"Eating softens the mouth," Old Gao was precisely captured by this principle.
With a wry smile, he scratched his head and agreed to help pass the plan back to the elder for review.
"Take it easy, Old Gao, I'm not asking you to help fix up the temporary shelter," I just hope to get some advice from Grandpa Gao."
Illegal activities are out of the question, but skirting the edges of policy for things that could benefit the tourism development of Xiaozhai Village is still manageable.
This sort of thing had been done before.
Like Bear Garden, the Asian black bear rescue organization, that used a similar business approach.
They opened for visits regularly, firstly to raise awareness and secondly to bring in some funds for the organization.
However, to be honest, the income from visitors probably didn't cover the black bears' daily feed costs.
Of course, the operators of the Bear Garden were international rescue organizations, worlds apart from Xiaozhai Village.