Reborn to Strive

Shi Zhen woke up suddenly the next morning.

He dreamed about the day Guan Baiyu died.

There are some things that he doesn't want to think about, but he always thinks about them.

Lying on the bed, taking a few deep breaths, Shi Zhen pressed the light switch connected by himself at the head of the bed, turned on the light, and looked at the alarm clock next to him.

Four in the morning.

He went to bed at eleven o'clock last night, and he couldn't fall asleep at first. Not long after he fell asleep, he woke up again.

Shi Xinghuo was still sleeping soundly, snoring loudly.

Shi Zhen quietly got up from the bed, opened the door to the inner room, and saw Guan Baiyu lying on the bed, which made him feel better.

But... this man died once.

Shi Zhen didn't go back to bed and lie down, but went out and sat on the stone in front of Guan Baiyu's house.

It's not yet dawn, but people occasionally pass by on the road in front of their house.

Most of them are people who get up early and go to the town to sell vegetables grown by themselves.

The birds on the tree were chirping, and occasionally a grasshopper jumped out of the grass.

Shi Zhen sat for a long time, when the sun rose from the sky, the door "squeaked" open, and Shi Xinghuo came out from the room.

Shi Xinghuo usually went to bed very early. When Shi Zhen came back last night, he was already asleep. Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu were washing at the door, so they didn't disturb him at all.

He went to bed early, so naturally he woke up early, seeing Shi Zhen now, Shi Xinghuo said: "Ah Zhen, you woke up really early today!"

"Yeah." Shi Zhen stood up, went to get a toothbrush and toothpaste, took a bowl, and prepared to brush his teeth.

Shi Zhen didn't plan to live in Guan Baiyu's house forever. He would buy a house sooner or later, so he didn't make any major renovations to the house.

However, for the convenience of doing business, he connected a faucet to the door of his house and built a small shed at the door.

Now they wash up, usually here.

Shi Zhen took the water in a bowl, squeezed the toothpaste, and said to Shi Xinghuo, "Brother, brush your teeth."

Shi Xinghuo muttered, not very happy, but still followed Shi Zhen, brushing his teeth with a toothbrush.

They were in the mountains before, and no one brushed their teeth at all.

Shi Zhen cultivated these hygiene habits under the supervision of Guan Baiyu in his previous life, but in this life, he supervised Guan Baiyu and Shi Xinghuo and asked them to brush their teeth seriously.

Before he came, Guan Baiyu didn't even brush his teeth... Shi Zhen thought, Guan Baiyu should have gone to high school in his previous life and lived in a dormitory before he knew he had to brush his teeth.

Guan Baiyu likes to be clean. In the past, he didn't brush his teeth mainly because he had no conditions. But since Shi Zhen bought the toothpaste and toothbrush, Guan Baiyu brushed it every day. But Shi Xinghuo didn't like to brush his teeth. If Shi Zhen didn't tell him, he would avoid brushing.

After Shi Zhen finished brushing his teeth, he washed the bowl he used to brush his teeth, and planned to put it back in the cupboard.

Just then, he heard a loud voice: "Master!"

It was Qian who got up and rode his bicycle past their house. When he saw them, he stopped to say hello.

After getting up, I go to the town to buy pig's head, pork and vegetables every morning at [-]:[-] a.m. After buying, I go home and make all kinds of preparations, and then go to the town to sell them at noon.

When he went to the town, he had to take the road in front of Guan Baiyu's house, and they would meet each other from time to time.

Shi Zhen greeted him and asked about his business.

Shi Xinghuo also leaned over to talk to Qian.

Qian Qi sometimes teases Shi Xinghuo, but Shi Xinghuo likes Qian Qi quite a bit, and their names are also very fateful.

One is "Arise, people who do not want to be slaves", and the other is "A single spark can start a prairie fire".

At the beginning, their village wanted to change its name to "Xinghuo Village", but because other villages took the lead, such a good name was useless.

His uncle had been thinking about this name for many years, and when his first son was born, he named him Shi Xinghuo without hesitation.

Speaking of which, he was almost called "Zhenhua" or "Zhenguo" back then, but his mother thought that there were too many names with "Guo" and "Hua" in them, so he didn't agree, so he was called "Shi Zhen".

