Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

When it comes to money, be content.

It's enough to achieve financial freedom in college by taking advantage of information asymmetry.

For an individual who neither wants nor needs to become a capitalist, there is no difference between earning a small goal and earning dozens of small goals.

I'll never run out of money in this lifetime.

幸福度已经33点，只要稍微再加2点，就可以拿25点兑换5倍贷款，再拿10点兑换1万现金。

The original soup is used to digest the original food, and the main idea is to make wealth increase itself without any reason.

This is called the system's divine power.

Li Zhao suddenly had some strange ideas.

As a reborn individual, he possesses an astonishing information advantage, and even without the system's help, he has a way to achieve the financial freedom he envisions.

It's simply a more difficult and radical path.

The existence of the system seemed to be a constant reminder to him that making money in this life was not difficult; it was just a numbers game.

He constantly experiences happiness, and the system uses this happiness level to continuously reduce the obstacles to his financial freedom, just like—

It's like they're not letting him spend too much energy on this.

For example, where does this 5 times figure come from?

Even if Li Zhao only redeems 1 through happiness points, he is guaranteed to get back 15. After paying off 4 of the loan, he will still have 11 left.

That's enough for the first step.

If Li Zhao can only get 5,000, will the happiness loan be increased by 10 times or even more?

Who knows?

……

"Son, let's talk to that old man tomorrow and discuss our intentions. Your mother and I will then prepare for the follow-up. As for the business plan, I've consulted some friends who own shops; take a look at it later."

After dinner, Li Changlin spoke gently and politely.

Li Zhao was still a little unaccustomed to the fact that his father didn't seem to have any fatherly air about him.

"Okay. By the way, Dad, there's something I want to buy." Li Zhao casually started probing.

"Say it, Dad will buy it for you!"

Li Changlin's eyes lit up.

I understand. An important lesson in the workplace, or rather in interpersonal relationships, is to give others the opportunity to do favors.

Being the one who always does favors for others will not make you an object of gratitude and love. Every time the recipient receives a favor, the pressure in the relationship increases, and when it reaches a certain point, gratitude turns into resentment.

Li Zhao suddenly gained divine intervention and began to exert a suppressive influence on his parents.

At this time, by asking his father, who currently controls the family finances, for something and releasing his need for money, Li Changlin can relieve his stress.

I'd love to.

However, Li Zhao didn't have high expectations. His parents were very stingy with them and always believed that "how could Li Zhao know how hard it is to earn money if he doesn't earn it himself?" So his allowance never exceeded ten dollars.

Even if they were allowed to buy it, what could they possibly buy?

But since we've already tested the waters, let's be bolder:

"I want to buy a high-end badminton racket."

"That seems pretty expensive? You asked me to show you around before. It looked like it cost one or two thousand?"

As expected, it's hopeless.

"right."

Are you going to buy it now?

Huh? What's going on?

"Uh..." Li Zhao didn't know how to respond. "Not really."

"Or is there something else you want?"

"Dad, you're really willing to give it to me?"

Li Changlin frowned. "What are you talking about? Are you kidding your father?"

"No, you guys usually won't even give me a few dollars, but now you're happy to spend over a thousand on a racket?"

Zhou Xiaoyun waved her hands repeatedly, "Don't say that when you go out. What do you mean I won't give you even a few dollars? It's because I'm afraid you'll be led astray and waste money. And all that junk food outside is bad for your health. I'm afraid you won't be able to control yourself."

Li Zhao was stunned.

Li Changlin continued, "But now your parents know that you are actually... well, very mature. Your thoughts and knowledge are far superior to what your parents thought. Just regarding this matter of appearances, Dad has to admit that you think more comprehensively than I do."

Li Zhao wanted to punch himself to see if he was dreaming.

Mom and Dad, you won't be like this in twenty years!

