Chapter 49 [49] I am very happy to see that he can only eat steamed buns...
Everyone was shocked that these two were actually brother and sister!
In fact, the contrast is too great. Tang Yuanyuan is dressed like a little princess, and Tang An is dressed like a child from a rag collector's family.
Also, why does Tang Yuanyuan earn so much money?
Isn't she a student?
The classmates all opened their mouths wide, trying to distinguish the two.
Tang Yuanyuan put down her chopsticks and stared at Xuanyu coldly. "You..."
"Are you so full that you have nothing better to do?"
Li Mu kicked many butts behind him: "Don't you know what happened to the Tang family? Tang Yuanyuan dropped out of school for a year to support Tang An, but in the end, her mother died and she was kicked out."
"You're the only one who stands up for the weak. You didn't step in when she was toiling away at the textile factory. You didn't stand up for her when her mother died. And you didn't even mention that she, a girl, fought the murderer and nearly died."
Many people were caught off guard and were kicked to the ground. They covered their buttocks and stood up: "Li Mu, you have changed. Tang An was so good to you before. He gave you his food and shared his clothes with you. But you, after getting a wife, have forgotten your friends. You are not even a brother anymore."
"Wife, your sister!" Li Mu kicked him again. "I took Tang Yuanyuan in because she had nowhere else to go. Don't you understand? Are you deaf?"
"That's enough." Tang An stopped Li Mu and grabbed his arm: "Li Mu, stop it."
Li Mu glared at Tang An. "You're already ruining your own sister's reputation on the first day of school. Tang An, how could I not have known you were so cunning?"
Tang An: "Although I eat steamed buns and wear old clothes, I have never asked Tang Yuanyuan for a penny. Li Mu, please don't slander me."
Many people got up from the ground and said, "Li Mu, don't accuse Tang An. I just couldn't stand it. What kind of sister is so cruel? She left her brother alone when his father was sick, and she just lived a carefree life, making so much money that her brother fainted from hunger, while she eats and clothes well."
"What's that called?"
Tang Yuanyuan put down her chopsticks and said, "Xudiu, do you think I'm not doing anything?"
"Then you might as well ask Tang An himself what he did. What did he and his good father do to my mother?"
"A year ago, I also dropped out of school to work and support my family. Even a girl like me can do it. How come you, a tall and strong man like Tang An, can't do it? Are you trying to force me to support you?"
Tang An said, "Even if I starve to death, I won't accept your charity, don't worry."
After saying this, he looked at Manyu and said, "Stop talking. I have nothing to say to them."
Many: "But you"
Tang An: "I told you not to talk about it, and don't mention it again."
Li Mu also sat back down to eat.
There was too much information just now, and the students' eyes kept turning to several people.
The boy on Li Mu's right said, "Fuck, Li Mu, you already have a wife?"
Li Mu: "Get lost!"
"Tang Yuanyuan is so fierce, she's not my type. If I were to marry her, I'd rather marry a gentle one."
Tang Yuanyuan ate her meal calmly, as if she didn't notice her classmates' hesitant looks. The most important thing was to have enough food to eat.
No. 1 Middle School is very big. Compared with the Cotton Mill Middle School, the houses here are all made of bricks and tiles with red walls. They are very beautiful, and the playground is also large.
After Tang Yuanyuan finished her meal, she walked slowly inside and looked around.
These days, she has been working non-stop on business and has not had a single day of leisure. Now, she feels very comfortable walking slowly in the school.
If her mother were here, she would be so happy today.
No, her mother is in ghost state now, so she can definitely see that she is living so well.
During the summer vacation of the second year of junior high school, Zhang Lancao took the certificate from her hand, stood on a bench and pressed it against the wall while saying:
"Next year, you will definitely be able to go to No. 1 Middle School. Then Mom will buy you a new dress at the department store. You can wear it and walk into No. 1 Middle School like those other kids from wealthy families. And drink Wahaha."
"Mom is already saving money for your skirt."
"Mom, I'm going to No. 1 Middle School now. This is my school. I've also bought myself clothes, shoes, and a bicycle. Everything is new."
"Don't worry, I can live a very good life."
The little incident in the cafeteria could not affect her good mood at all. Tang Yuanyuan knew very well that her goal was to get into college and run the clothing store well.
