Chapter 144 Spin-off Program (Final)

The door hinge made a long "creaky" sound, as if it had not been opened for a long time.

Behind the mottled wooden door, an old lady with frosted hair slowly emerged.

She was wearing reading glasses on her nose, and her slightly narrowed eyes behind the lenses were carefully looking at the group of young people of different styles outside the door.

"Who are you looking for?" The old lady's voice was hoarse from waking up in the morning, and her skinny fingers unconsciously clenched the door frame.

Anyone would feel alert and uneasy if they saw such a group of strangers early in the morning.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Xie Qingyu, who was standing at the front, took a step forward.

He bowed slightly, his voice as clear as a mountain stream: "Hello, grandma, we are recording a program..."

He roughly described their current situation. Of course, it cannot be said that the production team abandoned them, but of course it is not wrong to say so.

The old lady also noticed the cameramen behind her carrying equipment, and Xie Qingyu spoke clearly and in an organized manner.

The most important thing is that she looks like the type that the older generation considers to be very well-behaved, so I can actually put my mind at ease.

"Wait a minute, little girl..." The old lady turned around, and the wooden floor creaked under her feet. "I need to ask the head of the family about this."

Xie Qingyu's smile froze at the corners of his mouth, but still maintained a decent arc.

The old man has poor eyesight and he has long hair extensions, so it's understandable...

Muffled laughter came from behind.

Gu Zheng walked up to him with his long legs, suddenly bent over and moved closer, his eyes full of teasing: "Don't say that..." He deliberately dragged out the tone, and lightly touched the outline of Xie Qingyu's cheek with his fingertips, "It really does look like that~"

Xie Qingyu raised the corner of her eye, raised her hand to push the face away, and smiled slightly: "Mutually." The dimple on her lips was faintly visible.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" The laughter that had been suppressed for a long time finally broke out.

Seeing that the parties involved didn't care, the others laughed even harder.

Xie Qingyu shook his head helplessly. His facial features were indeed delicate, but not feminine at all.

However, her non-aggressive and gentle appearance without makeup, coupled with the long hair extensions she wore on the third public performance stage, inevitably caused misunderstandings among the older generation.

He had also encountered this situation in another world, and there was nothing he could do except laugh it off. He couldn't argue with the old man about it.

Not long after, the wooden door creaked open again, and this time an energetic old lady walked out.

Her short silver hair was neatly tucked behind her ears, her back was straight, and her eyes were bright.

As soon as she went out, her eyes fell on Xie Qingyu. Thinking of the 'pretty little girl' that Grandma Hu had just mentioned, she suddenly understood and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, it turns out to be a handsome young man!"

She enthusiastically stepped forward, took Xie Qingyu's hand, and as she led him to the courtyard, she said cheerfully, "My surname is Wu. That person just now was Grandma Hu. Her eyesight wasn't very good, so she mistook you for someone else. I'm really sorry!"

As he spoke, he clasped his hands together and smiled apologetically towards the camera. It was obvious that he was no stranger to the filming equipment.

Xie Qingyu quickly waved her hands and smiled gently: "It's okay, Grandma Wu, it's okay."

Seeing that he really didn't mind, Grandma Wu's smile deepened a little. As she led him inside, she chatted incessantly:

"I heard from Sister Hu that you guys got lost while filming a TV show in the mountains, right? Hey, come in quickly! How did a bunch of kids end up in this deep forest?"

Xie Qingyu turned around and winked at everyone, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, silently conveying a message - breakfast is found!

Everyone understood what he meant and immediately lined up and followed him in one after another, as if they were afraid that they would be locked out if they were a step slower.

A group of contestants lined up and went in, leaving only a few guys carrying cameras standing anxiously at the door.

The leading cameraman had sweat on his forehead and blisters were almost forming at the corners of his mouth. This was completely different from what was written in the script!

"You guys go in first!" He commanded in a low voice, frantically shutting down the equipment. "Keep a close eye on them, and make sure nothing goes wrong."

After his companions chased in, he quickly squatted in the corner, and his fingers were shaking slightly when he took out his cell phone.

As soon as the call was connected, the equally anxious voices of the director team came from the receiver.

After checking between the two sides, wow, so what they said about the planner arranging the task was arranged very clearly, why was there any mystery?

With such a group of players who don't play by the rules, it would be strange if they could follow the arranged route!

It turns out that today's hidden mission was supposed to be: after the contestants broke through the bushes, they would be surprised to find the paradise carefully prepared by the program team.

A contracted orchard where even the "fruit farmers" are hired professional actors, waiting to perform the heartwarming drama of "hard work and harvest".

For this purpose, the logistics team cleared out the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the area half a month in advance, and even renovated the soil.

That unusually dense patch of weeds was actually a trick planted by the staff themselves!

