Chapter 195: Fishing Competition

Translator: Aristophaneso

This meal was the happiest meal of Xiao Ying’s parents’ lives. In Xiao Ying’s father’s words, he was happier today than he had been on the day he was married.

They were extremely satisfied with their son in law and could not stop smiling the entire time he was here, and when Xiao Xian recounted how he had chased after Xiao Ying for so long, the two elders grinned with an overflowing happiness.

“How are you, Xiao Xian, did you sleep well?”

The next morning, Chu Xian and Xiao Ying left their room and were greeted by Xiao Ying’s smiling father.

“Yes, just like home.” Chu Xian nodded and filled the basin with water and washed up.

“Good, as long as you’re comfortable!” Xiao Ying’s father walked over to Xiao Ying. “Let’s go into the city to buy some stuff today, and then we can go visit your two uncles.”

“Okay dad!” Xiao Ying nodded and walked over to Xiao Xian to let him know.

Chu Xian was their son in law in all but name now, and so they had to visit Xiao Ying’s uncles with some presents and let the elders meet the young couple.

“En, no problem. The city is not too far, we can take the car.” Chu Xian nodded.

That morning, breakfast was some simple porridge eggs and left overs.

“Mom, dad, you can sit in the back!” After breakfast, Chu Xian opened up the garage door and called out to Xiao Ying’s parents.

“Good, good. Haha, this is the first time I’m on such a nice car. It’s even better than my boss’ car!” Xiao Ying’s father sat in the car and smiled.

“Let’s go, let’s go.” Xiao Ying urged from the front seat.

“En!” Chu Xian nodded and drove the car into the city center.

On the road, they ran into the village people and Xiao Ying’s parents called out and greeted everyone.

“Ai, we gave birth to a good daughter, giving us so much face!” Xiao Ying’s father said with a happy smile.

Xiao Ying turned around and looked back, “It’s all because of mom’s hard work!”

“Haha, you’re right, you’re right!” Xiao Ying’s father nodded happily.

When they got to the city center, Xiao Ying’s mother bought some cigarettes and alcohol and other presents; although the things they bought were not as expensive as the things Xiao Ying and Chu Xian brought, they still were not cheap.

Xiao Ying’s parents also liked face.

After wandering around Jiu Yun City that morning and eating lunch, they drove back.

“Xiao Xian, stop just up ahead. I heard that there is a fishing competition being held over here, and the prize pool is over a hundred thousand rmb. Let’s go and take a look.”

As the car drove by the river in the front of the village, Xiao Ying’s father suddenly called to Chu Xian.

“En, okay!” Chu Xian looked over into the distance and sure enough, there were some cars parked in the area and a large group of people gathered around.

“There was a flood yesterday, and so the water level is pretty high and there will be a lot of fish. Some club from the city is holding a fishing competition and the prize is pretty high. I was going to ask for some days off to participate!”

The car pulled to a stop and Xiao Ying’s father got out and headed over excitedly to the group of people.

“Your father loves to fish. The grass carp that we had last night was one your father caught, but he doesn’t even like to eat fish!” Xiao Ying’s mother shook her head as she explained her husband’s behavior.

“Fishing is not bad, I also like to fish!” Chu Xian smiled, and they followed along behind Xiao Ying’s father.

“Hey hey hey, Uncle Zhang, what brings you over? Didn’t you say that you had some stuff so you were taking some days off? Was that to come here to fish!” At that moment, a young man suddenly called out.

Chu Xian and the others looked over and saw a young man walking over to Xiao Ying’s father.

“Oh, Manager Song!” Xiao Ying’s father turned to the young man with a slightly embarrassed expression. “I was just on my way back from the city and passed by, and I was curious so I came to have a look.”

“Yi, Xiao Ying’s here as well?” The young man nodded to Xiao Ying’s father when he noticed Xiao Ying and the others behind him and his face transformed with pleasant surprise.

“Xiao Ying came back yesterday.”

“Brother Qingfeng!” Xiao Ying saw the young man and called out a pleasant greeting.

“En, little sister Xiao Ying is even prettier than before!” Song Qinfeng stared at Xiao Ying for a moment, and then asked. “Has Xiao Ying graduated? Come back home and let me find you a job. I heard that it is difficult for college graduates to find jobs now. Let me get you one, the pay will be decent. Think about it!”

“Thank you, but there’s no need. I already have a job!” Xiao Ying thanked him but refused gracefully.

“Hai, what kind of job? Uncle Zhang, you should have let me know earlier. Our company in Jiu Yun City is also a decent business in the city, and it would be good if she worked as a clerk at our company. Uncle Zhang you should have Xiao Ying think about it. Working at Jiu Yun City will also mean staying close to home and having people around to take care of her!”

“There’s no need, Manager Song. Xiao Ying is staying at her university to teach, it is a good job!” Xiao Ying’s father laughed and refused the offer.

