"You guy!" one of the drunkards shouted, "You don't need to apologize for hurting someone?!"
The girl said in a timid tone:
"But, I just touched you lightly... You were not hurt..."
Clang!
The sound of breaking porcelain sounded again.
One of the three drunkards picked up a wine bowl on the table again and threw it at the girl's feet.
"Ah!" The girl was startled.
"How dare you talk back!"
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Although he was not very clear about the cause and effect of the incident, Ogata understood - just let the three drunkards settle down first.
The proprietress of the Ryūya, Asaki, had already hurriedly entered the Ryūya with a lantern.
At this time, Ogata strode towards the three drunken men.
And said in a calm tone:
"Guest, please don't make trouble unreasonably."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, the three drunkards immediately followed the sound and turned their heads.
"None of your business... Gu!"
One of the drunken men wanted to scold Ogata loudly, but after seeing the sword and wakizashi that required the waist, he swallowed back the scolding that had already poured into his mouth.
It can be seen that these three drunkards were not as drunk as the four drunkards just now, but they still recognized the katana in Ogata's waist and remembered the terror of samurai.
These three drunkards were so frightened by the katana at Ogata's waist that they were mostly drunk.
The three people, who did not have the time to drink again, hurriedly left their drink money and stood up, trying to leave the house.
But they had just taken a few steps when they were stopped by Ogata:
"You three, wait for me!"
The three people shuddered, then turned their stiff necks and looked at Ogata with anxious faces.
Ogata nuzzled at the two broken pieces of the wine bowl at the girl's feet.
“If I break something in someone’s store, don’t I need to pay compensation?”
"Okay, okay..."
The three drunkards fumbled in their pockets for a while, then jointly collected a sum of money and handed it to Ogata respectfully.
After Ogata took the money, he showed it directly to the girl:
"How about it? Is this enough money to buy 2 new punch bowls?"
This girl does not know Ogata.
I don’t understand why Ogata would help them for no reason.
Although she had not yet recovered from her emotions, the girl still counted the money in Ogata's hand obediently.
"Some are not enough..."
"Did you hear that? You don't have enough money to pay for the wine bowl!"
"But..." one of the drunkards said with a sad face, "we have no money..."
Ogata was too lazy to listen to these people's explanations.
Push the thumb of your left hand forward, which has been resting on the sheath opening, to push the knife out of the sheath, making a loud "click" sound.
As soon as the loud "click" sound hit the ground, the three drunkards said in a hurry:
"Yes! Yes! We have money!"
"Ah! I remembered! I still have some personal money here!"
"Master Samurai! Please wait a moment, we will collect the money right away!"
The three drunkards fumbled in their pockets for a while, and finally took out some more money and handed it to Ogata.
Ogata gave the money to the girl:
"How about it? After adding this money, is it enough to buy three new wine bowls?"
"Yeah." The girl nodded obediently, "That's enough."
Ogata nodded and re-sheathed the sword that he had just slightly pulled out of its sheath.
"Since we have enough money, let's invite the three guests to leave slowly."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, the three drunkards hurriedly escaped from the house as if they had been granted amnesty.
After the three drunkards escaped from the house, Asaki, who had been standing aside to watch Ogata deal with the incident, walked towards Ogata and the others with an excited face:
"Lord Ogata, you did a great job just now!"
"I actually didn't do much." Ogata smiled, "I just flashed the katana on my waist and said a few words."
"I hired you to guard the house, and I made the right hire!"
"That...the boss lady..."
The girl who was ignored by Ogata and Asaki asked in a timid tone:
"Who is this samurai-sama?"
"Ah, I was so focused on chatting that I forgot to introduce you two to each other."
"Lord Ogata, this is the only maid in our house that I told you just now - Afu."
Ogata had just been busy dealing with the three drunk men, so Ogata had no spare time to take a good look at the girl.
Petite stature - converted into modern length units on Earth, this girl's height should be only about 1.45 meters.
Therefore, it would be very difficult for this girl to look directly into Ogata's eyes.
Because if Ogata's height is converted into modern earth length units, Ogata's height is as high as 170cm.
In ancient Japan, due to diet and genes, people were generally not tall.
Ogata's height of 1.7 meters was already quite astonishing in the Edo period.
During the two days he came to the Edo period, Ogata had been paying attention to the heights of the people around him.
It was no surprise to Ogata - Ogata had not seen anyone taller than him in the past two days.
This girl's facial features are quite delicate, and she is considered a good-looking type.
It's just that this girl is too thin and seems to be malnourished. It feels like any gust of wind can blow this girl down.
The girl looked Ogata up and down several times with her big black eyes, then she bowed politely and said:
"Good evening, Lord Warrior, my name is Afu."
"Good evening." Ogata quickly bowed in return, "My surname is Ogata. Ogata Issei."
After introducing himself to the girl named Afu, Ogata paused, and then asked Afu:
"Miss Afu, let me take the liberty of asking - how old are you this year?"
Ogata is really curious about Ah Fu's age, because from the appearance, Ah Fu's facial features seem to have not fully grown, and he should not be very old yet.
"Me? How old?" Ah Fu pointed to himself, "I am 13 years old this year."
13 years old...a little younger than Ogata expected...
Ogata turned his head and showed a helpless smile to Asaki beside him:
"Miss Asaki, you are hiring child labor..."
"Child labor?" Asaki looked at Ogata with a puzzled face, "What does child labor mean?"
"ah……"
Ogata, who knew he had made a mistake, said softly "Ah" and then waved his hand:
"Nothing, just forget what I just said."
After casually perfunctory Asaki, Ogata thought to himself:
——It seems...it will take some time for me to completely get used to the customs and customs of the Edo period...
In the Edo period, there was no such thing as child labor.
Because the average life span of people is generally not long, children generally become the masters of their families at an early age - this was the case in all ancient countries.
In the Edo period, a 14-year-old girl was no longer considered a child and could be treated as an adult.
Many girls get married at this age.
Some girls who get married early are even married when they are 12 years old.