Chapter 608 Herbs and Ten Flowers Bloom in One Night
Sanshui Town is a remote town near the Hengduan Mountains. It is so remote that express delivery cannot be delivered here.
After moving here, Zhou Qin finally realized the benefits of postal services and EMS, because as an online shopper, after he came here, all the familiar STO, ZTO, Yuantong, GuoTong, etc., including SF Express, etc., disappeared.
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Only the post office operated by the state has tenaciously penetrated here.
When he was shopping for the first time, Zhou Qin, who didn't know the situation, placed the order as before and the store sent STO. Three days later, when the express delivery was about to arrive, there was no movement that day.
The next day, there was still no movement.
On the third day, Zhou Qin checked and saw the message: Because the buyer could not be contacted, no one answered the phone. Please contact us for delivery next time.
Got a phone number?
No, Zhou Qin looked through it, but there was no phone number.
On the fourth day, there was no phone call and no delivery.
Day five.
Day six.
On the seventh day, Zhou Qin had to take the initiative to call and check the number. Then he got the message: Sorry, we don't deliver in your area. Please come to the county to pick up the goods.
Is there no delivery and collection point? Zhou Qin asked.
No. The other party said calmly.
Zhou Qin collapsed, because from here to the county seat, it is more than 80 miles, nearly a hundred miles!
This is different from usual times when you can just go downstairs to pick up the goods. It’s so bad... it’s so different, right?
After learning about express delivery, when he went shopping, every time he placed an order, he had to make a note: please send by post or ems, other express delivery cannot accept delivery!
The post office is also highlighted with a large black frame.
Remoteness first entered Zhou Qin's life in this way.
The reason why he came here, and did not even rule out settling here in the future, was because Zhou Qin was tired of working and living in big cities. He had stayed in all first-tier cities in the country, and also in many places in second-tier cities.
Finally, he chose a Nepal-style domestic town.
Here, there is very little hustle and bustle, and there are very few cars coming and going in the town. The air is no longer filled with smoke and exhaust, but the smell of vegetation outside the town.
In fact, it is not accurate to say outside the town.
Because it is the largest road in the town, there is a lot of grass growing sporadically on the side of the road. It is not very far along this "big road", it is only about three to five minutes' walk. There is no such thing as "big road".
No matter which way you turn, you will end up on a real trail.
There is grass beside the road.
One of the trails leads directly to the countryside outside, with rolling mountains, meandering water, and grass and trees everywhere.
Soon after arriving here, Zhou Qin became familiar with this trail and the countryside outside it.
Every morning, after sleeping until he wakes up naturally, washing up, etc., and drinking a large glass of cold water, Zhou Qin will cross the path from the main road, walk for five minutes, and enter the countryside, winding along a small river.
I ran for seven or eight kilometers on the ground, then started running and walking, and climbed from the foot of the mountain to the top of a small hill.
Sit or lie down to rest, watch the sunrise, or just lie down.
After coming back, he went to town to eat a bowl of tofu pudding. It was very cheap. A big bowl cost one yuan, and then there were some blanched side dishes that cost another yuan. Zhou Qin couldn't name it. When he asked people, he couldn't understand the names they said.
Forget it, it's delicious anyway.
Cheap and affordable, a total of two yuan, this is his breakfast.
The place Zhou Qin rents is a very spacious single courtyard. If we really want to calculate the area, there are always seven or eight hundred square meters, not to mention one thousand square meters.
In addition to having a private courtyard, he lived in a long attic divided into three rooms. In front of the attic was a rain shelter style corridor, which was very rough and two meters wide.
Originally, this corridor was empty. After Zhou Qin moved in, many flowerpots were quickly lined up here. They were actually large washbasins, black clay pots, etc., authentic flowerpots, small town.
It can't be bought.
Of course there are no flower sellers.
The grass, flowers, small trees and other wood plants in the flower pots were all dug by Zhou Qin from the mountains and fields in the countryside.
One plant was transplanted every now and then, and slowly, the corridor and courtyard turned into an exquisite garden.
