Chapter 100: Double Happiness Town

"I'm tellin' ya, our Double Happiness Town is the biggest and best for miles around. You look anywhere else, and all you'll find are poor, forgotten holes in the wall. You'll never find another town as grand as ours!"

A hoarse voice, like a stiff brush scraping against tree bark, chimed cheerfully beside him, accompanied by the rhythmic splash of a wooden paddle against the water.

Qi Si opened his eyes to find himself sitting on a wooden raft. At its prow stood a scrawny little old man in a straw rain cloak and a conical bamboo hat, clutching a paddle and grunting with effort as he rowed.

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