Reborn to Strive

Shi Zhen was very warm to the villagers, and he said that he was stewing the pig's head and was going to sell it in the town tomorrow.

"If you want to buy, you can come here early tomorrow, and I'll sell it to you at a lower price." Shi Zhen said, everyone in the village gets up early, and he doesn't plan to go to the town too early tomorrow morning, so he can sell some in the village before leaving.

It's really tiring to go to town with pig's head meat.

Their village is relatively close to the town, and because of this, the village is relatively rich.

But even so, the number of people going to town is not much.

More than ten years later, what people think is a very short distance is very long for people at this time. If nothing else, just say that Changxi City, which is only half an hour away from Anshan Town by car, the elderly in their village I haven't been there before. Those young people will go because it is popular to buy a new set of clothes in the city now when they get married.

Therefore, people in the village don't buy meat very much, and eat cooked food less often. Now that they smell so delicious, they all say that they will definitely come to buy it tomorrow morning.

After dinner, everyone was idle, and many people came to Guan Baiyu's place one after another. Guan Baiyu couldn't stay at home, so everyone stayed at the door to chat.

They chatted about the delicious pork head meat in the pot, they also talked about Shi Zhen, Guan Baiyu's cousin, and asked about Shi Zhen, Guan Baiyu's grandfather's house.

Not long after Shi Zhen came to this village, everyone in the village knew him. Last time when someone came to kill a pig, everyone had a chat with Shi Zhen. Now, they know more about Shi Zhen.

"You're a nice person. I don't know what Xiaoyu's grandpa is thinking. She doesn't even want her own grandson."

"After you came, Xiao Yu's life became much better."

"Xiaoyu suffered a lot in the past, but she will be fine in the future."

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Shi Zhen is Guan Baiyu's cousin, and he will not let Guan Baiyu change his household registration and change his surname. For the villagers, he treats Guan Baiyu well, but he is actually subsidizing Lao Guan's family and helping Lao Guan's family raise their children. Zhen is a bit silly.

Of course, no one said it in person.

At about eight o'clock, these people dispersed. Shi Zhen waited for them to leave and deal with the pig's head before going back to bed with Shi Xinghuo.

When Shi Zhen woke up the next day, he felt sore all over again—his muscles were probably strained again.

It was only after five o'clock when Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo went to Guan Baiyu's place for breakfast.

It takes a lot of time to cook porridge, and it won't be long after eating that you will be hungry, so Shi Zhen simply cooked a big pot of rice, enough for the three of them for a day, and mixed two lettuces with cold.

Before they ate, someone came to buy pork head meat.

They are all from the village. Shi Zhen lowered the price a bit and sold it to them for one yuan and five catties. He also said that starting tomorrow, he will sell pork head meat at home every morning and evening. If you want to buy it, you can come and buy it. It is cheaper than in the town .

City J has a high population density and a lot of people in the countryside. Occasionally there is something new to eat, and everyone wants to buy something, so that this pig head is sold out before Shi Zhen can move it to the town.

Guan Jianguo bought two catties in one go. He was tired of driving a tractor, and his income was not bad, not short of the three yuan.

When he bought it, the second grandmother who brought his daughter to see the fun was very dissatisfied with his son's extravagant style: "You can buy half a catty and try it, why buy two catties, so much, where can I eat up..."

"I can eat two catties by myself," Guan Jianguo said to his wife.

The second grandma's eyes widened: "So what if you can eat it? Your dad can eat a chicken at a meal. When did he eat a chicken at a meal?"

Guan Jianguo ignored her. If he listened to him, his family would not want to eat meat.

The second grandma was still talking non-stop: "The days are getting better and better now. I used to be able to eat meat all the time, and I couldn't get enough to eat. That year, there was no food at home. I was so hungry that my head grew bigger." In the end, I waited in line for several hours and bought a rice ball for free, and then I was relieved..."

Immediately there was an old lady who also brought her grandchildren to watch the fun next to her and said: "In the past, sprinkle some salt in the porridge and eat it directly with a spoonful of soy sauce, but now people eat pickles and stir-fry them with a lot of oil. Eat steamed ones."

Another old lady said: "Yes! I still remember when we used to eat a preserved egg for the whole family, dip a piece of it in soy sauce and lick it to serve with porridge... This morning my grandson actually ate a preserved egg alone."

There used to be other houses near Guan Baiyu's house. Before Guan Jianguo and the others built a new house, they lived next to him.

Now the houses there have been demolished, and some stones are piled up. These old ladies sit on the stones and chat.

The older grandchildren they bring play next to them, and the one or two-year-old is annoyed by being held in their arms, so they reach out to cover their grandma's mouth.

After talking about the previous things, they didn't care that their children were already impatient, and they started talking about chanting Buddha again.

After Shi Zhen sold the pig's head meat, he went to the town and brought back four pig's heads in one go.

Food like cold-cut pork head meat will sell better when it first comes out, but it will definitely not be sold in the future. He might as well take advantage of this time to earn more.

The pig heads stewed last night were sold out at home, so Shi Zhen had to start stewing again, and went to town after lunch.

He went with Guan Baiyu, and when he arrived in the town, he put down his things and gave Guan Baiyu two dollars: "Xiaoyu, it's rare for you to come to town, go buy something to eat."

