The 250 in savings on hand is still not enough. Although she is still a little unknown 18th-tier celebrity, she has a lot of clothes, shoes and bags, and many of the tags have not been removed.

So she took photos of them all and posted them on Xianyu, selling them at a 50% discount.

The discounts are huge and many items are sold out as soon as they go online.

The courier picked up the package the next day, and then she waited for the buyer to receive the goods and the money would be credited to her account.

In less than half a month, she saved an additional 68,000 yuan just by selling second-hand items.

In the past half month, she went to bed early and got up early every day, and used the spiritual spring water to cook and stew soup. She finally made her body look like a normal person after staying up late.

Three days later, someone finally came to see the house. The other party was straightforward and asked for full payment. Xu Qingzhi was straightforward and just rounded off a few tens of thousands to a total of one million. He also said in advance that he would need two days to move.

After completing the contract process that day, Xu Qingzhi packed up all the unimportant things and sent them back to his hometown by express delivery.

The next day I packed up the remaining things and started my journey home.

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The total journey takes seven hours, from the high-speed rail to the bus and then to the passenger car.

She waited for others to get off the car before getting out carrying the suitcase in the front seat.

"Qingzhi, you're back." Xu Fuqiang, who had come to the car door early, reached out to take the suitcase and muttered, "Your mother is cooking dinner at home. Knowing you were coming back, Dad killed a chicken and a duck today, as well as your favorite water spinach."

Xu Qingzhi looked at the tanned middle-aged man in front of him, whose black hair had turned mostly white at some point.

For Xu Fuqiang, he had been separated from his daughter for less than half a year.

But for Xu Qingzhi, this meeting had been five hundred and fifty years.

She hugged him and said, "Dad, I miss you and mom so much."

Xu Fuqiang froze for a moment, and the next second he quickly pushed her away, put the suitcase on the worn-out tricycle, turned his back to Xu Qingzhi, and muttered, "Girl, you should be more reserved. So many people will see you and gossip about you."

"You are my father, who are you gossiping about!" Xu Qingzhi said in a firm voice.

Xu Fuqiang did not argue with her. He swept the dust off the wooden bench behind the tricycle with the back of his hand, then wiped it vigorously with the palm of his hand, wiped it clean, and patted it twice.

Xu Qingzhi climbed up and sat on the bench.

She also knew that her father was embarrassed, so she didn't pursue the issue any further.

Children of their generation who grew up in rural areas seem to be inexplicably ashamed to express their feelings to their parents, and their parents also feel embarrassed.

Drive another five kilometers from here to reach Xu Qingzhi’s hometown.

Taoshui Village, a small village located in the south of the motherland.

The tricycle was jolting forward on the road when a black sedan passed by.

Xu Fuqiang said, "Ten years later, Dad will buy a car and come to pick you up in it instead of this broken three-wheeler."

Xu Qingzhi had heard these words ten years ago.

Every year when my father drives his tricycle and takes the family to my grandmother's house to celebrate the New Year, he always says this when he sees oncoming cars.

Xu Qingzhi had made up her mind to come back and retire, so she naturally had to buy a car, but she had just returned, so it was not appropriate to bring up the matter yet.

When you want to buy, just tell us in advance.

The evening summer breeze blows across my face. Different from the unpleasant heat of the city, a cool feeling with the pure scent of trees and grass fills my breath.

There were some unknown insects chirping, and further away someone's dog barked twice.

The camphor trees on both sides of the road have grown luxuriantly. In 2006, the government built a cement road leading to the village, making travel more convenient. A year after the road was built, the government planted rows of camphor trees on both sides of the road. At that time, there were only bare trees.

At that time, Xu Qingzhi would check on the tree at the door every day. A few years later, a bird built a nest there. Unfortunately, it was poked by some naughty kids. She was so angry that no birds built nests there anymore.

The old man said that birds would look down on trees whose nests had been poked.

A lot of childhood memories came to my mind, and just the familiar feeling made me feel comfortable.

Xu Qingzhi felt more and more that his decision to come back to live in retirement was the right one! (End of this chapter)