rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 2 Why is there such a big gap even though they are both born in the year of Sheep?

"Have you changed your clothes?"

"alright."

The voice of his mother came from outside the house. Chen Li stuffed the two dollars in his trouser pocket, and walked out the door holding the wet clothes he had just changed in a somewhat "decadent" manner.

"Give me the clothes!"

Wang Dongmei took the clothes from her son's hand and saw her son's slumped face.

"Ahem~! What is that?"

"Mom collected the money under your bed for you. I will keep the money for you until you can take the college entrance examination."

Sure enough, Chen Li's expression became even more "broken". After all, he had heard this sentence since he was a child.

"What if I fail the exam?"

Maybe it was because his skin was itchy, Chen Li said casually.

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Dongmei's expression suddenly changed, and her tone of voice rose by several dimensions!

"If you don't pass the exam, you can take the exam next year! If you don't pass the exam next year, you can take the exam again the next year! Let me tell you, your sister Ling was admitted to a junior college last year, and your academic performance is much better than hers. If you don't pass the exam,

University."

Wang Dongmei gave a crackling lecture, and Chen Li's head drooped at this moment.

"I'm telling you, you will be in your senior year of high school soon, and you are not allowed to go fishing or catch eels in the future. And how many times have I told you, you are not allowed to catch snakes. If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, I will tell you

what to do?"

Perhaps because she became angrier as she talked, Wang Dongmei even directly twisted Chen Li's arm twice.

After twisting Chen Li, Wang Dongmei frowned, took out another five dollars from her pocket and handed it to Chen Li.

"No spending money randomly!"

"Hi~ Got it."

Chen Li rubbed his arm and took the money "depressedly".

In fact, Chen Li himself was very helpless!

The reason why he often does these things is that on the one hand, some of them are tasks issued by the system, and on the other hand, it is because he wants to find an excuse for his own task rewards.

In this way, we can not only explain the source of the money, but also hand over the money to our mother in a "reasonable and legal" way.

After all, these days, there are only so many places left for student parties to make money. After all, we can’t let Chen Li find a job in a factory, right? Then his parents can’t agree!

The reason why Chen Li went to so much trouble is naturally because of the current family situation of the Chen family.

The Chen family has a son and a daughter. The son is naturally Chen Li, and the daughter is Chen Li's sister Chen Xue.

As the head of the family, Chen Guofu is an employee of the grain station and has been a custodian for more than ten years.

As for Chen Li’s mother, Wang Dongmei, she is considered a full-time housewife! After all, there are two children at home who need to go to school, and it’s hard to have no one to take care of them.

In the early years, the Chen family's family situation was actually considered good in the entire Erlong Town.

Although Chen Guofu is the only one making money in the family, his workplace is a grain station!

In the early years, the grain station was called the "golden rice bowl".

Not to mention the salary, there are a lot of benefits such as various rice, flour, grains and oils every year. In addition, Wang Dongmei usually raises some chickens and ducks and grows some vegetables, and her life is actually quite good.

Even though there were two children to support at home, there was actually not much pressure on the Chen family at that time.

But since Chen Li entered high school, nine-year compulsory education is no longer available, and the family's expenses have increased.

This year, Chen Xue is about to graduate from junior high school, and Chen Li is about to enter his senior year of high school, which puts a lot of financial pressure on the Chen family.

Of course, these financial pressures do not come from the present! After all, the Chen family's life was quite good before, and they even had some savings.

But if Chen Li is admitted to college next year, the expenses will be huge.

In addition, the grain station has become increasingly depressed in recent years, and Chen Li's mother has wanted to go out to work with people she knew in the town several times.

It is said that working in a factory in Guangdong Province, one can earn seven to eight hundred yuan a month!

However, the two children at home were in school and Chen Guofu had his own job, so Wang Dongmei did not go out in the end.

After all, both Chen Li and Chen Xue have good academic performance. In the words of the school teacher, they are both good candidates for college entrance exams.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Chen's father and Chen's mother have begun to take precautions and prepare in advance for their two children to go to college in the future.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Chen Li always hides money at home despite knowing that his mother can find his "private money" every time.

As for why it is not turned over directly, this is of course caused by the system.

This system is very naughty. Sometimes it releases several tasks to Chen Li a day, but sometimes it doesn't give Chen Li a task for several days in a row. This causes Chen Li's "income" to be unstable.

In addition, the system rewards have not been increased, and Chen Li's gains are actually limited. After all, he himself has to spend money, and he also has a sister!

So back and forth, Chen Li would always save money for a period of time, and then "turn it over" to his mother.

In the past few times, Chen Li always saved about forty or fifty yuan and then "turned it over" to his mother. Therefore, Chen Li would go out and "work blindly" on his days off.

Because he has been supplying black fish (black fish), eels and snakes to restaurants and vendors in the town for a long time, almost half of the town knows Chen Li's "famous name".

Don’t get me wrong, this is actually a good reputation!

People in the town said that Chen Li knew how to make money to take care of his family at a young age, and he would definitely be a businessman when he grows up.

These days, "doing business" has become a "complimentary word".

To praise Chen Li as a good businessman is actually to say that Chen Li will be successful in the future.

In addition, Chen Li's academic performance is not bad, so he has become that "other people's child" among many people in the town!

