The pig market is about seventy or eighty kilometers away from Qingxi Village. The program crew's car was following the pig transport truck, smelling the suffocating odor.
When the car drove into the country road, the pig transport truck jumped three feet high on the bumpy road surface. The people in the program team even suspected that Li Zhao would pop out.
"It's cruel, really cruel." When the staff saw Li Zhao holding the railing of the car with one hand, his hair disheveled in the wind, but still smiling and chatting with the farmers, they felt admiration for him.
"Brother, I'm worried that after this episode is broadcast, the audience will call us cruel and ruthless."
Although this matter really has nothing to do with them, will the audience believe it?
No, they won’t. They only know how to call them Zhou Pa Pi and Rong Mama.
"I just don't believe that he can handle it well after going to the village." The staff member was not discouraged and did not give up. For the sake of the production team's face and status, he had to be strong!
Qingxi Village is a poor village. Its economic conditions have only gradually improved in recent years, but compared with towns and villages in big cities, there is still a long way to go.
The farmer who bought the pig is named Zhang. He is almost 60 years old and his children all work away from home. During the years he spent in the village, he seldom saw a boy as handsome and gentle as Li Zhao. Before going out, the village chief informed everyone that a celebrity would come to their village to record a program in the next few days. Unexpectedly, he was lucky enough to meet him while he was buying two pigs.
The two chatted happily along the way, and when the car stopped at the entrance of the village, Uncle Zhang still felt a little reluctant to leave.
It’s quite fun chatting with this kid.
"Zhao Zhao, this is your mission card." The staff handed over a card.
Li Zhao opened the card and read: "Bring two staff members to have dinner at a fellow villager's house."
"Whose house are you going to? Let's go to my house." Uncle Zhang skillfully tied the straw ropes around the two piglets and said cheerfully, "I stewed some bacon at home today. It's especially delicious. Come on, kid. I'll take care of your meals."
After saying that, he looked at the production staff and said, "Are you guys my colleague? Let's go, let's go together!"
No, it was already past mealtime. The scene they imagined would be Li Zhao, with a shy face, going from house to house to ask fellow villagers if they had anything to eat, struggling to make a living.
Uncle, it’s really hard to make a show when you are so enthusiastic.
The staff secretly glanced at Li Zhao, hoping that he would refuse.
But when Li Zhao heard the word "bacon", his eyes widened like Pikachu's and he nodded his head like a treetop blown by the wind: "Okay, okay, uncle, I'll help you lead the pig."
The newly bought pig is timid and will not follow people obediently, so it takes a lot of effort to drag it back.
The straw rope was strong and not likely to strangle the piglet. Li Zhao took the rope and pulled it, and the piglet's four hooves left several long marks on the mud.
Program team: “…”
Li Zhao is risking his life just to get some bacon from his fellow villager!
You are a good young man, but you don’t want to be an idol anymore?
"Zhao Zhao, how did you think of taking the pig transport truck back?" The staff member followed Li Zhao and asked, "Is it a coincidence?"
"Qingxi Village is quite remote, and almost every household has the habit of raising pigs for meat. In addition, many villagers raise piglets in the spring, so I went to the pig market to try my luck." Speaking of this, Li Zhao still felt a little regretful: "If the price of second brother pigs had not continued to rise recently, and I was worried that the uncle would not want to take me, I could save a few more dollars."
Staff: “…”
No, you've really saved enough.
After dragging the pig across the ridge and climbing over the small hill, we finally arrived at Uncle Zhang's house.
"Old man, are there guests?" An old lady with short hair and an apron around her waist came out and immediately fixed her eyes on Li Zhao: "This child is so good-looking, is he our girl's boyfriend?"
Everyone loves beauty, regardless of age. Even an old lady has the right to appreciate beauty.
"What nonsense are you talking about? This is a big star from the city." Grandpa Zhang's face turned red, and he said to his wife, "Go get some fresh vegetables from the soil and stir-fry a few dishes. The kid and his friends will have lunch at our house at noon."
"Okay, okay." The aunt smiled brightly and warmly invited Li Zhao to come in and sit down.
"Thank you, Auntie. I'll help you put the piglets in the pigpen and come back." Li Zhao dragged the squealing pig and asked Uncle Zhang, "Uncle, where is your pigpen?"
"The pigsty is dirty, how can I let you go there?"
