Age: My Small World

Sitting in the small house where the father and son lived, Yang Jun first looked around.

There was basically no furniture, only a few quilts and washbasins. There were a few enamel mugs for drinking water, and Zhou Yan washed one and poured water for him.

It's just plain water, which makes it quite simple.

Yang Jun paid them a considerable amount each month, at least no less than that of regular workers, and often much more, second only to the Mi brothers.

According to Uncle Hu, the reason Zhou Qiang is living like this is because he plans to save money for his son's wedding. Once his son has a wife, he plans to move to a bigger house so that there will be room for his grandson.

Yes, Zhou Qiang has already considered the long-term implications.

The father and son are suffering more now, or more accurately, he is suffering more, so that his son and grandson will have an easier life in the future.

It's a very simple idea, and I think many of our parents' generation think the same way.

Yang Jun nodded, then came to his senses and found Zhou Qiang and his son looking at him intently, waiting for instructions.

He then laughed and said, "It's nothing serious, but you might have to change where you live from now on."

"Is the boss asking us to move to another place? Is it to the west side of the city?" Zhou Qiang asked, somewhat surprised.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Jun said, "I plan to send you to the port city."

Zhou Qiang and his son were momentarily bewildered. After exchanging glances, they asked, "Boss, where is Gangcheng?"

Yang Jun was surprised by the question and realized that many people don't actually know about Hong Kong Island. After all, not everyone knows that there is such a prosperous little place in the country.

Or to be more precise, the prosperity of Hong Kong can be attributed to the influx of a large number of mainlanders in previous years, who gradually transformed Hong Kong from a few shantytowns into a shining city.

Starting in recent years, the port city has gradually become synonymous with prosperity due to its superior geographical location and frequent trade.

Yang Jun wanted the two of them to go to the port city in his place and collect a large amount of jade.

If we're talking about the place with the largest jade trading volume these days, Hong Kong is definitely one of them.

Yang Jun explained for a while, then drank some water to help the father and son digest their food.

Without even thinking, Zhou Yan agreed: "Brother Jun, I'll go."

Even though he heard that Hong Kong was located at the southernmost tip of the country, thousands of miles away from the capital, and that it would be extremely inconvenient to return, he still did not hesitate.

Zhou Qiang thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Boss, let's go."

He felt that this was probably an opportunity for Zhou Yan. If he stayed in the capital, the best Zhou Yan could hope for in his life was to make some money with him, get married, have children, and live a life similar to his.

But judging from Yang Jun's words, the prosperity of this port city is extraordinary, and perhaps his son can make a name for himself there.

Zhou Qiang decided that he would go to this place no matter what, whether it was for Yang Jun or Zhou Yan.

"Okay, Qiang-ge, Xiao-yan, you two should make preparations. I'll probably find an opportunity to send you over during the winter."

"Winter? Isn't it now?" Zhou Qiang was still full of enthusiasm, but it turned out that he had to wait another six months to set off.

Zhou Yan simply nodded; it's all the same no matter when.

"Just so you can be mentally prepared. It's going to be quite complicated to get there. I need to find a suitable time, and I'll be going with you for a while. We need to take care of things in the capital first." "I see. We'll wait patiently, boss. Just let us know when it's time."

"Ah."

Yang Jun didn't linger. After chatting for a while and inquiring about their lives, he took the things he had prepared for them and left.

Before leaving, he naturally left the two of them some money.

With real money in his hands, Zhou Qiang couldn't help but admire Yang Jun's audacity in trusting them so much.

However, it was precisely this trust that left the father and son speechless, their hearts already completely devoted to him. After all, if it weren't for Yang Jun's protection after Zhou Qiang came out of prison, the father and son might have been completely finished.

"Dad, what exactly is this Hong Kong that Jun-ge is talking about? It takes so long to prepare for going there."

Zhou Qiang shook his head: "I don't know either. Let's look for any newspapers that mention Hong Kong later. Maybe we can still find some."

"Okay, I'll look for it now."

Without mentioning that the two were searching for information about the port city.

After leaving the house, Yang Jun put all the jade and antiques that Zhou Qiang and his son had collected into his small world.

Anything that wasn't jade was carefully placed in a specific spot next to the stone platform; this was his dedicated area for storing antiques.

Even after removing a significant portion of the antiques, the remaining jade was still substantial, equivalent to what the Mi brothers had collected over half a year, demonstrating their dedication.

However, because the size of the small world has increased, absorbing these jade stones only expanded the distance by a not particularly noticeable amount.

Fortunately, it did provide some valuable information, at least making the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning in the small world more realistic.

"I wonder if the little ones are getting used to it here."

Yang Jun stepped into the small world and first looked at the locations of the two sand dunes.

The sand cat and the sand fox looked at each other through a simple layer of green grass, but neither of them intended to fight, because they now had a common enemy.

Several king snakes always liked to come and launch surprise attacks, forcing the sand cat and sand fox to join forces to drive them away.

Yes, they even know how to cooperate.

Yang Jun did not stop Wang Jinshe's actions because he saw that the two of them would actually join forces when facing an external enemy, so he allowed Wang Jinshe to launch surprise attacks from time to time.

Of course, he absolutely forbade Wang Jinshe from stealing or eating any of the sand cats or sand foxes. He had finally managed to get this few back, and he didn't want Wang Jinshe to cause their entire group to be wiped out.

"How about we go see Jiang Xueying later? The letters she wrote these days are probably stuck here."

Sure enough, when they went to find Jiang Xueying, they learned that she had written a lot of letters to Yang Jun during this period, but she took them back after sending them to the school, which can be said to have created a complete loop.

When Yang Jun appeared, she handed the letter to him without any hesitation.

According to Jiang Xueying, the letters she sent represented what she wanted to say to him. Since these words had already been spoken, they naturally had to be seen and heard by him, and she couldn't take them back just because he wasn't there.

So when the two of them were together, Yang Jun would mostly be reading the letters, listening to her repeat their contents. Even without reading them, she could remember the gist of them. (End of Chapter)