Before growing up
Li Jibai and Yan Zhichen have received higher education, possess a strong sense of morality, and have been law-abiding for the past twenty years.
For both of them, secretly picking a few handfuls of vegetables is definitely an unforgivable crime!
Yi Jingchen agreed with this and patted his teammates on the shoulders sadly, asking them to surrender themselves after finishing their meal and seek leniency.
[If you take me with you, I'll have company when we get in.]
[Now you two are the only ones left to depend on each other.]
[Wait! If my teammates steal vegetables, will it affect my civil service exam?]
"..." In the distance, Chi Yaoxi, who was in charge of making the fire, raised his eyelids and glanced at them, then looked at the two bunches of vegetables they brought back, and was strangely silent for a few seconds.
He felt that he was too normal and didn't fit in with the silly boy band next door.
"Calm down. A few vegetables are nowhere near the amount needed to file a case," Chi Yaoxi said calmly. "Besides, the production team will pay for it."
"Really?" Three pairs of big watery eyes looked at the program crew at the same time, their gazes full of anticipation.
"Really, really," the production crew reassured, fearing the young people might act impulsively and turn themselves in to the police. "Actually, our program is a partnership with the local village. We've already agreed on the price for your food, clothing, housing, and transportation here."
"Huh, that's good." Li Jibai let out a long breath. "I almost couldn't graduate because of my criminal record."
Yan Zhichen was also relieved, "Fortunately, my teaching certificate will not be revoked."
Chi Yaoxi said helplessly, "Stealing does violate the law. If you are hungry, even if you go to the police station to steal food, you will not be arrested."
"I know!" Yi Jingchen raised his hand. "This is an emergency! The police officer will let you sit down and treat you to a meal in the company cafeteria!"
Chi Yaoxi said "hmm" and called the three of them over. The water in the pot also boiled.
He got out a few bags of instant noodles from somewhere, unpacked them and prepared to throw them in.
"etc!"
Aurora and the other two were dumbfounded.
"Senior, where did you get the instant noodles?"
Chi Yaoxi threw the pancake into the pot and replied casually, "I just robbed two kids."
Aurora, who was almost ready to turn herself in because she had pulled two bunches of greens: ...
You are more criminal.
How about you turn yourself in first?
Time goes back to twenty minutes ago. Chi Yaoxi lit the fire and thought about the three younger classmates. He always felt that they were unreliable.
Just at this moment, two middle school students came over from the other side of the road, carrying bulging school bags, talking and laughing with each other, and it seemed that they had already made an appointment to go out and play.
Chi Yaoxi just looked at them twice, his eyes dull and without any emotion.
The middle school student was immediately attracted by the beautiful and seemingly fragile Chi Yaoxi. He walked towards him honestly and asked Chi Yaoxi what was wrong and whether he needed help.
"My friend and I didn't have breakfast." Chi Yaoxi stated the fact softly.
As a result, when the words reached the ears of the middle school students, they became "a beautiful woman who appeared out of nowhere and was left homeless on the streets and starved for three days and three nights."
How could two hot-blooded kids tolerate this?
They immediately took off their schoolbags and took out the instant noodles, egg cakes, biscuits and candied fruits.
It just so happened that they had already made an appointment to go to the mountains to play today and stay outside for a day, so they brought plenty of food.
"Give it all to me, what are you going to do?"
"That's all right!" the middle school student said cheerfully. "Let's go to the mountains and pick some mushrooms!"
When Chi Yaoxi heard that they were going to pick wild mushrooms, he was afraid that they would not be able to come down after going up. Seeing the little people all over the mountain, he politely only took half.
The two children who had been robbed left with the remaining things on their backs, looking very proud, and the red scarves on their chests seemed to be even brighter.
This good deed must be recorded in the diary!
Yi Jingchen figured out what had happened and looked at Chi Yaoxi in shock.
[Middle school students are so easy to fool!]
He narrowed his eyes, looked carefully at the pitiful face of his senior, and changed his mind instantly.
[You look so deceptive!]
Chi Yaoxi looked at him and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Yi Jingchen immediately looked away, becoming as cowardly as a big cat.
Chi Yaoxi instructed them to pick and wash the stolen vegetables, throw them into the pot, and beat a few eggs provided by the production team. After they were cooked, they added a piece of pickled mustard greens that Yi Jingchen had begged for, and it looked quite decent.
