Chapter 93 Returning to Unity Village
With the Peach Blossom Festival approaching in Tuanjie Village, Li Mancang has been helping out on the mountain for more than ten days without pay.
Even Sun Suisui, who had many complaints about Old Lady Zhao, praised him highly.
The village secretary said to the accountant next to him, "Look how busy he is, sweating profusely. He's working harder than anyone else. Even though he doesn't own any land on the mountain, he's still willing to help our village build the 'Peach Blossom Festival.' We can't let honest people suffer. His health isn't good to begin with. After the 'Peach Blossom Festival,' we'll settle the accounts and give him a share."
The village accountant nodded repeatedly, leaning on his hoe, and said, "Our village's peach blossoms are the strongest and most beautiful in the surrounding area, so we're sure to make money. Things may be tight now, but in time, everyone's lives will be better."
“That’s exactly right. We must take good care of these peach trees; they’ll be our cash cow in the future.” The village secretary beckoned to Li Mancang and said kindly, “Go back and rest if you’re tired. You’re more dedicated to your work than those who have contracted land. I’ve seen it all.”
Li Mancang, with his thin and bony frame, wiped his sweat while carrying half a bag of fertilizer and said honestly, "I am grateful to the village committee for taking care of our family. I can't do too much heavy work, but tonight I will still be on duty to guard the trees. If anyone dares to damage the trees, I will still blow the whistle to notify the village."
There was no space on the mountain to build a wooden hut, so the tree keepers slept in makeshift wooden sheds. It was chilly in the mornings and evenings, and weasels and rats roamed the mountain at night; wild boars might even appear, making it no easy task.
Li Mancang was willing to take the initiative to protect the trees, and the village secretary praised him repeatedly, publicly commending his dedication to the village collective and saying that everyone should learn from him.
Over time, the simple working people came to know that Li Mancang was a great man, full of kindness, and some even praised him as the "living Lei Feng" of Tuanjie Village.
Li Mancang waved shyly and honestly, delivered the fertilizer to its place, picked up the shovel, and leaned it against the wooden shed, indicating that someone was on duty tonight.
After he came down the mountain, he passed by Sun Suisui's house. Sun Suisui pulled him aside and called over her second aunt to bring him a bowl of vegetable tofu: "My uncle's family makes it with brine. Take it back and mix it with soybean paste and you can eat it."
"Thank you, Officer Sun. The shrimp paste I gave my wife last time is still unfinished, so we'll eat it today." Li Mancang wiped the sweat from his brow and was about to leave when Sun Suisui called him back.
"Are you going to the county town again today?" She took out a medicine box from her pocket and said, "If you are, bring me a box of toothache pills."
“Okay, give it to me.” Li Mancang’s thin face was full of sincere emotion: “I heard from city people that dental problems shouldn’t be ignored, as they can easily damage the brain. Cadre Sun should remember to take it to a doctor when you have time.”
“I also want to go to the county hospital. I’ll go after the Peach Blossom Festival.” Sun Suisui handed him the money for the medicine, but Li Mancang refused to accept it.
“You made a lot of money from selling your scrap metal frame last time, enough to buy medicine.” Afraid that Sun Suisui would chase after him to give him the money, he waved his hand and said, “No, no, you can give it to me next time.”
Sun Suisui said with gratitude in her eyes, "How much is scrap metal worth? You have a hard time making money... Okay, I'll give it to you next time. Thank you this time, I've already taken advantage of you."
When Li Mancang returned home, he put the tofu dish on the stove and said to his wife Hao Chunzhi, "This is good tofu. Add some shrimp paste and give Mom more to eat."
Hao Chunzhi gave him a cold look, pointed to the old almanac hanging on the wall and said, "Aren't you going to the market today? You said that guy last time was a rich guy on a business trip, but what happened?"
Li Mancang squatted in front of the stove, helping his wife tend the fire. In his spare time, he rolled a pipe on his lap, took a deep drag, and said, "The police came again last time."
Hao Chunzhi said, "It's not the first time, what are you afraid of? The self-employed person I met last time was quite wealthy. He even said he had some used refrigerators for you to buy. Bring him over. He was leering at me, so he'll definitely be easier to deal with than last time."