"Besides, your dad and I were just talking about it the other day. It feels weird to keep saving money to buy a house. We can't afford a good house now, and prices will go up later. I save money for a year, and the house prices over there go up for a year. Now there's an opportunity to make a lot of money by buying a shop. We're willing to spend 400,000 yuan. Buying some things for our family is nothing. I'm even planning to go with your dad to buy some nice clothes."

"So," Li Changlin laughed, "what's wrong with buying you a racket that costs a thousand or two? As long as your needs are clear, your parents are of course willing to spend money on you."

"Of course, you still can't eat snacks from outside. You're still too young, and you might get influenced by bad habits..."

"Alright, let's not talk about these trivial things now."

"Your dad is nagging me again."

Li Zhao was completely dumbfounded.

Is this still his home?

Isn't the transformation effect too immediate?

Li Zhao suddenly realized a problem.

Perhaps younger parents are more accepting, perhaps they don't yet have any worries about future disability, perhaps Li Zhao, unlike in his previous life, didn't accumulate a lot of conflicts before starting to fight his parents for control of the family, perhaps Li Zhao's assertiveness finally made them realize that they couldn't control this son, and made them understand that they should be friends as well as parents...

It may be a combination of all these reasons.

Perhaps, Li Zhao made a mistake in his previous life.

This is not an unsolvable problem, yet it has been dragged on to the point of no return.

The moment this thought crossed Li Zhao's mind, he was momentarily dazed.

No...that's not right.

He was not wrong in his past life.

Just because you didn't correct someone else's mistake in time doesn't mean you can throw away your victimhood.

The fact that one's parents in this life can become understanding is also due to one's own efforts in this life, and one's present self inherently includes one's past self.

[Strong self-awareness, happiness +1, total 34]

Li Zhao calmed down and said, "Mom and Dad, since you put it that way, why don't we buy something more meaningful?"

"you say."

"Laptop".

"This..." Li Changlin hesitated. "It's not that Dad doesn't want to pay for it, but the entrance exam for junior high school is approaching, and you also have the national English competition..."

Li Zhao simply looked at them with a slightly mysterious smile.

"Hmm," Li Changlin blinked repeatedly, "The main thing is, didn't you say before that you'd buy me a computer if I got into New Taipei First Senior High School? How about this, Dad will compromise and buy you a laptop that costs seven or eight thousand."

"This isn't a compromise, Dad. You didn't mean to buy me a useless laptop just because I got into New Taipei First Senior High School, did you?"

Li Changlin scratched his eyebrow. "It can't be that bad..."

"Mom and Dad, I don't want a laptop just to play games. Like this pedestrian street planning project, there's information about it online. If I had a computer, I could discover more opportunities."

Li Changlin was clearly wavering; Zhou Xiaoyun's silence meant she didn't object.

However, this was not Li Zhao's goal.

"But I did say I'd buy you a computer if you got into New Taipei First Senior High School. So, like Dad said, let's compromise. Dad, give me a red envelope with 8,000 NTD in it as a fund for buying a laptop. Then put it in the box where I put my New Year's red envelopes, as a promise from you. As long as I get into New Taipei First Senior High School, I'll use the money to buy a computer myself."

"this……"

"Mom definitely understands the importance of a sense of ritual; it'll also serve as motivation for me. What do you think?"

Li Changlin glanced at Zhou Xiaoyun, and Zhou Xiaoyun nodded.

"Okay, but if you buy the computer, Dad will go with you."

"Of course we'll go together. I don't want the money left over from buying the computer; I'll use it to buy some good food and eat with my mom."

So, that very evening, Li Changlin cheerfully took his long-dried calligraphy brush, wrote the words "Computer Fund" on a red envelope, and solemnly handed it to Li Zhao.

And she watched intently as Li Zhao carefully placed the red envelope into the tin box and locked it in her desk drawer.

[Trust from parents, happiness +1, total 35]

That night, before Li Zhao fell asleep, one sentence kept swirling in his mind:

Inadvertently insert willows and willows.

I thought it was impossible to achieve the "Exploding Dad's Gold Coins" achievement no matter what I said, but actually...

That's it.