Buy a house with 30,000 yuan and live in a small town

Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan rode away on their electric scooters. Liu Wangxue and the others were also ready to leave, but Shu Mingyuan and the others were still squatting on the ground and didn't stand up.

Xu Qingsong had already walked to the gate of the courtyard holding Liu Wangxue's hand and leading the three children. He turned back and called to them, "Come on, get up quickly and help Bian Yan get his things."

Bian Yan was holding his drone and had no hands to hold other filming equipment.

Yan Zhengyu and Shu Mingyuan slowly stood up with their hands on their knees, while Hao Wei and Shao Bin kept squatting and moved to the wall, having to hold on to the wall to stand.

Bian Yan complained: "Look at you guys, it's like you haven't eaten for 800 years, aren't you ashamed?"

The four of them rolled their eyes at him and walked over to his open suitcase, bending down to grab the rest of the equipment.

Xu Qingsong kindly reminded: "Don't move so violently, be careful not to squeeze your stomach and then vomit it out, wasting food."

The four of them froze and became extremely cautious.

Bian Yan laughed and gave Xu Qingsong a thumbs up while holding the remote control: "Brother, you are the best when it comes to complaining."

Liu Wangxue looked at the four of them, laughing silently. She let go of Xu Qingsong's hand, handed the cat in her arms to him, and went to the drawer of the cabinet at the kitchen door and found a box of stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets, which she bought some time ago when Gu Xuelan had a poor appetite and indigestion.

She walked towards the four people, opened the box and took out a tablet: "Two pills per person? They help digestion."

The four of them waved their hands in unison: "I can't eat anymore, I can't eat anymore—" It was really already stuck in their throats, and they would vomit if they took another bite.

Liu Wangxue stopped picking up the pills and said, "Just two."

All four of them shook their heads.

Xu Qingsong came over and took the digestive tablets from Liu Wangxue's hand, put them back into the box, and then stuffed them into Yan Zhengyu's coat pocket, saying with a smile: "Take a few steps first, and eat after you digest it."

The four of them followed them out of the courtyard with painful expressions on their faces. Bian Yan was still complaining: "Eating like being tortured, what's the point!"

Liu Wangxue locked the gate of the courtyard, and everyone walked towards the asphalt road together.

On the way, Hao Wei turned his head to look at Xu Qingsong from time to time. When he looked again, his eyes met Xu Qingsong's.

Xu Qingsong asked him: "What are you looking at?"

Hao Wei subconsciously responded: "What are you looking at?"

It has a strong Northeastern flavor that makes everyone laugh when they hear it.

Liu Wangxue has always felt that these people, except Shu Mingyuan, are quite contrasting. Shu Mingyuan is just like his name, while Yan Zhengyu is the complete opposite of him, and the name and the person do not match at all.

Hao Wei has a very delicate southern appearance, not tall, with thin arms and legs, and looks like a weak scholar. However, this "weak scholar" who was born and raised in Haishi studied in Northeast China from college to graduate school. For six years, he has been completely "tamed" by the Northeast accent. Except when he speaks the Haishi dialect, his mouth is full of humor.

"Brother, that's not what I meant." Hao Wei reacted subconsciously and then backed off. "I just thought you looked different, different from yesterday, and I was wondering..."

"What are you thinking about?" Shao Bin's accent was also changed by him. "Isn't it just a change of clothes?"

Yan Zhengyu looked at Xu Qingsong deliberately in a frivolous way: "It's true that clothes make the man. Brother Xu looks so pretty in this outfit."

"Do you know how to use adjectives? What's 'watery'?" Xu Qingsong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He lifted up Xiaoci in his arms and pushed it in front of Yan Zhengyu. Xiaoci slapped him in the face.

Xu Qingsong hugged the cat back into his arms, pinched its chin, and praised it: "Good job, baby, I'll reward you with some dried fish at noon."

