In the spring of 2015, Gu Shaoqiang, a teacher in Henan, wrote a resignation letter of "The world is so big, I want to see it", which caused a sensation on the whole network.

"The world is so big, who wouldn't want to see it?"

This letter satisfies the fantasies of too many migrant workers:

An ordinary teacher, give up the iron rice bowl, break free from the shackles of the world, and fight the world like a chivalrous man in a martial arts novel.

But few people asked, where is she going? What about after seeing the world?

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Gu Shaoqiang is a native of Zhengzhou, Henan Province. Before leaving, she had been a psychology teacher in Henan Experimental Middle School for 11 years.

This is the top high school in Henan, and there are too many teachers desperately trying to squeeze in.

But the child is not a fish, and the joy of Anzhi fish. There are people who want to come in, and there are people who want to go out.

Gu Shaoqiang was the one who wanted to go out.

Every day, I face the youthful confusion of students and are trapped in the life of "three points and one line". The law of stability that outsiders envy, but she only finds it boring.

In the past 11 years as a psychology teacher, as long as she has time, she travels around the world to experience different lives.

In 2015, she met a man in Dali, Yunnan who wanted to be with her for the rest of her life.

The other party's name is Yu Fu, a native of Harbin, who runs a barber shop in Chengdu. The two confirmed their relationship in less than two months and began planning for the future.

Yu Fu transferred the barber shop, and Gu Shaoqiang considered resigning.

On the motto of Henan Provincial Experimental Middle School, there are eight words written by sociologist Fei Xiaotong: whimsical, down-to-earth.

"Whimsical" is actually placed before "down-to-earth".

And what made Gu Shaoqiang even more determined to resign was the last class of the semester with the students.

The theme of this class is "A Letter to Your Future Self".

Under the podium, it was the serious faces of the children, Gu Shaoqiang stood on the podium, and began to think about his future.

"If I had been a teacher here, I might not have been able to achieve so many of my dreams."

She doesn't want her life to be like standing on the street and seeing the alleys.

2015年4月13日，考慮許久，她在辦公桌上寫下一封辭職信：

"The world is so big, I want to see it."

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may not even be able to imagine that the resignation letter she wrote would become popular all over the Internet.

Overnight, the whole country knew about this teacher who "wanted to see the world".

Under the attention of the majority of netizens, Gu Shaoqiang went to Chengdu to meet his boyfriend. The two went to Chongqing first, and then to Hangzhou, Nanxun, and Wuzhen......

Once, the two played in the ancient town of Jiezi in Chengdu.

There are mountains and rivers here, and the slow pace of life makes them feel very comfortable.

"Will you stay?" "Okay!"

The two spent all their savings and opened an inn in the ancient town of Chengdu, named "Far Return".

One is from Zhengzhou and the other is from Harbin, which is the meaning of "far return".

10 year 0 month 0 0 0 minutes 0 seconds, on this perfect day, the two held a wedding at the "Far Return Inn".

There was no diamond ring and no wedding dress, only some friends were invited. Everyone sat in the courtyard drinking tea and chatting together, which was very warm.

On their wedding day, they received hundreds of books, each full of blessings. There are even books sent from abroad.

"I think it was the best decision I've ever made in my life."

Gu Shaoqiang's face was filled with a happy smile.

The above is the impression of most netizens on Gu Shaoqiang's "The world is so big, I want to see it".

Their lives are in line with the imagination of the majority of netizens for a better life.

Men and women with the same concept run a homestay full of stories between the mountains and rivers, receiving tourists from all over the world, and the years are quiet.

It's like a prince and a princess meeting and ending up living happily ever after.

So, what about after the ending?

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The cruelty of fate is that you get what you want, only to find out that it is not necessarily what you want.

She had naively thought that opening an inn would be an easy task. You can bask in the sun while reading a book and enjoy the peaceful rural life.

This is far from the case.

There is boredom and boredom inside the system, and there is busyness and tiredness outside the system.

