CH. 12
Chapter 12
Lin Miaomiao glanced at her sideways. Although Bai Li seemed to be very familiar with her, there was no connection with her in the original owner's memory, which meant that they were not familiar enough to leave an impression on the original owner.
She nodded: "There's nothing we can do. The production team didn't provide anything. We can only earn our living by working."
Bai Li thought she would politely say it was not hard work, but he did not expect that Lin Miaomiao would be so shameless as to take the credit, even though it was Ye Zimo and the others who actually did the work.
"Haha, if the program crew only allowed us to bring one gift, I would bring you dozens of kilograms of meat." Bai Li said.
Lin Miaomiao thought about it seriously and said, "That's not necessary. We have enough material things now, and we have made a lot of money these days, which is enough for us to live for a while."
"And if you bring so much, our refrigerator won't be able to hold it all," Lin Miaomiao said proudly, thinking of something. "The bacon for the fried bamboo shoots is what I got from the mission. Grandma made the bacon herself, and it's delicious. You should eat more at noon."
Bai Li: “…Okay.”
The courtyard of the Happy Farm is in the northeast corner of the village, and the bamboo forest is in the southeast. One needs to go through the village to get there. The two chatted as they walked, and from time to time they would meet villagers who were going out. Lin Miaomiao hangs around the village every day, and basically everyone knows her, and they would stop to say hello when they meet her.
"What is Miaomiao doing today?"
"Digging bamboo shoots? Do you know where to find them?"
"Do you know how to dig?"
"Do you want me to help you dig it?"
Everyone who knows her knows that she has been spoiled since childhood and has never done any work, but she is willing to learn and work hard, so everyone is willing to help her.
"Thank you. Can you teach me how to find and dig bamboo shoots? I can just take my friends to dig them. No need to bother you."
Lin Miaomiao refused. Everyone was busy at that time and there was no need to delay their work because of such a small matter.
After saying goodbye to the people in the village, Lin Miaomiao took Bai Li to the bamboo forest. According to what their elder sister taught them, they first used axes or sticks to look around for the bamboo shoots buried under the bamboo leaves, and then dug them out together.
Bai Li was participating in this kind of program for the first time, and she was very excited. She rushed to dig, "I want to experience it, can I do it? And you work so hard every day, just take a break today and let me do it."
Why does every sentence start by saying how hard she works?
Lin Miaomiao glanced at her, said nothing, gave her the hoe, found a place to sit down, and said, "Good luck, then."
[Lin Miaomiao actually really doesn’t care! ]
[How can Lin Miaomiao be so embarrassed? How can she be so embarrassed! She is the one who has the easiest time among all the people. How can she be so embarrassed to say that she is working hard! ]
[How can she have the nerve to let the guests do the work while she plays around! ]
[But the director also said yesterday that they can ask the guests help with the work, and Bai Li asked to dig bamboo shoots herself, so why is everyone blaming Lin Miaomiao? ]
[Do you understand what polite words mean? Or do you want Bai Li to just say "I am a guest, I don't work"? She just said it casually, who would take it seriously? ]
[Oh, so it was someone else's fault that I failed to pretend to be diligent and sensible? I see, it's all Lin Miaomiao's fault for being too naive.]
The live broadcast room was noisy again, and in the bamboo forest, Bai Li was panting as she waved her hoe. She had been digging for nearly ten minutes but failed to dig out any bamboo shoots. She was so tired that she was gasping for breath. Her bangs were soaked with sweat, and the sweat flowed into her eyes. She had to stop and wipe it off.
"It's so hard!" Bai Li was panting and could hardly speak clearly. She smiled at Lin Miaomiao reluctantly, "Miaomiao, do you turn the soil like this every day?"
Lin Miaomiao sat on a tree stump with her hands on her cheeks and nodded heavily, "Yes, we have been turning the land for several days, and after turning it, we still need to dig holes and sow seeds."
Bai Li's smile became more forced, "It's really hard."