Classmates, if you get along well, it doesn’t matter if you are alone.
On the playground, Li Mu was also playing ball with several classmates. Suddenly, a ball flew towards Tang Yuanyuan and hit Tang Yuanyuan in the face.
"grass!"
Li Muren flew up and kicked the classmate to the ground: "You don't have any eyes."
Li Mu suffered losses in a fight with those rough adult men, but his fighting ability was top-notch in front of his classmates.
Before the student could react, he was kicked to the ground.
Li Mu glared at him fiercely: "Go and apologize."
The boy was directly shocked by Li Mu's ferocity. He swallowed his saliva and said to Tang Yuanyuan who was walking over with the ball, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
Tang Yuanyuan also took the ball and used all her strength to hit the boy in the face: "You have no eyes. Don't play basketball next time."
Just looking at the force made it painful, and the group of boys were shocked.
It was common for them to hit others while playing ball. Some of them even cried after being hit, but they all covered their faces and said it was okay.
Li Mudu had helped him beat someone up, so why was she still hitting others?
"Li Mu, no wonder you said she's not your type. She's too fierce. Who would dare to marry her?"
Li Mu kicked the boy on the butt: "Who the hell are you calling fierce?"
"You said it yourself."
Li Mu: "I have a good relationship with her. I can say it, but you can't."
"No, didn't you say she's not your wife? Why can't I say it?"
Li Mu glared at her: "She is my business partner. She can help me make money. She is more important than my wife. You still want to criticize her? You are nothing."
The boy who was scolded: "..." Is this guy fucking sick?
Why is everything you say wrong?
"Tang Yuanyuan, this is the glutinous rice sausage my mom made herself. It's delicious. Do you want some?"
When Tang Yuanyuan returned to the dormitory, Huang Yan from the shop gave her her glutinous rice sausages one by one.
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head: "Thank you, I don't eat meat."
Li Jing on the left handed her another bag of plums: "I just bought them, try them."
Tang Yuanyuan pinched one and said, "It's delicious, thank you."
Li Jing came over and asked, "Tang Yuanyuan, what is your relationship with Li Mu?"
“…Friends, let’s do business together and make money.”
Li Jing: "What business?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Clothing store."
Li Jing was stunned: "...You are still a student, and you can come to a clothing store?!"
Huang Yan: "Oh my god, Tang Yuanyuan, you are so awesome!"
Some people can't stand it.
Qian Tingting was attracted by Tang Yuanyuan's beautiful clothes from head to toe and said, "No matter what, Tang An is your brother. You look pretty well dressed now, why can't you help your brother? You are really too selfish. Family members should help each other."
"Tang Yuanyuan, you can't be too selfish. As a sister, you should take care of your brother."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I am a selfish person. I don't like taking care of my brother. Can you shut up?"
Qian Tingting was shocked!
How could someone talk like that?
It took him five full seconds to react: "You, you are so cold-blooded, no wonder your own brother treats you like that."
Tang Yuanyuan glanced around and saw a porcelain teacup on the table with half of the water in it. She picked it up and poured it directly on Qian Tingting's head.
She moved quickly, and before Qian Tingting could react, water was already flowing down her head.
The cool water flowed over my eyes from the top of my head, and my bangs in the middle were instantly wet, and my eyes were so stinging that I couldn't open them.
Qian Tingting swung her fist.
Not only did Tang Yuanyuan stand behind a machine in the cotton mill for a year, but she also had to carry hundreds of kilograms of clothes sacks around during the entire summer vacation. It must have been too much effort.
She easily pulled the other person's wrist forward, and Qian Tingting groaned and hit the iron bed, feeling a needle-like pain in her waist.
Tang Yuanyuan: "I don't like people talking about my family affairs. You don't need to judge how I do things."
"Next time, if you want to meddle in my affairs, consider your own worth first."
Qian Tingting covered her hurt ribs and glared at Tang Yuanyuan unwillingly and aggrievedly, but her aura was too strong. This aura was not fierce, but a kind of condescending intimidation, like a deer facing a tiger, sensing a natural gap in ability.
This was an aura that Qian Tingting had never seen in girls of this age group, so she lost in terms of aura. She could only stare unwillingly with tears in her eyes, leaning on the bed and forgetting to move.
