Chapter 18: Unexpected Surprises
Back on the first floor, Li Yang went directly into the kitchen to prepare for lunch, there was still a lot left over from the meal he cooked last night, he was going to scrambled egg fried rice, and then a seaweed egg drop soup.
The quality of the ingredients bought from the system mall is very good, the eggs are golden wrapped in rice, and the grains are clearly divided after stir-frying over low heat, and then accompanied by diced carrots and green onions, although it is the simplest ingredient matching, but it looks very appetizing, and the smell is even more attractive.
As soon as he walked out of the kitchen with scrambled egg fried rice, Li Yang saw Yao Mengxi standing at the door, and it was already pouring rain outside.
The weather in the city is like this, it can change, not long ago you could see the sun, but in the blink of an eye, it was dark clouds, heavy rain was pouring, and there was not even a reminder of lightning and thunder before.
"The weather here is like this, it will change!" Li Yang said with a smile.
"Yes, I was just about to go to lunch, but I didn't expect it to rain heavily when I went to the toilet!" Yao Mengxi said with a wry smile, although she also brought an umbrella when she came, but in this heavy rain, the umbrella had to be half wet.
"Wait a minute, this rain will come and go quickly!" Li Yang comforted, but suddenly thought of something, and the words changed, "By the way, I just made egg fried rice, if you don't dislike it, come and try a bowl, it just so happens that I have made a little too much, and I can't finish it alone!"
Yao Mengxi turned her head, she seemed to smell the fragrance of egg fried rice wafting over, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, she hadn't eaten all morning, she was going to come here to eat local food, but she didn't expect a heavy rain to stop her.
"There's no charge for this, right?" Yao Mengxi joked, in fact, she had looked through the menu and charging instructions in the room just now, and knew that Li Yang's store had a lot of charging items, and the price was not low, so she made such a joke.
"If you have a good time, it's okay to tip a little!" Li Yang also peeled it, and immediately brought the egg fried rice to the table in the hall, and brought two pairs of tableware to place it.
"Welcome to my specialty, Golden Egg Fried Rice!" Li Yang said with a smile.
"Hmm...... It looks very good!" Yao Mengxi sat down at the table, not polite, picked up the spoon and tasted the egg fried rice first, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
Li Yang looked at Yao Mengxi expectantly, waiting for her evaluation.
Yao Mengxi chewed while giving Li Yang a thumbs up: "It's super delicious!"
"Oh, by the way, and soup!" Li Yang ran into the kitchen again, and immediately brought two bowls of seaweed egg drop soup and put them on the table, "It's perfect with a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup!"
Seeing this scene, the smile on Yao Mengxi's face suddenly disappeared, and he looked at the seaweed egg drop soup in front of him blankly, not knowing what he thought, there was a faint tear in his beautiful eyes, and the change was as fast as the weather outside.
"That...... Don't you like to drink this soup?" Li Yang was a little embarrassed.
"No, it's not, I like to drink it very much!" Yao Mengxi woke up like a dream, forced a smile and picked up the spoon, lowered his head and drank a few large mouthfuls of soup and ate a few large mouthfuls of rice one after another, as if he could swallow the tears in his eyes together.
"That, boss, your egg fried rice is really delicious!" Yao Mengxi hurriedly diverted the topic, "This seaweed egg drop soup is also good, I want to take a photo to commemorate it!"
"Haha, okay, if you like it, eat more, you're welcome!" Li Yang also smiled, although he could see the sadness in Yao Mengxi's eyes just now, and knew that there must be an unknown story behind it.
But maybe this story is not so good, so he didn't ask, after all, they just met in the water, and it was better not to touch each other's lives.
There are thousands of lives in this world, and there are thousands of stories, and when you meet someone, a new story may happen.
"Boss, you can eat too!" Yao Mengxi's face once again returned to its previous relaxed and happy appearance.
"Okay!" Li Yang also sat down, and the two of them chatted about some innocuous topics while eating egg fried rice.
Yao Mengxi asked about Li Yang, knowing that Li Yang gave up his job and opened an inn for his ideals, she admired it very much, she encouraged Li Yang to stick to what he liked, and said that Li Yang would definitely succeed.
Li Yang also learned that Yao Mengxi would come to the city several times a year, she liked the food here, liked the living atmosphere here, and she also dreamed that one day she could come here, find a place with beautiful scenery, and live a secluded life under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums and leisurely seeing Nanshan.
After the two finished eating, the rain outside was light, but it didn't stop completely, Li Yang was washing dishes in the kitchen alone, and Yao Mengxi was sitting on the sofa teasing the cat, playing happily, and laughing happily from time to time.
"By the way, Boss Li, help me take a photo with the cats later!" Seeing Li Yang coming out of the kitchen, Yao Mengxi said, and immediately took the initiative to scan the code and pay fifty yuan.
