Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 119 I didn’t expect A-Man to be so handsome!
According to Maslow's somewhat outdated need theory, physiological needs are the most basic and strongest needs of human beings, and the most basic need among them is eating.

Aman was born in a bad era and was not well educated, so she never learned these things, which led to the failure of her vicious plan.

A Qian and A Yu were not much better than when she first met Yuan Ye. They begged every day, went hungry twice in three days, and had green eyes every day. Today they were tied up for most of the day and their stomachs were already deflated with hunger. When the food was served, they began to wolf it down, pretending not to hear the various sarcasm and ridicule from A Man beside them, and tried their best to stuff the food into their mouths.

Let alone the noise made by A-man, even if there is a meteor shower outside and people die in droves, we have to wait until they are full first!

Ah Man kept talking for a long time but to no avail. Seeing how they were enjoying the food and how much they were eating, he began to feel sorry for them. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and went over to hold Ah Qian down, forcing the fried chicken nuggets out of her mouth, and scolded her, "You two useless things, can't you hear me? You still dare to eat it, spit it out!"

Ah Qian couldn't get the food from her, and didn't care about her bullshit. He turned around, picked up a bowl of soup and drank it straight away. Then he burped and muttered with lifeless eyes, "It's so delicious. I won't have any regrets even if I die now."

After saying that, she licked her lips and looked at the remaining food reluctantly with a look that modern people cannot understand, as if she was always hungry. However, she was powerless and could not eat any more. She could only turn around and hesitantly ask Aman: "Is this what you usually eat?"

In terms of quality alone, it was better than what the local nobles usually ate. As for the taste, except for a few well-known figures who were known for their frugality, ordinary daimyo could not easily enjoy this kind of delicacy.

Seeing her expression like this, Ah Man finally felt relieved and said modestly, "I don't eat like this every meal. I usually eat better at night. When I'm busy during the day, I usually just eat rice balls to make do. After all, I'm in a high position now and I have to set an example for the people below me. I can't be too extravagant."

"It would be nice to have rice balls to eat every day..."

"I risked my life for all this." Aman said calmly as she slowly told the two "old acquaintances" how she had met Yuanye by chance, how she had run for more than four hours and killed more than forty river pirates overnight to rescue him, and how she had worked diligently, giving him daily advice and assisting him meticulously to help him manage his family business, thus making him the most profitable lord in Owari.

Finally, she described in detail the night battle of Takeuchi Sho, how she fought off more than forty waves of enemy attacks like a tide, how she used a clever strategy to kill the enemy's general and reverse the situation of the battle, and how she carried Yuan Ye and killed more than four thousand enemies, covered in blood, broke through the encirclement and saved his life.

Simply put, she is the one who has made the greatest contribution to the Nohara family's current status. It is only natural that she should enjoy top-level treatment, and no one can complain about it.

She finished speaking calmly, and felt a surge of comfort rising from her tailbone and going straight up through her crown, making her whole body feel comfortable - she had wanted to go back and brag about it for a long time, but had never found the chance, so it wasn't easy until today.

Ah Qian has turned into a little toad with its mouth open. He was completely stunned. He did not expect so many things to have happened in just over a year. He did not expect Ah Man to be so amazing that he could move freely in the enemy camp, kill generals and seize flags, and become a pillar and important official in a new powerful family. He is a top-notch figure.

After Ah Yu pulled her and whispered a few words in her ear, she suddenly reacted and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense. Three or four river pirates can kill you. I don't believe you can kill more than 40 people by yourself!"

Ah Man was in a good mood at the moment, and didn't care about her rudeness. He just looked up at her with his nose and said indifferently: "You two are frogs in the well... You don't understand what frogs in the well mean, right? So, it's hard to explain to you what it means to look at someone with new eyes after three days of separation. You two little beasts don't understand anything at all."

