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Wang Zhong sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and calmed down, got rid of distracting thoughts, and entered a meditative state, his mind was empty.
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Wang Zhong only felt his eyes light up, as if there was a strong light shining on him, and then it went dark, and his consciousness fell into drowsiness unknowingly.
I don't know how long it took, but his consciousness gradually recovered. Wang Zhong opened his eyes and sat up with a little effort on his waist. What he saw was an old-fashioned earthen room. The first one was a square table with two long sides. I sat on a stool, sitting on a large kang, with a window on my right, two large wooden boxes on my left, an earthen wall on my left, and a maroon cabinet beside the kang. The material was ordinary, but it was old.
There are many things hanging on the surrounding walls.
A burst of footsteps came from outside the house, Wang Zhongxun followed the sound, and a beautiful figure walked into the house. It was a woman. She looked about eighteen or nineteen years old. She was over one meter tall and had a floral scarf on her head. She had a graceful figure and her front She has a curvy back and is slightly plump. She is wearing clothes with several patches on her body. There is dust on her face, which makes her look a little dirty.
"you're awake?"
Dialect of Shaanxi-Gansu region.
The girl was holding a bowl of medicine in her hand! Seeing Wang Zhong sitting on the kang, a smile immediately appeared on his face. Two rows of white and neat teeth were looming, and a light suddenly bloomed in his slightly green eyes.
White teeth and bright eyes! It emerges from the silt without being stained, and washes away the clear ripples without being stained.
Especially this figure, she was clearly an untouched girl, but it made Wang Zhong reluctant to move his eyes.
Between falling in love at first sight and falling in love with someone, in Wang Zhong's opinion, he was definitely the former.
The girl walked quickly to Wang Zhong and said excitedly: "You finally woke up!"
"Why am I here?" Wang Zhong asked looking at the girl in front of him.
The girl seemed to be relieved, with a relieved smile on her face: "I was cutting grass on the mountain and saw you fainted on the side of the mountain. I asked someone to carry you back."
Without even thinking about it, it must be the masterpiece of the system: "My name is Wang Zhong, thank you for saving me! What is your name, and where are you?"
"My name is Li Shuihua. This is Yongquan Village. Our village director calls me Uncle Shui." As if she was afraid that Wang Zhong might not understand, Shuihua explained to Wang Zhong with a smile: "Uncle Shui is not only the village director, but also the village director." Medical skills, he said you fainted due to lack of water and stroke."
Speaking the truth, he handed the soup bowl in front of Wang Zhong: "Here, this is the freshly brewed mung bean soup. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Drink it quickly."
[It is detected that the host comes into contact with the plot mission Li Shuihua, and the main mission is activated: changing Li Shuihua's fate.
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The familiar electronic sound echoed in his mind. Wang Zhong ignored it and looked at the bowl in Li Shuihua's hand.
There are only a few boiled and fried mung beans in the mung bean soup. It is better to call it soup than mung bean water.
Wang Zhong reached out and took the mung bean soup handed over by Shui Hua. He raised the corners of his mouth with a smile and said sincerely: "Miss Shui Hua, thank you!" After saying that, he drank the mung bean soup in the bowl.
“It tastes great!”
"Thank you Miss Shui Hua, thank you for saving me!" Wang Zhong expressed his sincere thanks again.
"No need to thank you!" Shui Hua was a little flustered, and quickly waved her hand: "The one who saved you is Uncle Shui, not me! You don't need to thank me!"
"If you hadn't discovered me and found someone to rescue me, I would still be lying on the mountain right now! This is a life-saving grace, and I, Wang Zhong, will definitely remember it in my heart."
"You rest first, I'll go out and call Uncle Shui." Shui Hua felt a little embarrassed and ran out in a hurry after saying a few words.
Only then did Wang Zhong notice that the clothes he was wearing had also changed, and the skin color on his hands and legs had also turned into a healthy wheat color.
Wang Zhong got out of bed and put on his shoes, walked to the table, put the bowl on the table, and walked outside the house. The small courtyard was quite spacious, and the sun was no longer in the center. There was a wooden shed on the left hand side of the door, with a wooden board placed under the shed. A car, a broken ladder, and a small adobe house next to it, which should be a kitchen or something.
