At that ti, his escape was truly an escape.
He had broken the leg of a thug outside the school, and he couldn't afford to offend him, leaving him with no choice.
Of course, he later found out that his mother had sold pancakes for five whole years to pay off the compensation demanded by the thug's family.
The thug's father was the deputy town mayor, and we couldn't compete with him!
But later, when Wen Bao made a na in Southeast Asia, he found out about it.
The thug's deputy town mayor father was investigated and arrested for bribing elections and wanting to beco the town mayor; he was even involved in a child rape case, and the embezzlent scandal in a small town reached tens of millions. He was sentenced to life and is still in prison now.
Yes, this place is very remote. When Gu Changsha and the others thought Liu Zhizhong and his companion went to a prosperous big city, they had actually co to a remote mountain town.
However, the town's county is quite economically developed, thanks to a freight transit station.
And as for that thug from back then, he later died several years ago from a drug overdose. This caused his family to be ruined and destroyed as well.
Wen Bao's mother is still making pancakes and selling them, and life is gradually getting by. She just misses her son, and has long had a head full of white hair.
The night grew darker, carrying the intense scent of sumr in the air, mountain flowers, wild cypress, wild grass.
This pair of good buddies walked along the road outside the railway line, continuing on their way.
The road was very broken, going up and down unevenly. Occasionally, cars, three-wheelers, or motorcycles would drive by, all seed to be bouncing along.
Wen Bao walked on while bitterly laughing, "When I fled, this road was already sowhat wrecked, and now, even more wrecked. The local governnt still hasn't done any repairs."
Liu Zhizhong thought for a mont since the two of them had researched their hotown developnt.
So Liu Zhizhong said, "No money, they can't fix it. That side is mountainous, not near the freight station, nor a warehouse area, so there's no need to repair it."
"The economy isn't doing well anymore, the general environnt isn't doing well either. But when you say it's not doing well, during this visit to Tiandu, it felt like Gu Changsha and his group of lords were living quite luxuriously, making it so that we too lived luxuriously for a while."
"Haha, they live just for the luxury. As for places like your hotown being luxurious or not, what's it to them? Besides, there must still be so well-off lords in the town where your family is, right?"
"Lords, yes indeed. They always have to live better than the common people for that sense of superiority..."
"That's right... Oh, right, after seeing our mother and getting back to Valle, we should think of a way to bring her out, let her live with her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson, enjoying her twilight years, that's the best choice."
Wen Bao nodded, "Yeah, I've been thinking about that. Just depends if my mom is willing or not. People get old, they miss their hotown, even if that hotown had once hurt her deeply."
"Makes sense! But, still try to work on convincing her, it's doable."
"I definitely will, I surely want to bring her out..."
"..."
Unknowingly, the two walked to the place.
Looking around, they were dumbfounded...
In the darkness, Wen Bao suddenly burst into tears, kneeling long on the ground.
"Mom!!!"
"Leopard is back, where are you, where are you?"
"Leopard has beco a big official, has money, has status, no one dares to bully anymore!"
"Mom, mom... I want you to enjoy a good life, I want you to enjoy a good life..."
"..."
These cries, heart-wrenching, touched deep into one's soul.
Liu Zhizhong's heart was also extrely pained, not knowing how to console this good brother.
What to say?
Wen Bao clearly rembered the location of his ho, right next to the broken road, in a little mountain hollow.
Over a dozen or twenty households, living together, were all those kind of small blue-brick, tile-roofed houses. His ho was in the innermost place, close to the mountain.
But now, where was the little mountain hollow to be seen?
That whole area, including the neighboring village, had been buried by a landslide, almost nothing could be seen.
In the moonlight and starlight, occasionally so remnants of corners of houses could be glimpsed.
Even the village cetery had been buried.
The eerie cries of night owls heightened the sadness.
By the looks of it, the landslide had not happened long ago, possibly less than half a month ago?
With deep sorrow, Liu Zhizhong also felt endless emotions.
The son who fled had achieved great success, returned ho under the night sky to visit his mother, but...
Finally, Liu Zhizhong helped Wen Bao up and handed him a tissue to wipe his tears, saying, "Brother, the grief isn't necessary. Let's go to your town and check out the situation. Perhaps the governnt had relocated people in advance?"
Wen Bao, with tears in his eyes, said, "Brother Zhizhong, do you believe that? Look at this landslide site, so big, several large mountains slid together, is there any trace of excavators digging? Any signs of rescue and relief? These days, there are fewer and fewer people in the mountains, they don't care, they don't pay attention! You see that road, don't you know?"
"Brother Wen, calm down! Don't be so pessimistic! There are so things you can't stand, and you can see through them. But you have to understand, politics sotis requires putting on a show."
"Putting on a show? Haha... during our trip to Tiandu, I realized they don't put on a show, don't pretend anymore. The common people live like horses and cattle, and it doesn't affect them at all."
"Alright, let's go, let's head to the town and inquire..."
With much persuasion, finally managed to calm Wen Bao down.
The two then set off, walked back nearly two hundred ters, turned to the right, and headed toward the town.
Of course, the town and the train station were not in the sa direction.
From here, the town wasn't far, about two kiloters!
Occasionally, so vehicles passed by, stirring up clouds of hot dust.
Sumr had arrived, the weather was dry, and dust flying when cars passed was quite normal.
As they approached the town, Liu Zhizhong and his companion were covered in a thick layer of dust, looking more like two down-and-out wanderers.
The town wasn't big, one street and a few small alleys.
But it was hot today, and the town was bustling at night, with people coming and going, all heading towards a small river by the town to cool off.
People coming and going looked at these two dusty outsiders with unusual gazes, naturally couldn't recognize them, nor paid much attention.
When handling things, Liu Zhizhong, of course, wouldn't ask around on the street, to avoid trouble. Given Wen Bao's current emotional state, he feared unnecessary incidents.
Thus, Liu Zhizhong directly discussed with Wen Bao, and the two of them went towards the town governnt offices to inquire about the situation from the officials on duty.
But who knew, after walking for a short while, at the end of an alley leading to the river for cooling off, appeared a pancake stall suddenly.
A white-haired female stall-owner was baking fragrant pork pancakes for custors!
Wen Bao instantly beca wild with joy, recognizing his mother, spatters of joy about to burst out...
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