Even though instant noodles are considered junk food in the eyes of most parents, the program crew did not make things too difficult for them. After making sure breakfast was ready, they called the five children over.
Along with the five children came a man with very short hair, with the hair above his ears shaved into intricate patterns.
Yi Jingchen glanced at his nails and found that they were indeed manicured.
The stupid silver shaded cat couldn't help but grumble and complain.
[I heard that I needed to get beauty sleep to protect my nails, and I thought it was a girl.]
[If I had known it was a man, I should have grabbed you!]
The people around pinched their thighs, trying hard not to laugh.
This stupid cat is clearly double-standard.
"It smells so good! Thank you for your hard work." The man came over, acting like a superior, as if ordering a servant around. "I need to control my weight, so give me more vegetables."
"That..." Li Jibai stared at the other person, not knowing how to address him.
Yan Zhichen also didn't know him, so he adopted the attitude of educating a child and asked with a dagger hidden in his smile, "The teacher hasn't taught you, so please, what should others say?"
The man seemed to be frozen for a few seconds before he said awkwardly, "Sorry, sorry, I have low blood pressure and my mind is not clear just after getting up."
[No way.]
Yi Jingchen exposed it in seconds.
[You have high blood pressure, that's fine!]
The man was repeatedly confronted and felt a little embarrassed. He looked at these impolite juniors.
Chi Yaoxi, one of the 'juniors', asked casually, 'Who are you?' without even raising his eyelids.
——This sentence is simply devastating to men!
"Don't you know me?!!!"
The three Auroras shook their heads in unison, "I don't know them."
“…” The man was almost mad to death.
His stage name is Kim Yong-ki. He debuted as a member of an overseas boy group in his early years, and he is also very popular in China.
The company positioned him as an 'international artist'.
Kim Yong-ki is indeed worthy of the title of international artist. He has developed well both at home and abroad, unlike Kwon Eun-woo and Zhuo Wenjie, whom they had met before, who could only take care of one thing.
What makes Kim Yong-gi and his fans most proud is that after his debut, he received an admission notice from a well-known foreign university, giving himself an aura of academic excellence.
For the recording of "Summer Vacation Mini Class" this time, the program team invited all highly educated artists in the domestic entertainment industry.
However, there are not many highly educated artists in the domestic entertainment industry, so they have to turn their attention to Kim Yong-ki, who is often promoted as a "top student" or "college genius".
Kim Yong-ki has a very high opinion of himself, and when he heard that Ji Yo-hee didn't even recognize him, he almost lost his temper on the spot.
After all, he was an old artist with some experience. He suppressed his anger and introduced himself with pride, emphasizing his academic qualifications.
After listening to his introduction, Yi Jingchen suddenly understood.
"Oh! It's that university where you can enroll even if you fail the exams as long as you have a letter of recommendation from your advisor!"
Jin Yongji's expression suddenly became strange.
Li Jibai, who entered university through the exam-oriented education system, was a little confused. "Is a university like that really okay?"
"Foreign universities are not like domestic universities. Many well-known institutions are private," Yi Jingchen told them. "School leaders may place more emphasis on profits than on education."
To put it bluntly, star students like Kim Yong-ki are definitely not short of money and can bring great benefits to the school.
[Besides, the letter of recommendation only means that he can enroll, not that he can graduate successfully.]
[If his diploma is withheld for eight or ten years, the school can make a few more bucks, so why not?]
The four of them completely ignored Kim Yong-ki's flushed face and loudly discussed the differences in educational systems.
The audience watching the live broadcast in front of the screen, except for Kim Yong-ki's fans, were all laughing like crazy.
[Hahahaha! Don't be so straightforward, you guys.]
[Forget about Yi Jingchen, what's going on with Little JB and Teacher Xiaoyan? ]
What's wrong with Little JB? Is there anything wrong with a middle school boy's straightforwardness? As for Teacher Xiaoyan, have you forgotten his explosive remarks during the competition?
[I remember that Teacher Xiaoyan said during the competition that he could help people with illiteracy by entering the domestic entertainment industry. Do you really think he's a pushover?]
[Our little group is like this, but what about Chi Yaoxi? Isn't he a senior? ]
Take a close look at Chi Yaoxi. Can you imagine him licking the so-called 'seniors'?
