From collapsing rooftop to poverty alleviation village chief

Su Yun was helping to dry mushrooms at the old village chief's house when she saw Lin Ye carrying a large backpack out, so she followed him.

In Su Yun's mind, Lin Ye was an arrogant, domineering, and heartless big star who had long been corrupted by the fame and fortune of the entertainment industry.

But after spending these two days with Lin Ye, Su Yun's perception was completely shattered.

Now her mind is filled with doubt.

What kind of person is Lin Ye?

She wanted more opportunities to observe Lin Ye so she could decide whether or not to tell him about it.

Therefore, exploring Eagle Rock with Lin Ye is undoubtedly a good opportunity to get to know each other.

Lin Ye looked at Su Yun, wondering why this volunteer teacher had suddenly become so enthusiastic, but he did need a mentor, so he nodded.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Teacher Su."

"Village Chief Lin, you're too kind. Let's go."

Su Yun smiled, speaking politely yet distantly.

Lin Ye didn't mind, and the two walked out of the village side by side, embarking once again on the mountain road leading to Eagle Rock.

However, this time was different from before. After reaching a fork in the road, the two did not head towards Longpo, but instead went down another road.

This was a road Lin Ye had never traveled before.

The two walked in silence, only introducing each other when they found a few jujube groves and cow dung mushrooms.

Su Yun was very familiar with Eagle Rock, and knew exactly where there were jujube orchards, fern groves, and mushroom forests on the mountain.

However, these jujube orchards are not large in scale, and most of the mushrooms are worthless cow dung mushrooms, so it is not worthwhile to use a lot of manpower and resources to harvest and transport them.

However, when mushroom picking activities are held for tourists in the future, these low-value cow dung mushrooms can be picked by tourists at will.

As the two walked through hillsides and forests, the small map of Eagle Rock was gradually lit up.

Lin Ye felt his legs were starting to give way. In fact, his stamina had improved a lot after these few days of training, but he had already picked mushrooms twice today, and Eagle Rock was so big, he was really at his limit.

Su Yun's walking speed did not slow down at all. Her steps were steady and her breathing was even. Apart from a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, she did not look tired at all.

Lin Ye, leaning on his knees, gave Su Yun a thumbs-up. "Teacher Su, you have amazing stamina!"

Seeing that Lin Ye was really tired, Su Yun said gently, "Village Chief Lin, why don't you take a rest?"

Lin Ye immediately nodded and sat down, not feeling ashamed that he was not as physically strong as a girl, after all, even an ordinary girl could not teach in a poor village for three years.

Lin Ye took a travel water bottle out of his backpack, poured water into the lid, and handed it to Su Yun, saying, "Teacher Su, have some water."

Su Yun took it, not minding that Lin Ye had drunk from it, tilted her head back and finished it, then said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Village Chief Lin, I left in a hurry and forgot to bring my own water."

Lin Ye took the cup lid she handed him back, poured himself some water and took a couple of sips. "Teacher Su, you're too kind. I should be thanking you for being my mentor."

"Village Chief Lin, you're too kind. It's all for the sake of the village," Su Yun replied gently.

The two told each other not to be polite, creating an even stronger atmosphere of polite distance.

Lin Ye didn't mind. He was the village chief, and Su Yun was a volunteer teacher. They were just colleagues, and it was normal for them to cooperate and be polite to each other at work.

After resting for a while, Lin Ye looked at the sky and said, "It's getting dark, Teacher Su, let's go."

"Okay, there's one more small hill ahead, and then we'll have finished exploring Eagle Rock."

"Okay, we'll go see it and then come down the mountain."

Lin Ye followed Su Yun up a small hill not far ahead, where there was also a small jujube grove. Lin Ye sighed:

"There are so many jujubes on Eagle Rock, it's just a pity that these wild jujubes don't taste very good."

Su Yun smiled and said, "This area is different."

She walked to a jujube tree, climbed up the branches using both hands and feet, picked a few sweet jujubes, nimbly jumped down, and tossed one to Lin Ye.

"Village Chief Lin, have a taste."

Lin Ye caught the jujube, took a bite, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"So sweet!"

Su Yun took a bite of the jujube in her hand, and pale green jujube juice spilled from the corner of her mouth, which she casually wiped away.

"This is the highest point of Eagle Rock, with plenty of sunshine, so the dates in this forest are the sweetest. My friend and I used to come here often to pick dates and eat them."

Lin Ye paused, suddenly remembering that Xiao Erduo often mentioned in her letters that she and Teacher Su went to the mountains to pick sweet dates.

Could this be the place?

Why does Su Yun repeatedly deny that there is a child named Little Ears in the village?

Lin Ye suppressed his doubts and looked at the jujube grove. It was less than an acre and only occupied a small part of the hillside. He estimated that the harvest would be about 200 jin.

It's too far from Qiongyu Village and the road is difficult to travel. So, as I said before, it's not worth the manpower and resources to organize a picking trip.

At this moment, the entire minimap of Eagle Rock was lit up.

[Poverty Alleviation Task 007: Lighting up Eagle Cliff is complete. Reward: 400 Poverty Alleviation Points.]

[Total number of poverty alleviation sites: 400]

Lin Ye saw a notification that the mission was completed and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

I've finally saved enough poverty alleviation points to buy the [Super Router].

This poverty alleviation system is really stingy; after working hard to complete the tasks, the reward is only three or four hundred points.

Just as Lin Ye was mentally complaining, the system issued another task.

[Poverty Alleviation Task 008: Sell all the wild mushrooms picked in the Longpo Valley. Task Reward: 400]

Lin Ye immediately apologized to the system.

I was wrong, Illustrated Guide, you are such a generous system!

"Village Chief Lin, here's one more."

Su Yun gave Lin Ye another sweet date, which Lin Ye took and ate while asking:

"Teacher Su, do you think it's feasible to organize the villagers to plant jujubes on a large scale here?"

Su Yun thought for a moment, "The soil and sunshine conditions here are very suitable for growing jujubes, but the villagers don't have the money to buy seeds, and it's too far from the village, so it's inconvenient."

Lin Ye pondered for a moment and said, "I will find a way to solve the funding problem. We can also build a farmer assistance station on the mountain and arrange for someone to take care of the planting land there."

Su Yun thought calmly for a moment, "The weather in Qiongyu Village changes quickly and the rainy season is long. If we really send someone to the mountain to guard it, there are four problems: first, safety; second, no one is willing to do it; third, we need to provide living supplies; and fourth, we need to supervise the personnel."

She still speaks clearly and logically, and habitually lists one, two, three, and four points.

Lin Ye smiled: "Teacher Su is right, these are things that need to be considered carefully."

As soon as they mentioned rain, they felt cold raindrops falling on their foreheads.

Lin Ye looked up and said, "It's raining. Let's hurry down the mountain."

The two did not linger and headed down the mountain. However, after walking for a while, the rain suddenly intensified, with raindrops falling densely and rising mist all around, making it difficult to see the mountain path.

Lin Ye grabbed Su Yun's wrist. "Teacher Su, we can't go any further. Let's find somewhere to take shelter from the rain!"