Chapter 279 The Murderer Is Ogata(1/2)
"Look, Ayi, you can see the pharmacy."
Ogata and Omachi each held a red and white steamed bun in their hands and gnawed it.
Red and white steamed buns - one of Kyoto's famous Kyoto confectioneries.
Although it is called a steamed bun, it is filled with red bean paste, which is a bit like the bean paste buns in Ogata's previous life.
Red and white steamed buns are divided into red and white. Although they have two different colors, they actually taste the same.
Omami gnawed on red steamed buns, while Omachi ate white steamed buns.
Finally finding the second pharmacy, Ogata stuffed the few remaining steamed buns into his mouth and said to Omachi:
"A-Machi, please wait for me outside. I'll go and come back."
"Yeah." Ating nodded obediently.
Ogata took out the two prescriptions in his arms and strode towards the pharmacy in front of him.
On the other hand, A-Machi obediently followed Ogata's instructions and stood there, holding the half-left steamed bun with both hands, gnawing slowly while silently waiting for Ogata to come back.
Not long after, Xu was back.
"How?" A-Machi asked.
Ogata shook his head.
Although he missed again, there was still no trace of annoyance on Ogata's face.
"Let's go." Ogata smiled, "Let's go check out the next place."
"Um!"
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"Ah, Ayi! Look! It's a water seller. Let's go there to buy something to drink."
Not far in front of Ogata and Omachi, an old man who was already quite old was carrying two large wooden barrels on a pole.
While walking forward slowly, he shouted "Sell cold water, sell cold water" loudly.
"Water seller..." Ogata muttered, "I happen to be a little thirsty too."
Water sellers carrying buckets of water or sugar water walked through the streets and alleys of the city - this is also a common sight in cities of this era.
The so-called water sellers, as the name suggests, are vendors who specialize in selling drinking water on the street.
In the hot summer, drinking cold water is a different kind of enjoyment.
Therefore, in such a big summer, the water seller can be said to be one of the most popular vendors.
Ogata and Atachi approached, and the water seller immediately enthusiastically introduced them to Ogata:
"Good morning! You two gentlemen! I have some water here!"
The water seller patted the bucket hanging in front of the pole.
"And sugar water!"
Then he patted the bucket hanging behind the pole.
"May I ask what kind of water do you two gentlemen need?"
"Do you still have sugar water here? Then I want sugar water!"
"Then just give me a bowl of water." Ogata said.
"Okay!"
The water seller put down the two large buckets hanging on the poles, then took out two clean bowls and filled them with a bowl of clean water and a bowl of sugar water respectively.
After Ogata and Atachi drank the water in their respective bowls, Atachi wiped his mouth and praised: "It tastes pretty good."
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"Ayi! Look! It's an ear collector!"
"Can these two small things really help customers remove ear wax... Let's go, there's nothing interesting about picking out people's ears."
"This is the first time I have seen an ear-picking man. Please let me see it for a while longer."
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"It's 'Lao Wan Selling Candy'..." Looking at the scene in front of him, Ah Ding couldn't help but smile, "The dance is pretty good."
In a big city like Kyoto, the most indispensable thing is these sugar sellers.
Because there were many people traveling with them, in order to attract as many customers as possible, these sugar sellers chose to dress in strange clothes and do various weird actions, which can be said to show off their special abilities.
There are "Tang people selling candy" dressed as foreigners; there are "Foxes selling candy" wearing fox doll costumes; there are "Grandpas selling candy" dressed as grandfathers...
The so-called "Lao Wan sells candy" is when men dress up as women and dance while selling candy.
Ogata and Omachi now met a candy seller called "Lao Wan sells candy".
This young sugar seller's facial features are quite beautiful, so even if he is wearing women's clothes, he will not look "eye-catching" to others.
At the same time, she dances well.
With her pretty good looks and pretty good dancing, she has successfully attracted a lot of customers.
Many passers-by, including Ogata and Omachi, were attracted by this sugar seller.
After watching the sugar seller's dance for a while, Ogata and I each bought one of the candies sold by the sugar seller.
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Ogata and Atachi played along while looking for the pharmacy.
When you encounter something interesting, stop and look around.
When I see something delicious, I buy it and eat it.
The “searching trip” slowly turned into a “trip to Kyoto”…
Although he played like crazy, Ogata still did not forget the important task of finding a pharmacy.
Ogata and his wife have visited 4 pharmacies so far.
It's a pity that all of them are in vain.
But Ogata is not in a hurry. After all, Kyoto is a big city and there are many pharmacies that he has not been to yet.
So I continued to keep a leisurely pace with Atachi, eating, drinking and playing while looking for the pharmacy...
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Kyoto, the official office of Kyoto Town.
Hasegawa Heizo and his subordinates were currently in a certain room in the official office, recovering their strength while waiting for the arrival of Kamiyama Koshinosuke, the leader of the Kyoto town.
After waiting like this for an unknown amount of time, the sound of footsteps approaching from far away was finally heard outside the room.
With a "swish" sound, the paper sliding door was opened.
Kamiyama's face, which looked a bit tired, finally appeared in front of Hasegawa and others.
"Long time no see." Hasegawa smiled at Shenshan, "It's been several months since I said goodbye at the beginning of the year."
"Yes." A faint smile appeared on Shenshan's face that looked a bit tired, "Hasegawa, I hope I can be like you, always so energetic. Really, obviously
We are about the same age, why do you always act like a young man with endless energy..."
"I guess you miss the days when you were in charge of transportation in Kii." Hasegawa said in a half-joking tone.
"You're right." Shenshan shrugged, "It's much easier to manage the army's equipment than to manage the entire capital."
After the ogre rebellion broke out on Butterfly Island in Kii, the shogunate, which had no time to allocate manpower, urgently transferred the sacred mountain, which was enshrined in the town of Kyoto, to Kii to manage the deployment of supplies for the army responsible for monitoring Butterfly Island.
Now, the shogunate, under the leadership of Lao Nakamatsudaira Sadanobu, has changed its strategy against Butterfly Island - or in other words, changed its strategy against the cannibals on Butterfly Island.
No more herding prisoners to Butterfly Island - there aren't that many prisoners available anymore.
Instead, resources were used to study cannibals and track the masters and disciples of Heshi and Wazhi.
About two months ago, the work of managing the army's baggage in Shenshan was suspended and another person took over.
After all, the main job of Kamiyama is carried out by the town of Kyoto. Keeping Mt. Kami in Kii always seems to be a waste of natural resources.
Not only the logistics officer of the army has been replaced, but the general of the army has also been replaced.
After Lao Naka Matsudaira Sadanobu returned to Edo, "former General" Inamori also followed Matsudaira Sadanobu back to Edo.
After another person took over the management of the army's baggage, Kamiyama returned to his old territory - Kyoto.
To be continued...