Mother Shen fell silent and lowered her head to sew clothes, all of which were clothes she had never worn before.
Jira kept talking to her, "Big brother has made something of himself. He will lead us to a good life in the future."
"Life is good now, but Mom, wouldn't you like to go out and see the world?"
"In no mood."
The foreign tribute people Zhang Yandong called were all his henchmen. They were very slick and cunning. Rooney listened to Shen Shixun and only communicated with the few Han people arranged by Zhang Yandong.
The Han people speak Mandarin, but only know a few phrases of the Gong language, making communication difficult, but everyone is very frank.
"What was Mr. Zhang thinking, sending us to a place like this?"
“In the city, money can be easily obtained with just one project, while coming here is time-consuming and laborious.”
"Saigon is a great place, look at the scenery, it's so beautiful..."
Rooney lived next door and couldn't understand what they were saying.
But these past few days, staying in such a clean room with such soft sheets and blankets, it feels like sleeping on cotton when I lie down. Even turning over makes me bounce around a few times, and it's really making my bones ache.
But he didn't have to do any work. He just checked the number of cattle and sheep, and he didn't have to cook for himself. Good wine and meat were naturally delivered to him.
Do people outside live like this? How can anyone stand it...?
He was unshaven and still dressed, lying on his side on the clean white bed, tossing and turning with his eyes closed.
Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. "Where are the lights here? It's been days! Everything else is fine, but there are no lights, nothing's on!"
Rooney lost his temper and cursed a few times in the Gong language. The landlady, who was also a Gong, smiled and inserted the card into a certain spot in the room. Rooney was stunned.
"That's how the electricity comes in. You haven't used any electricity these past few days."
Rooney was saying, "Why isn't this nice place lit up? They didn't even give him a candle."
So this thing was meant to be put inside the wall. He scratched his head. "Alright, you can go now."
He tried again; the light went up when he put the card in, but it went out when he took the card out.
Amazing, and quite interesting...
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