Chapter 27 Chapter One

"Ah, it's going to be a tough time. Mr. Kindaichi and the police officer Waitoli have to sit down." Uehara Shotoshiro greeted him from the driver's seat in front, just as the car was about to approach Xiong Zhiping. Kosuke Kindaichi was admiring the carousel-like scenery outside the car window, and at the same time joking with the police officer Waitori in a rare way. At this moment, the conversation was suddenly interrupted by the driver in front of him. "Mr. Uehara Sho, what do you mean you will suffer next?" He turned to the front and asked curiously. "It's nothing. Currently, the national road between Xiong Zhiping and Karunizawa is under repair. Some places will implement one-way traffic. There are already a lot of vehicles. As I said just now, the Shinetsu Line will stop running. The traffic on Xiong Zhiping's side will I'm afraid it's all by bus, so the roads will be quite congested. Oh, damn it!  …"

While talking, Uehara Shoshisanro nervously avoided a large truck coming from the opposite side. Kosuke Kindaichi watched the big truck rumble past, and said, "Mr. Uehara Sho, I was very surprised just now. I didn't expect the traffic volume of this national highway to be so large." "Yeah, it is said that there are an average of 1,200 cars a day." Uehara Shoushisanrou said with a smile. "1,200 vehicles?...that's a lot." Officer Waiting Li echoed from the side. "I heard that because of the Shinetsu Line, it is completely paralyzed now, and I can't handle it. Therefore, all the excess goods over there have to be taken on this national road by truck..." Uehara Shoshisanrou drove the car carefully, with one eye Feeling around, "It's strange, another car came."

The road in front of me just turned into a big sharp angle, and the other side was still a deep valley. When the car and the big truck passed by, the police officer Waiting Force couldn't help muttering: "Bastard, it's really scary." "Mr. Kindaichi and Mr. Waitori Police Officer, is this the first time to go this way?" Uehara Shoshisanrou asked with a smile. "That's right, I've been to Qing Bingze two or three times, but every time I took the train..." "Mr. Uehara Sho, is the road between Xiong Zhiping and Qing Bianze seriously damaged?" Police Officer Waiting Force asked.

"Ah, it seems to be..." Sho Shisanrou held the steering wheel, his eyes were still fixed on the front, "I heard that we have to wait all night tonight before traffic can resume here. This morning, Karuizawa The other side called and said that there was a violent thunderstorm in the middle of the night last night, and a part of the national road collapsed seriously. I don’t know whether it was near the entrance of the No. 21 or No. 22 tunnel, which was buried by the landslide. Therefore, the president Afraid of causing inconvenience to Mr. Kindaichi, I must send it by car."

"Ah, I'm so sorry." Kosuke Kindaichi said with a smile. "It's okay, I have to go to see the president every Saturday, anyway, it's on the way." In the process of chatting, the large trucks, buses, private cars, taxis, etc. on the opposite side drove over one after another, passing by on the not spacious road.Looking back at the road with nine twists and turns, there is also a steady stream of traffic behind it. From the deciduous forest, you can just overlook it. The time is four thirty in the afternoon. The car was on the mountainside of Dubingling, just about to enter the boundary of Xiongzhiping, and the refreshing plateau cool air was refreshing.Three hours ago, the languid Tokyo heat had long since disappeared without a trace.

The car is moving forward slowly, and the sounds of various birds, from the larch, red pine, white birch and other forests flowing outside the window, get into the ears, which sounds very pleasant. Now, Kindaichi Kosuke is on his way to the Tokiwa family's villa in Karuizawa at the request of the female president of the cosmetics company "Jipan Chamber of Commerce" - Tokiwa Matsuyo.He has never met the president of the famous cosmetics company. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the other party invited him to take a trip to Karuizawa, Kazuko Kaneda checked the who's who, and only then did he know that Matsushiro Tokiwa was born in the 22nd year of Meiji, and he is seventy years old this year.

Matsushiro Tokiwa is the only daughter of Matsuzo Tokiwa, the founder of the cosmetics company Tokiwa Shokai.Tokiwa Matsuzo is one of the so-called inspirational figures.When Kosuke Kindaichi was young, he also read the story of his hard work from a magazine. If I remember correctly, Tokiwa Matsushiro Matsuzo started his business by setting up a stall on the side of the road. Since the late Meiji period, he has produced and sold Tokiwa incense powder, which is the first step of the Tokiwa Chamber of Commerce.It is said that the Changpan Chamber of Commerce has now dominated the cosmetics industry. There are no less than dozens of cosmetics named "Jipan", and the quality and sales are the best in various fields.This is most famously known as "Ji Pan Perfume".There are more than 30 types of Tokiwa perfume. After the war, foreign perfumes were not only driven out of Japan, but even in turn, they were continuously exported to Europe and the United States.Today's Tokiwa Chamber of Commerce has even won the title of "Perfume Kingdom".

