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Chapter 107 Departure
"Hey, if I stab myself with a bayonet, I won't have to go through this."

After Xie Hushan and several other militiamen who were also responsible for escorting the cattle visited the suburban breeding farm and listened to the other party's explanation of the process of escorting beef cattle, he whispered to Han Hongbing in a joking tone:
"This job is even worse than removing bricks from a brick kiln. People sitting on a truck can't even survive as well as cows."

Han Hongbing signaled Xie Hushan to keep his voice down when joking, lest the people at the farm hear him. He actually felt that this escort mission was indeed too arduous, but that was not a reason for a revolutionary soldier to back down.

"It sounds tiring, and it is indeed tiring. I asked around and found out that they were all militiamen from various communes. None of the militiamen from the city were selected. It seems that the leaders are also worried that the city people can't bear it. After all, when it comes to enduring hardships, the city youth are indeed not as hardy as us country boys."

"Nonsense, it's because the leader doesn't like it. It's useless even if he likes the militia comrades in the city. Once you mention the mission to them, they will take the initiative to say no. To be honest, if you had told me earlier that it would be so tiring, I might have said no too." Xie Hushan walked outside, took out a cigarette, lit it, and said to drive away the various smells from the farm.

Han Hongbing took the cigarette Xie Hushan had just lit and took a puff himself, then advised Xie Hushan to be more open-minded:

"But if it weren't for you, there would be so many people who would like to do this job but don't have the means. It's okay if it's hard work. Otherwise, why would they give you 400 yuan per person? You work hard in our brigade for a year and only get less than 200 yuan. You earn two years' worth in one month. If the work isn't more tiring, I won't feel at ease taking this money. It's only half a month, so just bear with it."

It must be extremely hard to make Xie Hushan jokingly say that he wanted to back down.

Before, he had thought too simply about the matter of delivering the cows, believing that the job the uncle arranged for him was a good job that he had obtained through backdoors, and that the 400 yuan subsidy was like picking up money.

Now I understand why they have to use young male militiamen who are able to endure hardships and have higher awareness to do this job, because not to mention women, even middle-aged men can't stand it.

To sum it up in one sentence, during the half month of transporting the cows on the truck, people can lose weight, but the cows cannot!

A sealed carriage was modified and divided into two cattle pens on the left and right. Each pen held ten beef cattle, and there were twenty cattle in one carriage.

Once the cow is put into the carriage, it is a bit like the people squeezing onto the train during the Spring Festival travel rush to return home. There is no way to turn around and the most they can do are stand up or lie down to rest.

In front of them is a shared trough for ten cows, which means that no matter whether these cows are eating or sleeping, they will stay there until they reach their final destination half a month later.

After being converted into two cow pens, the small space between the doors of the two cow pens in the sealed carriage will be filled with fine feed and hay for the twenty cows on the road, as well as four large iron oil drums with the tops cut off to serve as water tanks for storing water.

This tiny space is also the living area for Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing. When the two first got on the car, their feet couldn't even touch the floor and they could only squeeze on the sacks of feed to barely rest.

Moreover, the doors of the sealed trucks will not be closed throughout the journey, because once closed, only ten very small vents will be left inside, which will cause the air to become polluted and ventilation to be inconvenient, which can easily make large animals such as cattle sick.

Of course, if it were just this, it would not be enough for Xie Hushan to feel tired.

What is really hard is that he needs to feed the ten cows he is responsible for escorting three times a day, as well as clean up their manure to ensure that the beef cattle are always in a relatively clean and hygienic living environment.

The cows need to be fed three times a day, once in the morning and evening, with a snack at night. Two escorts need to cooperate with each other during the feeding.

Because one person cannot feed the cows, it is not enough to just pour the feed into the trough. Ten cows share one long trough. Even if you use a shovel to push the feed into the trough, you can only barely get enough food for the fifth cow.

There is no food in the troughs of the five cows at the back. At this time, someone needs to change the water trough, lie on the ground in the cowshed, crawl inside along the bottom of the cow's neck, and cooperate with another person who adds feed to the trough, pushing the feed little by little from the position of the fifth cow until the feed can fill the cow closest to the inside.

To feed twenty cows a meal, one person needs to lie under the cows' necks for more than an hour wearing wet clothes.

