From the Siheyuan to the Great Northern Wilderness: Turning Rural Service into a Vacation

Being sent to the Great Northern Wilderness? Sounds great! Chen Jun takes his sign-in System and his groin-kicking technique, says goodbye to the bloodsucking scum of the Siheyuan, and happily boards the northbound train. While others are gnawing on rough steamed buns in the countryside, he’s roasting wild rabbits in the forest. While others shiver from the cold, he sleeps on a heated brick bed under a thick quilt. While others are so exhausted they can’t straighten their backs, he builds a school and becomes its principal. Everyone in the village calls him Teacher Chen. He sets up greenhouses, so they can eat cucumbers even in winter. A sea eagle perches on his shoulder as a bodyguard, and wild boars take one look at him and steer clear. Yi Zhonghai writes to guilt-trip him? He tosses the letter. Qin Huairu cries that Bang Geng is on the verge of death? Not his problem. Jia Zhangshi makes a scene all the way to Dahua Tun? The whole village teaches her a lesson. They’re both sent to the countryside, but Bang Geng gets buried alive, beaten up, and sent to a labor farm for reform, crying and begging to go home. Meanwhile, Chen Jun eats meat, grills skewers, and basks in the sun in the Great Northern Wilderness. He can even return to the capital for a feast at New Year. Same world, completely different lives. After all, with a System in hand, going to the countryside is just a vacation. This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.