"Get out of the way."
Tang Yuanyuan said coldly, and she had to slow down. Only then did she realize that everyone was looking at her, and she covered her face in shame and ran out.
It’s not that there are no fights between girls, but I have never seen anyone fight as directly as Tang Yuan.
It wasn't just Qian Tingting who was shocked. Everyone in the dormitory held their breath, and for a moment no one knew what to say.
Tang Yuanyuan, the person involved, was the most at ease. There were two desks like that in the room. Tang Yuanyuan pulled one over and opened the book to look at the questions.
Everyone looked at each other and carefully went about their own business. For a full ten minutes, no one made a sound.
Until the dormitory manager came in and said, "Hey, your dormitory has the best discipline. Other dormitories are all noisy, but you are very quiet here. You are still doing your homework. You can tell at a glance that you are a good student."
Everyone looked at each other awkwardly.
The administrator said, "Who in your dormitory is willing to be the dormitory leader? We will arrange a duty roster for your dormitory. The student union will check every day and keep score."
No one dared to say a word.
The administrator casually pointed to Li Jing on his right and said, "Since no one has volunteered to be the room leader, then you can take over. Arrange a duty roster for everyone in your dormitory and post it here. Just urge everyone to be on duty on time every day."
Li Jingxin said that she was really unlucky, but she had no choice but to work.
He took out a pen and paper and wrote down the names of the people in the upper bunk, all of whom were in the first group. Then he secretly glanced at Tang Yuanyuan twice, and his eyes fell on the face of Huang Yan in the upper bunk: "Is he on duty with you?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Huang Yan and I are on duty. Let's go by the beds, otherwise it will be difficult for you to sort them out."
Li Jing quickly waved her hand, "No, you don't have to be on duty. I, I like sweeping the floor."
Tang Yuanyuan had no intention of being a school bully: "Just write it like this."
Li Jing nodded politely, "Okay, I'll write it down for you."
Everyone started talking gradually, and Tang Yuanyuan felt it was a bit noisy, so she took her book to the classroom to read.
In the evening, she rode her bike to the store to take a look. As expected, the store sold 8 more young skirts today than yesterday. Yu Fangfang came once in the morning and bought two. Tang Yuanyuan guessed that she came directly after picking up the books from school. Her idea was correct.
However, there is another store under renovation here. Zhou Wei said she asked the workers and found out it was a clothing store.
Sure enough, the competition she expected came.
Zhou Wei was a little worried, but Tang Yuanyuan was not worried at all.
"This is a good thing. The more people sell clothes here, the more people will know about this place, and the more customers will come."
She hoped that more and more people would do business here, and it would be best if there were some music stores or something, playing some pop songs every day.
The audio-visual store across the street from the wholesale market is doing pretty good business. Tang Yuanyuan thinks the music there is quite attractive.
School has started, and all kinds of snacks are displayed in front of the gate of No. 1 Middle School. Tang Yuanyuan bought a few fried dough sticks and rolled them in steamed buns, and also bought a bowl of eight-treasure porridge.
I didn’t expect that bananas coated with batter and fried in a frying pan would be so delicious, sweet, fragrant and sticky. Tang Yuanyuan fell in love with it at once.
Li Mu came out of the school with a popsicle in his mouth. He saw Tang Yuanyuan at a glance and slammed his fist on the plastic stool. "What is this? Is it delicious?"
Tang Yuanyuan puffed up her cheeks with the banana and said, "I think it's delicious. Bananas are delicious."
Li Mu: "I'll go buy some and try it."
Two minutes later, he came back and said, "Oh my god, a banana costs one dollar. It's so expensive, even more expensive than meat."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Only expensive ones taste good."
Li Mu rubbed his chin and said, "Yeah, I'm the boss now, so I should change my spending habits."
Tang Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at him.
Li Mu also bought a bowl of rice noodles, and put the steamed dough flatbread covered with sauce, rolled it up and fried it inside. It was indeed delicious.
After the two finished eating and entered the school, Tang An came out of the cafeteria in front of them, holding a plastic bag with two steamed buns in it.
Tang Yuanyuan walked past with an expressionless face.
