Translator:- Max
Editor:- Dobhsh
Hi I’m the new translator of this novel, max. I’ll upload every Monday and have sporadic updates. If you like my translation then please support me by commenting. Enjoy~~
The host looked at them and said, “Since we are choosing a house, then why don’t you all say a poem about a house first. It can be realistic, like a palace or abstract, like ancient poems and songs, all are okay. The first one to say a poem will get to choose their house first.”
When Chu Cheng heard this, he opened his mouth and began to recite a poem, “In the autumn of August, the high wind howled and rolled the three layers of grass in my house. Mao Fei crosses the river and sprinkles the outskirts of the river. The taller ones hang on the tops of the long forests, and the lower ones float around Shentangao...”
The host was stunned for a moment, seeing that he was still reciting, he quickly interrupted, “That’s enough, just say one sentence, no need to recite the whole poem.”
Chu Cheng didn’t expect it to be so easy, “So later, I can pick a house first, right?”
“Yes, you can rest now.”
“Okay.” Chu Cheng walked back to Ji Qingzhou and shrugged, “It’s this easy? No follow-up questions?”
Ji Qingzhou looked at him, “It’s because you reacted too quickly. You started reciting as soon as the host finished speaking, before others even had a chance to react.”
“Does this still require time to react?” Chu Cheng was puzzled, “According to my habit, if I hadn’t been worried that we were recording a program, I would have started answering halfway through his speech.”
Ji Qingzhou glanced at the microphone on his body, “Be humble, Ah Cheng.”
Chu Cheng followed his gaze to look at his own microphone, and said calmly, “Don’t worry, they won’t cut it.”
It’s rare for him to be on a variety show, and it was all for Ji Qingzhou’s face. As one of the producers of this show, if Lian Jingxing still cuts what shouldn’t be cut then let him recruit a group of anti-fans after it airs. Then he, the producer, can be laid off directly.
Ji Qingzhou looked at his confident face and felt that he had to ask Lian Jingxing if he could watch the show before it aired. He didn’t want Chu Cheng to accompany him to record a variety show and end up with a group of anti-fans, which is not worth it.
Thinking of this, Ji Qingzhou couldn’t help but look at Lian Jingxing. Lian Jingxing had finished reciting the poem, and when he came back, Yu Anyi started reciting it. Ren Zhen seemed to have thought of it as well, while Liu Zitong and Li Yiming were obviously at a loss for this part. They were thinking hard with their eyebrows furrowed.
Looking at the two of them, the host really couldn’t figure it out, and looked at the director helplessly. The director nodded slightly, and the host reminded them in a low voice, “You can ask others for help, and then we’ll just cut this part out.”
The two men quickly turned their heads to their little partners, as if they were granted amnesty. Liu Zitong’s side was fortunate as her brother Liu Zixin quickly gave her a poem.
Li Yiming was much more miserable than her. His partner, Zhang Jiarui, was as confused as he was. He was the most afraid of reciting books when he was in school. When he finally remembered a few of them but they had already been told. The little friend looked at him with eyes asking for help, he could only express his helplessness.
Li Yiming suddenly felt that he had brought the wrong person, what kind of hot chicken friend was this! He shouldn’t have brought an underachiever like him! He should have brought a top student instead!
Ji Qingzhou looked at the two of them struggling and couldn’t help hinting, “The dangerous building is a hundred feet high, and the stars can be picked by hand.”
Zhang Jiarui heard it and quickly told Li Yiming, and so Li Yiming passed the test.
“Thank you, brother.” Zhang Jiarui thanked him.
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“You’re welcome.” Ji Qingzhou smiled.
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Ji Qingzhou thought about it, and pointed at the refrigerator full of vegetables. Choosing this would at least ensure that they would have enough to eat for the next three days. The host handed him the photo. On the back of the photo, there was a number 3, which meant they got Room 3.
Lian Jingxing discussed with Meng Yuanbai and chose the one with the spring-mattress bed.
Yu Anyi was a little hesitant, Guan Xiayun whispered in her ear, “Choose the one with mineral water, I just saw someone carrying water. In case the program group does not provide us with mineral water, we’d need to carry water if we want to drink it. It might be a bit difficult for us two girls.”
When Yu Anyi heard this, she immediately felt that this was too treacherous! She glanced at the guests present, only she and Guan Xiayun were in a group of only girls, so she pointed at the photo of mineral water without saying a word, “I choose this.”
Immediately afterwards, the others also made their choices. The host saw that they had finished selecting, and said that the guests could go home and rest first. Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng took the suitcases and started looking for the house in the photo.