It is surrounded by a half-man-high earthen wall and a courtyard gate made of fence.
On the dirt road outside the gate of the fence courtyard, a middle-aged man with a slight hunchback and a silvery beard and sideburns was walking toward the courtyard with a hoe on his shoulder, with Water Splash following behind.
"Young student! You're awake!" The person who came was none other than Ma Huashui, the acting director of Yongquan Village.
"How are you? Do you feel weak? Dizziness?" Ma Huashui first looked at Wang Zhong's face carefully, then looked at Wang Zhong up and down, left and right, and nodded.
"It was still a little bit when I first woke up, but it's much better now!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.
Ma Huanshui looked at Wang Zhong and shook his head, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "You, a young man with a body as strong as a cow, how could you faint on the roadside?"
Wang Zhong rubbed his head and said with some embarrassment: "I can't remember clearly either!"
Ma Huashui nodded and did not ask further: "Where are you from? What are you doing in this poor mountain valley of ours?"
The reason why he asked this was because Wang Zhong's hands were completely callous-free. Although his skin color was wheat-colored, it was different from the common people who faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky. At first glance, he didn't belong to the locals.
"My name is Wang Zhong, and my father's name is Wang Yongfu!" This is naturally the identity assigned by the system.
"Wang Yongfu?" Ma Huashui was stunned, "Why does it sound so familiar?"
Wang Zhongdao: "My father fled to Yongquan Village with my great-grandfather, but later left with the Red Army!"
Ma Huanshui is in his forties. When he was born, the Anti-Japanese War was over and the Red Army's Long March was still before he was born.
Ma Huashui nodded: "I heard from the elders in the village that there was a family named Wang in our village before, but when I was very young, the old couple seemed to have gone there."
"I came here this time just to return to my roots and worship my ancestors!" Wang Zhong said.
"His dad, didn't the old party secretary also join the Red Army? The old party secretary must know this." Ma Huashui's wife's eyes lit up and she suddenly spoke up.
Ma Huanshui nodded, he thought the same thing, "Young man, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that you came back to worship your ancestors. You must not make a mistake about such a big thing. The old branch secretary of our village used to He also joined the Red Army when he was young, so he should know better. Let's ask the old party secretary first."
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you!" Wang Zhong said gratefully.
Shui Hua, who had just called Ma Huashui and his wife back, said: "Uncle Shui, since we are awake, I will go back first. There is still a lot of work to do at home!"
"Miss Shui Hua, Wang Zhong will remember your life-saving grace in his heart. He is currently entangled in worldly affairs, but he will be rewarded in the future!"
"No, no, no! It happened to me too! You should go find the old branch secretary first and ask for details!" Shui Hua was quite frightened, so she said to Ma Huashui and left in a hurry.
"Your name is Wang Zhong?" Ma Huashui looked at Wang Zhong in surprise.
Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Yes, uncle!"
"I heard you speak well. You have read a lot of books, right?" Ma Huashui's eyes flashed with strange colors.
Wang Chong said with a smile: "I studied for a few years before, but then I had no one at home, so I joined the army. I just came back from the army."
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-two years old!"
Ma Huashui nodded: "One year older than my Defu."
"Okay, I'll take you to the old branch secretary first!" Ma Huashui said to Defu's mother again: "It's almost dinner time, you cook first!"
Defu's mother said: "I know, you go ahead!"
Ma Huanshui led Wang Zhong out. On the way, Wang Zhong paid attention to the surroundings. Every household had the same adobe house, half-person-high walls, and gates made of firewood branches. There were many piles in the courtyard of every household. Dried corn stalks.
The ground beneath your feet is full of loess, and with just a little force, you can stir up countless dust.
The air is dry, with little moisture.
Occasionally, you can see a few jujube trees, surrounded by undulating mountains and mounds, but as far as you can see, there are not a few trees in sight. The mountains are covered with wild grass and warblers are flying, but there are no green waters or green mountains.
No wonder there is a need to relocate to Diaozhuang. There is not even an open river. Even if there is land for farming, there is not much water for watering.
Without water, crops cannot be grown. This is indeed the case. Wang Zhong specifically checked the information. During this period, with the increase in population in Xihaigu, there was a large amount of deforestation, and the forest coverage rate dropped to just over a little percent. , soil erosion is particularly serious, and the yield in the field has reached a new low.
