Chapter 714: Wang Laoshi

In the Windy Pavilion, there was still some business near noon. Two or three tables of tourists were chatting, laughing, drinking coffee, eating, and taking pictures.

Of course, it didn't have to be tourists. After all, the people in this village would definitely not come here to drink coffee or eat fast food. This is because the people left in the village are either old or young, don't have that spare money, and don't like to drink. The remaining main force of consumption, those with culture are studying outside, working as new-era migrant workers. Those without culture are naturally working in the city, engaged in heavy physical labor, or physical labor with certain technical content. They are ordinary migrant workers.

Nana was fiddling with a row of very clean machines behind the bar at the entrance: coffee machines, milk tea machines, juicers, etc. Xie Xiaochun, the boss, was fiddling with the microwave oven next to her, heating up the pre-made food sold in the store, and occasionally had to pay attention to the children running around inside and outside the store.

Children are like this. The busier the place, the more they arrive. They like excitement, but they always inevitably cause some trouble for their parents. But if the children are not making trouble in front of them, the parents will be anxious and worried.

"Little Gourd, National Treasure, can you guys rest for a while? Go wash your hands, then come back and sit down obediently, and I'll prepare lunch for you in a while." Xie Xiaochun was a bit annoyed, but still restrained, negotiating patiently.

Little Gourd is Xie Xiaochun's daughter, a little girl with a ball head, about four years old, a little bit of a person, just in the good time of being disliked by cats and dogs.

Being a child for a long time, eating is of course very active. The little one raised her hand: "I want to eat thin pancakes, and fruit salad."

With her taking the lead, the other children also chirped in response.

"Okay, okay, okay, everyone has it, go wash your hands quickly, otherwise no one will be able to eat, go quickly." Xie Xiaochun promised with a smile, waving her hand to urge them.

Little Gourd greeted her little friends and took the lead to lead people to the water pool outside to wash their hands. The little guy is not big, her vision is not much, she only cares about walking with her head down, so naturally she has no time to look at people.

The reckless children will of course bump into the adults entering the store unexpectedly. When Little Gourd felt the shadow covering her, it was too late to brake.

Just in the flash of lightning when her not-very-large little head didn't have time to think much, she gave a shout of "ah," only feeling a blur in front of her eyes and a void in her heart. When she came back to her senses, she was looking at a face with a warm smile in front of her.

"Little friend, you have to watch the road when walking, it won't be good if you fall." Holding the thirty-five or thirty-six jin little one with a dazed expression with both arms straight, Wang Yan said with a smile.

Perhaps it was because she wasn't used to the air more than 1.8 meters high, or perhaps she was at a loss because she was held by a stranger, Little Gourd was stunned for a while.

Xie Xiaochun walked over and gave her daughter a light slap on the butt: "Running around all day, this time you almost bumped into someone, hurry up and say sorry to the uncle."

Little Gourd then reacted and said in a small voice: "Sorry, uncle."

"It's okay, little friend." Wang Yan put the little girl down, rubbed her little head again, and looked up at Xie Xiaochun, "Not your child, right?"

"You really guessed it right, it is my child." Xie Xiaochun looked at Little Gourd who took the lead and ran out, turned around and went back to continue her work.

Xu Hongdou, who was following Wang Yan, stepped forward a few steps and stood in front of the bar: "You are married? The child must be four or five years old, right? I really didn't see it."

"It's more than married, we are divorced." Xie Xiaochun looked at Xu Hongdou who was suddenly stunned, waved her hand, and said indifferently, "It's okay, it's been more than a year since we divorced, what's there that can't be said."

Xu Hongdou smiled embarrassedly, "How old is your daughter?"

"Four and a half, called Little Gourd. Jumping up and down all day, not worry-free. Alright, let's not talk about this. If you keep your face so awkward, I'll really be embarrassed. What do you want to drink? My treat!"

Xie Xiaochun is a vigorous and decisive woman, bringing up her child by herself, being the master of the house, operating a homestay and a small shop that doesn't earn much, which is quite difficult.

"Give me a watermelon juice, Hongdou?"

"Oh, the same, I want watermelon juice too. How much?" Xu Hongdou took out her phone and was about to scan the code.

Xie Xiaochun pretended to be unhappy: "I said I wouldn't charge."

Wang Yan said: "Opening a door to do business, there is no reason not to charge, how much it is, it is how much."

