"Xiao Zhou, let me inform you, the rent will rise by 500 yuan from next month, if you continue to rent, you will have to re-sign the contract, if you don't rent, tell me in advance, I will refund the rent to you, now this market is like this, you understand!"

Looking at the message sent by the landlord in WeChat, Zhou Fan was speechless for a while.

"MD, a single room separated by broken wooden boards, just TM can fit a bed and a wardrobe, and is ready to ask me for 2,500 yuan, and licks his face and asks Lao Tzu if he rents it, I ******" Zhou Fan looked at the news and cursed.

This kind of swearing can only make Zhou Fan feel a little better, and it is impossible to say these words in front of other landlords, after all, there is still a deposit in the hands of others, unless Zhou Fan doesn't want the two thousand yuan!

Zhou Fan had a headache, Zhou Fan couldn't afford the rent at this price, and with Zhou Fan's monthly salary of 5,000 yuan as a courier, he had to find a new place to live.

Zhou Fan has been working as a courier for half a year, and the deposit in his hand is 5,000 yuan in half a year, and the deposit of 5,000 yuan has to be counted as the rent deposit of 2,000 yuan in the landlord's hand!

Thinking that he worked hard every month, and in the end he was working for the landlord, Zhou Fan was sad and helpless.

But now he hasn't gotten off work yet, so he has to finish the express delivery in his hand first, after all, he is still counting on this salary next month to survive in this bustling metropolis......

After delivering the express, Zhou Fan, who was out of energy, was also ready to leave work early......

After turning on the electric tricycle, he ignored several red lights and returned to the site, charged the battery of his tricycle at the station, and chatted with his colleagues for a while, and the time was already 7 o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Fan found the stationmaster, asked for a day off for himself, said that he had to find a place to live again, and then clocked out of work.

Back to the rental house, after a simple wash, Zhou Fan lay on the bed, opened WeChat, and sent a message to the landlord that he was not renewing the lease, put down his mobile phone, and looked at the roof in a daze with his eyes unfocused.

Thinking that he is now 24 years old after graduating from high school, he has neither a degree nor a rich and powerful parent, in this beautiful S city full of opportunities, Zhou Fan, who is alone here, the bitterness in his heart is indescribable!

After coming out of school, my passion and dreams were shattered by the experience of the past few years!

Zhou Fan used to work as an apprentice in the kitchen, worked in a factory, worked as a security guard in the community, and worked as a security inspector in the subway......

Although the work is said to be expensive and low, the original ideal is far from the actual situation now!

Thinking back to the past, the ups and downs, it seems that he is fighting hard in S City, breaking through, and what he brings to Zhou Fan is only bitter and not sweet, he is just lingering here......

Zhou Fan turned his head to look at the pitifully small rental house, and the loneliness, frustration, and powerlessness in his heart came to his heart for a while.

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The ringtone of the mobile phone pulled Zhou Fan's thoughts back, and he looked at the caller ID, it was a call from the village chief, Zhou Fan showed a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, he knew the purpose of the village chief's call to himself!

Zhou Fan took a deep breath and connected the phone, and the familiar local voice on the phone reached Zhou Fan's ears.

"It's Fan Fan, no, I'm your uncle. Said loudly with a smile on the phone.

"It's me, how is the uncle's health lately, is there anything wrong with the call?" Zhou Fan greeted respectfully.

"It's very good! I called to tell you that the homestead in the village has a certificate, the village committee has measured it, and your family's land certificate has been issued, and now it is in my hands!"

"The hill behind the village where your grandfather cleared the wasteland, and the pond in front of your house, is so big, there are certificates, our village, your house is the largest mile," Zhou Fan's uncle said with a smile.

"Thank you, uncle, if you don't help me fight for it, my family can't circle so much land, so I will put the certificate with you first, and when I go back for the New Year, you can give it to me again, don't worry" Zhou Fan said in a flattering tone.

The uncle's tone was a little deeper: "What is the thanks, no thanks! There is no gossip in the village, who doesn't know your situation? The land enclosed is all due to your family, you poor child, without your parents! I am still your uncle, this is what your uncle should do!"

The uncle's tone eased and continued: "Also, the rent of other people's rent of your land is also in my hands, plus your poverty subsidy last year, the money has been sent to you, a total of 4,360 yuan, you check." ”

"Uncle, I've checked it and received it," Zhou Fan replied with a smile.

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhou Fan's heart, how could it be nearly 400 yuan more than last year, but he didn't ask the uncle the reason on the spot.

After all, it is a good thing that there is more rent, and Zhou Fan believes in the village chief and uncle.

After that, the uncle chatted with Zhou Fan about the recent situation in the village, and after saying some preferential policies for returning to his hometown to start a business, Zhou Fan could only hang up the phone with haha.

Zhou Fan, who was lying on the bed, looked at the uncle's phone number and smiled bitterly, he understood that the meaning of his last phone call from the village chief who had not been blessed was that he wanted to return to his hometown to start a business, but Zhou Fan had his own concerns!

The village head, Zhou Xinmin, is a conscientious old Communist Party member, and his current idea is to lead his village out of poverty and become rich!

However, in Zhoujiawan now, most of the young people go to the city to work, and those who stay in the village are the old, weak, sick and disabled, and it is too difficult to get rid of poverty and become rich by relying on these old, weak, sick and disabled!

Only by finding a way to let young people in other places return to their hometowns to start a business and rely on young people can we have the opportunity to let Zhoujiawan, which is deep in the Shennongjia national poverty area, take off the poverty hat and become rich, so that Zhoujiawan will not become a ghost village in ten or twenty years!