"No, I have money." Guan Baiyu said, "I haven't spent the money you gave me before."

Shi Zhen gave Guan Baiyu 30 yuan before, and Guan Baiyu only spent a little of that money when buying firewood.

Guan Baiyu refused to ask for money, Shi Zhen had no choice but to give up, but although Guan Baiyu didn't take Shi Zhen's money, he still went shopping.

He lacks many things.

His grandma left him very little money. If he hadn't often been the first in the exam in the past two years, and the teacher would reward him with pens and notebooks, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have the necessary stationery.

Now that he has money, he wants to buy some ballpoint pen refills, as well as some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

The first time we met, his cousin gave him 30 yuan. He once thought that his cousin was very rich, but after observing it for a few days... his cousin should be very poor.

After chatting with Shi Xinghuo, he was even more sure of this.

Guan Baiyu carried a basket on his back and bought everything.

Two yuan for a bag of washing powder, one yuan for twenty boxes of matches, forty cents for a catty of salt...

Guan Baiyu spent ten yuan for this flower.

He didn't touch the rest of the money. His family's food was almost gone, so he wanted to buy some rice from someone in the village.

When Guan Baiyu returned, more than half of Shi Zhen's pig head meat had been sold, leaving only one or two catties.

"Brother." Guan Baiyu called out and walked to Shi Zhen's side.

Shi Zhen gave him a small stool to sit on: "You go over there and sit under the shade of a tree and rest for a while, we will go back when I sell out."

Shi Zhen himself doesn't feel ashamed of selling things at all, but he knows that a person of Guan Baiyu's age may feel a bit ashamed of selling things.

Guan Baiyu didn't feel this way: "I'll just sit here." He didn't want to be too far away from Shi Zhen.

Guan Baiyu didn't leave, Shi Zhen wished that this person was sitting next to him alive, and his heart was at ease.

After Guan Baiyu sat down, Shi Zhen saw what he bought, and was slightly taken aback: "Did you buy anything to eat? The ham sausage soda is delicious, and the meat buns over there are also delicious."

Guan Baiyu shook his head: "I'm not hungry."

"A bun doesn't have much weight." Shi Zhen smiled, and happened to see two old ladies selling vegetables at a stall next to them eating a bowl of small wontons, so he asked, "Do you want to eat small wontons?"

The restaurants in the town are all concentrated near the vegetable market, and the shop that sells buns also sells small wontons.

"No need." Guan Baiyu refused.

He has never eaten small wontons, but he doesn't want to spend the money.

"I want it, you go and buy a bowl, we will share it." Shi Zhen took out a dollar and gave it to Guan Baiyu.Guan Baiyu likes small wontons very much. When he is with him, he often packs them for food. When he wakes up early in the morning, Guan Baiyu will cook him a bowl of small wontons with soup and water, and then cook him a big bowl of fried rice with eggs or fried rice. An omelette for him to eat.

At that time, he felt that Guan Baiyu was too free—why make two tricks for one breakfast?Even if you want to make two tricks, can't you just go out and eat?

But later, he made small wontons himself, but it didn't taste like this anymore.

Guan Baiyu refused to take the money: "I have money..."

"Guan Baiyu?" A voice suddenly sounded.

Guan Baiyu was taken aback for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw Yan Jiangtao and two people about his age coming out of the steamed stuffed bun shop next to him. He knew those two people, they were not in their class, but they were in the same grade as them.

"Guan Baiyu, are you selling something?" Yan Jiangtao looked at Guan Baiyu with a curious face, "You are so dirty, can the things you sell be edible?"

Guan Baiyu lowered his head and didn't want to cause trouble.

Yan Jiangtao was relentless: "What are you selling? It's disgusting to look at in the dark. You stink, so the things you sell also stink, right?"

Yan Jiangtao came to town with his friends on weekends.

He has a lot of pocket money, and he will come to the town every weekend to buy things and eat something delicious.

He had never met Guan Baiyu in the town before, but now that he did, he couldn't help being critical.

Guan Baiyu still didn't speak, Shi Zhen's face turned dark, and he asked Guan Baiyu, "Who is this?"

Guan Baiyu said: "I am at the same table."

Guan Baiyu didn't look at Shi Zhen, and couldn't tell what it felt like.

In the past, when Yan Jiangtao made trouble for him, he basically put up with it. Unless Yan Jiangtao went too far, he would find a way to take revenge secretly.

But he didn't dare to go too far, he knew he couldn't beat Yan Jiangtao.

But now, Yan Jiangtao said in front of his brother that he...

When Shi Zhen heard Guan Baiyu's words, he clenched his fists unconsciously.

Guan Baiyu's deskmate accidentally met them in the town, and they all talked like this. How did they usually bully Guan Baiyu at school?

He thought that Guan Baiyu had good grades and would not be bullied at school, but he was wrong.

He didn't even notice it before!

Shi Zhen looked at Yan Jiangtao with sharp eyes.

The locals are not tall. Yan Jiangtao is less than 1.7 meters tall and very thin.

Guan Baiyu is stunted and shorter than him, so he is not afraid of Guan Baiyu, but Shi Zhen is 1.8 meters tall.

Stared at by Shi Zhen, he didn't dare to say anything, and left cursing.

Behind him, Shi Zhen looked at him for a long time.