"Oh, really my treat, don't be polite." At this time, Nana, who was busy on the side, spoke, "Xiaochun is not just treating you, every tenant in our courtyard who comes for the first time will be treated. As the saying goes, there is no free lunch in the world. If you eat someone's food, your mouth will be short; if you take someone's hand, your hand will be soft. If you drink this cup and feel it's not bad, won't you come to patronize often in the future?"

"Hey, that's the truth, take care of me more in the future." Xie Xiaochun laughed, "It's almost noon. What do you plan to eat? Do you want to eat something here? There are some handmade pastries, the taste is still not bad."

Xu Hongdou waved her hand and said politely: "No, let's eat another day. We ordered eight bowls at Gesanghua Restaurant yesterday, and we will go to eat in a while."

"What about the afternoon? What do you plan to do? Our village is not bad. You just came, and you haven't seen it well yet, right? There are tie-dyeing, embroidery, wood carving, there is a camping site on the east side of the village, a horse farm on the south side, and bamboo rafting by the small river, all of which are quite good. Look, this booklet is some attractions and fun places in our village and nearby, you take it and look at it, it's also convenient."

Xu Hongdou took the exquisitely printed guide booklet, flipped through it while replying: "We will go to the city after eating. He said there are many snacks in the city. We will stroll and eat all the way and taste the food here. We have both been to the ones on this booklet before."

"Didn't experience it, just looked and left?"

"Tie-dyeing and embroidery are very good. Anyway, you have plenty of time, you can go and play, and it's not bad to try it yourself."

Xie Xiaochun recommended the things in Yunmiao Village very hard, fulfilling her obligation to develop her hometown. The tenants in the courtyard have high consumption in the first period of time when they come, they think everything is fresh, and they want to play with everything. After that, there is less and less, only meal consumption.

"I'll go play in these two days, I feel it's quite interesting." Wang Yan nodded with a smile, took the booklet handed by Xu Hongdou and flipped through it a few times, and said, "Are there many tourists coming here?"

"Of course not many. We are still a little far from the city here. To talk about attractions, it's not as many as over there, and it's not as good-looking as over there. To talk about convenience, it's not as convenient as over there, and the popularity is not enough. Tourism, the more people, the more crowded, the fewer people, the colder. Fortunately, we have a bus line here, and dozens of tourists can come over to see it every day, which can be considered to make us have some development here."

Xie Xiaochun said with great emotion, because no matter which aspect it is, the development of Yunmiao Village is closely related to her. This is her hometown, and it is also the place where she invested a lot of money and carried debt, earning a living.

She was stunned for a moment, reacted, stopped the action of cutting watermelon in her hand and looked at Wang Yan, "Do you have the idea of investing and developing here?"

She knew very well that Wang Yan was a rich man. Because she saw Wang Yan's car, because she was more curious about that car model. After all, it was so big, and it had been modified and added with so many things, which looked more oppressive. Regardless of men and women, there is always some curiosity. So when she picked up people, she took photos and sent them to Xie Zhiyao, asking what car it was and how much it was worth.

She didn't remember Xie Zhiyao's reply, because there were many brand names and a long string of model suffixes, which made her brain hurt when she looked at it. But what she remembered clearly was that the money for the car and the modification was at least two million. This truly proved that Wang Yan was a wealthy person. After all, pickup trucks have a scrap period of fifteen years, and to spend so much money to buy and modify a car, either the head is wrapped in a bag, or it is really rich. She didn't think Wang Yan's head was wrapped in a bag along the way.

Comrade Wang Yan, whose head was not wrapped in a bag, shook his head: "Nana should have told you about my situation, right? A rootless duckweed wandering the world, I'm a bit tired, and I want to find a place to nest quietly. It's not about investment, it's just opening a small shop. What exactly it will be like is not certain. But I still like this place quite a bit. The air is good, the environment is good, the Bai ethnic friends are also enthusiastic, there are mountains, water, and forests, it's a good place for retirement."

"What about after settling down?"

"Of course, it's living one day at a time, taking one step at a time. It's not that you have to set a goal to complete. And many people's goals are money, living in big houses, driving luxury cars, various high consumption. These things, with my current economic strength, are not a big problem, but I don't like them very much. I just want to drink tea, read books, write calligraphy, take pictures, eat three full meals and lie down, isn't this life good?"