"Yes, it's very hard work." Lin Miaomiao agreed. Seeing her sweating profusely, she said considerately, "If you are tired, you can take a break and continue digging. There is no rush. Jiayan is a chef and cooks very quickly. We can go back later and fry the bacon at the end."
Bai Li: “…”
Bai Li was indeed exhausted, so she put down her hoe and took a rest. Lin Miaomiao sat beside her and told her some interesting stories in the village. She had no intention of taking over her job and helping her dig bamboo shoots.
Bai Li was a little confused. Lin Miaomiao actually intended to let her take a break before continuing?
Lin Miaomiao seemed to like chatting with people very much. She would chat for more than ten minutes until her mouth was dry and she suddenly reacted.
She drank some water to moisten her throat and asked Bai Li, "Do you want to continue?"
"Ahem..." Bai Li nearly choked. He met Lin Miaomiao's eyes and gritted her teeth to swallow her words back, "I want..."
Bai Li felt like her hands were about to break, but she had already said the words, and she couldn't just quit halfway through.
She suddenly envied Lin Miaomiao. She envied her for being able to say no openly. She envied her for being thick-skinned enough to push the work to other people...
And now, she can only bear the consequences of her own actions.
After a few more minutes, Bai Li finally dug out the first bamboo shoot - although it was broken into several pieces.
At this time, Lin Miaomiao's cell phone rang. It was Xu Jiayan calling. She turned on the speakerphone and answered the phone: "Miaomiao, did you find the spring bamboo shoots?"
Lin Miaomiao: "Found it. But we only dug one."
Xu Jiayan: "Is it big? If it is, dig one or two more and come back."
Lin Miaomiao: “What’s wrong?” If it was nothing, Xu Jiayan wouldn’t have called on purpose.
Xu Jiayan: "Today there are a lot of dishes, and Sister Shuya and I are too busy to handle them. You don't need to dig too many bamboo shoots, two or three will be enough for lunch."
"Oh, fine."
After hanging up the phone, she looked at the time and it was already past eleven o'clock. They really needed to prepare lunch first.
Lin Miaomiao put away her phone and glanced at Bai Li, who was panting while holding the hoe. She realized that it took her more than half an hour to dig such a bamboo shoot. It was such a waste of time. No wonder Xu Jiayan called to urge her.
"Let me do it."
Lin Miaomiao stretched out her hand, and Bai Li immediately handed her the hoe, but said, "Let's take turns. I'll be next."
"Need not."
Lin Miaomiao didn't look at her again. She carried the hoe and went to the bamboo shoots she had just found. She pulled aside the surrounding bamboo leaves, raised the hoe high, and started digging.
She was not like Bai Li, who could lift the hoe high but only dig out a small piece of soil. Lin Miaomiao was very strong, and with one hoe she dug, the length of the hoe meant the depth of the dig. She shoveled out a large piece of thick soil, and then continued digging in another direction. She dug around the spring bamboo shoots, found the right position, and with another hoe she dug out the entire bamboo shoot.
The whole process takes only two or three minutes.
Bai Li was stunned, "Miao Miao, you are amazing!"
But she felt even more depressed. Lin Miaomiao was obviously very good at digging bamboo shoots, but she saw her making a fool of herself for nearly half an hour and no one came to help!
After scraping the dirt off the bamboo shoot and throwing it away, Lin Miaomiao turned to another tender bamboo shoot that had just emerged and started digging.
Ten minutes later, Lin Miaomiao packed the four bamboo shoots she had dug out together with Bai Li's and went home carrying the bag.
[…… ]
[Besides catching fish with bare hands, what else do we not know about Lin Miaomiao? ]
[Didn't she refuse to turn the soil a few days ago? Look at her digging bamboo shoots with the hoe in a very professional manner, she is clearly an old hand! ]
[She has turned the soil before. When she was alone with Zhao Shuya, she turned the soil all day long. Although she was not as skilled as she is now, she was still quite good at it.]
