Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0886: Hardship
Nowadays, trains do not prohibit passengers from bringing pets on board, but letting your Pekingese run around in such a crowded carriage clearly means you don't want to take it off the train.
The owner of the Pekingese was sitting in the back seat of Nan Yi. She was a woman, dressed very fashionably . She was holding a bowl of Master Fan's instant noodles in her hand, and a Chundu sausage in her palm. There was also a can of Lehaha Eight Treasure Porridge on the table in front of her.
Instant noodles with ham and a can of eight-treasure porridge. It is a very luxurious thing to enjoy this kind of food standard on the train. This woman has exposed her whiteness, and she will not have peace in the future.
The woman looked up at Nan Yi with a slightly disdainful look, put down the spoon in her hand, stood up, clapped her hands together a few times, and shouted to Pekingese with a smile: "Yi Yi, come to your mother."
"Yi Yi? Yi Yi?"
When Nan Yi heard the dog's name, he felt a little disgusted. He wanted to remind the woman to keep the instant noodle bowl, as it might be useful in the future, but now, forget it.
He looked up and glanced at Wu Xiaowei who was sitting opposite him. In his hand was a 1969 edition of the Russian language middle school textbook. The whole book was full of quotations and top instructions. It was a very good study series for Russian beginners and was the enlightenment reading for Nan Yi when he first learned Russian.
After looking for a while, Nan Yi lowered his head and continued reading.
As time passed, the train moved out, and the wind blew into the carriage through the window, taking away the sweat on Nan Yi's body.
As Nan Yi expected, the toilet was occupied by someone. From the morning when the bus started until noon, Nan Yi and Wu Xiaowei, who was sitting opposite him, took turns stretching their legs. While one stretched, the other sat cross-legged. Two people stood between the opposite seats, and the remaining space was only enough for one person to stretch his legs.
At lunchtime, Nan Yi and his companions were hungry. They only took a few gulps of the wind blowing from the northwest and sat there watching other passengers eating either rich or simple meals. The cart selling lunch boxes could only get two meters in and could not go any further. The attendant could only stand there and howl a few times, hoping to sell a few more boxes in this carriage.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, the sound was no longer lonely. There were more sounds of shaking legs in the carriage, and more hurried eyes looking towards the toilet. The happier they had been eating and drinking just now, the more difficult it was to hold their urine now.
Nan Yi leaned against the back of the chair and shook regularly. He could hear the sound of his hands hitting his thighs. It was obvious that he was about to reach the critical point. Nan Yi laughed secretly, thinking with evil amusement that if he whistled, it might rain heavily in an instant.
The train has already stopped at two small stations. Not only did all the people stay on board, but a new group of people got on board. The carriage could be moved from one end to the other just now, but now it is very difficult, extremely difficult. If you want to move, you have to move one square at a time like playing the game of Huarong Dao.
At about two o'clock, the train stopped at a dispatching station. A notice came over the radio that the train would stop temporarily for 20 minutes. Upon hearing the news, the passengers who could no longer hold back or were brave enough rushed to the windows on both sides. Someone also rushed over to Nan Yi, and regardless of anything, he stuck his head out of the window and climbed out.
Nan Yi lent a hand, grabbed the other person's hand, and slowly put it down.
One, two, a total of three people climbed out of the window here in Nan Yi. The table that was wiped by their pants left a faint smell of urine.
Many people climbed out, and the space in the carriage became larger, allowing them to move to the toilet door. The woman behind Nan Yi squeezed her thighs together, slightly spread her calves, and squeezed to the toilet door like a penguin, banging on the door and begging the people inside to come out, her voice filled with tears.
The people in the toilet were moved with compassion. A man, a woman and a child came out, and the woman squeezed in instantly.
There were five people in Nan Yi's group. The school beauty had a bad stomach. Although she had received treatment and had been taking care of herself, her gastrointestinal function was still worse than others. She also climbed out of the car window, and after landing, she instantly drilled into a back slope, and climbed back into the car four minutes later.
Looking at the petite school beauty, Nan Yi thought that although he was used to having her around him, it was time for her to retire. If she continued to run around with him, she would get sick when she got older.
The skills of school beauties are acquired by overdrawing their vitality and future health. As they get older, the knife wounds, gunshot wounds, and bone injuries on their bodies will pop out to torture them. They should start to live a life without having to sleep in the open air, recuperate for a few years, and prepare for the age of forty.
