Traveling through the world of the book, but there seem to be too many heroines

I continued to sleep all day.

As a result, when I got up in the afternoon, I found that Jiang Zilin and Jiang Lengleng were still more sleepy than me, as if the alcohol I drank yesterday was "too heavy" for them.

Mother Jiang Ruohua also had a headache. Although she got up, she still lay in bed. She even forgot to play pranks on herself and looked miserable.

As a result, I was the one who took care of these three guys.

Ok……

Miss Rinko is still sleeping too.

Maybe it was because he was experiencing the match for the first time yesterday and he was too exhausted by himself.

Ever since.

On the second day of the holiday, although everyone came to stay at the hot spring hotel, they all ended up sleeping in their rooms all day...

But according to the original plan.

Chen Ran remembered that there was nothing to do today either.

Maybe Miss Rinko would take herself, Jiang Ruohua, Jiang Zilin, and Jiang Lengleng to go hiking?

Before coming, Chen Ran remembered that Jiang Zilin and the others had not made any plans for this winter vacation trip, but after coming here, Miss Rinko said something.

In addition to staying in a hot spring hotel, you can enjoy natural hot spring services and local fresh food.

You can also visit the town at the foot of the mountain and take a look at the original countryside town.

There is also a ski resort deep in the mountains where you can go for fun;

And it is said that there is a shrine where you can worship the fox spirit;

It was also said that the town had its own shrine, but not to the fox spirit, but to another unknown god, and that there was a family of shrine maidens dedicated to that god;

If you are lucky, you can not only participate in the festival, but also watch the shrine maidens dance.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran yawned sleepily.

After Jiang Ruohua, who was noisy and wanted to go to the bathroom, really went to the bathroom to relieve herself, Chen Ran and the beautiful woman crawled back into the quilt together and simply slept for a while until the evening...

……

At dinner time in the evening.

Miss Rinko kept apologizing guiltily, saying that she had no idea that the sake, a specialty of her hometown, had such a strong aftertaste.

It gave everyone a headache for so long the next day.

But Chen Ran looked at the guy who seemed to have succeeded in his plan, and wondered if having beaten her up all night last night was not enough?

But it’s a good thing.

At least because of this lesson, Jiang Zilin and Jiang Lengleng both said that they would never drink again in the future.

It's really uncomfortable to feel dizzy the next day after a hangover.

But Jiang Ruohua was a little skeptical and said that there was no type of alcohol that she was afraid of. She also said that she planned to take a bottle of the wine they drank last night back home and let her good friend Teacher Ai Li try it.

The result was that Jiang Zilin gave her a fierce look, and the mother and daughter quarreled for a long time.

Of course today's dinner is not as sumptuous as yesterday's.

It was a "hot pot" placed on a small stove - although, for Chen Ran, this thing was very different from the hot pot he had in mind, even the one at Haidilao.

because……

The base of this thing is sweet.

Moreover, vegetables, fish balls, meat slices and so on were all put into the pot at the beginning, arranged neatly, which looked very beautiful, and then the fire was turned on and the pot started to simmer.

They would put shrimp or beef in it for a while, but Chen Ran still couldn't accept adding sugar to the soy sauce soup at the bottom of the pot.

Heresy, so heretical!!!

Even for dipping sauces, the only options were soy sauce, vinegar and mustard, which almost made Chen Ran's eyes turn black.

This was the first time I expressed any opinion about the dinner made by Jiang Zilin.

Ok.

This hotpot was also prepared by Jiang Zilin.

Because the woman slept until the afternoon and got up, she had nothing to do at that time - she and Jiang Ruohua were still sleeping, including Jiang Lengleng.

So I went to take a shower.

Jiang Zilin thought about ordering dinner to the room first.

She found Mrs. Tsubaki and the others busy in the kitchen, and as a woman who couldn't sit still, she naturally joined in to "help out."

Come to think of it, when she was at home, Jiang Zilin really didn’t eat hotpot very often.

Firstly, the weather in Linzhou is not that cold.

Secondly, in women’s eyes, hotpot requires very little technical skills and is a very foolproof food.

When Jiang Ruohua was still working, sometimes when she came home late, she would just cook the food she bought from the supermarket into hotpot for a meal, which left a psychological trauma on Jiang Zilin.

But this time when she was eating hotpot, the woman kept praising its deliciousness.

"It turns out there are many tricks to this. I talked to Mrs. Kasuga for a long time today."

"Want to talk about cooking?"

"Mmmmmmm!"

"Mrs. Tsubaki is indeed a very nice person."

Yukihara Rinko also continued the conversation.

Come to think of it, Chen Ran was a little curious as to why Miss Rinko and Mrs. Tsubaki looked so familiar with each other.

Although this is her hometown, it is normal to have some old acquaintances.

