Chapter 108
"Why are you crying?"
Li Yubai frowned slightly and raised his hand to wipe the teardrop on Jiaojiao's face.
"No." Jiaojiao looked up at her father, her dark and bright eyes filled with doubts: "Jiaojiao didn't cry!"
Li Yubai showed the wet tip of his finger to the crying little fellow who refused to admit it: "Look what this is?"
Jiaojiao looked down at her father's hand, her slightly wrinkled face filled with obvious confusion: "This is Daddy's hand!"
Li Yubai looked at Jiaojiao carefully, and after finding that there was nothing unusual in his eyes and expression, he stopped asking.
Maybe it was the eyelashes that pricked my eyes, or maybe it was the strong wind that blinded my eyes.
Anyway, as long as I'm not sad or unhappy, it's fine.
After her father stopped asking, Jiaojiao blinked in confusion and nestled sideways in her father's arms. She held her father's hand with her little paws and lowered her head to count the whorls and ripples on the pattern.
In the office of Wanbo Group, Lu Jie, who had been staring at the live broadcast, was pulling the previously recorded live broadcast forward for a distance, and then staring at it carefully, but found that there was no golden crown mark in the recorded video at all.
He frowned, making sure that he had not seen it wrong. At one moment, a golden crown-like mark flashed across the child's forehead.
Lu Jie looked at Jiaojiao in the video again.
I have to say, this kid named Jiaojiao is indeed a bit weird!
Let’s not talk about why the injured and pregnant golden monkey was willing to let him get close to it. Let’s just talk about how he, who was sitting in the car, discovered the golden monkey lying among the grass and trees, which was very secretive?
Lu Jie, who couldn't figure it out, lowered his eyes and brought the golden statue closer.
The vehicle of the Time and Space Zaizai program crew was driving quickly forward on the mountain road.
The view from here rises infinitely higher, above the white clouds, outside the universe, in an endless void space.
Countless nebulae were born here, and in the center of the numerous nebulae, a vague human figure was surrounded by golden light, and an invisible sound wave spread outward.
"Hesdaze...bright..."
Hesdez, who suddenly appeared in this place, raised his hand and scratched his head: "Jiaojiao? That child was taken away by Su Cang and sent to another world to play."
"I went out to play..."
"Have fun..."
"Don't worry, that child has a piece of your divine bone in him. He will not suffer any loss no matter which world he goes to."
As soon as Hesdizer finished speaking, Hesnemon, who had been forcibly awakened, fell asleep again in nothingness because he was worried.
In the complex and magnificent nebula, the golden figure is real and illusory, and golden light particles are constantly floating in from afar and merging into this illusory figure.
Time passed little by little, and after driving for another two hours, the program crew finally arrived at a small mountain village that seemed isolated from the world.
It was already time for dinner. Smoke rose from every household. From afar, I could hear the barking of dogs in the village, and the voices of adults standing at the door calling their playful children to come back for dinner.
Cao Yuhao and others, who had never seen this scene before, leaned against the car window curiously, smelling the aroma of food wafting in the air, and looking at the children running hurriedly across the ridge of the field with their dogs in the distance, thinking that in a few days these would be the little brothers who would follow him.
Cao Yuhao, who has a lot of snacks and toys, is so sure.
After entering the village, the car drove for about twenty minutes before finally reaching the destination.
"I'm so hungry, hurry up and cook!" Cao Yuhao shouted as soon as he got off the car.
Jiaojiao, who was carried out of the car by her father, sniffed the aroma of food in the air and couldn't help swallowing. She was indeed hungry after sitting in the car for such a long time.
"Welcome guests to our first stop, the mushroom house in the village." As the director shouted with a loudspeaker, everyone's eyes fell on the house behind them, and their eyes were suddenly filled with surprise.
It’s true, the name of this mushroom house is quite appropriate. There is a colorful mushroom house in the middle of the yard in front of me, and there are five short and fat little mushroom houses around it. It looks cute like the mushroom house where elves live in the fairy tale world.
"Wow!" Lou Yaoyao was the first to exclaim, "I want to live in that pink mushroom house."
"Then I'll live in the sky blue one." Shi Huairou followed.
"Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao and dad live in that place. What color is dad's place?" Jiaojiao looked up and asked her father.
Li Yubai looked in the direction of his little finger and said, "Song Lu."
"Jiaojiao and her father live in that pine green house."
