Reborn to Strive

Shi Zheng just came out to work not long ago and hasn't made any money yet, so he doesn't plan to go back to celebrate Qingming this year.

He wanted to make more money in April and May, so that he could go back in June and bring his family out.

Guan Baiyu didn't know what Shi Zhen was thinking, and he couldn't help but feel guilty when he heard Shi Zhen said that he would go to the grave with him-he lied to Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen chatted with Guan Baiyu for a few words, then hurried to the town.

The money is still waiting for him to deliver the food.

After paying the money for the food, Shi Zhen went to the shops in the town that sold funeral supplies such as wreaths.

Tomb-sweeping day was approaching, and a lot of items came into the store. Shi Zhen asked the prices one by one, and finally bought ten packs of tinfoil, and even learned how to fold silver ingots.

There are several ways to fold silver ingots, and he learned the best way to fold them.

Tin foil is not expensive, one yuan per pack, it is very thin, one side is yellow, and the other side is silver, if you use a little force, the silver side will fade.

After buying tinfoil, Shi Zhen walked around the town again, and found that there were very few grave-sweeping things sold in the town at this time, among other things, he hadn't seen the guns of the "Tiandi Bank".

I don't know if there is a place where I can buy it...

It is much more difficult to buy goods at this time than in later generations, and it is even more difficult to buy cheap goods.

Therefore, various small workshops can earn a lot of money during this period.

Many people took advantage of this trend to make a fortune, but many of them lost their family property afterward.

Back at the stall, Shi Zhen found that the twenty or so braised eggs and dried bean curd were all sold out.

"Someone wants to treat guests with insufficient dishes, so he bought all the eggs and dried beans. He didn't think the pork head meat was up to grade, so he didn't want it." Qian Qi said.

Shi Zhen nodded.

Although some people followed suit and sold the same things as him today, because it was Saturday, there were still many people who came to buy vegetables in the afternoon, and the things on his side were sold out one after another.

But in the future, it is estimated that I will not be able to sell four pig heads a day. I will try to stew three pig heads a day. Braised eggs and dried beans can be used as usual. The market for these two items is bigger than that of pig head meat.

As for the new product, he wanted to make some money during the Qingming Festival these days, so he didn't bother.

Shi Zhen thought about it, and said to Qian, "Get up, I want to borrow your bicycle to go to Changxi City tomorrow, is that okay?"

The most convenient way to go to Changxi City is to take the bus, but after he went there, he wanted to look around and see where he could get suitable goods.

There are a lot of places to run, and he has to hire a tricycle if he doesn't have a bicycle... It's more convenient to go by bicycle.

At most it is tiring.

"Okay!" Qian Li agreed without hesitation.

Seeing this, Shi Zhen smiled, and said again: "I'm free now, so I'll just visit the stall for a while, you can go to the side to practice."

When Qian got up, his eyes lit up, and he immediately went to the side to practice his arms.

He didn't practice for a long time, but because he had confidence in Shi Zhen, he also felt that practicing martial arts should start from the basics, so even if he didn't see the effect, he persisted.

He must become a martial arts master!

Shi Zhen is more open-minded in doing business, he is not stingy at all, he is completely different from the middle-aged man who followed suit and sold pig's head meat, but ended up looking ashamed.

He speaks well.

For example, if you see a woman in your 50s and 30s, you will call her sister, and if you see a woman in your [-]s and [-]s, you will call her sister directly.

As for the men they saw, anyone who was well-dressed would call him boss, and those who looked at their families in a bad situation would call them boss as a mockery, so they would call him big brother.

"Sister, my pork head meat is just stewed this morning. It's very fresh and tastes good. You can buy it and add another dish, and keep it for your family to like!"

"Boss, your children like to eat lean meat? This piece is mostly lean meat. I'll cut this side for you!"

"Brother, you bought so much, I'll give you an extra piece."

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Shi Zhen was good-looking, although his clothes were ordinary, he kept them clean, and he always greeted people with a smile, making him very lovable.

It didn't take long for him to sell all the things in his hand, and then he got up with the money, packed up his things, went to see Shi Xinghuo, and went home together.

When Shi Zhen came home, Guan Baiyu had already prepared the dishes.

In the pot is a large pot of stewed pork with cabbage, a steaming rack is placed on it, rice is placed on the steaming rack, and a bowl of roasted tofu with garlic leaves is on the table.

