Chapter 167 Like a Dream

Shao Yun didn't expect that she would see Xia Xia's recruitment information when she was at the lowest point in her life. Xia Xia wanted to find an employee who could speak foreign languages ​​and understood foreign trade. The salary was not low, with a base salary of 6,000 plus commission, two days off a week, and food and accommodation provided.

Without hesitation, Shao Yun sent her resume to Xia Wu's email. Her heart was pounding, not knowing whether her decision was right or wrong.

If she succeeds in the job, she will have to leave Shanghai, this sad place.

She dedicated her youth to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and now has nothing left except an sub-healthy body.

Three months ago, Shao Yun, who was still living alone, finally couldn't stand her family's pressure to get married and decided to accept the blind date introduced by her parents and get to know the person first.

The other person was 34 years old, one year older than her. He also worked in Shanghai and was a blue-collar worker with a monthly salary of around 10,000 yuan. When they first met, he didn't look that good and was rather silent, but he was still sincere.

In addition, Shao Yun had been lonely for too long and had been hesitant about whether to give herself a chance to get out of being single, so the two of them started to get along.

After the first date, there was a second one. The other party was very eager and wanted to have sex with you within a month and get married within three months.

Both of them are in their thirties. Shao Yun can understand the other's urgency, but she doesn't like being forced into marriage as if for the sake of continuing the family line. Even if it is a blind date, she wants to at least wait until the two of them have feelings for each other before naturally transitioning from a romantic relationship to a husband-and-wife relationship.

She is very traditional.

But the other party is not.

On the third date, the blind date asked Shao Yun to go to the movies. It was a very niche love movie, and to be honest, it was very ugly. Shao Yun was not interested in this kind of sad campus romance because when she was in high school, she was only focused on studying and had no time to care about other things.

She patiently watched the movie. During the movie, her blind date pulled her hand. Shao Yun subconsciously felt a little resistant, but slowly, she forced herself to let down her guard and had her first contact with her blind date.

Perhaps Shao Yun's relaxation gave the man an illusion. After the movie, he actually pulled Shao Yun to an empty elevator and wanted to kiss her. Shao Yun was panicked. After pushing him away, she was forced to press against the wall and kissed hard. She was so angry that she smashed her bag on the man's head and escaped home while he was in pain.

After returning home, she wanted to disinfect her mouth. The more she thought about it, the more disgusted she felt, and she felt that she couldn't go against her own wishes to get along with him.

The blind date sent her a message to apologize. After Shao Yun calmed down, she checked the WeChat messages.

Then she witnessed the whole process of her blind date from apologizing to breaking down.

"I'm sorry, Yun'er. I was just too impatient. You're so beautiful, I couldn't help myself."

"Yun'er, can you forgive me? Where are you? Have you returned home? I'll go to your house to find you!"

"Yun'er, do you really not want to care about me? I was wrong."

"I just want to be with you as soon as possible, marry you, make you my wife, and run our little family. I've fantasized more than once about having you be the mother of my child."

"Yun'er, can you reply to me when you see the message?"

"No, can't you just reply to my message?"

"You're not thinking of having other men, are you using me as a backup?"

"I'm speechless, sister. You're already over 30, not a little girl anymore. It's just a kiss, isn't it? Why are you pretending to be so chaste? You're not going to tell me you've never slept with anyone, are you? Do you think I'd believe you?"

"I'm impressed by you women. I've already apologized, what else do you want from me? Do you really want me to dig my heart out and show it to you?"

"Let me be honest with you. If I hadn't wanted to marry a girl I love and who loves me back, I wouldn't be single until now. You're already in your thirties, aren't you still dreaming of marrying Prince Charming?"

"Don't be so shameless, you stinky Biaozi! Your parents have already accepted the betrothal gift from my family. If you don't marry me, you're a marriage fraud! Hurry and reply to my message, or you'll just have to wait!"

Before seeing the news, Shao Yun was still reflecting on whether she was too sensitive and reserved, but when she saw the news, the flames of anger burned away all her rationality. She hated herself for not simply kicking the man's genitals!

So disgusting!

This man is older than her and is 1.7 meters tall. She is the same height as him when she wears high heels. He has no car or house and only graduated from high school. Where does he get the confidence to say these things to her?

Shao Yun considered herself an educated person. Even if she was angry, she couldn't say anything too extreme. She forced herself to suppress her anger and replied to the man.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I don't think we're a good match. We should avoid any further contact. As for the gift money my parents accepted from your family, I'll have them return it in full after I understand the situation."

As soon as she replied, the other party sent her a message.

He looks like he's in a good mood.

"You finally paid attention to me, Yun'er, don't be angry with me. I just said those words just to get you to reply to my message. I don't want you to return the money, let's get married!"

Shao Yun was so angry that she laughed. This guy is so shameless.

"I don't like you, we are not suitable."

