My 1978 Hotel

"We've arrived at the recently popular Chengfengpolang B&B."

A chubby man in his thirties held up his phone. "Hahaha, that's right. Today we're exploring the Chengfengpolang B&B, and I made a reservation at the Jiangnan First Fresh restaurant, which has been quite controversial online. Does it live up to its reputation, or does it just not?"

"My aunt said that the reputation of Jiangnan's No. 1 Freshness is too big, it must be a lie."

Xiaopang said with a smile. "That's true, but we're just exploring the restaurant, so it's hard to say anything until we try it. Let's go. The B&B isn't far away. We should be there in half an hour walking along the path ahead."

Fat Chen Cheng was holding up his phone, about to take photos of the surrounding scenery, when he unexpectedly saw something delightful. "Oxcarts, that's rare. Hey, it looks like it's going to the Chengfengpolang B&B. Let's go check it out."

Many fans in the live broadcast room asked Xiaopang to take a picture of the ox cart. Xiaopang complied with the request of many netizens and pointed the camera at the ox cart.

“It really is an ox cart.”

A flag on the oxcart read "Ride the Wind and Waves." Not to mention the B&B shuttle bus, Xiaopang asked the price and it was 15 yuan round trip, 10 yuan one way, which wasn't too high. "Not bad, when does the driver leave?"

"Usually every half an hour."

The driver was none other than Gao Cheng, one of the B&B's first two regular employees. "Five more minutes." Three or four young men were already waiting on the cart. The oxcart wasn't particularly large, only holding about seven or eight people.

When Xiaopang heard that there were only five minutes left, he took out his personal mobile phone and scanned fifteen yuan to get a small bamboo card with the date engraved on it. Xiaopang took it and looked at it, and also showed it to the netizens in the live broadcast room.

"It's quite interesting."

"Especially the one with the date engraved on it. Xiaopang, ask if I can take this sign away?"

Xiaopang asked casually when he saw the floating screen, and Gao Cheng said with a smile, "Of course, this is a souvenir from the B&B."

"Really? That's quite interesting."

Xiaopang thought the bamboo plaque was quite exquisite. There were bamboos and a line of poetry engraved on the back, and "Ride the Wind and Waves" and the date engraved on the other side. Not to mention that there was no B&B written on it, but just the "Ride the Wind and Waves" engraved on it could be hung on the car or some other place as a decoration.

“That’s quite thoughtful.”

Xiaopang looked at the bamboo plaques and found them very delicate. In fact, these things were all carved by Li Feng using a machine. It can’t be said to be very artistic, but they are polished smoothly and the carvings are also quite artistic.

"Everyone, take your seats, we're off."

Seeing that the time had come, Gao Cheng waved his whip and the ox cart slowly drove out. Not to mention that the ox cart slowly passed through the country road with various wild flowers, plants and paddy fields on both sides, it was quite artistic.

“The view is quite nice.”

"You know what, this little bridge and flowing water is worthy of the beautiful scenery of an ordinary small mountain village in southern Anhui."

We followed the stream upstream and soon arrived at the guesthouse, which was built on a wooden frame similar to a memorial archway, with the four large characters "Ride the Wind and Waves" on it. "You know what, the gate is quite nice," we said, following the asphalt road to the guesthouse. The oxcart stopped in the parking lot under a large tree.

"arrive."

Gao Cheng jumped off the ox cart and opened the door to let the tourists get off.

“There’s a B&B guide map ahead.”

The guide map was just printed yesterday, and a few wooden signs were posted at several intersections. However, the B&B is currently undergoing major development and renovation, so there are not many attractions. Apart from the memorial hall, the small train, the fishing center, a few fish feeding areas, the stargazing house, the third-line town, the CS bamboo forest campsite, and the beach buggy campsite, these are all under development and construction, and it is unlikely that they will be open to the public in the short term.

Xiaopang was originally planning to go for a walk with the tourists, but he never expected to encounter a truck carrying ponies, riding horses, and horse-drawn carriages.

"Is there a horse farm here?"

Xiaopang was a little surprised. There weren't many horse farms in small places, but there were quite a few in the suburbs around big cities.

"No, only two riding horses."

Li Feng walked over with a smile. "There's also a carriage. One ox cart isn't enough, so getting another carriage would give us a way to go back and forth."

"Are you the anchor?"

Li Feng saw Xiaopang holding up his cell phone and thought that there might be a host coming today. After all, a local small host came over yesterday afternoon to get some traffic.

"Yes, I'm a store explorer."

"welcome."

After Li Feng finished speaking, he went to busy himself with greeting the horse and carriage driver, which made Xiaopang a little confused. After all, he was a well-known host of the hotel exploration with 500,000 to 600,000 fans, and the attitude of this B&B owner was too casual.

"This boss is really a tough guy. He doesn't take Xiaopang, the store visitor, seriously at all."

"You can't say that. They've already expressed their welcome."

