Reborn to Strive

The next day, Shi Zhen helped Mr. Fei fill the gas and sent him home to install it for him.

Teacher Fei was very grateful, and gave Shi Zhen the money to refuel, and gave Shi Zhen four salted duck eggs.

With gas, Mr. Fei no longer has a coal stove, and even uses a liquefied gas stove to boil water for bathing.

From Shi Zhen's point of view, this is a very extravagant behavior. After all, liquefied petroleum gas is very expensive, while briquettes are much cheaper.

Nowadays, whether it is in the countryside or in the town, many people have liquefied gas stoves, but in order to save money and boil water, everyone still uses coal stoves.

However, Mr. Fei is a retired high school teacher, with a retirement salary, and his children are grown up, so he is definitely not short of money.

Shi Zhen spent some time repairing the house and added some things, such as bamboo beds.

At this time, better beds were quite expensive. When Shi Zhen was furnishing the rented house, considering the cost, he decided to buy bamboo beds for his family to sleep on.

Bamboo is much cheaper than wood, and bamboo beds are also cheaper. As for bamboo beds, they won't last for many years... People at this time want to buy anything for decades, but after decades, who will use these?

The houses that have just been built in the countryside will be demolished and rebuilt in a decade or so.

Shi Zhen had already bought a bamboo bed before, and he rested on it when he was tired from work, so that he could sleep for his parents in the future, and now he bought three smaller ones, and put them in the attic for his three sisters to sleep in.

This kind of bamboo bed is also called Zhutai locally. It is a bit short. It is made entirely of bamboo. In summer, there is no need to sleep on it, and in winter, you can sleep on it with bedding.

Shi Zhen had been busy working until June [-]th before he finished his work on the house, and at this time, it was only a few days before Guan Baiyu's high school entrance examination.

Shi Zhen was afraid that Guan Baiyu would be too nervous, and also felt that the exam was approaching, and Guan Baiyu needed to rest, so he told Guan Baiyu not to go to Xinhua Bookstore, but to read at home.

One day, after selling rice balls, he went home and took a nap. Seeing that there was no sun outside, he asked Guan Baiyu if he wanted to go for a walk to relax.

"Okay." Guan Baiyu nodded quickly. Although he didn't need to relax, he wanted to go out with Shi Zhen!

Guan Baiyu took Shi Zhen around the village, and told Shi Zhen some things in the village, including which grass on the road can be used to dye dumplings, and which grass can be eaten.

While passing through Guanguang Country, Shi Zhen noticed that the second batch of chickens raised by his family had grown quite large.

When Guan Guangguo sold the first batch of chickens, there were too many chickens on the market, so he didn't get a good price.

In the end, after two months of busy work, he didn't make any money at all.

Raising chickens requires cost and capital investment. So much cost has been invested in it. Guan Guangguo didn't want to stop raising chickens suddenly, so he had to buy another batch of chicks.

Seeing this situation, Shi Zhen was quite helpless.

However, raising chickens is actually a small business. With the current situation, even if Guan Guangguo loses money, he can't lose much, and the money he owes can be paid back in a few years.

Moreover, he knew that Guan Baiyu had written an IOU to Guan Guangguo, and he planned to help Guan Baiyu repay the money. If something happened to Guan Guangguo, he would repay the money.

Guan Guangguo said a long time ago that Guan Baiyu is not allowed to provide for the elderly, but Guan Baiyu grew up eating rice from his family, so it is impossible to ignore him.

But after Guan Baiyu repaid the money, he would not owe Guan Guangguo any more. In the future, both parties can get along like ordinary relatives, which is good for both parties.

Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu didn't walk for long before they ran into Guan Kai.

Guan Kai was supposed to go to school at his age, but since his parents divorced, he stopped going to school.

The family doesn't care about him.

Guan Kai's father works as a sweeper at a nearby cement factory, responsible for cleaning up the cement that fell during loading and unloading.This job is done in three shifts. He goes to work on time every day, drinks and watches TV to sleep when he comes home, and ignores his son.

As for the little grandma... Guan Kai's food and clothing are taken care of, but after feeding Guan Kai, she started crying to everyone how bad her daughter-in-law is, and recently she started crying and complaining about her son's bad treatment of her... She is busy, so naturally she doesn't care about Guan Kai's study.

The little grandpa... In fact, he also has problems. He doesn't care about everything, and when he is full, he goes to the second grandpa, and the two of them sit together.

But if he hadn't had this personality, he would probably have quarreled with the little grandma every day, and even wouldn't have married the little grandma back then.

The little grandma didn't become like this after she got married. She was very troublesome in her natal family when she was young, and now her natal family doesn't associate with her.

Seeing them from a distance, Guan Kai gave Guan Baiyu a vicious look, turned around and ran away.

Shi Zhen glanced at him, and said to Guan Baiyu, "I saw his mother Guan Kai in the town a few days ago."

Guan Kai's mother got married quickly after the divorce, and within a few days, Shi Zhen saw her in the town, and Qian Qiqi even wentssip about her.

The man Guan Kai married after his mother divorced was not a good match.

