"Beautiful!"
After glancing at her graceful figure, Hu Xiaobei began, "Sister, that's too much! As for you, I barely recognize you now!"
"Me? What about me?"
"Nothing, it's just that I haven't seen you for a few days, and your figure has improved a lot since last time!"
"Little bastard, always wanting to take advantage of your sister! By the way, you promised me a full-body massage before, I wonder when you'll fulfill your promise!"
"I... I'm available anytime!"
"Alright then, I'll wait for you in the store! Come over when you have time. If you don't come, you'll be in for it from me!"
"Okay!"
"Alright then, I'm heading off first!"
After making their plans, she gave Hu Xiaobei a flirtatious look, then sauntered off, swaying her hips!
In the following days, Hu Xiaobei stayed in the village the whole time!
At the same time, everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion; the village's roads were becoming better and better, and the outline of Hu Xiaobei's house on the mountaintop was gradually taking shape!
Every morning after getting up, Hu Xiaobei could see a stream of tourists in the village!
Hearing their discussions about the village, Hu Xiaobei was really happy...
He was clear that the village had completely changed from before...
...
At this moment, while Hu Xiaobei was smiling contentedly, a black Santana was leaving Big River Town, heading straight for Xiaohe Village...
"To be honest, we really didn't need to come here! Just letting that Hu Xiaobei fend for himself would have done!"
"Exactly! It's better to forget about those poor relatives!"
"Right!"
The three young people sitting in the backseat were lazily speaking while playing with their phones!
The three of them were Hu Xiaobei's three cousins...
When they were younger, they often played with Hu Xiaobei.
But then they moved to the city and lost contact...
Hearing their impatient words, the middle-aged man driving the car frowned and said, "Don't talk like that; we're relatives after all, so we should occasionally stay in touch. Besides, Xiaobei is really not doing well now. If we can help, we should!"
"That's right! Xiaobei's parents, your aunt and uncle, also died early, so he really has had a tough life!"
Hearing their parents speak, they continued to mock...
"How can we help him?"
"Yeah, he probably can't even recognize words!"
"True!"
While they were speaking, all three unconsciously curled their lips in disdain!
They used to come to Xiaohe Village to play quite often, so they felt quite fond of and admired Hu Xiaobei!
Because back then, Hu Xiaobei could accompany them to catch snakes in the river and birds in the trees.
But now, they realized that wasn't anything special – in fact, they felt embarrassed that they once went fishing in the river with Hu Xiaobei!
"Whether he recognizes words or not, let's just help him if we can. If not..."
At that point, the man driving suddenly slammed on the brakes!
...
"Dad, are you crazy?"
"Yeah!"
"Why are you braking like that!"
Because of the sudden braking, they all lurched forward and were instantly displeased!
Having vented their complaints without receiving a response, they looked at their dad instinctively and found him staring blankly ahead...
"Is there a ghost ahead?"
Muttering to themselves, they hurried to look forward as well, and in an instant, all three were completely dumbfounded!
"This... this... this..."
A few minutes later, they came back to their senses, but their speech was incoherent!
The reason for their shock was that through the car window, they had seen the newly paved ten-lane asphalt road...
...
"Is... is this the road to Xiaohe Village?"
"Yeah, Dad, you must have taken a wrong turn!"
"Right, our village is so rich, but it only has two-lane roads!"
Hearing their words, the middle-aged man glanced at them and pointed to the side.
They looked in the direction he pointed and found an enormous rock with three bold characters carved into it: Xiaohe Village!
They rubbed their eyes. After confirming that the characters truly read 'Xiaohe Village,' they knew they hadn't taken the wrong road.
Once certain of this, they exchanged glances, each clearly seeing disbelief in the other's eyes.
Knowing they wouldn't figure it out even if they pondered all day, the middle-aged man said, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's just drive in and see for ourselves!"
Hearing this, the others nodded, and with that, the car slowly headed toward Xiaohe Village.
"The air quality has improved so much!"
After a few hundred meters, they felt the air coming through the windows become much fresher.
After rolling down the windows, they took a deep breath, intoxicated by the absolutely mesmerizing scent...
"This is just fantastic!"
As they admired aloud, their gazes wandered ahead. Soon, they saw Xiaohe Village, enshrouded in white mist...
"Wow, there are so many people here!"
"Yeah!"
"Look, that parking lot is completely full!"
Rounding the corner, they were astounded by the throngs of people shoulder to shoulder.
"Are all these people here just for fun?"
Thinking this, the group of five quickly got out of the car...
Afterward, they looked toward the nearby Xiaohe Village and realized that under the close-up view, the village cloaked in dense fog was even more beautiful.
"It's like the Immortal Realm!"
They were so astounded that they stood there, dumbfounded...
"Is that Aunt? Uncle?"
"Hm?"
Hearing someone seemingly calling them, the two turned their heads and spotted a young man standing not far away...
"Are you... Xiaobei?"
They looked closely for quite a while until they finally recognized him.
"It's me! Why didn't you give me a heads up before coming here?"
Hu Xiaobei said excitedly as he quickly approached them...
Just now, Hu Xiaobei was strolling through the village, saw familiar figures from behind, and curiously headed over. Only now did he realize that they were indeed acquaintances.
After his parents had passed, Hu Xiaobei seldom felt such warmth.
But these two had truly looked after Hu Xiaobei a great deal, and he always kept it in his heart...
"We were just passing by!"
"Well then, enough talk, come home with me!"
As he spoke, Hu Xiaobei grabbed his aunt and uncle by the hand and rushed towards the village...
Seeing Hu Xiaobei walking away with their parents, the oldest among them muttered enviously, "My goodness, this Hu Xiaobei really is one lucky little bastard."
Hearing his abrupt remark, the other two were confused.
"Lucky little bastard? What do you mean?"
"Yeah!"
Once he was sure they didn't understand, he explained, "My foolish brothers, it's simple. Xiaohe Village is clearly being targeted for development by the city authorities, and this Hu Xiaobei just happens to benefit from being a member of this village. Otherwise, he'd probably still be the same mudslinging bumpkin who only knew how to fish and catch shrimp!"
"Brother, are you saying that all of this is thanks to the city's efforts?"
"Nonsense! Do you think Xiaohe Village could have enough money to fix the roads?"
"That's also true!"
After thinking it over, the two younger brothers felt it made a lot of sense...
Seeing that they understood his point, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's look around the village!"
"Okay!"
As they spoke, they prepared to wander about, but they had only taken a few steps when they were drawn to a notice on the bulletin board ahead...
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