Chapter 384 Chosen by Heaven
People who have lived in the south for many years know that winters in the north are cold, but they never thought it would be this cold.
Especially for those who have lived in Linjiang all year round, the thickest clothes they prepared were down jackets. After getting off the car for a while, their cheeks and earlobes were frozen red.
I was wearing thin-soled shoes and was frozen to the bone after standing in the snow for a short while.
As the youngest guest here and the one with the shortest debut time, Cheng Yuhan took the initiative to go to Ma Tao to get the key to the courtyard.
Cheng Yuhan shrank his neck, revealing a small section of his hand from his sleeve. He inserted the key into the keyhole with trembling hands, and turned the key several times with no effect.
Cheng Yuhan looked helplessly towards the director team and said, "Is it not possible to open it? Is it the wrong key?"
"There is only this one key." Ma Tao crossed his arms over his chest and watched Cheng Yuhan unlock the door without any reaction.
Cheng Yuhan pulled out the key and tried again.
The key can be successfully inserted into the lock, but it cannot be turned.
Ma Tao reminded, "The lock must be frozen."
"What do you mean?" Cheng Yuhan looked helpless.
Zhang Rong put her hands in her sleeves and said, "Director, just tell me, are we unable to enter?"
"Of course you can get in, you need to find a way yourself." Ma Tao sniffed because of the cold and casually took the military coat and cotton hat handed to him by the staff.
It was unknown when the lock could be opened. Song Zhiyuan was so cold that he was rubbing his hands and stamping his feet. Song Zhiwei immediately took off his cotton coat and wrapped it around Song Zhiyuan.
[Top stream, I will really cry to death if you do this. 】
[Even if it's just your sister, the top star is telling us that there are no so-called straight men in this world, only men who are willing to take you to heart.]
After taking off his cotton coat, Song Zhiwei was only wearing a white low-necked sweater. When the wind blew, Song Zhiwei shivered from the cold.
The winter in the north is much colder than in Linjiang. If you don’t dress properly, you will get sick.
Song Zhiyuan quickly returned the clothes to her brother and said, "Hurry up and put on your clothes. I'll be in the car for a while."
Song Zhiyuan and Zhou Qingli returned to the car one after another.
Ma Tao asked them to find a way to unlock it themselves, and Cheng Yuhan got some hot water.
Pour water on the lock, and the frozen lock will melt in a short while.
In order to prevent the lock that had just thawed from freezing again, Cheng Yuhan turned the key as quickly as possible and opened the iron door.
The farmyard is a full 200 square meters in size. One side is filled with neatly stacked firewood, and the other two sides are open spaces made of bricks and stones, which are probably used for growing vegetables in the yard in spring and summer.
There are also small animals such as chickens, ducks, sheep, etc. raised by the owner of the yard in the backyard.
After entering the courtyard, Zhang Rong pushed open the unlocked door with familiarity. A burst of warm air immediately filled the room. Zhang Rong called out to everyone, "Come over quickly. The room is warm. Turn on the heater."
[Sister Rong, that's not a heater, that's a coal stove, used for heating in rural areas in the north in winter.]
Upon hearing this, all the guests entered the room carrying their luggage.
My hands and feet, which were almost frozen, warmed up after staying in the room for a while.
Everyone walked around the room curiously.
The courtyard has only one row of rooms in the north, which are divided into three rooms in total, and the three rooms are connected to each other.
The living room is in the middle, and there are two bedrooms on the east and west sides respectively.
They didn't sleep on beds, but on earthen kangs made of bricks and tiles.
Due to limited rooms, everyone was naturally divided into two rooms, one for men and one for women.
There are only three girls in the group.
Since Zhou Qingli had always targeted Song Zhiyuan and had a bad relationship with her, the two of them naturally slept at opposite ends of the earthen kang, with Zhang Rong sandwiched in the middle.
There were relatively more people in the boys' group, and the large earthen kang seemed particularly crowded, so people had to rest next to each other.
When everyone had made their beds and came out, Ma Tao sat in front of the coal stove in the living room to warm himself.
The guests sat down in groups of three or four.
“Although we don’t have to do farm work in today’s recording, because we want to be self-sufficient, it is divided into three tasks.
Corn is one of the important agricultural products in the north. The corn harvested in autumn needs to be dehydrated and dried, and then kept until winter for threshing, crushing, and making corn grits porridge.
Corn grits porridge was one of the main staple foods in the 1990s. Even today, when people are well-off, it is still on many tables. You need to grind corn into grits today.
Each pound of grits can be exchanged for five yuan.
The money for crushing the grits can be advanced, up to a maximum of one hundred yuan, but all the grits must be crushed today, otherwise the program team will take back the advance money.
In addition, the other two tasks are cooking and purchasing.
The cooking staff needs to clear the snow from the yard and chop the firewood for your earthen kang tonight."
Ma Tao took out a handful of sticks of varying lengths from his pocket and sorted them out as he said, "For the sake of fairness, we will use a drawing of lots to determine your next task."
"The member who draws the shortest stick needs to thresh and crush the corn to make corn grits porridge.
If you draw the middle position, you need to complete cooking, snow sweeping and firewood chopping.
In addition, the member who draws the longest lot needs to go out and buy food for tonight."
After saying that, Ma Tao wrapped the sorted wooden sticks in paper and presented them to everyone, making sure that no one could see the length of the sticks.
Everyone drew lots in turn according to where they sat, starting with Zhou Qingli.
Song Zhiwei, Zhang Rong, Lin Yuan and Zhou Qi were unlucky and drew the shortest stick, which required them to complete the crushing of 20 kilograms of corn.
In addition, Bai Qing, Chen Zhe, Zhou Qingli and Cheng Yuhan drew medium lots respectively, and they needed to complete the tasks of cooking, sweeping snow and chopping firewood.
The last three people who drew the lottery were luckier and got the longest lot, so they could go out and buy things.
Song Zhiwei held the shortest stick in his hand and stared at the long stick in Shen Jingmo's hand, lost in thought.
Chen Jingmo is so lucky. There are so few long sticks, but he still managed to draw one with his sister.
That dog Shen Jingmo knows everything he's thinking and will definitely not trade with him. As for Duoduo, letting Duoduo grind corn is a bit like bullying a child.
Let’s finish the recording of this program as soon as possible, so that bastard Shen Jingmo will have no reason to get close to his sister.
[Why is the top star staring at the best actor with ill intentions?]
[Because the movie star and Sister Song were assigned to the same group, but he wasn't, he must be jealous.]
[The Movie King and Sister Song are such a match made in heaven. Given the odds, they'd be paired together. It would be a little unreasonable if they weren't.]
"Next, you will start working according to the tasks you have drawn." Ma Tao handed the advance of one hundred yuan to Song Zhiyuan from the purchasing team.
[Are the production team serious about letting Zhou Qingli cook? ]
[Those who can cook and those who can't cook fell silent.]
Fans have not forgotten that the charcoal-grilled braised pork made by Zhou Qingli almost drove Lin Yu'an crazy. That was the meat they had worked so hard to get.
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