To him, earning less is equivalent to a loss.
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The islanders' lives are getting better little by little, and skilled workers are becoming more numerous.
Graduating smoothly from school, the young islanders who have mastered more advanced technologies and acquired more knowledge gradually step into the middle class, injecting powerful fresh blood into the progress of the island's industrial level.
Chen Zhou's work has become less busy.
He is still concerned about the people on the island, but aside from dealing with livelihood issues, he also has to leave more time to accompany his old buddies, the cats and dogs that have been with him since he had nothing.
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In human terms, Lai Fu has remained a bachelor until an equivalent age of over forty.
