"次は, asakusa, asakusa. お口ははです on the right (the next stop is Asakusa, the door is on the right in the direction of travel)."
When Ren Suo left Asakusa Station on the Ginza Line, he could already understand the voice announcement of the subway station name—not to match the sound with his native language, but to subconsciously know the meaning of the words, which is not much worse than his English level.
Whether you are getting started with a foreign language, the most important point is whether you can skip the step of 'mother tongue comparison'. Ren Suo had learned English for 11 years (3 years in elementary school + 3 years in junior high school + 3 years in high school + 2 years in university) and couldn't skip this step until he was forced to stay in a small dark room for a total of eight hours. Only the increased comprehension of props and fetters can cross this threshold.
Now, in order to reach the basics of Japanese, it only takes him... 100 minutes.
And for at least ten minutes, he was distracted by peeking at Qiao Muyi.
"Adornment of Seeking Tao" and "Devil King's Advent · Edict · A Thousand Miles in One Day" made his comprehension rise to an unimaginable level in a short period of time.
Although 'savvy' does not equal 'wisdom', when he was fully engaged and listened to Qiao Muyi's teaching and compared the learning courseware on his mobile phone, Ren Suo felt the changes in the text on the courseware as follows: "璺龘鱻"鬹" → "Listen to the day and work hard" → "Phoenix Claw Sushi".
Ren Suo went from 'I can't understand the ghostly characters written here' to 'looks like traditional characters that need to be recognized', and finally reached 'recognizing Japanese as proficiently as reading simplified characters'.
This wonderful sense of achievement made Ren Suo study harder, and even Qiao Muyi said in surprise: "Xiao Suo, you still say you don't know Japanese? Did you learn it before?"
"No, no." Ren Suo said that he is not the kind of sneaky learner, he is open and lazy: "It's because of your son, that's why I learned so fast."
If it weren't for the "Devil King's Advent Edict", Ren Suo might not be able to improve his comprehension to the state of "understand it at a glance, and master it once he understands it", and this fetter ability was given by Qiao Muyi, and the Japanese language was also taught by Qiao Muyi , in various senses, it was really because of Qiao Muyi.
Qiao Muyi didn't pursue further, but just became more serious about explaining vocabulary and grammar to Ren Suo.
After Ren Suo learned Japanese, he was eager to practice in actual combat. He followed Qiao Muyi and left the subway station. When he saw a shop on the side of the road that bought wagashi (sweet desserts), he immediately went in excitedly, and then came back to Qiao Muyi in a hurry: "No money."
Ren Suo didn't know Japanese before, so it was useless to give him money, so Qiao Muyi naturally took it with him. She patted Ren Suo's hand away in a leisurely manner, and said, "Have you forgotten that we don't have much money? Don't waste it on buying snacks."
"Okay." Ren Suo wasn't sweet, he bought food just to chat with the clerk and test his spoken English, but he was slightly startled, only to realize that Qiao Muyi was talking to him in Japanese just now.
"If you want to practice speaking, just chat with me." Qiao Muyi glanced at him: "If you want to practice, don't be distracted and listen to me."
"Okay." Ren Suo nodded. At this time, he was bumped by a pedestrian. Knowing that he was in the way, Ren Suo quickly took two steps sideways and complained: "Good people~~~~There are so many people!"
Seeing that Ren Suo was about to stick to her body, Qiao Muyi raised her eyebrows slightly, and suddenly asked, "Do you know the way?"
Ren Suo: "... how do I know the way when I come here for the first time?"
"Then give me your phone."
Ren Suo obediently handed the phone to Qiao Muyi. Qiao Muyi looked at the map of the phone, and then at him, "There are so many people here, will you lose it while walking?"
"Should... no?" Ren Suo wasn't very sure either - he rarely went out to play, and this was the first time he went abroad, so he couldn't tell the difference between east, west, and north.
At this time, Ren Suo felt that his hand was being grabbed, and was being pulled forward by Qiao Muyi. He was slightly startled, Qiao Muyi turned his head to look at him, and said, "Then hold my hand and don't get lost. I have my phone here."
