Reborn to Strive

Guan Baiyu's popularity in the class is not bad, after all his grades are very good.

But Yan Jiangtao doesn't like him.

Guan Baiyu knew the reason.

In their school, the lives of most students' families are similar. At most, some families are willing to spend money, and food and clothing are better, while some families are more stingy, and food and clothing are poorer.

But Yan Jiangtao is different, his family is quite rich.

His father bought a few machines to weave at home and earned a lot of money. Yan Jiangtao's pocket money is thirty every week!

You should know that for the rest of the class, fifty cents a day is not bad, and many people don't even give their children a penny.

Yan Jiangtao's family is rich, well-fed and well-clothed, but he always dislikes him and thinks he is dirty.

Once Yan Jiangtao saw a lice on his head, he hated him even more, and publicized it in class.

There are not a few people in the class who have had lice, and the lice medicine in the canteen has been selling well. Most people don't care about it, but there are a few people who quarrel with Yan Jiangtao and have trouble with him.

Most of the time, they said in public that he had lice, and there must be bedbugs in the house, and occasionally they would suddenly push him in physical education class.

It's childish and embarrassing.

In particular, although the others sympathized with him, they at most comforted him behind their backs, and did not dare to make things difficult for Yan Jiangtao and the others for him.

Even he himself did not dare to offend Yan Jiangtao.

He wanted to change his deskmate, and he mentioned it to the teacher, but the teacher didn't agree.

Their homeroom teacher's surname is Chen. In this school where most of the teachers are fooling around and talking casually, the young teacher Chen is quite serious and responsible, but he always feels that students should help each other.

Teacher Chen asked him to help Yan Jiangtao improve his academic performance.

Well, this is not necessarily Teacher Chen's idea, maybe it is Yan Jiangtao's father's idea.

In school, he has one of the best grades, doesn't cause trouble, and is a good boy in the eyes of many people. Before... there were many people who wanted to be at the same table with him.

Yan Jiangtao has always been self-willed. Seeing that there were dead bugs in his schoolbag, he didn't eat any food, so he dropped his schoolbag and went home directly.

He didn't want to continue reading at all, and he didn't like to attend classes. His father forced him to enter the fast class.

Yan Jiangtao didn't come to class in the afternoon, Guan Baiyu was much more relaxed, but he was distracted frequently.

He... suddenly had an extra cousin.

Shi Zhen returned to Guan Jian State after a day's work, already very tired.

But he is in a good mood.

He and Shi Xinghuo went to dig mud together, earning only 15 yuan a day, and the two of them worked separately, earning [-] yuan a day together.

Even now, their expenses are quite high, not to mention buying a lot of things, but even eating, they need money every day.

Shi Zhen only rented a main room in Guan Jianguo, without a kitchen. Although he could buy a coal stove and a pot to cook, but all of these cost money. He has no money for the time being, so he can only eat with friends in Guan Jianguo.

One yuan for breakfast, two yuan for the two of them at night, he and Shi Xinghuo gave Guan Jianguo his mother three yuan a day, and the old lady gave them meals.

Of course, it is impossible to eat meat, and it would be good to eat a salted duck egg.

But for Guan Jianguo, the rice and vegetables are all grown by himself, so it doesn't cost money, but can make some money.

Not long after Shi Zheng arrived home, Guan Jianguo's mother brought over two large bowls of rice, a bowl of fried cabbage, and a bowl of pickled lettuce.

Stir-fried cabbage has no oil and water, and pickled lettuce is fresh lettuce cut up and sprinkled with salt.

The amount of food is sufficient, but there is no meat.

But Guan Jianguo doesn't eat meat himself, which is quite normal.

After Shi Zhen finished his meal, he thought about how to start the fire himself after some time.

After dinner, Shi Zhen took an enamel cup and walked to Guan Baiyu's house.

When he and Shi Xinghuo came out, they brought some daily necessities, such as keeping warm, they brought a thick padded jacket for each of them.

Last night they spread straw on the door panels and slept wearing thick padded jackets. They slept like this in the bridge hole before. They also brought cups, spoons and chopsticks. This enamel cup was newly bought before he came out.

When he arrived at Guan Baiyu's house, Shi Zhen knocked on the door as usual.

Guan Baiyu opened the door and saw him.

Shi Zhen laughed: "Bai Yu, I'll come and see you."

Guan Baiyu stepped aside and let Shi Zhen enter.

There are only two rooms in Guan Baiyu's house, one is for eating, an Eight Immortals table is placed on the south side, and a stove is built on the north side.

The other room is used as a warehouse to sleep by the way.

The two times Shi Zhen came in, he sat in the dining room, and now he saw that there was still a fire in the hearth of the stove, Guan Baiyu probably hadn't cooked yet.

This is not surprising, the third-year students leave school no later than he does work, and he can eat Guan Jianguo's mother's meal when he returns home from work, but Guan Baiyu has to cook for himself when he returns home.

"You haven't eaten yet?" Shi Zhen asked.

"En." Guan Baiyu whispered.

"Just right, I brought you some food." Shi Zhen put the cup on the table and opened it.

The cardboard box that was on the table yesterday is gone, and now there are a few books spread out on the table.

Shi Zhen opened the cup, and Guan Baiyu saw the roasted pork with fried tofu inside.

