Chapter 39 first quarter

The train was so crowded that it was difficult to stop.Most of them are buyers or single helpers doing black market business.If it weren't for Yuzo Tokimura and Eiko, who had been sitting before driving, it would have been impossible to find a seat.They took this bus for almost ten hours. Yuzo finally came out of the station, but his body didn't seem to belong to him.After the handcuffs and shackles are suddenly lifted, maybe you will feel this way.I was numb and felt nothing.It's hard to stand for so long, but it's just as hard to sit still and not move. It was a time when there were no taxis when I boarded a bus that still only had a stop in front of the station.If there is a rental car or taxi, no matter how expensive it is, I am willing to call one.The wallet is bulging.

The old bus walked on the dilapidated road for a long time.When I came to the uphill road, I could see the stream beside me, but because I had to stop with difficulty, I didn't want to look through the car window at all.The bus was packed with buyers.After getting off the bus at the hot spring street at the destination, it took a while to recover. Coming out of the bus station is a gentle uphill road, with hotels lined up on both sides.A big river appears and disappears behind the house. Almost half of the hotel doors are closed.It does not accept new arrivals.The door was open, but there was no shadow of a maid.Every family seems to deliberately not give customers a good look.Some, there are also self-catering residents on the second floor, who are cooking with pots on the stove.

Yongzao asked three or four hotels, but was declined all of them—not coldly, but with regretful eyes.They also knew that the one who made such a rare and fine dress bravely this year must be a good guest.It is the full house that makes them regret.Not only in this rural hot spring town, but also in Tokyo, Yuzo's outfit is also eye-catching.Yingzi is also wearing new clothes.Such guests are rare. Before boarding the train, Yong Zao thought that he would be accepted with his demeanor.No matter how unreasonable the asking price is, he doesn't care.The travel bag in my hand was also bought from an American officer of the occupying army, and it is brand new made in the United States.

After searching for less than thirty minutes, I finally found a hotel. "Excuse me, do you bring any rice?" The people in the hotel asked as usual. "No. But if you can help us figure out a way, the price is negotiable." Yong Zao tried his best to put on a kind smile. This hotel is quite large and must have been first class since before the war.The proprietress was called out by the maid, and upon seeing the appearance of the two, she immediately agreed to accept the pair of guests.The maid opened her eyes and looked at the shoes that Yuzo took off. Introduced into a fine room.It is very old, but it has about ten seats, plus a small hall of four and a half seats.The carvings on the railings are also extremely fine.The reason why this hotel has an empty room is to wait for guests like him.

"How much is the accommodation?" Yong Zao asked the maid who brought the tea. "Because prices have been rising frequently recently, so..." The maid explained that it was really inconvenient to provide accommodation at the official price. "Of course I understand this. I am very satisfied with such a nice room, so don't hesitate to tell me." The maid said one amount, but Yong Zao offered to pay double.The maid was taken aback and left; then the landlady who had just met at the entrance came upstairs specially to express her gratitude so graciously.Yong Zao gave a tip generously.This tip was exactly the accommodation fee that the maid had just proposed.

Yong Zao feels that money is really worthless.He is really the source of living water, and the wealth is rolling in.As long as he is busy moving.It's been three years since I lived like this.The woman was brought here just to breathe a sigh of relief. Yuzo lived in Yokosuka until the end of the war.He was an employee of the Naval Munitions Depot.He is smooth and smooth, and he is favored by the chief.When the war was defeated, the Yokosuka tutelary fortress was also in chaos. At that moment, he used the name of "letting the collar" move out a large amount of materials from the warehouse.Of course, this is from the good intentions of the officers, but those officers have all fallen into a state of self-abandonment.He started a black market business.On the surface, it is a "waste recycling industry", but in fact it is a black market transaction of "released" military supplies.

This business has continued to the present, and the scale has also expanded several times.Making money is so easy.Since the navy's munitions were of the highest quality, all the black market brokers flocked to him.At that time, metal products were the most scarce, so his goods have a special value.For example, iron wires are all plated with lead, shining brightly.In addition, the flight suits, military boots, and cold-proof supplies are all almost brand new. In this way, he can do whatever he wants with whatever he wants.Items that other black market dealers cannot obtain, he can easily obtain.The goods he owns attract other good goods.His store name is "Tokimura Chamber of Commerce" in the waste recycling industry. There are more than 20 shop assistants, and it is a stately business name.Although he was reported by the police more than once for violating the commodity control law, he gave some gifts to the police officers every time, exempting him from confiscation and economic crimes.If you can't hide from the time, let the staff take the blame.

Although money is easy to earn, the black market business is gradually coming to an end.The naval supplies that were brought out when the war was defeated were long gone, but the exchange of supplies was still going smoothly. The goods are getting less and less, and the bottom of the black market business can be seen.When it came time to plan the next step, but because of the inertia along the way, he still had a sense of nothingness about money.No matter how much banknotes come in, you can't feel the actual feeling of value.To him, the only value is to get Yingzi. Yingzi had another good man.Unavoidably, she was also tempted by money.It is Yingzi, a woman's body, that makes Yongzao realize the value of money for the first time.At a time when the value of everything was fluctuating, she was the only one who had convinced him of the exact value.

The service of the hotel is really nothing to say.In the past, Yuzo ate black market rice every day, so he didn't take white rice seriously, but the rice here is the famous "Shounai rice" or "Sendai rice", and the thin lenten rice that was eaten in Tokyo and brought in from the suburbs The rice is not the same.In addition to fish, it is also river fish and seafood from the Shiogama area, and there are as many as you want.Since the hotel recognized that he was a rich guest, it did not hesitate to provide this type of cuisine.The wild vegetables are also delicious.Although the wine is a local product, but because it does not seep water, it is also a good drink.Both Yongzao and Yingzi feasted on the pre-war food that had not been seen for a long time.In addition, the hot springs are filled in the bath all the time.Even at night, the hot springs are constantly flowing.It was like heaven.

However, such a life may not necessarily keep a person's mood at peace.Yongzao and Yingzi had a quarrel over a trivial matter.Probably it started because of Yingzi's lover.On the second night after arriving at the hotel, the two slept with their backs to each other for a night. The next morning, Yingzi was still unhappy, and Yongzao's anger was still there. It's still spring season.Tokyo happened to be when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, but here it was a full twenty days late.The mountain face also has a touch of yellow. Yong Zao left Ying Zi behind and went out by himself.Wearing a leather jacket, I walked up the slope of the hot spring street, and then went down to the river.He crossed the bridge, wandered slowly and came to the lonely wilderness without knowing it.