"You guy!" One of the drunks shouted, "Don't you have to apologize for hurting someone?!" ”

The girl said in a timid tone:

"But, but I just touched you lightly...... Where are you hurt......"

Bang!

The sound of porcelain shattering sounded again.

One of the three drunks picked up a bowl on the table again and threw it at the girl's feet.

"Ahh The girl was taken aback.

"You guy still dare to talk back!"

……

……

Although it is not very clear what the cause and effect of the incident were, Ogata understood - it was right to let the three drunks settle down first.

Misaki, the proprietress of the stream house, had already hurriedly entered the stream house with a lantern at this time.

At this time, Ogata also strode towards the three drunks.

And said in a calm tone:

"Guest, please don't be vexatious."

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the three drunks immediately turned their heads along with the sound.

"What's the matter with you...... Mutter! ”

One of the drunks wanted to scold Ogata loudly, but after seeing the need for a knife and a threat on his waist, he swallowed back the scolding that had already come to his mouth.

It can be seen that these 3 drunks are not as drunk as the 4 drunks just now, and they still recognize the katana at the waist of Ogata, and they also remember the horror of the samurai.

The three drunks were so frightened by the katana at Ogata's waist that they woke up most of the time.

The three of them, who didn't have the leisure to drink any more, left the money in a panic and stood up, wanting to leave the drift house.

But they had barely walked a few steps when they were stopped by Ogata:

"You three, give me wait!"

The three of them shuddered, then turned their stiff necks and looked at Ogata with a worried expression.

Ogata snorted at the two crumbs of the wine bowl at the girl's feet.

"If you break something in someone's store, don't you have to pay compensation?"

"Good, good ......"

The three drunks fumbled in their pockets for a while, and together they scraped together a sum of money and respectfully handed it to Ogata.

And after Ogata took the money, he directly showed it to the girl:

"How? Is that enough money to buy 2 new wine bowls? ”

The girl didn't know Ogata.

I don't understand why Ogata would help them for no reason.

Although she had not yet recovered her senses, the girl obediently counted the money in Ogata's hand.

"Some are not ...... enough"

"Hear me! You don't have enough money to pay for the wine bowl! ”

"But......," said one of the drunks, with a sad face, "we have no money......

Ogata didn't bother to listen to these people's explanations.

Let the thumb of the left hand, which has been on the sheath, push it forward, and push the knife out of the sheath with a loud "click" sound.

As soon as this loud "click" sounded on the ground, the three drunken men hurriedly said:

"Yes! Some! We have money! ”

"Ahh I remember! I still have some of my private money here! ”

"Samurai-sama! Wait, we'll get the money together right away! ”

The three drunks fumbled in their pockets for a while, and finally found a little more money and handed it to Ogata.

Ogata took the money to the girl:

"How? With the addition of this money, is it enough to buy 3 new wine bowls? ”

"Hmm." The girl nodded obediently, "That's enough." ”

Ogata nodded, and re-sheathed the knife that had just been pulled out of its sheath slightly.

"Since you have enough money, let's ask the three guests to walk slowly."

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the three drunks immediately fled from the drift house as if they had been pardoned.

After the three drunks escaped from the flow house, Aki, who had been standing aside just now and watching Ogata deal with the incident, walked towards Ogata and them with an excited face:

"Ogata-sama, what you did just now!"

"I didn't actually do anything." Ogata smiled, "It's just a matter of flashing the katana on your waist and saying a few words." ”

"I hired you to guard the drift house, and sure enough, you hired the right one!"

"That...... The hostess ......"

The girl, who was ignored by Ogata and Aki, asked in a timid tone at this time:

"Who is this samurai-sama?"

"Ah, just chatting, I forgot that the two of you introduced each other."

"Ogata-sama, this is the only maid I told you about in our drifthouse, Afuku."

He was just busy dealing with the three drunks, so Ogata didn't have time to take a good look at the girl.

Petite stature - converted to the unit of length on the other side of the modern earth, this girl should be only about 1.45 meters tall.

So it would be very difficult for the girl to look directly into Ogata's eyes.

This is because Ogata's height is 170 cm tall if converted to the length unit of modern Earth.

In ancient Japan, due to diet and genes, height was generally not high.

Ogata's height of 1.7 meters was quite impressive in the Edo period.

During the two days he came to the Edo period, Ogata kept an eye on the heights of the people around him.

To Ogata's surprise, Ogata hadn't seen anyone taller than him in the past two days.

This girl's facial features are quite delicate, and she is a relatively good-looking type.

It's just that this girl is too thin, and she seems to be a little malnourished, and she feels that any gust of wind can blow this girl down.

The girl looked Ogata up and down several times with her big dark eyes, then bowed very politely and greeted:

"Good evening, Samurai-sama, my name is Afuku."

"Good evening." Ogata also hurriedly bowed and saluted back, "My surname is Ogata." Ogata Esaki. ”

After introducing herself to the girl named Afuku, Ogata paused, and then asked Afuku:

"Miss Ah Fu, let me take the liberty of asking—how old are you this year?"

Ogata is really a little curious about Afuku's age, because from the outside, Afuku's facial features don't seem to have fully grown, and his age should not be very old.

"Me? How big? Ah Fu pointed to himself, "I'm 13 years old. ”

13 years old...... A little younger than Ogata expected......

Ogata turned his head and smiled helplessly at Aki beside him:

"Miss Aki, you're hiring child labor......"

"Child labor?" Misaki looked at Ogata with a puzzled expression, "What do you mean by child labor?" ”

"Ah......h

Ogata, who knew that he was speechless, whispered "ah", and then waved his hand:

"It's nothing, forget what I just said."

After casually perfunctory Aki, Ogata secretly said in his heart:

- It seems...... It's going to take a while for me to get used to the customs of the Edo period......

In the Edo period, there was no such thing as child labor.

Because the average life expectancy is generally short, children tend to be in charge of the family at an early age—as was the case in ancient nations.

In the Edo period, a 14-year-old girl was no longer considered a child and could be treated as an adult.

Many girls are married at this age.

Some girls who marry earlier are married even when they are 12 years old.