Chapter 7 Variety Show Premieres
In a day and a half, Su Tangtang and her group had finished setting up their greenhouse, and the other four couples had also finished spreading fertilizer.
After a busy day, everyone was exhausted and collapsed onto the sofa or chairs when they got back.
Director Han Yang knew they were tired, so he said "thank you for your hard work" and then got to the point, saying, "Our variety show is airing today, so please take out your phones and share it on Weibo."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Su Tangtang took out her phone, opened Weibo, and then forwarded the program team's Weibo post.
After forwarding it, she looked at Huo Yizhou and asked, "Did you send it?"
Huo Yizhou looked up at her. "I don't have Weibo."
Su Tangtang: "..."
Su Tangtang suddenly remembered that he was a very low-key person. Although he was a young and promising business tycoon, he had never appeared online.
If he hadn't liked the content of this variety show, and if it hadn't been directed by his friend Han Yang who persuaded him to become an investor, he probably wouldn't have participated in it.
Su Tangtang: "Do you want to register an account?"
Huo Yizhou paused for a moment, then said, "Let's register one."
How do I register?
Su Tangtang thought that he was indeed an aloof big shot who didn't know how to register a Weibo account. She held out her hand to him and said, "Give me your phone and I'll register it for you."
Huo Yizhou handed her the phone without hesitation.
Su Tangtang took the phone, downloaded Weibo, and registered. While entering her Weibo username, Su Tangtang handed the phone to him, saying, "Think of a Weibo nickname."
Huo Yizhou glanced at it and said, "Let's use the default one."
Su Tangtang said "Oh," and clicked "Confirm." "Okay, you can go forward it now."
Huo Yizhou looked at her and said, "Okay."
She nestled comfortably on the sofa, but her gaze was fixed on Huo Yizhou. He had striking features, a high nose bridge, and upon closer inspection, a small mole could be seen on the tip of his nose.
Although the male and female leads had no intention of letting her go, the only good thing was that she hadn't offended Huo Yizhou.
That means her danger level is only fifty percent.
As long as she doesn't offend Huo Yizhou and becomes good friends with him, wouldn't she have another protective shield?
Besides, even if he can't become her protector, he shouldn't become a weapon to harm her.
As Su Tangtang was lost in thought, a pair of well-defined hands appeared before her. Su Tangtang glanced at them and saw it was her Weibo page. She looked up at him in confusion.
Huo Yizhou pursed his lips slightly, appearing aloof and indifferent, and said, "I've started following you."
Su Tangtang blinked, then smiled, "Okay, then I'll follow you back."
Su Tangtang opened her phone and went into Weibo. After forwarding the post, she exited the app because she knew that as long as she posted on Weibo, the comments would definitely be full of insults.
She first followed Huo Yizhou back, and then glanced at the comments section. Although she knew they were all insults directed at her, she still wanted to see them.
The first comment was: "[Su Tangtang, get out of the variety show.]"
The post has already received tens of thousands of likes.
The audience's lives matter too; the director doesn't care about our lives.
How did she manage to be criticized by the entire internet and still appear on variety shows?
[His intentions are extremely malicious.]
[Thick-skinned.]
...
After watching for a while, Su Tangtang left.
Her evil is deeply ingrained in the minds of the audience.
At 8 PM, the variety show "Men Farm and Women Weave" officially started airing, and Su Tangtang and the others sat together to watch it.
The editing is quite good; it makes a small thing seem like a big deal.
“When we arrived on our first day and saw the dilapidated little house we were staying in, my heart broke,” Wu Xiaojia said, pointing to the image of the house on the TV.
“Add one,” Shen Yingying said.
Zhou Yan: "I don't know if it's because the house is dilapidated or because I cleaned it, but I always feel that it's not clean."
Wu Xiaojia turned to look at her, "Sister Yan, it's a problem with the house, not with you."
The group watched and chatted.
