Four years of crisis [entertainment]

This forest is bigger than expected.After Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng took a fork in the road, they felt that the further they walked, the deeper the forest became.

Walking to the depths, it suddenly became clear that there is a pond dug artificially in front of it. The pond is very large and has been filled with spring water from the mountain. Small bridges span it, and rockeries are dotted in it, which is quite charming.Next to the pond, there are two towering trees. The owner tied a swing to the two trees and placed them there quietly.Next to the two big trees is an exquisite Japanese-style garden. The building is all made of wood and looks like it has been around for a while; the garden has a sense of design, obviously not a random creation, but the hand of a powerful designer; There is a fence outside the courtyard, and green vines are densely entwined, blooming delicate flowers one after another.The scene in front of you is perfectly combined with the artificial carvings and the surrounding natural scenery, which makes people calm down just by looking at it.

Song Jinfeng approached Guan Mingsong, and his showmanship appeared again: "It's over, wife, isn't this the plot that often appears in Japanese anime, we are going to meet monsters."

"Are you worried that Granny Tang lives in it?" Granny Tang is a witch in "Spirited Away".Guan Mingsong said: "But I think this is just a special homestay."

"B&B?"

"Yeah, look at the sign on the fence, it says 'Jijianfang' in Japanese, English, Chinese and other languages ​​of different countries."

"How do you know that 'Shijianfang' is a homestay?"

"I had nothing to do last night, so I checked the surrounding situation, and I happened to see such a homestay on the map. I thought its name was very interesting, so I went to the Internet to check its evaluation. Not to mention, the score is quite high of."

"So it's not the goblin's hut." Song Jinfeng shrugged, unable to say whether he was relieved or disappointed, "In that case, let's go and have a look. Maybe we can ask for a cup of tea."

The two walked into Shijianfang, which is a typical Japanese-style courtyard, and the interior and exterior layout reveals Zen.The proprietress in kimono came to greet them. The proprietress was a middle-aged woman who still had charm, with the unique gentleness of Japanese women.Song Jinfeng asked in English if he could ask for a cup of tea. The proprietress looked at the two of them and said in substandard Chinese: "Are you Chinese?"

"Yes. Can you speak Chinese?" Song Jinfeng was surprised, and switched to Chinese to communicate with the proprietress.

The proprietress smiled and nodded, and said, "When I was young, I went to China."

The proprietress brought Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng to the tea room.The tea room is a traditional design, with windows at the bottom of the wall and bamboo curtains, which is very elegant.

But Guan Mingsong was attracted by a lantern hanging outside the tea room. He looked at the place where the lantern was hung and found that it was a movable hook, which meant that the lantern could be taken down.Beside the door, there is an inconspicuous slender wooden pole, which seems to be used for hanging lanterns and carrying it around.

So Guan Mingsong thought of the lantern light he saw on the rice field last night.

"Do you like this lantern?" The proprietress asked when she found Guan Mingsong looking at the lanterns hanging outside the tea room.

"Uh... no... yes." Guan Mingsong hesitated, "I think this lantern is very beautiful."

The proprietress smiled, and said a nonsense nonsense: "Did you see the lantern last night?"

Guan Mingsong was taken aback abruptly.

The proprietress didn't say anything more.

After the tea leaves, tea water, and tea sets were all prepared, the proprietress politely asked Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng to taste the tea, and then walked out of the tea room.

The tea ceremony is an exquisite knowledge, but it is a pity that neither Guan Mingsong nor Song Jinfeng studied it.After staring at each other, the two suddenly burst out laughing. Anyway, no outsider laughed at them, so whatever.

An hour passed quickly, and suddenly there was a clear and crisp sound of breaking porcelain, followed by a sharp curse from the proprietress.She spoke Japanese, which neither Guan Mingsong nor Song Jinfeng could understand, but the tone of her voice was worrying. The two hurried out of the tea room and ran towards the place where the voice came from.

At the entrance, where the door was entered, fragments were scattered all over the floor, and a decorative white porcelain vase was broken.A middle-aged man stood outside the door with a serious expression; the proprietress in a kimono stood inside the door, covering her face and crying.

Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng took a look and found that the middle-aged man was the one they met in Falong Temple in the morning to explain the five-storied pagoda to the young man who followed him.The man stood solemnly, with his head bowed, as if he was being beaten and scolded by the proprietress.

Guan Mingsong guessed that the white porcelain vase was broken by the proprietress, because there was a scratch on the proprietress' left finger that was scratched by a piece of porcelain.Guan Mingsong kindly reminded: "Your hand was cut, is there a bandage here?"

The man also noticed the lady boss's wound, and wanted to step forward to check it out, but just as he reached the door, he became timid again, and just as he was about to step up the steps with one foot, he backed away.

The proprietress found a band-aid, and said something to the man in Japanese.That should be a very ruthless sentence. After hearing this, the man showed a hurt expression, stepped back step by step, and finally turned and left.

