Chapter 27: The Desert Highway Project
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Wu Zhong'ou glanced up at the blazing sun overhead, wiped the sweat off his neck, and then turned his gaze to the wheat sprouts growing in the fields. A satisfied smile spread across his face.
"I don't get why you're always smiling. Back in the Land of Fields, we were farming. Now that we're in the Land of Wind, we're still farming," his younger brother, Wu Zhonghe, muttered while lazily pulling weeds from the field.
"What do you know? Our lives were saved by Lord Kazekage. What's there to complain about? And whose land were we farming back then? The landlord's! And now? Whose land are we farming now? Ours! We've got official land deeds signed by Karuke-sama and Baki-sama. It's completely different! Most of the immigrants are working on construction sites building houses or planting trees in the forestry division. How many people got a large piece of land like us right away? This is all thanks to Lord Kazekage's generosity. Do you even understand that?" Wu Zhong'ou replied, clearly annoyed by his younger brother's attitude.
"Maybe Lord Kazekage only brought us here because of our Crystal Release," Wu Zhonghe retorted, his tone full of defiance. At his age, he was the kind of person who loved to argue for the sake of it. If you said salt was salty, he'd insist it tasted sour. If you said the sun was round, he'd squint and claim it had edges.
"You ungrateful brat! Looks like you're itching for a beating!" Wu Zhong'ou grabbed his hoe and chased after Wu Zhonghe. Seeing that his older brother was genuinely angry, Wu Zhonghe quickly scrambled up the field ridge and ran off. The two brothers turned the narrow paths between the fields into the stage for a lively game of chase.
As they ran, a clear, childish voice suddenly rang out from the field.