Qiao Huaiyao rolled his eyes while holding the strawberry smoothie, "By the way, Aunt Meng called you, what's the matter?"
Bai Jinyan said lightly: "It's okay, I remembered that I still have a son, call me to find out what's going on."
Meng Zheng is too busy to travel around the world when she is not busy.
I recently bought another island and am busy on vacation on the island.
I haven't seen Bai Jinyan a few times throughout the year.
Qiao Huaiyao nodded, "The director sent me a message just now, saying that Aunt Meng couldn't reach you and you were anxious, so I ran to ask him."
"The director also said that Aunt Meng called me before, but I didn't receive it."
Bai Jinyan paused, turned his back to Qiao Huaiyao to hide his emotions, and picked up the coat in the box.
He said casually: "She has a bad signal on the island. Whenever she wants to call, but she doesn't get through, she may not remember to call you again in ten days and a half."
Qiao Huaiyao has known Meng Zheng since he was very young, so he naturally understands his character.
Although what Bai Jin said was outrageous, it seemed reasonable for Aunt Meng Zheng, so he didn't say anything more.
---
The director came back later than them.
The strawberries bought back from guests with money will not be resold in the market.
At this time, the price of strawberries is three digits per catty. The price is too high, and it is destined that few people will buy this strawberry.
With Zhao Jiamo's assets, he doesn't care about the little money he makes from selling strawberries, he might as well just give it away.
After dealing with those things, Zhao Jiamo returned to the small building on the second floor.
Qiao Huaiyao heard the sound of the door opening below, followed by the crisp electronic sound of the loudspeaker: 'Power On'.
"Guests! Please go downstairs and gather immediately!"
"Guests! Please—"
The pre-recorded sound of the speaker is repeated infinitely below.
There is not enough space for the sofa downstairs. The sofa was moved once when we recorded the Q&A in groups of two.
It may be troublesome, but no staff has moved the sofa back yet.
Qiao Huaiyao didn't go to the front to squeeze, but sat on the single seat next to him, patted the sofa in front of him and said, "Brother, sit here."
Bai Jinyan didn't sit down, and took Qiao Huaiyao to the front of the sofa, "You sit on your seat."
As he spoke, Bai Jinyan leaned on the armrest on one side and put his hand on Qiao Huaiyao's shoulder.
Qiao Huaiyao still wanted to say something, but the hand on his shoulder brushed his cheek inadvertently, and the words he wanted to say stopped on his lips.
After all the guests arrived, Zhao Jiamo turned off the loudspeaker.
"Good afternoon, everyone."
Ji Zhenqi huffed, and said in a spiritless manner: "Good afternoon."
After being tired for a long time picking strawberries, I was woken up shortly after I came back to sleep. It was good to be able to open my eyes.
Zhao Jiamo said with a smile: "It's really too crowded and aggrieved to have so many of you living in this small two-story building."
"It just so happens that all our guests have arrived, so... Next, we will start to allocate other houses prepared by the program group."
"There are five suites in total, which can be used by guests' families to live in them. Regardless of the configuration, there must be enough space."
Zhao Jiamo took out the prepared picture and hung it on the writing board so that they could see what it looked like.
Zhao Jiamo said: "The apartment is allocated by leasing, and the points are used as rent. The points required for each residence are different."
Qiao Huaiyao took a look at the pictures, they were all flat and taken from the angle of the entrance door.
From this picture alone, I can't tell what it looks like inside.
but…
From the point of view, it should be that the higher the required points, the better the house.
Seeing that the guests didn't respond, Zhao Jiamo immediately raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing? Don't be so reserved, discuss it, and send a representative to choose it."
"Strive to move all of them into their new homes today."
This is just a temporary foothold for sorting. All the guests are here, and they must be assigned a separate residence as soon as possible.
It is also convenient for subsequent program recording.
"Which one do you like?"
"Which one do you like
…
The two spoke at the same time, and their voices collided.
Qiao Huaiyao smiled lightly and said first, "I can do it, bro, you choose one."
The left and right are just temporary residences. If it was just Bai Jinyan himself, he might not consider choosing it.
After the other guests have finished choosing, the rest is free.
But with Qiao Huaiyao around, Bai Jinyan would definitely follow Qiao Huaiyao's preferences.