The man had disappeared, but the proprietress stood at the door and looked out blankly. Suddenly, she was shocked and ran out, heading in the direction where the man left.She only ran a few steps, and then stopped slowly in a daze.

Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng looked at each other.When the proprietress came back and calmed down, Guan Mingsong asked her, "May I take the liberty to ask you what the relationship between that gentleman and you is?"

"He is my husband." The proprietress wiped away her tears and knelt on the futon.She stared blankly at the pond, small bridge and rockery outside the door, and said, "Speaking of which, he designed and built this Shijianfang."

"Is your husband an architect? We saw him at Horyuji Temple today with someone who looked like his student explaining the five-storied pagoda." Song Jinfeng asked.

"He is an apprentice of Koisha, and later went to the university to study in the Department of Architecture. He has the ability to design modern buildings and is good at traditional carpentry work. He has always regarded himself as a disciple of Koisha. They, Koisha, all It's the master-apprentice system, what you see today should be his apprentice." The proprietress said lightly.

鵤工舍, founded by Ogawa Mio, who studied under the "last great palace carpenter" Nishioka Tsuneichi, continues the ancient master-apprentice system and inherits traditional carpenter skills.The master carpenter of the palace has been the guardian of Horyu-ji Temple for generations. After the establishment of the Koisha, it has become the guardian of more temples. In the 40 years since its establishment, nearly 200 temples have been restored.

"Do you and your husband have a bad relationship?" Guan Mingsong asked.

The proprietress smiled bitterly, "It used to be good, but later, it's not good." She raised her head, looked at the sky numbly, and poured out the bitterness in her heart: "He was very good to me. , when he was newly married, he built it himself and gave it to me, and then I turned it into a homestay."

"What happened after that?" Guan Mingsong continued to ask.

"I had a son with him, who died of illness. When my son was dying in the hospital, I called him and cried for him to come back, but he was urgently repairing an ancient temple at that time. When he came back, my son I'm out of breath."

"Your husband wanted to restore the ancient temple, and his son was critically ill and never came back. So you never forgave him, right?" Guan Mingsong said.

The proprietress nodded.She closed her eyes, with a painful expression on her face, covered her heart and said: "I miss my son so much, I miss the past time. In the past, there were many fireflies here. My son likes fireflies. He and I will catch many fireflies. , put it in the lantern, a family of three carried firefly lanterns and went to play in the rice fields. Now, my son is gone, and even the fireflies are gone. I can’t even make a firefly lantern, so I can only light it inside the lantern Ordinary candles."

Guan Mingsong suddenly said: "Could it be that you were in the rice field last night..."

"It's me." The proprietress said quietly, "Every time it's my son's birthday, I will carry a firefly lantern to the rice fields to miss the past time. I can't catch so many fireflies this year, so I can only carry Ordinary lantern." The proprietress lowered her eyes, bowed her head slightly to Guan Mingsong, and said apologetically, "Did I scare you?"

Guan Mingsong said no.

The proprietress was always in a daze. Her back in kimono slowly disappeared at the end of the corridor, leaving only the sound of clogs and sighs that seemed to be there.

After leaving Shijianfang, Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng walked out of the woods. They both felt that the story of the proprietress was very sad, but it was difficult to judge who was right and who was wrong, so they tacitly chose to shut up.

After walking out of the woods, the two saw the middle-aged man just now, that is, the husband of the proprietress, anxiously asking a villager.They were talking in Japanese, but Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng couldn't understand them.The villagers left, and the middle-aged man found Guan Mingsong and Song Jinfeng. Thinking that they had seen the scene in Shijianfang just now, he was inevitably embarrassed and wanted to leave.Song Jinfeng stopped him and asked him in English, "Excuse me, do you need our help?"

The middle-aged man speaks good English, so he communicated with the two of them in English.

The name of the middle-aged man is Takahashi Nishi, and his wife, the proprietress just now, is named Keiko.Takahashi Nishi was unable to see his son for the last time due to the urgent task of repairing the ancient temple, and Keiko hated him ever since.After so many years, Takahashi Nishi has been praying for Keiko's forgiveness.

"Every time it comes to her son's birthday, she will make a firefly lantern and take it for a walk in the rice fields. Our family of three used to have fun like this." Gao Qiao showed pain. I’ve made a firefly lantern, but it’s not. Every year on my son’s birthday, I will come back and make a firefly lantern to commemorate the time when the three of us were together. But I dare not tell her, and I dare not approach her. I only dare to stay away. Looking at her from a distance. Fireflies are getting less and less every year, and this year I can’t even catch them. I asked the villager just now, and he said that there are no fireflies around here. It seems that there are fireflies next door, but I am not sure.” West said to the two.

Song Jinfeng thought for a while, and suddenly had a sudden impulse, and said, "Let's help you visit Lianshan Town."