Huayu Chef

072 Donkey Donkey Donkey Curved Neck Singing to the Sky

Grandpa Yu is known as the "Queen of Crosstalk." He became very popular in the early 2000s. This year, he and Teacher Guo performed the crosstalk "The Prodigal Son" on the Spring Festival Gala, spending a happy and peaceful Spring Festival with people all over the country, and making more and more people remember Grandpa Yu.

Upon learning that Grandpa Yu was coming to eat a whole donkey feast, Jingjing, Zhuangzhuang, the senior students from the directing department, and the second senior student were all surprised, excited, and looking forward to it, and kept asking Teacher Guo if he was coming.

Teacher Guo was busy drinking tea and singing, so he didn't have time to eat a whole donkey feast.

Without Guo, there's one less source of fun.

Some of them were even hoping to get a free performance of Guo Degang and Yu Sheng's crosstalk show.

While we may have high hopes, we can't neglect our business.

Following the original route, Zhang Jinxuan, Yang Zi, and their group of six visited the Zhili Governor-General's Office and the Ancient Lotus Pond in turn. They had brunch at the Yong Sheng Hao restaurant and then drove to the donkey farm.

The owner of the donkey farm is surnamed Zhao, named Zhao Guoying, and is an old Baoding resident.

His daughter is the "Donkey Farm Beauty" that the directing major mentioned. She has a lovely name, Zhao Jingsu, and she's exceptionally beautiful.

Before coming out to greet Zhang Jinxuan and the others, she had put on makeup. She had a slightly long oval face with delicate features. Her loose blue work clothes could not hide her curvaceous figure. Her long black hair was tied into a tight and neat high ponytail. She had a cool and domineering aura and a mature and sophisticated style. However, her Mandarin pronunciation ruined half of her look.

Similar to Jingjing, but much more beautiful, she doesn't need hair to cover up her facial flaws at all.

Beauty is justice.

Zhang Jinxuan strongly agreed with his senior from the directing department, saying that Miss Zhao Jingsu would undoubtedly be one of the most outstanding highlights of this episode.

Since it was almost time for the donkeys to be fed, the two sides got to know each other, exchanged a few simple pleasantries, and then began filming the script.

Miss Zhao Jingsu showed a strong desire to perform, and communicated with Zhang Jinxuan and Yang Zi on behalf of her father, Zhao Guoying.

"Filming videos is fine, and we can even slaughter a donkey and cook for you, but you'll have to pay for the donkey meat; the donkey farm doesn't give it away for free..."

"Buy it with money?"

Zhang Jinxuan and Yang Zi looked at each other, then asked in unison, "Brother Xuan (Sister Zi), do we have any money?"

"You're asking me?"

"If I don't ask you, am I supposed to ask myself?"

"I'm impressed, you're the head chef of 'Wild Kitchen'! Brother Xuan, are you feeling sleepy from eating too much? Wake up, the boss is waiting for our reply."

Zhang Jinxuan hesitated, "Money is something..."

At this moment, a voice-over in Chongqing dialect said, "Brother Xuan, because donkey meat is expensive and difficult to obtain legally, the production team of 'Wild Kitchen' has specially approved a sum of money for you and Zimei to buy donkey meat."

Overjoyed, Zhang Jinxuan hurriedly asked, "How much? Can you buy the entire donkey farm?"

Voiceover: "..."

Yang Zi, Zhuang Zhuang, Zhao Jingsu, and Zhao Guoying were amused.

"The money for purchasing ingredients won't be given to you casually. It requires the hard work of the head chef and food tasters to help the donkey farm feeders feed all the donkeys on the farm."

"Feeding donkeys, right?" Zhang Jinxuan asked. "Sister Jingsu, how many donkeys do you have on your donkey farm?"

"Not many, only about a hundred."

Yang Zi joked, "Rich guy, let's be friends."

Haha~~

Zhao Jingsu covered her mouth and laughed loudly, while Zhang Jinxuan, Zhao Guoying, Jingjing, and others also laughed so hard they were doubled over. The entrance to the donkey farm was particularly joyful.

Little Monkey Zi is quite funny when she's having fun. In her past life, she appeared on variety shows and contributed many hilarious moments.

Zhang Jinxuan doesn't deliberately suppress the guests' screen time. Huang Mengying is like that, and so is Yang Zi. Being able to liven up the atmosphere is her skill. "Wild Kitchen" needs such funny women, and we are happy to see it happen.

A standout guest can enhance the show.

Moreover, the program had a single core from the very beginning of its planning, and that core was Zhang Jinxuan.

He's completely tied to "Wild Kitchen." Even if he goes silent for an entire episode, no one can steal his spotlight from the whole series. Instead, it will attract the audience's attention, worry, and speculation such as "Is Brother Xuan sick?" or "What happened?"

