My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit

Silver Country Farm Co., Ltd. is bustling with people coming and going at this time.

Ever since Xue Dili did an advertisement with a big movie, this place unexpectedly became an internet-famous spot, attracting a large number of tourists who come to take photos and check-in, even drawing countless foreign visitors.

Recently, the corner of the Jiang City Cultural and Tourism Bureau’s mouth couldn’t stop smiling, as over half of the foreign visitors coming to Jiang City are here to experience the fairytale lodgings. The head of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau even came to exchange greetings personally.

However, there are both pros and cons. Due to the popularity of the fairytale lodgings, the nearby land prices have skyrocketed. After the people of Silver Country gritted their teeth and bought another hill, the remaining areas were snapped up by various other catering and tourism companies, planning to turn this into a theme park street...

You could only say, there are good and bad sides to it...

But recently, Silver Country became a hot topic again, hasn’t the controversy over pre-cooked dishes been causing quite a stir? Naturally, there are people coming to explore the Silver Country’s kitchen and backyard.

Then they were shocked to find that the meals provided at this homestay all used ingredients grown in the backyard. The bread was handmade, the wheat was from the fields on the neighboring hills, and even the chickens, ducks, and fish were raised in the backyard.

They even captured a foreign girl, with a blank expression, picking up a chicken by the neck and deftly twisting and bleeding it, while someone else was picking dew-fresh vegetables from the backyard, washing them, tossing them straight into a pot, and then served them to dining tourists outside.

It was so fresh you’d think they’d eat dirt next.

Although this method of freshness, akin to chasing vegetables in the dirt to gnaw on them, is basic practice, in this time of uproar over pre-cooked foods, a series of such fresh dishes were shared online, undoubtedly giving Silver National Homestay another boost of attention from this event.

While Silver Country is essentially a fairytale-themed tourism homestay, and the meals are free, counted within the room price, many started choosing to stay a night just to dine here...

This even left Silver Princess Rabi scratching her head a bit, as the enthusiasm for the homestay had waned, with only holiday periods fully booked, and usually occupying about one-third of the rooms, which was within their expectations. But recently, even on weekdays, the visitor flow is nearly as high as during holidays, making them busy once again.

And at this time, Xue Dili arrived at the bustling Silver National Homestay, puzzled by the high influx of visitors.

Why is there still such a high guest flow?

Xue Dili himself was a bit baffled, but since things were like this, he might as well come here on official business.

He went directly to the cashier, where the little princess of Silver Country was repeatedly counting money, grinning ear to ear whether looking at the balance of revenue or counting a stack of bills.

"Little Princess Rabi, I’m here to see Old Barak," Xue Dili asked directly.

The little princess was startled and then, spotting Xue Dili, she joyfully said, "Boss, you’re here, please come this way. As for Old Barak, he should be over by the wheat fields dressed in an Ultraman suit selling fried noodles... I’ll take you there!"

"Young boss, I’d like to book a private room," someone immediately said upon entering.

"You go on with your busy schedule, I’m familiar with this place." Xue Dili immediately stopped the little princess’s excessively enthusiastic invitation and headed straight to the wheat field.

Xue Dili knew the place, just a bit to the right of the entrance, past the parking lot. When the farm first opened, a theater stage was set up here.

There are large wheat fields, windmills, and treehouses; the people of Silver Country even installed many slides and sand heaps for children to play, along with many squirrels, birds, deer, and a few specially raised cats and dogs by Silver Country placed here.

These little animals were trained by Old Watson; they learned to play hard to get – disappearing when children approached and returning when they left.

And Old Barak basically works here, his job is to wear an Ultraman suit and entertain the children. Sometimes he sets up a stall selling Ultraman-style fried noodles, or directly performs a staged Ultraman monster-fighting play, where the monster role is often played by some random little knight, engaging in real and serious battles.

A little knight can’t possibly beat the near quasi-Tier Five old veteran, so naturally, Ultraman always triumphs.

Though it has been repeated numerous times, the children adore it, and Old Barak enjoys playing with them, especially when wearing the Ultraman suit; he truly feels like Da Gu during the fight against Gatandje, surrounded by children.

Even many children hold onto his legs not letting go when it’s time to leave the homestay, crying and wailing, until the parents reluctantly pry them away; these scenes fill the old veteran with incomparable pride and joy.

Perhaps even if Rabi didn’t pay him wages, he’d be glad to be the kids’ king in a suit here.

When Xue Dili arrived, he saw a familiar face, Little Dragon Lady, leading a group of kids staring eagerly at the old veteran’s fried noodles.

The flame from the gas stove soared, and the oil in the pot sizzled. No one knew when the old veteran learned to flip the pan, but even in the suit, he tossed the fried noodles half a meter high like a dancing dragon, igniting the oil which he quickly extinguished with screamed vinegar from a bottle.