$120, Engagement (Sixth Update, Please Subscribe First)

A young woman, probably in her twenties, with a Katsuyama bun, which means she is married. According to Google search, modern Japanese women, except for some who are studying, get married very early, so she may already be the mother of several children.

She looks ordinary.

In general public baths, the women who rub backs are not very good-looking. But this hotel is also considered mid-range, so the quality of the back rubs will not be too bad.

The three looked around at each other.

Some people were eager to move, but did not dare to speak.

"Thank you, but no thanks."

Although Bai Gui is younger than the two, he has definitely experienced more worldly affairs than the two. He is almost in a state of "nothing outside of his mind". He is calmer than the two and stopped immediately.

You have to know that the women's bath is separated from here by a wall.

Whatever you do, you can hear it.

If he came to the bathhouse alone, it would be fine, but the question of how many people to call...

"If you have any instructions, just call me Ajun. I'll be outside."

The young woman bowed and bowed without any displeasure on her face, and left.

After taking a bath, she went to the dressing room, where there were clean outer robes for guests to use.

The three of them also put on outer robes and walked to a Japanese-style room.

There was brewed tea in the Japanese-style room for drinking.

Drinking tea.

After a while, Mrs. Bai and Bai Xiuzhu also came in.

After the bath, the two of them were like lotus flowers emerging from the water, adding a bit of beauty.

"Meihe, I wonder if your family has already arranged a marriage for you?"

Seeing Bai Xiuzhu come in, Bai Xiongqi hesitated for a while and asked this question.

Before most people go abroad to study, their families will prepare for the wedding and arrange the marriage early. This kind of thing is very common, and he is still aware of it.

As for him, his parents were doing business in Ameiken Country, and they had no time to arrange a marriage for him. Anyway, men were not worried about getting married, so they delayed it...

Then he went to Germany and met Mrs. Bai.

Hearing this, Xun Ge sighed secretly. He was deceived by his mother to go home last year and fulfilled the marriage contract.

"I was born in a poor family, I have always studied hard, and my family has no spare money to get engaged..., so there is no engagement."

Bai Gui replied.

This sentence is half true and half false. Since Bailu Village started the gourd chicken business, his family is still not short of money. Not to mention that he passed the imperial examination and was a junior high school student. The door was almost broken by matchmakers who proposed marriage.

But he never gave in.

This is just an excuse. He has never been engaged. His family knows their own business, but others may mistakenly think that he has a physical problem.

In fact, he would not resist too much about getting married.

There is no such thing as a vigorous love. Those are all written in vernacular novels!

Most of them are trivial matters of daily life...

Turtle and mung bean, they fell in love, asked about family background, knew about character and appearance, etc..., and just got married!

The reason why he was unwilling to give in in Bailu Village was that, first, most of the daughters of the rich families in the countryside had bound feet. Although he would not discriminate against women with bound feet, he was still reluctant to marry them. Second, they had different views and could not talk to each other. Even if he invited a teacher to teach the Four Books and Five Classics, he could only be considered to be roughly proficient in literature and writing, and talented women were still very rare...

If they were really childhood sweethearts, it would be fine!

To be more utilitarian, Bai Meihe was also a famous handsome young man in the surrounding area. If he wanted to marry, he would marry a lady from a famous family!

"Not engaged?"

Bai Xiongqi smiled and nodded when he heard this. He still admired Bai Gui very much.

But his sister's marriage could not be arranged so casually. Since Bai Meihe has not yet made an engagement, there is no need to rush. Anyway, she still needs to study abroad for several years, so it is good to observe for a while.

It cannot be decided in a hurry.

The conversation was interrupted, and the hotel owner served the meal.

Each person had a portion of eel rice, a miso soup, and a plate of snacks.

The snacks were minnow grilled, which was not actually made of real minnows, but a minnow-like Japanese confectionery made of flour, sugar, and milk, with red bean fillings.

After the meal, it was almost dusk.

At this time, it was too late to catch the return ferry from Minami Izu to Tokyo.

So he stayed at the hotel.

Bai Gui sat cross-legged and read a book for a while, and there was a knock on the door.

"Excuse me, Mr. Bai?"

The young woman named Ajun called softly.

"Please come in."

Bai Gui frowned slightly, not knowing what the young woman named Ajun wanted, but out of courtesy, he let her in.

He closed the book.

"When I was at the public bath, I thought you looked like the person my sister mentioned, but since you were talking all the time, I didn't dare to interrupt you. Please forgive me, Mr. Bai..."

Ajun knelt down opposite him and bowed to apologize.

"Your sister?"

Bai Gui was surprised. He had seen many women since he came to Japan, but he didn't know many of them. How could he be related to a young woman in a random hotel where he stayed?

"Yes, she's my sister. Her name is Xunzi. When she was at the sweet tea house, she performed the shamisen for you... Later, you gave her ten yen, and she told me this story. People with the surname Bai are rare in Japan..."

"What's more, Mr. Bai doesn't have many characters..."

"So I recognized you."

Ajun explained.

Both Bai Gui and Bai Xiongqi have the surname Bai, but there are probably only a few people named Bai Meihe in the whole of Japan. She had also read the newspaper, but she didn't usually read newspapers because she couldn't recognize a few words.

But this was the newspaper that Xunzi bought, and she happily showed her the content of the newspaper...

She didn't read many newspapers, so she remembered it at a glance.

It was also easy to remember.

Ten yen is not much, but it is enough for her to go out and get medicine dozens of times. At that time, the spinning women only had 1.3 yen a month, and the geishas could have more, but they were also exploited by the okiya and teahouses, so not much fell into their hands.

The ten yen was a special gift, so it fell into Xunzi's hands, intact.

"So that's how it is..."

Bai Gui still had a deep impression of the geisha girl, and it couldn't be anything but deep.

His face softened.

"Xunzi said you are her benefactor and she will remember you for the rest of her life. Now she is studying at the Geisha School in Kyoto. If Mr. Bai has a chance, can he go to Kyoto to see her..."

"So that she can thank him in person."

Ajun asked cautiously.

Although it is not difficult to find out where Bai Gui lives, it is undoubtedly inappropriate for a geisha to go and find him. It is easy to tarnish Bai Gui's reputation, so Ajun wants to ask Bai Gui to meet Xunzi...

This request is very abrupt. The status of geishas is not high, let alone being compared with famous writers.

"If I have time, I will go. Please ask her to wait for me at the Geisha School."

Bai Gui nodded and agreed.

He will go to Kyoto in a few days, and it is not bad to visit him on the way.

It is not difficult to understand that Xunzi is in the Geisha School in Kyoto. Kyoto's house and geisha industry are second to none in the whole of Japan, and only there are Geisha Schools.