In the bamboo grove chosen by the Ye Family, the number of bamboo shoots was relatively abundant.
Ye Xuxu and Ye Qingyin worked hard to dig out their first bamboo shoot.
Although Ye Qingyin could not see the feedback from the barrage, judging from the smile on the vj’s face, the audience’s evaluation must have been positive.
She lowered her head and curved her lips into a proud smile.
Everything was going according to plan.
She immediately called out to Ye Xuxu, “Very good, baby. Let’s keep it up! You should also go help Uncle Ji over there, okay?”
Naturally, the guests also needed to be won over.
Ye Xuxu nodded and obediently walked toward that side.
She raised her hoe again and began digging. She used only thirty percent of her strength, but her expression needed to show seventy percent.
However, as she continued digging, something began to feel off.
The smile on the vj’s face gradually disappeared, and his brows even furrowed!
Most importantly, he started adjusting the camera angle, focusing more on Xuxu and Ji Qingyu!
Did this mean the audience was no longer impressed by her steady hard work, and they had no choice but to focus on interactions instead?
Why?!
Who among the guests could possibly outshine her in digging bamboo shoots?
The vj did not realize that his expression had already revealed the direction of the comments.
When he was assigned to the Ye Family, he had been quite happy.
Before the show aired, during the analysis of trending topics, the Ye Family had been predicted to be the most likely to become the most popular family in the parenting reality show.
The child was adorable, the mother had a positive persona, and with Shang He’s one-sided pursuit, along with Film Emperor Shen’s care—
They were expected to become a popular CP.
Yet since the broadcast began, the child’s spotlight had been stolen, and Shang He had been criticized for grabbing Shang Ruoshui’s arm.
Most crucially, for some unknown reason, Film Emperor Shen had publicly kicked the Ye Family aside and chosen the An Family instead!
With that, all their advantages had instantly become useless!
In this bamboo shoot digging competition, he could tell from Ye Qingyin’s posture that she had come prepared.
Being capable of farm work and hardworking would have added to her personal charm and positive image.
He had also cooperated fully, using camera language to amplify this aspect.
At the beginning, everything had gone as expected. The momentum was good, and the popularity suppressed by the An Family had slightly rebounded.
But for some reason, the barrage gradually began to decrease.
Until he saw a particular comment:
—After checking all four livestream rooms, honestly, even if you combine the other four families, none of them can dig faster than Sister An!
Only then did he understand!
This skill of digging bamboo shoots had been mastered by someone else!
And it was their rival—the An Family!!
He knew in his heart that the popularity had already shifted to the An Family. In this digging competition, the Ye Family would most likely end up as mere background again.
However, as a professional cameraman, he quickly adjusted the focus of his camera work.
He could only hope to recover a bit through the interaction between Ji Qingyu and Ye Xuxu.
In the bamboo grove area of the An Family.
Although Shen Yanjing had filmed in harsh environments before, he had truly grown up in luxury.
He had never actually done farm work.
He kept his goal in mind—to build a relationship with An Zhe—and stayed closely behind the child.
As An Zhe turned around with a hoe, he nearly bumped into Shen Yanjing’s leg.
Sighing, he pointed at the small mound of soil behind those long legs. “You’re blocking the bamboo shoot.”
Shen Yanjing, holding his hoe and basket, quickly stepped aside.
An Zhe took two steps forward and brushed away the loose soil on top with his hands, revealing the tip of a bamboo shoot.
He felt delighted and turned around to get his tools.
Thud!
This time, he really bumped into those familiar long legs.
An Zhe took a deep breath, pressed his lips together, and pointed behind the long legs at the basket and hoe that already held several bamboo shoots.
“You’re blocking my tools again.”
To save effort, he did not carry the basket around. He only fetched his tools after confirming the location of a shoot.
“Oh, sorry.”
Shen Yanjing turned around, hooked the mini-sized basket and hoe with one hand, and handed them to the child.
After taking them, An Zhe began digging.
Shen Yanjing hurried forward. “I’ll help you.”
With one swing of the hoe—
Crack!
The crisp sound of a bamboo shoot snapping.
An Zhe: …
He could not take it anymore!
“Stop following me. Go help Mom!” His little face flushed red with anger!
Such a grown person, yet he could not see the bamboo shoot at his feet, nor the basket at his feet—and even managed to break the shoot while digging.
I am truly speechless!
—Hahaha, even Film Emperor Shen has a day of being disliked. So cute~
—Honestly, An Zhe baby is really capable. His hands never stop, and even his hair is soaked with sweat.
—What exactly is the hidden connection between the Shen family and the An Family mother and son? The more I look at them, the more they resemble each other.
—We’re watching bamboo shoot digging—stop going off-topic, okay? Our brother definitely has nothing to do with this An Shijiu!
The unknown biological father and son created an especially “harmonious” scene together.
But within the same frame, as the vj adjusted the angle, most of the shot shifted to An Shijiu—and the atmosphere changed instantly.
In a moment, it went from a warm parent-child scene to a pure labor livestream!
An Shijiu’s orange-pink hair stood out vividly among the lush green bamboo grove.
She raised her hoe high, the metallic sheen flashing in the air before it came crashing down heavily!
Thud!
Soil flew everywhere as the metal head of the hoe sank completely into the ground under absolute force.
Her arms moved like a relentless machine.
In just a few swift motions, she dug out a complete fresh bamboo shoot.
—So satisfying!!!!
—This is so stress-relieving!!
—There’s one there, over there—ah! Shijiu saw it, she dug it out—I feel satisfied!
—The moment it comes out is truly satisfying.
—And I noticed she can see every little mound of soil we spot. Sister, sharp eyes and quick hands!
—Her strength is insane. Others struggle for ages, and she gets it done in two or three swings!
—Where are those people who said she never did manual labor? This is dimensional suppression!!
—Her gaze is so determined, like she’s about to join the Party!
—Lend me your sharp eyes! I couldn’t see a single mound you guys mentioned—I’m completely confused.
The vj tried hard to suppress his laughter.
He truly had not expected the barrage to take such a turn.
But honestly, even he found himself mesmerized watching An Shijiu dig bamboo shoots.
Spotting a hidden mound—satisfying!
Brushing away the loose topsoil—satisfying!
Precisely digging with three swings—satisfying!
And the crisp sound when the shoot came out—that was the most satisfying of all!!!
What pleased him most was that the popularity this time was unprecedentedly high, and compared to before, the barrage had become much more positive.
Most of the comments were from casual viewers!
The An Family was about to gain a huge wave of new fans!
Occasionally, mentions of other livestream rooms in the barrage revealed the situations of the other families.
Shang He had previously hosted variety shows and was very familiar with such routines.
Instead of properly digging bamboo shoots, he kept asking Manager He Yun’er questions in an interview-like manner.
He might have been trying to create interaction and variety show effects, but his tone was full of condescension. Moreover, the entertainment industry had long since moved past his outdated methods.
There was hardly anything good in the barrage. The few praises were directed only at Shang Ruoshui.
At present, his was the least popular among all the families.
The Lin Family and the Xing Family were also working steadily, but it was obvious that neither had ever done manual labor. They worked for a while and then rested.
Their popularity ranked near the bottom as well.
Strangely, the Gu Family’s popularity suddenly surged, even surpassing the second-place Ye Family at certain moments.