Trafford’s Trading Club

Volume 2 Chapter 3 The Sea, the Old Man and the Painting

The holiday home is run by a couple with a daughter. The male host's name is Lu Hai, and the female host's name is Luo Aiyu.

As for her daughter's name, she is Lu Yiyun. She has just completed the college entrance examination and is now taking advantage of the summer vacation to help in the vacation home run by her family.

The male host is responsible for food and beverage matters and is actually the chef. As for the hostess and daughter, they are responsible for entertaining the guests.

There is also an employee, an aunt in her forties who is in charge of doing odd jobs.

This is not a large-scale holiday home. Although there are large resorts nearby, the location of this holiday home seems to be a bit remote, with only the sea and cliffs all around.

It can be regarded as a small family-run holiday home. The house used as a store should have been converted from a former residence, and then three three-story houses were sparsely built in the back to serve as guest rooms. In between is a small yard, which is fairly clean.

The sea breeze with a touch of salty flavor blows in the yard, bringing the smell of the blue star flowers planted in the small yard.

The courtyard is covered bit by bit with blue star flowers, green and blue folded alternately, like the sea.

"The room here can directly see the sea. Are you satisfied?" Luo Aiyu, the proprietress, led Luo Qiu and his party to the place where they were staying.

Quite enthusiastic.

As for the boss, Lu Hai, he was a little colder, but he still maintained the most basic courtesy. I heard from Lizi that this time, from hiring people to negotiating, it was all handled by the proprietress.

"I'll prepare the food, and you guys can chat." Lu Hai seemed unwilling to stay any longer, and left the room as he spoke.

When Luo Aiyu saw this, she squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't mind, guys, this guy has such a personality. But the food he cooks is delicious, and it's one of the best around here."

When passing a nearby village, Luo Qiu once saw an archway with the words "Lvjia Village" written on it. The landlady's surname is Luo, and she probably married into this place.

This holiday home is located far away from the resort. In fact, the environment is not particularly good. As for being able to see the sea, part of it is actually blocked by the cliff in front.

If there is any advantage, it is probably that it is quite quiet.

"Evian, you greet a few guests here, I'll make some tea."

The little girl nodded obediently. She has lived here since she was a child, and went to school in a nearby town. When she had a room, she would come back to help at home. She had little contact with big cities, and even less contact with people in big cities.

The guests she has come into contact with are all from several nearby towns, and most of them are middle-aged and elderly people. Young people generally don't choose this place...because there are no entertainment facilities.

But this time there are several such beautiful people.

The little girl couldn't help but feel a little cautious.

Ren Ziling's intention was not really to write for this place, but as a professional she would never be vague in this regard. Wanting to complete the work as soon as possible, and then continue to make plans in his mind, Deputy Editor Ren simply caught the little girl and started asking questions.

"Are there usually many customers here?"

Lu Yiyun shook her head, and without much thought, she sighed and said: "Not many. Even in the peak season, we can only receive a dozen or so customers a month. When it is very slow, we can have two customers a month." As for the guests, it’s already settled.”

Ren Ziling lowered her head and wrote something in a small notebook, then raised her head and said, "Why not open it at the resort over there? Instead of opening it here?"

Lu Yiyun seemed to hesitate for a moment. The little girl was probably not a good talker, and her face was too easy for others to see through. She suddenly glanced at the door, as if she was worried about something.

Ren Ziling turned her eyes and said, "If it's inconvenient, it doesn't matter if you don't tell me."

Lu Yiyun nodded, and then said: "Mom said you want two rooms. But they are all double rooms. I will go and make an extra bed for this room later? If they are put together, it is absolutely suitable for three people to sleep. No problem."

"Sharing beds?" Ren Ziling suddenly smiled and said: "No!"

The smiling deputy editor-in-chief Ren pointed at Luo Qiu, then nodded at You Ye, and said in a madam-like voice, "These two belong to the same room."

"Well, we have a room together."

Unexpectedly, Luo Qiu nodded very directly.

Ren Ziling was stunned and opened her mouth... Damn it! She thought Luo Qiu must have refused at this time.

