On April 12, the seventh year of Yonglu (1564), Yu Qiuping had just returned from Qingzhou City to report on his duties. As soon as he returned to Kurotian City, he saw Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You with a strange child who was younger than them.
They were playing in the courtyard. Kaede Imakawa was waiting aside with the children's clothes, staring at the blue sky, wondering what he was thinking.
Yu Qiuping walked quietly behind her, and suddenly stretched out his hands to cover her eyes. Imakawa Kaede, who was suddenly attacked, was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
"Why don't you even ask me to guess who I am?" Imagawa Feng opened his hand with a smile and turned around to face Yu Qiuping, "Both Shang'er and You'er know the rules better than you when playing this game.
oh."
"When I ask, if you recognize my voice, don't you know who I am?" Yu Qiuping retorted dissatisfied, "What's the point?"
"You fool," Imagawa Kaede took advantage of the three children not paying attention, quickly stood up on tiptoes, and kissed Yu Qiuping's lips like a dragonfly, "Even if you don't speak, just feeling Ping's breath and taste, I
I can recognize you too."
"Feng'er..." Yu Qiuping felt a sweetness in his heart. He gently hugged the beauty in front of him, took the clothes in her hands and held them in his own hands.
"Whose child is this?" Yu Qiuping looked in the direction of the three or four-year-old child, "Why are you playing with Shang'er and You'er?"
"This is a tiger pine." Imagawa Kaede replied matter-of-factly.
"Husong? Who is Husong?" Yu Qiuping's face seemed to be filled with question marks.
"You, you!" After seeing Yu Qiuping's performance, Imagawa Kaede crouched and muttered dissatisfiedly: "I haven't talked about you yet! You actually forgot all about Naohu!"
Hearing Kaede Imagawa mention the word "Naotora", Yu Qiuping immediately reacted. Ii Naotora! The woman he took in when he was in Mikawa Ichikui. And the baby Torasatsu she brought with him is that future
Naomasa Ii.
"That's right! She told me before that she didn't want to receive the kindness of the Yuqiu family in vain, and she wanted to serve in the Yuqiu family. But in the end, I almost forgot about this person for nearly a year!" Yu Qiuping patted his head and realized that something was wrong.
Okay, "I'll arrange things for her right now."
"Don't be stupid, General Yu Qiuping!" Imagawa Kaede laughed and mocked Yu Qiuping using the name he used to call Yu Qiuping, "She came to me last year because she had nothing to do, and I had already arranged things for her. It's just that you have always been too
I was busy, so I didn’t pay much attention.”
"Oh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, "What did you ask her to do?"
"It's nothing. Just ask her to help me handle some paperwork while you're away." Imagawa Kaede shook her head slightly, "There are so many things. If you weren't here, Naoe-sama would also have to deal with the spring plowing and autumn harvest.
, how can I be so busy on my own?"
"By the way, Ping," Imagawa Kaede suddenly remembered something, "have you ever considered who should be Shang'er and Yu'er's teacher in tea ceremony, martial arts and etiquette."
"Huh? Aren't Hanbei and Quanbei suitable for each other? Haven't I already asked them to take care of a child each?" Yu Qiuping asked in confusion.
"I have asked them before, but both adults admitted that they are not very good at these things." Imagawa Kaede shook her head and replied.
"Forget it, it's not important anyway." Yu Qiuping waved his hand nonchalantly, "Tea ceremony and the like are inherently elegant things. Back then, His Highness the Family Governor made sure to take me to learn tea ceremony, singing, etc.
It’s so troublesome. Oh, I’m crying just talking about it, don’t let our children bear the pain I did back then!”
"And that martial arts is even more useless!" As soon as Yu Qiuping talked about the martial arts that he was least good at, he immediately began to defend himself: "When our child inherits my position, he will definitely be the leader of an army.
Ah! Why does the leader of an army need to draw his sword himself? That would be too embarrassing, what kind of martial arts are you learning!"
"You, you! Stop talking about these fallacies all day long!" Imagawa Kaede shouted dissatisfied: "The sword is the foundation of a warrior."
"What you said is a bit like that of my elder brother," Yu Qiuping recalled that when Maeda Toshiie always scolded him for not being good at martial arts, he repeatedly emphasized to him that swords are the foundation of a warrior.
"Stop talking nonsense! There are also tea ceremonies, etiquette, etc., just like martial arts, they are all cultivation of self-cultivation." Imagawa Feng looked at Yu Qiuping with some complaints, "Even if they are not useful themselves, they will help cultivate the children's character.
It’s very helpful!”
Yu Qiuping somewhat agreed with what Imagawa Kaede said. In their previous life, they learned so much knowledge in the classroom that they didn’t use it much in daily life, but the learning methods and methods they used when learning these boring knowledge
The training of will, quality and concentration will benefit you throughout your life.
"So what you mean is, let me invite Ii Naotora to be their teacher in etiquette and tea ceremony?" Yu Qiuping looked at Imagawa Kaede and asked tentatively.
"I think Naotora is very suitable." Imagawa Kaede nodded, "Not only is she strict, but she is also proficient in all the above. She will be a good teacher."
"This is a good suggestion," Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "We can also invite children of similar ages, such as Husong, Jinbei's child Seigenmaru, etc., to study together, and let them have company."
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When Yu Qiupei and Imagawa Kaede went to look for Ii Naotora in her house in Kuroda Castle, they unexpectedly saw a sneaky figure. Imagawa Kaede didn't need to look twice to recognize it as Nobuyuki Anayama.
