Reborn to Strive

Shi Zhen's new customer on a motorcycle is Fang Changming.

Here, many brothers build houses together, and it is not uncommon for them to share a wall in the middle.

But Fang Changming didn't have a good relationship with his younger brother, and the foundations approved by the two were far away, especially Fang Changming, who chose a place hundreds of meters away from his parents' residence.

When others build houses, they like to get together and form a row with the people around them. He insisted on finding a place where there were no people around.

However, there is a road to the west of his house, and it is very convenient to pass.

Shi Zhen thinks this place is very nice, he started to like quietness after a new job, and he doesn't like to get together with others.

In addition, such a detached house has another advantage, that is, a fence can be built.

A small villa on the second floor, plus a wall, and a small garden inside the wall... How beautiful, how beautiful.

As for what ordinary rural families would want at this time, such as large cement drying yards for drying millet and rapeseed, Fang Changming said bluntly that he didn't need it.

Regardless of how rich the Fang family is now, they live in the countryside after all.

It is impossible for a rural person of Fang Changming's age to have never been in the field.

Fang Changming hated farming, and had already made up his mind not to farm for the rest of his life.

Of course, sowing some seeds in front of and behind the house, and planting a little vegetables, this kind of non-tiring work is not included in it.

In contrast, transplanting rice seedlings, weeding rice fields, and cutting rice... these are tiring jobs.

However, since the Fang family has money, the family has stopped farming, and directly hired people to plant their own land - as long as you give 30 yuan, they can plant all the seedlings in your field, how easy it is!

Shi Zhen first went to the brick factory to buy bricks, and then used a tractor to load them near the foundation approved by Fang Changming and build them together.

He didn't hire anyone for the whole process, and he did it all by himself, and it was quite tiring after doing it. Fortunately, he was busy for a few days, and the work was finished.

By this time, it was already the end of December 94.

The tap water renovation project in Anshan Town was completed after half a year in full swing, and Shi Xinghuo was temporarily out of work.

Shi Xingchao was thinking about his family, so he planned to go back early to prepare for the New Year, and tidy up the things at home by the way, so that he could move the whole family out at once after the new year.

Shi Xingchao deliberately went back so early, mainly because Shi Dashan and Shi Dalin were different.

Shi Zhen's family is considered poor in the mountains.

Shi Zhen's mother was not in good health, not to mention that she couldn't do much work back then, and had to spend money on medical treatment and medicine.

What about Zhao Meiyun later?She had frequent miscarriages in her early years, and she suffered from waist and other problems. When she came to Shi's house, she was almost forty and could not do heavy work. For a long time before their family, only Shi Dalin was the main labor force.

Shi Dashan's family is different.

Shi Dashan's wife is a few years younger than Zhao Meiyun. She is a well-known capable person and is also good at growing shiitake mushrooms. Their family not only has better living conditions than other families, but also saved some money.

In addition, both Shi Xinghuo and Shi Xingchao were older than Shi Zhenda, and the two of them were able to help the family a few years earlier.

Before, their family was in the village and they were considered rich.

Shi Zhen's family couldn't afford to build a new house, and everyone lived in crowded places. Their family had already built a house for their two sons a few years ago, so that they could get married.

Of course, their family is not particularly rich.Although we have a house, the dowry money for the two sons is not enough, especially Shi Xinghuo is stupid, no one wants to marry him if he doesn't give more dowry.

They can only take care of one of them.

On weekdays, the old couple treat Shi Xinghuo and Shi Xingchao equally in food and other aspects, but they tend to follow Shi Xingchao, who has no problem in intelligence and can always find ways to get money for retirement. That's why Shi Zhen asked Shi Zhen to bring Shi Xinghuo with him when he wanted to go out to work.

If Shi Xinghuo could earn money, he would have the money to get married.

Shi Dalin has nothing but a few shabby houses, so he can walk freely. Shi Dashan has a better life in the village than others, so he is not willing to leave... Shi Xingchao called his family before and asked his family to move out after a year. But Shi Dashan was unwilling, so he planned to go back early to persuade his father.

"My brother and I will leave around January 20th, so there are still [-] days before the Chinese New Year, so I don't believe I can't talk to them!" Shi Xingchao said to Shi Zhen: "In this case, I also happen to be here with you, and I will be here for four years. moon."

