Chapter 90: The Prologue to the Turmoil (23)

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The evening had long since passed, and the scorching summer sun was now slowly sinking behind the flat ridgeline, and the deep black shadows with clear contours gradually expanded their territory. The asphalt road, which absorbs a lot of heat during the day, now releases the heat back into the air. ltr /gt

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Tonight is another tropical night that makes it hard to sleep. ltr /gt

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Nestled in a mix of high-rise buildings, Tyson is the energy drink maker that occupies a 23-story building. ltr /gt

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The coolness brought by the central air conditioning filled the entire office area, and several young people in suits silently faced the monitor screen on the table, exuding a strange atmosphere. ltr /gt

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They are employees of the Tyson company, and for a company of this size, they are busy with all kinds of business on a normal day, but the workload today is even more extraordinary. ltr /gt

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"In this desperate company, doing desperate work, receiving desperate wages, the boss has too many eyes, and his subordinates have too few eyes; The salary increase is a fairy tale, and overtime is the basic national condition at this stage. A man sitting at one end of the office area whispered as if in a dream, with a hint of desperation in his tone. ltr /gt

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His name was Louie, and he was a little handsome, with a bit of a bookish air. ltr /gt

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At the moment, employees are battling the time bomb that explodes minute by minute, known as the deadline. ltr /gt

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"If you don't revise your tax statements tonight, it's too late!" ltr /gt

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"What is urging, how can it be in time!" ltr /gt

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Several colleagues at the next table began to complain and quarrel with each other, the work could not be completed, and there were not enough people...... The imminent deadline and the lack of any solution to this situation gradually drove their spirits to a boiling point. ltr /gt

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"Hey, boy, this isn't the place for you!" A sturdy man in a suit wakes up Louis from a sleep on his desk with a folder. ltr /gt

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Interrupted by a sudden startling sound, Louis glared at the man in the suit in front of him and said angrily, "I'm just here to blow down the air conditioner and take a break for a while, so I won't do this to me, right?" ”ltr /gt

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"Humph! This is the office area, you are just a porter in the warehouse, where do you come from, where do you go back! If you dare to be lazy and slippery, I will report to the warehouse management to fire you! The man in the suit pushed Louis away and sat back in his office chair. ltr /gt

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While passing by the man in the suit, Louis inadvertently caught a glimpse of a copy in his hand called "Project Kersh", which seemed to be very classified. ltr /gt

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The other party is not a person he can afford to provoke, Louis straightened his collar, dragged his tired body back to the warehouse and continued to work overtime. ltr /gt

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"Well, just resign." Louie gritted his teeth and thought about it for a long time, but he still forgot it and waited until he found a new job. ltr /gt

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After a fierce battle, the finished coffee cans and nutritious drinks were piled up on a wooden table like tombstones. Looking further to the left and right, you can see that the colleagues who had just finished a tough battle showed a peaceful smile without regrets, and fell on the chairs that were temporarily lined up as beds. ltr /gt

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Human beings are really realistic creatures, as long as they can see the end, no matter how hard they suffer, they can grit their teeth and die. ltr /gt

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The out-of-tune chimes from old radio came to my ears. The clock on the wall shows that 5:15 is the so-called end time. As a general rule, according to the company's regulations, the working hours will end here. ltr /gt

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Louis moved quickly to get ready to leave work, and he was not the only one who did so, but his colleagues around him also got up and left. ltr /gt

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The streets are filled with the sweltering humidity that is characteristic of summer, and they are crowded with office workers who have left work. The main road in front of the station is bustling with people, but after walking a certain distance, there are many fewer pedestrians. ltr /gt

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At that moment, he heard the sound of a vehicle's engine piercing the silence from afar, followed by the flashing headlights in front of him, obscuring his vision. ltr /gt

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The dazzling headlights slowed his reaction to deathly enough, and the car was heading straight at him without slowing down at all, and it didn't look like it was trying to avoid him. When he noticed, the distance between the two was so close that it was impossible to avoid it. ltr /gt

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"Ah...... Don't come over ...... "ltr /gt

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He roared hoarsely, but the only thing that responded to him was the roar of the engine echoing in his eardrums. Then, he felt his vision gradually drown in the glow of the high beams, and a creepy feeling ran through his back. ltr /gt

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Everything happened so suddenly, and the moment the two sides collided, Louis could hear the complaints in his body about the accident...... ltr /gt

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A few hours later, an evening news story involved a man who was hit by a minibus and killed Louie, a local office worker. Although nearby residents reported that an ambulance was rushed to the hospital, he was finally declared dead. According to the police investigation, the driver had drunk heavily before driving...... ltr /gt

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Louis woke up suddenly, beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead. ltr /gt

