Chapter 126: Even Watering Flowers is Ugly

After Meng Chuyuan finished joining the handle and the spout, he began to measure the size of the mouth of the pot and used clay to carve out the shape of the teapot lid.

Although it is just a pot lid, its size is a bit difficult to control because the thickness of the lid must also be considered. If the size is not well controlled, it will be difficult to fit the mouth of the pot.

The teapot Qi Yan had pieced together looked a bit strange and ugly, causing Ting Jiu to laugh. He even reminded Lu Jinsen to join in, "Brother, look at her. The teapot she made is so lame. It's not up to par at all."

Qi Yan's eyebrows were tinged with dissatisfaction. She looked at Ting Jiu coldly and said disdainfully: "If you have the ability, come on. It's really easy for you to talk without any pain in your waist."

She didn't think she did anything wrong.

It's a bit ugly, but if you look closely you can tell it's a teapot.

Listen to Jiu throwing the pottery while saying in a mean way: "There is no hope of winning anyway, why should I lose face?"

Qi Yan: “…”

Faced with their laughter, Meng Chuyuan and Liao Jiayan were truly focused.

The two of them were just dealing with the thickness of the teapot lid and had no interest in the topic they brought up.

Liao Jiake gritted her teeth and persevered, and finally made two teacups with great effort. The difference was visible to the naked eye, and it was obvious that she didn't put much thought into these cups.

Unlike Lu Jinsen and Tingjiu, she did not make teacups of similar size. Instead, she made them in a casual way, making the cups the same size as the base.

Liao Jiayan's performance today not only exceeded the guests' understanding of her, but also amazed the audience.

[Xiao Jiujiu is my new happiness. She speaks frankly. Qi Yan is on the way to being pissed off, and she keeps switching back and forth with being pissed off.]

[As expected, a serious woman is the most beautiful. I feel that the younger sister’s operation is very stable. Compared with her elder sister, the teapot made by the younger sister is really beautiful. Compared with her elder sister, it is indeed as new as it can be.]

[This is the first time I've seen a female guest who can compete with Sister Meng. The director really arranged this wave of tasks well, otherwise some netizens would say that Sister Meng was deliberately arranged to meet. I'm really impressed.]

The director sat in front of the monitor and watched the popularity of the Liao sisters' live broadcast room soar.

This allowed Liao Jiayan, who originally had little presence in variety shows, to immediately capture the audience's attention.

Liao Jiayan is beautiful, and with her performance today, it seems like the director has unearthed another treasure.

Looking at the data jumping in front of him, the director drank a sip of tea in a good mood. Seeing the assistant director standing nearby, he casually asked, "Did we attract any advertisers this time?"

The assistant director immediately took out his phone and checked his email, then reported to Director Luo: "Three have been shortlisted so far and have been finalized."

The director hummed lightly, "If the advertiser hasn't specified who to endorse, then during your lunch break, give one to Liao Jiayan's team."

Since he had three brand sponsorships, he wanted to give one away.

Because Meng Chuyuan's group was bound to have commercials, but the program team couldn't give all the commercials to them.

Assistant Director: “Okay.”

The pottery competition entered its final sprint stage, and Liao Jiayan was the first to finish the teapot lid.

However, Liao Jiake still has two of the six cups to make, so the program team cannot give them first place for the time being. They must make the entire set of tea sets before the task is considered completed.

Seeing Liao Jiake's slow pace, Liao Jiayan naturally couldn't sit still and couldn't help but go over to help her.

Liao Jiayan came to her side and didn't say anything. She took the clay model and started working on it.

She suddenly approached him, and Liao Jiake was a little surprised. He didn't expect that she was willing to come and help him even though she was angry.

[I didn’t expect that Coco was the one who held back in this wave. I love this move by my sister]

[As expected, they are two sisters, quarreling at the head of the bed and making up at the foot of the bed]

[I saw the surprise in Liao Jiake's eyes. Even her sister didn't expect her sister to do this, let alone us.]

After Meng Chuyuan finished adjusting the lid of the teapot, Lu Jinsen was just making the last cup.

Seeing Meng Chuyuan stopped, Qi Yan was about to finish her work.

She doesn't pursue perfection in the teapots she makes, as long as the general shape and overall structure are intact.

After Qi Yan stopped, she saw that Ting Jiu still had a cup in his hand, so she took the initiative to come over to help.

