CH 20

However, he could not reveal that he was looking for bedding for Bai Ye. There would be more people eyeing Bai Ye and rumors of Bai Ye acting like a big shot would spread.

The two of them were in a stalemate for a moment. The woman who had been watching from the side understood and waved her hand with a smile. “Child, which bedding do you like? Just take it back. I don’t want money, as long as you bring it back before you leave.”

“But …”

“It’s okay,” the woman said. “There are only two people in my family and we don’t need too many bedding. You can choose whatever you want.”

If he could get a bedding without spending money, it would be better. Coincidentally, it would shut up Zhou Yu’s mouth. Qi Xingchen could not be bothered with Zhou Yu. He picked the driest bedding and pulled it down while chatting with the woman. “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll take it and not return it?”

“I’m not afraid. Your eyes are clear and bright. One look and I can tell that you’re a kind child.”

Qi Xingchen blinked his amber eyes and smiled embarrassedly. His eyes were overflowing with brilliance.

The assistant who was filming the scene covered his heart and muttered, “Damn it … This monkey spirit is starting to emit his charm again. He definitely did not hide his intentions well!”

But this time, the assistant guessed wrong. Qi Xingchen folded the bedding and carried it on his shoulders. He asked politely, “Auntie, my name is Qi Xingchen. My nickname is Xing Xing. How should I address you?”

“Call me Auntie Sun,” Widow Sun said.

“Okay, Auntie Sun. Thank you for the bedding, “Qi Xingchen said.” I can stay here for seven days. During these seven days, if you need any help, feel free to look for me. I know everything from chopping melons and vegetables to repairing light bulbs and flushing toilets. ”

“Aiyo, that’s awesome. Good, good, good!”

Widow Sun had not finished cooking, so Qi Xingchen did not disturb her. After thanking her again, he carried the bedding and left.

After taking two steps, he did not hear anyone following behind him.

He really wanted to go back alone, but with the cameras around, he could only pretend to be united. He turned around and looked at Zhou Yu. “Brother Yu?”

Only then did Zhou Yu recover from his embarrassment. He pulled a long face, and his expression was worse than constipation.

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When Qi Xingchen returned to the Zeng family, everyone had already finished cleaning up the house. They were sitting in a circle in the living room, thinking about what to eat tonight.

Bai Ye was not interested in participating in this kind of conversation. He leaned against the window and looked out of boredom.

All of a sudden, he saw someone sneaking in through the door. This person was carrying a pile of white stuff on his shoulder. He winked at the big yellow dog guarding the door and made a “shh” gesture.

His actions were as strange as they could be. He did not look like a good person at all.

Bai Ye was afraid of being burgled again, so he wanted to go out and take a look. However, after the person finished discussing with the big yellow dog, he raised his head.

A small face the size of a palm, white skin, and single eyelids. Isn’t this Qi Xingchen?!

Bai Ye watched helplessly as Qi Xingchen carried the quilt and slipped back into the room. Five minutes later, he appeared in the living room as if nothing had happened.

“Xing Xing, why did you run off in the middle of wiping just now? Where did you go?” Zhang Yunfei asked.

“It was too stuffy in the room, so I went out to get some fresh air.”

“Aiyo, what do you mean by getting some fresh air?” Zhou Yu mocked. “You obviously went to look for a quilt!”

Liu Ziyu was curious. “Look for a quilt? Why did you look for a quilt?

Zhou Yu snorted. “Oh, I’m just a little squeamish.”

Zhou Yu’s tone was sarcastic, and everyone present could tell that there was something wrong with his words. Luo Qiuman changed the topic in time. “Why don’t we go to Old Zeng’s garden and pick some vegetables ourselves?”

Celebrities rarely had the opportunity to participate in this kind of farmhouse activities. When they heard that, they all happily went back to their rooms to change into long pants suitable for entering the vegetable field.

Bai Ye’s gaze fell on Qi Xingchen, who was also running towards the house.

Based on his little fan’s personality, how could she be so squeamish that she had to sleep under a clean quilt?

Then, he came up with an answer. Yes, his little fan’s back was so tender, so it was indeed possible.

