Reborn to Strive

When Shi Zhen built Fang Changming's house, he also thought about whether he should hire some experienced workers to speed up the construction.

Generally speaking, those who do engineering work must work fast. Only in this way can they make more money and get more money.

However, considering that the six people he brought out from the village needed to learn and practice, and he could teach them, he was not in a hurry to hire people.

After all, laying foundations and building walls are the most basic tasks, and they all need to learn.

Later, Fang Changming's younger brother started to build a house exactly like the one he had built for Mr. Wang... Shi Zhen was even less anxious about building a house.

For example, if you want to build a roof today, he will teach you slowly and build it with everyone.

Fang Changming was not short of money. After the two-story building was built, the floor was made, and then the roof was built on it. That is to say, there could be a small attic above the second floor.

Also because of this, the danger of them tiling the house is greatly reduced.

Shi Zhen pulled a rope, and a basket was hung below, and the tiles piled up next to it, he and Shi Ting moved them over and put them in the basket, and let the people above pull them up.

The tiles were really heavy. At first Shi Zhen could move five yuan at a time, but later he couldn't do it anymore. He moved four yuan at a time. As for Shi Ting... She moved one tile at a time, and she walked slowly.

After moving for a while, she couldn't take it anymore: "Brother, I'm so tired..."

"Tingting, I'll pay you after the move!"

Shi Ting suddenly regained her strength!

Shi Zhen said again: "Look at me, look at your big brother, they all do heavier work than you."

This is indeed true. Shi Ting moved a total of ten tiles back and forth, and Shi Zhen moved ten tiles in the first two trips.

And the others... Shi Ting looked at those people working on the roof and felt scared just by looking at them.

Around this roof, there is only a narrow circle of gutters, and those people walking up and down on it are not weak at all!

Shi Ting was filled with admiration, and continued to move the tiles. By the way, when Shi Zhen didn't pay much attention to her, she was lazy or something.

At the beginning, Shi Zhen accompanied Shi Ting to move the tiles. After moving for a while, he went upstairs to teach everyone how to build tiles.

This kind of large tile is actually faster to cover than the old-fashioned small tile, and it is also very beautiful.

Its surface is as smooth and translucent as tiles, and when the sun shines on it, it is as beautiful as it is, and it is rare.

Of course, this refers to in this day and age.

In the next ten years, houses in the countryside will be full of such tiles.

"Ah Zhen, why do you know everything!" Shi Daniu said in admiration.

He is Shi Zhen's distant relative. In terms of kinship, he is farther than Shi Zhiqiang and Shi Zhen.

He looks simple and honest, not tall but very strong, and he is much older than Shi Zhen—the four married people among the six people Shi Zhen called out this time were all born in the 60s and aged 30 up and down.

A man of this age has a wife and children to support, and works the hardest.

"You can learn it," Shi Zhen said with a smile, "if you practice more, you will be able to do it later."

Those who followed Shi Zhenxue nodded one after another.

They had never built a brick house before, so they found it very difficult, but now a house is almost finished... Building a house seems to be quite simple?

They have agreed with each other that they will build their own houses in the future!

"By the way, Ah Zhen, how old is Tingting? She's still a girl, why did you ask her to work with you?" Shi Daniu asked again.

Shi Daniu's house is next to Shi Zhen's house. Shi Zheniu and Shi Ting were both raised by Shi Daniu.

"I just asked her to practice more and endure hardships," Shi Zhen thought of something, and added, "Children are too pampered, and they tend to eat too much and be lazy."

In his hometown, because the land is small and the population is large, if you don’t work, you will starve. Most of the rural people born around the 60s are hardworking, or at least they are willing to work.

Occasionally there are a few lazy ones, usually the young and old in the family. The elder brothers and sisters in front have finished their work, and they don’t have to do anything when they are young, so they are lazy.

If the youngest is still a boy, or even the only boy in the family, it will be even worse.

But now... since the implementation of family planning, children have become more precious, and more people are unwilling to work.

Most of these people are men.

Boys are always favored more than girls.

