Chapter 34 The thighs continued to hug Gao Shule's thighs resolutely. …

Gao Luo followed Chen Cong for a while and found that she was the first one to be called.

Chen Cong called her first, then called the other children, and finally went to the restaurant to eat together.

Gao Luo got up at eight o'clock, and it was already past half past nine when she entered the restaurant. She didn't dare to think about how nice it would be to have this hour and a half to sleep.

Breakfast is buffet style. You can get whatever you want to eat. There are corresponding prices below the meals. After the guests have taken their meals, the staff will stand by and calculate the prices.

Gao Luo took a quick look and saw that the cheapest item was white porridge, which cost ten yuan per portion. Ordinary items such as toast, fried eggs, muffins, and sausages ranged from twenty to ninety yuan. The more fancy sandwiches, hamburgers, eggs Benedict, and various noodles would cost over a hundred yuan.

Gao Luo finally took two baked potatoes and a bowl of porridge, and then watched the staff write "-50" on the notebook. Adding yesterday's 400, she owed 450.

Gao Luo thought that with Ning Heng's brain, if he was not a director but a businessman, he would definitely be the most unscrupulous businessman.

She didn't sleep well in the morning and had no appetite for breakfast. After eating, she propped up her head and looked at other people.

Xiaonian didn't eat much, just a portion of spaghetti with tomato and meat sauce, and was now slowly rolling the noodles with a fork.

Xiaoyu was eating politely, chewing a piece of pancake slowly; Zhang Tianen took a plate of grilled sausages and ate until his mouth was covered in oil; Zeyin was drinking porridge; Paipai...

When Gao Luo turned her gaze to Paipai, she found that he was looking at her. He looked at me with a look of disdain on his face.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Paipai spoke first: "Is this all you're going to eat?"

"Yes, I have a bird's stomach." Gao Luo said.

"You still have a bird's stomach. I think it's the stomach of a poor guy." Paipai said as she glanced at her plate. Her expression showed two words: shabby.

Zhang Tianen, biting his sausage, came over to look. Seeing that there were only two potato peels left on Gao Luo's plate, he said incoherently, "You finished it all? So soon?"

"They're just two small potatoes, you can eat them quickly." Paipai said.

Zhang Tianen: "You're eating only this much?"

Paipai expected Zhang Tianen to say something unpleasant, but then he added, "No wonder you're as thin as a kitten."

Although it sounds unpleasant, it is different from what Paipai thinks. Paipai continued, "If you have money, who doesn't want to eat more?"

It implies that Gao Luo is poor and can't afford to eat.

Zhang Tianen is six years old and Paipai is nine years old. There is only a three-year age difference between them. Zhang Tianen is completely unable to understand the subtext of other people’s conversations. He said seriously, "No, she can eat whatever she wants. She even had a seafood dinner yesterday."

"That was yesterday..."

Paipai wanted to talk things out with Zhang Tianen but was suddenly interrupted by Gao Luo.

Gao Luo looked at Paipai and said directly, "You have money, so eat more. Anyway, I'm not the one sleeping in the houseboat tonight."

Paipai was suddenly speechless.

Last night, Chen Cong explained to him very clearly that among the adults, whoever caught the most fish would be able to eat well, live well and sleep well, which was a reward; conversely, whoever caught the least fish would have to sleep in the boathouse, which was a punishment.

At this time, Chen Cong took out a few slices of bacon from the plate and gave them to Gao Luo, saying, "Since we have to sleep in the houseboat anyway, why not eat as much as you want. Ah Luo, just tell me what you want to eat and I'll get it."

Chen Cong had a smile on his face and was quite friendly.

It seemed like he was trying to ease the atmosphere, but Gao Luo found his words strange.

The next moment, Paipai stood up and pointed at the slices of bacon. "Sleeping in the boathouse is a punishment. We sleep in the boathouse, why should she get to enjoy the privilege?"

Chen Cong persuaded: "A Luo is your younger sister, you have to give in to your younger sister, Paipai, you are a boy, a big kid."

"Why should I give in to my sister? She's not much younger than me. Shouldn't we treat all children equally? You are my parent now. Why don't you take care of me or care about me? Why do you always show partiality to an outsider?"

"I didn't ignore you, and I didn't favor Luo, it's just that she is younger..." Chen Cong said.

"There are those who are younger than her!" Paipai waved his hand and pointed at Xiaonian and Yu Jiayu.

Xiaoyu and Xiaonian didn't know what was going on, and they blinked at Paipai.

"You just think she's smart, smarter than all of us, so you favor her! You were praising her in your room last night, but what was there to praise? You were so slow to get out of bed, and I don't think she's that smart!"

