☆, Chapter 42
After getting up, the two of them walked out of the door carefully, not wanting to disturb the people next door. There was still a distance from the room to the hall and then to the yard, and they had to cross a yard to get to the bathroom opposite.
The countryside was still a bit chilly on a June night. Jiang Tian wrapped herself tightly and stood at the bathroom door, letting Gu Jinyan in. "Go in quickly! I'll be waiting outside. If you need anything, just call me. I can hear you from outside."
But Gu Jinyan paused when he heard this, a look of discomfort on his face. "Okay, then you can't leave."
He held Jiang Tian's hand tightly, as if he was really scared.
Jiang Tian couldn't help but wonder if Gu Jinyan was really afraid of insects. Then how did he take a shower?
Could it be that the reason he only washed for three minutes was because he was afraid of these things and wanted to finish it quickly?
Suddenly I found it a little funny that a grown man would be afraid of insects.
"Okay, let's go in quickly." Jiang Tian couldn't help but urge.
Gu Jinyan stood outside the door and was reluctant to move. He looked at the bathroom door as if it were an enemy from a previous life, full of resentment. When Jiang Tian was about to lose patience, he finally took a deep breath and went in.
Looking at the man's stiff back, Jiang Tian almost died of laughter. This was the first time she saw Gu Jinyan so timid. After getting to know him for the past few months, she found that Gu Jinyan was actually a funny guy. On the surface, he had the image of a cold and aloof movie star, but in fact, he was a fool in private.
He is petty, loves revenge, likes to take advantage, and likes to cook. Of course, he also has many tempers and little tricks. But tonight, Gu Jinyan is a different Gu Jinyan in front of Jiang Tian. Who would have thought that the famous actor Gu would actually be a little princess who is afraid of cockroaches and mice?
Speaking of which, in all of Gu Jinyan’s previous movies, the characters lived in dirty environments, surrounded by snakes, insects, rats and ants. How did Gu Jinyan survive?
After all, Gu Jinyanke is well-known for not liking to use a body double, and he performs all the scenes himself.
If he was afraid of these things, how did he film it? Jiang Tian couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Over there, Gu Jinyan turned around and saw Jiang Tian trying to suppress her laughter. His expression suddenly turned ugly and he warned her, "Jiang Tian, I'm telling you, don't tell anyone about what happened tonight. If you tell anyone, I'll make you pay!"
"Okay, okay! I won't say anything, I won't say anything. Just go quickly. It's freezing outside." Jiang Tian restrained a smile and coaxed the great actor Gu as if he were a child.
Only then did Gu Jinyan finally turn around and go into the bathroom.
Jiang Tian was shivering in the cold outside, hugging her coat tighter. She had no choice but to pace back and forth in the yard, but after taking a few steps, she saw a camera in the corner facing them.
Jiang Tian: “???”
When I walked over, I saw that their photographer had not gone to bed yet and was still taking pictures.
"What are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping yet so late?" Jiang Tian walked over and greeted the photographer.
The cameraman chuckled and focused only on the camera.
The scene of Jiang Tian waiting for Gu Jinyan outside was recorded.
Jiang Tian glanced at the camera and then at the bathroom, and suddenly asked, "Have you been here for a long time? Did you record what we just said?" She knew that the professional equipment here could record all sounds from this distance. If that was true... then Gu Jinyan's statement that he was afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants was...
Jiang Tian saw that the photographer did not deny the expression, and suddenly her face became bright.
Blinking her big eyes, she looked towards the camera and said helplessly: "Post-production teacher, please edit out everything just now. Your actor Gu is actually a very thin-skinned person. If everyone knew..." Jiang Tian's face was full of helplessness. She stretched out her hands and put them together to make a please, please gesture.
But the program has not been recorded yet, so no one will respond to her at all. Moreover, to be honest, Jiang Tian really wants to see Gu Jinyan's iceberg image collapse and make a fool of herself. As long as Gu Jinyan is sad, it is her happiest time.
Jiang Tian thought about it and fell back.