Based on what he knew about Zhao Jiamo, these houses were certainly not as good as they looked on the surface.
If you want to live comfortably in the future, you will naturally choose expensive ones.
Bai Jinyan said, "Then number three."
When Zhao Jiamo heard it, he was immediately happy, "I actually really want you to choose this one, the other guests don't have enough points."
If they had chosen the one with a lower price in advance, it would be quite difficult to distribute the rest of the other guests.
After all, the program team can't let them stay on credit, which is unfair to other guests.
"Okay, here is the key." When Zhao Jiamo handed over the key, he also said: "The points will be deducted from the account directly, and a text message will be sent to the points at night, and then we will know how many points are left."
Zhao Jiamo said: "Okay, you can set off to your own independent courtyard now."
Bai Jinyan handed the key to Qiao Huaiyao, got up and said, "You wait here, I will take the suitcase down."
The luggage in the room was not opened, only a few pieces of clothes were hanging on the ironing machine.
Everything else should be whatever it is, and it’s easy to clean up.
Qiao Huaiyao followed suit, "I'll get it for you."
There are three suitcases, although a lot of snacks in one suitcase have been taken away.
But the suitcase itself is not very light either.
---
From No. 1 to No. 5, these houses don't look much different.
Perhaps the only obvious place is that No. 3 has a small yard.
A fence encloses the yard and cottage.
The area looks larger.
Qiao Huaiyao walked in with the suitcase, and the first thing he saw was the very obvious camera above his head.
Compared with the small room I lived in before, this place is obviously much more spacious.
But there is still only one bedroom, but fortunately there is an extra wardrobe.
Qiao Huaiyao opened the suitcase and just took out some clothes when he felt his phone vibrate.
Zhao Jiamo: [Reminder! This text message is sent to the guest who can see it, please don't tell the people around you.]
This is the first sentence of the text message.
Qiao Huaiyao looked down.
Zhao Jiamo: [This is a small game, please say to your star: I want to eat snacks. Ask him to help you go to a small store to buy.]
[If he asks: What kind of snack do you want/what kind of snack, etc.]
[Please be sure to answer him: It's all right, you know what I like.]
[See how the other party responds.]
[Which guest performs well will get points.]
…
Qiao Huaiyao turned off the text message, tapped the phone with her fingertips, "Brother."
"Um?"
"I want to eat snacks." Qiao Huaiyao hung up the clothes hanger, thinking about the few bags in the suitcase that were not taken away, he hurriedly said: "I don't want to eat the one I brought from home, you can buy me something else ?”
Bai Jinyan said that the suitcase was half packed, and upon hearing that, he looked up at Qiao Huaiyao.
Qiao Huaiyao blinked lightly and smiled at him.
Bai Jinyan stood up and said, "Okay."
Then, Qiao Huaiyao waited for his brother to ask that question, which must be asked.
But he watched Bai Jinyan walk out, and he didn't intend to ask questions at all.
Qiao Huaiyao: "...?"
What to do
Will it affect the points if I don't ask
When Qiao Huaiyao was in doubt, director Zhao Jiamo sent another text message.
Zhao Jiamo: [Use the answering board in front of the door to record your favorite snacks, any kind will do.]
[The snacks purchased by the guests will be rewarded with extra points when they match the answer board.]
It turned out that the answering board standing at the door was for this purpose.
Qiao Huaiyao understood, stood up and looked outside the door, but Bai Jinyan was no longer there.
Taking the answering board, after a little deliberation, he wrote down the snacks his brother often bought for him.
Based on his brother's understanding of him, the possibility of answering this question incorrectly is zero.
After writing, put it under the camera, and Qiao Huaiyao continued to pack his luggage.
The small shop opened by the director is not far away.
Bai Jinyan came back soon.
"Snacks." Bai Jinyan handed him the bag.
Qiao Huaiyao bent his eyes, and handed over the warm water that had been poured in advance, "Thank you, brother."
Bai Jinyan raised his hand and rubbed his hair, "Go and eat some snacks, I'll take care of the rest."
"No, it's just these few." Qiao Huaiyao brought the rest of the clothes to him, hung them on the hangers, and put them in the closet.
