On a summer afternoon, the scorching sun burns the skin, the heat waves are overwhelming, and the air is full of the smell of asphalt.

In such oven-like weather, Zhouyou rode his bicycle and climbed the hills on the Xiyun Mountain Winding Highway.

The seven or eight kilometers of uphill had already made his legs sore and numb, but he did not slow down at all. Seeing that he was riding at the fork in the road, the car turned and entered the nameless loess road halfway up the mountain.

Zhouyou remembered that it would take three minutes to get there after boarding the dirt road.

He thought he would get what he wanted and become a "landlord". While he was excited, he kicked his feet faster and faster.

The landlord Zhou You wanted to be is not a landlord, but a homestay and a manor.

It is not too difficult to realize. It is nothing more than finding a mountain stream and lakeside, building several wooden houses, raising one or two pets, serving three parts of the countryside. When the guests come to cook and brag, the guests leave to pick cats and tease dogs, practice in the forest in the morning, lying in the hammock in the afternoon to read books, and at night... it is best to have a cute boss lady, this... is actually not necessary.

Zhou You's yearning for such a landlord's life comes from his grandfather.

In the late 1990s, after my grandfather retired, he built a piece of land on the hillside of Xiyun Mountain and built a "Lao Zhou Courtyard" to welcome visitors from all over the world. The business was good. It was not until my grandfather fell seriously ill that he had to sublease the yard. After that, the business plummeted and he did not improve after several subleases. With the death of my grandfather, the yard was completely dilapidated and no one came again.

Only Zhou You has loved my grandfather’s yard since I was a child. He rode his bike over on weekends and could play here alone for a long time.

Until I was 14 years old, something happened.

He didn't know what happened. He only knew that he had been sleeping in the yard for two days. When he was discovered, he was still wearing something "unclean" on his body. It took him a long time to wash it off, and his parents refused to let him go again.

Zhou You always thought about this place. He applied for the architecture major without hesitation in college and taught himself interior design in his spare time.

Seeing that his son was still so persistent when he grew up, his parents finally handed over all the real estate, business documents and the New Year's money he saved for his son to him on his 20th birthday, that is, the night before, and asked him to take care of the yard and bear the profit and loss.

At the same time, my parents also truthfully told me that several bosses who rented the yard before said that the yard was not clean, and the guests were either scared or lost things, which made the reputation worse and worse, and the yard was defeated.

Zhou You naturally didn't believe it. Those bosses complained about haunting and other things were just trying to rely on the rent.

If it is really haunted, it would be even better. With a dozen haunted homestay signs, the business will be so good that it will explode.

As he thought about it, Zhouyou had already reached the end of the dirt road.

A completely rusted iron door blocked the way. On the iron door was a sign with the three red lacquer characters "Farmer Reading" printed on it. The lower half of "Home" was completely unseen.

Zhou You threw down his bicycle and walked to the iron gate.

For a moment, it felt like a dream apart.

He took a few deep breaths before he pushed open the iron door.

It's been six years since he believed that he had the ability to manage the place.

As expected, the power of nature reigned the courtyard. Grass was squeezed out from the cracks of the stone table, the exterior walls of the bungalow were covered with vines, the pavilion was still alive, and the vegetable garden was overgrown with weeds.

Zhouyou ignored these things and couldn't wait to walk around the courtyard. Behind it was a beautiful small lake. There was a mountain stream just falling here. The water quality was cool. Now he just wanted to fall in and relieve the heat.

But as soon as I walked around, my heart was cold.

The mountain stream was so dry that it was only a few drops left, and it seemed to be completely dry at any time. The lake was full of weeds and moss, and only a small ditch was left.

It doesn’t matter. At worst, just fill it in and use it as an expansion area.

After sorting out his mood, I revisited the old place, and after walking around in a big circle, Zhou You couldn't help but sigh at his grandfather's vision again.

The courtyard has mountains, water and forests, and the total area is slightly larger than a football field. Not to mention a homestay, building a hotel is enough.

Of course, a boss wanted to buy this place for development, but my grandfather insisted that this was a treasure land and wanted to leave it for future generations. He had held it in his hands for so many years, only renting it but not selling it.

After thanking my grandfather again, Zhou You began to think about it.

In terms of themes, it can be animals, farms, fish ponds, etc. The rooms can be made into special wooden houses for couples, or family-style Chinese courtyards, Zen-style mountain residences that middle-aged people like, etc. In the eyes of designers, rotten wood can also be carved, let alone such an excellent place with such excellent scenery.

It’s summer vacation coming soon, and it’s time to do a big fight.

After taking a circle of photos and videos, Zhouyou found a large flat black stone in the shade of the west forest, sat down, took out a few large mouthfuls of mineral water, and dripped onto the stone along the mouth. The stone moistened the water, revealing a faint texture like the annual rings, as if it was flowing.

Zhou You wiped his mouth and looked at the magical texture. Then he realized that this stone seemed to be where he fainted when he was a child.

