Chapter 90
On the ancient street, after the fog had dissipated, the specialty stalls and various shops gradually came back to life.
The whole street seemed to have been lifted from a ban in an instant, slowly moving, with a bit of the feel of a bustling commercial street.
The recording location chosen by the director was at the entrance of the ancient city street.
At this time, it was still early, and the fog had just dissipated, so there were not many tourists visiting the ancient city.
The guests stood at the entrance of the street, quietly listening to the director announce the rules of this episode with a megaphone.
Zhaozhao, on the other hand, had his big, round eyes wide open, looking left and right. After finding Tiantian, he couldn’t wait to go over and ask:
“Little brother Tiantian, why didn’t you come to the recording last time?”
Because of the hit TV series, Tiantian had to participate in other variety show recordings, not only missing several variety show live streams but also the last episode’s on-site recording.
Tiantian pressed his lips together, his chubby baby fat puffed out. He thought for a while, looked at the four little friends staring at him with expectant eyes, and let out a small sigh.
“Because I’m a little star now. I have a lot of events to attend and don’t have time.”
With that, he even spread his small hands, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
Zhaozhao had a celebrity father and had been influenced by him, so he naturally knew what this meant.
He let out an exaggerated “wow,” his little eyes filled with sparkling admiration.
“Tiantian, you’re so amazing!”
Hutou also couldn’t help but say:
“Tiantian even acted in a TV series. I saw him on TV two days ago!”
Xiaowan nodded frantically. Her originally introverted and shy personality temporarily became extroverted, and she chattered on and on:
“Tiantian, did you meet a lot of big stars when you were filming? Is big sister Song Xinxue as beautiful as she is on TV? I saw you in the variety show trailer on TV too!”
The variety show that Tiantian had recorded last time was going to be broadcast in a few days, and it was currently being promoted on TV.
The other children were also full of curiosity, surrounding Tiantian and chattering.
They completely ignored the director uncle who was standing in front, announcing the rules of the variety show.
It wasn’t until a heavy cough sounded.
“Little friends, did you hear what I said?”
The director was an uncle with a square face and yellow skin, with a green stubble on his chin. He bent down and suddenly appeared above the children.
The several children were startled and screamed, running away like little chicks.
The director let out a puzzled “hey,” touched his face, and couldn’t help but ask the cameraman:
“Can such a handsome face like mine also be disliked?”
The post-production teacher P’d a row of crows flying by on this scene, followed by six small black dots.
The audience also couldn’t help but send a series of “hahaha”s in the comment section.
After this commotion, the children finally stopped surrounding Tiantian and started to do the tasks with their parents.
Their main task today was to find the old craftsmen hidden in the street, become their apprentices, and learn their skills.
The production team had arranged five groups of craftsmen in the street early in the morning, just waiting for the guests to find them according to the instructions on the hint cards.
The hint card that Tiantian and his brother got had a cute national comic character drawn on it.
Shen Jinfeng and Tiantian squatted at the corner of the street, like two round balls, one big and one small. They poked their heads out and studied the hint card for a long time.
“What does this mean?”
Tiantian looked left and right, then held the card and compared it with the shops selling things on the street, but didn’t find any similarities.
Shen Tiantian scratched his head, then shook his head hard.
“Oh my, I’m going to grow a brain.”
A hint of amusement appeared in Shen Jinfeng’s handsome features. He tapped the little one’s forehead and told him not to be a clown.
“Alright, let’s go into the street first and start from the first shop. I think it should be a shop that sells anime merchandise.”
This anime was quite popular in the national comic circle. Many merchandise such as small cards, badges, and ita bags had been released, and even an outsider like Shen Jinfeng had heard of it.
Shen Tiantian followed his brother, his hands tucked in from the cold, his hat covering most of his little face, revealing a pair of round, dark eyes.
Halfway through, Tiantian met big sister Xixi and her mother.
Xixi’s group was very lucky. They had successfully found the master they were going to be apprenticed to not long after they came in and were learning to make lanterns.
Tiantian looked up at the colorful and exquisite lanterns in the shop and couldn’t help but let out a “wow.”
Xixi had been forced by her mother to take many classes before, including several handicraft classes, but this was her first time making a lantern.
Seeing the mother and daughter in a flurry, Tiantian didn’t disturb them anymore.
Tiantian held his brother’s hand and searched the shops one by one. For a moment, his short little legs turned into a pinwheel.
Unfortunately, after walking through most of the street, they still hadn’t seen any shops related to the anime character.
The other children had already found their masters one after another and had started to learn.
Tiantian was like a headless fly, so anxious that he spun around on the spot several times, and was so dizzy he almost walked back.
Fortunately, Shen Jinfeng had a good brain and remembered the way. He reached out and held the little one’s head, turning him back to the correct path.
“Go left. We just walked through the right.”
Tiantian said “oh oh” twice and continued to run forward with his head down.
After searching the whole street, they still hadn’t found any related shops or stalls.
Tiantian blinked his eyes, stood at the end of the street, and looked at his brother, and his brother looked at him.
Four eyes, dazed.
“It shouldn’t be. Did we miss a shop?”
Shen Jinfeng took a deep breath, thought carefully, and thought that they had searched quite seriously.
And the shops and stalls of the masters all had hidden cameras. If they had really found them, they should have been able to notice.
The production team watched as the two of them stood on the street, stunned, the cold wind rustling and a dry leaf slowly rolling by.