"It's okay. I brought clothes with me before I went out. I can just change clothes later." Seeing that there were no young or middle-aged people at Uncle Zhang's house, Li Zhao simply helped him finish his work first.
Seeing that he was so persistent, Uncle Zhang had no choice but to take Li Zhao to the pigpen.
The pig pens in the countryside are made sturdily, so it is not easy for pigs to escape or to be opened. Seeing that Uncle Zhang had been trying for a long time but couldn't open the entrance to the pigpen, Li Zhao bent down, clamped the pig's ear with one hand, untied the straw rope around its neck, and carried the piglet into the pigpen with both hands.
Carried into the pigsty!
Carried into the pigsty!
The cameraman who was following him was so nervous that his legs were shaking. Is this really an actor from idol dramas?
Is it true? !
The piglet was still squeaking and howling, using the most miserable cry to mourn its non-existent freedom.
After locking the two piglets into the pigsty, the aunt enthusiastically took Li Zhao to wash his hands and face. She even cleared the master bedroom for Li Zhao to go in and change clothes.
After changing his clothes and shoes, Li Zhao saw the aunt waving at him from behind the door.
He trotted over, and the aunt pulled him into the kitchen, then... handed him a few palm-sized slices of lean bacon and whispered, "Come, try it and see if it suits your taste."
The kitchen door creaked open, and the dark camera was focused on the bowl of meat in Li Zhao's hand.
Li Zhao's eyes met with the cameraman in the air. At this moment, there seemed to be a hint of awkwardness in the air.
"I'll ask the kid to come over and help me taste the saltiness of the food." The aunt found the largest piece in the bowl and stuffed it into Li Zhao's mouth. Then she picked a small piece, tore off half of it and handed it to the cameraman: "Would you like some too?"
Camera: “…”
Auntie, you are very much like the villain mother in the family ethics drama who favors her younger son and secretly gives all the good things to him. People like this will get slapped in the face in the end, do you know that?
The aunt didn't know and didn't want to know. She was just worried that there were too many guests and this handsome young man wouldn't have enough bacon to eat.
"It's delicious, with just the right amount of saltiness." Under the camera, Li Zhao shamelessly finished eating the bacon, and even took two more slices from the bowl, one for the aunt and one for himself, and then helped the aunt light the wood stove.
The frying pan in my grandpa and grandma's house is very big, and the firewood is burning very vigorously. As soon as the food is put into the pan, the whole house is filled with smoke.
"Auntie, can you make the fire a little brighter?"
"Yes, the fire has to be strong, so that the dishes cooked out will taste good."
After cooking, Li Zhao enthusiastically helped the aunt serve the dishes and get the bowls, his face full of anticipation for lunch. This made the production crew wonder if the kid had not been well fed under the strict supervision of his agent, and now that his agent was not around, he finally let go.
When the food was served, Uncle Zhang wanted to take out the medicinal wine he had collected for many years and pour a glass for Li Zhao. Li Zhao quickly refused: "Uncle, I don't drink."
Uncle Zhang tried to persuade Li Zhao several times, but when he saw that Li Zhao really didn't want to drink, he didn't pour him a glass.
"My wine is pure grain wine, you can't drink it outside." Seeing that Li Zhao didn't drink, the old man felt a little regretful: "Kid, you should eat more. Young men should eat more meat to grow taller."
After saying that, he used clean chopsticks to pick up a small bowl of bacon for Li Zhao.
Several staff members of the program group: …
I have the illusion of being excluded by the old men and women.
After dinner, Li Zhao helped Grandpa Zhang feed the pigs and dogs. Carrying the peanuts given by the grandpa and the lady, he reluctantly walked towards the village chief’s house to meet up with the director team.
Along the way, Li Zhao helped his fellow villager cover the corn nutrient balls with plastic film that was blown away by the wind, and also went to check out the newly grafted fruit trees. When passing by a fish pond, he helped an old man who was fishing catch a big grass carp.
Staff: Are they...really not filming "How to Get Rich"?
When they arrived at the village chief's house, the accompanying staff breathed a sigh of relief. If they stayed with Li Zhao any longer, it would affect their sense of accomplishment in tormenting the artists.
The people in the director team had already watched all of Li Zhao's performances on the monitor, and they expressed their deep admiration for the fighting ability of this new guest.