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It was currently the time for the first season of vegetables to ripen, and everyone was having a lot of fun. Old Zeng came to call for dinner before reluctantly taking his spoils of war back.

The spoils of war for the female celebrities were basically persimmons, cucumbers, and other vegetables, which could be eaten at night. Qi Xingchen, on the other hand, was empty-handed. He sat beside Old Zeng and poured wine for Old Zeng while trying to get close to him.

From the looks of it, he was even closer to Old Zeng than his own son!

Everyone found it interesting, but Director Zhao and Deputy Director Li felt their scalps go numb. They kept guessing if the monkey spirit was up to something again.

Fortunately, Qi Xingchen only wanted to understand the situation in the village. In the time it took to eat a meal, he had thoroughly understood the entire Yangxi Village. He even knew when the village head’s dog eloped with a stray dog.

Old Zeng’s house was very big, and each house had three to four rooms. This time, the guests finally didn’t need to be allocated rooms.

At night, Qi Xingchen listened to the sounds in the courtyard until only the chirping of cicadas could be heard. He carried the bedding that he borrowed during the day and knocked on Bai Ye’s door.

Hence, when Bai Ye opened the door, he saw a tall pile of white quilts. A small head peeked out from behind the quilts.

The small head said in a soft voice, “Don’t ask, let me in first.”

“… Okay.”

Bai Ye turned to the side and made way for the small head.

Qi Xingchen hugged the quilt and went straight to the single bed. Sure enough, the quilt was lifted up by the bed owner and stacked to the side, revealing the hard bed board below.

Qi Xingchen huffed and puffed as he laid out the new quilt and folded the damp quilt. He clapped his hands and said, “I don’t like white quilts. It’s like being in a hospital. Your blue one looks much better. Brother Bai Ye, can we switch? ”

So the little fan ran out to find the quilt for him. Bai Ye was stunned and raised his eyebrows. “Haven’t you already changed?”

Qi Xingchen: “…”

He was afraid of being discovered, so he made a move as soon as he came in. He really forgot to ask Bai Ye first.

If Bai Ye didn’t want to change, then wouldn’t he be doing something bad with his good intentions?

Qi Xingchen was silent for a long time. Bai Ye finally let him go when he saw that he was at a disadvantage. The corner of his mouth curled up into a faint smile. “But what a coincidence, I happen to like white.”

Qi Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. He was completely relieved.

“Then I’ll change the blue one.” Qi Xingchen picked up the quilt that he changed out of. “Oh right, don’t tell anyone about what happened tonight.”

He had been very careful since he came in and tried his best not to make a sound. He didn’t want the audience to know about Bai Ye’s problem so that he wouldn’t be slandered.

Bai Ye was also very cooperative. He imitated Qi Xingchen’s breath and said, “Thank you, I won’t tell anyone, but —”

He bent his index finger and knocked on Qi Xingchen’s forehead. “But there’s a camera in our room. Have you forgotten?”

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As a poor little boy who participated in the show for the first time, Qi Xingchen often forgot about the existence of the camera. He rolled around for a long time before falling asleep.

Bai Ye lay on the soft and clean quilt, smelling the unique grassy wind in the countryside. He quickly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the big rooster woke up the sleeping guests.

Director Zhao was crueler than the big rooster. In the Zeng family’s courtyard, he held a megaphone in one hand and pulled a middle-aged man with the other. He shouted, “Are you all awake?”

“Ah? Oh, oh, oh. “The guests reacted sluggishly.” We’re awake. ”

Director Zhao: “… Okay, then I’ll announce today’s task.”

“The one standing next to me is called Old Tie. He’s a blacksmith who specializes in making washbasins, water ladles, and other daily necessities. Today’s task is — Come, Little Li — ”

After hearing the sound, Little Li, the floor manager, drove a small farm three-wheeled motorcycle out of the shed.

The bucket was filled with all kinds of iron utensils.

“Today’s task is to go to the market with Old Tie to sell ironware. The more you sell, the higher the completion rate of the task. ”

Hearing the unfamiliar term “mission completion rate”, Zhou Yu asked, “What’s the difference between high and low completion rate?”