She whispered to the camera, "Actually, I was just as surprised as you when I learned this little secret. I also hope that fans will know this little secret of Gu Yingdi. He is actually a timid little princess. Well, if the teacher decides to broadcast the segment about Gu Yingdi later, please edit my segment out. Please~"
She winked and smiled.
After greeting the photographer, he crouched down and tiptoed carefully towards the bathroom, and gestured to the photographer in the corner to hide.
She had just finished greeting the photographer when the door was pushed open. As soon as Gu Jinyan walked out, he saw Jiang Tian looking furtively behind him, frowning: "What are you doing?"
"Huh?" Jiang Tian turned around as if feeling guilty, and saw Gu Jinyan looking at her. She pursed her lips, raised her hand, and pointed unconsciously, "I was just looking around. I thought I saw a mouse over there just now. It ran over, so I went to take a look."
“…”
When Gu Jinyan heard the word "rat", his face suddenly changed and became extremely ugly. He swallowed his saliva and quickly pulled Jiang Tian away.
As soon as he thought of the mice, he didn't want to stay in the yard for even a minute longer.
I just went to the toilet almost with my eyes closed.
"Let's go now."
"oh."
Jiang Tian was dragged forward. She turned around and saw that the photographer had left. She couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth and smile evilly.
"What are you laughing at?"
Gu Jinyan sensitively noticed that Jiang Tian was absent-minded. He turned his head to look at the place where Jiang Tian had just looked, but saw nothing.
Jiang Tian was afraid that Gu Jinyan would see the photographer, so she grabbed Gu Jinyan's hand and said, "Let's go quickly. It's nothing, just a mouse. I think I saw it again just now."
Gu Jinyan: “…”
Why are you so disgusting?
After returning home, the two finally felt a little sleepy. Jiang Tian had just caught a cold outside, and Gu Jinyan could feel the chill on her body as soon as he approached her. He frowned and pushed the quilt towards her, "You just stood outside in the wind for so long, cover yourself with the quilt."
"No, I'm just fine now. It was a little cold just now, but the temperature inside is higher than outside, so it's just right now."
The two of them slept on a cool mat, with the buzzing sound of mosquitoes in their ears, but Jiang Tian was so sleepy that her eyelids were fighting each other and she had no time to pay attention.
Gu Jinyan put the quilt on Jiang Tian in a bad mood. Jiang Tian was not happy and kicked it off. Gu Jinyan was not willing to give up, so he covered her again. Jiang Tian kicked it off again. The two of them quarreled for a long time. Jiang Tian was a little impatient, but as long as she didn't cover herself with the quilt, Gu Jinyan seemed to keep torturing her and not letting her sleep. In desperation, Jiang Tian had to cover herself with the quilt obediently.
Gu Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the man had finally calmed down, and he also covered himself with a corner of the quilt and went to sleep.
…
I slept very soundly that night.
Perhaps it was because of the fatigue from the long journey, coupled with the fact that she had to cook and take a shower last night, and was woken up by Gu Jinyan in the middle of the night to accompany him to the toilet, it was already noon when Jiang Tian woke up.
When I opened my eyes, there was no one beside the bed, and my body was twisted so much that it almost covered the entire bed.
"Gu Jinyan?"
Jiang Tian was stunned for a moment and shouted subconsciously.
But no one responded.
Jiang Tian frowned, put on some clothes, walked out of the room and into the hall, where she saw Jiang Sangni opposite her already dressed neatly and preparing food in the hall.
Seeing Jiang Tian yawning, she smiled and called out, "Good morning, how did you sleep last night?"
Jiang Tian was extremely sleepy and nodded. "It's okay, but it's a bit noisy here and there are a lot of mosquitoes. Do you have a mosquito net in your room? It seems there's a big hole in the mosquito net over there."
"Here. I have some needle and thread. Go back and get it and mend the mosquito net. Then there won't be mosquitoes at night."
When Jiang Tian heard this, her eyes lit up instantly. As long as she could mend the mosquito net and avoid being bitten, it would be fine. Otherwise, it would be difficult to sleep well that night.
After a pause, he looked outside and saw that almost everyone in the five rooms had gotten up.
When Jiang Tian looked outside, she saw Han Chi coming back cursing, holding a basket of radishes in his hands and another basket of radishes on his back.
