Reborn to Strive

After the little grandma ran away, Shi Zhen went and walked around.

He gave away all the tinfoil he had and brought back some straw.

The local rice is mainly grown in two seasons, but if two seasons of rice are planted, it is often harvested before the first season is fully mature, and the second season must be rushing to plant and harvest...

The taste of the finished "double-cropping rice" grown in the end is very poor, and the yield per mu in each season is also lower than that in a single season.

Therefore, after the rice production has increased in recent years, few people plant two seasons, but in winter, everyone will plant rapeseed or wheat in the field.

Guan Baiyu's adoptive father's family grows some wheat every year.

When Shi Zhen went to deliver tinfoil, he offered to buy some straw from him by the way, but this time he didn't ask for money, so he gave Shi Zhen a bundle for nothing.

Back at Guan Baiyu's place, Shi Zhen picked out the delicately folded ingots, and threaded them with a needle and thread, and put a piece of straw between the two ingots.

The straw is hollow, cut into sections and worn among the ingots, which not only makes the strings of ingots look much better, but also looks high-end and elegant.

Such ten ingots are worn in a string, and it will definitely be popular to sell.

Shi Zhen took Shi Xinghuo and Guan Baiyu, and packed the ordinary folded ingots in bags of fifty in plastic bags. As for the beautiful folded ingots, he collected them together and prepared ten in a string to string them together with needles and threads. .

He asked someone to fold ten packs of tinfoil, and it is reasonable to get 1 ingots, but those old ladies who folded ingots would more or less withhold some ingots, and the total on his side should be less than [-].

But the cost of these ingots is only thirty!

Looking at the room full of ingots, Shi Zhen felt that he was a hateful capitalist who squeezed those old ladies - the wages he gave them to break ingots were really too little.

But these days, the rural old ladies have nothing to do. For them, folding ingots is not a tiring task. After folding too much, they can fold while chatting with people, so they are very happy to do it.

A pack of fifty ingots, Shi Zhen packed a total of 150 packs, and a string of ten ingots stopped after stringing dozens of strings, and planned to string them while setting up a stall tomorrow.

They worked until ten o'clock in the evening before going to bed.

The next day is Monday, which is also the day before Qingming, which is called "Qingming Night" locally, and many people will worship their ancestors and visit their graves on this day.

Factories, schools, etc. will also have a holiday this afternoon, and even the construction site where Shi Xinghuo works, Monday and Tuesday, two days directly.

Shi Zhen got up early that day as usual.

On the day of Qingming, the countrymen will kill chickens to buy meat, and their sales of pork heads will not be very good. Shi Zhen only prepared two pig heads, but he prepared a lot of dried tofu and eggs.

After moving the stall to the town, Shi Zhen returned home in a hurry. It was only seven o'clock, and Guan Baiyu, whom he had ordered, hadn't left for school yet.

Seeing that Guan Baiyu had already packed his crumpled books into a clean schoolbag, Shi Zhen asked him: "Xiaoyu, you said before that you don't listen to the lectures at school, and you do the questions yourself. Is that true?"

Guan Baiyu nodded: "Brother, our new class has finished, and now the teacher is giving lectures every day... I don't have to go to school at all, brother, let me help you set up a stall!"

"I'm going to school today to ask for leave for you, so you don't have to go to school in the future, lest that Yan Jiangtao trouble you, but you can't set up a stall with me... you go to the Xinhua Bookstore in the town to read books these days, After I've been busy for the past few days, I'll see if I can find a retired teacher to let you study with him! Also, I remember that there is an extra-curricular English class in the town, and I will enroll you in one at that time." Shi Zhen didn't plan to raise Guan Baiyu. A person who only knows how to study, so when Guan Baiyu is at home, he will let Guan Baiyu do it.

But he couldn't let Guan Baiyu set up a stall with him all day.

After doing so much, how could Guan Baiyu have the mind and energy to study?

And junior high school is just the beginning, Guan Baiyu will go to high school next, and high school is still difficult!

So it's best to find someone to make up for Guan Baiyu.

"Brother, you don't need to find a teacher for me, and you don't need a training class. I can do it myself.