At that time, his mother who hid in the mountains for refuge did not dare to give him a maverick name, she just wanted to make no mistakes.

Qian got up, paused for a while, and then left. Shi Zhen went back to the house, washing rice and cooking porridge.

In order to facilitate cooking, Shi Zhen bought a gas stove a few days ago and came back to use it. Now he uses the gas stove to fry some vegetables and eggs.

Ever since he gave the women in the village money to embroider sweaters, they became more and more enthusiastic about him. When they saw him, they liked to send him vegetables, or directly asked him to pick whatever vegetables he wanted from their fields.

Guan Baiyu's adoptive mother asked him to pick vegetables in their field to eat.

Shi Zhen did not refuse.

This is not their village on the hill.They couldn't find any land there, but the land here is very fertile, and the vegetables grow fast. Most people can't eat enough vegetables if they grow some vegetables in the private plot in front of their houses.

So Shi Zhen usually does not buy vegetables, but only buys meat.

As for eggs, he used to buy them from egg wholesalers when he was in business, but now he buys them from an old woman who raises chickens in the village. , but eating healthy.

Shi Zhen fried vegetables and eggs, divided them into three portions, and fried some pickles with oil, and put a large bowl in the middle.

He often divides the dishes well, if he doesn't divide them, Shi Xinghuo will rush to eat the eggs without touching the vegetables.

Nutrition should be more balanced.

When Shi Zhen was cooking, Guan Baiyu also got up. After getting up, he washed first, and then started to wash the clothes he and Shi Zhen changed last night.

It took a long time to cook the porridge, but after he washed it, it was just ready to eat.

Shi Zhen actually has no appetite, he doesn't want to eat anything right now.

But he still has a lot of things to do, it is impossible not to eat, Shi Zhen finally ate a big bowl of porridge.

He specially cooked some more today, looked at the porridge left in the pot, Shi Zhen boiled it again, cut two preserved eggs and put them in, and shredded a piece of lean pork that he took out from the freezer before. Go in, add seasonings to taste, and finally sprinkle chopped green onions to make a preserved egg and lean meat porridge.

He planned to visit Zhao Meiyun and bring some food along the way.

Preserved egg porridge with lean meat is quite good, he remembered that Zhao Meiyun liked to eat preserved eggs.

Shi Zhen took out two large enamel cups at home, cleaned them, filled them with preserved egg and lean meat porridge, rode a tricycle, and took Shi Xinghuo and Guan Baiyu to the town.

He told Shi Xinghuo about Zhao Meiyun's broken leg, Shi Xinghuo was a little worried, and didn't know what he could do, so he just listened to Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen gave him 20 yuan, and when he arrived in the town, he found a small shop and bought a pack of biscuits, and a version of Wahaha milk for him, and asked him to take them all to Zhao Meiyun later.

According to their customs, he and Zhao Meiyun are a family, and they don't need to bring anything when they visit a doctor, but relatives like Shi Xinghuo need to give some money and things when they visit a doctor.

In their hometown, they usually give a few yuan, but here, Shi Xinghuo represents the uncle's family, and it is necessary to give twenty.

In the future, if his uncle or aunt is hospitalized due to health problems, their family members will also have to bring money and things to visit the sick.

Of course, Shi Zhen didn't forget to prepare a copy for Guan Baiyu.

He went out and said that Guan Baiyu was his cousin. Since he was a relative, Guan Baiyu had to bring something when he came to visit the sick.

Of course, if you take it once, you don’t need to take it again.

When Shi Zhen and the others arrived at the hospital, it was only seven o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Qiujuan went home last night, and Shi Dalin slept in the hospital all night, because he went to bed late last night, he just woke up, and was discussing with Zhao Meiyun what to eat in the morning: "Why don't I go to Qiujuan's to get two rice balls?"

Zhao Meiyun agreed: "Let her give me more peanuts."

Shi Zhen came at this time, heard the words: "The rice balls are made of glutinous rice, which is not easy to digest. Aunt Zhao, please drink some porridge."

He gave Shi Dalin and Zhao Meiyun the porridge he brought, each of them happened to have a cup.

