Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Why is it so pitiful
"Puchi." Qian Jingjing couldn't help it.
The occasion was not right, so she quickly put it away and said, "Sorry, I choked."
Everyone: “…”
The last guest arrived late, the movie star Yu Chi, who was considered the most famous among all the guests. He had a pair of fox eyes, and when he saw the few people, his first glance was towards Jiang Yuxia and Song Mo.
But unlike Qian Jingjing, he didn't say anything, but greeted everyone politely.
At this point, all the guests for this season have arrived.
The production crew brought them to this season's residence, but did not rush to arrange for them to check in.
The MC walked over with a smile, holding a card. "Hello everyone, first of all, welcome to 'Deep in the Forest'. This season, we're coming to Linmu City, and we're all going to live here together for a while."
He suddenly paused as he spoke and asked, "I'd like to ask if anyone has watched our previous shows for strategy before coming here?"
Qian Jingjing: "Of course I have watched it. I have watched the first three seasons."
Zhang Zizi: "Me too. I even took notes."
The host smiled, a mysterious smile.
Jiang Yuxia felt uneasy when he laughed at her.
Movie star Yu Chi: "You can't hold it back, come on and tell me."
Yu Chi has an ascetic face, but he speaks in a down-to-earth manner.
Host: "This season we will adopt a brand new format, and the rules are completely different from previous seasons. Your strategies may not be useful."
"In the past, we focused on a slow life, and the production team would provide everyone with basic props, but this season we are focusing on real life. What does real life mean? It means that from now on, the production team will not provide any help except for accommodation and furniture."
Guests: “…”
"Another point is that unlike previous seasons, you all don't live in the same house. This season, the five of you are neighbors and each has your own place. I'm telling you in advance that the places you live in may be divided into different levels."
"The good ones are luxurious treehouses, like five-star hotels. The bad ones are deep in the forest, shabby and run-down, but you'll be all alone. At night, the sounds of small animals fill the air... you get the idea."
“…”
Host: "Now let me tell you the rules of this residence. You're all on your own. This is a county town nearby. The program team will lend you 2,000 yuan as starting capital. You can use this 2,000 yuan to make money, but you have to pay it back every night, and you'll have to pay 100 yuan in interest after that."
Jiang Yuxia's eyes flickered slightly: "Loan sharking, report it."
He is very sensitive to loan sharks, after all, his father still owes a large sum of money.
Qian Jingjing was delighted when she heard this, "That's right! Report it!"
Unexpectedly, Yu Chi also echoed: "Yes, report it."
Song Mo looked at Yu Chi in confusion, as if he didn't expect him to speak.
The host didn't take their advice: "Of course, you can also not use these two thousand and find a job on your own. The key is to make money."
"The place you live in will be auctioned off based on your earnings. The highest bidder wins."
After the host finished speaking, he laughed twice and left, leaving a few people looking at each other in bewilderment, feeling as if they were on a pirate ship.
I originally thought it was a relaxing variety show, but now I have to use my brain and compete. Who came up with this idea? At this moment, several people in the audience had the urge to stab someone.
Jiang Yuxia's face looked even uglier. He... had a little problem. He was afraid of the dark and ghosts.
So he definitely shouldn't live there.
absolute!
Fortunately, the production team was kind enough to at least give them an afternoon and an evening to plan.
After the event, the production crew's cameras were temporarily turned off.
Song Mo walked to Yu Chi and said with a smile: "Brother Yu, it's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect to be able to work with you on a variety show."
Yu Chi narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Xiao Song, it's been a long time."
Qian Jingjing didn't want to socialize. She tiredly pulled her suitcase back to the house and said, "Cherish this place while you can. You might be exiled to the deep forest tomorrow."
Jiang Yuxia thought about it and was about to leave when Yu Chi walked towards him and asked, "Jiang Yuxia?"
His fox eyes were slightly crooked. "I've heard of it for a long time, but never seen it. Today I finally see it."
"Huh?" Jiang Yuxia looked at him in confusion. He had never seen Yu Chi before.
Yu Chi saw his confusion and just smiled: "I know a friend who often talks about you to me."
"Can you add me your contact information? You can find me if you need anything."
Even most people in the circle cannot add Yu Chi’s personal contact information. He comes from a wealthy family and has been in the entertainment industry since he was a child, so his popularity and connections are undeniable.
