Chapter 43 part 1

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After the six of them finished breakfast, the staff brought four large baskets and announced the first task of the program.

Upon seeing the quaint baskets and the gloves and tools inside, the others could pretty much guess what the task was.

Sure enough, the director smiled and said, “Your task this morning is to dig up Arrowhead Tuber. There will be a competition between two teams, and the losing team will be responsible for washing the dishes today. Additionally, this afternoon, they will help Aunt Zhang next door clean the yard.”

“As for lunch and dinner, each team will take care of their own meals. However, we have one rule: team members cannot go to the other team for free meals.”

Although the director didn’t specify the exact reason, everyone could guess that it was related to future punishments, rewards, and ingredients. The rule of not sharing meals was meant to enhance the variety show nature of the program and increase everyone’s enthusiasm, enlivening the atmosphere.

The Arrowhead Tuber field was not far from the yard. Along the way, Ouyang Chao practically hopped over, constantly muttering to himself, “What is an Arrowhead Tuber? Is it delicious?”

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“Zwduwd, byhl usw lhla lyvld Gaasoblye Mwcla?”

Zwd Wlkow dseele lmralppksdzlppzu.

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“Tlu, byhl usw lyvld kv clqsal?” Xwuydt Ubys wdokzzkdtzu tzydnle yv vbl svblap yde alyzkgle vbyv lhlausdl, lmnlrv qsa bkx, bye lyvld kv. Fs bl vwadle vs Zwd Wlkow ytykd. “Zwduwd, R twlpp ol’zz cl lyvkdt kv qsa zwdnb vseyu. Rp kv elzknkswp? Rp kv?”

Mbkp vkxl, Zwd Wlkow eked’v ydpola. Rdpvlye, Dky Fbwvsdt pxkzle pzktbvzu yde pyke, “Rv’p hlau elzknkswp.”

“Gb, alyzzu? Valpkeldv Dky?” Dky Fbwvsdt’p rasynvkhl alprsdpl pvyavzle Xwuydt Ubys, lprlnkyzzu obld bl pyo bla llakl pxkzl. Rv pldv y pbkhla esod bkp prkdl.

Rq Dky Fbwvsdt pyke kv oyp elzknkswp, obu eke kv qllz zkjl kv oyp lmvalxlzu, lmvalxlzu, lmvalxlzu vlaakczl?

Rv oyp dsv wdvkz Zwd Wlkow dseele yv bkx vbyv Xwuydt Ubys vawzu clzklhle.

Anyway, Yun Yun is definitely not a liar!

When they arrived at the Arrowhead Tuber field, the staff called on the villagers to demonstrate the digging method. After that, everyone put on gloves and grabbed their tools, preparing to start working.

However, Xia Shutong suddenly grabbed Yun Feiwu’s arm and lowered her voice, “Yun Feiwu, how about you wait for us here?”

Yun Feiwu blinked but didn’t answer.

Xia Shutong whispered, “I’m afraid we’ll encounter that thing again.”

There were snakes in the courtyard just a moment ago, let alone in this kind of field.

Yun Feiwu lowered her gaze slightly, a flicker of light passing through her eyes. Then, she smiled, “It’s okay, Little Xia will protect me. I’m not afraid.”

What Yun Feiwu actually wanted to say was that if she was scared, she would nestle into Xia Shutong’s embrace.

But due to the presence of the camera, she didn’t express it too explicitly.

Xia Shutong resisted the urge to ruffle her head. “Then stay close to me. Let’s not get too far apart.”

However, after they started working in the field, Xia Shutong realized that it wasn’t Yun Feiwu who was following her, but rather she felt like a pendant hanging behind Yun Feiwu.

Yun Feiwu had good physical strength, which she had already shown when chopping firewood in the morning. Now, her actions of digging Arrowhead Tuber were even more skillful. Even when Xia Shutong struggled to dig one or two roots, Yun Feiwu managed to unearth an entire clump.

So later on, Xia Shutong simply stopped digging and instead assisted Yun Feiwu by handing her tools and helping put the dug-up Zhe’er Gen into the basket on her back.

After a morning of labor, they returned to the courtyard, and the production team immediately weighed the two groups’ Arrowhead Tubers. In the end, the girls’ team won by a slim margin.

Ouyang Chao was furious and exclaimed that he would win next time. Jiang Feng also shouted back at him without hesitation. For a moment, the atmosphere in the courtyard became quite lively.

The ingredients for the first lunch were provided by the production team. Both groups had two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, plus a pre-prepared cold salad of Arrowhead Tuber.

On the girls’ side, Xia Shutong and Jiang Feng are both utterly hopeless at cooking. Yun Feiwu can only manage to boil instant noodles. Fortunately, Xi Ao is quite experienced in this field. The dishes he prepares are brightly colored and filled with fragrant aromas.

On the boys’ side, things are much worse. Ouyang Chao is not worth mentioning. Although Zhou Han Chi appears to be a gentle and easygoing family cook, in reality, he has hardly set foot in the kitchen. Their first attempt at cooking was indescribable.

Zhou Hanchi doesn’t mind much and calmly focuses on eating.

Ouyang Chao couldn’t bear it after just a few bites. He made a bitter face and went to the production team to grab some cold mixed-flavored arrowhead. However, as soon as he tasted it, Ouyang Chao’s expression instantly became even more distorted.

“Yun Yun, President Xia, you tricked me—” Ouyang Chao cried with a mournful expression, pitifully walking over to Yun Feiwu’s table. “Arrowhead tastes so bad.”

Yun Feiwu, however, remained unfazed and picked one up, calmly eating it and even giving some to Xia Shutong.

“Is that so? President Xia and I find it quite delicious. You’re not used to it.”

To those accustomed to arrowhead tuber, it is considered a delicacy. But for those who aren’t accustomed to its taste. it couldn’t get any worse.

Yun Feiwu still remembers that, when she had some spare money as a child, she would go with Xia Ruan to buy arrowhead and potatoes. The two kids would stand eagerly in front of the stall, hoping the owner would be kind enough to give them an extra arrowhead tuber.

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