“Staying at her university?” Song Qingfeng said with some surprise. “Does that mean she will stay in Hai Qing City? Uncle Zhang, Xiao Ying is your only child, are you really okay with her staying so far away from home?”

“Qing Feng, you met some acquaintances?” At that moment, a young man who looked very similar to Song Qingfeng walked over, looking from Xiao Ying to his little brother with a gentle smile.

“En, brother, I met Uncle Zhang and his family!” Song Qingfeng nodded.

“What a coincidence, you must be Xiao Ying. It’s been over two years, and you’re even more beautiful now!” Song Qingzhi smiled and greeted Xiao Ying.

“Hello, Qingzhi Bro!” Xiao Ying called him.

“Qing Zhi, Qing Feng, you guys are here as well!” At that moment, twenty to thirty young and middle-aged men walked over and called out greetings when they saw Qingzhi and Qingfeng.

“Hey, Erdong, you are here as well, and your son in law is here as well. The entire family is here!” The villagers from Feng Li saw Chu Xian and the others and called out greetings.

“Son in law?” Song Qingfeng heard those words and was stunned, and immediately turned to the young man at her side, and his face grew ugly.

Song Qingzhi looked at his little brother’s expression and frowned before turning to look at Chu Xian.

“Hey everyone, are you all here to participate in the fishing competition as well?” Song QIngzhi laughed and called out to the gathered villagers.

“Haha, we’re here to just be part of the bustle. We heard that anyone can participate, so maybe we’ll get lucky!” The villagers nodded. “Qingfeng, Qingzhi, what are you all doing here?”

“En, this competition is hosted by our boss and his friend, so we cam to help out!” Song Qingzhi smiled and replied.

“Yo, so this is being hosted by the boss of your company, no wonder there’s so much money involved. So it turns out it’s because of your boss, Li Cheng.”

“Hehe, its not bad. Uncles and aunts, I can bring you along. If you’re attending there will be a standard jacket and fishing rods that you can borrow. You won’t need the ones you brought!” Song Qingzhi said.

“You even have uniforms, tsk tsk. This really lives up to the standard of a famous company in our city. Qingzhi, Qingfeng, you guys are successful. You’ve left our village and bought big houses in the city; you’ve both done pretty well!”

The people exclaimed. Song Qingzhi and his brother were quite successful, and many people from the village were jealous.

“Hehe, we were just lucky!” Song Qingzhi laughed. “Uncles, aunts, come with us!”

“Xiao Ying, Uncle Zhang, you all can come along as well. It’s still early in the afternoon, come play!” Song Qingfeng called out to them.

“Okay, sure!” Xiao Ying’s father was very interested in the fishing competition and agreed without any hesitation.

Xiao Ying’s mother shook her head helplessly and turned to Chu Xian. “Xiao Xian, do you liked to fish? If you aren’t interested we can go back first and let Xiao Ying’s father come back with the other villagers later in the afternoon.”

“It’s okay, mom. I quite like fishing.” Chu Xian laughed and followed along.

“Hey son, is that car parked over there yours? Its beautiful, must be worth quite a bit?” A middle aged man walked over to Chu Xian and asked him.

“It’s pretty good!” Chu Xian laughed. “I also don’t know how much it’s worth!”

“Hehe, young man you are not a normal person. Your family background must be quite good.” The middle aged man laughed.

“Xiao Ying, this is your boyfriend?” Song Qingfeng lead from the front and paused on the road to wait for Xiao Ying and the others, and while he was standing there looked Chu Xian over and asked.

“En, this is my boyfriend.” Xiao Ying looked at Chu Xian sweetly.

Song Qingfeng squeezed out an awkward smile before turning to Chu Xian and asking. “Brother, did you also just graduate? What do you do?”

“I’ve been graduated for over a year now. I run my own business!” Chu Xian gave him a friendly nod before grabbing Xiao Ying by the hadn. “Be careful, the riverside is slippery!”

Xiao Ying’s mother watched Chu Xian’s actions with contentment, but Song QIngfeng’s eyelid twitched!

“I heard from the folks from the village that your car is not bad. Looks like this brother has also done pretty well!”

Chu Xian looked at Song Qingfeng and calmly shook his head. “It’s not that impressive, the car was a gift from a friend!”

Song Qingfeng laughed knowingly, but his heart was filled with thoughts – a friend gave him the car?

“It’s not easy to run a business nowadays!” Song Qingfeng looked at Chu Xian and shook his head slightly. “Right, what do you sell?”

“Goldfish and aquariums!” Chu Xian replied.

“Goldfish and aquariums?” A smile appeared on Song Qingfeng’s face. He didn’t know about the aquarium store, but a goldfish store would not be anything other than a small ten square meter storefront that sold little goldfish.

“Nowadays, graduates have a hard time making money in society!” Song Qingfeng shook his head and sighed.

