Chapter 14 Video Spread and the Second Video!
Xia Wu considered buying a mobile phone for her brother because one phone was not enough for filming. Sometimes when her brother was using the phone to film, she also wanted to film something, so she had to wait and missed the material.
What a waste.
Since the video is on the rise, Xia Wu simply made up his mind to do it well. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Buying a mobile phone is a must!
"Brother, get up quickly. Let's go to town to buy you a cell phone today."
"Buy a cell phone?"
"Yeah, buy a new phone so you can shoot more and better videos."
Xia Wu urged Yang Hongwen to get dressed, took Bugs Bunny out, and announced that she was taking her brother to town to buy a mobile phone.
Yang Guojun transferred five thousand yuan to her without saying a word.
"Xiao Wu, is this money enough to buy a cell phone? If not, I'll transfer more to you."
"That's enough. After dinner, my brother and I will go to town to buy it," Xia Wu couldn't wait any longer considering how time-consuming online shopping was.
"Then I'll go with you. Don't think you're children and try to deceive you again."
"I'll go too. It's a good opportunity to buy some food."
Although there are vegetables grown at home, the food on the table is still not rich enough, so Liu Guizhen has to go to the town to buy them from time to time.
"Okay, then I'll go wash up and eat!"
Xia Wu always had buffalo milk every morning. When asked about it, Liu Guizhen said, "It was Uncle Yang. I asked him for it that day, but he refused to take the money. I felt embarrassed to take advantage of him, so I didn't go back. Who knew he would deliver it to our house?"
The elderly people in the village sleep little. Every time Uncle Yang comes, Liu Guizhen doesn’t wake up. Only Grandpa Yang wakes up the earliest.
"Just accept this gift from the fourth son to the child." said Mr. Yang.
Xia Wu asked curiously, "Is Fourth Master Yang the only one at home?"
Liu Guizhen said bluntly, "How could that be possible? He has two sons and two daughters."
Xia Wu took a bite of the omelet and continued to stare at her mother.
"But he was also unlucky. Both of his daughters didn't marry good men. I remember Sister Hong married in Bayanggou, right? She died while giving birth. Then Sister Yan got married, and her husband said he was going out to work on a ship, so he took her with him. I haven't seen her since."
"What about Fourth Master's son? Didn't you take care of him?" Xia Wu asked this because she had been in the village for several days and every time she saw Fourth Master, he was alone holding his old friend's hand and was very fond of her and her brother. Xia Wu could see that Fourth Master Yang was very lonely.
"Oh, don't mention it..." Liu Guizhen sighed and continued, "His eldest son went out to work decades ago. I don't know what he did in the East Market, but he made a lot of money and looked down on his younger brother. The two brothers had a lot of unpleasantness. The second son was at home taking care of the elderly, but the eldest son refused to pay. Later, the second son got angry and went out to work too."
"They both have no conscience. I don't know if they've sent money home over the years. When they have children, they send them back home. Your Fourth Master has raised one grandchild after another, but only a few have made it to university. Once they go out to work, they never come back. I don't know if anyone will come back to spend time with him this year."
The village is neither big nor small, and everyone knows each other's affairs. What Liu Guizhen said is not a secret, and everyone will know it with a little inquiry.
"Ah..." Xia Wu felt very sympathetic towards Fourth Master Yang and said angrily, "If I had known they would be like this, I shouldn't have helped raise the children!"
"You can't say that. After all, he's your own child."
Yang Guojun and Liu Guizhen both hold the same mindset as the older generation. They believe that the misfortune will not affect their children. No matter how bad their sons are, their grandsons are still their own. How can they push them away and say they won't raise them?
The two generations have different ideas, and neither can convince the other, so they just discuss for a few sentences and then stop.
After dinner, Mr. Yang took advantage of the good weather to dry the herbs, while Yang Guojun drove his tricycle with his wife and children to the town.
The bamboo hat woven for Xia Wu was not ready yet. Xia Wu wore Liu Guizhen's, Liu Guizhen wore Yang Guojun's, and the two grown men, Yang Guojun and Yang Hongwen, wore nothing at all and just stood there in the sun.
On the way, I met Mr. Yang Siye again. He was sitting by the river. The old friend was taking a bath in the river with a little buffalo tied beside him.
"Master Yang Si!" Xia Wu greeted him loudly.
Fourth Master Yang turned around, saw that it was them, stood up and waved, "Where are you going?"
"Fourth Uncle, we are going to town to buy some things. Do you want to buy anything? We will bring it back to you on the way," Yang Guojun stepped on the brakes.