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Are you still alive? Was the previous scene all a dream? ltr /gt

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On the wall hangs a yellowed calendar, showing exactly the year 2010. ltr /gt

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Like the plot in many online stories, is this time through rebirth? ltr /gt

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Vague fragments of memories come out of him, he was in the era of ten years ago, and this was his hometown. ltr /gt

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Louis got out of bed and looked around, the furniture in the room was even more rudimentary, with a bed older than his age, a dilapidated table of eight immortals, a broken broom for sweeping the floor, an iron pot with a knock side, a few clay bowls and chopsticks...... ltr /gt

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These make up the whole of a family. ltr /gt

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Louie's hometown is next to the Liuqing River, and many villages and towns are built along the river, the air is very clean, and there is no hustle and bustle of the city. ltr /gt

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Open the door to the azure lake, surrounded by wasteland, lush and beautiful. ltr /gt

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Louie's parents were still busy in their yard, a plow that was used to plough the land was crooked by the wall, and red peppers strung with needles and threads hung from the eaves. ltr /gt

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"Stinky boy, it's only up after three strokes in the sun!" Louis's father, Louron, said. ltr /gt

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Louis looked at his gray-haired father, his throat suddenly choked, and he whispered, "Dad, you still let me do these jobs." ”ltr /gt

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Lu Rong sighed, "Alas, there was a strong wind last night, and the walls of the Westinghouse were blown down, and if you think about it, you can only have money to repair it after two days when the fish is sold." ”ltr /gt

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"I'll figure out a way about money, you're not in good health, so don't go into the water." ltr /gt

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Louis knew his father's physical condition, and his father was also a temper and could not be persuaded. ltr /gt

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"Lao Lu, Xiao Yi, it's time to eat." The voice of her mother, Li Hongmei, came from the other end of the kitchen. ltr /gt

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Her mother, Li Hongmei, is in no way inferior to some restaurant chefs, and the braised fish recipe in front of her alone has a history of 200 years since the Li family. ltr /gt

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Li Hongmei patted Louis on the shoulder, "Xiao Yi, you can borrow the motorcycle of Lao Wang's family next door to go to the hospital later, and get some throat medicine for your father, he has been coughing very badly recently...... "ltr /gt."

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"Don't listen to your mother's nonsense, I'm an old problem, just drink more ginger tea, don't waste that money." The old road is stubborn. ltr /gt

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"Yes, yes, Mom. Dad, you better rest for a few days, I'll earn the money, and the days will get better and better. ”ltr /gt

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The family owes a lot of debts, and the parents have to go to the lake every day to fish for a living, which inevitably leads to a disease. ltr /gt

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"Dad, there is a very new path outside the door that extends dozens of meters to the lakeside hut, who built this road?" Louis was curious, if you calculate by time, he should have gone home to visit his relatives last night, but there seems to be no content about this paragraph in his later memory, it seems that some events have changed, is this the impact of his rebirth? ltr /gt

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"Didn't you say you bought a car, and your mother and I repaired it with a hoe and a hammer." ltr /gt

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"Can't you invite a few people?" ltr /gt

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Li Hongmei interjected, "What a waste of money...... ltr /gt

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Louie's eyes were a little moist, yes, he lied to his parents, lied that he was a good mix in the city, and he also bought a car. The purpose of this is to satisfy vanity, and secondly, to reassure the two elders, who never thought that the two elders had built a road for this purpose. ltr /gt

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"I'm full." Lao Lu put down the dishes and chopsticks, walked to the yard and squatted, smoking a dry cigarette vigorously. ltr /gt

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"Actually, there's nothing wrong here, the water in the city is too mixed and too deep, and you don't have to work hard. Come back if you're tired, you had nightmares last night and your dad and I both know it's not easy for you to be in the city. The mother nagged bitterly, and simply finished eating and went to clean up. ltr /gt

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Louis couldn't help but think back to the reason why the family had moved here, one because of fishing for a living, and the other because of discord with neighbors. ltr /gt

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At the beginning, my father engaged in investment and wanted to lead the whole village to make a fortune together, but unfortunately he was deceived later, and all the money was lost. In the end, my father sold most of the family property and paid back some of the people's money, but he still owed a lot of debts that could not be repaid. ltr /gt

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Although my father's intentions were good, the villagers only saw the results. In this place, can people tolerate a person who cheats the big guy out of his money? ltr /gt

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The answer is definitely no. ltr /gt

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But now he has an advantage, that is, he is reborn, maybe he can change the status quo. ltr /gt

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"Dad, are you going to go into the water today?" Louis sat down next to the old road. ltr /gt