When Pengpeng heard it, he immediately pricked up his ears, trotted around Liu Wangxue, jumped up and threw himself into Yan Zhengyu's arms.

Yan Zhengyu thought that the big golden retriever had suddenly become close to him, and was happily about to pet it, but then he saw Pengpeng kick him in the chest, quickly landed on the ground, and wagged its tail at Xu Qingsong.

What's there to not understand? Liu Wangxue immediately shouted seriously: "Bang bang!"

Peng Peng: “Woof!” Want a reward.

Immediately afterwards, Gua Gua also flew over and stepped on Yan Zhengyu's head, then landed on top of Peng Peng's head and stood firmly, saying to Xu Qingsong: "Quack! Quack!" I want one too.

"What does this mean?" Yan Zhengyu asked.

Shu Mingyuan and the others were also puzzled, but their attention was all on Guagua. They asked with a smile, "Is this a parrot or a frog?" In fact, they were not that surprised anymore, as they had already seen the rich vocabulary of this little guy yesterday, but they had not yet heard it imitate the croaking of a frog.

Xu Qingsong bent down and scratched Peng Peng's chin, then patted Gua Gua's head: "Give it to me, all of it."

Peng Peng was satisfied. He put his head against Gua Gua and followed Liu Wangxue obediently again.

Liu Wangxue was now at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Looking at the confused people, he first apologized on behalf of Pengpeng, Guagua and Yan Zhengyu, and then explained the logic behind their actions.

"How clever!" Shu Mingyuan exclaimed.

Several people were amazed and tried to tease Pengpeng and Guagua. However, the two little guys actually became arrogant and had no intention of cooperating with the performance at all.

After a while, they arrived at the shooting location scheduled yesterday. Wang Junpeng was already waiting there with Yaya. Also there were Yaya's grandparents, Du Yunkai and Tao Huayu, as well as a few other children who came to join in the fun, including Xiao Tao, Haohao and others.

After greeting each other, without much ado, everyone began to prepare for the filming according to director Bian Yan's instructions.

The first to perform was the little actress Yaya. However, the little girl hid behind Liu Wangxue, clutching her pants with her hands. She looked at Bian Yan timidly with her big eyes, not wanting to go over.

Bian Yan showed a smile as kind as possible, used a kind tone, and waved to the little girl Yaya gently: "Yaya, come here~"

Yaya: “…” She became even more scared and hid again.

Xiao Tao, Hao Hao and Xiao Pang, the three boys, immediately stood in front of Bian Yan and said, "Uncle Bian, don't scare her."

Fengfeng saw the three of them take a step forward, and felt that he was also a boy and could not fall behind, so he followed closely: "That's right, uncle, don't scare people."

Bian Yan touched his face and thought, is it that scary?

Shu Mingyuan and the others laughed at Bian Yan.

Liu Wangxue also found Bian Yan's burly figure and rough face very funny.

This is the contrast of Bian Yan. Don't be fooled by his appearance. In fact, he really likes cute things. When he arrived at Liu Wangxue's courtyard yesterday, his eyes almost lit up when he saw the three little ones. It was okay to touch them politely as a greeting, but Xiaoci and Guagua ignored him. He was hurt in his heart. Whenever he had time, he would chase the three little ones and put them in the picture. In fact, half of it was selfish.

In addition, Bian Yan is the only married person in this group. His daughter was born last year. He showed her photo to Liu Wangxue and others yesterday. What a cute baby, an absolutely adorable little cutie.

At this time, Bian Yan comforted himself and thought, fortunately my daughter is not afraid of me.

Liu Wangxue squatted down, hugged Yaya in his arms, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Yaya, uncle is not a bad person."

Leilei also came over to comfort Yaya: "Uncle just looks a little fierce, don't be afraid."

Yaya’s grandparents were afraid of wasting time, so they waved to Yaya to come over quickly.

Xu Qingsong bent down and asked Yaya: "How about letting Pengpeng accompany you to take the photo first? Let Pengpeng protect you."

