Translator:- Max
Editor: Dobhsh
“That’s right.” Chu Cheng looked at Lian Jingxing. Not only did he not need their help, he guessed that Lian Jingxing was more afraid that he and Ji Qingzhou would go over there.
It was really unfortunate, as Chu Cheng recalled Yu Anyi’s attitude towards Lian Jingxing today. It was a rare display of conscience on her side, as she refrained from sabotaging their interactions as she had done in the past. The staff reminded them that there wasn’t much time left. Chu Cheng and Ji Qingzhou, seeing their baskets full, were the first ones to leave the orchard farm. They sat in the bus, waiting for the others.
Li Yiming and Zhang Jiarui were the second group to get on the bus. Soon after, Liu Zitong and her brother also got on the bus. Lian Jingxing and Meng Yuanbai boarded the bus together with Yu Anyi and Guan Xiayun.
Ji Qingzhou noticed that their baskets were not full and asked, “Why aren’t they full?”
“I can’t carry anymore.” Yu Anyi also felt very helpless. “It’s okay; I saw Ren Zhen and the others before I came out; they didn’t pick as much as we did.”
Ji Qingzhou was somewhat surprised. “Really?”
“Yeah, so I think we’ve picked enough.”
“Alright then.”
Ren Zhen and her husband were the last ones to get on the bus. Ji Qingzhou noticed with his sharp eyes that their basket was indeed not as full and even had fewer apples than Yu Anyi’s basket. It was really as Yu Anyi said. He was a bit puzzled. If Ren Zhen couldn’t pick many, then why didn’t Qin Weiming pick more? But since he didn’t know him well enough, he couldn’t say anything and just whispered a few words to Chu Cheng.
Once everyone was on board, the host instructed the driver to start the bus. Ji Qingzhou looked out of the window at the scenery and occasionally exchanged a few words with Chu Cheng during the journey. They talked until they reached the town.
The town there was not big; it could even be considered a bit small. The driver drove the bus to a place similar to a vegetable market before stopping. Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng got out of the car and looked at the slightly dilapidated vegetable market in front of them. They found an open space, put down their baskets, and prepared to sell fruits.
After standing for half a day, no one was willing to be the first to shout out (to sell). It was a situation of ‘You look at me; I look at you somewhat awkwardly’.
In the end, it was Li Yiming and Zhang Jiarui who played rock-paper-scissors. The person who lost would have to shout out, “Selling apples.”
With this shout, a young girl passing among the crowd came to ask, “How much are you selling it for?”
Li Yiming and Zhang Jiarui didn’t know the price, so they asked her, “How much do you usually sell it for here?”
“About 2 yuan each.”
“That’s so cheap!” Zhang Jiarui was shocked.
“There’s no shortage of apples here, so they are not expensive.”
“Then it’s 2 yuan.”
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How was Chu Cheng supposed to know this? He turned to look at Ji Qingzhou, pointed at him, and said, “Ask him.”
Ji Qingzhou: …..
Ji Qingzhou himself was also a bit confused; he thought for a while and said, “For fifty cents each?”
“It’s a bit expensive.” The girl who asked the question said, “At two yuan a catty, you can’t charge that much just for four apples.”
“Our apples are big.” Ji Qingzhou picked one up and showed it to her. “The main issue is that I don’t know how many there should be in one catty.”
“How about this, then? Three apples for one yuan, and I’ll take six.”
“Okay.” Ji Qingzhou nodded.
Thankfully, the program team prepared plastic bags for them, and Ji Qingzhou immediately put six big, red apples in. “Here you go.”
The girl paid two yuan, looked at him a few times, and then left reluctantly.
Seeing this, Zhang Jiarui and Li Yiming also immediately said, “One yuan for three.”
In the end, everyone’s price became three apples for one yuan, and they started to solicit customers by calling out in a low voice.
Lian Jingxing and Yu Anyi were the two most popular stars here, and even if the passersby couldn’t remember their names, since they still looked familiar, they would ask, Are you that person? while buying their apples.
Chu Cheng stretched his neck and looked at them. “Why do I feel like they are selling apples faster than us?”
“Star effect. People know about them the most.” Ji Qingzhou said with emotion, “Fortunately, they are not in the same group; otherwise, there might really be nothing for us to do here.”
“But we seem to be doing okay.” Chu Cheng continued to watch and confirmed that except for Lian Jingxing and Yu Anyi, no one else sold as much as they did, so he was relieved.
Yu Anyi had appeared in many TV dramas; she was popular, and she was also beautiful. Those who recognised her were willing to support her, and even those who didn’t know her were attracted by her good looks. They were buying apples for five or ten yuan each. Just an hour later, she and Guan Xiayun had sold all their apples.
Because the program team had prohibited assisting others in this segment, Yu Anyi dragged Guan Xiayun into the bus and waited for the others to finish selling.
Lian Jingxing and Meng Yuanbai sold out the apples next. Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng were a step behind, but they still managed third place.
Afterwards, everyone gradually sold all their apples, and one after another boarded the bus within two hours. Ren Zhen and Qin Weiming boarded the bus with Liu Zitong and her brother, but their faces were not very good because they were the last ones. Qin Weiming was particularly angry. He had never done this kind of thing since he was a child, and now he was carrying water and selling goods, but he still ended up being the last one, and he was going to be punished for it too. This made him feel so frustrated, and he was even complaining about the variety show.