Although Jiang Yuxia didn't know what he was talking about, he added it out of politeness.
Not only the contact information, Yu Chi suddenly raised his phone and asked, "Can you take a picture with me?"
Jiang Yuxia: "..."
Yu Chi put his arm around his shoulders, looking like a good brother. After taking the photo, he looked at the photo and said with a hint of disgust: "Wow, your face, I will never take a photo with you alone again, humph, you actually outshined me."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and asked him, "Can I post the photo on Weibo?"
When Jiang Yuxia saw his hundreds of millions of fans, her eyes widened slightly, and she suddenly realized that the person in front of her seemed to be quite impressive.
He said, "Of course you can, but I'm taking advantage."
Yu Chi smiled mysteriously, "That's not necessarily true."
After posting the photo, Yu Chi also specially @ed Jiang Yuxia and wrote: "Finally met the real Goddess!"
It is obvious from the caption that Jiang Yuxia is the protagonist.
Yu Chi: "Xia Xia, I follow you on Weibo, please follow me back."
The name Xia Xia sounded very familiar, as if the two had known each other for many years.
Jiang Yuxia nodded. Although she didn't understand why Yu Chi did this, it was obvious that he was taking advantage.
As expected, as soon as the photo was released, Jiang Yuxia’s Weibo followers increased rapidly, as if they were free. He looked at the number of followers and thought, this is what is called traffic generation.
Yu Chi: "Okay, I'm going back to my room first. Come and play with me when you have time."
After Yu Chi left, Zhang Zizi asked, "Do you know Yu Chi?"
Jiang Yuxia shook his head. He didn't like her and didn't want to talk to her. He just pulled his suitcase and walked towards the house.
Song Mo looked at the backs of Yu Chi and Jiang Yuxia, and tightened his grip on the phone.
After returning to the room, Jiang Yuxia tidied up a little, and then Sun Quan called.
"Oh my Xia! When did you get to know the great actor Yu?! He even posted a photo of you two together!"
Jiang Yuxia was silent for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Just now?"
Sun Quan: “…”
Sun Quan was panicked, as it seemed that there were too many bigwigs around Jiang Yuxia.
After lunch, everyone started to get busy.
They have to plan today what they are going to do tomorrow.
Some people lock themselves in the house and think about various things, while others go out for field research.
Jiang Yuxia belongs to the latter. There is a village next to where they live now. He originally wanted to ask the program team to borrow a car to go to the county town, but was rejected by the program team. In desperation, he could only try his luck in the village first to see if there was anyone going to the county town who could give him a ride.
After arriving at the village, he was slightly stunned. It was only one or two o'clock in the afternoon, but there were almost no people on the road. The sun shone on the road, and the white light was a bit dazzling.
Jiang and Xia frowned slightly and continued to walk deeper. After passing two houses, they finally saw someone in their hall. They casually spread a urea bag on the ground and lay down on it to rest.
He was too embarrassed to go up and disturb her, and just as he was about to leave, he met a pair of dark eyes. The little girl with two pigtails was hiding behind a pillar and looking at him, her hands clinging to the pillar with only half of her head showing, looking a little curious and a little scared.
Jiang Yuxia waved at her. The little girl was startled and suddenly ran away.
Jiang Yuxia: "..." Is he scary?
With no other choice, he had to leave. After walking for a while, the little girl suddenly caught up with him. Her clothes and bare feet were not clean, but her eyes were shining like obsidian.
The little girl pursed her lips and smiled shyly at him, then stretched out her hands from behind her back, "Brother, here you go."
The skin of the small hand was slightly wrinkled, the lines on the palm were black and clearly marked by stains, the nails were short and uneven from being gnawed, but the mango in the hand was orange, shiny and very large.
Jiang Yuxia squatted down, his eyes level with the little girl's, "Why are you giving it to me?"
The little girl felt a little embarrassed and whispered, "Brother, it looks good."
Jiang Yuxia: "..." I really didn't expect it to be such a reason.
He thought for a moment and took out a bag of chocolate from his bag and handed it to the little girl. His cat-like eyes curved slightly, "Then I'll give you this one too. You'll look good too."
Jiang Yuxia took the mango from her hand, looked around, and saw no one. He was worried about the little girl going back alone, so he took her hand and sent her back.
