The place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is a newly built four-lane asphalt road leading to the outside world.
The trees on the mountain were heavily cut down in the past few years, and the vegetation is not very good. However, since the hot springs were drilled here, the government announced that it would return farmland to forests to protect the ecology. Nowadays, hot spring health tourism has been developed here, and even more attention is paid to environmental construction.
New roads were built, street lights were installed, and the appearance changed drastically.
"We will build a variety of fruit trees on the mountain, and we will also hold a peach blossom festival and picking festival in the future. We also talked about setting up a food processing factory to drive the industrial chain." Li Jianping pointed to the mountain and said to his sister.
"If you plant fruit trees, you may not be able to take off in three to five years."
“To build for the long term, one or two years is difficult.”
When we come back in a few years, the surroundings will definitely be completely different.
Li Wei grabbed her eldest brother's clothes tightly and wrapped her face with a scarf, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. Li Jianping rode quickly and soon arrived at their hotel.
A simple archway was built at the mountain gate with patterns of auspicious clouds painted on it, and two large stone lions squatted at the door. The lion holds a pearl in his mouth. The door is tall and wide, allowing two cars to enter and exit without any problem.
She got out of the car. Walking into the courtyard, the scenery was exactly the same as what she had drawn. The cloisters, octagonal pavilions, pools, and screen walls are quite ancient.
Small bridges, flowing water, and nine winding corridors give it a garden-like charm.
After passing through this carefully arranged garden, you can look up and see the two two-story Chinese-style houses with pink walls, gray tiles, and red windows.
These two buildings are all guest rooms, with a total of thirty-two guest rooms. There is a row of white bungalows at the back, which are the canteen warehouse and where the Li family lives.
The Li family's hot spring hotel has two pools, one large and one small. The larger one can accommodate about twenty people at the same time, and the smaller one can accommodate seven or eight people.
Although it has only been officially opened not long ago, the government publicity is in place, and on weekends, people come to soak in hot springs and stay in hotels.
"How many rooms have been opened today?"
"Four rooms have been opened, but two of them may need to be retired soon, and the remaining two are occupied by elderly people who may have to stay for a few days."
The hot spring water is gray-green and has a strong sulfur gas. Although it is winter, the hot smoke coming out of the pool makes people feel warm. There are not many people, so there is only a small pool open.
The guest asked for clean towels, and Li Jianping hurriedly ran to the tidying room to deliver them.
I have to prepare lunch and clean the guest room. Although the work is not tiring, it is trivial. There are now four members of the Li family. Li Wei is studying abroad again. Liu Chunzhi is in charge of the kitchen. Li Jianping is in charge of the inside and outside. Li Minghua is careless and cannot help with the detailed work. Li Jianping hires a helper, only when he gets busy. Still seems to be understaffed.
The Li family's hotel is not big, just a small garden covering an area of several acres. Soon Li Wei finished her walk, and was then called by her elder brother to help in the kitchen.
Picking vegetables, washing vegetables, and chopping vegetables are her tasks, and it is not her turn to work on the stove yet. Li Wei was busy peeling potatoes when Liu Chunzhi and Li Minghua came over. The couple unloaded the vegetables they had just bought from the tricycle.
Liu Chunzhi glanced at the potatoes that Li Wei had peeled, frowned and said, "It's not enough. I have to peel about ten more."
"Oh." Li Wei thought to herself. Are you preparing for Tudou's meeting? She has already whittled it off quite a bit. In the kitchen, bacon and sausages are dried, as well as cured beef, salted duck and other cured products.
"When were the pigs killed this year?"
When Liu Chunzhi saw her daughter asking, she replied: "These are the second pigs you see. These are the only ones left. I'm afraid I still have more than 40 kilograms of meat. If I go back, I'm afraid I'll have to buy another pig."
Li Wei thought to herself that it seemed like the Li family's business was pretty good.
Liu Chunzhi asked Li Minghua to read out today's menu and then started preparing the dishes. Li Wei helped finish the job, and was then assigned to tidy up the guest room.
She took clean sheets, quilt covers, and pillowcases, changed everything on the bed, cleaned up, and wiped the glass and sink. Arrange guests' things neatly.
Li Wei felt a little tired after having only cleaned two rooms. You can imagine how hard it would be if business was good. The girls who helped in the other two rooms were sorted out. Then it was time to hand out dry towels to the people in the pool and prepare boiling water. The shower room also had to prepare all the shower gel, shampoo and other items.
Things are trivial and you must be careful. It was Li Wei's first time running back and forth, and he felt a bit like a headless fly. Sure enough, the guests in two rooms checked out at noon. There were only four old people left. Liu Chunzhi readjusted the menu and prepared light, soft, glutinous and easy-to-digest food.
There wasn't much to do in the afternoon, so Li Wei rode around for a while.
Some other hot spring hotels were also under construction, ranging in size from large to small. Li Wei took a quick look at them. If the buildings were unique, theirs must be unique. She began to think that by this time next year, the place would be completely different.
It was difficult to push the car up the mountain, so Li Wei only rode a circle along the newly built road. She was worried that her family would look for her after being away from home for a long time, so she prepared to go back.
On a downhill road, Li Wei didn't use the brakes, enjoying the pleasure of speed. Her driving skills were already proficient enough, but the slope of the road was too long. When she turned, a dark blue pickup truck suddenly appeared in front of her. Li Wei quickly tightened his grip on the brakes so that she could have quick eyesight or she would collide with the pickup truck.
The pickup truck also came to a sudden stop. Just as Li Wei was about to leave, a head suddenly popped out of the cab and scolded him displeasedly: "You're rushing to reincarnate, but you still don't have eyes?"
The driver is a young woman. Li Wei felt that she was responsible for this and apologized repeatedly. Fortunately, the female driver did not get entangled with Li Wei.
Li Wei walked outside and Pica walked inside, and they were both in peace.
Li Wei returned to his home and Liu Chunzhi was cleaning the kitchen. Li Wei took the initiative to get a broom to help.
"You went out and took a look. What do you think of this place?"
"It's quiet and quiet. It would be better if all the trees on the mountain grow. It's a good choice to come here to escape the heat in the summer."
"But hot spring bathing is only fun in winter."
Li Wei also wanted to take a dip, but she had to wait until the guests returned to their rooms to rest in the evening before she had the chance.
Liu Chunzhi asked about Li Wei's life at school and his part-time job.
The family does not have to pay much for their daughter to go to college, so she is very proud of it.
"I heard that your senior year is going to be an internship. Have you figured out a way out?"
Li Wei said: "I am paying attention to major recruitment and recruitment announcements. There is still about a year, so I will look for it slowly."
Liu Chunzhi said to her daughter earnestly, "It's better to go back to Western Province. It's too far over there and it's inconvenient."
Li Wei agreed vaguely.
(End of chapter)