ATBBMPL – Chapter 56
The crews
watching in the background looked puzzled: "Scissors and spatula?
What is she doing with these two? "
Xia Xia:
"Just look at it." She also didn’t know as there was no script.
They saw
Shen Tingshuang walked out the door, took the spatula and started shoveling
flowers. It seemed that there were no cohesiveness, the colors, the heights and
sizes were inconsistent. But a small piece was moved out to some with color
matching this piece and they turned out to be very beautiful.
After
transplanting, Shen Tingshuang put the spatula aside, and then took out the
scissors. The directors who watched the video in another room: "I can
understand with the spatula just now, but scissors to cut flowers? How can
you cut them?"
However,
Shen Tingshuang didn’t only cut using scissors, but she also cut the flowers
very fast. After a while, a small area of flowers was trimmed. The original
garden has changed. It was now layered, with a flowerbed decoration, and
the whole apartment has become more pleasant to look at.
Xia Xia
looked at Shen Tingshuang on the screen and nodded with satisfaction. She
really invited the right person this time.
The rest of
the guest also unpacked their luggage and came down. In fact, Liu Jing didn't
have time to unpack, she only washed her hands and freshened up a bit. Without
opening the suitcase, she ran to the study room downstairs and started
arranging plans for the next three days.
The rooms on
the first floor, except for the kitchen, were all open-plan, so Baihao came
down and saw Liu Jing sitting quietly reading a book.
Geng
Chengyun also came down after a while, he saw that there was nothing to do, so
he just sat aside, and wore his headphones to play game. Their phones were
confiscated, but he still had a tablet.
Qin Yueze
came and asked if Liu Jing needed help, but got the answer: "No", so he
sat opposite Liu Jing and looked out the window.
The last one
to come down was Shen Xuan. She sat down in a place close to Qin Yueze, and
began to read in a calm and peaceful manner.
After
sitting for a while, Liu Jing said, "I have finished my plan. I will tell
you first. If anyone disagree, I will change it." After finishing
speaking, Liu Jing looked around, "How about Ting Shuang?" After
all, everyone was in a group and they needed to ask everyone for agreement.
Shen Xuan
said, "Did she sleep? My sister is often sleepy."
Qin Yueze
pointed out the window: "She should be the first to come down."
Liu Jing was
slightly startled, Qin Yueze was sitting opposite her just now, she thought
that Qin Yueze was looking at herself, but she didn't expect this to be the
case.
Shen Xuan on
the side was also taken aback. For some reason, she just seemed to see coldness
in Qin Yueze's eyes.
The
remaining people looked out the window and saw that the garden that had been
messy before had changed its appearance and looked very beautiful.
"Wow,
it's so awesome!" Bai Hao couldn't help but think that Shen Tingshuang’s fruits
must be delicious. With these skills, how could they be unpalatable?
Geng
Chengyun also rarely looked out of his phone and saw the flower bed
outside. His face was shocked.
Liu Jing
couldn't help but exclaim: "Tingshuang is too powerful!" At this
time, if she didn't exaggerate a few words, it would be a bit wrong.
Shen Xuan
also said: "My sister is really amazing!"
This was the
second time that Bai Hao heard Shen Xuan call Shen Tingshuang sister today, so
he asked: "Tingshuang is your sister?"
Shen Xuan
nodded, but didn't explain too much.
Seeing that
Shen Xuan didn't say anything, Bai Hao didn't ask any more.
Liu Jing
opened the window and shouted: "Tingshuang, can you come in first? We have
to discuss what to do next."
"I’m coming."
Shen Tingshuang put the scissors and the spatula on the ground, and then walked
into the room.
Bai Hao saw
Shen Tingshuang's scissors: "You just cut these flowers with
scissors?"
Shen
Tingshuang: "Yes."
Bai Hao gave
Shen Tingshuang a thumbs up, she was indeed a skilled person.
Liu Jing
said: "Okay, everyone is here, let’s talk about the next three-day
activities. Because there are only 1,000 yuan but there are seven meals to be
provided, the most important thing we need now is food. If we buy ingredients
to make our own will be the cheapest way, but even by doing that the living
expenses we have now are not enough."
Baihao
nodded, it was definitely not enough. "So, we have to make money."
Liu Jing
said: "I can paint, and I can make money by drawing sketches for
people." This cost was also low, so no one objected.
Shen Xuan
said: "I can play the piano." After speaking, everyone was silent:
"There is no piano here..."
"It can
be rented." Shen Xuan said in a low voice.