“Tell me about it. Making money is not easy!” The young men nearby all agreed. “If only we could get into a big company like you did, Qing Feng. Of the people our age, you are the most successful!”

“Hehe, I’m doing alright. Worse than the best and better than the worst. I get a couple ten thousand rmb each month, but I can’t compare to the big bosses!”

“Tens of thousands is not little, aih. That’s how much we make in an entire year!”

“What about Xiao Ying, are you going to come back in the future?”

“I haven’t put much thought into it!” Xiao Ying was listening to their conversation when the question was suddenly turned towards her. She looked over at Chu Xian before shaking her head slightly.

“Although Hai Qing City is only a second string city, it is still a tourist city. The houses aren’t cheap, and are far more expensive than those in our Jiu Yun City!” A young man said.

“En, much more expensive than home!” Xiao Ying nodded.

“Right, brother, is your family from Hai Qing City?” Song Qinfeng suddenly looked over at Chu Xian and asked.

“No, I am also from a village!” Chu Xian replied with a big smile. This scene was somewhat familiar!

“Hehe, then you have a lot of pressure on you. It’ll take at least over a million to buy a house and furnish it, and you can’t rent forever!” Song Qingfeng said with a smile.

We’re renting right now, and it’s quite nice!” Xiao Ying said casually.

“hehe.” Song Qingfeng started laughing.

Xiao Ying’s mother smiled with contentment and happiness filled her heart. Her son-in-law was kind and rich, and most importantly treated her daughter well. Even when he wanted to buy a villa he still asked for her daughter’s opinion, and even wanted to buy a luxury car for her.

“Come, come, come. If you want to join the fishing competition, please put on these specially ordered jackets. There are fishing rods over here, and everyone can sit over here. People will still be coming over at 2 pm, and we’ll start at 2:30!”

Song Qingzhi announced to the group, and some staff members by the side immediately brought out the clothes.

“Everybody find a place to sit. The chairs are already prepared for all of you.” Song Qingzhi spoke again, and then turned to look at his brother. His brother stood next to Xiao Ying and her family, and he called out: “Qingfeng, find a place for Uncle Zhang and his family.”

“Okay, brother.’ Song Qingfeng nodded. “Come with me Uncle Zhang, let’s go over there. Xiao Li, get us three fishing rods.”

“Okay, Manager Song!” A male staff member nearby nodded.

“We’re troubling you, Manager Song!” Xiao Ying’s father smiled.

“Uncle Zhang, don’t call me manager manager, that’s too distant!” Song Qingfeng hurriedly waved his hand!

“Isn’t this a habit now?” Xiao Ying’s father laughed.

“Good, good, okay. Then Uncle Zhang should do whatever is comfortable!” Song Qing Feng nodded and smiled.

“Here, Uncle Zhang, have some water!” Song Qingzhi walked over with some bottles of water.

“Xiao Ying, you graduated this year? Are you interested in joining our Li Cheng Company? You are also a college graduate. Qingfeng and I can use the people we know to help. Seven to eight thousand rmb per month is not a problem.”

“There’s no need. Thank you brother Qingzhi for your kindness!” Xiao Ying refused again.

“Okay, okay. You just graduated and want to go it on your own for now. If you want to come over in the future, you can always ask Qingfeng. That’s right, Qingfeng, you should give Xiao Ying your contact info, hehe, as people from the same village we should help each other in the future!” Song Qingzhi said.

“Okay, brother!” Song Qingfeng nodded.

“Ai, Qingzhi, my son is graduating soon, can he go to your company. As long as he works in the office, even a position as a clerk is fine!”

A middle-aged man looked at Song Qingzhi expectantly.

“Of course, as long as the little brother comes to interview, I’ll definitely give him some priority and help him get in!” Song Qingzhi smiled and nodded.

“Thank you so much, Qingzhi. You brothers are so successful, you have cars and houses. I hope my useless son can be half as successful as you two are.”

“That’s right, and Qingzhi also married a beautiful woman. Oh, that’s right, is Qingfeng seeing anyone? Let me find someone for you, I can definitely find you a beautiful woman!”

“It’s alright, uncles.” Song Qingfeng hurriedly waved his hand. He smiled and said, “if only Xiao Ying had a sister, she would be very beautiful as well.”

“Haha, that’s right. Xiao Ying this girl is very beautiful, too bad she already has a boyfriend, otherwise she would look really good with Qingfeng!”

“What nonsense are you saying, Old Liu? I have very satisfied with my son-in-law!” Xiao Ying’s mother called out unhappily when she heard what this middle-aged man was saying.

“Hey hey, little sister, I didn’t mean anything by it. But Qingfeng really is not bad; he’s rich and handsome, and there’s definitely no young man better than Qingfeng in the ten nearest villages!”

“Of course, Qingfeng this young man is very good. To use a popular phrase, he’s a golden bachelor, haha.”

The surrounding people all clamored to flatter him.