Chapter 27 first quarter

The arrester in charge of the Fukagawa area of ​​our office, Hui Xiangyuan Moshichi, has two subordinates who are commonly known as "Xiayin" or "Little One"; one is the forty-seven-year-old Quan San, who used to be the shopkeeper, and the other is Twenty and one, Xiji, is a young man who still looks childish.Mao Qi is fifty-six years old, and because of his relationship with his wife who has been married for many years, his knees are still empty.Therefore, although Xiji is a subordinate, in a certain sense, he is also like a son. Unlike Gonzo, who had experience as a shopkeeper of a liquor wholesaler in Shinkawacho, Hikichi had no experience worth mentioning.Of course it was also because he was still young, but it was true that this young man had no fixed job before meeting Mao Qi.

Xiji doesn't know who his parents are.He was an abandoned baby and was thrown in the territory of Huixiangyuan. The worshipers found him and took him to the town office.Since he didn't see his parents for a long time, the managers of the large courtyard that took turns that month had to take him home to raise him. Xiji has been very active since she was a child, often running around, unable to calm down obediently.The manager of the courtyard who adopted Xiji had a good relationship with Maoqi at that time. As Xiji grew up, he often worried about Xiji's future, so he often came to Maoqi to discuss.

Send Xiji to work in the shop, he will stay for a short time, let him learn a skill, for example, any lantern shop, buckwheat noodle shop, welding shop, clog shop, blacksmith shop, as long as there is a connection, he will be an apprentice, but the longest It's less than half a month.He is not a slob, he gets up very early in the morning, does not object to doing chores, is quite skillful with his hands, and is very popular.It's just that the popularity is so good that he can't hold back his breath and can't keep his interest in the same thing for a long time. When Xieji was fifteen, his adoptive father passed away.Before he died, he entrusted Mao Qi to take care of Xie Ji. He said that the boss might know how to use Xie Ji.

At that time, Maoqi had a subordinate named Wenci. Although his personality was a bit weak, he had cooperated with him for a long time, and there was no need to find new ones.Besides, the person involved, Shikichi, had no intention of helping Maoshichi. At that time, he was taking care of horses in a carriage shop near Mifunkura. He probably liked horses, so he actually stayed there.Since his living is in the stable, he has no worries about where to live for the time being.Therefore, Maoqi just accepted the manager's entrustment with the mentality of coming to me in trouble. Unexpectedly, not long after, someone came to propose marriage to Wenci, which was something he could not have wished for, so Wenci left Maoqi.After the happy event was over, Xiji suddenly came to look for Maoqi when he took a breath.

"I heard that the boss has become a lonely person... If possible, do you want me to help? The deceased adoptive father will strictly tell me to listen to the boss and do my best for the boss." At that time, although Maoqi felt lonely because of Bunci's departure, he was not alone, but Xieji's silly look of worrying to death was too cute, which made Maoqi laugh out loud. "Really? Then please. From now on, you will be my subordinate." Only then did Xiji stay. Xiji and Quansan are not just Maoqi's subordinates, they have other jobs.Based on his past experience, Quan San helped the manager of the large courtyard where he lived in doing things, such as abacus, bookkeeping, and resolving tenant disputes with his naturally pleasant voice, which made the manager regard him as a treasure.

At the beginning, Xiji was the same as usual, without a fixed job, selling candy for a while, helping bricklayers for a while, or just a temporary well digger, with no stability.For Xiji, who is Maoqi's subordinate, this can just expand his interpersonal relationship, and it's not useless, but it's too unstable, and he always gets a cold sweat from the sidelines.Therefore, Mao Qitouzi Niang had taught Xie Ji a good lesson, and after some consideration, Xie Ji found a job in a bathhouse of the name "Ji Le" in Kitamori Shitamachi. "There are all kinds of people going in and out of the bathhouse, which just makes use of my sharp ears."

Xiji has been working at the Bliss Bathhouse for more than a year.The main job is to clean and boil the bath water. In my spare time, I can accompany the bathers on the second floor of the men's bathhouse to play unskilled chess, or drink tea, and chatter all over the world. Sometimes this job is very easy.The owner of the Bliss Bathhouse also knows about the relationship between Heiji and Moshichi. He thinks that in this way, he will be more sure if something happens, so he values ​​Heiji very much. In other words, there is another very important job in the bathhouse, which is to purchase the stove materials for heating the bath water. Most of the bathhouses negotiate with wood shops or clog shops that usually produce wood chips, and then buy them. Wood chips burn the bath water in layers, as does the blissful bathhouse.But to be honest, as long as it can be burned, anything is fine, and it is even better if you can pick it up for free—and therefore, bathhouse helpers usually wander around the streets during the day, looking for things that can be used as firewood, and then take them back after discussing with them .It's just that this job is not very clean, so the owner of the Bliss Bathhouse never asked Xiji to do these things.Even so, when Xiji is free, he always wanders around the streets. Whenever a house is repairing a wooden door, or a restaurant throws an old wooden barrel, etc., he can always see it sharply and bring it back.In fact, Seiki really likes to wander around the streets.

This spring, when Xie Ji was in high spirits, facing the warm spring breeze and sunshine every day, like a little sparrow, he was wandering happily on the street from time to time, something happened. Xiji is in love.