Shao Yun refused directly.

As expected, the other party quickly broke down again: "No, you old woman, what are you pretending to be? I am willing to marry you because I am giving you face. Do you know that in ancient times, there was no one like you!"

Shao Yun really felt dizzy and dizzy from anger.

She was almost losing her mind and took screenshots of the messages and sent them to the family group.

At parents.

"This is the man you asked me to go on a blind date with. He forcefully kissed me today and said such things. I don't know what money you took from him. Please pay me back as soon as possible."

No one is talking in the family group.

Shao Yun has an older brother who is already married, and her family situation is quite complicated.

In short, she is old and has no family of her own, so every time she goes home for the Chinese New Year, she has to squeeze together with her second brother and his wife's family.

It was obviously her home before her brother got married, but after he got married, she became an outsider in the family.

The room where she had lived since she was a child was converted into a children's room, with the excuse that she only stayed at home for a few days a year, so it wouldn't be impossible for her to sleep in a crowded room.

Shao Yun had a good temper and thought that this was indeed the case, so she just endured it.

She has a niece and a nephew, and she buys gifts for the two children every time she goes home. Despite this, her sister-in-law is still dissatisfied with her and often acts sarcastic at the dinner table.

What does it matter if she earns a lot in a month? She still can't afford a house in Shanghai. She might as well find a rich man and marry him while she's still young.

The parents had less and less say, and gradually sided with their sister-in-law, urging Shao Yun to get married and move out quickly.

There was no room for anything of hers in the house.

Shao Yun clearly has a family, but she feels like an orphan with nowhere to go.

Perhaps this is the fate of most women.

Shao Yun remained silent, perhaps because she was unwilling to accept the reality that her parents did not love her as much as she imagined, or perhaps she was afraid to admit it.

Until today when she met this defenseless man, she felt as if she had eaten coptis chinensis, bitter and uncomfortable.

No wonder her parents kept urging her to meet the blind date. It turned out that she had accepted gifts and money from him.

They didn't mention this to Shao Yun at all.

After a while, Shao Yun's mother finally spoke in the group.

"He didn't mean what he said, he just wanted you to reply to his message, why are you still taking it so seriously?"

"Yeah, you're not a child anymore, Shao Yun. Can you be a little more sensible? If you keep dragging it on, you'll really become an old maid. Aren't all men like that?" This is Shao Yun's brother.

"Shao Yun, this man is quite good. I've met him before. His family owns several houses. If you marry him, you won't have to work anymore. You can just enjoy your life at home. It's just a few words. Don't be so petty."

Shao Yun felt something stuck in her throat and she wanted to vomit.

But her father hasn't said anything yet. He has loved her very much since she was a child. Maybe he will side with her.

But what she waited for were even more heartbreaking words.

"You must marry yourself off this year, or don't come back to this house."

Okay, okay, that's how you treat her, right?

Shao Yun could no longer hold back and her rationality snapped.

She responded to each one, starting with her parents: "Don't rush me anymore. Just throw all my things away. I won't be going back. When you need my care, I will give you what you deserve according to the law."

Then she replied to her brother: "You went to a prostitute when your wife was pregnant. No wonder you think all men in the world are like that. It's a pity that only your wife likes a man like you. Anyway, I look down on people like you."

Finally, she replied to her sister-in-law: "Why do women have to make things difficult for other women? I won't say anything to you. Just hold your dear ladybug husband and lock him up."

After saying this, Shao Yun left the family group and then blocked the blind date guys. She would block anyone who called her.

After doing all this, Shao Yun burst into tears and took a leave of absence from the company the next day.

Family members kept calling her in various ways, alarming all the aunts and uncles. Shao Yun couldn't refuse some of the calls. After answering the calls, she would explain everything to anyone who tried to persuade her, and would block and delete the calls if they continued to persuade her.

Fortunately, she did not give her home address and company address to the blind date man. After two days of silence, Shao Yun never expected that the blind date man would ask for the address from her family and actually block her at the door of her company.

Shao Yun was scared to death when the man pulled her down to kneel and apologize in public. Fortunately, the company security guard stopped her. Shao Yun did not dare to go home that day and stayed at the police station for the whole night.

She has no friends and no family support. If something happens, it will probably be too late to regret.

Shao Yun posted several requests for help online, and even the Taoyuan Forum had her posts. Many enthusiastic netizens gave her advice, asking her to break up with her family, change jobs, and move to another city to start over.

Shao Yun listened to the advice and moved her household registration out when she was in college. Now it is easier for her to escape than for ordinary people.

I'm just worried about work.

After working for so many years, Shao Yun has saved some money, not much, just over 300,000 yuan.

Originally, her parents wanted to use the money to buy a house for her brother, saying it was a loan, but Shao Yun refused, so her brother has been living in the old house with his wife.

