It's a pity that you don't grow white lotus.

Jiang Lin solemnly handed 1,100 yuan to Pei Qi: "Grandpa, our family's record today is 2.2 tons, a total of 1,100 yuan, you keep it!"

Pei Qi took the money with his dirty hands and couldn't hide his smile, "We'll add one more dish tonight!"

Liu Chunling was washing the pot with a smile on her face. "It has to be added! Jiang Lin worked very hard today and did all the heavy work."

Pei Qi added: "When we came back, Aunt Li kept praising you for being handsome and capable."

Jiang Lin's smile was harder to suppress than AK. "I am the most powerful man in Peijia Village! This is not a problem. Let's try to break 3 tons tomorrow."

Jiang Lin didn't dare to open his eyes, hoping it was an illusion. He frowned and raised his hand, groaning in pain, "This pain is killing me."

The chickens in the yard were crowing on the edge of the wall. Jiang Lin said with blurry eyes, "You look so energetic. It would be a pity if you don't go cut sugar cane. I'll kill you and make soup later."

Liu Chunling was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

Jiang Lin went to work tremblingly, and under the light, he looked like a zombie walking on the road.

Pei Xu laughed out loud in the back, and Jiang Lin thought to himself: "Whatever you fear will come true!"

He turned back with resentment, "Give me a megaphone so you can laugh."

Pei Xu quickly pressed the camera button: "Record this precious moment of early human taming of limbs."

"Pei Xu, is your skin itchy because you cut too much sugar cane?"

"Want to give me a massage? Don't be so polite."

Jiang Lin couldn't help but complain: "I finally know why you don't have a girlfriend despite your face."

Pei Xu was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "I agree with you. Being good-looking can also be troublesome. I believe you can understand me."

Jiang Lin waved the knife in his hand: "I'm afraid this knife can't cut your skin. Do you dare to play a big game?"

"What to play?"

"If I can break through 3 tons today, you have to promise me one thing. Otherwise, I will promise you one thing."

Pei Xu agreed without saying a word and whistled leisurely.

Jiang Lin glanced at him and said, "I don't like your expression right now."

Pei Xu said innocently, "You can't hide your true feelings on your face. I didn't expect you to react so strongly. I'll pretend next time."

A man's desire to win is a catalyst for work. Jiang Lin worked hard, and with a single move of the knife he chopped off another piece of sugarcane, ending the sugarcane's life.

Jiang Lin picked up the sugarcane skillfully. The weight made his shoulders hurt and he couldn't help but let out a hissing sound.

Pei Xu seemed to be arguing with him, and walked past him carrying a sugar cane, "Mr. Kongxu, are you tired?"

Jiang Lin hit back and asked, "Pei Xu, are the fields in your Pei Village fertile?"

"Fertile."

Jiang Lin said sarcastically: "It's a pity that you don't grow white lotus."

There were several teenage boys in the village driving modified Will-O-W-Fires. From time to time, they would raise the front of the car and make ape-like noises.

Jiang Lin looked at them and complained: "Are you so happy? Don't you even have to cut sugar cane?"

Pei Xu chuckled and said, "He drove someone crazy."

The sun's heat was like a slap in the face, making the villagers' faces red. Jiang Lin carried the sugarcane with all his strength, panting and talking to himself: "I have one more reason to dislike Hou Yi when playing King of Glory. Do you need that one arrow? If it's not enough, tell me, and I'll crowdfund to buy you another one to shoot them all down."

The children were wandering on the village road. The neck of one of them caught Jiang Lin's attention. He raised his hand to shade himself from the sun and observed carefully. The huge logo was shaking. "Isn't that the Chanel necklace I lost?"

Jiang Lin was about to go over when a few children rode their bikes out of the village.

The children who came back from school in the afternoon also joined the team of cutting sugarcane. Several big yellow dogs ran in the fields with their tongues hanging out, startling the cuckoos who were foraging for food.

The drivers learned from yesterday's experience and arrived at Peijia Village just as dusk was falling.

Jiang Lin's pressure increased instantly, and he asked, "Grandpa, do you think we have 3 tons today?"

Pei Qi smiled and said, "We'll chop as much as we can. It doesn't have to be 3 tons."

Jiang Lin chopped loudly: "No! Even if the king of heaven comes today, he will also want 3 tons!"

When the aunts passed by their sugarcane fields, they called out, "Big star! Let's go weigh the sugarcane together."

Jiang Lin responded: "Aunties, you go first, I'll come back later."

"Village chief, you are so lucky to have such a diligent helper!"

Jiang Lin couldn't laugh, and his heart broke down: "If I could go back in time, I would never make that damn bet with Pei Xu."

Jiang Lin looked at the weight on the scale nervously and prayed in his heart: "Ancestors of the Jiang family, I have never asked you for anything. This time you must bless me."

Pei Xu held the money and watched the battle from the sidelines, "Big star, the situation is not optimistic."

Jiang Lin rolled his eyes at him and said, "Give me a microphone."

When the last bundle of sugarcane was weighed, my heart finally died.

Jiang Lin sighed, and his body instantly relaxed. Life had bent his spine.

Pei Xu pretended to be sympathetic and said, "Child, go home and stop gambling."

Jiang Lin complained: "You look so ugly. If the annual blockbuster production doesn't invite you to play the leading role, it will be a loss for the domestic entertainment and film and television industry."

Pei Xu said, "Then I'll be honest. I won't pretend anymore." He smiled triumphantly, "I'll tell you when I've made up my mind."