Gao Luo didn't know what was going on, why Paipai suddenly became excited.

Only netizens who watched Chen Cong’s live broadcast knew the reason.

[Chen Cong seems to like A Luo very much. He kept praising her in the room last night and told Paipai how smart and excellent she is. Paipai must be mentally unbalanced. 】

[Is this considered “repressive education”?] 】

[Chen Cong probably didn't mean it. After all, A'Luo is really outstanding. She is not an ordinary child. 】

[But children are very fragile psychologically. If you keep praising one child at a time, the child will feel that he is being ignored by his parents and that his parents don't like him at all. So the more Chen Cong favors A'Luo, the more Paipai hates her. I think this is also the reason why Paipai quarreled with A'Luo this morning. 】

[Then what does this have to do with A-Luo? Chen Cong said it, but it was A-Luo who was targeted. A Luo is quite unlucky...】

Gao Luo had no idea about other people's "family affairs". She just thought that Paipai was a very aggressive child and started to lose his temper for no reason, even though she didn't provoke him today.

The other children were frightened by his sudden anger.

Yu Jiayu was so scared that she didn't even dare to eat the pancake. She whispered to Ze Yin beside her, "What happened to him?"

Ze Yin shook his head, "I don't know, don't worry about it, just eat your food."

The four guests who went out to sea returned to the hotel one after another around eleven o'clock.

Gao Shule also came back. She caught four small fish this morning and asked Gao Luo if she wanted to eat fish or something else.

"Eat two fish."

Gao Luo started to count the expenses. She ate two at noon and sold the remaining two to the program crew. Go to bed earlier at night and eat less.

"Two fish? Are they enough?" Gao Shule was skeptical.

Gao Luo nodded: "It's enough. I'm small, so I can just eat half of it."

[The child is so young, but he already knows how to be thrifty and manage the household. 】

[When has our A-Luo ever suffered such hardship? You, the production team, have done so many bad things! 】

[Last night, I told Gao Shule not to feel burdened, but today I started to save money on my own initiative. Ah Luo is really a caring little girl. 】

[I’m too frugal, and other people even say I have a poor guy’s stomach. 】

When the barrage mentioned Paipai, Paipai appeared soon.

He followed Shen Cong to the staff and sent the fish to be weighed.

Paipai looked smug: "I wonder who will sleep in the houseboat tonight."

Shen Cong was holding a bucket with two black-backed round-jawed needlefish in it, each of which was almost half a meter long.

Chen Cong first said to Paipai, "Don't be rude." Then he explained to Gao Luo and Gao Shule, "Teacher Xue gave us two fishes."

The fact that Xue Chen was able to separate two such large fish showed that he had a good harvest this morning.

[Our Xiao Xue is both capable and kind-hearted. 】

[This is the person who can be the captain!] He is responsible and has a sense of responsibility, unlike that guy who just puts on airs. 】

Relying on the fact that Wen Cheng was gone, Xue Chen's fans began to imply Wen Cheng in the barrage.

At the scene, Paipai was implying something about Gao Luo.

Gao Luo was too lazy to argue with such a naughty kid, so she just walked away without paying any attention to him.

Gao Shule noticed that the two children had a conflict and asked her what was wrong. Gao Luo told her what happened in the morning. After that, ask: "Do you think he is being unreasonable?"

Gao Shule couldn't comment on other people's children, so she could only advise Ah Luo to look away and not be bothered: "Next time you eat, just don't sit at the same table with him."

"But he would rush to find me. Look, just now, he took the initiative to come up to me and pick a fight." Gao Luo said angrily.

Gao Shule stroked Gao Luo's back, not knowing how to comfort her. Paipai is indeed an unreasonable and difficult child.

At noon, other guests exchanged the fish for money and bought other ingredients, but Gao Shule's group put the fish directly into the pot.

Gao Shule used two methods, one was steaming and the other was roasting. Steaming preserves the freshness of the fish to the greatest extent, while roasting makes the taste richer and more tender.

She cooked two fish, and instead of using the other two fish to pay off the debt as A'luo had suggested, she sold them and used the money to buy some mushrooms and tofu and make a soup.

Because there were more than just the two of them eating at noon, Xiaonian also followed them.

When going out to sea, Xia Shi’s fishing boat did not sail together with everyone else’s. He chose another sea area. Tell Gao Shule in advance that if he doesn't come back at noon, please ask her to bring Xiaonian to have lunch together.

Now Xia Shi hasn't come back, and there are three of them eating, and Gao Shule is afraid that two fish will not be enough.