When we arrived at the little girl's house, her grandmother was calling her at the top of her lungs.
The little girl hurried over, "Grandma."
When grandma saw her, she said two words in local dialect. Jiang Yuxia didn't understand, but she thought it was something like "dead girl".
After cursing, he saw Jiang Yuxia and looked at him puzzledly, "Who are you looking for?"
Grandpa heard the sound and poked his head out of the house. "Are you here to pick the fruit?"
Fruit?
Jiang Yuxia showed the mango in his hand. If the little girl gave it to him without permission, would she be scolded? As he was thinking about how to explain, his grandmother suddenly clapped her hands.
"Are you the star who came to the back mountain to film the show?"
Grandma looked at him and said with certainty, "This young man is really well-proportioned."
Grandpa came out of the house when he heard it. "Yes, it's Zhou Zheng. There's no one as good-looking as this in the whole village. Come in and have a cup of tea."
Jiang Yuxia blinked, and before she could react, her grandfather pulled her into the house for tea.
Grandma put all the edible things at home on the table, such as peanuts and beans, which were grown in her own fields.
Jiang Yuxia was unusually reserved, sitting upright and saying, "Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."
Grandma: "Why thank me? It's just a cup of tea. You're our guest. Stay for dinner tonight. I'll kill a chicken. I raised it myself. You can't get it outside."
Jiang Yuxia hurriedly stopped him: "Ah, no, no, I have something to do tonight and I have to leave soon."
The two elderly people were both wearing work clothes, long sleeves and long pants, their nails yellow from years of carving. When they quieted down, they felt a little awkward, smiling awkwardly, not knowing what to say. Grandma murmured, "Is that so..."
"This is local tea, roasted at home, you can try it."
Boiling water rushed into the teacup, and the curled up tea leaves floated up and slowly stretched out.
Jiang Yuxia was contemplating the changes in the tea leaves in the cup, but Grandpa misunderstood and quickly put his hand away. He said, "This nail is from picking mangoes. It won't come off even if I wash it hard. I didn't touch the cup, so please don't be offended."
Jiang Yuxia then realized something was wrong and hurriedly shook his head. He was not good at explaining things in words, so he could only pick up the cup and sip a little of the still hot tea.
Grandpa finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His uneasy attitude while inviting others as a guest moved Jiang Yuxia's heart slightly. He brought up a topic, "Grandpa, do you have a mango plant?"
"Yes, I have planted a piece of it on the back mountain. It's a good year this year, and the seeds are growing big and healthy, with few insect holes." When talking about his area of expertise, Grandpa instantly became excited and a smile appeared on his face.
Grandma gave him a dark look and said, "What's the use? It will still rot in the ground."
Upon hearing this, Grandpa licked his lips, and his head, which had just been raised, drooped again.
Jiang Yuxia: "What's going on?"
Grandpa: "The fruit harvest is good this year, and the vendors have driven down the price. I dare not sell it at such a low price. If I sell it, the price will be even lower next year."
"I won't sell that black-hearted guy."
Grandma scolded him, "You're just touching your lip. It's easy for you to say that. Don't you feel bad that so many fruits are rotting in the fields? The money for the second half of the year's grain is still in there."
Grandpa shushed her, and she finally realized there were guests at home. She quickly put away her bad temper and said with a smile, "I'm so sorry, I can't control my temper when I get angry. I'm used to arguing with him."
Jiang Yuxia shook his head, "Haha, it's okay."
He took the mango handed to him by his grandmother and took a bite. It was sweet and sticky.
"So, have you picked a lot of mangoes now?"
Grandma: "Maybe a few hundred kilograms."
Jiang Yuxia asked again, "What about the other families in the village?"
"Two to three thousand kilograms."
He listened and nodded, stayed there for a while and then left. Before leaving, he walked a distance to the side of the mountain. The mountain was green mixed with yellow, and some rotten mangoes were piled at the foot of the mountain.
Jiang Yuxia's eyes darkened.
night.
The four of them all found their own things to do. Qian Jingjing said she was making pancakes and borrowed 500 yuan from the program crew to purchase the necessary materials and stoves. After she came back, she had to pay the program crew 50 yuan in interest.
Yu Chi was very cunning. He went to a photo studio and found a job as a photographer. He was not the one taking the photos, but the one being photographed. He didn't tell him how much he would get for each photo.
