Reborn to Strive

Shi Zhen felt that it was too early for Zhao Dongjuan to find a partner now.

Although she is an adult, she is not yet old enough to marry.

But at this time in the countryside, there are indeed many things to get engaged or hold a banquet before the age of marriage, and then to get the certificate when you are old.

"Who did she find?" Shi Zhen asked Shi Xingchao, "Is he willing?"

In fact, it was Zhong Liyang who came to the door last time... Even if Zhong Liyang didn't find out that Zhao Dongjuan was lying, it was impossible for him and Zhao Dongjuan.

How could Zhong Liyang's parents agree to their son marrying a woman from other places who has nothing?

Let's talk about Zhao Dongjuan, not Zhao Dongjuan. People in the village think he is a good son-in-law. That's because they are all farmers. Their daughters basically graduated from junior high school and work in factories. Their family background is not much better than him.

But in the town, those people who have serious jobs and pensions, and whose daughter is a junior high school teacher... Unless they are blind, it is impossible for them to fall in love with him.

With Zhao Dongjuan's conditions, she would have no problem finding a hard-working rural man near Anshan Town, but she would definitely not like such a man.

In her previous life, she had high eyesight.

Shi Zhen remembered that at the beginning, Zhao Dongjuan stared at people richer than him all day long, and they didn't like it. Later, they fell out with him, and Zhao Dongjuan reluctantly fell in love with a demolition household.

The demolition household... is also a mysterious man.

This man originally had a fiancée who was engaged, and the time for the wedding was all set, but because the woman asked for a bride price of [-] yuan, the talk broke down.

That girl even beat the child of this relocated household.

Of course, the most important thing is not this, the key is... It was already eight years later, and at that time, in the countryside here, the bride price itself already cost [-] or even [-].

What's more interesting is that when Zhao Dongjuan married, they gave Zhao Dongjuan a gift of [-] yuan.

But after marriage, the family was also dissatisfied with Zhao Dongjuan.

Once the demolition household came to him, and he knew that Zhao Dongjuan asked him to pay so much money under the pretense that his brother was the big boss.

Forget it, after Zhao Dongjuan got married, she robbed others of the job of collecting rent and asked her man to hand over his salary.

The family... all agreed.

Most of the locals in Changxi City are hardworking, especially those who used to live in the countryside.

The parents of the demolition households just couldn't be idle.

Because of the demolition, the old couple got a policy to buy endowment insurance, and they could get pensions, but they didn't really retire.

The father found a job outside sorting waste paper at the waste station. The combined pension and salary income were higher than the income of many young people.

As for the mother, she helped Zhao Dongjuan take care of the children at first, and then Zhao Dongjuan's child was about to go to kindergarten, so she went to the kindergarten as a cleaning aunt, plus the pension...she also got double income.

The old couple are responsible for all the expenses of the family. Zhao Dongjuan's daughter is also taken care of by them, and even the money for studying is paid by them.

Just such an old couple, when they got older, they were persuaded by their neighbors to sign up for an elderly tour group to go out to play... This is a very common and normal thing, and the flowers they spend are also their own. Savings, but Zhao Dongjuan exploded.

She didn't let her in-laws go on a trip, and she went to the door for the money they handed over to the travel agency, asked for it back, and then took it herself.

It's all like this, her husband doesn't dare to fart in front of her, but he turned to Shi Zhen, and wanted Shi Zhen to give them justice.

Of course Shi Zhen didn't care, the evicted households had no choice but to leave.

Afterwards, this person did not get divorced and still lived with Zhao Dongjuan.

There was no way out, their family's rent for so many years and his income for so many years were all in Zhao Dongjuan's hands. They were afraid that after the divorce, Zhao Dongjuan would run away and lose money and life.

However, Zhao Dongjuan's life can't be said to be much better. Zhao Dongjuan's daughter has a particularly bad relationship with Zhao Dongjuan.

Zhao Dongjuan's parents-in-law saw Tian'er outside talking about how fierce Zhao Dongjuan was, saying that they were beaten by Zhao Dongjuan and so on.

