Chapter 61 Planting Trees



The director regrets it now, very much.

If I had known that the guest Lu Hao wanted to recommend to him was Li Zhao, I wouldn’t have changed it even if I were given ten Xu Beis.

Alas, we should always think positively. Maybe in the next episode, Li Zhao’s performance will not be good.

After comforting himself, the director stood up and said, "Hurry up and notify Xu Bei to start filming. Don't think that you don't know the rules just because you have Young Master Ziqie backing you up."

They are all in the same circle, and everyone knows three or five friends. It will not benefit anyone if they fall out with each other. He is a well-known program producer and director, so there is no need for him to please newcomers everywhere.

In the past, he was somewhat tolerant of Xu Bei for the sake of Ziqie Entertainment, but after seeing Li Zhao's wonderful performance in "Return to the Mountains", tolerance turned into complaints and impatience.

"Love" was created by him. For this show, he drank so much that his stomach was perforated and he acted like a coward in front of the TV station leaders. He finally made the show a success, so how could he want its reputation to decline in the second season?

Xu Bei saw that the villa where Li Zhao lived in "Return to the Mountains" had attracted a lot of discussion and attention from netizens, and he also wanted to show off his own villa. But the program crew ignored his suggestion and just kept urging him to record.

As far as he could remember, there was no such program as "Return to the Mountains". Why did it become so popular after Li Zhao participated in it?

As long as you open the online media platform, you can see the video clips of Li Zhao in the show. Netizens kept praising her for being cute, honest, or like a landslide, and she gained a lot of fans from passers-by.

The streets, subway stations, bus stops, and shopping malls outside are all covered with posters of Li Zhao endorsing Cangshi watches. If you turn on any TV station, you will see Li Zhao’s advertisements pop up.

Cangshi advertisements can also be seen on the opening screens of various social software and even in newspapers, which shows how much Cangshi watches value Li Zhao as their spokesperson.

If it weren't for the fact that Cangshi's big boss was Yan Ting, he would probably suspect that the big boss had a crush on Li Zhao and was willing to spend so much energy pushing him.

But anyone in the world could do such a thing, except Yan Ting.

How can a person who has no respect for life know how to like someone?

But he clearly snatched away the opportunity that belonged to Li Zhao, so why is he still so popular in the end? All his efforts seemed like a joke in the face of Li Zhao's popularity.

He was unwilling to accept it.

There were almost no vehicles on the wide road. Li Zhao looked at the yellow earth outside the car window and hummed a song "Loess Plateau". He was in such good spirits that the staff were jealous.

"Zhao Zhao, we are almost at our destination." The staff handed the task card to Li Zhao: "Today at noon, you need to go to the villagers' house to borrow ingredients and make lunch for yourself."

"Not going to have a free meal?" Li Zhao felt a little regretful.

Staff: “No.”

I'm afraid that you eat too much and eat up all the rice in the villagers' homes.

"I knew you wouldn't treat me well." Li Zhao took out his cell phone and took a few pictures of the scenery of the Loess Plateau. He would find a chance to send them to Tingting after getting off the bus.

"As a black-hearted program group, being kind to the guests would be cruel to ourselves." The car slowly stopped and the staff smiled: "Let's go and start our trip to the Loess Plateau."

Li Zhao put on his hat and got off the car with his suitcase. When he saw the cave, he exclaimed in surprise: "Our guests are also staying in the cave tonight?"

The staff looked at Li Zhao sideways. They arranged for the guests to live in caves because they wanted them to suffer, not to make them happy.

"I've never lived in a cave before. This time I can finally try it. It's great." Li Zhao quickened his pace and ran towards the village.

The cameraman resigned himself to following behind.

Li Zhao is really a little monster. He can run so fast while carrying such a big box.

Please remember that you are a popular young star, a fresh meat!

Isn’t it good to have some idol image for yourself? ?

The village the guests visited this time is called Wahong Village. The climate conditions here are not as good as those of Qingxi Village. The temperature difference between day and night is large, and the ultraviolet rays are strong. Before coming, Dake kept reminding him not to forget to wear sunscreen.

The village was different from the yellow sand that the guests had expected. Although it was still early spring, they could still see some greenery on the mountains.

As soon as Li Zhao walked into the village, he saw Zhang Kui holding a small bag of rice and nothing else.

"Zhao Zhao." Seeing Li Zhao, Zhang Kui ran to him at almost the speed of a rocket: "You haven't eaten either, have you?"

Li Zhao nodded silently.

