Chapter 17: Four groups of guests sat in the village committee office.
[Is this really the family?] ! ! Aren’t you not allowed to stay there? ? ? 】
[Not only are you not allowed to stay there, you are not even allowed to take photos. How do you get in? 】
[Slipping in through the crack of the door when the owner isn't paying attention (bushi)]
[Does our little A-Luo have any super powers? 】
[Yes, it’s super cute!] Super cute! ! 】
Gao Shule was still a little uncertain even when she stood in the courtyard of the villa: "Is this really okay? Did they agree to it, Luo?"
Ah Luo nodded and said, "I agree. Grandma Sang is such a nice person!"
"Who is Grandma Sang?"
"It's the people from this family." A'Luo took Gao Shule's hand and walked into the house.
The door of the villa was open and someone just happened to come out.
She was a thin old lady, wearing a navy blue silk jacquard cheongsam with wide sleeves and a slanting collar. Her gray hair was tied up. She walked with her back straight and her steps light, and she looked very dignified and elegant.
She had a few pink and white dresses draped over her arms and was about to show them to Gao Luo when she suddenly saw a few more people in the yard.
The old lady looked at the woman Gao Luo was holding hands with and smiled kindly: "Are you Luo's parent?"
Gao Shule nodded: "Yes, A Luo told me that we can stay at your place, you agreed, right?"
"Sure, come in."
The old lady led them into the house and introduced herself as she walked: "My name is Sang Lanze. I live here with my husband and I have two housekeepers."
[It is very rare to hire a housekeeper in the countryside. 】
[Isn’t it rare enough to have a single-family villa in this poor place? Since we live in a big villa, it is normal to hire a housekeeper. 】
[Where is that fierce old man just now?] How come it disappeared? 】
Someone asked about the old man in the barrage, and then the old man immediately appeared in the camera.
On the south side of the living room is an open tea room with a long tea-making table in the middle. The old man sat there and looked coldly at the guests. His eyebrows were raised and his eyes were glaring, his face was full of anger.
[It seems that grandma is the one who calls the shots in this family.] 】
[I can see that grandma likes our little A-Luo very much. 】
[Yes, I held her little hand all the way.] 】
"This is my husband Cao Li," Sang Lanze introduced.
Gao Luo greeted him: "Grandpa Cao, I brought Lele here. This is Lele."
Cao Li didn't respond and turned his head away impatiently.
Gao Shule looked embarrassed.
Sang Lanze said to Gao Shule, "He is just like that, stubborn. Don't pay attention to him." He paused and said, "I will take you upstairs to have a look. You can choose a room first."
When going upstairs, A Luo took Sang Lanze's arm and helped her up the stairs.
"I'm fine. I can walk." Sang Lanze pointed at Cao Li who was sitting in the living room and winked at Gao Luo: "The one with bad legs and feet is over there."
After saying this, both of them laughed secretly.
There were five bedrooms on the second floor. After Sang Lanze showed them around, a housekeeper led them to the third floor.
Considering that the two elderly people lived in the room on the east side of the first floor, Gao Shule chose the west side of the third floor, trying to be as far away from them as possible, otherwise she was worried that the noise during filming would disturb their rest.
After booking a room, the housekeeping staff will clean the room first, and then the staff will go in to install the camera.
After all the work was completed, Gao Shule moved the luggage in.
Sang Lanze looked at the two large suitcases and said, "I thought you didn't bring any luggage. I saw that the little girl's butt was dirty, so I found her some clothes for my granddaughter."
Gao Luo had been pushed to the ground by Zhang Tianen, with a big mud mark on her butt that couldn't be wiped off, so Sang Lanze found some old skirts for her.
Sang Lanze had been holding those skirts on his arm. When he was about to ask the housekeeper to put them away, Luo ran over and said, "What beautiful skirts! Are they your granddaughter wearing?"
"Yes, she has a lot of clothes." Sang Lanze shook out the skirts one by one and compared them to Luo's body shape: "The sizes are about the same. Do you like them? If you like them, I'll give them to you."
"Then your granddaughter turned around and found that her clothes were missing..."
Sang Lanze smiled: "She hasn't worn it for a long time. She's already in her twenties. I carefully put away all her clothes from childhood to adulthood. They are all old clothes. I was afraid you would dislike them."