[Excuse me, excuse me!]
[Haha, these newcomers are really speechless, taking rudeness as their true nature]
[Gold dust comes out to clean the floor? First explain why your master didn't complete the breakfast task.]
When it comes to 'completing the breakfast mission', Kim Yong-gi's fans are unable to find a way to defend themselves and start playing dead again.
Several other fans rolled their eyes and scoffed.
So pitiful.
The main character is not up to the mark, and the fans have no reason to fight with him.
When Yan Zhichen saw the children running over, he immediately put himself into the role of a kindergarten teacher, calming the five children and asking them to wait patiently for dinner.
Ranran had never met a male teacher before, so she subconsciously hid next to Yi Jingchen.
Yi Jingchen stretched out his hand for her to hold, and whispered soothingly, "Don't be afraid, he is a very good teacher and will not hurt you."
"Yeah." Ranran nodded slightly and mustered up the courage to go and line up.
"So good~" Yan Zhichen took out little red flowers and smiley face stickers like a magician and gave rewards to each child one by one.
“After the show, the children who collect the most stickers will receive a special gift.”
"Wow!" The child in Teacher Xiaoyan's care jumped up happily. "I already have three stickers. I'm sure I can get them."
The other children were not convinced, and their desire to win was instantly aroused.
Li Jibai first poured the instant noodles into several small bowls and distributed them to the children.
When it was their turn to eat, the noodles were already a little clumpy, but the four of them didn't care. Instead, Kim Yong-ki made a few complaints, but no one paid any attention to him.
After breakfast, I started the first task of the day.
"Summer Vacation Mini Class" is positioned as a 'study tour' variety show, and it cannot be just about traveling without studying.
Their task in the morning was to draw lots and learn five different local musical instruments from the villagers.
During lunch time, the children had to cooperate to perform a song.
The best-behaved children will have priority in choosing a room at night.
Prioritizing house selection sounds like an old reality show tactic.
In order to avoid having to live in a thatched hut at night, everyone was particularly interested in learning musical instruments.
Before Yi Jingchen drew the lot, he clasped his hands together and silently prayed for the blessing of the Cat God.
Chi Yaoxi was in the front of the line and picked one at random. The program staff laughed in tacit understanding.
"I've heard Chi Yaoxi has bad luck, and sure enough he drew the hardest one."
"Two-stringed zither, some of them have learned this."
Chi Yaoxi had long been accustomed to this, and took the depressed child to the village to find a master to learn from.
Yi Jingchen prayed to Buddha for a long time, and then gave the right to draw lots to Ranran.
Ranran was a little nervous, but she mustered up the courage to take out the small note inside, on which was written the three words "Hulusi".
"Hulusi?" Ran Ran tilted her head. "Is it something to eat?"
"No, it's a musical instrument. It has a gourd on top and a flute on the bottom." Yi Jingchen finished explaining and said confidently, "I can do this!"
The others heard it and looked at him enviously.
The instruments they drew were ones they had never heard of before.
The staff chuckled again, saying that metaphysics had come true again.
Although this cat is stupid, it can always get what it wants.
"Let's go~ Let's go find the Hulusi master!" Yi Jingchen grabbed Ranran and turned to walk towards the village.
"Don't you know how to do it?" Yan Zhichen asked.
Yi Jingchen gave him a look and said, "We've been teammates for so long, don't you know me well?"
He will.
Just a little bit.
It's possible to show off, but not to teach others.
Yi Jingchen knew his own limitations, so he didn't boast that he would teach Ranran. Instead, he took her by the hand and walked into the path in the village.
In recent years, the pace of development has gradually shifted from cities to mountain villages.
This place is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. Many tourists come here from far and wide.
The road in the village was built a long time ago, and the houses on both sides show signs of renovation. The independent houses look very imposing.
If the convenience of life is not taken into consideration, Yi Jingchen would be happy to live in such a countryside.
"Brother Chen." Ran Ran called him and said crisply, "This place is different from what I thought."
"What did you imagine?"
Ran Ran, who grew up in the city, gestured to him, "A mud house like that, with grass on top, leaks when it rains."
"Oh, I've seen houses like that and reported on them a few times." Yi Jingchen told her truthfully and seriously, "There won't be any more of them in the future."
“Without a house, will they move to the city?”
