Chapter 662: Chapter 5: The Cannon Fodder Starlet Who Gives Up on Struggling (Part 5)

The people around looked on in amazement.

Jiang Qu didn’t have time to watch with them, because as the main force, he needed to hold the bag on the side and fill it with wheat.

The fifteen-year-old boy had some strength, and his expensive T-shirt had long been dyed a shade of grayish-blue, his forehead and body drenched with sweat, his vision blurred from being soaked.

But he didn’t say a word, silently following along.

[Wow, Jiang Qu seems to have some skills.]

[Those who said Jiang Lai can only start things but can’t handle them, come out and take your punishment!]

[Jiang Qu looks pitiful, that T-shirt on him must be worth over ten thousand, but now it’s just a rag.]

[These siblings aren’t as useless as you say they are...]

[Do you still believe this show doesn’t have a script? Which female celebrity can drive a harvester? They definitely practiced beforehand.]

[You guys haven’t heard about Jiang Lai joining the crew with funding, have you?]

[Joining with funding? Do tell more!]

Jiang Qu was about to collapse from exhaustion.

He kept signaling to Jiang Lai with his eyes, that he was tired and needed a break.

But the wheat was flowing down like water from a sluice, giving him no time to catch his breath.

Why does it take so much wheat just for breakfast!

Is she planning to open a bakery!

The wheat field wasn’t big, just about three to four hundred square meters, and because of the sun, the wheat grains had already dried on the stalks.

Once harvested, it filled only seven or eight agricultural bags.

Jiang Qu leaned against the bags, swaying, after all, he was a pampered city boy who had never done such physical labor before.

But he didn’t dare to call it quits.

Because if he opened his mouth, he’d have to bark like a dog.

So, even if it killed him, he wouldn’t say a word!

He couldn’t let Jiang Lai triumph!

"Tired?"

"..."

"Not speaking means you’re not tired, alright then, let’s load them onto the tractor and go thresh and grind the wheat."

"!!!"

The nearest village had a place for collecting wheat, offering grinding services either for payment or wheat in exchange.

The warehouse still had a Wuling Hongguang, old and rusty, parked in a corner, obviously left there for a long, long time.

Jiang Lai looked at the director.

"Are there any keys?"

The director realized and immediately arranged for someone to bring the keys to her.

"You can drive... this?"

This thing isn’t something just anyone can get going, especially on the bumpy roads leading to the village, some paths could only be navigated following the tracks of cars before, a little carelessness could easily flip the vehicle.

Jiang Lai nodded.

"I can, don’t worry, I have a license."

With the keys in hand, Jiang Lai folded down the back seats, then with Jiang Qu together.

"Let me do it."

Jiang Qu frowned and finally spoke like a human.

It was indeed human words, so Jiang Lai didn’t mind that he broke his promise to bark like a dog.

The fifteen-year-old had plenty of strength, he could easily lift a hundred-plus pound bag of wheat onto the vehicle.

[Wow, suddenly Jiang Qu seems kind of handsome, what’s going on?]

[He was a child star, of course he’s handsome, but sometimes he doesn’t act like a person.]

[What’s going on? Are these siblings trying to follow in Huanhuan and Lu Ming’s footsteps?]

[Jiang Qu won’t keep up the act for long, his temper is always bad, there was even a video leaked before showing him hitting people, smoking, and having tattoos, he’s basically a degenerate.]

[Watch your words, or you’ll get sued for slander.]

The rumors about Jiang Qu outside were really bad.

Because he was indeed very easily emotionally unstable, and acted without regard for the occasion, doing whatever he wanted.

As a child star, he had the looks, the acting skills, and a fan base, but most people didn’t think too highly of him, there was even a group of anti-fans who banded together to ban Jiang Qu, wanting him out of the entertainment circle.

The brother was covered in scandals, and the sister wasn’t willing to lag behind, with negative news about her, like piggybacking on sponsors, plastic surgery, resource grabbing, and being overbooked being spread around vividly.

Of course, being in the entertainment circle, who can be without scandals?

Jiang Lai took it all in stride, but Jiang Qu was different.

He was sensitive and irritable, but mostly managed to control it, unless someone deliberately provoked him, then it was easy to anger him.

Jiang Lai looked at him and sighed.

"Each grain is hard to come by, do you understand that now?"

Jiang Qu looked at her suspiciously, his eyes clearly conveying: You’re crazy.

Luckily the siblings weren’t close, so he didn’t find Jiang Lai’s change unusual.

The Wuling Hongguang’s passenger seat, a filming camera was installed right above the siblings.

The road to the village was downhill, including a winding mountain road, just recently built, rarely had cars passing by, Jiang Lai drove the old Wuling Hongguang smoothly.

[Say what you will, but her driving skills are truly impressive.]

[What’s the big deal, didn’t Huanhuan also help drive the car up when she first joined the show?]

[All these pretty sisters are amazing, what’s to argue about?]

[Anyway, I feel like Jiang Lai is always keeping up an act, she clearly looks fake.] 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

[She’s just driving her brother alone on such a dangerous mountain road? Isn’t she afraid of flipping it?]

In the car, seeing the sharp turn approaching, Jiang Lai didn’t brake, Jiang Qu instinctively gripped his seatbelt, holding his breath.

At that moment, the Wuling Hongguang tail-flicked, smoothly navigating the mountain road turn.

From there, it was a straight downhill road leading directly to the village.

Jiang Qu let out a breath, quietly glancing at Jiang Lai.

She was quite impressive.

Upon reaching the place collecting grain, Jiang Lai carried the bags down.

"I’ll keep one bag for ourselves, sell the rest."

After a back and forth trip, the wheat was sold at a rate of 1.3 yuan per jin.

In total, there was over five hundred jin, and after deducting the cost of threshing and grinding, Jiang Lai ended up with seven hundred yuan.

Half a bag of flour was loaded back onto the car, before leaving, Jiang Lai asked.

"Boss, where’s the market around here?"

"Keep going straight, then turn south and you’ll find it."

Jiang Lai drove straight to the market, looking at the rural market ahead, items on the ground were mostly farming goods and poultry.

Jiang Lai bought some oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, along with spring onions, ginger, and garlic, also some rice and meat, then headed straight to a nearby bedding store.

Two soft mats, two mosquito nets, and two thin quilts, finally haggling a deal for an oscillating fan.

With everything bought, there was still some money left.

Jiang Qu thought they could go back now, but unexpectedly Jiang Lai headed straight for a roadside snack stand.

"Boss, two bowls of noodles."

Jiang Qu looked at her, in disbelief.

You can do that?

Seeing his thoughts, Jiang Lai casually said.

"I never said I couldn’t eat other things, I’ll still make breakfast."

The noodles were served, a large bowl filled with soup, Jiang Lai grabbed the chopsticks and started eating heartily.

Jiang Qu was also starving, from yesterday till now he hadn’t had a bite, combined with the morning’s hard work, he was almost faint from hunger.