Am I being pretentious when a grown man says these things?
Pei Xu was shocked as if he had heard something outrageous. "I'm jealous? I'm a man with eight-pack abs." He lifted up his shirt and said, "Cameraman, please give me a close-up shot of my eight-pack abs without any water!"
Jiang Lin pretended not to see it and helped lift up her clothes. His eyes moved from her abdominal muscles and waistline to her face. She had broad shoulders, a narrow waist and a beautiful face. He couldn't help but reveal his satisfaction.
"My biceps and arm lines." Pei Xu eagerly rolled up his sleeves to show himself.
"Just take it off." Jiang Lin said with a smile, "You and Li Xuran can watch this show together, and let the audience see your bodies and vote."
Pei Xu put down his sleeves, pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "If I really take off my clothes, will it pass the review? It can't be broadcast."
Jiang Lin said: "Why can't we broadcast the peacock spreading its feathers?"
Pei Xu argued: "Who is the peacock spreading its tail? There is a replay to prove that you are the one who started this war!"
The aunt smiled as she watched them playing and said, "Young people nowadays are looking for a good figure. They skip lunch and dinner and just eat an egg, a few small tomatoes and a bunch of grass. They are all skinny and slender."
"She has a good figure and is at a high enough altitude, but I just don't know..." Jiang Lin's voice suddenly stopped, and he walked towards the baking room with a wicked smile.
Pei Xu stood there in a daze, pondering his words.
Xiang Chuzhe, wearing a red baseball cap, walked towards the banyan tree with his head held high, like a general supervisor.
"Xiang Chuzhe, you look just like a farmhand exploiting the landlord!" Li Xuran followed laboriously, carrying a tripod and props.
Song Yifan followed behind with a ladder on his shoulder and said, "Big Director, if you don't ask me to be the leading actor in the future, I will quietly expose your dirty laundry to the media."
The female teachers of the program group were putting makeup on the specially invited uncles and aunts, and they used a black makeup brush with a thin layer of loose powder to gently brush across their cheeks.
Wang Xiuping took the small mirror and looked at herself in the mirror curiously. The female field teacher gently reminded her, "Auntie, please don't move. It will be fine in a moment."
"I've lived for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I've put on makeup. The more I look at it, the prettier it looks."
"Yes, time can never defeat beauty. Auntie has a good foundation and must have been very beautiful when she was young." The female field teacher used a cotton swab to dip in lipstick and spread it evenly on her lips.
"Xiuping, you look great!" Aunt Xu finally finished her housework and came over. "Everyone is wearing makeup now, and they all look handsome and pretty!"
Aunt Song happily touched her slightly curly long hair and said with a smile: "I am old, how can I be beautiful? I don't have much time to look in the mirror when I do farm work. Today I took a closer look and saw the wrinkles on my face. In the summer, there are more mosquitoes, and they will be pinched to death if I move my face. I don't need to slap them with my hands."
Aunt Song made everyone laugh.
Pei Jiming took out his phone and took a selfie with satisfaction, saying: "Times have changed, and we have to try to keep up. When we got married before, we didn't have the conditions to put on makeup and take wedding photos. We were very happy to be able to sit together with relatives and friends to drink tea and eat sunflower seeds."
Xiang Chuzhe had already started adjusting the camera parameters more than ten meters away and shouted loudly: "Uncles and aunts, are you ready?"
The female field teacher was applying liquid foundation to Aunt Song, and she stood up anxiously and shouted, "It's not ready yet, the beauty has just started to put makeup on me, you have to wait for me."
Xiang Chuzhe raised his camera to capture this precious moment. The liquid foundation left several traces on Aunt Song, and she looked so adorable as she waved her hands anxiously.
Song Yifan put down his things, looked at the makeup of each uncle and aunt, and praised several female teachers: "The sisters' hands are like those of gods, as skillful as the Weaver Girl. The beauty of people and the dexterity of hands are embodied!"
A female field teacher teased him: "Do you want me to put makeup on you too? I haven't seen you look so delicate in a long time."
"Goodbye, uncles and aunts are so good-looking, I can still find excuses for myself when I'm not wearing any makeup." Song Yifan said with a smile to everyone, "If I put on makeup, I won't be able to find excuses."
Li Xuran echoed, "If you don't want to put on makeup, then I won't do it either, otherwise no one will be embarrassed with me."
"You have such sweet mouths, just like you are soaked in a honey pot. Did you buy honey from your uncle Yitian?" Aunt Qian said with a smile.
Pei Yitian smiled and denied: "I testify on behalf of the children, this is not true. The children are open and reliable in their words and deeds, and have high emotional intelligence."
Cheng Enyue rode a tricycle to the scene and was deeply touched when he saw the faces of the uncle and aunt.
Cheng Enyue looked at them in the fixed camera and said with emotion: "They have not always been the middle-aged and elderly people we see now, but our eyes have never been fortunate enough to witness their young appearance."
Li Xuran said thoughtfully: "Brother Yue, now that you mention it, I seem to have forgotten what my parents looked like when they were young."
Xiang Chuzhe kicked them away and said disdainfully, "You two go to the side and admire the beautiful faces of uncle and aunt."
Xiang Chuzhe called out from behind the camera: "Uncles and aunts, let's shoot the first shot now. Just follow the script roughly, and the rest is up to you."
The filming is going on smoothly.
