July 22, 2008, the Great Heat!

The sun is scorching in Haizhou in July, and the golden crows in the sky are like crazy, pouring endless heat into the ground, trying to dry the world.

Although it is not one of the four major stoves in China, the summer in Haizhou has always been intimidating. If possible, people would like to hide in the air-conditioned room for 24 hours.

Who would like to come out and suffer this big sun?

"A bastard who has a son without anass, one day, I will make you look good!" Under an office building, Xiao Feng, who had a cardboard box, put a fierce middle finger upstairs with his right hand and turned around and left.

Behind the one-way insulation glass on the third floor, Xiao Feng's former colleague looked at Xiao Feng's back with complicated eyes, his face changed, but finally sighed and returned to his respective positions to continue working.

Although Xiao Feng is well-known in the company, this time he offended the prince and was fired, and the whole company lost his voice.

Nowadays, people with personality like Xiao Feng are rarely seen in the workplace.

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Xiao Feng, who was waiting for the bus on the platform with a cardboard box, has been unemployed for the fourth time since he graduated from university. It seems that he has not worked for every job for half a year.

"I'm afraid of being a slaughter. If you die, you will die for thousands of years!" Xiao Feng spat on the ground and said, "I don't believe that I can't make a name for myself!"

Xiao Feng's vulgar actions and words made the nearby citizens see him as a tiger. They hurriedly avoided him for a few steps, and then secretly looked at Xiao Feng with strange eyes.

Xiao Feng graduated from the e-commerce major at Haizhou University of Technology in 2007. Xiao Feng, who is not a second-generation official or a second-generation rich, joined the Haizhou million-dollar job hunting army, like most of his classmates.

With the rapid development of Internet trade, it is still easier for graduates of e-commerce majors to find jobs. In addition, Xiao Feng passed the CET-6 English at university and his oral language is not bad. For many foreign trade and e-commerce companies in Haizhou, they are also considered to be a corresponding talent.

However, Xiao Feng is not good at catering to his superiors, and sometimes his sense of justice will be too rampant and he often stands up for others. Therefore, since he graduated for one year, he either fired his boss or was fired by his boss, and he has changed four jobs.

This time, because he couldn't stand the young owner of Guangtong Foreign Trade Company, he was pestering the junior girl who had just joined the company, and stood up as a shield several times. In the end, he was kicked out of the company before the probation period ended. What's even more ironic is that when Xiao Feng left the company, the playboy hugged the beautiful girl and sneered and watched himself get out.

Xiao Feng also knew that "impulse is a devil", but he could not help it.

‘Character determines destiny’, this sentence is really true!

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Just when Xiao Feng was in a daze, the No. 96 bus roared, and the citizens who were waiting for the bus rushed up before the bus stopped, like a sprint of a hundred meters.

When Xiao Feng realized that the bus was no different from canned sardines. Xiao Feng, holding the cardboard box, could not squeeze in at all, so he had to retreat back to the platform in disappointment.

Even if it is not commuting to get off work in Haizhou, squeezing buses and subways is like fighting. As long as you are not careful, you can only wait for the next flight. What's more, bus No. 96 is the most crowded bus route in Haizhou, and overcrowding is the most common state it maintains.

"The river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky gather in the Beidou!..." At this moment, Xiao Feng's copycat phone heard a loud singing voice, and his burly figure was eye-catching.

"Mom, why are you calling me at this time?" Xiao Feng took out the phone from his pocket and saw that it was his mother's, so he quickly answered it.

In order to save phone bills, Xiao Feng mostly chose to contact his family after 10 o'clock in the evening. Therefore, receiving a call from his mother at this time made Xiao Feng feel a little strange.

"If you're fine, can't you call you?" My mother's angry voice came from the receiver and said, "Are you used to being wild outside and brave?"

"Mom, I don't mean that!" Xiao Feng didn't dare to mess with his mother, and begged for mercy with a smile, saying, "I dare not ignore your call after taking the ambition and leopard courage."

"Next Saturday, grandpa's 80th birthday, and the family celebrates his grandfather's birthday. Everyone has to go back to his hometown in western Yunnan. You ask for leave from the unit and go back on time!" The mother and son mixed a few words on the phone, and then their mother Xue Lifen told the matter.

Xiao Feng's hometown is in the western Yunnan-mountain area, while his parents work in a county below Chuncheng. Except for the Chinese New Year, their family rarely goes back. This time, the old man has a birthday full of 80 years, and all members of the entire family must go back to celebrate their birthdays. Xiao Feng, as the legitimate grandson, is no exception.

"No problem!" Xiao Feng did not hesitate at all when he heard his mother say this.

Before, Xiao Feng was considering whether he would adjust for two days before continuing to find a job. Now he is just taking advantage of this time to go back to his hometown for a while and completely relax. Today is Tuesday, July 22, and there are still ten days left before next Saturday, so there should be no problem.

"Don't be late on the birthday!" Xue Lifen finally gave a piece of advice.

