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I am Xiao Lang @ Xiao Lang, a migrant worker, born in Shandong, 1996. My mother left when I was 6 years old, and later my father remarried and married the Korean stepmother.

After graduating from technical secondary school, I went to work in other places. I didn't save any money because of my low education. When I was a tour guide, I was touched to learn that someone could make a living by traveling.

Some people say that travel is exclusive to the rich, and there is no way to live without money. Those so-called poor tours are fake, eye-catching and deceptive.

I don't believe in this evil. I used more than 500 yuan of equipment and took the only 1000 yuan with me. I started cycling around the country, which not only supported myself, but also increased my knowledge.

During my travels, I often live in abandoned houses.

1996, I was born in the countryside of Feixian County, Linyi, Shandong Province. This is a red base, where the famous Yimeng Mountain minor was born, and it is also the hometown of longevity in the world.

My sister and I are twins, but my mother left when I was 6 years old. When I was in the sixth grade, my father remarried and my stepmother gave birth to a younger brother and sister.

Stepmother is Korean, gentle and kind, and good to me, but she has been in poor health and can't take care of her children. In desperation, I had to adopt my sister to my aunt's house.

(My twin sister, brother and niece)

Shandong is a big education province and attaches great importance to children's learning. I study very well in primary school and often get full marks. However, after entering junior high school, I fell in love with poetry.

The study subjects in junior high school have increased, but I didn't concentrate on the classroom. Instead, he was addicted to the poems of Xu Zhimo and Haizi, unable to extricate himself, and even began to secretly write poems himself.

I love the romance in Xu Zhimo's poems, but I appreciate Haizi's sincerity more:

I also hope you have a bright future, everything will be fine and you will be happy in this world. I only want to face the sea and spring blossoms.

I am addicted to reading and writing poems, and neglected my studies. The competition for the senior high school entrance examination here is very fierce. Finally, I had to go to a technical secondary school specializing in automobile maintenance.

In junior high school, I was addicted to poetry.

In 20 15, I moved to Qingdao and Shanghai to work, hoping to earn more money and reduce the burden on my family, but not long after, my stepmother's illness became worse.

She has lung cancer and needs someone to take care of her, but her sister is still in college. Dad is the pillar of the family. He is busy every day and has no time to take care of his stepmother.

He works in the construction site every day, works as a wall builder and builds buildings near our countryside. There are also pigs and sheep in the family, and the family is supported by their father alone.

I have to go home. My stepmother is skinny and weighs only 60 kilograms. I serve her every day, eat and drink Lazar, and take care of her as much as I can.

The day before her stepmother died, her legs were swollen and she had difficulty speaking.

At that time, it was estimated that my stepmother had a premonition that her time was running out. She told me with great difficulty that I should take good care of this family when I grow up. When she left, she gave me all the money she had saved over the years and closed her eyes.

I am riding a poor bike with poor equipment.

The children of the poor came to power very early. I helped my father take care of the family affairs, and then went to Beijing to work to reduce his burden.

20 16, I started working in BAIC. As I grow older, I realize that my work will never get ahead, and my income will always be limited.

In order to change my fate, I resolutely switched to be a tour guide on 20 19, looking for new opportunities. When I was a tour guide, I learned about the tourism industry, and some people even made money by traveling.

Some of these people fly around the world to shoot beautiful scenery abroad; Some bought an RV, traveled all over the country and tasted delicious food. After taking pictures of their experiences, post them on the self-media platform and make money while traveling.

In 2020, because of the epidemic, the work of tour guides is not good. So I made up my mind to quit my job, started riding a poor tour, and made videos from the media at the same time.

(while riding and shooting)

Some people think that you can't travel and leave your home without money. Because of various expenses along the way, such as accommodation, meals, travel expenses, tickets for scenic spots, etc. It's hard to move without money.

However, here, the game is rich and the swimming ability is poor. As long as you have the courage to start, these problems can be solved.

I belong to a person who has no money, so I chose to travel by bike. I spent 200 yuan to buy a mountain bike first, and then I bought tents, sleeping bags, gloves and scarves. The total equipment cost exceeds that of 500 yuan.

After all preparations were made, I rode from Linyi, Shandong Province to the ends of the earth in Sanya, Hainan Province with the living expenses of 1000 yuan, and embarked on a cycling trip.

