Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 5 Don't be greedy for some equipment

The next morning, Zhai Da got up immediately the moment the alarm rang.

I have never woken up so quickly in my life, except when I was working as a slave. Then, I got drunk at an annual meeting and woke up in the accountant's rental house.

He was afraid that the accountant would count money with him.

Of course, they later discovered that there were surveillance cameras in the rental house. They were both drunk and played "finger grabbing" all night.

As soon as Zhai Da opened the door, he smelled the rich aroma of corn. There were two boiled corns and two eggs on the table.

Maybe it was because his body became younger after rebirth and his stomach was more motivated, but Zhai Da's appetite was aroused. He thought the big corn and eggs put together looked very pretty.

By the time Yu Xiaoli came out after fixing her hair, he had almost finished eating.

Yu Xiaoli: "Is it delicious?"

"good to eat!"

"Have you ever wondered why there are two of everything?"

Zhai Da:.
Ms. Yu rolled her eyes and said that she would rather skip breakfast as her waistline was increasing faster than her wrinkles as she reached middle age.

However, at my son’s age, he looks like a starving ghost. The doctor said that if he fainted in the examination room, the possibility of malnutrition cannot be ruled out.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaoli took out a Mao Zedong note from her wallet and handed it to Zhai Da: "This is your pocket money for next week."

Zhai Da was a little bit unbelievable: "Our family is rich?"

He remembered that when he was in high school, his weekly pocket money was 50 yuan, which included the school cafeteria meal card, and other things such as bus cards, miscellaneous school supplies, snacks, and occasional meals out were all paid from here.

Rounding off, that's the absolute poor population. If they want to buy something extra, like magazines or CDs, they'll have to go hungry.

I didn’t dare buy a new copy of Men’s Health even though it had turned yellow.

It increased to 100 a week, which means a month. Compared with other students in school, it is considered quite generous.

But this also put some pressure on Zhai Da.

After all, Yu Xiaoli's salary was only 1900 yuan. Apart from the food, daily necessities, water and electricity bills for two people, and occasional expenses for herself, she also had to save for Zhai Da's tuition, miscellaneous fees, and tutoring books.
A mother always wants the best for her children, but often can only give them what they have.

Some time ago, because Zhai Da's grades were not ideal, Ms. Yu even thought about hiring a tutor, but after her son fainted in the exam room, she gave up the idea and became more indifferent to Zhai Da's grades.

She was not the kind of mother who pushed her child too hard. She could accept that Zhai Da did not study well, could not go to college, and even worked in a factory like herself.

But she couldn't accept anything going wrong with her son again.

This person, you have to look at the comparison.

Compared with mental illness and kite flying, working in a factory is nothing? That's called a stable job!

Giving Zhai Da twice as much pocket money was also in the hope that Zhai Da could feel more relaxed and in a happier mood.

"Take it. You are a big boy now, so it is inevitable that you will have some strange expenses."

"Mom, you'd better explain clearly. What kind of consumption is weird?"

"Anyway, spend it. It'll be like this from now on, 100 per week."

"Are you sure? Don't you have any use for money at home?"

"I was saving it for you to go to college, but now it looks like you're going to save a lot of money for our family."

Zhai Da:.
Mom, you are so humorous. [Clown Love Letter] should be given to you.

However, just yesterday he said that he would take it easy in life and not be in a hurry to make money. Today, thinking about the original economic situation of his family, Zhai Da considered adding "initial improvement of income" to the memorandum.

After all, earning a little money can make my mother feel more relaxed.

Of course, priority should be given to the system and study. There are still three months before the college entrance examination, so we cannot put the cart before the horse.

Zhai Da didn't have to go to school today, and Yu Xiaoli didn't care about him. He just let it go and took the money to go online. However, in order to spend more time with Ms. Yu, Zhai Da also took the opportunity to use Yu Xiaoli's bicycle and offered to take her to and from get off work.

After sending my mother there, I can ride my 28-inch bicycle to stroll around the county town and then pick her up from get off work in the evening.

Yu Xiaoli felt a little strange.

But there is no reason to refuse. A bicycle can move by itself, so who wants to pedal it personally?
However, after leaving the community, Zhai Da walked a few dozen meters and bought a few buns and soy milk at the breakfast shop, two portions, and handed them to Ms. Yu. He said, "It's bad for your health if you don't eat breakfast. You can take it to the factory. I'll make one for you too. I just didn't eat enough."