Are you digging radishes?
"Where have you been?" Jiang Tian asked as she went out.
Han Chi was furious when he heard this: "What else can I do? Go out and dig radishes. What a lousy show! I should have stopped coming earlier. It's really too tiring! This is the first time I've seen this kind of work in my life. Look at my hands, there's mud under my fingernails."
Bai Su stood beside him with a unhappy expression on her face. If it had been before, she would have spoken out to stop Han Chi because of his cursing. After all, in Jiang Tian's impression, Bai Su was still very capable. But now she was so abused that she couldn't say a word.
Even when Han Chi was complaining, Bai Su nodded hesitantly and whispered, "The conditions here are really too bad. We clearly agreed on a romantic couple's life before. This production team is really too deceptive."
She complained and put the pile of tomatoes in her arms on the table, obviously going to pick tomatoes.
Jiang Tian didn't know what to say. Looking at the two people's expressions and Bai Su's occasional handholding of her stomach, Jiang Tian knew without asking that these two people might not even have gone to the toilet the whole night, and had been enduring it.
It would be fine if Han Chi was a man, but Bai Su was a girl, and a rich lady at that, so it was normal that she found it difficult to adapt to the environment here. She probably had never experienced such a bad environment in her life.
"The first period was indeed a bit excessive, but we can hold on for a while. Let's clean the toilets this afternoon and make everyone's stay more comfortable. After all, we're going to be here for a whole week. It's impossible for you to not use the toilet all the time, right?"
Bai Su blushed upon hearing this.
Because Jiang Tian seemed to be talking about herself, she had originally thought of holding it in and not going to the toilet, or going somewhere else during the day to see if there was a better toilet, but after going out all day, she found that all the toilets were worse than this one. As for how she solved the problem last night, Bai Su was too embarrassed to think about it.
This village is so backward that it doesn't even have a decent toilet.
Bai Su was in despair.
Hearing that Jiang Tian was willing to clean the bathroom, Bai Su thought about it and had no other choice but to agree. After all, people have three urgent needs, and it is impossible to hold it in and go home.
"When do we start cleaning? Sooner rather than later, I think."
"Okay, then let's get to work early." Jiang Tian agreed and asked, "Have you seen Gu Jinyan? I haven't seen him since I got up this morning."
"Oh, you mean Brother Gu. He went to pick loofahs this morning. I saw him go to the east. You can go look for him." Bai Su pointed in a direction.
Jiang Tiantian nodded, picked up his toiletries, washed his face and brushed his teeth, then walked towards the place Bai Su had just pointed.
The country roads have not yet been paved with cement, but are made of brick debris mixed with mud, which makes walking on them a bit uncomfortable. The village is sparsely populated and most of the houses are empty. It is said that this is because the young labor force in the village has gone out to work in the city. Some families have taken their entire family members with them after settling down in other places and never returned.
Some people only come back once every year or two, leaving only a few elderly people at home, which basically means half of the house is empty.
There is no access to the village, and no one repairs the electric poles. In many places, the poles are broken and there is no electricity.
But one thing worth mentioning is that the village is still very beautiful in this season, with fresh air, and many fruits and vegetables planted on both sides of the road. There are also some unknown small wild flowers on the roadside in various colors. Jiang Tian looked around curiously and kept walking forward. Finally, she saw Gu Jinyan in a fruit field.
At that time, the man was busy picking loofahs. There were already many vegetables in the box placed on the ground, including water spinach, loofahs, tomatoes, radishes, potatoes, and everything else. I don't know where he got these things from.
"Gu Jinyan?!" Jiang Tian shouted from the side.
The man in the straw hat in the field turned around when he heard the sound. When he saw Jiang Tian, he raised the corner of his mouth and waved. Jiang Tian raised the corner of his mouth and walked over. The road in the field was not easy to walk on. Jiang Tian was wearing sneakers, but they were white and got dirty in a short while.
"Watch your step, it's a bit slippery here. It must have rained last night, so it's a bit wet. Don't fall."
He handed his hand to Jiang Tian, and Jiang Tian did not object. She held Gu Jinyan's hand. The two supported each other, and Jiang Tian walked inside.
