Zhou Xiao was forced to resign. Under the impact of self-media, the magazine "Popular Science Magazine of Children's Science" that had worked for two years went bankrupt today.

The magazine had no money to pay employees' wages, so it used equipment to mortgage computers, printers, copiers, including wiring boards and even toilet cleaning kings and brushes to brush toilets were all snatched by the employees, leaving Zhou Xiao a bunch of expired magazines.

"This boss is a real bastard. He goes bankrupt if he says he goes bankrupt. He can't even get through the phone and still owes us three months' salary!"

"Xiao Zi, you're late! All the things have been stolen. I won't snatch these used magazines with you."

Zhou Xiao smiled bitterly.

A used magazine is 2 cents per pound. How much can this pile be sold?

Zhou Xiao packed the magazines and sent them to their hometown. Many of these magazines were written and edited by Zhou Xiao and sold them as waste paper. There are many left-behind children in their hometown, so let them watch and play.

In the next few days, Zhou Xiao was looking for a job in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, but he encountered obstacles everywhere, either others looked down on him or he looked down on him.

Nowadays, when graduate students are everywhere, it is difficult for him to find a job in a third-rate school to find a satisfactory job in the Shanghai Stock Exchange!

Thinking of squeezing into an old-fashioned loft of less than 10 square meters every day, and enduring the sweat and stinking the subway to find a job, Zhou Xiao suddenly had the idea of ​​returning to his hometown.

...

Jiangcheng, Linjiang County, Qingxia Village.

"Yo! The graduate student is back!?"

"How many days will I rest this time?"

"Sister Du San! Your top scorer is back!"

"Zhou Xiao has returned from a big city, so he is still the editor-in-chief, right!"

"Sister Du San, your son is really outstanding!"

"Your son is so filial! Everyone knows that when I come back to see you, my son is not good. Since I took the civil servant exam in Jiangcheng, I have been back once."

The card friends talked verbally.

Du Xia, who was playing mahjong at the entrance of the village, said, "My son is back. I won't play anymore!"

Seeing his son who was exhausted, Du Xia was very happy: "Why do you think you are back now? It's more than a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival? Isn't your magazine quite busy?"

Zhou Xiao hesitated for a while, and was still ready to tell the truth: "Mom, I have resigned from my job. I'll come back to see the opportunity here."

"What!!" Du Xia was anxious when she heard this, "What's the point of staying in this broken place? Don't keep the good Shanghai market. Do you know how many people are going to go to first-tier cities after being squeezed. You have a good job and a good income. Why do you stop doing it if you don't?"

"Oh, don't worry, I'll come back and have a rest."

My parents in the countryside don’t know how competitive the first-tier cities are, like him, graduate students from third-rate schools...

"Mom, I'm tired, sleep for a while."

Zhou Xiao didn't want to explain much now, so he closed the door and lay on the bed.

Qingxia Village is remote but has beautiful mountains and rivers. Most of the villagers work outside the country. Life is not difficult but not rich.

Outside the window is a large open backyard, with fields and distant mountains. When the land rights were confirmed ten years ago, this area was owned by Zhou Xiao's father Zhou Jianguo.

A small village like Qingxia Village cannot be cut down randomly in the wilderness, nor is it worth a lot of money.

Zhou Xiao's father Zhou Jianguo was a carpenter. After being injured on the construction site, he managed the backyard at home, built some water trucks, pavilions, slides, swings, etc., and raised some chickens, ducks, and geese from the mountain. He also took over peacocks, ostrichs and other animals from the bankrupt zoo in the town.

The backyard of the home has become a paradise for left-behind children in the village, and it has also become a place for empty-nest elderly people in the village to drink tea and chat.

Zhou Xiao looked at the left-behind children in the backyard with a smile on his face. He was the left-behind children at the beginning. He knew that these children were curious about nature, technology, and history. However, because the village lacked resources, the news about the children was much less closed than that of the children in the city. Most of their information sources were television and books, especially extracurricular books.

Zhou Xiao saw an illustration of popular science magazine that was read over and over by the children, but he was still reluctant to leave.

Zhou Xiao suddenly had an idea to build a popular science corner in the backyard, which could be regarded as a place for left-behind children in the village to have a place to teach and play.

In the next few days, Du Xia could understand her son, but she was worried. She also asked someone to ask if there were any good jobs such as civil servant exams or research departments in Jiangcheng City that were looking for researchers.

Where is Zhou Xiao?

I was idle at home, and he got together with the left-behind children and the old men and mothers in the village, set up a used cottage in the yard, made a popular science corner, and made some mechanical toys such as simple tracks and trains for the children. During the day, he took the children to play with them and became the king of children. At night, he did some mechanical handicrafts and continued to create a paradise for the children.

After working hard in big cities for so many years, Zhou Xiao has not been as leisurely and comfortable as he is today.

In the rice fields, the sound of frogs is roaring, and the breeze blows by, and the fragrance of rice is refreshing.

Zhou Xiao is making Gundam models for the children, and his ordinary life is fulfilling and beautiful.

...

In the Ming Dynasty Palace, Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong had just finished thinking, took off his clothes and put on his pajamas to go to bed to rest.

Suddenly, he found a white light outside the bedroom, like auspiciousness from the sky.

He quickly got up to check it out.

Outside the house, the night is like daylight, and there is a golden circle beside the white light.

Yan Shifan, who was waiting outside to write the lyrics for Zhu Houcan all night, did not miss the opportunity to flatter him at this moment. He quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty's daily practice moved the heavens, this is auspiciousness from the sky!"

The palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground one after another. They had never seen such strange phenomena before. Everyone shouted in unison: "Auspiciousness comes from heaven, Your Majesty has made the three emperors, and the five emperors of virtue and Yue!"

"Auspiciousness comes from heaven! Auspiciousness comes from heaven! God finally affirmed my achievements!" Zhu Houguan practiced Taoism for decades, and what he wanted most was immortality. When he heard that this was auspiciousness, although he was a little suspicious, he still walked towards the white light and golden circle.

Suddenly, Zhu Houcon felt weightless. He hurriedly wanted to grab the eunuch beside him, and suddenly found that he had grabbed a big tree.

In front of Zhu Houcong's eyes, there was a scene he had never seen before. The attic in front of him was brightly lit, even brighter than the brightest light in the palace. Suddenly, he saw a few living creatures beside him.

The chickens raised by Zhou Xiao had just finished pecking the insects and were about to return to the chicken coop.

Zhu Houcan blurted out: "Phoenix! This is a Phoenix!!"

Zhu Hougui suddenly thought of the alchemists’ description of the fairyland!

Zhu Houcon is even more sure that this is a fairyland! Because there are so many phoenixes in no place!

Although he was eager to see the immortal, his feet became a little weak when he saw this scene.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Houcan walked towards the fairyland step by step with his extremely pious heart.
Chapter completed!