Chapter 311: Mountain Villa

Liang Yan: "Little sister Xiao Yu, aren't you quite famous?"

Tang Can: "Softie, I really didn't mistake you; you really know how to trick people!"

Su Yu smiled sweetly, looking at the two little companions!

"Later we can eat something delicious!"

Liang Yan knew little sister Xiao Yu didn't want to play with the other kids, leaned close to Su Yu, and whispered, "Little sister Xiao Yu, have you been here before?"

"No, but we've had something similar at home."

According to the chef uncle, southern chickens are more tender. And the free‑range chickens from the south have chicken legs that are both tasty and chewy, and the chicken broth is fresh and sweet, not fishy nor greasy.

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious!"

Tang Can mercilessly exposed Su Yu, "Softie loves meat; whatever meat you ask her about, she says it's delicious!"

"There should be wild greens in these mountains; try some, do you like it?"

The place they're going to is a mountain villa, so there must be wild greens, right?

"You can look at the wild greens, but absolutely don't eat them. This is considered wilderness; things you haven't eaten before might cause an allergy!"

The bus arrived at the foot of the mountain villa, and the teacher led them up the mountain while looking at the wild greens. Worried that the mischievous kids might hear they can eat them and grab the greens to put in their mouths, the teacher wore a serious expression and stressed this point earnestly.

"If you get an allergy, you have to get an injection and take medicine!"

This area is more remote; they only brought a medical kit, so if any child truly has an allergy, it could be fatal! The teacher used the dreaded "injection and medicine" that even kids this age fear to scare away their curiosity!

Su Yu wasn't interested in the greens, Tang Can, upon learning they couldn't eat them, didn't want to pay attention, and Liang Yan couldn't remember the names and distinctions of so many wild greens, so chose not to.

The mountain path was too long; the kids couldn't bear the weight of their backpacks, and they each handed their schoolbags to the bodyguard.

When they reached the mountain, all the children were exhausted and panting.

Su Yu, Liang Yan, and Tang Can still had the energy to watch the earthen stove, iron pot, and bamboo‑tube rice, while the other kids each had a small bamboo chair to collapse onto and rest.

"Kids, after we finish eating we'll go see the wine‑making, rice‑cake pounding, dumplings, zongzi and other specialty foods; don't run around!"

The ingredients in these foods have all been encountered by the kids, so the teacher doesn't need to worry about allergies.

At noon, the group of kids were starving, each wolfed down rice, and nothing unexpected happened.

Su Yu focused on eating chicken legs, while Liang Yan and Tang Can liked drinking chicken broth.

The fish‑meat balls were each delicious, and finger‑sized shrimp were made into shrimp cakes—one per bite, crispy and very tasty!

The beef was very chewy; Su Yu and the two others didn't like it, but most of the other kids did.

The braised pork with preserved mustard greens was a bit salty, but the flavor was indeed good.

The braised pork trotters went duangduang, eye‑catching just to look at. But Liang Yan and the other two watched the whole process of scraping the pork trotters' hair, and didn't dare eat them much.

Su Yu, fearing to scare them, didn't pick any either.

After the meal, the three of them each drank a bowl of soup with greens and tender lean meat, and leaned on their bamboo chairs to rest.

The well‑fed study‑tour group rested for a while before beginning to visit other exhibits.

First, everyone went outside the wine‑making house to watch the entire brewing process.

"This is the wine‑making house, this is the distillation area, and here is the finished wine, sealed into bamboo tubes."

A group of kids exclaimed, "What a huge round log! How does steaming wood produce water?"

"This wine looks like water!"

"Why is that one over there yellow?"

……

Su Yu took out her camera and went "click click" snapping away, and Tang Can and Liang Yan also borrowed the camera from Su Yu to photograph scenes that interested them.

After seeing the wine‑making, the teacher led the kids to watch the rice‑cake pounding.

A group of strong men repeatedly hammered wood onto the sticky mixture placed in a stone container, and the finished product was on the table.

A young man, watching the teacher bring a group of kids over, flashed a trafficker‑like grin and said, "Do you want to try? It's very simple!"

The surrounding adults smiled kindly and didn't intervene.

A curious little boy stepped forward, trying to take the big wooden hammer from the young big brother's hand, but was almost crushed.

People around laughed "hahaha". The boy who took the hammer ran back, red‑cheeked, to the teacher.

The teacher led the children beside the table, saying, "This is the glutinous‑rice potato, this is plain glutinous‑rice, this is glutinous‑rice with sesame…"

The teacher introduced each of the rice‑cake items on the table, letting the kids choose what they liked.

Tang Can and Liang Yan ate one and then lost interest, while Su Yu simply didn't eat any.

