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

Zhao Hu and Da Niu worked quickly and efficiently, and in no time they had erected a low bamboo fence not far from the chicken coop.

The village chief lifted the burlap sack and gently moved the egg-guarding cubs and other young into the new enclosure.

The milky-white gosling stood among a group of yellow-brown ducklings, its body a full size larger than the ducklings, its fluffy white down particularly eye-catching.

"Goose!" Little Shuanzi squeezed his head into the fence, wishing he could disappear completely inside. Then, as if remembering something, he laboriously pulled his head out from the gap in the wood and ran to the corner of the courtyard wall.

There was a thick, traditional Chinese-style paper bowl left over from eating snail rice noodles, half-covered with soil inside—his private box containing his treasured little insects.

He grabbed the paper bowl and darted back to the nest, lifted the transparent plastic lid, reached inside with his little hand, pinched out an earthworm, and squatted outside the fence, slowly tossing it into the nest.

The ducklings and goslings in the nest, smelling the earthy scent, swarmed over and scrambled for it, chirping and making a ruckus. Xiao Shuanzi clapped his hands and fed them even more enthusiastically.

Seeing how popular Xiao Shuanzi's insects were, Ya Ya squatted to the side and had an idea. She took out a carrot from her spatial storage and put it into the duck's nest.

This was given to her by Grandpa Flower Jacket when she went to the morning market the day before yesterday to buy eggplants.

She took two of them and fed them to Pipi, Baibai, and Heidan. They loved them, so the next day Yaya bought another 100 jin and stored them in her space.

Ya Ya's arms were sore from stretching, but the little chicks just came over to sniff and then turned away, all staring longingly at Xiao Shuanzi's paper bowl.

Grandma Liu passed by carrying a winnowing basket. Seeing this, she smiled and reminded them, "Chickens, ducks, and waterfowl naturally prefer insects, tender grass, and chaff with a fishy smell. They don't like carrots because they are sweet."

Ya Ya wrinkled her nose and withdrew her hand: "Then I'll go feed Bai Bai."

Little Bean, who had been watching the commotion from the sidelines, noticed that his two friends had gone their separate ways. He scratched the back of his head and thought to himself, "Well, I'm a scholar; I can't get too caught up in playing."

He jogged a few steps to find Grandpa Fang: "Grandpa Fang, you still haven't told me the answer to yesterday's 'why' question. Why is an elephant's trunk so long?"

The village chief leaned against the courtyard gate. The newly separated chicken coop and the newly built duck and goose enclosure were side by side. Large and small fluffy young birds paced back and forth. The guards of the eggs and the little wild chickens stared at each other, still somewhat wary, but no longer frantically flapping their wings like when they first came to the nest. They just stared at their own few chicks.

Xiao Shuanzi and Xiao Douzi, who were gradually getting a little chubby, had rosy complexions. Steam was rising from the pot on the stove, and the whole yard was filled with the lively atmosphere of cooking.

A gentle smile spread across his eyes.

Just as they were enjoying the view, footsteps sounded again at the courtyard gate. Li Guixiang and Gou Ya approached, one after the other, carrying two baskets of tender green vegetables.

"Gou Sheng, come and lend a hand."

The village chief quickly stepped forward and took the bamboo basket from Li Guixiang's hands. "This is... the baby bok choy we planted?"

Grandma Li rubbed her lower back and scolded, "You're so busy with those eggs that you've forgotten about the vegetables we grow in our plot. The first batch is already ripe, and Gouya and I picked them early this morning. Later, when Chuntao is cooking, we'll put them in the noodles and let's all try some of our own vegetables."

If it tastes good, when Nannan goes over there later, she can bring some back for her sister He Miao and Manager Chen.

Just then, Ya Ya returned after feeding the horses and spotted the tender, vibrant green bok choy in the basket. Her eyes lit up: "Grandma Li, is this... this is from the bok choy seeds I bought? They're growing so fast!"