When Tingjiu saw her reaching out to take the materials, he showed a surprised expression: "Oh, my sister Yan also likes to help others?"

"If you weren't holding me back, this game would be over."

Qi Yan used the clay to casually shape a small cup, then smoothed out the edges and corners. She was too lazy to make the bottom of the cup and just handed it in like that.

"Aren't you being too perfunctory?" Ting Jiu almost dropped his jaw in shock when he saw her actions.

"..." Anyway, this competition is about speed, not about the similarity or aesthetics of the final product.

Qi Yan placed the last cup upwards. When the director saw it, he immediately came over to inspect it.

"Okay." The director nodded calmly. "Although this teapot isn't that beautiful, at least it's finished."

[Holy crap!! Is this even possible? Wow wow wow, I won’t tell you who’s being held back.]

[I can't believe it, my little Jiujiu actually managed to turn the tide]

"Wasn't that all my sister Meng and Yanyan's work for nothing? Their teapots are so beautiful, but they didn't even get first place. This is really hard to believe."

[I didn't understand the rules. I thought whoever did the best would win.]

Liao Jiake felt a little uncomfortable when she saw that the first group to finish the tea set was Qi Yan's group.

Qi Yan and Ting Jiu were originally a team that was put together, and the two of them didn't have much tacit understanding, but they didn't expect to be able to get a place in this competition.

Ting Jiu was still in shock and hadn't reacted yet. He asked in disbelief, "We won?"

"It's not us." Qi Yan emphasized to him: "It's you and me."

Ting Jiu suddenly smiled and said with great joy, "It doesn't matter. I won anyway."

When Lu Jinsen next door heard this conversation, he raised his eyes and cast an envious look.

Meng Chuyuan happened to see him distracted and gently reminded him, "Be serious! Are you going to give up just because someone else got first place?"

Noticing that his movements had slowed down, Meng Chuyuan knew what he was thinking.

They are on par with the Liao sisters.

It’s a bit too early to give up now. At least there is still a second position to fight for.

After she scolded him, Lu Jinsen lowered his head and continued making his cup.

After a long time, Lu Jinsen and the Liao sisters completed their tasks one after another.

Director: "Okay, that's all for today. The tea sets you've made will be given as gifts to the next batch of villagers. We should be able to see our finished pottery this afternoon."

The guests placed the pottery they had just made in this shop, and someone would perform the final firing for them, and then they could come back to pick it up in the afternoon.

When Tingjiu heard the news that the tea sets he made would be given to the next batch of villagers, he suddenly felt regretful that he had not done it seriously just now.

"Director, you should have told me earlier. I would rather skip lunch than not finish this cup."

The director's eyes revealed a cunning look, and he said with a smile: "If I tell you, there will be no surprises."

But compared with Qi Yan's teapot, the cup he made is still acceptable.

Thinking of this, Tingjiu felt less upset. He even mocked Qi Yan: "Did you hear that? It's a gift for someone. What can you do with that teapot? I even think it's ugly when I use it to water flowers."

Qi Yan: “…”

Xiaojiu, your words are too heartbreaking.

[I feel like Miss Qi has some regrets about this]

[Hearing the director say this, I suddenly felt less sad. It was worth it even if Yanyan and Sister Meng didn’t win, hahaha]

At noon, everyone returned to their residence and prepared lunch.

Ting Jiu was not surprised to find himself running to Meng Chuyuan's group to eat for free. The ingredients he won were all with Qi Yan, and he was too lazy to ask Qi Yan what to do with them.

Last night he saw her making braised pork, and she couldn't even tell the difference between light soy sauce and dark soy sauce. The thought of it made his hair stand on end.

"Sister Chu Yuan, I want to go to your place for dinner." Ting Jiu said shamelessly.

Meng Chuyuan glanced over, but before she could respond, she was suddenly interrupted by Lu Jinsen: "Can you please have some shame?"

He came to their group several times to eat for free. Lu Jinsen had tolerated it before, but he didn't expect that Tingjiu still had such thoughts in the new session.

Tingjiu asked in confusion, "Why am I shameless?"

If you can get free food, you would be wasting it if you don’t eat it.

Ting Jiu said unwillingly, "You're the most shameless one, right? You're relying on being in the same group with Sister Chu Yuan to eat and drink for free, so openly."

"..." Lu Jinsen was so angry that he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"Okay, stop arguing, are you two childish?" Meng Chuyuan really couldn't imagine how they spent last night under the same roof.