Li Mu rubbed his chin. "Your father isn't unemployed either. Aunt Huang said he's working as a cleaner, and his salary is 150 yuan. Your brother doesn't need to be so miserable, eating steamed buns every meal, and he still fainted?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "You mean, he did it on purpose?"
Li Mu: "Maybe, or maybe, they just don't want you to have an easy life?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "His life must be really hard. Neither he nor his son can cook. They are already in debt, and they have two people to feed. Of course, food is expensive. He also has to pay tuition and fees, and he has social obligations at home. Clothes and other things also cost money. It's normal for him to spend every penny wisely."
"To be honest, I might just be born cold-blooded. I was very happy to see him having to eat only steamed buns, and I didn't feel sorry at all."
"As for what others think of me, I don't care."
At the textile factory, she drank free soup for a year.
Over the past year, her mother has been thinking about how to save money for the family every day. In the past, Tang An was too content to enjoy her mother's care.
Now he can experience this kind of life himself.
If possible, she would like to get into Tang An's mind to see if he has any complaints or regrets since his life is so hard now.
Should we still be like in the past, not being too picky and valuing harmony?
Tang Yuanyuan felt that his current mental activities must be very interesting. Many people would not say those things for no reason. She should hear some complaints from him, right?
Tang Yuanyuan went to the classroom to read, while Li Mu went to the classroom to learn how to repair watches. There were too many people in the dormitory and there were many delicate parts in the watch. If one part was missing, the watch would be useless. It was just right to repair it in the classroom.
The bell for the end of high school get out of class rang at nine o'clock, and Tang Yuanyuan returned to the dormitory. Qian Tingting glanced at her and then looked away.
Tang Yuanyuan took the thermos to get some hot water. Li Jing saw her behind her and stepped aside: "You go first."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I won't cut in line."
Li Jing: "I thought you had a hard time talking."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I'm not very easy to talk to."
Li Jing: “…”
Li Jing brought a pot of hot water for her roommate, filled two bottles, and waited for Tang Yuanyuan to finish filling them before leaving together.
The old-fashioned thermos was as high as a person's knee. Li Jing had thin arms and legs and was not very strong. She soon became tired carrying two thermoses and had to put the thermoses on the ground to stretch her wrists.
One hand picked up her thermos. She looked up and saw Tang Yuanyuan's expressionless face: "You are too weak to lift two. Don't bring water to others in the future."
Li Jing smiled sheepishly: "We are all classmates, I feel embarrassed to refuse."
Tang Yuanyuan had nothing to say and carried two thermoses back to the dormitory.
Li Jing gave her another bag of Tang Monk meat: "Thank you."
Tang Yuanyuan refused: "It's just a pot of water, no need to give me snacks."
Li Jing didn't care and stuffed it to Tang Yuanyuan, then picked up a bag for herself: "It's delicious, sour and sweet."
Seeing that she really wanted to share with herself and that her family background must be good, Tang Yuanyuan took it and ate it in small bites.
The lights in the dormitory were turned off at 11 o'clock. After eating, Tang Yuanyuan went to the bathroom to brush her teeth, filled a basin with warm water to wash herself briefly, and then rubbed her clothes and hung them on the balcony.
Qian Tingting was admitted from the countryside. This was her first time living in a boarding school away from home. She cried under her quilt, saying that she missed home.
Everyone missed home, and some people started crying too.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't feel anything. She had no home for a long time. No, her home was in her heart.
Her mother must be watching over her and protecting her like the stars in the sky.
I turned over and fell asleep.
I was woken up by a rustling sound in the morning. It was Qian Tingting. She was actually brushing her shoes!
Tang Yuanyuan took out her watch from under her pillow. It was only five o'clock.
I sat up angrily, "Are you sick?"
Qian Tingting was brushing her shoes when she suddenly heard a cold voice. She turned around and saw a man with disheveled hair squatting on the ground in a faint blurry light in the dark room.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Do you know what time it is? Can't you see that others are sleeping?"
Qian Tingting shed tears of grievance: "I don't know what time it is. In our village, we have to get up and work at dawn, otherwise grandma will scold us."
Tang Yuanyuan: "This is not your village. Go back to sleep. From now on, you are not allowed to get up to work until others do."
