Near noon.
Humiao Town, town center.
Xue Yuantong rode with Xue Chuchu on the back. Yes, Tongtong had learned how to ride.
The Electric Bike belonged to Aunt Hua's family. After Tongtong returned from visiting the graves, she heard that Xiao You had gone to a teacher's after-school tutoring session. With nothing to do, she decided to wander around town and see how her hometown had changed.
The town was fairly underdeveloped. Places like RT-Mart simply did not exist here. Xue Yuantong gazed at Green Apple Supermarket in the southern part of town, her eyes carrying a trace of nostalgia.
Past Green Apple Supermarket, to the west, stood a lavishly decorated banquet hall. Xue Chuchu stared at its sign, faint displeasure lurking in her eyes.
Xue Yuantong knew why. She said indignantly, "Our town is so poor. Opening such an expensive place, it'll go bankrupt sooner or later!"
The owner of this place was surnamed Ma, known as Boss Ma. Boss Ma used to run a factory in town, and Hua Fengmei had worked there. Half a month's wages had been withheld from her.
Hua Fengmei had asked for them several times, but could not get them back. Though Hua Fengmei had a fiery temper, in a town no bigger than the palm of one's hand, there were not that many rules to speak of. In the end, she could only swallow her anger.
Ever since Tongtong learned about it, she had constantly cursed Boss Ma. Yet Boss Ma's business only grew bigger and bigger. This luxurious banquet hall before them was said to have had a total investment of more than three million. It rivaled those in the county seat and was one of a kind.
In recent years, weddings had become increasingly lavish. Everyone in Humiao Town took