Whether it is Shi Dalin or Zhao Meiyun, they have never seen the world, and have never eaten preserved egg and lean meat porridge. Shi Dalin looked at the porridge and asked, "What is this?"

"Preserved egg and lean meat porridge." Shi Zhen said.

It's preserved eggs and meat... Shi Dalin took a bite and fell in love with it immediately.

The same goes for Zhao Meiyun, who ate while talking about how delicious it was.

"Mom, what's delicious?" Shi Ting rushed in from the outside and leaned over to have a look.

After seeing the porridge in Zhao Meiyun's cup, she went to see Shi Dalin's again, and then acted like a baby to Shi Dalin: "Dad, I want to eat it too."

Shi Dalin never competed with the children for food, and directly gave Shi Ting his cup.

Shi Ting said: "I can't eat so much, Dad, I'll taste a little, and I'll give you the rest."

After Shi Ting finished speaking, she didn't dislike her father eating it, and started to eat it. She still didn't forget to take out a rice ball from her pocket and give it to Shi Dalin: "Dad, my eldest sister asked me to bring it to you."

Shi Dalin went to have dinner.

Zhao Dongjuan came with Shi Ting, holding a cup in her hand. She glanced at Shi Ting, who was about to eat from Shi Dalin's hand, and was a little unhappy: "You all have eaten! It's a pity that I have to go all the way to give it to you." Bring food!"

She sat down beside her, opened her cup, and began to eat the wonton inside.

Zhao Dongjuan is not in a good mood at the moment. She quarreled with Zhao Meiyun yesterday and went out. She didn't come home until it was almost dinner time. But when she got home, she found that there was no one at home, and no one left her. meal.

These people are ostracizing her!

She was not happy, so she went outside to buy some biscuits to eat, and waited at home after eating, but Zhao Qiujuan and Shi Ting didn't come back until very late.

She was asleep at the time, and was suddenly woken up by them. She was in a bad mood, so she said a few words, but her sister quarreled with her, saying that it was because of her, that her mother fell.

What does her mother have to do with wrestling?

She was out by then!

Zhao Dongjuan was angry all night, and now she came early in the morning to deliver food to Zhao Meiyun, but he already ate it, so she didn't appreciate her kindness... She just ate it herself.

Shi Ting was a little confused when she saw it: "Second Sister, Eldest Sister bought it for Mom." Although her mother was already drinking porridge, no matter how full she was, she could still eat a few more wontons.

Let’s just talk about her, she ate rice balls from her sister’s side, and she can still drink porridge now.

Her second sister is actually the same. She has eaten rice balls just now, and now she can still eat wontons.

Zhao Dongjuan said: "You can drink porridge, but I can't eat a few wontons?"

Shi Ting stopped talking.

Zhao Dongjuan said to Shi Zhen again: "The house you are renting, the stairs are too steep and narrow, my mother even fell down the stairs!"

Shi Zhen: "..."

Even Zhao Meiyun was dumbfounded, she fell and hurt, it had nothing to do with Shi Zhen.

If it really mattered, it was also Zhao Dongjuan. She was in a hurry to chase her daughter at the time, so she didn't walk safely.

Zhao Meiyun immediately said: "Dongjuan, what are you talking about!"

Shi Zhen knew the characters of his family members very well, and also knew that Zhao Dongjuan was getting more and more aggressive, so he said directly: "I'll go first, I have something to do over there, brother Xinghuo has to go to work too."

"Hey, you guys go quickly... Dongjuan is just not sure what to say, this time I was careless, hey..." Zhao Meiyun was a little at a loss.

Shi Zhen smiled at her, and left directly, carrying Shi Ting away as he left.

School is about to start, and he wants Guan Baiyu to make up lessons for Shi Ting.

Seeing Shi Zhen and the others leave, Zhao Meiyun couldn't do it with guilt, she hugged the quilt and shed tears silently.

Shi Dalin was also a little unhappy, and said to Zhao Dongjuan, "Where did you go yesterday? Why didn't you come and see your mother."

"No one came to look for me! I didn't know she fell!" Zhao Dongjuan was even more upset, she didn't know her mother fell!Why did her sister talk about her as soon as she came home yesterday, and her father still talks about her today? !

