Thirty Mulberry

Kumiko Jing, the only daughter of the owner of the largest Wufu store in Kyoto.She was wearing a furisode kimono with a red base, inlaid with large "royal yellow" cherry blossoms, five-petal grass, and half lotus leaf green patterns.She approached Okita, shrunk her shoulders slightly, and blinked her eyes: "So it's really Okita-kun, what a coincidence, I thought I was wrong!"

Okita crossed his legs and straightened his body, leaned back without any trace, and said politely: "Miss Takei also comes here to eat beef hot pot?"

Kumiko was very happy with the question Okita posed, and decided that Okita intended to continue the conversation.She sat crookedly beside Okita, put her hands together in front of her body, tilted her head like a cat, her voice was meowing like a cat, and said softly, "I heard that this store is very famous in Edo." What about the branch of Chibi Beef Hot Pot Restaurant in Kyoto! Okita-kun is from Edo, so you must go to Chibi Beef Hot Pot Restaurant often, right?"

Okita shook his head, and said sternly: "My family is very poor, and I couldn't afford beef hot pot when I was young."

Kumiko covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Okita-kun is so cute! You are not vain at all!"

Okita glanced at Xiaochun.Xiaochun bit the chopsticks, lowered her eyes to watch the bottom of the pot bubbling on the fire.He refused to give them a single look.

Kumiko looked at Xiaochun following Okita's gaze, and pretended to be surprised: "Ah, is it Miss Jun? I'm so sorry, I just saw Miss Jun!"

Xiaochun rolled up her big eyelids, propped her chin with one hand, and said lazily, "My surname is Zhang."

Okita is born with a characteristic of "attracting bees and attracting butterflies".His appearance and family background are not the best, but he is the "eternal boy in fresh clothes and angry horse", who freezes the freshest and most handsome time of a man, and becomes the perfect ideal in the heart of every "girl in Huaichun". young man.

Xiaochun is unwilling to call or define some female compatriots as "so-and-so whore".But there are hundreds of people, all kinds of people, and there are always a few "excavator masters" like Takei Kumiko who tirelessly dig into other people's corners.

Okita doesn't know his own beauty, and he is ignorant of women's admiration and courtship, and he has been used to it since he was a child.He is very selfish about feelings, what he likes are like pearls and jade, he is afraid of melting in his mouth, and afraid of losing it in his hands; what he doesn't like is the muddy pond after the rain, he either jumps over it or walks around it.

It is because he is reliable, trustworthy, and worthy of love that Xiaochun will be blocked by soldiers and flooded with water.If Chong Tian was a playboy, she wouldn't be ashamed of a piece of stinky mutton, fantasizing about night pearls hatching from stinky clam shells.

Kumiko was beaten by Xiaochun, and she didn't think it was disobedient: "Miss Zhang is from the Qing Dynasty, right? No wonder Miss Zhang is wearing outdated clothes from the Nara period!"

Xiaochun picked up a corner of the cloak and blew lightly, as if exhaling a light pink mist.Okita looked at it fascinated, and said with a light smile, "Little Fairy."

Xiaochun said: "See, Ms. Wujing, the value of clothes does not lie in their time, but in whether someone likes them."

Kumiko turned her gaze back to Okita, and said in an admiring tone: "Okita-kun is so quaint, and I like clothes from the Nara period! I really have a certain appreciation. Every time I see Okita-kun, I always feel refreshed."

"That's right." Okita smiled, "Thank you Miss Takei for your compliment!" Okita didn't lack self-confidence, other people's compliments were icing on the cake, and if he stretched out his hand and didn't hit the smiling face, he naturally accepted it with a smile.

"What does Ms. Zhang's family do? I heard that Ms. Zhang came to Japan from the Qing Dynasty alone. The process was very strange! Was she abandoned by her family?" Kumiko's two faces, one black and one white, changed from inside to outside. , very skillful.

Xiaochun said: "My family's ancestors have always been officials. The officials are not big, but they have always been very stable. I'm afraid to scare Ms. Wujing. Since my great-grandfather, I have been in charge of the 'torture room' in the palace. If women are disobedient, they will... She paused, glanced at Okita, and changed the topic: "When a man is disobedient, he will be pulled into the 'little black room', and he will cut it with his hands. With a 'click', you will experience the meaning of 'changing from a man to a woman'." Extremely happy!"

Okita's whole body tightened, as if a pair of big black scissors were climbing up the wide-legged hakama, hovering at the heels of his legs, and a gust of cool wind blew by...

Kumiko asked, "What if the woman does something bad?"

"Do you really want to listen? I advise you not to listen." Xiaochun showed a loving smile "for your sake".

Kumiko puffed up her mouth and said, "I won't let Okita-kun think I'm a coward!" Her words were confusing, as if she and Okita were just lovers, and Xiaochun was a fortune-teller. The future of love is extremely bumpy.

