Chapter 115: Harbin (1/2)
Xia Ye stayed at home to rest for the next two days and took a short annual vacation.
It so happened that Teacher Xia came back from Yecheng the next day and brought some gifts. Xia Ye took Tang Jinyu home and the two families got together.
Teacher Xia brought two boxes of Yecheng's mangoes this time, one weighing two to three kilograms. Although they were still green, they were sweet and sour after being cut, and they were still very delicious.
There was no need to practice piano during the New Year. Since not only was Teacher Xia busy flying around, but Master Leo was also very busy. He has several New Year piano recitals. He has to go abroad and will not be back until the Lantern Festival.
Tang Jinyu sent a New Year message to his teacher and classmates earnestly. He even sent one to Li He, who was not easy to get along with. Li He replied with a very long one, mixed with many emojis. This person usually doesn't seem so easy to get along with, but he replies to his text messages very quickly, which was particularly good for the New Year atmosphere.
Tang Jinyu picked up a few interesting ones and showed them to Xia Ye. Xia Ye was too familiar with his good friends. They also received New Year greeting messages by brothers and sister duo. Their messages were exactly the same, except that their names were different and followed by a series of auspicious words, and it was hard to tell who copied from whom.
Teacher Xia brought back Yecheng's specialty products, and the family began to miss traveling like they used to a few years ago. Chen Suling said with emotion: ”The past few years have been very busy. So much has passed and in a blink of an eye. I remember that time when Xiaoyu was still young, and he just dozed off in my arms and slept all the way back home from the airport.”
Teacher Xia also nodded and smiled: ”Yes, that was the first time I went back to attend a New Year's concert. It has been many years now.”
He underwent surgery and healed well, and the wounds in his heart slowly healed as he taught the child day after day. In the past, he really couldn't imagine that he would have the courage to stand back on the stage.
Tang Hongjun said: ”If you have time, let's go there again. The hotel was not bad last time. I took a lot of photos.”
The adults were chatting, and Tang Jinyu was especially interested when he heard this. Tang Hongjun teased him: ”Xiaoyu, do you want to go with us, or do you want to wait for your birthday? There are still a few days off on May 1st. We are still staying in the same hotel last time, didn’t you particularly like watching the big fish in their house?”
Tang Jinyu was very interested, nodded and said, ”Okay, is Loulan still there? I haven't seen it in a long time.”
”It should be. Koi can live for decades!”
”Wow, that must be very long—”
After a while, the adults went to make tea and play chess. After the adults were gone, Xia Ye sat up and raised his hand and lightly flicked his brother's forehead, and said in a low voice, ”Greedy, didn't you say you went to Harbin? And now you want to go to Yecheng.”
Tang Jinyu said frankly: ”There are so many fun places, I want to go everywhere.” He pierced a piece of mango with his fork and fed it to Xia Ye's mouth, flattering, ”Brother, wait for me for a few more years. When you retire early, I will take you everywhere!”
Xia Ye raised his eyebrows.
Tang Jinyu immediately said: ”Really, I have thought about it. From now on, I will go to a music school, and then I will go to the same orchestra as with my uncle and play the piano and travel everywhere. Then you will follow me, half of my hotel bed will be shared with you, so we can save some money hehe~”
Xia Ye pinched the tip of his nose and smiled angrily, ”How come you are so stingy with so much money in your pocket?”
Tang Jinyu said aggrieved: ”I don't have any cash, just this little new year's money every year, and I have to save for another year.”
Xia Ye calculated it for him. The little guy was indeed rich now, but most of them were real estate and mine dividends. They were directly credited to the little guy’s account, but they are under the custody of a guardian, and he can’t really take any money out directly, so he could only go around him for some pocket money.
There was no other rich second generation who was this miserable.
Xia Ye approached him and whispered, ”I will give you a secondary card, no limit, okay?”
Tang Jinyu was very moved, but still shook his head and refused, ”No, I'm afraid of losing it.”
Xia Ye scratched his chin, thought for a moment, and chuckled softly: ”Alright, then when you need it, come to me, anyway, you are growing taller and you can have many more wishes.”
Tang Jinyu got excited when he heard this, and took Xia Ye's hand and asked him to measure himself again. The result was remarkable in the first half of the year, he grew a lot taller. Xia Ye looked down at the scale numbers and said, ”Don't stand on your tiptoes.”
Tang Jinyu retracted the heel he was eager to lift up again, and asked in a low voice, ”Brother, how much have I grown?”
”169.5 centimeters.”
(T/n: 169.5 cm= 5’5 ft)
”Wow! Just round me to one meter seven!”
Tang Jinyu was overjoyed. After Xia Ye finished measuring, he looked at it for a long time, then turned around and said, ”Brother, if I continue to grow like this, will I be 1.8 meters tall next year?”
Xia Ye rubbed his head and said, ”It's fine now.”
To be honest, the adults in their family have discussed the height of the little guy. Although Xia Ye does not have enough seniority, he still regards himself as a parent. The parents of the Xia and Tang families agree that as long as their child exceeds an average height of 1.67 meters was pretty good, but now that he has exceeded his goal, they were surprised by how much he grew.
Tang Jinyu feels that he can grow better, but now he doesn’t eat much snacks, and still drinks two large glasses of milk every day. When Xia Ye approaches him, he can smell the milk fragrance on his body. It’s not the same as when he was a child, but it was fragrant and soft.
Xia Ye was stunned, when he saw his brother approach him and sniff twice on his chest like a puppy, his head almost buried in his arms.
Xia Ye tensed, but his face was still calm, squeezed his neck and asked, ”What are you doing?”
Tang Jinyu picked up some of his clothes and said in doubt, ”Weird, brother, you didn't smoke yesterday, but why does this suit smell of smoke? It's the same mint from yesterday…” Actually it doesn't smell bad, but he hasn't smelled it for so many years. He was really curious about his brother smoking.
Xia Ye sniffed it himself, but he didn't smell anything himself, and didn't know how his little brother had such a good nose. He said to him, ”Maybe the clothes were mixed before. I'll go upstairs and change.”
Tang Jinyu was behind him, following him like a little tail, whispering gossip: ”Brother, are you smoking secretly?”
”No, it was your Brother Song who accidentally got a bit of it on me during the meeting.”
”Oh, I thought there was something that made you unhappy. If you have something on your mind, you can tell me, but although I can't help, I can listen.” Tang Jinyu made a gesture of locking his mouth and said seriously. ”I’ll just hear it with my ear and I promise that I will never say anything.”
Xia Ye thinks that his little ears are also very powerful. It is estimated that whether it is the gossip news from Aunt Chen's company or his gossip, his brother knows more than him.
”Be more obedient, and I won't be unhappy.” Xia Ye shook his hand on the doorknob and looked at the little guy following. ”I’m changing my clothes, do you want to come in and see?”
Tang Jinyu waved his hand and stood at the door waiting for him.
After a few minutes, he was called out , ”Xiaoyu, where is my belt?”
Tang Jinyu said outside at the door, and the person inside rummaged for a moment and said, ”Come in, I can't find it.”
Tang Jinyu went in to find it, there was a bedroom here for Xia Ye, but he didn't come here often. Every season, Chen Suling would pack a lot of new clothes for the two brothers, and it was normal that they couldn’t find some things. Tang Jinyu found seven or eight leather belts and put them on the bedside for his brother to choose.
Xia Ye reached out and picked up a belt to fasten it. His hands were slender and strong, with well-defined joints, his fingers flexed around his waist, and he buckled the belt slowly.