At the crack of dawn, Lu Jiaxin had already risen, freshened up, and gone outside for a walk. The Mainland had not yet developed, and even the roads in the county town were uneven.
As she left the county town and reached the outskirts, a faint orange-red glow spread across the edge of the sky, while the fresh air was filled with the earth's fragrance.
Lu Jiaxin looked up at the pale blue sky, where a few bright stars still twinkled. She felt quite emotional, realizing that with the rapid industrial development, the environment was also being severely damaged. In twenty or thirty years, it would be difficult to see such a clear sky here again.
At half-past seven, just as Lu Jiaxin had finished breakfast, that Captain Du arrived. After greeting each other, the group set off directly for Ding Family Village.
Halfway through the journey, the vehicle got stuck in a rut and couldn't get out. Lu Jiaxin called He Bin over and learned that they weren't far away: "Let's walk there."