You Know Nothing About Pain

Halfway through the meal, Mr. Yoshikawa found that his second son seemed a little absent-minded, and he didn't even pay attention to the potato crumbs falling on the table.

Wasting food is one of the behaviors that Mr. Yoshikawa hates the most, so he put down his chopsticks, and said to his second son with a bad face: "Takaya, if you don't want to eat, you don't have to eat it."

Hearing his father's voice, Takashi Yoshikawa shivered subconsciously, quickly raised his head and explained to his father, "I'm sorry father, it's just that someone came to the house during the day, and I was thinking about what he said."

Someone came to the house during the day?

Mr. Yoshikawa turned his head to look at his wife, who nodded and said, "There is a person who said he came from Naruto Village. I am going to tell you after dinner."

"Someone is here, from Naruto Village?" Mr. Yoshikawa looked at his second son and said, "What did he say?"

Seeing that his father did not continue to reprimand him, Takashi Yoshikawa quickly said excitedly:

"That person said today that this place will be ruled by Naruto Village in the future, and he also said that the Outsider Alliance has been defeated by them, and we don't need to pay any more protection fees in the future."

Mr. Yoshikawa nodded expressionlessly and said, "Well, I know this."

Regarding the matter of Naruto Village and the Outsider Alliance, Mr. Yoshikawa has heard from the village chief.

Takashi Yoshikawa is also relatively young and has not experienced anything, so he will be more excited about this kind of thing.

But for Mr. Yoshikawa, who is in his 40s and approaching 50, this is not something to be surprised at.

Fish and dragons were mixed on this island, and during the most chaotic period, someone would come every day to announce that this place had changed management.

As for what that person said about not having to pay protection fees in the future, Mr. Yoshikawa didn't take it seriously.

He has seen this kind of trick a lot. When a new power comes to power, they will say that they are better than the previous power, and they will say some high-sounding words, but in the end everyone will find that they are actually the same.

As for the protection fee, it is just a name, so what if no protection fee is charged, they have plenty of ways to find other reasons to charge.

Before the Outsiders Alliance came, they didn't have to pay protection fees, but they had to pay something called a head fee.

Seeing that his father seemed to dismiss what he said, Takashi Yoshikawa hurriedly continued:

"It's not just these, that person also said that Naruto Village will take back all the land, and then distribute it to everyone fairly, so that everyone has their own land to cultivate!"

Yoshikawa Takaya couldn't help standing up excitedly while talking, but Mr. Yoshikawa on the opposite side still looked expressionless, drinking the bean soup in front of him seriously, it seemed that what Yoshikawa Takaya said had something to do with him irrelevant things.

Looking at the unresponsive father on the opposite side, Yoshikawa Takashi was also dumbfounded, and said anxiously:

"Father! Did you hear what I just said?

They said they would give us land! "

"I heard it." Mr. Yoshikawa said unhurriedly while drinking the soup, "So?"

"so what?"

Yoshikawa Takaya was a little confused by his father's question for a while:

"If we have our own land, we don't need to rent the land of those landlords every year, and we don't have to pay [-]% of the annual rent.

If we can increase our income by [-]%, our family will be better off, the older brother can afford a wife, and the younger sister won’t have to starve all day long! "

The little girl on the side was not interested in the conversation between the two at first, but when she heard that Takaya Yoshikawa didn't have to starve, her eyes lit up instantly, and she looked expectantly at Mr. Yoshikawa opposite.

"Ha ha."

Seeing Takaya Yoshikawa excited, Mr. Yoshikawa sneered and said:

"Longya, do you really think those big shots are so kind?

If their promises worked, sows could climb trees. "

"But...but..."

Faced with his father's ridicule, Yoshikawa Takaya blushed and said:

"If it's fake, why would they need to lie to us..."

"I don't know, and I don't care."

Mr. Yoshikawa said coldly:

"I only know those high-ranking bigwigs. You can talk to them whatever you want, but when it comes to money, their assholes immediately shrink smaller than a sesame seed."

