The longed-for village system

Chapter 320 Good Days

Teacher He was also taken aback when he saw IU. As a veteran in the entertainment industry, he believed that he was familiar with many celebrities, and even the new generation of artists could at least be recognized by him. However, he had no recollection of this beautiful female star in front of him.

As we all know, their show is incredibly popular right now. Many A-list celebrities have contacted them to join the show, and second-tier artists can't even get on the show without an introduction. And he thinks he'll recognize everyone, whether they're A-list or second-tier.

Teacher He didn't even recognize them, let alone Teacher Huang and Chen Qing. They could only awkwardly smile and wait for the others to introduce themselves.

IU naturally noticed their awkwardness and understood that the three of them didn't recognize her. She stepped forward, bowed, and greeted them, "Hello, seniors. I am IU, a singer from the Republic of Korea. I am very happy to be here on your show."

"Oh! Hello IU, I'm He Jiong, this is Teacher Huang, and this is Chen Qing next to him. Welcome to our show." Teacher He greeted IU on behalf of the group.

Hello, IU!

Teacher Huang greeted the girl warmly, especially since she had come from afar. Most importantly, the girl was very sensible and only ordered one dish: eggplant with garlic sauce. Who wouldn't love such a polite and sensible girl!

After a brief greeting, Chen Qing and Teacher Huang went straight into the kitchen to cook. They could let Zhao Xiaogu go hungry, but the pregnant woman couldn't go hungry.

When Huang and Chen went into the kitchen, IU didn't know what to do. In the end, Teacher He led her back to the shed to continue chatting.

“IU, relax a bit. Our show is a slow-paced variety show, so you can basically do whatever you want. You can leave the cooking to Teacher Huang and Xiao Chen. We can just sit and chat and drink tea.”

Seeing that IU was still a little uncomfortable and her gaze kept drifting to the kitchen, Teacher He smiled and comforted her. He understood IU's helplessness and gave her plenty of care.

"Yeah! I'm just not used to it yet, but I didn't expect to enjoy it all the time."

Three women are sitting here drinking tea and chatting, while two men are cooking for them in the kitchen. This kind of thing could only happen in China. You would hardly see such a scene even on variety shows in their country. The kitchen is where women work.

With Teacher He's high emotional intelligence, IU quickly got into the zone, the slight panic in her eyes disappeared, and she chatted leisurely with the others, telling them her story.

"Thank you, Teacher He, for taking care of our goddess. She's much more relaxed now."

"Goddess, your Mandarin is so fluent! You can come to our Huaxia event."

"It seems we'll be able to see goddess programs more often in China from now on. This is preparation for long-term development. Her Chinese is so good."

IU's fans rushed to the live stream as soon as they received the news. They all expressed their gratitude to He Jiong for taking care of their goddess, and were amazed by their goddess's Chinese proficiency.

At 7:30 pm, everyone finally sat down to eat. IU sat in the middle seat at He Jiong's invitation. Although she declined several times, she was the only guest today. Although Zhao Xiaogu did not join the Longing for Life program, she was practically half a member of the program. If she didn't sit in the center, who would?

"Xiao Chen, you've gained another goddess fan! Our IU is also your fan! She can sing many of your songs," Teacher He said to Chen Qing while enjoying his food.

"Really? That's my honor! I never imagined those songs would even reach overseas."

He had overheard their conversation and singing from the kitchen. He wasn't surprised that these songs had reached overseas; many of them were very popular abroad in his previous life, so it was only natural that they were still popular in this world.

"Brother Chen, you have no idea how popular your songs are where we are, especially those Cantonese songs. Many of our variety shows use them as background music and for quizzes." Although they don't want to admit it, people in their country prefer Cantonese songs to Mandarin songs—perhaps this is what they call nationalistic sentiment!

"Really? That's great, as long as everyone likes it."

Chen Qinghui responded with a smile, then picked up the bowl in front of Zhao Xiaogu and served her a bowl of tofu and fish head soup, which Teacher Huang had specially prepared for her.

"Thank you, Brother Chen! You eat too! I can do it myself." Zhao Xiaogu smiled happily at Chen Qing's thoughtfulness.

The members of the Mushroom House were already used to it. Chen Qing had always done a good job in this regard, and it was only natural that he would take even better care of Zhao Xiaogu now that she was pregnant. However, IU was seeing it for the first time, so she felt a little envious of Zhao Xiaogu.

Soon everyone finished dinner, and Zhao Xiaogu stretched contentedly. Now that her belly was getting bigger, her lower back was sometimes really sore. Fortunately, the hidden injury in her back had been treated by Brother Chen, otherwise she would definitely be in more pain now.

After dinner, it's entertainment time at the Mushroom House, and tonight is no exception. Peng Peng once again pulls out his portable karaoke machine and begins his performance.

This time, after listening to IU, he sang his single "Rare Characters". After finishing the performance, he asked everyone for their opinions. Of course, everyone gave him a round of applause, and even IU smiled and clapped, praising him a few times, which made Peng Peng very happy.

As a guest and singer, IU naturally had to perform. Of course, IU herself wouldn't miss such a good opportunity for promotion. Isn't this the moment she was going on the show? So after thinking about it, she decided to sing her hit song.

"Good Days" is her first step on the path to becoming a solo queen and one of her signature works. The song has a strong rhythm and is a great blessing to sing on the show.

As the song played, IU stood up and gently swayed her body before beginning to sing with deep emotion.

How blue the sky is!

And the wind was just so perfect today.

Pretend not to know, pretend not to hear a word.
Pretend to forget and start a new topic?
Did I kiss you to shut you up?
Since it was in Korean, He Jiong and the others said they couldn't understand the meaning, but that didn't stop them from listening to the melody and IU's clear voice.

Of course, this group did not include Chen Qing. Chen Qing understood the meaning of the song. He had heard this song on Douyin and in live broadcast rooms in his previous life, but he did not know who sang it. He only knew that the last three high notes were very distinctive and unique. He did not expect that it was sung by the beautiful woman in front of him.

Sure enough, when IU hit those three high notes at the end of the song, He Jiong and the others all looked surprised and then burst into applause.

"Clap clap clap!"

"IU is amazing! I didn't expect you to sing so well. Those high notes at the end gave me goosebumps," Teacher He praised IU.

"IU is amazing, so amazing! As expected of a professional singer, there's no comparison!" Peng Peng said, feeling completely outclassed.

"Hmm! Not bad, people who have received professional training are different." Huang Sanshi also affirmed IU's singing skills.

(End of this chapter)