Yaya looked at Xu Qingsong and reached out to hold Liu Wangxue's hand: "Sister, can you come with me?"

Liu Wangxue gave Xu Qingsong a look, and Xu Qingsong stood up holding Xiaoci and walked towards Bian Yan to discuss with him.

Then Liu Wangxue took Yaya with her to shoot first. She didn't ask Bian Yan to redesign the storyboard. She just shot casually. She just took Yaya for a walk and play, so that the child could get used to the interaction with Bian Yan first.

After Yaya got used to it and found that Bian Yan was not as fierce as he looked, she let down her guard and the official shooting began.

We couldn’t finish the shooting in one morning, so after lunch we took a short break and then went out to continue shooting. We didn’t finish until the sun set.

During the filming, Bian Yan had other ideas and made some temporary changes. Shu Mingyuan and his friends also joined in the fun, so Bian Yan took individual short videos for each of them.

Wang Junpeng, who came with him, also appeared in the video separately. It was Tao Huayu who suggested that he was a village cadre of Taojia Village after all, and he was also the one who operated the video account. He also looked good, and if he posted it online, he might be voted as the most handsome village cadre by netizens. As soon as Tao Huayu made the suggestion, everyone started to make a noise, and Wang Junpeng was almost forced to walk into the camera, not knowing how to put his hands and feet.

Then things got out of control. Bian Yan filmed a segment for Yaya's grandparents, and also filmed a few segments for Xiao Tao, Hao Hao, Du Yunkai, and Tao Huayu.

After obtaining Bian Yan's consent, Tao Huayu returned home, rode his electric scooter to the studio to pick up Tao Huaxin, and also asked Qiu Xiangrong to come along to take the photos, saying that he wanted to leave a commemorative image of the baby before he was born.

When Tao Huayu was about to leave, Du Yunkai called him, "Call Xiaoyu and Richard over as well, and see if Qinglei is at home. Since we've already filmed this far, bring in people of all ages, and don't let go of our foreign friends either."

"Okay!" Tao Huayu responded.

Today is Sunday. Tao Qinglei just came back from school after lunch. Before he could even sit down at home, Tao Huayu called him over.

Li Yu didn't go home this weekend. At such a young age, he hasn't even graduated from school, but he's already been working like a classmate. Richard is even more so. Life here is so comfortable. He doesn't need to go out and meet people. He's too lazy to maintain his elite appearance. In one word, he's rough.

Liu Wangxue saw this and wondered how this could work. She took Xu Qingsong home with them and urgently made them up. Richard and Xu Qingsong were similar in size, so they changed into his clothes. Li Yu didn't have anything suitable, so he had to keep wearing the one he was wearing.

After dinner, Bian Yan did not sit and chat with everyone, but went back to his room to edit videos. He even brought his own computer, and joked that since he was here to serve the people, he should provide thoughtful service. Bian Yan has been editing videos for many years, since he started playing with cameras in college. Later, he traveled around the country to shoot, and he did the whole process himself. Editing a video is as simple as eating and drinking water.

Despite this, he still stayed up all night this time, because he edited several versions of the promotional video for Taojia Village alone, and also edited solo shows for those who came to join in the fun. Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong, as well as Qiu Xiangrong and Tao Huaxin, also had separate edits. Even the three little ones had "specials". It can be said that his creative desire was overflowing.

The next day during breakfast, Bian Yan brought the computer to the dining table and played the videos one by one for everyone to watch.

After watching the personal videos, Shu Mingyuan and his friends immediately took out their phones and asked Bian Yan to send them the videos. They all have personal accounts on WB and said they wanted to post them to show off.

"Don't be in a hurry," Liu Wangxue stopped him and asked, "Your accounts should all have quite a lot of followers, right?"

"Yeah, that's right," Xu Qingsong agreed and sincerely suggested, "How about considering becoming a publicity partner for our Taojia Village?"