Liu Jing:
"The price of renting a piano must be high, is there any other plan?"
Shen Xuan shook her head.
Qin Yueze:
"I'll go to the street to sing."
"This
is okay." Qin Yueze will definitely make a lot of money from singing on
the streets. Liu Jing didn't expect Qin Yueze to be so open when Shen Xuan
said: "It's not good to let the senior sing on the street."
Bai Hao
said: "What's wrong, here Brother Ze's ability to make money is the best,
is it possible that we have to starve until the day after tomorrow?" Bai
Hao continued: "I'm going to help Brother Ze!" If Brother Ze was
tired of singing, I can sing too!!
Shen Xuan
was flushed with shock. Firstly, she was distressed by Qin Yueze, and secondly,
she wanted to show her goodwill to Qin Yueze's fans. After all, fans would
definitely felt distressed when they saw it.
Liu Jing
looked at Shen Tingshuang and Geng Chengyun: "How about you two?"
Geng
Chengyun: "I'll go to town and have a look later." He hasn't thought
of what to do: "If there was nothing else, I will also help Brother Ze
sing together."
Everyone
looked at Shen Tingshuang, who said: "I might be able to bring some
vegetables back for everyone." On the way, she saw that there were many
people farming around here. If she helped these people to sow the field, she
should be able to get some vegetables.
Everyone:
"???"
Forget it,
anyway, the money was mainly to be used to buy foods, earning vegetables was
also good.
Liu Jing
stood up: "Okay, let's just eat something nearby at noon, and then act
separately."
Everyone has
no objection, six people ate noodles at the vendor next door, beef noodles for
15 yuan per bowl. After using ninety yuan, Liu Jing paid the bill distressedly:
"I'm going shopping now, who will be with me?"
"Me."
Shen Xuan immediately raised her hand.
Bai Hao
followed: "I'll be with you and help you carry things."
Liu Jing
gave Qin Yueze two hundred yuan: "Then trouble Brother Ze to rent
equipment."
Upon hearing
this, Geng Chengyun volunteered to join Qin Yueze.
Only Shen
Tingshuang was left. Without asking people this time, she directly said:
"I will fix the outside garden first."
In addition
to the flower bed, there was also the door. After they were all gone, Shen
Tingshuang continued to repair the flower beds. After finishing, she took a
bucket of water from inside the house to wash the fences outside the
house.
...
The supermarket
was not far away. When the three celebrities were shopping, they have also been
comparing prices.
Baihao
wanted to eat steak, but he looked at the price: "Oh my God, a steak cost 88
yuan!" If you buy six, you will have to use half of the living expenses.
Liu Jing
immediately took the beef from Bai Hao's hand and returned it to the
refrigerator: "What steak!"
Qin Yueze
and Geng Chengyun have already found a place to rent speakers and
microphones.
Shen
Tingshuang cleaned the small house and transplanted some flowers from the
garden to the side of the house, now the whole house looked different. After
finishing all these tasks, Shen Tingshuang also set off.
...
The trio
with Liu Jing bought a lot of ingredients and seasonings for a total of 389
yuan, which was after the three of them reduced everything into only the
basics. When they walked to the house, the three of them were stunned: "Is
this still our little house?"
Because he
was unhappy with the little money they have just now, when he saw the house in
front of him, Bai Hao felt better: "Tingshuang is too good."
Liu Jing
couldn't help but said: "Yes, I thought it was a bit uncomfortable to live
here, but now I think it's quite good."
Shen Xuan
said anxiously: "My sister seems to have already left, let's go make money
too." Go find a place to rent a piano here.
…
Meanwhile Shen
Tingshuang had already walked to the nearest farmer's house and knocked on the
door: "Excuse me, do you need help with farming?"
Currently it
was spring and most of farmers were starting to plant land, but Shen Tingshuang
didn’t look like someone that has ever sow land before so the first one
refused.
Shen
Tingshuang was also confused, she searched for several houses and finally found
a willing one.
This one was
a home to two elderly people. They usually farmed their own land as most of
their fields were rented out: "What kind of compensation does the little
girl need?"
Shen Tingshuang
thought for a while and said: "Just give me some vegetables later."
The two
elderly people agreed, her request was not difficult. The old grandma and
grandpa prepared to take the hoe when Shen Tingshuang on the side took it:
"You lead the way."
Soon they
arrived to the field, and the grandma said: "This 5 acres of land is ours,
in fact, it stretches through there, but we rented it out." Their expenses
were enough by just collecting some rent in normal times. The remaining fields were
used to grow things for their own consumption, and it was enough to provide
them vegetables all year round.