The school beauty is fully qualified to work in an ordinary position in the South Office with her abilities. After retirement, she can recuperate and study at the same time. If her abilities catch up, she will be promoted step by step. If not, she will be transferred again and work in a truly ordinary position until she retires.
It would be fine if she could just retire directly. Anyway, the wealth she has now and the salary of a defense team leader from the defense fund are enough for her to live lavishly until the end of her life.
After looking at the school beauty with pity for a while, Nan Yi lowered his head and continued reading.
After the temporary stop, the train continued to move forward and passed three more stations. A total of thirty-four or thirty-five passengers got off the carriage. The family of three who were blocking the toilet came out, and the carriage instantly regained freedom to use the toilet.
The situation was probably similar in other carriages. After 4:30 in the afternoon, Nan Yi discovered that many passengers from other carriages came to visit, some looking for their companions who had been forced to separate, and some with sharp eyes wandering over bags and people.
Free and liberated, the woman behind Nan Yi ate all kinds of expensive food comfortably. She could guess what food was by smelling it, and some made a crunching sound when chewing it in her mouth. There was also a Pekingese lying on the table, which had been carefully cared for. All of these told Lao Rong, who was eating free food, that she was a big fat sheep.
After the eyes looking for fat sheep left, Nan Yi and his carriage welcomed a group of new guests, a total of four people, separated and not gathering in a group. One of them, the thinner Lao Rong, pretended to look around the carriage, then walked directly behind Nan Yi, ignoring the passengers' cursing, forced his way into a seat and sat down, took out a cigarette, lit it, puffed out smoke, and whistled.
Listen carefully, it's "Thank You for Your Love".
The smoke and whistling sounds intertwined together, causing dissatisfaction among one passenger, who complained loudly. Lao Rong, who had come to attract attention, followed suit with a stick and started a quarrel with the other party.
Just when the two were about to escalate their quarrel into a physical fight, the enthusiastic onlookers "Lao Rong's accomplices" stood up and spoke righteously, criticizing Lao Rong for smoking.
Lao Rong was unwilling to be outdone and fought against many enemies alone, causing chaos at one point.
Then, for no apparent reason, Lao Rong gave in and left, and the enthusiastic onlookers stayed for a while before leaving too.
Nan Yi glanced at his watch. If the train was on time, it would arrive at a new station in two minutes. The timing was just right. The stolen goods would either be thrown out of the window or transferred among the old Rong people. If he didn't catch them all, there would be no way to get them back.
The woman might be a little fierce, and when the train arrived at the terminal, she still didn't scream.
After getting off the train, crossing two railroad tracks, and standing on the concrete ground, they looked up and ahead and vaguely saw two tall chimneys. Nan Yi and his party walked towards the direction of the chimneys.
After walking for a while, turn right, and walk a little further, you will come to a road.
There were three Ladas parked on the side of the road.
Nan Yi took Wu Xiaowei to the middle car. As soon as they sat down, the car started and drove away.
On Pear Tree Street, at the Cossack Hotel, a restaurant that serves both Chinese and Russian food, the car stopped at the back door of the hotel, and the Virgin Mary took Nan Yi and his party straight to the second floor of the hotel.
In an empty private room, the table was already filled with sumptuous food, including pork stewed with vermicelli, stir-fried hazel mushrooms, pork blood sausage, Russian skewers, etc. After washing their hands, Nan Yi and his group went to the table to eat, and the Virgin Mary brought people to take over the security work.
The Cossack Hotel is a hotel under Haitang Trading. It provides food and accommodation, which not only solves the problem of accommodation for its own people, but also operates externally and earns a decent profit.
After having a good meal and drinking , Nan Yi washed up and went to the roof to enjoy the cool air while listening to Wu Xiaowei telling about his experience in selling jellyfish.
It is said that after Wu Xiaowei got off the bus, he went to his classmate's house, but what was waiting for him was a desperate situation. There was no one at his classmate's home. Wu Xiaowei asked the neighbors and found out that his classmate's family had gone to visit relatives, and the neighbors didn't know when they would be back.
Wu Xiaowei was confused when he couldn't find his classmates. He didn't know where to go. On the train, there were three men and one woman sitting next to him. They also came to Gaiping to sell jellyfish. One of them was called Wu Xiaowei, and he was dressed very poorly. But according to the conversation he heard, Wu Xiaowei was from Vancouver and specialized in selling jellyfish. He seemed to have a big business. The woman inadvertently mentioned that Wu Xiaowei was a millionaire.