"There is no one at home, so you don't know how to ask the neighbors?" Shi Dalin frowned, "No one notified Ah Zhen, he came earlier than me."

Zhao Dongjuan was not at home yesterday, and they really couldn't find anyone to notify her, but when she came home at night and saw that there was no one at home, the neighbors would know if she asked.

Mr. Fei was not the only one who knew about Zhao Meiyun's fall. Qiujuan came to him yesterday, and he came here after going home to set up a stall. At that time, he told the people around him about Zhao Meiyun's hospitalization.

Zhao Dongjuan lowered her face. What she dislikes the most is when others compare her to Shi Zhen, making it seem like Shi Zhen is more attractive.

Seeing that she was silent, Shi Dalin was not aggressive.

Whether it is a stepdad or a stepmother, it is not easy to do it. For example, if you cook a dish at home and your child doesn't like it, if you slap him and force him to eat it, others will not say anything when they see it, and the child will not hold grudges.

But if it's not a kiss, the child has more thoughts... Don't say slapping and forcing him to eat, as soon as you put this dish on the table, people will think you are vicious, and think that you deliberately don't want him to eat, so you make it specially He doesn't like to eat.

Shi Dalin has also noticed Zhao Dongjuan's temperament over the years.

With Zhao Qiujuan, it's okay.He usually asks Zhao Qiujuan to do something, and Zhao Qiujuan can do it neatly. Before Zhao Qiujuan said that the person to kiss is not good, he said that people listened to him.

There are also things like rice balls, he can get them from Zhao Qiujuan if he wants to eat, so he doesn't have to worry about Zhao Qiujuan thinking he is taking advantage.

Shi Dalin said again: "When you come, I will go home."

Shi Dalin came to the hospital in a hurry when the stall was halfway set up yesterday.

It's hot now, some materials have been stored overnight, and they are probably broken, so he has to go back and dispose of them.

He still has to buy some materials for today and set up a stall in the afternoon.

Zhao Meiyun lives in the hospital, and she needs a lot of money every day just to hang water. If she doesn't earn money, she will have to drink northwest wind.

After Shi Dalin left, Zhao Dongjuan said to Zhao Meiyun: "Look, they don't care about you, they are all in a hurry to go back to do business."

Zhao Meiyun was already in tears, but she cried again when she heard this: "They don't do business, so you support me?"

"If you take care of me, I won't stop supporting you." Zhao Dongjuan said.

Zhao Meiyun didn't know where she didn't take care of her little daughter, but she had argued with Zhao Dongjuan before and told Zhao Dongjuan that she couldn't talk about her little daughter, so she stopped talking and could only cry.

Breaking her leg really made her very scared. She was afraid that she would become a cripple and would not be able to do anything in the future.

She didn't dare to say that she fell to chase her little daughter... She hurt her leg, and it would cost a lot of money to treat the disease, not to mention that according to the doctor, it would take at least half a year for her to recover from the injury, and Her bones are prone to problems, and she will not be able to do heavy work in the future.

What if the Shi family dislikes her?

But in the current situation, the Shi family didn't dislike her, but her youngest daughter really couldn't count on her.

Seeing her youngest daughter eating the wontons her eldest daughter bought for her, Zhao Meiyun felt really cold.

She used to have no food like wontons, but now that her eldest daughter bought them for her when she was sick, the younger daughter actually ate them all, without giving her a little.

Shi Zhen returned to Guan Baiyu's house, asked Guan Baiyu to take Shi Ting to learn English, and started working on the woolen sweater himself.

Shi Ting's grades in mathematics, chemistry and physics are hopeless, but fortunately she is good at English, Chinese and politics.

Shi Zhen simply asked her to learn more English, so that in the future all the teachers would not dislike her.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, another cart of woolen sweaters was delivered, and women in the village also saw the timing to deliver embroidered sweaters and pick up unembroidered sweaters.

By the time Shi Zhen finished his work, it was past eleven o'clock.

Guan Baiyu had already made lunch, and he even bought an old hen from the villagers to stew, and then asked Shi Zhen: "Brother, do you want to visit Aunt Zhao again? Bring her some chicken soup too."