Of course, Chen Li actually had no intention of causing harm to his friends in the town. He actually just wanted to improve his family's life while completing quest levels.

Thinking back to the time when he was first reborn, Chen Li felt a little tired when he was faced with a life where he could only eat one meal of meat every two days.

Don't say that vegetables these days are harmless, people... live to eat meat.

If a person who originally had meat almost every day can suddenly only eat one meal every two days, the key is not to worry about enough! He can be fine for two days, and he can still persist in eating for ten and a half months, but he has been eating for several years!

This is also the reason why Chen Li often went fishing later. On the one hand, it was to complete tasks and sell money, and on the other hand, it was to satisfy his own appetite!

"Why don't you go buy something to improve Xiaoxue's food?"

In his pocket was the five yuan that his mother had just "given", plus the two yuan that Chen Li had earned from completing a previous task. At this moment, Chen Li had a "huge amount of money" in his pocket, so he was ready to spend some money.

Wearing shorts and a vest, Chen Li walked out of the house wearing a pair of foam sandals.

At this moment, the "white rain" has stopped, and Chen Li's parents, as well as other staff and family members of the grain station, are busy spreading the grain they received before under the eaves.

A lot of the grain had been wet before, so it would be impossible to put it into storage.

However, there is no need for the student Chen Li to take action on these matters. After all, it is not as urgent as the previous rush to harvest food.

Chen Li looked up at the sky with his eyes open, feeling that the proverb was really accurate.

The face of a child in June changes at will!

It was clear that there were dark clouds rolling in and heavy rain pouring down before, but within about twenty minutes, the dark clouds in the sky had gradually dispersed, and the previous "heavy rain" was now gone.

The clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, and the sun continued to shine. If it weren't for the accumulation of water in various parts of the grain station yard, no one would believe that there was a white rain here a few minutes ago.

"Chen Li, do you want to go fishing?"

The person who greeted Chen Li was the second son of Wei Dashan, the deputy director of the Erlong Grain Station, or Wei Laoer for short.

Wei Laoer and Chen Li are considered to be young adults. They are also in their second year of high school this year, but they are not in the same class.

Because of Chen Li's good grades, the class he was in was naturally a "key class".

But Wei Laoer was different. This guy didn't even get into high school. His father relied on his good relationship with the school and paid a sum of money to let this guy enter high school.

However, even after entering high school, this guy's academic performance did not improve. He was just chasing chickens and teasing dogs day by day, so naturally he had no time to focus on his studies.

"It just rained, so it's a good time to go fishing."

Wei Laoer shook the bucket in his hand, seeming to urge Chen Li to go home and get the fishing rod.

"No, it's almost dinner time. I guess you haven't even fed your nest yet, so your old man will call you back."

Chen Li shook his head. It was almost dinner time, so he went to catch some crazy fish at this time.

"Oops! You don't understand. Let me tell you that the best time to fish is after it rains. I went fishing at this time and happened to catch a few fish and come back for the tooth ceremony."

Judging from Wei Laoer's appearance, it seemed that catching a fish was a sure thing.

But in fact, this guy has no patience at all. It takes less than two minutes for the bait to enter the water. No matter whether the fish floats or moves, this guy will definitely lift the rod.

It can be said that basically all the fish caught by this guy, if they are not reincarnated as hungry ghosts, are really unlucky fish among them!

Moreover, Chen Li had already seen the bait prepared by Wei Laoer, which was a simple bottle of wine rice and freshly dug earthworms. The wine rice was probably prepared just before going out.

This thing probably won't even attract a few fish, let alone catch them.

"Go ahead! I'll go to the street."

"Oh~!"

Seeing that Chen Li refused to go, Wei Laoer didn't say anything, and started trotting while holding the fishing rod and bucket.

But before Wei Laoer even ran out of the big iron gate of the grain station, he heard a shocking roar coming from the courtyard!

"Wei Xiaojun, stand still for me, we are going to eat soon, where are you going?"

Hearing this voice, Chen Li immediately became happy.

Without him, the person who scolded Wei Laoer as a turtle son was none other than his father, Wei Dashan.

When I called my son a "turtle son", Chen Li almost laughed out loud.

However, although Chen Li, as a junior, did not dare to laugh, other staff at the grain station burst out laughing, and some even joked:

"Old Wei, your son is a turtle son, so who are you?"

"I'm your grandpa!"

Wei Dashan didn't care at all and retorted casually.

And the person who was scolded by Wei Dashan was not angry, because everyone in Erlong Town knew Wei Dashan's temper. After all, the nickname "Wei Dapao" was not for nothing!

Wei Laoer was so yelled at by his father that he had no choice but to turn around and go home in despair. He just happened to pass by Chen Li who was about to reach the gate.

"It's time to eat, why don't you go out to the street?"

After being yelled at by his father, Wei Laoer naturally felt a little uncomfortable. Seeing that Chen Li was about to go out, he asked!

"Yeah! Go buy something on the street!"

Chen Li smiled and did not continue chatting with him, but walked towards the streets of Erlong Town on the road that had become a bit muddy.

Until Chen Li walked out of the door, Wei Laoer didn't hear anyone calling him to stop him, and he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart!

"They are all born in the year of Sheep. Why is there such a big gap between this person and other people?"

(End of chapter)