When Li Zhao came in, the director team stood up and greeted him.
A guy who can carry a piglet with one hand can probably also carry a person.
"Welcome Li Zhao to join our little family." The director shook hands with Li Zhao. "Before you came, I'm sure your agent has already told you that the conditions of our show are a bit difficult. Please overcome them. When you return, I will personally pay for your dinner."
"Thank you, director. It's nice here. Not bitter." Li Zhao looked around the room but didn't see any other guests. "Have all the other teachers arrived?"
"They are all here." What the director didn't say was that while you were helping the old man sweep the pigpen and eating bacon, other guests were still knocking on doors from house to house begging for food.
"This is where you live. Follow the road signs to find it." The director handed Li Zhao a task card. "You are familiar with the village now. Apart from the camera, we will not arrange any other staff to accompany you."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "Before I came here, I asked the village chief to have the villagers tie up their dogs. Don't be afraid."
It would have been fine if the director didn't remind him, but once he reminded him, Li Zhao thought of the guest who was bitten by a dog.
He glanced at the director silently, and his calves felt a little cold.
It was very cold in the early spring in the mountains. Li Zhao put on his coat and looked for his residence with a simple line map in his hand.
"Grandma, there's a big star here!"
A child saw Li Zhao and shouted, "Come out and see the stars."
"Hello, little friend." Li Zhao waved to the children who ran out to watch him and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Facing the camera lens, the children felt a little embarrassed and smiled shyly at Li Zhao.
Li Zhao stepped forward and touched the head of the leading little boy, then took out a bag of unopened biscuits from his coat pocket: "Here, a meeting gift."
The child wanted to answer it but was too embarrassed to do so.
Li Zhao put the biscuit in the child's hand and said, "See you next time."
The cameraman quietly reminded: "Zhao Zhao, you've been gone for almost twenty minutes."
Li Zhao waved to the children again and continued walking forward with his suitcase: "Cameraman, do you know what you need to do to get along in the village?"
Camera:? ?
No, no, no, I don’t want to know at all. I only know that we are here to record the program, not to participate in the village committee selection.
"First of all, you have to be the leader of the children. Whoever has children will get the most up-to-date information in the village." Li Zhao said proudly: "I watched your program before coming here. Many activities require reminders from locals."
Camera: “…”
I think you want to be the leader of the kids.
When Li Zhao found the house to live in, there was another guest living inside. This guest was the talented actor Xiang Zhen, who was chased by several geese and forced to climb a tree in the show, and whose emoticons spread all over the Internet.
Since joining this program, Xiang Zhen's serious and cool image has been shattered into pieces and cannot be picked up again.
"Hello, Teacher Xiang." Li Zhaochao bowed to Zhen.
"Just call me Brother Xiang." Xiang Zhen saw that Li Zhao was fair and tender, and even his suitcase was a popular model from a luxury brand. He secretly groaned in his heart. Did the program team give him a teammate like this? Were they planning to let them get the last place?
Never mind, friendship comes first and competition comes second.
The two men shook hands, and Xiang Zhen led Li Zhao into the room. In the room of less than ten square meters, there were two steel-frame beds. Quilts and bedspreads were placed on the beds, but they had not yet been made up.
Without waiting for Xiang Zhen to speak, Li Zhao put down his suitcase, quickly put on the quilt, and made the bed: "Brother Xiang, which bed do you want to sleep in?"
Xiang Zhen didn't expect Li Zhao to be so agile, and patted Li Zhao's shoulder excitedly: "The program team finally sent me a general, thank you to the whole program team!"
The director sitting next to the monitor at this time: "..."
No, this was totally different from what they had planned.
Xiang Zhen has a cheerful personality and has no prejudice against Li Zhao, a new star who became famous for starring in online dramas. Especially when he heard that Li Zhao can also cook, he looked at Li Zhao as if he were his own brother.
After cleaning up the room, the guests had an hour to rest. Li Zhao quickly took out his cell phone to send a message to Yan Ting.
Zhao Zhao is lucky: I had bacon at a fellow villager’s house at noon, it was super delicious. If there hadn’t been a camera filming me, I could have eaten two bowls of rice.
Although the production team was shocked by his appetite.