When getting off the car, the four seemed to say that they would sleep in a square at night. As for which square, Wu Xiaowei was not very clear, and the square they were talking about seemed to be in Gaiping County. He was already in Qingsongling, and it was too late for him to follow Lao Jianghu.
Wu Xiaowei walked blindly on the street for a while, passing by several hotels. Every time he passed a hotel, he would inadvertently look inside. At the front desk of every hotel, there would always be women standing or sitting, either dressed up or plump. The words "honey trap" kept floating in Wu Xiaowei's mind, making him dare not walk into such a hotel.
The further we walked, the more remote the road became, but there were still pedestrians on the road, and we could still see tricycles carrying passengers. Passing by a brightly lit house, Wu Xiaowei looked at it curiously for a few more times, "This is where the artillery fires."
Knowing what it was, Wu Xiaowei looked at it a few more times, until a woman in a pink skirt tried to pull him into the house, he shook the woman off and fled in panic. One cry of "virgin chicken" and another of "red envelope" were like needles pricking his buttocks, making him run faster and faster.
He ran and ran until he came to a dim light. Finally, he could run no longer and gasped for breath while holding onto a pile of firewood on the side of the road.
After catching his breath, Wu Xiaowei was in the mood to look around. He looked up and saw a simple wooden sign with the words "Xiuzhen Hotel" written on it. He turned to the right and a small courtyard came into view. Through the low wall, Wu Xiaowei saw a white-painted police three-wheeled motorcycle parked in the yard.
When Wu Xiaowei saw the police tricycle, he felt a sense of security.
Walking to a dilapidated iron gate, Wu Xiaowei snapped the chain on the door and asked, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"
The big yellow dog inside the door started barking angrily.
A plump old lady from the Northeast quickly walked out of the house, came over to open the door, saw Wu Xiaowei, and greeted him with a smile: "Guests are here, come in and sit down, come in and sit down."
Wu Xiaowei followed the old lady from Northeast China into a room. A large kang took up half of the room. On the kang was a mat woven with colorful plastic strips. There were also some half-worn light yellow modular furniture, a large Toshiba color TV, and a pair of single sofas.
A girl of about seventeen or eighteen was still lying on the kang, her face facing inward.
"Xiuzhen, get up quickly, get up quickly!" the aunt shouted happily, pushing the girl hard, "A guest is coming."
Xiuzhen sat up suddenly, and when she saw Wu Xiaowei on the sofa, she immediately looked at him with surprise and excitement, and quickly slid off the kang.
Wearing a large floral sleeveless top and a pair of floral shorts, she walked barefoot to Wu Xiaowei quickly, "Are you alone? Are you here to buy jellyfish?"
Xiuzhen asked the question urgently, her watery eyes hooked on Wu Xiaowei, the barbs digging into his skin.
Faced with such an enthusiastic Xiuzhen, Wu Xiaowei suddenly felt a little scared. He wondered if he had entered a black hotel.
Xiuzhen saw the fear and vigilance on Wu Xiaowei's face. She put away her aggressive gaze and said, "Where are the guests from?"
"By the Heaven."
"Not from the South?" Xiuzhen was a little disappointed.
On the map of China, Qingsongling is on the northeast coast of Liaodong Bay. The quality of jellyfish in this area is the best in the country. Therefore, during the jellyfish fishing season, merchants from Guangdong Province, Hubei Province, Shandong Province, Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province and other parts of the country gather here, and almost all of them are big traders.
Most of the jellyfish sold in Shiliupu, the largest aquatic product wholesale market in Shanghai, also come from Qingsongling. However, the people who come to Qingsongling to buy jellyfish are from Wenzhou. The jellyfish wholesale market in Shanghai is almost monopolized by people from Wenzhou.
Before the jellyfish fishing season, there would always be people from the south staying at Xiuzhen's hotel, and there would also be profiteers who would leave snakeskin bags filled with money with Xiuzhen, usually starting at 200,000, and sometimes as much as 600,000 or 700,000.
When I was at the age of falling in love for the first time, I saw too many "rich people". Some of them were dressed in rags, but spent hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some of them were dressed brightly and were generous.
This experience raised Soo-jin's expectations for her other half. She had always wanted to find a rich man who came from the south to sell jellyfish and who was younger and handsome. She had seen many rich men, but this was the first time she had seen a young and handsome one. When she saw the "other half" who met her requirements, Soo-jin couldn't help herself.
