Chapter 52: Xiao Zhen, the all-rounder in life



The filming of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" takes about 7-10 days each time. Phoenix Chinese Channel's production company adopts a project responsibility system, and the person in charge is a young man who graduated from a communication university three years ago.

You didn't expect that, right? Because Xiao Zhen said that as long as it's not a big scene or a super large event, young people's creativity is the strongest. For example, the fancy copywriting and various out-of-the-box emoticon ideas of the subtitle group are so unintelligible that even old TV people don't understand what the second dimension is if you ask them to understand them.

The next filming plan in February also includes a rice planting competition segment, with Xiao Zhen as the main character. The actor and daughter who met during the room-changing segment have finally found someone with great ability.

This father and daughter have never been exposed to the countryside. During their casual chat, I learned that they came from a family of literature and art, and three generations of their family have been playing musical instruments and singing. They are indeed not good at cooking and doing farm work.

And he is also a sports desert person. It can be said that such a guy is a game black hole in various reality variety shows. Well, he is not very smart and seems a bit stupid.

It was different for Xiao Zhensan and his son. They stayed at the fork in the road for at least half a year.

Did Zhennan and Zhenbei know how to pick Polygonum multiflorum and wild garlic, and how to dig sweet potatoes on the hillside?

How to pick up moss on the stone slope in spring, and also know how to fish and follow grandpa to the fields to poke eels.

The two mixed-race babies were smart and sweet-mouthed, and within two days they became the most popular babies in the production team where the program was filmed.

The two little guys never asked for things for free. They learned the tricks of dealing with people in the countryside from their grandfather: first offer a cigarette, then sweetly introduce themselves, their age, where they are from, and who their parents are, and then try to get close to people and try to exchange something for something.

Most residents would change the cigarettes if they had them at home. These two guys took a box of Huazi each from his father just to smoke cigarettes and get close to him. They were very skilled at this.

During the rice planting session, the little sister held on to her two little brothers and refused to let go. Hahaha, as a father, Xiao Zhen also relied on him. It was pitiful to see his little girls. They suffered so much following their father. They didn't eat well and couldn't play games as well as several families. Xiao Zhen barely took in the two trailers.

The two little ones knew how to plant rice seedlings, so the three of them carried the seedlings to their two parents, and the actor father gritted his teeth and went to the fields to plant rice seedlings.

The man failed before he had even finished planting a row of seedlings. Xiao Zhen looked at him and shook his head. He knew that even if the gods and Buddhas blessed him, Xiao Zhen had to speed up, as the quality of the food for two meals a day was related to him.

Xiao Zhen was the one who finished planting rice in 5 mu of land the fastest, so he got the most generous lunch and dinner. He then asked his eldest son to borrow a fishing boat and a fishing net from someone. He went to the nearby reservoir to fish and made an agreement with the owner of the reservoir to pay for the fish after selling them. He found that the clothes of his two children were very dirty. Because of the wet and cold weather, the clothes were not dry, so he had to buy them some change of clothes.

A group of five people, big and small, went to the street eight miles away to sell fish. Xiao Zhen directly found several restaurants in the village to sell the fish to cover the cost.

There were 300 yuan left, enough for five people to buy a new set of clothes. They also needed work clothes and Liberation shoes to do farm work. Seeing that it was going to rain, they bought five pairs of rain boots and also bought a set of cotton clothes for each of the three children. They were cheap but made of pure cotton.

After buying all these, I still had about 40 yuan left, so I weighed some eggs and bought some meat mixed with flour and fat.

The Huazi seeds were taken to social gatherings by the children and were distributed among the group. I bought a few boxes of Hongtashan to give to others in case of emergency.

After returning home, he gave a fish to the person who borrowed his tools as a cigarette, and then went to pay the reservoir owner for the fish. The reservoir owner looked at the twins and liked them very much. He said that it was a blessing for them, and took out his fishing rods and let them fish for another hour and a half. No matter how many fish they caught, he would give it to them.

Xiao Zhen went home and used local materials. He asked his children to go to the store to buy a bottle of Laobai Gan and some good bait to start fishing. In an hour and a half, they caught about 20 kilograms of fish. Xiao Zhen put away his fishing rod and took two boxes of Hongtashan fish to the owner of the reservoir and invited his family to have dinner at his place in the evening.

Xiao Zhen knew there were a lot of mushrooms here. After the rain tomorrow, there would definitely be a lot of them this season, but he only knew about the ones in the mountains of Yuzhou. The climate and soil here were different, so over a meal of noodles and fish with lumps that night, he asked the locals what kinds of mushrooms they had, especially the poisonous ones.

Xiao Zhen also knew that there were good things like Matsutake mushrooms here. The next day, it rained all day long.

On the third day, he woke up the other three early in the morning. After having eggs and rice porridge for breakfast, he put on his rain boots and carried his basket to go into the woods. The others were at home bragging and chatting. It was drizzling, not a good day to go out.

Xiao Zhen didn't care. He just put on his hat and took his actor father with him. After arming the three little ones, they set out to look for mushrooms together.

Xiao Zhen read a lot of random books and knew how to find high-value fungi. He caught two nets of fish and bought clothes, flour and eggs, but he had no money left, so he had to take a few people with him to earn some money.

We were lucky, as we had 30 kilograms of high-value fresh goods such as pine velvet and morels. Looking at the time, it was 2:00 p.m., so Xiao Zhen said he would go to the street to sell pine velvet and morels, and asked the remaining four people to clean mushrooms at home. Tonight their main dish was wild mountain delicacy soup pot, and they were waiting for him to buy meat.

The three children also wanted to go, so Xiao Zhen took the three soldiers to the street together. The people who followed him were speechless.

When he got to the street, he asked about the price and found out that he sold mushrooms for nearly 1,200 yuan in total. The person who was filming him asked him if he made a lot of money selling mushrooms in the spring.

Xiao Zhen said that was because he knew how to find these high-value fungi. Without this method, ordinary mushrooms would be worthless, especially in Yunnan.

Xiao Zhen bought two sets of spare clothes for each of the three children at a children's clothing store, and also bought about 20 kilograms of beef and mutton for each of them, as well as some other things, spending only 400 yuan. Only then did the four of them return home.

Then there were 800 yuan left, and Xiao Zhen gave 400 yuan to the game black hole. Then he prepared the ingredients, cooked four pots of soup, and invited all the actors and crew members to have the last dinner together in Lijiang.

In a later interview with the actor's father, he said with emotion: "I never thought I could earn 400 yuan by participating in a program. It's a life of luxury to be with Xiao Zhen. This guy has a wealth of knowledge, like a treasure chest."

When interviewed by Xiao Zhen, he said: "This may be due to the habit he developed during his military service. Whenever he arrives at a new place, he always prepares a very detailed travel guide in advance. Another reason is that I am a person who loves life."

The editor asked: "Aren't you worried about affecting your image by wearing work clothes and Jiefang shoes?"

Xiao Zhen looked at the editor and said, "Living in a new environment requires careful consideration of all aspects.

For example, last year I went home and used Romeo to take cardboard and other garbage for my grandparents to where they could be recycled and sold.

I don’t think I am any worse than others. Besides, my family is a farmer.

But to be honest, because of my father, I really didn't do much farm work, but I know how to interact with them and live with them."

The authenticity of Xiao Zhen's phone call and performance on the show formed a sharp contrast with another group of unknown directors who were well-educated.

Xiao Zhen can only say that the shallow water is full of turtles, and the bitch is just pretentious. Later, many film and television plans submitted by this company were not accepted by the entertainment industry, and no one knows why...

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