Learning...English is very simple, I can learn it with more snacks, if I don't know it, I can just go back to school and ask the teacher. "Guan Baiyu was shocked when he heard Shi Zhen's words. He had never heard of remedial classes before!

Whether it is to find a teacher to teach him or let him go to make-up classes, he needs money, which he thinks is completely unnecessary.

"I'll talk about this later, let's go, I'll take you to school to ask for leave first." Shi Zhen said.

Shi Zhen didn't like Guan Baiyu's head teacher, but when he got to school and found him, he still held back his temper and talked to him in a nice voice.

No matter what, Guan Baiyu is also a student of this school, and he still has no ability to transfer Guan Baiyu to another school.

As for the matter of Yan Jiangtao and Guan Baiyu... There is no Internet at this time, so he can't make a big fuss if he wants to!

Even if there is a big trouble... Guan Baiyu is fine now, there is no wound on his body, he can't do anything to Yan Jiangtao at all, and the teacher can use "not paying attention to the conflicts between students" to push the responsibility away.

Shi Zhen told the teacher that Guan Baiyu had no money to go to high school, and wanted to work part-time to earn some tuition fees these few months, so he had to take a long vacation. Of course, he would definitely pass the high school entrance examination.

There are actually many students in the third grade of Xiaqiu Junior High School who don’t usually come to school, especially the girls. They are all literate and quick learners, but those who turn 16 in the third grade of junior high school go to work in the factory early.

But Guan Baiyu is different from them, he has good grades!

The head teacher felt that there were only a few months left, and it would be better for Guan Baiyu to come to school to study.

Although he passed the league test now, it is still uncertain whether Guan Baiyu can be recommended.

"Teacher, you also said that the league test has been passed, and whether he is in school or not will not affect the result." Shi Zhen insisted on asking Guan Baiyu for leave.

After all, the teacher agreed that Guan Baiyu would not come to the school, but he also said that if the school had any important exams, Guan Baiyu would come to take the exam.

Shi Zhen had no objection to this, and told the teacher that if Guan Baiyu had to come to school for something, he could talk to Guan Jinjin, who was in the first grade of junior high school.

After asking for leave, Shi Zhen took Guan Baiyu home, took him and Shi Xinghuo, and sent the bags of ingots to the town.

Shi Zhen knew how to ride a bicycle in his previous life, so he can use the bicycle he bought with money.

Qian Qi is a very courageous person, not afraid of falling. After getting the bicycle, he would ride it without hesitation, and he learned it in a short time.

But Shi Xinghuo and Guan Baiyu can't ride a bike.Shi Xinghuo tried to learn it, but when he was unsteady and almost fell, he refused to continue. As for Guan Baiyu, he was short and couldn't even sit on a bicycle seat, so he didn't learn at all.

Shi Zhen asked Guan Baiyu and Shi Xinghuo to occupy a place in the town to set up a stall first, and then he went home by bicycle to transport things.

Today, there are many more people setting up stalls in the town than usual. Many rural people have caught their own chickens and come to the town to sell them.

Others sold sweet molasses and Qingming dumplings, or caught small crucian carp from the river to sell.

In the past few years, everyone's conditions have improved. During the Qingming Festival, ancestor worship at home will prepare a piece of pork, a chicken, and fish. When going to the grave, there will be fish and eggs, and some cakes and fruits will be prepared.

In the countryside, things that go to the grave can be brought back to eat, but things that have gone to one grave cannot be used to go to another grave. In this case, it is not appropriate to buy big fish to go to the grave. People are used to buying small fish that are two fingers thick. For crucian carp, buying seven or eight is enough.

There are a lot of people in the town, and as soon as their booth was set up, many people came to ask the price.

Most people care about saving face, especially people in this era-they have all had a hard time before.

The fake flowers were inserted during the tomb-sweeping next door, so you have to do it when your own tomb-sweeping. If someone else burns a hundred ingots, it’s best to burn two hundred at your own.

Some people will buy tinfoil and fold ingots at home, recite Buddha's name while folding, or buy some ingots from old ladies who recite Buddha's name.

But there are also many people who don't know how to fold or don't have the skill. Now that they see Shi Zhen's ingots and fake flowers, don't they just like it?