After the joke, filming continued.

Zhang Jinxuan and Yang Zi showed Zhao Jingsu their health certificates. Zhao Jingsu confirmed that they did not have any infectious diseases before pretending to let them into the donkey farm.

"Neigh, neigh."

It seemed to be close to mealtime, as the braying of donkeys rose and fell, and one after another, black donkeys poked their heads out from the gaps in the fence, braying and curiously sizing up Zhang Jinxuan and his two-legged companions.

"Wow, that donkey is so tall!" Yang Zi exclaimed.

When the camera zoomed in, the tall donkey wasn't scared at all. Instead, it leaned closer, bared its teeth, and gave Yang Zi and Jing Jing a smug and cheeky expression, which made them giggle.

Zhang Jinxuan stroked his chin and commented, "This donkey probably weighs five or six hundred jin (250-300 kg). It's ready to be sold. The hide can be used to make donkey-hide gelatin, and the head can be used to make a donkey-hide feast..."

Zhao Jingsu rolled her eyes at Zhang Jinxuan and snorted, "You wish! This donkey has already been reserved. The one we're killing for you today is a different donkey, weighing about a hundred pounds less than this one."

At this moment, Zhao Guoying received a signal from his senior from the directing department that it was time to do something. He took out a cigarette and offered it to everyone, but since everyone was busy, no one smoked, so he waved his hand to thank them.

Zhao Guoying lit two cigarettes and, to everyone's astonishment, stuffed one of them into the mouth of a black donkey.

This donkey must be a seasoned smoker; it skillfully holds a cigarette in its large front teeth, inhaling through its nose as the smoke puffs into its nostrils.

"This donkey must be possessed! It can actually smoke?!" Yang Zi exclaimed in shock, utterly astonished.

"Don't talk nonsense. Animals are not allowed to become spirits after the founding of the People's Republic of China."

Zhang Jinxuan made a joke, clicking his tongue in amazement: "I know there's a folk remedy of warming a donkey's lungs with smoke, but this donkey clearly didn't choke on the cold wind or have a runny nose. Judging from its practiced movements, it must have gotten used to it, right?"

Zhao Jingsu said, "I've heard of the folk remedy you mentioned. My donkey smokes for a reason, not because of that. It was corrupted by my dad. When he smokes, this donkey always comes up to him. My dad had the time to teach it to smoke. After a while, the donkey learned."

The world is full of wonders.

After letting the old donkey take two puffs, Zhao Guoying took the cigarette from the donkey's mouth, extinguished it with water, and casually threw it into the trash can.

Zhao Jingsu watched coldly, her words sharp: "Smoking is harmful to your health. I've told you so many times, but you never listen. You always find excuses to keep putting it off. You're so concerned about a donkey. Let it smoke for a few years and see what happens."

Zhang Jinxuan and Yang Zi looked at each other and chuckled to themselves.

Zhao Guoying looked embarrassed and waved his hand, saying, "Time's up, hurry up and feed the donkey."

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zi, come with me."

Zhao Jingsu found two new work clothes for Zhang Jinxuan and Yang Zi to wear, and together with the two feeders, they quickly filled the hay troughs with hay.

"Unlike cattle and sheep, donkeys can't ruminate. They only have one stomach. The feed they eat can't be too soft, otherwise they'll get intestinal obstruction. It has to be dry, hard, and crunchy. So be careful when you're feeding them, or you'll get your hands pricked by the feed."

"Pour the hay into the trough, and remember to spread it out evenly by hand, because donkeys will burrow while eating hay, and if it's uneven, the hay will easily fall to the ground..."

Zhang Jinxuan and Yang Zi followed Zhao Jingsu's example and fetched and fed the donkeys. The workload was not heavy. One feeding trough could feed more than a dozen donkeys, and it was done in a few trips.

Donkeys are docile, slow-moving animals; a donkey farm can be maintained by just five people taking care of about a hundred donkeys. Of course, raising donkeys is a lot of work; it's not as simple as feeding them at fixed times and in fixed quantities. There are many intricacies involved.

Everything was ready, so the donkeys were released.

"Neigh, neigh."

A dozen or so donkeys gathered together to eat, and a hundred or so donkeys appeared in adjacent pens at the same time. Looking around, the scene was quite spectacular.

Just then, a little donkey, out of place among the donkeys eating, suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It trotted past Zhang Jinxuan and the others with playful and light steps, affectionately nuzzling its head against Zhao Jingsu.

Rubbing and rubbing, head rubbing neck, neck rubbing body.

Without a doubt, this is a happy little donkey.

It accomplished many things that bipedal monsters couldn't.