[Xi Mei, this is a terrible example of how to catch chickens, got completely crushed by Yan Wang, hahaha.]
[Yan Wang suffers from selective severe mysophobia; he is not afraid of beehives or mud, but he is terrified of anything related to chickens.]
[Now that you mention it, I suddenly remembered that last time the "fighting rooster" flew overhead, Yan Wang was the fastest runner!]
[Agreed +1. He doesn't eat eggs, and he doesn't seem to have eaten chicken on camera either. If that's true, I immediately understand why he tricked Ximei into transporting the chicken coop.]
Unfortunately, this time, Jiang Hexi didn't fall for Yan Jie's trick.
"Your method of using corn kernels to trap free-range chickens is completely unskilled. I can learn it after watching it once. Why should I bother transporting chicken coops down the mountain for you?"
Do you have any corn kernels?
Yan Jie's words immediately silenced her: "If you go back to get it, you'll have to take a boat and a car to get back, and it won't take you an hour."
"King Yan, is it really necessary for you to try to monopolize a bag of worthless corn kernels?"
“These corn kernels are worthless to you, but for free-range chickens, they are their life.”
Jiang Hexi adopted a fierce and imposing demeanor, and said indignantly:
"Either you don't give any, or you give them all. Wanwan and Gossip Girl got some corn kernels, so I need a share too."
Standing behind Jiang Hexi, Chu Yang chimed in, "Brother, I'd like a serving of corn kernels too."
Yan Jie looked through the rain curtain at the two earnest people opposite him and easily quelled their "rebellion":
“You guys have round bamboo chicken coops, while Wanwan, Gossip Girl, and I have stainless steel square chicken coops. Even if we give you corn kernels, there’s only one hole, and free-range chickens can’t squeeze in.”
“We are a team. Some people catch chickens, and some people transport them. It’s just a division of labor. There is no distinction between high and low status.”
Chu Yang and Jiang Hexi were powerless to refute, since they had picked up the wrong chicken coop in the first place.
The two of them went together to find Shen Yingyu, who also had a bamboo chicken coop.
Although the three of them didn't say it aloud, they all had their own complaints about the division of labor.
The other party only needs three steps: open the chicken coop, scatter corn kernels, and close the coop lid, and they can catch a coop full of chickens without lifting a finger.
They had to brave the rain to pull the chicken coops down to the mountainside, put the free-range chickens on the boat, and then pull the coops back up the mountain. Compared to that, how could they swallow their pride?
Jiang Hexi pondered, "Is there any way to move the chicken coop to the mountainside without much effort?"
Shen Yingyu was waiting for this very sentence: "Yes, do you see that bamboo raft in the rainwater pond?"
Jiang Hexi, seemingly understanding but not quite, said, "Tie the chicken coop to that bamboo raft and slide down the hillside?"
That's roughly the idea.
Shen Yingyu explained, "However, we have to hold onto the bamboo raft and slowly slide down."
To make it easier to transport the chicken coops, the three people borrowed a bamboo raft and dragged it all the way to the top of the mountain, then tied the six chicken coops tightly to the bamboo raft.
Each chicken coop was crammed with at least ten chickens, each weighing five or six pounds, bringing the total load capacity of the bamboo raft to over three hundred pounds.
Shen Yingyu instructed Jiang Hexi to pull the rope from the side to control the direction of the raft's slide, while he and Chu Yang controlled the speed of the slide from behind.
The three people loosened their grip slightly, and perhaps because of the slippery conditions caused by the rain, the bamboo raft slid smoothly down the slope without any resistance.
Shen Yingyu, standing at the back, almost couldn't hold back the bamboo rafts:
"Xi-mei, sit at the front of the bamboo raft to increase gravity; the slope is too slippery."
Jiang Hexi picked up a stick and sat on the bamboo raft. Amidst the clucking of the free-range chickens filling the cage, she gestured to the people behind her:
"I'm on now, we can lower the rope."
"Chu Yang, go around to the side and grab the other rope too."
After making thorough preparations, Shen Yingyu slightly relaxed the force in his hands, and the entire bamboo raft remained completely still.
He inadvertently mentioned Chu Yang, "Don't hold on to the rope so tightly, how can the bamboo raft slide down like that?"
Chu Yang felt utterly wronged. "Brother, I loosened the tension on both ropes."
Shen Yingyu looked at the six chicken coops on the bamboo raft and the steady figure sitting back, and said, "Put in one-third more force."
The two of them relaxed their grip at the same time, but the bamboo raft remained stuck on the hillside and did not move an inch.
Jiang Hexi immediately became angry. She banged the wooden stick in her hand and said angrily:
"You are maliciously exposing my weight. If this continues, netizens will mistakenly think I weigh more than six cages of chickens."
"Let go boldly. What kind of behavior is it for two grown men to dawdle like this?"
Shen Yingyu looked down at the hillside and found that the bamboo raft was stuck on a protruding rock:
"Chu Yang, loosen the rope on the side. Xi Mei, use the stick to support yourself on the ground and turn to the right."
The three of them worked together to pry the stone, and then the bamboo raft slid smoothly down the hillside.
Jiang Hexi was quite satisfied with the current division of labor; she was perfectly suited to sitting on the bamboo raft and controlling the direction of the journey.
"Don't pull the rope too tight. Loosen it a bit. That's the kind of smooth downhill feeling we want."
In fact, even though Chu Yang and Shen Yingyu stood on both sides of the slope and used all their strength, they still couldn't stop the bamboo raft from continuing to slide down!
With a "whoosh," Chu Yang slipped and fell on the slope. Shen Yingyu couldn't pull the bamboo raft and was dragged forward two steps, the rope flying directly out of his hand.
The two of them fell to the ground, watching in utter horror as the bamboo raft, along with the chickens, was swept into the rainwater pond!
Jiang Hexi noticed that the bamboo raft was sliding downhill faster and faster, and her voice changed in surprise:
“Um… Da Yu, Chu Yang, there’s no need to rush. Pull the rope back a bit.”
"Too fast! Pull back! Pull back! Slow down!"
"Ah—, it's too fast! Someone help me! I can't brake!"
Upon seeing this, Director Chen quickly adjusted the cameraman's shooting angle so that he could capture the shot, and then instructed the boatman to row the boat aside to make way for her to be flushed.
Jiang Hexi clung tightly to the bamboo raft beneath her, the wind whistling past her ears and whipping her hair back. Amidst the desperate cries of free-range chickens flapping their wings for help, she let out a rollercoaster-like scream the moment she plunged into the rainwater pool:
"Ah—!! Glug glug glug—! Thump—"
The surroundings fell silent.
Jiang Hexi kept her eyes tightly closed, and did not sink into the water and suffocate as expected.
She was suspended in the rainwater pool, neither sinking nor floating, when she saw a lithe figure swooping down the slope, stopping just as she reached the edge of the pool.
Yan Jie said in alarm, "Xi-mei, don't move."
Jiang Hexi clung tightly to the bamboo raft beneath her, listening to the free-range chickens desperately flapping their wings in the water. Tears welled in her eyes as she said, "I'm on the verge of tears."
"King Yan... I... dare not move—"
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