After lunch, everyone took a short rest before preparing to continue their efforts.
"Jingxing, are we picking fruit again this afternoon?"
Zhuo Fan found the fruit picking quite interesting in the morning and wanted to experience it again.
"Mhm," Ye Jingxing thought that way, Nuannuan could sit and play by the side without getting too tired.
"Add me to the two of you!" Chen Yi naturally wanted to follow Ye Jingxing, so she would have more camera time.
"Okay!"
"Brother Fang, are you coming with us?" Zhuo Fan turned to look at Fang Zhongwen.
"I'll go clean the pigsty."
Fang Zhongwen seemed to be obsessed with the pigsty. He felt that doing this earned him more money, and with the experience from the morning, he should be much faster this afternoon.
"Alright, you take your time cleaning."
Seeing Fang Zhongwen so insistent on the pigsty, the two men found it amusing. However, a hint of disdain flickered in Chen Yi's eyes.
The afternoon sun was much more intense than in the morning. Ye Jingxing and Zhuo Fan decided to let the two children rest in a shady spot.
"Xingxing, you stay here with Nuannuan, okay? Daddy and Uncle Ye will be nearby. Don't wander off."
"Mhm, Daddy, don't worry, I'll take good care of Nuannuan," Zhuo Wenxing promised Zhuo Fan, puffing out his chest.
"Thank you, Wenxing." Ye Jingxing also smiled at him warmly.
"Fourth Uncle, can we help you pack grapes too!" Nuannuan blinked at Ye Jingxing.
"Mhm, Daddy, we can help too," Zhuo Wenxing added, nodding.
"Okay, we'll let you help."
"Teacher Chen, can Jiajia stay with the two children here as well? It would be good for them to look out for each other," Zhuo Fan saw Chen Yi behind them and thought it would be good to include her.
"No need. Jiajia wants to follow me to pick grapes." Chen Yi, fully geared up, stood to the side and refused without a second thought.
"Mom..." Zheng Jiajia looked up at her mother, hesitating to speak.
"But it's quite hot, the child..."
Zhuo Fan looked at Zheng Jiajia's expression and wanted to persuade her, but Ye Jingxing nudged him discreetly. Ye Jingxing gave him a look, signaling him to stop talking.
"Oh, alright then, let's get started!"
Receiving the signal, Zhuo Fan didn't say any more. After all, it was their business, and he couldn't interfere too much.
"I'm so annoyed! Jiajia is still so young, what can she possibly help with?"
"There must be a reason for the pitiable."
"Zhuo Fan is still too straightforward. Fortunately, brother stopped him."
"If you say too much to Chen Yi with her personality, she'll probably blame you for meddling!"
The vineyard was a bit quiet for a moment, with only the busy figures of the three guests and the female workers picking grapes.
"Big sister, you guys are quite fast!" Zhuo Fan, unable to keep his mouth shut, started chatting with the neighboring female worker after a short while.
"We're used to it." The big sister next to him was a bit reserved, encountering a TV crew for the first time.
"Big sister, how do you calculate your wages here?"
"Five yuan per basket, just like you. We only come during harvest season, so it's just earning some extra money," the big sister said, chuckling.
"How many baskets can you pick in a day?"
"Eighty or ninety baskets are not a problem."
"So many?"
"Mine isn't even that much. You guys are just not skilled yet."
"Jingxing, if I had their skills, we'd order the entire menu from start to finish today and exhaust the director."
"The director won't be exhausted to death, but you might exhaust the chef to death," Ye Jingxing hit the nail on the head.
"I regret it a little now."
Ye Jingxing said something out of the blue.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Zhuo Fan was a bit confused.
"It would have been great if I hadn't given the money to the director this morning. The director only said I couldn't use my own money to order, but I could hire them to pick for me!
Then I could take the grapes they picked and settle the bill with the boss, right? That wouldn't be my money then, would it?"
Ye Jingxing regretted it more as he thought about it.
"Yeah! And I could benefit from it too!" Zhuo Fan slapped his thigh.
"Unfortunately, I didn't think of that at the time," Ye Jingxing shook his head helplessly.
"Fourth Uncle, drink water~"
Just then, Nuannuan, carrying her small water bottle, toddled over.
"Thank you, Nuannuan. You keep it to drink! Fourth Uncle isn't thirsty." Ye Jingxing reached out to stroke Nuannuan's head, but then realized his hands were dirty with gloves on, so he retracted his hand.
"Fourth Uncle, do you want money?" Nuannuan looked at Ye Jingxing innocently.
"Yes! If only Fourth Uncle hadn't given the money to the director this morning."
