“Teacher Lin, have you ever farmed before? Have you ever harvested wheat with a sickle?”
In the car, the Assistant Director, Guo Biao, was sitting in the passenger seat. He wasn't on camera, mainly responsible for going over lines.
“I’ve farmed before and harvested wheat with a sickle, but that was 15 years ago.”
Lin Xing said with some emotion, “Although I occasionally do charity work these years, I mostly see wheat being harvested with combine harvesters.”
Guo Biao continued, “What about Miao Yin?”
Lin Miaoyin laughed, “I haven’t farmed. I only learned the difference between rice and wheat when I was filming, because before that, I always thought they were the same from pictures.”
These were all in the script. Last night, Lin Miaoyin had already memorized the script thoroughly. Plus, she is a professional actress after all, and while her acting skills might be a bit lacking, this kind of variety show recording was no problem for her.
What’s more, this question was mainly to give Lin Miaoyin a chance to shine, as Sister Dao and the production team had already agreed to give Lin Miaoyin a few extra shots.
“Rice is planted in paddy fields, while wheat is grown on dry land…”
Lin Miaoyin briefly explained rice and wheat.
Of course, pictures would be added in post-production here.
“Coincidentally, our wheat harvest is almost over today, with only two fields left, but next up is the rush to harvest rice.”
Sitting in the passenger seat, Assistant Director Guo Biao, whose face was not shown throughout, read from the script.
The car ride, lasting about half an hour, mainly revolved around farming, especially since this episode’s theme was ‘The Final Wheat Harvest’.
“Teacher Lin, can you operate a combine harvester?”
Guo Biao continued to ask.
“I know a little bit.”
Lin Xing thought about how he had learned to operate a combine harvester when he went to the north for poverty alleviation, but it had been a long time since he last drove one, so Lin Xing didn't speak too slowly.
Guo Biao then asked, “Do you have a driver’s license?”
Lin Miaoyin asked, somewhat surprised, “You need a driver’s license to operate a combine harvester? What kind of driver’s license?”
Guo Biao explained, “Agricultural machinery operators must hold an agricultural machinery driver’s license issued by the agricultural machinery safety supervision department to operate agricultural machinery, and they must also undergo regular inspections.”
Lin Miaoyin suddenly understood, “So that’s how it is. Can anyone take this driver’s license test?”
“Anyone between 18 and 55 years old can take it, and coincidentally, let's farm has made an appointment with the agricultural machinery supervision agency. They have agreed for us to take the test together tomorrow…”
Guo Biao said with a smile, “If you don’t have a driver’s license, you can take the test together tomorrow.”
This must have been arranged by the production team with the agricultural machinery supervision agency long ago, and it also served as a selling point for the show.
Lin Xing said, “Alright, then we’ll join in the fun tomorrow.”
After all, Lin Xing had indeed never taken a driver’s license test.
Throughout the journey, with the script in hand, Lin Xing and Lin Miaoyin didn’t find it boring. Guo Biao basically introduced all the topics.
Of course, this segment of the journey would probably be lucky to be edited down to 5 minutes.
Half an hour later, the car started to shake a bit.
“We’ll be there soon!”
Guo Biao then said, “Everyone is harvesting wheat in the fields right now, because there will be heavy rain in three days, so they must finish harvesting first.”
After getting out of the car, Lin Xing and Lin Miaoyin carried their suitcases to their living quarters.
“It’s just ahead. This was an abandoned house before, and then we all simply renovated it and transformed it into a dormitory…”
Guo Biao walked ahead, introducing the living environment to Lin Xing and Lin Miaoyin.
“This is too poor.”
Off-camera, Sister Dao looked at the living environment with considerable dissatisfaction. She said to Director Feng, “Director Feng, this is simply not a place for people to live.”
Feng Gang laughed, “It’s just for filming. After today’s recording, we’ll send you back to the hotel in a special car.”
“That’s good then.”
Sister Dao nodded slightly.
Looking at this rural house, which seemed to be entirely made of brick walls, and then at the filming’s living environment, it wasn’t just poor, it was extremely poor.
As Lin Xing’s agent, how could she let her artist sleep in such a ‘dog kennel’?
Yes.
In Sister Dao’s opinion, even a dog wouldn’t live in this environment.
As for the recording, it was still ongoing.
“Teacher Lin, please change your clothes and put on gloves. Let’s go to the fields first to get familiar with the environment.”
Guo Biao said to Lin Xing and Lin Miaoyin, “They are all still in the fields right now.”
“Alright, we’ll change and go to the fields to take a look.”
Lin Xing said, closing the door to change his clothes.
The clothes were provided by the production team, somewhat like breathable work uniforms, to prevent everyone from getting heatstroke.
As for shoes, Lin Xing changed into a pair of sneakers he brought himself, which would be more comfortable for working.
After changing clothes, Lin Xing and Lin Miaoyin accompanied the staff to the wheat field.
What greeted their eyes was a golden-yellow wheat field. The sun shone on the wheat field, making every single wheat stalk shimmer golden.
In the distance, there was rice that was about to be harvested.
This stretch of farmland had both rice and wheat.
Guo Biao walked along, explaining the situation.
“Be careful, don’t point the sickle at people.”
“Oh my, I’ve never seen anyone as clumsy as you. You need to bend down when you harvest wheat.”
“Duan Hai, be careful, you guys stay further away.”
...As soon as Lin Xing arrived at the wheat field, he saw a scene of chaos. In the wheat field, Duan Hai and a few other minor celebrities were harvesting wheat in a very messy way.
Not only that, there were also masters supervising them.
These masters were actually the workers who harvested wheat. Of course, now they all use combine harvesters, but they still had to teach the 8 guests how to harvest wheat.
They were the masters for the 8 guests.
“Teacher Lin, this is a sickle. Please be careful not to hurt yourself.”
At this moment, a staff member handed Lin Xing a sickle, and then a master from a distance came over and briefly explained to Lin Xing, “Understood?”
Lin Xing nodded slightly, “I’ll try.”
Saying that, Lin Xing directly went down to the field.
“Xing Xing, you must be careful.”
“Teacher Lin, when you cut, don’t use too much force.”
“Xing Xing, you need to do it like me.”
...As soon as Lin Xing went down to the field, Hong Fei, Duan Hai, and Guan Peng all greeted Lin Xing.
These people were truly tired from harvesting wheat.
Lin Xing took a look. Everyone was cutting in a chaotic manner. Guan Peng was a bit better, but he was already out of breath.
After all, the last time Guan Peng harvested wheat was over 20 years ago. Even though he is past his prime now, his life is far better than that of ordinary people, otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten so fat.
So, he really couldn’t handle bending down to cut…Behind the camera.
Sister Dao really wanted to tell Lin Xing to leave quickly.
What the hell is this?
What’s the point of this variety show?
No wonder it’s flopping.
Although Sister Dao really wanted to explode, she still held back.
At this moment, Sister Dao watched Director Feng tell the cameraman to zoom in.
“Push the camera closer, give Lin Xing a close-up.”
Director Feng said.
The main focus of this show was the clumsiness of celebrities working in the fields. In Director Feng’s opinion, it was impossible for Lin Xing to skillfully use a sickle to harvest wheat.
Besides, who still uses a sickle to harvest wheat these days, except in some impoverished areas?
If Lin Xing could use it skillfully, he’d be a ghost.
So, as the camera focused on Lin Xing, Director Feng’s eyes immediately widened…