They also have to wear water and crawl under the cows' necks to help them clean their feces and urine to avoid feces accumulation, which would prevent the cattle from getting a good rest.

Each cow is carefully selected, and its weight before boarding the vehicle is 100 kilograms higher than the minimum requirement on Hong Kong Island. This 100-kilogram weight ensures that even if the cows have a hard life on the road and lose some weight, they can still meet the minimum requirements upon arrival.

Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing needed to ensure that within half a month, no matter how thin the cows were, they would not lose less than 100 kilograms, and that the weight of all the cows met the other party's requirements upon arrival.

If the escorted cattle do not meet the other party's standards due to weight or hygiene issues when they arrive due to poor care by the escort, and are returned or discounted, the subsidy will not be withheld, but the militia's file will truthfully record the evaluation of not doing his job seriously.

In this day and age, if a file receives negative comments, it basically means social death.

If the escort's escorting behavior causes the death of the escorted cattle, causing economic losses to the county, he will be investigated and held accountable.

These regulations and mandatory requirements basically eliminate any possibility that Xie Hushan, as an escort, would want to slack off halfway.

It is impossible that the cows were sent to a place, and five out of ten were so thin that they could only wear a pair of 1.4-foot-wide shorts and were so hungry that they wanted to eat people, while Xie Hushan gained thirty kilograms and still got four hundred yuan for free.

If that really happened, not only would the county hold him accountable, but Uncle Xie Qimao might even have to kill him.

Therefore, the training in the first two days focused on teaching the breeders common sense about how to feed beef cattle and how to treat minor problems that may occur in beef cattle. The training was conducted during the day, and the students stayed in the dormitory of the suburban breeding farm under the Animal Husbandry Bureau at night.

Today, on the morning of the third day, we had a political class, which was to do some ideological work for everyone, telling the escorting militiamen not to take it lightly and to take it seriously.

After the leaders of the Animal Husbandry Bureau and the Armed Forces Department finished their speeches, they announced the disbandment of the training. They also thoughtfully distributed some non-staple food coupons and grain coupons to the militiamen who were about to set off, so that everyone could go to various stores in the county and buy food for the journey.

In the afternoon, after the farm breeders have loaded the cattle onto the trucks, the militiamen in charge of escorting the cattle can board the trucks directly and sleep in the trucks in advance to keep the cattle company.

Although tomorrow is the exact day for departure, no one knows the exact departure time, so everything has to be done in advance to avoid delays.

Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing were smoking cigarettes and holding food coupons in their hands, ready to go for a walk. As soon as they walked out of the farm gate, they saw Jiao Peng getting off his bicycle and pushing his bicycle towards the entrance of the farm. When he saw the two of them, he laughed and did not try to come in, but just waved to them from where he was.

Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing came to the county for training for two and a half days and saw Jiao Peng on the first day.

At that time, the other party was busy attending a meeting and was unable to sit down and say more. He just gave them a few simple instructions and asked them to train well. Then he asked his men to take them to the breeding farm on the outskirts of the city.

I thought I would not be able to meet Deputy Director Jiao before leaving, but I didn't expect him to come here today.

"Uncle Jiao." Xie Hushan walked over and greeted Jiao Peng.

Jiao Peng nodded, looked at the food coupons and non-staple food coupons in the two people's hands, and said with a smile:

"I just got back today, and I thought your training should be over, so I rushed over. Don't ask, you two are going to go around with your food coupons and non-staple food coupons and buy some dry food, right?"

"It was issued to us militiamen by the leaders of the county armed forces department." Xie Hushan said as he showed the food coupons in his hand.

Jiao Peng was not polite and took all the tickets from Xie Hushan: "That's perfect, give them all to me."

Then he looked at Han Hongbing. Han Hongbing was stunned for a moment and handed the food coupons in his hand to Jiao Peng.

Then he looked at Xie Hushan in confusion. He didn't understand why such a high-ranking deputy director would ask for the non-staple food coupons and grain coupons they had just issued?
Jiao Peng didn't even look at them. He put their food coupons and non-staple food coupons directly into his jacket pocket, then said with a smile:

"Don't think I'm taking kickbacks from you two. I asked someone to buy some food for you this morning, and it will probably be delivered to you in the evening. These food coupons and grain coupons are just enough to give them to them, so that you two don't have to worry about what to buy on the way."

