Chapter 741: Gathering Again

"Nanxing Inn" was the name Xu Hongdou gave to the new homestay.

This "Nanxing," of course, was Chen Nanxing's Nanxing, meaning to commemorate this good friend from childhood to adulthood. On the other hand, it was also because Xu Hongdou believed in fate, believed that her meeting Wang Yan was Chen Nanxing's guidance. After all, it was Chen Nanxing's dying wish for her not to just focus on work, but to come to Dali to take a look. If it weren't for these things, she might not have come. And in Wang Yan's words, no matter if she came early or late, they would always meet; only this was a heaven-ordained good fate, destined by fate.

In fact, as long as Wang Yan wanted, no matter where they were, they would always meet.

The completion and opening of Nanxing Inn was already in May. This small courtyard was not the tallest, nor the largest, but it was the best-looking in the village. As a master-level player in architectural design, Mr. Wang's aesthetics were undoubtedly online.

Four buildings, rising and falling, scattered and orderly. The two-story building for their own residence had the first and second floors staggered like scissors, but the exterior was still in the style of a general Bai ethnic dwelling. At the same time, the homestay rooms for rent were also spiraling up. The two-story building was built into two and a half stories, and the building's facade had an arc, with stairs along the outside to go upstairs and enter the rooms. The remaining two side rooms were also one high and one low; the high one was used as Hongdou's milk tea shop, and the low one was used as a kitchen. As for the homestay building, the remaining space was turned into a public living room, tea room, and storage room.

If Xu Hongdou didn't open a milk tea shop, then this side room would be a living room or something, and the homestay building would symmetrically leave three more rooms; now it didn't work out. However, it also suited Wang Yan's heart; after all, people were noisy, and he didn't think about making money.

At the same time, the white exterior walls of the houses were also utilized, and some murals with Bai ethnic elements were painted, which could be considered a fusion and collision of classical and modern.

The four houses enclosed a large courtyard. Wang Yan fully utilized the space, setting up scenery and water systems, and even moved a pomegranate tree over. Resting in the courtyard, listening to the gurgling water, looking up at the sky and the eagles, the snow-capped peaks of Cangshan, it was comfortable and leisurely.

To the south of the main building for their own residence, a not-so-small courtyard was also reserved, with a pavilion built, stone paths paved, and the rest used to grow some flowers, plants, and vegetables when they were free.

It was basically having a house, spring flowers blooming, very comfortable.

The crowd in the milk tea shop was bustling. Xu Hongdou was making milk tea at the bar at the entrance by herself, while Wang Yan was sitting in the shop with a camera, taking photos of the tourists who had bought milk tea one by one.

The milk tea shop was still very photogenic. From the decoration to the furnishings, everything was designed by Wang Yan, synthesizing Xu Hongdou's so-called "dream shop," and the tables and chairs were all custom-made.

Today was the first day of business. Xu Hongdou specially dragged him out to take photos for people. However, the number of people was not large, only ninety-nine people, which was considered a trial operation, and he, this famous photographer, was considered a benefit.

He had Weibo, didn't he? Borrowing from the previous popularity, his followers had exceeded one million, a proper big blogger. Although they were all there for his "free-loading" wallpapers, it was ultimately an recognition of him.

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Ninety-nine customers, two photos each, plus those who were dawdling, and he was responsible, so he had to edit them after taking the photos; it was very time-consuming. He hadn't done anything all morning; he just sat there taking photos and editing for people.

By noon, regardless of the tourists crowding to watch the excitement, he closed the shop directly, and the trial operation was a perfect success. Originally, they had put out a loudspeaker to explain, and the ninety-nine tourists had all lined up to receive their number plates, so naturally, there was no need to waste more words.

Xu Hongdou heaved a long sigh, shaking her neck and rubbing her shoulders. "We have to recruit people; otherwise, we won't be able to handle it at all."

"You're the boss lady; you have the final say."

Xu Hongdou knew how diligent Wang Yan was, how powerful his ability to act, his hands-on ability, and so on. Similarly, she knew even better how lazy and unruly Wang Yan was. She wanted to open a husband-and-wife shop with Wang Yan; one or two days was fine, but more than that was definitely not okay; this was a master.

