◎Two-in-one◎
"Sister, is the watermelon delicious?" Xiao Long looked speechlessly at his sister who was about to finish the plate of watermelon in front of her. She ate happily and didn't feel the weird atmosphere at all. Should he praise her for being generous or not?
Xiao Chuchu covered her mouth and burped softly. "The watermelons grown by the villagers themselves are really sweet." She glanced at her brother and said suspiciously, "What's with that expression on your face?"
Xiao Long waved his hands tiredly, "It's okay."
Something flashed through Lu Ge's mind, but before he could grasp it, Director Zhang announced that the game was over and they could go back and rest.
Lin Chaojin and a few others packed up and left Chi Huai's house.
Lu Ge followed behind his sister, stroking his chin. Suddenly, something occurred to him. He quickly took a few steps to get in front of his sister, then walked backwards. With an unpredictable look on his face, he asked, "Are you carrying me and Brother Huai on your back..."
Lin Chaojin glanced down at his feet, not moving his pace. He raised his head and asked calmly, "What are you carrying?"
"That's right," Lu Ge snapped his fingers, "you played games behind my back, didn't you?"
Lin Chaojin paused, glanced at him and continued walking towards the house.
"Don't be silent. I must have guessed it," Lu Ge said, feeling incredibly proud of his correct answer. "But you're being so rude, not taking me along. My gaming skills have improved tremendously."
The evening breeze blew across the mountains, carrying with it the mumbling complaints of young people.
The next day, everyone was woken up by the sound of radio gymnastics again. Although their physical memories confused them for a moment, they were no longer in such a mess as yesterday.
A few people gathered in the small square, yawning. They checked the time and saw it was only 6:30 in the morning. They couldn't help but look at Director Zhang with resentment, "Director, we're all using Beijing time, right?"
"Um?"
"If you didn't know, you'd think you were living in East District 12 time."
Director Zhang continued calmly, "Your mission today is a group mission. Staff, bring up their equipment."
As they spoke, several staff members came up with a bunch of things and placed them in front of them.
Lu Ge picked up something from the ground: a set of rubber jumpsuits, a pair of rubber shoes, a pair of rubber gloves, and a straw hat. After taking a look at these things, Lu Ge asked with a bad feeling in his heart, "Director, these are our supporting equipment. What is our mission today?"
"Today's task is not difficult. We just need to go to the fields to dig lotus roots," Director Zhang revealed the answer directly without any hesitation.
Lu Ge and the others thought about it and decided that it wasn't any worse than yesterday's fishing, chopping wood and picking corn.
"Okay, then go change your clothes," Director Zhang waved his hand.
After a few people changed their clothes and came down, the live broadcast just started.
[Here we go, ahhhh, why did the game end last night? I still don't understand what's going on between Miss and Huai Shen. Director Zhang, are you not good enough?]
[I was so excited last night, Mom, the couple I was rooting for finally came true!]
[The reserved sister in front took me with her.]
[What do you mean by reserved sisters? Didn’t you even create a CP super topic?]
[Yes, sisters, welcome to join the "Jinchi" super topic on Weibo. You will open up a new world and there will be more food for you to eat.]
[Don’t go ahead, add me!]
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[Hh, so you guys mistook a family variety show for a dating show? Then you'll have to use an 8x magnifying glass to watch this from now on.]
Several people walked down wearing the jumpsuit, gray overalls style, each person's outfit had its own unique characteristics.
[Haha, Chuchu and Lingbao are so cute, like female Super Mario.]
[Brother Xiao, your muscular build makes you look like a plumber doing repairs.]
[Ahhh, Miss Ge Ye Huai Shen's three hair styles are so smooth and elegant, they are definitely not walking on the catwalk.]
After they changed into their equipment, they followed Director Zhang out of the village. As they walked, almost every household in the village got up. There were children lying on the wall watching, and when they saw them passing by, they quickly shrank back. After they left, they stuck their heads out again, looking as cute as little field mice.
Walking west to the end of the village, one comes into view of a large lotus pond, about ten acres in size. Lotus leaves are scattered one after another, some of which have withered and fallen into the fields. A lotus flower blooms not far away, its pink and white colors just as charming.
When Lin Chaojin and his companions saw this beautiful scenery, they couldn't help but want to go to the fields to try it out.
"Wait a minute," Director Zhang stopped them, pointing to an old man next to them, and said, "Let's let Uncle Hu demonstrate it to you first."
"Uncle Hu," Lin Chaojin and others greeted him friendly.