Zhao Dongjuan's husband...he is an invisible man, there is nothing to talk about.

Shi Xingchao said: "Your sister and the others don't know what happened to that family, Zhao Dongjuan kept it a secret."

All right... Shi Zhen said to Shi Xingchao: "If my sister comes over tomorrow, just tell her that I will go there tonight."

According to the custom, when someone comes to the door for the first time, their family members should be more complete.

However, it is not easy for Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo to go. Shi Dalin and Shi Dashan have long separated and are two families.

Shi Zhen got up the next morning and went to Mr. Wang's side first.

He didn't go there yesterday, and Mr. Wang's family members were a little unhappy, so they told Shi Zhen directly that they would deduct a day's wages.

"It should be." Shi Zhen didn't bother with this.

Right now, the general appearance of Mr. Wang's villa has been revealed, and the outside is also covered with bricks.

This house looks very beautiful from a distance, and it is definitely unique in the countryside.

But the inside is still empty, the walls have not been painted, and the plumbers, carpenters, etc., have not yet entered the venue.

Today, Shi Zhen hired someone to install the balcony railings. While it was being installed, someone came to visit the house.

The person who came was obviously from a wealthy family. He liked the house very much after seeing it, and repeatedly expressed that he would build one according to it.

Shi Zhendao: "Boss, if your house is built like others, what's the point? If you want to build it, you have to build something unique."

"Unique?" The man looked at Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen took out a business card and gave it to the other party: "I asked someone to design this house. If you want to build such a house, you can ask me to keep it and build you a unique house at a cheap price."

Shi Zhen's business card was written by himself.

It has his name on it, as well as the address of the country concerned.

Of course, the address was written in a slightly high-end way, except for the village and the house number, followed by "Shijia Sweater Delivery Point".

Now his place for sending and receiving sweaters has become somewhat famous. When locals come to their village, they can find the place if they ask anyone.

Shi Zhen has sent out several business cards like this, but unfortunately no one has found them yet.

And at this moment... Shi Zhen specially chatted with this person, and he opened his mouth to talk about what is going on abroad, what is going on in big cities, how important is the design of villas, etc. In short, how to bluff people, talk about it Something that can get into the hearts of these newly rich people.

The man looked at the house and left with Shi Zhen's business card.

Shi Zhen worked until after four o'clock in the afternoon. When the others called it a day, he followed up and drove the tractor to Anshan Town.

There was no parking place near the rented house of Shi's family, so he parked the tractor not far away, and then walked to Shi's house.

When Shi Zhen arrived, Zhao Dongjuan and her partner hadn't come yet.

In the Shi family's kitchen, all kinds of dishes were ready. Zhao Meiyun and Zhao Qiujuan put on new clothes and put on some lipstick, looking a little irritable.

Seeing Shi Zhen, Zhao Qiujuan said: "Ah Zhen, are you here? Dongjuan said they would come this afternoon, but they haven't come yet... If I had known that they wouldn't come so late, I would have embroidered one more dress. It's not easy to go now." Work, lest people come and see it is not very good."

Whether it's Zhao Qiujuan, Zhao Meiyun, or Shi Zhenshi Dalin, they are actually the kind of people who can't be idle.

Let them wait, it's okay to wait for a while, but after waiting for a long time, they feel uncomfortable and want to do something, but the work at home has already been done.

Shi Dalin also said: "If I knew it earlier, I would go to the school gate to do business for a while, and then go home after those children are over from school..."

I can earn a lot of money by setting up a stall at the school gate when I go to and from school, but Shi Dalin didn't go there this afternoon, so I just waited for Zhao Dongjuan at home.

Shi Zhendao: "It's a rare one, it doesn't hurt to earn less."

"That's right." Shi Dalin calmed down, and began to ask how Shi Zhen was earning recently.

Shi Zhen said a few words, then looked at Shi Ting, and asked her how she was studying at school recently.

Shi Ting blinked innocently.

Shi Ting has been in the second grade of junior high school for several months.

Thanks to Guan Baiyu who gave her extra lessons, after she arrived at the junior high school in the town, her grades were not at the bottom.

