"Why haven't you seen the boss for so long?"

From this afternoon till now, there is only one lady boss in the store. When asked, the lady boss replied, "My wife went out to buy groceries today. She just came back and is cleaning up in the kitchen now."

After saying that, the proprietress took a breath and said, "Old Ding! Come to the front and say hello to the girls!"

I only heard a very slight answer, and then footsteps came out from the kitchen, pulled open the curtain, and revealed a very standard square face, a slightly big belly, wearing glasses, and with the same smile on his face as the proprietress.

"Hello, girls. I'm the owner of the Gesanghua Hotel. My last name is Ding. You can call me Old Ding. Have you had dinner?"

"We haven't eaten yet, but the boss lady said she would make us some noodles with soybean paste."

"Okay, I'm going to make some noodles with soybean paste so you can taste my cooking skills. Honey, you can get some fruit plates for the girls first."

The proprietress’s surname is Chen, and everyone in the village calls her Madam Chen. She has been here for 20 to 30 years and is considered a local of the village.

"The noodles made by our Lao Ding are so delicious. You must try them when the time comes."

Madam Chen chatted with Xu Yan and the other three for a while, then started walking towards the kitchen.

"Jajangmyeon! My favorite!"

Although Xu Yan has the biggest appetite, Chen Jiani must be the one who is most greedy. It is known that Chen Jiani likes to eat cakes and noodles, limited to but not including noodles with soybean paste, tomato noodles, longevity noodles, instant noodles...

After about 20 minutes, Boss Ding brought the noodles over. Considering that she was a girl, he gave her a slightly smaller portion:

"If there's not enough noodles, tell me and I'll get you more."

Xu Yan opened the bowl of noodles, which looked very good. The sauce should be sweet noodle sauce with diced meat and cucumber shreds. It seemed like the combination of noodles with soybean sauce that most people would cook, so I didn't know how it tasted.

Xu Yan picked up the chopsticks and took a bite. It was delicious, and the taste was not just the taste of sweet noodle sauce.

The others finished a whole bowl of noodles and wiped their mouths with tissues, saying they were full.

After Xu Yan finished eating, she took the bowl to the kitchen, and the couple sat at the kitchen bar to eat.

"Hey, you're not full yet, are you?"

"Yes, I want another bowl, a bigger one."

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be such a good eater. I'll get you more."

Lao Ding took Xu Yan's bowl to the kitchen to get some noodles, and when he came back he also brought sauce and side dishes.

"Make it yourself, whether you want it salty or bland."

Xu Yan scooped a big spoonful. She preferred strong flavors.

Xu Yan returned to her seat. The others were no longer surprised by her appetite. They had become more open to it since they had eaten at a buffet before.

Xu Yan almost never stopped.

After dinner, they each went back to their rooms, Xu Yan and Su Rou in one room, Chen Jiani and Li Yiran in another. In order to facilitate entry, they opened the door connecting the two rooms so that they could move freely.

"It's really comfortable. Where are we going to play tomorrow?"

"I looked at the map and it takes two hours to drive from here to Guanshang Temple. Do you want to go?"

Li Yiran searched the map and found a Guanshang Temple a little further away. He heard that many people went there.

"and this."

Xu Yan went to the official website mentioned earlier. Xu Yan really found it. The official website is well done, concise and clear. From the official website, it seems that some things have not been updated.

Fortunately, there is a travel guide on the official website. There is a farm house three kilometers away from here, and some places are recommended, such as Erhai Lake, but it is too far away. Xu Yan thinks she should go there when she is about to leave Yunnan Province.

There is also an ancient town nearby called Xizhou, which is one of the Bai ethnic group settlements and is filled with Bai culture.

Not far from here is a forest plain, and the horse farm was built here. The farm is not big, probably because it is intended that people can ride horses on the grass.

"Hey, there's a restaurant here. It was recommended on the official website."

There is a recommendation for nearby food at the lower right corner of the official website. The three restaurants that Xu Yan and her four friends had found are all here, and the dishes and recommendations are also listed on a list.

What’s different is that there is a place located only a hundred meters away from them - Moshanghua Hotel.

Xu Yan asked the proprietress and the others.

"Moshanghua should be Aunt Wang's store, right?"

"Well, it was Xiao Fu who changed the name. What was it called before? It seemed like a small family restaurant."

This was the second time Xu Yan had heard the boss mention Xiao Fu. The previous time was when the boss and his wife mentioned it in a conversation during dinner.

"Aunt Chen, who is the Xiao Fu you are talking about?"

"You are outsiders and you probably don't know that Xiao Fu is also from our village, but he came back and said he wanted to be his own boss and boost our economy."

Aunt Chen's eyes showed memories: "Xiao Fu's parents didn't come here often, but his grandmother has always lived in the village. His parents wanted to bring her to live in the city, but Grandma Li disagreed, saying that she couldn't sleep well in the city."

"Xiao Fu was one of the few college students in our village. He was very proud of it. But I don't know why he came back two years ago and joined forces with our village cadres to develop something. I don't know either. I think young people are more energetic."

Xu Yan nodded after listening to each sentence.

"Aunt Chen, where are your children?"

"Don't mention it. I have two children, a sister and a brother. As for my sister, I don't know how busy she is. She came back in a hurry for the Chinese New Year and left in a hurry, saying that it was due to academic reasons. Let alone my brother. He hasn't come back since he went to college. He said he would come back, but I don't know when he will come back."

"Sister is also in school?"

"No, she's studying for a PhD."

"Wow, your daughter is amazing. Studying for a PhD is exhausting."

"I actually hope she doesn't have so many things to do. When she comes back, she stays in her room most of the time, saying she's writing a paper or a report or something. But she is filial. She calls us via video several times a month and transfers money to us for our retirement."

"My little brother is only a sophomore. Although he is not as capable as his sister, he is more obedient. Otherwise, I would always use the cooking spatula on him."

After finding out the news, Xu Yan returned to her room.

"I found out where the Moshanghua is. Walking inside our B&B, I saw a lotus-shaped wall. If you go in from the intersection over there, you can see the inside of the store."

I heard from Aunt Chen that Grandma Wang’s cooking skills are very good. In the past, when there were gatherings or celebrations in the village, Grandma Wang was always the first or second in charge of cooking.

"Then shall we go here for breakfast tomorrow?"

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