"A disobedient woman, like Ms. Takei, a disobedient woman who wants to listen even after she says don't listen." Xiaochun tapped her with chopsticks, "grab a few rice field eels and stuff them into her skirt."

Kumiko tightened her shoulders, leaned close to Okita's cheek, fluttering her feathers like a chick: "Okita-kun, what Miss Zhang said is so scary!"

Okita smiled and said: "Really? I don't think it's scary! After all, good rewards and evil punishments, if you don't do bad things, you won't be caught."

"Okita-kun is right!" Kumiko looked up at him, "I'm really happy to see Okita-kun today. Actually, I have one thing I want to say to Okita-kun. The winter team uniform that Deputy Hijikata asked my family to make, The fabric for making clothes will be dyed tomorrow, I want to ask Okita-kun to see if the color is what Deputy Hijikata wants!"

Okita thought for a while and said: "This is an important matter. Please Ms. Takei agree on a place for me to wait for, and take me to have a look together!"

Xiao Chun smiled in her heart, it seems that these sisters haven't enjoyed "breaking their heads" yet!

The next day, Okita and Kojun stood at the intersection waiting for Takei Kumiko.Xiaochun wore a water-blue skirt, a white crepe embroidered orchid shawl on her shoulders, and a flower tint on her forehead. Today she wore a high bun with a dot emerald on it The peacock walks.Different from the usual restraint, today Xiaochun is well-dressed, and she is charming and charming.Okita was pleasing to the eye, holding her hand, stroking the back of her hand with his thumb.

After waiting for a while, Takei Kumiko came in small steps.She is wearing a pink-purple five-petal flower kimono. The flowers are small and broken, and the pink-purple fabric has the pearly luster of Xiaojiabiyu.Suddenly from the complex to the simple, it seems to be in line with this season, everything is gradually withering, and the leaves are yellow and the flowers are falling.

Sure enough, Okita praised: "Miss Takei's clothes today are bright colors, but I seem to see autumn madder!"

"Is it true? Okita-kun." Kumiko walked up to Okita. She was petite and dainty, always looking up at him. Sorry!"

Xiaochun almost laughed out loud.When a woman meets a man she likes, no matter how casually she dresses up, behind the scenes is "one minute on stage, ten years off stage".It's not that no man can't see it, it's human nature.But what she can be sure of is that the idiot Okita is determined not to see it.

"Let's go!" Kumiko clung to Okita's arm.She didn't say hello to Xiaochun, as if she didn't exist.Kumiko sees no one, because her family has a great career and is a native of Kyoto. Xiaochun, an "outsider" of unknown origin, has nothing to rely on behind her, only Okita's favor.Chong Tian can spoil her, and he can also spoil others, kick her down, and let her be a "concubine" in the future.

Feeling Kumiko's excessive intimacy, Okita leaned towards Xiaochun by making a wrong step. "Wait a minute," Xiaochun pulled his hand from Okita's, with a ruffled handbag hanging on his wrist, and walked forward holding the skirt.It was only then that Okita noticed a tall person walking towards him, he was very familiar with him—Saito Kazu.

Saito wore a small iron embroidered red sleeve, a dark gray long hakama underneath, and a black haori.Saito's outfit surprised Okita a little. He usually avoids bright colors because he is a "shadow killer" and is most afraid of the sun.Saito's whole person is a gloomy moon from outside to inside.

"Saito-kun," Xiaochun greeted him with a smile, "I must be very tired after walking such a long way from the village!"

"It's okay, Miss Xiaochun, because I want to accompany you, this distance is really nothing." Saito said, "And if you can, please don't meet outsiders. Miss Xiaochun, please call me 'Xiaoyi'!" He turned around Waving to Okita, he bowed slightly to Kumiko.Right to say hello.

"Saito-kun, no, Xiaoyi, you are the one who sees the outsider, do you still want to call me 'Miss Xiaochun'?" She took Saito's arm, leaning half of her face up, following her steps, tall The bun touched Saito's arm, trembling.

With a sound of "Boom", Chong Tian was struck by lightning.What does this mean?In an instant, several thoughts flashed through his mind: What are they doing in broad daylight?How did they hook up under his nose?Go to the deputy head and pull the banner: Saitoichi "red apricot out of the wall", shameless.Green grassland, my home...

Kumiko pretended to be naive and asked: "Okita-kun, if I'm not mistaken, it's Saito-kun! Ms. Zhang and Saito-kun are so close. Could it be that I've been making mistakes all along? Are they real lovers?"

"No!" Okita firmly denied, "They are just friends."

"But," Kumiko's voice lowered, "but, if it's just a friend, the manner is too close, and it's easy to be misunderstood. Besides, is it okay for friends to be like this? Then I'll put my arms around Okita-kun too! She opened her petite arms that had been "premeditated" for a long time, and hugged Okita.