The four of them ate, got up and went home, while Shi Zhen and others continued to work, preparing for tomorrow's business.

During the period, Shi Zhen told Guan Baiyu Shi Xinghuo that he was going to Changxi City tomorrow.

Changxi City has developed well in the past few years, and it was withdrawn from the county to become a city last year. It is not far from Anshan Town, but at this time, people in Anshan Town seldom go to the city.

Guan Baiyu felt that Changxi City was far away: "Changxi City... Brother, how do you get there? Is it far away? I haven't been there yet!"

"I'll go there by bicycle, and I'll be there in an hour or two." Shi Zhen said with a smile.

It takes an hour or two to ride!

Guan Baiyu used to think that the town was far away, but it only takes 10 minutes to ride a bicycle to the town...

"Xiao Yu, when you are on summer vacation, I will take you to Changxi City to play. It is very nice there, with a big park and a big library." Shi Zhen actually doesn't know Changxi City, but the book There must be some Changxi City like Guan Park, but for Guan Baiyu at this time, no matter what it looks like, it will feel very big.

Guan Baiyu was indeed full of longing.

After Shi Zhen took care of the pig's head, he greeted Guan Baiyu and went out with tinfoil.

There are a thousand sheets of tinfoil in a pack. Locals buy them during the Qingming Festival. Usually, they buy one-fifth of the tinfoil. Ingots are burned together when buried.

Shi Zhen bought ten packs in one go, and he certainly couldn't finish folding them himself, and he didn't want to spend time on this matter, so he wanted to ask the old lady in the village to help him fold them, as long as he gave some money.

The first person he went to look for was Guan Jianguo's mother, and he knew this old lady quite well.

In the early days, the Guan family was actually a big landlord, but it was a pity that they encountered several prodigal sons one after another... In the generation of Guan Baiyu's grandfather's grandfather, the Guan family lost.

Guan Baiyu's three grandfathers and brothers have not had a good life since they were born. When they grow up, the family is poor and poor, and they can't marry a wife.

Guan Baiyu's grandfather was the oldest, so he was able to marry Guan Baiyu's grandmother with all his family's strength, but his second brother, Guan Jianguo's father, was almost thirty and couldn't marry a wife. The younger brother went to help work at Guan Jianguo's mother's house. After working for a few months, he promised to work for three consecutive years before Guan Jianguo's mother married Guan Jianguo's father.

At that time, Guan Jianguo's mother was only 19 years old. Because she was eating poorly and had just had her period, she didn't like Guan Jianguo's father who was 30 years old at all.

When Guan Jianguo's mother was young, she didn't have much time to think about it. She gave birth to children and took care of them to do farm work all day long. But now that she's old... she doesn't want to stay with her husband anymore.

Now she lives with Guan Jianguo, and her husband lives with Guan Jianguo's brother. The two usually don't communicate much, and they don't go to the fields. They just help their son cook at home.

As for why Shi Zhen knows this... Recently, those old ladies like to chat at the door of his house smelling the fragrance from his house. His mother Guan Jianguo would talk about the past from time to time. up.

When Guan Jianguo was born, his father was almost forty, and his mother was only in her twenties. Now Guan Jianguo's father is seventy, and his mother is only 59.

But these days everyone looks old, and a person who is 59 looks like an old lady.

When Shi Zhen passed by, Guan Jianguo had already had dinner, the lights were on in the main room, the old lady was sitting next to him, and several children were playing in the room.

Both Guan Jianguo and his wife make money, their family is well off, and only one daughter loves their children more. Not only can other people’s children eat a few candies when they come to his house, they will not reprimand them. families get together.

At the moment, several children are playing with a syringe without a needle. After pumping water, they shoot it into the bamboo tube a few steps away, to see who can accurately inject the water into the bamboo tube.

Shi Zhen went to talk to the old lady and asked her if she would fold ingots, saying that he

I want to find someone to fold the ingots for me, and I will give you two yuan for a pack of tinfoil.

Without even thinking about it, the old lady said that she knew how to fold. Seeing that Shi Zhen had many packages of tinfoil in his hand, she asked Shi Zhen to fold them all for her.

Shi Zhendao: "I want this ingot tomorrow night. I'll fold it all for you and you can't finish it. How about this? Come to me tomorrow when you finish folding this bag. I'll give you the money and I'll give you another bag."

