The elderly couple felt their hearts turn stone-cold, but it was already too late for regrets. Of course, that is a story for another time.
Xu Kang stayed at home for ten days, helping his parents clean and sell clothes, catching up with old childhood friends, and touring Pingxi Town. Only when he had finished everything did he set off back to An City. At this time, school was only a week away. The train journey would take two days, and if there were delays, it could take three or four, so departing early was the sensible choice.
Once he returned to An City, Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin immediately went to buy tickets. An City was in the south, and the Capital was in the north. The three children, who had never left their home province, were full of longing for the world outside, while the two adults—who had also never left the province—were thrilled, already calculating how to make money in the city.
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