I Have a Countryside Gourmet Restaurant

Chapter 295: Chapter 279: Seeing Guyi Again, the Guest is Very Excited

Afterward, Li You told Guyi that he’d be relying entirely on him when the time came.

Guyi said he would be more than happy to help.

After that, Li You left the shop, went to the Tea Garden, and started clearing weeds.

As he worked, all sorts of insects started jumping out.

Grasshoppers, crickets, praying mantises, and so on.

An insect with a long, slender, oval-shaped green body and a pointed head, looking a bit like a grasshopper, leaped before Li You’s eyes.

Li You’s eyes lit up. This kind of insect was uncommon.

This was a cone-headed grasshopper, known locally as a ”Thousand Day Lord.”

This insect had a long, slender, oval-shaped body, about five to six centimeters long, with a cross-sectional diameter of less than a centimeter. Coupled with its long, pointed head and similarly pointed tail, it somewhat resembled a farm tool: the *qiāndàn*.

Hence its name.

A *qiāndàn* serves the same purpose as a carrying pole, used to haul things. The only difference is that a *qiāndàn* is much longer—about one and a half times the length of a standard pole, around three meters.

It has a circular cross-section, with a diameter of about ten centimeters at its thickest point in the middle. It tapers toward both ends.

Both ends are pointed and are each fitted with a conical iron tip.

This tool is used to carry things like bundles of rice straw, wheat stalks, corn stalks, or rapeseed stalks.

These materials are tied into bundles, one for each side. The two pointed ends of the *qiāndàn* are then stuck into the bundles, and the whole thing is hoisted onto the shoulder to be carried.

In the villages today, this farm tool is still used by the villagers.

Li You’s family had one too.

Of course, Li You wasn’t interested in the farm tool right now, but rather the insect before him—the Thousand Day Lord, whose body resembled a *qiāndàn*.

’I should catch it and play with it for a bit.’

He often caught them for fun as a child, but it had been at least ten years since he’d last caught one.

Li You carefully reached out his hand and finally succeeded in catching it.

Upon closer inspection, he saw its pointed head had a large eye on each side and a pair of long antennae at the front. It had a rather peculiar appearance.

It was precisely this strange look that made the Thousand Day Lord one of the insects children loved to catch and play with most.

It was also why Li You had been interested enough to catch it now.

After playing with it for a while, Li You tossed the Thousand Day Lord into the air.

The Thousand Day Lord spread its wings, flew a short distance, and then landed in a patch of grass, disappearing from sight.

This thing could fly too, but not for long distances.

Its flying ability was a bit worse than a grasshopper’s.

Li You continued clearing the weeds.

After a while, Guyi finished his meal and came over.

He was slightly surprised to see the wild fruit garden.

He remembered that this garden wasn’t here the last time he visited.

It was obviously something new Li You had created recently.

’The things inside... they all seem to be wild fruits.’

’Could it be a garden dedicated to growing wild fruits?’

Guyi’s eyes lit up. ’Now this is interesting!’

’I should confirm with Li You.’

So, Guyi said to Li You, ”Boss, are you planning to use this garden specifically for growing wild fruits?”

Li You nodded. ”That’s right! It’s a wild fruit garden.”

’So it really is a wild fruit garden.’

Guyi praised, ”This garden is an interesting idea.”

After a moment, he added, ”A vegetable garden, the Hundred Fruit Garden, a wild fruit garden, a Tea Garden... Boss, you’re getting more and more gardens here.”

Li You laughed. ”I have no choice. This place is far from the city, so I have to create more gardens to attract customers.”

Guyi smiled as well and said, ”You’re being modest, Boss. But creating a few more gardens like this would indeed be very interesting and could become a major feature of the restaurant. Besides, this place has the perfect conditions for it.”

After saying that, Guyi walked into the wild fruit garden, looked around, and added, ”It’s just that the variety of wild fruits is still a bit lacking.”

Li You said, ”I’m in the process of adding more. In the end, there should be at least fifty types.”

Guyi nodded. ”That will do. It’s best to have a wide variety, the more the better.”

While they were talking, Guyi walked over to the Tea Garden area and said, ”Let me lend a hand and get some exercise.”

Hearing this, Li You quickly said, ”Ancient, you should just rest. How could I trouble you to help out?”

Guyi said, ”It’s no trouble. I could use the exercise. It’s been a long time since I’ve worked in a field.”

”Well...”

Seeing Guyi’s eager expression, Li You didn’t try to persuade him further. Instead, he said, ”Then I’ll go get you a pair of gloves.”

Guyi nodded. ”That would be great. Gloves would be best.”

Li You walked out of the Tea Garden, went back to the restaurant to get a pair of gloves, and handed them to Guyi. ”Ancient, here are your gloves.”

Guyi took the gloves, put them on, and laughed. ”Gloves really are a good thing to have for this kind of work.”

Li You nodded; he thought so too.

The two of them then worked and chatted. Before they knew it, it was already five in the afternoon.

A customer wearing glasses arrived for a meal. Seeing that Li You wasn’t in the shop, he asked Da Bai where the boss was.

Da Bai told the customer with glasses that Li You was working in the Tea Garden.

’Tea Garden?’

The customer with glasses was a bit confused. ’When did the boss get a Tea Garden here?’

News that Li You was building a new Tea Garden hadn’t spread among the customers yet.

The vast majority of customers were still unaware.

The customer with glasses asked Da Bai for the Tea Garden’s location and followed the directions until he found it.

He saw Li You and Guyi busy at work in the Tea Garden.

’So they’re still clearing the land.’

’It seems the boss plans to build another new garden, a Tea Garden.’

’That’s a great idea.’

’A Tea Garden sounds so elegant. The boss definitely had the right idea.’

’But who’s that other person with the boss?’

’A customer?’

It was normal for customers to help Li You with work.

The customer with glasses walked a little closer and said, ”Boss, it’s about time to clock out.”

Just as he finished speaking, his eyes widened behind his glasses. He added in disbelief, ”Master Guyi?”

The customer with glasses knew Guyi.

The last time Guyi came, the customer with glasses had been there when he was painting live in the shop, and he had even had a drink with Guyi.

’Master Guyi is here again?’

While finding it hard to believe, the customer with glasses was also incredibly surprised, excited, and thrilled.

Li You and Guyi both looked at the customer with glasses.

The customer was also a regular at the shop, so Li You recognized him.

And Guyi had an impression of the customer as well.

Guyi smiled faintly and said to the customer, ”Hello, it’s been a while. I hope we can have a drink together again this time.”

Guyi’s words made the customer with glasses even more excited.

Because not only did it show that Guyi remembered him, but it also meant he would be able to drink with Guyi again.

Either of these facts would have been enough to make the customer with glasses extremely excited.

He truly hadn’t expected Guyi to remember him, let alone take the initiative to invite him for a drink again.

He was completely overwhelmed by the honor.

The customer with glasses said excitedly, ”I can’t believe you still remember me, Master Guyi! I’m so thrilled. To be able to drink with you again would be the greatest honor of my life.” 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

Guyi waved his hand. ”You’re too kind, you’re too kind. As I said last time, thanks to the boss, we’ve become drinking buddies. In that case, we are all equals.”

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