The lobby of the Shinei Hot Spring Inn's is a triangular area.

On one side is a public bath and men's and women's changing rooms, as well as a general hall that can be used for meals and events.

On the other side are five separate guest rooms, each with an indoor hot spring bath, and a separate courtyard with an open-air hot spring pool. This is where the private baths come from, so if you don't like soaking in the hot springs in the public areas, you can spend the entire time in your own room during your hot spring trip.

Directly opposite the triangle at right angles is the front desk of the inn, and behind the front desk is the place where the hotel staff rests, as well as the kitchen, warehouse, and workshop.

The front desk was facing the door of the hotel, and Chen Shiling and a few people came to the hotel and found that there was no one in the huge front hall.

The entire building of the hotel is made of wood, which looks a little old, but it does not look dilapidated, and it can be seen that it has been carefully maintained, which adds a unique sense of antiquity and elegance.

Zhang Maosen came to the front desk and pressed a bell placed on the front desk for reminders.

A few crisp bells rang out, and at the same time, Zhang Maosen also shouted a few times to the passage behind the front desk, "すみません!" ”

A moment later, an old woman in a bathrobe appeared from behind the front desk.

The old woman Chen Shiling saw had silver hair and wrinkles on her face, which should be due to her age, her figure was a little rickety, she was always bent over, and she looked very tired and struggling when she walked.

Probably due to the low temperature in the mountains, the old man's yukata was thicker, and it looked like work clothes instead of what he saw in Tokyo.

Zhang Maosen stepped forward to talk with the old man and checked in.

The old man's voice was very vicissitudes, and his facial expression was a little stiff, giving people an uncomfortable and gloomy feeling. Fortunately, it was bright at this time, otherwise in this hotel in the deep mountains and old forests, if you met this old woman in the middle of the night, you would be shocked.

After checking in, the old woman led a few people to the guest room.

"This old man's name is Yazaki Mitsuki, and his husband's name is Yazaki Kazuhisa. This hotel belonged to the two of them, and now there are only two of them working here. ”

Zhang Maosen followed behind Xiaomi and talked to Chen Shiling and Yu Ping'an about what he had just learned.

"I'm so old and still have to work!"

Chen Shiling looked at the somewhat rickety figure in front of her and couldn't help but sigh.

"That's how the Japanese are, a lot of people in their eighties and nineties have to work, and running this kind of inn is an easy job."

Zhang Maosen has become accustomed to this situation.

At this moment, the door of the outermost room opened, and out of it came a woman pushing a wheelchair, and on the wheelchair sat a tightly wrapped person, who was wearing a hat, a scarf, and sunglasses, so that he could not see his appearance at all.

The middle-aged woman pushing a wheelchair, with long hair, heavy makeup, and black-framed glasses, has a somewhat fat figure, which can also be said to be burly, lacking the weakness of women.

When Xiaomi saw the guest, she greeted her warmly, and the woman bowed her head slightly and whispered a greeting, and then walked straight past several people in a wheelchair and walked towards the area of the public hot spring.

Seeing the woman walking away, Xiaomi began to talk angrily to Zhang Maosen.

Chen Shiling couldn't understand either, so she asked Yu Ping'an, "What did they say?" ”

"I don't understand either, this old man's accent is too strong, and he speaks fast."

Yu Ping'an can speak some Japanese, and he can communicate easily in Tokyo, but he can't do it at all here.

"She said that the woman's husband had a stroke, he was paralyzed and had difficulty moving, and they would come here every year to soak in the hot springs, saying that the hot springs here can treat men's strokes."

Zhang Maosen intimately told the two of them what Xiaomi had just said.

"No wonder it's so tightly covered! It turned out to be a patient. ”

Chen Shiling nodded and said.

While talking, the rooms of several people have arrived, Zhang Maosen has one room by himself, and Chen Shiling and Yu Ping'an have one room.

At this time, Chen Shiling realized that she was going to be in the same room with Yu Ping'an today.

I can't say whether it's anticipation or nervousness, but my heartbeat is inexplicably a little faster, and my face feels a little feverish.

"Yu Dong, you take a rest for a while, and before dinner, I will call you, let's go to the public hot spring to take a dip."

Zhang Maosen talked about the arrangements for the evening.

Chen Shiling and Yu Ping'an nodded yes.

A few people said goodbye to Xiaomi, and then they went into their rooms.

This room is spacious, a Japanese-style room, with only a square table and a few futons on the tatami mats.

There is also a separate toilet and bathroom, and through the door inside the house, you can enter a small courtyard with a hot spring pool for two or three people to soak together. The courtyard is a typical Japanese garden enclosed by a wooden grille.

"This next door should be someone else's yard."

Chen Shiling looked at the wooden grille of some age and said to Yu Ping'an.

"It should be!"

Yu Ping'an looked up at the mist rising next door and said to Chen Shiling.

"It's not soundproof! The level of privacy is not too good! ”

Chen Shiling said, and some inappropriate pictures flashed in her mind inexplicably.

"It's just soaking in the hot springs, there won't be any sound, don't be so loud when you speak, the next door shouldn't be able to hear it."

Yu Ping'an disagreed.

Chen Shiling felt a little fever on her face, and hurriedly diverted the topic, "Look at the mountain behind, it's really steep!" It's a little scary, if a stone rolls down the mountain or something, it's miserable! ”

The small courtyard is directly opposite the steep mountain wall, almost at a 90-degree angle to the ground.

Yu Ping'an also looked at the steep mountain wall, nodded and said, "Indeed, it looks quite dangerous." Fortunately, the mountains are densely wooded, so it is generally not easy to have mudslides or anything. ”

"Didn't Manager Zhang say it was going to rain? It hasn't gotten up all the time! ”

Chen Shiling continued.

"Yes! You can also go to the open-air hot spring for a while, but if it rains, you can't take a dip. ”

Yu Ping'an said with some joy.

"Shiling, let's take a shower and change our clothes first!"

Yu Ping'an continued.

"Okay!"

"Shiling, go first!"

"Or ......" Chen Shiling almost blurted out, if she wanted to be together, she suddenly thought that Yu Ping'an was talking about taking a bath, not a hot spring, "Okay, I'll be fine right away." ”

With that, he ran to the bathroom with a red face to take a shower and change clothes.

Chen Shiling took a shower, changed into a swimsuit, covered the outside with a yukata prepared by the hotel, and walked out of the bathroom.

"Brother Ping'an, I've changed my clothes." While speaking, Chen Shiling tore off her bathrobe, "I also changed my swimsuit so that I can soak in the hot spring for a while." ”

Yu Ping'an turned his head embarrassedly, not daring to look at Chen Shiling's slender body with skin like congealed cream, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll also put on my swimsuit directly." ”

Chen Shiling saw Yu Ping'an's face flushed, she felt funny, and said softly, "Okay, Brother Ping'an, I'll wait for you!" ”

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