"Then let me show you my unique skills," said Uncle Hu, who had already walked down to the lotus pond and found a lotus stem with its leaves fallen off. "Put your hand in, feel the lotus root, shake it a few times to loosen it, and then pull it out with force."
As he finished speaking, Uncle Hu stood up straight, holding a large lotus root with four or five sections in his hand. Although it was covered in mud, everyone could see that there were threads attached to the parts where it was pulled apart. It must taste delicious.
Uncle Hu then demonstrated it to them several times in a row. "You've all learned it, right? Just remember the three tricks: touch, loosen, and dig."
"Remember," Lu Ge and the others nodded confidently as they watched Uncle Hu dig a small pile of lotus roots without much effort.
"Okay," Huber walked back to the shore.
"Then you can get started," Director Zhang pointed to two wooden boats not far away, "You can also row the boats to the center of the lotus pond to dig."
"There are still wooden boats?" Several people looked to the side happily, and saw two wooden boats parked on the shore. They were not big, and each could seat four or five people.
"Of course we should row to the center of the lotus pond," several people looked at each other and discussed as they walked towards the two boats.
When we got to the two boats, we were confused about how to group them.
"How about we have one for girls and one for boys," Xiao Chuchu suggested after a flash of inspiration.
"It doesn't matter to us boys, but we're just worried that you girls can row it," Lu Ge said again in a cheeky tone.
"Of course there's no problem with that," Xiao Chuchu retorted unconvincedly, turning to discuss with Lin Chaojin and the others, "Chaojin, Lingbao, Sister Yanruo, what do you think?"
"All is fine," the three of them said without objection.
"Okay, then we'll have one boat for each of the boys and girls."
After being divided into groups, Lin Chaojin, Xiao Chuchu and the other four girls pushed the wooden boat into the lotus pond and sat on it one by one.
"Then I'll control the direction from the front," Yan Ruo suggested.
"Okay," Lin Chaojin, Xiao Chuchu and Chi Ling looked at each other and had no objection.
Therefore, Xiao Chuchu and Chi Ling sat in the middle, and Lin Chaojin sat at the stern.
Several people held a few small wooden boards and slowly slid towards the center of the lotus pond.
Seeing that they had already gone to the fields, Lu Ge and the other four boys pushed the wooden boat down as well.
"I'll sit in the front," Yan Sinuo walked over first and spoke.
Lu Ge and the other two looked at each other without saying anything. Xiao Long and Chi Huai sat in the middle of the boat, and Lu Ge sat at the stern.
"Okay, everyone sit down," Lu Ge shouted from behind, and several people rowed the boat inside.
Before they had rowed a few meters, Lu Ge felt a mass of things nimbly "whoosh" and rush onto their boat.
Their boat couldn't help but shake violently.
Yan Sinuo, who was sitting in the front, yelled angrily, "Lu Ge, what are you doing? You're about to capsize the boat."
"What the hell?" Lu Ge was startled. Before he could take a closer look at the thing, it enthusiastically "rubbed" towards him. All of a sudden, Lu Ge was immersed in a ball of fluffy stuff.
"Lu Ge, don't move," Yan Sinuo yelled again.
Lu Ge rolled his eyes when he heard that. "It's not me." He reached out to steady the mass of things. He saw that it was the village dog, Da Huang, who was sticking out his tongue enthusiastically at him. Lu Ge held its head against his face to prevent its saliva from getting all over his face. He reached out and stroked its fur vigorously. "Why is it you, Da Huang?"
"What's that? Da Huang," Yan Sinuo turned around and took a look, frowning, "Why did you bring a dog up here? Lu Ge, hurry up and drive it away."
Lu Ge let go of Da Huang and spread his hands, "It jumped up on its own, there's no way to get it down."
The big yellow dog seemed to understand their conversation and barked at Yan Sinuo with a bad look on his face.
Yan Sinuo's face turned pale after being roared at by the dog for a few times. He was afraid that the dog would pounce on him and push him down. He pursed his lips and said, "Whatever you want," and continued to row the boat.
Xiao Longchihuai looked at the two of them speechlessly, and continued to row the boat with the wooden board.
Here, Lin Chaojin and his companions rowed the boat to the center of the lotus pond and stopped.
A few people looked at the boat surrounded by lotus flowers and lotus leaves. It looked like a painting, pleasing to the eye.
Lin Chaojin and the others looked at each other and couldn't help but say in unison: "How about we take a few pictures?"
After saying that, Xiao Chuchu took out her cell phone and said, "Come, look here."
Hearing her words, Lin Chaojin and Chi Ling leaned towards her.
When Yan Ru saw their actions, her face froze, and after a while she also moved over.
