The production team had designed this game around things the children liked, hoping to help the parents understand their children better.
Shen Zeyu spent plenty of time with Lu Yu and knew what he liked, so even with so many different Ultramen, he recognized Crescent Moon Ultraman at a glance.
Those watching who weren't familiar with Ultraman looked thoroughly impressed.
They soon finished all ten questions, getting every one right.
Lu Yu ran back down excitedly. "Dad, we were amazing!"
"Yuyu deserves most of the credit." Shen Zeyu picked him up. It was true—if he had been the one drawing, there was no telling how things would have turned out.
When the two returned, Ge Qing said admiringly, "That was impressive, Zeyu."
Shen Zeyu laughed. "What can I say? I watch Ultraman with him every day at home. It'd be hard not to recognize them."
With the first team setting the bar so high, the remaining three teams felt quite a bit of pressure.
Ge Qing's team went second. As he stepped up, he didn't notice the looks from some of the production staff. Otherwise, he would surely have spotted the sympathy in their eyes.
Ge Zhou began by drawing the outline of a book, then added some ocean-themed images to its cover.
Ge Qing hesitantly named a book. To his surprise, he was right, which gave his confidence another boost.
But Ge Zhou kept drawing books for the following questions, only changing the pictures on the covers.
Ge Qing wondered why it was another book.
He was losing his mind. Why? Why were they all books? There were so many possibilities. How could he possibly guess them all?
In the end, he only got five right. Ge Qing was satisfied, at least, though Ge Zhou looked at his older brother as if he were a hopeless case.
Ge Qing reached out and squished his little brother's cheeks. "What's with that look? What kid likes nothing but books?"
Liking books was one thing, but alongside the age-appropriate ones were books meant for older readers. With such a mixed selection, getting five right was already pretty good.
"You can't understand those books yet, can you?" Ge Qing asked.
"But I can read the words. I write down what I don't understand, and I'll look it up myself when I'm older." My brother is so dumb, Ge Zhou thought.
Ge Qing had to concede. "You're impressive." He knew his brother liked reading, but hadn't realized he liked it this much.
The other three children also gazed at Ge Zhou in admiration, chattering among themselves about how amazing their big brother Zhouzhou was.
Once Ge Qing and his brother returned to their places, it was Chen Ran's turn. Although he and the award-winning actress Zi had arrived together, Chen Ran had been a little earlier.
Chen Ran's questions were interesting too. Tiantian liked all sorts of braids and clothes, so her questions were about those things.
Tiantian knew the things she liked well, and every drawing she made was wonderfully lifelike.
As Chen Ran guessed, he thought, Thank goodness I crammed all those braid styles in the car just now. Otherwise, I'd have been done for in this round.
Although he couldn't braid hair, he could remember the names of the styles, and he knew a little about clothes too, so he got seven questions right.
The last team was Zi Yiting and Feifei. Zi Yiting felt a little nervous as she stepped up, knowing she had been busy with work these past two years and hadn't given her child much attention.
For the first question, Feifei drew the outline of a dress, then added some decorative details.
Zi Yiting was delighted. She knew this one and confidently gave her answer.
But as the game continued, there were several questions she couldn't answer. In the end, she got four right.
Feifei came back down looking a little sad. She knew her mother didn't understand her very well, but it still hurt.
Zi Yiting crouched down and pulled Feifei into her arms, saying gently, "Sweetheart, I'm sorry. Mommy won't let this happen again."
She had decided to join this show precisely because she had realized she hadn't done enough for her daughter.
Feeling her mother's arms around her, Feifei grew less upset. A smile slowly appeared on her face, and she gave a firm "Okay."
That brought Draw and Guess to an end.
The director stepped forward. "Now that the game is over, we'll assign the houses according to your scores. Yuyu's family gets the best one, followed by Tiantian's, and so on."
Seeing that Zhouzhou's place might not have a bathroom, Lu Yu whispered, "You can sneak over to my room to wash, Zhouzhou."
Unfortunately, the director still caught him. "You can't borrow another guest's bathroom. If you do, you'll have to pay double too."
Ge Zhou was just about to say it was fine, since they could do some work in exchange. But after hearing the director, Lu Yu gave him a sweet smile and slowly edged away from him.
Ge Zhou was speechless. I was going to turn you down anyway, but aren't you leaving a little too quickly?
Under Ge Zhou's gaze, Lu Yu gave a guilty smile. Being broke was a real problem.
Tiantian, who had been planning to do the same thing, quietly abandoned the idea after hearing that.
"All right, everyone, go unpack your things first. The production team will provide lunch today."
After all, with all the time spent traveling here, it wasn't realistic to make the guests earn money and prepare lunch themselves as well.
Everyone relaxed at that and carried their luggage to their rooms.
Once they had finished unpacking and come back down, they gathered to discuss their houses.
Shen Zeyu's and Chen Ran's places were relatively nice. Neither Ge Qing's nor Zi Yiting's had a bathroom, and they had no air conditioning either, only fans.
They spent lunch complaining about the production team, which quickly helped them get to know one another.
Not long after they had finished eating and taken a short break, the director stepped forward. "Since everyone's finished lunch, it's time to start our afternoon activity."
The afternoon activity was neither particularly hard nor particularly easy. Each family received a starting budget of 100 yuan, and that money had to cover tonight's dinner and all of tomorrow's meals.
Pooling three or four families' money would actually be enough, but the town was some distance away. If they wanted to buy groceries, the production team wouldn't provide a vehicle, so they would have to figure out how to get there themselves.
"Of course, you can also help out at the villagers' homes in exchange for food. What work you do will be entirely up to the villagers."
After discussing it, they decided to help out at the villagers' homes. They would buy what they could and work in exchange for whatever they couldn't.
Once they had agreed, they were about to split up when Zi Yiting said, "If you don't mind me asking, how good is everyone at cooking?" Someone would have to know how to cook the food they earned.
"Just so you know, I can only make things like vegetable salad," Zi Yiting said.
"I can just about manage scrambled eggs with tomatoes." That was the only dish Chen Ran knew how to make.
"I can't cook anything, but I can help," Ge Qing said quietly.
Shen Zeyu was the only one who hadn't spoken. All three turned to stare at him.
Shen Zeyu was speechless.
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