Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 4 Money is not everything, but...

Many happiness are hidden in ordinary life and ignored. Only when we miss them for a long time can we taste their fragrance.

For example, dinner at Li Yan’s house.

Lincheng is a city with a strong sense of clan, especially in the suburbs and villages, where everyone lives as a family. Li Yan's family is an outlier. His parents are the only ones in their families who ran away from the countryside to the city. They worked hard to buy a house of more than 50 square meters in the old city, and they only had Li Yan as their child.

A family of three is special in Lincheng, and this is also reflected at the dinner table of Li Yan's family. There is no pressure, no rules, they eat the food they like and talk about the trivialities of life. Li Yan always talks about the new knowledge he has read from books at the dinner table, and his parents, who are exhausted after a day of work, always listen with relish.

When I was young, I always took this kind of happiness for granted.

"How was your ball game today?" Chen Fengling picked up a piece of fish and put it in her son's bowl.

"Not bad, you've made progress." Li Yan smiled and picked out the fish meat and put it back, "Mom, you should eat more too."

"Did you do something wrong that you are afraid to say?"

"Pfft..." Li Yan almost choked, "Can't I just have some insights, grow up, and mature?"

Li Yan's father, Li Chun, smiled and waved the chopsticks in his hand, "Eat, eat, eat. It's a good thing that you've grown up. It will make your mother worry less." This man in his forties, who has a literary and artistic air and is upright and honest, has obvious crow's feet at the corners of his eyes.

It's not a pleasant feeling to hold a secret... Li Yan was eating rice and wanted to reveal everything about the time travel and the system several times, but he finally suppressed it.

The secret of the system should only be known to you in the whole world. It is better to be safe than sorry.

"Although I'm happy to be with you, for the greater happiness of our family, I have to devote myself to endless self-struggle!" Li Yan roared in his heart and went back to the room.

"You haven't finished your summer homework yet, and school starts in half a month?" Chen Fengling's voice.

"Write it. Write it right away."

School is about to start! Li Yan calmed down and processed her memories as a fifth-grade student. After all, she had lived through it once, so she accepted it very quickly. At this moment, she was still a fifth-grade student with excellent academic performance, poor physical fitness, who could draw and play badminton, and served as the deputy monitor of the class.

"Synchronization successful!" He exhaled a breath of turbid air. "The content that can be improved is like a vast ocean. There are really a lot of things to do in the future. Let's see if I can figure out the system in the next half month. I have to find a goal first..."

Li Yan's brain was electrified, and a memory popped up: the Go appointment.

At the beginning of summer vacation, Yucai Primary School suddenly invited an old man to open a Go interest class. Students in grades five and six could take a few basic Go classes at a low price, and Li Yan also went to join in the fun.

The old man used to be a teacher at Yucai Primary School. He retired a long time ago. His biggest hobby is playing Go. In order to cultivate his fifth-grade grandson's interest in Go, he opened such a class. Rather than teaching the basics of Go, it is more like telling stories, reminiscing about the past, and occasionally praising how smart his grandson who studies in Experimental Primary School is.

This made the Yucai primary school students present united in hatred of the enemy, and they vowed to defeat the old gentleman's beloved grandson on the chessboard.

In the end, the only one who accomplished this feat was Li Yan. After all, the old man only taught a few rules during a month of classes, and his grandson at least knew some tricks. It was like cutting melons and vegetables for him to deal with these kids who could only distinguish between white and black pieces, until Li Yan sat opposite him.

Li Chun has always believed that letting children learn chess can improve their IQ, so Li Yan attended a formal Go training class for one month.

You have a wooden stick and I have a long knife. If you don't follow the moral code of martial arts, don't blame me.

He still remembers the tears of the old man's grandson, and also remembers that the Go class was cancelled after that day. He experienced the joy of being a hero amid the cheers of the crowd. Then he floated into the sky and abused all the classmates present.

