Chapter 8 Kinoshita Dance(1/2)
After Qingdeng opened the shop door, the old man in the shop and the old woman with thick lips immediately turned her head and looked at Qingdeng.
"Oh, it seems that a customer has come to the door. Mr. Kiryu Ichimaru, I will no longer bother you, so I will say goodbye first."
"Mrs. Hokuen, please walk slowly." The old man in glasses smiled and lowered his body, bowing to the old lady with extremely elegant movements. "If the clothes are broken again next time, please come to me anytime."
"Ah--! Mr. Kiryu Ichima, it would be great if the old man in my family had half of your talent and gentleness." The old lady with thick lips, like a girl in Huaichun, held her face with her hands, twisted her body a few times, then hugged a large cloth bag in a female kimono and walked quickly outside the store.
When leaving the store, the old lady turned her head frequently and threw affectionate eyes at the old man with glasses, while the old man with glasses kept smiling and watching her.
It was not until the old woman completely disappeared from the sight of the old man with glasses that the old man with glasses turned his gaze to Qingdeng.
"What's your point?"
"Is your shop open now? I have something to ask for consultation." Qingdeng said.
"Of course it's open." The old man with eyes nodded, "Please sit down."
He knelt behind the counter and made a "please" move in front of the counter.
"Please introduce me to myself. My surname is Kiryu and my name is Ichima. I am the owner of this Qianshi House. What do you want to consult?"
While the old man who called himself "Kuri Ichima Kiryu" was introducing himself there, Aoden had already walked quickly to the counter and sat down in front of the counter.
After getting closer to the old man, Qingdeng subconsciously looked at the old man's face.
He is very old, at least 8 or 90 years old, but his eyes are still bright and energetic, and his spirit looks quite good. I guess his body must be very strong.
Although his face was covered with traces of time, it was still vaguely visible that this old man must have looked good when he was young.
Japan has been in the country for 7 years and has been dealing with foreign countries for so long. Like the Kiryu in front of me, a person wearing a pair of glasses is no longer a "rare species" in Japan.
The old man introduced himself, and Qingdeng also introduced himself out of courtesy.
"My surname is Ju and my name is Qingdeng."
After briefly introducing myself, Qingdeng went straight to the topic:
"I heard that your shop can help someone introduce the sword hall. Is it true?"
Kiryu nodded with a smile: "Yes. This is one of the important signs of our store. Are you going to ask about the Sword Hall?"
"Yes!" Qingdeng nodded like pounding garlic.
"So what kind of sword hall do you want to go to?"
"I want to go to the sword hall that meets these three conditions."
Qingdeng raised 3 fingers.
"One: I can afford this amount of funds."
"Two: The sword technique taught is that it is a sword technique that is highly practical, not a fancy one."
"Three: It is best to have enough apprentices in the museum, the more the better."
"As long as these three conditions are met, any kind of sword hall can be used."
After saying that, Qingdeng took out his purse from his arms, which contained the only remaining Yucai in their Ju family.
After taking out the purse, Aoden placed it on the counter and opened it so that Kiryu could clearly see the amount stored in the purse.
Kiryu lowered his head and looked at the money in his bags, then asked Qingdeng with a normal expression:
"Customer, in order to help you find the sword hall that suits you the best, please allow me to ask you a question."
"I can understand the first two conditions you just mentioned. But I don't understand the third condition very much."
"Why do you have to find a lot of sword halls?"
"I like to talk with others the most, so I think of a sword hall with a lot of people, enough to talk to me." Qingdeng made up a lie casually.
"Oh, so that's it." Kiryu nodded gently.
"Please wait."
Kiryu said as he pulled out a big book from under the counter and then spread it on the counter counter.
"Is this?" Qingdeng asked in confusion.
"This is the most valuable thing in my job agency." Kiryu smiled, "It records the detailed information of all the sword halls in Edo. The information content includes everything from tuition fees to the number of apprentices in the library."
"Oh! Then this thing is indeed very valuable."
"I have also spent a lot of effort to make this book." After sighing, Kiryu, who looked at me with memories, began to flip through this "Edo Sword Hall Collection".
