Cao Yue stood up and said to the village chief and the surviving villagers, "Village Chief, take care of yourselves in the future."
The village chief sighed and hesitated before saying, "Little Yue, take care too."
The village chief took out a fist-sized stone from his pocket. "One should practice thrift at home but be amply provided while traveling. I have nothing to give you. Take this. It might be useful in the future."
The stone looked like a small mountain, exquisite and small.
Zhou Shu glanced at it, and his heart skipped a beat. There's such a good thing in Boundary Bridge Village?
"Thank you, Village Chief." Cao Yue didn't decline and accepted the stone. "If there's a chance in the future, I'll come back to see everyone."
After thinking for a moment, Cao Yue knelt on the ground again and kowtowed to the village chief.
The people in the village were all his elders. He had grown up with all of them.