The pastoral life of the grass tribe chief

Lu Yao arrived at the bamboo shed where his grandparents lived. His grandfather was taking a bath, and his grandmother was watching videos.

Seeing that his grandmother was engrossed in watching and didn't say anything, Lu Yao walked over to her side and saw that it was a video of his grandfather driving a car that sped all over the mountain.

The video footage is clearly a selfie taken with a mobile phone.

I never imagined that Grandpa would take selfies.

There wasn't just one video; they were all selfies taken by Grandpa.

To Lu Yao's relief, his grandfather didn't have a Douyin account and didn't know how to upload videos. Otherwise, if his grandfather forced him to like, comment, and share videos on his WeChat Moments every day like his older sister did, he would definitely go crazy.

"Grandma, isn't my grandpa handsome?"

Lu Yaodao.

"Of course, you're a great general."

Grandma blurted it out, then realized what she'd said, turned around and saw it was her beloved grandson, and couldn't help but smile.

"You mustn't tell your grandfather this, or he'll get so smug he'll lose all sense of direction."

Grandma reminded her beloved grandson.

"These selfie videos only show your upper body, and they're not very well made. I'll edit a really handsome video for you when I get back."

Lu Yaodao.

"Only show this to me, don't let your grandfather know, I'm afraid he'll get arrogant."

Grandma has great faith in her beloved grandson's video production skills.

"After you and Grandpa have finished bathing, come over for dinner."

Lu Yao washed the grapes, put them on the table, and went back to cook the other dishes.

After closing time in the evening, Lu Yao retrieved the video from the security camera footage of Wumutang, showing his grandfather driving the Grandpa's Le Manshan Flying High, re-edited it, and created a complete video. He then used AI software to convert the original video into an animated video.

He forwarded the original video and the animated video to his grandmother's phone, and then posted the animated video on Kuaishou (TikTok).

He has nearly 300,000 followers, almost all of whom are there to buy cat grass.

The more fans he has, the less he dares to show his face.

Open any video and you'll see comments urging him to get catnip.

The barrage of comments was so dense and overlapping that the original video was completely obscured.

In the end, I could only turn off the comments and pretend I didn't see anything and nothing happened.

"The clan leader has released a new video, everyone come out and snipe him!"

"Instead of properly growing cat grass, he has the nerve to post videos and say 'likes make me a puppy.' Holy crap, this music is so cool! This grandpa's music is so cool! This grandpa is so cool! These pets are so cool! I'm a puppy, I like it, I'm proud."

"This art style is so cute, I can only imagine how beautiful this scenery must be in real life."

"This is the life I've been pursuing since I retired."

"This is an animation based on Baymax and the others. It seems like they've added some new members to the pets. Does anyone know what those birds are called?"

"Is that a crow or a myna bird?"

"Don't be ridiculous, crows can sing?"

"If you can't do it, you can do voice acting; it's not that difficult."

"A myna bird?"

"No, what was her name again? It was something like 'Uh something,' but oh dear, it's right on the tip of my tongue, I just can't remember it."

"Blackbird".

"Yes, it's a blackbird."

……

Within just one hour of uploading the animated video, the number of likes skyrocketed to nearly 100,000. Judging by this momentum, it will definitely break one million in the end.

As usual, Lu Yao uploaded the video and then logged off, not daring to stay for even a second longer, lest he be drowned in spittle.

Lu Yao only granted Lu Jijun download permissions.

Lu Jijun already had a large following, and sharing this video caused her to gain even more followers.

The typhoon is still forming, and the weather remains hot and humid.

After picking chrysanthemum greens in the morning, Lu Yao went to Zhushan to cut weeds to cover the bamboo shoots and prevent them from being exposed to the sun, which would affect their water absorption and growth.

Lu Yao encountered quite a few bamboo shoot insects.

Bamboo shoot worms, also known as bamboo weevils, like to eat bamboo, bamboo shoots, and bamboo sap.

When Lu Yao was a child, he often caught them to play with. When he got tired of playing with them, he would throw them to the chickens to eat, or roast them and eat them, or even eat them raw.

Both its larvae and adults are highly nutritious delicacies, and in some places they can even fetch over a hundred yuan per kilogram.

When Lu Yao returned, he had already caught dozens of bamboo shoot worms.

"I'll stir-fry this tonight as a snack to go with the drinks."

When the old man saw the bamboo shoot worms, a plate of fragrant and crispy delicacies immediately came to mind.

In their time, people lacked food and clothing, and they were willing to eat anything that wouldn't be poisoned.

Bamboo shoot worms, longan crickets, mole crickets, cicadas, rice shrimp, bamboo rats, field mice, frogs, stone frogs, snakes, pupae, etc.

Back then, there was no oil or salt to waste. At most, you could pour some pickled vegetable juice on it, grill it directly, and it still tasted incredibly delicious, comparable to the finest delicacies.

Lu Changping's children and Lu Yang's son were both curious and afraid when they saw the bamboo shoot worms.

Lu Yao tore three small pieces off the binding tape, tied one end to a bamboo strip and the other end to a bamboo shoot worm, and taught the three little guys to play.

He tossed the bamboo shoot worm into the air. The worm spread its wings and flew, but it was pulled by the bamboo strips not far away and fell headfirst to the ground.

The three little ones followed suit and had a great time.

Bamboo shoot worms have hard exoskeletons all over their bodies, so they can't be killed no matter how many times they are dropped.

Perhaps at this moment, they would rather die from a fall than be played with like toys.

"Grandpa, when are you planning to go to Huacheng?"

Lu Yao asked his grandfather.

"We'll go after the dragon boat races have passed."

The old man went to the bamboo shed next door to get his tablet, phone, and small speaker, and put them on the table to play music.

"Big White, keep playing the music and keep dancing!"

The old man clapped his hands.

Hearing the familiar music and the old man's shouts, the Big Whites and the others, who had been sleeping in the shade, all emerged from various corners and swayed their heads to the music under the chinaberry tree.

When the three little ones saw this, they stopped playing with the bamboo shoot worms and started wiggling their bottoms to the beat of the music.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Everyone was laughing heartily, especially the old man who was beaming with joy.

Lu Yao processed the video he filmed with AI, turned it into an animation, and uploaded it to Kuaishou and Douyin.

His last video received over a million likes and gained him over 100,000 new followers, bringing his total to over 400,000.

"Wow, the clan leader's video production skills are top-notch."

"This is the original video converted using AI."

"So, these are all real images!"

"Please, senior, restore the video."

"The big white dog I recognize."

"Tch, as far as you think, anyone who isn't deaf would know that's Big White."

"Big White, keep playing the music and keep dancing."

"I remember the old man who drove the old man's car all over the mountain last time. The clan chief called him grandpa. The one in this animation should be his grandpa."

"Grandpa is so cute, I will be his loyal fan from now on."

……

Lu Yao acted like a thief, uploading the video and then immediately logging off.

Lu Jijun keeps a close eye on his younger brother's Kuaishou and Douyin accounts; he knows as soon as his brother goes online.

My brother only does one thing when he goes online: upload videos.

She couldn't help but admire her younger brother's video production skills, which were far beyond her reach.

She frequents various video websites and is very sensitive to which videos will become viral.

She realized that her brother's video would be even more popular than the previous one, so she forwarded it to her own account without hesitation.