After thinking it over, Li Mancang said, "Alright, I'm going to find him today anyway. He's cunning and treacherous in business, and someone should keep him in check."
He finished his last puff of tobacco, his eyes expressionless: "It's him."
After lunch, Li Mancang pulled his cart and set off for the market in Hongmei County. The individual business owner he was looking for had just bought a newly built storefront next to the market, and there was a lot of construction waste and scrap cardboard and metal.
Li Mancang helped tidy up and also collected a lot of scraps, tying them to the cart. It was already getting dark, and he sat wearily at the shop entrance, drinking water.
"Hey, you can't die in front of my shop, can you?" Boss Chen blurted out, "How can you bear to leave such a beautiful woman as a widow?"
Li Mancang chuckled and said, "I'm lucky to have married her. If that day ever comes and she wants to remarry, I will never blame her."
"You don't care if she's with other men?" Mr. Chen is in his forties. He has made a fortune by traveling around the country buying and selling. He is also in good health, except for a bit of baldness.
Li Mancang took a bite of the sesame seed cake to fill his stomach, then looked shyly at Boss Chen, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.
Mr. Chen looked at Li Mancang with disdain, seeing that he didn't act like a man at all: "I've given you all the garbage, what else do you want?"
Li Mancang seemed to have hardened his heart as he pleaded with difficulty: "My wife said she had a refrigerator for her last time. She asked me to come and ask about it."
Mr. Chen was overjoyed. He couldn't forget Li Mancang's still-attractive wife after a chance encounter. She had kept her distance from him, and he hadn't even considered trying to seduce her with money. Now, a windfall had fallen from the sky!
He suppressed his excitement, thinking he should remain composed, and said with a quick glance, "Let's do it another day, the shop is busy."
Li Mancang patted his bottom and stood up, saying without turning his head, "Forget it then. I don't have that much money to take such a good thing. I'll tell my wife to stop thinking about it."
"Hey, wait a minute." Seeing that Li Mancang was really about to leave, Boss Chen pointed at his nose and laughed and scolded, "The workers aren't here today, are you going to take him back by yourself? You're a money-grubbing idiot, aren't you afraid your wife will really become a widow?"
"Then I'll trouble you to give me a ride, Mr. Chen. I'll have my wife prepare some good food and drinks at home as a token of my gratitude. I'll give you a ride back later." Li Mancang said meaningfully, turning to look at Mr. Chen with a polite yet sincere expression, "Don't tell anyone, many people want to come to my house for dinner, but I haven't agreed to any of them."
Mr. Chen chuckled, thinking to himself: Ha, is he coming to your house for dinner? He's after your wife!
However, he dared not say this aloud. A cornered dog will jump over the wall, and an honest person can fight him to the death when cornered.
Mr. Chen first helped Li Mancang carry the old refrigerators that were being phased out of the store onto his cart. When they reached the door, he went back to the counter, pulled out a pair of brand-new leather gloves, secretly slipped a hundred yuan into them, and then went out again.
Fearing being recognized by acquaintances at the market, Mr. Chen and Li Mancang went their separate ways. When an acquaintance asked them a question, Mr. Chen casually lied and said, "Going to my mother-in-law's house for dinner."
What should have been a half-hour drive took two hours to complete. Mr. Chen's leather shoes were practically worn out from walking so much, but finally, he saw the lights of Tuanjie Village.
"Why are you taking the back path? My shoes are broken, I can't walk there!" Boss Chen shouted from behind the cart.
Li Mancang seems to have inherent disadvantages, and the journey is long and arduous, but fortunately, he has Boss Chen to help him out.
Li Mancang stopped, wiped his sweat, and said embarrassedly, "I dare not let the villagers know that I have collected such good things. They look down on me for collecting scraps, and I am afraid they will steal them."
Mr. Chen said disdainfully, "A bunch of ignorant fools. Come on, hurry up, or I'll get blisters on the soles of my feet and I'll have to make your wife wash them for me."
He was clearly testing Li Mancang, but Li Mancang ignored the provocative words and his honest, unassuming demeanor made Boss Chen swallow hard. Thinking of the exciting scene and Hao Chunzhi's voluptuous and sexy figure, he took a deep breath.
As instructed by Li Mancang, Boss Chen and Li Mancang split up and went around to the back door of Li's house, knocking three times.