The other four couples were the only ones talking; Su Tangtang and her friends couldn't join in.
However, she didn't want to join them, so she watched the variety show while replying to messages.
The message was from Su Tanghao, asking how she was doing lately. He also mentioned that he watched a variety show with his parents and praised her for her excellent performance, saying she didn't just revolve around Gu Qingke and deserved commendation.
Looking at his words of praise, Su Tangtang couldn't quite describe her feelings; she just found it somewhat amusing.
After ending the chat, Su Tangtang looked up to watch the variety show, but unintentionally met Shen Yingying's gaze.
The two looked at each other, and Shen Yingying smiled at her.
Whether it was Su Tangtang's imagination or something else, she saw smugness in Shen Yingying's eyes.
I don't know what she's so smug about. Is she smug about being criticized by netizens? Or is she smug that her couple is being isolated among the five couples? Or something else?
Perhaps she was overthinking it; the other person wasn't smug at all, they were just making eye contact with her and giving her a polite smile.
They didn't watch the entire 80-minute show; they watched for a while and then went back to rest.
As for the reaction after the program aired, they had no idea, because after a day's work, they went back, washed up, and went straight to bed.
When Su Tangtang woke up in the morning, she found that she was trending on social media.
It can be said that it has nothing to do with this variety show, or it can be said that it has something to do with it.
The trending topic is "Did Su Tangtang transfer her affections or did she have ulterior motives?"
After clicking in, you see a comparison of two videos: one of Su Tangtang pestering Gu Qingke in the past and another of Su Tangtang ignoring Gu Qingke in a variety show.
The video wasn't long, but it was flooded with comments, all of them criticizing her.
Is she no longer eager to become a mistress?
[It was premeditated, definitely premeditated, after all, this girl is both love-struck and malicious.]
[Really, nobody thinks that Su Tangtang looks different after she stopped chasing Gu Qingke; she's even a tiny bit prettier now.]
[Hey upstairs, what nonsense are you spouting!]
All the couples I ship are so sweet together... (except for Su Tangtang and her partner, they look so fake, like they just met).
...
Leaving the trending headline, Su Tangtang clicked into the "Men Farming, Women Weaving" variety show clipboard.
The comments section is much cleaner now.
Ugh, this house is so run-down.
[The houses here are similar to those in my hometown, except they're brick houses while these are mud houses. These are the kinds of houses our seventy- or eighty-year-old grandfathers live in.]
They look so tired.
I love these kinds of farming reality shows; they're so interesting to watch.
The variety show was very well received; it surpassed 100 million views in less than 24 hours after its premiere. The director and the production team were very happy.
So their breakfast was expanded and became much more substantial than before.
After finishing their meal, everyone went back to work in the fields.
Today, Su Tangtang and the others are going to water the plants.
The soil that has just been tilled is not particularly dry, so it does not need to be watered too thoroughly.
Su Tangtang and her companion rented a water pump and a flexible water hose from a farmer.
The water pump was placed in the well to draw water, and the two men pulled the flexible water pipe to the ground, placing it at the exact location where the water would spray.
After two hours of busy work, the two finally managed to place the soft water pipe, covered in sweat and mud.
Su Tangtang wiped the sweat from her face. "I'm exhausted."
Seeing that Huo Yizhou didn't seem tired, she couldn't help but ask, "Don't you feel tired?"
Huo Yizhou glanced at her, then continued fiddling with the soft water pipe in his hands. "It's alright."
Su Tangtang gave him a thumbs up, "Awesome."
She shielded her eyes from the sun, saying, "I think I'll get a tan."
Huo Yizhou stopped what he was doing and looked at her sunburnt cheeks. "If we finish early today, let's go to town and buy a sun hat."
Su Tangtang had the same idea, and she immediately nodded in agreement, "Okay."
Gu Qingke's family and Lin Lang's family are also watering their plants. They need to cover their mulch after watering, while Wu Xiaojia and Zhou Yan's family are watering their fields.