I understand, I understand. They just want to get traffic. What's the point of talking about partners? They are more like free tools. Everyone thought so in their hearts and complained about it out loud.

Shu Mingyuan continued, "Brother Xu, if you want to take advantage of - no, promote, then let Bian Yan do it. It seems that his video platform account has more than 3 million followers. Isn't it better than the few of us who have less than that number added together?"

Xu Qingsong made the decision: "Okay, no one can escape."

After breakfast, Xu Qingsong and Liu Nanshan went to the studio. After a while, Tao Huayu and Wang Junpeng came over to see the finished film.

Everyone sat in the living room of the small building. Liu Wangxue went upstairs to take down the connecting cable and connected Bian Yan's computer to the projector for playback.

The first versions shown to Wang Junpeng were the ones in the promotional videos.

The first version is from the children’s perspective, and the main content is Yaya and her group of friends running and playing together in the rapeseed field, and there are also shots of the three little ones participating.

The second version is from the perspective of tourists. The protagonists are Shu Mingyuan and his friends, plus Du Yunkai. They just walk around, take pictures with their mobile phones, and the three little ones find their way into the camera whenever they have the chance.

Wang Junpeng was also captured here. He didn't know when Bian Yan took the photo. In the picture, he was walking and chatting with Du Yunkai. He stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, and Du Yunkai nodded frequently.

This was the scene Gu Xuelan saw when she brought snacks and tea to everyone. She smiled and said, "From this perspective, Yun Kai really looks like a big boss."

Liu Wangxue understood her mother's point: "Yeah, Mom, I think so too. He looks like a big boss from another place who is here to investigate investment. Our brother Wang, as a village cadre, is introducing the planning and development of Taojia Village to him."

As soon as this was said, everyone laughed at Wang Junpeng in a friendly manner. Shu Mingyuan said, "Brother Wang, please tell us about your development plan. If President Du has invested, we will definitely follow suit."

Yan Zhengyu and the others nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Wang Junpeng waved his hands repeatedly and explained: "No, it's really not. At that time, Mr. Du just asked me how big the rapeseed field in front of me was. When I raised my hand, I said, 'It's about 20 acres from here to there.'"

"Hahaha……"

The third version is from the perspective of a couple, Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong, who are walking hand in hand, hugging each other affectionately, and interacting with the three little ones. It also restores the scene that inspired Bian Yan yesterday afternoon - Liu Wangxue was holding Xiao Ci and sitting on a path in a rapeseed field, picking a flower and putting it on the cat's ear, while Xu Qingsong was holding up his mobile phone to take a picture of her.

Tao Huayu took the lead in "hushing" the screen: "This screen is full of dog food——"

Bian Yan did not join them, but regretted not bringing his wife and daughter with him. He wanted to bring them with him, but his wife disagreed, thinking that the child was too young to travel far away - although Hai City was really close to Xi City, and the high-speed rail only took two or three hours.

The fourth version is from the perspective of Qiu Xiangrong and Tao Huaxin. Tao Huaxin is almost nine months pregnant. In the picture, Qiu Xiangrong is helping her take a walk. She has been well taken care of by Qiu Xiangrong and his family since she became pregnant. She also pays attention to moderate exercise every day. She is a little rounder than before pregnancy, but looks better. There is also a scene where the two sit together and talk to the baby in their belly. Behind them is a bright flower field, as if foreshadowing a bright future. It makes people feel happy at a glance, and everyone is envious.

The first four versions are relatively short, about one minute in length, while the last version is a little longer, nearly three minutes. It is a big collection that includes the most beautiful and touching parts of the previous videos, and also adds some scenes that have not appeared before.

For example, Yaya’s grandparents are very skillful. They just plucked the weeds by the field and weaved them into straw hats, and put a few rape flowers on them as decorations. The next second, the scene changed and each of the six children wore one on their heads and smiled brightly at the camera.

