After Qingdeng opened the shop door, the old man and the thick-lipped old woman in the shop immediately turned their heads and looked at Qingdeng.
"Oh, it seems that a guest has come to the door. Mr. Kazuma Kiryu, I won't bother you any more and will take my leave now."
"Mrs. Izumi, please walk slowly." The old man with glasses smiled, lowered his upper body, and saluted the old woman with a very elegant movement. "If your clothes are damaged again next time, you are welcome to come back to me at any time."
"Ah! Mr. Kiryu Kazuma, if only my old man had half the talent and gentleness you have." The thick-lipped old lady put her hands on her face like a pregnant girl, twisted her body a few times, and hugged her
A big cloth bag containing women's kimonos, and he walked quickly outside the store.
When leaving the store, the old woman did not forget to turn her head frequently and cast loving eyes at the old man with glasses, who kept smiling as he watched her go.
It wasn't until the old woman with glasses completely disappeared from the sight of the old man with glasses that the old man with glasses turned his attention to Qingdeng.
"May I ask who your Majesty is?"
"Is your shop open now? I have something to consult," Qingdeng said.
"Of course we're open." The old man with eyes nodded, "Please take a seat."
He knelt down behind the counter and made a "please" gesture toward the counter.
"Please allow me to introduce myself first. My surname is Kiryu, my first name is Yizhen, and I am the owner of this Thousand Houses. What do you want to inquire about?"
While the old man who called himself "Kizuma Kiryu" was introducing himself, Qingto quickly walked to the counter and sat down in front of it.
After getting closer to the old man, Qingdeng subconsciously looked at the old man's face.
He is very old, at least 80 or 90 years old, but his eyes are still bright and his energy seems to be quite good. He must also be in good health.
Although his face is covered with traces of time, it can still be vaguely seen that this old man must have looked good when he was young.
Japan has been a country for seven years and has been dealing with foreign countries for so long. People like Kiryu wearing glasses are no longer a "rare species" in Japan.
The old man introduced himself, and Qingdeng also introduced himself out of politeness.
"My surname is Ju and my first name is Qingdeng."
After briefly introducing himself, Qingdeng went straight to the topic:
"I heard that your shop can help introduce swordsmanship to people. Is this true?"
Kiryu nodded with a smile: "Yes. This is one of the important signs of our store. Do you want to ask about the sword hall?"
"Yes!" Qingdeng nodded like garlic.
"Then what kind of sword hall do you want to go to?"
"I want to go to a sword hall that meets these three conditions."
Qingden raised three fingers.
"One: I can afford it with my limited funds."
"Two: The swordsmanship taught is the kind of swordsmanship that is highly practical and not showy."
"Three: It is best to have enough apprentices in the library. The more, the better."
"As long as it meets these three conditions, any sword hall will do."
After that, Qingdeng took out his money bag from his arms. This money bag contained the only remaining wealth of the Ju family.
After taking out the money bag, Aomori placed it on the counter and opened it so that Kiryu could clearly see the amount of money stored in the bag.
Kiryu lowered his head and looked at the money in his bag, and then asked Qingnobo with a normal expression:
"Sir, in order to help you find the sword hall that suits you best, please allow me to ask you a question."
"I can understand the first two conditions you just mentioned. But I don't quite understand the third condition."
"Why do you have to find a sword hall with a lot of people?"
"I like to spar with others the most, so I thought of a sword hall with a lot of people to spar with each other." Qingdeng made up a lie casually.
"Oh, that's it." Kiryu nodded slightly.
"please wait."
As Kiryu spoke, he pulled out a large book from under the counter and spread it out on the counter.
"This is?" Qingdeng asked doubtfully.
"This is the most valuable thing in my employment agency." Kiryu said with a smile, "It contains detailed information about all sword halls in Edo. The information includes everything from tuition fees to the number of apprentices in the hall.
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"Oh! Then this thing is indeed very valuable."
"I spent a lot of effort to make this book." Kiryu sighed with a look of reminiscence on his face and began to flip through the "Edo Sword Hall Collection".
"The swordsmanship taught is extremely practical swordsmanship... and at the same time, there should be enough people to learn from... Then this sword academy is very suitable for you."
After Kiryu finished speaking, his fingers that turned over the book just stopped.
"The trial house of natural Rishin-ryu."
"Tianli Xinliu?" Qingden raised his eyebrows.
He skillfully searched for the memory of "Original Tachibana Aoden" in his mind.
As a result, it was found that in the memory of "Original Tachibana Aoden", there was no memory fragment about Tenorishin-ryu.
Kiryu seemed to have seen through Qingden's thoughts, and smiled at Qingden.