Song Mo was like Qian Jingjing. He found a stall and sold snacks.
The three of them have a huge audience base. Relatively speaking, Jiang Yuxia and Zhang Zizi are at a disadvantage because they are all newcomers and there are not many people who know them in the county town.
So Zhang Zizi found a job as a waiter to be safe, but it was too temporary and it was difficult to find other jobs.
There is only one room deep in the forest, so all you have to do is make sure you are not the last one.
After they all went to prepare, Jiang Yuxia took the two thousand yuan from the production team and asked, "Can I borrow some more money?"
Director: "Theoretically, it's possible, but you know the interest rate. The amount you borrow is the amount you have to pay."
Jiang Yuxia: "Please lend me another ten thousand."
Director: “…Why do you need so much money?”
Jiang Yuxia: "Buy mangoes."
The director disagreed, "Do you know that the mango market here is saturated? The prices at the mall may seem high, but they're actually being bought at a very low price. Even if you try to lower the price when you buy, you'll hardly make a profit."
"Plus, shopping malls here basically don't cooperate with individual merchants. They have fixed vendors to work with, so you can't sell anything at all."
Finally, he came to the conclusion: "It will definitely be a loss."
Having said that, the money was still lent to Jiang Yuxia. After Jiang Yuxia took the money, he went to the village and told his grandparents about the matter. This time, the camera of the program crew also came with him.
Under the camera, the grandparents, who were already awkward when seeing strangers, became even more awkward, with their hands and feet stiff.
After Jiang Yuxia told him about this.
Grandma quickly refused: "You are not in this business, what are you buying? You are not allowed to buy it."
Jiang Yuxia took out the program team's task list and said to her grandmother, "This is the task the program team gave us. Please help me."
Grandma was not very literate, so she called the little girl over to look. The little girl had difficulty reading each word. Under the dim light, one of them was trying hard to read, and the other was trying hard to hear. The child's voice was loud and clear. The grandparents listened very carefully, with a glimmer in their cloudy eyes.
Because what was written on that piece of paper was most likely their grain seeds, tuition fees, chicks and piglets.
After roughly reading it, Jiang Yuxia said, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"
In fact, the grandparents didn't really understand what he said, so they could only ask him: "Are you telling the truth?"
"real."
Grandpa stood up immediately, his movements even faster: "Wait a minute, I'll go call the people from the village."
In a short while, the room was crowded with people, all of them looked the same, with their nails stained with yellow mango juice.
Most of them are elderly people, and there are a few children who come to join in the fun.
Someone asked cautiously, "One yuan for small fruit, one and a half yuan for medium fruit, and two and a half yuan for large fruit. Is that okay?"
This is the market price. Jiang Yuxia did some research online before coming here.
Jiang Yuxia: "Okay, small fruit is one dollar and one ten-thousand, medium fruit is one dollar and seventy-three, large fruit is three."
Everyone: “…”
"No, that..." Why are there still people who are bidding higher prices?
Jiang Yuxia: "That's it, let's weigh it."
He asked his grandparents for help in weighing the goods, and then he borrowed an electric car and went to the county town along the route told by the villagers.
He first went to a large fresh food market and talked to their manager about cooperation. Maybe it was because they were being filmed or because he gave up a bit of profit, but the talks went very smoothly. However, the supermarket's absorption capacity was limited.
He originally wanted to set up a stall at the farmers' market, but this was the original production site for mangoes, which were already unsaleable, and some individual fruit farmers were also setting up stalls. He would then steal other farmers' business, which was not his original intention. He did not want to disrupt this market.
The program team did not allow them to make money through live streaming, so he had to go it alone.
So he opened the map and looked at the nearby cities. Cities can definitely absorb more goods than county towns.
Jiang Yuxia went to find the truck driver and told him his idea. The truck driver happened to have worked there before and often ran back and forth. He immediately said to Jiang Yuxia, "If you go there, you might not even make back the gas money."
Jiang Yuxia: "It's okay, as long as it can be sold. I'll bear the loss."
The driver glanced at Jiang Yuxia and muttered to himself, this guy is really incomprehensible.
Because time was very tight, the truck contacted here and drove directly to the village, loaded the weighed mangoes onto the truck, contacted another small truck to deliver the mangoes to the supermarket, paid the fruit farmers, and hurriedly set off.
