From collapsing rooftop to poverty alleviation village chief

Around noon, Zhang Cui brought a wild vegetable and egg porridge and a small piece of boiled cured meat to the village committee office.

Lin Ye had just finished cleaning the house when he saw this and quickly came over to greet him.

"You must be the old village chief's wife? Hello, I'm Lin Ye, you can just call me Xiao Lin."

Zhang Cui felt sorry for the eggs and cured meat and was holding her anger in, but when she saw Lin Ye's bright and handsome face, she couldn't hold back her anger and put down her chopsticks.

"Village Chief Lin, you go ahead and eat. I'll be leaving now."

"Auntie!" Lin Ye called out to Zhang Cui, took out twenty yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into her hand, "Thank you for bringing me food, this is for the meal."

Zhang Cui's eyes widened when she saw so much money, but she immediately refused, saying, "I can't accept it, Old Chen will kill me!"

After a struggle, the twenty yuan note was almost torn to shreds, but Zhang Cui ultimately refused to accept it.

Lin Ye had no choice but to write it down and return it later.

After a few polite exchanges, the two seemed more familiar with each other than before. Lin Ye seized the opportunity to ask:

"Aunt Zhang, is there a little girl in the village named Little Ears? She should be attending the village primary school."

"Little Ears? What's your full name? How old are you?" Zhang Cui asked.

Lin Ye said helplessly, "I don't know her real name, I only know that she said she called herself Little Ears, and she should be around seven or eight years old."

Zhang Cui shook her head. "The little girls who are seven or eight years old attend the village school. There are only three of them: our Yaya, Widow Sun's daughter Zhang Meimei, and Shanhua from Da Niu's family."

This is the same statement as Chen Yonggui's.

Lin Ye thought for a moment and asked, "When will Teacher Su from the village primary school be back?"

Xiao Erduo often mentioned Teacher Su from the village school in her letters; she should know where Xiao Erduo is.

When Teacher Su was mentioned, Aunt Zhang couldn't help but smile.

"Xiao Su, an elder in her family is sick, so she took leave to go back and take care of them. We don't know when she'll be back. Xiao Su is kind-hearted and filial; she's truly a rare and wonderful child!"

Lin Ye had already heard many praises for Teacher Su, and a picture of a radiant angel descending automatically formed in his mind.

"The noodles are getting cold, Village Chief Lin, you should eat them quickly."

Zhang Cui paused for a moment, then reminded her, "These are all the village has, so please make do with them."

In her eyes, how could such a pampered big star be used to eating village food?

"Thank you, Aunt Zhang," Lin Ye said, then buried his head in his food. The chopped bracken fern mixed in with the not-so-thick porridge was a little bitter, but also had a natural grassy aroma.

It's a familiar taste.

Lin Ye couldn't help but think of the food he ate in a poor village on Earth in his previous life; it felt so familiar.

Zhang Cui was stunned to see him eating so heartily.

This new village chief seems a bit different?

After finishing our meal and seeing Zhang Cui off, a light drizzle started falling again outside.

Lin Ye felt uneasy when he thought of those dilapidated houses.

I'm judging the village school classroom and the few dilapidated buildings based on my experience; I might be right, or I might be overreacting.

What if there were a tool that could accurately scan dilapidated buildings and provide digital information?

With that thought in mind, Lin Ye quickly finished the remaining wild vegetable porridge, eggs, and cured meat. Before he could even chew, he brought up the Revitalization Guide and entered the Poverty Alleviation Mall.

On the shelf in the right-hand catalog feature, I found a light red box with the product name labeled on it.

[Scanning of Dangerous Buildings]

[One use lasts for ten minutes, quickly scanning a building for safety and displaying its durability (0-100). A durability score below 30 indicates a dangerous building, and below 10 indicates an imminent risk of collapse.]

Purchase Price: 300

Lin Ye carefully read the instructions for the [Dangerous Building Scan], then looked out the window.

The rain gradually intensified.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

It was time for the village committee to begin.

Lin Ye sat quietly in the dilapidated mud-brick office of the village committee, holding a cup of hot water he had boiled himself.

1.10.

Finally, someone walked in from outside.

She timidly peeked in through the doorway, saw Lin Ye looking at her, exclaimed "Ah!" and tried to run away, but eventually turned back and dawdled into the village committee.

The girl had red lips and white teeth, delicate features, and shoulder-length hair neatly draped behind her head, making her look very well-behaved.

Lin Ye recognized her; it was the girl who had been watching Zhang Dafu from behind the window.

Zhang Dafu's daughter.

Her name was also on the list of village officials: Zhang Xiaoshan, the head of public security.

Why would a 20-year-old girl become the head of community security?

He asked Director Liu about this issue, and Liu Ming simply said meaningfully, "If you can find the cause and then correct it, then you can truly achieve those 23 words."

"Zhang Xiaoshan, hello, you're here for the village committee meeting, right? Please have a seat."