Qian Tingting said "Oh", put the basin under the bed, and climbed back into bed.
Tang Yuanyuan's high school life officially began.
She cherishes the opportunity to study. She is very focused when doing exercises and reciting classical Chinese and English. In contrast, Yu Fangfang is just here to pass the time.
He would avoid doing homework if possible, and would copy Tang Yuanyuan's answers for in-class tests, even copying the questions incorrectly on purpose. During class, he would either sleep on the table, read romance novels under the table, or eat snacks like a little squirrel.
I feel listless during class but energetic after class. The happiest thing every day is going home from school.
She didn't understand Tang Yuanyuan at all. What was so fun about learning this thing?
Other day students rode bicycles to and from school, but her driver drove her to and from school eight times a day. She was very ladylike and drank milk every day. She liked to show off things, especially her parents. Within three days, the whole class knew that Yu Fangfang's father was the director of a cotton mill and her mother was the deputy director.
Of course, she is pretty, speaks in a soft voice, is delicate, and dresses very fashionably. According to her, she has been learning piano since she was a child, so everyone privately voted her the class beauty.
Soon, a boy stuffed a love letter into the belly of the table.
She likes receiving love letters very much, but she just enjoys the confession of love from boys and is not moved at all because she doesn't like any of them.
He also showed Tang Yuanyuan where he copied the poems from, and directed his suitors to go to the store to buy him snacks and other things.
Until a week later, before evening self-study, she bought a romance novel from the bookstore and was blocked in an alley by a few hooligans and extorted for money.
"What are you doing?"
Just as Yu Fangfang was frightened and trembling as she took out her money, Tang An appeared in the alley, glaring at the two young hooligans from the vocational high school.
The little scoundrel sneered contemptuously: "Mind your own business, if you don't want to get killed, get out."
Tang An was not afraid at all. He walked over bravely and pulled Yu Fangfang behind him: "Run quickly, I'm here."
Yu Fangfang wiped her tears and ran away, and called the school security to come back. Tang An had been beaten up, and there was blood in his mouth. His clothes, which were already white, were also torn.
Yu Fangfang: "I'll take you to the hospital."
Tang An: "No, I'm fine."
Yu Fangfang took out another hundred yuan from her pocket and said, "Your clothes are all damaged. I'll compensate you and you can buy new ones."
Tang An: "Protecting girls and being brave is a man's duty. You don't have to pay."
After Tang An said this, he didn't even look at the hundred yuan. He nodded slightly, turned around and left.
Yu Fangfang couldn't help but chase after him: "What's your name? Which class are you from?"
Tang An didn't answer, but a classmate told her: "He is Tang Yuanyuan's younger brother Tang An, don't you know?"
There are 56 students in the class, and Yu Fangfang barely recognizes them all. It was the first time she knew there was such a handsome boy in the class.
Tang Yuanyuan's younger brother, why... does he look so poor?
Didn’t Tang Yuanyuan already earn enough money to run a store on her own?
After listening to everyone's gossip, Yu Fangfang realized that Tang Yuanyuan's family situation was so complicated.
But Tang An doesn't look like a bad person at all.
He is good-looking and has good character, just like the male lead in a TV series.
A heart is ready to move.
I walked into the school with excitement, but I didn't see Tang An. I guess he went to the dormitory to change clothes.
His clothes were torn just now.
Yu Fangfang: "Yuanyuan, Tang An is your brother?"
Tang Yuanyuan was doing her workbook: "I've broken off relations with him, what's wrong?"
Yu Fangfang: "I just think your brother is a good person. Just now, he was injured while saving me, and his clothes were torn. I offered him money to compensate him for the clothes, but he refused to accept it."
Tang Yuanyuan paused holding the pen and turned her head away. Yu Fangfang raised the corners of her lips shyly and looked ahead.
She turned her gaze again and saw Tang An coming back from outside and entering the classroom.
Tang Yuanyuan was puzzled. Wasn't Tang An with Chu Bing? And was he also in a relationship with Yu Fangfang?
Not in the dream.
No, didn't he really get into trouble with a gangster? Why does every girl who has a relationship with him have to be harassed by a gangster and have to perform a heroic rescue?