Shi Zhen smiled: "Put it on the steaming rack to steam it, and eat it hot." He drank some soup and ate a piece of fried tofu by himself for the dishes he got at noon, and the rest is here.

"Why are you so nice to me?" Guan Baiyu asked, yesterday Shi Zhen gave him money, and today he gave him meat.

"You are my cousin," Shi Zhen laughed, "you go and cook, and eat when you're done."

Guan Baiyu took a deep look at Shi Zhen, lifted the lid of the pot, put the cup on it to steam, and stuffed some...grass roots into the stove?

"Is this... a straw root?" Shi Zhen asked.

"Ah."

"How to burn this?"

Guan Baiyu said: "There is not enough firewood."

Shi Zhen paused before saying: "There is not enough firewood for the fire, so I can only burn this? Where did you get these?"

Guan Baiyu gave Shi Zhen a puzzled look: "It was pulled out of the ground."

Shi Zhen's family lives in the mountains, but he also grows some rice.

The seeds of rice are edible, and the stems and leaves below are very suitable for burning fire, but they are not resistant to burning.

Usually in their villages, they light a handful of straw to start the fire first, and then put some fire-resistant branches on it.

There are mountains around their village, and there is no shortage of firewood, but there are no mountains here in Anshan Town, and all the land that can be reclaimed has been reclaimed long ago. In other words, it is not easy for people here to get firewood.

After the rice is harvested every year, we can get a lot of straw. Everyone takes it home and saves it, and burns it slowly for a year, but the straw is often not enough.

Undoubtedly, Guan Baiyu didn't have enough firewood for the fire, so he went to dig the rice. After harvesting, the small stem and the connected roots left in the field were dried in the sun and used for fire.

It's not easy to dig, it's very tiring, especially if you dig it, you can only use it to burn fire...

Shi Zhen took a deep breath, and saw Guan Baiyu stop the fire.

"Okay?" Shi Zhen asked.

Guan Baiyu said: "Just let it simmer for a while, and the rice will be fine."

Shi Zhen had long forgotten how to cook with the stove, so he chatted with Guan Baiyu when he saw this: "You usually cook by yourself? How many times a day?"

Guan Baiyu didn't hide anything, and Shi Zhen soon learned from him that he usually cooks once in the morning in summer and once in the evening in winter.

Eat three meals after making it.

Now that it's cold, he cooks at night so that he can steam some hot water for drinking.

In summer, overnight food tends to go bad, so he only cooks in the morning.

"Do you have enough food? What kind of food do you usually eat?"

Guan Baiyu said: "My father gave me enough food, usually...I eat whatever grows in the field."

Guan Baiyu didn't talk much, but he was still willing to talk. Shi Zhen probably knew his current way of life.

His adoptive parents will give him food and a piece of land to grow vegetables for him, so he is self-sufficient and eats like this.

Eating is enough to be full, but there is no meat.

People in the village eat vegetables, which are basically grown in their own fields. It is not bad to buy meat once a week, and some people are even reluctant to scramble an egg.

Guan Baiyu didn't raise chickens and had no money, so he couldn't eat meat or eggs.

He didn't even have enough wood for the fire.

No wonder so thin.

When the rice was ready, Guan Baiyu filled a bowl of rice and served it on the table.

In addition to the roasted pork with fried tofu that Shi Zhen brought him, there was also a bowl of steamed garlic leaves.

Guan Baiyu only has a pot, and it is estimated that no matter what vegetables are cooked, they are steamed and eaten while cooking.

"Do you want to eat?" Guan Baiyu sat at the table and asked Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen said: "I have eaten."

Guan Baiyu ate by himself, whether it was the dishes brought by Shi Zhen or steamed by himself, he only ate a quarter of them.

Shi Zhen watched him eat with a smile, and suddenly realized something was wrong, so he got up and took a mouthful of rice from the pot.

"This rice is raw." Shi Zhen frowned - Guan Baiyu's rice was not cooked.

Guan Baiyu didn't take it seriously: "I don't have enough firewood."

Shi Zhen was speechless.

After eating Shi Zhen's food, Guan Baiyu became less defensive towards Shi Zhen, and asked, "My grandpa and grandma..."

"They are all dead," Shi Zhen said, "They only have two daughters, both of whom are dead, and the only grandchildren are us two. I will take good care of you."

"I'm the Guan family now..."

"What does that matter? You are my aunt's child."

Guan Baiyu looked at Shi Zhen blankly.

Shi Zhen felt that it would take a few days for Guan Baiyu to completely let go of his guard and left soon.

When he got home, Shi Xinghuo was still awake, so he gave him ten yuan—his income was settled daily.

When Shi Xinghuo came out of the village, Shi Xinghuo's parents told Shi Zhen that half of the money Shi Xinghuo earned would be shared with him, and he would be responsible for Shi Xinghuo's basic necessities of life.

Shi Zhen took the ten yuan, took out another five yuan and put it in a nearby bag for Shi Xinghuo to keep.

During the Chinese New Year, Shi Xinghuo's money will be handed over to Shi Xinghuo's parents.

I hope he can save money quickly, start a small business, and make more money, otherwise... Shi Xinghuo saves five yuan a day, and it's less than two thousand a year. He doesn't necessarily have to dig mud every day. work.

What about him?He kept digging mud in the river, and he couldn't even get Guan Baiyu to eat some meat.