"I don't mind it, I like it! It's very pretty!" Gao Luo held the skirt in her arms, "Then I'll put it on now."
While changing clothes, Sang Lanze waited outside with the staff.
Sang Lanze looked at the device on Jin Qi's shoulder and asked curiously, "Where do you watch this program?"
"The edited version can be watched on Xi Que TV, every Saturday at 8pm. As for the live broadcast, you can watch it anytime now. Just search for "A Wonderful Holiday for Big and Small Friends" on Ting Feng Video."
Jin Qi answered in detail.
"So it's live broadcast now?" Sang Lanze asked.
"Yes, the images I took now can be viewed directly on the Internet."
"Then I have to take a look." Sang Lanze asked the housekeeper to help her get the phone.
The housekeeper brought the phone, and under the guidance of Jin Qi and Duanduan, he finally watched the live broadcast and the barrage.
She saw that everyone in the comments was asking how Luo had managed to convince the host to let her stay.
Sang Lanze said with a smile: "Little A'Luo said she wanted to serve me tea and water and be a babysitter. Having such a lovely babysitter to serve an old lady like me is much more valuable than borrowing her place for a few nights."
[Is this true or false?] 】
[It's probably true. Luo looks like someone who can do such a thing. Hahahahaha.] 】
[I can imagine her expression when she spoke. She must have blinked her big eyes and acted cute to her grandma. 】
[Maybe he will even hug grandma's legs and act coquettishly.] 】
[Then I definitely couldn't resist it. I was so overwhelmed by her cuteness that I agreed to her request. Hahahahahaha. 】
What Sang Lanze said was true, but it was not just about acting cute as netizens said.
She said she would serve her tea and water, and she did so.
Half an hour ago, Sang Lanze came out to admire the roses in her yard, and saw a pink little ball standing outside the villa, holding the iron gate fence with her hands, looking inside eagerly, her eyes were red, and the tip of her nose was also red, as if she had just cried.
She looked so pitiful that Sang Lanze immediately asked the housekeeper to open the door for her. Ask her whose family she is from and what’s the matter.
Gao Luo explained the purpose of her visit in detail, and then said that the stay was not free, and that he could serve her tea and water and act as a babysitter. She lives with an adult who can cook and is very good at it. She says she is the little nanny and the adult is the big nanny.
That serious look made Sang Lanze laugh.
Sang Lanze thought she was just talking nonsense, so he pretended to ask her to pour him some tea, and she really went to pour it.
She thought he was just going to pour her a glass of water, but unexpectedly, the little man walked straight to the tea room in the living room and prepared to make tea for her using the tea set on the table.
Cao Li came out of the room on crutches and scolded her: "Where did you come from, little girl? Don't break my tea set!"
They were all bought by his children as gifts for him. They are so expensive!
Gao Luo was so frightened by the shout that she immediately dared not move.
Sang Lanze raised his hand and hit the old man on the back: "What are you yelling about! You scared the child!"
After teaching her husband a lesson, Sang Lanze said to Gao Luo kindly, "Go on, don't worry about him."
She wanted to see if Gao Luo really knew how to make tea.
Then she saw that Gao Luo performed all the steps correctly, from warming the cup, pouring water into the tea, scraping the foam, rubbing the tea leaves, shaking the fragrance, etc., until the final three nods of the phoenix, spreading the tea leaves, and returning to oneness. Apart from the fact that he was too short, had too small hands, and had improper control of height and strength, which resulted in flawed operation, everything else was impeccable.
Except for Sang Lanze and her husband, her children and grandchildren, no one in her family likes to drink tea. If you don't like drinking, you naturally don't want to learn these things. The only thing I am willing to do is to buy some tea sets and utensils for them.
Sang Lanze fell in love with A Luo at once when he saw that she was not much taller than the table but had mastered the art of tea so skillfully.
She asked her who she learned it from, and Gao Luo replied, "My grandmother. My grandmother's family sells tea."
"You have a good relationship with your grandmother?"
"She's very nice. I used to go see her whenever I had time."
"Before? So you're not going now?"
"She died," Gao Luo said.