Xie Hushan never thought that Jiao Peng, the deputy director of a county animal husbandry bureau, would be interested in these food coupons. Before Jiao Peng finished speaking, he had already started to pay, saying:

"Uncle Jiao, don't just take the ticket. You have to spend money to buy things. It will probably cost a lot. How much is it? I'll give it to you. I have money on me."

"You can't even build a house and yet you ask me to come here to help you... Wow~ I didn't realize you were a local rich man?" Jiao Peng wanted to tell him to save money, but before he could finish his words, he saw Xie Hushan take out a stack of banknotes and said in surprise.

Xie Hushan said to Jiao Peng: "Hey, a poor family is rich on the road."

Jiao Peng took out an envelope from the bag hanging on the handlebars of his bicycle. He did not touch the money in Xie Hushan's hand, but handed the envelope to him:
"It seems that I have worried about you for nothing. I even paid all the subsidies in advance for you. I was afraid that you would have no money to use. So, install it anyway, buy some foreign goods, save some money, build a house and get married as soon as possible, so that your uncle won't worry about you."

It seems that the envelope contains 800 yuan, which is the subsidy for him and Han Hongbing this time.

In fact, even if Jiao Peng did not help the two, Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing could also advance some subsidies, but it was impossible to withdraw all of them. There were regulations that only allowed escorts to advance a maximum of 150 yuan as living expenses, and the remaining subsidies would be paid out when they returned.

Jiao Peng helped the two of them to spend all the subsidies. In fact, he just wanted Xie Qimao's nephew to have more money so that he could buy more foreign goods. Everyone knew that foreign goods were in great demand, so he could make some money by trading them so that he could build a house and get married.

"Thank you, Uncle Jiao, for giving me so much money... Thank you, Uncle Jiao, for thinking of me..." Xie Hushan took the envelope with both hands and thanked Jiao Peng sincerely:
"It's really not worth it for you to do favors for us two silly boys. Thank you, Uncle Jiao. Actually, we can't buy much foreign goods because we can't take much. And I heard during the training that we have to ride in a sealed car with cattle, and we have to buy our own tickets to take the train back. If we buy too much foreign goods, people will think we are speculating and detain us."

During the training, Xie Hushan discovered that his previous dream of bringing back a lot of foreign goods in large and small bags might not be realized. During the training, people specifically reminded him that it was okay to bring one or two bags, and everyone understood, but if he had to carry them back like he was moving house, it would likely cause unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, Xie Hushan never thought of buying foreign goods. Since foreign goods were not easy to carry, he would just bring money with him. It would be fine if he could just bring back two bags of banknotes.

"I've advanced all the money to you, how could I not have thought about this for you?" Jiao Peng said with a smile, and then took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Xie Hushan:
"You must keep this carefully no matter what. Write down everything you bought with your subsidy. Don't hide it. Then send it to our county animal husbandry bureau through the post office. Have someone from the bureau pick it up at the post office. After that, I'll arrange for someone to deliver it to your uncle's veterinary station."

Xie Hushan looked at the certificate and his pupils shrank slightly. It was the same size as the household registration book in his previous life. There was a line of words printed on the plastic surface: Bingyang County Imported Goods Allocation and Purchase Certificate.

How close do you have to be with that old man to get Jiao Peng to help you get this certificate?

Although he was not clear about the specific function of this certificate, Jiao Peng's previous words had made it very clear. With this thing, the foreign goods purchased by Xie Hushan were equivalent to purchasing for the public, and no matter how big or small the packages were, they would not be confiscated on the pretext of speculation. Moreover, he did not have to carry them himself, but could send them directly back to the Bingyang County Animal Husbandry Bureau through the post office. Jiao Peng would arrange for people from the County Animal Husbandry Bureau to go to the post office to pick up the goods, so it would be impossible for the post office to secretly keep the goods.

Seeing Xie Hushan staring at the certificate without saying anything, Jiao Peng thought he didn't know what it was, so he kindly reminded him:

"It's stamped with the official seals of the county government and the Animal Husbandry Bureau. They're all real and can't be faked. Just register the names and quantities of the things you bought on the certificate and mail them back to the nearest post office. But don't buy things you shouldn't buy, or you'll cause trouble for me. If I find out that you bought things you shouldn't buy, I'll tell you and let you see how your uncle handles livestock."