Walking along the compacted loess road, bypassing a dozen or so houses, we came to a small courtyard that occupies a large area.
There was an old man in the courtyard. He had a cigarette stick that looked a little old at first glance, and there was a pile of thatch next to it, and he was rubbing a straw rope.
"uncle!"
Ma Huanshui started shouting outside the courtyard, pushed open the fence door, and walked in with Wang Zhong.
"Call for water!" The old branch secretary stopped what he was doing when he heard the sound, turned his head and took a look, then stood up and patted his thighs and trousers, asking: "Why are you here!"
"I have something to ask you about."
"You're asking me? What's going on?"
"This is a later thing!" Ma Huashui walked to the old party secretary: "It's hot outside, let's go inside and drink water!"
"Come in, come in!" The old party secretary also invited Wang Zhong to come in.
The furnishings in the old party secretary's house were similar to those in Ma Huanshui's house. The three of them walked into the main room, which also had a square table, several benches, and a few white porcelain bowls and a clay pot upside down on the table.
The walls around the house are covered with things.
Ma called for water and put three bowls on the table, poured water in, first brought the bowl to the old party secretary, then brought the bowl to Wang Zhong, and warned: "You have just recovered, don't drink too much at once, take your time."
"Thank you, uncle!" Wang Zhong said with a smile. Although he was not seriously injured, Wang Zhong could feel Ma Huanshui's kindness.
"Why haven't I seen this young man before? He's not from our village!" The old party secretary held the cigarette rod, lit the match and took a puff, while looking around Wang Zhong.
"Old man, my name is Wang Zhong, and I am from Yongquan Village. During the Republic of China, there was great chaos outside. My great-grandfather Wang Shunqing, my great-grandmother and my grandfather Wang Yongfu came to Yongquan Village to avoid trouble and settle down. "
"Are you the grandson of Brother Yongfu?" The old party secretary stood up in excitement and looked at Wang Zhong in astonishment, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Does the old party secretary know my grandfather?" Wang Zhong nodded and asked.
"Uncle! Don't get excited, sit down and talk slowly!" Ma Huashui quickly pulled the old party secretary to sit down.
The old branch secretary sighed, with memories in his eyes, and said in a sad tone: "We know each other, why don't we know each other!"
"I think when I joined the Red Army, it was Brother Yongfu who took me there." The old party secretary did join the Red Army, but after only walking twenty miles, he was shot in the butt by the Ma Jiajun. He couldn't follow the team anymore, so he just When I can return to Yongquan Village, I can continue to eat with my face facing the loess and my back turned to the sky.
"I just didn't expect that there would be no news after Brother Yongfu left. He was the only son of your great-grandfather and great-grandmother. There was no news for many years. Everyone thought he died on the battlefield. Your great-grandmother fell ill not long after. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she left within a few years. After your great-grandmother left, your great-grandfather also followed within two years, and it was still the village's funeral arrangements."
As he spoke, the old branch secretary suddenly turned his eyes, looked at Wang Zhong, and asked, "By the way, where is your grandfather?"
"Since he is alive, why hasn't he come back to see him for so many years?"
"well!"
Wang Zhong sighed and said with the same sigh: "It's not that my grandfather doesn't want to come back, it's that he was injured and lost his memory!"
"Have you been injured and lost your memory?" the old party secretary asked doubtfully.
Wang Zhongdao: "After my grandfather joined the Red Army, he was tossed all the way. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he married my grandmother. Just over a week after getting married, he joined the Volunteer Army. My grandmother was pregnant with my father at that time. In the end, my grandfather was fighting the Japanese Japanese. He was seriously injured during the accident. Both legs were blown off and had to be amputated. There was also a piece of shrapnel in his brain. He was in a coma for more than a year before he woke up. After he woke up, he couldn't remember many things clearly.
It was only before I died that I remembered that my hometown was Yongquan Village, Gugangou Township, Xihai. He left his last words and asked my dad to bring his and my grandma’s ashes back to Yongquan Village and bury them next to my great-great-grandfather and great-aunt. He could not fulfill his filial piety in front of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother during his lifetime, but he stayed with them underground after his death. "
"But before my father could bring them back, he went to the battlefield again and died on the border of southern Yunnan. My mother raised me alone and told me this before she died."