"Then let's recruit two." After thinking for a while, she continued, "Oh, by the way, seeing so many people lining up and watching the excitement today, I was thinking, should we set up a shed outside and put out some tables and chairs? Even if they don't buy anything, they can sit and rest. What do you think?"

"Of course, you can tell the previous manufacturer how many tables and chairs you want; keeping the inside and outside of the shop consistent also looks good. As for setting up a shed... I'll study it tomorrow and install an electric retractable one on the roof. Open it when it's windy or rainy, and retract it when the sun is bright; it's not tiring."

"Yes, it's just expensive." Xu Hongdou was speechless. Buying a few large sun umbrellas didn't cost much money, but this electric one wouldn't come down for less than tens of thousands. Especially since this side room was very large, it would cost even more.

"Spending money to buy convenience; otherwise, how tiring it is to set up a shed every day. It's settled." Wang Yan picked up his computer and camera and stood up. "Let's go, let's go pick vegetables and make preparations; I guess they'll be here soon."

"Let's go..."

Xu Hongdou was still relatively thrifty and basically had no major expenses. They were already married, and Wang Yan naturally didn't hide anything. On a sunny day when Hongdou was exhausted, Wang Yan carefully calculated their assets with Hongdou and called the bank manager to transfer five million to Hongdou, which dispelled Hongdou's previous ambition to start a business and gave her a new spirit to fight another round.

The two went through the back door of the side room to the courtyard and turned to the kitchen. Xu Hongdou was picking vegetables, while Wang Yan scooped out the fish rolling in the basin, placed it on the chopping board, and slapped it into a daze with one slap, followed by gutting and cleaning it. On the other side, the little chicken, which had long known it was going to die, stared with wide eyes, was directly slaughtered, scalded with hot water, plucked, gutted, and chopped into eight pieces, then fed with seasoning and set aside, waiting for the high-temperature stir-fry in a while to contribute to the human temple of the five internal organs...

Just as the two were busy, the sound of a car engine sounded outside, followed by a clamorous voice: "Wang Laoshi, Hongdou, open the door to receive guests."

"Coming, coming." Xu Hongdou threw away the vegetables in her hand, clapped her hands, and went out the door.

Wang Yan also rinsed his hands in the sink, pulled out two pieces of paper to wipe them, and followed Hongdou out to greet the guests.

The people who came were none other than the former tenants of the small courtyard: Ma Qiushan, Hu Youyu, Seeing Da Mai, Nana, and Xie Zhiyao, who had brought them over. Today they were officially opening for business, and they all came to support, also to gather as good friends.

Xie Zhiyao drove a Great Wall Cannon to pick them up. At this moment, they were taking luggage from the back of the car, and of course, there was the white Samoyed that Seeing Da Mai had checked in randomly. This dog was already dazed; it hadn't recovered from the flight. After all, the environment in the cargo hold was not very good, and it would be strange if the dog were comfortable.

Hongdou hugged Seeing Da Mai and Nana, expressing the joy of friends reuniting.

Wang Yan stepped forward with a smile to help them with their luggage and asked, "Hu Laoshi, why didn't Sister Manjun come?"

Unsurprisingly, the two who had feelings for each other had collided. He didn't interfere much with Hu Youyu's fate; he just let him live stream, earn more money, and have another channel to show himself. At the same time, Nana resumed live streaming, and because of Hu Youyu's live streaming, she would occasionally link with him to provide friendly help to increase his popularity. Of course, Hu Youyu didn't get it for nothing; when Nana was exposed before, he linked to support her and also posted a video to voice his support, which was very loyal.

But these had no effect on Bai Manjun; she was still a divorced forty-year-old single woman. She was interesting, and Hu Youyu was lonely and didn't refuse, so it naturally came together.

Men don't suffer losses, so do women suffer losses? In this struggle between men and women, whoever is serious is the loser.

Of course, this was the idea of Wang Yan, an outsider watching the fun; he wasn't a roundworm in anyone's stomach, so no one knew exactly what they were thinking. Anyway, they were living together, in the house left by the ex-husband, and they even met Bai Manjun's nineteen-year-old daughter who was in college...

Hu Youyu was still carrying his broken wooden guitar, holding a suitcase in his hand, and laughed, "She has work, so it's not easy to leave for too long. Maybe there will be a chance to come over later."

