The time came to the end of the seventh year of Eiroku (1564), and the Oda family’s regular New Year’s Eve banquet came as scheduled. The wealthy lords and retainers from all over Owari rushed back to Seiju Castle to attend this New Year’s Eve banquet.
meeting.
This year has been full of good news for the Oda family. At the beginning of the year, the incident of Takenaka Shigeharu's capture of Inabayama Castle occurred, which completely destroyed Saito Ryuuki's prestige - he was so frightened that he hid outside for more than half a year.
Dare to return to the city. After the wealthy Saito family gained power, Saito Ryuuki was actually in a position of being sidelined. Angry, he drank, danced and had fun every day and never paid attention to political affairs. The Saito family in the north encountered such a big situation
The incident also freed up Oda Nobunaga to completely resolve the Inuyama Rebellion that had troubled Owari for many years.
After Oda Nobunaga pacified Inuyama Castle and the entire Niwa County, he once again placed the entire Owari family under the rule of his family. Oda Nobukiyo, who fled, is said to have sought refuge with the Kai Takeda family. This also made Yuan Yu
That powerful behemoth entered Oda Nobunaga's vision for the first time.
After Oda Nobukiyo was resolved, the defense of Owari Northeast was re-established. Mori Katsunari, Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneki were entrusted to the original territory of Oda Nobukiyo, echoing Amekihei, to resist possible attacks from Mino.
Attack. With these three close friends covering the flanks, Yu Qiuping felt a lot more at ease.
Not long ago, Oda Nobunaga moved his residence from Komakiyama Castle back to Qingzhou City. After all, Komakiyama Castle is definitely not as prosperous as Qingzhou City, which has been run by the Oda family for many years. It is no wonder that Oda Nobunaga is not used to living there. And this time the New Year's Eve annual meeting
, is also scheduled to be held in Cheongju City.
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For Yu Qiuping, this New Year's Eve annual meeting has an extra layer of meaning. Because this is the first time he has brought his wife and children to the annual meeting - Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You have grown up.
If you are old enough, you will be 5 years old!
On December 27, Yu Qiuping and his party arrived at Qingzhou City. On the way there, Yu Qiuyou saw many children playing hide-and-seek in the castle town, and they kept clamoring to go play. Yu Qiuping couldn't resist him.
Let Imagawa Kaede take him and Yu Qiu Shang to play in the castle town for a while, and then come back after dinner.
However, Yu Qiu Shang was always reluctant along the way. He had no intention of going to play in the first place, but his younger brother had to force him to go, so he had no choice but to accompany him there.
Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the place where the children were playing, what he was most worried about happened.
"Eh? Why doesn't this little brother have a right hand?" An older child saw the incompleteness of Yu Qiu Shang's right hand at a glance and asked curiously, pointing to his sleeve.
As soon as he said this, the children around him immediately turned their innocent and ignorant eyes to Yu Qiu Shang. Yu Qiu Shang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly lowered his head and buried his face in the shadow to avoid those curious eyes.
Imagawa Kaede, who was sitting in the teahouse and watching, was about to explain, but unexpectedly Yu Qiuyou stood up first. After he waved his hand to attract everyone's attention, he said in a childish voice: "My father said
However, everyone is born different! Just like you have a mole on your neck, but I don’t have one! My brother has no right hand, just like I don’t have a mole, it’s the same thing!”
Yu Qiuyou's words made these inexperienced children suddenly realize. They nodded in agreement and did not continue to be curious about this question.
"What are you playing?" Yu Qiuyou took his brother's left hand, walked into the crowd, and asked the other children.
"We're playing monsters to catch kids! After the monster catches someone, the kid who was caught becomes the monster instead of him!" A little girl replied happily, "You new ones, let me be a monster for you first!"
"Okay! I'll do it!" Yu Qiuyou puffed up his chest and said with a proud smile, "I'm running so fast! Don't even think about running away!"
At this moment, another little boy raised his hand excitedly and suggested, "Can the kid over there with only one hand play the role of a monster? My dad told me a story before, saying that
In the forest outside Cheongju City, there has always been a one-armed monster! Wouldn't it be fun to let him be a monster!"
"Yes, yes! My grandpa also told me this story!" "Yes! Let him do it. My mother also said that there is a one-armed monster! Let him do it! Let him do it!
"The little boy's suggestion immediately aroused the interest of the children, and everyone started cheering for Yu Qiu Shang to be the monster.
Yu Qiuyou glanced at his brother with some worry. The latter's face was indeed not very good-looking. But when Yu Qiu Shang raised his head and saw the expectant eyes of everyone, he was suddenly stunned for a moment. Then, he tried hard to squeeze out a word from the corner of his mouth.
Smiled and nodded slightly.
The game started, and the children screamed and scattered in all directions. Yu Qiu Shang dragged an empty sleeve and tried hard to catch up with the children running away on the street. However, his health has never been very good, because he lacked
Due to one arm, my running posture was very uncoordinated and I couldn't run very fast. I struggled for a long time without even catching a single person.
"Come on, come on! One-armed monster! Come and catch me!" In order to show off, the oldest boy smiled and ran to a stop not far from Yu Qiu Shang, and twisted his butt at him a few times.
Yu Qiu Shang gritted his teeth and tried his best to rush to catch him, but he quickly dodged him.
Yu Qiu Shang ran for a long time and was exhausted. He put one hand on his knees and gasped for air. He originally wanted to suggest that someone else should be the monster, but when he saw that the children were all because he was the one-armed monster.
I had a great time, and when I shouted "one-armed monster" excitedly, I softened my mind and did not do anything to disappoint everyone. I continued to pretend to be a monster and catch people.