Seeing Gu Jinyan picking vegetables nearby, she wanted to lend a hand but was stopped.
"Just stand there and watch. I'll be fine in a moment. Be careful and stand steady."
Gu Jinyan was wearing rubber boots, gloves, and a hat. Glancing at the scorching sun, he quickly took off his hat and put it on Jiang Tian, leading her to sit by the roadside.
"Just stay here. I'll only be there in ten minutes."
Jiang Tian was arranged to sit on the stalk of the field, still a little confused.
She had never lived in the countryside. Although she could endure hardships, she really couldn't do these kinds of work at all.
Sitting next to Gu Jinyan who was busy in the fields, I realized that although Gu Jinyan was a child who grew up in the city and was a movie star, he could do everything.
Whether it was yesterday's stove or today's picking, he seemed to be able to do everything.
This man is almost perfect except that he is a little arrogant and has a bad temper.
"How do you do this?"
Jiang Tian stood by and asked while watching Gu Jinyan busying around.
Gu Jinyan turned around and saw Jiang Tian looking at him, blinking her big eyes.
"I filmed a rural-themed film and stayed in the countryside for more than three months."
Gu Jinyan responded simply, as if he was just talking about something casual, but it did sound a little unbelievable to Jiang Tian's ears.
"Did the director ask you to come and hone your skills?"
"No, I asked for it myself."
"So what was it like when you came..."
Jiang Tian really wanted to wonder if everything had been arranged and she just needed to go through the process and get a general guide on how to do it, or if she really had to practice it herself. But after thinking about it, she realized that Gu Jinyan was always arrogant and conceited. Since he had decided to hone himself, he would definitely not let anyone prepare in advance, so he must have come here on his own to familiarize himself with the situation in advance without anyone knowing.
Jiang Tian thought about it and felt that it was no wonder that Gu Jinyan could win three Best Actor awards at such a young age, which made veteran actors like Zheng Bing very impressed. After all, these were honors he had earned with his hard work.
As I said, there is no free lunch in the world. If you want to get something, you need to pay a certain amount of price. This is true no matter who you are.
Jiang Tian thought about herself in her previous life.
Suddenly she felt that maybe it wasn't that fate was unfair, but that she hadn't tried hard enough. She was too greedy for the fame and fortune that playing silly and sweet roles brought her. If she really wanted to make a name for herself in the film industry, she could completely reject all silly and sweet dramas and wait for an opportunity to appear on the big screen. But it was too late to say anything now.
What lies before me now is a brand new life and a brand new opportunity.
Jiang Tian thought for a moment, then stood up and walked over to Gu Jinyan, helping him pick the vegetables from the shelf. Gu Jinyan was a little surprised: "Shouldn't I just let you rest over there?"
"I think you're right. If I want to act in various scripts in the future, then these life experiences are something I must go through. Now that there's such a good opportunity in front of me to experience rural life, if I don't do anything, wouldn't that be a waste of the opportunity?"
“…”
Gu Jinyan simply didn't know what to say. This little girl was setting too high standards for herself. Was it really necessary for her to work so hard?
He just said it casually, who knew that she would be so cruel as to torture him to death?
"If you want to prepare for a play, there's no need to do this. The weather is a bit hot today. If you need it for a play in the future, I can bring you here again. I'll just let you know how it's done here. You don't have to do it yourself..."
Seeing her white and tender little hands picking these things, Gu Jinyan felt a little reluctant from the bottom of his heart.
Jiang Tian felt unhappy when she heard this, frowning and saying, "Gu Jinyan, what do you mean by that? In your eyes, you can experience life in person for the sake of acting, but I can't? Am I worse than you or what?"
Gu Jinyan: “…”
I can't help but be speechless. Is this guy brainless or heartless? I obviously feel sorry for him, but he takes my kindness for granted.
"Then you can do it, but be careful not to damage the roots of the vegetables so that they can grow again later."
Seeing that Gu Jinyan was willing to teach her, Jiang Tian pursed her lips, nodded desperately, and studied seriously and hard.
The little appearance is particularly attractive in the sun.
Gu Jinyan couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
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