“If the completion rate of the task is below 50%, it will be treated as mission failure. If the completion rate is above 50%, there will be no deductions or rewards. If the completion rate is 100% — that is, all of them are sold out, there will be a hidden reward. ”

All? Sell? All of them?

This was a large cart of ironware! How could they be sold out?

The courtyard was filled with complaints. No matter which family, they all needed a limited number of daily necessities. With such a large cart, not to mention selling half, even selling one-tenth of it was a big problem!

While everyone was complaining, Qi Xingchen’s expression was not very good. When he was chatting with Zeng Er last night, Zeng Er said that the one with the most financial difficulties in the village was the blacksmith next door.

It seemed that it was this Old Tie.

If there was really a market for ironware, Old Tie definitely would not be in such a state.

From this, it could be seen that Old Tie’s goods were definitely harder to sell than imagined.

But no matter how hard it was to sell, they still had to go. Under the urging of the program team, everyone carried their bags and set off against the dawn.

When they arrived at the market, there were still not many customers. Old Tie slowly drove forward and said with a smile, “We’re almost at my stall. My son bought you soy milk and fried dough sticks. It’s not expensive, but it’s warm. Don’t dislike it! ”

Everyone expressed that they did not dislike it. Today, they might have to deduct two thousand from their travel fund. If they could get a free meal, it was better.

A dozen or so meters ahead, the huge words “Ironware” came into view. Under the cover of two bamboo poles and a piece of cloth pulled out, the stall had already been set up. There was no goods on it, only seven breakfasts.

Behind the stall, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old was holding a pen, seemingly writing something.

“Uncle Tie,” Qi Xingchen’s brows immediately furrowed. “Your son doesn’t go to school today?”

“He was supposed to go, but the teacher had something to do at home, so he took a break.”

“… If a teacher has something to do at home, can’t he let another teacher take over the class?” Liu Ziyu could not understand. “Besides, it’s impossible for there to be only one class a day, right?”

“Aiyo, girl, you don’t understand us here! Little Tie’s school only has one teacher in total, and he teaches both language and mathematics. The teacher has something to do at home, so of course he won’t be in class! ”

Liu Ziyu showed a shocked expression when she heard that, but in fact, many poor mountain areas were like this. The resources of teachers were scarce, and a teacher had to take on multiple roles.

Not to mention the quality of teaching, if one day the teacher couldn’t come, the entire class would have to stop classes.

“Alright, we’re here.” Old Tie parked the car in the open space and jumped out of the car first. “Little Tie, come and get him!”

Little Tie put down his pen, greeted the guests, and very sensibly called everyone to eat breakfast.

Qi Xingchen observed Little Tie from the corner of his eyes as he ate. He saw that Little Tie had returned to where he was before and continued to write. As he wrote, he wiped the corner of his mouth.

Qi Xingchen said, “Little Tie, come here.”

“Brother, Brother Xing Xing.” He came over as he was told.

“What are you writing?”

“Yesterday’s homework.”

“Do you know everything?”

Little Tie scratched his head. “There are a few application questions that I don’t know.”

“Alright, I’ll help you take a look later.” Qi Xingchen picked up a youtiao from his plate. “In exchange for answering the questions, help me finish this youtiao that I can’t eat.”

Little Tie had a simple and honest personality. He could not tell if Qi Xingchen was telling the truth or not, so he happily took the youtiao.

Qi Xingchen looked at him wolfing down the food. He felt gratified and distressed at the same time. He passed the soy milk to him. “Eat slowly, don’t choke …”

While he was carrying the soy milk, he suddenly realized that there was an extra youtiao on his plate.

He turned his head to look at Bai Ye. Bai Ye seemed to be eating very seriously and did not see him.

After breakfast, Qi Xingchen kept his promise and asked Little Tie to bring the exercise book over.

“Application questions?” Zhou Yu heard Qi Xingchen’s words and came over.

“Aren’t you an art major?” Zhou Yu squinted at the exercise book in Qi Xingchen’s hand. “You even know this stuff?”