"Then let's cook together." Zhang Kui became even more enthusiastic: "First, get some ingredients from the village, and then we'll cook together."

Li Zhao has doubts about the term "together".

Facing Zhang Kui's pitiful eyes, he sighed: "Let's go."

Zhang Kui followed happily and praised Li Zhao in various ways. It was not easy for anyone to have a meal.

When Li Zhao reached a house, he was about to knock on the door, but Zhang Kui stopped him and said, "Don't go. I just went to knock on the door, but before I could finish my words, the lady closed the door."

"Let's try again." Li Zhao pointed at the family's house and said, "Their house is so well built, they must have extra food."

Zhang Kui thought, yes, yes, but they may not give it to you.

The big iron door creaked open, and the person who opened the door was the woman who had just ignored Zhang Kui. The woman had a gloomy face and seemed to be in a bad mood.

Zhang Kui was frightened by the woman's expression and took a step back, hiding behind Li Zhao.

"Sorry to bother you." Li Zhao gave the woman a bright smile.

"What's the matter?" The woman looked at Li Zhao with a stern face.

"Big sister, it's like this. We just arrived in the village and want to make lunch, but we don't have any ingredients right now. Do you have any extra ingredients at home? Just give us some." Seeing that the other party still had a gloomy face, Li Zhao quickly added a few words: "If you don't have any, it's okay. I wish you a happy life and we won't bother you anymore."

When the woman saw Li Zhao and Zhang Kui preparing to leave, she moved her lips and spoke hesitantly, "Wait, come in with me."

Zhang Kui:? ? ?

You actually agreed? !

"Thank you." Li Zhao smiled with his eyes shining.

The woman glanced at the camera following them, opened the door a crack, and led them into the house.

The yard was very clean, with a few roses planted in the corners, blooming beautifully. The yard was very quiet, as if no one else lived in the house.

The woman took them into the house, opened the old refrigerator, and took out all the meat and vegetables inside: "Take all of these."

"It's too much, too much. You gave it all to us. What do you want to eat?" Li Zhao and Zhang Kui stuffed the valuable chicken and fish back.

"If you don't eat them, these things will just go bad." The woman stopped them and stuffed the food back.

"Are you going on a long journey?" Li Zhao then realized that many pieces of furniture in the room were covered with dust-proof plastic sheets.

"Yes." The woman nodded. She looked at Li Zhao, and through him she missed another person: "I'm going to find my child."

"Your child?" Zhang Kui was confused. Why was he looking for a child?

Li Zhao suddenly thought of something. He looked at the woman's tired face and asked, "Where did your child go?"

"I don't know. He was only five years old when he was stolen." The woman's eyes were numb and tired. She could no longer shed tears. "He is timid. I haven't been with him for these years. I am worried that he will be scared."

Zhang Kui was speechless and didn't know what to say.

The program crew did not expect such a sudden change, and the cameraman hesitated whether to turn off the camera.

"Continue recording." The director's voice came from the headphones he was wearing.

"You will find him." Li Zhao looked at the woman seriously: "As long as you are looking forward to his return home, he will definitely be waiting for you safely, waiting for you to bring him home."

"Really?" There was hope in the woman's eyes. She tightly grasped Li Zhao's wrist, as if looking for a reason to hold on: "Is he really safe?"

"Really." Li Zhao: "A child who is loved by his mother must be a lucky child."

"Thank you, thank you..." Tears flowed from the woman's dry eyes, "Thank you."

A staff member from the program team came in and asked the woman for information about her child.

After the staff communicated with the woman, Li Zhao and Zhang Kui learned that her child was taken away from the yard. From then on, she became reluctant to open the door to strangers and was even hostile to the arrival of strangers.

Li Zhao was different from other strangers because he was about the same age as her child. When Li Zhao smiled, she almost thought that her child was found.

But she knew very well in her heart that Li Zhao was not her child.

Her child has a mole on his nose. Li Zhao has a fair and clean face and a pair of star-like eyes.

After leaving the family, Li Zhao carried the big bag of food that the woman had stuffed into his hand, feeling indescribably complicated.

"Be happy. With the help of the program team, her chances of finding her child will be greater." Zhang Kui noticed that Li Zhao was in a bad mood: "What's wrong with your face? It can attract men, women, old and young."

"Maybe it's because I picked the best one." Li Zhao touched his face and said, "This is something most people wouldn't envy."

"Uncle and aunt must be handsome men and beautiful women, otherwise they wouldn't have given birth to a child as beautiful as you."

Li Zhao squinted and smiled.