"This is a relatively unpopular genre, so you may not have heard of its name."
"But I can assure you - in terms of practicality, this school is not inferior to famous schools such as Beichen Itto Ryu and Shinto Wu Nian Ryu."
Kiryu opened his mouth and was about to say something else——
"Mr. Kiryu, I'm very hungry. Is there breakfast?"
Suddenly, a young female voice, as sweet as a silver bell, came from the back of the shop.
Qingdeng subconsciously followed the sound and looked over - a small figure slowly walked out from behind a corner deep in the store.
It was a girl with an extremely cute appearance who was holding a little orange cat in her arms.
His age is approximately 15 or 6 years old.
The cat in her arms was an orange cat that was probably less than 1 year old.
In Qingdeng's eyes, this girl's height is on the short side, and she is only about 1.5 meters tall.
Her facial features are exquisite, especially her eyes. The black eyes are bright and energetic, and there is a bookish air between her eyebrows.
Judging from his appearance, he seemed to have just woken up.
Her long black hair was scattered casually behind her back, her clothes were a little messy, and her cute little white feet were bare.
Ming Ming looks to be only 15 or 6 years old at most, but his development is surprisingly good - even though he is wearing thick cold-proof clothes, you can still clearly see that the fabric on his chest is bulging.
The girl who came out of the corner of the back room of the shop froze in place as if she had been charmed by petrification magic when she saw Qingden.
After meeting Qingden's eyes for a moment, she immediately hugged the cat in her arms and hid behind the corner of the corridor she just walked out of, as if she was teleporting.
"Sorry." Kiryu showed an apologetic wry smile to Qingden, "This child is a little shy, please forgive me."
As soon as Kiryu finished speaking, Qingto caught a glimpse of the girl reappearing from behind the corner of the corridor - only half of her face was exposed. The rest of her body parts were still hidden behind the corner of the corridor.
The half of her face that was revealed was now covered with a blush of shyness.
Girl: “@#￥%&*#……”
Qingdeng saw the girl's lips moving.
He could vaguely feel that the girl seemed to be talking to him, but Qingden couldn't hear what she was saying at all.
Listening to the girl's voice, which was like a mosquito's hum, Qingto felt that she was not speaking Japanese, but more like reciting a spell.
While Aoto stared at the girl who was talking to him out of politeness, Kiryu was also looking at the girl.
After the girl finally finished reciting her spell, Kiryu turned his head with a smile and said to Qingto:
"She said, 'Welcome to Senshiya, she is the tedai here: Mai Kinoshita.'"
[Note: Tedai: the name given to shop assistants in the Edo period]
After translating with Aonto what the girl had just said, Kiryu turned his attention to the girl again.
Girl: “￥%&@#*#……”
Kiryu: "She said: 'This is her good friend: Duoduo'."
As soon as Kiryu finished speaking, the girl raised the orange cat she had been holding in her arms with both hands and carried it out of the corner of the corridor.
Meow~~
The orange cat who was carried out of the corridor meowed at Qingden very well.
After the orange cat said "hello" to Qingto, the girl took the orange cat back to the back of the corner.
——Why do you need to introduce yourself to the cat...?
While Qing Deng was complaining about the strange behavior of the girl just now, the girl's "spell" still did not stop.
Girl: “#￥&@#￥%*#&@#￥%*#&@……”
Kiryu: "She said: 'I was really rude just now. I didn't know that a guest came to the door, and you saw my very immodest look just now. I'm really sorry.'"
Girl: “&@#￥%*#……”
Kiryu: "She said: 'Please wait a moment, I will make you tea.'"
"...How do you communicate?" Qingdeng's face was full of black lines.
"I have learned lip reading in the Omi area before." After Kiryu smiled at Aoto, he turned to the girl and shouted, "Young Master, I haven't cooked breakfast yet. Please be patient for a while until I finish receiving this guest.
After getting married, I will go cook. Today’s breakfast is your favorite boiled eggs.”
Qingto saw that the half of the girl's face exposed outside the corridor was full of joy after Kiryu's words fell. Then the girl shrank her head back into the corridor, and the girl was no longer seen.
"Young Master?" Qingden repeated the title Kiryu had just given to the lovely girl with a confused look on his face.
"That girl is not only my handmaiden who works for me in this shop, but also the adopted granddaughter of the person I serve." Kiryu explained to Qingto in a leisurely manner, "So the relationship between me and that child is both employment and employment.
It’s a master-servant relationship.”
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A glasses man named Kiryu Kazuma opened a shop called Senshiya in Edo and lived with a girl - there are so many elements that it is almost overflowing.
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