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Chapter 175 Bullying

"Who do you call a monkey? My name is Kinoshita Tokichiro!" When Kinoshita Tokichiro heard the word "monkey", he seemed to hear some harsh sound, and rushed over angrily.

"Stay away from me, don't come here, I can't clean myself from the smell of shit!"

"Don't come too close. It's too ugly. It will irritate my eyes! Just go back to the forest, stinky monkey!"

"What Tokichiro? It's obviously Hiyoshimaru, but Tokichiro? What kind of name does a smelly monkey give? Why do you have the nerve to use the word Miao? Your father is a peasant who picks up rags. Don't think we don't know!" The crowd immediately started to boo, and several

The eldest child took the lead and ridiculed Kinoshita Tokichiro till his face.

"My real father is a samurai, a samurai!" This suddenly hit Kinoshita Tokichiro's pain point, making him jump in fear.

"Your father is a samurai, how come you are so miserable that you don't even have any decent clothes and can only set up a stall to pick up rags?" The crowd laughed again, and someone spat at Kinoshita Tokichiro, "Bah, a garbage dump.

The smelly monkey in there.”

"That's because my father made me suffer in order to train me!" Kinoshita Tokichiro shouted loudly, but the children laughed disapprovingly:

"That's the same rhetoric again. Then why didn't you see your father come to pick you up?"

"Here, he came today, why didn't he come?" Kinoshita Tokichiro interrupted the children with a roar, as if he had planned it in advance, with a "I'm showing off my cards" style of "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger" on his face.

Smiling. He took out the silver ingot given to him by Imagawa Yoshimoto from his arms, waved it in front of the children, and said proudly: "See, this is the pocket money my father gave me!"

At this time, the children were dumbfounded. They could not open their eyes because of the bright silver ingots under the moonlight. After being stunned for a long time, their eyes changed when they looked at Kinoshita Tokichiro - Kinoshita Tokichiro seemed to be very satisfied with this kind of look, Gao Gao

He straightened up his chest, spread his legs, and spoke slowly, stumbling and imitating the accent of a samurai:

"You guys, please call me "Sir" and work as my followers from now on. When you meet me, bow to me and I will take you to eat millet. Eat every meal! My dad can eat two meals of millet every day.

! You can even have pickles for dinner! You can also eat rice three times a year!"

It seems that he is used to living a hard life and can't even imagine the lives of big shots - he feels a bit like the emperor's golden pole.

"What, such a large silver ingot must have been stolen from somewhere by that smelly monkey!"

"If you look at him with a sly look, it's not a good thing. He must have stolen it!"

"That's right!"

However, it was still difficult for the children to change their long-standing discrimination against Kinoshita Tokichiro. After reacting, they immediately came up with other excuses and began to criticize. Everyone coaxed Kinoshita Tokichiro's face as red as a monkey's butt: "Even if I do it again

I’ve never stolen anything even though I’m poor! I’m so slanderous!”

"Come on, hand over the stolen things quickly!" an older child said hello, and the children swarmed up to grab Kinoshita Tokichiro's silver ingot. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, returning the same way - and almost met him

Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu hurriedly hid on the side of the road and continued to follow in the dark.

However, after the group of children left, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu discovered that Kinoshita Tokichiro did not continue on the path just now - but took another road - it seemed that the other road was the way home.

"Then why did he go there specifically just now? Why did he go there even though he knew that he would meet those children who bullied him?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked Takeda Harunobu in confusion.

"To show off." Takeda Harunobu showed a knowing smile, "I am usually poor and ugly, and I am used to being bullied. After finally getting something that I can show off, I naturally have to find my place. People who have low self-esteem and are unwilling to do so will

Is such that."

"Why do you say that about other people's children?" Imagawa Yoshimoto complained softly.

The two of them followed the hawker from a distance to a dilapidated house beside a dry field. Kinoshita Tokichiro opened the wooden door and walked in - it seemed to be his home. The wooden door opened and closed with a squeaking sound, and the house had

The smaller half has even tilted seriously, and the weighing beams are all resting on the wall. It is estimated that it was not long before it collapsed, but it has not been repaired. The only window on the wall has no window paper, and you can clearly see the outside.

See what happened inside the house.

There was no oil lamp in the room. I don't know whether it was because of poverty or because I had already gone to bed. But even from a distance, I could still smell the faint smell of low-quality alcohol. As soon as Kinoshita Tokichiro opened the front door, there was movement in the back room. First,

A woman asked, "Why did you come back?", and then a somewhat rude male voice asked, "How much did you sell it for?"

"Okay, I admit my mistake. I was deceived. His father is indeed not sick. But it's good. As a family together, it doesn't matter if life is a little harder." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled bitterly, and then took the photo

He patted Takeda Harunobu on the shoulder and signaled that he could go back. He originally thought that Takeda Harunobu would show an expression of "I'll just say it" and ridicule him for being overflowing with compassion - but Takeda Harunobu made no move and continued to concentrate.