Sang Lanze regretted saying this immediately.
"It's okay, Grandma Sang. I understand that everyone will die. One day, I will meet my grandma over there."
Gao Luo stretched out her little hand and patted her shoulder to comfort her.
She is sensible and well-behaved. She will learn tea art from her elders seriously and keep her word. She will serve tea when she is told to. Of course, Sang Lanze is willing to keep her.
Although Cao Li seems to be the dominant party in this family, in fact, it has always been Sang Lanze who makes the decisions. She didn't care whether the old man agreed or not, she wanted to stay anyway.
Sang Lanze told the netizens in the live broadcast room about the process. Suddenly he remembered something and shouted downstairs: "How is the tea made by the little doll? Is it delicious?"
The old man in the teahouse downstairs was drinking tea, feeling very guilty. He felt like a thief who was caught and almost choked.
Sang Lanze chuckled.
[Okay, little bun, this is really serving tea and water. 】
[It turns out that our A Luo got in through her own ability! 】
[If it were someone else, they wouldn’t be able to get in.] 】
[Our A-Luo knows so much...]
[Contemporary college students have employment pressure, how come a little girl like her also has it? Learn so much! ! Who do you want to kill? 】
Gao Luo changed her clothes and came out wearing a beige cheongsam with a thin smoky purple edge. Her hairstyle was also changed, Gao Shule helped her to make it half-down.
[The little bun looks so gentle and dignified like this! 】
[From a sweet girl to a lady from a wealthy family.] 】
[Grandma has a really good aesthetic sense.] 】
[Yes, you can tell from her own clothes that she has a high level of aesthetic taste. 】
Gao Luo deliberately turned around to show her, "Does it look good? Grandma Sang."
Sang Lanze's eyes lit up: "It looks good! Luo looks especially good in it!"
Elderly people have a natural affinity for children. When seeing A'Luo, Sang Lanze would think of her granddaughter when she was little. Now that A'Luo is wearing this dress, at first glance she almost looks like her granddaughter.
*
After the guests settled in, they took a short lunch break.
It was already two o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived. After going through a series of processes such as choosing a house, packing the room and luggage, it was already past three o'clock when we could lie down and sleep.
After a short nap, we had to gather again and wait for Ning Heng to announce the next task for the day.
Ning Heng mentioned this task before. It requires the guests to use their own wisdom to go to the homes of nearby villagers to ask for food as gifts.
Gao Luo thought, isn't this just asking everyone to come and "beg for food"? It's not that elegant to say it.
Fortunately, she didn't need it, she had food to eat.
While the other guests looked sad, Gao Luo was the only one who was cheerful, and Gao Shule also looked relaxed.
Perhaps because their smiles were too annoying, Feng Daiyue pretended to ask casually, "Where are you going to stay after dinner? Have you found a place to stay? Or are you going back to the hotel with the production crew?"
"I found a place to live." Gao Shule replied.
"Which one?"
"Grandma Sang's house."
"Who is Grandma Sang?"
The village chief happened to be coming to take Ah Luo home for dinner. He accidentally heard the words "Grandma Sang" and asked in surprise, "You're living at Aunt Lan's? They let you stay there?"
"Well, it's all thanks to A'Luo." Gao Shule touched A'Luo's head.
The corners of Luo's mouth curled up like a proud kitten: "It's all my credit!"
Not humble at all.
Feng Daiyue was stunned when she heard this. Who is Grandma Sang? Who is Aunt Lan?
"Which one are you talking about?"
The village chief gestured with his hand: "It's at the entrance of the village, the family you asked this afternoon and were not allowed to be disturbed."
Feng Daiyue had a vague guess, but was unwilling to believe it. The other guests also heard the conversation and felt very uneasy.
That was the house they both fell in love with at first sight.
There’s a saying on the Internet: “It’s painful to fail yourself, but it’s even more heartbreaking to see your friend succeed.” This also holds true when it comes to your peers.
Feng Daiyue held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked, "We visited several houses this afternoon. I wonder which one the village head is talking about?"
"It's... it's the one with the big villa!" The village chief thought to himself, now I know, there is only one big villa in this village.
Feng Daiyue gave up, and so did the other guests.