"Okay, but this doesn't happen to be for four months. You have to do it for a few more days." Shi Zhen smiled. Shi Xingchao wanted to go back, so it didn't affect him—he didn't have much work recently, so he had to send and receive sweaters and see for himself. just go.

In fact, Shi Xingchao originally wanted to work for a few more days, but he decided to leave early because he saw that Shi Zhen was quite free recently, and he could handle it all by himself. Hiring him would require an extra salary.

Shi Xingchao said: "In the next few days, I have to go out to do some things. I'm sure I don't pay as much attention to the work as before. You don't have to pay me for the extra few days."

Shi Xingchao planned to go to the bank to save the money he had earned in the past four months. In addition, his parents were coming over, so he must find a house and rent them out.

The rent of houses in the town is expensive, so Shi Xingchao plans to rent a house in the countryside, and he also plans to have a good talk with them, and start to calculate the rent after a year.

Otherwise he won't rent it!

Shi Zhen talked with Shi Xingchao, and asked curiously: "Brother Xingchao, how much money have you saved in four months?"

Shi Xingchao gave a slight "cough" when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "In the past three months, I have saved a total of more than 900 yuan, and the money for sewing sweaters in the last month has not yet arrived, and you have not paid me my salary. ...If you give it, there should be two thousand and five."

He couldn't earn so much at first, but later he earned more by selling wool and sweaters in the village.

"Awesome!" Shi Zhen gave a thumbs up sincerely. More than 2000, the purchasing power is only [-] to [-], but because it is difficult to make money at this time, for people at this time, this is already a lot of money.

Put them in the village... Shi Xingchao can become a rich man in the village by himself!

Shi Xingchao said again: "Give me my salary for December. I'll collect two thousand and go to deposit a certificate of deposit. When the time comes, I will also open my parents' eyes!"

Of course Shi Zhen would not object, he gave him two hundred directly, and said, "The money for the sweater embroidery is estimated to be settled at the end of the year, and I will give it to you when I return to the village."

He is a little later, and he will go back with his parents and family.

"Success!" Shi Xing said.

Shi Zhen thought of something at this time: "By the way, on New Year's Day, you can't go out, you have to watch here... I have something to do that day."

"What's the matter?" Shi Xingchao asked.

"Guan Baiyu's birthday is on New Year's Day. I'll go to Changxi City to see him." Shi Zhen said.

This time, New Year's Day is Sunday, which happens to be the turn of small worship.

People at this time did not pay as much attention to festivals like "New Year's Day" as later generations. In addition, the final exam was approaching, and the school did not have a holiday.

Guan Baiyu had already told Shi Zhen about this when he came home before, and he also said that he would not come back, but Shi Zhen planned to visit him.

In fact, New Year's Day is not Guan Baiyu's real birthday. His actual age should be a little older than the age on his household registration book, but at that time, Grandma Guan brought him back. It happened to be the end of the lunar calendar, and the Gregorian calendar had changed for a year.

When he registered for household registration, Grandma Guan simply asked someone to register him on New Year's Day.

Before the 80s, most rural people didn’t pay much attention to their children’s birthdays. They were already tired from work and had nothing at home...then still remember to celebrate their children’s birthdays?

Even parents who love their children very much often cook a bowl of longevity noodles and add an egg.

After the 80s, when the one-child policy was implemented, the situation changed. However, in the 90s, few people in the countryside would buy cakes for their children.

As for Guan Baiyu, he has never celebrated his birthday since he was a child, because he knows that his birthday is fake, and he doesn't care about birthdays.

But Shi Zhen felt that even if the birthday was fake, he could still celebrate it.

He always wanted Guan Baiyu to live a happier life.

New Year's Day happened to be Sunday. Although the school still didn't let the students go out in the afternoon, it spent two classes in the morning to organize activities for the students to celebrate New Year's Day.

The cultural and entertainment committee member of class one started to encourage the students in the class to put on a show a month in advance, but there are not many people studying art these days, and in the end there were only three students performing talent shows, and the rest of the time was changed to beating drums and passing flowers activities like this.

They also bought some snacks with the class fee and distributed them to the students in the class.

Guan Baiyu likes this kind of activity very much, it is very insightful for him, for example, it was the first time today that he saw someone playing the erhu with his own eyes.

