Restart 1991 - Chapter 1 (Teaser)

Restart 1991

Synopsis:

Wei Zhuo returned to 1991, his sons has not yet died and he has not yet embarked on the path of no return. He decided to change from his dangerous ways and be a down-to-earth young man.

He also happened to pickup a classmate who has been bullied by him, or else, should he make do with it?

(Source: jjwxc)

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Chapter 1 - Rebirth

Wei Zhuo is dying. His life can be described as 'stormy waves': earned money, betrayed by brothers, experienced pain, and had short-term happiness. Recalling his life, his biggest dream was to stand in the sun and live a dignified life.

"Wei Zhuo...Wei Zhuo..." Suddenly, someone was calling him. It has been a long time since someone called his name. Those close to him died, and gradually no one called him. His eyes gradually dimmed and he lost consciousness.

When he woke up, the date in the calendar was June 24, 1991. He was lying on a hardwood bed. He hadn't slept in such an uncomfortable bed for a long time. He looked in the mirror and saw an overly young face, without vicissitudes or scars.

His sons were still alive!

He immediately put on his shoes and ran out to No. 56 West Street. He remembered very clearly that his sons died here. They were starved to death by the child's mother, Su Qing!

He was once young and romantic. After finishing high school, he started to mix up with society, and met Su Qing, a gangster girl. The two of them were together all day long and soon had children. Both of them were children themselves. How would they know how to take care of children? It was not love but because of curiosity about men and women that they got together. After the freshness was over, they separated. He heard that Su Qing got rich, and she took the two children away. He also gave her all the money in his pocket as compensation for three years of youth. He never expected that that would be the last time he saw his sons in his life.

The heart-wrenching pain is still fresh in his memory, and he ran desperately. He was blinded by a cloud of mist. He wiped it with his sleeve indiscriminately, but his speed did not slow down.

Wei Zhuo was a physical education student when he was in school, and he worked hard again this time. It was two hours away by car, and he ran there in an hour and a half.

There were old houses everywhere on West Street, and he quickly found out the location of No. 56. This is a small three-story building with about twenty households in a row.

Downstairs, there is a big iron pot still stewing fragrant dishes, and beside it is burning firewood. Wei Zhuo carried an axe next to him and went up. He soon reached the door and slammed the door with the axe, making a loud noise. A child's cry can be faintly heard inside!

Wei Zhuo's strength in opening the door was even greater. He was a young man in his twenties with inexhaustible strength. Both his eyes were red.

Quite a few neighbors secretly stretched their heads to see, and they didn't dare to say anything when they saw a hard stubble. Su Qing was not a serious woman. This kind of matter was bound to happen sooner or later.

In this era, people didn't cut corners. The door of the rental house was also made of solid wood, and he broke a big hole. His sons' cries became clearer. The eldest of the two children was two years old, and the younger was only one year old. Don't know if its because they were hungry for a few days, the cries were not much louder than a kitten's mewls. He opened the door. The room was stinking, and the children were dirty.

Wei Zhuo was in tears when he saw the children who were still alive, and the two little guys were also terrified by the door slamming and kept crying.

The father and sons cried for different reasons, and it took a long time to calm down.

"Go, go home with Dad."

After a while, the older child stopped crying, but the younger one was still sobbing. Wei Zhuo hugged the child in his arms. Looking back at this door, the four corners were wrapped in towels by Su Qing, and the sound inside couldn't reach the outside, the two children couldn't even ask for help. His anger soared instantly, and he kicked the door fiercely.

In the previous life, he learned that the children were starved to death in the rental room, and he went to find Su Qing. At that time, she was half rotten due to drug use, the pus all over her body looked disgusting, and she died within a month.

Wei Zhuo carried the babies out.

"Comrade, what are you doing?" an aunt asked boldly. Seeing him full of hostility, he looked like a social mess. But no matter what the relationship between the adults is, only a beast would vent his anger on children.

"Auntie, these are my sons! I only learned about their news. I was afraid that they would have an accident, so I kicked the door open."

"Oh, what a sin. Then you can take the child to find something to eat!"

