Chapter 1 Return to the village to dig a fish pond

"We have arrived at Yucheng Village. Passengers who are getting off the bus please take your luggage and get off through the back door."

Chen Yuan got off the suburban bus carrying his bag, looking at the small village surrounded by green mountains in the distance, a bright smile on his face.

It is a great joy for a wanderer to return home, let alone the fact that he has lived two lives as a human being.

With excitement in his heart, Chen Yuan quickly walked towards home.

"Xiao Yuan."

As soon as he arrived home, his mother Tang Ying came running over and looked Chen Yuan up and down, with a look of happiness and heartache.

"You've lost a lot of weight. This internship must have been hard, right?"

Chen Yuan is a recent graduate. Because of his internship, he was unable to go home for the Spring Festival. When his mother heard that her son was coming back after his internship, she was so happy and had been looking forward to it for a long time.

"Mom, I'm almost 140, how can I lose weight?"

Chen Yuan is about 1.78 meters tall. He is not fat, but not thin either.

But there is a kind of thinness that makes your mother think you are thin.

“How was your internship?”

Father Chen Jun, holding a cigarette in his mouth, took Chen Yuan's backpack.

"Very good." Chen Yuan replied.

"Now that I have my diploma, I should be able to become a full-time employee, right?"

Chen Jun took out two bottles of beer from the refrigerator, opened them and handed one to Chen Yuan. Tang Ying brought the sumptuous meal that he had prepared long ago to the table.

"Well, I'll get my diploma at the end of June, and my internship can be converted to a full-time job, but I don't want to go."

Chen Yuan took three cups and filled them for his parents.

"not going?"

Chen Jun was a little surprised, "Why?"

Tang Ying asked worriedly if something had happened.

"It's okay, it's just too far from home."

Chen Yuan smiled and shook his head, his expression dazed for a moment, as if he had recalled a lot in an instant.

According to the development of his previous life, he was transferred to the capital after his internship.

With the idea that big cities bring big opportunities, Chen Yuan, like many people who have moved to Beijing, has great ambitions and wants to make a name for himself.

He worked in sales, and every day he worked hard to find clients and entertain them. He drank so much that he vomited blood countless times and woke up in the hospital.

He worked very hard, but his income still could not keep up with the skyrocketing housing prices.

Even if the whole family worked together, emptied six wallets, and borrowed money from all relatives and friends, they could only barely come up with a down payment, and still be outside the Fifth Ring Road.

He worked even harder, wanting to live like a human being, but eventually due to long-term excessive drinking, he got late-stage liver cancer when he was only in his early thirties.

It was not until the last moments of his life, when he saw his parents’ white hair and his sister’s haggard face, that he realized what he had lost.

ten years!

After ten years in Beijing, Chen Yuan is like a working machine.

Besides work, it's still work.

My impression of my family seems to have stayed in ten years ago. Now when I look at them carefully, my parents have already aged beyond recognition without me noticing.

His sister, who was only two years older than him, looked as haggard as a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties.

They all moved to Beijing for him.

But what did he get?
A cold shell of several dozen square meters.

If he could live again, he would never choose the bustling city. He just wants to stay in his hometown and be with his parents and relatives.

That's home.

Perhaps it was just a dream, or maybe it was a parallel world. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself back in ten years ago when he was preparing to go to the capital.

He decisively decided to resign and bought a ticket to go straight to his hometown in Chong City.

"You want to stay in the village?"

Chen Jun stared at Chen Yuan in disbelief. He thought his son's job should be completely stable, but he didn't expect him to say such nonsense.

"Your mother and I worked so hard to support your education, but your sister went out to work after graduating from high school. Why?"

"Isn't it so that you can go to a good university and leave the countryside, instead of staying in the village to grow crops." Chen Yuan took a mouthful of rice and patiently explained, "Dad, I don't want to grow crops. I want to open a fishing ground."

"What the hell, you want to build a fish pond?"

Chen Jun raised his hand and touched Chen Yuan's forehead. Could it be that the child had a fever and his brain was confused?

"Dad, fishing grounds and fish ponds are two different models."

"What's the difference? They're both raising fish. They can't be better than growing crops."

Chen Jun waved his hand and said, "Your uncle raises a lot of fish in the small pond in the village, but he doesn't make much money all year round. I don't agree with this."

"After all, I'm still a college student. It's no big deal to go home and raise fish. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by the villagers."

Chen Jun looked at Chen Yuan with disappointment and sternly refused.

Chen Yuan felt helpless.

Although his father is not an old stubborn person, he still has some ideas of the older generation.

In his father's opinion, as long as he goes to college, he will be able to get a good job, leave the countryside and move to the city, and then live a good life.

Now, after all the effort of raising him to the point where he graduates from college, he wants to come back to raise fish.

Does fish farming require a college degree?
His uncle was able to support his child even though he didn't even graduate from elementary school.

Need to pay for your college education?

Many older generations in the village would definitely laugh at him for being incompetent. After graduating from university, he still wants to return to the village to raise fish. This shows that he is not capable of surviving in the city.

But Chen Yuan had no choice.

From 2024 back to 2014, with a full ten years of development history, he can take off by just seizing two opportunities.

But when he was reborn, a system voice came to his mind.

"The fishing ground system is loading. Please return to the village to build a fishing ground and activate the system..."

Perhaps the system sensed his dying wish in his previous life, so it chose him as the host.

"Dad, I have faith."

Chen Yuan patiently explained and tried to convince his parents.

With the system in hand, you will have full confidence.

"The child has grown up and has his own ideas. It's good for him to want to start his own business. We as parents should support him." Tang Ying glared at Chen Jun.

Although she didn't understand the fishing grounds, let alone the business models that Chen Yuan talked about, she knew that Chen Yuan wanted to stay in his hometown, which was better than going to Beijing.

A mother worries about her child even when he is far away. Which mother doesn't want her child to be around?

“That’s not even a start-up.”

Chen Jun lit a cigarette and said distressedly, "Our family's financial situation is already bad, and we haven't even saved enough money for our children's wedding. If we lose money, when will we have the money to help our children start a family?"

Chen Yuan finished his meal, gulped down his beer, and said with a smile: "Dad, I just graduated from college and just turned 21. It's still too early for me to start a family."

"What's so early? When your dad and I were your age, you were already old enough to help with cooking."

When it comes to starting a business and opening a fish pond, Tang Ying stands on Chen Yuan's side, but when it comes to starting a family and finding a wife, the two old people are definitely on the same side.

Chen Yuan raised his hands in surrender, then stood up to clean up the dishes.

If you can't argue, then hide.

"Put it down. You must be tired after sitting in the car for such a long time. Take a nap."

Tang Ying patted Chen Yuan's hand, with some distress in her eyes. This child has lost weight.

"Order."

Chen Yuan was indeed a little tired. He bought the train ticket overnight. Now that he was back, there was no need to rush. He would wait until he had recovered.

"Well, just let him be."

After Chen Yuan returned to the room, Chen Jun stepped on the cigarette butt, then stood up and walked out.

"What are you going to do?"

"Go visit Big Brother's house."

This is Chen's father. Although he has some old-fashioned ideas, he is not stubborn. He did not agree with Chen Yuan setting up a fishing ground at first, but once he was sure about it, he would take it seriously and do everything he could for his child.

(End of this chapter)

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