Reborn to Strive

The village of Guan Baiyu's family is next to Anshan Township, while Xiaqiu Township is in the opposite direction.

Shi Zhen was not familiar with Xiaqiu Township, so he asked the way in the local dialect before heading to school.

In the past [-]s, the vast majority of people in City J still spoke dialects. When he first came to City J, he couldn't speak the dialect here, so he couldn't communicate well, and the people here didn't trust him very much.

In order to do a good job in business, he spent a lot of time learning the dialect. Now he speaks the dialect of Changxi City, which is not much different from the locals in Changxi City. It is convenient for him to do anything.

"Ah Zhen, where are we going? I'm hungry." Shi Xinghuo, who had been very quiet all this time, asked Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhendao: "Let's go to the village, and then I'll buy sesame seed cakes for you to eat."

After driving all morning, Shi Xinghuo, who was a little listless, suddenly regained his energy and asked, "What are sesame seed cakes?"

"It's delicious." Shi Zhen was not in the mood and said simply.

Shi Xinghuo swallowed, and followed Shi Zhen obediently.

Before Shi Zhen could reach the village, he saw Guan Baiyu.

Guan Baiyu was completely different from his impression.

It was the first time he saw Guan Baiyu in his previous life. Guan Baiyu was already 19 years old, tall and long-legged, very handsome, but the Guan Baiyu in front of him was different.

The boy is 15 years old, but he looks at most twelve or thirteen years old, and he is a little too thin.

He was wearing a short and washed white clothes, his skinny cheeks were slightly sunken, his face was pale and his hair was yellowish, and there were a pair of big eyes on his small face. He was very pitifully thin.

In the countryside these days, there are not many well-dressed people, but clothes that don't fit like Guan Baiyu, who seem to be unable to eat enough, are rare.

Shi Zhen felt that his heart had been hit, and it was painful and astringent.

He knew that Guan Baiyu had a bad life when he was young, but he didn't care too much.

After all, when he himself was young, he also had a bad life. His village couldn't grow much food, and his family couldn't let go of his stomach to eat, and he couldn't eat pork a few times a year.

That is to say, he knows how to raise rabbits so that he can eat rabbits from time to time.

He has always felt that living in a relatively affluent place like J City, even if Guan Baiyu's life is not good, it will not be too bad, but such a thin Guan Baiyu...can he usually have enough to eat?

Of course, the most important thing now is not this matter, but... Guan Baiyu is still alive.

The person he loves deeply is still alive.

After rebirth, Shi Zhen had always had a sense of unreality. At this moment, this sense of unreality finally disappeared, and his heart became more at ease.

He also knew what he was going to do next.

Shi Zhen didn't pay much attention to Guan Baiyu, afraid that Guan Baiyu would notice him.

He has never looked in the mirror, but he also knows that his current appearance must not look good.

Although he had already seen Guan Baiyu, Shi Zhen still took him to the village because he promised to buy sesame seed cakes for Shi Xinghuo.

There are a lot of food sold in the village, including steamed stuffed buns, noodles and biscuits.

Shaobing is made by wrapping lard and scallions in dough, rolling it into a thin cake, and sticking it to the furnace wall to bake. Of course, some people will wrap lean meat or dried plums in the cake, just like the famous Jinyun Shaobing in later generations.

The sesame seed stall also sells fried dough sticks, which are especially delicious when rolled with sesame seed cakes.

Shi Zhen spent two yuan to buy two sesame cakes and two deep-fried dough sticks, and ate them with Shi Xinghuo.

At this time, the food is all about quantity and filling. You can buy a sesame seed cake for [-] cents, and the deep-fried dough sticks for [-] cents are very big. abdomen.

After eating, he said to Shi Xinghuo: "Let's go, let's get a haircut, then rent a house, and then look for a job."

When he was young, he was full of uneasiness facing this strange world and did not dare to spend money recklessly, but now he is not so stingy.

His and Shi Xinghuo's hair, used to be cut casually, and it was very messy, but after being cut short, it can be more energetic, and it is convenient to find a job if they have a place to live.

Sanyuan was cut alone, and when the haircut was finished, Shi Zhen took Shi Xinghuo to the village where Guan Baiyu lived.

He planned to rent near Guan Baiyu's house.

He had been to Guan Baiyu's dilapidated house before. There were only two rooms in it, and it was small and cramped with a dirt floor. He couldn't rent it even if he went to rent it.