"Uncle Jiao..." Xie Hushan's throat was a little tight. He had never seen such friendship in his previous life and was a little at a loss.

For example, with this certificate, even if Xie Hushan carries a bunch of televisions back from Hong Kong Island, as long as he fills in this certificate, the speculators and even smugglers from other places will not bother him, and his goods will be guaranteed to be safely returned to Bingyang County. At that time, all the pressure will be on Jiao Peng, who will need to explain to the county where the money for the Animal Husbandry Bureau to buy these televisions came from, how the televisions were purchased, and what was done after the purchase.

Of course, it was impossible for Xie Hushan to buy a bunch of TVs, and Jiao Peng was also sure that he could not buy a TV. After all, the two of them only had a total subsidy of 800 yuan.

In Jiao Peng's opinion, Xie Hushan was just like the escorts who had been there before, buying electronic watches, Hong Kong shirts, folding umbrellas, tape recorders and other things. He had seen escorts who had come back before, and they bought a large bag of these foreign goods with 150 yuan. This time, he helped to withdraw the 800 yuan subsidy. The two children would definitely not be able to carry it by themselves, so he just did his best to help them get a purchase certificate so that they could send it back through the post office. "Uncle Jiao, do you want to buy anything? I'll buy it for you." Xie Hushan asked Jiao Peng, "Whatever you want!"

Seeing Xie Hushan's emotional expression, Jiao Peng laughed: "Do you really think you are going to Hong Kong Island? You can't buy anything except some fashionable foreign goods, and I don't need these things."

Xie Hushan already knew from the training that he would not go to Hong Kong Island. The final destination for his cattle transportation was actually the transfer railway station built at the junction of Hong Kong Island and Pengcheng.

The so-called going to Hong Kong Island to buy foreign goods actually means that there are many Hong Kong Island foreign goods vendors selling them at the transfer railway station at the junction of Hong Kong Island and Pengcheng. The escorts cannot go to Hong Kong Island at all, they just buy some fashionable foreign goods from the other side at the border.

But Xie Hushan couldn't tell Jiao Peng that when they reached the border, he had a hundred ways to take Han Laoer to Hong Kong Island for a tour.

"What if there are foreign goods dealers willing to help us buy them in Hong Kong Island and then deliver them to the station?" Xie Hushan said to Jiao Peng:
"In case there is someone with good intentions, what do you want, Uncle Jiao?"

Jiao Peng didn't hesitate at all and said, "Books on animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, no matter if they are in foreign or Chinese characters, as long as they can be bought, I will ask the bureau to reimburse you."

Xie Hushan was stunned for a moment. This answer without hesitation must be what he really thought. This man didn't even think about bringing anything for his wife and children.

That’s right, if you are not that kind of person, how can you be good friends with me?

"Even if I ask that kind-hearted person to rob bookstores in Hong Kong Island, I will definitely ask him to help you find a few books." Xie Hushan patted his chest and assured Jiao Peng.

Jiao Peng thought Xie Hushan was joking and stepped on the bicycle:
"Okay, I've done everything for Old Xie and I'm going back to the bureau. The rest depends on you. After delivering the cow, stay in the guesthouse for a few days and come back quickly. Otherwise, if you come back too late, your uncle will miss me and ask me for you."

After Jiao Peng disappeared from his sight, Xie Hushan packed the money and certificates close to his body. Without the food coupons and non-staple food coupons, he simply took Han Hongbing to the Xinhua Bookstore. There were only two of them and twenty cows on the way, so they had to buy a few books to kill time.

In the end, he spent two dollars and sixty cents to buy a two-volume set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Han Laoerhua originally wanted to buy ten comic books at the price of 2.2 cents per book, but was scolded by Xie Hushan. Finally, he changed his mind and bought a copy of "Female Militia on the Island" and a set of "The Big Knife", both of which are contemporary novels.

The four books together only cost him two dollars and forty cents, which was twenty cents cheaper than Xie Hushan's two copies of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

When the two men returned to the railway next to the farm after buying the books, the sealed carriage had already stopped and the cattle and feed were being put into the carriage by the breeders.

