[Rebirth] King of Theater

Why would the mother rather commit suicide with the whole family on rat poison than believe that the eldest son can earn money to support the family?

For Al before his rebirth, this was really a puzzling thing.

But now...

This 13-year-old premature baby with a yellow and thin face, a big head and a small body, pale and bloodless, and only a pair of green eyes, which are still bright and energetic, stood in front of the mirror, and silently looked at the strange self in the mirror. After a while, he suddenly realized, and then said to himself: "Why do I look so short-lived now?"

After many years of doubts, they were finally solved.

Obviously, in the eyes of Mrs. Sylvie, the eldest son is not a long-lived one. Even if he seems to be fine now, sooner or later he will pass away like his own father, Mr. Sylvie. Therefore, instead of hoping that the eldest son can Raising a family and making life as good as possible (which, in her view, was impossible) was better than imagining how wonderful it would be to be together in the afterlife.

This logic can be said to be very confusing.

But Al, who was reborn, vaguely understood.

Mrs. Sylvie is actually a woman who has been beaten by life.

The ups and downs of fate tortured her to a complete defeat, and she simply lost the courage to fight and resist again.

She has never been to school, does not know a few big characters, and has no survival skills. She is an ordinary housewife with limited knowledge.

When her husband was still alive, she thought about how to live frugally, take care of housework, have more children, and strengthen the family; when her husband passed away, she was at a loss, helpless, and completely unable to find a direction in life.

For such an ignorant and ignorant person, you and her look forward to the future, talk about plans, hopes, and dreams...it is useless!

She couldn't understand it, and she didn't want to hear it, she just felt that it was all unrealistic nonsense, and it would be better to die if she said so much.

It was too difficult to get her to change her mind.

It is necessary to put the real thing in front of her, let her see it with her own eyes, touch it with her own hands, feel it with her own hands, and realize clearly that 'alive is better than dead'.

As for what is considered a real thing?

That must be real money!

Al thought about all these things clearly, and decided to go out first to make a sum of money.

At this time, Mrs. Sylvie will not bring her children to seek death together. Although deep down in her heart, there may have been vague erroneous thoughts like 'dead is easier than living', but there is still some time before the real end of the mountain, so, For the time being, there is no need to worry about the tragedy repeating itself.

So, enduring hunger and physical weakness and discomfort, he walked out of the house silently.

Mrs. Sylvie took the children and continued to cry at home. Maybe she saw the eldest son go out, maybe she didn't, anyway, she didn't want to care.In this almost desperate period of time, she stubbornly locked herself in a small space that only she could enter, grieving alone, and didn't want to pay attention to everything around her.

Al put his mother's cries behind him and walked purposefully down the street.

Because it is a slum area, the surrounding buildings are dilapidated, and the streets are not very clean. Occasionally, there are some homeless vagabonds in poor clothes, rummaging through the garbage dumps, with numb expressions.

Look at these people, and think about the coming winter.

Although Al disapproved, he vaguely understood his own mother. She couldn't pay the heating bill, didn't have thick clothes to keep warm, the family ran out of food, and the landlord was still pressing for rent... So, rather than freezing to death from starvation, it's better to choose to be straightforward. Take poison.

It sounds ridiculous.

But this may be the first time in her life that Mrs. Sylvie has the right to choose, choose a painful life or a happy death.

Al is still sad when he thinks about it, but there is no resentment deep in his heart.

Because before rebirth, now it's just the previous life. He was only 13 years old in the previous life, and he really didn't have much ability.

Even... think about it!

If Mrs. Sylvie doesn't take rat poison with her younger siblings, then in the days to come, you might as well guess who will be the next person who will work as hard as Mr. Sylvie and die of exhaustion in the end?

Al was ashamed for a long time afterward that he should have thought such a mean thought.

For this reason, he frequently went to church to confess.

Maybe there are days in the dark.

It is the experience of frequently going to church that keeps him from being clueless about making money now.

In the church, he met a fellow year-end friend who often went to church to confess—Mr. Ben Foreman.

That's who he was looking for.

Ben Foreman was a loan shark businessman.

But the interesting thing is that he has no idea that he is lending usury.