Lin Ye smiled and spoke to the hesitant and timid girl.

Zhang Xiaoshan clutched the hem of her clothes and asked softly, "Village Chief Lin, hasn't the others arrived yet?"

Lin Ye laughed and said, "I thought you knew better than I did."

Zhang Xiaoshan's expression froze, and she quickly waved her hand, "I don't know! I just thought I'd come and see, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect they wouldn't come."

Seeing her expression, Lin Ye understood. He got up, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Zhang Xiaoshan. "Director Zhang, please have a seat."

"I'm not, I'm not the director!" Zhang Xiaoshan almost dropped the water glass.

"Then may I call you by your name?"

Zhang Xiaoshan was dazzled by Lin Ye's smile, blushed, and whispered, "Okay."

Lin Ye said with a smile, "Zhang Xiaoshan, your father is the deputy village head and also serves as the population director, your mother is the women's director, your uncle is the village accountant, and you are the public security director. Your family has made great contributions to Qiongyu Village."

Zhang Xiaoshan stared blankly at Lin Ye, unsure whether Village Chief Lin was praising them.

Lin Ye said, "Don't be nervous. I'm very grateful that you came today."

"You're welcome! Um..." Zhang Xiaoshan hurriedly pulled out paper and pen from her pocket.

"Village Chief Lin, I really like your songs, could you... sign one for me?"

"..." Now it was Lin Ye's turn to be stunned.

So this girl is actually a fan of the original owner of this body?

Lin Ye had heard the original owner's songs and could only say they were comparable to Chicken Bro's. He was afraid that Zhang Xiaoshan liked the face, not the songs.

Lin Ye saw through it but didn't say anything, he just smiled and signed his name, then asked:

Are you familiar with our village school?

Zhang Xiaoshan nodded, "Yes, I'm familiar with it. I often help Teacher Su distribute books and clean the classroom."

It's Teacher Su again.

Lin Ye smiled and said, "You know the kids at that village school too, right? Can you tell me about them?"

"Of course!" Zhang Xiaoshan was no longer so nervous, and her speech became much more fluent.

"Our village school has eleven students from our own village. Sometimes children from neighboring Luoshan Village and Mohua Village also come to class, because only Qiongyu Village has a teacher, and everyone likes Teacher Su very much!"

Zhang Xiaoshan took a sip of water from her cup and then said:

"Among the students from this village are the old village chief's grandson and granddaughter, Uncle Degui's daughter Wang Honghong, Aunt Xiuying's daughter Zhang Meimei, Aunt Qin's son Liu Yongxing, Uncle Sihai's son Li Zhuangzhuang, Shi Dazhu's son Shi Xiaogang..."

Lin Ye nodded after listening. The names of the village primary school students were also written in the information, but hearing it with his own ears and seeing it with his own eyes were two different things.

For example, Zhang Meimei is not just a name, but also the cute little girl who gave flowers to Lin Ye.

Liu Yongxing's mother was Qin Guifen, that shrewish and bold widow Qin.

Li Zhuangzhuang's father is Li Ganzi, the skinny guy who looks like a bamboo pole. This morning, when Lin Ye said the village school classroom would collapse, Li Ganzi even cursed at him.

There's also Shi Xiaogang's father, Shi Dazhu, who built the village school classrooms. Not long ago, he personally inspected them and assured everyone that there were absolutely no problems with the buildings.

However, none of these students' names contained the character for "little ear".

Could they be children from another village?

But Little Ears said in the letter that she was in Qiongyu Village.

What exactly happened?

Lin Ye was pondering, while Zhang Xiaoshan was struggling with her decision. After a while, she finally mustered up the courage to ask Lin Ye:

"Village Chief Lin, everyone's saying you came to our village to create a persona...is that true?"

"Of course not..."

Before Lin Ye could finish speaking, two drops of rainwater that had drifted in from outside splashed onto his cheek.

He turned his head to look out the window. From the beginning, the rain had been getting heavier and heavier, with large raindrops falling on the thatched roof with a thumping sound.

Lin Ye's expression shifted, and he suddenly stood up and ran outside.

Zhang Xiaoshan was stunned for a moment, then quickly ran after him, calling out, "Village Chief Lin, where are you going in this heavy rain? Wait for me!"

Lin Ye turned to Zhang Xiaoshan and asked, "You just said the old village chief teaches the children at the village school?"

Zhang Xiaoshan wiped the rain off her face. "When I came over, I saw the old village chief go into the classroom. All the children are inside. The rain is too heavy, Village Chief Lin, you should go back inside quickly!"

Lin Ye's unease grew stronger. "Hurry to the village school!"

As he jogged towards the village, he brought up the Rural Revitalization Guide, entered the Poverty Alleviation Mall, and used 300 poverty alleviation points to purchase a [Dilapidated House Scan] and used it immediately.