Chapter 360 19. Just because I Love Taking a Bath Every Day

"How are you doing Owari Danmasa?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu, who was sitting at the top, looked at Koheita who was reporting back.

"The Meinong strategy is now at a stalemate, and it seems there is no way to break the situation." Koheta replied respectfully.

Before, Saito Ryuuki was very powerful, but it seemed that one hand could not command five fingers. Oda Nobunaga caught the finger that listened to Saito Ryuuki and beat him, and the other fingers that did not obey the command naturally retracted.

But now all the fingers that did not obey the command were directed at Oda Nobunaga. Saito Ryuuki's hand was smaller, but shrunk into a fist. As long as you guard Inaba Mountain, it will be useless for you, Oda Nobunaga, to be a monster and sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"Is that so?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu did not express any opinion, and nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

"Owari Danmasa also seems to be interested in marrying me, so I've made some inquiries." Heita felt that he couldn't bear such a big responsibility by himself.

"I heard from Nomiya, let's discuss this later." Yamauchi Yoshiharu knew who he was leaning toward at a glance.

He hoped that Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was still in his prime, would have another daughter, which would be the most beautiful thing. The Yamauchi family can really return to the Ashikaga Clan and reach the pinnacle of the samurai family.

Of course, there is no conflict between his and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's ideas, and it would be good to marry the daughter of the Uesugi family. Everyone has their own merits, it just depends on where you are.

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After successfully maintaining the superficial peace with the Oda clan, Koheita's mission was officially completed. I hurried home to check on the progress of my new home. The house was basically completed, except for the exterior decoration and yard tidying up.

During the days when Xiao Pingtai was away, the house erection ceremony was over. Readers who live in rural areas where you can still build your own house may have some impression that this is called "Shangliang" in China. 【Note 1】

The ceremony of raising a beam in Japan is very similar to that in China. We will also put some drawings of gods on the beam. In Japan, people will go to nearby shrines or temples to buy an "imperial coin" with auspicious words such as good luck to their family and home written on it, and then hang it on the beam to worship.

Then there will be the most popular program. In order to share the joy of building a new house and to share the blessing of a safe home with others, the owner of the house will throw various gifts to the people who come to watch the building.

This point is similar between China and Japan, usually it is dumplings, rice cakes, fruits (dried fruits), candies, copper coins and the like.

Since Koheta was not at home, it was still organized by her aunt and Hosokawa Harugong. Five thousand portions of rice cakes were prepared on that day in the upper building, and the rice paper used to wrap the rice cakes was boiled for several times. I don’t know how many kilograms of fruit snacks were used, and the copper coins were scattered in wheel baskets.

At that time, the whole mountain was boiling. Who didn't know that Zixiao Lutan was a rich man who cared about the people. From the perspective of the feudal lord's reserve fund, the entire mountain family, large and small, had received favors from Xiaopingtai.

So I heard that thousands of people came to watch the ceremony at Taiping Xiaoping's house. It was a sea of ​​people and a bustling atmosphere. Throwing away things worth hundreds of dollars consumed everyone's enthusiasm, but the family members who were pounding rice cakes were exhausted.

And I also received hundreds of gifts before going up to the building, usually an odd number of five items, including wine, fruits, rice cakes, red beans, and seasonal fruits (preferably tangerines). After receiving these gifts, it is necessary to return gifts. According to the custom, an even number of six to eight items is returned. This is not very restrictive. Nowadays, some areas in Japan still abide by the gift principle of Hajiri. Some places just send back a box of rice cakes and something valuable and useful. Just make up an even number.

At first, Harugong Hosokawa and his daughter Aya calculated that they were well off. Xiaoping was too popular and could receive more than fifty gifts, so they prepared seventy returns. As a result, it was not enough just after morning, and gift-givers from the countryside of Yamauchi and other counties also delivered things in the afternoon.

Something almost went wrong that Koheta couldn't even afford a gift in return. Fortunately, Yamauchi Fuchu Castle is the leading Omachi town in Minami Shinano, so ordinary things can be arranged if you have money. I took the money to pay for the house, and finally collected fifty or so gifts in return to complete the matter.

Fortunately, my aunt and Harumiya Hosokawa's family came to help. If Heita was left alone at home, I don't know what would have happened. This kind of folk custom is really not something that people who have never experienced it can do. Mrs. Xiaoping couldn't help but feel happy secretly.

After thanking his aunt first, Koheita hurried to Hosokawa Harumiya's house. His father-in-law and his family were busy in his absence, and he was a very unreliable son-in-law.

"I'm really sorry for bothering you, sir." Koheta came to Hosokawa Harumiya's house and was already familiar with it.

Not only Hosokawa Harumiya has already acquiesced that Koheta is the new uncle, but all the family servants in the Hosokawa family also feel the same way.

Xiao Pingtai didn't even notice when she came in. The family had already prepared Xiao Pingtai's dishes, cushions, bedding, etc., and it was like coming here to her own home.

"These are all trivial matters, Heita-chan. I look at the date. The sixteenth day of next month will be an auspicious day. What do you think?" Hosokawa Harugong retired at home. Finishing her daughter's marriage was her biggest wish.

"Everything depends on the instructions of the boss." Marriage in Japan actually depends on the day. Xiaopingta can just marry. He has watched his wife grow up, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Weng and son-in-law were talking, and Aya brought tea. Now if I take a closer look, sixteen-year-old A Ling is indeed good-looking. There is the quietness of a lady, but also the agility of a girl from the Wu family.

Mrs. Xiaoping couldn't help but feel happy in her heart. This original stock was indeed the right investment.

Seeing Aya quietly exiting the house, Xiaopingta stood up and followed him. He probably had to deal with her at Hosokawa's house for dinner tonight, so she asked first.

Leaving behind the old father-in-law, "A Ling, wait, what are we having tonight?"

"Ah? Boiled wild vegetables." A Ling said subconsciously.

Xiao Pingtai took advantage of A Ling's distraction and grabbed her hand, "A Ling, let me ask you a question, what do you think is good about me?"

Xiao Pingtai still has some self-awareness, thinking that the 1.42-meter-tall, rotten-toothed, bald, hunchbacked, and dark-skinned appearance would never be liked by girls.

"Hmm? This, probably because you bathe every day." A Ling pulled out her thin wrist and ran away in small steps.

"Is this okay?" Xiao Pingtai was left alone and messy.

【Note 1】: Let me say one more thing. People who pay attention to the history of the Japanese war will definitely find that in addition to the most common land annual tribute, Japan's taxation also has a property tax called Dongbieqian.

Baidu, Google, and even Feeding Chickens all mention property tax vaguely, and they are all written casually by people who have only a superficial understanding of the literal meaning.

In Japanese, when it comes to houses, the two words "dong" and "liang" are interchangeable, both referring to the large beam in the middle of the house. We know that the wood suitable for making beams needs to be of sufficient length and diameter, so there is a limit to the wood that can grow to this size.

Wood that is too thin cannot bear weight, and wood that is too long is uneven. In the end, there was a consensus that a piece of wood about six meters long is considered a "dong", also known as a "liang".

Dongbieqian is Liangbieqian, and property tax is not levied according to the area of ​​the house, but is measured and levied according to the length of the beam.