As for why she showed a disappointed expression when she heard that Wu Xiaowei was not from the south, it was very simple. Things that are far away smell good, but things that are close smell bad. It was because of her cognition. The people she had met and come into contact with were all relatively successful business representatives from the south. Based on her relatively one-sided cognition, she had a relatively perfect image of southerners in her mind.
Wu Xiaowei found it strange and asked, "Do we have to come from the south?"
"No, no, I'll take you to see the room." Xiuzhen said, and took Wu Xiaowei to the south side of the yard.
There was a room on the south side, with oil felt and mud walls. The mud floor had been trampled to a shiny black color, but was still uneven. A large kang, blackened by smoke, took up three-quarters of the room, leaving only a walkway less than half a meter wide in front of the kang.
The reed mat on the kang was torn into pieces like a fishing net, revealing gaps like a map.
In the gaps were bricks that had been burned for a long time and turned dark red. Although it was a hot summer day, dirty quilts were still piled up in a mess on the broken reed mats.
There are no windows, or rather, the entire area from one meter up to the eaves is filled with windows, which are sealed with a dull old film instead of glass windows.
There is a bamboo door on the other side of the room. Inside is a toilet. There is a manure vat buried deep underground, half of which is inside the rotten wall and half outside the wall, making it convenient to scoop out manure water.
There were two stepping boards placed horizontally on the manure vat. White insects were swarming and piling up on the edge of the vat. Green-headed and black-headed flies were densely distributed like thick fog. The air was filled with a disgusting stench and the buzzing of flies.
The flies seemed a little stupid and dull, often bumping into Wu Xiaowei's face and crawling into his collar. Wu Xiaowei felt nauseous when he knew where they had been, and tried to drive them away in a panic. Perhaps the flies here lived too comfortably, as Wu Xiaowei actually caught a few of them. Upon closer inspection, they were all big green-headed flies bred in the manure pits, fat and shiny.
Wu Xiaowei shuddered for no apparent reason, quickly let go, took a deep breath, and took a few steps back.
"Such a dirty room..." Wu Xiaowei stuttered.
"Boss, the price here is cheap. Such a big room is only eight dollars. Where can you find it?" Xiuzhen heard Wu Xiaowei's complaint and said, "In addition to the very cheap accommodation in my house, you can see that my yard is quite big. You can store the seafood you purchased from the seaside in the yard and then ship it to the station when you have a wagon.
You can keep an eye on your goods and I can help look after them for you. Other hotels don't have a large yard for storing jellyfish.
More importantly, there are many hooligans in Qingsongling. It is not safe for you to go to other hotels with hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you stay at my house, the hooligans will not dare to come. My brother is the head of the Qingsongling Police Station and often comes back with a gun. The hooligans here know it. "
Wu Xiaowei heard Nan Yi say that he would definitely suffer some hardships when he went out, and that enjoyment should be put off until later, as safety was the most important thing.
After standing for a long time and sighing, Wu Xiaowei settled down.
However, when Soo-jin left, he looked at the dirty quilt, seemed at a loss, and sat down on the edge of the bed, somewhat discouraged.
The first night at Qingsongling was very difficult for Wu Xiaowei. He kept suspecting that his watch was broken. The hour hand had lost its ability to rotate, and time seemed to have stopped and no longer moved forward.
Hold on, hold on!
I stayed up until two in the morning and was so sleepy that I fell asleep hugging my bag.
The next day, he was awakened by a loud noise. He opened his eyes and looked at the bag first. It was still there. He pricked up his ears and listened for a while. Then he glanced at the door. There was no movement. Then he opened the bag, took out 20,000 yuan from it, and found the saddlebag that Wu Meifeng had sewed for him. He stuffed the money into the saddlebag and tied it tightly around his waist.
After getting dressed, Wu Xiaowei walked into the yard and found that the people who had made the noise just now were Wang Rongsen and his three companions. He looked at the time and it was not yet seven o'clock in the morning. Wu Xiaowei was surprised how they arrived at Qingsongling so early, and it seemed that Wang Rongsen and Xiuzhen were very familiar with each other.
With doubts, Wu Xiaowei, under the guidance of the old lady from Northeast China yesterday, came to the pumped well and pumped water to wash.
After washing up, Wu Xiaowei asked the old lady where he could buy breakfast. The old lady told him that the hotel could provide breakfast and it was not expensive, only one dollar. For safety reasons, Wu Xiaowei readily agreed.
In less than ten minutes, the old lady came into Wu Xiaowei's room carrying a low table with an aluminum washbasin and a large flower bowl on it.