Next came dumplings, specialty leaf‑wrapped rice cakes… until evening, after finishing an equally lavish dinner, the group rode the dedicated bus back to the hotel.

Back at the hotel, the three kids took showers and began video‑calling their families.

Su Yu looked at the phone screen; the background wasn't home, was it?

"Mom, aren't you at home?"

"Yes, I'm traveling with your dad."

"Mom, where are you traveling?"

Ji Yan thought for three seconds, didn't lie, and said, "The same place as you."

"Then can I go find you?"

【Mom must be reluctant to let me go! I want to go over and sleep with Mom!】

"No, sweetie, you're on a study‑trip; without special circumstances, parents can't take part."

"Alright!"

Su Yu lowered her head, a bit disappointed.

【I thought I could go and stay with Mom!】

"Mom, you need to stay safe; I went out today and was surrounded by other people!"

"I know! Sweetie, you must be exhausted today, get some rest early!"

In Ji Yan's comment section, the fans are all talking about this. Everyone is still hoping Su Yu will do a livestream, and they can "cloud study" as well. However, Su Yu's traveling is already tiring, and Ji Yan doesn't want her to do another livestream, adding to her burden.

"Alright!"

Su Yu went up and down the mountain, truly exhausted; after hanging up the phone and finishing her wash, she climbed into bed to sleep.

After Tang Can said "bye" to her aunt, she also went to bed, completely ignoring what her aunt said, and called dad and mom again. Liang Yan, looking at Zhu Xueheng on the other end of the phone, anxiously clutched the phone and ran to the living room outside.

"Dad, what else do you have to say? Can Can and little Xiao Yu sister are already asleep!"

Zhu Xueheng sounded aggrieved, "Sweetie, we didn't say anything either!"

During the call just now, Liang Yan kept babbling about food, then added that she wanted to go to little Xiao Yu's house to try it, wondering if the dishes made by Su Yu's family chef are the same as those made by the chefs here.

He hadn't even gotten a chance to voice the instructions he had prepared when Liang Yan wanted to hang up and go to sleep. At this point, Zhu Xueheng especially wanted to diss Su Yu and Tang Can's parents, so couldn't he say a few more words? It made him seem especially naggy!

"Alright, then we won't say anything. Good night, Dad!"

Liang Yan handed the phone to the bodyguard aunt, cheerfully ran into the room, and covered herself with her little blanket to sleep!

Tomorrow they'll all get up together to practice martial arts!

On the third day of the study tour, Su Yu and the others went to visit West Gate Mansion, and even had lunch inside a replica of West Gate Mansion.

In the afternoon, the group went to the Garden Scenic Area to cool off.

The children all ate ice cream with the scenic area's special flavor. Since the kids are still young, each could only have one ice cream.

Su Yu, Tang Can, and Liang Yan wanted three different flavors, so the three of them divided their ice creams into three portions and swapped them to eat.

The other kids wanted to copy them, but it was already too late. They had already licked them with their mouths!

In the evening, they had dinner at a restaurant with garden-style features.

Seeing the kids' boundless energy, Su Yu asked the teacher to set up a separate table for her, Tang Can, and Liang Yan.

"Why eat separately?"

"They'll eat with their hands. Teacher, look, I'm so hungry; I don't want to go back unsatisfied and order a midnight snack."

Liang Yan and Tang Can both nodded; the dishes they didn't finish could be taken home as a midnight snack, but if they ate together with the other kids, the dishes already eaten couldn't be taken as a midnight snack.

The teacher saw the two boys "fighting" over the free fruit, and his forehead throbbed.

"Alright, order whatever you like; the teacher will split the bill."

After speaking, the teacher grabbed the phone to record a video. The parents of these two children, as well as the children themselves, are a headache for the teacher. When the kids misbehave, the parents insist on seeing video or other solid evidence before they admit their child's mistake and educate them.

That's enough!

Their parents also especially like to overturn the teacher's education. At the last morning tea, their parents told them that they could order separately, the family isn't short of money, eat whatever they want, and not stay with people who are petty.

When the teacher learned of those remarks, his eyes turned red with anger, and he almost wanted to slap the children's parents!

Is that a money issue? Their behavior is unhygienic, rather impolite, and also wasteful of food!

Seeing them start fighting again, the teacher decisively agreed with Su Yu's plan. She didn't want to force Su Yu and the other two into a group they would dislike! Polite children shouldn't accommodate impolite children!

Seeing the teacher take the phone to go educate people, Su Yu cheerfully thanked, "Alright, thank you, teacher!"

Su Yu pressed the bell, "Hello server, could we have a small private room for about three to six people."

"Alright, please follow me!"

The server excitedly led Su Yu, the three kids, and the three bodyguards to a small private room.

"Is this side okay?"

The server liked Su Yu a lot and specially chose a room where they could see various scenery.