The back door was opened, and a soft, fragrant woman threw herself into his arms: "Mancang, why are you only coming back now? Ah—"
Mr. Chen quickly let go of her hand, resisting the urge to sniff her palm, and said politely, "Sister Chunzhi, I came here to deliver the refrigerator to you. Brother Li should be ahead of you; we came separately."
Hao Chunzhi's fair cheeks glowed with a charming pink hue. She tugged at her newly changed, form-fitting cheongsam and turned toward the front door.
She has a great figure, both in terms of bust and buttocks.
She's even sexier than she appears on videotape; she's a total stunner.
Mr. Chen unbuttoned his shirt and saw Li Mancang chatting and laughing with her, which infuriated him. How could a man like that marry such a woman? Why should he marry a plain-looking woman?
I wish this were my wife, I could do whatever I wanted with her.
This thought lingered until after dinner, as he and Li Mancang drank strong liquor and chatted about everything under the sun. His eyes kept glancing at Hao Chunzhi wiping her mother-in-law's legs and feet.
Old Mrs. Zhao made two "uh-uh" sounds.
"Your mother's paralysis is quite severe; she can't speak anymore?" Boss Chen sighed as he saw the three of them living in a room with a heated brick bed in the middle, separated only by a cabinet. He raised his wine glass and said, "Old Li, you really have it tough. You're not in good health, yet you still have to support them. No wonder you can't save any money even though you're out collecting scraps all day."
"One is my wife, and the other is my mother. I can't just ignore them." Li Mancang glanced at Hao Chunzhi. Some unpleasant things happened back then, but fortunately, they're all in the past, and now the two of them are of one mind.
"How much did you pay to marry your wife?" Mr. Chen asked, wiping the wine stains from his lips.
Li Mancang said proudly, "Two hundred yuan! A college graduate from 1983!"
"Huh, you're really lucky!" Boss Chen said with emotion. If he hadn't been drinking, he probably would have sensed something was wrong, but he had drunk too much today and hadn't considered how Li Mancang could possibly marry one of the first college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination.
The two men got completely drunk, partly because Boss Chen and Li Mancang had deliberately plied each other with alcohol.
At 1:30 a.m., Li Mancang finally collapsed.
Hao Chunzhi was still awake. She went to Boss Chen's side and diligently began clearing the dishes. Boss Chen, drunk, couldn't hide his gaze and stared intently at her.
Hao Chunzhi's movements as she cleared the dishes slowed down. She pressed her fair neck close to Mr. Chen's and whispered something in his ear. Mr. Chen's Adam's apple bobbed, and he clenched and unclenched his fists, saying awkwardly, "I'd better go back; I can't drink anymore."
Hao Chunzhi glanced at Li Mancang, who was lying on the side, and hooked her porcelain-white wrist around Boss Chen's neck like a snake: "Every time he drinks, he gets so drunk that he's like a dead pig. I could scream and he wouldn't wake up. You even gave me a refrigerator, so I have to reward you."
deliver?
This situation is not unacceptable.
A beautiful woman looks more charming the more you look at her under the lamplight.
Mr. Chen was extremely excited. He grabbed her slender waist, picked her up, and carried her to the other side of the kang (heated brick bed): "You vixen, you're a real vixen. How many times have you stolen from people?"
Hao Chunzhi sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), slowly took off her red leather shoes, and said with a shy look in her eyes, "It's you but him, don't talk nonsense."
Hearing this, Boss Chen became even more excited and hurriedly loosened his belt: "Then I have something else to give you. You'd better behave yourself. I'll give you more good stuff later. Let me come here often, and I'll bring you benefits."
"Okay, you keep your word."
"You feel so empty, is it because Li Mancang can't satisfy you? How can a man like him, who is weak and sickly, possibly handle you?"
"......"
Li Mancang suddenly raised his head from the table, staring at the scene of the man and woman's illicit affair. He was unusually calm, his dark eyes watching his wife's infidelity with an eerie intensity.
Because of the noise, Old Lady Zhao, who was sleeping soundly next door, woke up and made two "mmm" sounds. Li Mancang tiptoed over and tightened the rope in her mouth.