The old lady readily agreed, and then asked Shi Zhen what kind of ingot he wanted.

Shi Zhen chatted with her, only to realize that she can only fold the simplest ones, not the more complicated ones he wanted, so he could only teach her on the spot.

Fortunately, she has learned it a few times, and she will be able to.

After she learned it, Shi Zhen took the remaining tinfoil to find other old ladies.

Zheyuanbao earns very little money, but the old ladies in the village are very willing to do it. They are all rural people and usually have no income at all. For them, a dollar is good.

Shi Zhen walked around the neighborhood, and when he met an old lady, he asked if she wanted to fold it.

He gave out a total of six packs of tinfoil, and then walked back. When he was about to reach Guan Baiyu's residence, Shi Zhen saw the door of Guan Baiyu's adoptive father's house open, and Guan Baiyu's adoptive mother was sitting at the door sorting leeks, so he went over and asked: "Auntie, I'm looking for someone to fold ingots. I'll give you two yuan for a pack of tinfoil. Do you want to fold it?"

He has a job here, and it's not very good to find someone irrelevant to do it with Guan Baiyu's adoptive father's family, so I just asked.

Zhang Xiumei asked: "What kind of ingot do you want to fold?"

Shi Zhen took out a piece of paper and folded one for her to see on the spot.

Zhang Xiumei said: "I haven't folded this before, if you teach me again, I can fold it."

Shi Zhen taught it twice more, Zhang Xiumei was young and learned it quickly.

Seeing this, Shi Zhen planned to give her a pack, but Zhang Xiumei said, "You still have four packs? Give them all to me."

"I want it urgently. It's best to finish folding it for me tomorrow night."

"If it can be finished, Jinjin can help at home during the holidays, and Jinjin's father can also fold it." Zhang Xiumei said.

Seeing this, Shi Zhen gave Zhang Xiumei the four packs of tinfoil in his hand.

Zhang Xiumei smiled while holding the four packs of tinfoil, and picked up a handful of leeks from the ground and gave them to Shi Zhen: "Do you want leeks? They are stubble and very tender."

"Thank you." Shi Zhen took it away with a smile, and was about to leave with the leeks, but before he could take a few steps, he was stopped: "Hey, wait a minute."

It was Guan Jinjin, Guan Baiyu's younger sister, who called to stop Shi Zhen.

When Zhang Xiumei heard her daughter shouting "Hello", she immediately reprimanded her: "Jin Jin, don't say hello when calling others!"

Guan Jinjin was not afraid of his mother, and immediately said: "I don't know what to call him! Hey, Guan Baiyu's cousin, Guan Baiyu was bullied at school yesterday, do you know?"

Guan Jinjin is two years younger than Guan Baiyu and is in the first grade of junior high school.

Nowadays, there are not many recreational activities, and the children in the countryside basically gather together to play. Guan Jinjin has been going to a friend's house to play poker every day for the past two days.

Then she heard from her friends that Guan Baiyu was being bullied by Yan Jiangtao at school, and she also found out about Yan Jiangtao's house.

Mrs. Guan refused to bring her granddaughter Guan Jinjin. Guan Jinjin had always been brought up by her parents. Her mother put her in a basket when she went to mow the grass, and her father let her sit on the ridge when she went to farm.

She has little contact with Guan Baiyu, and is not familiar with him at all. To Guan Baiyu, she belongs to the type that she neither hates nor likes, and does not want to be in contact with.

But recently Shi Zhen would occasionally send them some stewed beans or something, and she had a good impression of Shi Zhen.

The 13-year-old girl has a cute, black and round face. When she grows up, her round face will become square because of the powerful genes of the Guan family.

Although this girl didn't study much, she was very capable when she grew up. She bought a house and settled in Changxi City by herself...

Shi Zhen asked: "Has Guan Baiyu been bullied? By whom?"

Guan Jinjin said: "It seems that Jiang Tao is called. I didn't know it before. Someone told me about it this afternoon. They said that Yan Jiangtao beat Guan Baiyu at school... I heard that Guan Baiyu couldn't take it anymore. Went to Yan Jiangtao's house and beat Yan Jiangtao. But I don't know what happened."

Shi Zhen took a deep breath and smiled at the little girl: "Thank you for telling me about this."

Guan Jinjin shook his hands generously: "You're welcome!"