"Cheese," Xiao Chuchu shouted, and took a look at the photo. "Not bad, let's take a few more." As they spoke, they changed a few more poses, seemingly addicted to taking pictures.
When Lu Ge and his companions rowed over, they saw his four sisters taking photos enthusiastically, as if they had forgotten their mission.
Lu Ge looked at them in confusion, "No, what are they doing? Is it that serious? They even take pictures."
Yan Sinuo frowned, obviously disagreeing, "Boring," he might as well dig a few more lotus roots.
However, Xiao Longchihuai glanced at him and said nothing.
This was not the end. Lin Chaojin and the others took a group of photos, then rowed the boat to another place and started posing for the photos again.
Seeing that they were still in high spirits, Lu Ge and Yan Sinuo reached a rare consensus and had the same speechless expression.
[Hahaha, Lin Chaojin and the other girls are really real, just like me and my bestie who can't help but take selfies whenever we see a beautiful view.]
[Lin Chaojin, Xiao Chuchu, Chi Ling, Yan Ruo: Don't ask, what's the mission? Is taking beautiful photos important?]
[Lu Ge, Yan Sinuo: I'm speechless. I don't understand. What's so good about filming a lotus pond? Hah, is this the generation gap between boys and girls? You idiot.]
After taking the photos, Lin Chaojin and his companions tried to figure out how to dig lotus roots. However, with so many people on the boat, there was not much space. If everyone dug lotus roots on the same or different sides, the boat would shake.
Lin Chaojin picked up the wooden plank and plunged it into the lotus pond to test the water depth. Then, he lifted it up and placed it at his feet to gauge the depth. "It's not bad. The water should only be a little above the knees."
Xiao Chuchu gently rocked the wooden boat and realized that digging on the boat would be inconvenient, so she suggested, "Why don't we go down and dig."
"Yeah," Lin Chaojin and Chi Ling had no objection and nodded.
"I'm sorry, I'm having my period recently, so it may not be convenient for me to go into the water," Yan Ruorou said softly, looking a little pale.
Lin Chaojin, Xiao Chuchu, and Chi Ling glanced at her and said, "Then you stay on the boat. We'll go down."
"Thank you," Yan Ruo said with gratitude on her face.
[Em... Is Yan Ruzhen's period? Why didn't you tell me when we got on the boat? Then why didn't you go down to the lotus pond so early in the morning?]
[I don’t know why, but every time I see her smile, it feels fake. Is it because she has this Yan Ruo-style smile etched on her face?]
[There's no need to make such malicious assumptions earlier. Yan Ruo might really be having her period. You can't really let a girl go in the water.]
[Get lost! You're calling others fake, but I think you're the ones who are fake. Besides, Lin Chaojin and the other two didn't say anything, but you're the ones who are making trouble.]
Lin Chaojin held the boat and let Xiao Chuchu and Chi Ling go down to the field first. Then she went down and handed them two wooden boards. She reminded them, "Use the boards to test the way before you go. Be careful of the mud."
"good."
Here, Lin Chaojin and the other two got down to the lotus pond safely. Before they started digging lotus roots, they heard three "dong, dong, dong" sounds of people falling into the water not far away. The boat that Lu Ge and the others were on had capsized in the lotus pond.
After a while, three heads popped up there, like three wet dogs in the water.
Lu Ge wiped the water off his face speechlessly and grabbed the culprit who was trying to slip away, "Okay, Da Huang, I let you get on the boat, but you turned your back on me and gave us this."
They had just discussed that it would be much more convenient to get off the boat to dig lotus roots. After Chi Huai went down to the field, they prepared to go down one by one.
But when Yan Sinuo stood up and prepared to go down, Da Huang suddenly stood up from the boat, wagging his tail and approaching Yan Sinuo, sticking out his tongue, and the saliva dripped onto the boat.
Yan Sinuo was suddenly startled by the approaching Da Huang and could not help but dodge. His body began to shake, and the boat also began to shake.
"No, don't move," Lu Ge shouted loudly when he saw that the situation was not good.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the big yellow dog kicked the boat with its hind legs, and used the force to jump off the boat.
With a "bang", the boat capsized in front of the three people's terrified eyes. Fortunately, the water in the lotus pond was not deep, but Lu Ge and the other two were in a very bad mood. Looking at Chi Huai who was watching the excitement nearby without any problem, they felt even more angry.
The dog was caught by Lu Ge, and turned its head with a cry, trying to rub its head against him affectionately.
"Don't be a good boy," Lu Ge held its head steady and ruffled its fur before letting it go. He threatened, "If you do this again next time, I'll ruffle all your fur."
