"3,000 is the lowest, you can rent it or not." The old landlady looked at Li Xiang with disdain and said arrogantly.
"Forget it." Li Xiang shook his head. The rent of such an old and simply decorated one-bedroom apartment has risen to a shocking 3,000, and it is not in the city center, but in the urban-rural fringe.
Too lazy to talk nonsense, he turned around and walked away.
Behind him, the old landlady's local accent mocked: "You can't even afford the rent of 3,000, and you want to stay in the big city like others. How many people have made appointments to see my house..."
Wu Nong's soft language needs to be spoken by a young and beautiful girl to sound good. It is extremely harsh when it comes from the mouth of this old lady with a strong sense of regional superiority.
Li Xiang has already walked away. He doesn't know what the other party said behind him, and he is too lazy to listen. He rode a shared bicycle, walking on the busy streets under the scorching autumn sun, with a lot of thoughts in his mind, and all kinds of tragic scenes from his previous life emerged.
Ten years later, the world will be reshuffled.
The tiny solar system, carrying the vibrant earth, "travels" in the boundless universe, never stopping.
That year, no one knows where the solar system "moved" to. The entire galaxy was invaded by endless darkness, the sun was invisible, and endless demons and beasts appeared in the void. The lunar base and satellites in the sky lost contact one after another. The time and space on the earth were turbulent, and many space nodes rose and fell...
one city after another fell.
In just one year, the earth's population of more than 9 billion dropped sharply to 2 billion, especially a certain island country in the east, where the entire land was almost sunk. In another three years, the earth's population was less than 100 million, and only one in a hundred survived.
If it weren't for the large base number, humans would be extinct.
Misfortunes often bring blessings. In the desperate darkness, mysterious extraordinary particles emerged, and humans ignited the "spark of hope", and extraordinary people and strange arts emerged in an endless stream.
Seeing that the lives of humans were getting better, Li Xiang died in an action and fell in a canyon filled with black fog at the age of 39.
When he woke up, he returned to the autumn of the year when he was 25, ten years before the end of the world.
At this moment, the great Eastern country is flourishing, and the country is prosperous. Li Xiang, 25, has just graduated from college for two years and has become a "worker of destiny" in a big city.
He heard when he was very young that we are all successors, but so many years have passed and no one has come to him to take over. There is no way, he can only work hard every day.
To put it nicely, it is to struggle and strive to take root in first-tier cities so that future children will not lose at the starting line. To put it bluntly, it is cattle and horses, social animals.
If it is not cattle and horses, why is changing jobs called job hopping?
"Three thousand, four weeks, no double rest, no rest... Staying up late, getting up early, right and wrong, black and white, upside down..." In the distance, I don't know who is singing, full of sadness and helplessness, Li Xiang feels the same.
The rent is so expensive, and buying a house is even more distant, not to mention that in ten years, the city will be a ruin. It does
n't matter if you are not a cattle and horses, it's better to go back to the countryside to farm.
No one understands the preciousness of a piece of pastoral land in the countryside better than Li Xiang at this moment.
The most important thing is that his grandmother is already in her seventies. She worked hard in a big city in her previous life. A few years later, she passed away. He rushed back no matter how hard he tried, but he was unable to see her for the last time.
His parents died early, and his grandmother was the only one at home. Going back to serve his grandmother and let the old lady live out her days is the best choice at present.
Suddenly, a mysterious voice sounded in Li Xiang's mind: "The doomsday system is activated."
What the hell?
Li Xiang was so scared that he almost rode the shared bicycle into the flowerbed.
This place is not far from his residence. Seeing a return point nearby, Li Xiang returned the bike and began to think about the doomsday system in his mind.
However, after fiddling with it for a long time, there was no response.
That is, after that sentence just now, there was no sound.
If it weren't for the sudden appearance of a virtual panel, he would have suspected whether he had just heard it.
"Apocalypse system? It won't be useful until the apocalypse comes, right? Then what's the point of activating it now?"
"Well, it's still somewhat useful. At least it makes me understand that although I am not talented, I have also been treated as a chosen one. With the system, I will be more confident in the future! I will lie dormant for ten years, cultivate myself in the countryside, and wait until the apocalypse, and then soar into the sky."
However, it takes ten years to lie dormant, which is more powerful than Sima Yi, who only stayed in the countryside for seven years.
Li Xiang went up to the apartment building and opened the door to enter the house. It was a small house with three bedrooms and one living room, with an area of 89 square meters. He lived in the smallest room, which was about 5 square meters. However, the rent was cheap, 800 a month. He originally shared the house with two other couples, but the landlord wanted to sell the house, and the rental contract was about to expire, so they had to move out.
The other two couples were not at home, and they probably went to find a house like him. Since Li Xiang decided to return to his hometown, he no longer worried about renting a house.
He started packing his luggage. Today was Sunday. He would go to the company to resign tomorrow. He would hand over his work and then he should be able to leave. He had only worked in this job for less than three months.
The next morning, Li Xiang came to the company and asked the manager to sign the resignation form.
"Have you found a new job?" The manager looked up and glanced at him, indifferently.
"No." Li Xiang said indifferently.
"Then why did you suddenly quit?" the manager asked.
"I plan to go back to my hometown to farm."
"Puchi~" The manager couldn't help laughing, and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He signed the form with a swift pen. He thought that the economy is not good now. If you quit without finding a new job, you will be unemployed for half a year. Young people have not suffered from the beatings of society.
Although Li Xiang usually performs well at work, he is new here, willing to do anything, and diligent, but he does not want to keep him. It is difficult to find a three-legged frog, but there are still a lot of two-legged college students. This world will continue to turn without anyone.
Many people will need to sign in the future, and Li Xiang also plans to complete the process.