[It's one thing to be able to do it, but it's the fact that it can be done so smoothly that's the most surprising. ]
[But, Lin Miaomiao didn't seem to be able to do farm work before. ]
Although Lin Miaomiao's true identity has not been revealed yet, she was able to have so many bigwigs pave the way for her when she debuted, so she is definitely not from an ordinary wealthy family and it is impossible for her to be a farmer.
"Miao Miao, have you ever farmed before?" Bai Li couldn't help but ask on the way back.
"No." Lin Miaomiao hung the bag on the hoe pole and carried the hoe on her shoulder as people in the village often did. "This is the first time I've been farming since I came here."
Bai Li: "Really? But you looked so skilled at digging bamboo shoots just now."
Lin Miaomiao: "That's because I'm smart and have a quick learning ability. I can learn it quickly!"
Bai Li: “…”
After returning home, Lin Miaomiao peeled the bamboo leaves skillfully, washed them by the well, and brought them to Xu Jiayan, and then took the initiative to ask: "What should I do?"
Xu Jiayan had already cooked some pork rib soup. The aroma of the steamed pork with rice flour in the pot made her hungry, and now she just wanted to eat quickly.
Xu Jiayan raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Then go wash the vegetables?"
"Good!"
Without saying anything, Lin Miaomiao took the vegetables and went outside to the well. After washing them, she went to find Xu Jiayan again, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Xu Jiayan was used to Lin Miaomiao going against her. Even if she didn't confront her these few days, she was just curious. Suddenly, she didn't target her and took the initiative. Xu Jiayan felt flattered. "No more for now. Can you help me light the fire?"
"Okay." Lin Miaomiao sat down obediently, adding firewood to the stove while stretching her neck to look into the pot, "How many dishes are left? How long will it take before we can eat?"
“Hey, hey, hey!” The system finally realized what Lin Miaomiao’s laziness these days meant, and shouted, “Have you forgotten that you are in the control group? You want to go against Xu Jiayan. She works hard, so you have to be lazy. She asks you to help, so you have to postpone it. It’s best to embarrass her!”
"Ah? I also have to be a control group?" Lin Miaomiao was a little confused.
System: "...What do you mean?"
Lin Miaomiao: "Our agreement is that you help me find a master and I help you do the task, but now I have found a master, why do I still have to do the control group task?"
Lin Miaomiao seemed to like chatting with people very much. She would chat for more than ten minutes until her mouth was dry and she suddenly reacted.
She drank some water to moisten her throat and asked Bai Li, "Do you want to continue?"
"Ahem..." Bai Li nearly choked. He met Lin Miaomiao's eyes and gritted her teeth to swallow her words back, "I want..."
Bai Li felt like her hands were about to break, but she had already said the words, and she couldn't just quit halfway through.
She suddenly envied Lin Miaomiao. She envied her for being able to say no openly. She envied her for being thick-skinned enough to push the work to other people...
And now, she can only bear the consequences of her own actions.
After a few more minutes, Bai Li finally dug out the first bamboo shoot - although it was broken into several pieces.
At this time, Lin Miaomiao's cell phone rang. It was Xu Jiayan calling. She turned on the speakerphone and answered the phone: "Miaomiao, did you find the spring bamboo shoots?"
Lin Miaomiao: "Found it. But we only dug one."
Xu Jiayan: "Is it big? If it is, dig one or two more and come back."
Lin Miaomiao: “What’s wrong?” If it was nothing, Xu Jiayan wouldn’t have called on purpose.
Xu Jiayan: "Today there are a lot of dishes, and Sister Shuya and I are too busy to handle them. You don't need to dig too many bamboo shoots, two or three will be enough for lunch."
"Oh, fine."
After hanging up the phone, she looked at the time and it was already past eleven o'clock. They really needed to prepare lunch first.
Lin Miaomiao put away her phone and glanced at Bai Li, who was panting while holding the hoe. She realized that it took her more than half an hour to dig such a bamboo shoot. It was such a waste of time. No wonder Xu Jiayan called to urge her.
