Chapter 27 "Second Bloody Mary"

In Haruki Murakami's works, cigarettes and alcohol appear almost every time. The male protagonists almost all smoke, and some women smoke in the articles.Different brands of cigarettes and different smoking situations are noteworthy in Murakami's works.Compared with cigarettes, the appearance of alcohol is not too much, with beer appearing most often, and other things such as whiskey, wine and various mixed drinks are also seen from time to time.Cigarettes and alcohol seem to be indispensable elements in the life of the protagonist of the article. Although they are not mentioned very seriously, they often appear in some casual places. It can be said that it is very natural to light a cigarette or go to a bar drinking beer.The following will sort out some descriptions of tobacco and alcohol that appear in Haruki Murakami's works.

1. I put them on the left side of the table with the label "Due on a certain day of the month", and after a necessary period of processing, move to the right.And every time you finish one piece, you drink up a finger-width worth of whiskey. () 2 I gave up halfway through the coffee, took out a crumpled cigarette from my pocket, and lit it with a paper match I couldn't remember ever seeing. () 3 The man took out a second cigarette from the pack, smoothed the tip with his fingertips and put it in his mouth.It didn't fire. () 4. Get out of the bathroom and sit on the sofa in the living room, smoking a morning cigarette.There are still three packs of Lark cigarettes in the backpack, and the others are gone.If you finish smoking these, you will have to quit smoking in the future. ()

5 I have no choice but to take out ice cubes from the refrigerator and mix a glass of Old Crow with ice cubes to drink.It was getting dark too, and I thought it would be all right to start drinking whiskey. () 6 Fill a wide glass with three or four ice cubes and fill with strong amber whiskey.So the white water of the ice cubes, swimming slippery for a moment before mixing with the amber color of the whiskey, is really beautiful. () 7 After dinner, she cleaned up the tableware and wiped the table, then she took out Marlboro's cigarette case out of nowhere, picked one up, and lit it with a match. ()

8 Sister Reiko and I drank wine again. After the wine was finished, we shared the remaining brandy in the kettle. () 9 She fell silent.I drank my whiskey and ordered a refill.And ordered a second Bloody Mary for her too. () 10 She took off her fur coat and hung it on a hanger, lighting the gas stove.Then I got Virginia Slim's cigarette case from somewhere, put one in my mouth, and lit the cigarette coolly with a paper match. () 11 I didn't say anything more, just nodded and just took a sip of Vodka gimlet. () 12 Kasahara May took out the Short Hope cigarette pack from her shorts pocket and lit it with a paper match.She smoked in silence for a while, and finally kept looking at my face. ()

13 He brought a bottle of fine Scotch whiskey and a gift box of kamaboko bought in Odawara as gifts.My uncle and I sat on the porch eating kamaboko and drinking whiskey. () 14 I put the flashlight horizontally on the table, adjust my breathing, and mix the wine in that light.Open the Cutty Sark bottle, put ice cubes in the glass with an ice tong, and pour the whiskey. ()