Jiang Lin dragged his heavy steps back to the door of his house. The air was filled with the smell of firewood smoke mixed with the smell of blood, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Grandpa and grandma, I'm back." He shouted as he walked into the yard.

Under the white light, Liu Chunling was adding firewood to the stove. Steam was rising from the big pot. Pei Qi was lowering his head to process a half-plucked chicken in a basin. On the ground stood an enamel bowl filled with half a bowl of dark red chicken blood.

Pei Qi replied without even looking up: "I'm back."

Liu Chunling said: "Sit down and rest first, we will be able to eat soon."

Jiang Lin cleared his throat and announced loudly: "Today's record is 2.8 tons, and the harvest is 1,400 yuan."

Jiang Lin leaned over and stuffed the money into Pei Qi's pocket.

He asked, "Grandpa, why did you suddenly kill the chicken tonight?"

Liu Chunling smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes looked like a flower. "This morning you said you wanted to drink chicken soup, so I told your grandfather that we should kill a chicken tonight. But it's a little late now. Let's eat boiled chicken first tonight, save half in the refrigerator, and make chicken soup tomorrow."

Jiang Lin was a little stunned. It was just a casual complaint, but they took it to heart.

He pulled out his phone to record the moment and said loudly, "Grandpa and grandma, look at the camera!"

Pei Xu rubbed his tired eyes and called his fellow senior brother. "Senior brother, I will send you some soil samples in two days. Please help me test them."

The senior brother asked with concern: "Junior brother, are you not going back to Beijing?"

"I'm not going back for now. I was negotiating with an old comrade and nearly broke my leg."

The senior brother said humorously: "It's good that it's broken. We can do our job even in a wheelchair."

Pei Xu smiled and said, "Then I will have a place in the literary world. After I became disabled, my fellow students did not regard me as a disabled person, but they did not regard me as a human being either."

The sound of chopping meat rang out in the yard, with a clear rhythm, like an old country folk song. Jiang Lin held up his phone to record it, while Liu Chunling put the cooked chicken on the chopping board and cut it in half.

Jiang Linti exclaimed: "Grandma, you are so amazing. Your swordsmanship is amazing. If you were in ancient times, you would definitely be a female knight with great martial arts skills."

Liu Chunling was coaxed into smiling and chopped the chicken into small pieces one by one.

Pei Qi sat on a low stool and started a fire on the side of the stove. The firewood in the stove crackled. The light stretched their shadows very long, extending to Jiang Lin's feet.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but think that this was real life, much purer than the hypocritical social engagements in the city and the intrigues in the circle.

Liu Chunling put the chicken leg in his bowl and said kindly, "Eat the chicken leg."

Jiang Lin stared blankly at the chicken drumstick in the bowl and stammered, "I... can I eat chicken drumsticks too?"

Liu Chunling said in a coaxing tone: "Sure, chicken thighs are delicious."

He couldn't help but recall that a long time ago, he was also the only owner of the chicken leg on the table, but later, that person became Jiang Letong, and he left the table completely.

Jiang Lin took a big bite and chewed it carefully.

"Is it delicious?" Liu Chunling asked expectantly.

"It's delicious! Especially fragrant!" Jiang Lin said sincerely.

Pei Qi said with satisfaction: "The chickens raised at home are more delicious than those sold outside. Eat more."

That night, Jiang Lin put aside his resistance and posted his first Vlog on the exclusive personal social account given to him by the program team, with the caption "I ate a big chicken drumstick today."

The sun was shining in the sky as Pei Xu squatted in the field collecting soil samples.

Jiang Lin looked at his back from the other side of the field and said teasingly, "Dr. Pei, you are not allowed to urinate or defecate anywhere here."

Pei Xu looked back at him and said, "Big star, eyes are a good thing. If you can't see, just donate them."

Jiang Lin pursed his lips and walked away with disdain: "You keep talking all day long."

After a day of hard work, a bowl of steaming yellow chicken soup is enough to soothe the heart, and the long-lost fragrance blooms on the tip of the tongue.

Jiang Lin posted a new Vlog and then collapsed in the rocking chair. The phone in his pocket was vibrating. It was his call.

Jiang Lin felt a little irritated and walked into the night to answer the phone.

"When will you go home?" asked Jiang's father.

Jiang Lin asked coldly: "What home? Do I still have a home?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then he said in a deep voice: "Our family hasn't had dinner together for a long time."

The night wind whistled past, Jiang Lin kicked the straw bale a few times, and asked self-deprecatingly: "Are you talking about her home abroad? Or your home in China?" He looked up at the sparse stars in the night sky and calmly corrected him: "Neither of these two homes welcomes me. I have no home."

Jiang's father asked him: "Did we abandon you?"

Jiang Lin questioned uncontrollably, "Isn't there?"

He lowered his head and pursed his trembling lips. "I finally found her whereabouts and flew thousands of miles to her. It turned out that she already had a new child. She bought me a return ticket for the same day."

Warm liquid welled up in his eyes, he took a deep breath, and continued calmly: "You always blame me, and use the name of brother to blackmail me, making me tolerate everything. You always attend my parents' meetings, and you never miss any of Jiang Letong's parent-child activities."

The person on the back of the haystack slowed down his breathing and tiptoed around to the other side.

As soon as he finished speaking, the calm waves suddenly broke through the dam. Jiang Lin immediately hung up the phone, walked around to the back of the haystack, and let his emotions break down and cry silently.