Accommodation Conditions

The first household was headed by someone surnamed Yu, and there were only a grandmother and her grandson at home.

All the other adults had gone away to work.

Xiang Qianchong had not lied to the guests. Once they had picked their houses, they could immediately have a hot meal.

Before Qi Si and Zhou Linzhe entered, Grandma Yu had already prepared the food.

After Qi Si and Zhou Linzhe came in and helped settle the luggage, she immediately brought the food she had prepared to the table.

Zhou Linzhe was eager to go look at the other houses with everyone else. He said he would eat when he got back, then left with the group.

Qi Si, on the other hand, did not stand on ceremony at all and sat down at the dining table.

"Just some simple home cooking. I wonder if it suits your taste?" Grandma Yu looked like a kind old lady. She spoke with a cheerful smile that made people feel especially close to her.

"It does, it does! I'm not a picky eater!"

Qi Si looked at the two dishes and one soup on the table. There was meat and vegetables.

Honestly, Qi Si was a little surprised.

Given the current conditions, this meal could be considered quite lavish.

Qi Si even felt a little guilty when he picked up his chopsticks.

The cost of this meal might have been this family's budget for an entire week. If he ate it all in one sitting, who knew what they would eat for the next week?

But that guilty conscience lasted only for the instant he picked up his chopsticks. Once the food entered his mouth, any conscience he had was swallowed right along with it.

"Mmm! So good! Grandma Yu, your cooking is amazing!"

Qi Si was not just flattering her. It really was delicious!

At least in this situation, this mouthful of food was on par with a five-star hotel chef's cooking!

Qi Si ate as though he wanted to swallow his own tongue.

Seeing that Qi Si genuinely liked her cooking, Grandma Yu's smile deepened.

"Hehe, if it's good, eat more! Have some soup too, don't just eat the dishes. The fish in this soup was caught from the river just yesterday!"

Grandma Yu enthusiastically served Qi Si a bowl of soup.

"Thank you, Grandma Yu! I can do it myself!"

Qi Si accepted the fish soup Grandma Yu handed him, blew on it, and took a small sip.

His eyes immediately lit up again.

"Mmm! It's delicious! Grandma Yu, how are you so amazing? This fish soup isn't fishy at all—it's so fresh!"

Seeing that Qi Si truly liked her cooking, Grandma Yu was overjoyed and kept warmly putting food into his bowl.

In the end, Qi Si successfully ate himself stuffed.

Some of the viewers in Qi Si's livestream had stayed behind because they wanted to catch him embarrassing himself.

They refused to believe that Qi Si, a young master who had grown up pampered, could really adapt to the current living conditions.

Who would have thought that instead of catching Qi Si making a fool of himself, they were drawn in by his mukbang performance?

[No, is it really that delicious? (swallows)]

[Wuwuwu, I want to try it too! Let me have one bite!]

[I don't know whether the other dishes taste good, but that fish soup has to be delicious! The broth is milky white with a hint of golden color—it looks so fresh. Slurp~]

[That's so cruel! Qi Si, how can you eat so deliciously? I'm trying to lose weight!!!]

[What's dieting compared to that? I just finished eating not long ago, and now I'm hungry again! Save this child, QAQ]

While Qi Si was eating and drinking to his heart's content, things were not so easy for the others.

They had thought the first house was already in harsh condition, but the second house was even worse.

The house Qi Si had chosen was at least a wooden house. The second house arranged by the production team was even more shocking: it was half wooden house and half thatched hut.

It even came with a chicken coop.

Never mind the sanitation issue—before they even got close, the smell coming from the chicken coop had already made them feel sick.

"Ew! What is that smell?" Shen Shuyu covered her nose, her brows tightly furrowed.

Shen Shuyu considered herself someone who was not overly delicate and could endure hardship, but this was truly the first time in her life that she had experienced a place like this.

"This is the second accommodation. This family has a chicken coop behind their house, and they raise chickens, so the smell is a bit strong."

After Xiang Qianchong explained, everyone's faces turned green.

Compared to this, the conditions at the first household had been wonderful!

At the very least, there had not been a stinking chicken coop!

Without question, no one wanted to stay here.

[Holy shit! Is this place fit for people to live in?]

[This place is even worse than the first one! We should've chosen the first house!]

[Huh? Why can't they live here? Isn't the family living here just fine? If other people can live here, why can't these big stars?]

[What I'm worried about now is whether the last two houses will be even worse.]

[What? Worse? This is already bad enough. How much worse can it get? A straw hut?]

[Knowing the guide's habits, it's really hard to say.]

The guests on site had clearly thought of that possibility too, but they still did not have the courage to choose the house in front of them.

For a moment, no one spoke.

"Well? Have you decided?" Seeing that nobody said anything, Xiang Qianchong urged them.

Xu Zhening and Jiang Han exchanged glances. Seeing that the three women were all silent, they nodded to each other.

Jiang Han stepped forward and said, "It's getting late, so let's not drag this out. Best Actress Yang, Sister Shuyu, Sister Weiwei, if you don't have any objections, then Zhening and I will choose this place."

Yang Yi simply nodded. "I have no objections."

Shen Shuyu let out an even bigger sigh of relief. She truly could not stand that smell.

"Since you like this place, we won't compete with you for it. We'll go to the next one," Lin Weiwei said with an understanding expression.

"Hahaha, then thank you, Sister Weiwei."

Jiang Han smiled on the surface while frantically complaining inwardly.

Which eye saw that we liked it? We only chose it because you didn't want it?!

Xu Zhening and Jiang Han carried their luggage through the gate of the household.

The owners of this household were a mother and son. The mother was named Lin Xiuyun, and her son was named Zhang Sheng.

Lin Xiuyun was not in very good health and could not do much heavy work at home. Usually, whenever there was physical labor to be done, her middle-school-aged son Zhang Sheng handled it.

Lin Xiuyun's husband worked away from home and only returned once a year during the New Year.

When Xu Zhening and Jiang Han entered the house, only Lin Xiuyun was home. Zhang Sheng was still studying and had not returned yet.

Lin Xiuyun had likewise already prepared the meal. After the two put down their luggage, they sat down to eat.

The others continued onward.

When they arrived at the third household, everyone was somewhat surprised.

After seeing the first two households, no one had held much hope for the third. They had all thought it would be good enough if the third household had conditions like the first one.

Unexpectedly, the third household was a rare two-story brick-and-tile house in the village.

[Wow! This family's conditions are so good!]

[Compared with the first two families, this is practically a village "wealthy family"!]

[Could the last two households both be this well-off?]

[Then the people who chose the earlier houses are too miserable. (laughing through tears)]

[This has to be a scripted setup, right? The remaining three are all women, and suddenly the accommodations got better. How can that be such a coincidence?]

Some viewers in the livestream thought it was all a script arranged by the production team. Otherwise, why did the houses suddenly improve just when it was the female guests' turn?

However, the surprise on Shen Shuyu and the other two women's faces when they saw the small building was not fake.

"This... I'm not seeing things, am I?" Yang Yi rubbed her eyes. After the first two households, the small building before her felt unreal.

Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei felt the same way.

"Director, are you sure this is the third accommodation?" Lin Weiwei asked in surprise.

Xiang Qianchong said leisurely, "If you don't want to stay here, that's fine. There's an unoccupied thatched hut next door. There's still time to clean it up temporarily."

"No, no, no! There's no need! This place is great!" The three women hurriedly refused.

Who would want to stay in a thatched hut?!