Mr. Chen was completely absorbed in the act, oblivious to the sounds happening elsewhere. The alcohol was intoxicating, and an inescapable heat made him incredibly vigorous...
"Phew..." Hao Chunzhi sat up and saw a dark figure standing opposite her on the kang (a heated brick bed) staring straight at her. She called out in a sweet voice, "That's enough, that's enough."
Li Mancang quietly walked to the corner and picked up the iron hammer lying on the ground.
Mr. Chen was getting more and more courageous in the battle, craning his neck to feel the pinnacle of his life, when suddenly he was slapped in the face.
"You like playing this?" Boss Chen opened his eyes and saw the honest Li Mancang looking down at him with that simple, honest smile on his lips.
"How could it be you?! You...you took—ah—"
Before Mr. Chen could get up, Hao Chunzhi grabbed a pillow and covered his mouth tightly. Li Mancang swung a sledgehammer and smashed it into Mr. Chen's forehead!
"Ah—help—" Boss Chen's forehead immediately dented. He was in his prime and strong, so he didn't feel any pain. He forcefully flipped Hao Chunzhi to the side! But before he could get up, he was hit on the back of the head with an iron hammer!
Hammer after hammer blow, Mr. Chen's blood and brains spilled onto the ground. Li Mancang continued hammering away at his head, his face expressionless.
The old woman next door, Zhao, finally broke free of the rope binding her mouth and cursed, "You shameless whore! You ruined my son—mmm—"
Hao Chunzhi calmly put on her underwear, re-tied her mother-in-law, and complained when she saw the mess on the ground: "I told you to catch it first, why can't you remember?"
She slipped on her red leather shoes and brought over a basin of water, placing it under Mr. Chen's head—if it could even be considered his head. She then sat on the edge of the kang (heated brick bed) beside Mr. Chen's corpse, her toes twirling in her high heels, searching for money among the men's clothing.
Li Mancang was determined to smash Boss Chen's head open, cut his throat and start bleeding him out. He sat by the basin, smoking his pipe and waiting.
Hearing noises from next door, Hao Chunzhi nudged Li Mancang's thigh with her toe and said, "If the police come again, don't let your mother have any contact with them. Lock her up somewhere else. Last time she scared me to death; I thought she was going to report us."
“She can’t report us. She feels guilty about what happened to my father and wouldn’t dare to expose us again. At most, she’ll just scold us a few times. Otherwise, she won’t even have a son, let alone a grandson.” Li Mancang smiled sheepishly and said ingratiatingly, “She knows how important you are to me, so she wouldn’t dare to expose you. Be good to her, and let’s save up some money and live a good life.”
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"Achoo!" Chen Zhenzhu woke up in the Cherokee, rolled up the window and asked, "How much further?"
"We'll be there in half an hour." Lu Ye saw the promotional advertisement for the "First Peach Blossom Festival of Hongmei County" hanging on the side of the street and said in a low voice, "Don't turn it into a peach blossom disaster."
"Among the victims we interviewed, half had a history of romantic entanglements and had rich and complicated romantic experiences. Based on this, we conducted a screening of people in Tuanjie Village, combined with the dates of the victims' disappearances," Shen Zhenzhu said. "The criminal gang was hiding among them."
"Targeting young and middle-aged men, as I said before, they either need to be skilled or have a trap to entice them. I'm not afraid of being beaten, I'm worried about falling into a trap, so let's all be smart." After being frustrated for more than half a month, Lu Ye finally had a target range.
“Today is the 19th day. The team ranked first in the ‘Grand Competition’ is actually Song Xinchen and his group. Even the second to last place has 3 points. We are still in last place with 1 point.” Zhao Qiqi said while turning the steering wheel, “Weren’t the cases in the ‘Grand Competition’ supposed to be quite difficult? Sigh, I really don’t know how to explain this to the boss.”
"I don't need your explanation. It's my responsibility as the team leader if we can't solve the case, it has nothing to do with you," Shen Zhenzhu said, patting her chest. "At worst, they'll deduct my bonus."
“We’re good brothers, we’ll stick together through thick and thin, so we’ll all be fined together,” Lu Ye said casually.
Brothers? Shen Zhenzhu didn't refute it. She touched her chin, wondering if she was growing a beard from spending so much time with them.
