Ten diligent days: the fields are still

At the end of the first stage, the program team stopped delivering lunch boxes as usual.

The brothers had no choice but to start the recruitment notice again. However, it was not easy to find a chef who fully met the recruitment requirements.

To become their chef, the first requirement is, of course, the ability to cook, preferably common home-cooked meals. You also need to be young to avoid safety concerns. Secondly, you need a house with food and lodging provided. Finally, and crucially, you need to be able to accept occasional overtime and time off. After all, their work schedules are irregular, and it's possible they won't be able to eat on time. Finally, you need experience as a village chef, as cooking for ten people is a lot of work.

In order to provide the chefs with a good working environment, the brothers decided to transform an empty house in the village into a large central kitchen during their free time.

If the program team wants to use it, they can use it.

They connected the original kitchen and main hall on the first floor to create a more spacious space.

The construction team then took over, dismantling the original stove and purchasing various building materials, including bricks, cement, mortar, and lime, to build a long and L-shaped stove. They also bought two large iron pots from the town.

This large kitchen inherits the simple style of the early first season.

Ju Yunnian and Xiaolu were very curious about the big kitchen, so they went up to take a look. When they saw the mess on the floor, they hesitated, not knowing whether they should go in.

Zhao Xiaotong entered the room faster than them and picked up the plastic bags on the floor. Li Gengyun moved the bag of lime that was blocking the road to the side. Zhao Yibo picked up a broom and quickly swept the dirt off the floor, explaining, "We've been so busy these past few days trying to catch up on the progress that we haven't had time to clean up yet."

“Are you cooking for yourselves now?”

"Yes, the chef we hired will start work in a while. We haven't finished renovating this central kitchen yet. These days, we've been working in groups of three, taking turns cooking in other kitchens."

As we all know, when guests of a variety show choose to fly for publicity purposes, it will bring new traffic and popularity to the program, which is a win-win situation.

But one of the purposes of coming here is to improve the food.

However, after everyone came out of the central kitchen, an awkward situation set in. The brothers looked at each other, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitant to speak.

If the guests were well-known celebrities, asking for better food wouldn't be too out of place. But these two guests were clearly new to the entertainment industry and didn't seem to be in a very good financial position. In this case, if they proactively made the request, it would have felt a bit like bullying.

Just as everyone fell silent, Zhuo Yuan touched Lu Zhuo's shoulder and said softly, "How about we ask Shao Xi to go out and buy some food to entertain the guests?"

Lu Zhuo was a little worried: "Is it too late? I'm afraid there won't be enough time."

Zhuo Yuan thought for a moment and said, "We should still have time. The three of us can do it together to save some time."

At this moment, Xiaolu, who had just finished talking to Ju Yunnian, said, "Yunnian and I have already booked a private room at a county hotel and have already communicated with the director team. We can just leave directly later."

Ju Yunnian smiled and said, "To be honest, Xiaolu's cooking skills are pretty good. I was originally looking forward to seeing who's better between him and Xiaotong. But seeing that the conditions here are so difficult, I won't make it difficult for you, or the boss will beat me."

"This is still considered good. We had nothing back then, but we still got through it," Wang Yiheng recalled the difficult times.

"Oh, I've seen your show. It's pretty good." Xiaolu responded with a smile, his eyes revealing his love for the show.

"Hahahahaha, right? Could you tell who was who at the beginning?" Wang Yiheng asked with a smile, and the others also laughed, seeming to be interested in this question.

"I couldn't tell them apart. I just made do with the first two episodes, but I could tell them apart after the third. The personalities of the ten of you are completely different." Xiaolu answered honestly, took out a group photo from his pocket, and asked his brothers to sign it for him as a souvenir.

Yuan Lai came back from outside and met a group of them on the way as they were about to go out.

"Let's go out for dinner?" Yuan Lai asked with a smile, his eyes sweeping over everyone.

"Yuan Lai, do you want to go?" He Haonan invited enthusiastically.

Yuan Lai knew very well that politely declining was the best option at this moment. "No, I'm going to go see Banlan."