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"There was no wind tonight, the weather was nice and there were plenty of fish. And I have already promised Boss Shen in the town that I will come over next week to get about 600 catties of fish. If you don't do it, where can you do it? ”ltr /gt

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Seeing that his father was stubborn, Louie had no choice but to go to Lao Wang's house next door to borrow a motorcycle to buy medicine at the hospital. ltr /gt

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"Woo ......" LTR /gt

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The big yellow dog, who had been lying at the door of his house, ran over excitedly and let Louis pet and caress him. ltr /gt

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This big yellow dog is very human, standing up directly, with its thick paws on Louis's chest, and the big tongue is about to lick his mouth. That enthusiasm is like an eagerness that will come even more than the future new daughter-in-law. ltr /gt

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"Okay, Ah Huang, you obediently watch the house at home." After playing with the big yellow dog for a while, Louis went to the old Wang's house next door. ltr /gt

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When I got closer, I arrived at the door, but I saw Uncle Wang being angry at the second-hand motorcycle. ltr /gt

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Uncle Wang scolded and even kicked the three-legged motorcycle. "Broken things on a dog day, they won't work at critical moments!" ltr /gt

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Louis is the most distressed about motorcycles, and seeing him like this is a bit of a mess. ltr /gt

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"What's wrong with this motorcycle?" ltr /gt

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"It's you, Louie, I don't know what's going on with this motorcycle, I said to ride a bike to run an errand, but it didn't make a sound, and the guy who repaired the car in the village was not there, so angry that I wanted to smash this thing! A pile of scrap metal!" ltr /gt

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"Let me see!" Louis crouched down and examined it. ltr /gt

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"Will you fix it?" Uncle Wang's face was full of surprise, "It's worthy of going to school, and it's really not comparable to us illiterate ......" ltr /gt

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"Uncle Wang, do you have a plum blossom driver and a small wrench?" Louis had a rough idea of what was wrong and wanted to try it. ltr /gt

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Uncle Wang was overjoyed, and he was able to fix his head when he heard Louie's words. "Later, I'll go rummage around the house ......and have a look," he said, and hurriedly went into the house and tossed around. ltr /gt

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After a while, Uncle Wang found the plum blossom wrench. After Louis dismantled it, he found that the line was broken and connected it directly. ltr /gt

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Uncle Wang tried it, and sure enough, the motorcycle rumbled, and he was a person with a happy and angry face, so he grinned and stretched out his thumb to praise Louie. ltr /gt

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"Thanks!" As soon as Uncle Wang finished speaking, his brain was moved and he said, "Louie, although this motorcycle is second-hand, it is very durable, and it is no different from a new one if you go back and repair it well." I want to sell it to you, how about three hundred bucks? ”ltr /gt

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Louis thought about it a little, the price of this motorcycle is reasonable, and now the second-hand motorcycles sold outside cost thousands of dollars. With Uncle Wang's motorcycle, it will be much more convenient for him to enter the city or go home in the future. ltr /gt

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So he gritted his teeth, made up his mind to buy it, took out the few bills in his pocket, some were fifty yuan, some were ten yuan or twenty yuan, and barely scraped together three hundred yuan and handed it to Uncle Wang. ltr /gt

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Louis had just left, when Uncle Wang's daughter-in-law Liu Xiang came over and shouted, "You loser, crazy?" That motorcycle can be worth hundreds of dollars when it is sold in tatters! ”ltr /gt

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Liu Xiang values money more, and seeing that he is so squandering, sooner or later he will lose his family's foundation. ltr /gt

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But Uncle Wang said nonchalantly, "You know a fart!" As for the problem of this broken car, I asked someone to take a look at it a few days ago, and they said that the repair fee alone would cost five or six hundred yuan. And if it is sold, they will give 200 yuan. If I sell it to Louie, I'll make an extra hundred dollars. ”ltr /gt

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Hearing this, Liu Xiang shut up. Originally, I looked at my own man's stupid and honest weekdays, but I didn't expect to see it in my heart! ltr /gt

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"Humph! Their family is unreliable, and they don't know when the money they owe us will be repaid, and the money will be used as interest. ”ltr /gt

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Uncle Wang was excitedly lighting the banknotes at the door of his house, with a mouthful of spit sticking to his hands, and his eyes were shining gold. The speed and technology of counting money is no less than that of a bank clerk. He was secretly happy, and secretly scolded Louis in his heart for being an illiterate species, and no one wanted this kind of rag for nothing. ltr /gt

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Louis launched the car, this iron thing is rusty, and he doesn't care about it at first glance. He cursed a few words, started to start the car, and stepped on it a few times, but it didn't catch fire. He took a deep breath and finally stepped on the fire, and the motorcycle emitted a puff of black smoke and drove away. ltr /gt

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