It is not easy to open an inn, she needs to clean the toilet, wash the sheets, and clean up every day.

These tedious things take up almost all of her time, but they are not the most unacceptable.

In addition, she also has to worry that there are few guests in the off-season, and the homestay is not profitable.

Or, when you are finally satisfied, the power suddenly goes off, or the water pipe suddenly bursts......

My sister said that she wanted to send her a silk scarf, but she refused with a wry smile: "My hands are too rough now, and it is easy to hook silk when I wear a silk scarf." ”

What's more, the two gave birth to a daughter in 16. As her daughter grows up, Xanadu can't provide her with a better education.

For the sake of her daughter, she tried to live in Chengdu and Mianyang. At that time, she rarely went to the ancient town.

But nostalgia is a "genetic disease" of the Chinese. It's okay in the short term, and he has settled in other provinces for a long time, which makes Gu Shaoqiang have no sense of belonging.

What's even more cruel is that during the epidemic, the tourism industry was completely shut down, and the inn was forced to close.

昔日“詩與遠方”的象徵，以負債60萬畫上句號。

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Going around and around, Gu Shaoqiang returned to the original point - Zhengzhou.

She took her daughter back to Zhengzhou to live.

It is worth mentioning that Yu Fu did not go back with Gu Shaoqiang and chose to stay in Sichuan alone. The two are rarely in the same frame and no longer mention each other.

It is rumored on the Internet that the two have divorced, but it has not been confirmed.

After living separately, Yu Fu wrote such a sentence on social platforms: "I am just a lonely prodigal son ......"

He became his prodigal son, and she took her daughter back to Zhengzhou for a better education.

After that, Gu Shaoqiang did his old job. He joined a psychological counseling agency in Zhengzhou and worked as a psychological counselor.

That sentence made her popular all over the Internet, and her side hustle became an Internet celebrity.

She has appeared on many shows, taken over commercial activities, and occasionally started live broadcasts. Therefore, the income should also be quite objective.

Gu Shaoqiang said that he did not feel regretful.

"I like my current state very much, and I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to do what I like when I am 35 years old, and I have some regrets in my life, but I don't regret the decision to quit at the beginning.

But this time, I'm no longer clinging to the literal meaning of the old phrase "the world is so big, I want to see it." True freedom is the ability to find inner peace in any environment. ”

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Life is not a fairy tale, and in the end it has to return to reality.

If you want to ask, after ten years of leaving, Gu Shaoqiang has failed, my answer is:

There is no right or wrong way to live, and there is no absolute perfect choice.

The resignation letter at the beginning was indeed "Top Gun", but it did not conflict with the life of "firewood, rice, oil and salt" later.

Many people think that they can be reborn by escaping, and Gu Shaoqiang has proved in ten years that any kind of life has a price.

Behind the freedom of the innkeeper is the endless toilet, and behind the chic of the travel blogger is the endless distance.

What you think is far away may be someone else's daily life; The daily life you are tired of may also be someone else's distance.

After reading the story, you will find that Gu Shaoqiang's trajectory is circular:

Departure - exploration - frustration - return. This seems to be "back to the beginning", but in fact it is a kind of spiral growth.

She knows better than she did a decade ago:

"It's not about fighting life, it's about experiencing a different way of living."

Seeing the world is not necessarily an escape, and returning to reality does not necessarily mean failure, in the process, we see a better world.

From "looking at the mountains as mountains" to "seeing the mountains as not mountains" and then returning to "looking at the mountains as mountains", this is an inevitable process for people's minds and thoughts to mature.

Perhaps, as she said on her talk show:

"I've brushed hundreds of toilets, but the moment I clean them, I'm closer to freedom than when I wrote my resignation letter."

There is no standard answer in life, only suitability.

What you have to do is not to think too much about any kind of life.

Any way of life will have its own troubles.

But life is not like this, a little busy, a little annoying, a little bitter, and a little sweet.

I hope that everyone will not regret the life they have chosen.

Source: Uncle Know