Early the next morning, the four of them got up, washed briefly, and went for breakfast.
Li Long ate a little more than the others. Li Anguo and the other two were too excited to eat much.
After breakfast, they headed back. Li Long vaguely heard people nearby mentioning "Greenery Li." Was that this place, or somewhere nearby?
Li? That's an unusual name. He had never come across it in Ma County or Stone City. Most addresses in those two places were such-and-such Road or such-and-such Street. What he knew best about Kuytun was that, in an episode of Spring in the Pear Garden, a Uyghur man from Kuytun had sung Henan opera, and sung it quite well.
He had few other impressions of the place.
Of course, he would have plenty in the future, since he needed to work here for a while. If his second older brother and the others could settle here, Li Long would probably come often.
He drove the tractor, taking Li Anguo and the others back to the Construction and Installation Company. There seemed to be an elementary school nearby. Li Long saw quite a few students with schoolbags heading down the lane beside the company, and he could vaguely make out a playground over there.
Li Long drove through the gate and saw the old man who had been sweeping yesterday, with Ma Aihong standing beside him.
"You're here. Come on, follow me." Ma Aihong was pushing his bicycle. Seeing Li Long and the others arrive, he called to them, then mounted his bicycle and rode ahead.
Ma Aihong rode fast, but Li Long did not dare drive quickly, worried he might hit someone.
The Construction and Installation Company's compound was large. There was some machinery in sight, though not much; most of