Jiang Hexi cut more than ten buzz cuts in one night.

After she returned, she and Chu Yang got together again, still enthusiastically keeping accounts in their notebooks.

"Uncle Tian has three grass carp, Brother Lu Jiu has a pound of pork, and Grandpa Ge has two cabbages."

Chu Yang listened and took notes. "Sister, how do you remember so clearly? I forget everything as soon as I see it."

"When they entered the courtyard, I glanced at what they were carrying and remembered it immediately."

Jiang Hexi instructed him, "You must remember these kinds of social obligations carefully; there's no room for carelessness."

Chu Yang put down his pen and asked, puzzled:

"But three grass carp and two cabbages—this favor is clearly unequal. How are we supposed to repay it?"

"Next time Uncle Tian comes to get a haircut, just say that you haven't finished the grass carp from last time, and you absolutely can't accept the food this time, otherwise you won't be able to get the haircut done."

Jiang Hexi instructed him, "When you see Grandpa Ge later, tell him that those two cabbages were especially delicious, and they were all snatched up as soon as they were put on the table. Next time Grandpa Ge comes to get a haircut, he will definitely bring a few more cabbages."

After being nagged like that, Chu Yang felt like his brain had become smarter:

"This debt really needs to be kept in mind, it will come in handy when it's time to repay the favor."

[Xi-mei's high emotional intelligence allows her to handle interpersonal relationships perfectly.]

Do they really think the cameras don't exist? I'd love to know what the village bully and Uncle Ge would think if they saw this.

[Village bully Li Youtian: I've lost out big time; I gave away too many grass carp.]

[Lazy Uncle Ge: I'll get up early tomorrow and deliver a basket of cabbages to Xi Mei.]

Liu Yuxi smiled and stepped forward to ask, "Xi-mei, do you need any help with haircuts here? I can help."

"Do you know how to brag?"

Jiang Hexi, worried that she might not understand, explained further, "It's just about showering them with compliments, like Chu Yang and Wanwan did, focusing on being hospitable and making the uncles and aunties happy."

Liu Yuxi found it hard not to suspect that she was deliberately targeting her.

If it were true, that would be one thing, but those elderly folks clearly have no skills, yet she still has to fawn over them. How can she tolerate that?

"Xi-mei, I'm bad with words, I can't compliment people."

Liu Yuxi smiled gently and said, "I want to learn how to shave heads from you."

Jiang Hexi immediately felt awkward, and she politely declined:

"I promised to take Wanwan and Chuyang to get haircuts, but I can't take so many people at once. I'll curl the aunties' hair in a while. Could you help me with the clips?"

"Sure, I'll help you out then."

Liu Yuxi needs to participate among them and increase her screen time, otherwise this farming variety show will be a waste of time.

The autumn heatwave is getting hotter every day.

Rural people sweat easily when working in the fields, so men want to get a buzz cut and women want to thin out their hair.

There were no barbers in the village, and people used to have to go to town to get a haircut. Now that Xi Mei is giving away haircuts for free, word spread quickly, and after finishing their farm work, everyone in the village crowded into the stone courtyard, lining up to get a haircut from Xi Mei.

The scene became so chaotic that Li Youtian had to step in to maintain order.

Under Master Fang's remote guidance, Jiang Hexi has mastered the skills of shaving heads and can even design several simple buzz cut hairstyles based on each person's head shape.

She also trained two apprentices who were incredibly fast at shaving heads, taking only ten minutes to shave one person.

Seeing that she was so busy, Yan Jie broke the cake in his hand into pieces and fed it to her.

"Try it, the auntie just brought over the mooncakes, see how they taste."

Jiang Hexi put down the razor in her hand, tasted the mooncake in her mouth, and, not satisfied with just one bite, she looked longingly at his hand.

Taking advantage of the live stream camera being off, Yan Jie stuffed another small piece of mooncake into her mouth.

After tasting it, Jiang Hexi commented, "It's fragrant and soft, a very authentic traditional five-nut mooncake."

"What do you think about selling this mooncake online?"

"It's sure to sell out."

"The flowers in the orchard will have faded by the end of the month, and honey production will stop. Relying solely on the income from free-range eggs, I'm afraid we won't even be able to afford the fertilizer we need later."

Yan Jie looked at her with delight and said, "Shen Yingyu and I discussed it and decided to launch this farmhouse-style mooncake in anticipation of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, which should help alleviate the current economic strain."

Jiang Hexi stared intently at the remaining mooncake in his hand. When he raised his hand, she lowered her head, caught the mooncake, and swallowed it in one gulp.

"I want to be a mooncake taster."

"Then this business can't continue. You might as well eat it all up," Yan Jie teased her.

Liu Yuxi witnessed all of their interactions.

She turned her head away without saying a word, pretending not to see anything, and continued registering the villagers' appointments for haircuts.

The village chief brought two propaganda officers over. Seeing the lively scene in the courtyard, he found Jiang Hexi and said:

"Xi-mei, put down your razor, don't cut this hair yet."

"Village chief, I'll be done shaving soon, please wait two minutes."

Jiang Hexi took the razor and pushed it horizontally, quickly shaving off the tail, then used scissors to trim the hair shape.

The village chief walked up and asked her:

How many people in the village have you cut their hair?

There are probably seventy or eighty.

"Did everyone get a haircut?"

"They all have buzz cuts, so what?"

The village chief said in frustration, "No wonder all the people I see when I go out lately have buzz cuts. Turns out they're all getting their hair cut by you. Xi-mei, why can't you get a different haircut? Why do you have to get a buzz cut?"

Jiang Hexi realized something was wrong and stopped, saying, "I only know how to cut a buzz cut."

The village chief was furious with her. With such a mediocre skill, how dare she cut hair for the entire village!

“The village is going to participate in the national civilized village and town evaluation, which requires attention to village customs and appearance. Look at the way you've shaved everyone's heads. To put it bluntly, it looks like they've just been released after committing a crime. How can this be acceptable when the higher-ups come down to inspect?”

Jiang Hexi suddenly remembered the things she had said to Yan Jie before, and was speechless for a moment.

"They even shaved a line down their sides!"

The village chief pointed at Li Youtian's head and said, "This guy is obviously unruly. How can he pass the evaluation?"

Li Youtian's temper flared up, and he shouted angrily, "I can cut my hair however I want, you're being too nosy."

The village chief ignored the village bully and turned to Xi Mei, continuing, "I heard you're going to perm the hair of those women?"

Jiang Hexi: "I haven't had time to scald it yet."

The village chief earnestly advised:

"Xi-mei, stop right now! Just imagine, all the men in the village have buzz cuts and all the women have permed hair. What will become of the village's appearance? My civilized village has been rejected in the county competition before it even got a chance to be recognized!"

[Hahahaha, Xi Mei single-handedly ruined the hair of the entire village!]

[My heart aches for the village chief. Hugs to him! He's so pitiful.]

[All the men in the village got buzz cuts; it looks like something out of a gangster movie. Canglang Village is hilarious.]