She paused: "Aren't you going to chat with me to practice speaking? There are so many people here, come closer, I don't want to speak loudly."
"oh oh."
Ren Suo subconsciously squeezed Qiao Muyi's hand, it was so soft, it turned out that it belonged to a girl...
Click!
Ren Suo seemed to be able to hear the screams of his hand bones. The warm and fragrant nephrite that he was holding just now turned into soul-burning steel in an instant, and the bones of his hands hurt from holding it—why one or two of them are so much stronger than me !
Qiao Muyi glared at him, then proudly pulled him across the traffic lights. Ren Suo didn't dare to make trouble anymore, like a kitten that had just been neutered, his head drooped, and he was led away by Qiao Muyi aggrievedly.
Walking a hundred meters from the Ginza Line subway station, you will come to the entrance of Omotesando: Kaminarimon. On the plaque above Leimen is written the three big characters of "Golden Dragon Mountain". In the center of the gate hangs a red leather lantern of "Leimen" with a black background and white border. The lantern is ridiculously large and occupies almost 80% of the entrance space. big enough.
It is almost noon now, but there are still many tourists visiting Sensoji Temple. People come and go at the entrance. Many people stand under the "Kaminarimon" lantern to take pictures, and the entrance is very blocked.
When Qiao Muyi passed by, she glanced at the lantern curiously and was about to leave, but at this time Ren Suo grabbed her, pointed to the golden lamp under the lantern and said: "The founder of Panasonic Electric came here to pray for illness after illness. Okay, so I sent this red lantern to Sensoji Temple."
Qiao Muyi took a closer look and found the words "Panasonic" engraved under the lantern. She glanced at Ren Suo with a little surprise: "How do you know this allusion?"
Ren Suo blinked, tilted his head, and said with wandering eyes: "Isn't this a matter of course?"
Then the two of them walked into Zhong Jianshi Commercial Street. Just like in the Xuanguo Temple, there will be many businesses such as divination, asking questions, selling longevity lock amulets, etc. As a famous scenic spot in Tokyo, Sensoji Temple has naturally been commercialized long ago, and it is more thorough than the Xuanguo Temple—between Kaminarimon and the main hall Omotesando has become a pure commercial street. In addition to common configurations such as souvenirs, you can even eat and drink here, and even the two-dimensional surrounding figures are also dazzling.
However, Ren Suo didn't know if anyone would come here to buy figurines. It is estimated that Zhao Huo would—the figurines bought by Sensoji Temple, buy them back to protect the house from evil spirits
It was also the first time for Qiao Muyi to see the bustling commercial street in the temple, and was dazzled by the crowds and various shops for a while. However, she was soon led away by Ren Suo and walked to a shop that smelled like eggs.
Qiao Muyi glanced at the shop signboard, "Asakusa Temple Imperial Use" on the left, and "Ningyoyaki" on the right, Ren Suo said to the waiter in Japanese very naturally: "Five-storied pagoda, lantern, pigeon, and Thor. Thanks."
Then Ren Suo stretched out his hand to Qiao Muyi and introduced: "This Kimura Ningyoyaki is the most authentic Ningyoyaki in Sensoji Temple. You must try it when you come to Sensoji Temple, and it's already noon now. Let's have some snacks here to fill our stomachs first." .”
The waiter at the counter also smiled and said, "Yes, Kimura's four special Ningyoyaki will definitely not disappoint customers."
Qiao Muyi glanced at Ren Suo, took out the money from his wallet, and soon got a white box containing Ningyoyaki. The lid of the box was also painted with the landmark of Sensoji Temple. To make bento boxes.
Ren Suo held the box, looked at Qiao Muyi, and felt that she didn't seem to want to let go of his right hand (they were still holding hands), so he handed the box over and motioned for her to open it.
Qiao Muyi opened the lid, and saw that there were four crimson Ningyoyaki inside, and just like their names, the shapes were five-storied pagoda, lantern, dove, and Thor, which looked quite delicate.