While eating, Gao Luo couldn't help but praise Gao Shule: "Our Lele's cooking skills can directly enter a Michelin restaurant."

Gao Luo had just finished speaking, and Gao Shule didn't even have time to be humble, when she heard a "puff" from the back, as if someone burst out laughing.

They turned around and saw that it was Paipai.

There are so many restaurants, but they chose to eat at this restaurant on the seventh floor.

"What a boast." Paipai said to herself as she passed by their table.

Gao Luo didn't confront him, but looked at Shen Cong who was following behind him; "What delicious food did Uncle Shen make today? Why is it so black?"

Chen Cong held two dishes in his hands, both of which were strangely dark in appearance. He said embarrassedly: "One is roasted eggplant, and the other is braised chicken. I am not very good at cooking."

Except for breakfast, which the program crew will help prepare, the guests need to cook for lunch and dinner themselves, so even if they can buy the best ingredients, it will be useless if their cooking skills can't keep up.

Gao Luo simply stopped eating and stared at Paipai. Watch him eat a piece of chicken and ask him, "How is it? Is it delicious?"

It was so salty that Paipai almost vomited. When he looked up, he saw Gao Luo staring at him with interest. He swallowed it down and replied with his neck stiff, "It's delicious!"

Shen Cong also picked up a piece of chicken, and as soon as it entered his mouth, his brows frowned. He said to Paipai with some guilt: "I seem to have confused light soy sauce with dark soy sauce."

Gao Luo smiled: "I don't know if I'm bragging, but some people are really good at talking."

Paipai: “…”

[Paipai seems to have lost all his strength and means, hahahahahahaha]

[So even if you catch the most fish, it’s useless if you can’t cook. 】

[At this time, we can actually cooperate and achieve win-win results, for example, I go fishing and you cook. 】

[If that's the case, Gao Shule should be very popular.] 】

[I don’t know what those artists are thinking. If they have such a chef around them, they would rather curry favor with him. 】

[Who said there is no one who clings to others? Look, aren’t they here? 】

Zhang Tianen came back from outside with a bowl of rice in his hand. He faced Gao Luo and said skillfully, "Auntie!"

"Auntie, what are you eating today...Wow, grilled fish!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks, which were then picked up by Gao Luo.

"What are you doing? There are three of us having lunch today, and there is no portion for you."

With Zhang Tianen's appetite, both fish had to go into his stomach.

"I'll just take a bite!" Zhang Tianen raised a finger pitifully, "You don't know how bad Uncle Yuan's cooking is."

In the morning, Bian Yuan only caught a few small fish, exchanged them for money with the program crew, and bought some bean sprouts and vegetables.

When he was in Sishui Township, he would stir-fry bean sprouts and green vegetables, or mix them with tofu. The vegetable was as fresh as if it had just been bought from the market, with a strong flavor of herbs and beans. The flavor of the seasoning didn't come through at all.

Before, it was a "big pot meal" and Zhang Tianen could choose dishes from other houses. Now everyone is in charge of their own food, so he has to eat the food cooked by Bian Yuan.

He can't eat.

"If you don't want me to eat the fish, I can just drink some soup, right?" Zhang Tianen compromised, but seeing that Gao Luo still didn't budge, he continued to increase the offer: "Uncle Yuan has 20 yuan left from selling fish this morning, all for you."

"All for me?"

"All for you!" Zhang Tianen saw that Gao Luo had given in, and suddenly he had an idea: "I'll give you what I caught tonight, too! From now on, I'll give you all the money I earn every day, as long as you take us out for dinner."

Gao Luo asked: "You mean, we should merge our two groups and share resources?"

Zhang Tianen agreed immediately: "Yes! That's what I mean!"

This is what Zhang Tianen meant, he just didn’t know how to express it.

"But you didn't catch the fish, so you don't have the final say." Gao Luo disagreed.

How could he make the decision on his own when his patriarch hasn't said anything?

"I agree."

Gao Luo was startled by the sudden voice of Bian Yuan from behind.

It turned out that he followed Zhang Tianen here, but seeing that he asked for food as soon as he arrived, he was too embarrassed to sit down with him.

He heard what they said, "I agree to give all the fish to Teacher Gao, I just hope that Teacher Gao doesn't mind. In addition, if I catch very few fish, I am willing to take the initiative to accept the punishment of sleeping in the boathouse."

"What about him? Is he also willing to sleep in the houseboat?" Gao Luo looked at Zhang Tianen and asked Bian Yuan.

Zhang Tianen only thought for a moment and answered, "I do!"

