Chapter 3 Mother’s Work Injury Compensation

The night was cool and the breeze was gentle.

The last class on Friday was over, and it was the happiest time for students.

"Oh, it's the weekend, it's the weekend."

Liu Haoyun shouted while stuffing textbooks into his schoolbag: "Brother Qi, a new VR store has opened in Zhaibei District. I heard that it has introduced the most advanced Xinghai 1020 system developed by the foreign Mango Company. The mental sensing and simulation response have reached the S+ level. Let's go and play together. Brother will treat us!"

"Forget it, go home and rest early. My mother is waiting for me to eat!"

Qi Sui stuffed the last energy bar into his mouth and swallowed it.

"Mental Power +5"

[Mental Power: 33/140]

The strong sense of fatigue makes the brain a little drowsy.

It is difficult to replenish mental power by eating alone. The cheapest and most effective way is to take a bath and go to bed for a good sleep.

"Brother Qi, it's really fun. I heard that it has a restricted function installed inside, with beautiful virtual girls. I've even prepared new underwear."

Liu Haoyun came over and winked.

"Restricted?"

Qi Sui was a little tempted, but finally shook his head: "Forget it, I'm really too tired today, I'll definitely do it next time!"

"Okay then!"

Liu Haoyun felt a little regretful, picked up his schoolbag and ran out excitedly.

Don't look at the expensive price of the VR store, it costs 300 Xia coins per hour, but it can't resist the advanced technology and the business is very hot. If you go too late, there may be no seats.

...

Qi Sui packed up his things and walked out of the school gate slowly.

The streets are full of various luxury cars.

Compared with the luxury cars in the previous life, the lines of the vehicles in this world are more and more smooth and powerful because of the advancement of technology. The top special vehicles even have the ability to glide at low altitude for a short time.

"Hey, that person's back looks familiar?"

Qi Sui looked over suspiciously.

It was a low-key purple luxury supercar, and a tall figure in an old-fashioned school uniform bent down and sat in it.

He just looked at it for a few more times and then retracted his gaze. Whether the other person was a classmate or not, it had nothing to do with him.

The north of Qinhai City was the old city area thirty years ago.

Compared with the southern half of the city with high-rise buildings and rapid technological iteration, this place seemed like an abandoned product of the times.

Qinhai Heavy Coal Workers' Dormitory.

The community has old furnishings, dim street lights, and only nine-story residential buildings with no elevators, which is very rare in Qinhai City, which is known as a first-tier city.

The residents living here were all former employees of coal enterprises.

However, coal, as an energy source, was about to be eliminated thirty years ago. It is said that new energy substitutes were found above, which directly led to a sharp drop in the efficiency of the coal yard. Although the coal company has not closed down yet, the income of the employees is just enough to maintain food and clothing.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back!"

Qi Sui casually threw the advertising paper selling "intelligent catwoman robot" on the door handle into the trash can.

As soon as he walked in and changed his slippers, a middle-aged woman in a wheelchair came out of the kitchen with a pot of freshly cooked yam and pork ribs soup in her hand.

The small living room was instantly filled with tempting aromas.

"Xiao Sui, go wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

"Okay, Mom, be careful, let me do it!"

Qi Sui hurried over to help, put the pork ribs soup on the dining table, and then turned around to change clothes and wash his hands.

When he came out after washing his hands, his parents were already sitting at the dining table waiting for him.

Qi Sui had been studying the [Detection] skill for a day, and his mental power was on the verge of being empty. He was already hungry, so he picked up the bowl and chopsticks, grabbed a piece of fragrant pork ribs and started to feast on it.

The soft and rotten meat mixed with the delicious soup was swallowed, and his stomach was warm and indescribably comfortable.

"Mom, what festival is today? You cooked so many meat dishes. How can we live in the future?"

Qi Sui smiled and picked up a bone with marrow for his mother. He stuffed a few slices of thinly sliced ​​beef into his mouth and chewed vaguely, saying, "Mom, eat this. It's good for your legs!"

Qi Sui's mother is Zhang Fen, who just turned 40 this year.

It's just because of long-term labor that her skin has become rough, and there are faint wrinkles in the corners of her eyes. Her short hair has also shown signs of graying.

Premature aging caused by physical overdraft is particularly obvious for women.

"Just eat it yourself. These dishes are made for you. The college entrance examination will be in a few months. It's important to take good care of your body."

Zhang Fen spoke slowly. While biting the bone, her eyes always drifted to Qi Sui, who was showing off his meal fiercely, and the wrinkles between her eyebrows were stretched a little.

In Qi Sui's memory, her mother has always been a very kind image, and she cares about the study and life of herself and her sister impeccably.

In addition to taking care of the trivialities of the family, he also had to work in the factory, working hard and earning some hard-earned money to supplement the family income.

It was only after he broke his leg due to an accidental work injury some time ago that he had the opportunity to rest...

"Mom, how is your leg? What did the hospital say?"

Qi Sui looked at his mother sitting in a wheelchair, with her right leg cut off at the root, and felt a sense of depression in his heart.

"Mom's leg is fine. The hospital said that the wound is almost healed. She will be equipped with a set of crutches later, which will not affect her life."

"Mom, I'm talking about prosthetics!"

Qi Sui couldn't help but frown.

The benefit of being 50 years ahead of Blue Star in technology is particularly prominent in medical care. The construction and intelligence of prosthetic neural networks can reshape broken limbs, which are not only the same as those of ordinary people, but some customized prosthetics even have other special abilities.

