Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Miserable
The bamboo house didn’t collapse, but the small wooden house built in advance by the program crew did.
Logs rolled away in the heavy rain, with one even rolling right up to the bamboo house.
The guests: "..."
Although it was raining heavily, machines were set up nearby, and after being secured, they were even covered with raincoats.
The downpour made visibility poor, but online viewers knew the small wooden house had collapsed.
[Thank goodness Gu Ran and the others didn’t stay there last night, or else they would’ve been hit by logs and exposed to the rain today.]
[Does the production team want to stop filming?]
[If the bamboo house gets washed away too, I think they’ll definitely stop filming.]
[Look, a tent seems to have been blown away.]
[Isn’t that Cui Chi’s group?]
The children in the bamboo house got up one after another and saw Cui Chi and Cui Jixing running in, looking disheveled.
Cui Chi pulled a long face, "Our tent was blown away."
They couldn’t even save their sleeping bags and had to run over to take shelter from the rain.
Soon, Gu Ran and Xiong Chenfei also dashed into the bamboo house under the heavy rain.
Xiong Chenfei awkwardly said, "The place we pitched our tent was too low-lying."
She didn’t say more, but everyone understood.
The low terrain, combined with the heavy rain and a relatively low tent entrance, meant water would soon pour in if they waited any longer.
Moreover, there was no guarantee that the lavish tent wouldn’t be blown away.
Ten people squeezed into the 20-square-meter bamboo house, and none felt too happy.
"We can’t move now," Xiong Chenfei couldn’t help but complain, "but the area where the program crew stays is quite nice."
Aside from the few staff members still on duty, the rest of the program crew were in much safer accommodations.
The production team had long set up temporary prefabricated housing, the kind often seen on construction sites. They were easy to install and dismantle, with a lightweight steel frame, and far safer than this bamboo house.
Soon, things got worse.
The bamboo house started leaking.
Everyone looked up in unison and discovered that although the heavy rain hadn’t washed away the waterproof layer of the roof, water was starting to seep in.
All the machines in the bamboo house were turned on, and seeing this, the viewers could only feel pity—they were having it rough, truly rough.
At this time, a staff member braved the rain to come over, "The director asked us to bring a rain cover."
It was a large weather-resistant cover designed for rain and snow, big enough to cover the entire bamboo house, but the bottom needed to be weighed down with heavy objects.
Xiong Chenfei’s eyes widened, "The director doesn’t plan to let us stay in the prefabricated houses?"
The staff member was visibly embarrassed.
He also thought the director was out of his mind. In circumstances like this, safety should come first, not filming some show.
However, seeing the bamboo house withstand wind and rain just fine, apart from a leaking roof, Director Li decided to keep filming.
After all, twenty square meters was enough for everyone to huddle together, sip tea, and have a chat.
If an accident happened during the relaunch of this episode, the investors would definitely pull out, and the show would be finished.
Gu Cheng kept a stern face.
The other guests didn’t look too happy either.
But everyone had signed contracts and adhered to basic contractual obligations; they hadn’t yet reached a point where filming had to cease.
Moreover, this staff member was just a worker, standing pitifully in the rain despite wearing a raincoat—it wasn’t easy for him either.
Gu Cheng accepted the rain cover and told the staff to return.
"We’ll put it up ourselves."
The staff member said, "There’s a folding ladder outside, and here are some raincoats."
Three men stepped up voluntarily and put on raincoats.
Gu Ran quickly suited up too, "I’ll hold the ladder; with rain this heavy, someone might fall otherwise..."
Xiong Chenfei had no choice but to put on a raincoat as well.
She didn’t want to go out in the rain, but with everyone else working, not helping would make her stand out.
Tuanzi quietly picked up a small raincoat, but before she could put it on, Gu Cheng stopped her.
"You can help everyone sort the ingredients."
Gu Cheng was a meticulous person; after nightfall yesterday, they had moved extra firewood, cooking utensils, and knives to the corner of the bamboo house.
Only the stone water jar was left outside the house.
"No, no, no, Miaomiao can help too."
Tuanzi cheerfully said, "Miaomiao can fly, back and forth. You guys just hold it steady down there."
With rain this intense, climbing the folding ladder was too risky; Tuanzi didn’t want her big brother to get hurt.
Gu Cheng shared the same sentiment. He didn’t want his little sister to get hurt either.
"Big brother, trust Miaomiao. Besides, even without raincoats, the rain won’t touch Miaomiao."
Though it would consume a lot of Inner Strength, it was better not to.
Unable to dissuade his sister, Gu Cheng held her hand and went outside together.
Wearing a little green raincoat, Tuanzi grabbed a corner of the rain cover, stepped up, and soon was on the roof.
With her help, everyone had the rain cover set up in ten minutes.
As long as the bamboo house was sturdy enough, they could take shelter inside.
While five adults and one child were busy outside, the other kids inside weren’t idle either.
Xiong Chenli often earned pocket money by doing household chores at home; he was more nimble than his sister.
He found a lighter, started a fire, and washed some rice to put in a bamboo tube, preparing to make bamboo tube rice.
Fortunately, the bamboo house had a dirt floor, and with the door open and a window made by the guests yesterday, the fire inside wasn’t a safety concern.
The five adults and one child soon returned.
Given the tough conditions, they could only eat bamboo tube rice.
Gu Cheng suggested, "Why not eat that bag of pistachios?"
Previously, they’d won a small 100-gram bag of pistachios. It wasn’t much, but it could fill the kids’ stomachs a bit before the meal.
The parents each took a bit to shell pistachios for their kids.
Gu Cheng fed a shelled pistachio to his sister’s mouth.
"Aah~"
Tuanzi swallowed it in one bite.
Gu Cheng handed over another one.
"No, this one is for you, big brother."
Her fair little face beamed with a bright smile.
"One for me, one for you, big brother. That way, it’s fair."
The number of pistachios wasn’t large.
Gu Cheng said, "I’m not hungry."
"If you don’t eat, Miaomiao won’t eat either."
Tuanzi grinned mischievously, "Big brother, will you eat or not?"
Gu Cheng had no choice but to eat one.
The two shared the small number of pistachios.
[Heartwarming yet bittersweet]
[The production team is being unreasonable]
[Can the production team be blamed for this? It was a heavy downpour.]
[What about the small wooden house issue?]
[Why are there suddenly so many people defending the production crew? Did they hire trolls?]
Tuanzi felt like she had forgotten something but couldn’t remember at the moment.
Just then, the bamboo tube rice was ready.
The servings today weren’t much, it was made with leftover rice from yesterday, with diced luncheon meat added near the end.
Tuanzi happily finished her portion.
Gu Cheng glanced at her, reaching out to remove a grain of rice from her cheek.
"Is there still rice on my face?"
Tuanzi realized and said, "Can’t waste it."
She ate the grain too, savoring it dearly.
Gu Cheng, who never paid much attention to living conditions, couldn’t help but blame the program crew.
[Ancient Martial System: Miaomiao]
The tone was very heavy.
Tuanzi instinctively sat up straight, her small hands properly placed on her knees, eyes darting around.
She hadn’t done anything wrong lately; she had been all about helping people. Why was the system suddenly so serious?
[Ancient Martial System: Your fish ran away]
Tuanzi: !!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ
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