6.3 million yuan. That's what I'd saved over twenty years of working away from home. I donated it to pave a road for the whole village, with just one request: that it pass by my house so my mother could get around more easily. The village chief patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, we'll build it right up to your door!" Once the road was finished, I drove back to the village. The navigation app showed my house was two kilometers from the road. Thinking the app had made a mistake, I got out and saw the road make a sharp turn at the entrance to my village, deliberately bypassing my house. In the village chief's office, he was bragging to someone: "I was the one who secured this road project." I pushed open the door. "Chief, why does the road go around my house?" The chief was cracking
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