On June 65438+1October 65438+1October 2020, I released the first video. At that time, the northern land was still frozen, and accommodation in the cold was a big problem.

I usually set up tents by the roadside, or look for abandoned uninhabited houses in villages passing by, and then get into down sleeping bags and sleep until dawn.

A tent is usually set up when riding. )

After entering Jiangsu, the weather is getting warmer and warmer all the way south. I have camped in squares, abandoned gas stations, pavilions in parks, and even lived in the lobby of postal self-service banks.

In March 2020, I went to Xuzhou Mountain Set. It rained heavily that day, and I rode in the rain for more than four hours. I'm soaked to the skin and can't find shelter from the rain.

I don't want to spend money on accommodation. When it was getting dark, I saw a self-service bank. In order to live in it, a tent was set up in a warm place. I got up the courage to tell my story to the staff, but they agreed.

This made me realize that there are still many good people in the world. From then on, when I met with difficulties on the road, I learned to ask others for help. As long as I treat others sincerely, I will get a good impression.

Another rainy day, I spent the night in bridge opening. I didn't expect to wake up the next day and find my bike lost, so I called the police for help.

That place is in the middle of nowhere, so I can't buy anything to eat. Hungry for almost three days, I can't go to the fields to find grapefruit to eat. Fortunately, the police helped me find my bike later.

It's warm to live in it on rainy days.

Of course, when I'm lucky, I can find abandoned luxury hotels to sleep in. It was in April this year, when I was riding in Tibet and crossing Balang Mountain, I met them by chance on the roadside.

This hotel, built on a hill, is a typical Tibetan building. Although abandoned, the appearance is still magnificent, and the decoration inside is faintly visible.

The price of a single room is 680 yuan, and there is even a presidential suite in it. The corridor leads directly to the villa at the back, from which you can overlook Siguniang Mountain, which is covered with snow all year round.

This deserted hotel seems to cost more than10 million. I can't stay at this level forever. Now, you can set up a tent anywhere and enjoy the exclusive treatment of the big villa.

(Abandoned small building behind luxury hotel)

In July, 2020, I came to Yunnan and had dinner with my riders in Shuhe Ancient Town, Lijiang. In Dali, I had dinner with my sister. This little Bai sister runs an inn, which is kind and hospitable.

Some people say that Lijiang is suitable for business and Dali is suitable for love. I saw local couples throwing stones at butterfly spring, praying for happy love. You might as well meet your sweetheart and have a pure relationship.

My prayers were answered. In June 2020, 10, my girlfriend and I met in Chengdu for a week. Although we broke up because of disagreement, we also experienced the ups and downs of love.

From then on, I quit love and started the next journey wholeheartedly, going to Sanya, Hainan, and going to the ends of the earth. In the place where spring blossoms and faces the sea, heal the failed emotional life like Haizi.

(Looking forward to love by Erhai Lake)

After 202 1, I left my hometown again and rode to Jiayuguan, Gansu alone. It was my 25th birthday. I drank a bottle of beer and had a full meal to celebrate.

Then all the way to the west, went to the beautiful Xinjiang. I crossed the Gobi desert no man's land and saw that the flaming mountain was barren. The surface temperature reached 60 degrees in May.

I met a sandstorm, and I used snow water from Qilian Mountain to boil water. There is a great temperature difference between day and night in Xinjiang. When camping, I was afraid of wolves, so I had to make a fire to drive away unknown dangers. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles I encountered, I never stopped riding at the end of the road.

(often sleeping in the wild)

In 2022, I went to the Potala Palace in Tibet. When I was in the Red Palace, I had no distractions and felt that the fatigue of riding was swept away.

Tibet is the only place where I have ridden twice. I have climbed the 14 snow mountain above 4000 meters above sea level. Walking alone on the Sichuan-Tibet line, the hardships and pains during the period are beyond words. I just want to say: this journey has severely honed my perseverance and will.

During my two years of cycling intermittently, people kept questioning me, saying that I lived in the wild, the food was poor, the sales were poor, and the traffic was cheated.

In fact, this is my real life, and my family is not rich. I just recorded the situation on the road and never complained about how hard and tired I was.