"Thank you Auntie." Wei Zhuo hugged the babies and went out. The two little boys were very well-behaved, and they were skinny and hungry.

"Hey, Xiao Lin is here! You really should thank him. If Xiao Lin hadn't broken the window and gave the child biscuits and milk peas in the past few months, this child might have already..."

Wei Zhuo saw a man in a dress coming up. Upon closer inspection, he still knew this person—named Lin Xi. He was a bit of a sissy when he was in school. At the beginning, he was forced to change into a skirt and was laughed at in the toilet. It was all fun. Later, he let himself go, and went to school in a skirt every day. The teacher had called his parents about it several times. Later, he heard that he had dropped out of school. Unexpectedly, he is still like this even now!

Lin Xi recognized him, his face was full of nervousness: "Where are you going to take the child?" He held a plastic bag with some snacks in his hand.

Wei Zhuo said: "These are my sons, they will live with me."

Lin Xi's eyes were full of suspicion.

Wei Zhuo said, "Thank you for these days."

Lin Xi became more suspicious.

Whatever Wei Zhuo said to him, he only listened without answering, but he kept following behind Wei Zhuo. Wei Zhuo walks fast and he goes fast, when Wei Zhuo walks slow, he goes slow. Wei Zhuo endured for a while and said: "Hey, you have followed me all the way, what do you want?" This guy liked him when he was in school, and secretly confessed to him, he won't still have this thought now, right?

Lin Xi said: "These two kids eat very little, if you don't want to raise, give them to me. Don't sell it."

Wei Zhuo frowned, "I won't."

Lin Xi saw that he didn't look wealthy. He was dressed like a street gangster. Even the children's mother doesn't care, will the father take care of it? Even if you are poor, don't have any ideas about the children! Who in their mixed society would bring two little milk dolls with them? Lin Xi even thought that if Wei Zhuo wanted to sell, he would buy it. Although he had no money, he could write an IOU and pay him back slowly.

Wei Zhuo said: "This is my home, you can come in."

Lin Xi thought for a while, but he was still worried. He followed Wei Zhuo into the room. He thought that the man's room would be very messy, but Wei Zhuo's room was unexpectedly clean.

The two children are still young and have not been taught to speak. They only know to cry when they are hungry. The younger brother started to cry when he saw his brother crying.

Lin Xi hurriedly took out the small bag of snacks for the child, the elder brother ate several and the milk peas melted in his mouth. He also gave the milk peas to his younger brother. The two little guys, you and I, ate them together one by one.

"Well, you can help me watch the babies for a while, I'll buy a package of milk powder." The two children have been starving, very thin, and need to eat something nutritious. He digs into his pocket and only has a crumpled ten yuan.

"Okay." Lin Xi nodded.

He watched Wei Zhuo go out. He was handsome, with strong muscles all over. But he makes people feel particularly safe. When he was in school, he liked Wei Zhuo, who looked like a star from Hong Kong and Taiwan films! Half of the girls in the class liked him. When he entered the school, it was Wei Zhou's figure fighting with bullies that remained firmly in his mind. After that, every time he soiled his pants, he thought of this person and knew he was done for. After watching a few more love TV dramas, the ghosts and gods caused him to confess. Later... the result was tragic. But he didn't regret it at all.

Thinking that he would never meet him again, the two little babies he had been caring for, turned out to be his children. This time, they met again and he warned himself not to make the same mistakes that year, but his heart still beat fiercely.

The two children were very well-behaved. They were no stranger to his voice. They looked over him with watery eyes and smiled a little. He gently touched the child's head.

The children liked him very much, and they used their cheeks to actively rub on his hands. He wondered if Wei Zhuo was as cute when he was a child.

...

Wei Zhuo is worrying at the commissary at the moment. The cheapest bag of milk powder is eleven yuan: "Cheaper." He bargained unfamiliarly.

The proprietress of this commissary was an old woman, she screamed: "We make a few cents when we sell a bag of milk powder, and it's not cheap." After that, she grabbed the milk powder back.

