With Luo Shimiao's help, Gu Nian finally caught five chickens.
Looking at the 15 eggs in the basket, Luo Shimiao smiled like a child.
Why 15? Because Sister Zhang really likes Luo Shimiao so much that she insisted on giving him 5 more despite the production team's objections.
Gu Nian: "Don't move."
"Huh?" Luo Shimiao looked at Gu Nian, puzzled.
The man's long, slender, fair fingers landed on the girl's head and plucked a yellow chicken feather from her hair.
Luo Shimiao stared blankly at the chicken feather for a moment before saying, "Thank you."
On the way back, Luo Shimiao thought of the man, the way he carefully plucked the chicken feathers for her, and that feeling of her heart racing returned.
Shake your head to clear your mind of distracting thoughts.
Gu Nian frowned slightly: "Not feeling well?"
Luo Shimiao's body stiffened. Had he been watching me the whole time?
To avoid arousing the man's suspicion, Luo Shimiao flashed her eight flawless white teeth and said, "No, no, the chicken farm was too dusty, I was just shaking my head."
Put the eggs in the kitchen and head to the next task location—Sister Lin's vegetable garden.
Upon arriving at the vegetable garden, the two exchanged a glance, thinking that the garden was rather...large.
It stretches as far as the eye can see.
Just then, a cheerful voice rang out, and Sister Lin walked out of the cornfield: "Are you here to help me pick vegetables?"
“Yes, yes,” Luo Shimiao replied.
"This way, come with me."
The summer sun was blazing, so Sister Lin found two straw hats for the two of them to wear.
"Thank you," they both said at the same time.
They were led to a greenhouse, which was full of cucumbers and covered about two acres.
After teaching the two girls to distinguish which ripe fruits were ready to be picked and which were not, Sister Lin went on to attend to her own business.
Looking at the two acres of cucumber field in front of him, Luo Shimiao said listlessly, "They said they were picking vegetables, but they didn't say they were picking vegetables from two acres of land. The production team is indeed cunning."
Luo Shimiao stepped forward, picked a cucumber, sat down on the ground, wiped it with his clothes, and put the cucumber in his mouth.
"Crunch, crunch." Half of it was gone in no time.
Gu Nian followed Luo Shimiao's example and sat down next to her to eat cucumbers, instantly turning the scene into a mukbang (eating broadcast).
After finishing one, Luo Shimiao picked another, and when she saw the photographer following her, she picked two more.
The two photographers were taken aback when they saw the cucumber in front of them, not expecting that Luo Shimiao would think of them.
"Want some or not?" Are you kidding me?
The photographer snapped out of his daze and immediately took the cucumber: "Thank you."
Luo Shimiao ate three whole sticks, and when he was full, he wanted to lie down, which he did.
Ignoring whether the ground was dirty or not, he lay down directly.
"Huh?" It seemed like her head was resting on something. She turned her head and saw Gu Nian's arm.
In other words, right now, she's resting her head on his palm!
"The ground is dirty." He looked down at the girl, completely oblivious to the fact that there was nothing wrong with his behavior.
But the live stream chat was already exploding.
—【Wow! I'm so envious.】
—【Gu Nian is so gentle!】
—[Jealousy drives people mad, what right does Luo Shimiao have?!]
—【Has anyone else noticed that this big shot treats Luo Shimiao differently than others?】
—【Upstairs! No need to ask, the answer is just your own opinion.】
—【Our brother is a good person, a gentleman! He doesn't have any shady dealings. Luo Shimiao doesn't deserve him.】
Luo Shimiao sprang up from the ground instantly, patted the dirt off his body, and said, "Let's get to work."
At 4:10 p.m., several baskets of cucumbers were laid out on the ground. The two of them spent more than an hour picking all the ripe cucumbers.
Luo Shimiao, dragging her tired body, found Sister Lin and said, "We've finished picking them."
Sister Lin wiped the sweat from her forehead with the towel hanging around her neck and nodded with satisfaction: "You're quite capable, young man. You finished faster than I expected."
"Thank you. Please feel free to pick any vegetables you like."
Although the garden owner said I could pick whatever I wanted, I still followed the show's rules and only picked two pounds of vegetables.
To get a larger quantity, Luo Shimiao didn't choose heavy vegetables, but instead picked a pound of lettuce, half a pound of snow peas, and two tomatoes.
When the two returned to their residence, they found that everyone except Qiao Zhixi had returned.
Noticing that something was wrong with everyone's expressions, he asked, "What's wrong with you all? Have you lost your souls?"
Jiang Xue turned her face blankly, her eyes lifeless: "I played the erhu with the old man for two hours. Now, every time I close my eyes, I hear the old man's 'melodious' tune. I never want to listen to the erhu again in my life."
The bite was particularly strong and melodious.
Huang Zongyi, holding his back, said, "Hongxuan and I were clearing weeds. The production team said it was just one plot of land and the two of us could finish quickly. But when we got there, it was... a huge plot of land."
He became more and more excited as he spoke: "We cleared two acres of weeds, and our backs almost broke from exhaustion."
Luo Shimiao: "We also picked cucumbers from two acres of land."
“We were all tricked by the production team, but Zhixi was even worse off than us.” Jiang Xue glanced at the second floor.
"What did she do?" Luo Shimiao was confused. He hadn't seen her and thought she hadn't come back.
Jiang Xue: "She was so angry with Xiaoming that she fainted. She's resting upstairs now."
She was so angry she almost fainted. She said that two pounds of shrimp wasn't so easy to carry.
"Serves her right. With such low stress tolerance, she dares to tutor homework."
"If you can do it, then you do it! If you can teach him, I'll wash my hair upside down." Qiao Zhixi came downstairs and overheard this, clutching her chest and saying angrily.
Washing hair upside down? Luo Shimiao immediately became interested: "Really?"
Qiao Zhixi gritted her teeth and said, "More real than real gold."
Luo Shimiao washed her face and went to Xiaoming's house, accompanied by Gu Nian and Qiao Zhixi.
Fearing that Luo Shimiao would cheat, Qiao Zhixi endured her discomfort and insisted on going with him.
As for why Gu Nian went too, his exact words were, "I was so angry that I could help carry him back."
When Xiaoming's mother saw them, especially Qiao Zhixi, her eyes were filled with guilt: "Xiaoxi, I'm so sorry, my son was so naughty. Are you feeling better?"
Qiao Zhixi: "I'm feeling much better."
"By the way, we're here to help Xiaoming with his homework. Is he home?"
Xiao Ming's mother was stunned: "Tutoring? Aren't you afraid...?"
"It wasn't me, it was her." Qiao Zhixi pushed Luo Shimiao out.
"Then you should be prepared, my son is very difficult to raise. Once he made my husband so angry that he ended up in the hospital."
"It's okay, I can take it better than her."
"I won't shed a tear until I see the coffin!" Qiao Zhixi felt a little better when she thought about how angry Luo Shimiao would jump up and down a moment later.
Xiaoming's mother led the three of them upstairs, calling out as they went, "Xiaoming, stop playing games, a lady is here to help you with your homework."
Xiao Ming sat on the sofa, engrossed in his game, and replied without looking up, "Did that sister come back to life?"
Qiao Zhixi felt a lump in her throat and took several deep breaths to calm down.
"What did you say, you brat? You want a beating, don't you?"
"Give me your phone, go do your homework."
Xiao Ming dodged his mother's hand and jumped onto another sofa.
"Mom, I'm about to lose. Let me finish this round first."
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