Shi Zhen remembered that Shi Daniu's precious son was a "money thrower" as they often said in their dialect.

Shi Daniu is very hardworking. After working with him for more than ten years, because his family was unwilling to settle in Changxi City, he went back to his hometown county and bought a house to live in. He has been working there since then.

At the moment, the county town of his hometown looks a bit dilapidated, but 20 years later... that's where the house price will be ten thousand to twenty thousand.

Shi Daniu learned a lot of crafts from him, and became a master craftsman when he returned to the county. He is in his fifties and can earn more than 1 yuan a month.

But not enough for his son to defeat.

Shi Daniu's parents have only one son, Shi Daniu, and only one grandson, which is called a pet. The family eats meat, and the child eats enough before giving it to others. Any good things in the family belong to the child.

As for work?They can still do it!How can I let a child do it?

The most important thing is that after Shi Dalin earned money outside, they didn't do much farm work, and they also felt that their children would definitely not have to do farm work in the future, so they didn't ask that child to work in the fields like Shi Daniu did.

Shi Daniu's family has never read any books, and they don't know how to educate their children. They only know how to love and pamper them blindly. If they are lucky enough to have good children, that's fine, but most of the children are ordinary children, and it's easy to be spoiled too much. something went wrong.

Shi Daniu's son didn't continue his studies after graduating from junior high school, but instead ate, drank and had fun outside all day, asking his family for money for various reasons.

Shi Daniu and his wife are actually very frugal, but they love their children, and they will give them money if they want... The children naturally become more and more crooked, and they even start gambling.

At this time, their thinking was... to marry a daughter-in-law for their son, and to have a grandson, so that their son will learn well.

There is some truth to this theory, but it is mainly aimed at those who are not broken from the bone.

For example, some young couples are lazy before marriage. After getting married and having children, they want to give their children a good education. They think about buying a house in the school district before starting to work hard for their careers... This is common.

Poor families in rural areas in ancient times, with little surplus food in the family, could not get into bad habits such as gambling, the so-called "bad" is just lazy and not working... Such a person will get married and have children, and there is a high probability that they will become better-children If you are hungry at home, you have to feed your children.

But Shi Daniu's son was not "bad" at all.

After getting married, should he not work or not, should he gamble or gamble.

Anyway, his wife and children are supported by his parents and grandparents.

Shi Daniu and his wife were afraid that their daughter-in-law would run away, so they had already provided for their daughter-in-law, but they were too weak to hold their son.

When Shi Daniu's granddaughter was three years old, Shi Daniu's son owed 60 million usury outside.

With such a bad person, if you are not careful, you will be dragged down. Shi Daniu's daughter-in-law directly divorced and remarried with Shi Daniu's granddaughter.

Shi Daniu and his wife worked together to help their son pay off the debts and beg his son to change, but their son did not change and continued to gamble. Within two years, he owed hundreds of thousands of interest in online loans and so on. .

Shi Zhen didn't know this until Shi Daniu came up to ask for a loan.

At this moment, Shi Daniu said: "Tingting is already very well, right? I still remember that she just started to walk, she just sat by the door with bare buttocks, grabbed soy sauce and bibimbap by herself, she was so good... My family That kid is five or six years old now, and he still needs his grandma to feed him."

Shi Zhen: "..." When Shi Ting was a child, she was greedy, and when she couldn't hold the spoon firmly, she grabbed food with her hands. How could she be considered "good"?

Shi Daniu said again: "That kid still doesn't eat this or that. We have porridge in the morning, and we must make him fried rice with eggs."

Shi Daniu seemed to be complaining, but when it came to his son, the smile on his face was much more sincere, and he looked radiant: "He still loves to eat meat, and now I earn money and send it back, so he will definitely be able to eat it every day." Meat."

Just like Shi Daniu, if you tell him that his child is not good, he will definitely be anxious.

Shi Zhendao: "Have you thought about taking him out? How can the teaching quality of our school over there be as good as that of the school here? The teachers in the school can't speak Mandarin well! What about the elementary school here? The students here are If you speak local dialect in school, you will be criticized. If your son comes here, he may be admitted to university in the future."

