I Have a Countryside Gourmet Restaurant

Chapter 301: Chapter 285: Completion of the Tea Garden

Afterward, Chu Yiwei said, ”Then thank you, Boss.”

Li You replied, ”Teacher Chu, there’s no need to be so formal. I’ll be counting on you to help me pick tea in the future.”

Chu Yiwei said, ”Just let me know when the time comes.”

Li You nodded. ”Alright. Let’s go, we’re heading down.”

Chu Yiwei murmured her assent.

The two of them went downstairs.

Chu Yiwei said her goodbyes and left, as she needed to head back to the school.

”Boss, another order of Longjing Shrimp!”

A customer, seeing Li You, ordered another plate of Longjing Shrimp.

Li You called out in acknowledgment, then walked into the kitchen and got to work.

After frying up another order of Longjing Shrimp, he served it to the customer.

By this time, Guyi and the group of customers with him had finished their meal.

After settling the bill, the customers said their goodbyes and left one by one.

After saying goodbye to the other customers, Guyi said to Li You, ”Boss, I’m planning to leave as well. As for treating everyone to a meal like I mentioned yesterday, let’s save that for next time.”

”So soon? Aren’t you staying a few more days, Ancient?” Li You asked, a little surprised.

Guyi said, ”I suddenly had the urge to go see a certain place. So, I won’t be staying longer.”

’So that’s how it is.’

Li You wasn’t surprised. ’Masters like Guyi, who live as hermits in the middle of the city, are often spontaneous and carefree. It’s perfectly normal for them to up and leave on a whim the moment an idea strikes them.’

Since that was the case, Li You didn’t try to make him stay. He said, ”In that case, Ancient, please wait a moment. I’ll go get the tea leaves.”

He had promised to give Guyi a few pounds of tea, and he couldn’t forget that.

Guyi laughed heartily. ”I was just waiting for you to say that.”

Li You smiled, then walked into the restaurant and went upstairs.

Of course, he was only going upstairs for show. In truth, all the tea leaves were stored in the Storage Pavilion.

Li You had already prepared the tea for Guyi. There were about ten pounds of it, packed in a bag.

Li You took the bag out of the Storage Pavilion, went downstairs, walked out of the restaurant, and handed the bag to Guyi, saying, ”Ancient, here are the tea leaves.”

Guyi took it, looking slightly surprised. ”Boss, this must be nearly ten pounds. Isn’t this a bit too much?”

Li You smiled. ”It’s not too much. When you finish it, Ancient, I’ll give you another ten pounds.”

Guyi said, ”Does that mean I’ll never have a shortage of this tea from now on?”

Li You replied, ”Absolutely.”

Guyi looked at Li You for a moment before letting out a hearty laugh. ”In that case, I won’t be polite.”

Li You said, ”If you’re polite, Ancient, it’ll feel like you’re treating me as a stranger.”

Guyi nodded again. ”You’re right, I can’t treat you like a stranger. Otherwise, I might miss out on a lot of good things.”

Then, Guyi waved his hand and added, ”Well then, Boss, until next time.”

”Until next time!”

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「In the Tea Garden.」

Once all the customers had left, Li You shouldered a hoe and went to the Tea Garden, ready to plant the tea trees.

Once the tea trees were planted, the Tea Garden would be officially complete.

From then on, the restaurant would have another major attraction.

He selected a spot for the first tea tree and began to dig a hole.

Once the hole was the right size, he retrieved a tea tree from the Storage Pavilion.

It was a shrub-type tree, about half a man’s height, with a canopy around a meter in diameter.

’It’s gorgeous!’

’Once this tree is planted, I’ll definitely be able to harvest tea from it next year.’

’What will the tea quality be like? It’s something to look forward to.’

After planting the tea tree, he sprinkled on some of the Earth Fertilizer that had also dropped in the game dungeon last time.

’All done.’

Then he planted the second, the third...