After signing the order with great difficulty and handing it over to the HR department, Li Xiang went to his workstation to pack up his things. When he opened the drawer, he was shocked.
"Oh my god, there is such a big box of instant coffee." Li Xiang was speechless.
He was just reborn yesterday, and his memory was a bit outdated.
What the hell is drinking coffee at work?
Oh, you are sleepy and you whip yourself at your own expense to wake yourself up and improve your work efficiency for the boss?
Even the donkeys in the production team would not do this.
He turned on the computer, deleted some important but non-essential files, and then was surprised to find that he had even paid for WPS membership. Log out of the account immediately! Don't let the company get away with it.
I came to work to earn money, why do I have to pay for everything?
Li Xiang really didn't know how to complain about his past self.
In his previous life, he worked so hard and wanted to stay in the big city, but what happened? It was only when the end of the world came that he had a little chance to get in touch with some breathing methods and physical skills, and stepped into the extraordinary realm.
"Li Xiang, help me get a courier from the guard." A female colleague called out.
Li Xiang looked up and a long-lost memory emerged in his mind. In his previous life, the other party also asked him to pick up a courier, so he went. I thought it was a company package, but it turned out to be the other party's personal package.
When he came up, the female colleague was sitting with her legs crossed, drinking tea, cracking melon seeds and chatting with the colleague next to her.
The reason why the other party dared to order Li Xiang was because he relied on his appearance and was close to the manager. In terms of academic qualifications and work ability, he was far inferior to Li Xiang.
But Li Xiang was too easy to talk to before and was not good at refusing, so everyone wanted to order him.
"I'm busy!" In this life, Li Xiang naturally would not indulge the other party, and replied indifferently.
The other party choked on the spot: "..." There was no choice but to go and get it in person.
In less than three minutes, another colleague came over with a stack of information and handed it to Li Xiang: "Make a copy of this thing, the boss is in a hurry."
Li Xiang snapped his fingers: "Approved!" If you want to make a copy, just make it yourself, why come to ask me? I'm not your leader.
The other party was confused: "..."
Li Xiang smiled slightly, glanced at the other party, picked up the water cup and left.
The boss is so anxious, why don't you act quickly and assign the task to me? Am I your subordinate?
Oh, I'll do the work, and then you take credit?
In fact, it's not that Li Xiang didn't understand before, but he just came and occasionally helped everyone to make a copy. He thought it was a small matter and did it casually, but over time, everyone treated him as a tool. It
's not okay to be a good person blindly.
This phenomenon is not good. It is extremely unfriendly to newcomers. Such a workplace is pathological. Li Xiang felt that it was necessary to rectify it after living his life again, and it could be regarded as contributing a "ray of light" to the newcomers behind him.
He walked towards the tea room. He was thirsty after being busy for so long.
When he was about to arrive, a colleague who had been working at a nearby workstation for three or five years earlier than him raised his empty cup and shook it in front of him, blocking his way. The meaning was obvious, asking him to help get a glass of water.
"Brother Zhang is so polite. Cheers!" Li Xiang gently touched the other person's cup with his own, knocked his cup aside, and continued to walk towards the tea room, leaving Brother Zhang behind with a messy face.
"Cheers? Should I toast to you? What kind of brain circuit is this?" Brother Zhang shook his head helplessly. The newcomers nowadays are too tactless and are unwilling to do such a small thing.
...
There are no secrets in the company. Not long after, the news of Li Xiang's resignation spread.
"Have you heard that Li Xiang resigned without finding a new job, saying that he wants to go back to the countryside to farm."
"Can he bear that hardship? He went to college for nothing."
"That's right, he finally got out of the farming family, and now he's going back. Isn't this crazy?"
"Maybe he wants to go back to his hometown to do self-media. There are many people doing short videos in the countryside now, and I feel they have a lot of fans."
"Come on, he's not that cut out for it. It's not that easy to do self-media. How difficult is it to start an account now!"
Someone came to Li Xiang to verify: "Li Xiang, I heard that you plan to go back to your hometown to farm? Are you really willing to go back?"
Li Xiang said lightly: "As long as I don't buy a car or a house, no one can exploit me."
"The countryside is so hard, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find a wife if you go back."
"You talk as if you can find one if you stay here." The
other person almost vomited blood, it was heartbreaking.
This person has been on blind dates many times, and he has been a dog licker until death, and he is still single.
At noon, Li Xiang invited a female colleague who had the best relationship in the company to have a meal as a farewell.
The other person is two years younger than him, and just graduated from college this year. Her name is Chen Huanhuan, and she is also the candidate for the next handover.
The manager is a bit of a jerk, and he specially found someone who is close to Li Xiang to hand over the work. If it were any other colleague, Li Xiang would just fool around, but Chen Huanhuan, Li Xiang didn't want to cheat her. After all, she is not easy.
The two usually get along very well and eat together, but it's a pity that she is not the type that Li Xiang likes, otherwise maybe they can develop.
"Are you really going back to your hometown to farm?" Chen Huanhuan blinked, very reluctant.
"Yeah." Li Xiang noticed the affection in the girl's eyes and could only say "sorry" secretly.
The girl was silent.
Li Xiang took out a note that he had written long ago and handed it to Chen Huanhuan.
"What is this?"
"My home address. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me at any time."
Chen Huanhuan was stunned, not understanding Li Xiang's intention, thinking that no matter how difficult it is, I will not go to the countryside to join you. Am I going to farm with you? I finally graduated from college, and I will never farm in this life.
When it was almost time to get off work, the manager came in and said to everyone, "There is something urgent. Don't leave and work overtime together."
He glanced at Li Xiang and said, "Li Xiang, you stay too. More people means more power."
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