Compared with eating and sleeping, eating is more important. After all, he can sleep anywhere.

Bian Yuan was very thoughtful. He thought that if he caught fewer fish, it would drag down Gao Shule after the merger, so he offered to take the punishment. In short, Gao Shule must not suffer any loss.

Gao Luo thought about it and asked Gao Shule: "Lele, what do you think? I think it's okay."

"Then I'll listen to you. It's fine as long as you think it's okay." Gao Shu said happily.

When Zhang Tianen heard this, he knew he had a meal!

"Great!" He sat down next to Gao Luo.

Xiaonian, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said unhappily, "Don't sit so close to us. You're crowding us. Go over there."

[Is Xiaonian angry? His lips are pouting so much that an oil bottle could be hung on them. 】

[Xiao Nian: A-Luo can only have me as her good friend. Everyone else, go away! 】

[Don't worry, Xiaonian, A'Luo only loves you, and Tian'en can only be our A'Luo's great-nephew. 】

[My nephew and my great-nephew have had a fight, so we will never be good friends in this life. 】

…

Because the food cooked by Shen Cong was too salty, Paipai put down his chopsticks early.

After listening to the conversation at the next table, he knew that they were going to cooperate, so he advised Zhang Tianen: "Why are you cooperating with them? The fish they catch are not even a fraction of Uncle Xue's. Uncle Xue is the best at fishing!"

Zhang Tianen: "But Uncle Xue's cooking is also terrible."

Paipai: “…”

Zhang Tianen: "You haven't eaten the food he cooked, right? I've eaten the food cooked by other uncles and aunts, but Aunt Gao's food is the best."

He is looking for the best cook, not the best fisherman.

Paipai: "...But, what if neither of your two families can catch any fish? Isn't there a saying that goes, 'A good cook cannot cook without rice?' Which is more important, delicious food or full stomach?"

Zhang Tianen didn't understand the second half of the sentence, but he understood the first half. He pondered for a while, and said very seriously: "They are all important!"

[This is the first time I see Zhang Tianen so serious, how come he is so funny. 】

[It can be seen that he is really distressed, his face is wrinkled. 】

[At present, considering Gao Shule and Bian Yuan’s sea fishing skills, it is not likely that they will return empty-handed, so if you let them choose, “eating well” is definitely more important. 】

The people in the live broadcast room predicted Zhang Tianen’s choice. After taking a sip of the soup, he resolutely decided to continue to cling to Gao Shule.

If he had heard what Gao Luo had just said, "Le Le's cooking skills are good enough to make him a chef in a Michelin restaurant," he would definitely agree - how could such an ordinary mushroom and tofu soup be made so delicious!

*

Gao Luo woke up from her nap and found herself the only one left in the room. Gao Shule had already gone out to sea.

Gao Luo went to find Xiaonian, and on the way asked Duanduan whether Xia Shi had returned. Duanduan said: "He didn't come back."

"Will something happen to him? Have you contacted him?" Gao Luo was a little worried.

"Don't worry, the staff is with him, the live broadcast is normal, nothing has happened."

Gao Luo felt relieved after hearing Duanduan say this. After a while, she asked again: "Did he have lunch? Did the crew on the ship have lunch?"

"We've eaten. Everyone brought dry food when we went out to sea, and there's food on the boat, so don't worry." Duanduan rubbed Gao Luo's face and said, "Our A Luo is very worried."

[A Luo: Yesterday we had a seafood feast that someone caught, so we have to show some concern. 】

[It’s pretty good, the seafood was not eaten in vain.] 】

It was not until six o'clock in the evening that Xia Shi's fishing boats finally returned.

The hotel is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there is also the sea behind it, but it is separated by a mountain.

In summer, they spend their daytime activities in the sea behind the mountain.

In the evening he brought back fourteen fish, the lightest weighing twenty kilograms and the heaviest seventy kilograms, a total of four hundred and sixty kilograms. All the money converted into cash is 4,600, and after deducting the 120 yuan breakfast for the New Year's Eve, there is still 4,480 left.

Xia Shi asked them to deduct the money that Gao Shule owed to the program team. Xu Man, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but look at him deeply.

After all the deductions, there were 4030 yuan left.

Xia Shi gave the remaining money to Gao Luo and said to her: "Eat whatever you want in the future. I will earn it for you."

Gao Luo felt that this distant cousin was so kind that she was moved to tears. She turned around and saw Xiaonian standing nearby watching.

"...Or else give it to Xiaonian."

She is a fake cousin, Xiaonian is his biological brother. After all, Xiaonian has a closer relationship with him, so how can he let her manage the money!