It was the second president, Tokiwa Matsuyo, who started to study perfume.We also explained earlier that she is the only daughter of the first president, Tokiwa Matsuzo. In the thirty-ninth year of Meiji, that is, when Xu Sui was eighteen years old, Tokiwa Matsushiro held a very ordinary wedding.Ryukichi Uehara, who joined the family, was originally a clerk who was an apprentice at the Tokiwa Chamber of Commerce. However, this Ryuji seems to have come to the world specifically to let Matsushiro Tokiwa leave the blood of the Tokiwa family. Soon after Matsushiro gave birth to two boys and a girl, Ryuji passed away.

Tokiwa Matsushiro gave birth to the eldest son and the second son in Meiji 41 and 43, respectively, and gave birth to a daughter in the spring after a year later.But in the following year, the second year of Taisho, she said goodbye to her husband.Therefore, when she was twenty-five years old, she had already become a young widow with three children.Since then, she has not remarried, but assisted her father with her mother and dedicated her life to her career. At the very beginning of her life, she suffered the tragedy of her husband's death, and she has suffered the misfortune of being separated from her family all her life.The eldest son Matsutaro and the second son Matsujiro died in the war one after another. Even the husband of the only daughter Matsue, Kawasaki Genta, died in the Hiroshima atomic bomb disaster at the end of the war.Moreover, their wives followed their husbands and died successively. Therefore, Matsushiro, who is seventy years old this year, has neither children nor son-in-law.

It's just that luckily among the misfortunes, each of the three children has left a child in this world. Calculated according to age, the orphan of the eldest son Matsutaro, Matsuki, is 26 years old, and the orphan of the second son Matsujiro, Matsuhiko, is 24 years old this year. They have their only daughter, Matsue, and their daughter Matsuko is also 21 years old.The future of the Perfume Kingdom "Jipan Chamber of Commerce" is all entrusted to these three people, and the hope of the president of the Tokiwa Matsushita is also all pinned on these three people. Every time Tokiwa Matsuyo encounters the misfortune of being separated, he becomes stronger.After the death of the first president in Showa 12, she immediately inherited the family business and became the second president, and accelerated the perfume research that had been started before.But things backfired, the battle became more intense, and Matsushiro's career gradually fell into trouble.

At that time, when military songs and work pants ruled the world, even if the color of lipstick was slightly brighter, it would be hated by the world, let alone perfume.Moreover, during this period, Tokiwa Matsuyo lost his mother and three children one after another. No, not only the three children, but even the spouses of the children died one after another.However, Matsushiro was not discouraged. Relying on "Jipan Soap" and "Jipan Toothpaste" to maintain the lifeline of the company, Matsushiro Tokiwa also overcame difficulties during the Second World War and persisted in the research of perfume.Her efforts were not in vain. Thirteen years after the war, her company finally dominated the cosmetics industry, and she herself was crowned the queen of the perfume kingdom. The three grandchildren she brought up with her own hands - Song Shu, Song Yan and Song Zi - are also quite promising.Of course, if counting from Matsuzo, the founder of the Tokiwa Chamber of Commerce, they are already the fourth generation, and they have never tasted the hardships experienced by the first and second generations. Moreover, the era in which they grew up was very open after the war In the era, it is naturally impossible to completely eliminate those behaviors that the conservative Tokiwa Matsuyo is not used to. However, Tokiwa Matsuyo is generally acceptable, and they basically make Matsushiro satisfied. Tokiwa Matsushiro also has high hopes for another person, that is Uehara Shoshisanro.Shoshisanrou is the grandson of Matsushiro's husband, Ryukichi's elder brother, and he is the cousin of Matsuki and the other three. He is thirty years old this year. Uehara Shōsanrou is also a young man who has no fate with his parents. He lost his parents when he was young.Since then, he was taken over by Tokiwa Matsuyo to train him personally.Although he is young, he is very mature and sensible, and he respects his great uncle and grandmother from the bottom of his heart.Therefore, for the three younger siblings who grew up together, he always let them go, never arrogant because he was old, or because he was trusted by Tokiwa Matsuyo, to put it a bit exaggerated, he always bowed his head to the three .Therefore, the old Matsushiro Tokiwa always pondered in his heart: As a direct descendant of Matsuki, he is a bit rigid, cares too much about everything, and lacks tolerance, but in this way, there will be no mistakes, which may be a good thing. Songzi is a girl who has always followed the rules and is honest by nature, so there is nothing to worry about. There is only one child who is a headache, and that is Tokiwa Matsuhiko. The reason why this child is a bit decadent is probably because of his mother's bad nature.Although it was because Matsujiro provoked her and made her pregnant first, Matsushiro had no choice but to agree to their marriage, but Matsuhiko Tokiwa's mother is after all a waitress in a restaurant.Despite the pain of losing a son, Matsuhiko was the only one who felt grateful when Matsuhiko's mother died.The child's mother is such a troublesome person, and her bad character has undoubtedly been passed on to Tokiwa Matsuhiko. Speaking of which, the more reliable one is Uehara Shōshisanrou.Fortunately, Viking Pine Tree and Viking Matsuhiko respect him more, and he will definitely try to support the two brothers... In this way, the elderly Tokiwa Matsushiro has always been very calm, but recently, her mentality has become severely abnormal. Just look at her now, who specially invited Kosuke Kindaichi to Karuizawa, and you can understand the urgency of it.