Su Yan was accompanied by three photographers, one for lighting, one for sound effects, and on-site personnel.
Basically, when he goes out to the location team alone, he doesn't need a writer to follow him, he can handle everything by himself.
I got in the car early as soon as I arrived, and it took me more than two hours to arrive.
A three-story small bungalow appeared in front of everyone, and the grandma (grandma) was standing at the door to greet it.
He is a little chubby and his hair is all white, but he is still strong and does not need help when walking. When he sees the camera crew, he smiles and waves.
However, several people were confused by this statement and could not understand it!
Hokkien.
Fortunately, Director Jay Chou and his assistant were here so we could communicate.
After understanding this, I realized that things are not that simple.
The old man had two children in total, both boys, so he adopted a daughter.
But in the early days, the living conditions at home were not good, and some of the food and clothing were given to the sons first. The daughter was really miserable.
Later, when I grew up, when I saw an opportunity to recruit workers, I went directly to Palau. Unexpectedly, I left for more than 20 years. I got married and had children early on, but I never came back again.
Thinking about those days in Baodao, I must not have been very happy, otherwise it wouldn't be like this.
However, something unexpected happened. Shortly after her daughter went abroad, her two brothers had a car accident and both passed away, leaving their children and wife at home.
At that time, I heard that the money for migrant workers in Palau was not much, about 5,000 yuan. Then my grandma received 4,000 yuan from her daughter almost every month, and she got through the most difficult period.
Later, when it really didn't work out, we could only let the two daughters-in-law remarry, but we couldn't delay their lives.
I didn't expect that such a long time had passed and my daughter never came back. However, the money accumulated more and more, and then I built a house.
Something must have happened during this period to make the youngest daughter so decisive, but grandma didn't say anything, and Su Yan and the others couldn't ask.
During the recording, the two daughters-in-law also showed up with their children to help. They all knew that the production team was going to meet the sister-in-law.
A whole large box of food was packed, but Grandma still felt it was not enough. It had been a day's work.
When she was finally asked to say a few words to her daughter, the old man who had always been strong suddenly collapsed.
After only saying three words, "daughter," she started to burst into tears and couldn't say another word.
Su Yan didn't say anything. The camera recorded all this quietly. At this moment, he was just a spectator. He didn't need to express his opinion or comfort.
Maybe she had cried like this for countless late nights, Su Yan didn't know.
But at this time, I believe that the feelings are true.
After the two wives and children also said a few words to the camera, the trip to Baodao was over.
Jay Chou and Chi Chi were helping throughout the whole process, but they were in a particularly heavy mood. After Su Yan announced that the filming was over, they found him alone.
"Why don't I pay for the air tickets and let grandma go with us?" Jay Chou suggested: "The two children are gone, and the remaining daughter has not been seen for more than 20 years. It must be something wrong."
Chen Chichi also means the same thing.
Su Yan thought about it for a while: "Okay, but you don't need to pay. Let's go. We have to leave tomorrow."
Compared with when we came here, everyone was talking and laughing, but on the way back, they were all silent.
The daughter-in-law expressed her sister-in-law's feelings.
When the family was poor, the old man wanted to marry his eldest son a wife by exchanging marriage partners.
I didn't expect that my sister-in-law, who was only 20 years old at the time, would be so stubborn and chose to go abroad and never come back.
They didn't want to judge anything. After all, it had been so long. Grandma, who was crying in front of the camera, had already stated that she was repenting. As for the final outcome, it depends on God's will.
The next afternoon, the group arrived in Palau and had made an appointment in advance with their daughter’s current husband, who is a local.
She told him everything and the purpose of her trip, but grandma temporarily arranged to wait in the hotel.
When my daughter came back from get off work and saw Jay Chou busy in the kitchen, she was so surprised that she pulled her husband there and kept asking questions.
Chen Chichi is responsible for bringing delicacies to the table, such as oyster omelette, meatballs, ginger duck, beef noodles, etc.
"Ms. He, we are from the "Infinite Challenge" program team of China Minjiang Satellite TV. We are filming a special episode about a Chinese person abroad."
Chichi pulled her to sit down.
"I'm looking for people like you who haven't returned to the motherland for a long time and have been abroad for a long time. Then I will cook you hometown delicacies. Come and try this oyster omelette to see if it tastes the same as in your memory."
Ms. He is Grandma's daughter. The protagonist of this love delivery looks younger than her actual age.
He was not in a hurry to eat, but walked to Jay Chou shyly: "Is it really Jay Chou? Can I give you a hug?"
Jay Chou shrugged: "As long as your husband doesn't mind, it doesn't matter to me."
The camera swept over.
The middle-aged man smiled generously and made a gesture: "When my daughter comes back, she will probably scream even louder."
"Let's try this sausage. How does it taste?"
"Yeah! It's very fragrant. It's the same flavor I tasted in Baodao."
"Where are these taro dumplings?"
"tasty."
"Actually, your mother made these things yesterday, we just helped bring them here."
She obviously stopped moving for a few seconds, lowered her head, and stopped talking. Instead, she kept stuffing the food on the table into her mouth until she couldn't put it down anymore.
Then there was a period of silence.
"We went to your mother's house yesterday. It's a bungalow. She said it was built with the money you sent back.
After knowing our thoughts, we were busy all day, and almost everything was made by her. She said that you must miss the taste of your mother after being out for so long, so prepare more so that you can eat more.
I don’t know how you are doing now, whether you are okay, whether you have lost weight, whether you are tired from work..."
After Jay Chou said a few words.
She saw tears dripping into the bowl. She could no longer control her emotions and lay on the table crying.
The husband walked over and gently held her there to comfort her.
Su Yan sent a message and asked the staff to bring the old man over.
To be honest, I didn't feel confident before coming here, because being able to stay away from home for more than 20 years was really hard on my heart.
If the daughter is not moved at all after hearing these words, then she may have to consider whether to let the old man show up.
Chichi waited until she got better, then took out her pad: "This is a video your mother and two nieces recorded for you. Do you want to watch it?"
She wiped her tears and nodded.
When I saw my gray-haired mother sitting in front of the camera, not speaking yet, I couldn't stop crying again, but I didn't lower my head, but looked at the screen firmly.
"daughter!"
This sound sounded.
Su Yan felt his nose was sore and quickly turned around to adjust his breathing.
Jay Chou and Chen Chichi were not much better, their eyes were already tired as they watched the mother and daughter shed tears across the video screen.
A message came from the phone, it has arrived.
When Su Yan accompanied the old man through the door, his daughter stayed for three seconds. She could no longer control herself and rushed over to hug her.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry"
The only thing I kept repeating was sorry.
The old man's incomprehensible words seemed to be comforting, repenting, and expressing his longing for the past twenty years.
When the mother and daughter finally met, the scene became a sea of tears.