Chapter 239 Slacking off

Before long, the village chief rushed back with food. Corn, sweet potatoes, sausages, cured meat... The farmers were hospitable and wanted to offer their guests the best they had.

The guests, who were initially worried about lunch, were overjoyed to suddenly find themselves able to eat for free.

Liang Qiuhong: "Yesterday I spent nearly a hundred dollars on rice, flour, vegetables and meat. I was worried that I was spending money too fast. This will save me a meal."

Zhang Yuno: "Thank you, Xia. It was all because he sold his body."

"What's going on?" Zhao Xiaohui sensed something was amiss. "Xia seduced the village chief?"

Zhang Yuno: "Pretty much. The village chief praised Xia for being handsome, healthy, and capable, and wanted to bring him into the family as his grandson-in-law."

Zhao Xiaohui: "Xia is the backbone of our team; our whole family depends on him for a living. He can't just marry off anyone. If you want Xia, you'll have to take us all..."

"Brother Hui!" Yao Yao quickly reminded him, "Xia Xia got married."

Not only are they married, but their spouses also wield immense power.

Zhao Xiaohui quickly changed his tune: "Xia Xia definitely can't marry you, so why don't you consider me instead!"

Yao Yao: "I can do it too! I can do it too!"

The village chief looked at Yao Yao: "This kid is not bad, with thick eyebrows and big eyes," then looked at Zhao Xiaohui, "You... are not my granddaughter's type."

Zhao Xiaohui, who was being disliked: "Waaaaah!"

Guest: "Hahahaha..."

After dinner, the guests continued to work hard on their task of completing five rows each.

Xia Mian and Zhang Yuno had finished. Remembering the "bet" before leaving, Xia Mian took out her phone and started thinking about how to take a picture of Zhang Yuno.

He tried to take pictures of the scenery, and because it was undeveloped, Nanye was scenic everywhere, with beautiful views.

Summer Sleep had a sudden inspiration.

With the increasing prevalence of social networks, some travelers have shifted their focus from sightseeing to taking photos. If you take some unfiltered, beautiful photos and post them on social media to attract others to take photos, you're bound to get the information going.

"Yu Nuo, come over here." Xia Mian found the right lighting and started snapping photos like crazy...

Xia Mian finally stopped taking pictures when her phone warned her of low battery, and returned to the edge of the farmland with Zhang Yuno: "I'm done taking pictures, now I'm waiting to have a showdown with you guys."

"...Xia, you suspect you have a work system on you. If you don't work hard, the system will shock you." The task given by the program team was so heavy that Yao Yao thought he would automatically give up the bet made in the morning.

"I don't know if I brought the job system or not, but I know I'm going to beat you all," Xia Mian showed off a few beautiful photos she had taken. "Aren't they pretty? I'm going to help Sister Hong now."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xingtong's mind stirred.

There are only three female guests. After helping Liang Qiuhong, it's time to help her.

She turned her body around, facing away from the camera, and bent over. From a distance, it looked like she was diligently farming, but in reality, she didn't move an inch.

To everyone's surprise, after finishing Liang Qiuhong's task, Xia Mian and the other person didn't even look at her and went straight to Zhao Xiaohui's side.

After Zhao Xiaohui finished planting, they still ignored Yu Xingtong and went to see Yao Yao.

Yao Yao worked very hard. They were both young boys, but he didn't understand why he was slower than Xia Mian. He was holding back his anger and wanted to compete with Xia Mian.

But once they started working together, he discovered that some people were really smart. They could quickly get the hang of tasks they had never done before, and even figure out ways to achieve twice the results with half the effort.

And... Yao Yao whispered to Xia Mian, "Xia, aren't you afraid of getting sunburned?"

Those who can reach this level are all quite smart; they wouldn't be so clueless as to not understand farming. Their slow pace is partly for the sake of the variety show, and partly because they're afraid of the sun. They always hide their hands in their sleeves and their faces in their collars, spending all their time carefully avoiding the sunlight, which naturally leads to low efficiency.

If you rely on your looks for a living, whether you complete the task or not is not important, but losing your job is unacceptable.

"Oh well, I'll just get some sun. Consider it a good source of calcium," Xia Mian laughed nonchalantly.

Hearing him say that, Yao Yao felt a surge of pride, but when he thought of his own agent, he closed his eyes, which had been trying to look directly into the sunlight.

Yao Yao was young and much faster than Liang Qiuhong and Zhao Xiaohui. The three of them chatted and worked at the same time, and soon finished planting the remaining little bit of land.

After jumping around taking photos and helping out for so long, Xia Mian was exhausted and her back ached. She pulled Yao Yao and said, "Come on, let's go to the shade of a tree to rest."

Having not done physical labor for so long, Yao Yao was numb. He nodded and followed him to the foot of the tree.

Yu Xingtong had been keeping a close eye on their situation. When she saw Yao Yao being abducted, she was so anxious that she threw away her bucket. In a moment of inspiration, she pulled out two tissues and kept wiping her sweat.

After seeing the three people sit down under the tree, she swayed twice.

The hoe was thrown to the ground with a "bang".

The commotion was quite loud; the guests and even the production crew heard it. The director promptly reminded them, "Five guests have already completed the task; only Xing Tong remains."

Liang Qiuhong's knees were a little sore, and she was sitting on a small stool when she heard the sound. She slapped her forehead and said, "Oh dear, I forgot about Xingtong. Xingtong, how are you?"

Zhao Xiaohui works in comedy, and the scripts he takes don't require a certain image, so he doesn't pay much attention to his physique and often eats delicacies. Two years ago, he was officially diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar, and he gets breathless after even a little physical labor, so he was resting at the time. Hearing this, he and Liang Qiuhong ran over: "Heatstroke?"

Xia Mian and Zhang Yuno exchanged a glance and followed behind Yao Yao, their gazes falling on the ground that had been given to Yu Xingtong.

Most of the day had passed, but she hadn't even finished planting one row. Her intentions were obvious to everyone.

Xia Mian feigned surprise: "You've only planted so few, they must have been feeling unwell by this morning. Sister Tong, why didn't you tell us?"

Hinted at the summer's hibernation, the others looked at the pitiful half-row of land and understood something.

Having just received Xia Mian's favor, Liang Qiuhong also disapproved of her lazy behavior and chimed in, "It's all my fault. I wasn't careful enough. I didn't ask any questions when Xing Tong looked alright at lunch. Xing Tong, stop wiping your sweat and go rest."

Liang Qiuhong is a senior executive who usually works in Hong Kong and isn't afraid of offending people. Zhao Xiaohui and Yao Yao weren't that bold, so they suggested, "Yes, Xingtong, you should rest. We'll finish planting the remaining four and a half rows of land. The sun will be setting soon, and if we don't finish, we'll have to deduct a hundred dollars."

He emphasized the words "four and a half rows" very much.

The more Yu Xingtong listened, the worse her expression became, and the less she understood—yesterday those three were stirring up trouble, how could they suddenly stand on Xia Mian's side in just one day?

The guests were quite blunt; if she actually went to rest and let others complete the tasks for her, it would confirm that she was slacking off. Yu Xingtong could only grit her teeth and say, "No need for help, I'm fine, I can finish planting by myself."

Xia Mian insisted: "We'll help you."

Yu Xingtong insisted, "I'm really fine."

"Alright then, we're going to rest now," Xia Mian turned around, "Just call us anytime if you need anything~"