"Let me do it."
Lin Miaomiao stretched out her hand, and Bai Li immediately handed her the hoe, but said, "Let's take turns. I'll be next."
"Need not."
Lin Miaomiao didn't look at her again. She carried the hoe and went to the bamboo shoots she had just found. She pulled aside the surrounding bamboo leaves, raised the hoe high, and started digging.
She was not like Bai Li, who could lift the hoe high but only dig out a small piece of soil. Lin Miaomiao was very strong, and with one hoe she dug, the length of the hoe meant the depth of the dig. She shoveled out a large piece of thick soil, and then continued digging in another direction. She dug around the spring bamboo shoots, found the right position, and with another hoe she dug out the entire bamboo shoot.
The whole process takes only two or three minutes.
Bai Li was stunned, "Miao Miao, you are amazing!"
But she felt even more depressed. Lin Miaomiao was obviously very good at digging bamboo shoots, but she saw her making a fool of herself for nearly half an hour and no one came to help!
After scraping the dirt off the bamboo shoot and throwing it away, Lin Miaomiao turned to another tender bamboo shoot that had just emerged and started digging.
Ten minutes later, Lin Miaomiao packed the four bamboo shoots she had dug out together with Bai Li's and went home carrying the bag.
[…… ]
[Besides catching fish with bare hands, what else do we not know about Lin Miaomiao? ]
[Didn't she refuse to turn the soil a few days ago? Look at her digging bamboo shoots with the hoe in a very professional manner, she is clearly an old hand! ]
[She has turned the soil before. When she was alone with Zhao Shuya, she turned the soil all day long. Although she was not as skilled as she is now, she was still quite good at it.]
[It's one thing to be able to do it, but it's the fact that it can be done so smoothly that's the most surprising. ]
[But, Lin Miaomiao didn't seem to be able to do farm work before. ]
Although Lin Miaomiao's true identity has not been revealed yet, she was able to have so many bigwigs pave the way for her when she debuted, so she is definitely not from an ordinary wealthy family and it is impossible for her to be a farmer.
"Miao Miao, have you ever farmed before?" Bai Li couldn't help but ask on the way back.
"No." Lin Miaomiao hung the bag on the hoe pole and carried the hoe on her shoulder as people in the village often did. "This is the first time I've been farming since I came here."
Bai Li: "Really? But you looked so skilled at digging bamboo shoots just now."
Lin Miaomiao: "That's because I'm smart and have a quick learning ability. I can learn it quickly!"
Bai Li: “…”
After returning home, Lin Miaomiao peeled the bamboo leaves skillfully, washed them by the well, and brought them to Xu Jiayan, and then took the initiative to ask: "What should I do?"
Xu Jiayan had already cooked some pork rib soup. The aroma of the steamed pork with rice flour in the pot made her hungry, and now she just wanted to eat quickly.
Xu Jiayan raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Then go wash the vegetables?"
"Good!"
Without saying anything, Lin Miaomiao took the vegetables and went outside to the well. After washing them, she went to find Xu Jiayan again, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Xu Jiayan was used to Lin Miaomiao going against her. Even if she didn't confront her these few days, she was just curious. Suddenly, she didn't target her and took the initiative. Xu Jiayan felt flattered. "No more for now. Can you help me light the fire?"
"Okay." Lin Miaomiao sat down obediently, adding firewood to the stove while stretching her neck to look into the pot, "How many dishes are left? How long will it take before we can eat?"
“Hey, hey, hey!” The system finally realized what Lin Miaomiao’s laziness these days meant, and shouted, “Have you forgotten that you are in the control group? You want to go against Xu Jiayan. She works hard, so you have to be lazy. She asks you to help, so you have to postpone it. It’s best to embarrass her!”
"Ah? I also have to be a control group?" Lin Miaomiao was a little confused.
System: "...What do you mean?"
Lin Miaomiao: "Our agreement is that you help me find a master and I help you do the task, but now I have found a master, why do I still have to do the control group task?"
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