Chapter 54
The next day, Su Yingjun knocked on Su Mu's door early in the morning.
Su Mu yawned and opened the door.
"Brother, it's so early."
"It's getting late. If it's any later, we won't be able to cross the water in time."
When people in the old capital take a bath, they pay attention to passing the water over their head.
The water in the bathhouse is refreshed every day, and the water in the bathhouse is replaced after closing.
After all the guests left, the water in the bath was drained, and people had to go down and clean the entire pool.
After the pool is cleaned, replace the pool with new water and heat it before opening the next day.
The newly replaced pool water is clear and clean, and guests are willing to rush to wash it, so it is also called "head over water".
If you want to wash your head off, you have to get up early in the morning.
Usually, those who rush to get in early are mostly the elderly or regular bathers who have time to spare.
And once the weekend comes, there will be people queuing up at the entrance of the bathhouse early in the morning, waiting to take a bath.
This is also a famous scene in Beijing.
"The soup is hot before the golden rooster sings, and the red sun rises in the east and the hall is full of guests." This is the scene of queuing up to cross the water.
"Hey, brother, please wait for me. I'll get some clothes to change."
"You don't need to bring anything else, I've got it all."
The so-called "taken" is a bag of tea, which is enough for the two brothers to drink for a day and more.
Then there are two meals, including sweet fruits such as pastries and candies.
After a while, Su Mu ran out, and the two brothers pushed a large [-]-inch car out of the door.
The cart was left unridden in the yard, so Su Yingjun pushed the bicycle.
A lunch box and a small bag of tea hung on the handlebars.
These are all things you need to take with you to the bathhouse.
Su Yingjun said yesterday that the bathhouse the brothers went to today was Tsinghua Garden, the premier official bathhouse in Dongcheng District.
The more famous bathhouses in the old capital include Qinghua Pool on Zhushikou West Street, Qinghua Garden on Wangfujing Bamiangchao, Dongshengping Garden on Yangmeizhu Xiejie, Xishengpingyuan on Litieguai Xiejie, Yipinxiang on Renguangfu Xiejie, etc.
Su Yingjun's unit issued bathing tickets at Tsinghua Park in Dongcheng.
It happened that Su Mu was very tired after a busy day yesterday, so he also took a rest and simply took Su Mu to relax on the [-] big bar.
The predecessor of Tsinghua Garden was Dongxing Garden, located on the west side of Bamiancao Road, Wangfujing Street.
Su Yingjun specially asked Su Mu to wake up early.
When we arrived at Tsinghua University, there were already some queues.
Fortunately, there are not too many people.
After a while, it was Su Mu and Su Yingjun's turn.
As soon as you enter the door, there is a waiter who comes to greet you, with a loud voice: "Here you are! You two, please come inside."
Most of the people who open bathhouses in the capital are from Dingxing and Yixian counties in Hebei Province. Their accents have a timid, curt tone to them, which sounds quite interesting.
The shouting was loud, not only showing the enthusiasm of the reception, but also sending a message to the people standing inside.
Su Yingjun took out the bathing ticket and handed it over.
After checking the ticket, the first thing to do is to put on the same slippers in the store.
They are all made of wood and are hard. People in the capital commonly call them "Zhuolaban'er" or "Guadaban'er".
These slippers all have one edge. It is said that the reason for this is to prevent someone from taking the slippers home.
There is an old saying in the old capital: "The slippers in the bathhouse are wrong."
It's this strange phenomenon that I'm talking changing your shoes, you open the door curtain and enter the back room. Someone is waiting to guide you to your seat.
The so-called seats in Tsinghua University are simple single wooden beds like train sleepers, facing each other, where you can sit or lie down. The bed is covered with a large white towel, which looks very soft and clean, and the wooden bed is quite spacious when you lie on it.
There is also a small box in the middle of the wooden bed to store clothes.
This box is also a small table, which is used to place teapots, tea bowls, etc.
Su Yingjun and Su Mu arrived earlier and there was still room to hang their clothes.
The two took off their clothes and met each other sincerely.
The waiter next to him used a pole about five or six feet long with a copper hook on the top to hang the clothes on a high hanger.
If you arrive late and there are too many people, there is no place to hang clothes, so you can only take off your clothes, shoes and socks and store them in bamboo baskets.
"Hey, little brother, the muscles are good."
This was the first time Su Yingjun and Su Mu had met honestly.
Seeing Su Mu's eight-pack abs and all those tendons, Su Yingjun couldn't help but be surprised.
I never thought that my little brother, who had suffered so much, could be so strong.
Even more handsome than his own.
This is also of course.
After all, one is a natural growth, while the other is the result of scientific upgrading and beautification of the system.
It is an effect achieved by the zero-error upgrade method.
After cleaning up, Su Yingjun asked the waiter to make tea later.
The two brothers then left the lounge and prepared to enter the real bathroom.
Su Mu opened the bathroom door curtain, the mist inside was clear, as if in a fairyland, and the lively and noisy environment rushed in front of her.
Some people especially like to sing loudly in the bathroom space with its own reverberation, and they are singing happily at this time.
There are also people who don't even see each other's faces, but they are still chatting loudly and laughing.
Su Mu also heard the sound of playing the erhu.
The space inside the house is very high, and there are huge glass windows on the roof, which can transmit light and can be opened and closed for ventilation. Therefore, even if it is difficult to see clearly due to the clouds and fog, there is actually quite enough light in the room and the air is not dirty.
A pool of clear water, a few lying boxes, mist, bathmates shuttle...
It turned out that this was the legendary bathhouse in the capital. Su Mu's eyes were completely opened today.
"Brother, would you like to perm it?"
Su Mu shook his head: "Brother, you go ahead. I'll go to a gentler pool and stay for a while."
"Young man, listen to me and let's go..."
Su Yingjun dragged Su Mu and went straight to the inside.
There are seven or eight pools indoors. The large pool is square and the small pool is rectangular. The water in the pool becomes hotter as you go inside.
While dragging Su Mu inside, Su Yingjun explained: "I was so tired yesterday, so soaking in warm water is of no use. I have to boil it, and then put it in until it's itchy all over. Then I just have to endure it." For now, feel free to be as comfortable as you want in the future. I have experience in this matter. Just listen to me, I’m sure it’s right..."
While walking, Su Mu saw two scars on Su Yingjun's back.
One is the location of the shoulder blade, a penetration scar. It seems that it was exploded when the bullet penetrated the body.
The other place was an obvious stab wound, similar to the one on his face, a little below the right rib, slanting, almost reaching the axis of the hip bone.
Su Mu was even thinking that the knife might have hit his hip bone before stopping.
How many life and death moments did Su Yingjun, the eldest brother, experience on the battlefield? The two injuries he saw now looked quite serious. It was no wonder that his comrades thought he could not be saved.
Thinking about Su Chuanbai again, he was probably also covered in bruises.
The scars on the body are the most glorious achievements of a soldier.
(End of this chapter)