The longed-for village system

Chapter 176 Old Wang Gets Scammed Again
"It seems like someone is coming."

While swinging on the swing, the younger sister saw a figure pulling luggage towards their mushroom house in the distance and reminded the group who were chatting. As for who it was, she couldn't see clearly because of the distance.

Teacher He and the others stood up and looked out. The others might not be able to see clearly because of the distance, but he had worked with them for twenty years and knew his partners very well. Although they were blurry, he could still recognize the three people at a glance.

"Teacher Huang, our family has arrived!" Teacher He said, already eagerly going out to greet them.

Huang Sanshi rarely went out to greet Teacher He after hearing his words. Since Teacher He called them family, they must be familiar with each other. No wonder the three of them were so bold in ordering food, even daring to order roast duck in the middle of summer. They had the confidence to do so!
"Teacher He, we're here!"

"Teacher Ho."

"Teacher He! Everyone, we're here!"

The three of them immediately raised their hands to greet the people standing at the entrance of the Mushroom House, their tone filled with joy.

"Huh! It sounds like HaiTao and his crew! Is the Happy Family here?"

Based on the three voices and He Jiong's earlier mention of "family," Huang Sanshi guessed who the three were: the other three regular MCs of Happy Camp had arrived.

"Sister Xinxin, Brother Haitao, Brother Jia?" Pengpeng also came to his senses, nodding his little head and saying, "No wonder the voices sounded so familiar!"

The younger sister just smiled and didn't say anything. She had met the other hosts of Happy Camp a few times. Although she couldn't say she was very familiar with them, she at least knew them. So she would be relatively more relaxed during this recording.

"Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I've seen Xiao Chen."

Jia Ge, Xin Xin, and Hai Tao greeted everyone warmly and gave Chen Qing a light hug.

"Long time no see! Welcome to the Mushroom House. Let's go inside!" Chen Qing also welcomed the three of them.

"Alright, we're all family, no need to be so polite. Tell us who ordered the roast duck! Ordering roast duck in this heat, aren't you afraid I'll lean on you?"

As Huang Sanshi spoke, he looked at the three of them, his eyes filled with a strong sense of threat.

"Haha, Teacher Huang, we just ordered some random dishes. The main thing is that the production team told us to order some difficult dishes. They even hinted that we could order Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which I think is a bit too much."

Jia Ge, who ordered the roast duck, immediately betrayed the production team. Anyway, the production team members can't just say whatever they want; it's better to die than lose, as long as he can live.

Xin Xin and Hai Tao would never betray their own people. Although they felt a little embarrassed to go against their conscience, the three of them were very close, so they would naturally side with their own people.

“Jia-ge is right. We were originally thinking of just having some cold noodles, but they said that wouldn’t be good for the show and insisted that we each order a dish. I could only reluctantly order braised pork.” HaiTao promptly and tacitly added insult to injury.

"Your production team really knows how to play games! Other production teams want their guests to order less and spend less money, but your team forces us to order, and it's not okay if we don't order enough. Didn't Teacher He say you don't have much money? I don't think so!" Xin Xin also started acting, and her facial expression was quite convincing.

Hearing the three men's words, Huang Sanshi, He Jiong, and the others had no suspicions. The production team had done this kind of thing many times before, always leaving them penniless. This time, they were definitely taking advantage of their family's surplus wealth to scam them again—unforgivable. Off-camera, Lao Wang was dumbfounded upon hearing the three men's words. When had he ever said such a thing? They had done it many times before, but this time they were absolutely innocent!

Judging from the expressions of Huang Sanshi, Teacher He, and the others, they clearly believed their lies and were about to take the blame.
"Wang Zhengyu, come out here! You can't stand to see us doing well, can you? You think you can swindle us out of everything just because you have a little bit of surplus food? Is this how you record a show?" Huang Sanshi decisively went to reason with Old Wang.

"no."

"Stop explaining! Do you think we'll still believe your explanation? Just tell us what to do now!" Teacher He immediately interrupted Lao Wang's explanation.

Old Wang felt like he was swallowing a bitter pill, unable to express his suffering! These people didn't give him a chance to explain, and it seemed they wouldn't believe him even if he did.

Sigh! Who told us to trick them so many times before! This time, we can only shut up and suffer the consequences.

"Teacher He, Teacher Huang, please don't blame Lao Wang too much. Let's forgive him this time!" Chen Qing stepped in to mediate. To be honest, even Lao Wang didn't expect his reaction. But the next second, Lao Wang understood. Chen Qing then changed his tone, "The death penalty can be waived, but punishment is inevitable. Since you dug a pit for us to fall into, you should be punished accordingly. We don't ask for much. We'll provide the roast duck ingredients for free tonight, and the other ingredients will be 50% off."

"No, that's absolutely impossible."

Without a second thought, Lao Wang immediately rejected Chen Qing's proposal. If they offered free roast duck ingredients and a 50% discount on other ingredients, what would these people do? They wouldn't have to work at all.

"Old Wang, are you sure? This is your last chance. Don't forget I won't speak up for you if things don't go your way!"

Although Chen Qing spoke calmly, anyone could hear the strong threat in his words. Peng Peng and Huang Sanshi also stepped forward in unison, creating a sense of pressure on Lao Wang.

Damn it, what did I do to deserve this?! How could I have invited such a bunch of unreasonable thugs to record the show? Even He Jiong, who usually plays the good cop, has changed his tune.

Two fists can't fight four hands. It's impossible to get help from the group of loyal people behind me. I can only back down and say, "We can provide the roast duck ingredients for free, but other ingredients will be charged at the normal price."

"Xiao Chen, I think we should just leave it at that! Give Lao Wang some face, after all, the camera is rolling!" Teacher He also jumped in at the right time to play the good cop.

"How about this? Let's give Teacher He some face?" Chen Qing said to Huang Sanshi and the others, then waved his hand in a magnanimous manner, "Alright! We won't hold it against you this time. But it won't be so easy for you to set us up next time. This time, we're only doing it for Teacher He's sake."

"Thank you so much!"

The viewers in the live stream couldn't help but laugh as Lao Wang slunk away from the camera. Sure enough, it was another day of being dominated. It's unbelievable that a popular program director has ended up like this.

But you can't blame anyone else; they were the ones who always encouraged the guests to sabotage He Jiong and the others! Now they're getting their comeuppance; if you walk the dark path too often, you'll eventually run into a ghost.

Huang Sanshi happily accepted the ingredients handed over by the production team and went into the kitchen. They needed to collect three hundred passion fruits in exchange for the other ingredients. No one bothered to haggle over this amount. It was already very easy for so many of them. Any less and it wouldn't be an experience of farm life but a staged photo shoot.

(End of this chapter)