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

Upon hearing this, Jie Chi instinctively clutched his pocket tightly.

Energy, danger.

Bringing people over is no small matter. Last time, when Fang Tiesheng was brought over, most of his accumulated energy reserves were taken away, and the old man's sweet talk extended the time, costing him a lot more.

Although the progress did speed up later and the transaction volume increased significantly, every time someone was taken to travel between the two worlds, it not only continuously depleted His original energy, but also required Him to arrange a reasonable identity for that person in this world.

This place is under constant surveillance. Just the little cub alone takes up a lot of His energy every day to cover the entry and exit of supplies and to erase any abnormal surveillance signals. If He were to bring more people, He wouldn't be able to lie comfortably in His pure gold chest eating and drinking every day.

Jie Chi's eyes darted around. If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it. Let's just give the little guy a big promise.

"Once your total transaction volume reaches one million, I will allow you to bring more people over and give you two more pigs."

Ya Ya's eyes lit up. She had given up two big fat pigs for Grandpa Fang, and she didn't expect that Grandma Duck would still remember it. She would have to work hard to save up a million! She wanted both the people and the pigs!

but……

Ya Ya counted on her fingers for a while: "Grandma Duck, isn't one million a lot of money? How much have I saved up now?"

"More than 300,000, I guess. You still need to work harder and earn more money." Jie Chi, disguised as Zhao Hu, crossed his legs and tapped his toes on the ground.

Save it up slowly.

Judging from the current earning rate in Xiaoyouzai Village, the total income and expenditure per month is estimated to be around 200,000, which would take five months to make up for it.

Ya Ya counted on her fingers. Three to ten, seven short. So, three hundred thousand to one million, seven hundred thousand short? A gold bracelet only sells for fifty thousand, but the villagers get eighty thousand for each straw sandal they weave from Sister He Miao. Eighty thousand for one, eighty thousand for two…

"That means it won't be until next year, that's so difficult..." Ya Ya lowered her little head listlessly and sighed.

Jie Chi crossed his legs.

As the water level in the jar rose, the sound of the water hitting the container gradually decreased, no longer the noisy clanging and banging it had been. It was estimated that about one-fifth of the container had been filled.

Bored with waiting, he simply pulled out a bowl of snail rice noodles from his spatial storage.

He grabbed another handful of gold and silver jewelry.

This human body looks really shabby and doesn't match His temperament.

Ya Ya stared in disbelief as "Uncle Zhao" magically produced a whole bunch of glittering gold items: thick gold chains, gold and silver armlets with spiral patterns, heavy longevity locks adorned with tiny red teardrop beads, carved silver chopsticks, and bracelets of various gemstones, and then...

They piled on layers and layers of clothing all at once.

She wore two thick gold chains and a silver longevity lock adorned with red beads around her neck, and an armlet on each arm, one gold and one silver.

She slipped all the gemstone bracelets onto her wrist, and finally picked up the pair of eagle-patterned silver chopsticks... and began to happily slurp her noodles...

This scene was too much for Ya Ya to bear; her lips twitched involuntarily, and she quietly moved her chair back a little.

Zhao Hu was a square-faced farmer with the simple and honest features typical of mountain people. He was wearing the factory uniform and durable training pants that Ya Ya had bought for him. It was really strange and outrageous that such a grown man was dressed like this with gold and silver.

"Why are you looking at me? You want some too? Help yourself." Jie Chi took a big gulp of soup from the bowl, then turned to look at Ya Ya, feeling the burning gaze on her.

"I don't want to eat, Grandma Duck, please eat slowly." Ya Ya waved her hands repeatedly.

After finishing the snail rice noodles, the water level in the jar gradually reached the maximum water level line.

Jie Chi turned off the faucet, removed the connecting hose, and put it into its space along with the water tank filled with clean water. It then crawled back in as well.

His words of advice floated into my mind: "Alright, I've done it for you this time. You've memorized all the steps, so next time you can do it yourself. And don't forget the twenty meat and egg burgers you promised me!"

Once it regained its original form, the Boundary Dragon plopped down in a box piled high with gold ingots; it was much more comfortable here.

"I won't forget, Grandma Duck, thank you so much, you've worked so hard!"

……

Back in the village courtyard, Ya Ya subconsciously looked around. In the courtyard, Grandpa Village Chief, along with Grandpa Wang, Grandpa Sun, and several other elderly people, were arranging the woven straw sandals. Grandma Liu and Aunt Chun Tao were tending to the stove, cooking meat sauce.

"Grandma, where are Sister Gouya, Sister Xinghua, Uncle Xiong, and Grandpa Fang?" Ya Ya tugged at Grandma Liu's clothes and shook them gently. Several people were missing from the yard; Brother Da Niu, Uncle Zhao, and Grandpa Chen were also gone.

Did you go to Grandpa Chen's yard again?

"They've all gone to the bathroom area. I heard the cement platform they built a few days ago is finished, and they're all crowding there figuring out the hot water dispenser. If Nannan wants to see them, she can go over there and check; they should all be there."

Grandma Liu raised her hand and pointed towards the end of the village.

"Then I'll go find them!" After saying goodbye to Grandma Liu and Aunt Chuntao, Ya Ya skipped and hopped towards the door, secretly thinking that when she took out that big water jug, she would definitely surprise Uncle Zhao and Uncle Xiong.

After having breakfast, Xiong Bo went with Da Niu to look at the cement platform.

The stone wall that had been built earlier wasn't as visually clear as this one. He had seen this platform from beginning to end, and he even participated in the allocation and construction.

This grayish substance is called cement powder. It looks sparse and inconspicuous, but when mixed with red bricks, it can make a flat and solid countertop. It won't soften when wet after drying, and it's as sturdy as stone, and it can fill the gaps perfectly like mud.

This thing is incredibly sturdy. A mud platform would crumble after a few rain showers, but this cement is impervious to typhoons and sun. It's a strange yet useful thing.

After inspecting the cement platform, he and Gou Ya made a simple wooden ladder.

He was standing halfway up the ladder, holding a power drill in his hand, drilling a hole near the ceiling of the bathroom.

Gou Ya stood at the bottom of the ladder, steadily holding screws, sealant, and other accessories in her hands, handing them whatever Xiong Bo needed. While assisting, she carefully learned the drilling techniques.

Da Niu and Zhao Hu squatted on the cement platform, tapping the edges and corners, jumping around a few times, repeatedly testing its stability, and finding the uneven spots to repair and smooth out later with cement mortar.

Fang Tiesheng, wearing reading glasses, held a water heater instruction manual covered with pictures and text in one hand and a notebook in the other, comparing and contrasting the two, occasionally bending down to write and draw to check.

Ya Ya waved her little hand from afar and called out loudly, "Grandpa Fang! Sister Gou Ya! Uncle Xiong!"

Hearing the commotion, the group of people stopped what they were doing and turned to look at the little girl running towards them.