"What should we do now?" The cameraman looked at the mottled old door panel in front of him, feeling like crying but unable to shed tears.

The rustling of papers could be heard from the other end of the phone, and the faint wails of the director team could be heard one after another.

Planned to get beaten!!!

The program crew is in a real mess, and the planners are scratching their heads in frustration. Who could have thought that these guys would ignore the carefully designed orchard and insist on developing their own side plots?

Now we can only quickly recall the logistics team that has already evacuated, and the finance department has urgently allocated a stack of cash.

After all, they knew too well the eating capacity of their own players. Judging from the family conditions described by the cameraman, they were afraid that they could not withstand the raids of this group of "hungry men", so they had to prepare a ransom in advance.

When the cameraman restarted the camera and stepped into the yard, the scene in front of him almost made him drop the camera.

A row of contestants squatted neatly under the eaves, each holding a coarse clay bowl filled with steaming sweet potato porridge in one hand and a gray multi-grain steamed bread in the other, eating it with such relish.

The eldest brother's eyes twitched: "Don't these people in the training camp always complain about the cafeteria? Why do they think eating steamed bread tastes better than eating Michelin?"

"Eat slowly, there's more in the pot!" Grandma Wu came out of the kitchen carrying a large coarse earthenware bowl filled with pickled mustard greens she had prepared herself.

Everyone immediately gathered around and took turns to eat with chopsticks and spoons, and put the porridge into their mouths.

The next second, exclamations echoed in the yard one after another—

"Oh my god! This pickled mustard greens is so crispy!"

"Sweet porridge with pickles, even a god wouldn't trade it!"

"Grandma Wu, your cooking skills are amazing! This is simply the most delicious pickled mustard greens I have ever eaten in my life!!!"

The old lady was so delighted by their sweet talk that she simply put down her bowl and stood under the eaves, watching them wolf down their food. She kept muttering to herself with heartache:

"What a sin! How could you let this poor child starve like this? How cruel!!!"

"That's right!" Wei Liangchen shoveled the last mouthful of porridge into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks and nodded frantically.

It’s not that they are cruel, the production team is simply heartless!

"Xiao Wu, come in quickly and have some more rice! Just two bites is not enough." Grandma Hu's voice floated out from the inner room, with the concern unique to the older generation.

Through the half-open door, you can see several white-haired old men sitting around a wooden table. The contestants had already met them when they entered the room. It was because the inner room was too small that they came out with their bowls to eat.

Grandma Wu walked into the house holding the bowl, but she was not forgiving: "Don't worry about me, I can cook for myself and then starve myself."

She deliberately glanced around with a stern face, "If I'm not watching, you guys won't even bother to move your chopsticks, right?"

Because they all spoke in her usual tone, they knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. The old men and women did not refute her, but just smiled and said nothing.

After Xie Qingyu finished the last bite of steamed bread, he naturally stood up and started to clean up the dishes.

Seeing this, the other contestants also took action: some neatly stacked up the empty bowls, some wiped the low table with a rag, and some found a broom to clean up the rice grains on the ground.

Although his movements were not skilled, he was extremely serious.

When Grandma Wu and Xie Qingyu finished cleaning the kitchen and came out, the yard was already looking brand new.

The weeds in the corners were pulled out completely, and even the few sparse rows of vegetable seedlings she had planted were pulled up with their roots and were now neatly placed next to the weeds.

Looking at the children eagerly waiting for praise, Grandma Wu couldn't help but smile with wrinkles all over her face: "Oh, you are so hardworking! If you don't stay for lunch, you are looking down on me, an old lady!"

How could Grandma Wu, who is so old and experienced, not see that these children had nowhere to go?

It was rare for the old men and women in the house to be so happy. On weekdays, they just chatted or stared blankly. How could they have ever seen such a lively and lively scene?

Adding a few more pairs of chopsticks can also add some vitality to the deserted old courtyard. Why not do it?

"This...this is so embarrassing..."

"Thank you so much, we..."

They were all hesitant, wanting to stay but afraid of causing trouble to others, after all, they had to eat a lot.

Grandma Wu deliberately frowned: "Why? Do you think the food I cook is not tasty?"

Without waiting for their explanation, he lowered his voice mysteriously and said, "I'll take you to the mountains to pick wild vegetables later. The delicious things in the mountains are beyond the reach of you city kids!"

Boys of this age are the most noisy, especially when they are in a large group. They have just finished breakfast and it is still a long time before lunch!

Don’t take it to the mountains to let it air out. Don’t leave it in the house. It may destroy the house!!!

Xie Qingyu chuckled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Grandma Wu." He knew that the old lady hated being polite and that refusing would only hurt her feelings.

What's more... He glanced at a cameraman who had been standing alone outside the door just now and came in after a long time.

The people from the program crew should be here soon, right?