"The sword technique taught is extremely practical... and at the same time, there must be enough people to discuss... Then this sword museum is very suitable for you."
Kiryu's words came to an end, and he just stopped flipping the fingers of Chuzi.
"A test and health clinic for natural psychological flow."
"Natural politicism and mental flow?" Qingdeng raised his eyebrows.
He skillfully searched for the memories of "Harakizuki" in his mind.
It was found that there was no memory fragment about natural psychological flow in the memory of "Haraki Juiceng".
Kiryu smiled at Qingdeng as if seeing through what Qingdeng thought.
"This is a relatively unpopular genre. So you probably haven't heard of its name."
"But I can assure you that this genre is not inferior to the famous sects such as Beichen Yidao Liu and Shendao Wunian Liu."
Kiryu opened his mouth, just as he was about to say something else—
"Mr. Kiryu, I'm so hungry. Do you have breakfast?"
Suddenly, a crisp, young female voice as nice as a silver bell came from the inner room of the store.
Qing Deng subconsciously looked over the sound - a small figure slowly walked out from behind a corner deep in the store.
It is a girl holding a little orange cat in her arms and looks extremely cute.
He is about 15 or 6 years old.
The cat she was holding in her arms was an orange cat who should be less than 1 year old.
In Qing Deng's eyes, this girl's height belongs to the shorter one, and she is only about 1.5 meters tall.
Her facial features are delicate, especially her eyes. Her black eyes are bright and bright, and there is a bookish atmosphere between her eyebrows.
Judging from his appearance, it seems that he has just gotten up.
Her long black hair was casually dispersed behind her, and the clothes she was wearing were a little messy, with naked and cute white feet.
Although he looks only 15 or 6 years old, his development is surprisingly good - he is obviously wearing thick cold-proof clothes, but he can still clearly see the fabric on the part of his chest being bulging.
The girl who walked out from the corner of the shop house, when she saw Qingdeng, immediately froze in place like she was petrified magic.
After facing Qingdeng for a moment, he immediately hugged the cat in his arms and hid back to the corner of the corridor she had just walked out at a speed like teleportation.
"Sorry." Kiryu smiled apologetically at this time, "This child is a little afraid of life, please forgive me."
As soon as Kiryu's words finished, Aoden caught a glimpse of the girl appearing from behind the corner of the corridor again - only half of her face was revealed. The rest of her body parts were still hidden behind the corner of the corridor.
The half of her face she showed was now wearing a shy red glow.
Girl: "@#¥%&*#..."
Qingdeng saw the girl's lips twitching.
He could vaguely feel the girl seemed to be talking to him, but Qingdeng couldn't hear clearly what she was talking about.
Listening to the girl's humming sound like a mosquito, Qingdeng felt that she was not speaking Japanese, but more like she was chanting a spell.
Kiryu was also watching the girl as Aoden stared at the girl who was talking to him for the sake of politeness.
After the girl finally finished reciting her spell, Kiryu smiled and turned her head and said to Aoden:
"She said 'Welcome to Chishiya, she is the Takayo here: Kinoshita Mai'."
【Note ·Shiyo: In the Edo period, the name of the shop's shop's friend]
After translating what the girl was just saying to Aoden, Kiryu turned his gaze to the girl again.
Girl: "¥%&@#*#..."
Kiryu: "She said: 'This is her good friend: Duoduo'."
As soon as Kiryu finished speaking, the girl held the orange cat she had just held in her arms with her hands and held it outside the corner of the corridor.
Meow~~
The orange cat, who was hailed outside the corridor, meowed at Qingdeng very well in looking at the air.
After the orange cat said "hello" to Qingdeng, the girl brought the orange cat back to the back of the corner.
——Why do you need to introduce yourself to the cat...?
While Qingdeng was complaining about the girl’s strange behavior just now, the girl’s “spell” did not stop.
Girl: "#¥&@#¥%*#&@#¥%*#&@…”
Kiryu: "She said: 'I was so rude just now. I didn't know that a customer came to you and let you see my very undescending look just now. I'm really sorry."
To be continued...