No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 50 Ant Spirit

Regarding the fact that the group name [Taoyuan] doesn't sound like a boys' group but more like a hair salon, after a brief silence among several people, it was finally approved by military advisor Xu Hui.

Xu Hui: What the Second Master said makes sense. There is a subtlety in the roughness.

Guan Ren: I read the Spring and Autumn Annals.

[Zhang Chi: Then change it! What should we name our group?]

Liu Xiong: Just call it Xiaoyao Gang?

Xu Hui: What junior high school kid? It's 2011 now. The days of school gangs and cliques are long gone.

Zhang Chi: Then let's call it Water Margin Liangshan. It suits our small group's desire to gradually expand its ranks.

【Xu Hui: Vulgar! 】

[Zhang Chi: Damn! Then come up with something good.]

So the group started a naming conference.

But the name seems more and more outrageous the more I think about it.

It is not developing in the direction of a hair salon, but it is more like a brothel, an Internet cafe, and even a bar.

"bar…"

Guan Ren didn't say anything at first, just watched them arguing, and then from time to time he and his deskmate Qingmei made some jokes.

But when the discussion of the name developed towards the bar trend, Guan Renzhen came up with a name on a whim.

After much thought, as a student, it’s enough to be energetic.

It’s fine to just give the group a name that’s positive.

So, under Guan Ren's new proposal, the boys' group was temporarily renamed "Our Struggle"

Guan Ren: I wish you all to study hard and strive hard every day!

[Zhang Chi: Do you really need to be so formal?]

Xu Hui: Second Master, the group name has been decided. You just mentioned something important?

Guan Ren: Oh, that's what happened. I came back from the supermarket and kicked a stone from the middle of Dongfeng Road all the way back to the downstairs of my house.

The girls don't understand Guan Ren's sense of accomplishment.

This also attracted doubts from many people in the group.

But the taste seems different.

Xu Hui: Brother Ren, are you serious?

Liu Xiong: I don't believe it either. How big is the stone?

Guan Ren: Quail eggs are big, especially round.

Zhang Chi: It's so small, and at night? You didn't pick it up secretly on the street, did you?

Liu Xiong: Last time I came back from Meteor Shower Internet Cafe, I also kicked a small one, but unfortunately it disappeared while I was kicking it.

Xu Hui: I was like that before.

Zhang Chi: Awesome, Brother Ren!

Liu Xiong: That's right! Speaking of which, I found a giant hanging branch at the back door last time! It's exactly like the world's number one sword in "Wind and Cloud"!

……

In this way, Guan Ren's sense of accomplishment was finally recognized by his brothers and triggered other similar heated discussions.

However, after the discussion, Zhang, Liu and Xu in the group actually reflected on it privately.

……

I'm already in my second year of high school...

We're so happy chatting about all these random things...

A bit out of control, right?
……

Especially Xu Hui, he felt that he was too childish in the group just now.

"Oh, now I've really turned into a junior high school kid...it affects my image..."

He silently remembered that next time he would talk about adult topics in front of others, such as current affairs.

So I immediately borrowed my dad's phone, opened an app called [NetEase News], and looked for some headlines and comments that I could roughly understand.

As for the specific content or even whether it is true or false, it doesn’t matter.

The important thing is to learn some of the words and then recite a few sentences in front of others after the holiday, so that you can appear mature and maintain the image of a military advisor.

Guan Ren, on the other hand, didn't care much about this. He opened bags of snacks, cooked some sauerkraut vermicelli soup with ham sausage, and continued to childishly find an episode of "My Little Pony" on Qvod and watched it happily.

……

Maybe kicking small stones is a little childish.

But as a high school student, especially a high school student who has regained the feeling of youth, it’s okay to be childish occasionally, and no one can say anything!
Only after losing something will you cherish it.

Guan Ren now cherishes his "youthfulness".

This is determined by the physiological state of youth and there is no need to deliberately control it.

And this does not prevent him from showing some "non-teenageness" when facing people of different age.

For example, in front of Li Min.

For example, in front of Gu Wancheng.

For example, in front of Uncle Lin.

……

"Guan Ren, come on, give me a plate..."

"Uncle, I'm busy."

The next morning, Guan Rengang came back from his morning run and was stopped by Uncle Lin again.

"Where's Doctor Fang? Ask him to accompany you." "He has to see patients, how can he have so much time..."

Uncle Lin was setting up the chess pieces while muttering:
"Look at you kid, you're so young, but you see things so clearly... I'm an old man with nothing to do, so you can play chess with me and chat with me for a while. It's worth the time when you threw shit into other people's houses when you were a kid. I..."

"Okay, okay, sir, I'm convinced by you."

Guan Ren originally thought that he was the only one who remembered the things from his childhood, but he didn't expect that this old man had such a good memory.