This chicken, Guan Baiyu stewed it for Zhao Meiyun.

Zhao Meiyun and Shi Zhen are not close, but they are very polite to each other, and she is also good to Shi Zhen.

Before she and Zhao Qiujuan came to pick up woolen sweaters at noon every day, and they would bring them a bowl of home-cooked meat dishes.

Shi Zhen agreed.

When he was in the hospital in the morning, he wanted to ask the doctor about Zhao Meiyun's situation, but the doctor was not at work yet, so he didn't ask anyone.

It's good to have a look at noon.

Mainly Zhao Meiyun was hurt, he was restless and couldn't calm down.

Shi Zhen had a meal at noon, but still had no appetite, he didn't even feel hungry at all, his heart was heavy.

After eating, he took chicken soup and drove Shi Ting and Guan Baiyu to the hospital in a tricycle.

In the ward.

Zhao Qiujuan was thinking about her mother, so she closed the stall early this morning, and hurried to the hospital to look for Zhao Meiyun in the early nine o'clock.

As soon as Zhao Qiujuan came, Zhao Dongjuan left. Without Zhao Dongjuan, Zhao Meiyun was in a much better mood, and complained to her eldest daughter about her younger daughter.

She also told her eldest daughter what was in her heart.

After hearing this, Zhao Qiujuan said, "Mom, leave her alone and let her go."

Zhao Meiyun said: "I don't care about her anymore, she is here to collect debts."

Zhao Qiujuan didn't take her mother's assurance seriously.

This man, that's it.Some people gamble and lose all their money to pay back their debts. Parents still cry and pay back. Her sister is not yet at this level, and her mother can't let go.

Even she felt angry that her younger sister was taking advantage of everything with her appearance.

When it was time to eat lunch, Zhao Qiujuan said, "I've been to Dad's place, and I gave him rice balls, and I also eat rice balls myself...Mom, what do you want for lunch? I'll go buy some for you."

"It's fine for me to have a meal, and I don't need to waste that money." Zhao Meiyun was reluctant to spend money.

Zhao Qiujuan said: "Ah Zhen said, you have to eat well to heal your injury."

"The rice balls are not good enough?" Zhao Meiyun muttered.

Regardless of Zhao Meiyun's obstruction, Zhao Qiujuan went to the hospital cafeteria and bought Zhao Meiyun a meal, a soybean stewed pork trotter, and tomato scrambled eggs.

The dishes were not big, but Zhao Meiyun was reluctant to eat, so she ate half of each dish, and asked Zhao Qiujuan to take the rest to Shi Dalin.

Zhao Qiujuan disagreed, so Zhao Meiyun said: "Then I'll save it for dinner, and you can go home and cook something at night, just bring me some food."

This, Zhao Qiujuan agreed, it's too expensive to buy food, and her mother doesn't have to watch it all the time, she plans to go home to cook at night.

As soon as they finished eating, Shi Zhen came with Guan Baiyu. Shi Zhen brought a quarter of the chicken with chicken legs, gave it to Zhao Meiyun along with the chicken soup, and asked about Zhao Meiyun's situation.

Zhao Meiyun did not expect that Shi Zhen would come to see her in the morning, and would come to see her again at noon. She was surprised and happy, and even said that she was fine.

Shi Zhen went to ask the nurse, who also said that Zhao Meiyun's situation was nothing serious.

Only then did he feel relieved to leave.

When Shi Zhen left, Zhao Meiyun looked at what Shi Zhen had brought, and happily said to her daughter, "Qiujuan, it's better to be your brother, bring me chicken legs. I haven't eaten chicken legs in decades."

After she grew up, these were left for the children to eat, and she never ate them again.

She is not the only one like this, Shi Dalin and other people her age have grown up and stopped eating chicken legs.

Zhao Qiujuan also thought that Shi Zhen was pretty good.

The doctors here either speak the local dialect or Mandarin, and they have to travel around for examinations. If it weren't for Shi Zhen yesterday, she really wouldn't know anything.

This is just the beginning, in the next few days, Shi Zhen will come to see Zhao Meiyun every morning and noon, and bring some food for Zhao Meiyun.

