Love Variety Show (31)
The paddy fields in the village were arranged in a "田" (field) pattern, each approximately one mu (approximately one acre) in size. Ruan Qi took a quick look and discovered that the paddy field where Xi Jiu and the others were located had only less than a third of the seedlings planted.
According to Ruan Qi's many years of experience living in the countryside, manual transplanting can cover about 0.1 mu of rice seedlings per hour. Four people should be able to transplant nearly one mu of rice seedlings in two hours, but now it's not even one-third of the capacity, which is really inefficient.
Did something happen?
Ruan Qi was a little worried about Xi Jiu, and her pace quickened. However, when she and Ji Beibei reached the paddy field, before they could say anything, they heard a "plop" sound, as if something had hit the water, and countless splashes of water and mud burst out.
Ruan Qi and Ji Beibei, who were standing by the field, were caught off guard and were immediately shocked.
Ji Beibei screamed in fear: "What the hell?!"
Ruan Qi's eyes were almost splashed by the water. She squinted her eyes and took a step back, while looking at the culprit of the incident - Jiang Hengda.
If she saw correctly, what Jiang Hengda had just thrown into the water should be a plate of seedlings.
At this time, Xi Jiu and others who were standing in the water bending over to plant rice seedlings heard the movement on the shore and all looked up.
When Xi Jiu saw Ruan Qi, his calm black eyes immediately lit up. He put the seedlings back into the plate and walked quickly towards the shore.
"Why is the baby here?" The usually aloof and reserved man was now covered in mud, his usually meticulously groomed hair now hanging down. Due to the heat, his forehead was covered in sweat. The sweat trickled down his neck and into his clothes, soaking the thin black T-shirt and clinging to his skin, revealing the beautiful muscular texture of his chest and back.
The audience in the live broadcast room were so excited by this sexy and erotic scene that they screamed.
Ruan Qi's eyes were filled with heartache. She took out a tissue from her pocket and stood on tiptoe to wipe Xi Jiu's sweat.
"Why are you sweating so much? Is it too hot?"
"It's okay." Xi Jiu didn't want the little girl to feel tired, so he took the tissue and wiped her face a few times. "I have a hot body and sweat easily. Baby, why are you here? Have you finished fishing?"
"Finished!"
Before Ruan Qi could say anything, Ji Beibei excitedly began to promote her accomplishments. "Mr. Xi, you have no idea how amazing Ruanbao is. In two hours, she caught 180 kilograms of fish! The entire production crew was stunned!"
Si Lin and his companions, who had climbed out of the paddy field, suddenly opened their eyes wide in shock.
"One hundred and eighty pounds? Have you made a nest?"
"No, I just scattered some fish food." Ji Beibei waved her hand and boasted proudly, "Ruanbao raised his net and caught every fish he caught with incredible speed. No matter if you have silver carp or big grass carp, you can't escape Ruanbao's fishing net. One hundred and eighty-six kilograms, we exchanged it for a total of two hundred and seventy-nine yuan. How about that, impressive, right?"
Ji Beibei described Ruan Qi with great enthusiasm as the king of fish.
Si Lin and Shi Su were stunned when they heard this, and their eyes turned towards Ruan Qi gradually filled with admiration.
"As expected of the esports world's Dragon God, his hand speed is truly incredible!"
"Xiao Qi, you're really good at this. When you have time, please teach me. I often fish, but I never catch anything. Your Aunt Mei always laughs at me."
"Okay," Ruan Qi agreed to Shi Su's request with a smile, "When we have nothing to do tonight, let's go to the fish pond and catch some fish."
Ruan Qi and his group were chatting animatedly, when suddenly a "plop" sound was heard from the paddy field on the other side.
Everyone's conversation was interrupted by the sound.
Ruan Qi turned her head and saw that Jiang Hengda had collapsed in the paddy field. Under his butt was a plate of fresh green rice seedlings.
Ruan Qi looked at the seedlings that were crushed to pieces, her eyelids twitched, and her brows furrowed.
"Mr. Jiang, are you okay?" Shi Su, who has the best temper, asked politely.
Jiang Hengda ignored him, climbed out of the paddy field in a hurry, and then kicked away the plate of seedlings that he had crushed as if to vent his anger.
"When I'm unlucky, even drinking water makes my teeth ache. Any broken object dares to trip me up. The production team planning this show must be crazy. They have to do farm work on a perfectly good dating show. Are they addicted to being poor?"
Jiang Hengda cursed as if no one was around. He kicked the plate of crushed seedlings onto the shore, where it broke into pieces with a snap.
The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't stand it anymore.
[Fuck! What kind of trash is this Jiang guy? It's fine if he doesn't do the work himself, but why is he taking it out on the rice seedlings?]
I just arrived. What's going on? Why is Jiang Hengda so angry? What happened?
