What a pity that each day goes by so slowly, and the next festival is so far away.
Counting the days one by one, the two always look forward to when they can hold another grand feast and receive gifts.
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After washing in the early morning, Chen Zhou carried his old backpack, took two long-handled axes, and led two long-waiting indigenous companions down the mountain.
Now not only can the two indigenous companions handle the work of tidying up the timber and stone walls, but they can also share a considerable part of the labor-intensive task of cutting trees.
The strength of the indigenous ones was not as great as his, but their endurance was not inferior at all.
With long-lasting chopping sessions, the amount of wood they cut in one morning was not much less than that of Chen Zhou.
