Ogata and the others returned to Senbei's carpenter's shop around evening.

When they first returned to the carpenter's shop, Feng Mo happened to have finished chatting with this old subordinate whom he hadn't seen for a while.

Senbei tried his best to persuade Fuma to stay and let Fuma, Ogata and the others live directly in their home.

Senbei's home is integrated with his carpenter's shop. The first floor is the shop, and the second floor is their home. Their home is not spacious. After Senbei and his family live there, the whole family is basically

There aren't many vacancies left.

If they are forced to live in Senbei's home, I'm afraid it will bring a lot of inconvenience to the lives of Senbei and his family.

Therefore, in order not to bring too much inconvenience and trouble to Senbei and his family, Ogata and the others declined Senbei's invitation to live directly in their home, and instead spent money to live in an ordinary room.

Common hotel.

Ogata and the others spent their first night in Osaka peacefully and peacefully in this ordinary hotel.

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…

The next day——

It's mid-April now, which is the time of year when the temperature is the most pleasant. It's neither so hot that people want to sleep naked, nor so cold that they don't want to leave me.

After the sun just rose from the horizon, Ouri woke up under the action of his biological clock, then let go of Omachi, who was naked in his arms, crawled out of bed, and got dressed.

Atachi and Atzuki always wake up later than Ogata.

Ogata, who thought that he would go out to buy some breakfast and come back now, got dressed and left the room where he and Atachi lived.

As soon as he left the room and came to the corridor outside the room, Ogata happened to see Fuma coming out of the next room at the same time.

Naturally, it was impossible for Ogata and the four of them to live in the same room. They had a total of 3 rooms, one for Ogata and Atachi, one for Fuma, and one for Asuki. The three rooms were arranged exactly in a row.

a row.

After seeing Ogata who happened to step out of their respective rooms at the same time as him, Fuma took the initiative to say hello to Ogata: "Good morning, brother!"

"Good morning to you too." At this time, Ogata discovered that Feng Mo's eyes had dark circles and a lot of red bloodshot eyes hanging from them, as if he had not slept well.

"Master Feng, did you sleep well last night?" The corridor where Ogata and Fuma are standing is not a private place after all, so Ogata only calls him "Master Feng", not "Master Fuma".

"Yesterday, because I reunited with my old subordinates whom I haven't seen for a long time, I was a little too excited last night. I didn't fall asleep until about eight o'clock in the evening (2 o'clock in the morning)." Feng Mo showed a smile that was a bit naive.

Fuuma's eyes have been shining with excitement since he saw Senbei yesterday.

Ogata also felt Fuuma's feeling of reuniting with his old subordinates who were like family after a long separation.

Ogata thought to himself: last summer, his mood when he reunited with Omachi in Kyoto was probably similar to Fuma's mood at this time.

Seeing Fuma's happy expression, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

"Since I didn't sleep well yesterday, do you want to catch up on some sleep now?"

"No, no need." Feng Mo waved his hand, "Although I didn't sleep for long last night, I'm in good spirits now."

"Even if you need to catch up on sleep, you should wait until you have finished your main work before catching up on it."

Speaking of this, Feng Mo laughed a few times, and then continued:

"When Komachi and Kozuki wake up, I will take you to meet the 'Osaka Know-it-all' who I have known for a long time. I will try to help you find Master Yuji as soon as possible."

"Are you going to see your old friend today?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Master Feng, why don't you go and spend more time with Mr. Senbei first?"

Feng Mo waved his hand: "It's not urgent to accompany Xian Bingwei or something."

"Anyway, I met him yesterday and said hello to him. After I help you find Master Yu Er first, I will slowly chat with Senbei. It's not too late to reminisce about old times."

Since Fuma said so, Ogata didn't say anything else. He bowed to Fuma and said, "Thank you very much, Lord Fuma."

Feng Mo waved his hand again, indicating that Ogata didn't need to be more polite and thanked him, and then showed a strange expression:

"Before I go to see my old friend later, let me give you a reminder - the place where my old friend is... is quite special, so you must be mentally prepared first."

"Special?" Ogata asked doubtfully.

Feng Mo's expression became even weirder at this time.

"My friend... lives in Shinmachi, a gold-selling place that fascinates all the men in Osaka. He is the owner of a tourist house in Shinmachi called the Seven-Grass House."

"Compared to Yoshiwara in Edo and Shimabara in Kyoto... the people in Shinmachi are..."

