Chapter 66 3. Love is not long

The bathing pool made of rocks is about ten square meters in size and oval in shape. The ceiling is covered with a reed-woven net roof, and the surroundings are surrounded by reed-woven curtains. Cozy and cozy. Hisaki leaned against the rock wall and stretched his limbs. Rinko came over with a towel in his hand, and cautiously put his toes into the bath. Jiu Mu waited for Rinko to soak in the hot spring, and then greeted her to the pool. look! Leaning against the edge of the open-air hot spring pool and looking up, you can directly see the night sky through the non-woven reed ceiling.Right above the head is the cherry blossoms in full bloom that I just saw, and above that is the light blue sky.

This is the first time I've seen a sky of this color. Cherry blossoms dance down from the starless night sky. Rinko stretched out her hand to catch this petal, and the other one followed suit. Under the twilight sky, Rinko's snow-white body chasing petals is as enchanting as a butterfly flying at night. After soaking in the hot spring, the two began to eat in the room. It was a bit chilly, both of them put on coats over their yukatas and closed the windows, but the cherry blossoms still peeking at them from time to time. Enjoy dinner while admiring the night cherry blossoms. Even the dishes include boiled tender shrimp and sesame seeds mixed with angelica, which is inadvertently filled with a sense of the season.

Jiu Mu drank beer first, and soon changed to the hot local hot sake. The maid poured the first cup for him. After the maid retreated, Rinzi held the pot. He drank the cup and filled it up for him immediately. Put the vegetables in small bowls for him. Seeing Rinko's diligent movements, Jiu Mu suddenly remembered the scene of eating at home. It used to be acceptable, but in recent years, even if she dined with his wife, she no longer served him so attentively.Although it is the result of years of marital burnout and emotional alienation, is there really such a big difference?At this moment, Jiumu feels the difference between whether there is love or not, but what about Rinko's family?Did she also treat him coldly when eating with him?Or, Rinko no longer eats with her husband at all?

Thinking endlessly, he also poured wine for Rinko. When the two eat together, it feels very fragrant. It's the same for me, no matter how luxurious the meal is, or how high-end the restaurant is, if I'm not with the person I like, I feel like I won't be able to taste it. Jiu Mu agreed, and once again felt that the change in love was terrible. He also had longed for his wife and fell in love with her, but now the relationship between the two is cold, and they are almost divorced.Rinko once believed in her husband so much and vowed to love each other forever, but now she is divided between labor and Yan.

It can be seen that they are men and women who have woken up from the intoxicated state of marriage. And it is these two people who are now drinking each other, falling into a new round of intoxication. After only drinking a bottle of beer and a few small bottles of sake, Hisaki was already slightly drunk. Maybe with Rinko, the atmosphere is harmonious and drunk quickly. Looking at the window, the cherry blossoms in full bloom on the left hand are still peeking into the house. Can you take a look below? From the lobby downstairs, you should be able to see the Noh stage across the pond.

After the maid removed the dinner, the two of them walked out of the room wearing a Japanese-style coat over the hotel bathrobe. Go downstairs, pass the entrance of the open-air hot spring that you have been to just now, and then walk down the corridor on the lower floor, and you will face the hotel lobby. The door to the right of the hall is open, and the plank terrace extends over the pond. Hisaki and Rinko sat side by side on the chairs on the terrace, sighing unconsciously. When I arrived at the hotel just now and saw the Noh theater floating on the pond, I also sighed, but the feeling was different twice.

After nightfall, lights are lit everywhere on the railings of the terrace, and other lights hit the Noh stage across the pond. The three-square (or about six-meter-square) floor of the stage is as bright as a mirror, and the large board wall behind it is painted with old pine pattern. On the left side of the stage is also a dressing room surrounded by classical white paper barriers, connected by a small bridge floating on the pool, and all the scenery is symmetrically reflected on the pool surface. Almost like a painting.It is said that this Noh stage was originally in the Kaga Maeda family residence, but it was relocated here via Tomioka Hachiman Shrine in the late Meiji period.

Since then, performances of Noh, Japanese dance, biwa, and traditional folk songs have been held from time to time under the light of bonfires around the pond.There is no performance tonight. In the cold mountain air, the stage is quiet, adding to the mystery. Hisaki and Rinko hugged their shoulders together, watching the stage intently, imagining that a woman and a man wearing a crazy mask would suddenly appear behind the dark stage at this moment. The two went to see the paycheck last fall. At that time, they watched the Shineng held in Kamakura Daito Palace, and then stayed overnight in a hotel near Shichirihama.

At that time, the two were fighting fiercely, and they didn't feel trapped like they are now.After the tryst, Rinko went home as usual, and Jiu Mu also worried about his wife and went home. Now only half a year later, the family of the two is facing destruction. Actors were wearing tengu masks at that time. Rinko was referring to the kyogen drama she saw in Kamakura, and both of them were still in the mood to laugh at that time. But I'm afraid it's not suitable for Kyogen here. On this quiet stage in the deep mountains, it seems more suitable to perform the kind of repertoire that goes deep into the hearts of the people and explores the true meaning of emotion.

It's incredible. Looking at the swaying balcony lights on the surface of the pool, Jiu Mu whispered: Once people in ancient times came to this deep mountain and old forest, they would think that they would never be discovered again. They probably eloped together too! The man and the woman Jiu Mu looked at the dark and silent mountains behind the stage: Even if they lived alone with you in that kind of place, it would probably be the same. Are you saying you'll get bored someday? From the time a man and a woman get together, the problem of laziness will quietly arise. To be honest, Jiu Mu is skeptical about love now, at least not as simple as when he was young, thinking that as long as two people love each other, it will last forever.

Maybe the period of love burning is not so long. I think so. Rinko agreed, and Jiumu felt a little embarrassed. You think so too? yes!That's why I want to end when the burning is the most blazing! Are you fascinated by the illuminated Noh stage?Rinko's words were weird and a little scary. Jiu Mu suddenly felt cold and retracted his hands into his arms. It is still cold when the cherry blossoms are in bloom, and it is a bit cold after nightfall. let's go I feel that if I stay any longer, I will be overwhelmed by the ghosts of the stage, and then dragged into a distant and ancient world. Hisaki got up, looked back as if saying goodbye to the stage, and then left the terrace.