Shen Tingshuang
asked: "What do you need to sow?"
Grandpa
said: "It's okay, you dig the soil first." What he thought was
that Shen Tingshuang plowed the ground, and for sowing seeds the old couple would
do it.
The old lady
was going to teach Shen Tingshuang how to plow. After all, Shen Tingshuang's
appearance was really not like a farmer with her delicate face. Their old
couple saw Shen Tingshuang stood in a standard posture, and quickly plowed the
land quite fast.
Grandma,
Grandpa: "?"
The hands of
the two holding the hoes stopped, especially the grandpa, who was a good
farmer, but even when he was young and vigorous, he didn't have the same speed.
The grandma
looked at Shen Tingshuang then looked at the ground again, and finally wiped
her eyes. Did she have hallucinations? Could someone plow so quickly? The old grandma
took a closer look and found the plowed soil was really good! The depth was the
same and straight. It was better than the one plowed by machine. After all, the
machine occasionally has problems.
Shen Tingshuang
was really fast. After a while, one acre of land was plowed, while the grandpa and
grandma only plowed a distance of less than two meters. Shen Tingshuang still
controlled her speed. If she were in Xin Yuan Shan, she would have finished all
5 acres.
Two hours
later, Shen Tingshuang raised her head: "Did you bring the seeds?"
The old man
wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Child, take a break."
The old lady
also took out the water she brought and handed it to Shen Tingshuang:
"Drink some first."
Shen
Tingshuang took the water and drank a few mouthfuls: "It's okay, I am not
tired."
The old
woman took a few packets of seeds: "This one is peppers, this one is
cabbage, this one..."
Then, the
two were dumbfounded to find that it took less than 10 minutes for Shen
Tingshuang to scatter seeds on 5 acres of land. And the old grandma looked
at it, and the seeds were spread very evenly, not random. This was five acres
of land, not a single square meter!
Shen
Tingshuang covered the seeds with a layer of soil, and then began to carry
water to irrigate them.
When the
work was over, the grandfather and grandmother were insane. They felt that they
have planted nothing on their own. For the five acres of land, the one usually
took at least fifteen days to hire someone to plant was all planted in less
than four hours.
The five
acres of land if completed by a hired worker would cost at least 4,000 yuan.
Although Shen Tingshuang said just now that she only needed some vegetables,
the old couple still decided to give her some money.
After
returning, the old grandma quickly poured a glass of cold boiled water and took
some more snacks: "Girl, drink some water and eat snacks first." The
snacks in the village were crispy candies covered with sugar. Shen Tingshuang
drank the water and ate another candy, which was really greasy.
Grandpa took
out two thousand yuan and said embarrassingly: "Girl, we were supposed to
give you four thousand yuan, but we don't have so much cash on hand. Let's take
this two thousand first, and then we'll give the remaining two thousand for you
later."
"No,
just give me some vegetables." Shen Tingshuang won't take this money.
The old
woman said: "That's not good, you deserve it."
Thanks to
the ‘blessing’ of the system, Shen Tingshuang knows that money was very
important to human, especially the elderly, so Shen Tingshuang definitely didn’t
want this money.
Seeing Shen
Tingshuang insisted, the two elderly gave Shen Tingshuang a lot of food.
"This potato is really delicious, and there are also sweet potatoes." The
old grandma also took out some bacon: "This bacon is also delicious. If it
feels too salty, wash it with water before eating." There were also
chickens and fish in the house, she also gave some.
The grandpa
and grandma were honest people. They gave a lot of things, even some flour.
"This is enough." The food in the big tartan bags they packed couldn’t
be eaten for six people in three days. In the end, Shen Tingshuang only chose
two big tartan bags to go back.
The grandpa
and grandma originally came out to get Shen Tingshuang to take the other
things, but they found that Shen Tingshuang ran very fast even when carrying
those bags.
Even the
cameraman couldn't keep up, let alone the two elderly people. The crews accompanying
the filming were still thinking about whether to help Shen Tingshuang, but they
saw Shen Tingshuang carried the things and ran. They couldn’t even keep up.
All the
panting crews: "..." You were so fast, did the fans know?
...
Everyone
returned to the house after a tiring day.
Shen Xuan
rented a piano for 100 yuan, earned 30 yuan, and lost 70 yuan.
Liu Jing bought
tools to do portraits such as sketching paper, pencils, erasers, and easel for
80 yuan, but in a day, she painted ten pictures for people, received 300 yuan, and
earned 220 yuan.