Xia Shi: "Xiao Nian doesn't know how to count, and you let him take care of it, but he will be fooled away in the next moment."

"I know how to count!" Xiaonian protested.

Xia Shi drew a hundred and two twenty notes and asked Xiao Nian, "If I use three of these to buy a head of lettuce, how much money will I have left?"

I started counting on my fingers at the beginning of the year, muttering to myself: "1, 2, 3, 4..."

[It’s impossible to figure out when this will happen.] . 】

[Xiao Nian, it’s not that your aunt is partial to your sister A Luo, you really can’t manage the accounts like this. 】

[But it seems a bit weird to give it to A'Luo. Are you embarrassed to give it directly to Gao Shule? 】

[Of course it is. It’s so obvious.] Just think about it, he worked at sea all day and didn't even come back for lunch. In the evening, he hurriedly handed over the money he got, and handed it all over to a completely unrelated female guest whom he just met. Can't you see what he means? 】

[In fact, it’s obvious to give it to Luo…]

[One more detail to add: I also paid off Gao Shule’s debt from yesterday. 】

[I give up. Xia Shi, don’t love me too much.] 】

After some analysis by the people in the live broadcast room, it was clear that Xia Shi was deeply in love with Gao Shule and couldn't extricate himself. Therefore, the result of Xia Shi's participation in this variety show was that his number of individual fans did not increase at all, but all his CP fans increased.

Xu Man watched as the number of followers of Xia Shi and Gao Shule’s CP super topic increased from 140,000 to the current 340,000.

"In just a few days." Xu Man raised his index and middle fingers: "It has increased by 200,000. What a terrible number!"

"It just means that their CP sells well." Ning Heng disagreed.

Xu Man witnessed Xia Shi’s “methods” today and had to admit: “This one really sells!” I guess he wants to attract a wave of CP fans first, and then after the variety show is over, purify and convert them into his own fans. ”

This is a common method used by the entertainment industry to hype CP, and it is also the final outcome for most CP fans.

After a while, Xu Man remembered something and said to Ning Heng mysteriously, "I discovered another trick of his. Do you want to see it, brother?

"What?"

"His phone screensaver is Gao Shule, and I took a picture of it." Xu Man went to look through his phone album.

Ning Heng was stunned for a moment: "You looked at the guests' phones? Didn't you ask them to turn them off? I'm warning you, you're peeping into the artists' privacy."

Ning Heng has a rule for variety shows that prohibits staff from abusing their authority to pry into the privacy of artists. If discovered, they will be fired.

Xu Man knew, so he quickly explained: "I didn't look at it on purpose. I told them to turn off their phones. It was Xia Shi who left it on and put it on the outermost edge. His phone happened to ring and the screen lit up, so I subconsciously took a look."

"You can watch it, but why are you taking pictures?"

"For your reference."

"I don't want to watch it. Don't even think of getting me to join you in this dirty business."

"It's just one photo, it's no big deal, I'll delete it after you've seen it."

"No……"

Before Ning Heng finished saying "look", Xu Man had already shoved the photo in his face.

The phone screen saver is a photo of a person, but the main character in the photo only has a quarter of his face.

The person in the photo is sitting behind a rose tree, with a book on her knees and her neck lowered, probably reading. The photo shows her profile, with the upper half of her face just covered by the petals and leaves of the rose, so only her nose bridge and lips can be seen.

"He used Gao Shule's photo as his screen saver and didn't turn off his phone. He must have wanted to let everyone see it on purpose. Then the CP fans will go crazy!"

Xu Man's words made sense, but Ning Heng seemed not to hear him and was only focused on looking at the person in the photo.

He looked at it for a long time and asked doubtfully: "Are you sure... this is Gao Shule?"

"That's her. Look at her mouth and nose. She's exactly the same as Gao Shule!"

"But...if it's her, when was this taken? He just came here last term, there aren't any roses in that tea garden in Shencheng, right?"

Ning Heng stumped Xu Man with his question.

"And I feel like I've seen this half face somewhere before, but it's not Gao Shule."

When Ning Heng saw this photo for the first time, he felt that the face in the photo was familiar. But he was sure that the sense of familiarity definitely did not come from Gao Shule.

I thought about it for a long time but couldn’t remember anything, so I stopped thinking about it. "Okay, I'm done reading it, you can delete it."

Ning Heng ignored Xu Man and continued to do his work.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the staff informed Chen Cong to experience the houseboat project.

As another member of the "group", Paipai wants to go with them.

Paipai went there for half an hour and then cried and asked the staff to take her back.