As a young man exuding the aura of a ruffian, Li Ang and another male passenger were assigned to stay at the home of Dusheng Village resident Shi Chengpeng.
Shi Chengpeng was an honest and taciturn, stout fella, but his son Shi Miao, who had just started elementary school, was quite lively. He pestered Li Ang in the guest room, trying to get a smartphone from him to play a couple of rounds of "Honor of Kings."
"No signal, what's there to play?"
Li Ang said irritably, "What are kids like you playing mobile games for? Go do your homework."
"I don't have homework."
Shi Miao picked his nose. "Our school only has four students and one teacher. Now that Teacher Meng is gone, we have to go to other villages for school. The classrooms there are newer and bigger, and the teachers assign less homework..."
As he spoke, Shi Miao's mood began to dampen.
