Chapter 19 fourth quarter

There was no one in the dressing room.I think it should be almost half past nine, so the patients should go to bed! Probably because of the consideration of wheelchair access, the dressing area is also designed to be very spacious.The light blue and pink clothes baskets are lined up on the shelf against the wall, only the clothes in the rear basket are supposed to be men's clothes, and the other baskets are empty.Looking at the situation, it shouldn't hurt to let Chiori take a bath here. After thinking about it, I suddenly realized that the one who feels at ease in this empty bathhouse should actually be me.

Of course, it is impossible to wear gloves while taking a bath. I have never been to a public bath, but I once welcomed the New Year in a hot spring with my mother and Chiori, and the place where I bathed was a public bath.That was about five years ago.Chiori was taken by her mother to the female hot spring, so it was the first time I experienced the feeling of being directly watched by someone with a wound. It turns out that's how people react to people who are missing a finger.Probably they all associated with that place, and all of them kept a little distance from me in some horror.Seeing the ring finger without a fingertip, but finding that the last little finger still exists, his expression immediately becomes weird.I didn't intend to explain, anyway, those eyes are definitely not good.

I took the innermost position and took off my shirt.Since it was early summer, I didn't wear underwear.Just as I took off my watch and gloves in sequence, I suddenly heard the sound of the door opening. Looking up, it should be the owner of the clothes. He was standing on the plank twisting a towel. The other party also noticed that someone was present and looked up. "Who are you?" The other party's voice was a little deep, but because I was naked and I was about to pull out the belt of my trousers, the stern tone relieved a lot of the tension and oppression. "I'm Keisuke Kisaragi, the guardian of the child who will play the piano tomorrow." After speaking, I nodded and saluted.

"Ah, yes!" The other party approached, and his clothes basket was on the left side of mine, "I'm sorry, I thought there would be no people I don't know coming in to take a shower here, I heard from Mariko I said, I also read your news reports." The other party was busy wiping his body without even looking at me. He looked like he was in his early forties. His figure was the complete opposite of Fujimoto's. Like exuding a strong sense of fatigue. When he was about to put on his underwear, he suddenly stopped, I lowered my head in panic, and hurriedly continued to take off my clothes: I regretted that I stared at him unconsciously, but this regret only lasted for a moment.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed my left wrist and lifted it up, "It's not bad, it's handled well." I was taken aback and could only stare blankly at his face, but he didn't care, just frowned and looked at the gloves I put on my shirt, "Well, I can understand how you want to hide , It’s really helpless! But I don’t think it’s necessary to do this, the wound is treated beautifully, and the other party must be a skilled surgeon!” He put down my hand, and then continued to put on his clothes as if nothing had happened. The astonishment and confusion, coupled with the slowly pouring out of anger, made me speechless and could only stand still.Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that he was dressed, waved to me and said, "Looking forward to tomorrow's concert", and then left.

I thought to myself, what, that guy!But maybe I cursed it!After he disappeared, the unpleasant feeling deepened.I shook my head, trying to shake off the unhappiness.Forget it, that's fine, so I'm the only one left with this bathhouse.After thinking this way, I reorganized my mood and walked to the bathhouse. The design of the big bathhouse is really not bad.The body washing area is very spacious. The largest bath is as wide as three tatami rooms with a size of 4 ping. The white hot spring water seems to be good for the body.Looking around, there are passages about five meters on both sides, and there are handrails on them.There are also several large baths for three people at a time.The clear water kept gushing out, and bubbles kept popping out from the bottom of the bath.In addition, some baths are equipped with buttons, so I think they are for people who cannot move on their own!

The mood suddenly became a little happier. After taking a bath, I went on to try other baths. Except for the bath with the button, I didn’t try it. I went in to experience the rest like the shoulder shower, soaking only below the waist or the protruding passage. After a while, it is really comfortable.Finally I went back to the big bath and swam in the unmanned bath.Am I just like Chiori, I thought to myself and smiled wryly. While washing his body, there was a sudden sound of the door opening. "Good night." The young man I met in the kitchen today sat down beside me, and after a closer look, he was indeed much younger than Mariko and I.