Xu Hongdou asked, "What work? Is it still that 'organizing and storage specialist' you mentioned before?"

"Right." Hu Youyu nodded. "She was a housewife for so many years; besides cooking, she just tidied up the house. She's doing quite well; her income is higher than my singing. People nowadays are really lazy; they don't even want to tidy up their own rooms. You don't know, she showed me photos when she came back, that guy..."

Ma Qiushan interjected, "Don't look down on others; do you have any idea what you're like yourself?"

"Hey, I say Old Ma, whether I have an idea or not, I have a girlfriend now; do you have one?"

Ma Qiushan also "hey"ed, "If you want to put it that way, I have money; do you have any?"

Seeing Hu Youyu defeated, Xie Zhiyao laughed and pulled the wilted dog off the car and put it on the ground, saying, "Alright, alright, there's money. Is that money your own?"

"Anyway, that valuation is there; sooner or later it will be my money." Ma Qiushan felt awkward for a moment, then turned to look at Wang Yan. "Wang Laoshi, don't worry, our shop expansion is very fierce, and the data is very good. Once the A-round money is spent, the B-round valuation will be at least three billion. You are definitely going to make this fortune."

This was the plot letting Ma Qiushan succeed, but actually, it was still okay. Ma Qiushan didn't really stubbornly focus on tea drinks; he returned to the mass milk tea model, but it was just a product with special tea drinks. After all, the main consumer force of the milk tea market was women; if it didn't suit their taste, it would definitely go out of business.

Ma Qiushan had two tricks in hype, and his products were indeed quite good, so it was still quite popular. At the same time, he also developed peripheral products, cups, ornaments, etc., which also had some market. Live streaming and bringing goods gathered a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women; besides not selling goods, they did everything, singing, dancing, and playing games. He also spent money to find marketing accounts to hype it up, attracting more people to the live streaming room and more people to the offline physical stores. In general, it was three words: "very good."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile. "Money or not doesn't matter. It's good if it can make money, and it doesn't matter if it loses money; didn't we agree on that before? Alright, don't nag about this little thing. Look at Hu Laoshi's eyes; in a while, he'll treat us as class enemies. Let's go, let's go, let's see how our Nanxing Inn is."

"It's just jealousy. I haven't even been jealous of him 'small horse pulling a big cart'..." Ma Qiushan glanced at Hu Youyu, then ran away, his forty-one-year-old greasy body surprisingly agile, all thanks to the strength-building exercises taught by Wang Yan.

Hu Youyu was stunned for a moment, then shouted and dragged his suitcase to chase after him.

"Look, people in their thirties or forties, acting like children. The key is that one is a rich boss, and one is a poor little internet celebrity, yet they can still play together." Xie Zhiyao rubbed the long hair of the dog, feeling both amused and annoyed.

Nana laughed, "They met when they were down and out; who looks down on whom?"

"Exactly, exactly." Seeing Da Mai nodded repeatedly and gave the dog a gentle kick. "Stop playing dead; hurry up and go in."

The group walked in. Xie Zhiyao put some food he had packed back from the city into the kitchen. "You guys chat first; Xiaochun and Huang Xinxin will be here in a while. I'll send the car to the parking lot; twenty minutes, I'll be back immediately."

After such a long time, all work had been adapted to, and Xie Zhiyao and the others were no longer so busy. They mainly made decision-making affairs and acted as the discipline inspection and quality inspection of Yunmiao Village, strictly grasping service.

Now the passenger flow in Yunmiao Village was still okay, not much worse than when it was explosive last year. This was mainly because Yunmiao Village was still being hyped, the previous promotional videos were still being played, and on the other hand, now was the peak tourist season. Even if they didn't continue to hype, relying on the popularity retention of Yunmiao Village before, tourists coming to Dali would also come over to wander around.

It was just that the Dali government didn't agree. The points that could be publicized had long been publicized. Now that Yunmiao Village had appeared, of course, they still wouldn't let go; they just wanted to break the upper limit. They had rectified black cars, taxis, black tour guides, etc., and multiple departments had joined forces to enforce the law, putting in a lot of effort.

The facts were indeed quite good. Since the tourism market warmed up in early spring, Dali had been hanging at the top of the list of popular tourist cities, making it the hottest place this year. The feedback and evaluations from tourists after leaving were also quite good, which attracted more people to come and take a look. Those who had been there compared it, and those who hadn't been there felt it. The Dali government was happy from top to bottom, because if there were no accidents, this year was destined to be a harvest year.