While stunned, the phone released the sound effect of "gudu~gudu~" not the sound of text messages or WeChat, but a kind of prompt sound that I had never heard before, such as the sound of underwater bubbles.

Take out your phone, the screen is on, and there is a new reminder-

【Detected with dependent devices, Xianyu is binding...】

Xianyu? Is it the website that trades second-hand items? It seems that some classmates have sold old mobile phones on it.

Zhou You frowned and unlocked the screen. The software has become more and more rogue these days, and even if you escape to the deep mountains and forests, you can't escape forced installation.

He soon found the icon that "Xianyu" was installing at the end of the software list. It was a yellow croaker that looked very cheap. He didn't want to drag the icon into the "trash can", but the icon did not disappear, but returned to the previous place.

Zhou You tried it a few more times, but it still failed. Just as he was about to shut down and restart, the screen flashed and the installation was completed. He automatically jumped into the "Xianyu" interface, and a series of prompts were swiped by.

【Configuration, please wait...】

【Language adaptation--Chinese Mandarin.】

[World Detection - Demonless Plane.]

...

【Configuration is completed, officially launched...】

...

【Hello, store manager.】

"I'm not good at all!" Zhou Youkuang pressed the shutdown key and wanted to turn off the screen, but the screen did not move at all, as if all operations were invalid.

After Xianyu asked, he entered the regular process of rogue software.

[Please read the "Shop Manager (Plane Manager) Agreement" carefully]

[Article 1: After binding Xianyu, you will become the manager of the current plane. While enjoying the trading rights, you are also obliged to maintain the order of the plane...]

[Article 2: All transactions are settled in Xianyu's official currency. Approximate items can only be sold once on the same side. Please do not believe in private transactions.]

[Article 3: There will be energy loss in the transmission of items between planes. Xianyu official will give an assessment. If you purchase the goods, you will accept the loss result and will not be returned or exchanged.]

...

It is impossible to see things like agreements, and it is impossible to see them in this life.

Zhouyou habitually dragged to the bottom and prepared to refuse, but at the bottom there was only "agree" and there was no option to refuse.

Yes, very rogue.

Zhou You long presses and shuts down the machine, it is invalid, forced restart, invalid.

After a suffocating operation, he got angry.

Do you have to throw your phone away to let me go?

This software is too much. Who wants to be the manager of Xianyu?

Even if you throw your phone away, throw it into the water, or outside, you will never be considered a person.

Zhou You raised his cell phone and threw it away.

“…”

Forget it, it’s quite expensive, maybe there’s some help. I agree first, and there won’t be less fast meat.

After agreeing to the agreement, the screen immediately jumped to the main interface of Xianyu. What Zhou You didn't expect was that the interface was refreshing in layout, clean tones, and serious in appearance, and the visual experience was actually pretty good.

The top two rows of the homepage are icons of product types. It is logical to say that they should be mobile phone numbers, clothing, luggage, etc. However, the types of products here are very strange. They are [elixir alchemy], [summoning contract], [secret technique], [rare beast]...

Although these labels are nonsense, the icon styles are all exquisite and meticulous, which are more sophisticated than those mobile games. Out of respect for UI artists, Zhou You actually pulled down curiously.

Below this is the "new thing" sector, which is actually a variety of buyers or sellers showing, similar to the WeChat Moments.

The first thing is very new. The publisher's avatar is a red ugly monster, like an evil ghost in a hell-themed painting, but his message is very harmonious-

[Ula Ula, Lv.3 buyer, red snail intestine plane (low magic)]:

[The vermicelli dog was received and my son liked it very much. He masturbated a lot of sulfur every day, which is enough for our whole family to use. In the future, he will buy things from the yellow maggot plane. Ula!!]

There are even pictures below this text comment.

It was a dog that looked like a rotten lemon, and it seemed to have been poured with sulfuric acid, and there was a video below.

Zhou You trembled and opened the video. It was a little red monster inside. The barbell-like laughter of the "baby" made people feel heart-pounding.

Zhou You swallowed and spitted, and his expression changed subtly. It was no longer the initial determination and disdain, but gradually became serious.

It’s not that this thing is so disgusting, but mainly because the people who play this software play it too seriously and hardcore. It’s quite a bit of trouble to make these pictures and this realistic video.

Next message, the publisher's avatar is a bunch of green symbols that you can't understand.

[Super God Zhu, Lv.7 seller, Wanshu Gaojing Plane (Gaomo)]:

[The 30 magical seeds that I personally thawed below to help your children quickly condense into divine character. Each one sells 1888 fish balls, which are slightly more expensive, but they will definitely help your children win at the starting line. Pay attention, it is only valid in the high magic plane~~]

The picture shows many floating objects with various halos, which look like that.

There are two replies under this state, Zhouyou is curious to open.

[This god is a liar! Is it useless!]
Chapter completed!