In a blink of an eye, the car stopped in the parking lot outside the Victoria Bay Pier. After everyone got out of the car, Erya, Funiu and Lele were the first to run towards the couple, shouting loudly as they ran, talking about all kinds of people and things they saw on the road.
Xu Jianguo looked at the excited expressions of the three girls, and then looked at Daya and Wenwen, who were following behind them with calm personalities. Even the eyes of the aunt and niece were sparkling, which showed that everyone had adapted well to the unfamiliar new environment of Hong Kong Island.
After Xu Li and Xu Yang came back with the boat tickets, everyone boarded the passenger ship to cross the sea.
This was the first time for Wen Sitian and the children to take such a large passenger ship, which immediately caused a burst of chatter.
Fortunately, it was already ten o'clock in the evening and there were not so many people crossing the sea. Otherwise, the accents of Xu Jianguo's family would immediately arouse other people's suspicion.
This also reminded Xu Jianguo. After thinking about it, he called Wen Sitian and the children to his side and whispered a few words to them, asking them to communicate with each other in Parrot Language from now on.
Wen Sitian and Daya were the first to understand Xu Jianguo's meaning, and they also felt that they should communicate in parrot language. After all, they didn't want to get into trouble for no reason when they went out.
The four little ones have learned at least three foreign languages under the guidance of Du Yu and Xu Xiaoshi since they were young, so there is naturally no problem for them to communicate. Not to mention Xu Ping'an, who has only just stopped the baby talk he was born with a few days ago, and now he has difficulty speaking complete sentences.
The weather in Hong Kong Island in September is pleasant. Although it is not as brightly lit as in later times, the Victoria Harbour in the early 1970s is still a rare sight when viewed from the boat.
The children sat near the side of the boat, whispering to each other in parrot language, and occasionally pointing their little fingers outside.
The sea breeze was blowing gently, and Wen Sitian was worried that Xu Ping'an would catch a cold, so she wrapped his little head with her scarf.
Xu Jianguo originally wanted to take out his camera to take a photo of the children as a souvenir, but the light on the boat was too dim. After trying several times, he had no choice but to give up.
The ferry docked at the port in just twenty minutes. Everyone got off the boat in an orderly manner and walked towards the Peninsula Hotel not far away, accompanied by Xu Fei and four others.
In the square in front of the hotel, Xu Li took a family photo with her camera.
Everyone in the photo had a happy smile on their face. Even the little Xu Ping'an was woken up by her aunt Funiu, and started the forced business mode with reluctance on her face.
Of course, the consequences of Funiu's actions are obvious. Wen Sitian directly put Xu Ping'an in Funiu's arms, and then pulled Xu Li to take a picture of her with a relaxed look on her face.
Funiu looked at Wen Sitian, then looked at Xu Ping'an who was staring at her in confusion in her arms, and looked at her brother Xu Jianguo for help.
Ever since Xu Jianguo picked up Fu Niu as a child and brought her home, he has always responded to the girl's requests for help and it can even be said that he has no resistance to her at all.
So when he was ready to watch the fun with a smirk on his face, he suddenly met Funiu's innocent eyes and habitually reached out to take Xu Ping'an. Then, amid the little girl's joyful laughter, he secretly hated his shameful conditioned reflex.
Because Xu Yang and his friends had booked the hotel room in advance, a luxurious presidential suite with four bedrooms was enough for their family of eight.
In fact, Xu Jianguo's original idea was to take his whole family back to live in a luxury villa on the Peak of Victoria Peak, but later he gave up the idea. He felt that since they were already out, it would be better to let the children have more contact with people and things outside. Otherwise, if they lived in a villa or mansion as soon as they arrived in Hong Kong Island and had no communication with the outside world, the meaning of this outing would be lost.
Speaking of this hilltop mansion, it has had three owners before, and the last owner was a Chinese.
This Chinese guy is the head of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, in other words, the immediate superior of the Hong Kong President.
Later, due to the job rotation system, this Chinese man was preparing to return to his country to report on his work, so he decided to sell his luxury house on the Peak before leaving. For this purpose, he even specially held an auction dinner.
As the new elites of Hong Kong Island, Xu Fei and his companions naturally received invitation letters. After learning about all the auction items, they immediately notified Xu Jianguo.
Xu Jianguo was very interested after hearing the news. Although the area of this mansion was not large, only about 1,000 square feet, for Hong Kong Island, where every inch of land is valuable, the location on Victoria Peak was definitely extremely scarce.
So he immediately replied to Xu Fei and asked them to win the bid for this luxury house at all costs.
In Hong Kong Island, Xu Jianguo is definitely not the only wealthy person with such vision, so the competition that night was extremely fierce. In the end, Xu Fei resolutely carried out Xu Jianguo's order of "at all costs" and spent 16 million pounds, equivalent to a huge sum of 250 million Hong Kong dollars, to become the winner of the night.
It was also because of this luxury house that Xu Fei and his three friends came into conflict with many wealthy families in Hong Kong, but they were later resolved quietly. This also made them the people that many wealthy families warned their children not to mess with.
This mountaintop mansion covers an area of about feet. One foot (a unit of length in the parrot system, also known as parrot foot) in Hong Kong Island is approximately equal to 0.0929 square meters, which is about 2,800 square meters. The price per square meter is about 5,700 pounds, which was definitely a sky-high price in Hong Kong Island in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In later TV dramas, we hear them talk about thousand-square-foot mansions, which sound very high-end and grand, but in fact they are less than a hundred square meters, and this is just the building area. The living conditions are far inferior to those in our country, so there is no need to envy them.
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