But her grades... weren't good either.

There are fifty people in a class, and she is about forty, and those who are behind her don't study much.

She studies hard every day and does not fail in her homework, but the improvement in her grades is very limited.

Still, she made a few friends.

She is good-looking, and she is not a troublemaker, but she is still very likable.

Of course, there are many xenophobic people nowadays, so it is inevitable that some people will say that Shi Ting is a foreigner, dirty or something.

Then Shi Ting did something unexpected.

She cried, very sadly, and kept on crying.

The junior high school teacher in the town is pretty good. For Shi Ting's reaction, the teacher would naturally reprimand those who bullied her. Afterwards, no one dared to bully her.

At this moment, Shi Ting was very embarrassed and told Shi Zhen everything about the school, including her failure in the exam.

Shi Zhen is very calm, isn't it because of poor grades?It's nothing to him.

In contrast, Shi Ting's views on love and consumption are what he values ​​most.

And now... Although Shi Ting loves shopping, she does what she can, within the range he can accept.

Zhao Meiyun's leg has been injured in the past few months, and Shi Ting will go to help Shi Dalin on weekends, which is very good.

Of course, she would do this because Shi Dalin would give her two yuan after a busy day.

After everyone talked for a while, Zhao Dongjuan and her partner came together with big bags and small bags.

Shi Zhen hadn't seen Zhao Dongjuan for a long time, and now seeing... He found that Zhao Dongjuan's makeup skills were better, and she was young, so she was youthful and beautiful.

It's the man who came with Zhao Dongjuan... this... must be in his 30s, right?

It was a man with a bald head and a dark face.

The pores on his face were very thick, and there were some black marks on it. He didn't look very clean, and his teeth were yellow... Shi Zhen glanced at his fingers and knew that he was a big smoker.

His teeth, his face... He smoked a lot, so it's easy to look like an old smoker.

This person's appearance is really not very good, but his family background should be good, and his clothes are quite elegant.

The customs of Shi Zhen's side are different from that of this side. Now they are here, they follow the customs here. For example, the first time a child leads someone to the door, they have to give them a red envelope.

Of course, no matter men or women, they have to give gifts to the elders when they come to the door for the first time. The man brought back by Zhao Dongjuan now has a cigarette, a bottle of wine, two kinds of fruit, two kinds of pastries, and a bag of dried longan. Pack walnuts.

At this time, everyone is poor, and the gifts are not expensive. The man’s family will send eight gifts to the woman’s family first, and then the woman’s family will eat two of them, and the remaining six will be carried by the woman in a few days. Visit the man's house.

Of course, the food that is used for food is generally not durable like fruit, and the rest is taken back mainly to save money—if it is saved, you have to buy cigarettes and alcohol.

In most cases, after the cigarettes and alcohol are brought back to the man's house, the man will not use them for smoking or drinking, and most of them will save them for the engagement, and then send them to the woman's house as part of the engagement ceremony.

The Shi family has inquired about these things clearly, but Shi Zhen is not so clear.

"This is my partner. His surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Zugen." Zhao Dongjuan introduced the man next to him, and then introduced Shi Zhen and others to this man.

"I can recognize it," Wang Zugen took out a pack of cigarettes, pulled out two, and handed one to each of Shi Dalin and Shi Zhen, "Come on, smoke one, this cigarette costs five yuan a pack, have you never smoked it?" ?”

"I don't smoke." Shi Zhen refused.

Shi Dalin also waved his hand: "I don't smoke."

Shi Dalin used to grow tobacco leaves occasionally in the mountains, and smoked a few puffs with a slender bong made of bamboo.

But he has no addictions, smoking mainly for refreshment.

When Shi Zhen came here, he wouldn't let him smoke, saying that smoking looked dirty when doing business, so he naturally stopped smoking.

Now he eats and sleeps well, and the work he does is not heavy. In fact, he doesn't need to use cigarettes to refresh himself.

Wang Zugen took back the cigarette, and said to Shi Dalin: "You are making money by setting up a stall now, right? Don't treat yourself like this, man, what's the point of not smoking?"