"What? She lives in a villa?" Jun opened his mouth in shock.
This afternoon he watched the fight between Gao Luo and Zhang Tianen and learned that Room 3, which Gao Luo had chosen, had been robbed. He thought she would have to sleep on the streets, but now he tells him that she will live in a big villa.
Just to watch her fun, he was forced to choose the worst brick house. The toilet there was so horrible that he vomited at the first sight of it!
"This is not fair! If she can live in a villa, why can't we!" Jun shouted.
Wen Cheng, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up at this moment: "Didn't we agree that they wouldn't stay here?"
The village head was also puzzled: "Yes, that's what they said. I asked them several times and they said the same thing."
Because Sang Lanze had poor sleep quality, Cao Li believed that the filming of the program crew would definitely disturb her rest, so he resolutely refused to stay with her. In the beginning, he didn't even want the program crew to come and film. It was only after the village chief persuaded him that the village would develop better with the TV station's publicity that he reluctantly agreed.
"Why did he agree to let you live here?" asked the village chief.
"Because Grandma Sang thinks I'm cute and she likes me." Gao Luo said without blushing or beating her heart.
Look you cute? Several guests looked at the children they were bringing.
They thought, so simple? If I had known earlier, I would have tried it and believed the director’s lies!
"It's not like that. It's...A'Luo knows how to make tea, and Grandma Sang loves drinking tea, so she agreed." During lunch break, Gao Shule clarified the whole story with Gao Luo. She was afraid that everyone would misunderstand, so she explained on behalf of Luo.
Feng Daiyue questioned: "What kind of tea do you want to make?"
Gao Shule: "Just the tea art performance."
Feng Daiyue: “She knows tea art?” You must be kidding.
Gao Luo then spoke up: "Yes, I can. My grandmother's family sells tea leaves. I learned it a long time ago."
"Selling tea?" Feng Daiyue couldn't help but burst out laughing.
I have only heard the "My grandpa sells tea" joke on the Internet, but I didn't expect to see it in real life. If there weren't so many cameras, Feng Daiyue would have laughed out loud.
The other guests also had funny expressions, and it was obvious that they were trying to hold back their laughter.
[Did they think of the joke "My grandpa sells tea"? 】
What joke? 】
[It was a fraud case. A group of fraud gangs portrayed themselves as kind-hearted little sisters who helped their grandfather sell tea. They added various male netizens, pretending to make friends, and then asked them to support their grandfather's tea. They would block them after they got the money. 】
[Why can we connect the dots? Luo would definitely not lie. 】
[I feel so disrespectful...]
Gao Luo didn't know what they were laughing at because she had never seen that joke.
The other artists looked at each other and understood what the other was thinking at a glance. The children didn’t understand. They didn’t even know what Gao Shule was talking about in terms of tea art.
Jun only cared about one thing, he grabbed Wen Cheng's arm and shook it.
"Uncle Acheng, can we live there too? The villa is so big, there must be extra rooms. Let's go and ask."
He really didn't want to live in that shabby house and use that toilet that could give him nightmares for ten nights just by looking at it.
"No, no, please don't!" The village chief stopped them, saying, "It's unprecedented that you agreed to let the little girl live there. Otherwise, you will piss off Uncle Cao and he will kick the little girl out as well."
The village chief meant not to implicate Gao Luo and the others, but he didn't know that the relationship between these guests was not good. This sentence gave them an idea.
While Gao Luo's group went to the village chief's house for dinner, the guests from other groups took turns going to the villa to "beg for food" - if they were allowed in to eat, then staying there would certainly not be a problem.
Even if they fail to get the loan, the old couple will most likely vent their anger on Gao Luo and Gao Shule.
This wave is not a loss.
The first group to go over was Wen Cheng's group, because Jun was really anxious.
He didn't even see the old couple, and was not allowed to enter the door. Only a housekeeper came out and told them to leave quickly.
Wen Cheng felt humiliated when a triple-Award winning actor was driven away by a rural nanny.
Jun was unwilling to leave and grabbed the fence, trying to call someone out again. Wen Cheng felt so embarrassed that he dragged him away.
The second person to go was Feng Daiyue, but she also didn't show up and was driven away by the housekeeping.