The snacks his brother bought, you don't need to look closely, you can see through the packaging bags, exactly the same as what he wrote on the answer board.
It is also a disadvantage that he has relatively high requirements for snacks, and there are few categories that he often eats.
Otherwise, when he went to the supermarket this time, Bai Jinyan might move the whole supermarket back.
Before the filming of the show, there should be a cleaning in the house.
Everywhere was kept very clean.
Qiao Huaiyao put a few bags of snacks on the table, which is convenient to hold.
At five o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhao Jiamo sent another text message.
[This game mission will be voted by the audience, and the relevant videos of the guests participating in the game have all been uploaded to the official account of the program group.]
[Thank you for your support and cooperation.]
This text message was sent to every guest at the same time.
Qiao Huaiyao saw Bai Jinyan's cell phone light up.
It was the same time as he received the text message.
Bai Jinyan was not surprised when he saw this text message.
Qiao Huaiyao leaned over and couldn't help asking, "Brother, did you guess it?"
With such a calm expression, it doesn't seem like I just knew it was true.
"Yes." Bai Jinyan did not deny it.
It was too obvious, even if Qiao Huaiyao only said one sentence at that time.
Qiao Huaiyao thought that he didn't seem to show any flaws at that time, and even hid his mobile phone.
He couldn't help but sighed, "Are my acting skills that bad?"
Bai Jinyan flipped through the script and said casually: "It has nothing to do with acting, it's because I know you too well."
Qiao Huaiyao was taken aback for a moment, apparently he did not expect Bai Jinyan to say that.
He pursed his lips, but couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from rising slightly.
Qiao Huaiyao coughed lightly, leaned back to cover half of her cheeks, lowered her chin to the pillow, turned on the phone, and said awkwardly, "Let me see how the vote is going."
The official Weibo of the variety show has a lot of fans.
Qiao Huaiyao has a large Weibo account, and he has already followed it during the publicity.
Click on the latest Weibo to vote for this game.
The entire long video includes all the guests.
V together with my dearest ones: [Everyone's voting is related to the accumulation of program points. In this game, you can vote for the guests who you think performed well!]
Attached is the video and voting list.
Click on the video, and the first ones to appear in it are Ji Zhenqi's family.
After following the director's procedure, Ji Zhenqi opened his mouth and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
After getting his wife's response, Ji Zhenqi obviously felt a little guilty when he saw it.
I didn't ask much questions and went out to buy directly.
Most of the following guests ran away silently after asking.
Until the screen stopped at Bai Jinyan.
The video barrage has changed direction.
"I waited for so long, and I didn't fast forward. I just wanted to see Bai Jinyan's guilty expression after asking this question. What happened?!"
"I'm ready to laugh at him, just show me this!"
"I am not satisfied with this video, so I called back and edited it again."
"Should I say it or not, I, Brother Bai and Qiao Qiao, are really good at understanding the tacit understanding."
…
At the end of the clip, the program team also specially marked whether the snacks brought back by each group of guests were consistent with the snacks written on the answer board by the guests who stayed at home.
After the first few groups, only Bai Jinyan brought back the same snacks.
The group behind them happened to be Nie Yihang's group, also two brothers.
However, younger brother Nie Yihang asked, "Brother, can you help me buy a pack of snacks?"
Nie Yihang said bluntly, "Get lost."
One word speaks loudly.
The barrage burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha, this is the correct way for my younger brother to act like a spoiled brother and ask for snacks."
"I laughed so hard, the director deliberately put these two groups together, the contrast is too strong."
"I'm wearing earphones, and when I hear the sound of rolling, there's an echo."
"Qiao Huaiyao: I am lucky to have a brother. Brother Nie Yihang: I am really convinced to have a brother like you."
…
After the last toss, Nie Yihang and his group got quite a lot of votes.
Many netizens said: I just like such pure and undisguised eager emotions.
Qiao Huaiyao watched the video, and Nie Yihang showed undisguised disgust, and with a fingertip, he also voted for them.
Then Weibo suddenly exploded.
I used this account before, mostly for learning. Some people commented, reposted and liked it. The number is not low, but it will not be directly 99 in a few seconds.
Qiao Huaiyao didn't notice that the votes were automatically reposted, and it was only when there were more comments that he realized that he had added that Weibo on his homepage.