Wang Yan put down his arms, lay on the table and drank the freshly squeezed watermelon juice, looking at Xu Hongdou who was sitting opposite and thinking deeply, and continued, "What about you? What is your future? I think it's probably going back to Beijing to find a job with difficulty and earn money for a living. With your conditions, it's very difficult to stay in Beijing, and it's also very tiring. Perhaps one day you will meet a man, and you will agree to work hard together and fight together. But you are already thirty-two, what age is the man you are looking for? Late bloomer, what is the probability of falling on you two?

Of course, there is another choice. With your looks, it's not difficult to find a rich man. I think when you were a lobby manager in a hotel before, many people should have expressed this meaning to you. The probability of marriage is too small, mainly eating youth rice, but it is certain that you can get much more money than your work. In the end, it's just returning to your hometown to be with your parents. No matter whether you get married or not, the days you live are the same. So what is your future? Have you thought about this question yourself?"

Xu Hongdou was silent, because she didn't know how to answer, and there was no need to answer. She must have thought about it, including discussing it many times with Chen Nanxing, but she had never thought of any result, because there was really no result. This was a question she subconsciously avoided, and she had never thought about the long-term future carefully.

"Stop!" After a while, seeing Xu Hongdou thinking about it, Wang Yan called out to wake her up and shook his head, "Don't think too much, otherwise the more you think, the sadder you will be, and you won't have fun playing. Anyway, you are going to stay here for three months, there is plenty of time. After you have played enough, there is plenty of time to think about this major problem."

Xu Hongdou let out a long sigh of depression and said lostly: "I really don't know what to do in the future. In the past, I only looked at the money in front of me. Every day, just making a living took a lot of effort. How could I think so much? It's still good for rich people like you, material needs are satisfied, and then there is spiritual pursuit."

"It can't be said like that. The main problem is whether you are clear about what you want. Before considering this question, you should think clearly about what your limit is. After all, it's no longer the time when you can shout loudly that when I grow up, I want to be an inventor, a teacher, a doctor. You can't have unrealistic fantasies.

Knowing where your ability is, you can know what can be obtained and what cannot be obtained. This is very important. In short, you have to know what kind of life you want, and you have to know what kind of life your ability can let you live."

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about it. Listening to my nonsense will affect your own judgment. It is definitely necessary to consider the long-term future, but more importantly, you must also grasp the present." Wang Yan looked at his watch, "It's almost time, let's go, go to lunch, I was thinking about it yesterday. The major events in life are nothing more than eating and drinking, so we can't be negligent, we must eat and drink well."

Xu Hongdou took a deep breath, drank the remaining watermelon juice in the cup, stood up supporting the table: "Eat and drink well!"

The two went out one after another, greeted Xie Xiaochun and Nana who were busy at the bar, and walked happily toward the Gesanghua Restaurant not far away...

Nana was busy in her spare time, looking at the backs of Wang Yan and Xu Hongdou chatting and laughing, and said without looking back: "I feel they are quite a match."

"I also feel they are quite a match. Wang Yan has such good conditions, is knowledgeable and eloquent, is not a person who doesn't fit in, and the key is that he is not short of money. Hey, right, I haven't told you yet. Do you know how much that big pickup truck Wang Yan drives costs? More than two million. Good heavens, we are struggling to toss this stall of things, not as good as the money for his car.

Hongdou, she is beautiful, didn't you say she was a manager of a five-star hotel before? That is also capable. After all, not everyone can be a manager. I have a headache managing a few people every day, Hongdou manages many people, and she has to take care of welcoming and sending off, she is amazing.

However, they are a match, but whether they can have a result is two things."

Xie Xiaochun shook her head and sighed.

Nana is not a little girl who doesn't understand anything. After thinking about it, she understood what Xie Xiaochun was saying. She shook her head and laughed: "Are you trying to say that Wang Yan is not a good man, his relationship between men and women is relatively rampant, and he is not long-lasting?"

"Hey, I didn't say that. I have only contacted him twice in total, once when I picked them up, and once is now. He gives me a very good feeling, I don't know exactly what it is like. But the possibility you mentioned is also there."

"Cut, isn't it still this meaning. They have only known each other for a day, and I don't know the specific development. It is just that we are bored, talking about whether they are a match or not."

"Knowing that you are still gossiping here, hurry up and work, if you don't do it well, I will deduct your salary."