A great director who grew up happily

As a northerner, it is normal for Chen Jinnian to have never eaten goat meat, because there are actually huge regional differences between the north and the south on whether to eat sheepskin.

Most of the mutton smell comes from subcutaneous fat.

The process of slaughtering sheep requires skinning, which just happens to remove the mutton smell. This is also an important reason why the sheep from Inner Mongolia do not have mutton smell.

But goat must be eaten with the skin, and this traditional practice has been deeply rooted as early as the Song Dynasty.

According to legend, when the Liao emperor celebrated his birthday, Song Zhenzong sent envoy Teng She to congratulate him.

At the birthday banquet, the Liao ministers ridiculed the Song Dynasty for not having the skin of the stewed mutton at the state banquet, which was too barbaric.

Teng She hit back on the spot, saying that the Song Dynasty produced silk silkworms, so the skin of the meat was not peeled. Teng She secretly mocked the Liao ministers who wore sheepskin, saying that they were the real barbarians.

Of course, eating sheepskin and wearing sheepskin coats are purely regional customs and have nothing to do with barbarity. The ministers of Liao and Song talked about these things purely for empty talk, trying to prove that they were better than the other side.

However, it was the childlike bickering between the two that provided evidence of the traditional differences in eating sheep in the north and south.

Chen Jinnian was still standing in front of the sheep pen, hesitating, while He Ling, who received the news, had already hurried back, hoping to spare his life, no, to spare the sheep.

With a "bang", the gate in front of the courtyard was pushed open.

Chen Jinnian, noticing the movement, turned around and looked over, a friendly smile appearing on his face. "Teacher He, long time no see."

"Long time no see, long time no see." He Ling patted his chest. Fortunately, the "tragedy" did not happen, otherwise the relaxed and slow-living atmosphere of the Mushroom House would have been broken.

Then He Ling walked forward and tried to pull Chen Jinnian away.

Although Chen Jinnian didn't understand why, he still cooperated and walked to the side. Otherwise, with Mr. He's strength, it would be difficult to pull him away.

"Teacher He, it's not that serious. I'm just taking a look."

"Are you sure you're just looking at it and not ignoring it?" He Ling lowered his eyes slightly, as if he had seen through it.

"Hehe." Chen Jinnian admitted frankly, "Indeed, I have never eaten goat. If it were two sheep, I guarantee..."

He Ling's face changed drastically, and he quickly interrupted, "Stop talking, stop talking, or I'll mute you."

Although Mushroom House is a slow variety reality show with rural themes, it is actually neither a slow variety show nor has much to do with rural areas. It is completely a spiritual world imagined by city people.

The planting process of crops was skipped, the harvesting process was omitted, and even in the cooking scenes, there could not be any slaughtering scenes, not even the killing of a fish.

Wang Zhengyu, who was standing next to the yard, secretly felt relieved. Fortunately, Teacher He came back, otherwise he would have gone out to stop it.

If the livestock in the Mushroom House were slaughtered, the official Weibo account of "Longing for the Future" would definitely be flooded with angry netizens, who would eat fried chicken and burgers while loudly questioning why the cute sheep were killed.

At the same time, countless animal protection advocates and vegetarian celebrities have come forward to launch a campaign to boycott "A Longing for Life".

Wang Zhengyu felt terrified just thinking about it.

It was a close call. Because of a sheep, the production crew almost died.

Chen Jinnian didn't have as strong a brain circuit as Wang Zhengyu. He was simply satisfying his appetite. Seeing He Ling's firm attitude, he temporarily suppressed his thoughts.

"Teacher He, you guys are raising these ducks very well. Judging from their bodies, their lean meat ratio should be quite good."

After returning to the pavilion, Chen Jinnian set his eyes on the duck standing motionless on the railing behind Yu Hua.

Yu Hua heard him, turned around and looked, and nodded with satisfaction, "Muscovy duck, this is a good thing. Although it is an imported species, it has been raised in China for hundreds of years and is very delicious."

The conversation between the two made He Ling's heart, which had finally relaxed, tense up again. At this time, the large army that was a step behind entered the yard. He Ling saw Huang Lei and the others had returned and shouted quickly.

"Teacher Huang, you're finally back. Jinnian and Teacher Yu have set their sights on our lanterns."

"What? That's good news. I've been thinking about it for a while now."

Not only did Huang Lei not stand on the same front with He Ling, but his eyes lit up.

The biggest surprise for Huang Lei in the second season of Yearning is that the animals from the previous season have been raised to be fat and strong by the program crew, especially Cai Deng, whose size has increased dozens of times. If he doesn't kill him, he would be unworthy of his reputation as Chef Huang.

He Ling's mouth twisted into a bitter smile. Well, Cai Lantern has fallen into a wolf's den before escaping the tiger's den.

He turned around to seek Zhao Jinmai's support, but before he could open his mouth, Zhao Jinmai ran towards Chen Jinnian excitedly.

"Brother, you really came to see me."

"You wish. I just came to see you." As soon as Chen Jinnian opened his mouth, the excited Zhao Jinmai looked resentful.

Coming to support Zhao Jinmai and endorse her was the reason for Chen Jinnian's trip, but that was not the only reason.

Chen Jinnian has been planning to relocate the company, and Hangzhou is one of his key alternative cities, so this time he wanted to contact the local government in advance.

"Brother, you're such a killjoy. Can't you just say you came here just for me?" Zhao Jinmai raised his fist and hit Chen Jinnian twice.

"No, I always seek truth from facts."

Chen Jinnian continued to tease Zhao Jinmai with a smile.

While the two were playing, He Ling pushed the lantern off the railing and let it sit on the path outside the yard, so as not to attract hatred in public.

Chen Jinnian noticed it, but didn't care. He was chatting with Zhao Jinmai. Since participating in the Golden Rooster Gala last year, Zhao Jinmai went back to school and the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

After the conversation, he introduced Zhao Jinmai to Yu Hua.

"Teacher Yu, this is my sister, Zhao Jinmai." He pushed Zhao Jinmai in front of Yu Hua, "And this is Teacher Yu Hua. Even if you haven't read 'To Live,' 'Xu Sanguan Selling Blood,' and 'Brothers,' you've probably heard of Teacher Yu's name."

Zhao Jinmai's eyes widened in shock. "Wow, Mr. Yu Hua, hello, hello! My Chinese teacher often recommends your book to us, and I thought—I thought, could you sign it for me?"

Hearing Zhao Jinmai's excitement and incoherent speech, Yu Hua burst into laughter.

"Do you think I'm gone? That's normal. Some readers have said before, 'Oh my god, he's still here! I thought he was gone.' Haha, I feel like I need to come out more often to show everyone that the writer of 'To Live' is still alive."