This person also came from a poor background in his early years, and he made a fortune through sheer luck.

Then, when he has money, the borrower will naturally come to the door.

In the beginning, a small trader wanted to borrow a sum of money to do some buying and selling business. He only borrowed [-] yuan, but promised to pay back [-] yuan with interest in one year.

It sounds like nothing at first, but it's just three hundred more.

But actually calculate it carefully, interest rate = interest ÷ principal ÷ time × 100%, that is to say, the annual interest rate for one year is as high as 60.00%!

However, Ben Foreman has never been to school, so he naturally doesn't know anything about calculating interest rates and interest.

But he was born with a kind heart that is willing to help others, and the money was shipped in shit, so he didn't spend much effort, so he didn't cherish it very much.

Small traders came to borrow money, obviously without any collateral, and they all asked for money with their mouths, which was extremely unreliable.

But after listening to it, he realized that he could make money and help others, so he happily borrowed the money regardless of his family's objections.

Unexpectedly, this small trader was very honest, and he returned the principal and interest after one year.

Mr. Ben Foreman was very pleasantly surprised, thinking that this matter was promising, he slapped his head, and happily started his private money lending business.

Many people hate loan sharks to the bone, and there are indeed many unscrupulous loan sharks who charge too much interest and maliciously collect money, causing debtors to die, which is very vicious.

But Mr. Ben Foreman is a wonderful flower in the usury world.

This half-illiterate adder has no idea what he's doing.

He felt that he was doing a good deed by lending money to help others and charging some interest by the way.

Even, if the other party feels that the interest rate is too high, he doesn’t mind reducing the annual interest rate from 60.00% to 50.00%, or 40.00%, or 30.00%. If you encounter a debtor who is really in trouble, it is not a bad idea to exempt the other party from dozens of yuan or hundreds of yuan.

After that, I don't know whether it was the great reputation of other loan sharks who indirectly helped Mr. Foreman, or Mr. Foreman was really born with shit luck.In short, those who owed him money rarely did not pay back the money. As long as the family had spare money, they would rush over to pay back the money with interest and thank him.

So, he came and went and saved a lot of family property.

After waiting for several years, the government began to popularize the law, focusing on what usury is, calling on everyone to be cautious in borrowing money.

At this time, Mr. Ben Foreman was struck by lightning: "What, I am actually an evil usurer? God! How could I do such a criminal thing!"

He was so frightened that he ran to church every day to confess: "God, forgive me!"

Since……

Knowing that he can correct his mistakes, he was so resolute that he broke off with the usury business and switched careers to opening a bank.

No gossip.

Anyway, while Mr. Foreman went to church to confess every day, Al was also going to church to confess.

The two hit it off and became a pair of (mentally ill) patients.

One old and one hour often get together to express their inner anxiety and guilt: "The money I make is evil, how can I do this! I shouldn't do this." "How can I think that my mother took my brother Is it a relief for my sister to die together? This is wrong, family members are never a burden."

Then, the two made the sign of the cross on their chests together, piously repenting in unison: "God, forgive me."

Priest: ...

Because of this, Al knew very well about the legendary fortune-telling experience of Mr. Foreman.

Now I am 13 years old again, my family is impoverished, and the whole family is starving to death. It is very difficult to make a sum of money out of nothing.

After all, even if you want to borrow money from someone, the other party will give priority to their family's ability to repay the debt. If you can't pay back the interest, and you can't get the principal back, wouldn't it mean that you lost your wife and lost your army? This kind of business is absolutely impossible made.

But Al knew that if he asked Mr. Foreman to borrow money, it would not be difficult.

Of course, the premise is to find this person first.

The author has something to say:

PS. It took me an hour to write this chapter, but it took me 10 minutes to calculate the principal and interest. This shows how important it is to learn mathematics well!

PS. The annual interest rate of bank loans in my country is only [-]% (I forgot the details), so I remind everyone that you must be cautious when borrowing money, and look for the formal sector, otherwise, the high interest rate will not be paid at all. If you look at hundreds of dollars and hundreds of dollars, you can add up to a huge sum of money, so be careful, don't bear huge debts for temporary happiness!