Chapter 5: The Right to Choose
The next morning, Lu Yiming sat in the classroom, somewhat absent-minded.
With his current knowledge, he probably has no hope of getting into a good school, so instead of studying hard in class to prepare for the college entrance exam, he might as well spend time thinking about his future.
If after being reborn, I still have to rely on the college entrance examination to change my destiny, it would be a waste of God's kindness.
For two classes in a row, Lu Yiming remained motionless. Shi Qingxue, who had been secretly observing Lu Yiming, could not help but be curious and leaned forward slightly: "Are you... worried about something?"
Lu Yiming nodded heavily: "Yes."
Shi Qingxue bit her lip and asked, "Can you tell me? My mother told me that if you have something on your mind, you might feel better if you talk to someone."
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "I'm thinking about how to make money. If I don't have money, what will I do if I can't find a wife in the future?"
Shi Qingxue, who had been looking at him with concern, rolled her eyes after hearing this: "You are such a scoundrel! You are only in your second year of high school, and you are already thinking about getting married."
Lu Yiming said shamelessly: "It is said that if you don't plan for the future, you will have immediate worries. I heard that the ratio of men to women is unbalanced now, and there will be 20 million singles in the future. How can I not make plans early?"
"Well, then I should, I wish you to earn enough money to be a wife as soon as possible?"
Shi Qingxue looked at Lu Yiming with her big watery eyes.
"Thank you very much for your words, beautiful lady. When I make enough money, I will come back to marry you." Lu Yiming said meticulously.
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Hearing Lu Yiming say such words so unscrupulously, Shi Qingxue's pretty face suddenly turned red. Noticing that some classmates seemed to be looking at her, she quickly returned to her seat and sat down, wishing she could bury her head in the ground and pretend nothing had happened.
"Why didn't I realize before that this little girl is so cute?"
Shi Qingxue's every glance and smile touched Lu Yiming's heart. He thought to himself that he was so blind in his previous life that he ignored such a charming woman beside him and fell in love with that green tea girl Wu Qiuya.
However, matters of love cannot be rushed. The most important thing now is to continue thinking about his own plan to make money.
After all, without a golden house, how can you hide your beautiful bride?
Thinking back to before my rebirth, I studied in a daze, graduated in a daze, and then worked in a daze from nine to five. Although I was exhausted like a dead dog every day, I could never save any money, let alone common prosperity. Life was so tight that I had to think twice before going to the movies .
Looking back on the past, Lu Yiming felt that he had made too many wrong choices and almost missed all the correct answers in his life. As a result, despite trying his best, he still ended up living in poverty for half his life and gained nothing.
Now that he has the opportunity to start over, he finally realizes that in life, choices are often more important than hard work.
The clock went back twenty years, and Lu Yiming was filled with emotion, his gaze gradually becoming detached, as if he was overlooking the entire world.
The current BAT Big Three are still in their infancy, and the Internet, a huge gold mine, has not yet been fully explored and mined, so there are plenty of opportunities in front of them.
However, Lu Yiming did not act rashly. Instead, he planned to collect first-hand intelligence information before making a judgment and choice.
"It's already 1998, and the Internet is experiencing a period of rapid development. I worked in this field in my previous life, so I should look for opportunities there. I'll go online and see if I can find a good opportunity to make my first pot of gold."
Lu Yiming's thoughts gradually became clearer and his eyes became firmer.
After school at noon, Lu Yiming did not go to eat, but went to the school gate and waited for Qian Hongli to bring the computer over.
Not long after, Qian Hongli appeared at the school gate on a small tricycle.
"Thank you for your hard work, Boss Qian."
Lu Yiming came over with a grin and handed over a frozen ice pack. He also held one in his mouth, biting off a corner and sucking hard, melting a little bit of the orange juice, which he then sucked into his mouth, feeling cool all over.
Qian Hongli didn't bother to be polite with Lu Yiming. He bit an ice pack and took the two large boxes off the tricycle, put them on the ground, and wiped his sweat: "Can you move it by yourself?"
"I'll have to trouble you to come with me and move this thing to the dormitory."
