Sponge cucumber

What do you think this grotesque thing is?

This is a 'sponge cucumber'; 'he-chi-ma'.
At the end of summer, cutting the runner of this plant, we get the 'water' from it.
From the water we can make 'he-chi-ma-su-i'.
We use it as 'lotion'.
It is popular among women as it is very natural.

And we can make a 'natural sponge' from it too.
First we put it into water for a long time, and after removing the pulp, we can get 'a natural sponge'.

Opening of a discount store

The other day, a discount store opened near here.

Though the number of population of our town isn't so large, there are four supermarkets.
And the fifth one is newly opened.
They compete prices and as a result, we can buy things at a very low price.
Besides this store is open for 24 hours, so it is very covenient.

But someday, some stores may be bankrupt.



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