Chu Yinlong stared at Jiang Dao for a while and was about to get out of bed to wake him up when he saw Jiang Dao suddenly open his eyes and look straight at him.
At that moment, Jiang Dao's eyes were cold and sharp, like a sword that had drunk all the blood, overflowing with murderous aura.
However, in just a moment, Jiangdao yawned, stretched his limbs, and stretched himself lazily. His whole temperament suddenly became as lazy as a cat.
“Good morning…” Jiang Dao took off his headphones, turned off the online drama, and threw the pillow in his arms back onto the bed.
"Why did you fall asleep on the chair?" Chu Yinlong asked, "Is it too hot? Or did I squeeze you?"
"No." Jiang Dao smiled, "It's too quiet to sleep, I need to listen to something...My phone is out of battery, so I have to come here."
Hearing this explanation, Chu Yinlong was surprised: "To this extent?"
Jiang Dao nodded: "Yes, you have to listen to people talking. Music doesn't work. If you play movie interludes for too long without anyone talking, you'll wake up."
Chu Yinlong shook his head speechlessly. Suddenly remembering something, he turned around, rummaged through his backpack, found a small box and threw it to Jiang Dao.
"You can use the Bluetooth headset first. Charge it during the day and it should be enough to last all night."
Jiang Dao didn't hesitate to take it and said "thank you" to Chu Yinlong.
He actually has a Bluetooth headset, but whether it’s due to quality issues or the price, the battery life is only two hours, which is worse than plugging it in, so he simply doesn’t bring it with him.
It was just after five in the morning, but it was already bright outside the window. The chirping of birds echoed in the woods, occasionally mixed with the crowing of chickens and barking of dogs from other parts of the village.
Since they couldn't sleep anyway, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong simply got up. As soon as I walked into the yard, I saw Qi Peng coming out of the house.
"I'm going for a morning run later. Would you like to come with me, Xiao Chu?" Qi Peng said as he picked up the toothbrush holder and walked towards the bathroom.
"Okay." Chu Yinlong agreed, "Where are you going?"
"Go down the mountain and circle the island twice, which is exactly ten kilometers." Qi Peng's voice came from the bathroom, "I have a GoPro here, bring it with you and take some shots for you."
After washing up, Qi Peng came out of the house with his GoPro, only to see that Chu Yinlong was not the only one waiting at the door of Taoyuanju.
"Xiaodao also goes jogging in the morning?" He looked at Jiangdao with surprise.
Jiang Dao nodded: "I run five kilometers in the morning and five kilometers in the evening at home. I haven't tried running ten kilometers yet, so let me try... If it doesn't work, I'll stop in the middle."
He was a little unsure whether this body's heart and lungs could hold up, so he didn't say too much.
"Okay, let's go." Qi Peng waved, and the three of them went down the mountain together.
Although the conditions on this island in the middle of the lake are a bit harsh, it has to be admitted that the environment is really good. Even in the early summer morning, there is not the slightest heat. The cool breeze brings slightly moist and fresh air, and the bird songs and human voices around seem to be much clearer.
Jiang Dao and the other two came to the lakeshore at the foot of the mountain and began to jog along the compacted and leveled embankment road.
Along the way, they passed by residential houses and docks at the foot of the mountain, and some villagers greeted them with a smile, and it was obvious that they already knew Qi Peng.
After the first lap of five kilometers, Jiang Dao could barely keep up with the other two.
At the end of the second lap of five kilometers, Jiang Dao was already several hundred meters behind Qi Peng and Chu Yinlong. When he finally reached the stairs leading up the mountain, he saw Qi Peng and Chu Yinlong waiting for him there, with Cheng Zhiyi and An Zhe standing beside them.
"Not bad, Xiaodao," Qi Peng praised with a smile, "You actually ran the entire 10 kilometers."
Jiang Dao waved his hands, breathing rapidly and unable to speak.
Qi Peng pointed at the buckets full of water at Cheng Zhiyi's feet and teased him, "Do you still have the strength to carry water up the mountain?"
Looking at the amount of water in those buckets, Jiang Dao raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face: "As long as... you are not afraid that I... will spill it all halfway..."
Qi Peng laughed loudly, obviously not taking what he just said seriously.
Cheng Zhiyi and Anzhe also smiled kindly, each carrying two buckets of water, and followed the three people up the mountain.
When Jiang Dao returned to Taoyuanju, he found that breakfast was ready and two cameramen were already in place.
After a quick wash and change of clothes, Jiang Dao had breakfast with everyone, and the other staff members of the director team also arrived.
Next, the main feature of this episode of the variety show officially began filming. The morning task was to go to the villagers' homes to get goose eggs, take them to the town by boat, and exchange them for lunch ingredients at the convenience store set up there by the program crew.
"We have to think about what to eat for lunch first, and then consider how many goose eggs we need to pick up." Qi Peng is a long-time resident and is well versed in the program's routines. "There is no refrigerator in the courtyard. If we change too many things, they will go bad in one day in this season. It is best to change them to fresh ones every day."
"I brought bacon and dried beans," Chu Yinlong said, "which should be enough to make a dish. This way, we can exchange less."
"I brought some roast chicken, vacuum packed." Mu Zhixing said with a smile, "We can eat one for lunch and one tomorrow."
Haitang thought for a moment and said, "Then let's just exchange some ingredients for vegetarian dishes today. Oh, by the way, we're out of rice at home, so we need to exchange for a bag of rice."
Qi Peng: "Are there any more oil?"
Haitang nodded: "There's still plenty of oil and seasoning."
