Little Xu's Country Life

After dying in a car accident, Xu Qingling arrived on Blue Star and became an ordinary rural teacher.

Life here was still like Earth in the 1970s and 1980s: material comforts were scarce, but people were warmhearted.

As the saying goes, steal half a day's leisure when you can, and get through one year at a time.

She had planned to teach, farm, and live a peaceful life. That was until one day, when her first friend here, the best-behaved girl in the whole village, nearly got sold off as a wife to an old bachelor.

She was furious.

The kindhearted Xu packed up everything she owned and ran over to block the man's door.

"Why marry an old bachelor? Marry me instead. I'll offer more than he will, and I'll promise her a bright future full of possibilities."

The whole village was in an uproar.

Amid the commotion, Xu left with the painfully thin girl and went back to their new home together.

Her first little rose sat on the back of her bicycle in a pretty dress, holding flowers in her arms and beaming with a smile so bright it dazzled.

Years later, her rose had become a renowned businesswoman. Her students, meanwhile, were scattered across the world like countless stars.

The stars sent greetings from the Antarctic research station, shone in world-class art halls, made history at the United Nations, and ventured to the far reaches of the vast universe...

Without her even realizing it, the tiny sparks she had kindled back then had grown into a prairie fire of stars.

Reader's Guide:

1. Rural life, everyday minutiae, village lanes and courtyards. The story moves at a very slow pace.

2. Xu's leisurely, slow-paced country life with her wife, students, and fellow villagers.

3. Not much scheming or intrigue. Teaching, farming, working, eating, sleeping in, and listening to gossip. The story goes wherever the author's thoughts take it, and whatever comes to mind gets written.

4. There is a golden finger, and the protagonist is also skilled in the art of beating people into accepting reason. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.

5. This is a fictional world. All settings and events are made up, with no parallels to reality.

6. Some details differ considerably from reality, such as income levels and prices. These settings exist only to serve the story. Please don't take them too seriously, apply them to the real world, and then make sweeping judgments. This is not a work of reportage...

7. There is little grim and disturbing material drawn from reality. The protagonist is an idealist. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.

8. Come memorize this with me: prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendship.

That's the reading guide and list of potential pitfalls for this story, as well as a disclaimer.

Welcome to this new story!

May everyone find the wonderful story that suits their tastes~

(Please just enjoy the story. Everyone is welcome to chat and have fun together in the comments~

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Theme: Keep striving and working hard. The best things in life will find their way to you sooner or later.