Metropolis: My Rising Life

Chen Yi took Yu Zixi on a train trip for several hours. In the middle of the train, he reversed a train in Xijing, and finally arrived at a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province at about 4 pm.

Chen Yi has always liked Sichuan and Chongqing. There is not much pressure in life here, and the housing prices are not exaggerated. In particular, the skins of Sichuan girls are very watery, white and tender, and they can be described as many beautiful women.

In addition to not being spicy, it is too hot in summer, in other respects it is very suitable for living.

As a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, Mianyang is known as the Science and Technology City. This city has a long history, and it is said that Dayu, the founder of the Xia Dynasty, was also born here.

But no one would have thought that such a famous city has several national-level impoverished counties under its jurisdiction.

Walking out of the high-speed rail station, Chen Yi asked Yu Zixi next to him: "...How do I get to your house?"

Although Mianyang is still far away from her home, Yu Zixi came to a familiar place. She seemed to be bolder, with a hint of excitement in her tone. You can go to my village by car."

"Can you drive the car directly to your house?"

Chen Yi asked.

Yu Zixi nodded carefully and turned back: "...Well, it's just that the road is not easy to walk."

"Sure, I understand, come, you follow me first."

Chen Yi first checked some information on the Internet. As a prefecture-level city that is not particularly famous, it is impossible to find luxury hotels such as Ritz-Carlton.

Chen Yi is also unfamiliar with the place here, and the relationship is even more difficult to find, but the money is actually more do as he pleases in this kind of place.

He took a taxi and went straight to the car rental agency. Chen Yi rented a good SUV, and then took Yu Zixi to a shopping mall in the city. He didn’t buy her any particularly expensive clothes, just took her. Go choose the clothes that have a brand, one or two hundred dollars.

Even so, Yu Zixi still waved her hands and refused. She felt that she had already got too much from Chen Yi.

Although Yu Zixi's family is poor, she is not the kind of girl who likes to take advantage of others. Chen Yi bought her a lot of things, but she was frightened.

"You don't need to, but it's okay for me to buy your sister? What is your sister's body shape. As a sister, you can choose two clothes for her."

Chen Yi's words were to silence Yu Zixi. She might not care about these things by herself, but when Chen Yi mentioned her sister, Yu Zixi was also moved.

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Yu Zixi whispered.

"You don't need to pay me back, it's better if you send me your whole person."

Chen Yi joked.

However, Yu Zixi didn't realize that it was a joke at all. She flushed and gave a light ‘ah’, and the whole person looked a little embarrassed.

Seeing the little girl like this, Chen Yi was funny and said: "...If you are making fun of you, don't think about it, silly girl, these things are nothing to me, so don't worry too much."

After buying these messy things together, Chen Yi doubts whether they are expensive for one sleeve of this dress on his body.

No wonder so many people like to sponsor young, beautiful and impoverished female college students. They are too easy to be satisfied. Chen Yi thinks that if there are still beautiful female college students like Yu Zixi, it is absolutely fine for him to support 100 college students alone.

Thinking of the mess in mind, Chen Yi bought two pieces of clothes for Yu Zixi and her sister, which cost less than 1,000 yuan together, and then went to buy daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

Before Chen Yi was too heavy and unwilling to take it, but now that he has a car, it doesn’t matter. A red ticket is slapped on the table, and someone will help Chen Yi to get everything. Move to the car.

Before leaving, Chen Yi found another McDonald's and bought fast food such as burgers and chicken wings for a few hundred dollars, and then set off with Yu Zixi.

With street signs and navigation, Chen Yi didn't worry about getting lost, but the road to the county seat was still very difficult. It took two hours to reach the destination.

This is a typical small county town of Dongguo, and the buildings seem to make people wonder if they are made of reinforced concrete.

Except for a few main roads which are asphalt pavements, most of the roads are masonry.

The county town is very small and there are not too many people. Those high-rise buildings can only be seen in the center of the county. After coming here, Chen Yi has the feeling of being in the countryside.

This is a state-level poverty-stricken county with an annual GDP of less than 4 billion. The total annual GDP of a county’s population is only so much, which is incredible.

Many people don't have much idea about wealth. In fact, a billionaire with a wealth of one billion is enough to dominate one party in a prefecture-level city, but for a county town, that is unimaginable wealth.

Of course, except for the southeast coastal areas.

You must know that if the county wants to build roads and get tens of millions of dollars, you have to apply to higher-level agencies, and you may not be able to get it out.

If you study the domestic economy, you will find that most provinces are in deficit every year, and only a few major economic provinces have wealth surpluses, and the highest level will use these surpluses to make up for these deficits.

After arriving at the county seat, there is still some distance from Yu Zixi's home. There are nine towns and sixteen townships under the county seat, and 240 villages.

Chen Yi and Yu Zixi did not stay longer in the county seat, and continued to drive off, making the next road more difficult.

On the way, Chen Yi felt very shocked. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by mountains, and all he could see was a lush greenery, with clouds and mist in the distance, it was as if he had come to a fairyland.

Chen Yi couldn't associate the word with poverty at all, because the general feeling of poverty should be yellow sand, brick and kiln earth tiles, and even the land cannot be planted.

But the natural scenery and beauty here make Chen Yi a little lingering.

In the end, Chen Yi could only draw one conclusion. There should be other reasons for the poverty here.

However, Chen Yi also feels the inconvenience of transportation here. Even if driving a car, it is very troublesome. Although it is not exaggerated to need to go over a trestle bridge that is tens of meters high, it also makes people unable to find a serious road.

In the end between the mountains, Chen Yi arrived at the final destination.

The village is small, and there are not many residents. The neighbors and villagers know each other. It may be that there are usually few outsiders here. When the car drove into the village, many villagers came out curiously to watch.

Chen Yi took a closer look and found that most of the people here are elderly or children. There are very few adult laborers, so they must have gone out to work.

The car stopped in front of a house. The house looked a bit old and should be wooden. Many places had been corroded badly. There were some live birds in the yard, but not many.

"Mother-in-law, I will come back to see you."

After Yu Zixi jumped out of the car, he shouted happily into the room. After two steps, he stopped and said, "...Yingying, what are you doing here?"

Chen Yi looked intently, and there was a loli who was secretly looking at the door here. Well, maybe she could be called loli, right?

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