Reborn to Strive

When I woke up, the room was still dark.

Shi Zhen went to bed very early last night, so naturally he woke up early today. He got up from the bed, unbolted the door bolt, opened the wooden door and walked out.

It was still dark and a little cold, but it was all very real.

He is back.

Shi Zhen had the urge to shout to the sky, and was indescribably happy.

Taking a deep breath, the coolness in his lungs let Shi Zhen know that making money is imminent.

Among other things, he and Shi Xinghuo lived here, so they had to buy some daily necessities.

For example, the toilet.

The rural areas of City J have access to water and electricity, but almost no one has installed flush toilets. They are all equipped with latrines and toilets.

The latrine is usually behind the house, and a hut will be built specially, and a toilet will be placed in the house, so as not to have to go outside to go to the toilet at night.

As for him and Shi Xinghuo, they are both men, and they can make do without a toilet for a short time, but definitely not for a long time.

What's more... If he has no money, how can Guan Baiyu live a good life?

In his previous life, he was able to recruit a group of villagers to work as contractors to make money because his uncle, Shi Xinghuo's father, lent him [-] yuan in compensation from the contractor after Shi Xinghuo's death.

Now that he is so poor, he doesn't even have the travel expenses for the villagers to come out of the village. How can he have money to buy tools?

In City J, family planning is implemented very well, and there are almost no extra births in rural areas.

However, according to the regulations of Province Z, if the first child with rural hukou gives birth to a daughter, they can have another child, so many rural families still have two children.

However, if the first child has a daughter, there will be no second birth. First, no one can guarantee that the second must be a son. Second, some local factories recruit female workers. Women have jobs, so naturally their waists are straight. .

Guan Baiyu's adoptive parents had only one daughter, and Guan Jianguo had only one daughter.

Guan Jianguo's daughter was four or five years old, and she was one of the children playing at the door yesterday. She had short hair, a round face that was tanned, black and white eyes, and was quite cute.

Shi Zhen saw that the door next door was open, and when he went in to find Guan Jianguo, he saw this cute kid holding a bowl from the boss, sipping porridge.

People here generally drink porridge in the morning and rice at noon and evening.

But after all, if you are not rich, the side dishes are relatively ordinary. At this moment, there is a big bowl of pickles on the table, and the whole family eats together.

"Uncle Guan, is there any job recruitment nearby? We want to find a job." Shi Zhen explained his purpose.

He told Guan Jianguo yesterday that he and Shi Xinghuo came here from the village in the next city to find a job and relatives by the way, and now it is not unexpected to ask Guan Jianguo for a job.

Guan Jianguo looks a bit fierce, but he has a good temper: "It's hard to find a job. If you are women, you can go to the chemical fiber factory and textile factory to ask. You are men, and many factories don't want you... But you can do small jobs. work."

There are quite a lot of factories in Anshan Town, especially in the past few years, those villages learned from Huaxi Village, and many of them set up factories.

There are two large factories in their village, one is a chemical fiber factory and the other is a cement factory.

But factories usually recruit female workers, and if there is a shortage of workers, someone will fill them up soon, and it is not the turn of outsiders.

Guan Jianguo just muttered a few words, saying that his wife used to work in a chemical fiber factory and had worked for several years, but after giving birth, she wanted to nurse the baby, so she was not allowed to go there and replaced it with someone else.

As for men, men are needed in the cement factory, but it is not easy to get in. He has a friend who works in the cement factory, and he only got in after asking the town cadres to tell him.

However, there are quite a lot of places to find small workers. Guan Jianguo remembered one thing when he was talking: "I have a friend who also drives a tractor. He has been selling mud recently. I want to find someone to help dredge. You Willing? But he only wants to be alone."

"We are willing." Shi Zhen said without hesitation.

Now he only has about 30 yuan left, which is less than the [-] yuan of later generations in terms of purchasing power.

The so-called selling mud means digging mud and selling it to cement factories.

Generally, it is necessary to find a place where the mud can be dredged first, and then work hard to dig the mud and send it to the cement factory.

The man who drives the tractor digs hard by himself, and if he can't make a little money a day, he will hire someone to help dig.

And that man, he originally asked his brother-in-law to help him dig the mud, and he paid ten yuan a day, but his brother-in-law was too lazy, and asked him to drive a tractor to his mother-in-law’s house every day and wait for people to get up. He had dug less than half as much mud as he had dug himself.

He couldn't take it anymore, so he planned to change.

Shi Zhen remembered that he worked as a small laborer in J city at this time in his previous life, and his income was ten yuan a day.

Shi Zhen told Guan Jianguo that he and Shi Xinghuo could work together first, and then let Shi Xinghuo work there alone after they were mature.

In Shi Xinghuo's situation, he can only do physical work, but the construction site these days is not as safety-conscious as later generations, and there are many safety hazards.