The live broadcast was filled with all sorts of noises, and Xiaopang finally reacted. "It's still early, let's go shopping first. At noon, I'll take everyone to try the famous Jiangnan No. 1 Fresh."

"It's just a small fish, how delicious can it be? It's the most delicious in Jiangnan."

Xiaopang smiled when someone in the comment section pointed out the true appearance of Jiangnan's No. 1 Fresh. "You'll know only after you try it."

Li Feng didn't have time to entertain Xiaopang. After all, four or five livestreamers had already arrived today, and he was already numb. Besides, there was a lot going on today. His third brother-in-law's boss and colleagues would be coming over soon, and the Municipal Rural Revitalization Development Co., Ltd. was also coming to discuss cooperation.

Besides, there were several regular customers who had ordered meals, so he was busy and didn't have time to hang out with the anchor. "The B&B needs to hire a manager so that the daily chores can be handed over to the manager."

"Let's make do with this for a while."

Let's wait until the B&B is almost developed. Otherwise, this guy won't make any money and will just spend it. Just as I was thinking about whether to let Gao Ju take over the position of B&B manager, Han Zhaoxia came over with Li Yi excitedly.

"Daddy, Pony."

"Send it to the back yard first."

There is no horse farm, but there is a piece of wasteland that has been fenced off. There are one or two hundred acres of wasteland with mountains and forests behind the third-tier town. Some of it was cleared a few days ago, so it is just enough to house a few horses.

"I'll find someone to build a place for horse racing in the next few days."

Li Feng had never run a horse farm before, so he didn't understand these things. He thought it wouldn't be too complicated to have two ponies and two riding horses. A stable would be enough. "The ponies need to be cleaned and disinfected. I'll play with you again once we're done."

"Ah."

This thing called a horse was quite laborious, but luckily the person Li Muchen had found took care of it before leaving. "Gao Ju, you go with Master Lin."

"I'll be there right away."

Gao took Master Lin and drove the four horses to the wasteland behind the B&B, leaving only the carriage. "Let's leave it here for now and we'll deal with it later."

"Are they coming over to play?"

"My eldest sister and her husband have already left, so my third sister can't go to work today."

Han Zhaoxia asked, "Where's my third brother-in-law?"

"I just called and asked, they're on their way, Sister Wu has already started preparing," Li Feng said. "By the way, there are several anchors here today. Did you see them? I just told my third brother-in-law that they'll go straight to the box later."

"Anchor, what anchor?"

"There are people who come to eat delicious food, explore the shops, and some who come to take advantage of the popularity."

Li Feng said, "Some anchors from surrounding cities and counties. Oh, and I heard there's another big anchor coming."

"The kind with millions of fans."

"Then you have to treat us well."

When Han Zhaoxia heard about millions of fans, she was shocked. You know, the most powerful anchor in Chicheng only has a few hundred thousand fans.

"Let's see first, maybe it's good or bad."

These anchors came to attract traffic, and Li Feng welcomed them. As for other things, he didn't care at all. If they could provide traffic, that would be great, but if not, it didn't matter. At this stage, the development of the B&B was still in progress, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to retain tourists. "When will your colleagues arrive?"

"On the way."

Han Zhaoxia hadn't expected to be on the trending search. All of his colleagues and friends had called to ask to come and play, and with his older sister and the others in tow, he was incredibly busy. "By the way, when does Ranran and the others' summer camp end?"

"Tomorrow."

The weight loss and picky eating habits had both worked, so there was no need to continue the summer camp. This freed up space for the stargazing house, which could be used as a tourist attraction. "What's wrong? Do you still need to sign Ranran up for training?"

"English, I plan to sign up for a crash course before school starts."

Han Zhaoxia said, "I'll try to finish my second-year English course ahead of time."

"Okay, but you should ask Ranran first."

"Don't worry, I asked."

Han Zhaoxia said, "Alas, this is actually a bit slow. Several of my colleagues' children finished learning junior high English and memorized junior high school classical Chinese texts and poems by the fifth grade."

"No need."

Li Feng actually knew this. At the time, he felt it was unnecessary and too rushed, but since everyone was doing it, he'd be left behind if he didn't. Li Feng had heard that some junior high school students were already learning high school knowledge before the high school entrance exam even started.

"You, don't bother me with this matter."

"Okay, okay, I don't care, but don't push the child too much."

"understood."

As the two were talking, Li Feng's phone rang. Someone from the Municipal Rural Revitalization Development Co., Ltd. had arrived. "I'll go and greet them." Li Feng was actually quite confused about what kind of cooperation this company wanted to discuss with him.

When we met, he got straight to the point. He was here to promote local specialties: stinky mandarin fish, scorched dates, tea, polygonatum products, selenium-rich rice, and so on. "Well, let's put some samples in the souvenir shop first."

As for whether it can be sold or not, Li Feng doesn't care. This can be considered as giving face.

