Chapter 144 A Thousand Miles of Marriage

Dinner was braised eggplant rice with a golden fried egg.

Cook over high heat until the sauce thickens, sprinkle with a little chopped coriander, the blue flames dance when you get close, and it's a bit hot. Cover the pot and simmer for a few minutes. The moment you open the lid, the small kitchen is filled with steam and a fragrant aroma.

"Perfect!" Shao Yun took out a set of tableware from the cupboard, put the rice on it first, then placed the braised eggplant perfectly on top of the rice, and finally covered it with a fried egg with liquid egg yolk.

A simple dinner for the working class is ready.

There were only a few eggplants left in the vegetable package. Shao Yun had been eating vegetables without restraint these days, and she had almost finished the stock before the next package arrived.

But you can't blame her. A few days ago, a college classmate of hers came to look for a job and stayed at her house for a few days. Two people always eat faster than one person.

Fortunately, her classmates have found jobs and moved away, but Shao Yun is still used to living alone.

The first thing I do when I get home from get off work is to turn on the air conditioner, take off my underwear, change into pajamas, then open the refrigerator to prepare the ingredients. After the ingredients are ready and the rice is in the pot, I take this opportunity to take a quick shower.

When she comes out, the rice is almost done, and it's just right for cooking.

From being a takeout lover to a cooking lover, Shao Yun has mastered the new rhythm of life. She is used to watching something while eating to prevent the house from being too quiet. She plays the never-boring "Empresses in the Palace" on her tablet, holding her phone in one hand and eating with the other.

She checks her phone to look at the forum. Taoyuan Forum is very interesting. When Xia Xia doesn't update videos, Shao Yun will check the forum to find some fun.

Everyone here is talented, speaks well, and has good intentions. After browsing the posts for a long time, looking at those familiar IDs makes you feel like you are old friends you have never met.

Shao Yunchao likes this place very much.

She took a photo of her dinner and found her own post. She opened a daily post to update her daily cooking life as a working person and exchanged recipes for bringing lunch with many forum friends. It was very interesting.

After posting the photos, she started to look at the popular posts in the forum. The most popular one was about Xia Xia’s company recruiting people. The forum had been discussing it for two days. Even after finding the person, some people still remembered him and were looking forward to Xia Xia recruiting next time.

Shao Yun thought about it. She majored in translation and was currently working in foreign trade. She felt that it was unlikely that she would have a place in Xia Xia's company in her lifetime. What a pity.

At the same time, I am a little envious of the person who was hired by Xia Xia. He is really lucky.

The second most popular post was also work-related.

[Thanks to everyone in the forum, I found my life's work!]

Shao Yun clicked on it and saw that the ID looked familiar.

"Here's the portal to the previous story. Last time Xia Xia was giving out benefits, I told everyone in the building that my base salary had been cut and I had to cooperate with business trips unconditionally. I also have a one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and I was worried about not being able to balance work and family. I was very distressed about this. Then someone suggested I go to his company for an interview. I went for the interview last Thursday, and today I've successfully started at the new company. The people at this new company are really great! I have to strongly recommend it to everyone!"

Shao Yun checked the previous post. She had indeed seen it before. No wonder she had an impression of it. She didn't expect that she could find a job here.

She typed a congratulatory message to the poster and replied in the thread: "I'm working as a copywriter at a game company. I can tell you that our company's new game is a farming and leisure game based on Yanggou Village. It's very interesting! The boss has already talked to Xia Xia and got the authorization. Everyone can look forward to it!"

A farming game similar to Yanggou Village?

Shao Yun became interested.

The post also asks for more details.

On the other end of the network, Fang Qianqian was typing enthusiastically to reply to netizens' messages. Although it was time to get off work, her work enthusiasm was very high!

Thanks to Xia Xia's forum, she found a very suitable job.

After the company offered her a pay cut last week, Fang Qianqian was completely devastated. Her child was still young, and transitioning back to work after giving birth was already difficult. She had finally found a decent job, and fearing dismissal, she toiled diligently, daring no resistance. She worked overtime whenever asked, tweaked plans whenever asked. Her unwavering dedication resulted in her being the first target of the company's poor performance.

Since he didn't want her but didn't want to pay compensation, he resorted to despicable tactics to force her to resign voluntarily.

