Chapter 19 Chapter two

"Wow, it's really nostalgic." Ryoko Mizuhara sighed standing in front of the Sento ① of "Goldfish Soup". "It's rare that you, Xiao Ruoyue and Xiao Mao can come here once." Grandma said in a gentle tone. Everything is as before.The entrance of the wind-breaking building with stacked black bricks and tiles, the door curtain dyed with the words "Goldfish Soup", and the huge chimney standing under the night sky.When I was young, every time I came to my grandmother's house, I would be brought here by my grandmother with my cousins ​​like now.Although my grandmother's house also has a bathroom, but my grandmother still prefers this spacious bath.

①Sentou (せんとう, sentou): public bath. Go through the door curtain, take off your shoes and put them in the wooden shed.On the paper pasted on the wall, it was written in bright pen and ink: "7:00 to 9:00 in the morning and 5:00 to 12:00 in the evening". He rattled open the steam-covered glass door and walked towards the dressing room next to the counter.Warm air instantly surrounded the almost frozen body.Sitting at the counter was an old woman with glasses and wrinkled face. She said "Welcome" to the place without emotion. I remember this old woman sitting at the counter when I was young.How old are you now?

There were about five guests in the dressing room.Women of all ages, from children under the age of ten to the elderly in their seventies, take off their clothes here.There are weighing scales and drink vending machines in the corner of the room. Mineral water, tea, juice and fruit milk are all available.When I was a child, when I came to Sento to take a bath, I always looked forward to asking my grandmother to buy fruit milk for myself to drink.Recalling the sweet taste of drinking with my cousins ​​at that time. I've decided, I'll buy it and drink it after I take a shower. Take off your clothes and put them in the closet.The same narrow wardrobe as before, especially in this winter, where there are a lot of coats, sweaters, etc., making the wardrobe so stuffed that even the door is difficult to close.

Lock the door of the closet and put the key on the plastic cord and hang it on the wrist.Together with her grandmother, Ryoko walked into the bath with towels, body wash, shampoo and conditioner.Part of the wall is a huge tank, in which several goldfish are swimming slowly.This is where the name of the sento comes from. Sit in a row in front of the faucet, apply shampoo and start rinsing.Glancing at grandma, she saw that she was wiping her body with a towel, just like a young girl in bud.At this time, I suddenly wanted to ask my grandmother something: "Grandma, who is your first love?"

Grandma smiled and said, "Well...Although it's not my first love, there is indeed a man who made me feel very handsome for the first time." "Who is it? Could it be, grandpa?" "It's a pity. Meeting your grandpa was years after meeting that man." "When did you meet that man?" "When I was sixteen. When the girls were in the fourth grade." "What kind of person is that? What does he look like?" Ryoko asked so much that she forgot to wash her body.The grandmother slowly closed her eyes and said, "It's like a person walking out of a movie screen. He is very handsome and personable. However, it is not the appearance that makes me handsome, but the person's mind. He He is really a smart person. He solved the problem that no one can solve at once."

"Grandma used to like smart people very much. Grandpa is also very smart. Is that person a teacher at a girls' school?" "No, I don't know who it is. It didn't take long after he appeared, and he left as soon as the problem was solved. He didn't even leave his name. I only saw him once." "Hey, why is this? Isn't that a weirdo? What's the problem you're talking about?" "Something related to your work, Xiao Liang." "I worked?" When I was about to ask in detail, a voice suddenly sounded loudly from behind: "Oh, Xiao Liang? Isn't this Xiao Liang?"

Looking at it, it was a woman in her fifties with a perm, who suddenly stepped forward.If I remember correctly, she is a neighbor who lives near my grandmother's house, and her speaking features are like machine guns.I used to see her a lot when I was a kid visiting my grandmother's house.Since she did not have children, Ryoko and her cousins ​​were very loved by her at that time, and they often received candies and juices from her. "I miss you so much. I haven't seen you for ten years? No, it's more than ten years. You are really getting more and more beautiful. You are so nice, and your skin is tender and supple. It's not like me..."

Interrupted by interruptions like bullets, as a result, I still didn't hear what happened to my grandmother in the past.