The Pentium Era - South to North

The room was so big that it was almost empty. There was no furniture in a Japanese room. In the middle of the tatami, there was a long varnished black table. There was a chair on each side of the table. Outside, there is a short screen in the corner, with meticulous paintings of flowers and birds on it.

Facing the door, the wooden lattice and paper shoji were opened, and outside was a rectangular cubicle. On the tatami of the cubicle, there were a coffee table and four chairs. There were tea sets on the coffee table. To the outside of the cubicle was The entire surface is covered with glass, and outside the glass is an exquisite Japanese-style dry landscape garden. The garden is covered with white sand and decorated with stone groups and pine trees. It is simple, ethereal, and Zen-like.

The glass can be pushed and pulled, and after pulling it open, you can walk into the courtyard outside.

This small side courtyard only belongs to this room. It is different from the central courtyard connected to the hotel lobby. The gardening method is different. The atrium is a combination of a mountain courtyard and a pool garden, with rockeries, flowing water, small bridges, trees and pavilions. Exquisite and complicated, it looks a bit lively, but the dry landscape here can make people calm down at a glance.

Drinking tea in the face of this kind of scenery can bring out as much insight as possible.

The female general led Zhang Xiangbei and introduced him to the facilities in the room. In a Japanese-style house, the walls are covered with push-pull shoji screens, which hide all the mess behind the shoji screens. There are endless mysteries behind the shoji screens.

The female general opened a screen, and Zhang Xiangbei saw that inside was a wardrobe with a nightgown hanging on it. Zhang Xiangbei put the backpack in, closed it, and couldn't see anything. Then he opened another door, which was a storage cabinet. Mattresses and quilts were packed inside.

What was opened next was a water dispenser and a wine cabinet. The wine cabinet contained red wine, Japanese sake, mineral water, and beverages. The female general told Zhang Xiangbei that if she wanted ice cubes, please call the front desk.

The female general then opened the screen, and Zhang Xiangbei saw that it was actually the door of the bathroom. The bathroom inside was divided into three parts. When you enter, you will find the washroom. The door next to the washroom is the bathroom, and the door opposite is the bathroom. , is an independent toilet room. If two people live here, one person sitting on the toilet will not affect the other person's washing.

In other words, while one person is washing, another person can take a shower inside without disturbing each other. Zhang Xiangbei feels that this design is still very user-friendly.

The female general led Zhang Xiangbei to the back of the screen and opened the screen. Zhang Xiangbei was immediately delighted.

He saw another small courtyard outside. When he walked out, he saw a square pavilion. Under the pavilion, there was an open-air circular hot spring pool. On the edge of the pool was a ground paved with cobblestones and wooden boards. There was a circle of pool edges and three Two-thirds are made of shiny and dull copper, and the other third are piled pebbles extending into the water.

A wooden water tank protrudes from the pebbles. From the mouth of the water tank, hot spring water gurgls into the pool.

Outside the layers of pebbles, there is a low wall and green trees. Even if you soak in the pool during the day, the entire pool and the people in the pool are hidden in the shadow of the pavilion and trees. Outside the low wall, there is a moss-covered landscape. The other side of the rock wall of the mountain behind, which is connected to the dry landscape garden, is separated by a dense wooden fence.

This was a private open-air bath belonging to this room. It was warm and private. Zhang Xiangbei immediately thought of how great it would be if Xiang Nan was here, so they could soak in the hot spring pool all day long.

Zhang Xiangbei was very satisfied with the room. The female general who served him could not speak Chinese, but she could speak English. There was no barrier to communication between the two. The hotel included breakfast and dinner. The female general asked Zhang Xiangbei to set the time for breakfast and dinner. , Zhang Xiangbei set a timetable of nine o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening.

The female general told Zhang Xiangbei that if there were any changes, please tell her or the front desk. Zhang Xiangbei nodded and said yes.

The female general then asked Zhang Xiangbei if he had any taboos. Zhang Xiangbei said no. I am an omnivore and can eat anything.

The female general smiled and asked: "Sir, do you have any preferences?"

Zhang Xiangbei thought for a moment and said it was spicy, so spicy that it could kill you.

The female general laughed and said yes, I will remember it, sir.

After settling Zhang Xiangbei, Lao Qiao was about to drive back to Tokyo. Zhang Xiangbei saw him out. They passed through the central courtyard and reached the lobby. Mr. Jiaowei was still waiting for them here. When he saw them coming, he came forward to greet them. Ask, are you satisfied with the room?