They returned to the initial gathering place, where the host had set up a table. On the table, there were five portions of ingredients. The best one was the first portion on the left, placed in a bowl. It contained rice, vegetables, green beans, tomatoes, eggs, and one fish. The second portion had only rice, vegetables, green beans, and eggs. The third portion consisted of handmade noodles, tomatoes, and eggs. The fourth portion had handmade noodles and vegetables. As for the fifth portion, it only had two steamed buns.
Everyone looked at the ingredients on the table and started wailing instantly. Seeing this, the host added two apples to each portion and jokingly asked, “Is this better now?”
Everyone wanted to cry but had no tears.
The host laughed and said, “Now, let’s count the money in your hands, starting with Jingxing.”
“51,” Lian Jingxing said
“44!” Yu Anyi shouted.
“50,” Ji Qingzhou said.
“45.” Liu Zixin was surprised that he had one more yuan than Yu Anyi and the others.
“47.” Li Yiming was relieved that he and Zhang Jiarui would have something to eat.
“49,” Qin Weiming said calmly.
After he finished speaking, both Ji Qingzhou and Ren Zhen looked at him involuntarily.
Ji Qingzhou noticed the surprise in Ren Zhen’s eyes. Although it was only for a moment and Ren Zhen had quickly lowered her head, he still noticed it. It didn’t make sense; he remembered that Qin Weiming and Ren Zhen’s baskets were not full, so how was it possible to sell them for the same price as he had? When they were picking these apples, they all picked the larger ones. He remembered that the apples in Ren Zhen’s basket were about the same size as his. There was no way that even though she had significantly fewer apples than him, she still managed to sell all of them at the same price, especially when they were all selling three apples for one yuan.
“Then it looks like Anyi and Xiayun are the last ones.”
Yu Anyi couldn’t believe it. “Am I this unlucky? If I had known this, then I would have kept the extra ten yuan the uncle just now tried to give me.”
Guan Xiayun comforted her. “It’s fine.”
“Do we still have food at home?” Yu Anyi asked hopefully.
Guan Xiayun shook her head, and Yu Anyi felt desperate for a moment. “I am really unlucky.”
Seeing her worried expression, Ji Qingzhou wanted to help her. He looked at the host and said with a smile, “So, what should we do with the money now? I thought you would take it back and count it. Aren’t you going to do that? Will you give it to us?”
Qin Weiming glanced at him without batting an eyelid.
Yu Anyi accurately caught onto the keyword and said, “Yeah, don’t you need to count the money? Aren’t you afraid that we might lie about it?”
“It’s just a game; no one is going to cheat.”
Ren Zhen looked back at her husband silently, not understanding why he had lied all of a sudden. She couldn’t help but clench her fists tightly, hoping that the host would stick to their point of view and not count the money.
Chu Cheng suddenly said, “Let’s count it.”
Having been together with Ji Qingzhou for so long, Chu Cheng knew that he wouldn’t speak without a reason in such situations. He specifically emphasised the need to count the money, hoping that the production team would do so.
“Why is this necessary?” Qin Weiming sneered, “Can anyone still lie? After counting, if Yu Anyi is still the last one, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?”
Chu Cheng felt that he really didn’t understand Yu Anyi too much, so he looked at Yu Anyi. “Would you be embarrassed?”
“Why should I be embarrassed?” Yu Anyi was puzzled. “There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.”
Chu Cheng shifted his gaze to Qin Weiming. “See.”
Qin Weiming gritted his teeth. He hadn’t intended to lie, but when he heard the host ask everyone to count the money by themselves and saw that other people had more money than them, he didn’t want to be the last one, so he couldn’t control it and said a number that he thought was similar.
Upon hearing the host announce the last place, Qin Weiming thought the matter would just pass by. However, he never expected that Ji Qingzhou and Yu Anyi would insist on having the production team count the money. If it turned out that he was short by more than ten yuan, he didn’t know where he would hide his face.
“Anyway, I don’t think it’s necessary. It’s just a game. Is it necessary to speculate about the other guests so maliciously? If someone can’t afford to lose and wants to make a big deal out of it, I’ll give her the ingredients from our group. That should be fine.”
“Who can’t afford to lose?” Yu Anyi didn’t like to hear those words. “If they don’t want to count it, then don’t count it. Who needs you to do it? If I eat one less meal, I will treat it as a weight loss plan.”
After she finished speaking, she turned her head angrily and snorted.
Chu Cheng initially didn’t plan to delve into the matter further. However, seeing Yu Anyi getting angry and Qin Weiming appearing calm and composed, he was unwilling to let it go so easily.
“Malicious speculation?” He scoffed coldly. “Is it that serious? We’re just asking the production team to count the money again. After a long day, it’s natural to make some careless mistakes. The differences in our specific amounts are not significant. If someone made a careless error in counting, wouldn’t that be a pity?”
“If you are afraid that you will make a mistake and think that your ranking should be higher, you can ask the program team to count it for you alone. There is no need to drag us into the water.”
“What’s with you and us?” Yu Anyi was still angry, and upon hearing his words, she couldn’t help but feel that his manner of speaking, being a grown man, was rather derogatory. He even mentioned dragging others into it. “You are you, and I am me. The others are others. Are you really that familiar with all of us? You keep talking about ‘us’. You’re so unwilling to count; are you feeling guilty?”
“Why would I feel guilty? I think it’s a waste of time, and there’s no need for it.”
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Aah, I didn’t expect there to be this kind of drama in this variety show~
+1
Thank you
Why would they go to a Rural-themed variety show if they’re unwilling to to do rural work 🙄
bad losers, it’s not like they will suffer for a lifetime, it’s just a few days at most. Yeah, punishment it’s annoying but it’s not that deep. This couple is really infuriating.