"Why haven't the people from the Hongmei County Police Station contacted us yet?" Lu Ye glanced at the pager a few times, then frowned again.
Chen Zhenzhu said helplessly, "Tuanjie Village is holding its own 'Hongmei County Peach Blossom Festival,' and this time we're targeting Tuanjie Village. I'm afraid it might affect tourists' sightseeing tomorrow..."
“When we called before we came, they told us to come back in a week to check. By then it will be too late, what’s the point of checking?” Zhao Qiqi said with a lot of complaints. “This is such a big missing person case, and they’ve been working on it for more than three years without solving it. The police station doesn’t seem to be in a hurry.”
"It's also because all the back-and-forth efforts before failed to find any clues, wasting manpower and resources for nothing." Lu Ye flipped through the roster of Tuanjie Village and muttered, "If we cry 'wolf' too many times, people won't believe that we can solve the case."
"Regardless of what others think, I must investigate," Chen Zhenzhu said firmly. "The case involves dozens of families, and if left unchecked, it will only snowball. The 'Canadian Highway Disappearances' case lasted 30 years and involved more than 40 people. The 'Brittany Disappearances' case involved dozens of men who disappeared over 9 years. The 'Allende Disappearances' case lasted for decades and involved more than 300 people. The 'Heaven's Gate Cult Case' involved more than 200 people. These cases, like the independent disappearances, were initially ignored and remained unsolved for a long time. By the time they were exposed to the public, the casualties and losses were incalculable. We are now trying to stop the 'snowball,' nipping it in the bud before it deteriorates to an irreversible point!"
“The killer’s appetite will only grow bigger and bigger, and his methods will become more and more unscrupulous, until he completely loses his humanity, dehumanizes his victims, and treats them like livestock or objects.” Lu Ye knew what Chen Zhenzhu cared about, and looked down at the pager and said, “The police station has contacted the village committee and asked them to cooperate with our work.”
Chen Zhenzhu leaned back heavily and sighed, "Alas, sooner or later we'll alert the enemy."
"Not necessarily," Zhao Qiqi said optimistically. "Maybe after hearing 'boy who cried wolf' so many times, people will become less cautious."
“That’s right.” Chen Zhenzhu rubbed her face, took the roster of Tuanjie Village and said, “I’ll take another look.”
She lowered her head, focused on investigating the case, and her fighting spirit was evident in the back of her head.
When Zhao Qiqi visited Tuanjie Village for the second time, he found that the dirt road that was difficult to drive on last time had been paved with gravel, so the wheels of the car would not get stuck in the mud.
Ahead were tourists who had come in minibuses to participate in the "Peach Blossom Festival," and they looked like they were government employees.
"Tourists have already started arriving?" Lu Ye looked out the window and saw about ten three-wheeled vehicles parked at the entrance of Tuanjie Village, picking up tourists from the bus station three miles away.
Chen Zhenzhu rolled down the car window, choked by the cold wind, and coughed a few times. She took a sip of water and saw Aunt Sun Suisui standing at the village entrance, guarding wooden buckets filled with boiled corn and potatoes for sale.
Next to her was an old woman selling both dry and wet cucumbers. Customers were haggling with her, eventually paying and choosing their cucumbers before leaving.
"Didn't they say the village committee would cooperate with our work?" Zhao Qiqi stopped at the village entrance, not seeing a single village official, when a young man ran over and shouted, "Put your car to the side, don't park in the village!"
"Find a place to park." Shen Zhenzhu said with a forced smile, "So that's how you 'cooperate' with us."
"This is a show of force." Lu Ye pushed open the car door, his face dark as he waited for Chen Zhenzhu to get out. "Is this how officials behave?"
"Hey guys, didn't you say you were coming to check next week? We don't have time to entertain you if you come now." A glib-tongued young man ran over and said insincerely, "We're already this busy today, and we don't know how busy we'll be tomorrow, the weekend. Why don't you go back first, so you don't complain about our poor hospitality later."
Shen Zhenzhu had seen this young man in the roster; his name was Li Jian, and he bore a six or seven-point resemblance to the suspect in the portrait.
“I don’t need your hospitality. I just came to take a look.” Shen Zhenzhu walked up to him and said, “I know that cutting off someone’s livelihood is like killing their parents, but you also have to know that we are investigating a criminal case, which is no small matter. You won’t understand how miserable the victims are until you have a knife to your own throat.”