After hearing Wang Zhong's story, even Ma Huanshui couldn't help but be moved.
"Hey!" The old party secretary sighed and said with emotion: "Everything in the world is unpredictable!"
"Since ancient times, it has been difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. Brother Yongfu...hey!"
"Xiao Zhong, your grandfather and your father, they are both martyrs and heroes!"
The two expressed their feelings.
"..."
Immediately, the three of them went back to Ma Huanshui's house and took the jar of ashes brought back by Wang Zhong. The old party secretary led the way and led Wang Zhong and Ma Huanshui to the back mountain with hoes and shovels on their backs. They found Wang Zhong here. The graves of great-grandfather and great-grandmother in this world.
They are said to be graves, but in fact they are just two small earthen mounds, not even a monument.
Wang Zhong didn't let Ma call for water to help. He spent more than half an hour digging a big hole next to the grave, buried the ashes in it, and quickly filled it up to form a small grave.
When the three of them went down the mountain, the sun had disappeared into the sky and the sky was starting to get a little dark.
Ma Huashui took the old branch secretary and Wang Zhong with him and went to his house for dinner together.
Wang Zhong also met Ma Debao, who was still a teenager, and Ma Dehua, a small girl.
At the dinner table, Ma Huanshui took out half a bottle of sorghum wine from his collection and divided it among the teapots. The staple food was potatoes and porridge made with stick noodles, and the side dish was a plate of fried pickles with dried chili peppers.
There was no fishy taste, but there were enough potatoes, pickles and wine. It was already the most sumptuous meal Ma Huanshui could offer.
"Wang Zhong! What are your plans next?"
The old branch secretary felt quite heavy. In his heart, Wang Zhong had become his nephew and descendant.
"Old man, my household registration has been moved back. Yongquan Village took in my great-grandfather's family and helped them collect their bones and arrange their funeral arrangements. I have no ability to repay you for such kindness. I don't know how to repay you... ····”
"Hey!" Before Wang Zhong could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ma Huanshui: "You kid, what do you mean by repayment? They are all from the same village. Besides, your grandfather went to the battlefield to fight for his life. Yes, without them, we wouldn’t have the peaceful life we have today.”
"You are right to call Uncle Shui! You are not allowed to mention repayment in the future!" The old party secretary said with deep approval and gave Wang Zhong an accusing look.
"Okay!" A smile appeared on Wang Zhong's face: "No more, no more!"
"Yes, you just said that you signed your household registration back?" Ma Huashui put his outstretched chopsticks on the pickle plate, was stunned for a moment, and looked at Wang Zhong in surprise and asked.
Wang Zhong nodded: "Before I come back, I have completed the procedures in Lanzhou. Now I just need the village to issue an acceptance certificate. I will go to the county again and it will be done!"
These are naturally masterpieces of the system.
"Are you really going to come back?" At this time, both Ma Huashui and the old party secretary looked at Wang Zhong in surprise.
"In this place, we have to eat and drink. We live on the relief food distributed by the government all year round. The conditions are very difficult. You are staying outside Lanwai, what are you doing back here!"
The old party secretary hated the way that iron cannot become steel.
Wang Zhong smiled and said: "No matter how nice it is outside, it's not as good as home!"
"Besides, these days are made by people. I am young and strong, and I don't have to worry about whether I can support myself. Now that our country's economy is getting better and better, life will definitely get better and better in the future!"
"I said some things, you two, don't laugh at me!"
"If you have anything to say, just say it!" the old party secretary said quickly.
Wang Zhongdao: "Although I am young and don't have much ability, our old Wang family can be considered a member of Yongquan Village and have received kindness from the villagers. I think if I can do something for our Yongquan Village, Do your part, and in the future, even if you are under the influence of Jiuquan, when you see my father, my father, and the others, I can straighten my back and tell them that I have not disgraced them."
The old party secretary looked at Wang Zhong and sighed, but with a smile on his face, he looked at Wang Zhong with relief: "As expected of the grandson of Brother Yongfu, he has a temperament just like him!"
"Old man, my name is Uncle Shui. What do you think about receiving the certificate?"