The rush to sell things is to be early. Some supermarkets will go directly to the farmers' market to select goods. It will be much easier if you can catch that batch.
Jiang Yuxia was so sleepy that his eyelids kept fighting each other, so he had to lean on the back of the chair and take a nap for a while.
Fortunately, the truck driver was very familiar with this generation and gave him a lot of advice, which made things easier for him.
A day of chaos passed.
When Jiang Yuxia came back, he was already covered in dust. Yu Chi was a little surprised when he saw him, "Xia Xia, are you going to work at the construction site?"
When Zhang Zizi heard that he was going to work on a construction site, his expression changed slightly. The salary of a waiter was definitely not as high as that of working on a construction site.
Jiang Yuxia took a bottle of mineral water and gulped down several gulps. He wiped the remaining water stains on his lips with his sleeve and then shook his head, "I'm going to sell mangoes."
Yu Chi: "How come the mango sales have become so bad?"
Jiang Yuxia was about to answer when the director team came over and he shut up.
Start counting the day's earnings.
After the inventory, everyone looked at Jiang Yuxia in surprise. Not only did he not make any money, he also lost 400 yuan. In addition, he borrowed 12,000 yuan and had to pay 1,200 yuan in interest, which meant that he now owed the crew 1,600 yuan.
Jiang Yuxia pursed his lips and bargained: "Six hundred less interest?"
Director team: “…”
"How dare you chop it in half!"
Jiang Yuxia: "Then... two hundred?"
Directors: “Twenty.”
Jiang Yuxia: "Deal."
Everyone: “…”
Six hundred to twenty, he might just want to experience the feeling of bargaining.
Undoubtedly, Jiang Yuxia earned the least.
What is coming will always come. Jiang Yuxia is going to sleep in the "haunted house" deep in the forest. Yu Chi looks at him with pity as he pulls his suitcase towards the forest.
Qian Jingjing stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Baby, come on, I hope to see you again tomorrow. If you hear any strange noises, just pretend you didn't hear them, okay?"
Jiang Yuxia: "..."
Yu Chi sympathized and said seriously, "Xia Xia, please call me anytime. If you encounter something that cannot be explained by science, take a picture with your phone."
Jiang Yuxia: “Hmm?” Is there any explanation for this?
Yu Chi said slowly: "Take a picture and send it to me, so that I can broaden my horizons."
Jiang Yuxia: "..."
He turned around and left, what a bunch of scum!
Jiang Yuxia was pulling the suitcase, and the black clothes on his body had turned gray. Not only did he look dusty, but he also looked a little dejected.
He had looked at the director team for the tenth time. He just looked at them quietly without saying a word.
The directors clenched their fists and lowered their heads, not daring to look at him. They couldn't pity him! Withstand the beauty offensive!
Fuck, this is too difficult!
But there is no other way, the show still has to be filmed.
After arriving at the destination, the director team left quickly, as if Jiang Yuxia was something scary.
The staff does not participate in the filming at night, but night vision cameras are placed around the house and in the room. Many artists will cover the cameras with cloth when they are resting.
As soon as the director team left, the forest became quiet instantly.
In fact, there is no danger here. The director team has already checked it out and the surrounding area is very safe. The director team has also set up a cordon two hundred meters away. The place where they live is not too far from here.
But Jiang Yuxia was afraid. He was afraid of the dark and ghosts.
To him, this cabin in the forest was just like Sadako climbing up the TV in real life. Who knows, something might crawl out of it at the next moment.
The directors were also bad. They didn't accompany him into the house. There wasn't even any light on in the house. It was pitch black. There wasn't much light in the forest, so he could only get a rough idea of what the house looked like by the moonlight.
Jiang Yuxia put the suitcase down and sat on it, staring at the dark house fifty meters away.
It was dark all around. There was a small night light under his feet. In the dim light, he sat alone under the tree, his black eyes slightly drooped, his clothes were dirty, and his soft hair was messy.
This was the scene Zhou Boye saw when he arrived.
He walked forward and reached out to rub Jiang Yuxia's black hair, which seemed to be drooping down, like a cat's drooping ears.
"Is this being bullied?"
Zhou Boye touched his lips, squatted down to his eye level, and said with a smile: "Why are you so pitiful?"
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