The most important thing is that if Shi Daniu's parents hadn't come, the child would not have grown up to be chased and fed.

Shi Daniu was thoughtful.

But some people said: "How much does it cost to send it here to study! Children can read casually, finish reading early, and come out to work early! At that time, how could they live a good life like they are now? They, You can't be used to it! Shi Daniu, if your son belongs to my family, see if I don't beat him to death."

Shi Zhen smiled when he heard the words, but didn't say much.

This man's name is Shi Duofu. He has a son and a daughter in his family. He treats his children very badly. He is the kind of person who enjoys the money first.

His wife is submissive and obeys him in everything.

Strange to say, his sons and daughters are very promising, especially his daughter, who is very capable, not only admitted to university, but also settled in a big city on her own.

His son is more ordinary. After graduating from junior high school, he went out to work after studying a technical secondary school, but he also works hard and has no worries about food and drink.

It is this couple of children who don't like to talk to the Marcus and Duofu couples. It is useless for them to say that their children are not filial every day at home.

Shi Zhen can actually understand their children.

Let’s talk about Shi Duofu’s son, his wife is pregnant, Shi Duofu and his wife said they were going to help, but Shi Duofu lay on the sofa every day watching TV, and Shi Duofu’s wife wanted her daughter-in-law to serve them...

If Shi Duofu's son had a good relationship with his parents, he might have trouble with his wife with them, but he has a bad relationship with his parents.

Later he stopped letting his parents live in his house.

As for the other two who are married, their families are ordinary, and there is nothing messy about them.

Now, these people have been out with Shi Zhen for a month. Shi Zhen was afraid that it would be inconvenient for them to have no money, so he had already paid them all the salary for the first month. I went back. As for Shi Duofu, he cooks a small stove for himself to eat delicious food all day long, and he didn't send a penny to his home. The other two are considered middle-of-the-road.

The people didn't stop working until eleven o'clock at noon, and then went to eat at the old lady's house next door who cooked for them.

Shi Zhen asked the old lady to make him a chicken today, and it was cut for nothing.

There are eight of them, a chicken is a bit small, but there is also a large plate of egg drop soup made with a few eggs and a large pot of fried vegetables, which is enough to eat.

Shi Ting took a big bowl, filled it with a big bowl of rice, gnawed on a chicken leg in one hand, and grilled the rice desperately with the other, looking like she was about to die of starvation.

Shi Zhen thinks that she looks much cuter than the way she yelled about losing weight and eating nothing in her previous life.

Shi Ting almost choked on eating, and finally finished eating, she showed Shi Zhen her hands: "Brother, look at my hands!"

Some parts of Shi Ting's palms have been worn white. If she doesn't continue to work, the skin here will fall off in a few days. If she keeps working, calluses will grow.

Shi Zhen stretched out his hand to show her his own: "Look at mine."

Shi Zhen's palm was almost covered with a layer of calluses.

Shi Ting withdrew her hand in embarrassment.

After lunch, everyone can rest for a while.

This time when building a house for Fang Changming, Shi Zhen not only had to watch over him every day, but also had to do it himself, which was extremely hard work. Right now, he entered the newly built house, spread out a mat, and lay down to sleep for a while.

Shi Ting didn't have the habit of taking a nap, so she went to pick up the pebbles they sifted through the sand.

The sand used to build houses is basically river sand. After buying it, it needs to be screened with a special iron mesh before it can be used.

Many beautiful pebbles can often be screened out, and the children in the village will come to pick them up.

Unexpectedly, Shi Ting also liked it.

Shi Zhen woke up after sleeping for a while, Shi Ting had already picked up a bag of stones and planned to take them back.

He was amused and continued to work.

In the morning, all the tiles were moved upstairs, so Shi Zhen asked Shi Ting to sift the sand beside him.

He sieves the sand, that is, he uses a shovel to shovel the sand onto the wire fence—fine sand can pass through, but coarse sand and stones cannot pass through.

Shi Ting was so weak that she couldn't even hold the shovel, so it was extremely difficult. In the end, she didn't use the shovel at all. She found a dustpan and "threw" sand on the barbed wire fence with half a dustpan and half a dustpan.

