Sometimes poverty is not due to a lack of effort. Tian Yuejin led Yan Fei and a few others out, called over a young man who brought along a hand operated tractor, and then invited everyone to get in the vehicle.
All the others obediently loaded up, except Heizi who suggested, "Didn't they say it wasn't far? We could just walk."
The two young men with them waved him over, "Come on, you'll soon see."
Heizi hadn't been in this area before. His last visit had been just to the village and he had not ventured beyond. He had absolutely no idea how poor the conditions of Nine Hills and Eighteen Hollows were. He climbed in the vehicle with a mix of doubt and belief. As soon as they left the village, he exclaimed, "Damn, if you fall on this road, you would roll all the way down, wouldn't you?"
