Era: Rise from the Wilderness

"Did the sun rise in the west?"

Li Hongfeng asked in surprise, "You know about training now?"

"Health is the foundation of everything!"

Li Yunjing found an excuse and ran out in a flash.

On a summer morning in the north, the air is filled with the scent of grass and dew.

Li Yunjing ran nearly ten kilometers in one go along the foot of the mountain behind the family quarters.

Sweat soaked his vest, but the feeling of his muscles relaxing and his cardiovascular system being fully activated made him feel incredibly refreshed.

This young, healthy, and vibrant body is a world apart from the unhealthy state he was in his forties, when he was ravaged by alcohol and women and covered in fat.

He even had the illusion that he wasn't running, but flying in the morning breeze!

At nine o'clock, Li Yunjing returned home covered in sweat. He filled a basin with cold water from the tap in the yard and poured it over himself from head to toe. He immediately felt every pore open up and couldn't help but shout, "Awesome!"

"Mom! I'm going to ride my bike over to the school and check things out!"

He called out into the house while wiping himself with a towel.

"Sigh, you kid, you just finished running and you can't sit still! Ride your bike slowly and be careful!"

He Ling's voice came from the kitchen, filled with concern.

"Okay, don't worry!"

Li Yunjing mounted his 26-inch Forever bicycle and rode towards the No. 25 Middle School, which was more than ten miles away, facing the rising sun.

The campus during summer vacation is quiet, though it lacks the usual sounds of students reading aloud.

On the playground, many boys around his age were playing soccer and basketball, their noise rising and falling.

"Li Yunjing! You've finally arrived!"

"Hurry up, come and play football!"

"We're short one person!"

As soon as Li Yunjing parked his bicycle in the bike shed, a loud-voiced fat man shouted at him. It was Ma Xingyuan, his childhood friend with whom he often played football.

"Okay! Wait a minute!"

Looking around, Li Yunjing saw that besides his friends, there were also a few girls, including Lü Ruoxi, jumping rope nearby. He casually replied, but did not go to the court immediately. Instead, he went around to the small shop on the first floor of the teaching building, which had been empty before.

He strolled around casually, peering inside through the dusty glass window.

Sure enough, the place was empty. The shelves and counters had all been moved out, leaving only some discarded packaging paper scattered on the ground.

"It seems the previous school has indeed been completely cleared out; the school acted quite quickly."

Li Yunjing was secretly delighted.

He carefully examined the storefront, which was about fifty square meters, and silently planned in his mind: where to put the counter, where to put the shelves, and whether he could put a freezer at the entrance to sell cold drinks...

He breathed a sigh of relief after he had a clear understanding of the situation.

Next, he went to the parallel bars and horizontal bars area at the edge of the playground.

I love football and have good lower body strength, but my upper body strength is relatively weak.

In my previous life, I was playing football when I was hit by a vicious tackle from an opponent, which resulted in a broken arm and a long period of recovery.

In this lifetime, he would never allow such an accident to happen again.

He grabbed the horizontal bar and did more than a dozen pull-ups in one go, then practiced dips on the parallel bars until his arms were sore and swollen before stopping.

"You must develop comprehensively and become thoroughly strong!"

He made a silent vow.

Half an hour later, covered in sweat, he ran to the makeshift soccer field paved with sand and gravel. "Hey! I'm here! Count me in, which side needs someone?"

"Come over here!"

Ma Xingyuan immediately shouted, "Those guys over there are pretty skilled. We'll have an extra person, right?"

The last sentence was shouted at the other side, with a hint of provocation.

The game began amidst a cloud of dust.

Despite the simple venue, the boys' enthusiasm remained undiminished.

Running, tackling, passing, shooting...

Li Yunjing poured out his sweat, feeling the passion of youth.

An hour later, everyone was exhausted and collapsed on the sandy ground, panting heavily. Sweat dripped from their chins onto the scorching sand and evaporated instantly.

"It's fucking hot!"

"There's no convenience store on campus, so you have to run home if you just want a drink of water!"

One of my companions complained.

"Exactly! In this awful weather, wouldn't it be so refreshing to have an ice-cold soda?"

Ma Xingyuan licked his chapped lips and agreed.

"Ma Guofeng, you ride your bike fast, go to the convenience store outside the school and buy some ice packs, it's on me!"

Another child from a slightly better-off family shouted.

"Holy crap! It's me again? How far away is that?!"

Ma Guofeng, who was called out, looked reluctant: "It takes more than twenty minutes to go back and forth..."

Listening to his friends' complaints and discussions, Li Yunjing couldn't help but smile.

Look how strong the market demand is!

Once school starts and the school is under closed management, the spending power of these nearly two thousand students will all be channeled into their own little shop.

Just thinking about that scene made him burst into hearty laughter.

"Li Yunjing, what are you grinning about, you little idiot?"

Ma Xingyuan nudged him with his elbow: "Did that bastard Gao Fu hit you with a ball yesterday and knock your brains out?"

Gao Fu is a kid from another compound. He's tall and strong and usually acts a bit arrogant. Yesterday, while playing basketball, he deliberately hit Li Yunjing hard on the back of the head with the ball.

"Hmph, I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it."

Li Yunjing's smile vanished, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "That bastard didn't come today? He definitely did it on purpose yesterday. This isn't over!"

I didn't see him.

"But I'm warning you, Gao Fu is as strong as an ox, so don't mess with him yourself. We'll help you next time!"

Ma Xingyuan said righteously.

Li Yunjing chuckled and offered no further explanation.

In his past life, he was indeed no match for Gao Fu and had been bullied several times.

But in this life...

He touched his arms, which had gradually become stronger after days of training, and a glint of confidence flashed in his eyes.

"Hehe, we'll see when the time comes."

Li Yunjing sneered.

"Okay, okay, I'll go right now..."

Ma Guofeng patted his bottom and stood up, muttering, "Remember to pay me for the water later!"

"etc!"

Li Yunjing grabbed him and gestured towards the girls jumping rope not far away, "I'll treat Lü Ruoxi and the others to their water."

These words immediately caused an uproar.

"Damn! Li Yunjing, you're a real shill!"

"Forget your friends for the sake of beauty!"

"Exactly, why didn't you invite all of us?"

Ma Guofeng exaggeratedly clutched his chest, exclaiming, "He values ​​women over friends! He's broken my heart!"

"Yes! Li Yunjing, don't you love me anymore?"

Ma Xingyuan, that fat guy, was so exaggerated that he almost pounced on him.

"Get out of the way! You're going to crush me!"

Li Yunjing chuckled and kicked the fat man, then turned to Ma Guofeng: "Stop talking nonsense and get going! There are almost 20 boys playing soccer, can I afford to hire them?"