However, this idea is not very realistic.
Now, staying in my hometown, farming, raising pigs and chickens and ducks, it's hard to even earn enough to support my family all year round.
Not to mention supporting the family's living expenses.
He became increasingly distressed and could only drown his sorrows in alcohol.
Gradually, he developed an alcohol addiction, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't have a little alcohol every day.
He was diagnosed with fatty liver at the hospital after returning home for the holidays a while ago.
From then on, his wife kept a close eye on him.
I send him messages every day to remind him to drink less, and I also make video calls from time to time.
When you've been wandering alone for a long time...
Having someone around to look after you sometimes makes me feel quite happy.
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A shift in perspective.
Li Gang and Xiong Zhi had already bought a dozen beers at the convenience store, ready to drink to their hearts' content later!
Xiong Zhi was carrying beer and was about to go back when Li Gang stopped him.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?" Xiong Zhi turned around, looking at him blankly. "What are you looking around for?"
"Isn't today Brother De's birthday? How about we buy him a cake together?"
Li Gang argued logically, "Look, today Brother De deliberately waited until after we finished buying the things to avoid us spending money. He's really thinking of us..."
Xiong Zhi naturally understood the reasoning behind it.
“I understand! Let’s browse around here. Even if there’s no cake, we should still pick out two gifts for him.”
"That's right, let's go!"
The two hit it off immediately.
They wandered around the mountaintop.
......
The people of Chuanshan Town are very thoughtful.
They knew that if the mountain developed tourism, people would definitely come to the mountain to celebrate their birthdays.
Lifting the cake up from the bottom of the mountain is too inefficient.
And since it's summer now, the cake might melt at any time.
A villager on the mountain seized this opportunity and opened a cake shop on the first floor of his house, specializing in making cakes.
After asking around, Li Gang and Xiong Zhi finally managed to find the address of the cake shop on the mountaintop.
Ten minutes later.
"This should be the place, right?" Li Gang said, putting his hand on his forehead to shield his eyes from the sun.
“Yes, this house matches what that villager described,” Xiong Zhi replied.
Without thinking too much, Xiong Zhi knocked on the door forcefully.
"Is anyone here? Can I order a birthday cake here?"
After knocking for a while, no one answered from inside the house.
Standing to the side, Li Gang became irritated and shouted, "Is anyone here?"
This time, he didn't get a response from the cake shop owner, but he did get a response from a country dog.
"Woof woof woof!"
"Woof woof woof!"
"......"
Suddenly, a medium-sized yellow country dog ran into the yard.
This country dog's fangs look very sharp.
It feels like it could bite off half a person's arm in one bite.
It charged forward with lightning speed.
Upon seeing this, Li Gang and Xiong Zhi were immediately terrified.
"Don't come any closer!" Li Gang turned and ran.
"No, don't bite me, I don't taste good." Xiong Zhi's face turned pale, and after taking a few steps back, he fell to the ground.
At this moment, the yellow country dog had already rushed up to Xiong Zhi.
He covered his head with his hands, as if he already knew what was going to happen next.
"Ah Huang!"
Just then, an elderly man with white hair appeared outside the door.
He shouted, yelling, "Who told you to scare people like that!"
Upon hearing this, the medium-sized yellow country dog immediately became obedient.
It stood there, staring blankly at Xiong Zhi, wagging its tail incessantly.
Seeing this, Xiong Zhi, who had "escaped death", breathed a sigh of relief and kept patting his chest.
The white-haired grandfather strode up to him.
"I'm sorry, I must have startled you just now."
"Actually, my dog Ah Huang just has a bit of a temper, but he won't hurt anyone."
Before he could finish speaking, Ah Huang stepped forward.
Upon seeing this, Xiong Zhi trembled all over, his voice shaking as he said, "You...you stay away!"
At this moment, Xiong Zhi could clearly see the mucus in its mouth and its sharp fangs.
For a moment, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and he was so frightened that he almost lost his courage.
Who knew what would happen next?
Ah Huang curled up and lay on Xiong Zhi's body.
“You can try touching it; it’s very gentle,” the white-haired grandfather said.
At this moment, Xiong Zhi mustered up the courage to touch Ah Huang; its fur was very soft and comfortable.
Seeing this, Li Gang walked over and patted Ah Huang.
The white-haired grandfather asked, "Are you here to order a cake?"
Xiong Zhi and Li Gang nodded.
"I'm sorry, my son has to go out today, so we're temporarily closed," said the white-haired grandfather.
"ah?"
Xiong Zhi didn't want to give up: "Uncle, can you make it? I heard from the villagers that this cake shop has been passed down from generation to generation, you must know how!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Li Gang chimed in, "I'll leave this to you this time!"
"Forget it, I'm too old for that."
The white-haired grandpa is 72 years old this year and has been retired for 12 years.
I've gotten used to traveling and sightseeing every day.
He's not willing to sit still and make a cake right now.
Li Gang still wanted to try again.
then.
He then recounted everything that had happened that day, as well as some past events.
"Is this really true?" The white-haired grandfather hesitated.
“Uncle, I can guarantee that all of this is true.” Xiong Zhi raised his hand, making a gesture of swearing.
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