She picked up the lantern's Ningyoyaki and tasted it. She felt that it was an egg pancake with red bean filling, and it was not bad.
Ren Suo looked at her eagerly from the side, and shook her hand, signaling her to let go quickly, so that he could take a few dolls to taste.
However, Qiao Muyi grabbed his hand even harder to prevent him from pulling it out. Then Qiao Muyi picked up a dove-shaped doll and said, "Open your mouth."
"Ah-mmmmmm."
"How about it?"
"This pigeon is not very tasty."
Qiao Muyi fed Thor's Ningyo to Ren Suo again, but Ren Suo still didn't think it was very tasty, Qiao Muyi immediately reacted: "You don't like this kind of sweet food, do you? It's full of sweet stuffing."
"Yes." Ren Suo nodded: "I prefer salty ones."
Qiao Muyi snorted, and suddenly approached Ren Suo and said, "You don't like sweets, why are you so familiar with Ningyoyaki? You went to buy Ningyoyaki from the old Kimura shop?"
Qiao Muyi's face was so close that even her trembling eyelashes could be clearly seen, Ren Suo immediately turned his head hahaha: "Well...do you like it then?"
Qiao Muyi glanced at him, retracted his body, ate the last piece of five-storied pagoda Ningyoyaki, and said while eating, "It's okay. If you have to choose between dislike and like, it's like."
"That's fine."
Ren Suo tried to change the subject, but Qiao Muyi was not so easy to fool: "You haven't answered why you are so familiar with Ningyosha."
Ren Suo's eyeballs rolled, his eyes wandered, but he didn't meet Qiao Muyi's eyes, and said casually: "Isn't this a matter of course... Hey, there is a cat here!"
Ren Suo took Qiao Muyi to a small path between the shop and the shop. There was a little orange cat curled up in the corner, which seemed to be sleeping, but when Ren Suo and Qiao Muyi came over, it immediately got up and stood up. , did not run away, but looked at Ren Suo meowing a few times foolishly.
Seeing it, Qiao Muyi remembered the little rope at home, so she knelt down and wanted to touch it. Unexpectedly, as soon as Qiao Muyi approached, the little orange cat meowed tremblingly, then obediently lay down and turned over, revealing its snow-white and furry belly, and closed its eyes as if facing death, as if facing a strong and strong man and giving up resistance to accept the ravages weak girl.
Ren Suo smiled: "It lay down and exposed its belly, it was afraid of you, hee hee(#^.^#)."
Unconvinced, Qiao Muyi stretched out his hand to pat the little orange cat a few times, and said, "How could it be that you are afraid of me? You are obviously afraid of you?"
Ren Suo raised his eyebrows and showed a smile that didn't deserve to be beaten: "I'm very popular with cats... Come on, hand in hand."
Ren Suo stretched out his hand, and the little orange cat immediately stretched out his right front leg to put Ren Suo's hand in favor, and then Ren Suo smiled proudly at Qiao Muyi with a proud smile as if he had won Bai Fumei's favor.
Qiao Muyi's eyes turned cold, and he said to the little orange cat, "Lie down!"
Feeling the frightening coercion of the giant in front of him, the trembling little orange cat immediately turned over and lay down, closed its eyes and said nothing—come on, come on, life still has its hands on me, this little cat, hurry up, just Like being bitten by a dog.
Qiao Muyi looked at Ren Suo and snorted, with a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth: "So what if you won its heart, I want it to lie down and I have to lie down, and I can lick it if I want!"
Depressed, Ren Suo picked up Qiao Muyi, walked to the commercial street on the other side, and lined up behind the queue in front of a dessert shop with ease.
"Let's try this Asakusa lantern, which is ice cream sandwiched between biscuits. We can choose eight different flavors of ice cream, and there are exclusive special ice creams in different seasons, but the matcha flavor is a must... Which one do you want to eat?"
Hearing Ren Suo's detailed introduction of the delicacies here, Qiao Muyi wanted to say something, but she held back.