"Good night. I remember you were—" "My name is Ogihara, please give me your advice." Ogihara stretched out his right hand, and I hurriedly washed off the foam on my hand with hot water, and shook hands with him. "It's really remote here, the Volkswagen Golf in the parking lot should be yours!" "Yes, that's right." "The steering wheel is on the right!" "It's not uncommon for the steering wheel to be on the right." In the sound of our conversation no lower than the sound of water, I have already washed and stood up.

"I think it should be fine, but please be careful when walking, especially in that corner." "What's wrong?" "Occasionally, the wheelchair's retainer will cause some minor troubles. Although it won't cut you, it still hurts if you kick your toe. Didn't Mariko tell you?" Hearing what he said, and taking a closer look, some skin-colored metal parts were lined up on a tiled floor, lying there silently. "That person is very talkative, but he forgot to say the most important thing." Ogiwara's voice sounded like he was blaming, but his tone seemed to be teasing instead, "Probably Doctor Kurano sorted it out, because he just said I've taken a shower, haven't you met him?"

I wanted to answer but failed, suddenly remembered what the man said just now, those words sounded like a doctor's tone. "Is it the one who looks thin?" I tried to get rid of the poor blood color or dry, thin and other descriptions in my mind and then replied. Ogihara nodded and murmured, "That person is overworked." It turned out that he was Dr. Kurano, and he couldn't help feeling complicated emotions. "Yes!" I replied, then submerged my body into the bath, stretched my arms in the white turbid hot spring, and remembered the comfortable feeling of swimming in the bath just now.After all, swimming in front of Ogiwara is a bit awkward, I thought about it while soaking comfortably.

Ogiwara also came to the bath immediately, and it seems that he has developed the habit of washing quickly. "That--do you remember?" He asked with a little amusement, not hiding it at all. "Is it about school?" "Well, then do you remember? Mariko is very happy?" "No, I don't remember at all." "Yeah, so she recruited it herself? Before delivering the dinner, she said she would never tell." "Well, it's not exactly what she said first." Ogiwara tilted his head and looked at me strangely. "Is breakfast ready?" I quickly changed the subject and asked him. "What? Oh, it's all ready. In fact, after getting up in the morning, there is still some time to prepare." "It's hard work in the kitchen." "Yes, it's really tiring. Now there are 32 patients, 26 family members, and 10 staff here, totaling 68 people in total. Three meals for nearly 70 people have to be prepared a day, and the staff are returned. Some are heavy. Do you know how many potatoes I have to peel a day? About two or three hundred! I almost always peel potatoes before noon. Especially now that potatoes are in season, the number of potatoes to be peeled will naturally increase. Peeling potatoes is very tiring As for people, fortunately, people here will come to help whenever they have time, not because of this, but—how should I put it, it should be that they will not be frightened by the mountains of potatoes in front of them, you know what I mean ?" I understand that feeling, so I nodded, and the other party said to himself, "It's incredible!" Then he suddenly remembered something and said, "Anyway, there is no one else here, so please do whatever you want." After finishing speaking, he Stretching his limbs and started to swim breaststroke, "Swimming this way, all the fatigue of the whole day can be eliminated." He changed the direction and splashed the water. I didn't know how to answer and could only scratch my head. I couldn't Said that he had already swam just now, so he had no choice but to shut up and leave the bath without saying anything. When I was washing my hair, neither of us talked to each other. After washing my hair, I soaked in some soup before I got up and said to the other party: "Then I'll go first." "I'll lock the door when I leave, don't forget your things." Ogihara's voice came from behind.It was only then that I realized that it was Ogiwara's job to inspect the bathhouses. It seemed that swimming in unmanned baths had already become a daily homework for this kid! It was already past ten o'clock.I spent almost fifty minutes in the big bathhouse, and it took a long time, I thought as I put on my clothes and gloves.The soreness in the shoulders seems to have eased a lot.