Zhang Kui just thought he agreed and touched his stomach and cried out that he was hungry.

When they arrived at the cooking area, they saw a dusty earthen stove, a large unwashed iron pot, and a pile of unchopped firewood.

Fortunately, there is a pressurized well nearby, so they don’t need to fetch water.

"The production crew must have put a lot of thought into finding this shabby place." Li Zhao picked up the broom that the production crew had prepared long ago and began to sweep the floor.

"How do you know?"

"Several years ago, the country started building new villages, allocating funds to renovate old houses and demolish and rebuild dilapidated houses." Li Zhao swept the thick dust on the stove: "The villagers have long stopped living in houses like this."

Zhang Kui held his breath for a long time and said: "This is a shitty production team, they are not human beings."

"Go get some water." Li Zhao found the clean bucket that the production team had prepared long ago: "Wait for me to clean the pot and cook."

Zhang Kui walked to the well with the bucket in his hand, turned around and asked the cameraman: "How do we use this well?"

The cameraman smiled but said nothing.

"Zhao Zhao!" The camera was unreliable, and Zhang Kui resigned himself to asking Li Zhao for help: "How do I get water from this well?"

Li Zhao gave him a look of disdain and said, "Forget it, you should just sweep the floor and leave the rough work like fetching water to me."

Li Zhao walked to the well, pressed the pressure a few times, and found that water was flowing out normally without the need to divert water. After filling a bucket with water, Li Zhao started chopping wood again.

With a chop, the cameraman muttered "black-hearted programs are not human", and he couldn't help but take two steps back.

After finally preparing a meal, Li Zhao and Zhang Kui had no time to talk and just kept eating.

The two of them finished a full pot of rice. Li Zhao smiled and said, "Actually, I usually eat very little. I was just too hungry today."

"What a coincidence, me too." Zhang Kui touched his bulging belly and laughed along with Li Zhao.

No matter how much he eats, the masculine character of this little fairy who grew up drinking dew cannot fall.

After making the bed and tidying up the room, Li Zhao and Zhang Kui sat under the eaves, finally enjoying a half-day of leisure.

Unfortunately, this comfort did not last long, as the program team sent us a task card.

"Planting trees?"

Zhang Kui opened his mouth wide: "We are going to plant trees?"

"Contributing to the greening of our motherland is the duty of every young person." Li Zhao glanced at the small words under the task card. Is their theme this time environmental protection and greening?

"There are three criteria for the number of trees to be planted. As long as you answer enough questions correctly within the specified time, you can reduce the amount of tasks."

"That's easy. When I was in school, I was always the smartest person in the class." Zhang Kui patted his chest and said, "You can ask as many questions as you want. If you can't answer them, I lose."

“Question 1: Are crab shells dry garbage or wet garbage?”

Zhang Kui opened his mouth, was silent for three seconds, then turned to look at Li Zhao.

He gave up.

Li Zhao was not sure: "Wet garbage?"

"Are you sure?"

“Are you sure…?”

"Second question: One morning, Xiaobai, who likes to stay up late, woke up and found that his hair was gone. Why is that?"

Zhang Kui: "Because staying up late is harmful to your health?"

"Wrong answer."

Of the ten questions, Li Zhao and Zhang Kui only answered six correctly, five of which were answered by Li Zhao.

"The smartest one?" Li Zhao said with a complicated expression: "Brother Zhang, are you the only student in your class?"

Zhang Kui: "I suspect you are attacking me personally."

Li Zhao: “No.”

"You have."

"Dear guests, the results of the other two teams are out. Congratulations on getting the third place."

There were three teams in total, and they took third place. Is that something to be proud of?

"It doesn't matter whether we answer the question correctly or not. The main thing is that we like the feeling of planting trees." Li Zhao picked up the hoe and smiled, "Brother Zhang, am I right?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Kui nodded: "Transplanting hair for the Earth, what a noble and great act."

The two of them kept talking stubbornly all the way to the place where the trees were planted, and then they looked at the vast Huangshan Mountain in front of them and shut their mouths at the same time.

The camera was focused on their faces, taking a close-up shot with no blind spots.

“Hahahahahaha.” Li Zhao laughed dryly. “Baldness is a global problem, right? Ha, ha, ha.”

The laughter was full of helplessness, weakness and pity.

The author has something to say: Baby Zhao Zhao: I am the invincible Superman in the universe.

Half an hour later, Baby Zhao Zhao: In fact, there is infinite space outside the universe, right?

Baby Tingting: Zhaozhao is right.

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