Shi Zhen wanted to go home to pick up things. Guan Baiyu was the one who looked after the stall at first. Guan Baiyu was a little embarrassed at first, so he wrote on cardboard

I paid the price and put it in front of the booth. Later, I realized that many older people could not read, so I started shouting: "Does anyone want silver ingots? Buy a pack of fifty cents, three packs for one yuan! This string of ingots costs three cents a bunch." , two strings of fifty cents!"

The Ching Ming Festival is only once a year. If you don’t see anyone selling ingots, it’s okay not to buy them, but if you see them, you will buy some.

Buy a dollar, whether you buy a bag or a string, it is enough to take home!

If you have a little money, you can also buy a bouquet of fake flowers, or some ribbons for decoration.

The business at Shi Zhen's stall was very good. Some of them brought their children to buy things. When their parents were buying ingots, those children saw the small toys that Shi Zhen dropped in yesterday and clamored to buy them.

Parents with tight cash are not happy to buy it for their children, and they coax their children to go home and eat meat, so they take their children home, but there are also many parents who don't mind spending a few dollars to buy a toy for their children.

When Shi Zhen moved all his family's belongings to the town, he found that he had already sold a lot of things.

He had nothing else to do, he could look after the stalls by himself, so he asked Guan Baiyu to go to Xinhua Bookstore to read.

Guan Baiyu didn't want to go, so Shi Zhen said, "You get good grades in the high school entrance examination, give me more face! When I'm in the town, tell me how many points my brother got in the exam, it's very face-saving."

It is enough for Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo to be at the stall, and there is really no need to stay by the side... Guan Baiyu thought for a while and went to Xinhua Bookstore.

The employees of the Xinhua Bookstore in the town are very indifferent to people. They don't care about people who buy books, and they don't care about people who read books in the bookstore.

This is also very good, at least everyone will feel more comfortable when reading in the store.

Guan Baiyu had never been to Xinhua Bookstore before, so he didn't dare to enter the high-grade store from the outside.

Now that he entered the store, he realized that there were so many books here!

Shi Zhen asked him to study. Guan Baiyu didn't know anything about novels, so he went to read the exercises first. After looking at them, he saw a composition book.

After opening the book, Guan Baiyu couldn't close it.

This is an ordinary composition book, but there are many things he doesn't know about.

For example, after reading the composition written by one of the northerners, he knew that the north used to sleep on the kang, and would burn a fire under the kang.

It's really amazing!

When Guan Baiyu was reading in the bookstore, Shi Zhen used his superb customer-attracting skills to attract customers and quickly sold his goods.

This kind of business that can't be done for a long time is generally very profitable. The fake flower ribbons he bought yesterday are sold at least twice as much, not to mention ingots. The cost is really very low.

When Shi Zhen was selling, Shi Xinghuo was by the side holding a needle and thread to thread ingots. He couldn't figure out the money, but he knew how to do the job.

Business was so good that Shi Zhen didn't even bother to have lunch. It wasn't until Shi Xinghuo told him he was hungry that he went to a nearby store to ask the time, only to find out that it was almost 12 o'clock.

Today their family didn't cook lunch, so Shi Zhen gave two yuan to the money that was set up at a stall not far away, and asked Shi Xinghuo to go buy something to eat by himself, and then asked Shi Xinghuo to go to the Xinhua Bookstore to find Guan Baiyu—when Guan Baiyu came back, They eat together.

Shi Xinghuo quickly found Guan Baiyu back. When he came back, Guan Baiyu's expression was a little embarrassed: "Brother, I was fascinated by watching, and I didn't pay attention to the time..."

"It's okay, I'm the same...Xiao Yu, we're having dinner in town today, what do you want to eat?"

Guan Baiyu said: "I can do anything!"

Shi Xinghuo also likes to eat everything... Shi Zhen said: "Then let's eat Xiaolongbao, each person has a basket of Xiaolongbao and a bowl of soy milk."

Noodles are Guan Baiyu's favorite. As for Shi Xinghuo, it is impossible for him not to like meat buns.

One piece of Xiaolongbao is five and one cage, ten in each cage.