Qin Yueze,
Geng Chengyun and Bai Hao's team rented equipments for 150 yuan, received 1036
yuan, and earned 886 yuan.
Liu Jing
said: "You were good."
Geng
Chengyun: "In fact, I earned less, it was mainly earned by Brother Ze and
Brother Hao." He could feel that when he sings, there were fewer audiences,
but when Qin Yueze opened his mouth, even if only to say a few words,
people were crowding all around.
Bai Hao also
said: "I am the same as Chengyun, this was mainly due to Brother Ze's
credit."
Nowadays
there were very few people who carry cash, as their mobile phones have been
confiscated, no one could set up QR code to pay, so many tourists didn’t manage
to give money even if they wanted to.
Not only did
Shen Xuan not make a profit, but she also suffered a bit. She originally wanted
to be with Qin Yueze and the others, but Qin Yueze said that there were too
many people in their group and asked Shen Xuan to find another position.
Liu Jing was
in a good mood. Besides Qin Yueze, she should be the one who made the most
money here: "Where is Tingshuang?"
Bai Hao
guessed: "She is probably still farming."
As soon as his
voice fell, Shen Tingshuang walked in from the door. There were two big tartan
bags in her hands, and they couldn't see what was inside.
Qin Yueze
got up and walked to Shen Tingshuang: "I'll do it." He tried lifting
the tartan bag and it turned out to be quite heavy.
Qin Yueze
helped out, Bai Hao and Geng Chengyun couldn’t just sit there, so they quickly
got up to help.
Shen
Tingshuang was about to change her clothes, so she let the men took the bags,
"Let's put them in the kitchen first."
Unexpectedly,
Bai Hao and Geng Chengyun both raised the same bag but it didn’t move at all. Qin
Yueze’s bag was lighter as it contained various vegetables, while Bai Hao and Geng
Chengyun’s had potatoes, sweet potatoes, bacon, and chicken, so it were a
little heavy.
Together,
the two moved a few steps with difficulty.
Shen Tingshuang
has only left a few steps when she saw that the two people, so she came back:
"It's better for me to lift it."
Bai Hao:
"It's okay, we can."
Shen
Tingshuang took the tartan bag over and casually heading toward the kitchen.
In response
to the doubtful glances of the others, Bai Hao and Geng Chengyun:
"..."
It was not
easy, why didn’t you try it?
...
Shen
Tingshuang first went back upstairs to change clothes.
Bai Hao felt
that he needed to restore his image: "Brother Ze, don't you think this is heavy?"
Qin Yueze:
"Heavy." But Qin Yueze lifted the bag to the kitchen by himself just
now.
After a
while, Bai Hao definitely stopped struggling with this question.
Liu Jing
said: "Do you know how to cook?"
Shen Xuan:
"I'll make tomatoes and eggs." She bought tomatoes and eggs
deliberately just to make this dish. It was simple and easy to make. She knew
that there were many variety shows with cooking in it, after all, people relied
on food. But as the daughter of a rich family she has never cook or even enter
a kitchen before, so this scrambled eggs with tomatoes was deliberately learned
before she came here. She has tried it several times at home.
Tomato and egg here
Bai Hao
honestly said: "I never cook before, so I will just fry some vegetables."
Geng
Chengyun: "Shredded pork with green pepper."
Pork with green pepper here
Liu Jing: "Then
I will make a soup, how about Brother Ze?"
"Grilled
eggplant."
Grilled eggplant here
One person,
one dish, soon they had four dishes and one soup.
As for Shen
Tingshuang, Liu Jing said: "Tingshuang has been tired for so long, let her
rest." Otherwise, the screen time would be dominated by her. After all, no
one knew where Shen Tingshuang's two big bags of vegetables came from, but it must
be an explosion.
"First,
unpack these two bags of vegetables." Qin Yueze said.
Everyone
agreed. As soon as the bag was opened, everyone regretted it. No wonder this
bag was so heavy. One bag contained various vegetables and condiments, and the
other bag contained potatoes and sweet potatoes. There were also bacon
and flour. Almost all the ingredients were in it.
Baihao
suddenly wailed: "If we knew we would not buy vegetables and condiments in
the afternoon. All this was wasted." After all, their total funds were
only 1,000 yuan, and it cost close to 400 yuan just by going to the
supermarket.
Liu Jing
also feels distressed, thinking that as a big star, they feel distressed for
such a small amount of money. This variety show was really ridiculous.
