Zhenfeng Chen moved to Guangzhou with his parents from a village in Meizhou City when he was in high school. The 25-year-old has lived in Kemulang Village for about 10 years. There are many people living in Long Ke who want to see Chen and her family emigrate from Meizhou. So even after coming to the strange city, the neighbors in the village are still their acquaintances. Chen met her husband when she was in high school. His hometown is also Meizhou. Chen and her husband are neighbors and classmates. After Chen and her family moved to Kemulang Village, they opened a small shop in the village, which became their main source of income.

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In the past 10 years, the surrounding environment of Kemulang Village has been gradually urbanized, and the infrastructure of bus, subway and road has been improved gradually. Yet the environment in the village has always been more rural. At the same time, Chen's family's small shop helped her build a fortune before she bought a house in Kemulang Village four years ago, ending years of renting. Chen got married and gave birth to a lovely son, now he is almost two years old. The birth of her son was one of the most important events in Chen's life, a testament to her new identity as a mother. Before her son was born, the family shop was mainly managed by Chen, and after he was born, she began to spend a lot of time taking care of him. Chen loves her son very much, as evidenced by many of the things she posts about him on her social media accounts. Chen's parents live with her and her husband, so they are largely able to help her with housework and business.

Besides, many years of business experience has cultivated Her forthright and strong character, which enables her to take on the family responsibilities of running a store. So even after becoming a mother, Chen was able to quickly adapt to the new lifestyle and continue to run her own store well. Chen usually takes her son to the store whenever the weather is good. With her mother's help, she was able to juggle running a business and looking after her son. Chen's business is very good. Most of her customers are neighbors of the same village, so they have maintained a good neighborhood relationship with each other for many years. Chen contacts suppliers in the store almost every day, while her two brothers help her transport and load and unload goods. The family have cooperated well for many years. Chen is not ambitious about her future. She doesn't want to buy an apartment in Guangzhou's bustling city center. Instead, she wants to live in Kemulang village. Although she feels the area belongs to the countryside rather than the city, she is satisfied with the surrounding environment and infrastructure, so her life is not too stressful. For now, her goal is to run her shop steadily and provide her son with as good a living and education as possible.

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Schedule

08:00 She wakes up and waits her son to wake up.
08:30 Her mother has cooked breakfast for families. She has to take care of her naughty son and to do some housework.
09:00 She takes her son to her shop and opens the shop.
10:00 She is busy to manage her business and contacts with the products suppliers. Meantime, she also has to spend time taking care of his son to keep him from running far away her shop.
12:00 Her mother sends lunch to the shop, she will not eat until she coaxes her son to finish the meal.
18:30 Her younger brother comes to help her to mange her business, so she can get spare time to accompany her son. Generally, she teaches her son to writ or tells story to him.
20:00 The residents in Kemulang Village come to her shop and play cards in the small space in front of her shop. Sometimes, she also joins them.
23:30 Her son start to feel sleepy, it is going to be the time to end her work. she has to do today's accounts and check the commodities in her shop. 
00:15 After a brief communication with her husband at home, she washed her son and herself and go to sleep with her families.