Chapter 88 Hungry
Lan Xinya looked at the hairpin and said distressedly: "This hairpin is very expensive, why don't you save some money for yourself? Your clothes are torn, it's time to buy new ones."
"Money can be earned again if lost, and clothes can be worn again if torn. Xinya, I will give you everything I have. As long as you like something, I will earn it for you even if it means going through heaven and earth. In this life, I will only be good to you." Ren Shaohua's eyes were passionate, sincere, and pure like a flawless crystal.
Lan Xinya blushed deeply and shyly took the silver hairpin. Her voice was as light as a feather. "As long as it's something you give me, I like it."
The two sat under a pear tree. Ren Shaohua inserted a silver hairpin into Lan Xinya's bun, and a white pear blossom fell into her hair. He raised his hand to take it off, looked at the pear blossoms on the tree above his head, and said to Lan Xinya: "Xinya, when the pears are ripe in autumn, I will pick the sweetest one for you."
Lan Xinya also looked up at the pear blossoms on the tree, with longing and expectation in her eyes, as well as the boy's brilliant and bright smile.
Beneath the pear tree, Lan Xinya lowered her head, mending her clothes. After Ren Shaohua finished a set of boxing moves, he picked up a wooden sword and wielded it amidst the rustling pear blossoms.
Under the pear tree, Lan Xinya brought another bowl of white rice and took the chicken leg out from under the rice again. She said to him, "My family killed another chicken, and I left a chicken leg for you."
Ren Shaohua ate his meal and asked, "You gave me a chicken leg, what about you?"
She felt satisfied just watching him eat with relish.
Lan Xinya advised him again, "Don't just focus on eating rice, eat the chicken leg to replenish your body."
"Yeah!" Ren Shaohua responded and buried his head in eating.
“Cut!”
With the director's "end", another scene was over.
Hu Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. Today's filming went very smoothly, and she finished the scene without many NGs. The director's satisfied look showed that he was very impressed with her acting skills.
It was worth it for her to review these scenes with Teacher Xia Qing again and again.
Hu Xiaoxiao saw the large chicken drumstick on the rice on the table and smiled as he advised Mingxu, "Such a large chicken drumstick is good for your health. Come on and eat it! I worked so hard to kill this chicken for you, I couldn't bear to eat it myself, so I left it for you."
Mingxu almost vomited the food he had just eaten. He said to Hu Xiaoxiao with a tearful face, "Xiaoxiao, next time don't flip this big chicken drumstick over the rice. It's spoiled the rice."
Mingxu yelled at the director again, angrily, "Director, can't you just replace the chicken drumstick? We've been shooting this for three days now, and it's going to get worms if we don't replace it! The company can't be so broke they can't even afford a chicken drumstick, right?"
The director gave him a gloating look and said, "Who told you to finish that chicken leg in just a few bites in the first scene?"
Charlie happened to see it, and he immediately ordered the props team to use a rotten chicken leg for the filming. Then the filming took three days with this rotten chicken leg.
Hu Xiaoxiao felt sorry for him for a second, took some water to rinse Mingxu's mouth, and whispered to him: "Next time if you take pictures of chicken legs, I will secretly replace them with roasted chicken legs for you."
Mingxu didn't believe her, waved his hand and said to her, "Forget it, one roast chicken is not enough for you."
The day before yesterday, Mingxu brought a roast chicken with him, hoping to replace the props so that he could eat it openly during filming. However, the large chicken drumstick was eaten by Hu Xiaoxiao who was waiting for his scene. In the end, he still had to use the rotten chicken drumstick to film the scene.
Hu Xiaoxiao felt a little embarrassed. She was holding a bowl of steaming hot rice with a big fragrant chicken leg on top. The director was busy with other things and didn't call for the start. She was hungry and couldn't help but pick up the bowl and eat the rice and chicken leg.
"I thought a chicken has two legs. I ate one and there's still another one. Who knows..."
Who knew that the roast chicken smelled so good that Charlie, who came to inspect, smelled it and confiscated the remaining roast chicken.
Mingxu touched his hungry stomach and winked at Hu Xiaoxiao. The two of them quietly left the studio and found an empty room.
This room was filled with props. After Mingxu entered, he took out a bag of snacks from the wooden box in the corner as if he knew the place well.
He generously gave half to Hu Xiaoxiao and urged her, "Eat quickly, don't let Charlie find out."
Hu Xiaoxiao asked: "Why does Charlie never allow you to eat?"
"He said I was too fat and wouldn't look good on camera, so he forbade me to eat too much. He only allowed me to eat half a bowl of rice for every work meal. Look at my size, how could I possibly eat half a bowl of rice?"
Most of the dramas he filmed were costume dramas with a lot of fighting scenes. He would be hungry for most of the day during a day's filming.
His rumbling stomach in the play was so realistic that no dubbing was needed in post-production.
Mingxu finished a small piece of bread and drank half a bottle of drink in a few bites. Suddenly, he heard Charlie calling him outside. He hurriedly stuffed the things into the bag, snatched the unfinished food from Hu Xiaoxiao's hand, stuffed it into the bag, and put it back where it belonged.
"Wipe your mouth!"
Hu Xiaoxiao became nervous because of his urging. He wiped his mouth casually and ran out stealthily with Mingxu.
Charlie was watching the playback with the director. Seeing Mingxu and Hu Xiaoxiao coming over, he asked, "Where have you two been? I've been on the set for so long and haven't seen you."
Mingxu said calmly, "I'm tired from filming, let's go out and get some fresh air."
Charlie looked at him suspiciously for a few seconds before calling Hu Xiaoxiao over.
Charlie praised Hu Xiaoxiao profusely, "Xiaoxiao, you acted well. I couldn't tell this was your first time acting, not counting the small role you played before. I thought you'd have to do a few takes before you passed, but I didn't expect you to get several takes right in one take."
In order to avoid delaying the filming progress, Charlie has prepared someone to replace Hu Xiaoxiao. Now it seems that Hu Xiaoxiao is fully capable of playing both roles.
"Teacher Xia Qing said that I have a special talent for acting." Hu Xiaoxiao said this with full confidence, without mentioning that she had to rehearse every night when she got home, sometimes even several times, and would go directly to Xia Qing for approval for important scenes.
But this confidence also gave Charlie confidence in Hu Xiaoxiao, and he no longer considered the issue of backup candidates. "Keep up the good work, Lan Xinya performed well, and Zhou Bijun's performance in the future must also be good."
"No problem, I won't let Charlie down." Hu Xiaoxiao said.
Charlie was very satisfied after hearing this and praised Hu Xiaoxiao a few more words.
Mingxu, who was standing by, was a little jealous and said, "Charlie, I performed very well too, why didn't you praise me?"
"You're an old actor. It's normal for you to act well. It's a problem if you don't." Charlie looked at Mingxu with suspicion again. "Why do I see that you seem to have gained weight again?"
"No! I'm definitely not fat! I've been doing a lot of martial arts scenes recently, and I've lost half a pound." Mingxu said.
"There's no best! You're already tall. If you gain weight, you'll look like a hulking burly fellow. How can you play a swordsman? Go play a pig butcher!"
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