Chapter 36: 36: Sizes
Chapter Thirty-Six
Over two hours after the call ended, a car from the Lily Hotel arrived at Longyang Village.
This time, not only did the driver from last time, Master He, come, but Su Wan also arrived.
"Sister Su, why did you come here?" Long Xiaoshan didn't expect Su Wan to come over.
"I made the trip over."
After Su Wan got out of the car, she looked at Long Xiaoshan's house and couldn't help but sigh that Long Xiaoshan's family was really poor, with yellow mud walls, thatched roofs, and no glass in the windows. She came from a rural background too, but her family's home was still a little better than Long Xiaoshan's.
Couple Long Dashan became very nervous upon seeing such a beautiful city woman like Su Wan and hearing that she was also a hotel manager.
"Uncle, Auntie, I'm Xiaoshan's friend," Su Wan greeted them warmly.
Being in human resources and highly sociable, she was able to make Couple Long Dashan feel less nervous within just a few sentences, and they thought that city folks really were different, beautiful and pleasant to listen to.
Su Wan sat for a while, then quickly asked Long Xiaoshan where the shrimp were.
Seeing Su Wan's urgency, as she wouldn't have come in person otherwise, Long Xiaoshan took her to the backyard. Upon seeing a large pond full of large shrimp, Su Wan breathed a sigh of relief and said at the same time, "Xiaoshan, you're raising the shrimp here? I thought you had a shrimp pond. This isn't enough; you have no idea how well your shrimp are selling."
Normally one would definitely use a large pond to raise shrimp, but Long Xiaoshan's pond was just five meters square and not very big.
"Definitely need a pond, still getting that ready," Long Xiaoshan said.
"You'll have to hurry up then. Your shrimp's selling route is very good. Our hotel sells them for 1888 each, limited to ten a day, and we're already booked up for months," Su Wan said, then suddenly felt it was not right to say so much and quickly added, "Xiaoshan, the hotel sells them for so much but there are also costs involved, so don't overthink it."
"Haha, Sister Su, no need to explain to me. How much your hotel sells them for is your business, and I won't be jealous," laughed Long Xiaoshan.
Su Wan, upon hearing Long Xiaoshan's words, showed a smile on her beautiful face and said, "I was worried you might be jealous and want to raise the price on the hotel."
"Don't worry about it, in consideration of Sister Su, even if it sells for ten thousand each, I won't raise the price on your hotel," Long Xiaoshan said casually.
But inside, Su Wan's heart pounded violently.
What did Long Xiaoshan's words mean?
She wanted to ask, but Long Xiaoshan had already turned to discuss with driver Elder He how to get the shrimp onto the truck.
They had prepared quite a few shrimp crates for the trip. Long Xiaoshan was responsible for scooping the shrimp out of the pond and into the crates, and after nearly an hour, thousands of large shrimp had been fished out.
Su Wan saw that there were several dozen large fish in the pond, seemingly weighing at least over ten pounds each.
"Xiaoshan, you raised fish too?"
"Yes, Sister Su, I'll give you one." Long Xiaoshan caught a fish and put it in a crate as well.
Since there were not many fish, Long Xiaoshan had not planned on selling them, deciding to eat them at home. He planned to start fish farming on a larger scale later, and then he would raise other species as well.
Su Wan didn't fuss with Long Xiaoshan; once the shrimp were loaded, the pickup truck was ready to head back to the city.
Since they had to settle the financial matters, Long Xiaoshan also got into the truck.
As the pickup truck drove away, Couple Long Dashan watched, and He Xiangyue said, "Manager Su is truly beautiful, just like a fairy, and seems so different from us rural folks. Imagine if little Xiaoshan could marry a woman like Manager Su."
"Don't get carried away, city people wouldn't take a second look at us country folk."
"Where am I getting wild ideas? Isn't Xiaoshan great? If it weren't for that incident, we might already be Yanjing people by now," He Xiangyue said.
Long Dashan, smoking, said, "Let's not talk about that anymore. Hasn't Xiaoshan made something of himself now? In just a few days, he has earned so much money..."
The pickup truck returned to the county.
Long Xiaoshan and Su Wan walked into the hotel, Su Wan made a phone call, hummed a few times, then hung up the phone and said, "Xiaoshan, come with me, the chairman wants to see you."
Taking the private elevator up, Long Xiaoshan stepped out on the top floor of the hotel and was greeted by a lush green garden and various flowers. He was surprised; he had never expected the top of Lily Hotel to be so beautiful.
"Our chairman lives here. Normally, the chairman meets clients downstairs. You are the first one she has invited up here," Su Wan said.
Long Xiaoshan followed Su Wan along the pebble path into the garden, which was at least eight hundred square meters in size, very large indeed. After walking a bit, he saw a green arch formed by the shade, and heard some sound of water.
Walking through, he found an antique-style swimming pool with a beautiful mermaid in a black bikini swimming inside.
Long Xiaoshan felt awkward, not knowing where to rest his eyes.
"Chairman!" Su Wan called out.
The figure in the pool, Shangguan Baihe, swam over to the edge, walked up the handrail, revealing a tall figure, slender waist, and long legs. She emerged from the water glistening in the sunlight, her body covered in sparkling droplets, stunningly beautiful.
Seeing Long Xiaoshan at her side, Shangguan Baihe wasn't shy at all, and very casually took the towel given by Su Wan to wipe her hair and body.
For those like her who often vacationed abroad, bikinis were the norm on the beaches, not to mention nudist beaches.
Although Shangguan Baihe had never tried the latter, she was quite accustomed to wearing bikinis.
Yet, seeing Long Xiaoshan unsure where to look, Shangguan Baihe couldn't help but giggle. This little farmer had performed very well last time, not intimidated by her aura at all, and had been meticulous with the contract. However, he was, after all, a little farmer, and in many respects, it was clear he was shy and not worldly.
However, even little farmers can possess great wisdom.
Thinking of how this young little farmer managed to cultivate shrimp that made all the businessmen and leaders in the county go crazy, one truly shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
"Come, have a seat," Shangguan Baihe said.
Despite being young and quite embarrassed, Long Xiaoshan was overwhelmed with excitement; an absolutely gorgeous woman, and a hotel chairman at that, was in front of him in just a bikini. He dared not look directly, but he kept stealing glances from the corner of his eye.
Long Xiaoshan suddenly remembered finding a PRADA item in Su Wan's bathroom.
He had a clear memory of it, it wasn't Su Wan's, since it was obviously much smaller, but it seemed to fit Shangguan Baihe perfectly. He didn't know why this thought popped up, but ever since he had been transformed by the Jade Purifying Bottle, his vision felt different from before, being able to discern even the size.
Shangguan Baihe put on a bathrobe, covering her beautiful figure, and finally allowing Long Xiaoshan to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Xiaoshan, I'll call you that too," Shangguan Baihe said in a friendlier tone than last time. "I've asked you here this time to discuss our partnership further. I think we can strengthen our collaboration even more," she said.
Shangguan Baihe had sensed the potential of the Spirit Shrimp.
And these days' success made her realize that Long Xiaoshan was a gold mine.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have invited Long Xiaoshan to the Sky Garden.
This place was her private domain, and that was a signal in itself.