"Nuannuan has it!" Nuannuan tugged at Ye Jingxing's hand.
Ye Jingxing and Zhuo Fan exchanged a look, and then Ye Jingxing squatted down to look at Nuannuan.
"Nuannuan, you still have money?"
"Yes~ Uncle gave it to Nuannuan."
Nuannuan was referring to Ye Jingchen's red envelope. Ye Jinghuai had given it to Nuannuan directly at the time, without considering whether a three-year-old child would know how to use money, especially since he would even give her a black card.
"Where is it?" Zhuo Fan's eyes lit up at this moment.
"Here~" Nuannuan pointed to her small water bottle.
Ye Jingxing thought: Nuannuan is still a child, she probably remembers the money hidden inside.
"Nuannuan, the money inside was already given to Uncle Director this morning. Fourth Uncle asked you, don't you remember?"
"Fourth Uncle, Nuannuan is only three years old and has a very good memory! It's the butler grandpa who has a bad memory!" Nuannuan retorted, crossing her arms defiantly.
Li Shu, watching from in front of the screen, blushed deeply.
After speaking, she let Ye Jingxing hold the water bottle. Her small hand fumbled around the neck of the bottle, touching a cartoon decoration. With a slight twist, it snapped open.
"Click!" The outer shell and the inner core separated.
This children's water bottle was designed to allow for interchangeable outer shells. This way, one could buy a water bottle and switch its appearance anytime, which was very suitable for children who easily got bored with things.
At this moment, the detached outer shell revealed two red bills tightly stuck to its inner wall.
"Oh my god! Am I watching a parenting show? Am I? Am I?"
"My scalp is tingling, brother. She's too good at hiding money."
"Nuannuan, are you a reincarnated secret agent!"
"I think the director is going to be furious this time."
"I don't care about anything else, I just want to know where to buy this water bottle."
"Please provide the link."
"How could this happen? Ah! Whose kettle is this, and which company designed it like this? Ah? From now on, guests are not allowed to bring anything except their clothes." The director was jumping with anger in the courtyard.
"Nuannuan, how did you think of that?" Ye Jingxing asked with surprise.
"Yeah! Nuannuan, little darling, you're amazing!"
"Fourth Uncle, you're so silly! Nuannuan already said, don't put all your eggs in one basket. Third Uncle also said, a rabbit has three burrows."
Nuannuan adorably held up three fingers to the two of them.
"It's 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows,' isn't it?" Ye Jingxing chuckled.
He wondered what that black fox, his third brother, was filling Nuannuan's head with. Nuannuan was becoming more and more mischievous.
Ye Jingming, far away in Country A, watched Nuannuan on the screen with a hint of pride on his face. She was indeed his niece, Ye Jingming's niece.
"Mhm~" Nuannuan nodded.
"Nuannuan, do you have more? Quickly take it out," Zhuo Fan continued to ask.
"Uncle Zhuo, Nuannuan's money is to keep for Fourth Uncle! And Nuannuan really doesn't have any more! Fourth Uncle, Nuannuan has done her best!" Nuannuan looked at them earnestly.
"Nuannuan, Fourth Uncle really loves you to death." Ye Jingxing hugged Nuannuan excitedly and kissed her several times.
Having received affection from her handsome Fourth Uncle, Nuannuan beamed.
"Hey~ Fourth Uncle, you don't have to be so enthusiastic, this is what Nuannuan should do." She waved her little hands as if resigned.
With money in hand, Ye Jingxing and Zhuo Fan hired two elder sisters to help pick grapes, while they themselves sat under the grapevines, playing and laughing.
It was also fortunate that Chen Yi deliberately kept her distance, otherwise, she would have had to be included, which Ye Jingxing really didn't want.
"Chen Yi is going to be so angry she could die."
"Who told her to try to exploit her child and deliberately take her away to pick grapes."
"She said on Weibo that it's to cultivate her daughter's hands-on ability and not to spoil her child."
"Selfish, and then making excuses."
"I don't think she's wrong either! And she wasn't exploiting her, was she? Jiajia was just following her, catching the grapes."
"There are many ways to cultivate hands-on ability. Setting aside other things, with this scorching heat, even an adult like her is complaining about heatstroke, wouldn't the child also get heatstroke?"
"Exactly! If she really wanted to cultivate hands-on ability, Zheng Jiajia is already five years old, and she's still being fed by her at the dining table. Nuannuan is only three, but she always eats by herself. Brother spoils Nuannuan enough, right? That's what not spoiling means."
"I think you guys are thinking too badly of her."
"Alright, don't argue. Whether she loves her child or not is none of our business. Isn't everyone enjoying Nuannuan's cuteness?"