After Wang Tianxiao left, Wang Tianzhong stared blankly at his younger brother's departing figure for a long time before collapsing into his chair.
He felt a sudden emptiness in his heart, as if something had left him.
What exactly happened? What's wrong at home?
Tianxiao, that's not his personality.
You should still go back home and visit when you have time.
Sigh, there's always something to worry about.
Wang Tianxiao rode his bike back to the parking lot of the Wenyuan Hotel and found Zhang Wenyuan sitting on the railing at the entrance, leisurely smoking. When he saw Wang Tianxiao return, Zhang Wenyuan jumped down from the railing, chuckled, and showed no sign of annoyance.
"Mr. Zhang, I really don't know how to say this..."
Wang Tianxiao told Zhang Wenyuan about his encounter with the old lady and the thief in the alley, focusing on the statement he made, but omitting the part about meeting his older brother.
Because of his background and connections, Zhang Wenyuan had a wide network of contacts. Wang Tianxiao did not want to proactively reveal information about his relationship with his elder brother, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.
He wouldn't deny it if he were ever discovered.
It's best not to take advantage of it.
When Zhang Wenyuan heard about Wang Tianxiao's "tragic experience and heroic deeds," he laughed and admired him. In particular, when he heard that Wang Tianxiao had single-handedly taken down two thieves and dragged them to the police station, he laughed and gave a thumbs up, saying that Wang Tianxiao was incredibly impressive.
Wang Tianxiao repeatedly apologized to Zhang Wenyuan for not returning sooner and making him wait so long. Zhang Wenyuan graciously accepted the apologies, telling him that a true man doesn't concern himself with trivial matters. He knew that Wang Tianxiao must have a reason for disappearing for so long without a cause.
As they talked, the atmosphere became increasingly lively, and they both felt that the other was someone worth getting to know.
The feelings between people are so subtle. Sometimes you don't know why you feel a special connection with a certain person, even if that person is completely worthless.
Sometimes, I might not like someone that everyone likes.
Wang Tianxiao and Zhang Wenyuan belong to the former category.
The two chatted enthusiastically about other things before Wang Tianxiao said goodbye and rode home.
He originally wanted to just get rid of that old bicycle and start a new life, but then he thought that one should not become arrogant when one is successful.
Starting to be extravagant and wasteful before anything is even started is really not something he should be doing. Even a second-hand bicycle can sell for tens of yuan.
Besides, Lao Liu had always wanted a bicycle, so it would be a good opportunity to take it back for him to ride.
Wang Tianxiao tied his bicycle to the side of his motorcycle with a rope and slowly made his way to town. He first went to the medicinal herb supply and marketing center to inquire about the seeds. He was very happy to learn that 1,000 jin of each of the two kinds of medicinal herbs had arrived and he could pick them up at any time.
After confirming the time with Mi Qingsong, he was initially worried about not having a vehicle to transport the goods. However, Mi Qingsong offered to use the supply and marketing cooperative's truck to deliver the goods to the destination, which made him extremely happy.
They promised to come tomorrow to pick up the goods and settle the payment.
Old Mi chatted with him for a while longer about common problems in planting Artemisia and dandelion, without mentioning them.
As the fiery sun slowly sank behind the western mountains, the temperature dropped rapidly, and it began to feel chilly. Wang Tianxiao decided to linger and head home.
Halfway there, he saw a place selling coal by the roadside. He went over and asked about the price: large coal was 13 cents a pound, and fine coal was only 6 cents.
Quite cheap.
I plan to come back another day and haul a few thousand kilograms to the mountains.
He originally planned to build a manor house in the village, but after he acquired a station that was basically his own, and given that he was not financially well-off at the moment, he decided not to build it there and would wait until he made more money.
Moreover, he had another concern.
If you build your courtyard near a traditional pit dwelling, you'll inevitably run into those people and face trouble. It's better to avoid trouble altogether; even if you build a courtyard, the farther away it is, the better.
He had wanted to move out of the pit-dwelling for a long time. Who would want to deal with those people? But his wife was still a few days away from giving birth, and moving to the mountains now would definitely be inconvenient. So he had no choice but to be patient and stay in the pit-dwelling for a few more days.
As Wang Tianxiao's motorcycle traveled along the village path, the roar of his engine attracted many people to come out and watch, and many children even chased after him for a long distance.
That's how the village kids are; they're always looking for something new. Many of them were seeing motorcycles for the first time and couldn't help but follow along to watch.
There were many children in those days, and a dozen or so would follow him around in no time, unlike when Wang Tianxiao returned to the village in later years, when there were hardly any children left in the village.
This motorcycle is worth 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which is roughly equivalent to the income of an average villager for 70 or 80 years. An average person could never afford this motorcycle in their entire life.
Wangjia Village is a mountain village and was originally a poor village. No one in the village could afford a motorcycle. Wang Tianxiao was the first to own one. The villagers were curious and sighed that someone in the village could finally afford a motorcycle.
I was both amazed and shocked.
I thought to myself, isn't this Old Wang's second son? I heard he works in another city, but I wonder what he does to earn so much money.
Some elderly people blamed their children for being incompetent, while some wives complained that their husbands didn't earn enough money. The arguments escalated to the point of physical violence, making it likely to be another sleepless night.
Wang Tianxiao had no intention of showing off. It was a gift from someone, not something he earned himself, so there was no point in showing it off.
But the problem is that the country roads are really bumpy.
The bicycle strapped to the left side of the motorcycle doesn't have the same shock absorption as the motorcycle. It rattles and clangs all the way on the bumpy road.
His old bicycle was very worn out; it was a rickety old thing that rattled incessantly except for the bell.
Driven by the motorcycles, the bicycles showed no restraint whatsoever, their noise deafening and capable of echoing throughout the entire village.
The villagers couldn't help but watch the spectacle even if they didn't want to.
What's even more absurd is that Wang Tianxiao didn't want the bicycle to make too much noise, so he had to slow down the motorcycle. Now, in the villagers' eyes, he was just moving slowly, deliberately showing off his motorcycle.
When someone greeted Wang Tianxiao, he would stop and respond, saying a few words casually. He handled the situation well, neither appearing arrogant nor deliberately feigning modesty.
He had been away from home for several years. He knew many people in the village, but he wasn't familiar with them. Sometimes he couldn't even tell who was whose wife or who was whose sister-in-law.
To avoid saying the wrong thing, he mainly responded by answering whatever others asked, and rarely took the initiative to start a conversation.
Turning onto the path leading to their house, they found Wang Tianxin and Wang Xiaozhu walking ahead. Both of them were very surprised to hear the roar of the motorcycle and instinctively hid by the roadside, wondering where the motorcycle came from that came from and how it got into the village.
But in the blink of an eye, they discovered that the rider was Wang Tianxiao.
They ran over excitedly together.
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