I Have a Countryside Gourmet Restaurant

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Wei Yang, Jing Wenbo, and Liang Shui, Li You took his leave so he wouldn’t disturb their meal.

He then went into the kitchen and made himself a portion of Mapo Tofu.

He was ready to eat as well.

As for the remaining nine bowls of Salted Pork Belly, Li You planned to take them home tonight for his mom and dad.

He’d also give two bowls each to Li Zhong’s and Liu Jialiang’s families.

Just as he finished eating, a new wave of customers arrived for a meal.

Li You started another round of busy work.

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Wei Yang, Jing Wenbo, and Liang Shui had each drunk four bowls of wine.

One bowl was two liang.

That meant each of them had already drunk eight liang.

They were thoroughly satisfied.

’How great would it be to drink such fine wine every day?’

’Unfortunately, that wasn’t realistic.’

’They’d just have to come here as often as possible in the future.’

Time to pay the bill and then take a stroll through the valley.

"Xiaohai, the check!"

Hearing them, Xiaohai immediately walked over and said, "Of course. Your total is 1,556 yuan."

Wei Yang nodded. "I’ll scan the code."

"Okay."

After paying, Wei Yang walked to the kitchen entrance and said to Li You, "Boss, we’re going to take a walk in the valley."

Li You nodded. "Okay, Director Wei."

Wei Yang hesitated for a moment, then added, "By the way, Boss, how come we didn’t see Miss Ye Shengge today?"

Li You smiled. "She went back this morning."

"Oh, I see!"

Wei Yang felt a little disappointed.

Afterward, he, along with Jing Wenbo, Liang Shui, and Zhang Tian, walked out of the restaurant and headed toward the valley.

Meanwhile, customers continued to trickle into the restaurant.

It wasn’t until three in the afternoon that there was a lull in customers.

Li You could finally lie back in the rocking chair outside the entrance and play on his phone.

While he was scrolling, he got a message from Ye Shengge, saying she had arrived home.

She also mentioned that she’d let her grandfather try the Salted Pork Belly.

After tasting it, her grandfather was pleasantly surprised, saying he had never eaten such delicious Salted Pork Belly in his life.

This made Li You very happy.

It didn’t matter who they were; as long as they found his food delicious, he was happy.

After chatting with Ye Shengge for a while, Li You went back to his phone.

Before he knew it, it was already four in the afternoon.

Wei Yang, Jing Wenbo, Liang Shui, and Zhang Tian returned from the valley.

Jing Wenbo, Liang Shui, and Zhang Tian were all full of praise for the various sights in the valley.

Jing Wenbo and Liang Shui even said they might very well come here to film in the future.

Li You was delighted by this. He said he was very much looking forward to seeing Jing Wenbo and Liang Shui come to shoot on location.

Then, Wei Yang said, "Boss, we’d like a small bowl of Yangchun Noodles and a small bowl of Beef Noodles for each of us."

’It was their first time here, so he had to let Jing Wenbo, Liang Shui, and Zhang Tian try the noodles.’

’One vegetarian, one with meat—a perfect combination.’

Li You smiled and nodded. "Alright. Have a seat, it won’t take long."

"Thanks, Boss."

Li You went into the kitchen and got to work.

Wei Yang, Jing Wenbo, Liang Shui, and Zhang Tian found a table and sat down.

"Da Bai, three bowls of wine."

Jing Wenbo said this to Da Bai as soon as he sat down.

’They were having noodles, but you could still have wine with them.’

’You might not do this elsewhere.’

’But here, it was a must.’

Da Bai acknowledged the order and quickly brought over three bowls of wine.

The three of them couldn’t wait to take a sip.

Pure bliss!

Soon, the four small bowls of Yangchun Noodles and four small bowls of Beef Noodles were served.

Wei Yang announced, "The noodles are here. You have to experience these two types of noodles from this place. Let’s see what the pinnacle of noodles tastes like."

When Jing Wenbo, Liang Shui, and Zhang Tian saw the two bowls of noodles in front of them, they were once again pleasantly surprised.

Both the Yangchun Noodles and the Beef Noodles looked incredibly delicious.

They couldn’t wait to dig in.

This was the first time that just the sight of noodles had made them so eager to eat.

’The boss’s noodles really are something else.’

’So, what were they waiting for?’

They dug in.

This time, the three of them were once again in disbelief.

Both the Yangchun Noodles and the Beef Noodles were even more delicious than they had imagined.

’So these two noodle dishes could actually be this good.’

’Is this what the pinnacle of these two noodle dishes tastes like?’

’They were truly lucky to be able to eat this today.’

’They felt that even if this place only served these two types of noodles, it would be worth driving several hours just to eat them.’

The three of them felt an inexplicable sense of excitement.

They didn’t usually eat noodles often, feeling that it was something to be had only occasionally.

But now, if it were these noodles... they would be willing to eat them every day!

They were convinced they would never get tired of these noodles, even if they ate them daily.

’This young boss was a genius, a god—even his noodle-making was pinnacle-level.’

And they were truly fortunate to be able to eat here today.

They continued to eat their noodles and drink their wine.

Of course, for Zhang Tian, it was just noodles; no wine.

’But that was fine. Having such delicious noodles was more than enough.’

Slowly, Wei Yang, Jing Wenbo, and Liang Shui finished their bowl of wine and their two bowls of noodles.

They ate cleanly, even drinking almost all of the broth.

Zhang Tian, in particular, drank every last drop of his broth.

All four of them were extremely satisfied.

’Who would have thought two bowls of noodles could be so fulfilling?’

’Amazing noodles, an amazing restaurant, an amazing boss.’

Now, they could head back, completely content.

After scanning the code to pay, Wei Yang said, "Boss, we’ll be heading out now."

Jing Wenbo, Liang Shui, and Zhang Tian also said their goodbyes to Li You.

Li You smiled. "Take care, you four. Welcome back anytime."

Jing Wenbo laughed as well. "We’ll definitely be back. And it won’t be just a few times, either."

Li You added, "It would be best if you could come every day."

Jing Wenbo let out a hearty laugh. "If I could, I really would want to come every day."

After exchanging goodbyes, Wei Yang’s group of four left.

Not long after they left, more people started coming into the restaurant to eat.

Although it was only five in the afternoon, the evening rush had already begun.

Li You was busy once again.

Customers came in waves, and it wasn’t until seven-thirty at night that they stopped arriving.

The sky hadn’t darkened yet, so he figured more customers would probably arrive later.

However, Li You was about to close up.

Because he was going home tonight.

He was taking the Salted Pork Belly home. Tonight, besides the Salted Pork Belly, he would also make Twice-cooked Pork with Garlic Sprouts and Mapo Tofu for his mom and dad.

’Oh, and I’ll make a Chanterelle Mushroom Soup.’

’He’d found so many mushrooms with Ye Shengge last time; of course he had to make some for his parents.’

He took the necessary ingredients from the Storage Pavilion and placed them, along with the nine bowls of Salted Pork Belly, into a storage box tied to the back rack of his motorcycle.

After that, Li You took out three jin of soybeans from the Storage Pavilion and said to Da Bai, "Da Bai, around two in the morning tomorrow, soak some of these soybeans in water."

"Yes, Boss. Rest assured, Boss, I will soak them on time," Da Bai replied.

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