Be careful

Populus hung up the phone, looked up at the sky, it was pitch black, there was no moon, only countless stars twinkling, the air was cold and quiet.

He returned to the dormitory rubbing his hungry, growling stomach, when he heard dogs barking from far and near.

"Someone seems to be here." Populus said to the big cameraman in the dormitory.

The cameraman's surname is Zhang, and he has been in this industry for many years. People in the Populus Listening column group call him Dazhang.

Da Zhang laughed: "Boss is here to deliver supper."

Sure enough, after a while, there was a knock on the door.Da Zhang got up to open the door, another camera set up a camera, and the planning teacher walked in with a plate of hot steamed cakes.

Populus was a little overjoyed, and stood up to express his welcome.

The steamed cakes were placed on the table, which made Puli a little flattered.

"Have you all eaten?" Poplar asked the planning teacher.

The planning teacher laughed: "Don't worry about us, I'm just here to give you some food, and take some photos by the way."

Pu Li looked at Da Zhang and smiled: "Come on, Brother Zhang, let's eat together."

"Hey, I'm a staff member. According to the script, you should live in this room alone. Wouldn't it be nice for two people to eat together?" Da Zhang took a step back professionally.

Populus looked at the planning, and the planning obviously agreed with Da Zhang's statement.

"That's fine." Populus took his own lunch box from the suitcase. He takes this lunch box with him everywhere. It has a heat preservation function. Sometimes he can't eat hot food when he is working outside, so he puts the food in the insulated lunch box first. , This is the method Feng Rui taught him.

Populus picked out a few pieces of steamed cakes from the big plate, and left them for Da Zhang out of the camera's reach, before he sat down and started eating from the plate.

"Is it delicious?" the planning teacher asked Populus.

From the corner of his eye, Pu Li saw that the camera was set up again, deliberately not looking in that direction, turned his face three-quarters of the way, and nodded with a smile: "It's delicious."

"How does it compare to the supper at home?" Ji Ji asked Populus.

Populus nodded: "It's delicious, especially delicious."

Ji Ji and Populus chatted a few more words in front of the camera, and then told them to go to bed early, there was still filming the next morning, and they left in a hurry.

Populus ate the last piece of pastry and gave the lunch box to Da Zhang.Dazhang was naive, said "thank you", and started to eat.

There is only one bed in a dormitory, and Pope asked Da Zhang how to sleep at night.

Dazhang pointed to the door and said, "When they came, they put their luggage at the door just now. Don't worry about me, just wash up and sleep. I'll take two more shots and go to the yard to build a tent."

"Tent, are you sleeping outside?" Poplar was a little curious.

Da Zhang nodded: "I like sleeping in a tent. The top of my tent is transparent. If you can't sleep, you can still watch the stars. It's great."

Populus became interested and wanted to set up a tent with Da Zhang.Da Zhang looked at his watch and shook his head: "Master, go to rest, I'm really sleepy, I have to get up early tomorrow morning."

Pushing no longer, Populus hurriedly washed and changed into pajamas, got into the quilt in front of the camera, and went to sleep.

As soon as his head touched the pillow, Poplar felt his whole body go limp, as if he was about to fall asleep immediately.He originally thought that he should get up and help Da Zhang, but as it was very quiet outside, he didn't know when he fell asleep.

At 5:[-] in the morning the next day, Da Zhang knocked on his door.

Populus rubbed his eyes and got up.When I was on the set, I often didn’t get enough sleep, but it’s not as cold and sleepy as it is now, and I really don’t want to leave the bed.

Da Zhang shouted outside: "According to the plan, today is the first day of class, and you and the principal will cook breakfast for the children."

"Oh." Pu Yue remembered a little bit, there was such a content, got up quickly, and washed in a hurry.

There is only a toilet in the school and no special place for washing. Populus just squeezed toothpaste and brushed his teeth under an unknown tree beside the playground just like the night before.

In the early morning in the mountains, it was foggy, and before I knew it, my hair and pajamas were wet by the fog.Populus shivered, and while brushing his teeth against the old tree, he twisted his waist and limbs to do exercises, and looked back at Da Zhang, who was putting away the legendary tent for stargazing.

Dazhang saw Populus and looked at him again, and laughed: "Are you envious?"

Populus spit out the foam in his mouth, rinsed his mouth, approached Da Zhang to see him dismantling the tent, nodded and smiled: "I haven't slept in a tent yet, let me experience it before I leave."

Dazhang zipped up the tent bag, his clothes were also wet, he couldn't help shivering, and smiled: "Okay."

Populus went to wash his face again, change his clothes, and obediently waited for the principal to come.

Dazhang started to take out a set of tools, and sketched against the map he got from the planner earlier.

"What is this?" Populus asked Dazhang.

"This is my job today. I need to install cameras at these points," he said, and put away the map in a big way, laughing loudly, "No, no, this is confidential and we cannot ask you to know."

Pu Li was about to inquire again when the school gate rang, and the village party secretary came in with a basket of vegetables.

"You are already up," the village party secretary put down the vegetable basket, and opened the door next to Puli's dormitory, "I want to wake you up after breakfast."

Populus walked over, a little confused: "Oh, don't you want to cook with the principal?"

The village party secretary pushed open the door, and Populus walked in carrying the vegetable basket.

