There are seven villages in Tokumo, my territory, but the largest one is definitely Nakamura.
Indeed, 1200 (more than 100 households) of the 2500 territorial people are Nakamura villagers, who run beautiful rice fields along the Okawa and produce grain.
Nakamura had three major sanctuary powers, commonly known as the Gosanke.
The Yoshioka Shrine, the elders, and the Igarashi family.
Yoshioka Shrine handles festivals and religions.
He manages the land (although he gave me the Kuroi Maru).
The Igarashi family then managed the seed rice.
It seems that the Igarashi family, one corner of the Gosanke family, has begun to seriously search for the marriage partner of Etsuko's daughter ... That's it.
Well, as a new lord, I hadn't been able to get into places like "rumors about the folks", but recently hired maids were talking about "rumors". Since she was a favorite girl, she finally came to hear her everywhere.
First of all, Igarashi's reputation in the first place,
1 "Being a daughter of the Igarashi family"
2 "I was so smart that I went to a university in Imperial City."
3 "wet did not stop until 12 years old"
It is said that these were 2,500 territorial people and were so famous that there was no one to know, but it was said that no one in this previous reputation was so strong that she wanted to give her a bride.
However, when I became the lord and took her home, Igarashi, who became an adult, was very beautiful, but everyone was surprised and the house that said, `` Please by all means, please make delight-chan into my wife '' was gone It is gone.
(I never knew that Igarashi-san had a whirlwind under the water ...)
Zazzazza ...
By the way, I went along the fine snowy road with Mr. Igarashi, who was talking about such a topic, and headed to Igarashi's home, where I saw a long-haired grandfather taking care of a vegetable garden.
Huh ...
It is Isao Igarashi (63).
"Oh, this is the lord."
"Hello, I'm getting fine. Mr. Isao."
But, as always, I thought I was a bubbly head.
Gash !!
A sudden, suddenly, a fang, Kiba, attacked from the bushes.
Carnivorous plant? No, it's too big for that ...!
"Wow ..."
"This! Taro !!"
However, Mr. Isao shrugged off and the fang Kiba plant withdrew his stem.
"I'm sorry that Taro did a crude job. It's not harmful to people. Please forgive me, Lord."
"Oh, oh ..... but what's that plant?"
"Oh, I'm getting more and more power these days. I want to make some unusual seeds."
Uh, something like Isao's ability as a producer is supposed to be dangerous.
...... But is that so?
It means that the advanced experience value is being transferred to the receiver because there was a golem hunt the other day.
The evidence suggests that herb pots, which were three types a to c the other day, are increasing in labeling from d to h.
In this case, a highly effective recovery drug can be prepared ...
"..."
When she is distracted by plants, she notices a woman secretary squatting down in a tight skirt and staring at flowers.
That's it.
I came here today.
"Um, Isao. Busy, bad, but is there a young wife?"
"Oh, Fumie? Are you here? Please come in."
Thus, Isao guided us into the Igarashi family.
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Shin ...
In a tatami-mat room with a Buddhist altar facing Engawa, the side of Igarashi House.
I, Igarashi, and Igarashi's mother are facing each other, not just tremors.
Kakhon ...!
Then Shishi-ido Shishi-do in the garden echoed a shrill sound, and time began to move again.
"... Lord. What are you talking about now?"
"Did you not hear me? I'm the lord, my lord, and I'll make her a bride. Let's stop the matchmaking that's going on right now."
"Mah!"
The young wife shouts with his mouth held down.
"Oh Yada, naughty! When this child is ...
Young wife watching her daughter with such momentum.
Are you angry? I thought ...
"... The lords are already bad people, so I'd be glad if you could tell me early."
"Huh? ... I see. I'm sorry."
It didn't seem so surprising, so I was relieved.
"Where are you?"
"What?"
"My daughter ... what do you like?"
A young wife who makes a big ass sitting straight.
Apparently, I'm very happy that this person and my daughter are popular.
"Is it a face?"
"Well, well, I think your face is beautiful."
Then I don't think there's a lid or a lid.
"Um ... yes. I always work hard."
"Yes ♡"
The young wife seems so happy that she feels terribly guilty that the engagement is not true, but she can't help.
"And how about a date?"
"Ah ... oh. That's the story ..."
So I spit out the cigarette smoke and get in a deep breath and answer.
"Oh, um. I'm Igarashi ... Etsuko is the busiest period of territorial management. It's going to be a lot of setup when it comes to marriage. No, so we shouldn't talk to each other to settle down for a formal marriage a little more, no worries, because future marriages are so firmly promised ... "
With that said, I grasped Igarashi's hand next door and lifted it lightly to emphasize the ring of the ring finger.
"Well nice ..."
It seems that there is no Far Eastern custom, but it seems that the meaning of an engagement ring is transmitted.
The young wife shines his eyes and is enchanted by the 1 million bond ring.
Alright, this would be a successful operation.
When I thought.
"Fumie! Fumie!"
Suddenly, a delicate sliding door with a thin white paper stretched over a fine “top” and a wooden lattice “koshi” shows a light Ron hair silhouette.
Isao?
"What the dad. The lord is here."
"Fumie, your meal is still big."
"I already ate it ..."
"Is that so?"
"I can't help it ... I'm sorry, Lord. I'm sorry."
Fumie refused, and as usual, he was a Benten (knee) kid, standing up from his thigh and looking through the crotch of women's underwear, standing up with a red bean-colored "Azuki-iro" cushion, "Zabton", and came out of the room. .
"Eiga ..."
"Hmm?"
In the room where they were left, Igarashi pulled the hem of my clothes.
"... that is a sign"
"Signs?"
When I heard that, Igarashi pulled out the bran sliding door with a plum pattern next to the Buddhist altar.
what?
I follow after thinking suspiciously.
The woman secretary rubs the toes of the pantyhose over the tatami mats, rubs and rubs them, and gently opens the next door fusuma.
It was a similar room, and the room next to it had a similar structure, but the further it went, the darker it became.
From the ranma where the horse and pine between the sliding door "Bran" and the ceiling are carved with wood through "Suki", only the distant sun of a certain shining gazes into the gully. A futon filled with cotton "watter" sensually creates a three-folded shade on a tatami mat.
Sue, sue ...
Open and close the fusuma bran, and in front of the room that turned around like a U-shape from the room where it was originally,
"... here it is."
The woman listens to the paper door, and I follow it.
Lie-over ...... Lie-over ......
Then, the whisper of men and women is heard beyond that.
"... What are you going to do?"
"You said that, isn't that a good story?"
It's like a young wife and her husband.
In other words, Igarashi's parents.
"Well, there's nothing more than a lord if you can give me a lord .... The negotiations with Isomura that have now been decided are almost certain. The lord has told me until my engagement, I don't know when it's time for marriage. ''
"So, you. Are you telling the lord to reverse?
"I don't know ... love marriage is a water thing. The point is how much the lord loves Etsuko. It's important to keep an eye on it from now on. If not, it would be better for Etsuko to marry Isomura early. ''
"... that's the same."
"Anyway, I'm going to go next. You want to cook.
"Yes yes"
There, you can hear the rubbing of the cushion on the cushion.
Terrible ...
Mr. Igarashi pointed his finger at the gesture, "Let's go back," and we returned to our room as if we were swimming in the dark.