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

Hu Wangfei was dumbfounded. Actually, the reason he tore the paper into large sheets was just to scare Hu Dahai. He thought that if Hu Dahai was willing to pay, and if he still wanted to go to school, he could stick the sheets back together.

However, he never expected that Hu Dahai would actually carry those papers and walk into the stove, as if he really intended to burn them all.

"Wang Fei, I can tell you really don't want to study." Hu Dahai said leisurely as he sat down on a small stool by the stove.

Hu Wangfei paused, but Hu Dahai's words still agitated him: "Yes, I don't want to study, I want to make money. I get a headache just looking at books, and I want to sleep when I hear the teacher lecturing. Why don't I go make money?"

"Besides, why is it that all my friends who are the same age as me can make money, but I can't!"

Even if you hit me again today, I'm not going to study anymore!

Hu Dahai glanced back at Hu Wangfei and smiled inwardly at his serious expression.

Damn it, that's exactly what I was waiting for—for you to stop studying.

What good will it do me to make you study? So you'll blame me when I'm old? Nobody's going to force you to study!

Hu Dahai stuffed the wad of paper in his hand directly into the stove, then took out a box of matches from beside the stove and said leisurely, "Fine, I was originally hoping that you would study and bring some honor to our family. Now that you really don't want to study, I won't make things difficult for you."

“You’re 18 now, and you have your own ideas. Since you’re not going to study, I won’t force you anymore. Your older brother Guan Bao and the others separated from the family and moved out to live on their own today. From today onwards, you’ll live on your own too. You’ll cook your own meals and wash your own clothes. But like your brother, you’ll have to give me 5 yuan every month as a way of showing filial piety to your old man.”

"So? Just say so if you agree."

Hu Dahai's calm voice echoed in the room, his words revealing neither joy nor sorrow.

Hu Wangfei stood there stunned for a long time, ceasing his tearing of the books. For so long, he had been shouting that he didn't want to study, but each time he not only got no response but also received a beating and scolding from Hu Dahai. He never expected that Hu Dahai would agree so easily today.

He looked back at the door leading from the main room to his elder brother's house and found that it had indeed been sealed off. He hadn't noticed anything unusual about it since he returned home today. It seemed that what Hu Dahai said was indeed true.

In that instant, Hu Wangfei was as if struck by lightning, all his movements slowed down. He turned to Hu Dahai and asked for confirmation, "Brother, has your family really been separated like this?"

"Of course, how could it be fake? The village committee members are all witnesses," Hu Dahai replied calmly.

Hu Wangfei felt as if he were in a dream when he heard this. Hu Dahai had always disagreed with his elder brother and his sister-in-law dividing the family property, which caused his elder brother and sister-in-law to argue with him for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Hu Dahai suddenly had a breakthrough today, not only agreeing to their division of the family property, but also agreeing to stop studying.

He pinched his arm hard; it really hurt. He wasn't dreaming.

Dad has finally seen the light.

Immediately afterwards, his face lit up with ecstasy, and he loudly said to Hu Dahai, "Dad, you're my real dad! As long as I don't have to go to school and go out to earn money, I'll give you 10 yuan a month, not just 5 yuan!"

"Okay, you said it yourself, you can't go back on your word. From now on, you'll give me 10 yuan a month." Hu Dahai immediately agreed. Why wouldn't he take money that was offered to him for free?

Hu Wangfei: "..."

I should have kept quiet.

However, compared to not having to go to school, what is a mere ten yuan a month? In his mind, with his abilities, earning a hundred or two hundred yuan a month would be a piece of cake.

Hu Wangfei was quickly immersed in joy again, and he waved his hand with great pride, saying, "Okay! Ten yuan it is!"

"Alright, starting today, I won't cook for you anymore. You'll have to make your own food tonight. You can borrow the stove." Hu Dahai waved his hand. He took a match from the matchbox, struck it on the black spot next to the matchbox, and a flame instantly ignited. He threw it into the stove, instantly engulfing the papers and also engulfing the Hu Dahai who had lost himself.

Although he wasn't tired from breaking stones today, he still worked up a sweat and even had white salt stains on his clothes. It would be uncomfortable if he didn't wash off, so he decided to boil some water and take a bath.

Hu Wangfei thought to himself, "It's just cooking. I can cook, can't I? At worst, I'll just eat some pickled vegetables with rice today. Tomorrow, when I earn money, I can eat whatever I want, even go out to eat."

But when he got to the stove, he realized he had nothing. He scratched his head and said, "Dad, can you lend me some rice? How can I cook without rice? I'll return it to you tomorrow."

