After the meal, several people sat and chatted with the old man. After the meal, it was already past four in the afternoon when they drove to the hot spring resort.
There is a large open-air parking lot at the entrance, where private cars and tourist buses park. Judging from the number of people coming in and out and parking, there are probably quite a few tourists. Xu Qingsong and Tao Huayu drove in and drove around a little before they found a parking space.
There is a small platform opposite the parking lot, which is where the resort’s sightseeing shuttle bus stops. Many tourists with suitcases are waiting in line here.
Liu Wangxue and three others took their luggage out of the trunk, met up with Tao Huayu and Li Yu at the fork in the road, and walked towards the platform together.
The shuttle bus is free and you can take any one of them. After getting on the bus, tell the driver the name of your hotel and he will plan a route based on the address to take you there.
When it was Liu Wangxue's and six other people's turn in line, there were only three seats left on the bus. They gave them to the family of three behind them and waited for the next bus. Anyway, there was a shuttle bus every few minutes.
After getting in the car, Xu Qingsong told the driver the name of the hotel: "Lake and Mountain Scenery."
The driver replied, "This hotel is great. The best views here are all over there. It's beautiful no matter what the weather is."
After hearing this, other tourists asked the driver about the hotels they booked. Some even said with regret that they booked too late and there were no rooms available in the hotel.
As the car drove in with the setting sun, Xu Qingsong felt very sorry and said to the others, "The lake and mountains are beautiful, but according to tourists' comments, the living experience in the forest villa is the best."
Tao Huayu smiled and said: "The price is there, how can the experience be bad?"
Du Yunkai didn't care about the price. He just felt sorry that Xu Qingsong came up with the idea of coming to the resort too late: "Why didn't you think of coming to the hot springs earlier? Otherwise, we wouldn't have been unable to book it."
Like Du Yunkai, Xu Qingsong had his eyes on the forest villa at first, but when he called to check, he found out that all 21 villas were booked and would be available after New Year's Day. In the end, he had to settle for the next best thing and booked the one with the best lake and mountain views.
Xu Qingsong leaned back in his chair and said, "Blame me. Blame it all on me, okay?"
It should have been arranged earlier, but we are lucky. If it was two days later, I am afraid that even Lake and Mountain View would not have had any rooms available.
Everyone laughed together. Liu Wangxue held Xu Qingsong's hand and looked at the scenery on both sides of the road. There were dead branches and greenery, and there were blooming flowers in the flower beds on the roadside. The buildings were all antique-style, with white walls and black tiles in the Hui style, and they were antique. Although there were many tourists, it did not prevent them from standing quietly.
This hot spring resort in Xishi is named "Banshan", named after the mountain, facing the lake. At the foot of the mountain is an ancient village called Yucun, which is well preserved as a historical relic and is still inhabited. Banshan Hot Spring has been known as a "holy place for recuperation" since ancient times, and because of its natural scenery of mountains, springs and lakes, it is known as the "Fairyland on Earth".
The tourism development of Banshan Hot Spring is also a project led by the Xicheng Municipal Government. It took nearly ten years from planning to completion, and the time-consuming and labor-intensive part was the protective development of the Yu Village. The resort integrates recuperation, leisure, entertainment, fitness, and tourism. The scenery is pleasant all year round and it is definitely a good place to relax.
According to the destination of this bus of tourists, the Lake and Mountain View Hotel was the closest, so Liu Wangxue and his friends were the last to get off the bus.
When they were checking in at the front desk, they met Jin Zhaofei, Richard, Gu Zicheng and Zheng Zhou who were about to go out. The four of them had come back to get their things and were about to go to the campsite.
Except for Jin Zhaofei, Li Yu had not met the other three people, so Jin Zhaofei acted as the one to introduce them.
After saying hello, Jin Zhaofei put his arm around Li Yu's shoulder and patted him: "Xiao Yu, what have you been eating in the past few months? How come you have changed so much? I almost didn't recognize you just now."
Tao Huayu joked: "Maybe he ate too much dark food from Country Y."
"Is it true?" Jin Zhaofei touched his face and thought about the feasibility. "How about I try it some other day?"
"What are you trying?" Gu Zicheng raised his hand and slapped him on the head, laughing at him for being stupid. "You must have become stupid from staying up late. Can't you see that I'm joking?"
Jin Zhaofei raised his hand to hit back and immediately dodged: "I can't joke with you!"
Li Yu looked at them and laughed.
After checking in at the front desk, Xu Qingsong handed the room card to Tao Huayu and asked Jin Zhaofei, "Are you ready?"
"Don't worry, boss, everything is ready." Jin Zhaofei looked as if saying, "You must trust me when leaving it to me."
Du Yunkai said, "Okay, let's go up first and then go over there later."
Jin Zhaofei and the other three went to the camping site first, while Liu Wangxue and the others walked towards the elevator together.
"What are you preparing for?" Liu Wangxue asked.
Xu Qingsong said: "We rented a small tent at the camping site, and we'll light a bonfire and have dinner there."
"Bonfire party?" Li Yu was happy, he liked this.
"Do you have any sound equipment?" Wenxi asked, "We'll have a little carnival."
"Don't worry, we have everything we need," said Du Yunkai.
"What about roasted whole lamb? Do you have it?" Tao Huayu asked.
"We don't have that. How about roast suckling pig?" Xu Qingsong smiled.
"Okay, okay," Tao Huayu nodded, "It's mainly for the occasion."
Their rooms were on the same floor, the eighth floor, all of which were lake view rooms, small suites. Li Yu shared a room with Tao Huayu, and when they got out of the elevator, the two of them went left, while Liu Wangxue and the other four went right.
Originally, Du Yunkai had a separate room and Wenxi also had a separate room. Now that they confirmed their relationship, Du Yunkai gave up his room and moved in with Wenxi.
When he canceled the reservation, he also said to Xu Qingsong: "Look how much I care about you. I saved you four days' room fee."
Xu Qingsong was too lazy to talk to him and rolled his eyes at him: "High-sounding."
Du Yunkai grinned deliberately.
After entering the room, Liu Wangxue took off her coat and hung it in the closet at the entrance: "It's so hot, the heating in this hotel is too high, I'm sweating after just a while."
Xu Qingsong also felt hot, so he took off his coat and hung it with hers, and put his suitcase and travel bag in there as well: "Are you tired? Take a break first. It's still a while before dark, so we'll go over later."
"Okay." Liu Wangxue said as he walked towards the French window, "The view is really nice!"
From the window, you can see the lake view, and there is a mountain opposite. Today's sunset seems to be particularly warm, and the sunset glows half the sky red. The lake is full of bright and rich gold and red in different shades, and even the mountain in the distance is covered with this layer of light.
"If we build a tower on the top of the opposite mountain, it will really have a bit of the flavor of 'Sunset over Leifeng Mountain'." Liu Wangxue said, reaching out to open the floor-to-ceiling window.
Xu Qingsong was quick to stop her, holding her hand and pulling her back, and hugged her from behind: "Don't open it, there is a big temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, be careful not to catch a cold."
Liu Wangxue looked at the rattan table and chairs on the balcony and said, "I want to sit there for a while."
Xu Qingsong pulled her back and said, "Okay, then go put on your coat first. I'll make a phone call and ask them to send up some drinks." (End of this chapter)
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