Many fans grabbed this Weibo and left messages.
"Wife, ah-"
"Finally posted on Weibo, you finally posted on Weibo! If I didn't know that you were recording a variety show, I would have suspected that Bai Jinyan had tied you up."
"@白锦言, your wife voted for someone else."
"I don't mean to be sociable, but..."
Jokes, ridicules, all kinds of comments gathered under Qiao Huaiyao's Weibo.
How lively.
The comments change too quickly, and the comments in the front row are pushed down within a few seconds.
Qiao Huaiyao cut away and turned off the real-time refresh in the settings.
He looked up and saw Bai Jinyan walking into the kitchen, as if he was about to prepare dinner, so he put down his phone and got up to help.
Not long after they came here, the director sent someone to deliver the small refrigerator.
There is a refrigerator here, but it is too troublesome to turn back and forth, so I didn't take out the contents of the small refrigerator.
Qiao Huaiyao took a plate of strawberries, removed the stalks and washed them.
Feed it to the hard-working chef.
Qiao Huaiyao said: "The director hasn't posted the program schedule for the evening yet, so there should be no more games."
Director Zhao Jiamo usually likes to tell the guests about the arrangement in advance, just like last time, the time was set very early.
Any changes will be notified by text message in time.
There is no news yet, it should be fine tonight.
Bai Jinyan removed the meat from the skewers, and said casually, "Go to bed early today, and you should wake up early tomorrow."
Qiao Huaiyao nodded, "Okay."
---
As the weather gets colder, it gets dark much earlier than in summer.
After six o'clock in the evening, it was already dark.
There were no street lights outside the courtyard, and the courtyard was pitch black.
Not familiar with the neighborhood, Qiao Huaiyao didn't go out for a walk.
After dinner, I sat on the sofa and read a book.
He and Bai Jinyan sat on each side, and the room was quiet except for the slight sound of papers being flipped and rubbed.
Qiao Huaiyao turned over half of the book in his hand, leaving a lot of his handwriting on each page.
The tip of the pen paused next to a line of words, and he looked up suspiciously out of the window, "Brother, it seems to be raining outside?"
"The weather forecast says there will be rain." Bai Jinyan got up and closed the window. He didn't know why. The air conditioner was turned on in the living room to keep the temperature constant, but the temperature seemed to be very low.
Now it's raining again, and the wind is blowing and I feel a bit of coolness.
Bai Jin said, "Go back to your room."
Qiao Huaiyao got up obediently, holding the unfinished book.
The director's text message didn't arrive until after nine o'clock.
Zhao Jiamo: [It's been hard picking strawberries today, there are no arrangements for the evening, everyone should have a good rest.]
[In order to reward everyone for their hard work today, tomorrow's breakfast will be prepared by the program team, please remember to get up early.]
[Breakfast is divided into portions. If you get up late, you may miss the opportunity to have breakfast.]
Qiao Huaiyao raised his eyebrows when he saw this text message.
The breakfast prepared by the program group must not be free.
The words reveal that everyone gets up early, probably relying on games or some tasks, and they can get breakfast after they are completed.
Bai Jinyan said lightly: "Breakfast is not important."
It's enough for Qiao Huaiyao to rest.
There is no need to set an alarm clock to get up early, and the ingredients in the refrigerator can still prepare a breakfast.
Qiao Huaiyao nodded, suddenly remembered something, he turned over and asked, "Brother, what snacks did you buy today?"
All the money was in his hands. At that time, he was only thinking about game tasks, and forgot to give Bai Jinyan the money for buying snacks.
Later, Bai Jinyan bought some snacks and came back without mentioning the money.
Qiao Huaiyao realized something was wrong only now.
Bai Jinyan looked calm, "It's from Zhao Jiamo."
"Huh?" Qiao Huaiyao couldn't understand for a moment.
The director opened a snack shop by himself, and when his brother went to buy snacks, not only did he not ask for money, but he also helped advance the money
Bai Jinyan explained: "Every guest didn't spend any money. The snacks bought this time are consistent with what is written on the answer board, so the money will not be charged."
After a pause, he said again: "It's different, the snacks will be taken back at the end of the game."