"Don't worry, your uncle Shui is now the acting village director of our Yongquan Village. Once he receives the certificate, he can do anything about it." The old party secretary was greatly relieved, and his old face was filled with a happy smile. said.
"After dinner later, I will go to the village committee to issue a certificate for you. After you have completed your household registration, the old branch secretary and I will introduce you to the fellow villagers. Do you think you will be successful?"
"Hit! Why not! This is the best!"
"But there's something, I have to tell you first. After your great-grandfather and great-grandmother left, the house was empty. At that time, people in the village thought that your family had no one, and later it was taken back to the government. You The land for the house is the same. It was taken back to the collective. Later, when the household quota system was implemented, it was redivided. If you want to get it back, it is probably impossible. We can only divide it for you from the collective land. one slice."
"I understand this, understand it, and I can accept it!" Wang Zhong smiled happily.
"Those are all wastelands that no one has cultivated!" the old party secretary reminded.
"Baby, you may not be clear because you just came back." Ma Huashui was afraid that Wang Zhong wouldn't understand the meaning of the wasteland and quickly explained: "We in Yongquan Village have had household quotas for several years. Those slightly better lands have long been taken over. After the land reclamation is completed, it is assigned to each family. Although there is a lot of collective land in the village, it is basically all barren sandy land. It is impossible to grow crops without a few years of hard work. "
"Uncle, old man, don't worry. Although I, Wang Zhong, don't have any great skills, I still have a few skills, so I won't have a problem supporting myself."
"Really?" The old party secretary looked at Wang Zhong's face, a little unconvinced.
"If I didn't have this ability, I wouldn't dare to run back! Just watch it, you two!"
"The homestead is easy to talk about!" Ma shouted, "But there are no vacant houses in the village now."
"What's the point? Let Xiao Chong live in my house first. I happen to be the only one at home. When Xiao Chong comes, I can still have a companion!"
"Old man, then I will bother you for a while." Wang Chong said with a smile.
"What are you talking about?" the old man said deliberately with a straight face.
Several people had smiles on their faces.
Ma Huashui smiled and greeted the two of them: "Okay, okay, hurry up and eat. We have been busy all day, and we must be hungry."
The next day, Wang Zhong took Ma Huanshui's acceptance certificate and ran to the county early in the morning under the leadership of Ma Huanshui to settle the household registration matter.
After leaving the police station gate, Wang Zhong treated Ma Huanshui to a meal at the county restaurant.
Seeing the table full of a large plate of mutton stew, as well as pancakes, noodles, and spicy food, Ma Huanshui couldn't believe his eyes.
"Xiao Zhong, are you too extravagant? You can't live your life like this!"
Wang Zhong said: "Uncle! In the past two days, you have been very busy and worried about my affairs. This meal should be treated as a tribute to me as a junior."
The aroma of mutton hit his nostrils, and Ma Huanshui's stomach growled unsatisfactorily, and he swallowed subconsciously.
When Wang Zhong saw this, he didn't find it funny. In the eyes of Ma Huanshui, who ate potatoes three times a day, such a large plate of mutton might not be enough to eat even during the Chinese New Year. But Ma Huanshui's first reaction was that he really blamed himself for being extravagant. waste.
"Uncle! Don't just look at it, eat quickly. I have something else to trouble you after you finish eating!"
"What's the matter?" Ma Huashui looked at Wang Zhong: "You speak first, and then eat after you finish speaking."
"Okay!" Wang Zhong said: "Uncle, I came here in a bit of a hurry and didn't bring everything with me. There are still a lot of belongings over there, so I have to go back first and collect the things over there. Once things are settled, I estimate it will take about a week or two before we come back, but I can't say the exact time."
Although Ma Huashui was a little surprised, he understood very well: "Then what can I help you with?"
Wang Zhongdao: "The old party secretary is really kind to me, but I can't live in his house forever. I thought, could you please help me deal with the homestead matter first, and then go to the village to find some people and dig it out now?" Come out with some soil and dry out some more adobe bricks. When I come back from Yanjing, I will start building a house immediately. As for the wages, two yuan per person per day, do you think so?"
This time it was only 1989, and even the average salary of workers in the city was only 80 or 90. There were still about two years left in 1991 when the plot started. Wang Zhong couldn't always live in the old party secretary's house.