Sitting cross-legged on the kang, Wu Xiaowei looked at the washbasin, which contained green beans, garlic, potatoes, radishes and other miscellaneous vegetables cooked together. He didn't know what to call the dish, which was half soup and half fried. Then he looked at the large flower bowl, which contained porridge that was neither dry nor watery, but rather thick.
Wu Xiaowei had actually suffered a lot, but that was when he was a child and his memory of it is already vague. From the time his memory became clearer, his family's life became better and better. They could eat meat every day, and occasionally, his mother would take him to a restaurant for a feast.
Looking at the dishes in the basin, his appetite was gone, but he was a little hungry, so he could only pick up the large flower bowl and sip. The porridge was very fragrant.
He swung the chopsticks to drive away the flies that were gathering around him, then picked up a small piece of food to test the taste.
Not bad!
Just when he was about to eat a big bite, Nan Yi's words came to his mind again. He put down the bowl and waited for a quarter of an hour. When his head didn't feel dizzy and his stomach didn't react at all, he picked up the bowl again and ate heartily.
"Uncle Nan, when I had filled my stomach, I heard a noise coming from the yard. I went to the yard and saw two more people coming. One was a little older. Later I learned that his name was Zhou Gong. The other was a girl who was a few years younger than me. Coincidentally, her last name was Nan too. Her name was Nan..."
"Nan Ruoqiong, my daughter."
Nan Yi already knew most of Wu Xiaowei's subsequent story, because Nan Ruoqiong was involved in many things. Wu Xiaowei was mentioned in the travelogue-like email that Nan Ruoqiong sent him.
"Uncle Nan, Nan Ruoqiong is your woman?" Wu Xiaowei was surprised when he heard Nan Yi's words.
Nan Yi waved his hand, "Let's not talk about this for now, go on."
"Okay, all right."
Wu Xiaowei's story continued. When he came to the yard, he saw an old man and a young boy. The old one, Zhou Gong, was talking to Wang Rongsen. Zhou Gong wanted to take the four of them to the beach to see the jellyfish.
After listening to a few words, Wu Xiaowei felt that Zhou Gong was the local tyrant of Qingsongling, so he stepped forward and begged to take him with him to take a look. Zhou Gong was a little hesitant, but Nan Ruoqiong helped to say a word and Zhou Gong agreed.
This was not the first time Wu Xiaowei came to Qingsongling. He had been here once before. However, last time, his classmates only took him around the town and then took him to Gaiping County. So he didn't know much about Qingsongling. It could be said that this was the first time he witnessed the true appearance of Qingsongling.
It is like Xiuzhen Hotel, which can be summarized in eight words: dirty, unkempt and messy.
Piles of rotting garbage are common on the roadside, and flies are a specialty of Qingsongling. A fairly wide river on the east side of the road has been filled with domestic garbage, and only a small, black, smelly ditch can be seen winding through the garbage with stinky water.
There are many stalls along the road, pedestrians are bustling, car horns and people shouting. At the same time, the dense concentration of various commercial stalls and the busy merchants also present a vibrant and prosperous scene.
Walking through the avenue, you will see countless motorcycles, jeeps, cars, trucks, horse-drawn carriages, motorized or human-powered tricycles, and even bicycles parked on the roadside, with the drivers shouting at the top of their lungs to attract customers.
As soon as Zhou Gong and a few others arrived, they were immediately surrounded by car owners. After a brief bargaining, Zhou Gong and his men took possession of several three-wheeled motor vehicles.
The car sped towards the sea estuary.
There are countless jellyfish processing points on the coast of Qingsongling. The largest processing point is at the sea outlet. The processing points here are concentrated, unlike other points that are scattered in fishermen's homes.
The road ahead turned into a dirt road, bumpy and uneven. The air was filled with a strong smell of the sea, mixed with a faint scent of blood, and there were many tricycles passing by.
The road is getting narrower and narrower, but the vision is gradually widening.
This is the famous sea outlet of Qingsongling. Every year when the new jellyfish fishing season is approaching, merchants from all over the country flock here.
Some people started out here and became nouveau riche with hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in just a few years; others, however, fell here with lifelong regrets and became worthless paupers.
This is the dreamland that bosses are looking for. However, no one can predict the unpredictable nature of dreams. The only thing to do is to take a bold risk on your own destiny.
This is a casino. Bet your future here. Whether you become rich or destitute, ecstatic or heartbroken, the outcome will soon be clear.
