Dressed as a top-notch girl, leading the whole village to become rich

Ye Guo walked a few more steps outside and his vision became wider.

Her home is actually quite remote in the village, but the advantage of being remote is that the land is large and high, so she can see the entire village at a glance.

There are about twenty households scattered around, with a river running through them. Next to the thatched houses are vegetable plots, and the rest of the place is filled with various fields.

From the refraction of light, the leaves and fruits can only vaguely distinguish between paddy fields and dry fields.

However, the fields in Daqing are divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower, which is somewhat difficult for modern people.

There are people of all sizes working in the fields. In the hot weather, most of them just cover their heads with a big lotus leaf. Not many of them even have a decent straw hat!

So poor!

Ye Guo once again marveled at the material poverty of this era. His eyes unconsciously stared at the protrusions on the lotus leaves, and he was a little dazed.

Lotus leaf?

Ye Guo scanned the territory of Yejia Village carefully, but did not find any pond.

He turned around and entered the backyard. It was only a few steps away, but he couldn't help but jog.

She had an idea, but she didn't know if it was true.

The Ye family has a separate kitchen. Old Mrs. Ye just took something out of the cupboard, a small bowl with a crack in it. There was a little salt at the bottom, a mixture of black and white. This was the little salt left in the house.

"Mom, where did the lotus leaves on my brother's heads come from?"

"There's no pond in the village! Where do all those lotus leaves come from?"

In just a few days, she finally understood that in this family, the one who doted on her the most was Old Lady Ye.

After all, she was the one who controlled the family's food supply. Although Ye Guo was not fat, she was the only one who had some meat on her body compared to the other people in the family.

Sure enough, for something that even the children in the village knew very well, Old Lady Ye was very patient with her precious daughter.

"You mean those lotus leaves? Walk along the back mountain for a quarter of an hour and you'll see a valley with a lot of spring water. The shallow water is full of lotus leaves."

"But lotus leaves are only somewhat useful. Besides providing shade, they can also be used to hold things occasionally."

The guess came true, and Ye Guo asked tentatively, "Are there lotus flowers at this time?"

"So you wanted lotus flowers? That's quite simple. But you can't eat them." Old Mrs. Ye felt sorry for her daughter's injury. Although she gave her a few more bites in private, she still felt guilty.

"If you want, ask your eldest nephew to accompany you to pick some tomorrow, but don't go to deep water."

What about lotus seeds? What about lotus roots? What about fish in the water?

Several questions popped up in Ye Guo's mind instantly, and he asked without thinking too much.

"Lotus seeds? You can't eat them. They can choke people to death. You must not touch them, okay?" Old Mrs. Ye frowned for the first time, fearing that her daughter would not take her words seriously.

He didn't continue until he saw Ye Guo nodded in agreement.

"I've never heard of lotus roots. But there's a lot of water in that valley, and it's very deep. Whenever there's a drought, the village relies on that pool of water to survive."

"That's the life-saving water of the village. Normally, we need the approval of the village head to fetch water there for irrigation."

"There are fish there, but the fish are under the jurisdiction of the village head."

Ye Guo...on the importance of the collective.

It is indeed necessary to store water to fight drought. Under the current conditions, force majeure such as natural disasters is a veto.

On the one hand, he admired the wisdom of the ancients, and on the other hand, Ye Guo had a deeper desire to understand the current system.

But Ye Guo did not continue asking. No matter how much he said, it would be better to see the situation on the spot.

As long as Old Lady Ye is willing to let her go out, let her live on lotus. It is better to have a job than to sit at home and eat up all the money.

Because he was worried about something, Ye Guo went out with his nephew Ye Cheng early the next morning.

He is 18 meters tall and only years old, but he already has the physique of an adult. However, compared with his peers, he looks pale and thin, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.

His face was delicate and slightly childish, his eyes occasionally revealed a trace of fatigue and helplessness, his skin was dull and lacked a healthy rosy glow.

The clothes were full of patches and were loose on him.

The reason why he didn't change it to a more fitted one was that he only had this set of clothes to wear out all year round. In winter, he could stuff some cotton inside and it would become his winter clothes.

As the oldest member of the family, he had long ago shouldered the responsibility of supporting the family. In addition to his usual farm work and busy farming seasons, he would also do odd jobs in the county town to supplement the family income.

In this era, 18 years old is indeed not young, and many of them are fathers in the village.

Ye Ben was also planning a marriage, but because two of the Ye family members, one older and one younger, met with accidents one after another, the girl he was halfway through the marriage was no longer willing to get married.

Ye Guo guessed that Ye Cheng also minded it very much, because she had heard Old Man Ye advise him more than once to rest more.

Sister-in-law Su also sighed whenever she saw Ye Cheng these days.

Because they have not been educated, everyone is not very good at expressing their emotions. However, if you pay close attention, you can always discover them.

"Aunt, let me carry you on my back." Ye Chengcai spoke with a smile as he just walked across the field.

Ye Guo looked at the weeds that were not even as high as his knees, then looked at Ye Cheng. He thought about how he was 27 years old before he died and the original owner was 13 years old, a total of 40, and he fell silent.

Not really.

If time travel were a choice, then the selfless love and warmth that the Ye family had given her during this period would be enough for her to give up everything she had and stay here.

"Ah Cheng, I've been lying down for several days. I want to walk on my own."

It's still a bit awkward to call an 18-year-old kid nephew. Calling him by his name is a bit impolite, but the original owner is older than him.

Ye Cheng had gotten used to her calling him by his name these days, so he lowered his voice and said with a smile, "Then, little aunt, you walk behind me. I'll explore the way first, and you follow closely."

Although the village is close to the mountains, not many people go up the mountain except for the hunters who live there.

Summer is a season when there are more snakes, rats, insects and ants, so fewer people go up the mountain. I didn't meet anyone else along the way.

Ye Guo nodded and followed while looking around to see if there were any plants he recognized or edible wild fruits.

But unfortunately, the places we walked were all on the edge of the mountain, and apart from a small black poplar tree, we didn’t see anything else.

The black poppy is still a small green fruit. In half a month, you should be able to pick it.

On the last stretch of the road, the grass was taller than people, but Ye Guo was still carried across, and his vision instantly became wider.

So when she saw the ten acres of green in the valley, she was so shocked that she almost screamed.

This is not a valley at all, it can be considered a small reservoir.

The rippling blue water of the lake is like a huge mirror, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds. The water and the sky are one color, which is beautiful beyond words.

The reservoir is surrounded by greenery, with lush trees surrounding the lake.

The most eye-catching thing is the water area full of lotus flowers next to the reservoir.

The lotus leaves are emerald green and cover the water layer by layer. Between the lotus leaves, the pink lotus flowers are gorgeous and the dewdrops between the petals are crystal clear, sparkling charmingly in the sun.

Among the lotus flowers, occasionally a fish jumps out of the water, causing rippling green waves.

In the distance, a group of wild ducks were swimming leisurely on the lake, and on the other side, a few egrets were dancing in the water.

The reservoir at this moment seems like a dreamlike wonderland, making people intoxicated and reluctant to leave.

"Little aunt, please stand here in the open space. I will go into the water and pick lotus flowers for you. If you like any of them, you can tell me."

Ye Cheng carried Ye Guo on his back and first flattened a patch of weeds, then knocked the surrounding area with tree branches. After making sure there were no insects or snakes, he carefully put Ye Guo down.

Ye Guo, who had been standing there in a daze for a long time, finally came back to his senses after hearing this voice, "Ah Cheng, are there any snails here?"