The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 129: Training trip (2)

After two transfers and finally taking a bus, they finally arrived at their destination. They had been traveling from morning to evening. Although they were not very tired, everyone felt exhausted from the long journey.

"Come on, we've already reached the village." Kawasaki encouraged, "The hotel we're staying in is not far ahead. It's not very luxurious, but it has everything we need. The proprietress has already prepared a meal for us to eat. After dinner, we can go to the hot springs."

"Have a meal!"

"Hot spring~"

The boys and girls had completely different reactions, but it was obvious that they were both tempted by Kawasaki's words. They followed Kawasaki and walked along the road for nearly twenty minutes, and finally arrived at an old-style Japanese-style hotel in the mountains called "Seisensou".

"Hey, Minister, is this what you call close?" The fat girl complained, "There's no car to pick me up."

Miyamoto Yuzhi laughed heartily and said, "It's like this in the countryside. It's good to exercise more." He carried the luggage for two people and wiped the sweat from his head. Because Ono Haruna looked a little sick, he volunteered to help.

"Granny Taniguchi, we're here." Kawasaki was also very hot at this time. He pushed up his sliding glasses and led the way in.

"Oh, it's Xiao Zuo who's here with his friends." A short old lady in a kimono came over with small steps and said, "It's been a year since we last met. Are you guys too hot? Come in quickly. The room and food are ready. Let's go eat after you put your things down."

Because it was an old-style hotel in the countryside, there were no beds in the rooms, only mattresses and quilts on the tatami. Qian Xiaoyi was assigned a small room, while the other four boys and three girls each slept in a large room.

After turning on the air conditioner in the room and resting for a while, he went to the restaurant outside to prepare for dinner.

It is called a restaurant, but it is actually just a slightly larger tatami room. There are eight servings of food on the table inside. The TV is on, playing the local TV station as background music. The rich aroma of curry spreads throughout the room. We had curry rice for dinner today. There is a stew pot on the table with steaming curry in it. The rice cooker is placed on the ground next to it. You can serve yourself as much as you want. There are also a few fried potato cakes with vegetables in front of each person, and a bowl of miso soup. It looks simple and homely but quite appetizing.

Qian Xiaoyi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. The meal was pretty good. He didn't want to eat cold food like sashimi or sushi after a day of running around. Although that seemed more luxurious, steaming hot meals were more to his taste.

"Teacher Qian, you're here." Kawasaki sat cross-legged on the floor eating his meal and said, "We were just planning to go and call you."

"Where are the girls?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, sitting on the mat. There were only five men having dinner in the restaurant now, and there was no one else to be seen.

Sato said slyly, "They~the hot spring bath is shared, and they said they didn't want to soak in a pool that the boys had already soaked in, so they went to take a bath first."

Miyamoto Yuzhi stroked his chin and said, "In other words... the pool we're going to soak in is the one the girls have soaked in before?"

“……” Inuyama Heita was silent.

Several boys looked at each other at the same time, revealing a tacit and strange expression.

Ah Jian was standing aside and said angrily, "Tsk, this guy looks like a tough guy, but he actually thinks the same as me. His thoughts are really dirty!"

Qian Xiaoyi rolled his eyes at the boys' obscene behavior. He knew that due to the influence of hormones, the minds of adolescent boys were dirtier than dry toilets in summer, so he did not intend to make any comments or join in. He was not interested in underage girls. He just ate his curry rice and looked at the layout of the restaurant. But he did not see anything. This place looked very ordinary.

After dinner, the girls finally came in their yukatas, and it was the boys' turn to enjoy the hot spring.

Qian Xiaoyi has only bathed in a public bathhouse since coming to Japan, and has not bathed in a hot spring. However, the process is similar. First, take a shower, then throw yourself into the pool and rinse for a while. When you are almost done, take yourself out and go outside to blow the wind. Anyway, except that the temperature is slightly higher and there is a little sulfur smell, Qian Xiaoyi does not feel that this water is any different from that of an ordinary public bathhouse. Fortunately, the environment of this hot spring is good. When you look up, you can see the stars in the sky. There are constant melodious cicadas outside. After Qian Xiaoyi soaked in the hot water pool for a while, he really felt that the fatigue of the whole day had seeped out from his pores. No wonder Japanese office workers like to take a bath after getting home from get off work. It's all because of exhaustion.

"Oh~ I can't take it anymore. I feel like I'm going to be cooked if I keep soaking there." Kawasaki was the first one who couldn't stand it anymore and stood up. His pork rib-like body turned as red as a cooked prawn.

"Me too, I've had enough."

"It's so hot."

Seeing this, everyone stood up. Although no one said anything just now, they were all secretly competing to see who could get out first. It would be great to have someone taking the lead now.

After putting on the yukatas prepared by the store and getting out of the bath, old lady Taniguchi had thoughtfully prepared bottles of iced milk. The few of them drank gulps of it, then exhaled a breath, and their body temperature, which had been cooked, slowly dropped, making them feel relaxed both physically and mentally.

A long-lost sense of relaxation emerged in Qian Xiaoyi's heart. He wiped his mouth, and in an instant, he felt like he was really on vacation. His mind was empty, he didn't have to think about anything, and he threw all his worries aside.

"Ah, there's a ping-pong table here!" Sato opened the door of a nearby room and discovered a new world. He said, "Does anyone want to play a round of tennis after the hot springs? Don't look at me like this, I was a member of the ping-pong club when I was in middle school."

"Oh? I can't just sit there and watch." Kawasaki pushed his glasses up: "When I was in elementary school, everyone called me 'Kawasaki of Magic Ball'..."

Miyamoto Yuzhi laughed and said, "Bullmaster, why don't you talk about elementary school? Let's see the truth with your own hands."

"Ping pong?" Inuyama Heita was also eager to try: "I learned it with Maria in the gym, but I haven't played with anyone else yet."

"It seems like everyone is very interested. The losers will have a drink." Kawasaki turned to look at Qian Xiaoyi and asked, "Teacher Qian, do you want to come and play?"

"Me?" Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and said, "No, I've only played table tennis with old men in the park in China, and I'm not very good at it."

Hearing this, the other four people's eyes sparkled, and they had the same idea at the same time: He can't play? Doesn't that mean that after we win later, we can claim that we have defeated the table tennis master from China?
"Come on, just for fun."

"Yes, Mr. Qian."

"It's too boring just to watch, isn't it?"

"Brother Yi, we're actually not very good at it."

Qian Xiaoyi said helplessly: "I really can't do anything about you..."

Half an hour later, Qian Xiaoyi returned to the room with four bottles of drinks in his arms, with a sneer on his face:

"You must be kidding. How can you youngsters compare to the level of the magical old men in the park? Back then, I beat those old men to the point that they put down the racket and refused to play with me!"

(End of this chapter)