Chapter 21 The peacock spreads its tail, you look beautiful, I love to watch
Du Ningyou looked straight into his eyes, without dodging or escaping, and kept looking for nearly ten seconds, then rubbed his raised hand gently, like an obedient kitten, and after being obedient, she "waggled her tail" and left.
Zhou Yangze didn't react at first and kept doing the same thing as before she left. Only after she walked away did he realize something and quickly chased after her.
"What did you mean?"
"It's nothing."
"What do you mean by 'nothing'? Do you agree to it? Are you willing?"
"I don't understand what you are saying." She said this but she was smiling.
Zhou Yangze was so annoyed by her attitude that he put his arm around her shoulders and said, "No matter what you say, I'll take it as your consent."
Later, Du Ningyou washed up while Zhou Yangze fetched water. At breakfast, he diligently peeled eggs and made sure to feed them to her. When the makeup artist came over to do her makeup, he pulled up a stool and stared at her, unblinking. Du Ningyou reached out and pushed his face away. "Can you please stop looking at me?"
"You're pretty, and I love looking at you, is that okay?"
“…”
The makeup artist was wearing a mask, but her smile was evident in her eyes.
After a while, they arrived at the gathering place. Seeing Zhou Yangze's smug look, his black shirt looking rather showy, Chen Ziyou said angrily, "Isn't it just two first-place finishes in a row? Look at how cocky you are! I thought the world's richest man was walking towards us."
Zhou Yangze patted his shoulder and said lightly, "You don't understand." Then he walked away leisurely.
Chen Ziyou was speechless, "Why do I feel like beating you up today?"
At this time, Du Ningyou came over and said with a smile: "Brother You, don't pay attention to him. Do your best today."
"Sister Ning You is the one who stays calm. Unlike Zhou Yangze, he gets complacent after a small achievement..."
After everyone arrived, the director announced today's tasks.
"There's a thousand-year-old tea tree in Shiqiao Village. Now is the season for picking 'early autumn tea.' Just like the lingering flavor of autumn tea, it also hides a profound and timeless story. Today, it's up to you, the guests, to discover the secrets behind this thousand-year-old tea tree. First, find the tree; it will guide your next steps."
After the director finished speaking, all the guests rushed to the outside to ask the villagers who were watching. After all, it was a thousand-year-old tea tree, and the villagers must know it.
"It's easy to find. First, cross the stone bridge, then walk east for about a mile and you'll see it. It's quite obvious."
"Thank you, brother."
After knowing the location, Chen Ziyou saw his elder brother riding a motorcycle, so he borrowed his motorcycle. Then he drove Ai Jia there in a hurry and became the first group of guests to depart.
Next came Su Qiang and her group, who borrowed a tricycle and quickly set off. Zhou Yangze and Du Ning were left to slowly bargain with the program crew.
"20 bucks to rent that SUV for three hours."
"20 yuan! Mr. Zhou, when did you become so stingy?"
"There's no other way. I have to make money to support my family, so I can't spend money carelessly."
"Then you can borrow a motorcycle or tricycle from the villagers like the other groups."
"The nearest ones have all been borrowed by them. If I go farther, they'll probably have already arrived by the time I can borrow one. It's too time-consuming. I want that SUV. Name your price."
Wang Dao knew they had plenty of money, so he casually said, "According to the market price, if you rent a car for less than a day, I'll charge you 300 yuan."
"150 at most. It's only three hours, not a whole day. Don't frame me as someone who has never borrowed a car before."
"How am I framing you? Master, if you just look around, you'll know this is already the lowest price. However, since we're acquaintances, I can give you a discount. The lowest price is 200, no less."
"Okay, 200 is 200."
After renting the car, Zhou Yangze took Du Ningyou in. At this time, their cameraman also wanted to get in, but he couldn't open the door. Someone in the driver's seat said nonchalantly: "I rented this car. If you want to ride, you have to pay 100 yuan first."
Cameraman: “…”
"My fee is a fair price. You see, other cameramen can only ride on a tricycle, but you can film us riding a comfortable off-road vehicle together for a whole day. Charging you 100 yuan is definitely worth it."
The cameraman looked at Director Wang miserably, and Director Wang could only return one of the bills he had just received to them with a painful heart.
With the off-road vehicle, they quickly caught up with Su Qiang and others who were staggering in the tricycle. Zhou Yangze opened the window and deliberately slowed down to walk with them.
Su Qiang asked indignantly, "Where did you get the car? Did you use your privileges? I'm going to report you and the production team!"
"Don't blame me, we rented it for 200 yuan."
"He is indeed a rich man. He is willing to spend two hundred yuan." That is one-third of their savings.
Zhou Yangze didn't mind and got down to business.
"There are two seats left in the car. Would you like to get on? It's not much. I'll give you 10 yuan each and take you to the ancient tea tree."
Su Qiang refused directly: "No, let's go over there slowly."
"Are you sure you don't want to sit? Chen Ziyou should be here soon. From what I know about him, he will definitely do something bad if he gets the clue. By the time you arrive, it may not be the same clue as before."