Yu Xiaoli rolled her eyes and said, "Hurry up, I'm going to be late."

But the smile on his face couldn't be suppressed at all, and his heart felt warm.

I always feel like this child has grown up overnight.

The woolen mill has been relocated several times and is currently located in a factory area far away from the county center.

The once-popular pillar of Dongyang has now become a languid state where grass is taller than trees.

First, the military was converted to civilian use, then it became self-financing, and finally it was eliminated by the market. The story in between is very long. Wool spinning also had its own struggles, but it revealed a kind of clarity that it was always one step behind. It once dealt in spare parts and instruments, metal-plated hardware, leather shoes and socks, and other messy things.

It once called itself "Sany Woolen Textile Group".

However, after experiencing multiple rounds of poor management, asset divestiture, debt restructuring, and leadership meddling in personnel matters instead of doing their job, the only thing left now is a "garment factory" that has no barriers to entry and purely exploits cheap labor, and is not large in scale.

When you find yourself going downhill again, don't be afraid, you will keep going downhill. From now on until Zhai Da is reborn, Sany Woolen Textile will get worse year by year.

To make an inappropriate analogy, after winning the lottery in his previous life, Zhai Da was able to buy Sany Woolen Textile.

Then he would get a lot of broken equipment, worthless old factory buildings, and hundreds of retired workers who were crying for food.

Its earliest glory, such as the Woolen Textile Middle School where Zhai Da studied, had long been taken over by the county, leaving only the name. However, after more than ten years of operation, it has become a key high school in Dongyang County.

Of course, it is only relatively important compared with the other two crappy general high schools in the county. Those two cannot be promoted because they are too much of a fuss.

Ms. Yu Xiaoli is currently working in the only remaining "garment factory" of the wool spinning mill. She has been employed there for 20 years and is currently a pattern maker.

Riding their bicycles further and further away, the two men headed towards the industrial area. There were obviously more large trucks on the road along the way, and there were billowing clouds of dust.

"What are your plans today? I heard that kids are playing C or S these days, why don't you go and play too?"

"CS is outdated now, it's all Audition and QQ Speed."

"Dancing is good, and it can help you stay fit, but driving is not okay because you don't have a driver's license."

"Well, I don't play games. I just wander around the county."

Zhai Da had lost his gaming addiction in his previous life. It was a natural thing that happened as he grew older. The girls in the games became more and more realistic, but the boy he once was had already become electronically ED.

As they were chatting, when they were only two blocks away from the woolen mill, Zhai Da suddenly braked hard.

Yu Xiaoli was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Zhai Da did not reply, but looked ahead cautiously at a thick old elm tree by the road.

It's probably difficult for two people to hug this big tree. The bark is badly cracked and dark in color, green with black. It is completely different from the regular roadside trees. It seems that it was not transplanted, but has always been there and was not dug up for road construction.

"Found a special item of blue rarity, [Shooting Old Elm]: There used to be an old prison, and every shooting took place under a tree. The last sight of many people was the crown of the old elm tree."

"Status: Not owned, not activated."

"Effect: Accident probability within range +50%, corpse decay speed under the tree increased by 300%,???."

"Unlocking mission: unknown"

"Not yet activated, the host needs to obtain ownership. After the high-rarity item is owned, all effects and unlocking tasks will be displayed."

"Note: Have you really thought about it before activating it?"

Zhai Da swallowed his saliva.
It turns out that special items that can be transformed into [Equipment] also include this kind of thing.
Turning around, I saw a warning sign next to it that read "Accident-prone road, please drive carefully."

The guardrails on the edge of the road are mottled and crooked, and seem to have been hit many times.
Although according to the system description, the [Equipment] before transformation is just a special item and does not have any super-realistic abilities, this warning sign may just be a coincidence.
But inexplicably, Zhai Da felt a cool breeze rushing towards the back of his neck early in the morning.

Zhai Da decisively followed his heart and chose to turn right and take a detour.

"What's wrong, Xiaoda? Why are you taking a detour?"

"I just saw a beautiful woman on the right, I'm going to catch up and take a look!"

　The sea of books is as vast as the stars in the sky. If you miss it, you will never find it again. Please collect it and read it again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)