There are also scenes where Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong take the three little ones to play with the children. First, they hold Yaya's hands and let Yaya use the force to jump over a small pothole on the road. After the transition, there is a scene where the two of them take the children on a "spring outing".

In addition, Shu Mingyuan, Li Yu, Richard and Tao Qinglei all have shots here.

At first, Liu Wangxue was worried that there were too many people and whether the expression of the shot would lose its priority. As it turned out, she was overthinking it. With the master's technique, there was no need to worry at all.

In this version, you can see "tourists" of all ages. The theme of each picture is rapeseed fields and villages, and the message conveyed to people is "spring, joy, play, suitable for all ages."

Liu Wangxue was a little skeptical after watching it. She thought that the place in the video was not the Taojia Village where she lived now. It was too beautiful, even more beautiful than what she saw every day. It was really desirable.

After watching these, I played the individual videos for Wang Junpeng and Tao Huayu again.

Actually, everyone didn't feel anything when they were filming, but after Bian Yan's editing, we saw his framing and camera movement, and the post-production filters, animations, transitions, and music. It can only be described as "high-end, classy and classy."

After watching it again, Liu Wangxue continued to give Bian Yan thumbs up: "Master! No wonder Zha Geng still has more than three million fans, you must have millions of cameras and millions of editors!"

She didn't know Bian Yan before. During breakfast, she heard Shu Mingyuan say that Bian Yan had an account on the video platform, so she asked casually and found out that it was also on Shiliu Video. The account nickname was "力走山石". Isn't this the "Apozhu" in her follow list? She had urged him to update before, "If you don't update, how can I implement online travel that I can watch whenever I want?"

Out of politeness, Bian Yan casually asked about Liu Wangxue's account. When he clicked on it, he saw that all she posted were the daily lives of the three little ones, so he followed her immediately.

After all the videos were played, everyone asked Wang Junpeng which one to use as the promotional video.

Wang Junpeng was very hesitant and had trouble making a decision. He rubbed his hands on his knees and said, "Well, can I choose both? I think they are all good."

Shu Mingyuan and the others immediately started to make a noise, and they also called him "Brother Wang" in a familiar way: "Yes, yes, yes, what choices do adults make? We want both! We want both!"

When filming yesterday, Wang Junpeng discussed with everyone that if there were shots that could be put in the promotional video, they would be included. He asked everyone if they agreed, and even took the time to call the parents of several children to inquire.

Of course everyone agreed. When Shu Mingyuan and his team asked Bian Yan to come together, they did so under the banner of "contributing to rural construction". Even if it was not included in the promotional video, they would have released it themselves. They all thought it was no big deal. If it could be included in the promotional video, it would have been on the official account at least. If Taojia Village really developed in the future, it would have been more or less their contribution. What a "good and upright" thing.

Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong agreed to the filming yesterday, which was equivalent to their consent. Du Yunkai, Li Yu and Richard were also willing. Not to mention Tao Huayu and the others. They were originally from Taojia Village and they were definitely willing to contribute to the development of their village.

So, everyone discussed how to post these videos.

Liu Wangxue suggested, "There are exactly five videos. Why don't we post one a day in the order they were just played, starting from today, until Friday. Then it will be the weekend, and the TV series will also reach a climax at that time. The official Weibo account of the crew will cooperate to repost it and see if it can attract some attention. If anyone wants to come and play, they can also come and watch it during the weekend."

Everyone agreed unanimously.

Bian Yan asked: "Then my account will be posted simultaneously with the village's video account?"

"Okay," Liu Wangxue said, and explained it to Wang Junpeng again, and then said, "It's a good idea to take advantage of the existing traffic."

Wang Junpeng thanked Bian Yan again, he was very grateful in his heart.

Shu Mingyuan and others then asked Liu Wangxue: "What about us? We also have to cooperate with the publicity. How do we publish it?"