Finally, he was so tired that he couldn't run anymore. Even when the big boy was about to come to him and shouted for him to catch people, he still couldn't move. Yu Qiuyou looked at his brother who was so tired.
, unable to bear it, he took the initiative to run to Yu Qiu Shang's side, grabbed Yu Qiu Shang's left hand, and patted his shoulder hard.
"Brother has already caught me!" Yu Qiuyou puffed out his cheeks and said angrily: "Next, I will be a monster!"
After saying that, he immediately rushed towards the big boy who had been provoking Yu Qiu Shang just now. The big boy was startled and hurriedly turned around and ran away. However, Yu Qiu You has been extremely talented since he was a child and can run very fast.
, it is very likely that he inherited the genes of Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede who are good at sports. Even though the big boy was running around in the alley, he was still caught by Yu Qiuyou who was faster, and he was angry at his brother.
"Tch! He ran pretty fast!" The big boy complained in a low voice with dissatisfaction, but Yu Qiuyou chuckled proudly. The big boy immediately turned around and wanted to catch Yu Qiuyou, but he fled as fast as he could.
After running around for a while without catching any other children, he suddenly targeted Yu Qiu Shang, who was resting against the wall!
He immediately ran towards Yu Qiu Shang. The panicked Yu Qiu Shang hurriedly took heavy steps to escape, but he was no match for this big boy and was quickly caught. Yu Qiu Shang became a monster again
He could no longer move forward and leaned against the wall, gasping for air.
"Brother! I'm coming!" Yu Qiuyou, who was very expressive, ran to Yu Qiu Shang's side without saying a word, took his hand and patted his shoulder, turning himself into a monster. Then, he immediately moved towards
Another kid ran over. After a fight, Yu Qiuyou succeeded again by relying on his speed, laughing happily.
The child was so angry that he rushed towards Yu Qiu Shang again - Yu Qiu Shang still couldn't run away from him and was captured into a monster again. Yu Qiu You ran over again, touched Yu Qiu Shang and turned himself into a monster.
After catching the monster, he used his speed to catch other children. After catching it, he would laugh happily with great excitement. The caught monster still pounced on the running Yu Qiu Shang. This went on for three or four times.
Most times.
Being bullied like this, there were still tears flashing in Yu Qiu Shang's eyes. The words "I won't play anymore, I want to go home" had been held in his throat for a long time. But seeing his brother having so much fun, because he was so fast
Okay, but I couldn't say that sentence, not wanting to dampen my brother's interest.
Just after he was once again caught by a little girl and turned into a monster, Yu Qiuyou rushed towards him excitedly, trying to transform himself into a monster. Suddenly, a hand gently touched Yu Qiu Shang's cheek.
A familiar scent also appeared behind me.
That's mom.
"Shang'er, we're not going to play anymore." Imagawa Feng whispered firmly. Then, she looked at the excited Yu Qiuyou and said with a smile: "Yu'er, we're not going to play anymore, we have to go home for dinner. Dad also
Waiting for us!"
"Ah! It's still early, Mom!" Yu Qiuyou shook his head in disappointment, "Let us play some more, Mom!"
"No." Imagawa Kaede refused with a smile, "Be good, go back and take a shower first, and then go to eat. I'm sweating all over, why don't you take a shower?"
"Okay." Yu Qiuyou pouted in dissatisfaction, then turned around and waved goodbye to the children: "I'm going back to eat! Goodbye!"
"Come and play again tomorrow!" The big boy who had been fighting with Yu Qiuyou for a long time invited with a smile, and other children around him also said the same.
"Definitely! Definitely!" Yu Qiuyou nodded excitedly, and then turned his pleading eyes to Imagawa Kaede, who smiled noncommittally.
On the way home, Yu Qiuyou, who was tired from running, pretended to let Imagawa Kaede hug him. Imagawa Kaede couldn't resist him, so she had to hold him in her arms. Yu Qiu Shang, who was beside him, held the lapel of Imagawa Kaede's clothes very sensibly and silently
The ground followed behind.
"Yu'er, didn't you just say you want to play some more? Why are you so tired now that you can't walk?" Imagawa Kaede smiled and teased the child in her arms.
"That... that! It's just that... suddenly I can't walk!" Yu Qiuyou suddenly blushed and explained incoherently.
"Haha, Yu'er is so cute!" Imagawa Kaede smiled lovingly, dropped a kiss on Yu Qiuyou's forehead, and then asked: "Did you have fun?"
"Happy! Super happy!" Yu Qiuyou waved his little fist excitedly, "Mom, do you know! I run super fast, and all the children inside can't outrun me!"
"Okay, okay, okay, of course mom knows." Imagawa Feng encouraged Yu Qiuyou with a smile, but his eyes fell on Yu Qiu Shang. He silently held the skirt of his clothes, still as silent and quiet as before.
"What about Shang'er? Did you have fun? It seems like you can't run anymore?" Imagawa Kaede smiled and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, yes! Brother, are you happy? My brother has helped you get revenge!" Yu Qiuyou also asked excitedly from the side.
Imagawa Feng could feel that Yu Qiu Shang's little hand holding her clothes suddenly trembled.
Yu Qiu Shang blinked his eyes, pursed his lips quietly, and nodded quickly.
"I'm happy, Mom, Ayou. I'm fine."
I'm fine.
Imagawa Kaede glanced at Yuqiu Shang, sighed helplessly, and then cast his gaze into the distance - at the end of the street corner, there was a maple tree planted.
"Shang'er, you look so much like your father." She sighed meaningfully.