"Hey, don't try to scare me, I can't handle being scared." The young man pointed in the direction of the village committee and said, "Sorry, we can't accommodate you here. Go to the back of the village committee, there are old houses over there."
Shen Zhenzhu subconsciously looked at her aunt Sun Suisui next to her, but Sun Suisui quickly turned her head away, pretending not to recognize Shen Zhenzhu.
Chen Zhenzhu walked over and said, "Auntie, would it be alright if we stayed for a few days and we'd pay for the room?"
Aunt Sun Suisui hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Let's forget it. You all know the environment in our house. There's a garbage dump next door. If it smokes something bad in you city officials, I'll be in big trouble."
"I understand." Shen Zhenzhu squatted down with a smile, intending to pick out some corn, but Aunt Sun Suisui quickly covered the corn and said, "They've all been bought, I can't sell them to you."
“That works too.” Shen Zhenzhu wasn’t angry at all. She clapped her hands, stood up, and winked at Lu Ye and Zhao Qiqi, saying, “Let’s go check out the village committee.”
"Stop here—" The young man looked toward the Cherokee.
"Don't stop!" Ignoring his objections, Zhao Qiqi got into the car and drove the Cherokee to the village committee entrance, where it was parked on flat ground.
The young man chased after him for a few steps, bending over and panting, and I don't know what he cursed at.
"This used to be a settlement for educated youth, right? Haha, it's covered in so much dust." Chen Zhenzhu covered her mouth and nose, pushed open the door, and went inside.
Zhao Qiqi asked Lu Ye, "Is Sister Pearl not angry?"
Lu Ye said, "She'll definitely be angry, but knowing her personality, we need to stay calm. The angrier she gets, the more determined she'll be to solve the case."
“That makes sense.” Zhao Qiqi followed closely behind, picked up the broom by the back door and said, “I’ll sweep the dust, so I need a place to sit.”
Thump!
A stone smashed through the window and was thrown in, shards of glass scattered in front of the three people.
Zhao Qiqi quickly ran out and returned shortly afterward: "Damn it, it was thrown from the other side of the wall. I ran over and asked several people, but they all said it wasn't them."
"You all need to leave now! No one in our village would commit murder or arson!" Four or five elementary school children ran to the entrance of the educated youth settlement, shouting, "Get out of our village now!"
"Rolling, rolling, rolling—"
"Male toad, female toad, ugly and wretched! You're not allowed in our village! Oh, oh, oh, shame on you!"
Several adults were standing behind them, yet no one disciplined them for such words.
"Brother Aqi, you continue sweeping." Chen Zhenzhu picked up a small stool from the base of the wall, wiped it a few times, and sat down in the middle of the courtyard.
Not only did she not leave, she also had Lu Ye bring a large bag of snacks from the Cherokee and place it at her feet. She would eat instant noodles in front of the kids, drink Wahaha, and have comic books on her lap.
The children in the countryside rarely see so many snacks during the Lunar New Year. They sucked their fingers, waiting for her to finish, but before they could even catch their breath, Chen Zhenzhu grabbed a bag of crispy sausages and opened it...
"Mom, I want to eat instant noodles too."
"Waaaah, I want some too! Mom, take it from me!"
"Grandma, I want to drink Wahaha! I want to drink Wahaha!"
Faced with Shen Zhenzhu's tactics, the parents at the courtyard gate could only try to force the children to leave. But the children seemed to have nails in their feet, wailing and refusing to move.
Some of the older little boys mustered up their courage and walked into the yard, stretching out their hands and saying, "I want to eat, give it to me!"
"No." Shen Zhenzhu smiled insincerely, her little white teeth crunching as she chewed on the crispy sausage. "You ill-mannered child deserves to be tempted."
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Author's note: Pearl: No, no, no! Remember this, I'm the most cold-blooded and ruthless!
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Thank you all for your company in July! It was my first time writing a crime drama, and I was so afraid of not doing it well. I couldn't eat or sleep properly [crying emoji].
My family member had eye surgery this month and then got gastroenteritis. It's been so tough. (wiping away tears)
(Thank goodness, my retina is fine after the lens replacement.)
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