After breakfast, when he returned to his residence, Zhou Qin would slowly inspect the potted plants, watering what needed to be watered and pruning what needed to be pruned. This was regarded as digestion after the meal.
After finishing digestion, Zhou Qin officially started working.
He is a carver, specifically a wood carver. He carves both large and small items, mostly small items, such as chopsticks, spoons, pen holders, portraits, etc.
Ordinary chopsticks can be a pair of orchid chopsticks if the end that is not in use is slightly more special. Of course, the same goes for spoons.
There are even more decorations on the pen holder, and they can have all kinds of strange shapes. Zhou Qin has been engaged in carving for seven or eight years, and he has never carved two identical pen holders.
Portraits are custom made.
The buyer sent the photo, and Zhou Qin carved out a lifelike pendant of different sizes based on the photo. The price of these pendants is not expensive, usually only one or two hundred yuan each. Especially among young people,
Very popular among couples.
Whether it is a gift from a man to a woman or a gift from a woman to a man, it is a pretty good little gift.
Many customers will become repeat customers or regular customers after getting one, and they will want more for themselves, for their loved ones, for their parents, and for their children.
This alone accounts for nearly half of Zhou Qin's income.
In fact, if he specializes in this, he will not only save worry and trouble, but his income will also increase a lot. But for Zhou Qin, an income of tens of thousands a month can fully meet his psychological expectations.
His pursuit was not about higher and better income, but he devoted himself to the world of wood carving.
Wood carving, combined with miniature carving, fascinated him.
The world is so strange. Under his study, his wood carving skills have become increasingly sophisticated, and his income has also increased day by day without any intention of pursuing it.
In this way, Zhou Qin no longer cares about whether his income is high or low. He has not checked how much money is in his bank card for almost more than a year, even if he only needs to open the app on his mobile phone to see it.
Freed from the shackles of money, Zhou Qin slowly moved closer to the "beauty" he pursued in his wood carving skills, and his own life also slowly moved closer to simplicity and purity.
Everything is calm and fulfilling.
If I have to say I have regrets, I have them, that is, until now, Zhou Qin has not found a suitable partner. Well, this is a small regret.
Carving usually starts in the morning and ends around 4 p.m.
After finishing work, Zhou Qin would go out for a walk. He had already visited the small town. He also turned the small town's statues into wood carvings as a way to practice his skills, but he did not combine them with micro carvings, otherwise it would be too time-consuming.
Outside the town, there is a small pier.
In fact, it’s not a dock. It’s just that some townspeople go fishing in the wild river and sell it at this small dock. Some of them are sold in the town, but that’s usually the next day, and the leftovers are sold.
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After seeing this small pier while roaming in the countryside, Zhou Qin often came here after finishing work in the afternoon to buy some fish and shrimps.
There are big fish, but they are generally not big. Even if it is half a catty, it is very big. If it is more, it is still about one or two taels.
There are often small fish, as small as the size of a little finger, because they are purely wild, and the water and soil here may be quite good. The small fish stewed with flour will be very fragrant.
There were also some fresh shrimps and loaches, which Zhou Qin had bought.
Loach, tofu, and loofah are Zhou Qin's favorite combination. Even if his cooking skills are only average, this soup is so fresh and fragrant that he can't stop drinking it without drinking two or three bowls at a time.
Unable to live.
On this day, he once again did it by himself. After having a delicious meal, Zhou Qin ate for a while and read some books. There were professional books on wood carving and miniature carving, as well as general books on art and culture. After that, he went online again.
After browsing some frequently visited websites and forums, I fell asleep on time at ten o'clock.
After arriving here, Zhou Qin slept soundly every night.
It seems that this land and water is particularly suitable for him, and it seems that this land and water are designed to nourish people. Every morning when he wakes up, Zhou Qin feels full of energy, and his body and mind are both extremely peaceful and full of passion.
Every day, I wake up naturally from the end of my sleep.
But it's almost never past six o'clock. Normally I wake up around five o'clock, but sometimes I wake up after four o'clock.
On this day, when Zhou Qin woke up, it was still early five o'clock. Because of the summer, the sky was already bright. When he came to the courtyard with hazy eyes, Zhou Qin was stunned.
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