The two of them also prepared the working tools on the car, including a shovel for feeding, a water shovel for wearing when crawling on the ground, and a shoulder pole and bucket for carrying water.

In the evening, the people arranged by Jiao Peng brought them four pounds of granulated sugar to be eaten in the steamed buns.

There was also a small bag of chocolate candies from an unknown source, eight cans of luncheon meat, and two cans of fish.

When Xie Hushan saw these things, he knew that the food coupons given to them by the county armed forces department were definitely not enough, and Jiao Peng would have to pay a lot himself.

Although there were only a few carriages and not even a locomotive, Han Laoer, who was riding a train for the first time, was already quite excited. He ran to other carriages and chatted with other militiamen.

Xie Hushan, holding a piece of dry grass in his mouth, rested on the hay sack, looked at the two water cows, then at the food, in a daze.

He now doubted whether he could still have an appetite after finishing his daily work of wearing water and drilling under the cow's neck.

It was getting dark, and I couldn't read the novel. I was feeling bored, when Han Hongbing suddenly ran back excitedly and jumped onto the carriage, saying:
"Xie Siling! The front of the train is coming! The front of the train is coming! It's about to set off! Heading towards Hong Kong Island!"

Xie Hushan poured cold water on Han Laoer:
"Don't dream. We can't leave now. The locomotive can't just take these few carriages to Hong Kong Island. There's not enough gas to pay for it. If you don't believe me, let's make a bet. We can officially set off tomorrow night, which is considered fast."

Just as Xie Hushan said, after adding the locomotive, it slowly pulled the carriages from the suburban farm along the rails to Bingyang Railway Station, and then there was no movement.

Xie Hushan had already fallen asleep under his ragged coat, but Han Hongbing did not give up. He and several other escorts were still waiting anxiously until dawn. When they saw that there was still no sign of the train leaving, they gave up and went back to dozing off on the sacks.

Xie Hushan woke up before daybreak. He stood up to stretch his aching body and looked around. There were all kinds of train carriages everywhere. They should be located in some inconspicuous corner of the train station. They might be waiting for trains from the Northeast or Inner Mongolia to meet up and take their carriages on board to continue heading south.

Suddenly his expression changed slightly, and he showed a playful smile. He squatted at the door of the car and stared at an empty car at the station.

Han Hongbing couldn't hear Xie Hushan's movement, and slightly opened his eyes: "Xie Siling, you are so..."

"Chief of Staff Han, if you can't hold it and want to pee, where will you go?" Xie Hushan stared at the place he found and said in a low voice.

Han Hongbing sat up with a yawn, walked to the door, observed as Xie Hushan said, and then pointed to the place where Xie Hushan had been staring for a long time: "I'm sure..."

"Who the hell is that?" The sleepiness on Han Hongbing's face disappeared. He squatted beside Xie Hushan and asked in a low voice.

He found that the place he had just pointed to was not right, and there must be someone hiding there.

"Maybe they know that we are rich, so they want to rob us when we can't hold our breath anymore and are looking for a place to go to the toilet." Xie Hushan said, holding a cigarette in his mouth:
"I've been watching him for a long time. I can tell he's not an old hand. He's too impatient and can't keep his cool. He wants to rob but also wants to run away. I'm struggling with this. Forget it, I'll go play with him."

As he spoke, Xie Hushan jumped off the carriage, pretended to urinate, and walked towards the secluded and anxious place he had been looking at for a long time.

Just as he walked over to unbutton his pants, a young man of about eighteen or nineteen suddenly jumped out from behind him, holding a large file in his hand, and shouted at Xie Hushan in a low voice:
"Brother, you are out of luck. I am short of money recently. I know that those of you escorting people have received advance subsidies. The car will be dispatched soon. You don't want me to come to you for a while and then not be able to go, right? I won't lend you more, just 50 yuan. Leave your name to me and I will pay you back when I have money in the future!"

Xie Hushan looked at the other person. The man was quite sturdy, with a broad face and round eyes. His skin was dark and he was wearing a dirty blue work uniform. He had a fierce expression. Xie Hushan smiled at him and said:

"Brother, if I yell, you will be caught and shot. You are a railroad kid. Most people don't know what this train is for, but you do. And you know that if you rob us, the crime must be serious. But you still want to rob us, and you are quite principled. You have already made up your mind to rob us, but you only rob fifty dollars? How about more?"