Geng
Chengyun: "Brother Hao, it's normal that we couldn’t lift this before."
Bai Hao
nodded, Shen Tingshuang was the abnormal one.
...
Shen
Tingshuang took a shower and changed her clothes.
Everyone had
finished cooking. Once she entered the living room, Liu Jing said, "Tingshuang,
come and have dinner."
Originally,
Liu Jing and Shen Xuan wanted to sit next to Qin Yueze. But they didn’t
want to be too obvious lest they got scolded by fans. So Geng Chengyun sat on
Shen Xuan's left, and Bai Hao sat on Qin Yueze's right. Only Qin Yueze had a
place to his left, Shen Tingshuang directly sat down there.
"You
worked hard today, eat more!" Bai Hao said immediately, this two big bags
of vegetables, how much money did it cost!
Shen
Tingshuang glanced at the dishes on the table, except the eggplant that looked
pretty good, and the soup next to it was decent, and the rest were a bit
horrible.
Bai Hao made
the dish first, but the greens were burnt.
Shen Xuan
cleaned the pot only with water and didn't wash it carefully, so she couldn't scramble
the eggs and tomatoes properly.
Geng
Chengyun's shredded pork’s meat thickness was not uniform, so some of the fried
pork was already crumbly while some were under cooked.
...
Shen
Tingshuang tasted the eggplant, which was okay, but everyone felt that way, so the
eggplant soon disappeared. Shen Tingshuang silently ate a bowl of white
rice and drank a bowl of soup.
After a
difficult meal, Liu Jing said: "Next time, Brother Hao, Chengyun and Xuanxuan
will not cook."
Bai Hao was
relieved: "No problem."
Shen Xuan
wanted to explain, but she couldn't explain. The tomatoes turned black
when they were in the pot. She panicked at the time, and then she fried a mess
of things. She only knew this dish. She can't explain why she would make another
sorry looking scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Geng Chengyun
also had no objection.
Liu Jing
counted the funds: "We only have 1,357 yuan, but today we have brought so
many ingredients, we should not worry about food in the future."
Tomorrow and
the day after tomorrow, they didn’t have to run in fear of starving.
Qin Yueze
nodded: "I have been here when I was filming. Tomorrow we can go to the
Drum Tower."
"The
local customs here are also good. Tomorrow we can also walk around the ancient
town." Shen Xuan hurriedly said. When she came, she saw people dancing,
and she was the only female guest who had learned to dance. At this time, she
would definitely be able to attract fans if she danced on a song, and if Qin Yueze
could follow her by then and dance together, it would be more perfect.
"I want
to buy some souvenirs on the last day." Geng Chengyun wanted to take them
home and gave to his family.
"Then we
set aside six hundred yuan." Liu Jing said, at that time everyone could
buy something to bring back.
Everyone had
a good discussion, and Liu Jing said: "Then Shen Tingshuang please help clean
up the table." After all, washing dishes was something no fan wanted to
watch.
"Okay."
Shen Tingshuang didn’t have these twists and turns in her heart. After all, the
rest of the guests were cooking, so she has to do the dishes. What's more, for
Shen Tingshuang, these people were just human cubs. There was no need to be so
strict. Except Shen Xuan, she couldn’t be called human at all.
Bai Hao:
"Thank you Tingshuang!" After speaking, he followed Liu Jing and Shen
Xuan to leave the table. Today he was exhausted all day.
Shen Tingshuang
began to work. Qin Yueze and Geng Chengyun did not leave. They helped bring the
dishes to the kitchen, and Shen Tingshuang said: "You go and rest."
She could
see that the others were very tired. As she has spiritual veins in her body she
didn’t feel tired at all.
"It's
okay." Qin Yueze rolled up his sleeves and began to wash the dishes. Geng
Chengyun started to wipe the table.
Shen
Tingshuang encouraged them to leave a couple of times but both of them were
still there to help. Shen Tingshuang did not continue to persuade, and began to
clean the stove.
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Trying to show off your good points in the worst way, only shows how incompetent you are. Where as doing something you enjoy makes others happy and that joy will come back to you.
ReplyDeleteI love this storyπ₯°
ReplyDeleteSo eager for the next chapters. Loving this arc. Love the whole story, but this portion seems hilarious. Shen Tingshuang was already kicked out with nothing except her mountain and made it. It really and truly won't be hard for her to survive on any amount of money.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED THIS CHAP mostly becsuse the xiao xiao trash was exposed as useless THANK YOU SO MUCH >w<
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