Shao Yun received a lot of complaints for this.

Now it seems that she was right not to lend the money, otherwise she would never get it back.

If you want to buy a house in Shanghai with a deposit of 300,000 yuan, it is probably not enough to buy a toilet, but for Shao Yun now, this money is the greatest confidence.

She had originally planned to go to Yanggou Village to rest for a while, give herself a vacation, and adjust her mood, and then think about finding a job.

Now, seeing Xia Wu recruiting people, she was so happy that she simply packed up her things and left as quickly as possible to avoid being found by her family.

In less than three days, Shao Yun packed up all her belongings, stored part of them in capsules specially used for storing things in Shanghai, and mailed the other part to Yanggou Village in advance, with the main idea being to throw away what needed to be thrown away so as not to delay her escape.

Shao Yun arrived at Yanggou Village and contacted Xia Wu, sincerely expressing that she was available for an offline interview and that she really needed the job.

Xia Wu felt her helplessness and sincerity, and after making an appointment to meet Shao Yun, he asked her some questions and also checked Shao Yun's resume. Judging from the resume, Shao Yun's work ability was beyond doubt.

But what Xia Wu needed her to do was to develop new orders, find customers with needs from abroad, and sell the village's bamboo weaving products.

Shao Yun said that she could accept the trial work, and if she could not place any orders within half a month, she would voluntarily resign.

And so, Shao Yun stayed.

Moving into the white building with her luggage, looking at the mountains in the distance and breathing the fresh air, Shao Yun felt indescribably moved.

Xia Wu gave her an office computer. She lived next door to the couple Deng Hui and Jian Feng. The room had one bedroom and one living room with a separate bathroom. It had all the necessary facilities and was very convenient.

The only drawback is that there is an activity center for the elderly downstairs, and there are people doing activities there early in the morning, so it is quite noisy.

Shao Yun is a light sleeper and likes to sleep in. I thought she would not be able to stand it, but after a few days she got used to the early to bed and early to rise schedule here. She goes to bed at eight or nine o'clock every day and gets up early the next morning.

Shao Yun works very seriously. She took photos of all the bamboo products in the village, numbered them, and then opened a small store on the largest shopping website abroad. She took the initiative and the number of clicks has increased, but she has not received any orders yet.

Instead, Xia Wu comforted Shao Yun and told her not to worry, saying that even if she really didn't make any orders for a week, she would not fire Shao Yun.

After all, it is quite difficult for some domestic products to enter the foreign market, especially since this summer is almost over and there are only a few days of hot weather left.

Shao Yun refused to admit defeat and vowed to achieve something, having already put the tragic things that happened to her behind her.

She spent a few days getting familiar with Yang Hongwen, asked him to help take photos, and shamelessly asked Xia Wu to be a model, allowing bamboo products to appear in the camera, and took photos together for promotional photos.

Xia Wu thought this was a good idea. She changed into a new Chinese-style dress, stood beside the bamboo forest, holding a bamboo basket in her hand with a few lotus flowers inserted diagonally in the basket, looking like a quiet woman.

Shao Yun not only posted Xia Wu's photos on the shopping website, but also, with Xia Wu's consent, posted the videos that Xia Wu had taken in the past, adding English subtitles, and posted them on the Internet.

Xia Wu’s video account on the largest social software abroad uses her avatar wearing new Chinese-style clothing and holding a lotus. In just one week, the video has been played more than one million times.

And the number of video views is still growing.

There is a firewall between China and the outside world. Ordinary people have to climb over the firewall if they want to watch videos on the outside world. There are not many anchors like Xia Wu in China, and few of them want to post videos on the outside world at the same time.

Therefore, Xia Wu can be said to be unique in this field, not to mention that her video shots are full of film language and unique aesthetic artistic sense. Even if people don’t understand Chinese, they can still perceive the beauty when watching the video.

Human beings share a common feeling for beauty.

As the number of video views on the external network surged, she also boosted the popularity of the village's bamboo weaving products on foreign shopping websites, and orders gradually increased.

Since it is international express delivery, the shipping fee is already very high. Shao Yun has worked in foreign trade and is very bold in pricing. For example, she sells the bamboo basket that Xia Wu is carrying for eighty dollars each.

It would cost four or five hundred yuan if converted into Chinese currency.

Just like that, a bunch of foreigners were vying for it. In less than half a month, Shao Yun successfully broke into the market and sold more than 300 bamboo baskets on the Internet.

The bamboo baskets were snapped up by the crowds thanks to a bit of luck. An environmental organization abroad discovered Xia Wu's video and widely promoted her lifestyle, saying that she lived a very green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly life. They suggested that bamboo baskets could be promoted in the future to replace plastic bags.

The trend abroad is hard to understand. Shao Yun feels that these people are weird, but as long as the things can be sold, even if these people are crazy, it has nothing to do with her.