When it was over, he looked at Shi Zhen again: "At your age, you can learn it. You have to smoke outside when you walk outside."

Wang Zugen looked like someone who came here, and began to talk about how good the cigarettes he was holding, and said that the cigarettes that cost one or two yuan a pack now tasted bad, and said contemptuously: "Last time, I saw someone smoking cigarettes without a holder... ... Tsk tsk, that kind of smoke!"

Shi Zhen didn't plan to say anything to this person, he just wanted to be a background board.

Shi Dalin and the others didn't know the brand of cigarettes, so they were confused, so they simply invited him to a seat for dinner.

The Shi family prepared a rich dinner, and they also prepared drinks. They specially bought a bottle of white wine, a bottle of rice wine, and a few bottles of soda.

Nowadays, many people drink wine in bulk, and the Shi family specially bought bottled wine, which is not the cheapest... In the eyes of the Shi family, this kind of hospitality is decent enough.

But Wang Zugen was obviously dissatisfied: "Do you usually drink this rice wine? This rice wine can only be used for cooking."

"This white wine is not puree, it's not tasty... The bottle I bought is good wine, and it costs ten yuan a bottle."

Shi Dalin couldn't understand the dialect here, and didn't know what he was talking about, so he could only smile.

Shi Zhen was a little speechless. The baijiu his father bought cost four or five yuan a bottle. Although it was not as expensive as ten yuan, it was not bad.

The key point is that it was brought as a gift, can it be the same as what you eat every day?

But there are quite a lot of people like this, and he doesn't need to say anything... He really wants to say, Zhao Dongjuan can hate him, after all, she looks very proud.

Wang Zugen is indeed in his 30s, but he is younger than Shi Zhen thought. He was 31 this year, born in [-], so he can't speak Mandarin.

He has been showing off, saying that he is a native, decent townsman, different from those who moved from other places or came to the town from the countryside.

He also said that he knew many people. The mayor grew up with him, and the deputy mayor was his classmate.

Mentioning that Shi Ting was in junior high school, she also said that she knew how many teachers in the town's junior high school, and that the principal had a good relationship with him.

The Shi family... didn't understand much, but thought he was quite powerful.

After eating, Zhao Qiujuan took out some melon seeds and peanuts, and continued to chat. At this time, Shi Zhen looked at Zhao Dongjuan, and affirmed in their dialect: "He is bragging."

"You're just bragging! If you continue to sabotage Shi Zhen, I'll go to Shi Ting's school and make trouble for her!" After Zhao Dongjuan finished speaking, she flicked her two big braids, "You're just jealous, I'm looking for you!" A good match!"

Shi Zhen: "..."

When the Shi family was entertaining Zhao Dongjuan's partner, Guan Baiyu on the other side had no fever.

His body was still a little sore, probably because of a muscle strain, but his body temperature didn't rise all day... His current physique is much better than before.

After recovering, Guan Baiyu began to think about... earning money.

Before, Liang's father gave him an envelope containing money, which contained 5000 yuan.

This money scared Guan Baiyu, his first reaction was that he couldn't accept it, but Shi Zhen persuaded him to accept it.

If he didn't accept it, Liang's father had always owed him a big favor. If he accepted it, the matter would be over. For Liang's father, it would be a good thing.

After Shi Zhen said that, he didn't shirk, and planned to give the money to Shi Zhen.

But Shi Zhen didn't want it, let him take it.

This is not a few hundred dollars, this is five thousand!

Guan Baiyu felt that the money was a bit hot at first, but when he calmed down, he felt... holding the money is good.

He had written an IOU of [-] to his adoptive father at the beginning. With this money, he could repay the money when he went back.

After paying it back, he still has 1000 yuan left... Guan Baiyu thought about it, and wanted to start a small business.

As for what kind of business to do... There is a canteen in their school, and everything in it is very expensive. Maybe he can buy some stationery and sell it to his classmates privately?

No, it cannot be said to sell.

He just bought too much stationery, and if students wanted it, he would give it to them... Of course, the students didn't want to take his stationery for nothing, so they just gave him some money.