"Hello, I'm looking for Tang Mo."
As soon as the call connected, Chief Tang spoke in Han Chinese.
Soon, Tang Mo's voice came through. "Grandpa, are you still in town so late?"
"Grandpa is at that bastard Mu Achen's house. This is the landline that was just installed in his house."
"Ah---Is Ah Chen calling home? Grandpa, what did Ah Chen do that you're scolding him like that?"
Chief Tang snorted, "A room full of electrical appliances, dozens of them, I don't know how much electricity they'll cost every month. Now they're installing a telephone and a transformer."
"Isn't this a good thing!"
"What's so good about it? How can someone spend money so extravagantly? Does he think he's a multi-millionaire?"
*Pfft*
Amo on the other end of the phone was amused by her grandfather's words.
"Grandpa, don't worry about Ah Chen! He knows how to do things properly."
"Do you know what's good for you? This kid hasn't been seen for seven or eight days. I don't know where he's gone. His cell phone is switched off."
Whether Chief Tang was genuinely angry or worried about Mu Achen was unknown, but his conversation with Amo made all the Miao people in the room extremely envious.
The old woman, who was watching TV while holding Duoduo, was very unhappy. She quietly told the young men from Heiwu Village who were watching TV next to her that they would definitely make a wooden box to house the phone tomorrow, leaving only the receiver sticking out.
"Grandpa, Ah Chen called me a few days ago. He said he was out of town. Hasn't he returned to the village yet?"
"He went to another province?"
"Um!"
"This kid, why did he run so far by himself? What if something happens to him?"
Amo comforted him, "Grandpa, don't worry too much. Achen must have something important to do when he goes out of the province this time! Also, Achen is bold and decisive, and has a broad vision. You should take everything he says to heart. All that Achen is doing is to help our Miao people develop."
"Yes, yes, Grandpa understands."
"Grandpa, I'll hang up if there's nothing else! Ah Chen isn't home, so please take good care of things at his house. After all, Ah Chen has sacrificed a lot for our Que Dong Village."
"Grandpa will."
The call has ended.
The old woman turned to Chief Tang and said, "The Holy Maiden is fair, much better than some old men who have been through thick and thin."
Instead of arguing with the old woman, Chief Tang called Chief Heiwu aside, and it was unclear what the two old people were discussing.
The next day.
After several days of drizzling, the sky finally cleared up.
At the intersection of Quedongzhai and the county road, a gray Land Rover Range Rover was stopped by local Miao people who were guarding the road as soon as it drove into the village.
Of the dozen or so Miao people, only one was over sixty years old; the rest were in their twenties.
"How heavy is your vehicle? Does it exceed two tons?"
“If you go too far, you can’t go in and damage the road that we paid for to repair, unless you can get permission from the two chieftains of Que Dong Village and Hei Wu Village.”
"Back up, back up! Your car is too dirty. If you go in, you'll get mud everywhere. We'll have to clean it up for you."
These Miao men were hilarious; they all carried Miao knives, and the young man in the lead even made Mu Chen reverse his car.
Mu Chen, who had rolled down the car window, smiled.
He pulled out his good cigarettes, but unfortunately...
Although these Miao men knew that the cigarettes in Mu Achen's hands were very expensive, they didn't take them.
The leader added, "Go back. If you dare to force your way in, we won't be so polite."
Mu Chen was not wearing Miao clothing.
He smiled and asked, "Are you the young men from the village up ahead?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"My name is Achen."
"I don't know him."
These Miao men must have only recently returned to the village, otherwise how could they not know who Mu Achen is?
Just then, an old man emerged from behind the haystack and shouted, "You kids, speak to him properly! What if he's here looking for Ah Chen?"
In the old man's view, anyone who came in a nice car was looking for Achen from Black Crow Village.
The boys were stunned when they heard this.
"Grandpa, this young driver said his name is Ah Chen."
"What?"
The old man quickly stepped forward and closely examined Mu Chen.
"This...isn't this Ah Chen? What are you doing dressed like this?"
Ah Chen?
The young men blocking the road were terrified! They looked at each other, bewildered and at a loss.
Mu Chen smiled and explained a few words, then offered a round of cigarettes before saying, "The county roads are still muddy and gravel roads. They get dirty as soon as it rains, and they're full of potholes and puddles. They can't compare to the roads we built ourselves. So my car is indeed very dirty coming from the provincial capital."
Speaking of roads, in the entire Tianfeng County, let alone county roads, even in the county town, it's hard to find a road better than theirs, let alone a rural road.
The old man was very proud and praised Ah Chen enthusiastically.
The young man who had spoken rather bluntly earlier scratched his head and said, "Ah Chen, is this a new car? You drive it in, then get off here. It's only a few dozen feet to the riverbank, and we'll help you clean it up."
"Okay, but if we make the road dirty, it will only cause you more trouble."
Mu Chen did not refuse.
By the river, the simple and hardworking Miao man washed the car clean in less than twenty minutes.
Having already changed into Miao clothing, Mu Chen only needed one glance to know that these Miao doctors must have worked at a car wash.
Sure enough, when he asked, there really was one.
“Ah Chen, actually we all used to work in the county town. Some of us washed cars, some repaired cars, but unfortunately the boss ran away because he owed money, so we came back.”
"Your name is A-Kang?"
"Um!"
A-Kang nodded.
Mu Chen said, "As the economy develops, people's living standards will only get better and better, and prices will also rise accordingly."
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