Looking at the second son who was obviously not convinced, Mr. Yoshikawa sighed and said earnestly:

"Longya, you are still young, and you have never seen the face of any big man, I can understand, but listen to me.

You said just now that they have no reason to lie to us. I don't know about that, but think about it carefully.

Why do they give us land in vain? If it is not for some greater benefit, who would give away what they have in their hands to others for nothing.

And still give it to people like us?

Don't you want to tell me that they are all great benevolent people?Are you doing this to do good deeds? "

Listening to Mr. Yoshikawa's words, Takaya fell into silence, knowing that his father was right.

Looking at the second son who was gradually sitting down with his head lowered, Mr. Yoshikawa nodded in satisfaction, but just as he was about to pick up the bowl and continue drinking the soup, Takaya who was opposite him spoke again.

"I still want to try."

Long also lowered his head, looked at his toes and said:

"The man who came to the house today was about my age, but he was completely different from me. He had a smile on his face when he talked to me, and his whole body seemed to be glowing. I didn't dare to look up at him when I was talking to him. s eyes.

He said that on the day of the assembly three days later, he will register there, and anyone who goes there will be given a piece of land..."

When Mr. Yoshikawa heard his second son's words, he immediately raised his eyebrows and was about to curse, but when he saw the depressed figure of his second son, he forcibly held back his words.

He is about my age....

This sentence floated in Mr. Yoshikawa's mind, and he knew that this was the fundamental reason why his second son wanted to go.

If there were no accidents, Takaya should have used a bag of rice or two bolts of coarse cloth as a bride price at the age of 20 to marry a man with pockmarked face in the countryside where he lived, who was comparable to him in terms of farm work, rough A woman with thick hands is a wife.

Then he will be kicked out of the house by his father, and with the help of his brothers and sisters, he will build a log cabin of his own as close to home as possible, and then, like his farmer father, will do almost endless farm work past life.

The only joy may be to work on his wife's belly as much as possible at night, trying to give birth to enough offspring for himself, and reduce the burden on himself for a period of time in the future.

Originally, this should be Takaya's life trajectory, and he himself didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But when he saw the boy who was his age who came to the house today, he was at a loss. Only then did he realize that there is another way of life in the world, and there is a boy who is so energetic that it makes him Involuntary feelings of inferiority.

Looking at the second son who bowed his head and said nothing, Mr. Yoshikawa sighed softly. People like them have been like this for a lifetime, and they are most afraid of having such unrealistic delusions.

"Then you go."

Hearing this voice, for the first time in this life, Yoshikawa Takaya felt that his father's voice was like the sound of nature. He raised his head excitedly, only to see his father lowered his head and couldn't see the expression on his face clearly. He said while drinking soup:

"It's good to go, give up early.

That kind of thing is not what people of our background should think about. On the morning of the fourth day, Yoshikawa Takaya set off with the dry food his mother had prepared for him on the road, and a bag of water on his back.

The meeting place was some distance away from their village. If it was walking, it would take half a day just to get there, and counting the journey home, it would take a day to go back and forth.

This is the first time for Takaya Yoshikawa to travel alone. Without the restraint of his parents, he feels extremely free. The little flowers and grasses on the road that he was bored with have become lively and lovely at this moment, and his whole body seems to be endlessly useful. strength.

It went like this until noon, took two breaks in the middle, ate a steamed bun that scratched his throat, and drank two sips of water. Takashi Yoshikawa finally arrived at the meeting place.

This place is usually used by several villages for gatherings, usually to buy and sell some necessities of life, or for the villagers to barter themselves.

Passing through the bustling crowd, Takaya Yoshikawa saw at a glance the boy who was his age who came to his home to notify him four days ago. At this moment, the other party was sitting in front of a small table, watching the people coming and going around with great interest. villagers.

The reason why Yoshikawa Takaya found the person at a glance was mainly because the other party was too conspicuous.