The third one was Shen Siyan, but before she could go over, she was stopped by Xue Chen.
Xue Chen advised her: "You don't have to go. I just ran into Wen Cheng and Feng Daiyue on the road, and they didn't let me in. You definitely can't get in either."
"Just give it a try. It doesn't take any effort." Shen Siyan said with a smile.
Of course she knew that she wouldn't be able to see anyone, and she wasn't really doing it for the meal.
As she expected, she was unable to get in. As she wished, the owner of the house got angry and called the village chief.
But unlike what she expected, the host did not divert his anger, but instead took action all at once and asked the entire program crew to leave immediately.
The village chief was very panicked. He was fine during the day, but why did he change his mind at night? "What's going on?"
"You're still asking me? The doorbell outside kept ringing all night! Can Alan rest now?!"
Although Cao Li is over eighty years old, he does not look old and frail. He is still very scary when he gets angry.
"Don't get excited, don't get excited. I'll go ask them what's going on. I'll be right back!"
The village chief was riding his bicycle as fast as a hot wheel to the village school - the director and other staff were setting up the scene for tomorrow's shooting here.
After meeting Ning Heng, the village chief asked if there were any artists going to disturb Uncle Cao and the others in the evening.
Xu Man has been monitoring each guest's live broadcast room in real time, so he knows the situation. "Yes, there are three groups."
"I told you not to disturb me, not to disturb me, what's wrong with you? Uncle Cao is telling you to leave immediately. Everyone leave. No more filming!"
Ning Heng frowned: "You're not allowed to take pictures?"
"right."
Ning Heng: "It's our problem, but is it that serious? Aren't you the village head? Can't you make the decision?"
The village head: "I can't make a decision because everyone in the village listens to Uncle Cao and Aunt Lan."
Ning Heng was puzzled. They really had run into a local bully. "Why? What benefits did they give to the villagers?"
Ning Heng judged that the old couple did not become local tyrants by relying on violence, because there were so many people in a village, and a peasant uprising could overthrow the imperial power, not to mention that those on the other side were ordinary people in the village. If they are severely oppressed, they will definitely resist.
So apart from this factor, he must have made some contribution to the local area, which is why he is so popular.
"More than 40 years ago, Auntie Lan was the only college student in our village. After the reform and opening up, she took the initiative to give up her job in the city and came back to open a school, which is where you are now."
"Uncle Cao was born and raised in the city. He came to our place for Aunt Lan. At that time, our place was a barren land and every household was so poor that they could barely make ends meet. He rented a bulldozer to dig a pond and started aquaculture. Later, he taught everyone how to grow pomegranates. Only then did our lives gradually get better."
After hearing this, Ning Heng thought: No wonder, one is to help everyone improve their cultural level, and the other is to help everyone improve their living standards, focusing on both spiritual and material aspects. This is really a great favor.
The village chief continued, "They are both old. Auntie Lan has trouble sleeping, Uncle Cao has cold legs, and he has had two heart bypass surgeries. I don't even dare to speak loudly to him, and you keep disturbing them. Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me?"
Ning Heng understood: "We were indeed wrong in this matter. Let me call those artists over and ask them to give a guarantee."
Ning Heng asked Xu Man to call the three groups of guests and ask them to gather at the village committee.
Feng Daiyue and Shen Siyan had just found a farmer who was willing to let them have a meal, but they were called over when they were halfway through their meal; Wen Cheng's group hadn't even found any food yet, so they went there hungry.
In order to prevent them from feeling unfair, Xu Man was asked to call Gao Shule's group over as well.
Four groups of guests sat in the village committee office, and the scene was like a criticism and struggle meeting.
[You look so serious. What’s going on?] 】
[Why are you in such a hurry? Our Jun hasn’t eaten yet! 】
Ning Heng repeated the words of the village head, including the contributions of Cao Li and his wife to Sishui Township and their physical condition. Finally, he asked the three groups of guests why they violated the rules of the program team and whether they did not take any rules seriously at all.
[This old man and woman are so touching. I thought they were local tyrants, but they are actually local celebrities! ! A person who can be included in the county annals! ! 】
[These three guests were really shameless. They were told not to disturb them, but they still rang the doorbell. 】
[Xue Chen even reminded Shen Siyan, but she still wanted to go...]