Yingxiong immediately became the target of public criticism, and his own class monitor Zhang Ming even issued a declaration of war:

"I'll play you again in a month!"

Recalling the whole story, Li Yan, who was sitting at the desk, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

It's obvious that this old man is using us to boost the confidence of his grandson. Not only does he not teach us any useful knowledge, but he also charges us money!
"Yan, phone call!" Chen Fengling called out in her signature loud voice. Squad leader Zhang Ming called and said briefly that the Go game would be moved up to two days later, but he didn't say why.

"It's just one sentence, take it or leave it."

"Of course."

The moment he received the call, Li Yan's memory flashed. He remembered that Zhang Ming did not learn Go by himself, but found a Go master who was in the first grade of junior high school. He moved the game forward to three days later because he had time at that time...

However, he could not remember the result of the game at all, let alone the process of the game.

As expected... by interacting with others, I can recall related events and even the more distant future bit by bit, but the process and outcome of something related to myself are blocked.

The ending is not difficult to guess. My Go level is not even entry-level, and there is no chance of winning against those who are learning Go seriously.

"This kid..." Li Yan and Zhang Ming used to have a good relationship, but since the fourth grade, when Li Yan's grades were consistently ranked first in the grade, a gap gradually developed between the two. Zhang Ming was unwilling to admit defeat, but he also couldn't afford to lose. He failed the exams, and he made fun of Li Yan, who was not as good as him, in physical education class more than once or twice.

Some vague memories came to my mind, which were the various actions that Zhang Ming led the whole class to isolate me in the sixth grade. I couldn't remember the cause and effect, but the feeling of loss at that time was very clear.

“Although it’s embarrassing to fight with a little brat, it’s not bad to try out the system with Go.”

If the system doesn't give you tasks, then you can assign them yourself. Li Yan smiled unconsciously, but he soon realized a serious problem - how to learn?
The memories of the Go training class were naturally restored. Compared to the adult Li Yan who gradually forgot the training routines in the future, the current fifth-grade self may be at the peak of his Go level, but this is certainly far from enough.

For him who already has a system, the "crash course" is naturally the most effective. It is not difficult to find a crash course. He still has the business card of the teacher who taught him a year ago. As long as he pays enough money, there will be no problem to open a three-day special class.

As long as the money is enough...

Li Yan sighed heavily. This was the biggest problem. Children with strict family education didn't even have pocket money. The only way out was to ask their parents for it. However, he only attended the training class for one month, and he gave up on his own initiative because he said it was too boring. Now he brought it up again, when he was about to enter the sixth grade. The result was predictable.

Money is not everything, but without money, nothing can be done!

"Mom, how about we make a bet?"

"speak."

"Let's bet on whether I can finish my summer homework tomorrow. If I can, you'll let me sign up for a crash course in Go."

"Finish it tomorrow? Go crash course? Are you interested in Go again?" Chen Fengling frowned.

"Today, I ran into Mr. Xiao, who taught me Go, while playing basketball. He asked me why I didn't continue to learn. I accidentally said it was too simple and boring, and Mr. Xiao said he wanted to teach me a lesson. I also thought it was fun, so I thought I might as well go and learn for two days. It really piqued my interest, and it's not bad to have it as a hobby."

Chen Fengling narrowed her eyes suspiciously. Somehow, she suddenly felt that the son in front of her was a little strange.

"Well, you don't have to think so much. Let's make a bet. Two days of intensive training, seventy or eighty yuan, just consider it as a reward for me for getting first place in the final exam, okay?"

Unable to describe her feeling, Chen Fengling nodded silently.

The son who took the initiative to ask for money and things, the son who came to gamble, the son who spoke politely...

Is this still my son?
Li Yan had already taken out a collection of summer homework questions when she returned to her room. She opened them confidently and said, "I didn't say I can't do it tonight. All's fair in war, mom. The questions for elementary school students are easy to come by..."

His expression suddenly turned bad, "No, I am only at the level of an elementary school student now!"

(End of this chapter)