National Tide 1980

"How's it going? Isn't it nice here?"

While sitting on the bed outside and waiting, Kang Shude began to take off his shoes and asked Ning Weimin how he felt.

"Look at what you said, do you need to say this? It's definitely better than going to the big pool downstairs to take a bath. If you hadn't brought me here, I would never have imagined that there is such a comfortable place to take a bath in the capital."

The old man was amused, but he deliberately teased his apprentice.

"Comfortable is comfortable, but the ticket price is also expensive. It's 50 cents per person, twice as much as the big pool. And there is a time limit, one ticket only lasts forty minutes. If you want to have a good time, you have to be willing to spend the money. money."

Unexpectedly, Ning Weimin really didn't care.

"Let me tell you, no wonder you bought four tickets. But I still feel that the money is not wasted. Why don't I pay for the bath? Who am I to open my eyes to you..."

With that said, he sat down on the bed outside and started to change his shoes.

Soon, the heartfelt emotion came out again.

"Look, even the 'Quata Baner' here is different. It's a real pair. It's all the same in the big pool. What do you call this? It's called a pair that doesn't cost money."

"Hahaha……"

Not only did the old man laugh, but his words also made the waiter laugh.

"Is this your first time here? Then I have to say that you have come to the right place to take a shower today. I am not exaggerating. No matter who you are, you must have taken a shower upstairs in our house once in your life. Then Only then can you truly take a shower."

"Why? Just because our bathing facilities in Tsinghua University are the best and most complete. The bathtubs and faucets in this room were all imported from the 'German Big Nose' decades ago. You can be all over the capital." Even if you look for it, you won’t be able to find a bathhouse as high-end as ours.”

"How about the Capital Hotel? I heard that there is a gilded faucet there. But that is not a place for bathing after all. In terms of bathing, it is not as good as here. Besides, how much does it cost to stay there for a night? Isn't it? As for the other large baths, just Not to mention. Compared with us, they are all juniors."

"So whether the price is expensive or not depends on how you say it. Anyway, the price of bathing in the whole city is the same. If the financial conditions are limited and the big pond is without a basket, the owner is willing to make do with it. No matter where he goes to wash the pond, he will feel It’s expensive. But if you’re a particular person and are willing to spend more money to take a comfortable bath, then you’ll feel it’s worth the money if you take a bath with us.”

"The old man who brought you here seems to be a knowledgeable and fastidious person. How about buying four tickets at once?"

Speaking of which, the waiter actually went to ask Kang Shude.

"Have you been to our place in the past? Are you old man? In my impression, I seem to have seen you a few times..."

Is it true or not? Anyway, this master is quite capable, loves to chat, and is good at flattering people.

This also attracted Kang Shude's words.

"I have been here before, but you have never seen me. Because I was still young at that time. Back then, it cost two yuan to rent a single room like this, but it had to be silver dollars."

"I still remember that at that time, you had a telephone and a record player upstairs. As for the private bathroom, it was separated by a wooden wall painted with cream paint, not a brick wall like now. "

"Speaking of the wooden wall, it is the most convenient thing here. Because it is movable and can be pushed and pulled. If there are a large number of customers, the partition wall of the room will not become an obstacle to communication. It can be completely These plank walls are pushed away.”

"In this way, two, three, or even more single rooms will immediately become one large room. Even if seven or eight guests want to talk, they can all wash up in one room..."

When Kang Shude said this, the waiter heartily agreed.

"Yes, yes, you are too old, and you are right. It was really like that in the past. It was still like that when I came to be an apprentice. But then we changed it here. First, because such sliding doors are so old It’s broken and difficult to repair. Secondly, it’s because that kind of bathing method is no longer recommended. No one comes here in groups to hold ‘bathing parties’ anymore…”

They said it very casually, as if it were normal.

But it was different when Ning Weimin heard it, and he was quite surprised.

Because he really didn't expect that people in the past would have such business wisdom.

Isn't the principle of this sliding door partition similar to the multi-functional hall of a star-rated hotel in the future?

Is this where the idea originally came from?

If so, it would really make people give it a thumbs up.

Think about it, as long as such a wall is set up, the usage rate of the same place will be increased, and there is no need to set up a fixed number of private rooms at all.

No matter how many customers come, adjustments can be made at any time according to the situation.

As many people as they like can take a bath, they can talk as much as they like, and everyone has their own bathtub.

No matter from the perspective of the operator or the customer, it is cost-effective, convenient and hygienic.

But why is it that no one knows how to use such a simple and good method in the future?

It seems that people who take dry baths in the future are also the offspring of rats, and each litter is worse than the next.

…………

People these days only think of two things when doing things.

One is to recognize chatting, and the other is to recognize cigarettes.

Kang Shude had a good chat with the waiter.

Ning Weimin gave the pool cleaner and the waiter each a good cigarette - a pack of 30 cents and 40 cents per pack of Xiangshan.

To use the buzzword at this time, it is the success of "magnetization".

The most direct effect is that the registration time is not only delayed by ten minutes deliberately, but

And he also gave them a pot of incense tablets for free.

Look how appropriate this is.

Just like that, chatting and smoking.

Before you knew it, the tub had been scrubbed white and the hot water started to run.

So after the person cleaning the pool left the house, the waiter also went to make tea for Kang Shude and Ning Weimin.

The master and apprentice began to take off their clothes together, lock the cabinet, each took a towel, and went in to take a bath.

The water is really flushing and is quickly put away.

Ning Weimin helped Kang Shude get into the tub first, and then he lay down in it.

At this time, the benefits of each soaking are even more obvious, because the water temperature can be controlled by oneself.

You know, the traditional bathhouses in Beijing have three hot pools. The low temperature is around 30 degrees, and the hottest pool can reach over 60 degrees.

Kang Shude is an "old bather" who is very addicted to bathing and is afraid of low temperatures.

If he only wanted to take a bath, he had to get into the hottest steaming pool.

Just soak until you are sweating profusely and your whole body is red, so that your blood vessels can flow smoothly and your bones can relax.

This feeling was like drinking and smoking to him. He was addicted. If he didn't drink for a few days, he would feel bad all over.

But Ning Weimin can't do it. He doesn't have the old man's ability to withstand high temperatures.

To him, the high-temperature pool looked too much like a cauldron for something to be cooked.

Even if he only lowered one leg, he couldn't hold on for half a minute, and he felt as if his skin was about to be burned.

As for the pool with low water temperature, Ning Weimin also felt it was too dirty and neither dared nor wanted to stay in it.

So every time the two of them went to take a bath, the old man would soak in the pool alone, while Ning Weimin would only take a shower.

At most, after washing, I could sit by the pool and chat with the old man for a while.

Then he called the person who helped him with the bath, and he went to the bed outside to wait.

Therefore, the master and apprentice have never taken a bath together in a real sense.

But this time it was different.

When the master thinks the water is cold, he puts in hot water.

If Ning Weimin feels too hot, he can add cold water himself.

In the steaming heat, both of them can find their place and feel an ecstasy of extreme comfort.

So for a long time, none of them wanted to talk.

Everyone closed their eyes and seemed to have entered the divine realm.