This was his son's life-saving ration, Wei Zhuo had to bear his temper and said: "Then can I owe you one yuan."

The old lady raised her head and saw that it was a new face, and he was not a good person based on his get up: "That won't work, no credit."

A penny stumps the hero. He has never been so embarrassed.

In the end, the old lady's daughter-in-law persuaded: "Mom." She winked her eyes vigorously.

The old lady hesitated for a while, and said for a while: "Forget it, give me a yuan next time. We don't take credit, this time I'll give you face."

"Thank you."

After everyone left, the old lady said to her daughter-in-law: "Our business is getting worse and worse."

"He will definitely come back."

"Humph." The old lady didn't believe it.

The daughter-in-law said: "This milk powder must be for a little baby. A man like him must be responsible, since he can take care of children."

That said, the old lady raised her eyebrows: "Anyway, he still has to pay. If he doesn't pay back, then just treat it as my old lady doing good deeds!"

"Mom, you are so kind."

"Don't coax me with words."

....

Wei Zhuo returned home and boiled water to make milk powder for the children. The two children opened their eyes when they smelled the scent. The younger brother has been looking for milk with his mouth open.

Wei Zhuo blew at it, and when he felt that it was cooler, he fed the younger brother a little. The small baby is quite edible. He drank a big bowl. He fed another bowl to his elder brother, and the two children were a little happy after drinking milk and acted spoiled to Wei Zhuo.

Wei Zhuo looked at them and said, "Call Dad."

The older one can already understand. At this moment, he sneaked up and hid behind Lin Xi. The little one can't speak yet. He was lying there and playing with his own feet. After eating, the two feel a lot more lively.

Wei Zhuo teased the child for a while, and the two little guys screamed happily!

Wei Zhuo hugged and kissed the child. The little guy had just finished drinking his milk and had a good appetite. It's just a little thin and doesn't weigh much to lift it up!

Lin Xi watched the father and son playing there with a warm smile on his face.

"How are you doing?" Wei Zhuo asked him.

"Very good." Lin Xi looked down and secretly hid his smile.

"Your dad kicked you out of the house?" Wei Zhuo had heard it from his classmates.

He had been wearing a skirt and doing his own way, how can the traditional thinking people in the family stand it? Every time they go out, they have to be pointed at by their neighbors.

"Yeah." Lin Xi said calmly.

Wei Zhuo felt a little guilty. If not because he asked him to put on a skirt for him and then pulled him out to show it everywhere, maybe Lin Xi wouldn't be like this. "Why don't you live here? I want to go out to work during the day, can I hire you to help me look after my children?"

What good can he do as a boy wandering outside? The streets are very messy. With his thin arms and legs that do not have the power to fight back, 100% will be bullied!

When Lin Xi heard what he said, he immediately raised his head and looked at his face carefully, wanting to see how serious his words were. Seeing that his tone was rarely solemn, he was willing, but also afraid to follow. They will live in the same room, and the little stubbornness in his heart might resurrect again and he hesitated.

Wei Zhuo said, "That's it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard his stomach groaning. His face flushed suddenly.

Wei Zhuo was also hungry. He looked for money at home by rummaging through the boxes. The bag of milk powder was on credit just now, and the house was empty, with only a few eggs and a handful of dried spinach!

Fortunately, the effort paid off. He found some odd coins from the piggy bank. Counting a full two yuan, he happily said to Lin Xi: "Go, let's go out for a stroll."

"I'm not going." Lin Xi usually wears a skirt and doesn't care for everyone's eyes. But in front of Wei Zhuo, he was embarrassed: "The children at home must be taken care of."

"That's fine, I'll go buy some food!" Wei Zhuo went out.

Coinciding with the reform and opening up, those who are forward thinking have started small businesses. All kinds of small commodities from all over the country are sold on the street, such as electronic watches, clothes stalls, semiconductors, the latest films from Hong Kong and Taiwan and Teresa Teng's tapes. Wei Zhuo was not interested in these, he smelled a strange fragrance in the air when he walked briskly. Someone had set up a big iron pan to fry the twist. On the iron plate next to it was fried, golden and crispy, sweet and soft inside which is extremely attractive to him. A half-grown man like Wei Zhuo lacks oil and water in his body,.