[You only know how to criticize our Yanyan, why don’t you say anything about Gao Luo’s group? 】
【yes! It was clearly she who took the lead in ignoring the rules! 】
[The director didn’t criticize them either. Is he deliberately covering them up? 】
Fans of the three groups began to work together to fight against the "foreign enemies", and netizens who defended Gao Luo were overwhelmed and unable to win the argument.
The fans were very united at this moment, and the artists also became united, and together they questioned Ning Heng why he didn't criticize Gao Shule - attacking a child seemed very tasteless, so they could only name Gao Shule.
Gao Shule was accused by them all, and she also felt that it was her fault. She felt so guilty that her face turned red and she wanted to apologize.
She had just opened her mouth, but before she could utter a word, she heard Gao Luo say before her: "I didn't ring the doorbell. I didn't disturb Grandpa and Grandma. It was Grandma Sang who saw me and called me in."
"Who can prove it?" Feng Daiyue asked.
The office fell silent for a moment.
Jin Qi followed Gao Shule away. There was no one filming on Gao Luo's side, so there was no live broadcast, and Ning Heng did not follow them.
Netizens cannot prove it, and the working group cannot prove it either.
Feng Daiyue sneered, wanting Gao Shule and the others to admit their mistakes first and admit that they were the first to break the rules.
Suddenly someone came forward and threw a cell phone on the table: "I can prove it."
The artist looked up and saw that the person who was speaking was Duanduan.
As a PD, Duanduan has always had the habit of shooting videos at any time, for fear of missing some wonderful materials.
She has been in the industry for so many years and has come to believe in metaphysics. That is to say, many times, no matter how complex or ingenious the script you write is, it is not as exciting as God's random arrangements.
After separating from Gao Shule, Duanduan turned on her mobile phone and started recording Gao Luo.
The footage of A'Luo is very suitable to be included in the edited version of the trailer, because it is a scene that is not available in the live broadcast, and the content is outstanding, which will definitely attract many viewers to turn on the TV.
She had originally wanted to wait until she finished work today to show it to Ning Heng, but now it's ahead of schedule.
In the video, we can see that Gao Luo went to the villa only after she looked for two households nearby and found no one there. And she just stood outside, without pressing the doorbell or making any sound.
The Gao Luo fans who were beaten by the three fans just now finally stood up again:
[How come our PD sister is so awesome! 】
[Those three fans just now, shout again! 】
[Congratulations, it’s what you wished for, you got what you asked for, hehe~]
The three fans remained silent tacitly like the artists.
"Village head, do you think you can let Mr. Cao give us another chance?" Ning Heng asked.
The village chief thought for a moment and said, "Then let them write a letter of apology and I'll give it to my uncle and aunt to see if it works."
Before Ning Heng could say "OK", he heard Feng Daiyue shout, "No!"
The other two artists didn't want to write either. If a star wrote an apology letter to rural people, it would be embarrassing for them and would greatly damage their image, but they didn't want to be the first to be criticized.
The two men waited for Feng Daiyue to protest for them.
Unfortunately, Feng Daiyue had a bad start, and just as she was gaining momentum, she was extinguished by Ning Heng's words -
"The first option is to apologize. The second option is that you don't need to film this show anymore. You can pack up and leave now. I will find three more artists to take your place."
It is impossible to let the entire team be dragged down by them. If the program is suspended for some reason on the first day of broadcast, it will not only be a major accident in the history of variety shows on Xi Que Channel, but also a Waterloo in director Ning Heng's career.
Ning Heng's speech left no room for negotiation. The three artists looked at each other.
Feng Daiyue and Shen Siyan are newcomers and have no choice, otherwise Ning Heng would really replace them.
Wen Cheng is a movie emperor, and his popularity among passers-by is enough, but it is too embarrassing to tell others that he was replaced by the program crew. He has so many friends that he can imagine how ugly the headlines will be when those people bribe marketing accounts to write them.
The three people finally wrote an apology letter and made a guarantee. The village chief sent it to the old man to read, and it took a lot of persuasion to finally make him calm down.
A lot of things happened that night and several people didn't sleep well.
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