Da Huang blinked his dog eyes and looked at him aggrievedly. Lu Ge took a look and said, "Okay, I'll let you go."
As soon as he let go, a bucket of water came over his head.
Lu Ge closed his eyes and wiped the water off his face. He opened his eyes and looked at the culprit who had happily swam away, gritting his teeth and roaring, "Da Huang, I will remember you. Wait."
[Haha, I really doubt Ge Suangsong's IQ, it's even lower than Da Huang's.]
[Heh, what kindergarten speech? You're still waiting for me. Are you waiting for a human-dog duel with Da Huang? Dog head.]
[The sisters in the front are amazing, and there's even a human-dog duel. I suspect Lu Ge will be pinned down by Da Huang and then have water kicked in the face.]
[Da Huang scorned: Stupid human, you still want to compete with me.]
"Sister," Lu Ge was deeply hurt. He looked at Lin Chaojin aggrievedly, hoping that she would do justice for him.
Lin Chaojin withdrew her gaze and said to Xiao Chuchu, "Let's start digging from here," refusing to respond to him.
[Miss: You're disgusting! You still call me sister! I don't have a silly brother like you.]
Lu Ge was listless for a while after not getting a response. Then, thinking about digging lotus roots, he perked up again. "Come on, I must dig more lotus roots today to earn enough money for dinner."
[Hh, this kid is really carefree.]
[Here it comes! The flag that Master Ge has set is here again. The sisters are placing their bets on whether Master Ge can succeed this time.]
[How can a man say no? I can’t do that to you.]
[Sister in front, your turn almost broke my back, I can't stand it even for a cent.]
[No +1.]
[You guys are really too mean. Be careful of Ge Ye's assassination.]
Lin Chaojin, Xiao Chuchu and Chi Ling bent down slightly, groping for the lotus roots, and began to dig up the lotus roots according to the tricks given by Uncle Hu. At first, they only dug up small roots, with only two small pieces.
"Well, after washing it, you can eat it like sugarcane," Xiao Chuchu joked, gesturing at the lotus root in her hand.
"It would be fine to add some cold dish," Lin Chaojin and the other two were not discouraged. Fortunately, after they became more skilled, the lotus roots they dug out were much bigger than at the beginning.
On Lu Ge's side, Xiao Long and Chi Huai gradually got the hang of it and dug up half a basket of lotus roots.
Yan Sinuo stepped into the mud and tried to pull his foot out, but the mud was very sticky and he couldn't pull it out even with all his strength.
Lu Ge took a look at his constipated expression and kindly said, "Do you need me to help you?"
"No," Yan Sinuo was about to refuse outright, but he couldn't pull his left foot out, so he said frustratedly, "I need it."
"Tsk, what a character," Lu Ge reached out and grabbed him, and in a short while he pulled him away from that place.
Yan Sino took his hand back, opened his mouth, and said awkwardly, "Thank you."
"It's no big deal," Lu Ge waved his hand nonchalantly, turned around and went to find the part of the lotus pond he liked and started digging.
Lu Ge chose a spot, bent down and fumbled around, and soon he dug out one. Before he could be happy, he looked at the lotus root in his hand, which was only one-third the size of his palm, and said, "No way, are you kidding me?" He threw the small lotus root into his basket and continued to move his position.
Twenty minutes later, Lu Ge stared at his small basket of crooked melons and cracked dates with a wooden face. He turned to look at Xiao Long and Chi Huai's baskets, which were filled with lotus roots that were much larger than his own. He said, unwilling to give up, "Brother Long, can I come over to your place and dig some together?"
"Sure," Xiao Long said nonchalantly, "My lotus roots are growing pretty strong."
"Okay, thanks," Lu Ge walked over and stood not far from Xiao Long, bent down and continued to grope. After a while, Lu Ge looked at the lotus roots in his hand that were not enough to fill his teeth, frowned, threw them into the basket, and moved closer to where Xiao Long was standing without giving up.
Five minutes later, Xiao Long and Lu Ge looked at each other for a while.
Xiao Long glanced at the pitifully small lotus roots in Lu Ge's basket and said, "Haha, I might have dug up all the big ones."
"Hehe," Lu Ge twitched his lips. There was no need to comfort him like this. He also glanced at the lotus root in Xiao Long's hand which was twice the size of his. He asked him to comfort him with more sincerity.
Xiao Long quickly hid the lotus root in his hand and laughed awkwardly, "Haha," not knowing how to continue the conversation.
