Rejected by Blood, Embraced by Love: All-Round Star Goes Viral
Chapter 44: Carry out the Qin Family special poverty alleviation initiative

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Carry out the Qin Family special poverty alleviation initiative

The task of washing and cutting was still done by the six of them, while the parents were responsible for making the syrup.

The local villagers would teach them during the process, but they would only demonstrate once, and they needed to remember the techniques and content themselves.

The task of washing and cutting was quite simple; just wash with clean water, then place in the date pressing machine to cut slits in the dates so that the syrup could permeate during cooking.

The difficult part was making the syrup, as any deviation in ingredients or heat control could affect the taste of the candied dates.

The director team never missed a chance to stir things up. After announcing the task, they said:

"Today’s task isn’t about speed or quantity, but the candied dates cooked at the end will be judged by five villagers chosen by the production team. After tasting, they will score each family’s product, and the scores will determine each family’s dinner tonight.

So, the syrup-making step is crucial, and parents need to pay extra attention. Now, you can start."

Sun Chaohua couldn’t help but want to curse when he heard this messy task. He had never seen such a stingy production team.

Want people to work but won’t let them have a full meal; capitalists are indeed heartless!

He spoke up, "I suggest the production team also receive punishment; whoever’s candied dates taste the worst today should be rewarded to the directors as dinner, how about it?"

Han Liheng immediately raised his hand, "I agree. We can’t always be the ones not having enough to eat while the production team freeloads every day!"

The director team: "..."

"I agree too." Gu Zhi rarely spoke up, and she had wanted to mess with the production team for a while. She said expressionlessly, "To let the director team suffer the same punishment, our family can voluntarily give up dinner."

Anyway, they could make some themselves.

The director team: "......"

Really, will express gratitude.

[Hahahahaha, this suggestion is great, I agree!]

[Agree +1]

[Although, what a broken rule, Father Qin and Mrs. Qin are locals and will definitely make candied dates perfectly, so how could they taste bad? The judges are all acquaintances and will certainly favor the Qin family, giving them the highest score. Is there even a need to compete? This show has been biased towards the Qin family from the start, it’s more like Qin Family Special Aid Show / goodbye]

[That’s why Gu Zhi said their family could voluntarily give up dinner, it’s a good approach. Quickly remind the guests to tell the judges not to favor the Qin family when scoring, otherwise, the production team won’t get to taste the worst dates!]

[Hahahahaha, the person above is right, don’t let the director team catch this bug!]

After hearing the rules, Qi Yunlin also felt it was unfair and couldn’t help suggesting, "If it’s about taste, nobody could be better than Uncle Qin and Mrs. Qin, so isn’t today’s competition already decided for the Qin family?"

The director team thought for a moment, but before they could speak, Sun Chaohua interjected, "That’s why I think the previous suggestion was quite good."

It doesn’t matter who wins, what’s important is that the director team must eat the worst dates!

The director team was completely speechless: "... just start the competition."

They stopped dwelling on this issue and started considering whether to team up or work individually.

They finally decided to work together, with the boys responsible for washing the dates and the girls for cutting them.

The barrage was amazed:

[A rare sight! The "Dear Family" show finally has all the guests working hard together!]

[Stealing bamboo shoots, hahaha! But indeed, this scene is precious, they finally united (not)]

The process of washing dates was quite troublesome, requiring repeated water changes, but Gu Zhi and her group just needed to sit there and use the date cutting machine to slice the dates.

The process was simple, and the villagers demonstrated once, and they got it.

Jiang Xiangwan sat next to Gu Zhi, finally having a chance to work slowly without competing, she leisurely worked while sneaking bites.

Seeing a large date, she couldn’t help but give it to Gu Zhi, offering it to her, "Zhi Zhi, eat this, it must be sweet!"

"And this one, and this, oh my, I’ve never known green dates were so delicious!"

Gu Zhi paused slightly, hesitated a bit when Jiang Xiangwan fed her the date, then opened her mouth to take a bite.

It was indeed very sweet and crisp; they could bring some fresh ones back later.

[Ah, Wanwan is so sweet, no one can refuse a sweet girl, not even Gu Zhi.]

[Their relationship is really good, mutual care, a friendship running in both directions~]

[Although, can they be a little more serious about their work? There are still so many dates to cut, and it’s always my goose doing the work.]

Next to them, Gu Yiyi was indeed working diligently, almost nonstop, and of course, no one talked to her.

Soon, her basket had the most cut dates.

However, this task was useless; no matter how fast she worked, it didn’t matter.

Gu Yiyi thought about it and felt angry.

She was careless, and her hand accidentally got caught in the date cutting machine, causing her to yelp in pain: "Ah."

Hearing the sound, everyone looked over at her.

Qi Yunlin looked concerned, "What happened? Is your hand okay?"

Gu Yiyi frowned in pain, looking at the red mark on her hand, and shook her head: "It’s fine."

"Let me see." Qi Yunlin took her hand, glanced at it, instinctively blew on it, and rubbed it, "It’s reddened and might swell, you better take a break."

Sun Chaohua also expressed concern, "Yeah, Yiyi, go have a rest, we’ll take over after we’re done washing."

"It’s no problem." Gu Yiyi quickly pulled her hand back, a bit awkward, and looked at the remaining dates, "There’s so much left, let’s hurry and finish, it’s just a minor injury."

"Anyway, there’s no competition, you don’t need to push yourself so hard, let’s all work together later." After saying this, Sun Chaohua didn’t persuade further and turned to do his work.

Qi Yunlin glanced again and with concern said, "If it hurts badly, don’t work anymore, I’ll do it later."

"Yeah, go ahead, I’m fine." Gu Yiyi seemed a bit shy and lowered her head.

Qi Yunlin didn’t say more. As he got up, his gaze accidentally brushed past Gu Zhi, just catching her looking.

He paused, feeling a bit awkward, and turned his face away quickly.

Jiang Xiangwan, sitting next to Gu Yiyi, also offered symbolic concern, "Sister Yiyi, if your hand hurts, you can rest. Zhi Zhi and I can work, don’t be polite."

Gu Yiyi smiled sweetly, "It’s okay, just a small injury."

The barrage was full of sympathy:

[Sob sob, my poor goose, that must have hurt a lot when she got pinched, she’s just holding back the pain and still working.]

[Seriously, with so many dates left, Yibao is handling them all by herself, can’t the two next to her be a bit more serious?]

[If Jiang Xiangwan and Gu Zhi worked a bit more seriously, Yiyi wouldn’t have rushed and gotten hurt. They work so hard individually, but slack off in group tasks!]