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Chapter 114: Chapter 95: Lighting the Stove
The county town’s coal supply point. A long queue stretches to the street corner, everyone pressing together, discussing what is lacking at home and what the supply point has been short on.
Mr. Zhang sits on the horse cart, listening to the city folks talking, his back straight with pride. It seems his family’s life isn’t much different from those in the city. Secretly pleased in his heart, he looks at his new clothes and at the long queue; he could count those not wearing patched clothes with a slap of his palm.
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