I've been in Mr. Xi's livestream, so let me explain. After Mr. Xi and the other three arrived at the paddy fields, Jiang Hengda made all sorts of excuses not to work. But everyone was pressed for time and had a heavy workload, with several acres of land waiting to be planted. If Jiang Hengda didn't work, Mr. Xi and the other three wouldn't have to work all the time. For the greater good, Si Lin offered some advice. Guess what Jiang Hengda did?
[Jiang Hengda scolded Si Lin! ]
My poor Lin Bao was completely stunned by all the scolding. If it weren't for the cameras, he'd probably burst into tears. Seeing the tension building, Teacher Shi stepped in to smooth things over. Jiang Hengda, however, erupted in anger, scolding everyone he met, blaming Shi Su and Lin Bao for accepting the task of transplanting rice, and for bringing him into the same situation.
[Fuck! Is Jiang crazy? What are you going to eat for dinner if you don't plant rice? What are the guests going to eat for dinner? These tasks are set by the production team. If you have the guts, go find the director. Why are you getting mad at the guests?]
[What happened next? What happened next? I think they're planting the rice a little slowly. Is Jiang Hengda slacking off?]
After Jiang Hengda scolded Shi Susilin, Master Xi took action. Master Xi told him directly that if he didn't want to work, he could leave and stop being an eyesore. Jiang Hengda was afraid of Master Xi and didn't dare to confront him directly. He just stood there with a sullen face, passively slacking off, and occasionally throwing a few trays of rice seedlings to make a name for himself.
The audience in the live broadcast room described what had happened before. After the netizens from Ruan Qi's live broadcast room understood the situation, they couldn't help but curse at Jiang Hengda.
At this time, Si Lin also covered the microphone and secretly told Ruan Qi and Ji Beibei what had just happened.
When Ji Beibei heard Si Lin being scolded, she became furious.
Ji Beibei had previously been wary of Jiang Hengda's identity and didn't want to cause any unpleasantness with him in front of the cameras. But now, she couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Jiang Hengda, you..."
As soon as the words came out, another female voice sounded at the same time.
"Jiang Hengda, could you please stop taking your anger out on the seedlings?"
Ji Beibei, whose speech was interrupted, looked at Ruan Qi in surprise.
Ruan Qi frowned, her face tense, and sternly reprimanded Jiang Hengda, "Didn't your teacher teach you to cherish food when you were little? These seedlings will grow into rice in the future. Do you know how much rice you've wasted by ruining them like this?!"
As a country kid who grew up in the countryside, Ruan Qi witnessed firsthand the hard work of farmers who worked hard in the fields, and also witnessed how many rural people would lose their crops due to a drought or flood.
Perhaps influenced by her living environment, she hated seeing food and crops wasted. Ever since Jiang Hengda threw the rice seedlings into the water, she had been putting up with it. But now, she could no longer bear it.
Ruan Qi didn't give Jiang Hengda any face and started to train him directly in front of the camera.
Jiang Hengda was stunned for a moment after being scolded. When he came to his senses, his face turned dark.
"Miss Ruan, aren't you meddling a bit too much?" He pulled the corner of his mouth with a half-smile and said sarcastically, "Yesterday, you intervened when Lan Lan and her husband and I had a quarrel, and now you're also meddling when I accidentally damaged the rice seedlings. What's the matter? Are you the program director? Or does this land belong to you?"
Jiang Hengda was on the show because the Jiang family was on the verge of collapse and they desperately needed to gain some popularity. Jiang's parents were impressed by Lan Lan's influence, so they sent her and Jiang Hengda to the show together.
However, Jiang Hengda himself didn't really want to come.
What's the point of a dating show? He has so many women to sleep with every day, why would he come to a dating show and pretend to be affectionate with Lan Lan? He has no interest in that yellow-faced woman anymore.
Jiang Hengda didn't want to come, but his financial resources were entirely dependent on his parents. He didn't dare disobey the orders of his parents.
So, Jiang Hengda came reluctantly. But what he didn't expect was that this dating show not only required him to pretend to be affectionate, but also to do farm work.
Jiang Hengda, who had lived a life of luxury since childhood, was completely unhappy.
He couldn't deal with the program crew, and Jiang's parents wouldn't allow him to breach the contract midway. Jiang Hengda felt depressed and had no place to vent, so he could only take it out on Lan Lan, other guests, and these seedlings.
However, Ruan Qi even cared about him destroying a few broken seedlings.
Jiang Hengda was indeed wary of the Ruan family, but he was a straight man and always felt that women were just vassals of the family. So, while he respected Ruan Qi on the surface, he actually looked down on her.
So, after Ruan Qi repeatedly refuted his face, Jiang Hengda couldn't help it.