Shi Zhen left quickly, and when Shi Zhen left, Guan Jinjin said to her mother, "Mom, Guan Baiyu's cousin is so pretty!"

The men here are generally short, and now the young ones are a little taller, but there are also many who are less than 1.7 meters.

Standing among these people, Shi Zhen stood out from the crowd, especially conspicuous.

His facial features are also good, and he has a calm temperament that is different from others.

Every time Guan Jinjin saw him, he would take a few extra glances.

Zhang Xiumei glanced at her daughter and asked, "Have you finished your homework?"

"It's done." Guan Jinjin said, she hasn't done it yet, but she doesn't really want to do it... Anyway, her mother is illiterate and doesn't know.

Zhang Xiumei said: "When you finish your homework, come and fold the ingots. After folding a bag, there are two yuan. If you fold it, I will give you the money." Zhang Xiumei, who has no good face towards Guan Baiyu, is very painful to her daughter. of.

"Mom, teach me quickly!" Guan Jinjin immediately said, for two yuan, she can spend one yuan to buy a long rubber band, and the remaining one to buy snacks.

No, how can it be enough to only discount two yuan?She wants to discount four dollars!

Guan Jinjin learned faster than her mother, and started folding after learning it.

Her hands and feet were nimble, and she folded better than her mother in a short while, and the speed was even faster.

Seeing my mother teaching my father to fold... Guan Jinjin snatched two packs of tinfoil and said, "Mom, mom, give me two packs, I'll fold two packs and you fold two packs!"

Zhang Xiumei didn't object. She spent a lot of time teaching her husband to fold, but her husband's fingers were too thick to do fine work well. When folding, his chapped hands would rub off the silver powder on the tinfoil.

"Forget it, you go sort the leeks, and I'll break them." Zhang Xiumei gave up and asked her man to help.

From time to time, their family will go to the town to sell vegetables, which can be regarded as an income.

Guan Guangguo smiled and went to tidy the leeks. He tore off the yellow leaves from the leeks, cleaned them one by one, tied the bunches with straw, and said, "I'll sell these leeks in the town tomorrow. Fold ingots at home."

"Yes." Zhang Xiumei agreed.

Guan Guangguo said again: "I heard people say that raising chickens is very profitable. Do you think I should buy some chickens and raise them?"

"We don't have a place to raise our children, right?" Zhang Xiumei hesitated.

Guan Guangguo said: "The ones that can be raised can be raised in these two houses, but if you want to raise chickens, you can't raise silkworms this year... They raise chickens and earn five or six thousand a year, and silkworms can earn as much as the sky." One thousand, it’s better to raise chickens.”

Their family used to raise a lot of silkworms, and several batches, but they only earned more than 1000 yuan a year—sometimes they didn’t have enough mulberry leaves, so they had to buy mulberry leaves from other people’s homes.

Zhang Xiumei said: "Then you have to ask how they raised it before you can raise it."

They discussed while doing the work at hand.

When Shi Zhen came home, he saw Guan Baiyu peeling eggs.

The hard-boiled eggs had to be peeled first, and then marinated. At this moment, Guan Baiyu had already peeled a large pot of white and tender eggs.

"Brother, what did you do?" Guan Baiyu asked.

"I want to sell ingots in the town during the Qingming Festival, so I bought some tinfoil for help to fold." Shi Zhen said.

"Is there any more? I can fold it too."

"You have to do a lot of things at home, and you don't need your help." Shi Zhen wanted to ask about Yan Jiangtao, but he didn't know how to say it——Guan Baiyu's eyes were red at noon today, because he was bullied, right?But Guan Baiyu didn't tell him.

Guan Baiyu thought that there were many things to do at home, such as lighting a fire and peeling eggs, but he didn't have to fold ingots.

He had already finished peeling a pot of eggs, wiped his wrinkled hands with a towel because he kept picking eggs from the water, and said to Shi Zhen, "By the way, brother, I have something for you."

"What?" Shi Zhen asked subconsciously.

Shi Xinghuo fell asleep behind the stove again...

Guan Baiyu took a look at Shi Xinghuo, took out a roll of money to Shi Zhen behind Shi Xinghuo's back, and said in a low voice: "Brother, this is

My grandma left me 300 yuan... Aren't you going to buy a tricycle?Is it enough to add this money? "