"Okay, I'll continue to change places. I just don't believe it," Lu Ge clapped his hands and walked towards Chi Huai. This fellow who had fished with him before said, "It doesn't make sense, Brother Huai, you are so strong, but I can't."
Chi Huai glanced at him coldly after hearing this, and was too lazy to pay attention to him.
[Haha, God, please be brave, Ge, you are full of nonsense again.]
[Lu Ge: My brothers abandoned me and rose to prominence. How could this be possible?]
[Brother, I told you not to set goals casually.]
Lu Ge stood beside Chi Huai and became ambitious again. "I will dig a big one for you this time," he said as he bent down and began to grope.
Five minutes later, Lu Ge grinned at the lotus root in his hand, "You monkeys are relying on me, right? Fine, I don't believe that I can't catch you, Monkey Brother, with my Tathagata Buddha Palm."
He threw it into the basket and bent down again. Another five minutes passed. Lu Ge and Lianou looked at each other, as if they were old monks in meditation, like Buddha ascending to heaven, giving up on themselves. "Okay, whatever you want."
This is not the end. Chi Huai frowned and looked at the few small lotus roots he had just dug out. He looked at Lu Ge coldly and asked, "Can you find another place?"
"What?" Lu Ge was completely confused. When he saw Chi Huai's little lotus roots, he couldn't help but laugh. "Haha, brother, what's wrong with you?" He pointed at himself and widened his eyes at his expression. "You don't think I've brought you bad luck, do you?"
Chi Huai didn't say anything, glanced at his hands, looked up and gave him a look, what do you think.
"Haha," Lu Ge rolled his eyes, and when he noticed his eyes resting on his hands, he got furious. "My luck isn't bad."
[I can't stop laughing. Ge Songsong really has some mystical knowledge. The stinky hand has returned to the arena, and even Huai Shen has been brought down by him.]
[Haha, is it possible that Huai Shen's luck wasn't very good to begin with, and once he got involved with Lu Ge, the two of them lost, and it became a double loss. Didn't you see that Brother Xiao Long was not affected?]
[Haha, I think you are right, sister.]
[Lu Ge Chi Huai: I'm laughing at you.]
Lu Ge looked down on Chi Huai's behavior, and continued to look for a place in disbelief. After groping for a while, his hand paused, and he looked up with shining eyes, "It's done, this time it really is a big lotus root."
Xiao Longchihuai looked at him silently.
"Hey, you guys don't believe me," Lu Ge loosened the lotus root for a while, then pulled it up with both hands with great effort. He couldn't dig it up for a while, "This time it must be big."
With a "plop", Xiao Long couldn't bear to look at the person who squatted into the lotus pond.
Lu Ge, who fell on his butt, didn't care at all. He shook the lotus root in his hand and said, "Look, I dug a big one."
[Brother, it's not that serious. It's just a lotus root. Heh, your butt hurts, right?]
[This silly kid must be going crazy with joy. He finally got his way for a while.]
When the sun rose, several people returned to the shore.
Director Zhang took a look at their results, paused for a moment at Lu Ge's basket, and said teasingly, "That's quite a harvest."
"That's right," Lu Ge seemed not to hear the joking in his words and shook the lotus root in his hand, "Look, how strong it is."
Director Zhang's mouth twitched. Is this what he was talking about?
"Okay, let's go back to the small square and weigh it."
The group returned to the small square carrying baskets. Lu Ge placed the basket at his feet and compared it with the results of the other guests without blushing or getting excited. He even showed off his large lotus root to Lin Chaojin, "Sister, look, am I awesome?"
Lin Chaojin glanced at him indifferently and hadn't said anything yet. At this time, Dahuang, who was squatting under the banyan tree, came over with his tail wagging. He walked around the basket in front of them like a leader on inspection, and then slowly stopped in front of Lu Ge.
Lu Ge reached out and stroked its fur. "Well, your brother is awesome, isn't he?"
I saw Dahuang break free from his hand, then looked up, glaring at him with a pair of dog eyes, Dahuang's contempt.jpg.
Lu Ge was so angry that he put his hands on his hips and said, "Da Huang, what are you looking at me with?"
Dahuang glanced at him again, then walked away wagging his tail.
"Oh my god, is this dog a spirit? Why can I read contempt in its eyes?" Xiao Chuchu looked at Dahuang in wonder and said in surprise.
[Haha, this Da Huang is absolutely amazing. I've already captured his emoticon and captioned it "Emperor's Contempt."]
[Sister, please don't leave. Send me a copy of the emoticon pack.]
[This time, Ge Songsong was stabbed in the heart by a dog. Da Huang: Haha, stupid human, that's all, that's all? What's there to brag about?]
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