One tree after another.

Two hours later, all twenty tea trees were planted. The entire Tea Garden instantly came to life.

Looking at the Tea Garden, Li You felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Just then, his phone rang. Li You took it out and saw that it was a call from Luo Yunlin.

He was the one who had sold Li You the fruit trees, and he lived over in Shuiyuan Village.

He answered the call.

”Brother Luo, good afternoon.”

”Xiaoli, I have some guests coming over tomorrow at noon. I plan on bringing them to your restaurant for a meal. I want them to experience what truly delicious food tastes like. There will be about twenty people in total. Will you be able to handle that?”

”Of course! Brother Luo, just bring them on over. It’s no problem at all.”

”Alright then. We’ll be there around 12 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.”

”Sounds good. See you tomorrow at noon then.”

”See you tomorrow at noon.”

Li You was very happy that Luo Yunlin was bringing guests for lunch tomorrow.

He always loved seeing familiar faces come to his restaurant to eat.

After hanging up, Li You went back to admiring his Tea Garden.

’The longer I look, the more beautiful it gets.’

As he was admiring it, someone started walking over.

Li You turned to look and saw it was Yang Zheng, the owner of a small supermarket in town.

When Yang Zheng saw the state of the Tea Garden, he was pleasantly surprised. ”So the tea trees are already planted! I have to say, they’re really beautiful!”

Li You was delighted to hear that and smiled. ”Boss Yang, you’re here. The trees are decent, I suppose.”

Yang Zheng said, ”They’re genuinely beautiful. The other tea trees I’ve seen don’t seem nearly as nice. The tea from these trees should be high quality.”

Li You replied, ”We’ll only know for sure when the time comes. You’re welcome to come for a tasting then, Boss Yang.”

Yang Zheng laughed. ”Great! If you host a tea party here, it’s sure to be a lively event.”

Li You said, ”That’s a great idea. I’ll definitely host one then.”

Yang Zheng said, ”I’ll be there for sure.”

Li You replied, ”Then it’s settled.”

Yang Zheng said, ”Great.”

As the two of them were talking, more customers began to walk over.

It was already 5:30 in the afternoon. Customers had arrived for dinner, but when they didn’t find Li You in the restaurant, they learned from Da Bai and Xiaohai that he was in the Tea Garden, so they all headed over.

When the new arrivals saw that the tea trees in the Tea Garden had been planted, they were all just as pleasantly surprised.

With the trees planted, the Tea Garden was instantly beautiful.

The customers were all full of praise.

Li You was even more pleased and said with a smile, ”Next year, when these trees start producing tea, I’ll host a tea party right here. Everyone should come. We can taste tea and chat together.”

Hearing Li You say this, all the customers’ eyes lit up.

’Now that’s a great idea!’

”Hahaha! Great! I’ll definitely be there.”

”I have a feeling the tea from these trees will be exceptional. I’ll have to savor it properly when the time comes.”

”Don’t worry, Boss, we’ll definitely come.”

”...”

All the customers were in high spirits.

Seeing how enthusiastic the customers were, Li You couldn’t help but feel that his decision to build a Tea Garden had been the right one.

After chatting a little longer about the tea party, everyone headed back to the restaurant together.

The customers ordered their food, and Li You went into the kitchen to get to work.

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At seven in the evening, Ling Xiaoru arrived.

When she learned from Li You that Guyi had already left, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.

”I thought Ancient would be staying for a few more days this time,” Ling Xiaoru said.

Li You explained, ”Originally, Ancient was indeed planning to stay a few more days. But then he suddenly got the urge to go see a place today, so he changed his mind at the last minute.”

Ling Xiaoru remarked, ”Ancient is truly spontaneous and carefree.”

Li You nodded. ”He certainly is.”

After a moment, he added, ”You treated me to dinner last night. So let me treat you tonight.”

”Okay! I want Longjing Shrimp again.”

”No problem.”

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