Chapter 99: Immortal Teammate Qian Muchue
While eating breakfast, Yu Qian didn't get close to Gao Han again, mainly because she was so embarrassed just now.
The six guests finished their breakfast as quickly as possible and gathered at the village entrance at 8 o'clock. Fortunately, the village entrance was not far from their house and they arrived there in 5 minutes.
When everyone arrived, Shu Wen and the staff were already waiting there.
"Everyone is here. Let's let the village director of Wujia Village tell everyone about the problems their village is facing now." Shu Wen said, and then introduced the village chief of Wujia Village to everyone.
As the name of Wujia Village suggests, all the villagers are surnamed Wu. Except for the daughter-in-law who married into the village, Director Wu looks to be in his 50s and seems to be an honest rural man.
According to the information provided by Director Wu, all the young people in Wujia Village have gone out to work, and only the elderly and children are left in the village. Many of the elderly are very old and their children are not around, so they still have to go to the fields to do farm work.
"Director Wu just said that there are many elderly grandpas and grandmothers in Wujia Village now. They have difficulty walking and still have to do farm work. Our task today is to help three elderly families in the village with their farm work." Shu Wen announced.
So the six people were divided into three groups, helping old man Wu Dazhuo to pick radishes, helping grandma Chen Xuemei to harvest cabbages, and helping grandpa Wu Dajun to harvest winter dates. These crops were to be sold at the market to pay back the money.
"Our theme mission in Wujia Village is to help the left-behind elderly and children in need in the village. When we complete the daily tasks, in addition to obtaining daily food, we can also get a 30,000 yuan bonus prepared by the program team for this Wujia Village theme mission, which can be used to fund the poor children in Wujia Village to go to school." Shu Wen said.
For the six guests, they must strive to complete their daily tasks in order to help the poor children in Wujia Village win the bonus from the program team. The responsibility on everyone has become greater. They can skip a meal, but they cannot fail to help the children in need to win the bonus. If anyone dares to slack off, he will probably be scolded to death when the show is broadcast.
"We are now using a lottery method to decide which elderly family each person will help." Shu Wen said, and asked the staff to take out six prepared envelopes with the program team logo.
Three red envelopes were drawn by the female guests, and three white envelopes were drawn by the male guests. Qian Muchue opened the envelope and saw that it was written by Grandma Chen Xuemei. That means harvesting cabbages, which should be slightly better than pulling radishes, Qian Muchue thought to herself.
The final groups were Qian Muchue and Zheng Hui picking cabbages, Chen Yixuan and Gao Han picking winter dates, and Yu Qian and Wu Hongfei picking radishes. The happiest one was Chen Yixuan, who was grouped with Gao Han. The worst one should be Wu Hongfei, as he couldn't handle his partner at all.
Of course, Yu Qian was also very unhappy. She didn't know whether pulling radishes was tiring or not. She simply wanted to partner with Gao Han, so she ran to tell the director that she didn't know how to pull radishes and wanted to pick winter dates. Of course, the director turned her down.
Chen Yixuan and Gao Han's task was not so difficult; they just followed the staff with bamboo baskets and bamboo poles. The other two groups were working in the fields, and they needed to change into rubber shoes provided by the program crew, otherwise their shoes would be covered in mud and impossible to wear. Especially Yu Qian, she even wore a pair of high heels in order to appear on camera.
Yu Qian changed into rubber shoes with great disgust. If she could walk on the muddy road in high heels, she would definitely not want to change. These rubber shoes looked so ugly on her.
Unlike Qian Muchue, who was wearing a sports outfit and rubber shoes, she actually had a cool feeling.
Qian Muchue and Zheng Hui followed the staff and first arrived at Grandma Chen Xuemei's house. The village chief had already told the old grandmother before, so he was not surprised to see Qian Muchue and others. He thanked them very enthusiastically in his local accent.
Grandma Chen Xuemei is over 70 years old this year. Her son and daughter-in-law work outside and have taken their grandson with them. They only come back to Wujia Village for ten days or half a month during the Chinese New Year every year. Grandma Chen Xuemei's husband passed away a few years ago. The old lady planted a large field of cabbage to earn some money for the family and to reduce the burden on her son.
Qian Muchue and Zheng Hui arrived at the vegetable garden and were shocked by the huge field in front of them. They thought that the old lady was too old to grow many vegetables, but they didn't expect there to be so many. The old lady said that she planted so many vegetables every year, and she did it all by herself. After harvesting, she sold them to the vegetable vendors who came to the village to collect vegetables.
Even though it's so much, you can't earn much money. The old man is old, so only vegetable vendors come to buy it, and the price is very low.
Under the guidance of Grandma Chen, Qian Muchue and Zheng Hui began to harvest cabbage. A cabbage weighs about three pounds. The task given by the program team is to complete the harvesting of 500 pounds in the morning to have food for lunch.
These vegetables are all for sale, so after each cabbage is shoveled down, the ugly leaves on the outside must be removed and then neatly placed into a bamboo basket. It is not difficult. As long as Qian Muchue and Zheng Wei work honestly, they will definitely be able to complete the task.
Zheng Hui thought that Qian Muchue was a little girl and would definitely not have the physical strength to keep up, so most of the work would depend on him. Unexpectedly, Qian Muchue was not slow at all, and her movements were even faster than his. He had been bending over for half an hour and wanted to take a break, but seeing Qian Muchue's speed, he felt that he could still hold on. It was so embarrassing for a grown man to be unable to beat a little girl.
The cameraman who was filming their group felt that there would be no footage if they continued filming like this. These two people had no sense of variety show at all. They didn't complain or feel tired, and they even started to fight among themselves.
So, around 11 o'clock, Qian Muchue's group completed the task. Obviously, Qian Muchue harvested a lot more cabbage than Zheng Hui. There was no way, Zheng Hui had tried his best and persisted for more than two hours without rest. He had never done farm work before.
After finally finishing it, Zheng Hui stood up too quickly and sprained his waist, almost falling down.
"Are you okay?" Qian Muchue stepped forward and supported Zheng Hui, asking.
The cameraman quickly started filming. They had finally got some material and couldn't miss it.
"It's okay. I've been squatting for too long and my legs are a little numb." Zheng Hui forced a smile. He was embarrassed to say that he had sprained his waist in front of the camera. What if others thought he was not feeling well? After all, Qian Muchue was just a little girl and nothing was wrong with her.
Qian Muchue noticed that he was unconsciously pressing his waist and didn't say anything.
The next step was to move the baskets of cabbage to Grandma Chen's house. Each basket weighed about sixty or seventy kilograms. When the two of them were carrying it, Qian Muchue felt that Zheng Hui was not feeling well. When it came to the second basket, Qian Muchue shifted most of the weight towards herself, and Zheng Hui obviously felt much more relaxed.
"Thank you." Zheng Hui expressed his gratitude sincerely.
I didn't expect Qian Muchue to be so attentive and notice his discomfort. If it were Yu Qian, he would probably have died here.
"You're welcome. We are partners and help each other." Qian Muchue said with a smile.
Even Zheng Hui, a grown man, thinks she is very boyfriend-like, pretty, and reliable. She is truly a great teammate.
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