"Just help forward it," Liu Wangxue said, "Just forward the promotional videos released by our village, and your own personal videos - why not wait until Friday, and after forwarding that collection, post your own."

"no problem."

That's how it was settled. Bian Yan sent the video to everyone. Wang Junpeng immediately uploaded it to the video account, and everyone followed suit and forwarded it.

Liu Wangxue sent a message to Xu Qingsong, asking him to open WB and share the video. Then he opened Shiliu Video and uploaded the "special" videos of the three little ones one by one.

As soon as I uploaded it, I received a comment notification: [Hey, what’s wrong with the UP host today? You actually posted so many messages. Don’t you keep some in stock for future emergencies? Be careful that everyone will call you a scumbag again.]

After reading it, Liu Wangxue clicked the like button without paying attention to the comments from the original poster who was shouting "The UP host is dead!" and happily swiped out.

The shooting of the promotional video ended like this. Shu Mingyuan and his friends spent another three days in Taojia Village and visited the studio - Yan Zhengyu called this an "inspection".

Mr. Xiao Yan said: "After all, we are also the founders and shareholders of Jingshan Technology. Since we are here, it would be unreasonable not to inspect it!"

When we say "inspection", we actually just look around and enjoy a meal in the small cafeteria, and then sit in the "non-sweet" bar to try all kinds of cookies, cakes and drinks.

When the mini program was first launched, Du Yunkai and Xu Qingsong helped to promote it on WeChat Moments. They all saw it and placed a few orders to try it. They found it was really delicious and bought a lot for their families one after another.

For example, Shao Bin is a person who loves sweets and desserts very much. After tasting the cookies, he wanted to buy a cake to take home, but Haishi was not within the delivery range. He could only "look at the picture and sigh" and called Du Yunkai to ask if Qiu Xiangrong could make one for him and send it to him. With cold chain transportation, Haishi is close, so it can arrive the next day and it won't go bad.

Qiu Xiangrong refused without hesitation. It wouldn't go bad, but the taste might be compromised. Most importantly, if the courier bumped or scratched it, would the flowers he decorated on the cake still look good? It would affect his appetite.

Shao Bin had no choice but to give up. He waited until before the Spring Festival for "Bu Tian" to launch boxed cakes, but he was too slow to get them, so he asked Du Yunkai to use the back door to get them. This time, he decided to try all the varieties of "Bu Tian".

Before they came, they had booked a hotel at the city's hot spring resort, saying they would go there for some fun. The night before they went to the resort, Wang Junpeng booked a private room at a restaurant in town and invited them to dinner, including Liu Wangxue and the others. It was forbidden to eat or drink with public funds, so he paid for the meal out of his own pocket.

In addition to his personal thanks, the village also gave thanks. When they were leaving the next morning, Wang Junpeng came over with several boxes of lotus root powder. He gave some to Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong, and some to the others: "This lotus root powder is made by the processing factory in town. The lotus roots are all produced in our Taojia Village and several neighboring villages. Don't be disgusted. Take them all. This tastes better than other brands on the market."

The few of them accepted it without hesitation. Shao Bin continued the topic from the dinner table last night and encouraged Wang Junpeng: "Talk to your brother-in-law and quickly expand the brand. Try to represent Taojia Village outside of Xi City and open a branch in Hai City." This way he can buy it whenever he wants to eat.

Wang Junpeng smiled and said "OK", and asked them to come over often when they have time.

Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai were too busy to take them to the resort, and Tao Huayu was not at home. If the two cars at home were squeezed together, the luggage and the people could fit almost all of them, but Xu Qingsong didn't want to tire them out, so he asked Du Yunkai to order a van to take them there.

After sending everyone away, Wang Junpeng chatted with Liu Wangxue for a few more words before leaving. He was going to deliver lotus root starch to the homes of several other "big actors" and "little actors" - this part was approved and paid from the publicity funds. (End of this chapter)