A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

Following closely behind Hu Wangfei was his good friend, Xiang Yong, from the same village.

Xiang Yong was still carrying the bucket that Hu Wangfei had taken when he left, which contained several eels.

"what happened?"

Hu Dahai watched in bewilderment as Hu Wangfei entered the room, jumped onto the bed, and crawled under the covers, looking filthy.

"Uncle Dahai," Xiang Yongqi said breathlessly, "When Wang Fei was fishing for eels just now, he didn't see clearly and ended up catching a snake instead. Because the lights were off, he just grabbed it."

"The snake then coiled itself around his hand and bit him, luckily it was a water snake."

"He couldn't pry it open no matter what he tried. The snake was really coiled up tightly around him. It was terrifying."

As Xiang Yong spoke, a look of fear appeared on his face, showing that the scene just now was terrifying not only to Hu Wangfei, who had experienced it firsthand, but also to Xiang Yong, who was watching from the sidelines.

Hu Dahai, a countryman, has been farming for many years, but he has never had the chance to experience the feeling of being unable to pull a snake off his hand.

He originally thought that Hu Wangfei was unlikely to catch many eels while fishing in the ditch, since eels would run away when exposed to light. He never expected Hu Wangfei to encounter such treatment.

"Wow. Is it that exciting?" Hu Dahai couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

“No, it’s not over yet.” Xiang Yong covered his face and continued, “He finally managed to pull the snake off, but then he lost his footing and fell into the ditch, which was full of leeches.”

"When we pulled him up, there were three leeches staring at his face. There were several more on his body, and it took us a long time to pull them off."

"So, I guess Wang Fei was a little frightened."

As Xiang Yong spoke, he put Hu Wangfei's bucket on the ground and then ran out as well.

Hu Dahai could clearly see that Xiang Yong had goosebumps all over his body as he spoke.

In that case, it's estimated that not only will Hu Wangfei no longer want to catch eels, but Xiang Yong will also no longer want to catch eels.

However, even though Hu Wangfei was in such a situation, Hu Dahai didn't even consider comforting him. Heh, he chose his own path; what does it have to do with me?

Hu Dahai continued to busy himself in the kitchen. He didn't want to eat meat today. He was getting tired of eating meat every day. Today he planned to eat some fish, grilled fish.

As Hu Dahai first fried fish and then grilled fish, the whole house was immediately filled with the aroma of grilled fish.

At this moment, Hu Wangfei, who was inside the room, had begun to reflect on himself.

As he smelled the aroma, he reflected on his life these past few days, and on his past. He felt as if he had truly made a mistake. Making money didn't seem so easy, and the life he led wasn't as comfortable as he thought.

Back when he was in school, he didn't have to pay for his meals or give Hu Dahai any living expenses. Moreover, he only needed to come home for one meal every day before he could go straight back to his room without having to wash the dishes or do laundry.

Now things are really bad. Not only do I get up earlier in the morning than when I'm studying, but I also finish studying later than when I'm studying. I'm covered in bruises and blisters all over my body. Today I was even bitten by a snake, coiled by a snake, and stung by leeches.

His greatest fears in life were snakes and leeches, and today he had both had close encounters with them. Just thinking about how the snake felt on his hand made him want to chop it off, and the leech almost crawled into his nostril.

In comparison, Hu Wangfei felt that his school days were truly the happiest time of his life. It wasn't that he couldn't study well; he just didn't want to study and wanted to rebel.

It was today's experience that completely shattered Hu Wangfei's last shred of illusion about making money easily.

As for whether Hu Dahai would agree to him going back to school, Hu Wangfei hadn't even considered it. Or rather, he thought Hu Dahai would jump for joy upon learning he was going back to school, or at least accept it readily.

"Gululu."

His stomach rumbled again, as if urging Hu Wangfei to make a change as soon as possible.

Hu Wangfei made up his mind, jumped out of bed, walked to the kitchen, found Hu Dahai and said, "Dad, I've thought it through, I want to go back to school."

However, the scene Hu Wangfei had imagined—Hu Dahai jumping up excitedly—did not occur. Hu Dahai didn't even respond, continuing to do his own thing without a word.

"Didn't you hear me, Father?" Hu Wangfei scratched his head and continued, "Father, I want to go back to school!"

This time he got very close, and he was certain that Hu Dahai could hear him.

"state!"

He had barely finished speaking when he was hit hard on the head with the handle of a spatula.

"What are you yelling about! Don't bother me, I'm going to cook first, do you want to eat dinner or not!"

Hu Dahai said with great displeasure. Then he turned around and continued cooking until all the dishes and rice were cooked, and then he sat down.

Hu Dahai glanced at Hu Wangfei and said indifferently, "Want to go back to school again? Don't you want to make money anymore? Didn't you easily earn four or five yuan a day?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Wangfei felt somewhat ashamed: "I didn't realize making money was so difficult. I really underestimated it before. I should go back to school; I'll definitely study hard."

He looked at Hu Dahai with a puzzled expression and said, "Dad, I'm going back to school, but why don't you seem happy? Haven't you always wanted me to go to school?"

Hu Dahai was enjoying his grilled fish with relish. It has to be said that wild fish from this era are really fresh, and the meat is especially tender and smooth. The crispy skin and tender meat make for a very pleasant bite, and he couldn't help but eat a few more bites.

Before he knew it, Hu Dahai had become addicted to the food. It wasn't until he heard Hu Wangfei swallowing that he remembered there was someone standing next to him.

Hu Dahai looked up and asked, "What did you just say?"

Hu Wangfei: "..."

He was speechless as he repeated what he had just said about why you were unhappy.

"Why should I be happy? Whether you study or not is none of my business. From the moment you decided not to study, I stopped caring about you." Hu Dahai shook his head. He thought Hu Wangfei was going to give him money. If he wasn't going to give him money, why should he be happy?

Hu Wangfei panicked: "But if I go to school, I won't be able to earn money. I can't even give you 15 yuan a month, and there's tuition too..."

He was almost in tears. He had told his father he wanted to study, but wasn't the main reason for it all about money?

I feel like my dad has changed; he's completely different from before.

Hu Dahai spat out a fish bone and rolled his eyes at him: "What does this have to do with me? If you don't have money, you don't have to live at home, and I won't charge you. Also, if you don't eat at home, you won't have to pay for meals. If you need tuition, can't you earn it yourself?"

"But I need to study, how am I supposed to earn money?" Hu Wangfei's eyes reddened. He felt so wronged and pitiful.

Hu Dahai chuckled and said calmly, "Reading? Does reading conflict with making money? People who want to read will find ways to read even when they are trying to make money. People who don't want to read will only think about making money even when they are reading."

"To put it bluntly, people who don't want to study aren't interested in making money; they just want to go out and relax, playing around and having fun every day."

"Did you think when you were in school that once you started working, you could sleep in as late as you wanted, work whenever you wanted, and take holidays whenever you wanted? Now you realize that's not how it works, so you want to go back to school?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Wangfei immediately lowered his head. It could be said that Hu Dahai ruthlessly exposed his thoughts at the time.

"me..."

Hu Wangfei stammered and couldn't get the words out.

But just then, Hu Dahai's leisurely voice came:

"If you want to go to school, that's fine too."

"I have a few conditions."