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153 Adding A Livestream at The Lanshan Sungazing Homestay to Broadcast Us Watching the Sunrise

There was no one in the Xiao family’s courtyard.

Xia Mo put down her tools and called out to Tianlin, but no one answered. The woman muttered to herself, “Where did he go?”

[Teacher Xia, look at the comments! Xiao Tianlin and Li Yanchen went fishing!]

[Sister, did you guys dig Chinese Creeper? It is very rare nowadays.]

[Teacher Xia, look at the bullet screen. A fan posted the cooking recipe of the three dishes. You can definitely win.]

[We can’t underestimate the enemy. Although Ji Hanzhi and Nannan are doing their own thing, if one of them wins, it will be their victory because they seem to be a team now. They have a high chance of winning.]

[Is the Lanshan Sungazing Homestay that good? Isn’t the sunrise in Lan Village equally good?]

[Can’t you tell? This is a contest between Lin Wan and Ji Hanzhi.]

[Don’t talk nonsense! Lin Wan doesn’t care about that at all.]

[That’s right. Lin Wan has Mr. Li by her side. Even if Ji Hanzhi wins, she will be watching the sunrise alone anyway. So, what even is the point?]

…

Before one in the afternoon, Li Yanchen and Xiao Tinalin returned to the house with the fish they had caught. The other three families had also gathered the ingredients.

Li Yanchen might not have much say or skills in cooking but after participating in the previous episode, he had a good grasp of controlling the heat when making a fire in the slay stove. Xiao Tianlin said that heat control was the key to cooking.

Ji Hanzhi was alone with no one to help her. She had to make the fire on her own and cook, too. She was a bit frustrated.

At three, the five families returned to the field with their respective dishes. The twenty staff members who were the judges for today had their backs to the long table as the five families placed the food with their names on the table.

The children also came out of the reeds and waited for the staff to announce the results.

After the twenty judges tasted the dishes, they gave their opinions on each one. “This plate of fish tastes the best. It is slightly overcooked, though.”

“This stir-fried meat is not bad either. It’s just that the chili seeds were not removed, so it doesn’t look good.”

After some discussion, the judges set aside the dishes that they felt had tasted good.

“According to the rules of the Festival Group, the family with the best dish will be the winner. In addition to getting to stay at the Lanshan Sungazing Homestay for one night, the family will receive extra reward. They can enjoy lunch at the homestay tomorrow afternoon. Thus, they won’t have to cook,” the Director announced.

Li Zexin had thought it would be a big surprise, but the reward was just a meal at the homestay. He sighed. In the last episode they had yearned for even one extra meal, but this episode, they were prepared. They had too much food.

“First, let’s talk about the purslane. There’s almost no astringency in this dish. Instead, it has a delicate fragrance and is crunchy. The family that made this dish even added chopped pepper. That was a nice touch.”

Xia Mo grinned. The chopped pepper was Lin Wan’s idea.

Nannan and Ji Hanzhi looked at each other, then shook their heads.

“Let’s take a look at the label at the bottom of the plate…,” said the judge. “The family who made this dish is the Xiao family. Congratulations!”

When Li Zexin heard the result, he hugged Xiao Yi and jumped for joy. “You won! You got the Lanshan Sungazing Homestay in the bag!”

Xiao Yi pushed the boy’s hand away in disgust.

Li Zekai immediately hugged his father’s thigh. “Daddy, we won!”

Lin Wan was happy too but she did not show it. Although she knew Xia Mo would definitely invite her family to share the reward, she had done nothing more than help Xia Mo dig up the purslane. This was not her victory.

“Teacher Xia, which family are you going to invite to go with you?”

“I want to invite Lin Wan and her family, of course!” said Xia Mo without hesitation.

[Why are they even asking? It’s so obvious she will invite Lin Wan. Her win is Lin Wan’s win.]

[That’s why those who didn’t even cook benefited from it.]