Fang Qianqian is well aware of the hidden rules in the workplace, but she has no way to deal with them.

The salary cut was a company decision, and the business trip was also within a reasonable range. If she didn't want to do it, there were plenty of people who would do it.

Fang Qianqian was just casually complaining in the forum and never expected that someone would extend an olive branch to her.

Last Thursday, she took half a day off to go for an interview with a try-it-out attitude. She thought that if it was not suitable, she would continue to work in the original company and would be able to accept a reasonable pay cut, after all, it was close to home.

The company she interviewed for was a gaming company that had been established for three years. The boss was a young man in his thirties. It was he who interviewed Fang Qianqian that day. He looked at her past resume and the reason why she liked Xia Xia, and decided to hire her on the spot.

The new company also offers very good treatment, with two days off a week, five insurances and one fund. Considering that Fang Qianqian only does clerical work and has children to take care of, she is also allowed to work from home.

As long as you do your job well, the new company doesn't seem to mind rules like punching in.

Fang Qianqian couldn't believe that such a good thing would fall on her head. It took her almost a week in the new company for her to go from feeling uneasy to trusting.

Lingting is a small game company with only a dozen employees in total, but it has achieved impressive results. They have two small games and can make a profit of nearly one million yuan every month.

The boss is a young internet addict. It is said that his family has some assets, but he just likes playing games. He took the 200,000 yuan startup capital given by his family and resolutely invested in the gaming industry. With years of experience in playing games, the first game he created was simple but very creative. Later, it was bought by a large company, and he made his first pot of gold.

He used his first pot of gold to recruit employees and developed two small games. These two small games were enough to support his small company comfortably.

Fang Qianqian didn't know why the boss was in the forum. In short, he wanted to make a farming game. Fang Qianqian was responsible for the game copy, and the blueprint was based on the people of Yanggou Village.

Fang Qianqian likes this new job very much and also likes everyone in the forum. She is very motivated about this job and also feels very lucky. She asked her boss if she could post. The boss agreed and asked her to help promote the company's new game.

This is her future achievement! Fang Qianqian naturally has no choice but to do it.

Hence today’s hot post.

Everyone in the post was marveling at the magic of fate. They were supposed to be strangers, but now they were connected because of Xia Xia and made friends through the forum.

Even though they have never met each other and don't know who the other person is in real life, everyone seems to have a unified idea: as long as they like Xia Xia, no matter how bad they are, they can't be that bad.

It’s this feeling that makes browsing forums so addictive.

Working class people like Shao Yun, who reach the age of 30 and have worked hard in the city for several years, may not even have a single close friend.

The steel jungle in the city isolates everyone and makes them strangers to each other.

But humans are social animals at heart, and they need to communicate and interact with the outside world to establish close relationships.

No matter how aloof a person is, he or she has emotional needs.

Taoyuan Forum provides a place for everyone to release their emotional needs that have nowhere to go.

Warmth, kindness, trust, humor...

Shao Yun couldn't help but sigh, "I really love everyone in the forum!"

She's not the only one who thinks this way.

After finishing most of the rice, Shao Yun took a sip of ice soda and looked at the next post with satisfaction.

[Because of Xia Xia’s watermelon, I fell in love]

A new post caught Shao Yun's attention, and her eyes widened. "No way, how can you fall in love if you're just browsing forums?"

She quickly clicked in to take a look.

"It all started like this. The main person is a corporate slave working in Tong City. He's homeless here, with few family or friends. So last time Xia Xia came to the city to sell watermelons, the main person didn't buy any. But the main person really wanted to eat watermelon, so he casually mentioned it on the forum. Unexpectedly, someone told the main person that he had bought a lot of watermelons and could pick them up in person."

"The lead was a little skeptical at the time, worried it was a trap, as he has a bit of a social anxiety problem. But after hearing everyone say the watermelon was super delicious, he was really tempted and mustered up the courage to agree to a face-to-face meeting. Coincidentally, we lived not far from each other; the lead was only two subway stops away. He was very considerate and, worried that the lead might be scared, offered to wait for him at the subway entrance, where there were more people."