"I am the principal. When I enter this courtyard, I am Principal Wei, and when I leave this courtyard, I am Wei Zhishu." Principal Wei raised his eyebrows a little proudly, "There are few people in our village. Just get used to it, haha."

Populus nodded again and again, looking into the yard, in the early morning mist, Da Zhang had already started to install the equipment.

Principal Wei washed his hands, took the vegetables out of the box, and told Populus to fetch water.

Populus received the water, started to wash the vegetables, and chatted with the principal.

It turned out that Yuwang Primary School where they were located was the only public primary school within a radius of ten kilometers.Radiation three natural villages, more than 600 families, nearly 100 children aged 6 to 12.

In order to integrate resources and improve teaching quality, merging primary schools, increasing the number of students, and bringing teachers and children together for unified management is a solution.But this invisibly increases the time the children spend on commuting to and from school, so Principal Wei has worked tirelessly to ensure breakfast and lunch, so that the children can eat something nutritious and maintain a good health.

"Then why don't the children live in school?" Populus asked naively.

Principal Wei cooked the porridge, then went to prepare side dishes and eggs.

"How can I do that? Most of the children live with their elderly grandparents. Such a big child is a child in the eyes of urban people, but he is half an adult here. He also has to take care of a lot of work at home. It is not good to be confined to the school. What's more, if you have children living in school, you have to be guarded by teachers. Teachers here are already very mobile, and adding a responsibility will make it even more difficult to retain people."

Pu Li felt that what Principal Wei said was reasonable, and he was a bit like the stupid emperor in the story who said "why not eat minced meat".

Feeling ashamed, I asked Populus to add a fire to the stove.

He said to Principal Wei: "I can cook, so let me do it during this time."

Principal Wei looked back at Populus, and at some point there was a black ash on Poplar's cheek, he laughed, "Haha, okay, okay, you can do it."

Not long after, the sky became brighter again, Da Zhang's work was almost finished, the school door was pushed open, and a group of early students had arrived.

Afterwards, Zhong Xinyang, Fei Yiming and Meng Yue also yawned and came to the campus with the program group.

Principal Wei took off his apron, told Pu Li to look at the pot, and went out to meet everyone.

According to the usual practice, a flag-raising ceremony will be held on the playground after arriving at school on Monday.

Principal Wei said a few words, checked the time, and almost all the children had arrived at school, so he beckoned for the school's "band".

Harmonica, clarinet, snare drum, and cymbals are the simplest and simplest musical instruments. A group of children of different heights stood under the flagpole, frowning and squinting, playing seriously.

The tune was out of tune and the tempo couldn't keep up, but Pu Li could tell right away that these children were playing the "National Anthem".

He hurriedly got up, looked towards the direction of the flagpole in the yard, and saluted.

The bright red five-star red flag rose slowly in the misty morning light.

The music stopped, but Pu Li was still there in a daze, unable to recover from the scene in front of him.

He thought of that old movie again. In "Daxi Mountain", there was also a scene where the teacher organized the children to raise the national flag and sing the national anthem, which overlapped with the scene in front of him.

It turns out that those are not made up to intentionally abuse the heart, but actually exist.

The childish and solemn singing of the children stopped, and the white rice porridge on the stove sizzled, and then there was a burnt smell in the kitchen.

"Ah!" Populus yelled, and quickly blew and scooped into the cauldron, trying to get rid of the overflowing foam.

It's too embarrassing, Pu Li thought to himself, just now he boasted to Principal Wei that he could cook, and in a blink of an eye, the porridge was boiled.

Populus took down the pot, cleaned the stove with a rag, and was busy for a while.

After the flag-raising ceremony, Principal Wei introduced the brothers and sisters who came to the program to the children.The atmosphere on the playground warmed up with the newborn sun.

Populus popped his head to look a few times, and he was always happy.

He mixed Principal Wei's unfinished side dishes, and soaked hard-boiled eggs in cold water.

On the playground, the children played around the three new brothers and sisters, and some bold and curious ones circled around the camera. The older children had already moved tables and chairs from the classroom according to Principal Wei's instructions.

Breakfast is about to start.

Populus stood at the door and called Fei Yiming and Zhong Xinyang to help.

The camera suddenly swung to the body of Poplar, which made him a little embarrassed.The scene of cooking was too real, and the emotion of raising the national flag was too real. He almost forgot that he was a guest on a reality show.

"Here to help." Populus lowered his voice.

Fei Yiming and Zhong Xinyang ran towards the kitchen together, they turned their backs to the following camera, and immediately changed their faces.

Populus looked at them with a smile, directed them to serve dishes and eggs, and said with a smile: "You two are still playing the game of changing faces, let me tell you, there are cameras installed everywhere here."

"Hey, fuck!" Fei Yiming cursed, but a smile was already on his face.

"So stupid?" Zhong Xinyang actually wanted to give Fei Yiming a look, but he leaned on Fei Yiming's shoulder, looking like a good brother.

Principal Wei also came, and together with Pu Li, he carried the big porridge pot to the playground.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the birds came chirping and gathered around the dining table, trying to find something delicious.The children took out bowls of various shapes and sizes from their schoolbags, their faces were flushed, and they raised their necks and said "thank you" to the big brother who served them porridge.