Though Jianghai County was located on the coast, it was the most economically underdeveloped country of Jianghai Province.
Fang Shen started for Jianghai County that afternoon. He stood at the entrance of the village, waiting for the bus.
Many villagers looked at him with strange looks. Obviously, they had heard of his conflict with Xiao Dazhuang.
He ignored them, burying himself in the story of his parents.
The bus arrived. After getting on the bus, he sat down, shutting his eyes in an attempt to have a sleep.
"Fang Shen!" A exclaim with delight came from the rare of the bus.
He turned and saw two people waving hands to him. It took a long time for him to recall who they were.
They were his primary school classmates from another village. The primary school he used to study in was organized by three villages together.
They were brother and sister called Zhang Duo and Zhang Ting. They were also husband and wife.
Well, it was not incest as they were not related by blood.
Zhang Ting, who had her name changed from Huang Ting, lost her father since a kid. Her mother got remarried to Zhang Duo's father. As a result, Zhang Duo and Zhang Ting became brother and sister.
After they've grown up, they fell in love with each other and get married years ago. They had a 3-year-old daughter.
They gave up school after graduating from junior high school and ran a small restaurant in Jianghai County.
Zhang Duo first recognized Fang Shen and called him out loud; Zhang Ting sat quietly on the left with their daughter in her arms.
Zhang Duo patted the seat on his right side and asked Fang to sit there when Fang didn't respond.
Fang didn't plan to refuse him. He was not that kind of person who deserted his roots after he was rich. He stood up and walked towards them.
Zhang Duo handed him a cigarette and asked with a smile, "Fang Shen, we haven't seen each other for so many years. What are you going to do in Jianghai County?"
"Some private matters," Fang answered with a smile.
Since Fang didn't want to talk about that, Zhang Duo changed the topic and talked about his business.
The couple had sold dumplings in Jianghai County for many years. They lived a simple yet back-breaking life. Recently, a new factory was opened near the restaurant and they became much busier.
Fang kept listening to him and responded from time to time.
The bus arrived at the station soon. Fang was about to leave, but Zhang Duo stopped him and insisted on treating him to dinner.
It was hard for Fang to turn down the warm-hearted offer. Moreover, he had no idea of the location of Longsheng Gang. So, he went to Zhang's House of Dumplings with the couple.
The restaurant was located in a development zone. There were scaffolds and building sites everywhere.
Many young men gathered in groups, smoking and speaking in a loud voice. They had strange hair colors and tiger tattoos.
Obviously, these people were all hoodies.