"It's good that they want to go to big cities. But many people are attached to the land they live on. What our generation and yours have to do is to ensure that all our compatriots have enough food and clothing and live in houses that don't leak." Yi Jingchen finished speaking and smiled, "It's too early to tell you this. I don't know what kind of job you will do in the future."
"I, I want to be like you!" Ranran looked at him with longing in her eyes.
This was the second time Yi Jingchen heard such words.
Last time, a child said that he wanted to become an adult like himself.
"Okay." Yi Jingchen said with a smile, "It's my honor to be your role model. Before you grow up, let our generation protect you from the wind and rain."
Ran Ran tilted her head, as if thinking of something, and asked seriously, "Brother Chen, are there many people like you?"
Yi Jingchen knew what she was going to ask, so he stopped and squatted down to look Ranran in the eye.
"I know you've met some bad people and encountered some bad things in the past, so you're afraid of strange adults."
"There are many adults in this world. Just because you meet one bad one doesn't mean all of them are bad."
"Of course, just because you meet a good one doesn't mean all of them are good."
"You have to learn to use your own subjective judgment to analyze a person's good and evil. Blindly hating everyone is indeed a bit extreme, but blindly trusting everyone is also not advisable."
Yi Jingchen felt that what he said was a little difficult to understand, so he pointed at himself and said, "Do you think I'm a good person?"
"Yeah!" Ranran nodded vigorously.
"I'm not, I also have my own shortcomings and dark side." Yi Jingchen told her, "But I won't expose my shortcomings and dark side to you, nor will I hurt you, so you can think of me as a normal person."
"They can't control their emotions and hurt you and mom. They are abnormal people." Yi Jingchen smiled, "In this world, normal people must be the majority."
"I understand." Ran Ran finally understood and said seriously, "You and those brothers are all normal people. I can interact with you."
Just as Yi Jingchen was about to speak, he heard Ran Ran continue, "That uncle with short hair is not a normal person. I want to stay away from him."
Yi Jingchen immediately swallowed back what he had just said.
[very good! ]
[The children can now start their apprenticeship.]
The audience was moved and amused when they saw their interaction.
[Wow, silly Xiaochen is so gentle, the ceiling of healing idols]
[u1s1, what impresses me most about Yi Jingchen is that he knows that the world is imperfect and is willing to tell everyone that the world is imperfect, but he wants to create a perfect world for everyone]
[The sister above is so good at saying it!!! I feel the same way. When I was chasing other idols before, they would act so warm that it felt unreal to me, like a fairy tale on air. But Chenchen is different. He is working hard to build a beautiful world.]
[I peed my eyes, sob sob… I’ve seen Ranran’s mother’s homepage and know what she went through before. Everyone else told Ranran that she couldn’t do this, that there were so many men in society and she had to meet them, but only Chenchen told her that she didn’t have to meet people like that.]
[Indeed, and Yi Jingchen did not emphasize gender. Extreme people, regardless of gender, should be avoided.]
[You are all crying, am I the only one laughing?]
[And me, that short-haired uncle is not a normal person, hahahaha Ranran is very smart]
[My sister is so smart! I'll follow this standard from now on~]
Yi Jingchen laughed for a while, then felt Ranran reach out and gently touch his hair, then quickly retract her hand to observe his reaction.
"Is it nice to touch? This is fake hair." Yi Jingchen tugged at the end of his hair. "I dyed my hair a few days ago. That color isn't suitable for an educational variety show."
"I want to see it." Ranran said expectantly.
"Not now, I haven't done my hair yet." Yi Jingchen said with a smile, "I'll show you tonight."
"Yeah!" Ranran nodded, looking forward to it.
"Let's go, we still have to learn Hulusi." Yi Jingchen said, taking Ranran with him and continued to look for a Hulusi master in the village.
The Hulusi is not a very difficult instrument, but it is hard to find a master to play it.
Because the program team arranged a fixed master, Yi Jingchen asked for a long time before he found the master in white clothes who looked like he was going to practice Tai Chi in a wilderness at the end of the village.
When the master saw him, he put his hands behind his back and pretended to be a hero. "Why did you come just now? I have been waiting for you for a while."
Yi Jingchen stared at him, looked left and right, and saw that he was holding a book by Mr. Jin Yong in his hand.
"Master, you got the wrong script." Yi Jingchen said frankly, "Today I want to learn the Hulusi, not the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."