Zhang Xiangbei said he was satisfied, very good.

"So Mr. Zhang has decided to live here?" Jiao Wei asked.

Zhang Xiangbei is right.

Jiao Wei seemed to be relieved and laughed happily. He exchanged business cards with Zhang Xiangbei and said to Zhang Xiangbei, whether you are in a hotel or in town, if anything happens, Mr. Zhang, you must call me. Telephone.

Zhang Xiangbei said yes.

Jiao Wei and Lao Qiao said, "Don't worry, you and your sister. I will take good care of Mr. Zhang when he is with us."

Jiao Wei asked Zhang Xiangbei if he had any needs. Zhang Xiangbei said, "Nothing else. I just want to stop being so polite and bowing all the time. If you bow, I will give you one in return. I haven't even bowed in a year." This is more than a day.

Both Jiao Wei and Lao Qiao laughed. Jiao Wei said yes, and after saying that, he still bent down habitually, and he also laughed.

Lao Qiao and Zhang Xiangbei said: "Don't worry about him, you can do whatever you want."

"Any more, Mr. Zhang?" Jiao Wei asked.

"Also, can you please stop calling me Mr. Zhang? You can call me..." Zhang Xiangbei thought for a moment and said, "Same as Lao Qiao, you call me buddy, and I call you Lao Jiao."

Jiao Wei said yes and said "buddy" in Chinese, and Zhang Xiangbei gave him a thumbs up.

In addition to the private baths in the rooms, the hotel also has public baths. Everyone here probably regards hot spring bathing as their own social activity. The public baths are open from 3 pm to 10:30 am the next day. , now it happened to be time for rest and for the waiters to clean and disinfect, so Lao Jiao took them over to take a look.

The entrance to the bathroom is very simple. There are two door frames side by side. There is no door. A curtain hangs from the door frame. The curtain only has the upper half and the lower half is empty. On the white curtain, it says "Women's Soup". "Two words, the brown piece has the words "Men's Soup" written on it.

Lao Jiao and Zhang Xiangbei said that the place will be rotated every day. Today it is the men's soup, and tomorrow it is the women's soup.

"Is it the same as the outdoor soup in town?" Zhang Xiangbei said, and the old focus nodded.

This saves trouble. Just hang two curtains and replace the men's and women's bathrooms.

One room inside is a large circular pool, and the other is rectangular. The outside of each pool is covered with floor-to-ceiling glass. Outside the glass is a courtyard. In the courtyard, there is a round open-air hot spring outside the round pool, and there is a rectangular outdoor hot spring outside. A rectangular open-air hot spring.

Zhang Xiangbei didn't go out to take a look. He thought to himself that he must be the one in the room and wouldn't come here. I don't like this kind of bare-butt social activities. This is too frank. I can't stand it. .

Back in the lobby, Lao Jiao gave Zhang Xiangbei a plastic envelope. Inside the envelope was a barcode. With this barcode, all the soup restaurants on the street could scan the code and enter for free. There was a rope on the envelope that could be hung on the neck.

Zhang Xiangbei saw a small wooden sign hanging next to the service counter. The wooden sign was very delicate, with thick black characters written in calligraphy on it. Zhang Xiangbei asked what it was, and Lao Jiao said, this is the soup outside every restaurant. When the soup is opened every day, it will be given to the first customer to come, two pieces a day, one piece for men and women. This is a customer who was lucky enough to get it and forgot it in the room. Hang it here to prevent him from coming back to get it.

"How long has it been since you fell here?" Zhang Xiangbei asked.

"More than two years." Lao Jiao said.

Zhang Xiangbei almost laughed, "Okay, you guys are awesome. It's been more than two years. Do you think any idiot would remember to pick up such a small wooden sign?"

Zhang Xiangbei smiled and said nothing. He was also serious and teasing was inappropriate, he told himself.

Zhang Xiangbei and Lao Jiao sent Lao Qiao out. The young man immediately came over with their leather shoes. The shoes had been polished. Lao Jiao asked Zhang Xiangbei:

"Dude, are you going to take to the streets?"

Zhang Xiangbei shook his head and said, "Just send Lao Qiao to the gate."