Zhao Zhao is lucky: the people in the program crew are all very nice, they don’t deliberately make things difficult for her, and the atmosphere is nice too. It's just a little cold, luckily you asked the housekeeper to bring me an extra coat.
After a while, Yan Ting replied to his message.
Yan Ting: Okay, take care of yourself.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, all the guests gathered at the drying field, and Li Zhao finally met the other four guests officially. Among these guests, there are singers, opera actors, sketch actors, and hosts. Li Zhao is the only one who attracts a lot of traffic.
Everyone expressed great enthusiasm for Li Zhao's arrival, and asked him bluntly if he could do farm work.
"Young people are good. Young people have good physical strength."
"Yes, yes, you are very skillful." Sketch actor Qian Duoxi tapped his shoulder and said, "Xiang Zhen, why don't we change team members? I'll trade Zhang Kui with you."
Zhang Kui:? ? ?
"Not long ago you called me Little Kuikui, but today you're exchanging me for a young and handsome guy?" Zhang Kui wiped away tears and said, "Brother Qian, you are so heartless."
"Welcome all the guests to our "Return to the Mountains" recording site. Now let's applaud and welcome this episode's new guest, the show's most handsome guy, Li Zhao!"
"Thank you everyone." Li Zhao clasped his hands together.
The host asked loudly: "Haven't seen you for a while, have you missed me?"
There was silence at the scene.
"It's okay. I think everyone is fine." The host wiped his face and asked, "What's the slogan of our program?"
"Just survive!"
“Don’t herd cattle!”
“Don’t kill the sheep!”
Li Zhao silently took a step back. This production crew... was in life-threatening mode.
Their first task was to help the elderly people in the village dig the ground and weed.
Resigned to their fate, they carried their hoes to the fields, where they saw Li Zhao rolling up his sleeves with great pomp, turning his woolen vest forward, raising the hoe and starting to weed, dig the ground, and shovel the large clods of soil into small pieces.
The five guests all opened their mouths wide.
"I was wrong. I shouldn't have called the production team dogs. In fact, they still have some humanity. At least they arranged Zhao Zhao to be with us."
"Da Liu, it's not that we dislike you, it's just that Zhao Zhao is too capable."
Liu Cixin is the unlucky guest who was bitten by the dog.
Xiang Zhen dragged a backpack to pick up weeds and asked Li Zhao curiously: "Xiao Li, how come you can even do this?"
"This is quite simple. As long as we find the right position to hold the hoe, we can get twice the result with half the effort." Li Zhao pointed at the hoe handle: "For example, this is the point of force. We take into account the thickness and softness of the soil, as well as the height after raising the hoe..."
Xiang Zhen: "..."
He could understand each word individually, but when they were put together it seemed as if he had trouble understanding them.
The camera took a close-up shot of Xiang Zhen, who was confused and helpless, from all angles.
After digging the ground, everyone was exhausted, but the director team arranged for them to help an old lady in the village find the chickens that had not yet been returned to the coop.
Amidst the wailing, everyone dragged their heavy feet and began to look for chickens all over the mountains.
For poor farmers, a chicken is an important asset, but several of the guests grew up in towns and had no idea where to start.
Not long after they walked out, Li Zhao heard a scream. He turned his head and saw Zhang Kui crawling out from the bushes. Behind him was a big red-crowned rooster, chasing him with its wings spread, and trying to do something bad to his butt.
Seeing Li Zhao, Zhang Kui rushed towards him as if he had seen a relative. "Xiao Li, the most handsome man in the world, help me."
Unexpectedly, Li Zhao not only did not save him, but turned around and ran away.
"Why are you running?" Zhang Kui was desperate.
"The rooster can fly!" Li Zhao shouted as he ran, "I can't beat it."
"If you can't even beat a chicken, where is your dignity as a popular artist?"
"If you can do it, go ahead!"
Zhang Kui can't do it.
The two men ran desperately until the rooster's owner realized something was wrong and called the rooster back, saving their lives.
"Why are the geese and dogs in my hometown so powerful? Even the chickens are so powerful." Zhang Kui held his legs and panted continuously: "I was a bully in the neighborhood when I was a child, but today I lost to the big rooster."
"Brother Zhang, how did you offend it?" Li Zhao stood against the tree. "A rooster like this with bright feathers and a thick, strong comb is very powerful."