However, what she had dreamed about before were all revolving scenes, and Tang An’s life was not detailed. Maybe she didn’t dream about it?
If I could dream about it tonight, I would know the details.
If Yu Fangfang likes Tang An, it will definitely not be a good thing for her.
Tang Yuanyuan pondered for a moment and said, "He really does like to stand up for what's right. Last time, he saved a girl from a gangster. But as far as I know, her parents gave him fifty yuan as a reward, and he accepted it."
Yu Fangfang: "Ah? Does he often save people?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Anyway, the girl he rescued was from our compound. She was pretty and grew up with us. It was just a month ago."
Yu Fangfang pouted and said "Oh" a little unhappy.
After Tang An was beaten up by the little hooligans, his reputation among the girls obviously improved. After the evening self-study, Tang Yuanyuan walked to the dormitory door with a thermos and heard everyone's discussion.
"I feel like Tang An is a nice person. He doesn't seem like a bad person at all."
"Yes, he's really brave. His clothes were torn and Yu Fangfang wanted to compensate him, but he refused. He's like the male lead in a TV drama."
"Besides, his sister is so rich, but she won't spend a penny on him. He lives alone with his father and is very frugal. He eats steamed buns and drinks free soup every day without complaining, and he's still such a good student. He's really a good person."
"Tang Yuanyuan doesn't seem to have a good personality. She started fighting just after Qian Tingting said something. Could it be Tang Yuanyuan who's the problem?"
Li Jing's voice came through the crack in the door, saying, "Don't talk nonsense. Tang Yuanyuan is just not very talkative. She puts all her attention on studying. She's a very nice person. She even helped me carry water when I couldn't carry it."
"Huang Yan and I shared snacks with her, and she always shared some with us every time she ate snacks."
"Besides, she always cleans the house diligently on duty. I feel like she's just sensitive about family matters. Qian Tingting, you must have touched a sore spot with that remark."
Huang Yan: "Yes, I also think Tang Yuanyuan is very good. That day, you were all woken up by Qian Tingting brushing her shoes, right? No one said anything, and it was Tang Yuanyuan who stopped her."
"Even though Tang Yuanyuan hit Qian Tingting, she didn't bully anyone. It was raining that day, and I asked her if she wanted to share an umbrella with me. She said she'd get wet if we were both together, so she carried a book on her head and went back to the dorm. She didn't want to cause any trouble."
"I think what Li Mu said that day was definitely not a lie. It was Tang An who hurt her heart first, so he doesn't care."
"Tang Yuanyuan is doing well."
Girls are always careful and more likely to notice subtle details.
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Author's words: I have opened a new pre-collection: "My husband is a big shot in period literature?"
The village girl Tang Zhi is well-known in Sanlin Village for her good reputation. She is able to endure hardships, know how to make a living, and has supported her family at a young age. The mothers-in-law in the village competed to marry her to their sons, and finally she fell into the Chen family.
Grandma Chen is very satisfied with her daughter-in-law.
The problem is that the night before her wedding, Tang Zhi had a dream that she was living in a book and that her husband, Chen Xingzhou, the hero of the book, would become rich and become the richest man.
And I am his first wife who died early, and died before Chen Xingzhou became successful.
The heroine was a transmigrator in a book. Knowing that he was a future big boss, she clung to his golden thigh and lived a happy life with a husband and without having to have children.
Tang Zhi: ...If you are afraid of death, start taking care of your health from today.
What a waste of time!
Tang Zhi started to feel dizzy whenever the wind blew, and asked her family to pamper her.
"Honey, I had a dream that you'll be rich in the future, so I think it's okay to eat meat every meal, right?"
“…”
"Hubby, I dreamed that I would die young from overwork. You don't want your children to be motherless in the future, do you? You should go and hoe this grass."
“…”
“…”
"Mom, it's not that I don't want to cook, it's just that in my dream I worked myself to death, so you should cook this meal."
“…”
"Mom, your son will be the richest man in the future. Why mend his clothes? Let's go buy new ones. If you don't have money, then buy them on credit first."
The alternative village girl who is afraid of death and loves to pamper herself VS the gentle and good-tempered male protagonist.
A lighthearted and joyful version of a country girl, a sweet story. I think it’s quite entertaining. Can you collect it?
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