[Lin Wan dug up the purslane while Li Yanchen caught the fish. He was even in charge of lighting the stove and controlling the heat from the fire. It’s not like they did nothing. It’s called cooperation.]

[Why are you everywhere? Don’t tell me Lin Wan hired you as her Internet Water Army.]

[Lin Wan isn’t that jobless, unlike you.]

[The Festival Group has stupid rules. If either Nannan or Ji Hanzhi had won, the other would have benefited from it anyway! It’s so weird they both lost.]

Although they were not satisfied with the results, they had already lost the competition and could not lose their composure. Nannan walked forward and congratulated Xia Mo and Lin Wan.

Tao Jingyuan, on the other hand, didn’t care about who won or lost. She also congratulated both Xia Mo and Lin Wan.

Ji Hanzhi saw that the other two families had come forward to congratulate the winners, so she squeezed out a smile and did the same.

“Director, can we add a camera to the Lanshan Sungazing Pavilion and broadcast us watching the sunrise?” Li Yanchen asked.

Everyone was silent. The homestay was popular among couples. Usually, the ones who won would prefer it if the staff wasn’t there so they could do whatever they wanted. It was surprising that Li Yanchen, of all people, had requested for a camera to be set up.

“Just our side, maybe,” said Li Yanchen.

He had heard about the talk between Lin Wan and Ji Hanzhi when they were in the fields digging vegetables. He had resolved that if they got to go to the Lanshan Sungazing Homestay, he would definitely request it to be live streamed so that everyone could witness it.

The staff nodded. “Of course. Is it for the viewer’s benefit? We can also make it so that you can choose your own broadcast time.”

Ji Hanzhi was confused. ‘Didn’t Li Yanchen want to be alone with Lin Wan?’

“Xia Mo’s family and Lin Wan’s family will go up the mountain at six in the evening. The other families are free to do whatever they want. The families here will end their broadcast at seven today. The families on the mountain can decide whether they want to broadcast for longer or shut it down. We’ll gather at the field at noon tomorrow. Everyone can leave now.”

[What’s the meaning of this?]

[I don’t understand it either. Is it really for our benefit?]

[If that’s the case, why would Li Yanchen even care?]

[My god! A live broadcast?]

[In your dreams. Explicit scenes in the live broadcast will be blocked.]

Lin Wan was also confused. When they returned to their house, she turned to him. “A live broadcast?”

“Yes, I’ll turn it off when we sleep.” Li Yanchen put an arm around Lin Wan. “Are you worried that we won’t have any personal space if we do a live broadcast?”

...

Lin Wan softly elbowed him on the stomach. “Why would I be worried?”

Ji Hanzhi approached Tao Jingyuan. “Lawyer Tao, there are only three families left in the village. Why don’t we have dinner together?”

Tao Jingyuan held Feifei’s hand. “Uh… I wouldn’t want to trouble you. I don’t want to freeload off of you anyway.”

“That’s alright, Lawyer Tao. It will save you the trouble of cooking. For us, it’s no trouble at all. I mean, Lin Wan is also freeloading on Xia Mo’s win.” Nannan and Hanzhi stood on either side of Tao Jingyuan.

Feifei let go of his mother’s hand. “Mom, you and Aunties can talk. I am going to go find Tuan Tuan.”

“The children like playing together, too. I can make hot pot tonight,” said Ji Hanzhi.

“Alright,” said Tao Jingyuan.

“The sky in the Lan Village is full of stars. We can take the children to the village entrance to watch it at night,’ suggested Nannan.

“Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan really like to watch the stars. I’ll also come,” Ji Hanzhi agreed.

“Since we don’t have anything to do, anyway,” said Tao Jingyuan. “Let’s go watch stars together with the children.”

[Alright. I was quite upset but seeing these three together is a comfort.]

...

[Xia Mo and Lin Wan are too close and don’t care about the other guests at all.]

The bullet screen started to defend Nannan and the rest.