Song Yifan praised from the bottom of his heart: "The more I read the script, the more I feel that Chuzhe will definitely become a famous director in the future. He has ideas in his head and skills in his hands."
"Then can you be a little more sensible now? Try to curry favor with the future big director." Xiang Chuzhe turned around and opened his mouth.
Song Yifan handed him his cup of water attentively.
The voltage was insufficient and the chandelier under the eaves flickered. Jiang Lin walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked around, but no familiar figure appeared at the entrance of the ancient alley.
"He ran out without eating dinner and hasn't come back in two hours. I don't know where he went!"
The lady kindly taught Pei Xu how to beat the silver bars and asked, "Young man, from your accent, you don't sound like a local. Is your sweetheart a local?"
Pei Xu smiled and denied: "No, my sweetheart is from Beijing."
"You young people are so sweet in love."
Pei Xu said shyly: "Haven't caught up yet?"
The lady looked at him in surprise, and then encouraged him, "Young man, you are a handsome and polite man, and it is rare that you have such a heart." The lady looked at the silver bar that was hammered into a square shape in his hand, "You will catch up with your sweetheart sooner or later."
Pei Xu sighed silently, smiled bitterly and said, "The process of liking someone is more important."
"Why don't you come back?" Jiang Lin angrily broke off the petals of the potted plants. "Who wouldn't go out and play without saying anything? I want to go out too."
The silver polishing cloth polished a pair of handmade open bracelets until they were shiny and bright.
Pei Xu put it into the box carefully as if holding a treasure.
The lady asked again: "Young man, are you sure you don't want to carve the words?"
Pei Xu hesitated for a while and thanked her, "No thanks, ma'am."
The lights in the ancient alley were dim, and the small square box held in the boy's hand contained his unexpressed thoughts.
Pei Xu stepped happily on the bluestone slabs and called out at the gate, "Young Master Jiang."
There was no one in the yard, and Pei Xu looked at the name on the screen, hesitant.
The call was never made and Pei Xu brought back two boxes of beer.
Jiang Lin walked around the ancient city aimlessly and returned to the yard bored.
A small square table was set up in the yard, with a few white foam takeaway boxes and a lot of beer on it.
Pei Xu heard the noise and turned off the hair dryer.
Jiang Lin leaned against the door frame and said sarcastically, "Oh, you had a lot of fun out there. I thought you were so happy that you didn't want to leave. I didn't expect to see you here again."
It had been a long time since I heard Jiang Lin's sarcastic tone. Pei Xu couldn't help but laugh and said, "I went out to collect the market price of flower cakes."
"Really?" Jiang Lin asked, "Then why didn't you call me?"
Pei Xu walked out of the yard and said, "We have been learning skills in the workshop during the day, standing from morning to night. Didn't you say your feet hurt last night?"
The refreshing scent of cherry blossom shower gel passed over his nose. Jiang Lin didn't expect that Pei Xu took his casual complaint to heart.
Jiang Lin said proudly, "I don't believe it. Netizens have commented that this is a good place for a romantic encounter. Maybe someone has gone out to seek fate."
Pei Xu opened the takeaway box, and the braised beef and barbecue instantly filled the yard. He continued to coax, "People who are looking for fate should be in the bar now, not here to drink with you."
Jiang Lin's mood instantly became smooth and happy. He picked up a skewer of barbecue and sat down with satisfaction.
The pull ring of the can was pulled up by slender fingers, and Pei Xu handed the beer to him and said, "Tonight is our last day of learning in the workshop. We will go home at noon tomorrow. Jiang Shao, please do me a favor and drink with me."
Jiang Lin said happily: "Okay, since there is wine and meat, we will not stop until we are drunk tonight."
The moment he raised his head to drink, Pei Xu's eyes fell on Jiang Lin's dark circles, and he thought to himself: "I'll have a good sleep tonight if I'm drunk."
At night, they pretended to breathe but had irregular rhythms. They both knew that the other had barely fallen asleep until midnight. They maintained the tacit understanding of adults and did not expose each other.
Jiang Lin asked, "How did you get the price?"
Pei Xu pursed her lips and said, "The price in the ancient town can only be used as a reference. We have to calculate the specific price based on the material cost, packaging cost, express delivery cost, etc."
Jiang Lin put down the bottle and said, "There are a lot of things going on at home right now. Chuzhe's first promotional video will be online tomorrow. I am looking forward to the effect."
Pei Xu put the braised beef in front of him and said, "We have more and more fans, and more people are looking forward to us. A small thing will cause a big fluctuation. Chuzhe uploaded several edited versions of the video in the group. We think it has reached the level of a masterpiece, but Chuzhe was still working late last night to edit it, striving to present the best version to the audience and fans."
Jiang Lin stared at him and asked, "Will you regret it, Pei Xu?"
"What do you regret?" Pei Xu looked at him.
"I regret meeting us. Because of us, you are also exposed to the public. The popularity of the show is getting higher and higher, and we will be scrutinized by more and more people. The editing of the show sometimes cannot show the whole you. As artists, we are well aware of the routines. Under the manipulation of capital, we can't resist, and the same goes for you."
Pei Xu said with a firm gaze: "I have never regretted meeting you, but I am grateful to have met you from the bottom of my heart." Pei Xu looked away embarrassedly and said: "Is it a bit hypocritical for a grown man like me to say these things?"
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