The director couldn’t help but laugh and went over to remind them:
“Why don’t you turn back and look?”
Tiantian said foolishly:
“But we’ve already searched everywhere. Director uncle, could it be that the master has waited too long and is not willing to take us in?”
He was worried, his little brows furrowed like a caterpillar, and he let out a heavy sigh.
“It seems that big brother is not cute enough. The master doesn’t like him.”
Shen Jinfeng, who was in the middle of thinking, had three black lines on his forehead. He reached out and hit Shen Tiantian’s head hard.
“You say that one more time?”
Shen Tiantian covered his head, pouted, and moved his little feet a few steps away from his brother.
Grumpy big brother.
No wonder the master doesn’t like him!
And Shen Jinfeng, with the production team’s hint, had a flash of inspiration and quickly took Shen Tiantian back to the entrance of the street.
Sure enough, there was a very inconspicuous small stall at the entrance of the street.
Various small dough figurines were stuck on the stall, including animals, anime, and cartoon characters, all very lifelike.
The small dough figurine of the anime character drawn on their hint card was stuck right in the middle of the stall.
The stall owner was a rather interesting old man. He was sitting in his rocking chair. When he saw the two brothers run back, panting, he let out an “oh my.”
“These two blind people. They don’t even know how to look back.”
They just walked forward with their heads down, without looking back at all.
At the very beginning, the stall owner had watched as the two brothers walked into the street without looking back, so anxious that he almost directly called out to stop them.
Shen Tiantian took a big breath, and his puffed-up little belly contracted again.
“Master, please take me in!”
With that, he knelt down with a plop.
It directly stunned both Shen Jinfeng and the old master.
“What are you doing, kid?” The old master was quite scared.
Shen Tiantian, on the other hand, pouted, let out a whimper, and looked up.
“My legs are soft, and I can’t get up!”
After running through the street twice with his head down, it would be strange if his legs weren’t soft!
Shen Jinfeng held back his laughter, gritted his teeth, and didn’t laugh out loud. He reached out to pull Shen Tiantian up.
“Old master, are you willing to teach us how to make dough figurines?”
According to the production team’s requirements, the old master still had to test the two of them.
But the old master looked up and saw Shen Tiantian’s teary eyes. Afraid that this little kid would kneel down to him again, he wiped away his imaginary sweat and nodded.
“I am, I am. Hurry up and don’t waste any more time. The others are about to finish their work.”
The old master was also an impatient person. He rolled up his sleeves and began to explain to them in detail how to make dough figurines.
Shen Tiantian sat on the steps on the side, propped up his little face, and stared at the master’s hands without blinking.
He watched as a piece of dough turned into a pink little pig in the old master’s hands, and the whole cub was stunned.
“Wow, master, you know magic!”
Shen Tiantian made a gesture with his two little fingers, placed them on his temples, and shouted “buibui” twice.
“Change, change, change!”
Unfortunately, the dough in front of him was still a lump of dough, with no reaction.
Tiantian felt that it might be because his magic was not good enough.
He sighed in disappointment. He looked up and heard the director team’s hint:
“Another group has already finished a product.”
Each of their groups had to complete at least two products.
As soon as Shen Tiantian heard this, he stomped his foot on the spot, rolled up his sleeves, and revealed a section of his white, lotus root-like little arm.
“I’m going to start!”
He puffed out his little cheeks, his features serious, as if he could get the little dough figurine with a single move!
Shen Jinfeng, on the side, slapped his head, unable to watch. He reached out and pulled his sleeves down.
It’s so cold in the middle of winter, with the wind howling, and he still wants to expose a section of his arm. Isn’t he afraid of catching a cold?
Shen Tiantian sucked in his belly, squatted down with unusual seriousness, and started to knead a piece of dough.
The camera even gave a big close-up of the dough in his hands.
More than ten minutes later.
A bizarre little dough figurine was born.
The style could not be defined. In general, it was colorful and strange-shaped.
Tiantian even provided his own “dang dang dang dang” sound effect, held up the little dough figurine, his little tuft of hair sticking up, and looked at the old master.
“Master, master, I’m done.”
The finished product had to be inspected by the master to be considered qualified.
The old master carefully looked at the lump of stuff in Shen Tiantian’s hand and shook his head with an “ew.”
“It’s really ugly.”
Tiantian nodded, his eyes shining.
“That’s right, that’s right. The name of the little dough figurine I made is called Ugly Thing.”
Old master: “…”
“Are you taking a shortcut?!”
The old master was so angry at Shen Tiantian that he was blowing his beard and glaring.
But seeing that half a day had passed and the two of them still couldn’t make a decent dough figurine, the old master finally held his nose and accepted this ugly thing.
“Alright, let’s say you’ve made one.”
Seeing Shen Tiantian’s eyes light up, the old master added:
“You’re not allowed to make it like this next time!”
The light in Shen Tiantian’s eyes dimmed. He obediently said “oh,” took the small dough, and started his clumsy operation again.
He pinched and pinched with his chubby little hands, and in the end, he could only pinch the dough into a round lump.
After working hard for a long time, it was Shen Jinfeng whose hands were more skillful. He made a very simple little yellow duck.
The old master looked at these two works, shook his head and sighed.
“Forget it, let’s just leave it at that.”
These two untalented students immediately cheered.
Shen Tiantian even jumped up on the spot, so happy that he almost fell on his bottom.