In the room, Ren He was lying on the sofa leisurely like a big boss, with his cell phone stretched out as if it were two miles away.

Yuan Lai completely ignored his presence, squatting on the ground, and groping out a very sloppily made chicken coop from under the bed. This chicken coop was specially bought by Lin Tingting when he was in Country M. Banlan had a special liking for it, so he had never changed it.

The colorful body stretched out, and the two horns on its head stood up high, as if trying to make its body emit light and attract Yuan Lai's attention.

Yuan Lai opened his backpack and pulled out a jar. Inside the jar were two lively little frogs. "This is the Abu I caught for you. Try it and see if it suits your taste."

After taking the photo, Ren He couldn't help but knock on the table and reminded: "Hey, I think you are going too far, right?"

Yuan Lai finally woke up from his dream and looked at Ren He with a look of surprise: "Ah, when did you come? Where is Su Deyi?"

Ren He sat up from the sofa slowly, straightening his messy clothes. "I just got here not long ago. As for Su Deyi, his novel won an award, and he went to receive it."

Great, great, with such a ready-made library of materials at hand, it would be unreasonable not to win an award.

"What's the matter with you?"

In fact, Yuan Lai has always been curious about the follow-up of the other "Ten Hardworking Days", but she changed her mind and thought that after all, they are professionals, and they must have their own ways and considerations in handling things, and they should not cause any trouble for herself.

When Yuan Lai was thinking secretly, Ren He seemed to see through her thoughts and mentioned it casually: "Oh, by the way, I brought you a gift."

After saying that, Ren He took out a photo from his phone case.

This is a group photo from the concert.

This photo is of great significance to Yuan Lai. It records that special moment, the moment when two different times and spaces intertwined.

Ren He actually put such a commemorative photo behind his phone case, which is really down-to-earth.

Yuan Lai took the photo and examined it carefully. The ten people were all making different gestures, but they were standing very close together. Each one was smiling, a beautiful smile. The ten signatures formed a circle, like a perfect closed loop, freezing the moment forever.

Yuan Lai had actually expected that they would not appear in this photo. After all, the stadium was too big and they were sitting in the corner of the last row.

But that didn't affect her love for the photo as she will always remember that night.

"I like this gift very much, thank you."

"Small idea."

After eating the frog, Banlan quietly climbed onto Ren He's shoulder with light and agile movements.

Ren He turned his head and met Banlan's eyes. Banlan's eyes were round and sparkling with mischief.

Ren He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a playful smile, "If you become a giant, maybe I will be afraid of you, but you are not even as long as my arm now. Do you think I will still be afraid of you?"

Banlan seemed a little dissatisfied with Ren He's words. It opened its mouth and bit Ren He's neck without hesitation.

Yuan Lai's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, thinking that Ren He must be injured this time.

To her surprise, Banlan didn't really bite it, but only left a shallow tooth mark.

Ren He gently picked up the colorful flower and placed it in Yuan Lai's palm. "Okay, I'm going to protect Mu Li. You have to be careful here." After that, Ren He turned and left.

Ren He, who was walking to the door, suddenly stopped, turned around, and his eyes fell quietly on Yuan Lai.

Yuan Lai was puzzled. "Is there anything else?"

Ren He tilted his head slightly, his throat rolled, and his voice was a little hoarse: "It's okay."

He seemed to have something else to say, but in the end he just whispered, "Be careful and don't rush into everything. Huaxuan is still waiting for you in Daming, do you know?"

Yuan Lai felt that Ren He was a little strange. He clearly said that it was okay, but he kept talking so much.

There are so many people in the entire program crew, what danger could there be?

So, she quickly walked to Ren He, stretched out her hand and pushed Ren He out of the door, "Go away, you are so nagging."

The door closed gently in front of Ren He. He stood there, looking at the closed door, a tear slipped from the corner of his eye and flowed down his cheek.

That tear seemed to carry all his emotions and reluctance, and it was particularly dazzling in the silent air.

"Yuan Lai, it's fate, it turns out."

It is both passive acceptance and active endurance.

They have been staying here for too long, and if they want to leave, they must burn their boats.

But the price...

Ren He didn't dare to think about it.