In the crowded bazaar, there is a large space left by the other party alone, like a piece of spotless white on a dirty rag, anyone will see it at first sight.

Within a ten-meter radius of the young man, let alone a stall operator, there were no pedestrians passing by. Everyone was deliberately avoiding this area, and would rather make a big circle than pass through it.

As for why he avoided it, it was naturally because of the huge sign beside the boy.

"Naruto Village Land Registry"

The eight big characters are clear, and it is clear what is being done here.

It can be seen that there are many more villagers who came to the rally this time than before, and everyone did not completely ignore that place. There are some terrible germs in general.

Seeing this weird situation, Yoshikawa Takaya felt a little guilty for a while, he was just an ordinary village boy who came here on impulse, but now that he finally arrived, he felt a little guilty.

So Yoshikawa Takashi did not rush forward, but asked a familiar uncle from the same village to ask about the situation.

The uncle in the same village saw that it was a young man from his own village who came to ask about something, so he was not wary, and told the situation like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

"It's the person from Naruto Village." The uncle from the same village said in a low voice, "It's about who came to distribute the land for everyone."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Yoshikawa Takaya blinked suspiciously and said, "Then why are you avoiding them?"

"Who knows if what they said is true." The uncle in the same village shook his head and said, "I have lived for so long only to see those big men ask us to collect money for land, but I have never seen them give away what they got for nothing. "

"But it's okay to ask." Yoshikawa Takashi also scratched his head and said: "Anyway, we don't have anything, so we won't lose a piece of meat if we ask, what if it's true."

"Of course I know that." The uncle from the same village sighed, then winked quietly at a place and said, "But look over there."

Takashi Yoshikawa followed the eyes of the uncle from the same village, and found a dozen men with fierce faces squatting in the corner of the meeting. Yes, it looks like he brought a guy.

"You don't know, just as the people from Naruto Village left on the front foot that day, the landlord's people came on the back foot."

The uncle from the same village pulled Yoshikawa Takaya aside and said:

"The people on the landlord's side said that if anyone dares to praise the stinky feet of Naruto Village, he will definitely not be able to go back alive when the time comes, and his family will not be able to survive afterwards."

Listening to the words of the uncle in the same village, Yoshikawa Takashi said hesitantly: "But... the landlords and the others should not be able to compete with Naruto Village, or how could their land be taken over by Naruto Village."

"It's impossible to beat now, but who knows what will happen in the future."

The uncle of the same village said helplessly: "And who knows what Naruto Village is thinking, if they reach an agreement with the landlord and suddenly change their minds, then we will be miserable."

The low-level people have the life wisdom of the low-level people. For them, Naruto Village is now a sudden force, although the things they do are somewhat incomprehensible.

But in their inherent concept, Naruto Village is still a superior existence, not on their side, but on the side that will bully them.

That being the case, why should they believe the words of Naruto Village.

Listening to the words of the uncle in the same village, Yoshikawa Takashi hesitated for a while, but finally mustered up his courage and walked firmly in the direction of the people in Naruto Village.

At the beginning, everyone didn't pay attention, but when Ryuya Yoshikawa stepped within ten meters of Naruto Village, the whole assembly seemed to stagnate for a moment, and everyone's attention was attracted by Ryuya Yoshikawa.

After a moment of silence, the gathering became lively again. Everyone continued to carry out their own transactions as if nothing had happened, but this time, both parties to the mutual transaction were a little absent-minded, making gestures that they didn't understand. , out of the corner of his eye was staring at Ryuya Yoshikawa.

It was the first time since Takaya Yoshikawa was born that so many people paid attention to him at the same time. Coupled with the words of the uncle from the same village just now, his calves felt a little weak for a while.

It's just that now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. He has already come in and was seen by the landlord in the corner. Now he can only insist on coming to the booth in Naruto Village.

Sitting behind the booth in Naruto Village was the boy Yoshikawa Takaya had seen before, a boy with round eyes and a gentle smile, who looked like a teacher from a prince's family.