Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 52 He is a man
Early morning, early morning in the physical sense.

Zhai Da looked at his watch. It was five o'clock.

I tapped the wall with my fingers and heard Lu Wei say, "I'm awake."

Zhai Da rubbed his eyes and said, "Brush your teeth and wash your face."

"Ah."

"Well, come in a minute later. I need to go to the bathroom."

There is only one situation in which a man does not pee as the first thing he does when he wakes up.

He has reached the age where he has to get up at night.

After draining the water, Zhai Da reopened the bathroom door and Lu Wei was already there.

She had just woken up and was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts. Her cold white skin matched the dim light of the sky very well. She was holding her plastic toothbrush cup in her right hand.

A new toothbrush was handed out in the left hand.

Zhai Da took it in confusion.

"Your toothbrush has messed up the bristles. So I bought you a new one."

Zhai Da stared at it for a while. It was of relatively good quality and cost about seven or eight yuan in the convenience store.

She readily changed for a new one, squeezed the toothpaste again, and took out Lu Wei's cup and squeezed out a portion.

"Just leave your tooth cup here from now on. There are still several months before you go to college. There's no need to move it around."

Lu Wei nodded hesitantly.

The two of them brushed their teeth quietly in front of the mirror.

Normally, perhaps because Yu Xiaoli was there, the two of them would deliberately avoid using the bathroom at the same time, even for things that are suitable for children, such as brushing teeth and washing hands. Today was the first time.

Time and time again, they inexplicably entered the same frequency.

Around half past five, the two of them had quietly finished washing up, left a note saying "Lu Wei and I are going for a morning run", and went out with their backpacks on.

The sunlight was cold and misty, and even the air was a little chilly and damp.

Zhai Da rubbed his face with the mist and regained his clarity for a moment.

Then he took Lu Wei and headed in the opposite direction of the school.

Since we have already decided on the plan last night, we must start implementing it without delay today. Although there are still three days left before the registration deadline, there is always a chance that something might get stuck and we will have to wait another year.

There was almost no one on the street at around five o'clock. Instead, there were a few stray dogs walking by themselves. When they saw the two of them, they would stop and look around.

Until Zhai Da saw a huge figure and stopped to look.

Seeing him stop, Lu Wei also stood behind him.

"classmate?"

Zhai Da nodded: "Yes."

Fan Junwei.

Zhai Da would not mistake that exaggerated figure, as there were only a few duplicates in the entire Dongyang County, and the other party was wearing the school uniform of the Woolen Textile Middle School.

Fan Junwei was facing away from Zhai Da, holding a bamboo broom and sweeping the floor quickly and skillfully.

It seemed that there were many night stalls at this intersection the night before. There were a lot of bamboo sticks, paper cups, and packaging bags scattered on the ground, and there were puddles of oil on the asphalt road.

Judging from the amount of garbage, they definitely don’t need to put in “We’re all living hard.”

Fan Junwei piled the garbage aside, then picked up a bucket of water and sprinkled it on the oil stains. The water brought a little foam, and he continued to scrub it with a broom.

Very serious, very silent, very skilled.

The broom splashed up dust and water mist, slightly wetting the trouser legs of the school uniform, and the old hiking shoes, whose original color could no longer be seen, were covered with tiny spots of mud.

At the end of the road, a tricycle used exclusively by sanitation workers drove up, with several huge sanitation trash cans shaking behind the vehicle.

The person pedaling the tricycle was a thin old lady who seemed to be only about 1.5 meters tall. The tricycle was not electric, so it was very difficult for her to pedal.

The old lady stopped the car, pulled out the shovel placed horizontally in the truck bed, and shoveled the garbage that Fan Junwei had gathered onto the truck, while Fan Junwei shouted, "Grandma, watch your waist."

Then he picked up a sanitation trash can that was more than one meter high and placed it on the side of the road.

At this moment, his eyes met with Zhai Da who was across the street.

Zhai Da's eyes were a little complicated. He finally understood where the strange smell on Fan Junwei came from and why he didn't get enough sleep every day. He thought Fan Junwei would be embarrassed, angry, and pretend not to know him.

But Fan Junwei did not hesitate and immediately waved with a smile.

