This is a girl with a very petite figure... to be precise, in Ogata's eyes, a girl with a very petite figure.

According to Ogata's visual inspection, the girl's height is about 1.43 meters.

This height was considered relatively normal in Japan during the Edo period.

Wearing a wide black robe with a hood that was quite rare in this era, the black robe was wide enough to wrap the girl's body.

She is very young, probably only about 15 years old. Although in the eyes of people of this era, a 15-year-old girl is already an adult woman, but for Ogata, who has not completely abandoned the age and ethics of her previous life, this age

Girls are still proper girls.

Her appearance can be said to be cute, with beautiful facial features and fair skin. She is the kind of girl who no matter who she is asked to evaluate, will basically say "very beautiful".

At this moment, the girl was holding a pipa that was almost half her height, huddled in a corner of the cabin, playing music.

Ogata knew nothing about music, so he didn't know what piece of music the girl was playing, and he couldn't tell what the girl's level was. He only knew that the girl played very well.

Judging from the reactions of the other stowaways in the cabin, Ogata was not alone. Many people present had the same idea.

Almost everyone was attracted by this girl's music.

Although no one knew why the girl suddenly started playing the piano, they all remained silent and listened attentively.

The girl only played for a short time.

Only about half a minute passed before the girl stopped plucking the strings with her hands, and then——

"Does anyone want to buy straw sandals?"

With lightning speed, the girl put down the Pipa in her arms, then moved a large cloth bag beside her to her side and untied it.

Inside the cloth bag are straw sandals piled as high as a hill.

"If anyone wants to buy straw sandals, you need to come and take a look!"

The girl grabbed a straw sandal, grabbed the left and right corners of the sandal with both hands, and then pulled hard.

"Look! I pulled the straw sandals so hard, but they are still intact!"

“Such good quality straw sandals only cost 10 yuan!”

The girl raised the straw sandals in her palms high as if she were holding some treasure.

Ogata's current expression...can be described as stunned...

Just now she looked like a fairy playing the pipa.

As a result, in an instant, he put down his pipa and started selling straw sandals. He transformed into a straw sandal merchant.

From fairy to straw sandal merchant - the girl's "role change" was so fast that Ogata was dumbfounded.

——So what happened to that performance just now? Is it just to attract our attention...

Just as Ogata complained silently in his heart, the girl put down the straw sandals in her hands.

"If you don't need straw sandals, I have another good thing here..."

As the girl spoke, she picked up another package placed beside her.

But suddenly - the cabin door was slammed open.

A young samurai with a fierce look and a sword on his waist strode into the cabin.

They are "security guards" responsible for protecting the safety of the ship. Ogata guessed that they were probably hired ronin.

These days, the most indispensable thing is ronin. As long as you can afford the money, there are many ronin who are willing to do their best for you.

After boarding the ship, Ogata counted the number of these guards, and there were eight in total. Such a number was more than enough to guard a ship carrying more than 30 stowaways.

"Were you playing the pipa and selling straw sandals just now?" After entering the cabin, the guard turned his attention to the girl, "Don't you know the rules of this ship? When taking the ship,

Don't make any loud noises, and selling goods like you are strictly prohibited."

"Is there such a rule?" The girl opened her eyes in confusion.

"Then you know now."

"Why can't we sell goods?" The girl seemed unconvinced and started arguing with the guard.

"Because there was once someone like you selling goods in the cabin, and they had a disagreement with a certain customer about the price of the goods. In the end, the two of them had a fight, and the businessman who was selling the goods was almost beaten to death." The guard said sternly, "You guys are in the cabin.

People peddling goods inside are not only noisy but also prone to causing trouble, so this kind of peddling of goods has been strictly prohibited since then.”

"We have just left the shore not long ago. If you still want to take a boat, just obey our regulations."

"Otherwise, we will turn around and go back to the shore now and put you back on the shore."

"Yes..." Although there was still an angry look on her face, the girl still gave in and obediently put the big cloth bag that she had just claimed to be a "good thing" but had not yet had a chance to open back to her side.

, and then rewrapped the cloth bag containing a large number of straw sandals.

