National Tide 1980.

Chapter 20 Tsinghua University

Comfortable!

Ning Weimin had never eaten such a comfortable meal!

From hot pot to chopped green onion, there is not a single thing that is not festive.

After eating and drinking, Ning Weimin's mouth was covered with a layer of mutton soup with oil stars and green coriander leaves, making it smooth and smooth.

His nostrils were also smothered with flue-cured tobacco, which made him feel as happy as a cloud.

Even his thinking has changed a lot, almost subverting the original values.

Yes, life has meaning only when there is oil and water in the stomach.

Otherwise, it is said that the people take food as their heaven, but the stomach grows in the middle of the person.

This is life, this is the truth!

It was indeed expensive, but it was not unreasonable to spend the money.

Not to mention that it should be spent for the sake of Master.

It is said that mutton soup like this, and mutton soup with mushrooms, are destined to disappear in the future.

I'm afraid it's no different from eating caviar and black truffle.

But to be honest, don't look at how delicious it is.

But it is still one step away from being a real little fairy.

Because in the words of old man Kang, the stomach is full, but it is perfect if you have to take a shower after another.

Out of the restaurant is Goldfish Alley.

Kang Shude and Ning Weimin crossed the street with a bag of butter fried cakes bought from the "Fengsheng Gong" next to them, and went straight to Luxi.

In fact, you don't have to go far, just a few steps.

Because if you look up, you can see that at the northwest corner of the Bamiancao intersection, where people come and go, there is a door with high steps and a door.

Speaking of the bathing industry in the capital, the history is really not short.

As early as the Yuan Dynasty was built, there were bathhouses.

However, in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, only the palaces, monasteries, and government offices set up bathrooms, not for the common people.

The capital's bath industry really flourished, or in the Qing Dynasty.

Due to the emergence of private baths, the capital was full of bathhouses.

Especially in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, there were not only traditional bathhouses with ponds and Guantang all over the capital, but also more comprehensive services such as rubbing and pedicure were developed.

There is even a "new-style bathhouse" built in the style of Huhai, with running water, boilers, electric lights, heating and fans.

So this triggered a rather powerful wave of industrial upgrading.

Since then, the capital bathhouse has also been divided into "North Hall" and "South Hall".

Like the Bamiancao Junction, the three-story, brick-wood structure Tsinghua Garden Bathhouse.

In the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916), Dong Mutang, a congressman from Cao Kun's military government, spent a lot of money to demolish the original "North Hall" - Dongxingyuan Bathhouse, and then rebuilt the "South Hall" according to the style of the western-style buildings in the Jinmen concession. ".

What's more interesting is that, in fact, it was not a hundred paces south of Ning Weimin and Old Man Kang's residence.

There is also a two-story building with an equally loud name, and it is very easy to confuse it with a bathhouse here - Tsinghua Pool.

Yes, this is the place where the man who said cross talk had a "Tsinghua" education in the future.

It's just that at this time, the Tsinghua Pool was still at its original location - the north of Zhushikou West Street Road.

That is, it is opposite to Fengzeyuan Restaurant, and it has not moved to the Huguang Guild Hall.

From this, it can be seen that the "university enquirer" who is a famous teacher in the universe and shakes the universe is at most a graduate of the "Tsinghua" campus.

And it is very likely that the qualifications are shallow, and I am afraid that only after the age of [-] can "roughly understand the language and ink".

So when Ning Weimin walked to the entrance of the bathhouse, and before he entered, he was delighted when he saw the stone-carved door plaque with red letters on a white background.

Turning his head, he went down with Kang Shude.

"Old man, look at the name, it's quite a coincidence. The entrance to our house is Tsinghua Pond, and here is Tsinghua Garden. This is not afraid of confusion, right? I don't understand, these are all bathhouses, except for a big point. Well, a little, what's the difference?"

Unexpectedly, the exit was blocked as soon as I asked.

"What's the difference? Let me tell you, the difference is huge. This is the same as eating mutton, Dashilar is a 'one-stop', here is 'Tailwind', although similar but not equivalent, One is a restaurant and the other is a restaurant. The same is true for this bathhouse, which is also divided into three, six, nine, and so on."

