The imperial examination hall, the living room—

"Madam, what do you think of the name Shinsuke Kondo? I think this name is very good. Shinsuke has the meaning of 'thriving' in it."

"Shinsuke...it doesn't sound good to me, and it's not powerful enough."

Although it is still half a month before Kondo officially gets married, and the horoscope has not been revealed yet, this does not prevent Zhoushu and Abi from starting to imagine the future of having a daughter-in-law in the trial house, and thinking about what to give to them.

What kind of names will you give your grandchildren in the future?

Due to their differences in personality and knowledge, Zhou Zhu and A Bi have been unable to reach a unified opinion on the naming of their future grandson.

Zhouzhu, who had no big vision for his grandson and only hoped that he would grow up safely, tended to choose a name with a better meaning.

But Abi, who "hopes for his grandson to become a dragon", hopes that his future grandson's name will be quite powerful and very warrior-like.

The old couple, who were idle because they had nothing to do at the moment, had been discussing this matter in the living room since just now in order to pass the boring leisure time. They had been discussing this for many days, but they had never come up with a solution.

coming topic.

The two of them were so engrossed in chatting that they didn't even have time to take a sip of the tea beside their knees until it had cooled down.

The "Shinsuke Kondo" idea that he had racked his brains over the past two days was rejected by his wife... Shusuke was not discouraged.

Just as he cleared his throat and was about to mention another name that he had also painstakingly thought of in recent days and that he liked very much——

Dong Dong Dong Dong!

Outside the door, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Zhou Zhu and A Bi both paused, turned their heads, and cast doubtful glances in the direction of the door.

"Who...?" Abi frowned, "It's so late at night...it's not King Wow and Lord Susubo again, is it?"

Wawa Tenno and Sosubozu: entertainers who went from house to house begging were very common in Edo.

Most of the King of Wawa wore a tattered and dirty black vest, a white narrow-sleeved kimono and culottes underneath, two fake swords on his waist, and a strange mask of Hiko Saruta on his face. He shouted: "The King of Wawa is the most beautiful.

Love to be noisy!" So he went from house to house begging for a penny.

The masters of Sosubo carried a piece of green bamboo, strung copper coins on the front of the bamboo, and while walking around the streets and alleys, they shook the bamboo vigorously and recited strange scriptures.

"Madam, please wait here for a moment, I'll go take a look."

Zhou Zhu stood up, walked through the hall and corridor, and walked quickly to the door.

"Good evening, who is it?"

As soon as Zhou Zhu finished speaking, a loud voice immediately sounded outside the gate:

"Master Kondo! It's me! Chiba Jutaro!"

"Jutaro?" Zhou Zhu raised his eyebrows vigorously, and then quickly opened the door.

I saw a strong man with a smile standing outside the gate - it was Chiba Jutaro.

"Jutaro." Zhousuke said hello to Chiba Jutaro, and stretched his neck to look around him, "Are you the only one here? What's wrong? Why did you suddenly visit my training hall late at night?"

"I'm the only one here!" Chiba Jutaro smiled heartily, "I hope you'll forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting. I came here suddenly because I wanted to see Tachibana-kun! Is Tachibana-kun here?"

"Tachibana-kun? He happens not to be in the training hall right now."

"Not there?" Chiba Jutaro was stunned, "Where has he gone?"

"He went to the bathhouse to take a bath."

Zhou Assistant pointed at the thin steam not far away.

"Tachibana-kun, he probably won't be back so soon. Jutaro, if you have something urgent to do and want to see Tachibana-kun, why don't you come in and sit down and wait?"

Shusuke suggested this to Chiba Jutaro...but at this time, Chiba Jutaro was not listening at all.

I saw Chiba Jutaro looking straight in the direction where the Chihiro House was pointed by Shusuke just now.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, an expression appeared on his face as if he was thinking about something...

…

…

Chihiro House——

While Kondo and Inoue were still looking stunned, Hijikata was the first to recover from his astonishment.

He frowned slightly, looked at Qingdeng deeply, then turned his head and said loudly to Nagacang and others:

"Oh! By the way, why did I forget!"

Hijikata shouted and stood up from the water.

"Nagakura-kun, Saito-kun, Harada-kun, get up quickly, stop soaking! You three come with me!"

"Ah?" Harada widened his eyes in confusion.

"Hijikata-kun." Nagakura asked, "What's wrong?"

Although Saito, who kept his mood and anger to himself, remained silent as he continued his taciturn personality, he still gave Hijikata a puzzled look.

"Since just now, I always feel as if I have forgotten something." Hijikata said quickly, "Now I remember it! You three, come to my house with me now, I have something I want you three to accept!

"

The "home" Hijikata refers to naturally refers to the small shabby house he rented near the Imperial Guard Hall.

"Something? Please accept it?" The confusion on Nagakura's face became a little more intense, "What is it?"

"Yes, yes!" Harada looked curious, "What is it?"

"Some of my collections." Hijikata said without thinking.

"Collectibles? Why are you giving us such collections in such a hurry?" Nagakura continued what Harada had just interrupted, "It's late at night now, we can't wait until tomorrow or some time after that..."

Before Nagakura finished speaking, Dougang shook his head vigorously.

"No, no, no."

"I'm going to change my place to live in the future. I won't live in that shabby house that has no other advantages except being close to the trial gym."

"Yesterday, I made an appointment with a garbage collector. I planned to take advantage of the opportunity of moving soon to throw away some of the furniture in my house that I no longer need, as well as some of the collectibles that I no longer want to keep.

Lose."

"After making an appointment with the garbage collector, when I was counting the things I wanted to throw away, I suddenly discovered that those pieces of furniture were not valuable, and they would be thrown away if they were thrown away. But if I just throw away my collections,

It feels like a pity to drop it.”

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "So I decided to give away my collection instead."

"The garbage collector will probably arrive tomorrow."

"So if I can't give away my collection before tomorrow, I'll have to give it to the garbage collector."

"I have given things similar to my collection to Asheng, Uncle Yuan and Tachibana before, but they didn't like them, so the only ones I can choose to give them to now are you three."

"It's not too late to go to my house now."

"If you want to stay here until the bathhouse closes before leaving for my house, it will be a little late."

Hijikata's rapid-fire talk successfully attracted the interest of Nagakura and others, including Saito.

"Hijikata, what exactly are your collections?" Harada asked excitedly.

Hijikata showed an intriguing smile and said in a faint tone words that deliberately aroused the curiosity of Nagakura and others:

"It will be kept secret for now. When you get to my house, you will naturally know what it is."

"Okay! Let's go to your house quickly!" Harada jumped up like a spring.

Nagakura hesitated for a moment, then stood up slowly, following Harada.

At the same time as Nagakura stood up, Saito stood up straight silently - although Saito had the same expressionless expression as always, as if he was world-weary, if you look carefully, you can see in his eyes

Discover the vague curiosity that was tainted by Hijikata Shizai's words.

Looking at Nagakura and others who stood up, Hijikata's eyes flashed with relief and joy.

"A Sheng, Uncle Yuan, Ju, let's go first."

Hijikata turned around and said to Kondo, Inoue and Aoto:

"Just continue taking a bath first."

"Pay attention to the time and don't soak for too long."

"Baba Yu is an old lady with a very kind heart."

"We are regular customers of this bathhouse. She might be embarrassed to kick us out out of consideration for our mutual affection."

"If we stay in the bathtub until someone can't bear it anymore and urges us to leave, it won't look good on either side."

"And if you soak in it for too long, people will easily become dizzy."

Hijikata emphasized the word "faint".

At the same time, he glanced sideways at Qingden, intentionally or unintentionally.
To be continued...