"I saw it with a hen, so I wanted to see if that hen was the one lost from my aunt's house..." Zhang Kui spoke in a lower and lower voice: "It seems that I did something wrong."
"Let's go, we'll continue looking." Li Zhao was in better physical condition than Zhang Kui and was not out of breath as much. The two walked along the path for a while and saw a few children in the field. They were wearing plastic sheets and holding yellow broom sticks, pretending to be martial arts masters.
"My dear heroes!" Li Zhao clasped his fists towards the children and said, "I have an important matter to ask for your help. I hope you can help me."
"It's over!" The director slapped his thigh behind the monitor and said, "There's a kid in here who saw where we put the chicken."
Who could have thought that Li Zhao was so despicable and shameless that he would even take advantage of a child!
"I know, I know." One of the children raised his hand and put the yellow thorn stick on his waist: "I'll take you there."
"Thank you, heroes. You are truly righteous men." Li Zhao solemnly performed a martial arts salute to them, and the children followed suit with laughter.
"Children, follow me."
This is a jump from the martial arts film set to the Journey to the West film set.
Finally, they found a big hen with its legs tied in a dry grass.
"Hey, which evil person kidnapped this chicken here?" Li Zhao picked up the big hen and thanked the "heroes": "Thank you, heroes. We will see you later."
"Walk slowly, brave man!" The children had a lot of fun acting out.
"After this farewell, please take care of yourself and study hard in school."
"Heroes don't need to study."
"Who said heroes don't need to study?" Li Zhao raised his eyebrows. "If you don't study hard, even if a martial arts master writes a poem to scold you, you won't understand it. Even if an undercover writes you a secret letter, you won't understand it. A hero who can't write well and has no talent can't be a first-class hero, don't you understand?"
"real?"
"Of course." Li Zhao stuffed the chicken into Zhang Kui's hand, put his hands behind his back, and acted like a master, fooling these little brats: "Have you seen heroes in TV dramas who can't read or write?"
The children shook their heads.
"That's right." Li Zhao smiled with satisfaction: "If you want to practice magic skills, you must first understand the martial arts secrets."
Li Zhao looked up at the sky and patted the children's heads: "My fellow heroes, it's getting late. You should go home. I will also take this kidnapped chicken to see the government."
On the director team's side, the director drank Coke and crossed his legs, "This new guest is quite interesting."
There is probably no other guest except Li Zhao who can play with these naughty kids for such a long time and have as much fun as the kids.
After retrieving the old lady’s chicken, the guests finally got their reward—a sweet potato dinner.
"Qingxi Village is rich in sweet potatoes." When everyone was enjoying their meal, the host appeared again, pretending not to notice the disdainful looks from the guests: "Sweet potatoes are a treasure, but because there are too many people growing them in Qingxi Village, it is difficult to sell them. So tomorrow, please help the villagers sell 1,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes."
"One thousand pounds?"
Xiang Zhen was seriously frightened. This program crew is not human!
The next morning, Xiang Zhen woke up from his sleep and saw Li Zhao lying on the ground, writing and drawing on a piece of cardboard.
He stood up and saw a cardboard with the words "Black-hearted production crew forced artists to sell sweet potatoes. The most delicious red-heart sweet potatoes are 80 cents a pound, all 80 cents. As long as you give a little love, we can find the money to go home."
Xiang Zhen sat back on the bed silently.
Young man, awesome!
One morning in Beijing, Yan Ting drank a small bowl of porridge with a stern face under the supervision of his housekeeper.
"You've been great today, sir."
"Don't talk like Li Zhao." Yan Ting put down the bowl and picked up the phone. Li Zhao just sent him a message.
Zhao Zhao is lucky: Tingting, I'm going to set up a stall at the vegetable market today! So exciting, feels like a bit of fun! [picture]
In the photo, Li Zhao was wearing a ragged piece of clothing borrowed from a fellow villager and holding a playing card in his hand, looking like a swindler begging for money on the street.
The difference is that the sign in his hand doesn't say that he's going to college or that someone in his family has cancer.
Yan Ting was silent for a long time, then replied with two words expressionlessly.
【come on. 】
The author has something to say: The kindergarten is going to hold a charity sale.
Baby Zhaozhao was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night. Early in the morning, he put on his small bag for collecting money and stood in front of the kindergarten. He also sent a message to Ting Baobao who did not attend the event, showing off his excitement.
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