But he didn't eat the snacks that were distributed, and put them all in his schoolbag.

"Why don't you eat Guan Baiyu?" Guan Baiyu's deskmate asked him.

"I'll eat it later." Guan Baiyu said, what they got this time was biscuits and drinks, which could be kept for a long time, so he thought about taking them back next week and eating them with Shi Zhen.

Guan Baiyu's deskmate took a look at Guan Baiyu and felt that Guan Baiyu's family should be a little poor.

Thinking about it carefully, they boys are often hungry in the afternoon, and many of them will eat some bread or something after class, but Guan Baiyu has never eaten it.

But even if Guan Baiyu's family has no money, he still admires Guan Baiyu, after all, he studies so hard!

The drum used to pass the flowers was a waist drum borrowed from the school. A funny boy in the class beat the drum with his back to everyone. While beating, he twisted his body in a charming shape, which made the students in the class roar with laughter.

Guan Baiyu didn't pay attention, and the flower that was passed around fell into his hands.

Ask him to put on a show.

Many people have performed before, because most people have no preparation, so there are all kinds of performances. There are several people who sing the national anthem, and some people recite the ancient poems they just learned. The teacher is speechless.

Seeing that it was Guan Baiyu's turn, the homeroom teacher immediately said: "Guan Baiyu, you can't sing the national anthem anymore, even if you want to sing, sing something else."

Guan Baiyu smiled: "I don't sing, I recite poems." He had actually thought about it before, if it was passed on to him, he would recite an English poem.

It was a poem in the textbook of the third year of high school. The students in the first year of high school hadn't learned it yet. He thought it sounded good before, so he learned it from the tape bought by Shi Zhen during the summer vacation.

"You have to recite what you haven't learned in the textbook, you know? Otherwise, you have to re-act." The class teacher laughed.

"En!" Guan Baiyu agreed.

Everyone's desks and chairs were pulled to the side of the classroom, Guan Baiyu walked to the middle of the class, and began to recite poems amidst the booing of the people around.

He memorized this English poem very well without any pause.

Originally, it was just like this, but when he was reciting... Guan Baiyu saw many people outside the window.

There are a lot of people who are nothing. The activities of some classes were not done well and ended early, and their students went to other classes to watch the programs of other classes.

But... Shi Zhen stood behind those people.

Guan Baiyu was just reciting in a very ordinary way, but when he was reciting, his voice became higher and excited.

He was still in the period of changing his voice, but at this time his voice was no longer the same as it was at the beginning. He was not used to it, and it sounded weird.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked out of the window, giving off a...very gentle feeling.

The increasingly loud voice and his gentle expression seemed very unique.

Seeing Shi Zhen looking at him intently, Guan Baiyu was excited. After reciting one poem, he followed closely and recited another one!

His voice echoed in the classroom with ups and downs. Those who spoke in a low voice stopped talking and all looked at him seriously. When he finally finished reciting, some people clapped their hands and called his name: "Guan Baiyu! Guan Baiyu!"

Most of them didn't understand what Guan Baiyu's English poems meant.

But just based on this... Guan Baiyu must be very powerful!

Even the head teacher said: "Guan Baiyu recites very well! Students in the class who are not good at English should learn from him more. If you can recite English poems, many people will come to see you."

As he spoke, he pointed to the people crowded outside the window.

Everyone roared with laughter.

Guan Baiyu also smiled and looked out the window.

Shi Zhen smiled back at Guan Baiyu.

The way Guan Baiyu recited the poem just now seemed to be glowing, and people couldn't take their eyes off it.

Shi Zhenzheng was thinking this way, when he heard two girls who were standing outside the window like him, and also standing in front of him, said: "Guan Baiyu is so handsome!"

"His English is really good!"

"Did he just smile at us?"

……

These two girls are obviously not from Guan Baiyu's class, but they also know Guan Baiyu.

Guan Baiyu is very popular in school?

"Brother, come to find Guan Baiyu!" Liang Qinxuan's voice sounded.

Shi Zhen turned around and saw Liang Qinxuan.

"En." Shi Zhen replied, and just after the answer, Guan Baiyu came out of the classroom—their class activities were over.

"Guan Baiyu, your class is really late! Your brother is here, I'm treating you today, let's go out and eat delicious food!" Liang Qinxuan said.