Shi Zhen didn't dare to let Shi Xinghuo go to the construction site, it would be better to let Shi Xinghuo do such simple manual work as dredging.

As for himself, Shi Zhen wanted to find another job.

Guan Jianguo asked Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo to drink porridge at his own house before taking them to the house of the man who drove the tractor.

That man was about the same age as Guan Jianguo, and like Guan Jianguo, he worked hard to save money and bought a tractor to make money.

After hearing Guan Jianguo's introduction, he was willing to accept Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo, but he also said: "Even if there are two of you, I will only give you ten yuan a day. If you work slowly, it will be even less."

Shi Zhen readily agreed.

When he met Guan Jianguo through Guan Baiyu in his previous life, Guan Jianguo no longer drove a tractor, but a van.

When he went to Guan Jianguo to rent a house, he actually planned to use Guan Jianguo's route to get Shi Xinghuo to find a job moving goods.

Of course, if he can't find another job for the time being, he can also move the goods first.

Now dredging is similar to moving goods.

Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo sat in the tractor, and when they arrived at the dredging site, they worked hard without thinking.

He and Shi Xinghuo were used to working in the village. Although they looked thin, they were quite strong.

Although he was very rich in his previous life, he didn't actually enjoy it very much. Now he doesn't object to letting him do physical work.

The man who drove the tractor worked with the two of them, and within a short while, the three of them filled a truck full of mud, which made the man stunned.

In the past, when he worked with his brother-in-law, he could only dig one car in a morning.

When the car was full, the man drove the mud to the cement factory.

When he went to deliver the mud, Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo continued to dig with their hoes.

When that person came, he used a shovel to load the dug mud into his car.

Selling mud is a job that sells more and gets more. Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo worked very hard and dug up a lot of people. In the end, this man not only took them home for lunch, but after finishing the work in the evening, he also I gave 15 yuan.

After all, he earned a lot more than usual today.

As for having dinner at noon... He is also a rural person. Apart from driving a tractor, he also farms the land. Now is not the time when they used to eat big pot meals. They do their best to serve the fields, and there is still enough food.

Shi Zhen accepted all the 15 yuan that the man gave.

When he was working with this person, he kept chatting and asked many things in the local dialect, including Guan Baiyu's situation.

Guan Baiyu has indeed not had a good life these years.

Guan Baiyu's adoptive father and Guan Baiyu's biological father have actually had a bad relationship since they were young.

Guan Baiyu's father was fostered by the Guan family, and he gave the Guan family money. The money was in the 60s and [-]s, which was not a small amount for the Guan family, and it could even save lives.

Therefore, the old lady of the Guan family is very kind to Guan Baiyu's father. If there is something delicious and delicious, she always sticks to Guan Baiyu's father first.

Guan Baiyu's adoptive father has been mistreated a lot, so naturally he has a bad relationship with Guan Baiyu's biological father.

Later, Guan Baiyu was brought back, although he registered with his family, but he was not willing to take care of it, and when he had his own child, he was even less bothered to take care of Guan Baiyu.

But in the eyes of the villagers, he has done a good job. After all, Guan Baiyu has grown up well, and he didn't ask Guan Baiyu to do any work.

But food alone is not enough for people to live. Guan Baiyu needs clothes, shoes, stationery, etc. Guan Baiyu can’t buy them without money. So these years, Guan Baiyu basically wears other people’s old clothes.

When this person talked about Guan Baiyu, he felt a little sympathetic, but he didn't think Guan Baiyu's adoptive parents did anything wrong.

Shi Zhen didn't forget Guan Baiyu's adoptive parents either. In his previous life, Guan Baiyu had been in touch with them all the time, they were not considered close, just treated them as ordinary relatives.

And that couple, after Guan Baiyu followed him, did not push Guan Baiyu to ask for money. After Guan Baiyu lost money raising chickens in high school, they concentrated on farming. The days are getting better.

Guan Baiyu's younger sister didn't continue to study after graduating from junior high school, but went to learn to cut hair. Later, she opened a barber shop and made a lot of money.

When he died, this person had already moved the barber shop from Anshan Town to Changxi City for the convenience of his children's study, and her son had just entered the best high school in Changxi City.

In the evening, Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo ate the unfinished rice noodles and rabbit meat they had brought out from the village.

After eating, Shi Zhen looked at Shi Xinghuo: "Brother, I'm going out for a while, you stay at home."

He was going to talk to Guan Baiyu.

After meeting Guan Baiyu at noon yesterday, he has been thinking about how to get in touch with Guan Baiyu, and now he has made up his mind.

Shi Zhen went to knock on the door of Guan Baiyu's house.

Guan Baiyu quickly opened the door and was surprised to see Shi Zhen's face.

Shi Zhen smiled at him: "You are Guan Baiyu, right? I am your cousin."