After returning home, Li Xiangdong ordered the entire set of movie magazines.

"Look at what style of clothes movie stars wear, and we'll design clothes in the same style. That's what we call celebrity-endorsed clothes!"

These movie posters are the source of inspiration for clothing design.

Of course, the most important point is to expand sales channels.

"Guoqing, Yuxi, Xiaojun, Xiangjie, we need to build a brand for our clothes and make a name for ourselves. Once we have a foothold in the market, we won't need to go out and promote them anymore."

Li Xiangdong outlined his future plans for the group: "We'll hold a fashion show, release new products every quarter, and invite celebrities to walk the runway. We'll make customers beg us to buy our clothes!"

The group was envisioning the bright future Li Xiangdong had described. Li Xiangjie chuckled, "Let the celebrities come! I want to see Xiaoqing!"

"Then I want to see Ge Li! She was so beautiful in 'Butterfly Lovers'!"

"By the way, second brother, what's a fashion show?"

"A fashion show is simply having celebrities wear clothes that we design and produce, and then walk around the yard for us to see!"

It's said that Li Xiangdong loved watching fashion shows in his past life; the Bagui TV station was broadcasting the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show all the time...

Ahem, I've gone off on a tangent...

After settling everything in place, Li Xiangdong felt he should go and have some fun on the grasslands.

It was already March, and the peach blossoms in front of the door were blooming tremblingly in the still chilly weather, their pink petals particularly delicate.

After entrusting the key to his house to his eldest sister Li Lan, Li Xiangdong took He Chaochao, Li Guoqing, and their two hunting dogs, Lamei and Moli, and boarded the train to Yuxian County.

Before leaving, Li Xiangdong contacted Yuxian by phone. Scarface and Zhou Hongsong happened to be coming down from the mountain. They were quite happy to hear that Li Xiangdong was coming and decided to wait for him at home before going up the mountain together.

The green train clattered along slowly, undeterred by the wind and snow.

The scenery outside the window gradually transitioned from lush greenery to withered yellow and desolate, with distant mountains rising and falling, their white peaks topped with a thin layer of snow that had not yet melted.

As soon as Li Xiangdong and his two companions got out of the car, they felt a gust of cold wind hit them, and they shivered and shrank their necks.

Zhou Hongsong, Scarface, and three other men he didn't recognize had been waiting at the station entrance for quite some time.

Zhou Hongsong's big eyes darted around, carefully scrutinizing each person who got off the car.

Finally, he saw Li Xiangdong carrying packages of various sizes. He grinned, shook his arms, and called out to Li Xiangdong loudly.

"Brother, I'm here!"

The loud voice immediately attracted the attention of many people. When Li Xiangdong looked up, he saw Zhou Hongsong, who stood out from the crowd and was obviously a head taller than the others.

Li Xiangdong waved to him, "Fifth Brother! I saw you!"

...

Scarface's house consisted of three wooden houses built of birch trees, without any bricks or tiles. It looked very rustic, just like the hunter's cabin described in elementary school textbooks.

Of course, almost all the wooden houses in Huapilingzi Village, where Scarface's family lived, were of this type.

The reason for this is that the area is located at an altitude of 2,000 meters in the mountains, where timber is the most affordable and readily available material, while bricks, tiles, cement, and sand are all very expensive.

Scarface led Li Xiangdong and the others into the house, where they saw fresh fox and lynx pelts hanging everywhere, and a whole skinned yellow sheep in the corner.

Scarface lit the brazier.

The ever-rising flames quickly dispelled the chill in the room. Li Xiangdong sat in front of the brazier, warming his hands on both sides. "Fifth Brother, Scarface Brother, it's already March, why is it still so cold here!"

Scarface poured cold water into the iron pot hanging above the brazier, then put the wooden lid on. He rubbed his hands, which were red from the cold, and said, "Of all thirteen provinces in China, none is colder than Huapi Ridge. This is the temperature here. By May, the trees will all be green, and the wild grass and flowers covering the mountains and fields will be incredibly beautiful!"

Zhou Hongsong used a long knife to cut off a leg of yellow sheep. "Xiangdong, Chaochao, Guoqing, let's have a whole roasted lamb leg for lunch today!"

Scarface looked at the sheep leg with a bit of heartache, thinking that it could be worth more than ten yuan if sold down the mountain. He decided to eat it like this for today.

Why!

However, since his older brother insisted on doing it this way, he couldn't very well stop him...

Zhou Hongsong sliced ​​the meat into strips, then placed them on a wire rack he made and slowly grilled them over a fire until they were charred and golden brown. He then sprinkled some salt on top and they were ready to eat.

Li Xiangdong took a large bag from behind him. "Fifth Brother, Scarface Brother, I know you guys have plenty of meat on the mountain, so I brought some steamed buns and flatbreads."

This bag contains a full fifty leavened flatbreads and one hundred large steamed buns!

Scarface beamed with joy when he saw the pancakes and steamed buns. He took out a steamed bun from the pile, broke it open with all his might, and the aroma of wheat made his mouth water.

This steamed bun has layers inside, and when you bite into it, you see a white, raw interior.

Zhou Hongsong also took one to try, "Hey, this steamed bun is really chewy and has a good texture!"

"Hey bro, why is there a hole at the bottom of this steamed bun?"

Zhou Hongsong pointed to a hole at the bottom of the steamed bun that had pierced through half of it and asked.

Li Guoqing also called Zhou Hongsong "Fifth Brother" like Li Xiangdong, "Haha, Fifth Brother, those are the holes left by the bamboo skewers."

"You put bamboo skewers in steamed buns?"

The scar on his face looked like a question mark.

Li Xiangdong explained, "These are called 'tall steamed buns.' The key is that you have to knead the dough with great force when making them. How firm? The raw dough shouldn't deform when you insert a bamboo skewer into it. Only then is it considered合格 (qualified)!"

"No wonder it's so chewy and layered!"

Zhou Hongsong and Scarface praised it, and they put some steamed buns and flatbreads on the fire pit to roast. They would eat them with roasted meat later, and they would taste even better!

They haven't lacked meat lately; at the beginning, they ate meat at every meal and never thought it was too much.

But after a while, I get sick of seeing roasted meat that's just sprinkled with salt; it makes my stomach feel nauseous.

After eating a big steamed bun today, I have to say, I feel much better.

Humans can never live without starch.

After getting Zhou Hongsong and Li Xiangdong's permission, Scarface took ten flatbreads and ten steamed buns and delivered them to the three neighbors who had picked them up earlier.

These are all brothers who went hunting in the mountains together.

After a hearty meal and a short rest in the afternoon, everyone packed their hunting rifles, bullets, rations, and water bottles, and prepared to head into the mountains.

This is a meadow-like grassland, formed when the grassland suddenly rose due to tectonic movement and was then influenced by climate and vegetation.

Huapilingzi Village is located on the edge of this grassland, just a few dozen miles away from the vast and lush forest.