Their house wasn’t too far away, and after a short walk, they saw an arrow with 3 written on it. Ji Qingzhou walked along the arrow all the way, and then he was stunned.
He turned his head to look at Chu Cheng in disbelief, “This, this is our house?”
Chu Cheng also couldn’t believe it. He looked at the wooden door that was open in front of him. Inside he could clearly see a pear tree in the courtyard and the house where they were going to live for three days. Just this house…
“Do you know what I’m going to say now?” Chu Chengsheng said indifferently.
Ji Qingzhou looked up at him.
“I want to go back to before I was reciting “The Thatched Cottage is Broken by the Autumn Wind”, as I thought I was a villager, but if I had known earlier that I was a prophet, I would have recited ‘Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to a pavilion; the corridors are back and forth, and the eaves and teeth are pecked high. Each embraces the terrain, fighting each other. They are twisting and turning granary, and the water vortex of the hive, I don’t know how tens of millions of them fall.’”
Ji Qingzhou had been a little shocked by the house in front of him, but now he laughed. “What are you thinking? You still want to live in the Efang Palace of Xi’an. You should think of it as an honor for you to experience Du Fu’s living conditions at that time in your life. Maybe it can inspire your creativity?”
Chu Cheng looked at him like Are you kidding me? What would he want this as an inspiration for, as a fantasy writer? Besides, he had already sealed his pen, okay?!
“Then I guess I’d be writing serious literature – realism.” Chu Cheng responded with emotion.
“Let’s go in and see our reality.” Ji Qingzhou said as he walked in first.
This house was different from the other houses in the village. It was not built of bricks but of wood. There was a large hole in the roof, as if a small piece of wood was missing, and light came in directly from the hole. Ji Qingzhou stood in the house and looked around. There was only one room in the whole house, with a wooden table, two benches, a water jar, a wooden bed, a cabinet, and a refrigerator that was incompatible with this environment.
“How did they think of putting the refrigerator here? It’s simply confusing!” Chu Cheng felt that this program group was too treacherous!
“Be content,” Ji Qingzhou said, “We haven’t smelled dust since we came in, which means that the program team has already cleaned it for us beforehand, which is already very good.”
“You have such low requirements for being nice.”
“Otherwise, do you want to do the cleaning now?” Ji Qingzhou asked.
Chu Cheng: ……
Looking at him, Ji Qingzhou suddenly became suspicious, “Speaking of which, have you ever done cleaning?”
Chu Cheng: ……
Chu Cheng gave a friendly smile and changed the subject, “Or, let’s take a look at our luxurious refrigerator first.”
Ji Qingzhou nodded with a smile. Sure enough, he knew that a young master like Chu Cheng had never touched a broom, not to mention cleaning. Ji Qingzhou shook his head, leaned close to his ear and whispered, “What to do? I think we may not be participating in 'Where is Daddy Going?'
“What’s that?” Chu Cheng asked cooperatively.
Ji Qingzhou asked softly in his ear, “Do you know ?”
Chu Cheng: ….
Chu Cheng felt that he didn’t need to change shape!
Ji Qingzhou patted him on the shoulder, “It’s okay. I’m here, don’t worry.”
“That’s what I should tell you.”
“I’m sorry dear, I think a young master like you may not be qualified to say these words soon.”
Chu Cheng smiled, “Really, let’s have a look.”
“Okay.”
While the two of them were talking, they came to the refrigerator. Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng checked it out. There were quite a lot of vegetables in it, and there was even a piece of meat. Ji Qingzhou opened the freezer. Compared to the fridge, the freezer looked much more deserted, with only two poor popsicles.
Ji Qingzhou closed the refrigerator and looked at his partner, “Come on, young master, let’s clean up the room first, and then talk about other things.”
Chu Cheng looked at the room in front of him. How was he supposed to clean it up? This still needs cleaning up?
Ji Qingzhou found a broom, a dustpan, two basins, and a rag from the corner of the wall. The program crew had a bit of conscience and filled the basin with clean water. Ji Qingzhou picked up the basin filled with water and poured some into the other basin, placed a rag on it, and handed it to Chu Cheng, “Wipe the table and chairs.”
Chu Cheng took it and started wiping the table.
Ji Qingzhou picked up the broom and started sweeping the room first.
There was not much furniture here, so it was quick to clean. Ji Qingzhou specifically looked at the jar filled with water. This jar was clean, and it should have been prepared by the program group for them to use in future. He called Chu Cheng, and walked to the yard to look at the kitchen next to the house.
The kitchen was very simple, a small shed was built in, and inside it was a stove with a pot sitting on it.