This is because people are fanatical about money and therefore worry about money.
Wu Xiaowei was intoxicated by the spectacular scenery before him. Unconsciously, he looked at the girl named Nan Ruoqiong. Her eyes were not fixed on the sea, but were wandering among the fishing boats. From time to time, she would point at the fishing boats and exchange a few words with Zhou Gong.
At the beach, the group stayed for only a short while. This was because Zhou Gong knew that Wu Xiaowei and Axin, the woman among the other three people including Wang Rongsen, were coming here for the first time, so he took some time and stayed for a while.
Zhou Gong is only willing to serve big customers who can bring him great benefits. However, big customers also grow from small customers. For customers who come for the first time, he needs an observation period. He will first show some goodwill to lay a good foundation. When the other party becomes a big customer, he can increase his income.
After the exercise, Zhou Gong led a group of people to the cement pool where jellyfish were processed.
The cement pools are right by the sea, stretching out in a row like a road along the sea. On one side of the road is an endless beach, lightly painted with a layer of rose red, showing a woman's warmth. Under the sun, it looks like a light red mist, hazy and erratic.
At the end of the beach is a stretch of white where the water and the sky meet. The sky is light blue and shiny. Under the sunlight, the red, white and blue colors alternate, which is beautiful and gorgeous.
"Duke Zhou, what is the name of the rose-colored grass?" Wu Xiaowei couldn't help but ask.
"Local fishermen call it seaweed, but there are actually many types of seaweed, and this sloppy name is very unscientific." Zhou Gong smiled and said, "The reason why it is beautiful may be because it absorbs too much salt."
The woman named Axin asked, "How far does this beach extend?"
"Several dozen miles." Zhou Gong thought for a moment and said, "The tide will come in around four o'clock this afternoon. By then, the beach will become a vast ocean."
As he spoke, Duke Zhou led everyone onto the cement pool.
Wu Xiaowei stood there and looked. The pool was about one meter deep, four meters long and wide. The pool wall was about ten centimeters thick, just enough to hold a shoe horizontally. Zhou Gong said that this sea highway was more than ten miles long, and many of the pools had processed jellyfish with primary and secondary alum.
These ponds were built with funds raised by local fishermen, with each family allocated several. During the jellyfish fishing season, they sleep on the pond day and night, building a shed that looks like a place to watch watermelons in a watermelon field.
Walking on the pool wall is as unstable as walking on a balance beam. You are afraid of accidentally falling into the pool and getting covered in the jellyfish mixture. Fortunately, the pool is often paved with scattered wooden boards used for processing jellyfish.
When they met fishermen on the road, they would greet Zhou Gong and pass cigarettes to him. Some of them would even force Zhou Gong into their shed to chat for a while. Wu Xiaowei already knew Zhou Gong's identity and deeds, and he understood the enthusiasm of the fishermen, but why was Nan Ruoqiong also warmly received?
Wu Xiaowei expressed his incomprehension. In addition, the sun was scorching hot, burning his face, neck and arms. When he touched the back of his neck, his fingers were immediately covered with white particles that hurt his hands. These were the salt evaporating from his body.
It’s hot, really hot!
Enduring the scorching sun, Zhou Gong waited for Nan Ruoqiong to come out of the shed. Zhou Gong led everyone to continue walking forward. Wu Xiaowei, who had been paying attention to Nan Ruoqiong, smelled the refreshing scent of watermelon from her.
"I was exposed to salt, but the two of them were eating watermelon. Is it iced? I really want to take a bite of the cold watermelon!" Wu Xiaowei couldn't help but feel sorry for himself, "Why did I come here to suffer?"
The road continued to extend. After walking for more than half an hour, except for Zhou Gong and Nan Ruoqiong, everyone else couldn't bear it anymore. They were gasping for breath and smoke came out of their throats.
When it came to "smoke", Wu Xiaowei stopped telling the story and stared at Nan Ruoqiong who was walking towards him in amazement.
Nan Ruoqiong came behind Nan Yi and lay on his back, "Dad, why are you here so late? I have to leave tomorrow morning."
"I've arrived early enough, but you've been in the Northeast for so long, where are you going next?"
“Kyrgyzstan.”
"Here, I heard in Moscow that there is a custom of kidnapping brides. You should be careful not to be kidnapped by someone and taken home as a concubine."
"Hehe, I'm not afraid. I want to visit the Kingdom of Women and the birthplace of Li Bai."
"Tsk, I'll go take a look when I have time."