Ah Qian really didn't understand a bit. She was illiterate just like Ah Qing before. But her eyes began to turn red again. She just felt that the world was unfair. Why was Ah Man, this shameless old beast, so lucky that she could easily pick up a rich man and let him make a living and live a happy life?

It's more painful to let A-Man get into trouble than to let her die.

Ah Man was even happier to see her like this, but after she was happy, the two "old acquaintances" were no longer that valuable, so he turned his face and started to ask about business, "Okay, let's not talk about the past anymore, now let's talk about the two of you! What are you two doing here, have you taken on another job from the Saito family and are here to cause trouble? If you really want to cause trouble, don't blame me for not remembering our friendship, I'll tie you up with rocks and throw you into the sea!"

What the hell is this? I'm just listening to you bragging...

Asahi cursed Aman madly in his heart, but after hesitating for a moment, he did not hide his purpose and said directly: "This time, the Saito family paid for us to come here, but it has nothing to do with you. We just wanted us to wander around and take a look at the situation in Owari. The old man also asked us to look for you again... We looked for you once last year, but couldn't find you. We thought you... uh, anyway, the old man asked us to look for you again this time, so we wandered around looking for you."

As soon as Ah Man heard what was going on, he cursed, "You two losers, you can't find two living people. Didn't I leave a secret mark for you in the castle town of Kuno Castle?"

"Bullshit, that's not happening!"

"You two are blind, aren't you? You didn't look for us seriously, and just hoped that we would die outside? You two have been hoping that we would die soon, right?" Ah Man did leave a secret sign, and sent Ah Qing to run back and forth all day to draw, but he only left it once. Later, he followed Yuan Ye to run around, busy with this and that, and never went to make up for it, which led to the loss of contact, but she certainly couldn't admit that it was her problem. It must be that these two little beasts didn't work well. They are two born wastes. The waste Ah Qian looked humiliated and didn't say anything else. Last year, the two of them just looked around and went to chase their grandfather. They directly reported that they couldn't find them after searching for a while. Ah Man and Ah Qing might have died in an accident. This is a fact, and it is hard to deny.

She held it in for a while before saying, "Anyway, the old man asked you to go back quickly. Mino has been in turmoil recently. The old man said that Saito and his son are about to start fighting. There are too many things to do, so he asked us to find you and bring you back!"

After a pause, she looked at Ah Man and Ah Qing with a scrutinizing gaze, and said doubtfully, "You don't want to stay here, do you? The old man won't agree! We are from So Village, the Koga clan. We can accept employment and make a living, but we can't really be dogs for others. This is what the old man always says!"

"I've told you that you are the ones who are being treated like dogs. Don't you understand what I'm saying?" A-Man raised his leg and kicked her. "Besides, only the old man is from Koga So Village. You two are from Kyoto. Your father is a poor shoemaker. He lost playing dominoes and couldn't pay the bill, so he mortgaged you to me. I didn't let you call me master. I treated you like dogs. I was doing that for the old man's sake. How dare you tell me this?"

Ah Qian showed an insulted expression on her face again, and looked at Ah Man angrily, but she did not argue with her. She just emphasized: "This is the old man's order. He asked you to go back. It's useless for you to tell me."

After she finished emphasizing, she turned her gaze to Ah Qing and asked her, "Ah Qing, are you going back?"

Ah Qing was stunned, showing a slight hesitation, lowered her eyelids and didn't say anything for a while, and Ah Qian didn't give her a chance to think, and immediately asked: "Are you not going to listen to the old man either?"

Ah Qing still didn't say anything. Logically, she should go back, but she was reluctant to leave here for a moment. And it wasn't that she was reluctant to leave the abundant food and clothing here. She was not afraid of hardship, but she felt inexplicably reluctant to leave suddenly and go back to a wandering life.

Ah Qian understood instantly. Ah Qing was just like Ah Man, corrupted by the decadent life. He couldn't help but start to mock him: "It seems that you are living a comfortable life and don't want to be a member of the Koga clan anymore. Then you might as well stop calling yourself Ah Qing and call yourself Aba from now on!"

