Fu Ying immediately understood Wei Xiaoyu's words. Yes, time is the best test of a person. Time is a panacea for healing wounds, but it is also the best tool for forgetting a person. If the wound is too painful and too deep, one day won't do, so try ten days. If ten days won't do, try a month. If a month won't do, try half a year. If half a year won't do, try a year. If a year won't do, try ten years...
Is there such a thing as deep affection in this world that will not change for decades?
Fu Ying was lost in thought for a moment, then suddenly wiped away her tears and said calmly to Wei Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu, I'm going back. I need to tell my mother-in-law and father-in-law what happened. Then I will do what a daughter-in-law should do. I will wait for Zhou Xuan to come back, even if he never comes back in his entire life, I will wait without any complaints."
Where did Zhou Xuan go?
No one knew that Zhou Xuan had actually made his decision in the early hours of last night. Considering that both of his shops were on track, his parents and siblings were financially secure, and with the Li and Wei families looking after him, nothing bad would happen.
Seeing Fu Ying asleep, Zhou Xuan felt heartbroken, but he wasn't the type to force a relationship with her and then develop feelings for her. He would never do anything to upset Fu Ying. Rather than watching Fu Ying suffer with him, he would rather go far away and bear that pain alone. However, he knew that with the abilities of the Wei and Li families and the wealth of Fu Ying's family, finding someone wouldn't be difficult. Once he found him, both families would definitely want him to be with Fu Ying. He didn't want his relatives to be heartbroken, but this time he couldn't avoid causing them pain. He might as well bear the blame himself and make Fu Ying feel better. He would hide away under an assumed name, and eventually, the pain would pass.
To prevent Fu Ying from having any worries, Zhou Xuan wrote three letters: one to Fu Ying, hoping she would live a good life; two to Fu Ying's parents and his own parents. In these two letters, he explained that he did not want to marry Fu Ying and asked for their forgiveness. However, he did not expect that Fu Ying would tear them up without even reading them.
After arranging what he thought needed to be done, Zhou Xuan left all his identification documents at home. He knew that using his documents or bank cards outside would definitely be noticed, and if he wanted to truly help Fu Ying, he had to do everything he could to prevent his family from finding him.
So Zhou Xuan only brought 1,500 yuan in cash from his wallet, and nothing else, not even a change of clothes or luggage. He then took a taxi to the station and decided to take a long-distance bus out of the city first.
Zhou Xuan didn't buy a train ticket because train tickets now require real-name registration, and you can't buy one without an ID card. So he took a bus, spending over twenty yuan to get to a city next to Beijing. He spent a few days wandering around the city, finding the cheapest accommodation and eating boxed lunches. After three or four days, he took a long-distance bus to the southernmost part of the city. During this time, he grew a short mustache, and his appearance changed completely.
After wandering around the big cities in the south for a few more days to make sure he hadn't been discovered, Zhou Xuan took a long-distance bus eastward. Two days and two nights later, he arrived at a coastal city in the east. He had almost run out of money, with only about a hundred yuan left. After thinking for a while, he spent another ten yuan to buy a ticket to a small town on the eastern coast. The East China Sea was just half a mile to the east of the town, and the coastline was dotted with fishing boats and fishing villages.
After getting off the bus, Zhou Xuan followed the road eastward to the seaside. The undulating coastline stretched as far as the eye could see, and only the coastal city where Zhou Xuan's long-distance bus arrived had a port.
Outside the port, a large part of the area is where mountains meet the coast, and a small part is relatively flat sandy beach. These areas are mostly coastal rural areas.
The fishing village Zhou Xuan visited was called Fushou Village. The village had more than 600 households. However, in recent years, coastal cities have developed rapidly. Although the fishing village is still some distance from the city, the large influx of people from the city has created a great demand, which has driven the development of various aspects of the fishing village. Among them, the fastest developing industry is fishing and animal husbandry. The village has an advantage by the sea, and many people raise fish, clams, and shrimp. Some traditional fishing families have also switched to motorized fishing boats with high horsepower.
Zhou Xuan felt the banknotes in his pocket. He had 180 yuan left. He needed to find a job and a place to stay as soon as possible. However, Zhou Xuan dared not use his superpower to make micro-carvings and other things to sell anymore, because the micro-carvings he made were too sensational. If even one of them leaked out, Fu Ying's family would be able to find him. So for now, he could only honestly hide his identity and make a living by not using his superpower.
However, Zhou Xuan has a low level of education and no certificates, so it is not easy for him to find a job. The small village is developing rapidly and is almost like a market town, with hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, and large markets.
Zhou Xuan only looked for jobs with low requirements, such as hotel and restaurant waiters. He didn't even look at the job postings for company employees. But hotels and restaurants required high school education for even the lowest-level jobs, and ID cards were a must. Zhou Xuan had no choice but to explain that his ID had been stolen. But no one listened to him and directly said they didn't want him, leaving no room for tact.
Zhou Xuan walked out of the town's commercial street dejectedly. It seemed that finding a job was not an easy task. He decided to fill his stomach first. He spent ten yuan on a fast food meal at a snack shop and had one hundred and seventy yuan left in his pocket.
Although Fushou Village is just a village, its development momentum is comparable to that of a town in the interior. There are no shady hotels like those in the past. It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. If he couldn't find a job, he would have nowhere to stay for the night. There were a few hotels, but the cheapest one was 150 yuan a night, which was almost all of Zhou Xuan's savings. Of course, he couldn't spend it all just for one night's sleep.
