The little one's purse connects the two worlds, turning a desolate village into a paradise.

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Jie Chi Claw, who was focused on eating skewers, paused slightly, its slender body stiffening almost imperceptibly for a moment.

I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a tightness and soreness in my chest, a feeling that I couldn't quite describe.

"This little cub must have poisoned His food, or perhaps he secretly chanted some strange incantation," Jie Chi muttered to himself, then let out a muffled groan.

When Ya Ya saw that Grandma Duck didn't respond, she assumed that she was agreeing to expend a lot of energy. She felt both sorry for Grandma Duck and worried that she would overexert herself and use up all her energy. She turned around and pushed the cart outside.

Before I could take more than a few steps, the world spun around me, and the scene before my eyes blurred instantly.

In the distance, several large mounds of construction waste suddenly disappeared, leaving only a few pieces of rotten wood and small, fragmented, lumpy debris in the same spot.

Before Ya Ya could even see clearly, her feet landed firmly on solid ground again. When she opened her eyes, she was already back in the courtyard of Lotus Village.

Ya Ya blinked hard. Was she... chased back by Grandma Duck?

She quickly checked her space again, and the space that was originally somewhat empty was now filled with bricks, stones, and debris. What she saw when she was sent away earlier was not an illusion.

Grandma Duck won't get sick and sleep for a long time, will she? Or will she disappear?

Ya Ya's consciousness quietly explored the space, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the little shadow in the corner that was wrapped around a skewer of barbecue and gnawing on a piece of meat.

As long as it's edible.

"Thank you, Grandma Duck."

Ya Ya bowed earnestly to the air.

After thanking them, Ya Ya looked up at the yard, where everyone was busy in an orderly manner. Uncle Zhao was carrying a bucket and watering the newly laid rammed earth surface to reinforce it.

Grandpa Village Chief and Grandpa Fang sat together, repeatedly disassembling and reassembling a large entrenching tool.

Sister Gouya remained huddled in the corner, continuing to knit small hats, the styles of which seemed to have become more elaborate.

"Uncle Zhao!" Ya Ya waved her little hand and called out.

After sprinkling the last bit of water, Zhao Hu put down the bucket. "What's up, little girl? Did you find something good again today?"

Ya Ya beckoned him to bend down, then whispered in his ear, "Uncle Zhao, I picked up a lot of bricks, stones, and cement blocks, all for free. Sister Cheng You said they're construction waste. Grandma Duck helped me put them in her spatial storage."

Zhao Hu's eyes lit up, but before he could speak, Ya Ya continued, "Sister Cheng You said these bricks are too old to build houses, but they're fine for building walls. I was thinking, could they be used for the wall at the village entrance? Should I put them over there?"

"Come on, come on, Uncle will take you to see what's here!" Zhao Hu picked up Ya Ya and strode towards the village entrance.

He didn't build a stone wall at the entrance of the village because the villagers have now moved to the end of the village. The entrance was deliberately abandoned and disguised, and building a wall there would only make things more obvious.

However, further in, a defensive wall still needs to be built at the location where Lotus Village is located. The inside should be made of bricks, stones, and cement bought from the local area, and the outside should be covered with a layer of rammed earth.

This was something he and the village chief had discussed and decided upon. They originally planned to wait until the septic tank was finished and they knew the specific materials needed before having Nannan buy some. Who knew there would be such an unexpected surprise?

The sooner the wall is built, the more at ease they will feel.

After all, there were too many uncertainties in the outside world, and Zhao Hu thought of the wild animal droppings he had found in the forest the day before yesterday.

The yard is half finished this afternoon, and the septic tank is also built. I'll take Da Niu there again then.

"Nannan, put those bricks and stones here." Zhao Hu carried Yaya to the original location of Wang Dazhu's yard.

"Okay!" Ya Ya waved her little hand.

The light suddenly dimmed, and Zhao Hu stared dumbfounded at the mountain of construction debris that had sprung up in front of him: "..."

"Uncle Zhao, will we be able to use these?" Ya Ya's big eyes blinked.

Zhao Hu put Ya Ya down, squatted down, and used the entrenching tool he carried with him to tap the hardened cement blocks, then patted the bricks and stones, his eyes shining brighter and brighter.

"Yes, this is so useful! Do you really think these things are free, little one?"

"No need, these are just trash and nobody wants them. I overheard Sister Chengyou and Uncle Yellow Hat talking, and it seems like other people have to pay to throw these away. Taking them is helping Sister Chengyou!"

"Who is Sister Cheng You?" Zhao Hu asked, puzzled. Why did she have another sister?

"It was my older sister whose pants were torn, and Aunt Chuntao even made her some new pants."

Zhao Hu still couldn't figure it out, so he gave up and ignored it.

He looked at the huge pile of garbage in front of him; it seemed like it could be used to pave the road.

When Uncle Fang went there before, he met Boss Zhao, who sells cement, and recorded a long conversation. In it, he said, "For dirt roads in the countryside, it's best to lay a layer of small stones underneath, otherwise they are prone to sinking and cracking."

Zhao Hu remembers it very clearly.

Whole bricks can be used to build walls, and other broken pieces should be able to replace pebbles for paving, which can save a lot of effort and money on buying pebbles!

Nannan has struck gold again!

The two piled up the construction waste and went back. Zhao Hu also heard from Nannan that there was still a lot of trash that Sister Chengyou had given them. This was only one day's worth of trash, and they could go pick it up again tomorrow.

I reckon that if we collect these scraps for another two or three days, we can use them to level the road from Grandma Liu's yard all the way to the wheat field.

"Aunt Chuntao!"

Back in the courtyard, Ya Ya bumped into Ji Chun Tao, who was coming from the greenhouse, and quickly called out to her.

"I found a really big table, Aunt Chuntao, do you think it's usable?" Ya Ya said, taking the big round table out of her space.

The once spacious half-courtyard now feels cramped after the large round table was placed there.

"Wow, this table is so big." Ji Chuntao subconsciously took half a step back.

The other people in the courtyard were also startled by the sudden appearance of the large table.

Someone leaned closer to examine it, muttering curiously, "Why does this table have two tiers? And there's a small round board on top of the big round table?"

Ji Chuntao circled the table twice, then tapped it. "It looks pretty sturdy, but it's a bit dirty. Auntie, please clean the table first."

She fetched some water, took a rag, and first wiped along the edge of the table little by little. After wiping a small area on the outside, she reached out and pressed it firmly to test its stability.

The table remained perfectly still, steady and solid.

She continued rubbing the raised round plate in the middle, and as soon as she applied force with her fingertips, the round plate slowly began to rotate.

Caught off guard, Ji Chuntao swayed and nearly fell onto the table.