Su Yu had no objection and looked at Tang Can and Liang Yan.

"Fine!"

"This side looks nice!"

"Then this one, please give us the menu."

"Alright!"

The server took six tablets from the room's cabinet and handed them to them.

"Auntie, you all pick what you like, I'll pay!"

"Alright!"

Tang Can and Liang Yan had already seated at the small table, and the three bodyguards courteously sat at the tea table on the other side. The server quickly called another colleague in to serve the bodyguards' small table.

Liang Yan and Tang Can studied the menu for a while, finding each dish appealing, and ordered the signature dishes: Gold Medal Roasted Suckling Pig, Eight Treasure Winter Melon Soup, Fresh Large Platter, Panxi Bamboo Shoot Emperor, Crispy Fried Crab Claws, Peony Fresh Shrimp, Garden Fragrant Juice Chicken, and Tile Oven Baked Water Fish.

Su Yu didn't know the vegetable content inside, so she specifically added a stir-fried greens dish.

"May I ask if you need pre- or post-meal dim sum? Our dim sum here is also exceptional!"

Su Yu and the others, on the server's recommendation, ordered Water Chestnut Cake.

While waiting for the dishes, Su Yu and the others received a call from Su Yi.

"Hello, Dad, what's up?"

If she didn't know he was traveling with Ji Yan, she wouldn't have answered his call! It's almost dinner time; can't the matter wait until after the meal?

"Hmm? Nothing at all!"

"Our private room number?"

"I don't know! Should I have the server go to the lobby to get you?"

"Alright!"

Su Yu hung up, lifted her head, and before she could speak, the server had already contacted the front desk.

"Please wait a moment; our staff will bring them over shortly!"

"Alright, thank you!"

In less than five minutes, Su Yi and Ji Yan came in.

"Good evening, Uncle; good evening, Aunt!"

"Good evening, Uncle; good evening, Aunt!"

"Mom, I miss you!"

Su Yu rushed over and hugged Ji Yan; after Ji Yan lifted her, she nuzzled against her face and chest! After the mother and daughter cuddled, Ji Yan gave them the gifts she had bought while shopping today.

"This is the gift I picked for you; see if you like it?"

Liang Yan and Tang Can, without any hesitation, opened it and saw a beautiful hairpin!

"I like it, thank you, Aunt!"

"I like it too, thank you, Aunt!"

"Mom, could you put it on for me?"

"Sure!"

Su Yi still thought Tang Can and Liang Yan would ask him for help, and he was pondering how to communicate with them. They quickly learned from Su Yu and Ji Yan, putting hairpins on each other, leaving no room for his usefulness!

Ji Yan bought hairpins for the three children that were shaped like animals, flowers, and plants, each inlaid with sparkling diamonds. All three children received the same ones.

After putting them on, they looked at the mirror and were very pleased with their reflections.

The three children lined up, followed Ji Yan to wash their hands, and then ate together.

With Ji Yan and Su Yi present, they devoured most of the dishes, packed the local green meadow white rabbit dumplings, quail mille‑feuille, and honeycomb egg‑yolk pastries, and went on a night tour of the Pearl River with Su Yi and Ji Yan, enjoying the night scenery while eating pastries!

While touring the Pearl River, Su Yu's biggest regret was that they were too full to explore the shops there.

Back at the hotel, the three of them had already chosen their favorite photo of the day—a group shot of five taken at the garden restaurant!

Ji Yan looked after the three children; after they bathed, she told them bedtime stories.

Su Yu, who loves to nitpick, listened obediently and gradually drifted into sleep.

Early the next morning, Su Yu woke up, didn't see Ji Yan, and felt a bit down.

【Wulongcha】, yesterday Mom came looking for me and ate with us, right?

Wulongcha swayed and said, "Yes, that's right."

"Then why did she leave?"

Suite amenities are changed daily; Ji Yan and Su Yi can stay in another bedroom of the suite, and an extra room can be opened for the bodyguard.

"There are no change‑of‑clothes for your parents here; they have returned to their room."

"Alright!"

Su Yu wanted to look for her dad and mom, but Liang Yan and Tang Can weren't awake yet!

【Wulongcha】, why did my dad and mom suddenly appear last night? Didn't they say they wouldn't get involved in my study‑tour?

As for traveling together with her, Su Yu found it easy to understand. Her dad and mom surely want to go with her later to look for her great‑grandmother!

Thanks to the darlings for the votes~

The "steamed wood producing water" refers to the wooden vessel used in the distillation process (not sure what it's called in Mandarin, but they say alcohol distilled in a wooden vessel tastes better?).

The signature dishes and the like were searched on Baidu; any darlings who like them can go check them out.

Four thousand characters; good night, darlings~