Chapter 391: Blackmailed for Saving Someone
It was four days later when Shen Tang and his group arrived outside the West City Research Institute.
The filming location of the crew is in Baiyunshan Village, not far from the town, and next to it is the military region and the Agricultural Science Research Institute.
The Baiyun Village under the Hongqi Brigade has beautiful scenery, surrounded by mountains and misty white clouds.
Professor Qin Wang had arrived in the village a long time ago and had discussed with the villagers to ask them to help build two houses.
One was for the girls and the other for the boys, both were large shared rooms. Because there weren't many people in the crew, only about ten in total, the village chief thought that after they left, the house could belong to the people in their village without them having to pay for it, so he agreed immediately.
Because they had to work in the fields during filming, they did not avoid the villagers. This place had been surveyed and the quality of the villagers was also taken into consideration by Professor Qin Wang, so they were not asked to pay to enter the village.
There aren't many girls in the crew, only five or six in total.
Because of her beautiful appearance, Chen Tang also became one of the villagers' attention.
It happened to be the local ethnic festival in March of the lunar calendar, and according to custom a grand event was to be held. The village chief also invited them to attend the festival together.
The people in the village are all ethnic minorities, and on this day they even changed into the clothes of the local ethnic minorities.
The people in the crew were very curious about this grand festival and asked the educated youth who had lived here for a long time.
"This event is to pray for a good harvest after a year of hard work, but we see that most of the participants are unmarried. Is there any other meaning?"
The educated youth smiled and said, "Of course, there are many young men and women who have just reached adulthood and are not married in Baiyun Village. In the past, the festival was held to pray for a smooth year of labor and good harvests. However, because the men and women participating in the festival are dressed beautifully and handsomely, some unmarried men and women fell in love during this festival, so this festival is also called the Marriage Festival."
"The festival doesn't require only unmarried men and women to participate. You can participate if you think it's fun. But if someone gives you silk flowers, don't accept them easily."
The educated youth knew that these people who were filming would not stay here for long, and they had heard that they were from Kyoto, so they wanted to make friends with them and pass on their experience to them.
The people in the girls' dormitory immediately cheered. They naturally didn't want to miss such a festival.
But you still have to go to town to buy ethnic minority clothes.
A few girls discussed it and took half a day off to go to town.
Seeing that they were all very excited, Professor Qin Wang immediately gave the entire crew half a day off and asked everyone to go shopping for clothes.
They didn't have a car, but knew there was an ox cart in the village, so they took a bag of brown sugar and hired Uncle Liu, who drove an ox cart, to take them there.
"Wow, these kids from the capital are really rich. They give me the brown sugar right away."
The people resting at the entrance of the village smoked and watched the beautiful girls go to the town, sighing as they smoked.
"I heard that they came here to film that drama, and it was approved by the leaders of the community. My second aunt is the aunt of the village chief. I heard that the village chief said that they paid for it."
"This money doesn't belong to us, and we, the common people, have to give up our space for them to film. It's a loss just thinking about it."
"But they didn't shoot in your field. That's the village chief's land."
The person who spoke before choked, thinking that this young man was really lacking in tact.
As everyone was talking and about to get up and continue working in the fields, a small man staggered over from the other side of the hill, carrying a large backpack.
Just as she was about to fall, several people supported her.
"Xiao Qiu, your aunt asked you to go out and pick wild vegetables again?"
Mu Qiu put the backpack on her shoulders with all her strength. The six or seven-year-old girl looked very mature, but her voice was still crisp and childish: "There are many bamboo shoots on the mountain. I dug some bamboo shoots and kudzu root."
"It's not like there are no adults in your family. Your aunt is a bad person. Your cousin has gone to school, but you are still working at home. They bring so much food home every day, but you can't even eat any of it. Adi and the others are really committing a sin."
Mu Qiu lowered his long eyelashes and pursed his lips timidly: "Uncle Shu, I'm going home first. I still have to weed the fields later."
Those people didn't want to care about that.
Mu Qiu's parents are both dead, leaving her as the only girl. You can take care of her for a while, but not for a lifetime.
