Chapter 12 two

August is summer vacation, and according to my life credo, vacation should be rest.But this summer vacation, I took part in a hot spring trip. The root cause of the trip was Chitanda, the president of the Ancient Books Research Society. During this summer vacation, an incident related to all members of the Ancient Books Research Institute, which Satoshi called "Hyogo" was resolved.And this incident has a deep connection with Chitanda.After the incident was resolved, Chitanda planned this hot spring camp to thank us for our hard work.Although I, who didn't want to go out at all, would definitely not agree to this plan, but I was forced to participate in it in a daze.

Starting from Shenshan City, after an hour and a half by car, we came to Caiqian Village.Who doesn't know that the accommodation doesn't cost money.It turned out that Ibara's relatives were running a homestay in Caiqian Village, and it happened that the decoration did not accept guests, so we were able to stay for a few days for free. Although I'm not too afraid of taking transportation, the mountain road is too steep, and I was a little motion sick when I approached the destination.Later, we changed into the van parked in front of the bus stop by Ibara's relatives, and finally arrived at the homestay "Xishanzhuang".Having said that, when I came to the room allotted to me and sat by the window, the beauty outside swept away the discomfort and hardship of the journey.

There were about twenty stacks of rooms arranged for Satoshi and me, and it seemed a bit too big for just the two of us.Opening the wide window, I was shocked to see the lush green hillside just a short distance away.The white smoke rising from all around should be the steam rising from the hot spring.As far as architecture is concerned, there are a few hotels and families dotted along the zigzag county road, and a school can be seen a little farther away.I heard that because there are too few students, the building is shared by the primary and secondary schools.This environment may have brought a lot of inconvenience to local residents, but this inconvenience can arouse the feelings of travelers.Although I feel that I am not a person with rich emotions, I am not so dull that I cannot feel the emotion of travel.

“The room has a great view!” Satoshi from behind spoke up.I turned my head and responded: "It's not bad to come out and wander around like this once in a while. To put it extravagantly, this kind of place is more romantic when you come alone." There was a chuckle: "Houtaro, are you traveling alone? Don't be joking, you are not the person who can come up with such an elegant idea of ​​hot spring travel. If it weren't for Chitanda-san's proposal and Mayaka's relationship, you wouldn't You will come here, don't forget that." As Satoshi wanted, I pouted.When it comes to talking about poisonous tongue in the Ancient Books Research Club, Ibara must be the first one, and Satoshi's tongue is actually not too shy.What's even more infuriating is that there was nothing wrong with what he said.In fact, I really wouldn't come to Caiqian Village spontaneously.

In this way, perhaps I should thank Chitanda that I was able to really come to Saizen Village and experience this beautiful scenery firsthand. There was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, followed by a rough knock on the door. "time to eat!" Ihara's voice. Then, probably trying to imitate Ibara, Chitanda's voice also came: "Dinner is ready!" "...It's time for dinner, let's go quickly." Under the urging, I could only leave the window sill without a word.There's nothing wrong with the hot spring itself, it's just that being around these people all the time is not comforting.The smell of cheese came from downstairs.Is it milk soup or baked vegetables for dinner?If it is a little extravagant, it may be cheese fondue, which should be almost the same.I took a deep breath and let it out again.

The homestay "Xishanzhuang" consists of two buildings: one is the annex building where we are staying, and the other is the main building that is being renovated. Although there are primary and secondary buildings, the main annex buildings are basically the same size.The two buildings are connected by a corridor. If you have a bird's-eye view of the building as a whole, you should be able to see a Chinese character "冂". Both buildings are wooden buildings with two floors each.Stepping in the hallway, the wooden floor will creak.There is only one staircase to both floors.Chitanda and Ihara's rooms were arranged at the end of the second floor, and Satoshi and I were in the room outside them.The guest room is very spacious, not to mention four people, even if doubled to accommodate eight people, it is more than enough, but these are not important.

