I, God's favorite child

The old gentleman's hand holding the notice was trembling.

The Minazuki family has business and power in all aspects. Of course, the most important thing is business. Since a certain emperor took office, power has become a private property of the royal family.

But if we follow that adult's plans, I'm afraid...

The old gentleman wrote down all the regulations word for word, then tore the newspaper into pieces piece by piece, and finally swallowed it piece by piece.

"Long live Lord Qingzhou..."

At this moment, the old gentleman has completely regarded that adult as his only belief in his heart.

With such an excellent family successor, why are you afraid that the family will not last forever?

At the same time, major families and companies discovered some anomalies, which felt quite surprising.

The Minazuki family...

What is this doing?

Normally, they don't make such big moves. After all, the Minazuki family is huge, which is not a good thing in the eyes of the royal family, and the Minazuki family is also dependent on the royal family.

It has to be.

Therefore, this big noble who was used to keeping a low profile suddenly started to make big moves, which actually made many big shots interested.

I just want to see how many days you can bounce around. You know, after the centralization of power, the royal family has nothing to lose.

If you really touch some cakes, you may have to face military suppression the next moment.

Besides, at this time, many people saw the ambitions of the royal family and the situation abroad.

Most of the great powers are like a powder keg that is ready to explode. In other words, the royal family will probably get involved.

Chapter 426 Chiyo from the fishing village

Chiyo comes from a fisherman's family in a barren fishing village.

Even though life was difficult, Chiyo never felt unhappy.

She believed that it was enough to have a father, a mother, and her own sisters.

Moreover, with their father, an old fisherman, they would not go hungry often.

As for Chiyo-chan, she has been pretty and cute since she was a child, and has a pair of deep blue-gray eyes. Therefore, Chiyo-chan is also somewhat famous in the entire fishing village.

Little Chiyo likes to listen to her mother tell stories, or to listen to her mother's comments about herself and her sisters.

My mother said that my sister, Natsuko, was just a piece of wood, like a cherry blossom tree, with its roots deep into the soil.

My sister Chiyo is like water. A drop of water can penetrate a stone. Water will make a way for itself. Even if you are trapped in a corner, water can still find another way.

But not long ago, for the first time, little Chiyo did not pester her mother to tell stories at night because her mother was ill.

During these days, my father would put the caught fish back into the sea from time to time. My father said...

You have to learn to starve.

This sentence gave both Chiyo and Natsuko a bad premonition.

Sure enough, my mother's illness became more and more serious, and my father's expression became more and more solemn.

In this era, a wife is far more important than a daughter. Of course, if a son is born, it is another story.

Therefore, the father found a human trafficker and wanted to sell his two daughters and use the money from selling the daughters to treat his wife.

That day was a rainy day. At night, after his father got the money, he handed over Chiyo and Natsuko to the traffickers.

This hurried pushing and pulling made Chiyo and Chiyo vaguely aware of what was going on.

In the fishing village, other families sell their sons and daughters, and they are not helpless.

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: "I have never seen it before, so the somewhat desperate little Chiyo held on to her father's hand when she was pushed into the unobstructed bullock cart.

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"Dad, will you come with me?"

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

The sound of thunder buried Chiyo-chan's voice, and in an instant, heavy rain poured down.

Under the heavy rain, Chiyo couldn't see his father's expression clearly, so he could only ask again.

"Dad, will you come together!?"

Little Chiyo was soaked in the rain and looked so pitiful that even the traffickers couldn't bear it.

However, the father did not say a word, looking at them with complex and somewhat reluctant eyes.

In this damn era, the people at the bottom are so miserable, which is the painful background of the entire era.

The old father pushed the cart basket and let his two daughters leave him.

"dad!!!"

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

The thunder continued and the rain poured heavily.

Not long after, Chiyo could no longer see her father, and could only hug her sister in confusion and cry.

The heavy rain soaked the two little guys' bodies and their hearts.

They finally understood the purpose of their father making them accustomed to starvation these days, which was to give them a chance to survive in this cruel world.

During this whole day of traveling, the trafficker did not give the two little guys food to satisfy their hunger.

The trafficker may have felt compassion for Chiyo, but he also had a family to worry about, so he could not spend money unnecessarily.

"Mr. Tanaka, where will we be sold?"

In the basket of the car, Chiyo mustered up the courage to ask the trafficker. His deep eyes, as if they were hiding the stars and the sea, were full of unyielding stubbornness.

How rare this is in this day and age.

"A good place." After the trafficker was silent for a while, he finally responded to the poor little guy, "A place where you can have enough to eat."

Can I have a full meal?

Little Chiyo swallowed involuntarily.

