"Oh, are there any fun places to visit in Nuodeng Ancient Town?" Sun Dasheng asked.
Cui Linglong was surprised: "Aren’t you going there as well?"
Sun Dasheng shook his head: "I’m just wandering around without a set destination."
Cui Linglong’s eyes sparkled, could it really be fate?
Wandering around? And he runs into this?
If he’s telling the truth, today’s events are no different than winning the lottery.
The air fell silent.
Sun Dasheng broke the silence: "You haven’t answered my question."
"Oh, what question?" Cui Linglong was interrupted from her thoughts.
"Handso Uncle wants to know what’s fun there." Han ii chid in, helping Sun Dasheng.
"Oh, I actually don’t know either. I found the travel tips on Xiaohongshu, which ntioned that around Dali Ancient City, there are four famous ancient towns worth visiting, including Nuodeng Ancient Town, famous for its ham."
"Ham? I seem to recall a episode of ’A Bite of China’ featuring this place?" Sun Dasheng asked.
"Yes, yes, yes." Cui Linglong quickly replied, "I was drooling while watching it. I’m here for the ham as well."
Turns out she’s a foodie.
"What about you?"
"Huh, what?"
Seeing Han ii looking a bit flustered, Sun Dasheng couldn’t help but laugh.
These two girls are so different, yet they’re quite a fun pair together.
"Nothing, then buckle up, destination: Nuodeng Ancient Town, let’s go!"
.....
Nuodeng, called an ancient town, is actually a thousand-year-old original village hidden deep in the mountains. Because it has relatively little interaction with the outside world, many of its original buildings are well preserved.
Of course, by preservation, we an the style.
It’s not that the buildings in the village are ancient; those are two different things.
Due to the rise in tourism, most of the buildings in the village have been modernly renovated, but you can still feel the rich culture of the Bai people in them.
Because it’s not far from Dali, plus the promotion from ’A Bite of China’, there are quite a few tourists here.
But it’s not overly crowded.
Wandering in this mountain village, Sun Dasheng felt refreshed.
No wonder the elders here live so long, the air is so good.
Hearing his remark, Cui Linglong laughed: "When you’re old, you can choose to settle down here."
But Han ii shook her head, indicating disagreent, "Coming here for a short trip is nice, but how could outsiders settle down here? This isn’t a big city where you can just buy a house and live; it’s not possible here."
Cui Linglong conceded: "You’re right, I was being too naive."
Delayed on the road, they arrived at Nuodeng Ancient Town after sunset.
"Shall we find a place to stay first?" Han ii suggested.
She didn’t want to sleep outdoors again, and they didn’t bring camping gear on this trip.
"Let’s find a place to eat first, then ask the locals—they know better than we do." Cui Linglong looked around, unable to see comrcial hotels.
All she saw were ancient buildings climbing up the hills.
Most were villagers’ hos.
Finding a place to eat was easy; after a few steps, there were several specialty food shops.
Of course, the local specialty ham was a must on the nu.
The three of them ordered quite a lot.
"Mmm, it’s worthy of being featured on ’A Bite of China’; it’s really delicious," Cui Linglong was the first to comnt.
Her high praise for this dish didn’t waste her trip here.
"It’s so good, Handso Uncle, you should try it too." Han ii attentively served so to Sun Dasheng.
This made Cui Linglong roll her eyes frequently.
Gosh, am I the unwanted third wheel here?
Seeing her best friend getting jealous, Han ii laughed and also served so to her: "Linglong, you have so too."
That’s more like it.
Cui Linglong thought to herself: I’ll forgive you for now.
"How is it? Good?" Han ii had eyes only for soone.
"Not bad, very good," Sun Dasheng gave an objective assessnt.
When it cos to ham, as long as it’s well-made, it usually tastes good.
However, each place has its unique flavor.
As for Nuodeng’s unique taste, well, it’s particularly morable.
Looking at the ham on the plate, Sun Dasheng thought: It might have sothing to do with the local ingredients.
As everyone knows, the best pork in China is here in Colorful Clouds in the South.
It’s a very small and fragrant pig.
Observing the trends, you can tell that the local pigs here are much better in quality compared to those quickly fattened big white pigs from other places.
This al is once again hosted by the ’wealthy lady.’
The excuse, as last ti, was using the bathroom break to sneak to the counter and pay the bill.
Sun Dasheng watched with amusent, it’s a very joyful thing to have soone pay for your al.
This has nothing to do with how much money he has.
Watching the young lady’s skilled yet slightly painful moves: seems she used to treat quite often in school.
"Was she very popular at your school?"
"How did you know?" Han ii was quite surprised.
She hadn’t ntioned this to him before.
Could it be Cui Linglong told him?
Can’t be, it’s not her style.
Sun Dasheng smiled lightly and said, "Just a guess."
Really? I don’t believe it.
"Believe it or not." Sun Dasheng shrugged like a bear.
"Do you like her?"
"What?" Sun Dasheng looked surprised at the little girl opposite him, who was blushing, not knowing why she would ask such a question.
Han ii, embarrassed by his gaze, lowered her head, "Because at school she was the type most liked by boys."
When she said this, Sun Dasheng realized why she asked.
"You’re good too, aren’t there any boys who like you?" Sun Dasheng leaned in and asked.
Han ii shook her head: "High school boys are very immature, they mostly just tease ."
Huh?
Can this be understood this way?
If those boys knew their goddess views their behaviors this way, would they cry in the bathroom?
Though Han ii’s words, he could understand a bit.
After all, who hasn’t been a high school boy?
After Youth, girls mature earlier than boys, it’s an undeniable fact.
So many boys’ behavior of ’peacock displaying,’ ’vying for attention,’ and ’eye-catching’ in front of girls, in their eyes, is nothing but showing off like clowns.
Belonging to immature ghosts.
Classified as children not yet grown up.
So of course, they wouldn’t accept their confessions.
Not telling the teacher already counts as their rcy.
Regarding Han ii’s obviously biased understanding, Sun Dasheng didn’t correct her.
Instead, he nodded agreeing with her view: "You’re right, high school boys are a group of immature ghosts, once they enter college, things will get much better."
"You can have your first relationship in college; it’s better than high school."
Han ii shook her head, then looked at him quietly: "I don’t want to date in college."
"That’s right, college is for studying, you want to pursue further studies in master’s or PhD, you should plan well from the start of university, dating really wastes ti and energy."
Han ii still looked at him silently.
"What? Did I say sothing wrong?" Sun Dasheng asked puzzled.
Thud thud thud...
At this ti, footsteps approached, it seems soone was returning.
Zap!~
Han ii, with the speed of lightning, kissed Sun Dasheng, then imdiately sat back down, calmly watching one side and said: "Linglong, you’re back, did you get everything done?"
Cui Linglong sat down, took a big sip of water, and said: "I’ve got one good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Tell the good news first." Han ii echoed.
"The good news is, the landlady recomnded a hostay at her neighbor’s place."
"And the bad news?" Sun Dasheng asked this question.
Hearing his voice, Han ii glanced at him guiltily for no reason, then imdiately withdrew her gaze.
Cui Linglong suspiciously looked between the two, not finding anything unusual she continued:
"The bad news is there’s only one room left."
"What? What do we do then?" Han ii said loudly.
"The three of us, how can we sleep in one room?"
Cui Linglong held her forehead: Oh my silly best friend, is your fangirling acting up again? Is this really about whether we can fit in one room? Even if we could, we wouldn’t sleep in the sa room.
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