To be honest, when Yao Mengxi saw the menu before, she was very surprised, the consumption of drinking coffee and petting cats here is really not cheap, she has been to many cat cafes, and it is the first time she has seen a price like Li Yang, charging by the hour, and the price is not cheap.
But rules are meant to be broken, and no way of spending is always applicable, so she doesn't have a good opinion on it.
But she was naturally not interested in drinking coffee or anything, but it was the project of taking a photo with a cat that made her very interested, after all, she was attracted by Li Yang's photo with the cat.
"Okay, you find a place to sit!" Li Yang quickly summoned the cats over, and then commanded the cats to stand next to Yao Mengxi, the cats were very obedient, and stood next to Yao Mengxi in an orderly manner, and two of them even jumped on her shoulders.
When Yao Mengxi was also ready, Li Yang quickly took a few photos in a row.
"Great!" Yao Mengxi was pleasantly surprised when she saw the photos Li Yang took for her, and seemed to know where Li Yang's confidence in daring to set such a price came from, and it was indeed a very unique experience to be able to let a group of cats take photos with guests so cooperatively, at least so far she has not seen any cat café that can provide this kind of project, which should be the core selling point of the inn.
In fact, in today's consumption upgrade, people's consumption concept has changed a lot, and price is no longer the primary thing consumers care about, especially for young people.
And a large part of the Internet celebrity check-in places they are keen on are because they can take pictures and give them a reason to "post". If they can be allowed to "show" as they should, the "sun" is high, and the "sun" is innovative, it is only a matter of time before they become Internet celebrity check-in points.
But now many bosses don't understand this truth, and they don't know what young consumer groups need now, let alone the characteristics of network communication.
"Yao Mengxi, can I trouble you with something?" Li Yang suddenly looked at Yao Mengxi with a flattering expression.
"What's the matter?" Yao Mengxi looked at Li Yang curiously.
"Can you help me be the heroine of my video, you just need to show your face!" Li Yang roughly said what he wanted, that is, to shoot a video of a meow boy taking the initiative to kiss her cheek.
"No problem!" Yao Mengxi agreed without hesitation, and immediately cooperated with Li Yang to shoot a short video.
"Thank you!" Li Yang looked at the video with great satisfaction, this Yao Mengxi is very beautiful, and her side face is also beautiful, and having such a heroine adds highlights to the video.
Li Yang was a little greedy and thought about whether to let her make a video with the milk king Tangyuan again, but she can't be too greedy, just forget it.
"Eh, the rain outside seems to have stopped!" Yao Mengxi looked out the window and immediately walked to the door, "It's finally stopped, boss, I went out shopping, thank you for the egg fried rice!"
Yao Mengxi only stayed at the inn for one night, and then checked out the next day and left. In the next two days, there were no new guests at the inn, and Li Yang was a little disappointed.
But fortunately, the number of Douyin fans has risen to more than 900,000, approaching the one million mark. And the video of Meow Boss is also popular, which gives Li Yang's heart a little comfort, but Li Yang also knows that even if Douyin is popular, if it can't be transformed, it will be in vain.
This morning, Li Yang was ready to post the recently shot video on Weibo to increase some exposure. But as soon as I landed on Weibo, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the number of Weibo fans had increased by more than 8,000.
Li Yang thought it was a fan from Douyin, but after carefully looking at the comments below the video he had posted before, he found that the sources of these people all pointed to a Weibo name called Meng Xiaoxi.
Li Yang also found a Weibo named Meng Xiaoxi in the message reminder @ He posted a Weibo, writing:
The meaning of travel lies in the things that go beyond the strategy, perhaps a heavy rain that disrupts the plan, and brings me a different scenery, a different story.
Or when I was hungry, a dish full of childhood memories of egg fried rice, simple and pure, but it was a taste that I had lost for a long time and wanted to get back, and just like that, they have become the most profound memories of my trip.
Weibo's picture is the door face of the inn, the room, the cat, and the photo with the cat, as well as the bowl of egg fried rice and seaweed egg drop soup, the composition and tone of the photo are very beautiful.
This Weibo was posted at one o'clock in the morning today, with more than 28,000 likes, more than 2,600 retweets, and more than 9,000 comments, and Meng Xiaoxi put a reply she gave to a fan at the top of the comment, which is the specific location information of the inn.
Li Yang took a closer look at Meng Xiaoxi's Weibo homepage, only to find that she turned out to be a Weibo big V, with more than 13 million fans, and Weibo introduced her as an emotional, travel, and food blogger.
And it can also be seen from her Weibo that she usually writes some articles about women's emotions, she is an absolutely talented woman, and she often travels all over the world, sharing travel strategies, sharing food, etc.
Li Yang never expected that his egg fried rice would be exchanged for a free advertisement of a super big V, which was really worth it.
Maybe that's the charm of opening an inn, you never know what kind of guests you'll meet or what will happen tomorrow, but because of that, there will be surprises.
This kind of life is more interesting.
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