Even this time, when he went to pick up the bookworm, his brother couldn't come along.
"You're just bringing people out like that? Isn't that a bit too audacious?"
"Of course not, we're definitely avoiding people," Xie Dong interjected.
Sangshen ignored him: "Every household in Hanjiacun is hibernating right now. As long as we avoid people and quietly ask the brigade leader for a letter of introduction, we can openly bring the bookworm out, and no one will find out for a while."
"Would the battalion commander agree to that?"
"The battalion commander is a good person; he readily agreed to issue a letter of introduction." Most importantly, the paperwork was complete, just not entirely formal, so the battalion commander had no reason to refuse.
"Have you found a suitable village yet?" Buling asked again.
Sangshen nodded: "Found it. It's very remote, but the local people are alright. There aren't many problems. It's just a bit poor."
In fact, they spent most of their time just finding villages. They had to find villages that were poor and backward, with honest and simple people, and whose officials were honest and upright. His brother also insisted that these villages should respect intellectuals, and that they couldn't be too far away so they could easily deliver supplies.
The requirements were numerous, but fortunately they found one.
"The village is called Nanjia Village, nestled deep in the mountains, surrounded by peaks on all sides. To get out, you have to trek over mountains and valleys, but the villagers are all quite kind." Sangzhen was also very satisfied with the village; the people there were incredibly welcoming when they heard that a bookworm had gone to high school.
They even promised that if any outsiders bullied the bookworm, their village would protect him, on only one condition: that the children in their village be taught to read.
"What's so difficult about that? It's quite easy for a bookworm," Sangshen readily agreed.
The car slowly came to a stop at the entrance of Hanjiacun Village, where the brigade leader was already waiting.
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