"Originally, the largest bathhouse in the capital was Dongshengping Bathhouse on Yangmeishu Xiejie. Unfortunately, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government changed it into the No. [-] Hotel. So this Tsinghua Garden is now the best and largest bathhouse in the capital. "

"Look, this is a prosperous place in the city center, so this Tsinghua Garden is not only old, but it has always received bureaucratic dignitaries and wealthy sons from Dongcheng. Tsinghua Pool is incomparable."

"The Tsinghua Pool in front of our house is a halal bathhouse. It was originally called 'Xiao Canglang' and it was very small. It was not until the 30s that Ningxia warlord Ma Fuxiang bought two buildings and converted it into a medium-sized bathhouse. "

"Guests who went there used to go south after visiting Dashilar and Bada Hutong, or go to the merchants who lived in the south. After liberation, the same is true. People here are literate, officials, and there are only merchants in the south. Pawns. Do you understand? To tell the difference, it is the difference between the location and the grade."

"Let me tell you, I won't bring you here if I want to save trouble. Of course I know that it is more convenient to go to the 'One Dragon' to eat mutton, and to take a bath in the 'Tsinghua Pool'. Come here, just to open your eyes."

"It's hard to come out and spend money to enjoy the enjoyment. If you want to eat, we will eat well, and if we want to wash, we will have a good bath today. Right? Come on, come in with me. You invite me to eat, and I invite you to take a bath. …”

Hey, the old man actually despised him.

But to be honest, Ning Weimin was really dissatisfied.

who is he?What bathroom haven't you been to?What health care program have you not experienced?

In order to settle the relationship, he also invited 10,000+ guests to the most extravagant place with a full package.

He doesn't believe it anymore, there is still something to open his eyes here?

Aren't they all bathhouses?The so-called old capital, he understands!

So, while following Kang Shude in, he babbled.

"Father, I admit, what you said is right. But it is because this is Wangfujing and the location is so good that I am worried."

"Look here, there are so many people coming in and out. What if we have to wait for the 'unboxing' later? Do you wash it? There will be a long line for us to wait for the bunks?"

"I think it's better to go to the door of the house. There are acquaintances to take care of it, and the waiting time is shorter. Really, really, isn't it just a little bit bigger and a little bit smaller? Where can I go..."

What Ning Weimin said was mainly "difficulty taking a bath".

This problem is not only real, but also has a long history and deep-rooted roots.

Ganqing began in the 50s. Although the government tried its best to expand the pond and build new bathrooms, it still couldn't keep up with the population expansion of the capital.

Except for large institutions and large factories that have internal baths, other people can only solve the problem of bathing in public baths by relying on the welfare bath tickets issued and the bath tickets purchased by themselves.

This is equivalent to hundreds of bathhouses, responsible for the millions of people in the capital.

In addition, the price of bathing is too low.

The business situation of the bath industry is also quite embarrassing.

In fact, the more people take a bath, the more money the government loses, roughly [-] cents per person who takes a bath.

This has resulted in the limited financial resources of the industry, the inability to replace outdated equipment, and the shrinking of the industry, and the number of existing bathhouses has been repeatedly reduced.

It is conceivable that on weekends or holidays, especially at the end of the year, what will the bathroom look like?

Naturally it is overcrowded.

It often takes an hour or two in line to take a shower.

It is precisely because of this that all bathhouses gradually began to "take off the basket" in fashion.

That is, the bathhouse bought a kind of basket for picking rice in the south, so that people who don’t want to queue up to get a berth should go first after washing.

But even so, there was a large queue in the bathhouse, especially in the past few years when the educated youth returned to the city, which made this situation even more exacerbated.

That is, Bian Jianjun, the eldest son of Aunt Bian, happened to be burning a boiler in Tsinghua Pond, and an acquaintance took care of him.

These neighbors in the No. 2 courtyard of Shan'er Hutong will not worry too much about taking a shower.

Therefore, it cannot be said that Ning Weimin's concerns are unreasonable.

Because people like Kang Shude who regard "bathing" as a hobby are not willing to wash out the basket.

But what Ning Weimin didn't expect was that the old man hummed a few times with contempt, but didn't pay any attention to him at all.

He walked past the shoe-shine stall in the doorway, entered the second door again, and came to the window selling bath tickets, queuing behind the line of three or five people.

The most surprising thing is when buying tickets.

Ning Weimin was still rushing to pay fifty cents, but he didn't expect the old man to block his hand and hand over two dollars to the inside.

"Come on a pair. Four tickets."

And the person standing behind the old man couldn't help but let out a "ho".

(End of this chapter)