Although Zhao Dongjuan said some weird words in the ward the first morning, the people in the same ward as Zhao Meiyun couldn't hear them clearly. Seeing many people coming and going at Zhao Meiyun's place these days, they could only envy them.

"Big sister, you have many children, and you are also filial, bringing you delicious food every day."

"Yes, your daughter brings you meat every time, and your son also brings you delicious food."

"You have lived in the hospital for a few days, and instead of losing weight, you have gained weight. You are so lucky."

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Zhao Meiyun was in a better mood when she heard this. To these people, she praised Zhao Qiujuan and Shi Zhenlai, and even Shi Ting praised them again and again.

Shi Ting came to see her more than Shi Zhen every day, and would come to her place after dinner in the evening. Of course, she also had to try the Wahaha and biscuits sent by Shi Xinghuo and Guan Baiyu.

She was reluctant to take these apart, but Shi Ting took them apart if she wanted to eat them, and she ate a lot when she was done, and gave them to Zhao Qiujuan, which was quite enjoyable.

During this period of time, her youngest daughter was probably having a temper tantrum, and she was really much more relaxed if she didn't come to the hospital to see her.

Five days later, Zhao Meiyun was discharged from the hospital.

Shi Zhen took Shi Dalin to go through the discharge procedures for her, and let her go home to raise her. The next day, he took Guan Baiyu to Changxi City to complete the admission procedures for Guan Baiyu.

Zhao Meiyun was fine, Shi Zhen felt relieved, and when he saw the gate of No. [-] Middle School, he smiled sincerely.

Shi Zhen was afraid that Guan Baiyu would be looked down upon at school, so he bought good ones for Guan Baiyu's daily necessities.

However, in high school at this time, comparisons and the like were relatively rare, so he bought cheap products. In short, it was guaranteed that Guan Baiyu was similar to most students.

The student dormitory in 94 was not as good as it was later. The dormitory of Guan Baiyu School was not big. There were four bunk beds on each side of the iron frame. A room could sleep eight people, and there was no desk in the room.

The name was already written on the bed, and Guan Baiyu got the upper bunk. Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu were quite satisfied with this.

Although climbing up and down is a bit troublesome, the upper bunk is quiet and not easily disturbed.

Shi Zhen helped Guan Baiyu make the bed, took out the mosquito net from the bedding bag bought from the school and hung it up, and then he and Guan Baiyu looked at the cafeteria and the place selling water before leaving.

In the end, when Shi Zhen walked to the school gate, he saw Liang Qinxuan.

Shi Zhen was stunned.

Liang Qinxuan didn't like to tell him about his youth, but as far as he knew, Liang Qinxuan didn't have a high school degree, only a junior high school diploma.

But... when Liang Qinxuan dragged him to learn English, he did learn English well, much better than him.

This person... used to be a student of City No. [-] Middle School?

Shi Zhen was a little surprised, especially...he noticed that Liang Qinxuan was in a completely different state from when he met him during the summer vacation.

At that time, Liang Qinxuan looked carefree, but now Liang Qinxuan is like an angry lion that is ready to violently hurt others at any time.

Today Shi Zhen looked in a good mood, Guan Baiyu was very happy, even the unhappiness caused by parting was much relieved.

But now that Shi Zhen paid attention to others, he became a little unhappy, and asked Shi Zhen: "Brother, who are you looking at?"

Shi Zhendao: "Looking at the gold necklace I met during the summer vacation, I didn't expect that he was also a student of No. [-] Middle School."

Guan Baiyu also saw Liang Qinxuan at this time.

He didn't like people like Liang Qinxuan, who reminded him of Yan Jiangtao.

But his brother is very concerned about this gold necklace...

It can't be said that he is very concerned about this gold necklace, but it should be that he is very concerned about this person's gold necklace.

Why doesn't he have a gold necklace?

Guan Baiyu felt a little lost, and suddenly thought of something.

His brother said that if you know more people, you can find more ways to make money.

That gold necklace, you can tell from his appearance that his family must be very rich, maybe you can touch it?

If he can make money, he can buy a gold necklace for his brother!