"Up so early? Morning jog?"

Zhai Da also smiled and waved.

"Go to the Internet cafe."

Fan Junwei:
He was a little curious about Lu Wei behind Zhai Da, but after all, he was not the kind of person who liked gossiping, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The old lady also looked over, and Zhai Da nodded slightly: "Good morning, grandma."

It was like greeting the elders from a distance, and Lu Wei followed suit.

Then the two turned left at the intersection.

I always feel that Fan Junwei on the street is better than Fan Junwei in school.
Be more specific and more vivid.

He is no longer the "classmate" who slept on the table all day and emitted a strange smell.

But a. man.

"Xiaowei, who is that~" the old lady asked with a strong rural accent.

Fan Junwei looked at the two people's backs and said in his hometown dialect: "School friends."

The old lady was not happy, but a little sad: "I told you not to come and help, you will be laughed at by your classmates if someone sees you!"

Fan Junwei shook his head: "Zhai Da, probably not."

As for why, he couldn't tell.

After saying that, Fan Junwei continued to carry the trash cans. These thick black trash cans were not difficult to carry in his arms.

The old lady looked at her grandson's sturdy body, and her wrinkled face was full of smiles:
"My Xiaowei is really strong! What a physique!!"

Fan Junwei also laughed: "That's right! I don't eat for nothing! Grandma, just rest next to you, I will definitely finish it for you before six o'clock!"

The old lady was not idle either. She swept away the city's dirt with her broom, muttering to herself:
"Your grandfather is 1.7 meters tall, your father is 1.8 meters tall, and Xiaowei is 1.9 meters tall."

"Your grandfather never went to school, your father is in junior high school, and Xiaowei is in high school! They are intellectuals!"

"We don't have a large family, but our family is getting better and better~"

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Zhai Da took Lu Wei and walked about another intersection, then stopped in front of the door of "Shabak Internet Cafe".

It is not difficult to tell from the name what game the boss played back then. This is also the Internet cafe closest to Zhai Da’s home in Dongyang County.

Before his rebirth, Zhai Da was also a frequent visitor here. Not to mention addicted, he came here at least three times a week. At first he played CS, and later he switched to Audition in order to hook up with girls (online romance). However, he was clumsy and couldn't understand the game, and he didn't have the money or energy for the costume system.

Later he was abandoned by his family.

It was not called Zang Ai, but "￡狱邪メ魂断彡". Until Zhai Da was kicked out, he still couldn't pronounce the complete name of his family.

If his previous life is counted, he hasn't been to a place like an Internet cafe for eight years.

I turned around and looked at Lu Wei, who hadn't been in there for about 18 years.
“It’s going to smell a bit bad in there.”

Lu Wei nodded and subconsciously held her breath, which was quite cute.

As soon as you enter the Internet cafe, the strange smell left over from a night of overnight stay rushes straight to your head, including the smell of smelly feet, the smell of stuffiness, the smell of stale cigarette oil, and the smell of takeout barbecue.

He roughly knew who the main customers of the night stall at that corner were last night.

Lu Wei's nostrils twitched, but she didn't say anything more. It smelled bad but she could bear it.

The network administrator was a young man in his twenties. Zhai Da vaguely remembered that his name seemed to be "Brother Hai". He looked not much older than them, but in fact he had not continued his studies after junior high school and had been working for nearly ten years.
He looks very gentle with glasses on, but in fact Zhai Da knows that he is quite social, fierce and strong in fighting, and it seems that he also exercises regularly.

To Brother Hai, Zhai Da had only not seen him for about half a month, so he greeted him warmly: "Dazi, you haven't been here for a while? What a rare guest!"

Brother Hai was a little surprised to see the girl behind Zhai Da, but he didn't ask much.

Suddenly I felt like I was getting old. Zhai Da has been using the Internet since primary school, when he was only fifteen or sixteen years old.

Now he has grown up and become more mature, and his girlfriend is so beautiful.

I come to surf the Internet at six in the morning. It goes without saying where I came from. It can't be home, right?
　A real man stands between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and inferior to others for long!
　　Vote for me tonight, and I will reach the top tomorrow. Everyone here will be a general!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)