This is the only idea of an old man who has lived in Zhoujiawan all his life, Zhou Xinmin understands that the national poverty alleviation policy is inclined to the local government, and supports young people to return to their hometowns for employment and entrepreneurship.

Zhou Fan, who is now lying on the bed, is also thinking about whether to listen to his uncle, let go of his worries, and try to go back to the village to start a business.

He didn't achieve anything in S City, and a phone call from his uncle gave Zhou Fan one more choice, instead of living here, it was better to go home and try.

Thinking of the pressure of work and life recently, Zhou Fan's mind began to swing between S City and his hometown.

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Zhou Fan, who had two dark circles under his eyes early the next morning, said hello to the female neighbor who was a KTV waiter next door, and sat in the living room eating breakfast bought from downstairs.

"Alas, Zhou Fan, are you resting today, aren't you going to work?" the female neighbor greeted Zhou Fan.

"Yes, Sister Xiaoli, I'm resting today!" replied Zhou Fan while eating breakfast.

Zhou Fan's sister Xiaoli is named Zhang Xiaoli, a native of RZ in SD Province, married, her husband works as a property security guard in a high-end community in S City, and she heard from the husband and wife that she has a kindergarten son in her hometown.

Why is Zhou Fan so clear? It is not easy to meet a neighbor sister with a good appearance in such a rental house!

24-year-old Zhou Fan is young and vigorous, and Zhang Xiaoli is also his object in the dead of night......

And the sound insulation of this rental house is not good, when her husband reunites with her every other day, the singing Zhou Fan can also be heard. Zhou Fan used to secretly pay attention to this neighbor's sister!

Until one time Zhang Xiaoli went downstairs and accidentally broke her foot, Zhou Fan carried Zhang Xiaoli back to the rental house, and his husband, who was a property security guard, invited Zhou Fan to a meal in order to thank him.

Zhou Fan felt that Zhang Xiaoli's husband and him had a good appetite, made good friends, and held the idea that brothers and wives should not ride, so he gradually lost those dirty thoughts about Zhang Xiaoli......

"Zhou Fan, did the landlord tell you, the rent has risen by 500, what do you think?" Zhang Xiaoli asked in a low voice.

"What else, Sister Xiaoli, you don't know how much my monthly salary is, half of my monthly salary is paid for rent, I am even more nervous about food and clothing, and I am ready to rent a house again. Zhou Fan frowned.

"I am also not going to live here, my husband said that he is ready to resign and go back to his hometown, he said that he does not want to be a security guard anymore, and is ready to go home to catch the sea and fish. He heard that there are people in my hometown who are fishing at home, and they can also record videos and upload them to video websites, making more money a year than we are outside, and my husband also wants to go back to making videos, maybe he can also become an Internet celebrity and make a lot of money!"

"Yes, Sister Xiaoli, the combined salary of you and my brother Cheng is more than 10,000 yuan, and it is stable, I heard that fishing at sea has a big luck component. Zhang Fan replied.

"My son is about to go to elementary school, your brother Cheng's parents are not in good health, there is no one to take care of your son at home, and you and Brother Cheng don't want him to suffer from our childhood anymore, I want to be by my son's side," said Zhang Xiaoli's mood a little.

Zhang Xiaoli just turned 30 years old this year, and her husband is one year older than her, and they have all caught up with the threshold of the country's rural support cities to be left-behind children at home!

Zhang Xiaoli and his wife don't want their son to lack education, after all, the older generation thinks, they are a little uneasy, and they have tasted the lack of father's love and mother's love when they were children, and the couple don't want their son to experience the sins they suffered again!

"Also, I am also a half-left-behind child, if my parents had not had an accident, I might have another life by my side. Zhang Fan laughed at himself.

"You're pretty good now, work hard, and don't spend money indiscriminately, your brother and I are not as honest as you at your age, although your uncle and aunt have passed away, I will feel at ease when I see you like this now." Zhang Xiaoli comforted.

"It's okay, it's okay, then Sister Li, have you decided to go back to your hometown with my brother?" Zhou Fan asked.

"Well, it's decided, go back to your hometown!" Zhang Xiaoli seemed to be thinking about something, and her expression was a little happy.

"Okay, then Sister Xiaoli, you go home and send those videos of catching the sea and tell me, I'll like and forward it for you!" Zhou Fan joked.

"Okay, don't you sleep lazy when you usually rest, why did you get up so early today? And looking at your eyes, you didn't sleep well, what's wrong, what did you do yesterday?" Zhang Xiaoli said with a wicked smile.

"No, no, what's the matter, isn't this that I'm going to rent a house again, how difficult it is to find a good and cheap house here, Sister Xiaoli, you don't know, I've been worried all night, so I didn't sleep well at night" Zhou Fan hurriedly denied.

"Hehe, did you watch a little movie a few days ago? I heard it all, and you just looked at me the other day you first came here, don't think I don't know...... And the last time I introduced my colleague to you, you didn't see it, how good it is to have a girlfriend, how lonely it is to be alone......" Zhang Xiaoli said seriously to Zhou Fan without the slightest flirtatious expression.

Zhou Fan looked embarrassed: "Sister, when is it all about that, I'll go out to find a room first!"

As he spoke, he walked out of the rental house quickly. Listening to the laughter from Zhang Xiaoli behind him, Zhou Fan's old face turned red......

A man of Zhou Fan's age, talking about these topics with this kind of young woman, he definitely can't please him, it's best to slip away quickly!

When he went out, he turned on his mobile phone and looked at the rental information of 36 in the same city, Zhou Fan had a liver ache, there was no single room less than 2000 in the vicinity!

There are also cheap, 1200 bachelor apartments a month, just one bed. Five or six people in a house, Zhou Fan doesn't like that, he wants to have some private space......