"Hulusi? You should have told me earlier." The master stopped pretending, put Jin Yong down, took off the Hulusi from the belt on his back, and asked them to sit directly on the big rock by the roadside.
"First of all, do you know Hulusi? Why is it called Hulusi?" The master took out the Hulusi and was about to show off his knowledge.
Yi Jingchen answered clearly and in detail, "Because it looks like a gourd, and the sound it makes has a light, flowing texture like silk."
"..." The master's show-off failed, and he decided to go deeper. "Speaking of the Hulusi, it has a long history."
"Yeah." Yi Jingchen nodded in agreement. "Hulusi originated in the pre-Qin period, and it has a history of thousands of years."
"Wow!" Ran Ran said admiringly, "Brother Chen, you know so much!"
"Because Hulusi is not a cultural heritage, I interviewed an expert when I was doing a special project and learned a few tricks from him," Yi Jingchen said frankly.
[Only learned twice.]
[I haven’t learned it yet.]
"Should I teach you or you?" The Hulusi master felt embarrassed and yelled.
The stupid Silver Gradient immediately became timid and gestured, "You teach me, you teach me."
"Forget it, let's start with the fingering." The master was too lazy to talk about those fancy things, so he took out two Hulusi, one big and one small, and gave the small one to Ranran.
Ranran took it and blew into the gourd, but no sound came out.
"Your breath is too weak. This requires a certain amount of lung capacity." Yi Jingchen raised the Hulusi and blew two small conch horns.
He can only play two sentences, he can't play the third sentence.
The master just heard him speak so clearly that he thought he was here to cause trouble.
After listening to Yi Jingchen's speech, he immediately laughed.
"Half-baked, listen to me." He raised his Hulusi and played a small conch trumpet at a concert level, which made the two audience members next to him applaud.
"That's nothing! I can play more complicated songs. Just order whatever you want!"
Yi Jingchen happily ordered a song, "Then let's play 'Plan A'!"
"What song is that?"
"Our group's song~"
"Do you have the sheet music? Let me take a look."
"Yes!" Yi Jingchen handed over the music score. When the master heard it, he was overwhelmed.
Are you trying to tire him to death by playing the Hulusi in a song with such dense interludes and such a fast beat?
The master tried to back out, and Yi Jingchen watched eagerly from the side, his cat's eyes full of anticipation.
[Live version of "Plan A" with traditional Chinese instruments, so exciting!]
[I'm going to record this and share it with my teammates!]
[Wait, my teammates seem to be nearby.]
"Um, wait a moment!"
Seeing that his master was about to speak, Yi Jingchen stopped him and called Li Jibai and Yan Zhichen over.
Yan Zhichen and Li Jibai arrived quickly and brought two young audience members with them.
"Master, I heard you can play 'Plan A' on the Hulusi?"
"After you're done, can you play 'Aurora'?"
"Why don't you just play the entire first album, Master? Is that okay with you?"
Master: Thank you. I am sweating profusely.
When netizens saw the master's embarrassment, they laughed in a particularly wicked way.
I never expected that something even more immoral was yet to come.
At the same time, Du Xingwei and Tian Xitu, who finished work early, took out their mobile phones to watch their teammates' variety show live broadcast.
Seeing this scene, Du Xingwei immediately took out his mobile phone and sent a video call request to Yi Jingchen.
"Captain, we want to listen to the Hulusi too!"
Tian Xitu: "I'm calling Shu Lang. He asked us to set up a group meeting."
"Okay, okay~" Yi Jingchen asked his master to wait a moment, borrowed a laptop from the program crew, and started a group meeting.
Soon, six curious heads appeared on the group meeting page.
It was clearly a small team mission, but the nine members of Aurora unexpectedly combined in a strange way.
"The audience is here, Master, you can begin now."
At this point, the master no longer had the chance to admit that he was not capable and could only pick up the Hulusi with a fearless attitude.
The nine older boys were particularly supportive.
“It sounds good~”
"It turns out that the Hulusi can also be played in singing and dancing. I should ask you to accompany me at my next concert!"
"How about playing 'Aurora' next?"
"In that case, we can't miss out on 'Super Pick'!"
The master had no choice but to pick up the Hulusi again, and an idea flashed through his mind:
——What was the original mission I received?
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