Upon hearing this, Qiao Wanqing thought it made some sense.
Gu Yanqing added, "Going up the mountain is easy, but going down is difficult. Many people find their legs weak after climbing such a high staircase and are more likely to choose to walk down the road. Although the road is longer, it is less tiring. Moreover, those who walk up usually don't choose to return the same way. The scenery around the back mountain road is quite nice. I estimate that the future tour route will be Meishan, the staircase, the Matchmaker Temple, and then down the back mountain road."
"So, it's better to drive along the roadside behind the mountain?"
Gu Yanqing nodded. "Actually, they're only 100 meters away from the Matchmaker Temple. There's no difference in location. What you need to consider here is the route and convenience for consumers."
"Won't people not know there's a restaurant there in the back?" Tang Yueyue asked, not believing in the saying that good wine needs no bush.
"It's very simple," Gu Yanqing said. "There will definitely be a sign or map at the entrance of these steps in the future. We can spend some money and pull some strings to get them to include the vegetarian restaurant on the list, and tourists will see it at a glance."
"That seems to make a lot of sense." Tang Yueyue felt convinced.
Hearing what he said, Qiao Wanqing realized that her considerations were indeed too superficial. If the restaurant were located somewhere between the steps and the steps, people who came specifically to eat vegetarian food but had no interest in climbing the steps or worshipping the Yue Lao could simply drive up the back mountain instead of having to drive up, walk across the Old Man Under the Matchmaker Temple, and then walk down the steps to find their vegetarian restaurant. It would be too troublesome.
Inconvenient transportation renders everything else futile, given how lazy modern people are.
With that in mind, she said to her second uncle, "Let's go to the back mountain then."
"Okay," Second Uncle said after hearing their discussion, "Let's go check the specific location."
Everyone walked towards the back mountain together. Qiao Wanqing, holding Yuan Yuan's hand, walked beside Gu Yanqing and whispered, " Teacher Gu has great foresight."
Teacher Gu said calmly, "I am honored that Miss Qiao thinks so highly of me."
Don't make it sound like I looked down on you before.
"Hmm? Miss Qiao didn't say that before."
"... What did I say before?" Qiao Wanqing had no memory of the past and had completely forgotten that she had once "looked down on" Gu Yanqing. "I think the only person I disliked was you."
Gu Yanqing: "..."
Walking behind them, Tang Yueyue listened to their bickering and felt like she was about to be fed a full dose of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).
Are these two really not having an affair?
It was so obvious that even President Gu's usually indifferent face now had a hint of a gentle smile on it.
If this isn't love...
After visiting the land, it was still early, and they planned to go see the plum blossoms. However, since their second uncle had guests at home, and they were used to seeing mountains and trees, they didn't understand what was so special about a few plum blossoms, so they went home first.
Meishan is located on West Mountain, which has a high altitude. With the rain, the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist, making it look like a fairyland. The plum blossoms have been blooming for a while and have not yet faded. Now, they are like a large red cloud, which is particularly beautiful.
Although it's only the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, there are many tourists. It's a pity that Qiao Wanqing's vegetables sold out last year and haven't grown back yet; otherwise, they would definitely sell very well now.
Koukou was still being held by Gu Yanqing. He was very interested in the plum blossoms on the tree and insisted on reaching out to grab them. Qiao Wanqing was worried that his little hands would get scratched, so she picked up some undamaged plum blossoms from the ground and gave them to him to hold. She also put a blossom on his head.
"With this little plum blossom on, our Koukou is a little princess now." Qiao Wanqing tucked a plum blossom behind his ear.
Koukou was unaware that she had been tricked by her unscrupulous mother and was even laughing happily.
Qiao Wanqing then said to Yuan Yuan, " Yuan Yuan, would you like one too?"
"No, only girls wear flowers, Yuan Yuan is a boy." Yuan Yuan was clearly not so easily fooled.
"It's okay, doesn't it look good on your little brother?"
Yuan Yuan was very polite and didn't say anything about being ugly; she just looked at Koukou and giggled without saying a word.
Qiao Wanqing was a little disappointed that Yuan Yuan hadn't fallen for her trick, so she tucked a flower behind her son's other ear as well, and then said, "Doesn't he look a bit like Xiao Fang from the village?"
"Babababa!" Koukou exclaimed enthusiastically.
Seeing how happily the mother and son were interacting, Gu Yanqing felt a little helpless and amused, but he indulged Qiao Wanqing in her Koukou without saying a word, a faint smile on his face.
Tang Yueyue, who was already fed up with the PDA and didn't want to talk anymore, quietly raised her phone and took a family photo of them.
Chapter 28 Drawing the Red Thread
Meishan is quite large and attracts many tourists. It's mainly because it's only a little over two hours' drive from the city center, which isn't far, so many people make a short trip here to see the plum blossoms.
"I was worried that since this place is relatively remote, there wouldn't be many tourists, and it would be difficult to run a vegetarian restaurant," Tang Yueyue said, seeing so many tourists. "I didn't expect there to be so many people. Once the Matchmaker Temple opens, business will definitely be booming."
Qiao Wanqing said, "If it weren't for so many tourists, all the vegetables in my two large gardens would have gone stale last year."
"I think your method of selling fresh vegetables to tourists is brilliant. I didn't know you had such a good business sense."
She heard that Qiao Wanqing had made a considerable amount of money from this, and she admired her greatly.
In just six months, her best friend has completely changed; Qiao Wanqing's current income has surpassed that of her, the manager of a major e-commerce company in a first-tier city.
You have to understand, making this much money in a place like this is incredibly difficult for other self-employed individuals.
Qiao Wanqing laughed and said, "My friend gave me this idea; I really couldn't have thought of such a method. At that time, the vegetables in both gardens almost rotted in the ground."
" Tan Yue?" Gu Yanqing had been silent, suddenly asked.