"Moreover~moreover~hmm~" The rhythmic whistle of the train brought Xie Ming to a new little world. When he opened his eyes, he saw a green afterimage rushing past not far away.

"Xie Hanzi, I'll go lure the others away. You take the things and leave first!"

Before Xie Ming could even react, a clear male voice echoed distinctly across the open field after the horn sounded.

Realizing which world they were in, a stick, accompanied by a whooshing sound, hurtled straight toward Xie Ming's right temple.

Just when the people behind him thought he was about to be hit, Xie Ming didn't tilt his head to dodge like he did in his previous life. Instead, he reached out and tightly gripped the wooden stick that was coming at him.

With a clever move, he snatched the stick from the skinny man behind him, slammed it into the ground, and used the momentum to leap into the air and kick the stunned man three meters away.

Before anyone could react, he rushed forward and swung the stick at the man's head. A "crack" sound rang out as the man groaned as his skull was struck, and then silence fell over the room.

When the man's accomplice arrived, Xie Ming stood upright next to the corpse, holding a stick.

"You killed the boss?" A tall, muscular man, shirtless, stood out starkly against the howling north wind.

"Come at me all at once~" Xie Ming kicked the stick and swung it in a beautiful flourish with one hand, revealing a provocative smile to the group opposite him.

But those people didn't take him seriously at all. How could they be afraid of a kid who hadn't even grown up yet?

So a group of people rushed up in a flash.

A few minutes later, Xie Ming picked up the things that had fallen on the ground and ran along the tracks.

Two people with hazy memories were left on the ground wailing, while everyone else lying next to them was silent.

There are patrols here every now and then, and the two who are alive will not get a good outcome. They will confess the whole story of the infighting among their group.

Xie Ming was sent to Lingxia Village, within the Yangling Mountains, as an educated youth. It was now the latter half of 1974, and he had been there for over a year. He figured that in another two years in the countryside, he could take the college entrance exam and return to the city.

Unfortunately, he was betrayed after being sent to the countryside, and ended up being cuckolded, never knowing until his death that he had been supporting someone else's family.

Xie Ming is from Haishi. He has five children and is the third oldest.

This time, he's not some neglected third child; he's the family's darling.

Xie Ming didn't know the reason in his previous life, but now that he's here, he understands.

Actually, he is not Xie's biological son. His current parents are his uncle and aunt. His uncle is Xie Ming's biological mother's older brother.

After his mother gave birth to him, she and his father received a mission from their superiors to secretly travel to another country.

He was gone for nearly 20 years. By the time his parents returned and the truth came out, Xie Ming had long since turned to dust.

The couple's mission was special, and their superiors, fearing it would implicate their family, arranged for them to have false identities.

For Xie Ming's safety, his uncle took the child home to raise, just as his aunt was about to give birth.

So his family gained a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Because he had a twin sister, Xie Ming never doubted his origins.

He lived happily in the Xie family until he was 17. Despite the fact that he was taken care of by his superiors, he was never supposed to be sent to the countryside.

Unfortunately, he fell in love at first sight and became obsessed with a high school classmate named Lu Meixin.

The saying goes, "The falling flowers are willing, but the flowing water is heartless." That girl treated him with complete indifference, a typical case of "Xia Yingchun when there's nothing wrong, Zhong Wuyan when there's trouble."

Xie Ming was pampered at home and had plenty of money, so he would often give Lu Meixin some favors at school. You could say that he supported half of her pampered young lady persona, but when she had someone she liked and didn't need money, he was completely out of the picture.

After they graduated from high school, the Lu family had too many children, and it was impossible to take care of everyone. As a result, Lu Meixin was sent to the countryside by her family.

Knowing what going to the countryside would mean, Lu Meixin quickly persuaded her loyal admirer Xie Ming to go with her.

She had a clear plan: as long as her loyal dog was around, she wouldn't have to suffer.

Many people had been sent to the countryside before, and she had learned a lot of tips on how to be lazy.

Ultimately, as long as someone has money and is willing to spend it, life in the countryside isn't necessarily worse than in the city.

Therefore, she firmly decided to take Xie Ming with her.

Xie Ming readily agreed to his sweetheart's request, and secretly signed up to go to the countryside without telling his family.

But what he didn't expect was that he and his sweetheart were assigned to different places by the educated youth office.

Xie Ming was unaware that his uncle had found out after he secretly signed up to go to the countryside. So his uncle used his connections to send him to his friend Li Liangcai's hometown and asked them to take good care of his nephew.

When the two people set off, they realized that they were going to different places.

Lu Meixin hadn't expected such a mistake. Caught completely off guard, she stammered and didn't know how to ask Xie Ming for money.

After all, Xie Ming used to deliver whatever she wanted to her.

The clueless Xie Ming thought she was reluctant to part with him and was secretly delighted. He immediately promised to send her money and tickets in the future.

Lu Meixin felt relieved and boarded the train to the countryside, which was the opposite of his own.

Xie Ming went to the north where only one crop of grain is grown each year. After winter sets in, he could stay indoors and hibernate. With Li Liangcai taking care of him, life was actually quite comfortable.

But with two burdens to carry, his life wasn't as easy as he'd imagined.

How can there be two? Well, the one who shouted for him to cover for him when he landed earlier is one, and the other is Lu Meixin.

The man's name was Xu Rongqing. He was Xie Ming's uncle, who was worried that Xie Ming would be left unattended when he went to the countryside, so he arranged for Xie Ming to go to the same place as him, as a double insurance.

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