"Wait a moment, after little girl says hello to her family, she will go with you to see the doctor."
"Thank you, thank you."
Uncle Ma felt like he saw a glimmer of hope in the darkness.
The Xiao family was hard at work at the quarry.
Although they had learned a few tricks to slack off, they truly were tricks that couldn't be used often, or they'd be caught.
Their exile to the Northern Desert was for twenty years, with a long road ahead. Some methods had to be used sparingly and cleverly, only utilized at critical times.
"One, two, three, lift!" With great effort, flushed faces, the two brothers lifted a stone.
They walked as they shouted a work chant.
To be honest, when they first arrived in the Northern Desert, they couldn't even lift such a stone even with all their strength.
Whether it was from familiarity or technique, after developing thick calluses on their shoulders, the brothers could now handle such intense labor with ease.