Because they were not skilled, they always made mistakes when watering. The midday sun was strong, and the two of them were very young, so they got angry.
"I'm so annoyed."
Zhao Zhiyi looked at her and said, "I'm annoyed too. It's so hot, and there are still so many plants that haven't been watered."
Wu Xiaojia threw what she was holding on the ground and held out her hand to Zhao Zhiyi, saying, "I accidentally cut my hand, it hurts so much."
Wu Xiaojia's cheeks were flushed red, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Zhao Zhiyi felt sorry for her, so he put down his things and went over to comfort her, "Let me blow on it for you."
Wu Xiaojia forced back her tears and said, "Okay."
Zhao Zhiyi: "Let's take a break and then get back to work. We'll do as much as we can."
Wu Xiaojia didn't want to finish last, otherwise she would not only have her pay deducted but also be criticized by netizens for her attitude on the variety show.
In the end, not only did it not become popular, it also didn't make any money. If that really happened, it would be really upsetting.
The two rested for a while, then continued working.
Although it was tough and tiring, I gritted my teeth and endured it.
Lin Lang and Qiu Nan spent a long time trying to figure it out, but they still couldn't. Both of them were the mild-mannered type; if they couldn't figure it out, they would just slowly work on it without getting angry or losing their temper.
Qiu Nan: "Honey, I see that Huo Yizhou and Su Tangtang have finished preparing the watering supplies. Let's go ask them for advice."
Lin Lang paused for a moment, then put down the tube in his hand. "Okay, neither of us can figure it out either."
As they talked, the two walked toward Huo Yizhou and the others.
As I passed by Qu Xian and the others' fields, I greeted them, "Sister Yan, you're watering the plants really fast."
Zhou Yan's face was covered in dirt. "Where is the speed? Compared to Su Tangtang's family, we are much slower."
Lin Lang said with a smile, "Take it slow, they were faster than us from the start."
Zhou Yan hummed in agreement and asked, "Where are you all going?"
Lin Lang smiled, revealing two dimples, one deep and one shallow. "We can never seem to get that water pipe working properly. Let's go ask Su Tangtang and the others for help."
Zhou Yan wiped her sweat and said, "Okay, you guys go ahead. We're not very good at this either. We've only watered this little bit, and we still can't get it right. You can come back and teach us when you've learned how.
Lin Lang: "Okay."
The two houses were not far apart, and soon the two arrived at Su Tangtang's place.
Su Tangtang and her companions had just finished setting up the soft water pipes and were about to go to the well to turn on the switch when they saw Lin Lang and his wife.
Before she could even say hello, Lin Lang greeted her first, saying, "Tangtang."
Su Tangtang hummed in agreement, then politely asked, "Are you all done?"
Lin Lang shook his head, then smiled and said, "That flexible water pipe is always lying there unevenly, so I came to learn from you guys."
“We’ve been studying it for a while,” Su Tangtang said. “I’ll take a look for you later. Let’s go to the well and turn on the water pump to see if water comes out.”
They came to us and asked for our advice, so we felt bad about directly refusing to help.
Lin Lang thanked him, "Thank you."
Su Tangtang smiled and said, "You're welcome."
In the sunlight, her cheeks were fair with a rosy glow, and when she smiled, her eyes curved, and her dimples were faintly visible on her cheeks, making her exceptionally beautiful.
Putting aside his prejudice against her, Lin Lang felt that Su Tangtang was arguably the most beautiful among them.
In the days they'd spent together, she hadn't noticed anything strange about Su Tangtang, who was acting as portrayed online. Those videos online were genuine; she'd even had someone verify them.
If you ask her why she did the test, it's because she was bored and curious whether the person was really bad.
After all, everyone knows the state of affairs in the entertainment industry; it's hard to distinguish between what's real and what's fake.
But her personality on variety shows is completely different from her online persona.
