"Is he still in the hospital? If he is, I'll stop by to see him and give him some money," Jiang Xiaobai said.
"He should be," Gu Xi said.
Unexpectedly, Ma Hong had gone to the hospital to make amends for Jiang Xiaobai's wine, truly risking his life.
The village was repairing its roads, making it especially inconvenient to enter or leave, but this time everyone in the village knew it was for the best, and even the usual troublemakers didn't complain. The inconvenience was temporary, and once the roads were fixed, the benefits would be everlasting.
Jiang Xiaobai groped his way in the dark, walking on a road full of pits and unevenness where the excavator still sat but with no operator in sight. Come nightfall, the village was engulfed in darkness with no streetlights, making it impossible to continue any work.