He mocked Ruan Qi in a sarcastic tone, completely forgetting how he had tried to curry favor with the other party before.
When Xi Jiu heard Jiang Hengda's words, his expression suddenly turned cold. He raised his foot to go over, but Ruan Qi raised her hand to stop him.
"This land isn't mine, and I'm not the show's director. But as a Chinese who's received nine years of compulsory education, cherishing food is ingrained in my DNA. Mr. Jiang, if you've never been to school, go back and re-read elementary school. Once you've learned how to be a good person, you can then go out into society."
Ruan Qi was really good at scolding people, and Jiang Hengda's face turned pale and blue in an instant.
"You--" He couldn't hold it in any longer and opened his mouth to curse.
But at this moment, Xi Jiu pulled Ruan Qi behind him and stood up himself.
"What do you want to say?" Xi Jiu looked at Jiang Hengda, his gaze piercing him like a cold knife.
Jiang Hengda looks down on women, but he is truly afraid of Xi Jiu.
When Xi Jiu glanced at him, his body began to tremble subconsciously.
Perhaps it was the blood suppression between males, Jiang Hengda's lips were shaking so much that he couldn't speak.
Xi Jiu glanced at him coldly, then turned around and rubbed Ruan Qi's head soothingly, his tone slowing down: "Don't worry about this, baby, I can handle it. Go and have a rest for a while, and call me if you have anything."
Ruan Qi knew Xi Jiu's ability and was not worried that he would be wronged.
But she was still worried and warned: "Jiujiu, keep an eye on him and don't let him destroy the seedlings again."
The little girl was as angry as a little standard-bearer. Xi Jiu chuckled softly and responded gently with "Okay".
Ruan Qi and Ji Beibei left quickly.
Xi Jiu took a sip of water and went back to the paddy field with the seedlings.
"It's 10:30 AM now. At a normal rate, the four of us can plant one acre of land per hour. Let's divide the area. If you don't finish your assigned area within the specified time, you won't have dinner tonight."
Xi Jiu spoke in a light tone, but what he said made Jiang Hengda's face turn green.
He clenched the bottle in his hand and laughed dryly, "Not eating dinner tonight... isn't that a bit harsh?"
Xi Jiu glanced at him indifferently.
"There's no reward without effort. Didn't Mr. Jiang's elementary school teacher teach you that?"
Jiang Hengda was speechless.
Xi Jiu stopped talking. After dividing the tasks among the four people, he bent down and began to plant rice seedlings.
Si Lin and Shi Su soon got into the groove as well.
Jiang Hengda looked at this, then looked at that, and finally, in order to have dinner in the evening, he bent down reluctantly with a dark face.
This tug of war ended with Xi Jiu winning.
The netizens in the live broadcast room felt relaxed and happy, and Ruan Qi's remarks about cherishing food quickly became a hot topic.
The scene where Xi Jiu and Ruan Qi confronted Jiang Hengda was praised by everyone as a "famous scene of strong alliance".
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After returning from the fields, Ruan Qi and Ji Beibei rested for a while and then went to the pigpen again.
Ge Mei and Lan Lan were bathing the piglets in the pigpen. These piglets were only one or two months old, plump and adorable, except for the strong smell.
Ge Mei and Lan Lan enjoyed washing very much. In two hours, they had washed more than a dozen.
"Aunt Mei, how are you doing here?" Ruan Qi pushed open the door of the pigpen.
Ge Mei had just taken a piglet out of the water. She looked up, saw Ruan Qi, and immediately smiled, "Xiao Qi is here. I'm doing pretty well here. I've already washed sixteen pigs. If I wash four more, I'll make two hundred yuan. How about you guys?"
Ji Beibei immediately described in vivid detail the entire process of Ruan Qi becoming the king of fish.
Ge Mei and Lan Lan exclaimed in surprise and gave Ruan Qi a thumbs up.
"What a pity! I didn't see Xiao Qi catching fish with my own eyes. When you have time in the next two days, Xiao Qi, can you teach me?"
"Aunt Mei, you and Uncle Shi are truly a couple. You say exactly the same thing." Ruan Qi smiled and handed over the mineral water. "When we have some free time tonight, let's go to the fish pond. By the way, I saved two fish for everyone, one for steaming and one for boiling."
Lan Lan: "Xiao Qi caught the fish himself, so we saved the money on buying fish."
"We're making almost 500 yuan now, right? Once the boys finish planting their crops, we should be able to make another 500." Ge Mei counted on her fingers. "1,000 yuan. After deducting the 400 yuan for bedding for the guests, the remaining 600 yuan should be enough for food, right?"
Ruan Qi thought for a moment and replied, "About the same. But to be on the safe side, let's earn a little more. Farming over there is too tiring, I'll go and think of a way to save some labor."
Coming
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