"That's right, such a small packet of rapeseed can actually grow into over a hundred pounds of greens. The seeds from that area are amazing. Back in the old days, we could scatter a whole handful of rapeseed and still not harvest this much," Grandma Li exclaimed, touching the vegetable leaves.

"I bought so many! Grandma, let me know if you want to plant more!" Ya Ya patted her little chest. Last time she bought a whole bunch of seeds, but only planted a small portion. There wasn't enough land in the village, so she stored the rest in her space.

"Don't worry, new leaves will sprout after this batch is picked. Grandma will tell you when you need the seeds."

Grandma Li smiled, called over Gou Ya, and the three of them carried the bamboo basket to the stove.

Ji Chuntao boiled a large pot of clear broth noodles, then put a bunch of washed and drained bok choy into the boiling water. In no time, the bok choy was cooked until it was soft and translucent. She then divided the bok choy into small stainless steel bowls and handed them to everyone.

"Have a taste, everyone. These are vegetables we grew ourselves. This is the first batch this spring, and we used seeds from that very area!"

Ji Chuntao smiled, picked up the bowl, and first took a small piece of bok choy for herself.

Compared to wild vegetables picked from riverbanks and mountains, it lacks the astringent taste unique to wild vegetables, with crisp and tender stems and sweet leaves. Yet, unlike the greens that Nannan bought from the other side, it has a fresher, more sun-dried quality, with a richer aroma.

"This vegetable is actually quite delicious, it's sweet when you chew it. It's mild." Zhao Hu crunched a large handful of bok choy.

"Yes, the bok choy and napa cabbage I bought before tasted a little different from the ones we grow ourselves. I can't quite put my finger on it, but they were sweeter."

"It tastes so good even when just boiled in water. I'll open a few more vegetable plots and plant more vegetables."

"Nannan, take some with you later." After finishing her noodles, Grandma Liu got up and took four or five small bamboo baskets from the corner of the yard where baskets were piled up. Each basket was about the size of a washbasin.

He filled several small bamboo baskets with bok choy, then carefully weighed them to ensure they were all about the same size before he felt at ease.

"Okay, I'll head over after I finish eating! Grandpa Fang, Uncle Xiong, is there anything else you want me to buy?" Ya Ya asked as she ate from her small bowl.

"No rush. Brother Xiong and I will watch the installation video a few more times, figure out what we need to buy, and make a list. We can buy it all at once when we arrive. Otherwise, it's too much trouble to do it piecemeal." Fang Tiesheng and Xiong Bogouya have been studying the installation video and instruction manual for Ya Ya's phone for the past few days.

The installation video for the pulse grid showed many things they hadn't seen in the manual, such as fiberglass posts, galvanized grounding angle steel, insulators, and resistance-reducing agents.

There were too many unfamiliar words. Fang Tiesheng could barely recognize them but didn't understand them. The two below him, Xiong Bo and Gou Ya, not only didn't understand them, but they couldn't even recognize all the words.

Fang Tiesheng was busy trying to figure things out and educate the two of them, so he was practically running around like a headless chicken.

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"Oh my!" Ya Ya was startled by a huge silver cylinder in front of her as soon as she arrived at the site.

Jie Chi took her directly to the entrance of the rented warehouse, where they bumped into Zhao Junchen, who was delivering a water tower.

A light drizzle was still falling outside.

"Little Ya Ya, where did you come from? I tried calling you but couldn't get through." Zhao Junchen had been waiting at the door for almost ten minutes, and just as he was about to leave, he saw Ya Ya jump out from the corner.

"I... I fell from the sky," Ya Ya replied casually, looking up at the tall silver cylinder behind Brother Zhao.

"Brother Zhao, what... what is this?"

"This is the big tank you wanted that can store water. It's made of thickened 304 stainless steel, with a fixed stand, and it can hold one ton of water. How about that? Is that enough?" Zhao Junchen patted the outer shell of the water tower, and the sound echoed as he patted the empty shell.