Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

My happiness level is 18. I wonder if a second redemption option will appear at 20:00.

If it's still about money, Li Zhao will inevitably be somewhat disappointed.

He doesn't need the system to give him money. Even if he had 100,000 yuan, a primary school student like him couldn't do anything to increase his wealth.

As for convincing your parents... that's an absolutely impossible option.

No wonder most of the rebirth stories I've read before involve middle-aged people returning to high school or college and then making money through business by taking advantage of information asymmetry.

The operations were too difficult when I was a kid.

I once read a novel about a reborn elementary school student who suffered from amnesia but gained an awakening stat-adding system, and later became the pinnacle of humanity.

Li Zhao couldn't do something so futuristic; he was just an excellent ordinary person who only wanted to live a happy life.

The first step is to confirm that you can achieve financial freedom as planned.

The very first step is to resolve issues related to bank accounts and even stock accounts.

It depends on the system.

How do I get these two happiness points?

Li Zhao immediately thought of lunch break.

New Taipei City offers a lunch break care service where everyone gathers at a small canteen to collect their meals, and after eating, they are divided into different classes.

Some went home to sleep nearby, some enjoyed beds in special nap rooms, and some could only sleep on their desks.

Half of the class was sleeping face down in the classroom.

Although some people are talking about the impact of sleeping on a child's stomach on their development, they can't resist the fact that "everyone does it this way."

Chen Nian's family is wealthy and lives nearby, but he chose to stay in the classroom with Li Zhao—because they could take the opportunity to watch the Adventure Tigers.

He himself is not good at solving puzzles, and he enjoys the relaxed and carefree feeling of being a detective like Li Zhao.

Li Zhao was the one who solved the problem, but Chen Nian was the one who felt good.

There really are people in this world who are the body of Watson.

He Shuyao was also in the classroom, but she never slept on her stomach. She always sat upright reading or writing in her notebook, which she had locked with a combination lock.

Outside the window, the sunlight was still pleasantly warm, and the wind rustled the leaves. A sense of tranquility, so comforting it made one's teeth ache, came over them, and Li Zhao's eyelids grew heavy.

Is a sixth-grade brain not enough to support his sustained high-intensity thinking?

It could also be that there is too much or too much information.

Just think, it's only been two days since Li Zhao was reborn, and he's already anxious about financial freedom, his mind filled with thoughts of how to get an extra 2 points of happiness...

Too hasty.

Li Zhao chuckled self-deprecatingly.

The old book by the Adventure Tigers, which had been displayed in all directions for a long time, hadn't attracted Li Zhao's attention.

This is unbelievable! The consecration was so intense that it turned Li Zhao into a Buddha!

Even more terrifying, Li Zhao inexplicably chuckled and then lay down to sleep!

Chen Nian was dumbfounded, wondering if this was some kind of enlightenment cultivation method.

He just couldn't get into the Adventure Tigers anymore; without Sherlock Holmes to lead the investigation, the cases were utterly boring.

So he lay down on the table, trying to have an epiphany.

In the afternoon class, the class teacher, He Lin, looked at the red marks on everyone's foreheads and said with a smile that this was called "spring fatigue".

There were only two Chinese classes on Friday afternoon, and school ended before four o'clock. Li Zhao only had time to seriously look at the textbook during Chinese class, so time seemed to fly by.

Li Zhao was still silently reciting when Chen Nian suddenly patted him on the shoulder. "Still reading? Go home!"

School ended before four o'clock, what a wonderful experience!

A few months ago, he complained to his secretary that he had long forgotten the concept of "leaving get off work at six o'clock".

His life is fragmented by matters that require his involvement and decision-making; he has endless work to do every day, and if he does a little more today, he'll have to do even more tomorrow.

Even so, he still managed to squeeze out time to leave work early every now and then, so he could go home to spend time with his wife and daughter, go out for a nice meal, or take his children to places they wanted to play.

But it didn't work.

No one appreciates his hard work; everyone only knows how to take.

Just then, a lollipop suddenly appeared in Li Zhao's line of sight.

There was also a delicate, white hand.

Li Zhao looked up and saw He Shuyao blinking her big eyes.

Thank you for answering my question today.

A very crisp sound.

Seeing that Li Zhao didn't respond for a while, He Shuyao turned around and took out two more sticky rice bars from her bag. "They're both fruit-flavored. Which one do you want?"

Three sticks, two blueberry and one strawberry, clearly only two flavors.

Li Zhao dislikes any strawberry-flavored food—except for strawberries themselves.

So he took the blueberries.

[Her efforts earned He Shuyao's gratitude. Happiness +3, Total 21]

[Reach 25 points to unlock new redemption options]

This is like squeezing toothpaste, but why can you add three drops at once?

Li Zhao, Li Zhao, so you're so obsessed with being appreciated for your efforts?

"Here, take this." He Shuyao gave the strawberry lollipop to Chen Nian, quickly unwrapped the blueberry one for herself, popped it into her mouth, and turned back at the classroom door.

"goodbye."

She waved towards Li Zhao.

She ignored Li Zhao's response and left, swinging her long ponytail.

Chen Nian felt like a dog on the street who had suddenly been kicked.

The two boys, with popsicle sticks dangling from their mouths, swaggered out of the school gate and immediately saw a few naughty boys from their class gathered in front of the convenience store, grinning and snarling.

It turns out they were eating "Show-Doo," a type of candy that's so sour it'll make your teeth fall out, but turns sweet after a while.

The short guy who was in charge was named Cai Chao. He looked like a dark-skinned, skinny monkey and was always jumping around.

The four people stood at the entrance of the convenience store, all frowning from the sour taste, competing to see who could resist vomiting.

Seeing Li Zhao and Chen Nian walk over, Cai Chao forced himself to relax, looking smug.

The two walked out of the alley and onto the pedestrian street. Chen Nian couldn't help but complain, "Is being able to eat sour things such a remarkable thing?"

"I guess so," Li Zhao nodded. "I saw him stuff six in one go, impressive."

"Then my strawberry-flavored popsicle is also very sour."

Is it sour?

Chen Nian jogged forward a couple of steps, turned around and waved, "Goodbye."

Then she ran back, looking sullen, and said, "It's so sour!"

Li Zhao was speechless and then laughed.

After walking for a while, Li Zhao noticed the store that would become the most popular in the alley again. An old man was cleaning up the trash in front of the store.

Although this shop is not very useful to Li Zhao himself, if his parents could take it over and run it, they could make a considerable amount of money through their own efforts.

That's a good thing.

However, convincing them to take over the storefront would be an incredibly difficult task.

"Old wine, what did this shop used to sell?" Li Zhao asked.

Chen Nian glanced at it and immediately replied, "The old man who sells groceries is the owner. The things he sells are old and expensive. The only good thing is the sweet soup, but he said he's too tired to sell it anymore, so it's not worth it."

"What kind of sweet soup?"

"I've had iced mung bean soup in the summer and hot red bean soup in the winter. After the pedestrian street was said to be renovated, the old man stopped selling them."

"Why are there fences? It's not time to change the storefronts to a pedestrian street yet; the road surface was just finished."

"???"

This is beyond the scope of the curriculum, Li Zhao.

Li Zhao patted Chen Nian to show his approval, and then walked straight towards the store.

"Hey? Ah Zhao, where are you going?"

When he jogged to catch up, he heard Li Zhao say to the old man:

"Boss, I love your mung bean soup the most! Why aren't you selling it yet?"

Chen Nian: "?"