From collapsing rooftop to poverty alleviation village chief

Lu Feng struggled to his feet, moved to the muddy, difficult path, and asked:

"How far is it?"

Sun Xiuying replied, "It's not far, we'll be there soon."

"Are you lying to me again?" Lu Feng looked at her warily; he no longer trusted this woman.

Sun Xiuying snorted disdainfully; she had no respect for this kind of weakling.

Lin Ye said regretfully, "Lu Da, if you can't go on, then rest here. You can give me your phone, and I'll record a video for you."

Lu Feng immediately shook his head, "No, I'll go down with you!"

He came to expose Lin Ye, so how could he possibly let Lin Ye record him?

This must be Lin Ye's conspiracy. He's doing everything he can to prevent him from going down, so that he can deceive the villagers and make them pick mushrooms while he can slack off.

Just like in that rural variety show, each guest's task was to pick 100 ears of corn. Lin Ye found it tiring, so he asked two lesser-known celebrities to help him complete the task.

The same is probably true now.

Lu Feng couldn't let Lin Ye bully the villagers like this!

"You chose to come along, don't drag us down."

Sun Xiuying rolled her eyes in disgust and carried the basket downstairs first.

The other villagers followed them onto the path. Lin Ye said to Lu Feng:

"Lu Da, let me help you."

Lin Ye naturally hoped that Lu Feng would go down with him, so that the outside world could see that there were so many wild mushrooms in Eagle Rock, which would be a good start for Qiongyu Village to develop mushroom picking tourism in the future.

Lu Feng looked at Lin Ye warily. "You're not planning to throw me off, are you?"

Lin Ye smiled and said, "Lu Da, you're joking. I'm the village chief, with a bright future ahead of me. It's not worth it for you."

"..." Lu Feng was momentarily unsure whether Lin Ye was cursing him.

But there was no other way now, so Lin Ye and another villager helped him walk down the slope.

This path was much more difficult to walk on than the path we had just taken up the mountain. The ground was all muddy, and there were weeds and rocks all around. It was so difficult to walk without sinking deep into the mud, and it was torture for my knees.

Lu Feng was overweight, making it even harder for him to bear. His legs went weak as he walked, and his voice was trembling with sobs.

"Why haven't we arrived yet?"

Lin Ye smiled and said, "There are about twenty minutes left, Lu Da, hang in there."

"..." Lu Feng's eyes rolled back. Twenty minutes? I can't even stand one minute of that!

Suddenly, Lu Feng lost his footing and tumbled down the steep slope below!

Lin Ye reacted quickly, grabbing his arm while the villagers grabbed his other hand.

Lu Feng was suddenly jolted awake, his short, chubby legs flailing wildly in the air as he screamed madly.

"My phone! My phone, ahhh!"

He had already fallen, but his right hand was still tightly gripping the selfie stick, and his phone was still recording.

Su Yun, Zhang Xiaoshan, and Qin Guifen also came over, and together they pulled Lu Feng up.

Lu Feng collapsed to the ground, his chest heaving violently. Lin Ye patted him, "Are you alright?"

After catching his breath, Lu Feng was finally able to speak. "N-nothing. Um, Lin Ye, thank you."

If it weren't for Lin Ye, he would have already tumbled to the bottom of the cliff.

Shi Xiaogang ran over, looked at the steep slope on the side, and said, "This slope is a lot of fun! We often ride on the slide here!"

Lu Feng: "..."

You treat such a dangerous steep slope as a slide?

Are all the people in this village monsters?

Next, Lu Feng dared not complain anymore. He forced himself to concentrate and follow Lin Ye, and finally made it to the bottom of the valley.

The villagers were also visiting this place for the first time, and they exclaimed in surprise when they saw the dense mushrooms covering the entire forest.

"Wow, so many mushrooms!"

Some villagers worried, "This color, could it be poisonous?"

Zhang Xiaoshan said, "Don't worry, everyone. Village Chief Lin said these are pine mushrooms and green-headed mushrooms, which are very valuable outside!"

Lu Feng was also amazed by the number of mushrooms. He walked up to an orange-brown cap, picked up the mushroom with his chubby hands, and took a closer look.

"It really is a pine mushroom?"

He had eaten this kind of mushroom before, and he remembered it because of its beautiful color. At that time, someone told him that this kind of mushroom was relatively rare, and freshly picked mushrooms would sell for thirty or forty yuan in restaurants.

I never imagined there would be so many in the mountains behind Qiongyu Village.

He couldn't help but ask Zhang Xiaoshan, "Did Lin Ye really find this?"

Zhang Xiaoshan gave this hater a cold shoulder. "Of course! Did you find it yourself? Humph!"

Lu Feng took a sip of water, sat on the ground to recover his strength, and continued recording with his phone.

He refused to believe it. After walking such a long mountain road and being exhausted, Lin Ye was still able to pick mushrooms with the villagers!

This guy will definitely use his position as village chief to order the villagers to help him harvest, just like he did with those two young celebrities on that variety show!

At this moment, Lin Ye clapped his hands and said to the villagers, "Judging from the sky, it might rain. Everyone hurry up, each person should carry about 30 jin per trip, and try to finish harvesting in three trips today!"

"Alright, let's get started!" Zhang Xiaoshan responded loudly, full of energy.

Su Yun smiled and buried her head in picking a green-headed mushroom and putting it into the bamboo basket behind her.

The other villagers also found their own areas and started picking mushrooms.

Like the others, Lin Ye squatted down, skillfully and gently picked up the mushrooms from the ground, and threw them into the bamboo basket on his back.

Lu Feng first filmed other villagers picking mushrooms, then pointed the camera at Lin Ye.

He wanted to compare Lin Ye with the other villagers, leaving Lin Ye nowhere to hide!

However, after filming for a long time, Lu Feng's legs were numb from sitting, but Lin Ye was still diligently picking mushrooms, showing no signs of slacking off.

The dark clouds dispersed, and sunlight filtered through the lush foliage into the valley, illuminating the hardworking figures of the villagers.

Laughter and chatter occasionally echoed through the woods, along with the soft rustling of mud kicked up by mushroom stalks being pulled from the ground—all so simple and beautiful.

Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, then murmured in amazement, "That's wonderful!"

He immediately shook his head violently. What's wrong with me? I came here to expose Lin Ye! Why am I being so emotional?

Everyone's bamboo baskets were full, and the sun was high in the sky; it was almost noon.

Lin Ye said, "Let's eat first, then go down the mountain."

The villagers readily agreed and took out the flatbreads they had prepared.

Qiongyu Village has many wild vegetables, and every household likes to make wild vegetable pancakes to store.

Before Lin Ye set off, Zhang Cui gave him ten fern cakes. He took one out and handed it to Lu Feng.

"Lu Da, here you go."

Lu Feng hesitated for a moment, then finally took it, smelled it, and found it didn't have much of a flavor. He took a bite and immediately frowned.

"This is way too hard!"

Looking up, she saw Lin Ye munching on the pancake with gusto, as if he were eating a delicacy.

Lu Feng was stunned. Was this still the same Lin Ye who drank water that cost thousands of yuan a bottle and had to eat at a five-star hotel?

Su Yun was also observing Lin Ye silently from the side, her expression somewhat complicated.

Is this person the same big star we see on TV and the internet?

Or perhaps she had misunderstood him all along, and this was the real Lin Ye?