Song Tan's Notes

The happy days lasted only one night.

  The next morning, the director climbed out of his hard dormitory bed with a look of anticipation for breakfast. Standing in the yard, he saw a strange black-skinned young man smiling at him with his big white teeth:

"You're from the crew, right? We'll have breakfast and lunch in the cafeteria today, so please help yourself."

  director:? ! !

"Are the dishes in the cafeteria the same as those at Song Tan's house?" he asked with a glimmer of hope.

The other party smiled and said, "Of course it's different."

The two cameramen behind him asked, "Breakfast and lunch are in the cafeteria, can we still have dinner at home?"

The other party was stunned, then asked curiously: "You can't take pictures here. Aren't you going to leave after lunch?"

director:……

OK, OK! Are you trying to get rid of me like this? I'll leave if I want to! I'll leave if I don't want to have lunch!

He waved his arms and said, "Let's go have breakfast, and then go to the mountain to have a look - I want to see what the peach blossoms that cost 44 yuan a flower look like!"

I looked at the watch again: "Why is it only six o'clock?"

The dark-skinned young man opposite him still had that smile on his face: "There is no other entertainment in the countryside. Everyone goes to bed early at night. Getting up at 5 a.m. is not too early."

"We start work at 7 a.m., but by May or June, we may have to start work at a.m."

"Did you guys not sleep well last night?"

Thinking of last night, the director fell silent again.

Because they not only slept well last night, but also slept very contentedly. Not long after lying down, they fell into a deep sleep. They only woke up in the morning when the cafeteria started to make noise.

  What can I say about this?

It’s six o’clock, so what? The air is still good in the morning.

Holding resentment about food and work, the director finally plunged into the cafeteria.

The workload has been heavy recently, and many people have been working. They all came to the cafeteria early in the morning, and now that the director and his two companions came in, they were really inconspicuous.

  Look at the breakfast again - rice, steamed buns, meat, vegetable soup and noodles. This is so filling!

The three of them hesitated and chose some food, then found an empty table to sit down. They could only hear everyone chatting animatedly in their local dialect, but it was not unfamiliar and they could still understand it.

"I saw in the forecast that there will be heavy rain in the next two days. How are your melon vines? Can you finish planting them?"

"I finished planting a long time ago. I'm going to cut the astragalus today..."

"Are all the persimmon trees in Shitoupo still alive? They have been grafted for a long time but nothing is happening."

"I think it can survive. The newly planted persimmon trees have started to sprout. The college student said that we can't give them too much fertilizer, otherwise the grafted branches will grow too big and the cuts won't be able to withstand it..."

"It's good to have heavy rain! We don't have to water the fields anymore. We can plant the lotus roots by the river in the next two days..."

"Hurry up. After you're done here, turn over our own fields. Song Sancheng said that after we're done and our wages are settled, we'll distribute the seedlings registered last year..."

"They gave me those that grow fast. They said if I plant them now, they'll arrange for someone to buy them at the end of next month..."

"I'll ask college students if I can save the seeds and plant them again. They taste really good. It would be great to plant some for myself..."

"I have to ask too..."

"Xiao Zhu, the branch secretary, said he would hold a meeting for us tonight. He said he wanted to plan some unified planting or something..."

Everybody was chatting animatedly, either about farming or selling vegetables. The director pricked up his ears and listened for a long time, but couldn't hear anything.

When he came to his senses, he found that the two cameramen around him had already started to add more food! When they saw him looking over, they happily shared: "This food is so delicious! It's a hundred times better than the lunch boxes we have on the set!"

director:……

……

After eating their fill again, the three of them finally took a walk along the road to digest the food, looking around in an attempt to find some beautiful countryside scenery.

But all along the way there were high fences with thorny vines crawling around them, and inside the fences were vegetable fields... It was pastoral enough, but it had nothing to do with beautiful scenery.

Until they climbed a gentle slope.

This place is also separated by high fences, with vines with tiny thorns growing on the edges.

But inside, there are tall fruit trees.

Because they were the first to be planted, the flowers now are numerous and green, like large and colorful dreams stretching all the way down the mountain.

In the distant mountains, clouds and mists lingered, weaving through the delicate dewdrops on the leaves. The cool morning breeze with the fragrance of flowers blew by, and the whole person seemed to be stilled, and even the sound was afraid of being loud.

The director and the cameraman stood there, staring at the scene infatuatedly, not daring to make a sound for a long time.

Until the noise of people gradually sounded beside me, villagers holding various tools walked by while chatting, and the young man in front of me, standing straight, opened the fence and waited for everyone to enter...

At this moment, the dreamlike scene in the mountain mist finally seemed to break open, and the deep and light purple and green below the mountain intertwined, making the director's heart bleed -

  It really hurts that such beautiful scenery can’t be filmed in the drama!

but!

He then ordered, "Hurry up and bring all the equipment. I'll call Song Tan. If I can't shoot storyboards, I can shoot empty shots, right?!"

This morning light, this mountain mist, and this spring scenery all over the mountains!

If this empty shot is not shot well, he will have to sit up and slap himself twice when he falls asleep in the middle of the night!

……

Far away in the imperial capital, Lu Jing was packing the contents of the refrigerator into his box while sighing:

"When did Tantan send you so many things?"

"Why is there still meat? Did you pack some meat for us before we left?"

"Why is there still tea? Don't keep it. I have some here too. Share it with your friends."

"Go and keep an eye on the B&B when you get there... Oh, I thought I could keep an eye on it for you first!"

She kept nagging and was extremely bored - anyone who quits their job and stays there for a month or two would be in this state.

There was no way. Although she had quit her official job a long time ago, she had been working in the financial department for more than ten years. Now that she wanted to resign, it would take a while for the other party to recruit someone, so she had to postpone her resignation again and again...

Now, her son has already packed up and is ready to leave, but she is still working here, and by the way, she is clearing out the stock in Lu Chuan's refrigerator.

Lu Chuan nodded: "It's all planned. I'll say goodbye to my friends today and tomorrow, and discuss the next book with the editor. I'll be able to leave tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow."

  Lu Jing nodded, then looked around the house again:

"No one lives here, so just ask your housekeeper to come and clean regularly. Drive your car to Yunqiao Village, and I won't drive mine. I'll take the high-speed train when the time comes."

  He then looked at the empty house, and a hint of reluctance appeared in his voice:

"I always thought you planted too many flowers. Now that they've all been moved away, the house looks too empty."

(End of this chapter)