The eldest lady became popular in the farming variety show

Jiang Hexi sat on the steps of the open-air square. After everyone left, she asked:

"King Yan, what do you want from me?"

Yan Jie stood up from the steps, brushed off the dust on his black pants, and faced her sideways, looking languid yet tall. He nodded at her:

"Let's go."

The moonlight is faint, the starlight is diffuse, and the sparse shadows dance on the white wall.

A beam of light from a mobile phone illuminates the road ahead. Occasionally, bursts of dog barking can be heard from the deep alley. The houses of different heights are dotted with lights, adding a touch of warmth to the quiet night.

The two of them walked side by side in the alley, without a following PD or camera, and their steps were much lighter.

"I read the Canglang Village travel guide you made."

Yan Jie paused and looked back at her, "It's comprehensive and seems to have a lot of selling points, but in fact, there is no highlight at all."

Jiang Hexi was somewhat dissatisfied after hearing this:

“I divide tourists into three groups.”

"First, for family tours with children, we recommend playing in the shallow water and picking fruit in the surrounding orchards; second, for self-driving tours with couples and friends, we recommend a one-day tour of Sanxi Lake; third, for group tours with elderly groups, we recommend fishing in the reservoir and an in-depth experience of farmhouses."

“The goals are clear, the projects are distinct, what’s the problem?”

Seeing that she was serious, Yan Jie shone the beam of his mobile phone on the ground, shining it on the mottled stone bricks under his feet and said:

"This stone street may look inconspicuous on weekdays, but it has a history of hundreds of years."

He motioned for her to look at the stone houses on both sides of the street. The houses were stacked in an orderly manner on the hillside. The night concealed the traces of dilapidated buildings, and the whole village looked particularly quaint and elegant.

"These stone houses were built at least 50 or 60 years ago and were occupied by people before, so you can't see their heaviness."

Jiang Hexi often hung out with the circle of old ladies under the camphor tree, and she had never heard the old ladies talk about these things.

"Who told you these things?"

"A photographer passing by."

Yan Jie led her forward and said, "I passed by this street on my morning run before and saw someone taking pictures of these stone houses. I stopped and asked, why do you think he came here?"

"why?"

“Because the original ecological landscape here is well preserved.”

Yan Jie slowed down his pace, looked at the cracks in the stone wall covered with moss and said:

"The reason why Qianjia Banquet is so popular, in addition to the attraction of farming variety shows, the most fundamental reason is that we let netizens see the long-lost village banquet culture."

"Have you ever thought about this," he said in a thoughtful tone, "after we leave, when there is no heat here, what will be left?"

Jiang Hexi looked up and gazed into his deep eyes, and was deeply touched.

She felt as if she had finally understood something, yet at the same time, she seemed to understand nothing.

He leaned in closer and chuckled through his nose, "Hmm?"

She felt as if she had been electrified, and clung to the wall behind her like a grasshopper, forcing herself to remain calm and said:

"I will... go back and make a new travel guide with the theme of... Canglang Village's original ecological and cultural heritage."

Seeing how frightened she was, Yan Jie decided not to push her too hard.

It's always a good thing to have a reaction, but a stagnant pool of water is the end.

"I can't just stay indoors and write. I have to go out and walk around more and see more, and listen to tourists' opinions."

Yan Jie led her ahead again, "I'll pick you up tomorrow at noon, let's go to the reservoir first."

"I see."

Jiang Hexi somehow made an appointment with him, and for the sake of business, she agreed.

The next day at noon, Chu Ci drove an off-road vehicle to find Yan Jie.

He rolled down the car window and asked with concern, "How was it? Did you handle Ximei using the method I taught you?"

Yan Jie reached out to him, motioning him to hand over the car keys, "Which method are you talking about?"

"If you want to keep a woman's heart, you must first warm her stomach."

Chu Ci slapped the car keys hard on his hand, chased him and asked, "Did you do what I said?"

It would be fine if this matter was not mentioned, but I get angry as soon as Yan Ji is mentioned.

He opened the car door, unbuckled Chu Ci's seat belt, pulled him out of the driver's seat, and threw him out.

Chu Ci was thrown out of the car. He turned around for a long time on the ground before he could barely keep his footing and avoid falling to the ground in a mess.

"Yan Jie, what are you crazy about?"

"Didn't you watch the live broadcast last night?"

Yan Jie was furious when he thought of that incident, "Your bad advice almost made me unable to raise my head in front of everyone."

Chu Ci didn't want to take the blame, "I was the one who asked you to send the marbled steak, I was the one who asked you to take the girl to eat alone, was it me who asked the camera to follow and film it secretly?"

Yan Jie inserted the key and started the engine with a roar. Chu Ci didn't wait for him to turn the steering wheel, but rushed to the front of the car and said:

"Cousin, I was wrong."

"If you're wrong, shut up and don't mention this matter in front of me again."

Chu Ci promised again and again: "I swear, I will never mention this matter again."

Yan Jie spared him this time because of their blood relationship and drove away in the SUV.

Chu Ci looked at the yellow sand swirling along the way, covered his mouth and coughed twice, he was really angry.

Jiang Hexi waited at the shallow beach port for half an hour, but Yan Jie did not bring him food.

She handed the stall to the staff from the county, and went to the open-air square, intending to fill her stomach with a big pot of food.

When I passed the square, I met the five people sitting on the steps again.

The only difference this time was that five people were holding lunch boxes, and she was the only one still hungry.

Yu Xiangwan called her, "Sister Xi, didn't Prince Yan bring you food today?"

Jiang Hexi: “No.”

"So what do you have for lunch?"

“Big pot of food.”

Yu Xiangwan put down her chopsticks and refused to agree no matter what. "How can this be? I want to see how high Prince Yan can go today. Come over here and sit down."

Jiang Hexi confessed, "Wanwan, I'm hungry."

Yu Xiangwan: "Even if you are hungry, just bear with it."

Chai Fei gave up his seat in the middle, gave her a look and said, "Come here."

Under pressure from the two men, Jiang Hexi sat between them, weak and helpless.

She looked straight ahead and caught a glimpse of the marbled steak in the two people's lunch boxes. Her stomach was so empty with hunger that she even swallowed her saliva carefully.

This is the result of eating alone. It's her fault that she offended so many people first.

Just at this moment, Yan Jie came over carrying a long bench in one hand and a big bag in the other.

He placed a long bench in front of Jiang Hexi, took out an iron lunch box from the bag, opened it to reveal charcoal-grilled rice, then took out an enamel pot, opened it to reveal corn and pork ribs soup, and finally took out a bunch of grilled skewers wrapped in tin foil.

The six people stared at his movements so closely that they forgot about the lunch boxes in their hands.

Yan Jie shook open the tin foil and put a bunch of roasted tomatoes on the rice, followed by roasted peppers, roasted potatoes, roasted squid, roasted chicken wings and roasted pig's trotters. He then pushed the pile of iron lunch boxes in front of Jiang Hexi:

"Have a meal."

The five people put down their chopsticks one after another, indicating that they could no longer eat the meal.