Watching the young guests scramble to choose their own houses, the director beside them chuckled twice and raised the speaker again, saying, "Children, if you want to choose your favorite mushroom house, you must first complete a small task before the meal."
After hearing these words, the young and senior guests turned to look at the director. Jiaojiao, who didn't quite understand, followed her father to look at the director holding the loudspeaker.
The director, meeting their gaze, said calmly, "It's already dinner time, but we arrived too late and haven't had time to go to the market to buy enough ingredients. So, to prevent Dad, Mom, and you from going hungry all night, the young guests need to go to other households in the village to trade for ingredients and bring them back to cook for Dad and Mom."
"Within half an hour, the child who finds the most ingredients gets to choose the house they want first, the child who finds the second most gets to choose second, and the child with the least ingredients gets to wait until everyone else has chosen before getting the last remaining house."
"Now, please come up and collect your things in exchange for food."
As the director spoke, Li Yubai carefully explained it to Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao nodded her head after understanding, "Jiaojiao, I'll remember it."
Seeing this, Li Yubai touched his head before putting him down from his arms.
Jiaojiao, who got down from her father's arms, looked up at her father, then walked forward with her short legs, took a bag of colorful shells from the director uncle's hand, and also put on her back a small bamboo basket with colorful mushrooms painted on it.
As she left with the small bamboo basket on her back, Jiaojiao turned back and waved to her father, saying in her tender little voice, "Daddy, wait for Jiaojiao obediently. Jiaojiao will bring me some delicious food."
A flash of astonishment flashed through Li Yubai's mind. Although his face showed no expression, he nodded, agreeing with Jiaojiao's request to wait for him to come back. He also said, "Be careful on the road."
Netizens in the live broadcast room couldn't help but say after seeing this scene: "Family, who understands? When Li nodded in response to Jiaozi's words of waiting for him to come back, the contrast was so great..."
"I have to say, there was something strangely obedient about his nod."
"Seriously, this huge contrast is so exciting that even my phantom limb is hard..."
"Ahhh, so lovely, so lovely!"
"Ahem... This is a variety show for young children, please be careful."
"Ahem... ahem..."
"Ahem...Ahem..."
"Ahem... Sorry, I usually surf the internet a lot and I couldn't control myself for a moment."
While netizens were browsing the live broadcast room, Jiaojiao had already arrived at the first village household.
Jiaojiao, who was standing outside the door, raised her little hand and gently knocked on the door three times.
Maybe Jiaojiao knocked on the door too softly, so there was no sound from inside the room.
After waiting for a while and seeing no one open the door, Jiaojiao raised her little hand and knocked again, shouting in her childish voice, "Hello, is anyone there?"
Wang Quezi, who was sitting in the house eating, heard someone knocking on the door. He turned his head to look in the direction of the door, put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up, walked over with one foot deep and one foot shallow to open the door.
When he opened the door and saw no one, he thought he had misheard. When he was about to close the door, a small voice came from below. He looked down and found that it was a child who looked very fair, tender and delicate.
"Hello, uncle." Jiaojiao raised the shell in her hand with great effort and said to the man in front of her, "Jiaojiao, can I exchange this for some ingredients with you?"
"Oh, damn, I thought I saw a demon in the world!"
The netizens who were caught off guard and saw Wang Quezi in the live broadcast room were all shocked.
'God, he looks scary!'
"This guy can scare me to death even without special effects in a horror movie."
"Jiaozi, run! This guy is obviously not a good person."
"Run, run, we are not here anymore."
"There's a house just ahead, dear Jiao, let's go there!"
"That's right, isn't Jiaozi usually very sensitive to bad people? Run away!"
Just as the netizens in the live broadcast room were anxiously urging Jiaojiao to leave, Wang Quezi, who heard Jiaojiao's words, set his eyes on the colorful little shell in Jiaojiao's hand. He frowned slightly and was about to say something when he suddenly remembered what the village chief said to the villagers a few days ago.
At that time, the village chief's general meaning was that a TV station was coming to the village to shoot a variety show, and asked everyone to cooperate as much as possible and promote the village. In that time, maybe their place would become a tourist destination, which would add another source of income to the village.
Before the program crew came, they paid a lot of disturbance fees to the village, and he himself received about 700 yuan.
Thinking of this, Wang Guizi paused what he was about to say. Even if he wanted to refuse him, he should be more tactful, at least not to scare the child to tears.
Thinking of this, he looked down at the child in front of him whose eyes were so clear and bright that it seemed as if he was not afraid of him at all. For some reason, he felt much better.
