Chapter 9: Reborn 1987 Chapter 9 Unexpected Joy

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Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

In the evening, as wished, he ate a meal of red-braised pork; although Chen Lan was unwilling to cook, her culinary skills were top-notch, and Xiao Nuannuan finally revealed a long-lost smile at the dinner table, though it was very brief.

A meal of red-braised pork didn't cost much money, but it still made Chen Lan's heart ache for a little while; the one thousand-plus yuan obtained earlier turned into nine hundred in the blink of an eye, and this money was far from enough to let Jiang Wenyu continue.

A night without words, the two still slept in separate rooms.

Early the next morning Jiang Wenyu got up early, prepared the necessary tools — in fact they were all old tools, some barely usable — and after readying these things he went to Nuan Nuan's room, looked at the little girl still sound asleep, smiled gently, and only then left the house.

The morning streets already had people starting to bustle about; the sky was somewhat overcast, fine drizzle dancing in the air, and without an umbrella he could only shield the tools and jog all the way, finally arriving at yesterday's street block and entering a small bungalow by the roadside.

The bungalow was simple and old-fashioned in style, the door also somewhat aged, the interior space fairly spacious, three tables placed in the middle, each holding a big computer unit, and that fat boss was waiting to one side early on; seeing Jiang Wenyu he immediately greeted him with a broad smile.

"You're here, brother, how come you didn't bring an umbrella?"

Jiang Wenyu was soaked through, but fortunately it was no big deal; he smiled and said, "Forgot. Still, let's hurry and repair them; once the weather gets damp these things develop faults if left too long."

"Sure, brother, whatever you need just say. By the way, have you eaten? I just bought some fried dough sticks and soy milk." This fat boss actually had no ill intentions, was honest and simple, looked a bit fierce but was kind-hearted, especially when it came to accounts he had real skill.

Jiang Wenyu took out his tools and said, "Let's talk after they're fixed."

The fat boss laughed and said, "Deal! By the way, brother, my name is Cheng Dacheng, what's yours?"

"Jiang Wenyu."

After a brief introduction Jiang Wenyu began to work.

He approached one big computer unit and, under Cheng Dacheng's somewhat worried gaze, disassembled one; after all, he had just met Jiang Wenyu and was afraid something might go wrong.

He glanced at it casually, then set it aside and said, "The monitor has no problem; the fault may be in the main unit." Speaking, Jiang Wenyu skillfully took apart the machine below and began searching for the "cause."

Fortunately it didn't take long to locate the fault: a main power cable inside the main unit had been pinched and severed, the break extremely rough and hard to repair — likely damaged by those few little hoodlums in their flustered haste.

He disassembled the other two as well; sure enough, they had exactly the same fault.

Jiang Wenyu wiped his sweat and said, "Not easy to handle."

Cheng Dacheng leaned over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Wenyu pointed at the break and said, "Connecting this isn't the problem; the problem is it might cause secondary damage afterward. In my opinion we should just replace the power supply."

Hearing this, Cheng Dacheng immediately put on a bitter face and said, "This... where would I replace it? Buying these three guys cleaned me out; besides, even with money there's nowhere to buy."

Indeed, the market for this wasn't developed yet; wanting to buy, you couldn't find a place. Jiang Wenyu simply said, "Then we can only replace the power cable."

Cheng Dacheng hurriedly asked, "Is there a place selling power cables?"

Jiang Wenyu nodded and said, "The nearby market should have them."

Cheng Dacheng seemed to value money extremely, worrying anxiously, "Then... how much would that cost?"

Jiang Wenyu thought for a moment and said, "Hard to say. Like this, I'll go take a look right now."