"He has been pestering Naohu for almost half a year," Imagawa Kaede explained to Yu Qiuping, "He has been courting Naohu in various ways."
"This kid!" Yu Qiuping scolded with a smile, "When he sees a beautiful woman, his eyes straighten out. You should have less contact with him, I'm worried!"
"Then I'll have to rely on your help. Mr. Anesama will come to bother me every few days now." Imagawa Kaede said with a helpless smile.
"Oh? Why are we looking for you?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.
"Because Naotora often comes to my place to help, Mr. Anesama found various reasons to come to my place to report on work, and wanted to find opportunities to get in touch with Naotora." When Imagawa Kaede talked about this, he couldn't help but laugh: "Naotora
She is very well-educated. Although she is annoyed by Anesama-sama every day, she has never complained to me. However, she still tries to stay in her own house as little as possible so as not to be blocked by Anesama-sama. Therefore, he also temporarily kept Husong
When I stayed in the castle tower, I often let Hu Song play with Shang'er and You'er."
"Is that so?" Yu Qiuping's expression began to change subtly as he stared at Anayayama Nobuhiro's back. It seems that this boy is not simply spying on the beautiful woman this time. But... he is in love?
However, a proud woman like Ii Naotora never married in her previous life. Because he had a marriage contract with Ii Naomichi, he came back to raise him as the adoptive mother of Ii Naomichi's youngest son, Toromatsu. After that, she also
She already had a marriage contract, so she refused many marriage proposals from samurai, and remained a widow for the rest of her life to the nominal husband who failed to fulfill her marriage contract. No matter how you looked at it, the chance of Anaeyama Nobuhiro finding a beautiful woman in his arms was probably zero.
"Don't stay still!" Imagawa Kaede poked Yu Qiuping, "Naotora seems to be back. Aren't we going to find her?"
Yu Qiuping came back from his thoughts and saw Ii Naotora walking back from the market, carrying a basket in his hand. He seemed to be returning from shopping for groceries. Nobuyuki Anesama also noticed Ii Naotora.
Zi jumped out from behind the wall where he was hiding.
"Wait a minute," Yu Qiuping pulled Imagawa Feng's arm, "I want to see how this kid strikes up a conversation first."
At this time, Nobuhi Anoyama was nervously holding a small bag and walking towards Naoki Ii. Naoki Aeyama also noticed Nobuhiro Aeyama, and his face immediately darkened. After noticing Naochi Ii's dissatisfied expression, Naochi Aeyama
His face suddenly turned red and his movements became stiffer.
This was the first time Yu Qiuping saw that this expert in picking up girls who had been among thousands of flowers and never touched his body, and Nobuyuki Anayama, the overlord of the Whale House, who had a close relationship with Maeda Keiji, actually showed shyness and embarrassment when facing a girl.
Uneasy expression!
"Naotora...Miss Naotora!" Nobuyuki Aneyama saw Ii Naotora walking quickly towards Yashiki, and hurriedly took a few steps forward to meet him, and whispered.
"I have an engagement, please call me Mrs. Ii." Naotora Ii's cold words directly extinguished the enthusiasm in Nobita Anayayama's heart. "Master Anesama is here for this trip. What important matters do you have?"
The implication is that if there is nothing important, I don't want to talk to you.
"This..." Nobuyuki Anayama swallowed, took a deep breath, made up his mind, lifted the bag in his hands with both hands, bowed sharply, and held the bag in front of Ii Naotora's face.
"This is some of my thoughts..." Nobuhiro Anesama whispered awkwardly.
"What are these?" Ii Naotora asked warily.
"It's just some fabric!" Nobuyama replied quickly, then paused and carefully explained: "This...it seems that Mrs. Ii hasn't changed into new clothes for a long time...so...so..."
"Thank you Master Aneshan for your kindness, but I will not be rewarded for my efforts. Master Aneshan has already given me a lot of things before, and I dare not accept such a generous favor." Ii Naotora shook his head indifferently, without even looking at it.
Take another look at Aneshan Nobuyoshi, then turn sideways to pass by him.
"This..." Seeing that things were getting serious, Nobuhiro Anesama hurriedly spoke again: "But Madam's clothes..."
"My clothes are very comfortable, I don't need new clothes." Ii Naotora said still very coldly.
"Then! Let's think of it as making some clothes for Torasatsu!" Nobuhiro Anesama suddenly spoke quickly, fearing that Ii Naotora would leave immediately: "Torasatsu is growing taller, and he will soon outgrow the original clothes!"
You definitely need new clothes!”
These words made Ii Naotora stop in her tracks. However, after hesitating for a moment, she still shook her head firmly. Just when she was about to say no to Anesama Nobutora, Xiao Husong came towards her from the street in the distance.
They ran over. Yu Qiuyou followed closely behind Hu Song, while Yu Qiu Shang followed from a distance. Due to his poor health, his physical strength was never as good as that of Yu Qiuyou and Hu Song, who was one year younger than him.
"Uncle Caeshan!" Husong opened his hands excitedly after seeing Caeshan's faithfulness, "Are you coming to see me again?"
"Yes! Torosatsu!" As soon as Nobuyuki Anesama saw Torosatsu, the nervousness and shyness on his face suddenly faded away. He squatted down and hugged Torosatsu who threw himself into his arms. "Uncle will give you some clothes."