Feng Mo suddenly fell silent at this time, as if he was thinking about what to say next.

After a while, he spoke quietly:

"Much more...enthusiastic."

"So you... especially you, brother, must be fully mentally prepared."

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…

About half an hour later——

Osaka, Shinmachi——

"Two distinguished guests! Are you interested in coming to our Sanye House?"

"Guest! What type of girl do you like?"

"Two guests..."

…

After A-machi and A-zhu woke up one after another, Fuuma led the three of them towards Shin-machi where his old friend was, as he said.

As soon as he stepped into Shinmachi, Ogata, who had worked in Yoshiwara before, immediately smelled it - the air in Shinmachi had the same smell as the air in Yoshiwara: a faint smell of women's powder.

The layout of Shinmachi is the same as that of Yoshihara... No, it should be said that the architectural layout and architectural style of Yoshihara, Shimabara and Shinmachi are basically the same.

On the first floor of every tourist girl's house, there is a display window blocked only by a wooden fence. When night falls, the tourist girls sit behind the window and pose, attracting customers and allowing them to choose.

Because it is morning now, it is the time for the wandering girls to take a rest after working hard all night, so at this time there are very few wandering girls on the streets of Shinmachi and in the windows of the wandering girls' houses.

However... although from the appearance, Shinmachi is simply a smaller Yoshihara, after entering Shinmachi, Ogata quickly and keenly noticed that Shinmachi is completely different from Yoshihara.

First of all, Shinmachi, like Shimabara in Kyoto, does not have an organization like the Shirobei Club that specifically manages them like Yoshihara.

Secondly...the people in Yoshiwara are not as...enthusiastic as the people in Shinmachi.

As soon as we entered Shinmachi, 2 or 3 Miseban (people who set up a pedestal near the main entrance of Yumeya to attract customers) immediately surrounded us, advertising their respective Yumeya.

Although Yoshiwara's Miseban will also take the initiative to solicit customers, they are far less enthusiastic than Shinmachi's Miseban.

Maybe it’s because Osaka people are so enthusiastic and unrestrained.

As Machi and Azuki were women, they were naturally ignored by the Misebans. However, Fuma was too old and was also ignored by almost all the Misebans. Almost all the Misebans who gathered around were directed at Ogata.

came.

Although Ogata was wearing a hat and a scarf, he could still tell from his exposed palms and other skin that he was very young.

These acquaintances gathered around Ogata and introduced to Ogata the benefits of their respective Yumeya houses.

It happens to be the time when the number of people in Shinmachi is at its lowest, so there are a lot of people gathered around this time.

Regarding these world events, Ogata could only smile awkwardly but politely.

He didn't dare to show the slightest interest in this advertisement for Mishiban - after all, Omachi was standing next to him now.

From the corner of his eye, he noticed that Atachi beside him had been quietly looking at his face with a scrutinizing gaze.

This caused a little cold sweat to break out on Ogata's forehead.

If he showed a strong interest in a certain "advertisement" of a certain anime series... Ogata couldn't imagine how Amachi would react to him...

While maintaining a polite smile, Ogata dismissed the people who gathered around him.

"Master Feng." After sending away another Mianshiban, Ogata couldn't help but asked the Fuma in front of him, "Have you not arrived at the place where your old friend lives?"

"We're here." Feng Mo said, "Look - the seven-thatched house in front is the Wandering Girl's House run by my friend."

Ogata quickly looked ahead.

I saw at the street intersection in front of me, there was a wandering girl's house that was much more luxurious than the rest of its counterparts around it just from the appearance.

On the door of this extremely luxurious tourist house, there is a plaque that reads: Seven Thatched Cottage.

Fuuma led Ogata and the others towards the seven-thatched cottage.

As soon as he stood in front of the gate of the Seven Thatched Cottage, Feng Mo said loudly to the two young men who were cleaning the ground in front of the Seven Thatched Cottage:

"Please go and show this to your boss, and then inform him and tell him: An old friend is visiting."

After saying that, Feng Mo took out a small fan from his arms and handed the fan to the two young men.

Suddenly an old man whom I had never seen before came, and as soon as the old man showed up, he directly said, "Go and inform your boss" and gave them a fan - which made the two young men look bad.

Confused, they looked at each other.

"Go and report it to your boss quickly. I'm not a suspicious person, I'm your boss's old friend." Feng Mo now changed to a half-joking tone, "If the message is delayed, your boss might be angry if he finds out about it afterwards.
To be continued...