Chapter 123 - A Million
In August,Hangzhou became a hot city.
Just after alight rain, the sky became clear again. Under the scorching sun, the watervapor on the ground rises, bringing humidity and sultry at the same time, butalso gives people a feeling that the surrounding scene is not real.
Although theclimate is not so pleasant, West Lake is still crowded at noon. (TN: West Lakeinfo: Here)
As one ofthe seven ancient capitals, Hangzhou is also one of the most famous tourist scenicspots in China. It receives more than 70 million tourists every year. Especiallyon holidays, the major scenic spots are simply packed.
Crowded andbeautiful is Lu Chen's deepest impression of his hometown provincial city.
And here, hehas had countless good memories.
However, afterreturning to Hangzhou more than a month later, Lu Chen unexpectedly had a bitof a strange feeling.
Fortunately,he still remembered the way to the restaurant, otherwise he would have made afool of himself in front of his friends.
Across thelong alley, appeared in front of them is an old-fas.h.i.+on mansion, with whitewalls, green tiles, shaded trees, open lacquered doors, and four red lanterns hangingunder the eaves, each with four black characters on white background.
Egret Restaurant.
But therewas a pair of couplets on the left and right pillars in front of the door: Two yelloworioles sing in the green willows / A flock of white egrets surge up the bluesky.
"BrotherLu Chen, is this a restaurant?"
Mu Xiaochulooked at it curiously, and her eyes were full of surprise.
It's nowonder that she's surprised, because it doesn't look like a restaurant at all,but rather a garden house of the ancient gentry families, which was full of theaura of scholarly family. (TN: gentry = n.o.bles/aristocrats)
Lu Chensmiled and said, "This used to be a Jins.h.i.+ mansion, and it has been manyyears since it was changed to a restaurant." (TN: Jins.h.i.+ - a successful candidatein the highest imperial examinations)
EgretRestaurant is a time-honored brand for hundreds of years. It features localHangzhou cuisine and has many branches in Hangzhou. (TN: Time-honored brand: Here)
But the mostauthentic one is the egret restaurant near West Lake, where the chef is first-cla.s.s.
If one justcome here for a short time, one will never get a position. Lu Chen happens tohave a VIP members.h.i.+p card at Egret Restaurant, so he was able to book a box inadvance.
This was thefirst time he had come to eat at the Egret Restaurant since the accident athome.
In additionto Mu Xiaochu. There are also Li Feiyu and two members of the "SingingChina" tour team.
Zhang Junhuaand Lin Lang.
Zhang Junhuais two years older than Lu Chen. He graduated from the Department of ModernMusic at Northern Conservatory of Music. In the Beijing singing area Top 10compet.i.tion, Zhang Junhua once ranked first in the overall score with hisoriginal work "Ocean of Love". Later, it was surpa.s.sed by Lu Chen.
Despite this,Zhang Junhua is also a talented young singer who is said to have signed up withan entertainment company.
Lin Lang isa contestant at the Shengjing singing area. In the first knockout compet.i.tion,he defeated Zuo Qiuqing and joined the tour team.
Lin Lang andMu Xiaochu are of the same age. He is also a college student. He is lively andactive, good at rap, good at singing and dancing, and has his own originalworks, so he is very popular in the team.
During"Singing China" national knockout tour, from the original top 10 contestantsfrom Beijing, after the first stop in Shengjing, the second stop in Shanghai,and the third stop in Hangzhou, only Lu Chen, Zhang Junhua and Mu Xiaochu wereleft.
The top 10of the singing areas are not weak, so the compet.i.tion is very cruel!
Last night,Hangzhou singing area compet.i.tion ended. Today, both the program group and thetour team will stay here for a day, and will leave tomorrow for the next stop,Tianfu.