"We have everything at home, so I don't need to buy anything," said Mr. Yang cheerfully. "I can buy anything myself."
He is in his early seventies and is still in good health. He can take care of himself and raise cattle. He is more energetic than many young people.
Xia Wu quickly thanked him: "Fourth Master, the buffalo milk you gave me is so delicious! I can drink it all every day!"
"Hahaha, is that enough to drink? If not, I'll send some more!"
"That's enough to drink. No need to give more. Otherwise, what will the calf drink?" Xia Wu said with a smile, "Fourth Master, the strawberries I planted are bearing fruit. When they are ripe, I will send you some to try."
The Fourth Master had seen her planting strawberries and even asked her a few questions. Hearing this, he was even more delighted: "That's great! You guys go ahead and do your work, we'll talk later."
"Okay, Fourth Uncle, let's go first!"
After saying hello, Yang Guojun continued driving on the road. After arriving in the town, he first sent Xia Wu and Yang Hongwen to the mobile phone store. Yang Guojun stayed there with them while Liu Guizhen got on her bike to go buy groceries.
There is a stall near the primary school in town. The people selling vegetables are old men and women from the village. The vegetables are cheap and delicious.
The mobile phone stores in the town are not specialized stores for a certain brand. They sell a wide variety of mobile phones, both domestic and foreign, and most of them are well-known brands.
As soon as I entered the store, a woman greeted me, "Little sister, do you want to see your phone?"
Xia Wu's appearance is really eye-catching, and it is obvious that she was spoiled by her family. Seeing two men following her, the woman subconsciously thought that Xia Wu was going to buy a new phone.
"Yes, do you sell any Apple phones here? I want the latest model."
Xia Wu's request for the latest model of Apple phone right from the start further solidified the woman's idea.
"Yes, we do, but we only have a demo unit right now. Take a look at the performance first. If you like it, I'll arrange for it. You can pick it up tomorrow afternoon." Yu Hongmei enthusiastically led Xia Wu to the booth and showed her the demo unit. Xia Wu asked her brother to come forward. "Brother, do you like this phone?"
Yang Hongwen carefully picked up his phone, swiped to the camera, and took a photo in the hall. He pointed it at Xia Wu, who tilted her head slightly. "How's the camera function?"
Yang Hongwen frowned slightly, as if he was not particularly satisfied.
He was used to using Xia Wu's mobile phone and looked down on ordinary flagship phones.
Yu Hongmei figured out what was going on. It turned out that it was bought for this young man!
She quickly said, "Why don't you take a look at the latest Hua brand phone? Young people love playing games, and this phone is very cost-effective for gaming..."
"Sister, we want a phone with a powerful camera function. Can you recommend some?"
Yu Hongmei has been running a mobile phone store in the town for more than ten years and is very experienced. She immediately recommended several mobile phones suitable for girls to take photos, but after seeing them, Yang Hongwen and Xia Wu were not very satisfied.
"What do you want to shoot?"
"Just shoot some videos or something," Xia Wu actually realized that it was not that these phones were bad, but that Yang Hongwen was used to using her powerful phone and always felt that there was a gap between other phones. If he really used two phones to shoot, post-production editing and splicing would be a big problem.
But where would Xia Wu get the money to buy him another phone like his?
After jumping around and comparing repeatedly, Yang Hongwen finally set his eyes on a Huapai Supreme phone.
The price is 8999.
It took more than an hour, and they had tried almost all the mobile phones in the store, and Liu Guizhen had already returned from buying groceries.
Yu Hongmei's mouth was dry from explaining, but seeing that they were interested, she recommended it even more vigorously, "If you really want it, I'll take a small loss and give you a discount of 500 yuan, and give you two original phone screen protectors and a phone case!"
The phone is OK, but the price...
Yang Guojun didn't understand mobile phones, nor did he know what his children wanted, but he knew he was short of money.
He called Liu Guizhen aside with an excuse: "Just watch, I'm going to the bank to withdraw some money."
Fortunately, he was smart enough to take his bank card with him before going out in the morning.
Who knew that before I even left the house, I heard Yu Hongmei say in surprise: "Okay, then do you want to pack up the phone or do you want to use it now?"
"Let's use it now," Xia Wu turned around and called Yang Guojun, "Dad, can you get me a SIM card too?"
Yang Guojun was surprised and asked, "Has the money been paid?"
"Yes, I just happened to have some money."
Yang Guojun said embarrassedly: "Dad will add it for you later."
"Making videos is something my brother and I do together. When we make money, my brother will get half of it. This little investment is nothing."