It is said that some people will deliberately amputate just to install those special mechanical prostheses.

"Let's eat first!"

Zhang Fen was obviously unwilling to talk about this topic.

The atmosphere at the table became dull again.

"Xiao Sui, the joint entrance examination results are out, how many places did you take, and have you made any progress?"

The person who spoke was Qi Sui's father Qi Hewei.

As a coal miner, he has dark skin and thin cheeks. Due to the problems in his working environment, he speaks with a very obvious nasal tone and habitually clears his throat.

"Seventh in the grade, my Chinese performance was not good, otherwise I should have no problem getting into the top five." Qi Sui straightened up subconsciously.

"Not bad, you have a bright future."

The wrinkles on Qi Hewei's face squeezed out a smile: "I heard from my coworkers that if we are in the top ten in the grade of No. 1 Middle School in our city, it will not be a problem to get into the top universities in Xiaguo. Keep it up. The closer it gets to the end, the more you have to work hard. Take the time to study. If you want to play, wait until the college entrance examination is over."

The man has a dull personality and is serious. Only when he talks about his children's achievements can some light be seen in his turbid eyes.

"I know, Dad, you don't have to worry about my grades." Qi Sui continued to eat crazily.

Unlike the kind image of his mother, his father is majestic and not easy to get close to.

In addition to giving gold coins to the family on time at the beginning of the month, he would just ask about their studies and rarely care about other things in life.

A bowl of rice is finished.

Qi Sui served himself another bowl, and it was so beautiful with gravy.

"Eat, mental power +1"

"Eat, mental power +1"

"Eat..."

At this time, mother Zhang Fen put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped the oil stains from the corners of her mouth, and suddenly said: "Xiao Sui, do you want to practice martial arts?"

"Uh..."

Qi Sui stopped stuffing rice into his mouth, looked up in astonishment, and didn't understand why his mother brought up this topic.

"Mom, the work injury subsidy has come down. It's 300,000 Xia coins. You can use it."

"How can I do that!"

Qi Sui put down his bowl and chopsticks with a start: "Mom, that's the money for you to install prosthetic limbs!"

"Mom is over 40 years old. She is about to retire. It doesn't matter whether the prosthetic limbs are installed or not. Even if the prosthetic limbs are installed, it will be difficult to find a job outside. So it's not worth spending this money on mom!"

Zhang Fen shook her head slightly and sighed: "Mom knows that you have been interested in martial arts since you were a child. I have seen all the exercise equipment you bought with your frugal living."

"Your father and your mother have limited ability and can't support a martial arts student. I feel ashamed that they have delayed your future."

"But now our family is rich. 300,000 is probably enough."

Qi Sui's nose was sour and tears almost fell.

He is not the kind of person who is not satisfied. His parents have been doing their best to give him and his sister the best learning and living conditions.

So even if he longed for martial arts, he just buried it deep in his heart and never told his parents.

"Mom, it's okay. With my grades, it's not bad to be a scientific researcher, right?"

Qi Sui couldn't help looking at his father.

He thought this old-fashioned man would refute his mother's words, but Qi Hewei just frowned and smoked without saying a word.

"Don't look at your dad. Mom and your dad have discussed it before you came back. Although your dad doesn't think you can practice martial arts at your age, he won't stop you from thinking about it."

Zhang Fen smiled: "Mom just doesn't want you to have any regrets."

No regrets!

Qi Sui couldn't help it anymore, and tears fell on the table: "But mom, your leg..."

"I'll bet on your future in martial arts with this leg. When you have a promising future and become a martial artist that everyone admires, I'll be proud to tell others about it!" Zhang Fen laughed.

This ordinary woman has devoted her life's efforts to her children.

...

Bedroom.

Qi Sui lay on the bed, unable to calm down for a long time.

A message popped up on the screen of the phone beside him.

"Your account balance +300,000"

He really didn't want to leave any regrets.

With a professional panel, even if he was past the best age for martial arts, he might still be able to catch up.

"When I become successful in the future, I must help my mother get up from the wheelchair!"

Qi Sui clenched his fists and made up his mind.

At this time, the corner of his eye fell on the bedside table, on which was placed a mysterious fairy model carved from porcelain white jade, emitting a layer of bright halo in the dark room.

The fairy's long skirt fluttered, holding a cold jade sword in her hand, her eyes flashing with a faint blue light, as if she could come back to life at any time and ascend to heaven.

This was when he was young, his mother went to a thousand-year-old temple to ask for a protective magic weapon for his health.

At first, it was just for peace of mind, but as time went by, Qi Sui always felt that sleeping next to it would make him feel inexplicably at ease and peaceful, and his weak body also had fewer minor injuries and illnesses.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect?

"Investigate!"

"Goddess statue: the material is unknown, it has the effect of calming the mind, and it seems to have a different world. You can drip blood on it, and there may be wonderful phenomena."

"Huh?"

Qi Sui was stunned.

Really not simple?

He immediately turned over and sat up, and after a little thought, he cut his finger with a knife, and a drop of blood fell on the statue.

A strange scene appeared.

The statue set off circles of ripples like water waves.

"Is it effective?"

Qi Sui was startled, then he cut the wound wider, and blood flowed into a thin line.

The statue began to devour the blood, and a red halo rose from the bottom to the top, until the blue eyes emitted a seductive luster, as if they were given life.

The world was spinning, and a cold voice came to my ears.

"Binding is successful!"

The next second, the boy on the bed in the bedroom disappeared...