Her uncle and aunt raised her, but they occupied her house and land, gave her clothes and shoes to their own daughter, and treated her like a cow every day.
The village chief scolded her at first, but the little girl only had this one relative left. If her uncle didn't raise her, no one would be willing to have an extra mouth to feed in the family.
Everyone just complained a few words about Mudi and his wife, but the two were shameless and didn't take it seriously. If they said too much, they would just throw the girl directly to their home and tell them to raise her themselves.
Mu Qiu took two steps and suddenly stopped: "Uncle Shu, why didn't I see those people today?"
It took the uncle a while to realize that she was talking about the people who were filming the movie.
"I heard that he went to town to play during the holiday."
"So when will they be back?"
"It will probably be around noon. Old Man Liu's cows need to eat grass in the afternoon."
Mu Qiu was silent for a moment, then forced a smile on his face: "Is that so, Uncle Shu, are there any fish in the pond? My aunt just gave birth to a little brother, and I have to catch a fish to help her produce milk."
The uncle said quickly, "It's only the beginning of spring, it's cold, and the pond is deep and cold. Don't listen to your aunt. If you go down there, you don't know what will happen."
Mu Qiu: "It's okay, I'm good at swimming."
After she finished speaking, she staggered back home carrying the backpack.
The uncle had gone to work in the fields. When the aunt, who was still in confinement, saw her coming back, she threw the diaper she was wearing on her and scolded her with a sharp face, "You're back so late, hurry up and wash your clothes, remember to pull the weeds in the fields today, and feed the chickens in the yard. After feeding them, go to the back mountain to cut some grass for the pigs. If I find out that you're lazy, I'll beat you to death."
Mu Qiu shrank back in fear, and said with tears in his eyes, "Yes, yes, I understand."
She picked up the empty backpack and walked out again.
My stomach was growling with hunger and I could only chew raw Pueraria root to fill the stomach.
Their land was at the entrance of the village, not far from the pond. With anticipation in her eyes, she kept looking towards the entrance of the village while weeding.
I don’t know what I’m thinking.
On the other side, Chen Tang and everyone else had bought clothes. Because of the festival, the supply and marketing cooperative in the town had received a lot of strange and weird things.
Chen Tang picked out a few pieces and planned to give them to the elderly and children at home to play with when he returned.
Qin Mei was still a little girl. When she saw the beautiful red scarf in the supply and marketing cooperative, she was immediately dazzled.
But she was on vacation and didn't have any cloth coupons with her. The scarf cost ten yuan, and she only had one hundred yuan on her, so she was reluctant to part with it.
When Chen Tang saw it, he smiled and asked the salesperson to take it down for him to see.
The salesperson had heard that some people from the capital came here to film a movie, and when he saw that they looked unfamiliar, he guessed their identities.
He immediately took off the scarf.
Chen Tang touched the fabric and found it was indeed worth the money, so he bought it for his cousin.
Qin Mei blushed and quickly declined: "Cousin, I can buy it myself."
Chen Tang raised a gentle smile: "Okay, girls should be pretty. Your cousin bought it for you. It should be regarded as a meeting gift. Why are you refusing it?"
Qin Mei was not one to shy away, and was about to say thank you when she suddenly saw someone behind her reaching out to them to hand over.
Her eyes turned fierce, she grabbed the thief's hand and twisted it, and after hearing the other party scream, she asked coldly: "What do you want to do?"
When everyone heard the noise, they turned around and saw the thief with a wretched face, short stature, and a wandering look, which showed that he was guilty.
"Why are there still thieves here?"
"Hurry up and see if anything is missing?"
A group of people checked their bags and were relieved to find that nothing was stolen. However, when they saw the thief's obscene eyes staring at the female comrades, they immediately became angry and sent him to the police station in a mighty manner.
After this incident, they returned home a little late. They were supposed to return at 11 o'clock, but now it was already 12 o'clock.
But everyone was in a good mood. Some people were singing and some were chatting and laughing on the way back.
When they arrived at the village entrance, a girl noticed a small person struggling in a pond not far away.
She screamed: "There's a little girl in the water, she's going to sink!"
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