This reminded them, and Jiang Lingfei suggested, "Sister, why don't you and Wen Ni take a car and go get the clues early. I'll rush over to pick you up."
Su Qiang thought about it and nodded. Finally, she and Wen Ni paid 10 yuan each and got on Zhou Yangze's off-road vehicle.
Chen Ziyou and Ai Jia were the first to arrive. From a distance, they saw a huge tree that required at least three people to hug. It had many trunks and dense branches and leaves. When they got closer, they could even smell a faint fragrance of tea.
A young man in ancient costume was picking tea leaves under the tree. Just as they were about to go over to ask, they saw an off-road vehicle appear, and then Zhou Yangze and others got out.
Chen Ziyou was stunned. "Isn't this from the production team? Zhou Yangze, you cheated!"
"Don't blame me, I rented this for two hundred dollars."
"...You're awesome. I'm heartbroken right now with two hundred bucks."
Without further ado, they quickly looked for clues.
At this time, the young man under the tree stroked the ancient tea tree and whispered, "This tree was planted by my wife and I. She said that people only know the goodness of spring tea, but they don't know that autumn tea has its own unique charm. So I searched everywhere and finally found a tree that can produce autumn tea. My wife and I planted it in this small courtyard, and we can pick it in the blink of an eye."
After the other party finished speaking, he invited them, "Could you guests do me a favor? Could you help me pick some tea leaves?"
Several people responded: "Okay."
There were many of them, and they picked a small bag in a short time.
The young man then bowed and said, "Thank you all for your help today. Once I have this tea roasted, I'll be sure to invite you all to taste it. Also, my wife should be at Mrs. Wu's dyeing workshop right now. If you run into her, please let her know so she doesn't miss her meal."
"Okay, we'll pass it on."
"Thank you. I won't keep you here any longer."
The story ends here, and the place they are going to next is probably the dyeing workshop mentioned by the young man.
Ai Jia asked, "Where is Mrs. Wu's home?"
Du Ningyou raised his hand and said, "I know."
Zhou Yangze quickly held her hand and looked at everyone with a gleam in his eyes. "This piece of information is worth 5 yuan. There are also two empty seats on the bus. Whoever pays the most will go with me."
Su Qiang and Chen Ziyou were speechless. It seemed like he came here to make money.
Su Qiang pulled Chen Ziyou over and discussed quietly, "Zhou Yangze is too arrogant. We can't let him make money so easily, nor can we let him take first place."
"agree!"
"So we do this: each family can send one person to ride in his car so that we can know the exact location. It's 10 yuan per person. No price gouging."
"good."
Zhou Yangze was a little disappointed to see how harmonious they were, but any money he could earn was good, even 20 yuan would be fine.
After discussion, Ai Jia and Wen Ni got on the off-road vehicle, Chen Ziyou and Su Qiang followed on motorcycles, and at this time Jiang Lingfei had just driven a three-wheeled tricycle to the location of the ancient tea tree.
Su Qiang said to him directly: "Ling Fei, go to the stone bridge and wait. When I get the clue of the next location, I will send you a message immediately, and you can rush over directly."
"good."
Zhou Yangze brought his men to Mrs. Wu's house at the village head. Sure enough, the yard was full of brown cloths drying in the sun, which had a simple and elegant beauty in the breeze.
When they walked into Mrs. Wu's house, they saw a young woman hanging out to dry handkerchiefs. She must be Mr. Chai's wife. Wen Ni took the initiative to approach her and said, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Chai's wife?"
The other person's expression was coquettish. "It's me. Are you my husband's guests?"
"Well, Mr. Chai asked us to tell his wife not to miss the time to go home for dinner."
"Haha, he really is... I understand. I'll go home now. Thank you, young lady."
"You're welcome."
Each other's face was filled with a happy smile, and anyone could feel the deep affection between the young couple.
Mrs. Chai took down the handkerchiefs that were drying and said to them before leaving, "Mrs. Wu's tea-dyeing skills are very exquisite. You can experience it here. Especially if you have a crush on someone, it would be great to dye a plain handkerchief for him yourself."
They understood and it seemed that they wanted to experience the tea dyeing technique here.
At this time, Chen Ziyou and Su Qiang also arrived on motorcycles, and immediately started to act in pairs.
Mrs. Wu instructed them as she demonstrated, "First, pour the tea leaves into the pot, then add water in a ratio of 1:2."
"While the tea is being brewed, you can draw your favorite designs on the handkerchiefs."
…
Zhou Yangze handed the pen to Du Ningyou, and then he stood by and watched with his hands on his back.
"What should I draw?"
"It's all right. This is a gift from you. Think about it yourself."
"Who said I'd send you off?"
"Didn't Madam Chai just say that if a girl has a crush on someone, it would be great to personally dye a plain handkerchief for him?"
"Who said I have someone I like? Besides, why is it you?" He is quite good at identifying with people.
Zhou Yangze ignored all that and shook her hand with a smile, "Hurry up, we're slow. If you can't think of anything to draw, just draw a stick figure portrait of the two of us..."
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