Shao Yun earned tens of thousands of dollars from the three hundred big orders. She proved her ability and was successfully hired by the company. She received a base salary of 6,000 yuan a month plus commission, two days off a week, five insurances and one fund, and free food and accommodation.

In the first month, Shao Yun earned more than 10,000 yuan by selling those bamboo products.

Since there was no need to pay rent, all meals were eaten at the company, and there was no need to worry about overtime and commuting, Shao Yun saved a lot of money, and her small treasury increased significantly.

The happiness from her work came back to her, making her forget all the bad things that had happened to her.

One day, Shao Yun suddenly received a message from a colleague from her former company, asking her where she was now. This person was not very familiar with Shao Yun when they were in the company, nor was they close enough to care about her whereabouts. The sudden question made Shao Yun very alert.

She didn't tell the truth, saying that she was too tired from work and wanted to take a break for a while, and was currently traveling.

The person on the other side immediately became jealous and said that her parents had come to the company and the whole company knew about it. Shao Yun didn't want to take on the responsibility of being filial to her parents, so she went off to enjoy a leisurely life.

Shao Yun has learned how to deal with those who stand on the moral high ground and make comments without understanding what is going on.

That means blocking and deleting them, all in one go, never to see them again.

Shao Yun changed her cell phone number and WeChat account. She didn't want to mention the past anymore. From today on, it was all new life.

Every day of life in Yanggou Village is something Shao Yun never dared to imagine before.

The normal working hours give her a lot of free time, which is not very boring. She made friends with the elderly people in the village and has a good relationship with Deng Hui, who is also from the city and works here. Deng Hui's daughter, who is still in college, also works here during the summer vacation. Her job includes making steamed buns, picking vegetables, etc. The work is not hard and the salary is certainly not too good, but food and accommodation are provided, which can still allow these college students who want to improve themselves to earn some pocket money.

Huang Ying is different from Jian Manxue. She is short of money, so in addition to picking vegetables and making steamed buns in the mountains, she also goes to Yangmei's milk tea stall to do odd jobs, earning two salaries and almost 6,000 yuan a month.

It’s much more comfortable than working in a factory.

Summer is long, so long that it seems like it will never end.

After the beginning of autumn, there were a few light rains and the village became noticeably colder.

The watermelons in the watermelon field on the mountain were about to fail after being soaked by rain for two days.

This summer, Xia Wu made a lot of money just from these dozen acres of watermelon fields. After finishing their work, the employees in the company would eat a piece of watermelon soaked in well water, and all their fatigue would disappear.

Xia Wu simply couldn't bear to think about how she would survive until next summer after the watermelon season was completely over.

She decided to reclaim some land next year and plant more watermelons, at least thirty acres.

But this year, the remaining time is clearly not enough.

Another sign that summer vacation is over is that students are about to start school.

The most unhappy one was Xia Meng. She had been here for more than two months and had completely gone crazy like a village kid. While others yearned for the city and wanted to go there, she wished she were a village kid herself. It would be best if she didn't have to go to school so that she wouldn't have to leave Yanggou Village.

Xia Meng fell on the bed and Liu Guizhen packed her clothes. One summer vacation, Liu Guizhen was coaxed by her and made a green lolita skirt by hand. Xia Meng liked this skirt very much. It had elements of lotus and lotus leaves on it, and a cartoon frog with a bag.

Every day she tied her hair into two pigtails, wore a little skirt, carried a small bag with some snacks in it, and ran around with other children in the village tirelessly.

She seemed to have become more polite and humane after getting tanned. She secretly shed tears because of the impending departure, but Xia Wu slapped her butt with a gloating look, "It's not like you can't come. Look at your ambition."

Xia Meng kept crying and did not refute.

She felt like a child who had experienced the light, but was now forced to return to her previous dark life and could not be happy at all.

If Xia Wu knew what she was thinking, he would definitely say that she was pretentious. Xia Meng was so young, but she had so much money that she couldn't spend it all. If it were someone else, even if they struggled all their lives, they might not be able to reach her starting point. What she was born with was worthless in her eyes.

No matter how reluctant Xia Meng was, she couldn't change her mind. On the day Xia Wu personally drove her out of the village, almost half of the children in the village came to see her off and asked her to come back next year.

It’s still next year. Xia Meng has already made up her mind that she will come during the winter vacation.

You can come during National Day too.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also quite long.

Woohoo, can she come here on Sunday too?

At this time, she envied Yang Mingyue for being close to home.

Not only was Liu Guizhen reluctant to send Xia Meng away, but even Xia Wu himself was not used to it.

She likes to be together and doesn't like to be apart.

So I’m used to the village being bustling all the time, and everyone is together every day, as if we will never break up.

She is not the only one who likes her current life. Everyone in the village likes her current life. Sometimes when she thinks about the past, it feels like a dream.