"What?! You're not coming back?" Xie Guangkun received a call from Xiang Nan and learned that he was not going home. He immediately shouted on the phone, "Then your cousin is still at home waiting to pick you up.

Is it okay if you don’t come back?”

"Dad, don't be so embarrassed. My cousin is such a high official, can he wait at home to pick me up?" Xiang Nan curled his lips and said, "Who am I? I am the county magistrate?"

"Hey, you kid, why don't you believe what I say?" Xie Guangkun said harshly.

"Okay, give the phone to my cousin and ask him to have a word with me~" Xiang Nan said with a smile.

"That...this..." Xie Guangkun was speechless for a moment.

"Okay, dad, don't do this or that." Xiang Nan smiled, "I stayed in the city because of business. My classmate Wang Bing opened a company and wanted me to come over and help out for a few days.

I was wondering about the job of the county education committee that my cousin introduced me to, but it hadn’t been officially announced yet. So I wanted to go to my classmate first.

Firstly, I can gain some work experience, secondly, I can learn how to communicate with others, and thirdly, I can make some money. Otherwise, if I just stay at home and wait for news, isn’t that what I am waiting for?”

"Oh, that's what you think~" After listening to his son's words, Xie Guangkun also felt that what he said made sense.

The matter of going to the County Education Committee to work is said to be in the process, but has not yet been officially approved. There is really nothing to do if the child comes back now.

Then it is better to stay in the city and wait for news while working, so as not to delay both.

"But, son, if you don't come back, dad will really miss you~" Xie Guangkun said again.

"I miss you too." Xiang Nan said against his will, "When I get back, I've paid my salary, and I'll buy a lot of gifts and bring them back to the village for you. I'll let you live happily ever after~"

"Gifts or anything like that don't matter, just bring the money back. Dad is such a grown-up, there is no need to eat anything. I will save money to buy you a house and a wife." Xie Guangkun said quickly after hearing this.

"Okay, I know what you mean." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll hang up, my phone is about to run out of battery."

"Yeah." Xie Guangkun nodded.

…

After nearly half an hour, the train finally arrived at Kaiyuan.

Xiang Nan then got off the train and left the station with his notebook and luggage on his back.

Of course he will not go to Wang Bing. Although Wang Bing is his classmate, he does not care about his classmates. He not only tries to pry him into a corner, but also digs holes for him many times. People like this will naturally stay farther away.

The better.

Xiang Nan thought about it and decided to rent a house first.

Kaiyuan is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Tieling, and housing prices are not expensive. As far as Xiang Nan knows, in 2005, housing prices were less than 1,000, so renting a house is naturally cheaper.

Xiang Nan carried his luggage and walked around the street twice, and finally chose a single room with a monthly rent of fifty.

The house is just an ordinary bungalow. Apart from a hard bed, a broken table, and a broken chair, there is no extra furniture or appliances.

There is electricity, the water has to be collected from the yard, but broadband is out of the question.

However, Xiang Nan also has a solution. Not far from here, there is a black Internet cafe. He plans to code on his laptop first, and then use a USB flash drive to transfer it to the Internet cafe.

Although it is a little more troublesome, it is still a solution.

The main reason why he has such hardship is because he has no money. He only has 500 yuan in his pocket now. After excluding two months of food expenses and Internet fees, there is not much money left. He must save as much as he can.

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Fortunately, it was not like he had not experienced hardships before, so he decided to endure it until he achieved results.

As the saying goes, if there is a will, things will come true. If a cauldron sinks a boat, a million Qinchuan will eventually return to Chu; if a person works hard, God will not fail him. If he sleeps on his salary and tastes courage, three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu.

…

After settling down, Xiang Nan began to code.

What he wants to write is "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp". This novel is an immortal work that is popular all over the world.

In 2006, he serialized Lotus Ghost Stories on the Tianya Forum, attracting millions of clicks. Later, he signed a contract with Qidian Chinese website and serialized a million words, causing a great sensation.

It has been on the Baidu search rankings for a long time and ranked first on the online novel list. It has also been on the best-seller lists across the country and was the most popular work in 2006. The physical book alone has sold tens of millions of copies.

There are countless film and television dramas, radio dramas, audio novels, comics, and games adapted from it. As a result, Tian Xia Ba Sing has been listed on the list of richest online novel writers in China many times, with an income of hundreds of millions.

Xiang Nan planned to copy the success of Tian Xia Ba Sing. He immediately started writing.

…

At the same time, Xie Guangkun also informed his family that there was no need to prepare a banquet at noon. His son stayed in the city and would not come back yet.

"Not coming back?! What's going on?" Zhao Jinfeng asked in confusion upon hearing this.

"If you don't come back, you won't come back. What's the point of asking?" Xie Guangkun glared at the old woman and said.

"Is it okay for me to ask? Old man, has something happened to Yongqiang?" Zhao Jinfeng asked worriedly.

"What nonsense?" Xie Guangkun glared at him and said.

"Dad, why doesn't Yongqiang come back?" Brother-in-law Pi Changshan also asked curiously.

Knowing that Yongqiang was coming back today, and knowing that he would work for the County Education Committee in the future, Pi Changshan came over early to help with the work, in order to please his brother-in-law, so that he could support him in the future.

Unexpectedly, after working for a long time, Yongqiang didn't come back, which made him extremely disappointed. He felt as if he was looking at a blind man with his charming eyes.

"Yongqiang, I'm helping my classmate in the city." Xie Guangkun raised his voice and proudly said to his son-in-law, "His classmate has opened a big business in the city, so I have to ask him to help.

Yongqiang is such a loyal boy, so I decided to help him for a few days. He will come back to work after the appointment letter from the county education committee comes."

"Oh, Yongqiang is a very popular kid." Upon hearing this, Zhao Jinfeng smiled and nodded.

"Well, that's okay. It's also good to work in the city, gain some work experience, and learn about eyebrows." Pi Changshan also agreed.

"So, this kid is so smart that adults don't need to worry about him." Xie Guangkun also said proudly.

…

Xiang Nan was in a rented house, munching on steamed buns and pickles while coding, drank cold water when he was thirsty, and lay on the bed for a while when he was tired. In three days, he coded nearly 60,000 words.

In fact, he is still slow. A great master like Xuehong can code 10,000 words in two hours. That is truly amazing speed.

After coding, he transferred it to a USB flash drive and went to a black Internet cafe.

The Internet fee at that time was one yuan an hour, which was relatively cheap. However, the configuration of the machine was very poor. At most, it only had a Celeron D processor, and it took more than a minute to start.

Xiang Nan then registered on the Tianya Forum and uploaded "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" piece by piece.

After passing the message, he also took the time to play CS, enjoying the excitement of sweeping through thousands of armies.

After finishing playing CS, I returned to the Tianya website and saw that his post had more than a dozen comments.
Chapter completed!