Didn't you expect to agree so directly? Could it be that it has been a long time ago... Sure enough, all children nowadays are so precocious?

The little plot in Deputy Editor Ren's head began to deduce a very rich content after midnight.

She looked at Youye... She really couldn't fault this girl at all. Although she hasn't spoken a few words since recently, to Ren Ziling, such a quiet girl seems like a perfect match for Luo Qiu.

Even under Luo Qiu's affirmative answer, there was no shyness at all. He was very generous and looked like an old married couple.

"Then, come with me."

But the little girl didn't seem to be able to completely let go of this matter, so she had to lower her head and quickly walked out of the room.

Seeing You Ye smiling and following Luo Qiu away in a well-behaved manner, Ren Ziling touched her chin and murmured to herself: "Miscalculation, miscalculation!"

"Sister Ren, what miscalculation did you make?"

Ren Ziling said with a straight face: "I thought I understood this son completely! This is a piece of wood, but I didn't expect... it turns out to be boring/sexy. These two people must have done it many times, right?"

"...Sister Ren, don't be like this, I'm still just a child."

"Go, go." Ren Ziling rolled her eyes at Lizi and suddenly said: "By the way, you can lean against the wall and listen to see if the soundproofing of this room is good."

"What's the matter?"

"You're stupid! If it gets too intense at night, can you handle it?" Ren Ziling snorted, "Or are you planning to do something embarrassing with me?"

Seeing Ren Ziling open her claws and scratching with her fingers, Li Zi immediately leaned against the wall and said in horror: "Sister Ren...I, I'm really just a child, you...don't mess around. "

"hey-hey."

Grasp!

"Two guests, are you satisfied with this room?" Lu Yiyun took a deep breath.

She didn't know if it was because of the misunderstanding, but she felt that receiving these two people alone was more stressful than when she had just received four people.

"If you're not satisfied, there's more upstairs."

Luo Qiu shook his head.

He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the room, opened the window door, walked to the terrace outside the room, and looked at the cliff and the sea.

In fact, there is a lawn outside, with a simple stone wall built with stones and cement on the edge. This holiday house is actually in the middle of the mountainside.

"Who is that?"

Luo Qiu suddenly pointed to an old man sitting on a bench on the lawn outside.

The elderly man was just holding a drawing board and looking into the distance.

"Oh, that's my grandpa." Lu Yiyun smiled and said, "They are not strangers, don't worry, you two."

Luo Qiu nodded and walked down the small wooden ladder next to the terrace outside the window, seemingly heading towards the old man.

"This guest..." Lu Yiyun was stunned.

The maid smiled at this time and said: "It's okay, he is just walking around. By the way, little sister, can you do me a favor?"

"Oh, please!"

"Can you take me to the kitchen? I want to prepare the food myself."

The little girl was stunned... She had never encountered such a request before?

Luo Qiu looked at the old man, who seemed to be in his sixties or seventies. He was sitting on the bench near the cliff with a hat, and it seemed that he had been there for some time.

The pencil used for scanning has always been resting on the drawing paper, and it seems that it has not moved.

With just a few simple strokes, an outline was drawn, which was vaguely a sketch of a human body.

The old man didn't seem to notice anyone coming, or maybe he noticed someone coming and didn't care. He just looked at the sea in front of him quietly.

When the sea breeze blew, the blue star flowers planted under the small stone wall swayed. Luo Qiu sat on the other end of the bench and took out his mobile phone to capture the scenery at this moment.

He lowered his head, playing with the photos on his phone, and suddenly whispered: "Why don't you complete the painting?"

The old man seemed not to hear.

Until the second wave of sea breeze blows.

He said slowly: "I...can't remember. Can't remember...can't remember."

He suddenly grasped the pencil in his hand and began to draw quickly on the drawing paper, but the crisscrossed lines were just meaningless random strokes.

The vague outline was soon covered by these random brushes, and the original appearance could no longer be seen.

"I can't remember!"

At this time, the sea and sky were the same color, and there were dark clouds spreading in the distance. It was going to rain, and it would be a heavy rain. (To be continued.)

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