Translation of infizieren

I counted the bills and saw that ten thousand Lire were still missing. The old man return to the children, grabbed the oldest one for a second time and hit him again. A minute later he came back with the missing.
I interpret this as follows: It reflects the calm life without any hectic atmosphere. The life that these two are looking for (like they did before) is far away: Far away, beyond the river.
One would immediately fall in love with Sapa. We checked in our accommodation which was clean and large rooms. We came just for breakfast and enjoyed the view of the surrounding hills from the terrasse.