Shi Zhen stood still in front of a house about a hundred meters away from Guan Baiyu's house.

An uncle of Guan Baiyu lived here, he was very nice, and according to Guan Baiyu, he took good care of him.

When he came back with Guan Baiyu in his previous life, he ate here.

And he can remember the location of this house because there are two big peach trees planted in front of the house.

Shi Zhen stepped forward, and saw an old lady with shoe soles sitting at the door, and beside her were two girls about four or five years old, who were drawing pictures on the concrete drying yard with fragments of red bricks.

The two children were still young, and they drew simple circles.

"Grandma, I want to ask, is there any rental house nearby?" Shi Zhen asked with a smile in dialect, "My brother and I want to rent a house."

The old lady was a little surprised: "You want to rent a house?"

Twenty years later, people will not find it unusual to rent a house, but at this time, rural people really don't see a few renting houses.

"Wait," the old lady put down the insole in her hand and shouted into the room, "Jianguo, someone wants to rent a house!"

Guan Baiyu's cousin is called Guan Jianguo, in his early thirties, although he is not tall, only 1.6 meters [-], but has broad shoulders and a broad back, and his arms are full of muscles, which makes him look very strong.

His job is to drive a tractor for loading, and earn money by transporting bricks and mud to others.

This is physical labor, but it earns a lot. Twenty or thirty in a day is indispensable. If you work harder, you can earn fifty or sixty in a day, but you may not have work every day.

Knowing that Shi Zhen wanted to rent a house, he immediately asked Shi Zhen if his own house was okay.

His house is also an ordinary two-story building, with two rooms in the front and back in a square shape, but the upstairs and downstairs are all built in his house. Two of the four rooms on the upper floor are used as bedrooms, and the remaining two rooms There is space downstairs for packing food and so on.

Guan Jianguo said that he could seal off the door leading to the inside of one of the two houses facing south and rent it to Shi Zhen for 30 yuan a month.

Shi Zhen agreed.

Shi Zhen spoke a dialect and was young. Guan Jianguo was very reassuring to him. After Shi Zhen gave him 30 yuan, he immediately sorted out a room and installed a few latches behind the door to seal it. The door leading to the inside.

Not only that, seeing that Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo had no beds, he also found two old door panels and a few stools, and laid out two single beds for Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo to sleep on.

After some tidying up, the afternoon passed.

Guan Jianguo's house has a concrete floor and plaster on the walls. Although it is empty and there is not much stuff in it, for Shi Xinghuo, it is already the best house he has ever lived in.

"Ah Zhen, this is a concrete floor!"

"This room is so big and spacious!"

"Are we really going to live here in the future?"

When Shi Xinghuo was outside, he couldn't beat a fart with a few sticks, but if there were no outsiders, he would chatter occasionally.

In the past, Shi Zhen always felt that Shi Xinghuo was annoying, but this time he agreed.

In his previous life, Shi Xinghuo worked with him on the construction site, and he worked exhaustingly every day. He lived in a room with more than a dozen people, and his food was mostly vegetables and tofu, with some fat at most.

Then he died.

He died too early, had no shortage of food and clothing, and he never lived a day, and he didn't eat much like meat buns and pancakes.

And Guan Baiyu.

He had to support himself at a young age, and he didn't even have to read if he wanted to...

However, it will all be fine.

"Ah Zhen, I'm hungry." Shi Xinghuo looked at Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen said: "The meal should be ready soon."

He told Guan Jianguo about dinner before, and Guan Jianguo said that he would put more rice when cooking, and bring him some rice later.

Sure enough, after a while, Guan Jianguo brought two full bowls of rice and a large bowl of dried tofu with garlic leaves.

Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo were not picky eaters, they sat at the gate of Guan Jianguo and finished their meals.

The two little girls were no longer playing at the door, and some flowers and plants were placed in the circle they drew with red bricks.

It turns out that these... are plates.

It was getting dark, Shi Zhen took Shi Xinghuo back to the house, and lay down on the bed made by the door.

The first day of rebirth was very busy, but Shi Zhen was in a very good mood.

Later in his previous life, he didn't care about many things. He was able to make money all the time because he made some reliable investments in the early days. He bought a few pieces of land and built a few 4S shops... Thanks to the rising housing prices in J City, he made a lot of money and also had money to do charity.

When people are alive, they should do something for the world.

He's glad he did that.

Being able to return to this world may be the reward given to him by God.