"Don't force me to do it, and don't talk nonsense, just give me the money quickly!" The other party kept pretending to poke Xie Hushan with a file and urged him.

"Don't worry, I'll give it to you." Xie Hushan took out a stack of change from his pocket and counted it slowly. The other party looked at the stack of bills greedily, and then began to look around nervously, really waiting for Xie Hushan to count the money on the spot instead of coming forward to snatch all the bills.

Xie Hushan finally counted out fifty yuan and handed it to the other party: "Here is fifty yuan."

The other party stretched out his hand to take it, but Xie Hushan raised his hand, and the stack of fifty-yuan bills flew away and scattered on the ground.

The other party stopped and stared at Xie Hushan, not understanding why he threw the money on the ground since he was willing to give him money.

Xie Hushan moved his neck, hands and feet:
"The guy has thrown it away, so I won't kill him. Let's play a game. If you win, I'll help you pick it up and hand it to you personally. If you lose, you can pick it up yourself. Just think of me being bored before departure and using you to kill time."

The other party hesitated for a moment, then squatted down and picked up the money swiftly, saying, "If you give me the money, I won't beat you, and you can go now."

"If you don't fight, can you escape if you try?" Han Hongbing's voice sounded from behind the other party.

The young man was startled and stood up holding the file. He immediately leaned his back against a section of the carriage to avoid being attacked, and then looked around.

Only then did he realize that seven or eight militiamen had appeared nearby, each holding a sharp bayonet in his hand. They were looking at him with a cruel smile, as if they were looking at a trapped prey.

From the moment Xie Hushan jumped out of the car, Han Hongbing had already called on other militiamen to get up and watch the show. When Xie Hushan was counting money for the other party, they had already completed the encirclement. If the other party did not know how to escape underground, he would have no chance of escaping.

"Don't be afraid. If they really start fighting, you should lie down when Xie Siling counts the money." Han Hongbing raised his chin towards him.
"Fight Xie Siling and we'll bet the two of you for steamed buns. If you think it's unfair, just pick any one of us."

The young man obviously knew his current situation, so he simply squatted down and continued to pick up the money:
"You can break one of my arms to vent my anger, but don't break my legs. Just let me walk back."

Xie Hushan sniffed a few times when the other party approached him to pick up the money. Seeing the other party's reaction, he waved his hand at Han Hongbing:

"Let's all get back to the car. We won't fight anymore. This kid smells like disinfectant. Someone in his family is in the hospital. No wonder he asked to borrow it just now."

"Fuck, he did to me what I was going to do to the people of Hong Kong Island. He was really bold to lend me the money."

The young man glanced at Xie Hushan and continued to pick up the money, saying, "Thank you."

Xie Hushan took out another fifty yuan from his pocket, this time he squatted down and handed it to the other party:

"Next time you want to borrow money, don't use the robbery trick. Just go over and kowtow. It's better than robbery. We are all young men. We are soft-hearted and ruthless. We feel sorry for you and can give it to you, but if you dare to rob us, we will kill you."

He stuffed the money into the other person's hand, then stood up and walked towards the sealed truck with the militiamen.

"Xie Siling, when did you start to learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds? No one does good deeds like you, lending someone a hundred yuan without even asking? Let me make it clear first, this hundred yuan is your own money, don't expect me to share the cost with you." Han Hongbing put away his bayonet and said to Xie Hushan with a smile.

Xie Hushan said with some emotion:

"If I hadn't done good deeds and released Jin Mancang, I wouldn't have known Taozi. If I hadn't known Taozi, my grandma might have died. So I think people should do more good deeds, maybe they can help themselves."

In the distance, a dispatcher blew a whistle and shouted to several people:

"Hurry up and get on the train, the train that's taking you is about to arrive at the station, get ready to form a group and set off!"

"Brother, my name is Song Tiesheng. What's your name? Leave me your name and address, and I will definitely return the money to you!" Behind him, the young man had already picked up all the money. Now, holding the money in his hand, he shouted loudly to Xie Hushan.

Xie Hushan jumped onto the sealed tank car and stood at the door, looking down at the other party with a haughty look:

"Your eldest brother's name is Zhongping Hu San'er."

(End of this chapter)