After seeing them off, Li Feng shook his head slightly. Although his B&B had been trending recently, his spending power wasn't high, especially since most of the tourists were locals. Others couldn't buy local specialties anywhere else, so they would come to his B&B to buy them.

As for tourists from other places, I'm afraid that more of them have come in recent times. Once the popularity has passed, they may not travel so far to stay in a B&B, unless the B&B has something special.

“The best delicacy in Jiangnan.”

"A health banquet, and another thing is to see if I can grow vegetables from the seeds I brought back. If they taste better, I can build an orchard later. That should be more attractive. Besides, this is a third-tier town, backed by the same time and space, so it should be easy to do something here." After all, who has such conditions? I can do whatever I want with the stuff from the 1970s and 1980s.

"What are you thinking about? My brother-in-law and the others are here."

"So fast."

The eldest brother-in-law, eldest sister, and Han Zhaoxia's colleagues arrived almost at the same time, and Li Feng and his wife were busy for a while. "Brother-in-law, please sit down first."

The leaders and colleagues of my third brother-in-law’s company also arrived at the intersection. Li Feng had to go and greet them and take them directly to the box.

Alas, it’s too lively. It’s really hard for these public officials to show up. After all, they come to the B&B to eat the best fresh food in Jiangnan and a health banquet. Each table costs several thousand yuan. If they are photographed, it will be a big problem.

Things are different now than in the past. You still have to be careful about what you eat and drink. After all, no one can guarantee that there are no bad people. If someone takes a video, takes a photo, or records an audio, it might be okay if you report it, and it might be suppressed. But if you post it online, even if you are not taken down, you will still be embarrassed.

"Do you have any cards?"

"Ready, playing cards."

People are playing mahjong less these days, but throwing eggs is quite popular.

"Then let's play cards first."

My third brother-in-law checked the time. "Serve the food at twelve o'clock."

"Okay, I'll go and tell them right away."

Li Feng went to tell Sister Wu. "Box 2, the food will be served at 12 o'clock."

Sister Wu nodded. Now that two kitchen helpers had arrived, the workload wasn't too hectic. The other tables had already been prepared long ago, and now they just had to wait for the food to be served.

"Has Third Brother-in-law made all the arrangements?"

"All right."

Li Feng nodded to Han Zhaoxia. "How do you arrange for your colleague?"

"I'll make the arrangements myself, don't worry about it."

Han Chaoxia said that it would be enough to just make a few simple dishes, there was no need to serve the most delicious food from Jiangnan.

"Jingle Bell."

"It's Ms. Xu Panpan, you're here. Okay, serve the food now, no problem."

"I'll go and greet the guests."

"You go ahead and do your work, big sister and big brother-in-law. I'll take care of them."

Seeing Li Feng busying around, Han Chaoxia thought that running a B&B is not easy. He is so busy before the business has even started. Who knows how busy he will be once the project is fully developed.

"You are Ms. Xu Panpan, I'm sorry."

Li Feng was a little surprised that the girl who promised to be the best delicacy in Jiangnan was actually a girl in her early twenties, and the few people following her were also quite young. Could she be a rich second-generation?

"Can I take a picture?"

"Of course, but it's best if other guests don't take pictures."

Wow, another anchor, but this one looks much bigger than the one with the fat guy just now. Could this be an internet celebrity with millions of followers? Li Feng thought to himself, I have to tell Sister Wu that she will try to cook this table of dishes.

Li Feng invited a few people to private room number four and went to the kitchen. "Sister Wu, yesterday's order number three is ready to be served. Oh, and this person is an internet celebrity who came here specifically to try our Jiangnan best delicacy. Sister Wu, please put some thought into it."

"Don't worry, boss."

When Sister Wu heard the word "internet celebrity," she knew it must have put a lot of thought into it. Even though the ingredients were the same, the taste was slightly better. Seeing the kitchen bustling with activity, Li Feng didn't stay long. Luckily, Sister Zhang and the others were here today, otherwise Sister Wu and Sister Chen might not have been so busy.

Now, with two kitchen helpers, a waiter responsible for washing vegetables, plus Sister Wu as the head chef, and Li Feng and Gao Jiu as the two mobile waiters, it was enough to handle the situation. Just when Li Feng thought everything was almost ready, he met the fat anchor coming over at the door.

"Jiangnan No. 1 Fresh, okay, but the private rooms are full. Can we eat in the hall?"

"no problem."

Fat Chen Cheng said with a smile. "I'm alone, anywhere is fine, can I take pictures?"

"of course."

Li Feng nodded and said again, don't take pictures of the guests.

"Another serving of Jiangnan's best fresh food."

Sister Wu said with a smile. "Luckily, boss, you bought enough small fish this time. Otherwise, with the orders we've received over the past two days, Jiangnan's No. 1 Fresh would have sold out in less than two days."

“It’s better to sell it out.”

Li Feng said with a smile. "Okay, Sister Wu, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go take a look at the front." (End of this chapter)