Hu Dahai glanced at the arrogant Hu Wangfei, took out a small bowl of rice from the cupboard, and a handful of green vegetables: "These green vegetables were given to me by your Uncle Yuanshan just now. I'm giving you some."

Well, since this kid is quite generous, raising his monthly allowance from 5 yuan to 10 yuan, I'll give you a bunch of greens.

"Okay, okay." Hu Wangfei took the rice and vegetables, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to get to work.

Although he had never cooked before, even if he had never eaten pork, he had surely seen a pig run. He could always learn by imitation.

Hu Dahai had also boiled the water. He poured the hot water into the thermos, ignored Hu Wangfei who was busy at the stove, and went straight to the yard to take a bath.

In the rural areas of the 80s, there were no shower rooms in homes. When it was hot, men would just wash themselves in the yard wearing only shorts.

Hu Dahai took off his dirty, smelly clothes, wearing only shorts, and picked up a bucket with a rope tied to it in the yard. He threw it into the well, and holding the rope, he gave it a slight pull just before it reached the bottom. The bucket immediately flipped over, falling into the water mouth-down. Hu Dahai then pulled again, and the whole bucket of water was lifted up.

Pouring some boiling water from the thermos into a basin and mixing it with cold well water creates lukewarm water.

A yellow, cracked bar of West Lake soap, also known as "foreign alkali" at the time, was used for washing hair, bathing, and washing clothes, and had extremely strong cleaning power.

Hu Dahai washed himself from head to toe, then soaked his dirty clothes in a basin before going back to his room to change his underwear.

When Hu Dahai came out of the room after changing his clothes, he saw that Hu Wangfei had already cooked his own meal.

The rice looked good from afar, but up close it looked like undercooked rice. And the vegetables? There were still lumps of salt on them; how could anyone eat that?

Hu Wangfei was still very proud of himself, extremely proud of his masterpiece: "I'll let it cool for a while, then I'll eat it!"

"Oh, right, my second sister told me this morning that she was going to sleep at a classmate's house tonight and wouldn't be coming back."

After saying that, he happily went out to discuss his money-making plan for tomorrow with his friends.

Hu Dahai didn't say anything, focusing on cooking his own meal, but inwardly he sighed: It seems that the second son has also met that scumbag. What about being classmates and not studying together? He just wants to get closer to that scumbag so he can secretly meet him tomorrow.

In my previous life, I would have been frantic with worry, fearing that my daughter might have lost her virginity. I might have even stopped eating and rushed over to find her that very night.

But now, he's not in a hurry at all. Not to mention that the scumbag doesn't even care about the second wife and only wants to cheat her out of money, in today's society, having premarital sex is something that can get you stabbed in the back, and not many people dare to do it.

Let the second son do whatever he wants. Once he hits a wall, he'll know how hard it is.

He hummed a little tune, opened the aluminum lunchbox, and took out a piece of pork.

Without any light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, chicken bouillon, or fermented bean paste, just wash the meat, cut it open, put it in a pot, add some soy sauce and salt, and cook until done.

One pot is used to cook rice, and another pot is used to stew meat. When the meat is done, the rice is also cooked.

Hu Dahai filled a bowl with rice, and with the bowl of glistening, oily meat beside it, he sat down at the table and began to enjoy it.

Just then, Hu Wangfei excitedly ran back from outside.

As soon as I entered the house, I was greeted by a strong aroma of meat.

His saliva gushed out instantly.

"Meat? Who's eating meat?" Hu Wangfei came into the kitchen and saw Hu Dahai eating meat with great relish. "Dad, why did you buy meat to eat?"

As he spoke, he instinctively reached out to grab the meat with his dirty hands.

Hu Dahai glanced at him sideways and slapped his hand away with his chopsticks: "Before, I had to give you money to use, and I would always put you first when there was something good to eat. Now that I don't have to worry about you anymore, this money can naturally be used to buy meat."

Upon hearing this, Hu Wangfei recalled what he had just said to Hu Dahai—that if he didn't study, he would have to cook for himself in the future—and reluctantly stopped his hand from reaching for a piece of meat.

He swallowed hard, then pretended not to care as he picked up his bowl of rice and picked up a piece of the green vegetable he had cooked himself: "Tomorrow I'm going to the quarry to break stones. They all say you can earn a dollar a day, and if you break stones fast, you can earn two or three dollars a day!"

"Once I make money mining stones, I can buy meat every day!"

Hu Dahai didn't say anything, and continued to stuff a large piece of meat into his mouth, the oil dripping directly down his lips.

Hu Wangfei swallowed hard: "..."

Oh my god, I'm so hungry!

There was no other way but to eat some rice and vegetables to fill my stomach first.

He shoved a big mouthful into his mouth.