"Really... It seems that we have to ask Shirataro and the others to explain the rules of the ship to those who want to get on the ship before taking them on board."

After leaving this displeased murmur, the guard quickly walked out of the cabin and closed the door.

The girl obediently abided by the rules of "no selling of goods" and "no making noise" that the guard just said, and huddled in a corner of the cabin, no longer playing the piano or selling goods.

And after the guards left - no one went to the girl to buy straw sandals.

Everyone did their own thing and returned to the state before the girl played the piano - including Ogata and Atachi.

Ogata's shoes are still in good condition and there is no need to buy any new shoes at all.

"She is really...a girl with a lot of character..." Amachi thought for a long time and only managed to find the word "very character" to describe the girl. "I just saw her putting down her piano and picking up her straw sandals to sell them.

I was stunned..."

"There is a saying, her method of using the sound of the piano to attract people's attention first is quite clever." Ogata smiled, "Just now she attracted the attention of everyone in the cabin.

It’s a pity that no one wants to buy shoes.”

Ogata only regarded the girl's behavior just now as a small episode in a long journey.

After the girl obeyed the ship's rules and settled down, Oufon stopped paying attention to the girl.

When the ship first set sail, due to the strong waves, the ship was bumping extremely violently. At one time, Amachi, whose resistance to "wind and waves" was 0, was so uncomfortable that he couldn't even sit up.

In the 21st century, those modern ships will be rocked by the waves in the sea, let alone this kind of 18th century wooden ship.

Nearly half of the people in the cabin suffered from varying degrees of seasickness after the ship left the coast.

Some people suffer from seasickness worse than Atachi, and directly transform into "Reverse Splatoon".

Fortunately, there are many wooden basins in the cabin.

This Dingjiangya who helps people stow away has probably suffered a lot from the problem of "passengers getting seasick".

Therefore, the cabin where Ogata and the others lived was equipped with many wooden basins. Before sailing the ship, Ogata and the others were specially told to vomit in these wooden basins if someone wanted to vomit.

Thanks to these wooden basins, the cabin did not become dirty, but there was only some strange smell in the air.

It was not until the ship reached a calmer sea area that the seasickness symptoms of everyone, including A-Machi, improved.

By this time, it happened to be noon.

"A-Machi, let's have something to eat." Ogata helped him up and let him sit against a wall, then opened the package of dry food, "What would you like to eat..."

"Just give me half a stick of dried meat..." Amachi replied weakly.

The dried meat that Ogata and the others are carrying now are the high-quality dried meat that Chanup and others gave them before leaving the Red Moon Fortress.

These dried meats are made using the special techniques of the Ainu people. They are not only delicious, but also have a very long shelf life, making them especially suitable for use as dry food during long journeys.

Ogata grabbed a piece of meat as long as one of his palms and was about to twist the meat in half——

"Um?"

Ogata raised his eyebrows, then turned to look behind him.

Just now, he suddenly felt like someone was looking at him from behind.

Ogata turned his head and stared behind him. The owner of his gaze hurriedly lowered his head after noticing that Ogata had turned his head.

——Why was this child looking at me just now?

Ogata had a puzzled question in his heart.

The owner of this sight is none other than the business genius who just used his pipa to help sell straw sandals.

This girl is only 15 years old at most, and Ogata is 22 years old this year. Calling this girl "that child" barely fits the age difference between the two.

Ogata didn't think much about it. He just thought that the girl might be too bored, so he looked around randomly.

But as soon as Ogata turned his head back, he felt a line of sight coming from behind him again, so he turned his head to look behind him, and then saw the girl who hurriedly raised her head.

This time, Ogata noticed that not long after the girl lowered her head, she kept peeking at the dried meat in Ogata's hands with longing eyes.

Atachi, whose face happened to be facing the girl, also noticed the girl's current behavior.

"Does this girl want to eat our jerky?" Atachi asked in a low voice that only she and Ogata could hear.

"Probably..." Ogata looked around and found that at this time, everyone else had taken out the dry food they carried and started to eat it. Only this girl did not make any movement at all, still sitting in the same place, without any movement.

Bring out anything to eat.
To be continued...