He carefully observed the developments in the hut.

There was a faint sound of a man turning over in the house, and then he shouted drunkenly: "Say! How much did you sell for today, you beast?"

Calling his own son a beast? How could you call him such a curse? - Imagawa Yoshimoto secretly complained in his heart, and suddenly realized that Kinoshita Tokichiro's family was not much happier than Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had been "almost widowed" since childhood.

"I didn't... didn't make any money..." Kinoshita Tokichiro's trembling voice came from inside the house.

After a loud slap, Kinoshita Tokichiro was knocked to the ground. The woman screamed and seemed to help her son up, and the man's curses followed one after another: "Useless things, you are really wasted."

That mouthful of your food!”

After a few curses, the man picked up the sewing kit scattered on the ground and took a look at it under the moonlight. He immediately realized something was wrong and shouted angrily: "Why is there a needle missing? Where did it go?"

You didn’t sell it for a penny but lost the needle instead?”

Imagawa Yoshimoto came to his senses - the young man's book was in his arms. But why didn't Kinoshita Tokichiro tell his father about his encounter with the noble man? Did he want to hide the money and use it as private money?

So what can a little kid do with such a valuable silver ingot?

Kinoshita Tokichiro hesitated and did not answer, and the sound of beatings came again, mixed with the mother's persuasion and the cry of another child who was awakened - but Kinoshita Tokichiro remained silent - until a crisp "

"Clang" sound sounded.

The silver ingot he hid in his arms was knocked to the ground.

"What is this? Huh?" The man bent down, picked up the silver ingot that fell on the ground, looked at the moonlight, and his eyes immediately straightened. After a moment of ecstasy, he was furious and kicked violently.

Tokichiro Kinoshita:

"Okay, now that you know how to hide the money, I give you this little beast a free meal every day. Without me, you would have starved to death. Why don't you still cheat and fool around here without me?"

"Give me back the money!" Kinoshita Tokichiro rushed forward regardless, trying to take back the silver ingot, but was kicked to the ground again.

"You still dare to hide money? Let's see if you dare again next time!"

The man pushed him one kick after another, but Kinoshita Tokichiro finally couldn't bear it any longer and shouted in a high-pitched voice:

"Who needs you? I can't live without you? I will never go back to this broken home again!"

After roaring, the wooden door was suddenly pushed open, and Kinoshita Tokichiro rushed out of the door barefoot, running towards the wilderness in the distance without looking back.

"Follow me!" Takeda Harunobu pulled Imagawa Yoshimoto forward without saying a word, without giving Imagawa Yoshimoto a chance to discuss.

"You are particularly nosy today." Imagawa Yoshimoto was completely confused and sighed incomprehensibly, "Why do you seem to be a different person?"

"Can't you see, this kid is a rare talent, I will definitely include him in the retainer group." Takeda Harunobu excitedly geared up, so excited that he even walked briskly.

"Do you want to hear the truth? I can't tell. But let it go, there's really nothing you can do about it..." Looking at his companion's misbehavior, Imagawa Yoshimoto could only smile bitterly.

The two men chased Kinoshita Tokichiro under the moonlight and ran around in twists and turns, and finally understood where his destination was - a pile of deserted graves, filled with shallow graves, most of which did not even have tombstones.

It's no wonder that ordinary people these days don't have much consumption in their lives. They only spend a lot of money on weddings and funerals - but the price of a good coffin and a good grave is not something ordinary families can afford. Kinoshita Tokichiro's

The family has no money now.

Kinoshita Tokichiro used the faint moonlight to stumble and touch a grave. His knees went weak and he knelt down. Then he began to cry loudly:

"Dad...Dad...I'm useless, I can't even build a decent grave for you. I finally met a good person and gave you some money. I thought I would buy you a coffin tomorrow to make you look good.

Bury again so that the neighbors can look down on our family...but the money was robbed by that bastard who killed a thousand people!"

It seems that the biological father died of illness and the mother remarried and gave birth to a younger son. Naturally, the adoptive father did not want to see this eldest son who was not his own. He did not want to see his own family, so naturally he did not get a good look in front of the villagers; and he was a bit ugly.

His face will make him the target of ridicule and bullying - Imagawa Yoshimoto has roughly guessed Kinoshita Tokichiro's life experience.

"Let's go, I'll give the little monkey some money and buy a coffin for his father. That will be enough to win over people's hearts and recruit him into my service." Takeda Harunobu touched the silver coins in his arms and told Imagawa Yoshimoto confidently.

road.

"It's a good thing, at least it can save the child from hunger and cold." Although Imagawa Yoshimoto was slightly dissatisfied with Takeda Harunobu's wording and motives, he still felt that this was a kind deed.

However, as soon as Takeda Harunobu stepped forward with one foot, his body froze. After a moment, he quickly turned his head and glared at a straw shed on the way the two came - there were several faint figures flashing past.

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