The longed-for village system

Chapter 63 and Zhao Xiaogu's video
"I knew it! Old Wang and the others are so stingy, there's no reason for them to be so generous this time. I knew it!" Huang Shi said with a look of sudden realization.

"How can it only be fifty? We got two buckets! That's at least ten pounds! This is way too cheap!" Peng Peng still looked incredulous.

Of course, no one at the scene questioned the authenticity of Chen Qing's words. As a native villager, he must be familiar with the prices of these products.

Seeing Peng Peng bow his head like a sunflower in the dark, Teacher He comforted him, "Let's not be discouraged. We've already said it's pocket money, how could it be several hundred yuan at a time? Besides, the production team is so stingy. We should be satisfied with fifty yuan."

Everyone thought about it and agreed. If it were several hundred dollars at a time, they wouldn't need to do the work for the production team. They could just earn pocket money every day to cover their expenses. The production team wouldn't give them such a bad opportunity to exploit.

Huang Shi looked around but didn't see his daughter Zhang Zifeng. He asked Chen Qing, "Where's your sister? Did she go back to her room?"

"Okay! I'll tell her to go back to her room and wash up after I'm done.

Huang Shi nodded after receiving Chen Qing's reply. He glanced at the time on Xiaodu (a smart speaker) in the room; his sister should be going to bed by now. He then signaled to Lao Wang that the live stream could be turned off.

After receiving Huang Laoshi's hint, Lao Wang promptly closed the live stream. Today's live stream time was already later than usual, and there wasn't much to film since it was the artists' washing-up time.

After filming wrapped, everyone went inside to wash up. Chen Qing went back to the old house next door to wash up, since most of his things were still there. The Mushroom House now only had a few coats and a set of toiletries.

Just as Chen Qing finished washing up and was about to return to the Mushroom House, his phone rang. He saw it was a video chat with Zhao Xiaogu, and of course, he answered it without hesitation.

"Still not asleep so late?"

After the call connected, Chen Qing was slightly taken aback, mainly because he was surprised to see Zhao Xiaogu lying on the bed in her pajamas. He then asked her with concern.

Of course, Zhao Xiaogu dared to do this because she had inquired about the situation and knew that the man was alone in the old house. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been video chatting with him while wearing her pajamas.

Seeing Chen Qing's concern, a bright smile appeared on her face, and she replied, "I just finished and went back to the hotel! I saw that your live broadcast room was closed and thought that the filming must have ended, so I contacted you. I heard that you sang a new song after we left."

Chen Qing didn't hide anything from this and nodded, saying, "Yes! You sang two more songs. Did you listen?"

"No! Shishi heard it and said one of the poems was written by you for me, is that true?"

Zhao Xiaogu naturally wouldn't admit that she had been watching Xiangwang's live stream from time to time today. She couldn't let this man know how much she cared about him, otherwise he definitely wouldn't cherish her in the future. Of course, her words were also a test, wanting to see how Chen Qing felt about her, his attitude, and whether the song "A Little Happiness" was really written for her.

A song written for her? When, Chen Qing recalled the two songs she sang this time.

"Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" is clearly not it; it's an inspirational song. The only song that might cause a misunderstanding seems to be "A Little Happiness?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Shishi is talking about this song. Is it written for me? Can you sing it for me?"

Hearing Chen Qing's answer, Zhao Xiaogu was overjoyed. Sure enough, it was the song this man wrote for her. He knew the song title even before she mentioned it. How would he know that this was the song she was thinking of if it wasn't written for her?
Seeing Zhao Xiaogu's barely concealed joy, Chen Qing didn't dare to interrupt. In a broad sense, this song was written for all the young men and women who had experienced the stirrings of first love on campus, and Zhao Xiaogu was naturally one of them.

"Wait a moment, I'll go back inside and get the guitar."

For some reason, Chen Qing could never refuse Zhao Xiaogu's requests when he looked into her eyes; it was as if this woman was his natural nemesis.

Chen Qing picked up his guitar and put down his phone and started playing and singing. Considering the time, Chen Qing mainly sang a cappella, with the guitar only occasionally as an aid. However, this gave Zhao Xiaogu on the other end of the video call a more direct and profound experience.

The entire song, enhanced by Chen Qing's heavenly voice, unfolded like a story, captivating Zhao Xiaogu, who gazed at the man in the video with tender affection in her beautiful eyes.

This was the feeling of being moved, this was the feeling of being in love, and she knew it at that moment.

"Little Bone? Little Bone? Is the screen frozen?"

When the song ended, Chen Qing watched the person in the video remain motionless, not even blinking, assuming the other person's internet connection was bad and the video was lagging.

Hearing Chen Qing's words, Zhao Xiaogu came back to her senses. She used her fair hand to brush her hair aside to hide her inner turmoil and softly replied, "No! It's just that you sang so well, and the lyrics are also very well written. I really like this song. Thank you for the song."

"Oh! Okay, I'm glad you like it."

Chen Qing responded and then fell silent. He didn't know what to talk about with Zhao Xiaogu, but this was obviously not a problem for him to worry about. Once a girl wanted to chat, the conversation would never stop.

(End of this chapter)