(Punching background: 50 yuan, Tibet)

As the saying goes, reading thousands of books is better than taking Wan Li Road, and all my experiences will be unforgettable memories in my life, which cannot be measured by money.

Once my bicycle had a flat tire, a big fan saw my video on the headline and drove more than 30 kilometers. I still remember his enthusiasm and kindness when he came to the village from the city to help me change the tire for free.

Another time I was impressed, I met a 90-year-old grandmother on the roadside. She took the initiative to say hello and chat with me and gave me directions enthusiastically. Invite me to have dinner at home and make hot water.

She also told me that she has five daughters and no son, and now she is taken care of by her daughter. If only she could live in her son's house.

I feel that my grandmother treats me like a relative, pouring out her heart, which is very warm.

All the experiences are unforgettable.

On another occasion, I rode the Milla Mountain in Tibet. The altitude is 50 13 meters, and the temperature reaches MINUS 28 degrees at night. I didn't dare to sleep all night, and my wife was too cold to wake up.

I live in an abandoned house, put on all my clothes and keep warm with the cow dung I picked up. At three or four o'clock in the morning, when I was cold and hungry, the police came to me.

It turned out that fans saw the video I sent and worried that I would not survive such bad weather and disappear into this world, so they called the police for me overnight.

Despite the freezing weather, the police found me by car in the middle of the night, brought me warm coats, instant noodles and other materials, and drove me across the mountain pass.

The enthusiasm of the fans and the police warmed my heart and made me spend that extremely cold night. Those thrilling experiences and touching experiences are engraved in the depths of my memory and I will never forget them.

When you are in danger on the road, you will miss home.

No matter how far I have traveled, how many beautiful scenery I have seen, and how many good people I have met, what I can't bear most is the landscape and relatives in my hometown. So every Spring Festival, I still want to go back to the countryside of Feixian County.

My sister and I prepare things for the New Year together, such as killing pigs, frying cakes, pasting Spring Festival couplets, etc., in time for the New Year.

On New Year's Day, we will team up with friends and go door-to-door to kowtow to our elders to pay New Year's greetings.

It is said that kowtowing is an ancient custom in Shandong. But for Shandong people, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius is a state of etiquette, and worshipping heaven and earth, ancestors and elders is the highest ceremony of our New Year greetings.

(Shandong friends group New Year greetings)

2023 is here, and it has been half a year since I returned to my hometown. Today, I think about the journey of poor cycling, and everything seems to have happened yesterday.

My initial living expenses were only 1000 yuan. After going on the road, in order to save money, I calculated carefully every day, and really achieved the ultimate. Some netizens even ridiculed me for giving up my life and money.

At first, I ate instant noodles for three meals a day. Later, I began to be afraid of instant noodles and wanted to vomit. I was really tired of eating, so I bought daily necessities and cooked by myself.

In order to save money, I abandoned the original alcohol stove and picked up branches and stones on the roadside to make a fire. Every day, I use rice or dried noodles, and then I look for wild vegetables to eat on the roadside. If there is no food, I'll mix Chili sauce.

After riding for more than 50 days without taking a bath, I was embarrassed. I found a cheap hotel and stayed for only 20 yuan for one night. That night, after taking a shower and sleeping in my long-lost bed, I felt extremely comfortable.

At the most economical time, I spent 500 yuan in less than two months. I have always adhered to the concept of poor travel and never spent a penny indiscriminately.

(I have been riding for 2 years, and the income from making videos supports me to move forward)

After riding for several months, my video is getting better and better. Since the media began to generate income, my fans and friends have also increased and are helping to support me.

Some praised me, some booked me a hotel room in advance, and some invited me to dinner. But I still don't change my frugality, and I will continue my poor travel to the end.

So, don't say that you can't start without money. As long as there is a dream in your heart, the method is always more difficult than it is.

Sometimes, what we lack is not time and money. What we lack is the courage to take the first step. We shouldn't always say that there is a long day ahead. In fact, the days ahead are not long.

This year, the income from the media is getting less and less, which can no longer support me to continue my journey. Coupled with the influence of the big environment, I went back to my hometown to rest at the end of May and didn't start again.

Now, I have finished my dream, and I am waiting for it to bloom next spring. I will find a job first, take on a responsibility and be the guardian of this family.