To be honest, the girl Shuihua was very suitable for Wang Zhong in terms of appearance, figure and character. If he wanted to marry Li Shuihua, a house was definitely indispensable.
"Two yuan a day?" Ma Huashui's eyes widened: "That's too much. If you convert it to a month, isn't that sixty yuan?"
"They are all from the village. Anyway, it is not the busy time for farming. If you can help, please help. How much money do you need!"
Wang Zhong hurriedly shook his head: "How can this be done? It's not easy for the villagers, so how can we let their help be in vain! No, no, no!"
Wang Zhong didn't even bother to take advantage of this.
Ma Huashui saw Wang Zhong's determined look, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, if you really want to do this, you can just provide me with two meals a day! Don't mention the wages."
Wang Zhong thought for a while, then counted ten brand-new hundred-yuan bills from his pocket, which were just introduced last year, and handed them to Ma Huanshui.
"What are you doing?" Ma Huashui immediately frowned and stared at Wang Zhong.
"Uncle Shui, don't get me wrong. You are the village director of Yongquan Village. You must be a capable person. I'm a newbie here. I'm not familiar with the place. I'm blind to everything I do. Where's the money? Please help me." First, I need to find some good wood, and arrange white flour steamed buns and stewed mutton for the villagers every day, which is also a little bit of my heart."
"It doesn't cost so much money!" Ma Huashui didn't dare to take the money from Wang Zhong, "Two meals a day, even if you eat meat and dry food, you won't spend so much. As for wood, you can't How much wood can be used for a house, but not this much."
"Then what do you think is appropriate?" Wang Zhong shook his head. If this happened in the future, who would be eager to put the money in his pocket right away.
There are not many simple people like Ma Huanshui, but there are not many anymore.
Ma Huashui thought for a while and then said: "Two hundred yuan is enough! I guess there is still a lot left."
Wang Zhong took out three cards and put the rest back into his pocket: "In this case, you will take three hundred first. When I come back, you can give back more and make up less, do you think so?"
Ma Huashui gritted his teeth and finally reached out and took the money.
A smile appeared on Wang Zhong's face, he picked up the chopsticks and handed it to Ma Xuan for water: "Uncle, this mutton must be eaten while it's hot to make it taste better."
Ma Huanshui looked at Wang Zhong and shook his head helplessly.
After dinner, the two parted ways, and Wang Zhong got on the train and headed straight for Yanjing.
Still using the old method, I went to Yanjin and Yanjing exchanged two pairs of jade bracelets in the space for 180,000 yuan. It's not that Lanzhou and Haiji couldn't exchange them, but it's not the same as before. Only in Yanjing, Wang Zhong's Two pairs of jade bracelets can be exchanged for a suitable price. In comparison, the fare and time of the round trip are nothing.
With this 180,000 yuan, plus the inheritance and retirement benefits arranged by the system, a total of more than 3,000 yuan, Wang Zhong took the train back to Haiji County with a huge sum of money.
This time and again, plus the time spent in Yanjing, a full ten days passed like this.
Wang Zhong bought a permanent brand bicycle in the county, with 28 large bars, durable and of good quality. He rode the bicycle and bought new bed sheets and quilt covers, a washbasin, a toothbrush and other daily necessities, a front bar and a back seat. On top, there were large and small packages tied up.
I rode my bicycle all the way out of the county town, walked on the loess road, and headed straight for Yongquan Village.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, Wang Zhong saw a familiar figure wearing a turban and carrying a basket on his back with a bundle of small tree branches on his back.
"Splash Girl?"
When Shui Hua heard the sound, she turned around and looked back, just in time to see Wang Zhong getting off the bicycle and pushing the cart up: "It's you!"
"It's me!" Wang Zhong smiled and said, "Gathering firewood!"
Shui Hua also grinned and said, "Well! So you are also from our Yongquan Village!"
"Yes! But last time was the first time I returned to Yongquan Village."
"I heard that Uncle Shui said that you went back to Lanzhou to do some business. Is that done?"
"It's done!" Wang Zhong said: "The things over there have been taken care of. I won't leave when I come back this time. I'll take root in our Yongquan Village!"
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