After Lu Yiming finished speaking, he led the way with the box containing the monitor in his arms: "Follow me, I've told my head teacher to leave the computer with him first. His home is in the school, not far from here."
"Okay, let's go."
At that moment, Qian Hongli and Lu Yiming, each carrying a box, walked into the teachers' dormitory building.
No. 1 Middle School is a key school and the faculty and staff are well treated. Zhu Hanwen and his wife Sun Jiatong are both teachers at No. 1 Middle School, so the school allocated a large two-bedroom house to the couple.
When they reached the door, Lu Yiming knocked. Zhu Hanwen came to open the door. Seeing that it was Lu Yiming carrying a computer, he quickly made way for him and said, "Come in."
Seeing that Zhu Hanwen was still holding the bowl, Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Teacher Zhu, Master's wife, I hope I didn't disturb you while you were eating."
He put the box in the entrance, turned around and said to Qian Hongli, "Boss Qian, just put the things here first. Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you to dinner later."
Qian Hongli panted and said, "You should make money well, otherwise I will have to work hard again next month. OK, then I'll leave first."
Zhu Hanwen said, "Why don't you stay and have a meal before leaving?"
Qian Hongli waved his hand and said, "No, thank you. I have something else to do in the store."
Lu Yiming looked pitiful and said to Zhu Hanwen, "Teacher Zhu, I haven't eaten yet."
Zhu Hanwen was speechless, with a look of disgust on his face: "You kid, you come to my place to eat for free. Go wash your hands first, the dishes are in the kitchen, take them yourself."
Sun Jiatong put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said enthusiastically: "Let me get it."
How could Lu Yiming dare to bother Master's wife? He immediately smiled and quickened his pace: "Master's wife, you sit down and eat, I can do it myself ."
After washing his hands in the kitchen, Lu Yiming opened the cupboard, took a set of dishes and chopsticks, and returned to the living room. He then saw a girl about his age in the dining room. She was wearing a snow-white shirt, with bangs falling on her curved eyebrows, and her watery eyes seemed to be able to speak.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Are there guests at Teacher Zhu's house?"
Zhu Hanwen introduced casually: "Not a guest, this is my niece Lin Yuzhen, she is in the same grade as you, but in the class next to yours."
In fact, Lu Yiming was no stranger to Lin Yuzhen even without Zhu Hanwen’s introduction.
She has a bright temperament, lively personality, and excellent academic performance. She is very popular in school. I don't know how many young boys who are just beginning to fall in love with her toss and turn late at night and get their pants wet because of her.
However, Lu Yiming has no time to pay attention to beautiful women at the moment. He only wants to make money.
After dinner, Lu Yiming and Zhu Hanwen moved the two large boxes to the living room.
Lin Yuzhen, who was somewhat bored, couldn't help but walk over curiously: "What is this?"
Lu Yiming didn't turn around and answered casually: "Computer."
When Sun Jiatong heard this, she was immediately surprised: "Wow, it's actually a computer!?"
Computers are not cheap these days, costing thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan, and are expensive luxury items for most families. Even for a dual-income family like theirs, it is difficult to afford one.
"Yes, I just bought it. I plan to use it to teach myself programming, so I discussed with Teacher Zhu that the computer should be stored here first. I will take the time to come here to study during the lunch break and after school in the afternoon. Will it not disturb you?"
"You? Taught yourself programming?"
Lin Yuzhen widened her eyes, obviously not believing what Lu Yiming said.
She was actually not unfamiliar with Lu Yiming, the "problem student", and had often heard her uncle mention him.
When you are a student, the people who can impress your teachers are either those with the best grades or those with the worst grades.
The playful and lazy Lu Yiming was obviously the latter, and because of Wu Qiuya, there were many rumors throughout the high school that Lu Yiming had a crush on her.
A student who doesn't study hard in school and thinks about dating all day long makes Lin Yuzhen look down on Lu Yiming from the bottom of her heart and thinks he has no future.
At this moment, Lu Yiming actually said that he would use his spare time to study computer programming hard. Lin Yuzhen didn't believe it at all and looked down on Lu Yiming more and more.