Because the stairs are relatively steep, you still have to be a little careful when going downstairs. Originally, the restaurant was supposed to be on the first floor of the main building, but unfortunately it was being renovated there, so we went to eat in the Japanese room on the first floor of the annex building.Opening the shoji door with Mount Fuji painted on it, Chitanda, Ibara, and the two daughters of the hotel owner had already been seated in a brown-colored room. The B&B sisters sat facing Chitanda and Ibara, but the upper and lower seats were empty.Dinner hasn't started yet, it looks like they are waiting for us, how polite.I sat down on the cushion in front of me, and Satoshi took the upper seat, but no one in the room seemed to care about the division of seats.

Six people sat together, and the space of the low table seemed a bit cramped.Contrary to my expectations, the dishes on the table turned out to be vegetable salad, grilled willow fish, pork cold dish and miso soup made of fried tofu with radish.There is already rice in the wooden bowl.But I can definitely smell the cheese aroma just now.So what's going on here?I looked around and muttered, "Still baking cheesecake?" "Ah, did you find out?" The girl with medium-length hair suddenly laughed.She has a relatively low seat height and a relatively short stature. With her big pupils, rimless glasses, and that romantic smile, she gives the overall impression of being very small.The girl was wearing a thin T-shirt and short jeans. As expected of a relative, sitting next to Ibara was like a sister.Ihara was also wearing a T-shirt and denim shorts, maybe it was because of the similar clothing that gave me a similar illusion.

Having said that, in my perception, Ihara hasn't changed much since elementary school.If the two are called sisters side by side, Ibara looks more like a younger sister—although I won't say it out. This very enthusiastic girl is one of the sisters of the homestay "Xishanzhuang", known well as Lihui. "It's amazing, it's the same as Sister Maya said!" Ihara, what nonsense are you talking about again! ? By the way, sitting next to Rie is a girl with a ponytail.More correctly, that posture is already considered stiff.She seemed to be a little skeptical of us guests.Born in the family of the service industry, is it really okay to be like this-I can't help worrying.

The girl's introverted and shy personality, and her weak appearance without smiling are all different from her sister, but as far as I saw just now, her standing height is not much different from Rie.I saw her wearing long sleeves. Although the texture seemed to be quite thin, I still felt hot when I looked at it.It is said that she will enter junior high school next year. At this age, she has a physique similar to that of Li Hui, who is in the second year of junior high school this year. This should be considered relatively well-developed among her peers.By the way, this girl's name is Yoshina Kayo.

"Then let's eat!" Compared to a guest, Ibara behaved more like a host.Hearing that everyone broke off the disposable chopsticks one after another and began to eat, Chitanda clasped his hands together, as usual.The parents of the two sisters were not there, so they probably ate in the main building.If there were two more people, the room would not be able to accommodate them. The first is the miso soup, I sip it... As expected of the business, the taste is good.Next is the grilled willow fish. Although it may not be real willow fish, for me, this kind of elastic taste is enough. Rie listened with great interest to Ibara's high school life, Kayo asked Chitanda's name cautiously, Satoshi kept smiling and interrupted occasionally, while I liked the taste of the long-lost willowbayu, silently to eat. "...Next, it's like this..." Maybe it was the time to talk, Lie took the chopsticks and began to gesture in mid-air.Although this kind of behavior is very indecent when eating, but why do I care about the etiquette of other families? At this time, Rie reached for the spoon in the salad bowl, and Kayo happened to reach for the pork cold dish with his chopsticks.The two reached out their hands almost at the same time.Rie's wrist touched Kayo, and Kayo pressed the pork chopsticks against the bowl of miso soup, and the soup bowl shook violently.I, who was watching the whole process from the side, felt that it was already too late when I was in a bad mood. The miso soup in the bowl splashed out, and Kayo exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah!" "Ah, what are you doing!" Rika frowned and said.I can't see who is wrong... "Yes, sorry, sister!" Kayo apologized while reaching for the rag.Because it was a little far away, Chitanda picked it up and handed it over. "Give." "Thank you, thank you!" Rie said something like "be careful".After Kayo wiped up the spilled miso soup, I stretched out my chopsticks to the willowfish again.Thinking about it, I am nothing more than greedy for game, which should be the so-called "luxury".