It just so happened that mobile phone stores could also issue cards. The card that Yang Guojun applied for for Xia Wu last time had a secondary card, so it was done in no time.
After getting the new equipment, Yang Hongwen started taking pictures non-stop on the way back.
After receiving a big order in the morning, Yu Hongmei sent the customer away and sat back behind the counter to drink a sip of water. She and her husband run the shop as a couple. Her husband runs the mobile phone business, and she is responsible for selling mobile phones.
Talking about the strange father and daughter, Yu Hongmei was a little curious: "I don't know what kind of video they are shooting, it's so mysterious. I think the girl is good-looking, maybe she is doing a live broadcast. But the phone was bought for her brother, doesn't her brother look a little stupid?"
As she spoke, she opened the Kuaishou short video app, and a red dot of 99+ appeared in the background.
Yu Hongmei's husband, Zhao Tianming, was repairing his phone when he said, "Just sell your phone. Why bother with so much?" without even looking up.
"I just thought that if she also uses Kuaishou, we can follow each other," Yu Hongmei raised her mobile phone to take a selfie. She usually takes videos when she has nothing to do. She has posted several of them and now has more than 10,000 fans. Every time she posts a video, she receives a lot of comments and likes.
"You work so hard all day long, but you don't make any money."
Zhao Tianming's words were always harsh. Yu Hongmei rolled her eyes and typed under the video: "What can marriage really bring to a woman?"
As soon as the sad ancient music sounded, the flavor came up immediately.
After posting the video, she replied to the comments. After Xia Wu and the others left, no one came to the store to buy mobile phones. Yu Hongmei was having a lot of fun. She returned to the recommendation homepage and a recommendation of "People You May Know" popped up.
Yu Hongmei: "Xia Xia in the mountains, who is Xia Xia?"
Does she know him?
Yu Hongmei should have swiped away this video which was inconsistent with her usual viewing habits, but out of curiosity, she paused briefly. After the pleasant croaking of insects, birds and frogs, a pretty figure appeared in the video, which she recognized at once.
"Hey! Isn't this the girl who just bought the phone?" Yu Hongmei yelled and ran to Zhao Tianming, "Look, look, is it her?"
"He really is a videographer?" Zhao Tianming looked over curiously. "One of his videos gets as many likes as ten of yours!"
"screw you!"
Yu Hongmei took a photo of her husband and took a closer look. She saw that Xia Xia from the mountains had posted such a video, which had more than 30,000 likes and thousands of comments.
"This girl is good-looking, and her videos are good too. She's sure to get a lot of likes," Yu Hongmei sat back and watched the video carefully, marveling at it. "She's so good-looking, and yet she can actually carry a hoe and work in the fields."
"You're the only one who believes it. If you don't pose for the photo, who will see it?"
"How do you know they're posing for the photo?"
"Look at her pale face. Doesn't it look like she's been working in the fields?"
Zhao Tianming scoffed. They had all done farm work as children and knew what it was like, even getting sunburned. So when they grew up, they'd rather go out and work than farm their own land.
"You never know. Her working posture doesn't look fake," Yu Hongmei was already immersed in the video. The people were beautiful, the scenery was beautiful, and the strawberry seedlings that grew stronger day by day were even more surprising. From flowering to falling to fruiting, she was happy with Xia Xia.
It reminded her of the joy of farming and harvesting.
"Seeing her farming, I want to clean up the land in my hometown and plant some vegetables."
"Come on, you're just too eager. You'll be my job in a few days. Stop it now."
Yu Hongmei just felt that talking to her man was boring. She rolled her eyes and muttered a few words to herself, then followed Xia Xia in the mountains.
If she had known that the girl was really shooting videos, she would have asked for her contact information earlier. Maybe they could have common topics.
Xia Wu didn't know that her Kung Fu video account was exposed just by buying a mobile phone. In the past two days, the red dot in her background has not disappeared. Sometimes there are people watching it in the middle of the night, and many people are urging her to release the next video. But the growth of strawberries is not a video of one or two days.
Xia Wu was also very conflicted. Should he continue posting videos to catch this wave of traffic, or should he put the traffic aside and stick to creating content before catching the traffic?
However, she soon realized that the account she wanted to create was not just about growing strawberries. She had to continue to build her video image and explore rural life.
I bought a mobile phone for my brother, and now it’s much easier for him to shoot videos.
Filming my grandfather going up the mountain to dig herbs and preparing them; filming my father cutting bamboo strips to weave bamboo hats and using wood to build beehives; filming my mother processing loofah pulp and using it to make cloth shoes...
This time there is more material, Xia Wu is eager to make the video longer!
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