It's pretty intelligible.

It just made Shi Daniu feel distressed enough: "Ah Zhen, do you think Tingting is not pleasing to your eyes? How can this be!"

"Brother Big Niu, at Tingting's age, have you already been born?"

"Can we be the same at that time as we are now? At that time, we had to earn work points." Shi Daniu said. At that time, it was considered good for them to finish elementary school, and they all went to work in the fields when they were teenagers.

"Brother Big Niu, Tingting is my younger sister. I won't harm her. If she suffers a little bit, she knows it's hard work to earn money." Shi Zhen said.

"Oh, it's okay for us to work harder, Tingting is still young." Shi Daniu said.

Shi Zhen: "..." He seemed to think so in his previous life.

When Shi Ting was tired, she would still be lazy. Every time she was lazy, she kept looking at Shi Zhen. If Shi Zhen also looked at her...she immediately stood up and went to work.

Also... quite interesting.

After working for a while, Shi Zhen saw an acquaintance coming from a distance.

He frowned and went downstairs.

When Shi Zhen went downstairs, the mason surnamed Zhang who had worked with him before was watching Shi Ting sift the sand.

Seeing Shi Zhen, Master Zhang "tsk tsk" twice: "Little Shi, can't you find someone to work for you? You even hired child labor."

Shi Zhendao: "My sister can't even come to play? But you, what are you doing here?" Although Shi Ting has been working, but she looks like that, she really came to play.

Sophomore girl, what can I do?

Shi Zhen didn't have a good impression of Master Zhang, after all, this man always made trouble for him.

It's probably not a good thing for this person to come over suddenly today.

"I just came to see your house. Didn't you always say that according to your method, the speed of building the house will be very fast? Our three-story building is finished, and you are only building the roof? After so long, it is only Building a two-story building...isn't it imposing?" Master Zhang looked at Shi Zhen complacently, looking a bit like a villain.

Seeing him like this, Shi Zhen was speechless.

But Master Zhang was afraid of Shi Zhen: "When the time comes, your house will definitely not be as good as the house I built!"

Before being suppressed by Shi Zhen, he has always held grudges, but now he can stand up and compare Shi Zhen, he is indescribably happy.

Shi Zhen said: "Well, you go for it."

If this person has real skills, it's normal to come to him to show off his prestige.

To build a house and copy his style, and still come to him, what do you think?

Shi Ting is smarter than him.

Shi Zhen went back upstairs and continued to work.

Master Zhang jumped on the spot, and said loudly: "This crappy house you built looks ugly. I want to see what you can turn into in the end!"

Shi Zhen ignored him.

His house, which only has outlines, is really ugly.

For example, he wanted to make a room with floor-to-ceiling windows, and the position of the window was a hole that was too big in the eyes of people at this time.

But what about the final effect... Wait, it will come out soon.

Master Zhang left after all, and when he left, Shi Ting said angrily to his back: "You are ugly, you look ugly!"

Alas, she didn't dare to say it just now.

Shi Zhen worked for a while, and then someone came again.

It was a van he had never seen before, Shi Zhen felt a little strange, he hurried downstairs, and saw Guan Baiyu get out of the car.

Forget it, Guan Baiyu still held a cake in his hand: "Brother, happy birthday!"

Guan Baiyu has always remembered Shi Zhen's birthday, and he has been thinking about celebrating Shi Zhen's birthday for a long time.

He also waited for Shi Zhen to tell him.

As a result... Shi Zhen didn't say anything at all, and the Shi family watched, but didn't think about it.

Of course, even if Shi Zhen didn't say anything, his birthday still had to be celebrated. Today he asked Liang Qinxuan to pick him up because he wanted to go to Changxi City to get a cake for Shi Zhen and buy birthday presents.

A few days ago, Shi Zhen mentioned that he wanted to buy a bicycle... He still couldn't afford a motorcycle, so he bought a bicycle for Shi Zhen first.

He has already earned money, I believe his brother will not refuse his gift.