In his early years, he was in an accident and his face was burned by fire. There were horrific scars on most of his face, and the nose on the left side of his face was burned off. Since then, no matter whether it was the children in the village or the children in the county, anyone who saw him would either be scared and cry or avoid him with fear and disgust. There were also many naughty children who threw stones at him and shouted "monster". Even the old people in the village were a little scared when they saw him and dared not look him in the face.
On the contrary, it is rare to see such clean and bright eyes like the child in front of me, without any fear or disgust.
Or maybe, it is not impossible to exchange some food for this child.
Wang Quezi, who was in a rare good mood, said in a hoarse voice: "Wait!"
He turned around and limped into the house.
When Jiaojiao heard her uncle telling her to wait, she obediently stood at the door and waited.
The netizens in the live broadcast room were extremely anxious.
"Silly Jiao, I told you to wait and you actually waited!"
"Turn around and run!"
'The look in this man's eyes is terrifying!'
"Aren't you very sensitive to bad people? Why are you so stupid at the critical moment?"
"You wait here, what he takes out may not be the ingredients or the knife."
"Li Yubai, come and see...your silly Jiao has been deceived!!!"
The shouts on the barrage were heartbreaking, but no one could hear the netizens' sincere cries through the screen.
Not long after, to the horror of netizens, Wang Quezi came out of the house with a handful of garlic shoots and a piece of bacon weighing about three or four pounds.
"Here." He handed the bacon and garlic sprouts to Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao leaned to the side and looked up at him: "Uncle, can you help Jiaojiao put it in the bamboo basket?"
Wang Quezi paused for a moment, then squatted down with a stern face and put the bacon and garlic sprouts into his small bamboo basket.
The sudden increase in weight in the bamboo basket pushed Jiaojiao backwards and she almost fell on her butt.
Wang Quezi, who grabbed his little hand in time, frowned and said, "Can you carry it?"
He was caught off guard just now, but after adapting to the situation, Jiaojiao could still carry this little bit of stuff. He looked up at Wang Quezi and smiled sweetly, "I can carry it."
Wang Quezi snorted at his smile, withdrew his hand, stood up and was about to leave, but he felt a pulling force on his trouser leg.
He looked down and saw Jiaojiao pulling his trouser leg with one hand and holding a colorful shell with the other: "Uncle, give it to me."
Wang Quezi, who had forgotten about this, bent down to take the shell, turned around and went into the house, closing the door without hesitation.
Seeing the door closed, Jiaojiao called out in a childish voice from outside the door, "Goodbye, uncle." Then she turned around and left with the small bamboo basket on her back.
After getting something changed, Jiaojiao's pace of walking was different. She swung her little hands and took steps with her short legs. From behind, her little butt was twisting and turning, which was very cute.
Wang Quezi, who was watching this scene through the crack in the door, had a smile in his turbid eyes. This kid is really adorable!
After leaving Wang Quezi's house, Jiaojiao went to other households in the village to exchange for a bunch of vegetables, six eggs, five garlic cloves, two pieces of ginger, two pounds of pork tenderloin, and a four-pound fish.
The four-pound fish could not fit in the small bamboo basket, so Jiaojiao could only hold the fish in her arms and walk back with difficulty, gritting her teeth.
After walking for five or six minutes, Jiaojiao, feeling a little tired, squatted on the ground, breathing heavily to rest.
After resting enough, Jiaojiao tried to stand up holding the fish but found that she couldn't.
Jiaojiao blinked in confusion, looked down at the fish in the black plastic bag in her hand, thought for a moment, put the fish on the ground, supported herself on the ground with both hands, and climbed up with her butt sticking out.
But because his butt was raised high, the bamboo basket flipped over and everything inside rolled out.
The person stood up, but all the things fell down, and Jiaojiao's little face was confused.
After coming to her senses, Jiaojiao looked at the two broken eggs on the ground and wrinkled her nose with a look of heartache.
Jiaojiao, feeling distressed, squatted down to pick up the eggs, carefully put them into the pocket in front of her belly, then put down the small bamboo basket on her back and picked up the things on the ground one by one and put them into the basket.
In the distance, a skinny young man was walking towards this side carrying a bamboo basket so high that it was enough to bend his back. He happened to see Jiaojiao, who was unable to carry the bamboo basket and had to put it on the ground and drag it with difficulty.
