Seeing that Gu Lejia was fairly well-built, and with a new shipment of goods needing another hand, Chen Dagui had nodded in agreement.
Unfortunately, they had been heading north and later traveled by water, so Gu Lejia ended up completely separated from his family.
"Haven't you heard about the refugee resettlement plans?"
Gu Lejia hesitated. "I've heard about it, but what good would going back do? I hear the drought over there still isn't over. Returning would just be a dead end."
This was also why, upon hearing that refugees would be sent back to their hometowns, Gu Lejia simply gritted his teeth and followed Boss Chen south. Even though he lacked a household registration, life under Boss Chen's protection was incomparably better than before.
Even now, knowing his family had found a nearby village to settle in, he didn't regret his decision.
'He never knew the world outside was so vast until he left.'