She wouldn't pursue Gu Qingke like she did online, nor would she frame or slander others like she did online.
In short, she couldn't understand her and felt very conflicted.
My current impression of her is both good and bad.
Perhaps she has truly reformed.
However, it had nothing to do with her. She was just curious about this person and never thought about becoming friends with her. As long as they didn't bother each other, everything would be fine.
Lin Lang followed Su Tangtang to the well, while Huo Yizhou and Qiu Nan stood in the field observing the situation.
Su Tangtang turned on the water pump.
The engine water pump hummed, and the impeller started spinning. After a while, the pipe connected to the water pump bulged.
Su Tangtang could clearly see the water flowing along the main pipe.
Su Tangtang gave Huo Yizhou, who was looking in her direction, an OK sign, and then returned to the vegetable garden with Lin Lang.
When they arrived at the vegetable garden, the water had already permeated the entire main pipe and was also flowing into the surrounding micro-sprinkler belts.
Once the water had fully risen, the micro-spray belt began to spray.
It was like a light drizzle, spraying onto the ground.
Once they confirmed that everything was in order, Su Tangtang and Huo Yizhou went with Lin Lang and the others to help them with the preparations.
And so, they spent the whole day watering the plants, and by the time they finished, it was already 5 p.m.
It was already six o'clock when we put away the water pumps and pipes and returned them to the farmers.
It was getting dark.
“Let’s go to town and buy sun hats,” Su Tangtang said, sitting on the back of the tricycle and looking at the back of Huo Yizhou’s head.
Huo Yizhou said upon hearing this, "Let's buy it tomorrow. It's cold at night, and we're still wet. We'll easily catch a cold. Let's go back quickly, take a shower, and change our clothes."
Su Tangtang: "You're so thoughtful. But I didn't feel cold until you said it. Now that you've mentioned it, I feel freezing all over."
Huo Yizhou: "..."
"I should have kept those words to myself."
Su Tangtang was stunned for a moment, and after a while, she realized that he had said something joking. She laughed and replied, "Huo Yizhou, I really can't come up with a response to what you just said."
Huo Yizhou didn't reply, focusing on driving.
The three-wheeled electric vehicle traveled at a moderate pace on the country road, and from a distance, the two looked just like a young couple returning home after finishing their farm work.
"Hold on tight, we're about to enter a muddy road."
The muddy road was extremely bumpy, and Su Tangtang held on tightly. Although she wasn't worried about falling off, the bumps made her lungs ache.
Fortunately, the journey wasn't very long, and they returned to their accommodation in less than three minutes. The two grabbed a change of clothes and went to the show's accommodation to take a shower.
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When Su Tangtang came out after taking a shower, she ran into Gu Qingke and Shen Yingying, who had just returned. She smiled at them and politely said, "You're back."
Gu Qingke still disliked her and found her annoying, so she didn't reply and went inside.
Shen Yingying smiled at her, "Don't take it personally, that's just his personality."
Su Tangtang: "..."
She wouldn't mind at all; if it weren't for politeness and the camera, she would have preferred to stay as far away from them as possible.
Not for anything else, but just to save my life.
Su Tangtang smiled generously and said, "It's okay."
She then took the opportunity to say, "Sister Yingying, I want to apologize to you. It was my fault before. I did a lot of bad things."
Shen Yingying was startled and looked at her warily.
But in his heart he thought: "The weasel is wishing a chicken a Happy New Year; it has no good intentions."
Su Tangtang looked at her eyes and her lips twitched. The sister's wary and shocked gaze made her feel like she was being bullied.
"Don't worry, I don't have any feelings for Actor Gu anymore, and I won't bother you anymore," Su Tangtang said sincerely.
I just don't know if Shen Yingying believes her.
"Are you... telling the truth?" Shen Yingying blinked at her uncertainly.
"It's true, may I be struck by lightning if I'm lying," Su Tangtang raised three fingers above her head and swore a solemn oath.
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