Chushu, day thirteen. Twenty-seven and raining, after thirty-one.
处暑第十三天。三十一度之后，二十七度，下着雨。
Rain until Monday, they say. Tuesday goes back to thirty-two.
说是下到下周一。下周二又是三十二度。
Wet air does not cool you. It sits on you.
湿气不凉快，是压在身上。
Sichuan answers damp with heat, not with cold.
四川人对付湿，用的是辣，不是凉。
A shop by Wanfu Bridge in Chengdu, 1862. The oil porters ate there.
一八六二年成都万福桥边的小饭铺，挑油的脚夫在那儿吃饭。
The peppercorn does the tingling, the bean paste does the rest.
花椒管麻，豆瓣管别的。