Zhou Yi, with dark skin and a pile of pig grass on his back, stopped when he saw this. A hint of hesitation flashed in his thin, bulging eyes, but he still walked forward and asked in a low voice, "Do you need help?"
Hearing the voice, Jiaojiao looked up and said crisply, "Yes."
Zhou Yi reached out to grab the small bamboo basket, but stopped abruptly when his hand was about to touch it.
He glanced at the clean straps embroidered with patterns on the colorful bamboo basket in front of him, then glanced at his dark hands covered with sores and dirt. He withdrew his hands a little embarrassedly and wiped them frantically on his clothes.
After wiping, he looked at his still dirty hands, hesitated, lowered his head and picked and chose for a while on his only two clothes that were still intact, and tore off a piece of relatively clean cloth from the corner of his clothes.
His clothes were already very worn out, and it didn't take much force to tear off a piece of cloth with just a slight tear.
Zhou Yi concealed the pain in his eyes, wrapped his hands with the torn cloth, and then picked up the bamboo basket that looked exquisite and expensive.
"Brother, why are you tearing your clothes?" Jiaojiao, who was walking beside Zhou Yi, asked in confusion.
Zhou Yi was a little surprised to be called brother. He glanced sideways at the child next to him who was dressed elegantly and looked like a city kid. He said a little embarrassedly, "My hands are too dirty."
"Oh." Jiaojiao nodded, then looked up at him: "Brother, is it heavy? Jiaojiao can hold the fish."
Zhou Yi saw that his eyes were clear and bright, without any disgust in them. A small joy flashed through his heart, and he stammered a little: "No, it's not heavy."
For him, who always speaks harsh words, this little thing from the child is really not that serious.
After walking a short distance, Jiaojiao heard a gurgling sound. He tilted his head in confusion and looked up at Zhou Yi: "Brother, did you hear anything?"
Zhou Yi shook his head in embarrassment and changed the subject: "No, are you going to get home soon?"
"We're almost there." Jiaojiao raised her hand happily and pointed ahead: "That's it."
Hearing this, Zhou Yi looked up and saw those expensive cars and those people who looked very powerful.
He subconsciously stopped and stood stiffly where he was, not daring to move forward.
Just as Jiaojiao was wondering, he saw Li Yubai walking towards him. He quickly put the small bamboo basket on the ground, and without even saying goodbye, he hurried away carrying his pig feed.
Jiaojiao took two steps after him with her short legs, but then she lost sight of him. She stood there, tilting her head in confusion, and muttered softly, "Jiaojiao hasn't said thank you yet."
Standing outside the yard, Li Yubai strode over to Jiaojiao upon seeing her and picked her up. "What are you talking about?"
Jiaojiao looked up at her father and said, "A brother helped Jiaojiao, and Jiaojiao hasn't said thank you yet."
"Let's talk about it next time we meet." Li Yubai said. He also saw the young boy carrying pig grass just now.
Because of his short legs, Jiaojiao was the last one to come back, and even exceeded the time limit by eight minutes, but he got the most things except Lou Yaoyao, so the director gave him third place.
When choosing a house, Jiaojiao failed to successfully pick the pine green mushroom house he liked. That mushroom house was chosen by the second place winner Cao Yuhao. The reason was that he felt that Jiaojiao liked this mushroom house, and if he lived in this mushroom house, Jiaojiao would come to play with him often.
Without her favorite mushroom house, Jiaojiao chose an orange one.
After the houses were allocated, the live broadcast room was closed. We were all tired after traveling all day, and the official recording was not until tomorrow. Today was just a warm-up, so there was really no need to continue the live broadcast when everyone was so tired.
A group of exhausted people quickly prepared dinner in the colorful mushroom house. After eating and taking a rest to digest the food, they returned to their own mushroom houses, put their luggage away, washed up and went to bed.
The night passed quietly, and when the sky turned a little pale, the roosters in the village began to crow one after another.
Before the rooster crowed, Zhou Yi, who was sleeping curled up on the ground in the dilapidated woodshed, had already woken up and started to get busy.
When he got up, the first thing he did was feed the chickens at home, and then he was busy making breakfast.
In a short while, he had prepared the morning with swift hands and feet. He glanced at the porridge and eggs in the pot and swallowed subconsciously.
Not daring to touch the food, he endured the growling of his stomach, picked up the tattered backpack beside him, and hurried up the mountain.
While climbing the mountain, he thought of the child he met yesterday. The look in his eyes, which showed no disgust, pity or disdain, made him inexplicably happy.
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