Aba, also known as "Tomoe Gozen" and "Tomoe's daughter", was a maid of Kiso Yoshinaka. She was beautiful, skilled in martial arts, and good at using the naginata. It is said that in a battle, six mounted warriors suddenly attacked Kiso Yoshinaka who was behind the main camp. Aba stepped forward and fought alone, shielding the arrows with her sleeve armor, and never retreated. Later, she used the naginata to fight the enemy's mounted charge, killing two on the spot, seriously injuring three, and the remaining one was so frightened that he lay on his horse and fled.

From then on, she became famous in one battle and was regarded as the most famous female samurai in Japanese folk legends. The "Tomo-type naginata" was named after her. Even Tokugawa Ieyasu's concubine who dared to go to the battlefield and fight against Takeda's red armor even when she was pregnant was slightly inferior to her. Now, Asa asked Aqing to change her name to Aba, which was a satire on her for wanting to be a female samurai and live a rich life and forgetting her roots.

This irony was disgusting. Ah Qing's face suddenly turned red. He stood up and grasped the hilt of the knife. Without even looking at Ah Qian, he tilted his head slightly and looked at the ground. He said in a cold voice: "Say it again!"

Ah Qian was stunned for a moment, her face changed several times, and finally she swallowed her saliva, hesitated for a moment and sat down again, not daring to say anything. Although she didn't grow up with Ah Man and Ah Qing, she had lived together for two years and knew Ah Qing's daily habits. She knew that when she tilted her head and didn't look at people, she was really angry. She didn't doubt that Ah Qing would chop her with a knife if she said a few more words.

The main reason is that A-Qing is the one among the four of them who specializes in martial arts and has the strongest personal combat power. Even the two of them combined cannot defeat him and they simply cannot afford to provoke him. If it weren't for A-Qing to calm them down, the two of them would have rushed up a few years ago and pinned A-Man, the shameless old beast who talked nonsense all day long, to the ground and beat him up, at least three times a day.

She couldn't afford to offend him before, but now that Aqing is better equipped and more murderous, she is even more impossible to offend. A Qian could only sit back and feel aggrieved, and A Man's face began to turn black. She was already annoyed. Yuan Ye fed her and treated her very well and respectfully. The old man also fed her and raised her with great difficulty. It was difficult for her to decide what to do now. She felt reluctant to do either. As a result, A Qian dared to cause trouble, and she could not tolerate it with her temper.

She slowly got up, looked down at Ah Qian and Ah Yu, rolled up her sleeves, and said with a feeling of displeasure: "I never expected it, I never expected it, in just over a year, you two little brats have become more and more presumptuous, and even dare to say such nonsense, have you forgotten that you used to be beaten every day?"

Ah Yu, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke. He knelt down and pushed Ah Qian back. He smiled shyly and said carefully, "Sister Ah Man, Sister Ah Qing, Ah Qian didn't mean that. You all know that she never says it..."

Before she could finish, Ah Man turned his attention to her, slapped her on the head, and cursed, "Shut up, among the four of us... no, among the two of you, you are the worst. Ah Qian is a brainless idiot who jumps around all day long. It's all your instigation. If anyone wants to hit someone, I should hit you first!"

Ah Yu held back his anger after getting slapped. A flash of resentment flashed across her little face. She knew that she couldn't reason with this old beast, so she started to shrink behind Ah Qian again.

After slapping them, Aman did not rush up to kick them hard. After all, kicking them would not solve the problem. He pondered for a moment, went out and called people. He tied up Aqian and Ayu again, dragged them directly to the woodshed and locked them up. He starved them for two days to make them remember their lesson.

Ah Qing watched silently, without objecting. Ah Qian and Ah Yu had been against them for a long time. She had beaten them many times before under Ah Man's command. She didn't mind locking them up at all. She just asked Ah Man softly, "Sister, what should we do now?"

(End of this chapter)