Guan Baiyu refused without hesitation: "No need, my brother has something to do with me, so I won't go to dinner with you."

"Then we will..."

"I won't be able to study with you in the afternoon either." Guan Baiyu said again.

In the afternoon, they are not going to study, but to buy stationery!

Liang Qinxuan now earns about twenty or thirty dollars a week selling stationery.

He was able to earn [-] to [-] yuan on the first day because there were many people who bought things for the first time, but there were fewer people who bought things from him later.

But even so, he is full of interest in this business, and feels that he can use this as a starting point to become a big boss in the future.

Although he still has a lot of goods over there, he still wants to buy more!

Liang Qinxuan looked at Guan Baiyu depressedly.

Guan Baiyu said again: "I'm sorry! It's rare for my brother to come here!"

Guan Baiyu apologized to Liang Qinxuan, and went to talk to Shi Zhen.

He and Liang Qinxuan hadn't sold out the goods they hoarded last week. He didn't want to go out this week, but now that he saw Shi Zhen, he didn't want to go out with Liang Qinxuan.

Liang Qinxuan watched Guan Baiyu follow Shi Zhen away.

Guan Baiyu also values ​​brothers more than friends!

However, Guan Baiyu and Shi Zhen were stopped by two girls not far away, and Shi Zhen recognized that they were the two girls who were looking at Guan Baiyu outside the window before.

Guan Baiyu also recognized it, and one of them was the girl who gave him buns.

This girl often ran into him recently, and he didn't need to think too much, he knew what she meant.

Just like he likes his brother, this girl likes him.

Guan Baiyu has always kept a distance from the other party, but he can't do anything else without the other party saying anything.

"Guan Baiyu, is this your brother?" the girl asked.

Guan Baiyu grabbed Shi Zhen's arm and said with a smile, "Yes, this is my brother."

"Brother Guan Baiyu, hello, I'm a student in Class [-] and [-] of Senior High School, my name is Qiu Yunxin." Qiu Yunxin greeted Shi Zhen.

This girl is not in the same class as Guan Baiyu, so she came here to say hello to herself... Shi Zhen smiled and said, "Hello."

"Brother, are you from Anshan Town?" Qiu Yunxin asked again.

"Yes, we live near Anshan Town."

"My grandma's house is in Anshan Town. I will stay at my grandma's house for a long time during the winter vacation. Can I go and play with Guan Baiyu?" Qiu Yunxin asked again, blushing.

Shi Zhen was stunned before saying: "Of course."

"Then...then where do you live?" Qiu Yunxin's eyes sparkled, and she obviously mustered up a lot of courage before asking.

There are other people around, and it's not good to reject their little girls, Shi Zhen said: "We live in Guanjia Village, if you come to inquire about it, you will definitely know."

"Okay!" Qiu Yunxin responded, turned and ran away.

Shi Zhen was in a daze.

Guan Baiyu is really... very popular.

No. [-] Middle School in Changxi City has very high teaching quality, and every year some people are admitted to the best universities in the country.

With Guan Baiyu's current grades, he will definitely be admitted to the top ten universities in the country in the future.

Everyone knows how valuable college students in the 90s are.

It is estimated that there will be more people who like him by then.

Guan Baiyu kept silent, and he didn't know if it was because of shyness.

Outside the school, Shi Zhen asked, "That girl liked you just now? She's quite pretty."

Guan Baiyu said: "I don't know her." He only knew the girl's name today.

"Then you are very charming." Shi Zhen laughed - even if he doesn't know him, he just likes Guan Baiyu.

Guan Baiyu didn't feel happy at all, but a little uncomfortable.

His brother thinks Qiu Yunxin is beautiful?Does his brother like girls like this?

"Brother, do you like girls like this?" Guan Baiyu asked.

"Why do you think so? How old is she!" Shi Zhen said, Qiu Yunxin could be his daughter!

"Do you like older ones?" Guan Baiyu asked again.

"No, I'm an unmarriageist." Shi Zhen didn't want to talk about it anymore: "Let's not talk about it...Xiao Yu, happy birthday!"

Guan Baiyu froze for a moment, then felt... really happy.

It's not because of his birthday, but because... his brother is an unmarriageist.

He hadn't heard the word, but literally... his brother didn't plan to get married?

Although his brother may be young, so he can talk about it casually, but he is still very happy!