After wandering around, we ended up at the seaside again. At the small harbor on the shore, several cars were parked, and a large fishing boat more than 20 meters long was moored on the shore.
As Zhou Xuan approached, he saw several people unloading fish boxes from a fishing boat onto a truck. Baskets of fish were being transported over and loaded onto the truck.
Zhou Xuan stood to the side and saw that the fish in the basket were still jumping from time to time. They were obviously fish that had just been caught. These saltwater fish were very strange. The fish that were caught were basically in groups, and they were all about the same size.
These fish were all about a foot long and weighed about three or four pounds. They were very different from the carp and grass carp usually sold in the market, and also different from bighead carp. Zhou Xuan didn't recognize them, mainly because he wasn't familiar with different kinds of fish.
The fat man standing by the truck, taking notes with a pen and notebook, glanced at Zhou Xuan and immediately asked, "Moving goods, forty yuan per person, wanna do it?"
Zhou Xuan paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Do it."
The fat man then pointed to the fishing boat and said, "Let's get to work, moving the cargo from the boat to the truck."
Without saying a word, Zhou Xuan immediately rolled up his sleeves and climbed onto the fishing boat along the plank. The deck of the fishing boat was filled with baskets full of fish. There were only five people carrying the goods, and with Zhou Xuan, there were six of them.
Zhou Xuan noticed that there was only a small amount of space left for the baskets to be moved from the deck, indicating that it was still in the early stages. He immediately followed the example of the other five people, carrying the baskets to the shore and placing them on the truck bed. There were two people loading the truck, and after Zhou Xuan and the others placed the baskets on the truck bed, the two of them quickly stacked them up.
In fact, they were much more relaxed than the six people on Zhou Xuan's side. Zhou Xuan had never practiced martial arts and his physique was not very strong, but the changes his superpower had made to his physique over the past year were unimaginable to others. Although his physical strength was not strong, his endurance and hard work were extremely strong. When he was tired, exhausted, or injured, he could recover almost in the blink of an eye.
Volume 1, Chapter 439: Eating Fast Food
Chapter 439 Eating Fast Food
This basket of fish weighs at least 120 pounds. There are about 200 boxes on the deck of the fishing boat. It takes six people to carry them, with each person carrying more than 30 boxes.
It was really tiring. The five people slowed down as they carried the fish, but Zhou Xuan kept moving at the same pace. An hour later, there were still more than twenty fish baskets left on the boat.
In the past hour or so, Zhou Xuan carried nearly fifty baskets by himself. Seeing that Zhou Xuan was carrying more and more vigorously, as if he had inexhaustible strength, the five people looked at each other and deliberately slowed down. By the time Zhou Xuan had carried three baskets, they had not even carried one.
However, Zhou Xuan didn't care about that and continued to carry his baskets. He carried the last basket, and by himself, he carried almost seventy baskets. The fat man on the shore who was keeping track of the total number of baskets couldn't help but glance at Zhou Xuan a few more times.
Then he beckoned the six of them together, gave each of them forty yuan, and the five of them walked away with the money, laughing as they went, glancing at Zhou Xuan as if mocking this strong but foolish boy.
Zhou Xuan ignored them and, having taken the money, wanted to find a cheap place to stay as soon as possible. It was past five o'clock, and it was getting dark.
The fat man asked casually, "What's your name? What do you do for a living here?"
Zhou Xuan casually replied, "My name is... Hu Yun. I just arrived here and haven't found a job yet."
Zhou Xuan almost blurted out his real name, but then swallowed it back. He couldn't help but think of Fu Ying, and then, using a homophone of Fu Ying's name, he said it: Hu Yun—Fu Ying.
The fat man nodded, then asked, "Hmm, Xiao Hu, you look a bit thin, but I didn't expect you to be so strong."
Zhou Xuan then glanced at the fat man and replied, "I'm from the countryside, and I often do heavy labor, so I don't find it too strenuous. People in the countryside make a living by working hard."
The fat man was about thirty years old. He looked like he had been eating too much fat, with a face full of oily fat.
With a smile, the fat man took out another ten yuan and handed it to Zhou Xuan, saying, "You're very reliable. Those other people are much more cunning. You did a third of the work but got paid the same amount and didn't complain. Even if you're from the countryside, you don't see people like that anymore."
Zhou Xuan didn't take the ten yuan from him, and said indifferently, "We agreed on a price beforehand, so it's price. You're a country bumpkin, you still have the strength after you've used it."
After saying that, he headed back towards the village. He had only taken three or four steps when the fat man called out, "Hey, Xiao Hu, come back and I need to talk to you about something."
Zhou Xuan turned around and stared at him, asking, "Is there anything else? Are there any other goods to move?"
"Hehe, no, no." The fat man chuckled and waved his chubby fingers, then said, "It's like this, I think you're a very reliable person. Didn't you say you just arrived and don't have a job? I'll find you a job, 1,500 a month for now, with room and board included. If you do well, you'll get a raise. Are you willing to take it?"
Zhou Xuan was taken aback. He had been looking for a job everywhere, but when he couldn't find one no matter how hard he tried, a job fell from the sky. Zhou Xuan didn't care about how much it cost per month, but the fact that the fat man said it included food and accommodation was the most tempting thing for him at the moment.
Zhou Xuan paused for a moment, then quickly asked, "What kind of work? As long as I can do it, it's fine."