Locally made steamed buns are thick-skinned and can withstand hunger. The Xiaolongbao in this store is also very large, and many people can eat five.

The soy milk is [-] cents a bowl. It is served in a large bowl with soy sauce, mustard powder, fried dough sticks and chopped green onion. It looks full.

Shi Zhen remembers that around 2000, he often brought Guan Baiyu to the same restaurant to eat

steamed stuffed bun.

At that time, Xiaolongbao was [-] yuan per cage, but the buns were smaller than they are now. Soy milk was still [-] cents per bowl, but it has been replaced with a small bowl, and the fried dough sticks in it are gone.

Shi Zhen didn't leave the booth, but asked Shi Xinghuo to bring the buns and soy milk to the booth to eat. During the period, someone came to ask the price, so he put down the bowl to greet the guests, and waited to eat.

Before he finished eating, Guan Baiyu came back and gave him five steamed buns in plastic bags: "Brother, five is enough for me, and these five are for you."

Shi Zhen accepted it with a smile, planning to warm it up for Guan Baiyu's meal at night.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, there were no people in the town, and those who came to set up stalls also returned home.

They all have to visit the grave and prepare dinner.

Today's Qingming dinner, everyone will eat better.

Shi Zhen's silver ingots have been sold out, leaving only a few fake flowers and some toys.

As for Qianqi, the braised eggs and dried bean curd are sold out, but half of the pork head meat is left.

Many people buy braised eggs and dried tofu to go to graves, but no one uses pork head meat to go to graves. As for eating at home... Today, every household buys meat, so there is no need to buy pork head meat.

Shi Zhen asked Qian to collect the stall with him and go back early.

When Qian got up, he had to go home to visit the grave, and he also wanted to accompany Guan Baiyu to see his grandma.

Even Guan Baiyu's grandma probably didn't want to see him.

It was past three o'clock in the afternoon when they got home, Qian got up and got on the bike, hurried home, while Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu prepared the sacrifice together.

He bought some water chestnuts in the town, cut a piece of meat specially, and added the stewed eggs and dried beans specially set aside to make four pieces, which was barely enough.

Of course, ingots and candles are indispensable, and he prepared these yesterday.

The land in the countryside belongs to the village collective. For the sake of convenience, each village here will set aside a special area as a cemetery, where Grandma Guan Baiyu's ashes are buried.

It was a bit late when Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu passed by. Many families had already laid their graves, and Guan Baiyu's grandma's grave had already been cleaned and the weeds pulled out.

There are clods piled on the grave, and there are still ashes in front of it.

Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu placed the things in front of the grave and lit candles. After worshiping, Shi Zhen burned the ingots beside the grave.

He didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, but after Guan Baiyu passed away, he couldn't help but want to believe in them.

At that time, he hoped that Guan Baiyu would have a good pregnancy.

Now that he is reborn, he can't say whether he believes it or not, but he feels that it is always right for people to do good deeds.

In his life, he does not pursue a luxurious life, does not pursue fame and fortune, but only wishes for the happiness and well-being of his relatives and lovers.

You have to wait for the candles to burn out before going to the grave.

While Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu were sitting on the ground waiting, other people came to visit the grave.

Among them was an old lady who folded tinfoil from Shi Zhen.

When the old lady came to visit the grave, she brought a pack of folded silver ingots, and she was very embarrassed to see Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen knew that most of the ingots were folded by the old lady for him, so he didn't care about them, he just pretended not to see them.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief.

Shi Zhen is very busy these days, sitting by the grave now does not need to do anything, does not need to think about anything, it is a rare leisure for him.

Many trees were planted here to block the sun and make the wind blowing in cold, but Shi Zhen was still a little drowsy.

Finally, Guan Baiyu called him: "Brother, let's go!"

While speaking, Guan Baiyu swiftly put the sacrifices into the bamboo basket, and poured a bowl of rice wine on the grave.

He didn't look sad, and after getting up with the bamboo basket, he asked Shi Zhen: "Brother, do you want to eat marinated eggs?"

"Yeah." Shi Zhen took a marinated egg that was used as a sacrifice just now and ate it.

He and Guan Baiyu walked back slowly under the afterglow of the setting sun. Tomorrow is another new day.