strange.

"Is there anything across the river?"

“…… Uh-huh. ”

Suddenly questioned by Chinoyo, who was not familiar with the first meeting today, Hideyori was a little overwhelmed. But after he calmed down a little, he politely said what he wanted to ask:

"Excuse me, what is that?"

During the questioning, he slowly raised his arm and pointed to a small black dot on the opposite bank of the river.

Xiuguang followed his finger and looked at the opposite riverbank. There are a few old trees on the opposite bank of the river, and next to it is a small street, where many people walk back and forth, which is neither lively nor deserted.

Of course, Xiulai should not be pointing at these people in the side streets. Xiuguang followed his gaze and finally focused on an animal tethered to a tree on the bank of the river.

The animal had two curved horns, a sturdy body, and was chewing grass unhurriedly.

"That's ......"

"Ah, it's a cow."

Chinoyo said the name of the animal before Hidemitsu.

"Oh...... It turns out that this is a cow. I've only read about ox carts in books...... I didn't expect it to be so big. ”

Xiu Lai's eyes lit up slightly, and he muttered as he stared intently at the old buffalo on the other side of the river, which was leisurely grazing.

Chinoyo looked at him like this, scratched his head a little strangely, and asked:

"Eh, you, don't you know about cows?"

He waved his hand, as if shocked by the fact that Xiu Lai didn't even know the cow.

Indeed, it stands to reason that cattle should be well known as a common animal that is used as the main labor force for ploughing fields and ox carts. However, the tall young man in front of him didn't know, and asked "What is this" in a very natural tone, which made Chinoyo a little unable to react.

In fact, the elder brother has been weak and sick since he was a child, and has been staying at home to recuperate and study, so he has never been to the fields, never seen cattle and sheep, and almost never even left the house. Today's visit to Kyoto is my brother's first trip since I got better! ”

In order to cover up that something was wrong, Hidemitsu hurriedly continued to make up the reason to explain to the increasingly doubtful Chinoyo.

In fact, Xiuguang himself almost forgot that his brother Xiulai had hardly seen the outside world. The elder brother has always grown up in the castle, lived in the castle, studied in the castle, and Osaka Castle is his everything. Although he knew the terms pig, cow, sheep, etc., he only learned what he had heard from the book, and had not actually seen it.

Although the ox cart was used for the nobility to travel, and their father, the late Taiko Hideyoshi, had also ridden the ox cart named "Gosho Cha" on the occasion of the lucky trip to Juraku, Hideyori himself does not seem to have any realistic impression of the animal. Of course, it may also be that you have ridden it, but you just don't remember it.

Fortunately, Chinoyo didn't seem to suspect it too much. Probably because of Hideyori's somewhat pale face, Chinoyo was convinced that he was not in good health.

"That's right. At first, I thought your brother was a lonely man, and he didn't even know about cows. I was thinking just now that I didn't even know about the horse. I'm sorry, Shitaro! ”

"Hmm...... But I still know about horses...... There is support at home. ”

"A brother is not a lonely person...... My brother is better than me in terms of knowledge. ”

Hidemitsu caught a glimpse of the embarrassment on Hideyori's face when he heard the word "lonely", so he explained it to Chinoyo again.

But at this time, Chuanji, who had been standing next to him without saying a word, snorted coldly.

"I don't even know about cattle and sheep, even if I am highly educated, but I don't know the current world, as if I am isolated from the world, what is the difference between this and the lonely and unheard people?"

Unlike Chinoyo, Denji said sarcastically in a cold voice. The corners of his already slender eyes were now even more slender due to narrowing, revealing a disdain and ridicule for Xiulai. It's like a mockery of the ignorant and a disdain for someone who is lower than him. All in all, it makes people feel uncomfortable, although there is nothing wrong with this statement in a sense or even true.

Xiuguang was a little angry when he heard this. After all, it was not his own reason that his brother Xiulai was ignorant of the world, but now he was so ridiculed and sarcastic by an attendant, which really made him dissatisfied. But he couldn't explain it to the other party, so he had to stand aside, not knowing what to refute.

When Xiuguang clenched his fists and thought about what to say, Xiuzong had already choked on his place.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you so unreasonable, this is the etiquette that your family taught you, didn't you hear my family Shitaro-sama is ignorant of the world because he is sick and weak, why are you so brainless, you are so stubborn, your family has a fool like you, the thin-eyed bastard ball attendant is really pitiful!"

Xiuzong, who took a deep breath before speaking, let out the words that came to mind like a cannon, without even pausing, in one go, making Chuanji's face darken.

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