"Come, go inside."

Guan Ren followed Uncle Lin into his guard room.

Don’t mention it, this is Guan Ren’s first time coming in.

The glass outside was hazy and nothing could be seen. When Guan Ren came in, he discovered that Grandpa Lin had collected a lot of odds and ends in this small room.

There are rows of portraits of various celebrities on the table.

What about Lu You, Gorky, Che Guevara...

"Old man, you are quite knowledgeable, aren't you?"

"What kind of knowledge can an old man like me have..."

Guan Renke didn't believe it. He carefully touched a yellowed notebook on the table and murmured in surprise:
“Carnet de voyageà Paris…”

"?"

Uncle Lin paused slightly while placing the chess pieces, and looked up at Guan Ren with narrowed eyes:

"Guan Ren, you know French?"

"Uh… no."

Guan Ren shook his head:
"I learned a few sentences when I was free, and I understood one or two."

After all, when Guan Ren was traveling on business with his female boss in his previous life, he had not only been to English-speaking countries, but also stayed in areas where English was not the native language, so he could still recognize some basic things.

It was Uncle Lin, however, whom Guan Ren looked at with new eyes for the first time.

"Uncle Lin, it turns out you're the real expert! Could this Paris travelogue be written by you?"

Uncle Lin smiled and waved his hand:
"When I was young, I was in the army and did some overseas exchange missions with my instructor. Like you, I only knew a little bit."

Guan Ren's eyes lit up and he became very interested.

After all, it is rare to find security guards who have studied in France.

"Uncle Lin, you were a soldier? Then you should tell us a story. Let's talk about your time in France."

"Okay, let's talk while we're going down."

Uncle Lin had been longing for company, and with a push from a soldier, he began to talk non-stop:
"Back then, I was just an art soldier. By chance, France was conducting diplomatic relations with us, so I followed my instructor to study in the art troupe there..."

……

It seemed like Mr. Lin couldn't stop talking.

Then I felt like it was really just storytelling, going back and forth about theater, movies, and opera.

Even if we talked about literature and art, I didn't hear anything interesting.

For example, the company that has produced many classic blockbusters including "Russian Academy", "Temptation of Wife" and "Prison Guard" is French.

That is also literature and art, which is exactly what Guan Ren is interested in, but unfortunately the old man didn't mention it.

Finally, when the game was over, Uncle Lin even started talking about Louis XVI. Guan Ren was really tired of listening and interrupted him with a yawn:
"Okay, old man, let's stop here for today..."

"Hey, you wanted to hear the story in the first place, and now you think I'm being long-winded?"

Seeing Uncle Lin puffing his beard and glaring, Guan Renle said:
"No, no, I just... uh... I couldn't stand listening because I thought the French were too stupid."

"Are the French stupid?"

"Yes, they really thought that by beheading Louis XVI, they would be free. In fact, the group behind Louis XVI was just pretending to give the French people freedom. For example, they let them choose a president, and if the president didn't do a good job, they would let them choose another one, thus shirking the responsibility of the real controllers behind the scenes. The so-called presidential election was just a placebo show, and the French were still happy with it, thinking they were free..."

Guan Ren shrugged:

"The essence of Western civilization, from ancient times to the present, has always been the unity of church and state. This has never changed. Entering capitalist society is simply the replacement of the old triumvirate with the new. Those who believe their literary narratives are probably even more foolish than the French..."

After all, he was not talking to people of the same age, so Guan Ren just said some things casually. After a while, he realized that there might not be much to say to the old man.

Because even if the old man had been an arts soldier and had some basic knowledge, he was still restricted by the times and he would not believe some things even if you told him.

However, just as Guan Ren got up to have breakfast, Uncle Lin grabbed his wrist.

"?"

Guan Ren looked up and found that there was a light in Uncle Lin's old eyes that he had never seen before.

"Uncle Lin...?"

"Boy, you...what do your family members do?"

"Ah? What are you saying? I just come from an ordinary family..."

Uncle Lin calmed down a bit, but ended up asking a question that made Guan Ren feel a bit amused and helpless.

Finally, Uncle Lin himself felt that it was not appropriate, so he smacked his lips and stopped asking.

"Remember to come back when you have time. I'm very free every day."

"Oh, come on, uncle, I'm not idle."

Guan Ren ran away, and just as he got near [Song Baozi], he saw a little girl squatting on the ground, holding something in her hand, which was crackling.

"An An, what are you doing again?"

An Guoguo looked up and saw that it was Guan Ren.

"I'm fighting the ant spirit."

She sniffed and raised her little hand.

Guan Ren took a look and saw that it was a lighter removed from a lighter. It could discharge electricity by pressing it. She used this thing to electrocute the ants.

(End of this chapter)