The main reason is that the first guest to go didn't take the money, and it was not easy to turn back to get it.
After all, there are so many guests waiting behind, it would take too much time to go back and forth.
So Zhao Jiamo simply said that everyone doesn't count as money.
Wait until the game is over to settle.
The rain outside the window kept on.
The small raindrops hit the glass window, and the rustling sound sounded like a sleep aid.
It's not too early.
Bai Jinyan raised the temperature of the air conditioner a little, "Turn off the lights."
"Hmm." Qiao Huaiyao put down the phone and pulled up the quilt.
---
next morning.
The mobile phone by the bedside 'buzzed' vibrating non-stop.
Qiao Huaiyao frowned with closed eyes, picked up the phone and checked, it was a message from the director.
It rained all night, but the sky outside was still gloomy.
Make people unable to tell what time it is.
Qiao Huaiyao glanced at the time on the phone, in the morning... four o'clock
The director's news came too early.
Zhao Jiamo: [Breakfast is ready, as usual, first come, first served.]
[I'll be waiting for you at the two-story building you moved out of yesterday!]
Just read half of the text message.
Bai Jinyan stretched out his hand from the bed beside him and took Qiao Huaiyao's phone away.
He said in a deep voice, "Sleep."
Qiao Huaiyao let out a long sigh, "The director said breakfast is ready."
"No one will get it at this time." Bai Jinyan also saw the content of the text message, first come, first served, the first to arrive, no matter what time it is, it is considered 'first'.
Qiao Huaiyao closed his eyes, and nodded in a daze, as if he was rubbing the pillow.
But he remembered that he hadn't replied to his brother's words, so he responded as thinly as a mosquito: "Yes."
Bai Jinyan used Qiao Huaiyao's mobile phone to reply Zhao Jiamo's message.
[Send this text message to me in the future.]
Qiao Huaiyao has a habit of keeping her mobile phone close to her when she sleeps.
If there was such a sound every morning, it would seriously affect Qiao Huaiyao's sleep.
Zhao Jiamo: [? ? ?]
Rarely, the other party did not report their name.
But at a glance, he could figure out who the person who sent him the message was from the lines.
Zhao Jiamo: [Eh, no, you're already awake, so come here directly.]
Bai Jinyan: [Breakfast at four o'clock in the morning?]
Which genius came up with it.
Zhao Jiamo: "..."
Just these few words felt a hint of ridicule.
It seemed that Bai Jinyan glanced at him indifferently.
Zhao Jiamo: [You guys have a good rest, and give the staff breakfast first.]
Thinking while typing, I will call you again in an hour.
Hit you by surprise.
Bai Jinyan didn't believe his nonsense, and got up slowly.
He didn't return the phone to Qiao Huaiyao, but put it on his bed.
Qiao Huaiyao closed his eyes sideways, wrapped in a quilt, as if he was in a deep sleep.
Bai Jinyan raised his hand, and gently lifted the quilt that had slipped off his shoulders a little.
He tucked the corner of the quilt smoothly.
The air conditioner in the room had been turned on until now, and Bai Jinyan was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so he turned on the humidifier.
After you're done, take the clothes you're going out and go to the bathroom to change.
Be careful throughout the process, for fear of waking Qiao Huaiyao.
But when he changed his clothes and came out, ready to go.
"elder brother… "
"En." Bai Jinyan replied softly, "What's wrong?"
Qiao Huaiyao sat up and subconsciously looked at the opposite bed, but there was no one there.
He was dazed for a moment, then slowly raised his eyes, and when he saw Bai Jinyan, his heart was empty for a beat before he calmed down, and he said sleepily, "Wait for me, I'll go with you."
Bai Jinyan took down the umbrella from the shelf, "It's just breakfast, I'll go, you sleep in yours."
"Hmm..." Qiao Huaiyao's thoughts were not clear, but he still said, "I'm going too."
Qiao Huaiyao disagreed, and Bai Jinyan couldn't leave by himself.
He sat by the bed, rubbed Qiao Huaiyao's head, and coaxed in a rare and gentle tone: "It's too cold, you wait at home for me to come back."
"But...it's so dark outside, and it's still raining." Qiao Huaiyao rubbed his eyes, and his voice was very soft when he was sleepy, "I don't want you to go alone."