Lao Jiao said something to the young man, and the young man immediately took away his leather shoes and brought over a pair of clogs. Are they so clearly distinguished? Zhang Xiangbei almost laughed again.

The three of them walked to the gate. Lao Qiao and Zhang Xiangbei said, "You live here and you want to go back. Call me and I will come and pick you up."

Zhang Xiangbei said no, why do you have to travel such a long way? I can just take the train back to Tokyo. You have to ask for leave when you come, which is troublesome.

Lao Jiao said, I will take my buddy to the station, don't worry, just remember to pick him up at the station.

Zhang Xiangbei looked at the two of them and said, you are all my nanny, do you treat me like a child?

The two of them laughed, and Lao Jiao said that they were both guests and friends. It was normal for a friend to give him a gift after he left.

Lao Qiao and Zhang Xiangbei hugged each other, and then left. His car was parked at the other end of the town, and he was going through the entire town.

Zhang Xiangbei looked at Lao Qiao's back and felt a little reluctant. Counting that they had only been together for less than four days this time, it felt like a long time had passed. When they were studying in the past, they were separated and reunited. When we meet at the beginning of school, everyone says "hi" to each other. During the holidays, we wave and say goodbye. It's very free and easy.

Zhang Xiangbei wondered if he was really old and had become a veteran cadre. He hid in a corner of the Japanese countryside, isolated himself from the world, and became sentimental.

Zhang Xiangbei returned to the room. He saw that just as he was leaving, the female general came in. She spread a piece of cloth on the tatami next to the long table, with a set of clothes neatly folded on the cloth. A yukata for him to go to town, a cloth bag for a change of clothes, a new pair of socks, and a new pair of shorts, the shorts were exactly his size.

Zhang Xiangbei wanted to soak in the hot springs first, and then go out for a walk and have lunch. He didn't want to go to the outdoor hot springs. Anyway, he had already seen it. He was still not used to being honest with others. He was in the bath in this room. Here, it’s pretty good.

Zhang Xiangbei sat in the bath, and then he discovered that the seemingly random pebbles piled up on the edge of the pool were actually very particular. They were uneven in the water, making it very comfortable to sit and lean on. place, and that piece of stone with a flat upper part is clearly a stone table.

Zhang Xiangbei was overjoyed. He came out of the pool, dried himself with a bath towel, and walked to the wine cabinet. He wanted to get the wine, but after thinking about it, he didn't take it. He walked to the coffee table outside, took the teapot and made a pot of tea. Holding the teapot and cup, he thought for a while, opened the screen again, took out the cup of "Josaki Referee" from his backpack, and put his mobile phone into the tray.

Zhang Xiangbei carried the tray back to the edge of the hot spring pool, placed the tray on the pebbles, and sat back in the pool, drinking tea and reading a book. He didn't recognize any Japanese in the book, so he looked at the illustrations inside. , and deliberately sprinkled water on it with his hands. As expected, the paper of this book is really not wet.

Zhang Xiangbei put down the book, picked up the phone, and saw that it was past ten o'clock. At this time, Xiangnan must be in her own office. Zhang Xiangbei opened WeChat and requested a voice call. Xiangnan picked up the call. Xiangbei asked:

"Is there anyone in your office?"

"No, what's wrong?" Xiang Nan asked.

"In the video, I'm taking a hot spring bath. Let me show you. This is the hot spring in my room." Zhang Xiangbei said.

Xiangnan ended the call and then requested a video. Zhang Xiangbei pressed accept, and Xiangnan's face appeared on the screen.

Xiangnan chuckled and cursed lightly: "Zhang Xiangbei, what's wrong with you? It's past ten o'clock in the morning. What kind of hot spring are you soaking in?"

"It's normal. People here are soaking in hot springs all day long. Let me show you whether the hot spring pool in this room is beautiful."

"Not bad." Xiangnan nodded, "Zhang Xiangbei?"

"what?"

"Put the camera down."

"What's going down?"

"Camera, look down at me."

down? What are you looking down at? Zhang Xiangbei lowered the camera away from his face and onto his chest.

"Go further down." Xiang Nan said.

Still going down? Zhang Xiangbei was a little puzzled. When he saw Xiang Nan's face turning red, he understood and cursed: "Going further, what do you want to see?"

Xiang Nan giggled.

"Rogue." Zhang Xiangbei cursed.

"You're just a gangster, what do you think? Come and beat me up." Xiang Nan chuckled.

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