"How much is one?"

"One yuan. We use all good oil and noodles, so you can eat it once, and you can buy it next time?" This stall owner is also good at doing business, and he laughs three-pointedly when he meets everyone, but Wei Zhuo walked away.

He can't get enough to eat. With his appetite, he won't even be 1/3 full, not to mention there is still another person in the family.

In the previous life, he can be considered a man of great power who have eaten the delicacies of mountains and seas. Now he can't even bear to eat a twist.

He quickly left here, lest he be tempted by the sweetness in the air.

When he arrived at the place where he bought milk powder, the old lady's eyes lit up when he saw him back again.

"Auntie, this is the one yuan that I just owed you."

The old lady smiled and said jollily: "Hey, you can just pass by next time, no need to make a special trip." She saw Wei Zhuo before, all displeasing to the eye, and now she found him to be quite reliable.

Wei Zhuo said: "How much is the noodles."

"There are one yuan and five yuan. Two yuan if you want eggs added," The old lady proficiently promoted.

"Take one yuan." After giving all the coins, there was only two cents left in his hand, and he bought two small lollipops and went home with some dried noodles. After arriving home, he gave the lollipop to Lin Xi: "You eat it."

Lin Xi took the candy and blushed.

Wei Zhuo has been a bachelor for so many years, and his craftsmanship is still good. He cooked a big pot of noodles, beat two eggs, put a little bit of salt and soy sauce in the spinach, and took out two pots, which were filled with warmth.

"Eat."

"I can't finish so much!"

Wei Zhuo frowned and said: "You eat more, you are as thin as a fishbone."

Wei Zhuo's pot of noodles is quite big. He was hungry since early in the morning, he ate a large bowl with not even soup left. Don't look at Lin Xi being thin, but he was also hungry. He didn't eat too little, and ate till he was full. After eating, Lin Xi brushed the bowl. It was getting dark outside.

Lin Xi has been restless since earlier, not knowing whether he should stay or leave.

The outside world is chaotic, how can Wei Zhuo let him leave alone: ​​"Wasn't it decided. I'll provide food and housing."

Wei Zhuo has a double bed. The two children had already drank milk and fell asleep. It is a bit tight to squeeze two adults and two children in a double bed, but there is no way to sleep in the damp concrete.

Lin Xi wanted to sleep in the innermost part, with the child in the middle and Wei Zhuo at the outermost side. But the children didn't want to. They played well during the day, but at night, they didn't get close to Wei Zhuo; so the children slept inside and Lin Xi slept in the middle.

Lin Xi slept with his back to Wei Zhuo, encroaching the elder brother's space. He left a space big enough for Wei Zhuo to lie on.

Is this guy afraid of leaning on him?

Wei Zhuo said: "Aren't you uncomfortable sleeping like this?"

"Not uncomfortable." His voice sounded muffled.

Wei Zhuo said, "Or I will just go out for one night." He has many buddies, and he can make do, with squeezing in with them for a night.

"No." Lin Xi was originally uncomfortable, but now he became even more rigid. He can feel the warm breath coming from Wei Zhuo, wishing to let people melt in it, this kind of thought is very dangerous, he wants to relax himself, but that tight nerve does not listen to his command!

Seeing that he insisted on this, Wei Zhuo was afraid of scaring him and had to sleep first. In the middle of the night, the children cried. They rushed to boil water to make milk powder. The two children fell asleep again while waiting for it to cool down, urinated for a while and then became hungry, and woke up three or four times in the middle of the night.

When he woke up the next day, Lin Xi blushed when he found himself in Wei Zhuo's arms and wanted to get up, but saw that the under of Wei Zhou's eyes were blue. It must be because he hadn't rested well yesterday. He felt a little distress, so he was unwilling to wake him up. Lin Xi just lay there, staring at his brows and eyes so determinedly, he was so handsome... the heat enveloped his cheeks.