“No bowls and chopsticks?” Chu Cheng wondered.
“It should be in that cabinet.” Ji Qingzhou said, “Let’s go and have a look.”
Sure enough, after they opened the cabinet, they found several drawers, one of which contained tableware, and the other contained some staple foods such as rice and noodles.
Ji Qingzhou closed the cabinet, washed his hands, and prepared to make the bed.
He opened his suitcase and inside found things like blankets and sheets. Chu Cheng looked at him in shock, “You brought these?”
Hearing his tone, Ji Qingzhou knew that he didn’t bring them, but fortunately, he had brought one set for Chu Cheng as well.
“Don’t worry, I…”
Before he could say anything, Chu Cheng grabbed his hand and interrupted him, “I know you won’t just sit by idly. Although it’s a bit of a tight squeeze for two people to be covered with one quilt, I’m willing.”
Ji Qingzhou raised his eyes slightly as Chu Cheng looked at him with a gentle expression on his face.
Ji Qingzhou couldn’t help but silently swallow back the sentence “I brought it for you”, and instead put on a sad expression, “Then I will wrong you.”
“I’m not wronged at all.” Chu Cheng replied sincerely.
However, no matter how well prepared Ji Qingzhou was, he hadn’t stuffed pillows and quilts into the suitcase. He looked up at the cameraman who had been silent since he followed them, as if he didn’t exist this whole time. “Can the program team provide pillows and quilts?”
“Okay.” The cameraman said, “The director will send someone to deliver it to you later.” He thought for a while and added, “Including a new blanket.”
Chu Cheng: …..
Chu Cheng looked at the cameraman calmly, and told him indifferently, “You don’t need to bring a new blanket. I’m picky about these kinds of personal daily necessities. So it’d be better if I use Ji Qingzhou’s.”
The cameraman thought that their program team’s preparations were not bad, but as he listened to the conversation between Chu Cheng and Ji Qingzhou, and then looked at Chu Cheng’s clothing, he guessed that although this person was not an insider, he should be a rich and wealthy person, so he didn’t say anything after that.
Ji Qingzhou didn’t expose him, it was a tacit agreement that the two of them would use the same quilt.
After a while, the program team sent the bedding, and with it came a task card. Ji Qingzhou took the task card first and saw two large words written on the front: Carrying Water.
Ji Qingzhou turned his head and glanced at Chu Cheng, he turned the task card in his hand, at the back it was written, “To solve the problem of drinking water, please gather at the place where we started the recording before 11:30 for the water-carrying competition, and those who arrive late will have to carry an extra load of water as punishment.”
The author has something to say:
Chu Cheng: The cameraman is not good this time, I will apply for a replacement.
Cameraman: [Looking bewildered.jpg]
Zhou Zhou: Hurry up and get ready to carry water.
Chu Cheng: …I am a dignified president, and I still have to carry water?
Zhou Zhou: Come on
Chu Cheng: Some people appear to be participating in “Where Daddy Is Going”, but in fact they are participating in 'Metamorphosis'!
Gosh, an update!! 🤩 Need to take some time to reread this!!!
OH. MY. GOD! There is an update! I couldn’t believe my eyes! O_O
I am sorry, I didn’t read chapter yet… just seeing the update made my day T^T
Also… I need to re-read too… I will do that asap, but for now… My sincere Thank You to you translator for picking this up :3 ❤
Thanks for reading and I’ll translate this novel till the end, hope you enjoy re-reading it!!
I am not a professional, but I think you did great job in translating their poems/fancy words and descriptions 😊 Will be patiently waiting for updates ❤
Thanks a lot, you flatter me❤️!! I’ll update regularly every Monday and once I have stock-piled some chapters I might update twice or thrice a week, good thing weekend is coming then 👍
Thanks a million times for the update!
Thank you so much Max! You are an angel of mercy, a selfless hero of the masses, a treasure of immeasurable worth, picking up unfinished translations. Bless you!
Couldn’t have said it better. You are a master of words. Thank you Max.
Thanks for reading, after this I’ll try to pick up more dropped novels too(but they can’t be angsty). And your words really flattered me thank you!!
Thanks for the translation
Thank you for picking this up. Thanks for the chapter
Thank you for picking this up!
Hoping that it does not rain.
Thank you for the update – I’ll definitely reread and keep up with your translation 👍 thank you!
Thank you for picking this up 😍
I seriously love this novel, and hearing that it’s gonna have a consistent schedule, I feel like I’m floating! Thank you for the previous translator that did it, and THANK YOU NEW TRANSLATOR for picking it up!
Thank goodness i read at the moment of new update🥺
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Thank you for picking this up