"Then we'll have vegetables and rice." Qi Peng thought for a moment, "Then I think twenty eggs will be enough... We can also pick up a few more for ourselves."
Hearing this number, Anzhe shrank his neck and said, "Twenty..."
The geese in this village are all raised on a small scale by the villagers themselves. Each household produces a small number of goose eggs per day, and it is considered good if a family can have three or four. If they want to collect twenty goose eggs, that means they have to go to at least four or five houses and pick four or five goose sheds.
However, in order to achieve the best effect, the program crew always contacted the families with the most ferocious geese in the village...So when Anzhe heard about taking out goose eggs, his heart trembled.
Cheng Zhiyi stepped forward and put his arm around Anzhe's shoulders: "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you."
Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, he heard Qi Peng's instructions: "An An, you take Xiao Dao; Xiao Yi, you take Teacher Chu, and we will split up to get the goose eggs. This will be more efficient. I'll go downstairs to prepare the boat, and we'll meet at the dock at the foot of the mountain in a while."
An Zhe looked at Cheng Zhiyi reluctantly, with tears in his eyes, and the latter spread his hands helplessly.
What Qi Peng said was basically guided by the director team. In order to make the filming more contrasting or conflicting, the grouping and division of labor cannot be based on personal preferences - unless the guest is a big enough star and can veto it.
For example, at this moment, Director Mu suddenly interrupted and said, "I can't just sit there doing nothing, can I? This way, I will be with Anzhe and Xiaodao. We have more people and power, so maybe that goose won't dare to mess with Xiaoan."
Everyone responded with good-natured laughter.
Anzhe trembled with fear all the way as he took Jiang Dao and Maki Zhixing down the mountain. Under the guidance of the director team, they arrived outside a residential courtyard. Through the courtyard wall, you can hear the cries of a group of geese in the yard.
Anzhe's hand, which was about to knock on the door, suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Jiang Dao chuckled and walked forward and knocked on the door.
Soon, the local residents came out with a smile and let them into the yard.
The black dog that was lying in the yard chewing a bone turned its head to look at the gate and froze in an instant.
The next second, it picked up the bone, tucked its tail between its legs, and quickly ran behind a house, never to be seen again.
The group followed the villagers to the goose shed, where they happened to see a big goose walking towards the door with an unconcerned gait. Anzhe subconsciously took a step back and hid behind Jiang Dao.
Jiang Dao lowered his eyes and met the eyes of the majestic goose.
“Gah!”
The big goose screamed, flapped its wings, and crawled away quickly, diving into the corner of the goose shed, with its butt facing outward and trembling.
Jiangdao: ...
What's going on?
He frowned and stepped tentatively into the goose shed.
There was a sudden commotion and the few geese that were nesting in the shed seemed to have seen their natural enemy. They fled for their lives to a corner far away from the door, and huddled together. There was even a goose that was halfway through laying an egg when it struggled desperately to escape. The egg was squeezed out in mid-air, rolled twice in the haystack, and landed at Jiangdao's feet.
"What's going on? What's going on?" The owner was startled by the noise in the goose shed and hurried over to check.
But then I saw a handsome young man with one foot in the goose shed, his hands spread out, without any weapons. The geese in the shed looked like they had seen a ghost, and all crowded in a corner far away, and none of them dared to get close.
"Huh?!" The owner of the courtyard was stunned.
Is this still the bully goose that dares to nag even its owner?
Jiang Dao sighed, bent over to pick up the goose egg that fell at his feet, turned around and handed it to An Zhe: "There are three more in the shed, let me pick it up."
Anzhe took the goose egg and nodded blankly.
Behind the two of them, Mu Zhixing raised his hand and rubbed the stubble on his chin, his eyes fell on Jiang Dao's back, and he smiled playfully.
Carrying four goose eggs, the group headed to the second mountain courtyard.
The gate of the yard opened, and as Jiang Dao stepped in, he saw three big white geese that were eating in the yard suddenly spread their wings and ran away at a high speed, fluttering over the fence in the corner of the yard and jumping into the doghouse.
"Oh my!" The old lady who was feeding the geese screamed and chased after them, "Come out! Da Huang loves to bite your tails! Come out...eh?"
In the doghouse, a fat and ferocious yellow dog was squeezed in the middle by three white geese, but he held his tail between his legs, with his ears erect, and looked vigilantly in the direction of Jiangdao, not daring to move.
Anzhe: ...
Director: ...
Camera: …
Jiang Dao calmly followed the old man who opened the door to the goose shed and took out two still warm goose eggs from the shed.
Then, the third one.
History, re-enactment.
"Xiaodao," Mu Zhixing said with a smile as he took the goose egg from Jiangdao, "Do you eat goose stewed in an iron pot every day, so the goose is afraid of you?"
Jiang Dao looked up at the sky speechlessly: "...I will definitely try it if I have the chance."
After coming out of the third mountain courtyard, Jiang Dao and his party met Chu Yinlong and Cheng Zhiyi unexpectedly on the road.
Cheng Zhiyi's clothes, which were clean when he set out, were now covered with mud and dust. Chu Yinlong stood by holding a net bag filled with goose eggs and carefully picked out a goose feather from Cheng Zhiyi's hair.
"Hey, what's going on?" The shepherd director was amused and asked, "Are you fighting with the geese?"
Cheng Zhiyi wrinkled his nose. "There's a gander in the house to the east. It's too fierce. An An was chased and bitten by it last time. Why don't we talk to the director and contact someone else? We're just short of two eggs..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Anzhe and Director Mu turned their heads together, and even the cameraman turned the camera and looked at Jiang Dao who was standing beside them.
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