Chapter 339: Chapter 204: Chopped Pepper Fish Head That’s 100 Times Tastier Than in Restaurants! Fans are Drooling! [Seeking Monthly Ticket]_2
"Wow! This is quite the splurge!"
Chen Yuanyuan was full of anticipation for the future of the scenic area.
At that moment, her Eldest Uncle, Chen Meide, returned in his Tiguan, having bought the crayfish.
Chen Yuanyuan and her young niece/nephew at the ticket office immediately shut down the computers and AC, locked the door, and, carrying Dundun, got into Chen Meide’s car.
Arriving at the Farmhouse Restaurant, Lin Hongxia, Eldest Aunt, and Second Aunt had already prepared scissors and a large iron basin for cleaning the crayfish.
Everyone carried the crayfish out from the trunk. They had been cleaned by an ultrasonic washing machine, so there was no need to rinse them again; they could directly start preparing them with scissors.
Chen Yuanyuan didn’t like doing this sort of thing. Preoccupied with the thought of eating, she wasn’t in the mood to play with her younger cousins. So, she drove the electric four-wheeler, used for shuttling guests, to pick up Lin Xu from the Cliff Hotel.
Well, the sooner my cousin comes down the mountain, the sooner we can eat crayfish.
And it wasn’t just crayfish; there were also bighead carp as fat as piglets that made one’s mouth water just looking at them.
She drove past the visitor center, followed the concrete road toward the base of the mountain for a while, and then a small, winding mountain road appeared.
This road was built during the construction of the Cliff Hotel and was typically used for delivering vegetables and by tourists staying there.
She climbed up the winding mountain road, honking the horn at every turn.
After about ten or twenty upward bends, the Cliff Hotel came into distant view.
Chen Yuanyuan drove the electric four-wheeler to the mountain road leading to Dragon Head Peak. Just as she stopped and was about to call her cousin, she saw him walking down from the mountain hand-in-hand with a stunningly beautiful girl.
"Cousin Yuanyuan? Aren’t you at the ticket office? What are you doing here?"
Lin Xu was somewhat surprised to see Chen Yuanyuan.
"What else? I want to eat the crayfish you’re making as soon as possible! Get in quickly, both of you. The whole family is waiting for dinner."
"Yueyue, this is my cousin, Chen Yuanyuan. She’s the Director of the Ticket Office at Longqi Mountain Scenic Area."
Chen Yuanyuan: ...Cousin, there’s no need for such formalities among family, right? The whole ticket office is just me. How am I a Director?
"Nice to meet you, Cousin Yuanyuan. I’m Shen Jiayue."
"You’re so beautiful, Shen Jiayue! If Lin Xu ever bullies you, just tell me. I’ll help you deal with him. I made him cry several times when we were kids."
Lin Xu: ...Just because I called you ’Director,’ did you have to bring that up?
He directly retaliated, "Cousin Yuanyuan, it’s about time you found a boyfriend. All our relatives are here. How about I rally everyone to help you find someone?"
Chen Yuanyuan immediately caved, "No, no! You’ve only just come back. Don’t you worry about such trivial things for me."
Heh! Turns out everyone’s afraid of being publicly shamed, Lin Xu thought.
He figured he could introduce Chen Yuanyuan to Chen Yan, Shen Jiayue’s older sister. Both were considered prime marriage candidates by their relatives and should have a lot in common. Since both their surnames were Chen, perhaps they were even from the same family five hundred years ago.
After they boarded the electric four-wheeler, Chen Yuanyuan turned the vehicle around and headed down the mountain road.
"Where are you two staying tonight? Do you need me to inform the front desk to keep the best room in the Cliff Hotel for you?"
"No need. We’re staying at the campsite tonight. My mom even bought a Little Yellow Duck outdoor tent especially for us."
"Oh, quite romantic, huh?"
Chen Yuanyuan smirked at her cousin, then fell silent and concentrated on driving.
「When they returned to the Farmhouse Restaurant.」
Eldest Uncle, Eldest Aunt, and other relatives had also arrived and were all helping to prepare the crayfish.
Meanwhile, an idle Dundun circled a cage containing a large goose, occasionally stalking or bowing. Clearly, the little fellow had found new prey.
A group of Lin Xu’s younger cousins were filming Dundun with their phones.
They dared not provoke the large goose, and Dundun also looked fierce, so they could only watch from a distance.
After Lin Xu got out of the vehicle, he greeted the relatives and then quickly scooped up the chubby little cat just as it was about to pounce on the large goose.
"Son, those are true village tyrants. They’re not something your little self can mess with."
Even adults are wary of countryside geese, yet this naive little kitten dared to approach them? It truly lacked a harsh lesson from reality!
Holding a clearly disgruntled Dundun, Lin Xu walked over to the water basin. Inside, a bighead carp weighing over twenty pounds suddenly thrashed its tail, startling Dundun.
However, the little fellow immediately jumped down, landed on the edge of the basin, and circled the large bighead carp inside, looking as if it had found new prey.
Compared to geese, cats prefer fish.
Lin Xu didn’t bother with it.
He saw a whole, skinned sheep hanging nearby and said, "If you want to eat roast whole sheep today, it won’t be possible. This needs to marinate overnight for the flavors to soak in. I suggest we have it for lunch tomorrow. What does everyone think?"
Marinate it tonight, roast it tomorrow morning, and it would be ready to eat by noon.
Moreover, Liu Zhengyu and Zeng Xiaoqi would be leaving tomorrow.
The roast whole sheep would be a perfect farewell meal for them.
Shi Wenming, who was sharpening a knife to butcher the goose, asked in disbelief, "Well now, Nephew, you really know how to roast a whole sheep? You have to teach me! Then our scenic area will have a real showstopper dish."
"Sure. As long as it’s thoroughly marinated, it’s not that difficult."
The relatives naturally had no objections. There was more than enough delicious food for tonight, so roast whole sheep tomorrow sounded great.
Lin Xu planned to prepare the fish head dish first. After he was done with that, he would marinate the sheep.