Xue Lifen still feels unreliable for her carefree baby son even though he has already worked.

"Mom, don't worry about one hundred!" Xiao Feng seemed very depressed about his mother's doubts.

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After passing five passes and defeating six generals, Xiao Feng finally squeezed into No. 96, wandered around for more than an hour, and returned to Jinxing Village, located in the urban-rural fringe of Haizhou. The traffic in Haizhou was already congested, and in addition, Shanghai has overhauled the subway and ground transportation systems in order to welcome the 2010 World Expo, which made it even worse.

Urban villages are a deformed product in the process of urban development. They are formed after the rapid expansion of urban areas surrounds the countryside.

In Haizhou, there are all urban villages of all sizes. They are often regarded by the media and the powerful as cancers of the city and are a stumbling block to urban development. However, for the millions of migrant workers like Xiao Feng, urban villages are the existence they rely on to make a living in this city.

House prices in Haizhou have soared in recent years, and for young people like Xiao Feng who have just graduated, it is more stressful. Even if you rent a one-bedroom house in the city center, the high rent is not something Xiao Feng can afford now.

Fortunately, the urban villages provided low-priced rental houses, allowing Xiao Feng to continue to fight in this city. However, with the continuous progress of Haizhou's urbanization, Xiao Feng didn't know how long this "good day" could last?

Standing at the entrance of the village, Xiao Feng took a deep breath, dust, car exhaust, stinky ditch and various complex smells came to his face, forming the unique atmosphere of the urban village. Sometimes, in order to survive, everyone always has to endure many things that they are unwilling to bear, right?

Entering the alley, Xiao Feng, holding the cardboard box, carefully avoided the puddles on the ground and jumped towards the "home".

In Haizhou, urban villages are synonymous with "grandma doesn't love it, uncles don't love it." The infrastructure here is extremely lagging and even the most basic drainage facilities are not perfect.

There was a heavy rain the day before yesterday. Now the alleys less than four meters wide in the urban village are still flowing with sewage and garbage everywhere, which forced Xiao Feng to jump carefully to avoid stepping into the water.

Just as Xiao Feng looked down at the road, a motorcycle roared out from behind him and slashed into Xiao Feng's left hand!

In the severe pain, the cardboard box in Xiao Feng's hand hit the ground, and the things scattered all over the ground, while the motorcycle did not stop at all, leaving only Xiao Feng with a smog.

"I..." When I saw that the motorcycle that caused the accident actually ran away, Xiao Feng's Three-character Classic immediately came out.

However, in this case, Xiao Feng could not catch up with the motorcycle, and there were mixed bags in the villages in the city. He didn't know who the motorcycle rider was wearing a helmet?

"It's really unlucky!" Xiao Feng shook his head helplessly and squatted down to pack up his things.

At this time, Xiao Feng found that there was a small cut along the palm of his left hand, and blood was coming out. Xiao Feng could only put his hand in his mouth and suck it. After a while, he would find a Band-Aid to stop the bleeding.

After packing up the items scattered on the ground one by one, Xiao Feng suddenly found a bottle the size of a chopstick in the gap between the bricks, and couldn't help but feel moved.

Xiao Feng picked up the bottle and looked over and over again, but he didn't see any signs, but the shallow dark patterns on the bottle were very charming.

‘Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times’!

In recent years, with the continuous development of the domestic economy and the continuous increase in national income, antique collection has formed a trend, and even Xiao Feng was deeply affected. Xiao Feng spent a lot of time and energy on antique appreciation, and bought some reference books. He usually read "Treasure Appraisal" and wandered on professional forums. In a sense, Xiao Feng is also an "antique expert". He is very familiar with the characteristics, origins, artistic achievements, etc. of many antiques, but he has not been exposed to too many physical objects. He is a Zhao Kuo-style "paper talk" expert!

With Xiao Feng's current level, he naturally could not tell whether the bottle was an antique or an ordinary industrial product. No matter how you look at it, he could only put the bottle into a carton and walk home with the box in his right hand.

Xiao Feng did not notice that the blood from his left hand disappeared without a trace after it was stained with the bottle at a speed visible to the naked eye. The originally faint dark patterns on the bottle were as if they were alive, flowing brightly on the bottle.

When she got home, Xiao Feng first found the Band-Aid patch to bandage the wound, then cooked, ate, and took a shower. It soon became dark.

He took out the cardboard box he brought back from the company today, and Xiao Feng began to put the items inside in different categories. This was also Xiao Feng's habit, and he had a little obsessive-compulsive disorder.

However, when Xiao Feng saw the small bottle in the corner of the cardboard box, he couldn't help but be stunned.

When I picked it up on the road today, it was dirty and gray. Now this small bottle has undergone a huge change, with crystal clear body and lifelike patterns on the bottle.

Even if Xiao Feng is slow, he can understand that this small bottle seems to have undergone some magical changes!

Xiao Feng picked up the bottle and walked in front of him to observe carefully, trying to discover the hidden mystery of the bottle.
Chapter completed!