Chapter 39: Market (1/2)
Xia Ye's eyes were on his father, and fortunately his father was the commander-in-chief this time, otherwise Xia Ye wouldn’t know how to focus on this musical atmosphere.
The two-hour concert soon ended, and Mr. Tang was still not quite satisfied, and stood up and applauded with everyone. Tang Jinyu, who was next to him, was picked up and presented a bunch of flowers to Teacher Xia. When Teacher Xia bowed to take it, he gently squeezed the child's face and smiled at him. The child's eyes lit up like little stars, worshiping him extremely in his mind.
Teacher Xia’s concert would continue to perform for the next few days, so Chen Suling made some plans for them.
The old friend the Chen family knew was doing well in Yecheng. After hearing that Chen Suling's family came here, he had arranged some places they can go visit from their surrounding areas.
The other party was really enthusiastic, and Chen Suling could not refute the kindness of her elders, so she agreed.
Chen Suling wanted to take Xia Ye with her, and told Teacher Xia with a smile: ”You are still working, but we are still on vacation. Let us take Xiao Ye with us to have some fun. He is very responsible and can help me take care of Xiao Yu!”
Teacher Xia agreed with a smile. If he kept his son here, it would be the biggest torment for him.
It would be better if Xiaoyu could stay in this kind of field than Xiaoye, but since Xiaoyu’s fingers are still a little slow, he is still able to play very well.
While Teacher Xia was working hard, the Tang family began to pack their things and prepared to go on vacation.
Xia Ye brought a few things, he didn’t have a lot of things since there were some things that the hotel provided for him that he didn’t need to bring, so he only had a backpack with a laptop and a spare change of clothes, making it easy to travel.
Tang Jinyu was young and didn't need to pack his luggage. When the adults were busy, he was even allowed to play hide-and-seek for a while.
The child was hiding in the largest suitcase. Xia Ye saw a little corner of his clothes, but he leaned on the door and deliberately shouted out twice, pretending to look for him, and then said: ”I give up, I really can't find you, Xiaoyu come out.”
The largest suitcase in the middle of the living room moved twice, and was pushed aside with a ”click”. After the suitcase was unfolded, a small head popped out, cheering at him.
Xia Ye walked over and squeezed his face, ”It’s not a bad hiding place, It would’ve been easy to pick this up.”
Tang Jinyu stretched out his hands towards him, and Xia Ye naturally picked him up, letting him wrap his arms around his neck, and asked small naive questions.
Tang Jinyu talks a lot recently, and there was no obstacle when he communicated, but he can't speak quickly, and he stutters if he talks too quickly. Xia Ye talks to him slowly every time. He often felt that his brother was not stupid. On the contrary, he was smarter than other children. He was in poor health when he was a child and has not fully recovered, but he will recover well one day.
The boss who warmly entertained them was surnamed Hong. Ten years ago, he came to Yecheng alone to work hard. At some point, he had a car business that made him a fortune, and then later on he invested it for his hotel business. Boss Hong was often busy with things, and he was only able to call Chen Suling and not see her in person. He did not accompany them on their vacation, but he had specially arranged for his Secretary to drive them.
The secretary took a seven-seater vehicle. There was nothing special on the outside, but it was luxurious and spacious from the inside. He drove them around for three hours to the beach.
”You need to take a boat to get to this place. Let's wait here for now, I will arrange your boat ride for you guys. This might have been inconvenient for you guys, but, but it will be fine once you get there.” The secretary led them ahead and said with a smile. ”Boss Hong might have already explained this to you guys in the morning, but our new hotel had just opened up a couple of days ago, and we have reserved the best suite for everyone!”
Boss Hong has done a lot of business in the past two years, and chose the perfect time to occupy a small island. He also occupied a few more small islands, and had rented them for thirty years. There was only one Hotel on that island, which was opened by Boss Hong, and it was for a simple reason. The island he picked is naturally the best in the surrounding area. Whether you were driving or walking on this island, it was very nice. The Coral Hotel has just officially opened a few days ago, and only friends and family that were allowed to visit it.
Chen Suling chatted with the secretary all the way with a smile.
In the warm weather in the south, grandpa Tang had a healthy body and good spirit, Xia Ye stood beside him while holding Tang Jinyu, and told them some knowledge of coral along the way.
Tang Hongjun tried to interrupt several times, but didn't get a chance.
”Xiaoyu, in fact, Dad also knows…”
”Of course you know, because I taught you all of it, don't listen to your dad, Xiaoyu, grandpa will tell you.”
Tang Honjun was blocked again, he rubbed his nose and stood aside, and simply followed along to listen to the lecture.
After disembarking, they drove another distance by car and arrived at the Coral Hotel.
The hotel had just opened, and the decorations were unique. After entering the gate, there was a small bridge and some running water. The hotel lobby was semi-open, with tropical trees on both sides, thick and green.
When Tang Jinyu was held by his grandfather and walked over, he happened to see a staff member nearby putting koi into the pond. Every time a koi entered the water, someone would say ”Koi enters the pond”, it was almost like a ritual, and Tang Jinyu saw this with gusto.
Old Tang looked down at his little grandson, and said with a smile, ”Xiaoyu would like to see it? Grandpa will take you later, okay?”
The secretary on the side heard this and smiled: ”There are some inside the hotel, and there also some outside. You should take a break first before you do since it’s hot outside, there will also be some activities to do when the sun goes down, and also have a picnic at the beach tonight.”
She turned her head and asked Chen Suling, ”I was in a bit of a rush this morning, and I forgot to ask you if anyone in your family is allergic to seafood? I’ll let the chefs know and prepare ahead of time, so that everyone can eat at ease.”
Chen Suling said, ”Apart from Peony Shrimp, everything else is fine. By the way, there should be less oysters, not because anyone is allergic to it, but it’s mostly because my youngest son likes to eat that, there was this one time where he ate too much and almost fell ill.”
The secretary took note and nodded in response.
Xia Ye followed Chen Suling, and he was still carrying a bag for her. Hearing her say this, he couldn't help but look up.
The Tang family is in good health, none of them have any allergies, only he is allergic to peony shrimp.
He held Aunt Chen's bag in his hand, his Aunt Chen actually kept his matters in mind.
Tang Jinyu was worried that he wouldn’t be able to see the koi. After putting down his things, he ran to Xia Ye and asked him to hold him, ”Grandpa is at the door, let's go together.”
Xia Ye pinched the tip of his nose and said, ”So lazy.”
Even when he said that, he didn’t put him down.
The koi mentioned by the secretary was really different from the ones raised outside in the pond. They are considered to be the treasures of the town shop, and they are properly placed in the best place in the hotel's feng shui area. The big business owners are more or less superstitious. Some people like to raise some feng shui fish, hoping that they can bring them good luck and wealth.
”This one is called ‘Golden and Silver Scales'. It is specially cultivated, it swims very beautifully. There is also this colorful one called ‘Loulan’, it’s worth millions of dollars!”
”The fish in this tank cost more than one million?”
”No, no, the fish cost at least a million itself.”