In the end, Meng Chuyuan agreed to let Tingjiu come over for dinner.

However, because Qi Yan lived in the same room with her, there was only one kitchen, and if the two of them bumped into each other, they didn't know how to divide it properly.

Seeing Qi Yan appear in the kitchen, Meng Chuyuan asked curiously, "Are you going to cook for yourself?"

In fact, after hearing Jiu suggest that they come to eat with their group, Qi Yan didn't need to cook anymore. Besides, they lived here together, so there was no need to eat separately.

For Meng Chuyuan, this is just a matter of having one more set of bowls and chopsticks.

However, she felt that with Qi Yan's personality, she would most likely not agree.

Qi Yan didn't seem to understand what she meant, and asked coldly, "Can't I cook it myself?"

Her words instantly stumped Meng Chuyuan. After a while, Meng Chuyuan said helplessly, "Okay, then you cook it first."

Seeing that Qi Yan wanted to use the kitchen at this moment, she had to go out first.

Meng Chuyuan didn't want to force himself on someone who wouldn't bow his head.

"Sister Chu Yuan, don't you want to cook?"

Tingjiu was a little surprised to see her suddenly appear in the yard, looking very idle.

Meng Chuyuan shrugged and said, "There's only one cooking pot in the kitchen, let her cook first."

"She?" Ting Jiu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Qi Yan was also in the room.

He thought about it, and suddenly stood up and went to the kitchen, "I'll go call her out."

"It's okay, let her tinker with it. I'll go in after she finishes cooking."

…

At the same time, Detective Qi had just finished filming his last scene.

He had been shooting fight scenes for the entire morning and was now exhausted and sweating profusely.

Agent: "What time will you leave for the airport this afternoon?"

Qi Zhen took a sip of water and said indifferently, "Around five o'clock."

By the time he arrived at the recording site, the live broadcast should have been over.

He hadn't touched his phone today and didn't know how Qi Yan was doing over there.

The agent gave him a sympathetic look and patted his shoulder. "Thank you for your hard work. But if you don't want to record anymore, you can always withdraw. We have plenty of resources at hand."

Qi Zhen has always been very dedicated, has good popularity in the circle, and has a good personality.

Ever since he participated in the rural variety show, the audience's favorability towards him has skyrocketed. Many directors and producers have come to him, wanting to work with him. In addition, his background is enough for him to gain a foothold in the circle.

Qi Zhen smiled resignedly and said calmly, "Let's continue recording. Quitting doesn't seem like a good idea."

Up to now, no one has voluntarily said they want to quit this program.

Qi Yan insisted on staying there for two days, so it seemed a bit unreasonable for him to withdraw now.

"In fact, you can repair your relationship with her appropriately."

"You must be crazy to advise me like this?" Qi Zhen widened his eyes in shock.

Qi Zhen's mother is also a relatively famous actress in the entertainment industry. She is very beautiful and has many representative works. In her early years, it was revealed that she was kept by a wealthy man and had experienced a failed marriage. Later, she met Qi Yan's father at a friend's party and soon got married and gave birth to Qi Zhen.

Qi Yan has always been bothered by the fact that his mother is in the entertainment industry, and she always digs up those past scandals to humiliate her.

Maybe he was stimulated by this, so he entered the entertainment industry and wanted to change other people's views of his mother.

The agent shook his head helplessly, saying that he could not understand such feuds among wealthy families.

"Look what she is doing?" Qi Zhen suddenly put down the water in his hand and took out his cell phone from his coat.

He clicked on the live broadcast, and the background was the kitchen. Qi Yan was facing away from the camera, and it was unclear what she was doing.

The scene was originally very peaceful, but suddenly a blurry object flashed by, splashing water. Qi Yan was so scared that she knocked over the basin, and the water spilled onto the ground. The audience was also confused.

[What happened? Why is Miss Qi so excited? ]

[Why does it feel like she's in trouble...]

What was that thing that just flew out? The scene is a bit weird.

Meng Chuyuan and the others heard a loud noise in the kitchen in the yard and quickly rushed over.

Looking at the wet ground, there was a live fish jumping around nearby. It was now covered with mud and its scales were no longer visible.

Meng Chuyuan walked over, grabbed the fish with one hand, then looked up at Qi Yan, "Are you okay?"

"What can happen to me?" Qi Yan's face was covered with water from the fish she had just caught, and there was a slight fishy smell. She calmly wiped her chin with her sleeve.