Xie Zhiyao left first. Wang Yan and Hongdou, the couple, led them to their rooms to settle down. Originally, three rooms couldn't accommodate them, and one person would have to live in the house reserved by Wang Yan and Hongdou. However, Seeing Da Mai and Nana were sisters, so they decided to live in one room together.

Actually, it was no problem. The rooms were all very large, and the beds provided were all two meters by two point two meters, which was completely enough. They were also equipped with separate dry and wet separation bathrooms, tables and chairs, bay windows, and lazy sofas, etc. In Yunmiao Village, such conditions were absolutely a loss-making business. If the rent was expensive, no one would come, and if it was cheap, it would definitely lose money.

Seeing Da Mai was surprised by the good environment in the room and asked Xu Hongdou, "This room is much better than a big hotel. How much do you plan to rent it for?"

Xu Hongdou curled her lips. "Three thousand five, starting from four months."

"That's too cheap, isn't it? Wouldn't that lose money? You only have these three rooms, plus a milk tea shop. I remember you said it cost over 1.7 million in total. When will you be able to break even?" Nana took over the conversation, considered a rich person, caring about whether rich people lost money.

"It's mainly for our own living. In Wang Laoshi's words, this is a benefit for strangers. I hope the people we meet are all good people."

Seeing Da Mai shook her head. "I don't think so. Wang Laoshi is relatively low-key, but he is also a famous person. Maybe there will be some trouble."

At this time, Wang Yan, who had settled the two old men, walked over and leaned against the door, hugging his shoulders, and said with a smile, "We still have to have beautiful expectations for life, right? Who knows if it's like us, a beautiful encounter?"

Xu Hongdou waved her hand. "Hurry up and cook; everyone came here on the road and is hungry. In a while, President Xie, Xiaochun, and Huang Xinxin will be here, and maybe Little Hululu and the others will come too. Hurry, hurry."

"Look, after tricking me into her hands, she doesn't cherish me. She treats me like this now."

"Full of nonsense, I'll hit you."

Wang Yan shrugged with a chuckle and turned to go to the kitchen to get busy.

Although there were two more restaurants in Yunmiao Village, Wang Yan and Hongdou rarely went out to eat because they couldn't get a spot... It was also considering the reason that they could only be self-sufficient, so he made this kitchen very professional. The tools were quite complete, with three stoves, an operation table similar to a restaurant, and an island table, etc.

There were many people eating today. Xie Zhiyao brought back many snacks and cold dishes from the city, which were all things Seeing Da Mai and the others were clamoring to eat. There were also many dishes that he had to cook himself.

To be honest, during his time here, he cooked more meals than in the real world. He cooked every day, and his culinary skills soared. This was because he had tasted all kinds of food at home and abroad, his theoretical knowledge was very rich, and his skill in tasting delicious food was master-level; what he lacked was the experience of doing it himself. After doing it a lot, and doing it every day, he became proficient.

Master Wang was busy swinging the big spoon, frying, stir-frying, cooking, and deep-frying. On the other side, Hongdou was showing the four people around the situation of Nanxing Inn, and the exposed teeth showed her inner joy.

Nana asked, "Are these photos all taken by Wang Laoshi himself?"

As soon as they approached the house where Wang Yan lived, what they saw was a pile of photos hanging on the wall, which were composed of many photos, large or small, piecing together the outlines of the two. If you looked with your peripheral vision, you could vaguely see human figures with colors.

Xu Hongdou nodded. "Yes, we took them along the way when we came back from Shandong Province."

Hu Youyu gave a thumbs up. "No wonder it has to be a professional. Look, this idea, this creativity."

Ma Qiushan's focus was different. He was looking around at the environment: "Not to mention that this decoration was also designed by Wang Laoshi. Look, this aesthetic, this style, this artistic atmosphere. Not to mention anything else, just based on Wang Laoshi's photography and design skills, he can make big money wherever he goes."

A group of people praised Wang Yan's technology and also praised the two for being a talented man and a beautiful woman, continuing to visit, but Xu Hongdou's mouth couldn't be closed, just happy... ===== CHAPTER 742 =====