Chapter 1521: Returning from a Business Trip

The summer afternoon sun scorched the earth, and the air was filled with intense heat, as if an invisible hand were tightly clutching every living thing. There were very few pedestrians on the road, and even those who were there walked in a hurried rush, as if fleeing from some terrifying beast.

The trees by the roadside, though their leaves had already wilted, still tried their best to stand tall under the scorching sun. In the blazing heat, they showed no fear and no retreat, merely enduring this heat and suffering in silence. In their resilience, one could see a kind of tenacity and perseverance.

The popsicles inside the supply and marketing cooperative seemed to be calling out to people. Children gathered around the cooperative, their eyes fixed intently on those cold, old-fashioned popsicles, seemingly using their longing for the treat to put up a silent resistance against the sweltering summer day.

Cicadas chirped in the trees, their sounds rising and falling like the melody of summer. They leaped between the branches, appearing and disappearing as if playing hide-and-seek with the hot weather, and that rhythmic chirping seemed to be telling people that this was the song of summer, the passion of summer.

A Red Flag car drove past, kicking up a cloud of dust. In the hot wind, those golden dust motes were like mischievous children, jumping and dancing, adding a touch of dynamism to this scorching summer.

This was the sweltering heat of summer; although the heat was somewhat suffocating, it was also a tempering of life, a rhythm of nature. In the heat, people could feel the tenacity of life and experience the fervor of living.

"Xiao Zhou, thank you for your hard work."

"It's no trouble, Leader. Let me carry your things." ===== CHAPTER 1523 =====