But Chen Ran remembered.

This guy is just a complete nerd!

It has been several months since I moved to Linzhou City, next door to my home, but in fact I don’t know Jiang Ruohua and Jiang Zilin at all, and I have only met them a few times.

If I hadn't brought it up, no one in my family would have known that Rinko Yukihara lived next door.

and so.

Even though the small town called Tsurukawa at the foot of the mountain is Miss Rinko's hometown, why is she so familiar with the owner of the inn on the mountain?

Well, there's nothing I can't say.

"That was when I was a teenager, and I wanted to write a novel. I was thinking about what the natural hot springs in the mountains were like, and what it felt like to soak in them."

"After searching online, I found out there was a hot spring hotel on the mountain next to the town, so I came straight here."

"Mrs. Tsubaki is a really nice... well... person."

There was a sudden pause.

Yukihara Rinko seemed to have thought of something, blushed slightly, and then continued speaking.

Chapter 9 Mrs. Tsubaki is a good person...right?

In Ms. Rinko's narration.

She was only sixteen years old that year and was writing her second novel, which was about to be published. She came to this hot spring hotel to investigate what it felt like to take a bath in a natural hot spring in the mountains.

And he met Mrs. Tsubaki, who was already the proprietress of the hotel at that time.

result……

"Minors are not allowed to stay at the hotel or take a hot spring bath. They must be accompanied by their parents."

Mrs. Tsubaki said so.

But this surprised Rinko Yukihara, who seldom went out.

However, after learning that his parents were rarely at home.

Mrs. Chunri gave him a break.

"But the hotel is short of staff recently. Do you want to come and work? If you are sixteen years old, you can work."

"!!!"

So, Rinko Yukihara experienced the work of a hot spring hotel clerk in the hotel for almost a week.

“It’s very important!”

When it comes to things related to creation, Ms. Rinko becomes excited.

"In fact, the work at the inn is completely different from what I imagined, and it also gave me new inspiration. Then I changed the heroine of the book to a female monster boss who runs a hot spring inn in the mountains."

"monster?"

"Yes, it's a moth monster~ Not a traditional monster, but a new urban legend. In the deep dark night of the forest, a small candlelight will always attract moths. This is where I got the inspiration."

"I see."

Chen Ran recalled the large moth she saw lying next to a lantern when she was taking a hot spring bath yesterday, and thought it was a very common sight.

Yukihara Rinko began to talk nonstop.

She said that when she first started working in a hotel, she was a waitress, working with many girls her own age.

"The hotel is not very busy because there are not many guests. Most of the time they are travelers from far away."

"Every morning I have to clean the room, clean the hot spring, sweep the corridor, cook and so on... Oh, and I have to go to class at night!"

Attend class?

Chen Ran and Jiang Ruohua didn't understand and just listened to Miss Rinko continue talking.

"Well, some of the girls who work here haven't finished their education. It's like that in small places. They can't even go to high school. Mrs. Tsubaki will sponsor them to go to school, similar to work-study programs, and she will give them extra lessons in the evening."

Having said this, Ms. Rinko puffed out her big chest with pride.

"I also gave them Chinese lessons at that time."

"Yes, Ms. Rinko was already a great writer at that time."

"How can there be..."

Faced with his own compliments, the guy immediately blushed in embarrassment.

all in all.

"Many girls were admitted to universities later, in Saikyo, Kyoto, Nagoya... all kinds, but after leaving, they rarely come back."

There was a hint of loneliness in his words.

"But it's true. People rarely come back to their hometowns in the countryside unless it's a holiday."

"But Madam Tsubaki is really amazing. She has been running the inn here year after year and helping the girls who have no education. She is like a mother to everyone."

“It’s amazing.”

Jiang Ruohua also applauded, obviously admiring Mrs. Chunri's actions very much.

Then slowly.

While eating hotpot, we talked about Mrs. Tsubaki's family.

It is said.

This hot spring hotel was previously owned by a large family in the town, and Mrs. Tsubaki was sold to this family by her parents as a child bride or something.

As a result, before she even got married, the young master who was said to be going to marry her fell ill and died.

"This was a common occurrence in the past. The weather was cold. Also, everyone said there were many monsters in the mountains, so there were inexplicable curses and so on."

"Anyway, the family left Tsurugawan later on, and reportedly went to a city in the south. They left the house, along with the hot spring hotel, to Madam Tsubakihi."

"After all, you can't take the house with you. No one would buy it even if you wanted to sell it. This place is too remote. There was no such thing as tourism at the time. The Shinkansen didn't even reach here."

According to Ms. Rinko.

Later, Mrs. Tsubaki ran the hot spring hotel alone and made a rule to only accept female guests - because as a "widow" and with many young female employees, she was always harassed by strange men.