"As soon as the main guest exited the subway, he saw a man carrying two watermelons. He was particularly eye-catching, and he couldn't help but take a second look. He looked exactly like the main guest's type. He was about 1.75 meters tall, ten centimeters taller than the main guest, fair and thin, and looked very gentle. The main guest greeted him, and he walked towards him. At that moment, the main guest wanted to run away, but luckily he held himself back."

"After we confirmed each other's identities, we added each other's contact information and transferred the money. He was worried that the main bag couldn't carry it, so he offered to send it back. After he returned, the main bag invited him to dinner. Then the next day, he thanked the main bag for inviting him to dinner and wanted to invite him back..."

"What a polite and restrained boy! I love him so much!"

"We spent a week together, chatting every day. We didn't even feel tired until two or three in the morning. We would continue chatting when we woke up. If we didn't have to go to work, we could probably chat for a long time! I don't know why, but we have so many common topics!"

"The head chef invited him to Yanggou Village, and we went together on our day off. When we came back, he confessed his love to the head chef, and he immediately agreed! It wasn't because he said he would cook for him every day in the future!"

"Thanks to Xia Xia, thanks to Yanggou Village, thanks to everyone on the forum, I'm finally in love!"

Shao Yun had only one expression after reading it: "(òó)"

These two people fell in love so quickly!

Although the poster said that they got together because they had many common topics, it seems that the two of them had a crush on each other as soon as they met. Otherwise, why would they buy a watermelon and give it to each other and treat each other to meals?

As expected, there were photos following the post, because when Xigua talked about love, both the protagonists were pretty and handsome.

No wonder they fell in love the first time they met.

Shao Yun sighed. Why was it so easy for others to fall in love, but so difficult for her?

Ever since she broke up with her boyfriend of seven years, she has become disenchanted with relationships.

But when you think about it, it can be quite lonely sometimes.

The entire forum was filled with the sour smell of dog food because of this love post, making people jealous and envious, and in the end they had to send their blessings.

Before she knew it, she finished her meal and a smile appeared on Shao Yun's lips. Even if she hadn't found a new job and she wasn't the one in the relationship, and she was just a bystander, she would have felt happy enough.

This is such an amazing forum.

"What are you doing?"

In the small courtyard of the Yang family, Annie accompanied Ji Yunzhou to find Xia Wu. Seeing Yang Guojun chopping bamboo in the yard, she asked curiously.

Yang Guojun couldn't understand foreign languages ​​and asked Xia Wu to act as an interpreter. He told the foreigner, "I'm making a cool mat. Don't you have any cool mats over there?"

It took Annie a long time to understand what a cool bamboo mat was. Xia Wu also showed her a freshly made bamboo mat that was spread under the porch. When she lay on it, it was cool and drove away the summer heat.

Yang Guojun made the mat for the mountains. It was hot now and everyone needed a nap. There weren't many places to rest on the mountain, but it was summer and you could sleep anywhere by spreading the mat, so he simply made some more.

Annie was amazed at Yang Guojun's craftsmanship. She didn't know how these mysterious Orientals had so many new tricks. In her country, the summer temperature could reach as high as 40 degrees Celsius. Many people did not have the money to install air conditioners or pay electricity bills, so they could only endure the summer heat.

"If we had a cool mat, it would be cooler."

Annie was also interested in not only the mat, but also the clothes Xia Wu was wearing, the moon-white cheongsam, the cotton shoes, and even the round palm-leaf fan in her hand. These things looked mysterious no matter how she looked at them. They were obviously ordinary, but they were particularly interesting in her hands.

After Annie expressed her love for it, Xia Wu also gave her a round palm-leaf fan. She loved it so much that she almost took it with her wherever she went. She also often took photos of it and posted them online or sent them to her family.

"Annie, is the mat you mentioned really that magical?"

"Yes, Mom. I think you and Dad will really need these bamboo mats on the farm. Besides, the vegetables they grow are tastier than those grown by Dad."

"Your father would be sad if he knew you said that. The fan you are holding is also very interesting. If it is convenient, could you send some to us?"

Seeing that her recommendation was successful, Annie agreed immediately: "No problem!"

Anne's family has a large farm. She relied on her parents to run the farm to raise enough money for medical school tuition. So when she came here and saw the hill managed by Xia Wu, she felt very familiar. She often told her family about the differences between farm management in China and in China, which aroused the curiosity of many relatives.