The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

Chapter 119 Nanluoguxiang

Zhao Dongchuan walked with his backpack on his back and began to sort out the original owner's memories of his hometown in Beijing.

The original owner's father, Zhao Zhengguo, was a level 5 fitter in a steel rolling mill. His mother, Guo Ping, became ill a few years ago and has been unable to work normally. She has been recuperating at home all year round and was even bedridden when the condition was serious.

The original owner was the only child in the family. He grew up being doted on by his parents, so he developed a spoiled habit and was powerless.

Moreover, the original owner liked to get close to the children of other people's big courtyards. Unfortunately, no matter which big courtyard the children were from, they were not something a small person like him could get close to.

Naturally, every time you try your best, you end up getting rejected. You spend money on others, but still they don't like you.

It was okay when I was in school, I just played with them after school. But after I graduated and had no job, I started hanging out with those people.

Unless he takes over his father Zhao Zhengguo's job, he can only wander around.

Not to mention that his father is in his prime and is far from retirement, his skills are not up to standard. If he wants to take over the job, he can only start as a junior apprentice. However, the salary of a junior apprentice is not enough to support their family.

It was not known whether it was fortunate or unfortunate. When his parents were worrying about this, the street office notified their family that Zhao Dongchuan would be arranged to go to the countryside to settle down. Although they were a little surprised that their only son would be arranged, they did not delve into it.

It was the end of 74, the last two years of the ten-year turmoil. At that time, a large number of unemployed young people had already been sent down to the countryside, and Zhao Dongchuan just caught the last train.

So, with a mixed feeling of helplessness and disappointment in their child, the parents sent their only son, Zhao Dongchuan, away to be sent to work in Shuangshui Village, Yuanxi County.

Who would have thought that after being assigned to Shuangshui Village, Zhao Dongchuan did not adapt to rural life, but instead acted like a city dweller, being lazy and ate all day long, and not working or putting in any effort.

Moreover, he had very poor self-care ability, which led to his end up being invaded and taken over by the soul of the current Zhao Dongchuan.

In fact, Zhao Dongchuan himself doesn’t understand now whether the original owner starved to death or was possessed by him.

I just took over someone else's body without knowing what was going on.

But since he occupied someone else's body, he naturally had to bear some of the consequences, so he traveled thousands of miles back during the Spring Festival, a festival celebrated by the whole world.

Zhao Dongchuan was walking in the direction of his home in his memory while sorting out these memories.

"Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhao, I'm back. You can go with peace of mind. I will take good care of your parents!" Zhao Dongchuan said to himself.

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After walking for about half an hour, Zhao Dongchuan arrived at Nanluoguxiang. After passing through several low alleys, Zhao Dongchuan saw a small shop with people coming and going.

"Nanluoguxiang Supply and Marketing Cooperative?"

Zhao Dongchuan looked at the sign on the store thoughtfully.

The further he walked, the more inexplicably familiar it felt. It was not only because of the original owner's memory, but also partly because he seemed to have heard this name and seen these scenes in his previous life.

He felt strangely familiar.

"Room 95, Nanluoguxiang?" Soon Zhao Dongchuan arrived at the courtyard house in the original owner's memory.

"Is this the original owner's home? Why does it feel so familiar?" Zhao Dongchuan was not sure whether it was the original owner's memory that gave him this feeling, or if he was just familiar with this place.

"Never mind, let's go in and take a look!" Zhao Dongchuan thought to himself.

"Hey, young man, who are you looking for?" A middle-aged man's voice came, interrupting Zhao Dongchuan's thoughts.

A fat middle-aged man wearing glasses asked Zhao Dongchuan.

"Hello, I'm looking for Zhao Zhengguo. Do you know him?"

"Old Zhao, I know you're looking for him. Who are you to him?" The man looked at Zhao Dongchuan with a puzzled look on his face.

"You look familiar...ah...you...you are Zhao Dongchuan, the kid from the Zhao family?"

Zhao Dongchuan nodded in silence and said, "Yes, I am Zhao Dongchuan!"

Although he had some memories of the original owner, he could not recognize all of them and did not know who the person in front of him was.

"I'm your Uncle Liu, don't you recognize me?" Seeing Zhao Dongchuan looking at him with some strangeness, the man said with some surprise.

Zhao Dongchuan sorted out the original owner's memory and found that he had the impression that there was a person named Liu Dahai, who was also a worker in a steel rolling mill.

They were not familiar with each other and only said hello occasionally.

"Uncle Liu, I've applied for home visit leave and came back to visit my parents during the Spring Festival. I won't chat with you anymore. I'll go back first!" Zhao Dongchuan said as he walked towards the yard.

"This kid, I almost don't recognize him after not seeing him for a year!" Liu Dahai said as he adjusted his glasses while looking at Zhao Dongchuan's back.

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Zhao Dongchuan ignored him and walked towards home on his own.

This is a courtyard house with four entrances, where many families live. Their family lives in the west wing of the central courtyard.

As he walked and looked around, he finally understood why he felt a little familiar, because this address was exactly the same as a TV series he had watched in his original world, "Birds in the Courtyard".

But he had no impression of those "beasts" at all.

I have no impression of him at all. The Liu Dahai he just met looks a bit like the second uncle Liu Haizhong, but they are not the same person.

"It seems that there is some quantum entanglement between parallel worlds!" Zhao Dongchuan shook his head and shook off these thoughts.

These things have nothing to do with him, and he is not interested in playing tricks with those "beasts".

He just wants to go home and take good care of his parents.

People were coming and going in the courtyard, and they were a little surprised to see a stranger coming in, and they didn't know whose child he was.

They were all observing him silently.

"Hey, who is this guy? He looks unfamiliar!" An old lady in the middle courtyard, who was washing clothes in a large wooden tub and looking at him from afar, asked a few women nearby.

"I feel like I've seen this person somewhere before!" A plump and beautiful young woman glanced at Zhao Dongchuan's face and said uncertainly.

"Qin Xiaoru, you know quite a few gigolos!" An older woman retorted upon hearing this.

"Second Aunt, he just looks familiar to me, as if I've seen him somewhere before! But I don't know him!" The woman named Qin Xiaoru hurriedly explained.

"Look, he went to the west wing!" a woman said as she watched Zhao Dongchuan walk to a door in the west wing.

“That’s Zhao Zhengguo!”

"Could this man be Zhao Zhengguo's stupid son who went to the countryside to work as an educated youth?" Second Aunt murmured.

"She's just young and ignorant, but she's not stupid!" Qin Xiaoru secretly retorted to the second aunt.

Zhao Dongchuan naturally didn't care what they were talking about. In fact, even though they were so far away, he could hear them if he really wanted to.

It’s just that most of the time he didn’t want to listen to the gossip, so he deliberately controlled his hearing.

Zhao Dongchuan excitedly patted the door which was gradually becoming clear in his memory.