Then they ate Kameyo Ningyoyaki and Asakusa Kokonoe fried buns, and walked around for more than ten minutes before reaching the Treasure Gate.
Like Kaminarimon, Hozomon also hangs a big red lantern, but it is a little smaller than the Kaminarimon lantern. On the lantern is written "Kofunecho" in black on a white background, and there are statues of King Nio on the left and right sides.
After passing through the treasure gate, Ren Suo excitedly pulled Qiao Muyi to look back, and said, "There are two straw sandals, each 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, and weighing 150 kilograms. It is said that they were handmade after three years. It is compiled to symbolize the crystallization of faith."
Qiao Muyi asked: "Won't these sandals rot when the wind blows and rains?"
"Yes? But this pair of straw sandals is changed every ten years, and there will be a big straw sandal offering ceremony when changing..."
Ren Suo introduced Qiao Muyi and continued to walk forward. There was a big incense burner in front of him. Ren Suo took Qiao Muyi around and said, "Everyone will come here to pray for health and longevity."
Then he took Qiao Muyi to the water house. The water house is a huge pool. A statue of Wuzun with a walking stick and a dragon wrapped around his body stands in the center of the pool. There are six small stone dragons on the platform under the statue. Clear water, simply put, is a very cool fountain.
There are several water ladles next to the pool, and the passengers are using the ladles to ladle water to wash their hands. Here, Qiao Muyi finally let go. Ren Suo stepped forward to pick up the water ladle while washing his hands, and introduced: "Washing hands here is particular, first pour a little water to wash the left hand, then use the left hand to take the water ladle to wash the right hand, and then switch to the right hand. Pour some water into the palm of your left hand with a water spoon, take a sip of the water in your left hand, rinse your mouth, spit it back into your left hand and pour it out, if you think it is not clean, you can wash your left hand again... "
Qiao Muyi washed her hands very meekly according to Ren Suo's instructions, but this time she couldn't help it anymore, she grabbed Ren Suo after washing her hands and asked, "How do you even understand the washing steps so clearly?"
"Well..." Ren Suo's eyes drifted away again.
He suddenly let out a sigh, pointed to the front and said, "Where can we draw lots to see if we are lucky, young master, why don't we go to draw lots to see our luck? If there is luck to protect us, maybe our trip will be smooth this time."
Qiao Muyi looked over, and saw a house with a みくじ signboard hanging not far away—that is, the lottery office, where 100 yen is used for one fortune-telling.
Ren Suo took Qiao Muyi to the place where the lottery was placed, and motioned Qiao Muyi to draw the lottery. But after Qiao Muyi picked up the stick with one hand, he handed it to Ren Suo.
Ren Suo thought to himself, can't you let go of your hand and shake the lottery by yourself, but he still stretched out his left hand honestly, and shook the lottery together with Qiao Muyi.
Unlike the chopstick holders in ancient costume TV dramas, this one in Sensoji Temple is completely sealed, and there is only a small opening to shake out the lottery. Passengers have to shake it a lot to shake out the lottery.
Qiao Muyi suddenly said: "I have never had any talent in this kind of activity that requires luck."
Ren Suoqi said: "Luck also has talent?"
"Yes, I have forwarded hundreds of lucky draws on Weibo, but I have never won a single one." Qiao Muyi said, "I have never had any good luck since I was a child. But in the current situation, I think I will get the big draw."
Pooh.
Ren Suo suddenly laughed, and he still laughed very happily, his eyes narrowed like crescent moons, Qiao Muyi looked at him in a daze - is it so funny that I am unlucky
"Don't worry." Ren Suo's tone was full of smiles, but it contained convincing self-confidence: "Even if you are unlucky thirty-three times, you will definitely be able to draw 'Duck' this time, I promise."
"Why?" Qiao Muyi looked at Ren Suo suspiciously. How can you be so sure about drawing lots? And why can the number of times of bad luck be accurate to thirty-three
"because… "
Dongdong, a wooden stick fell out of the two of them shaking the stick, and landed on the table, making a crisp sound.
"It's a matter of course."