Being able to have enough food and clothing is a dream for a little girl who has lived in a poor fishing village since she was a child.

Even their father, an old fisherman, was not always able to catch fish, let alone wearing thin clothes.

Spending the winter is like torture for them.

Natsuko on the side also looked at Mr. Tanaka expectantly.

As an elder sister, Natsuko is more mature and rational than her younger sister. She naturally understands that she can no longer return to her home.

Even if he escapes, he will only be driven back by his father again.

This is life.

As two little guys, as women in this era, they undoubtedly have no ability to resist and can only go with the flow and be slaughtered.

But she doesn't want to!

Her home is in the fishing village after all! Her roots will always be in the fishing village!

The two little guys once again hugged each other to comfort each other.

However, fate is always so cruel. Even in this era, there are indelible gaps between people.

Like the emperor and the fisherman, like the rich and the beggar, like the general and the untouchable, like...

Chiyo and Natsuko.

After going around in circles, the trafficker took the two little guys to Kyoto, and the trafficker handed the two little guys to another human trafficker.

This is their common tactic, so that the little guys can't remember the route they came here at all, and they can only survive in this strange place.

But this new trafficker was not as gentle as Mr. Tanaka. He directly and roughly pulled the two little guys into a rickshaw, and then went to the Quyuan area.

As the rickshaw swayed, Chiyo and Natsuko became more and more uneasy and frightened. The trafficker's roughness made them no longer have any luck.

"Where do you want to sell us?"

Xiaochiyo is still asking this question. These days, being looked at like goods and pushed around like commodities makes Xiaochiyo feel very unhappy.

The trafficker frowned and was about to give this ungrateful little guy a look, but in the blink of an eye he saw the mysterious and beautiful eyes of this little guy.

This made the trafficker instantly pleasantly surprised.

A rare good product!

This cannot be broken or bruised.

Immediately, the trafficker gave Xia Zi a slap in the face, which made Xia Zi feel confused.

"stop!"

Chiyo immediately yelled at the trafficker, looking at his sister who was crying and covering her face with tears, and kept comforting her.

Of course, this can only result in a cold shoulder from the traffickers.

"Stay there honestly! Otherwise, I can't guarantee what will happen to your sister!"

These words instantly made Chiyo feel extremely depressed and depressed.

Silence, sobbing.

In the van were a crying Natsuko, a depressed Chiyo, and a trafficker who nodded with satisfaction.

After a while, there was a lot of lights, traffic, and people coming and going.

Zhuyuan, here we come.

Chapter 427: Memories of the Old Woman

Everyone here is dressed elegantly, everyone here is smiling, and everyone here has a glowing face.

But the curious sights coming and going here also made Chiyo feel a little scared.

She is a child of a fishing village. Where has she ever seen such a prosperous place?

The surrounding environment was also extremely lively and prosperous, which dazzled Xia Zi, who was still crying just now.

She loves it here!

And this is where many geishas are trained.

Without hesitation, the trafficker brought the two little guys to the Nitta Okita. As a famous okiya in Kyoto, there was no reason why the trafficker wouldn’t try his luck here with an excellent product in his hand. .

Although the conditions for recruiting people here are also very harsh.

If you don’t have great looks, you will definitely not be able to get in.

But the traffickers have great confidence in Xiaochiyo. As for Natsuko's words, they were also brought about by the traffickers' mentality of giving it a try.

Little Chiyo was sitting on the rickshaw, pulling on the fence of the rickshaw. Through the paper edge of the shoji gate, Little Chiyo could see an extremely elegant and beautiful woman.

Wearing a kimono, she looked proud, like an elegant and noble swan, like the noble daughter in the story Chiyo heard her mother tell.

There was an old nun behind the woman who was serving her. She was arranging the woman's kimono respectfully. She also knocked and rubbed two stones beside the woman. Some sparks splashed onto the woman. Instead of hiding, the woman looked at her very seriously. Bear it.

After it was over, the woman went out and glanced at Chiyo and Natsuko, but the trafficker immediately lowered his head in fear, while holding down Chiyo and Natsuko's little heads.

The trafficker is not afraid of these so-called geishas, ​​but he is afraid of the geisha masters.

As for why the traffickers are not afraid of taking revenge on Chiyo after she becomes famous, at Chiyo's age, even if she becomes famous when she grows up, the trafficker will probably be dead long ago.

After so many years, who can guarantee that they can live well?

At least, human traffickers can't.

The old grandma looked at the trafficker, and then carefully observed the two little guys. The scrutiny in her eyes made both Chiyo and Natsuko extremely nervous.

They don't understand that they have encountered the most important fork in their lives.