People who are too young to marry a wife generally have some problems. The man who was with his mother, Guan Kai, had no parents. He was arrested for stealing silk from a silk factory in his early years. After that, I didn't find a serious job. I only worked in the fields, and occasionally did small labor. I couldn't make much money, and I didn't build a new house.

But he is sincere to Guan Kai's mother. It is said that he has given all his savings to Guan Kai's mother. The shop has bought some goods and sold clothes.

Her husband drove her to the town by bicycle very early every day, and then she went to the second floor of the vegetable market to sell clothes.

Shi Zhen's stall was right next to the vegetable market. She saw Shi Zhen and greeted him with a smile, seeing that she was doing well.

Shi Zhen talked to Guan Baiyu about his mother Guan Kai that day, but he didn't expect that his mother Guan Kai would come to see Shi Zhen on his own initiative the next day.

She came early in the morning, and Shi Zhen was busy when she came. She waited for a while, and waited until there was no one around Shi Zhen, and then came to tell Shi Zhen that she wanted to buy two one-yuan rice balls.

When Shi Zhen pinched her hand, she asked: "Is your name Shi Zhen? I have something to ask you. Do you know where there is a job in this town? You can hire a small worker or something else, my man Looking for a job to do."

Shi Zhen didn't expect that she would come to ask himself this.

But this is also normal. Although she rented a shop to sell clothes in the town, she didn't know anyone here, nor was she familiar with Anshan Town.

On the contrary, he set up a lot of stalls in the town and met many people.

Shi Zhen appreciates her courage. When encountering problems, it is better to actively solve them than to wait.

For example, her man can't find a job, and she complains in every possible way at home, which is completely useless. The only way to solve the problem is to find a way to find a job for her man.

Shi Zhendao: "I don't know where to recruit workers, but if you man wants to make money, you can go to the straw paper factory to buy some straw paper or wholesale some popsicles and sell them everywhere, and help people fill up gas."

This man has a bicycle, so things are easy to handle, and he can run a small business in the streets and alleys.

In this weather, wholesale popsicles to sell in the countryside will definitely make money.

As for toilet paper, it is toilet paper.This stuff is used by everyone, and it consumes a lot of money. When it is bought, it is sold to the villages, and the villagers will buy some when they see it.

Of course, no one will know if you earn more or less... But these two things don't require much capital.

Guan Kai's mother's eyes lit up: "Thank you!"

Shi Zhen directly said no thanks.

Shi Zhen had to admit that this woman was very mobile.

Within two days, Shi Zhen heard about her man coming to sell toilet paper in Guan Baiyu Village.

When the villagers chatted, they looked down on this man a bit, saying that Guan Kai's mother married a straw paper seller.

Shi Zhen: "..." Guan Kai's father sweeps the floor in a cement factory, so is it more expensive than selling papyrus?

In contrast, he thinks that selling straw paper has a brighter future... People who sell straw paper can sell other things in the future, but Guan Kai's father estimates that he will spend his entire life sweeping the land.

But these, Shi Zhen has no time to take care of.

Guan Baiyu is going to take the high school entrance examination.

After Guan Baiyu stopped going to school, the head teacher never approached Guan Baiyu. After all, he also encountered some troubles.

Yan Jiangtao's grandma talked about the head teacher's collection of money everywhere, which had an impact on the head teacher's career as a teacher.

But he didn't ask him to resign, it's just that he won't be able to be the class teacher in the future... These days, the school management is not as strict as the later generations, not to mention that the teacher collects money, the school itself often changes its methods, and makes students pay for it.

For example, it is an excuse to buy some books, hold some activities and so on to collect money.

That is to say, rural students are generally poor, and such things are rare.

This homeroom teacher used to be very strict with the students' studies, but he was like other teachers who were too lazy to take care of the students, so that he didn't call Guan Baiyu to the school for several exams organized by the school before the senior high school entrance examination.

But for the senior high school entrance examination, everyone has to go and cannot be absent. After all, the graduation certificate can only be obtained after the examination is completed.

As a result, many people who did not graduate from junior high school but already worked in factories asked for leave one after another to go to the high school in the town to take the exam.

It is naturally impossible for a rural junior high school like Xiaqiu Junior High School to become a test center for the senior high school entrance examination. During the senior high school entrance examination, the students of Xiaqiu Junior High School are arranged to take the senior high school entrance examination at the high school in the town.

It was also arranged like this in previous years. Last year, Qian Qi got into a fight with students from the high school in the town.

The day before the senior high school entrance examination, Shi Zhen accompanied Guan Baiyu back to Xiaqiu Junior High School and received the admission ticket.

On the day of the exam, they don't need to go to Xiaqiu Junior High School, they can go directly to the high school in the town to take the exam.

On this day, Guan Baiyu put on the bright red T-shirt in the new clothes that Shi Zhen bought for him, and prepared all the pens for the exam, and then Shi Zhen stopped selling rice balls and drove him in a tricycle , went to the high school in the town.

When Guan Baiyu went in for the exam, Shi Zhen was waiting at the door.

In fact, this is just the senior high school entrance examination, there is no need for him to wait outside, and there are no other parents waiting outside, but he is afraid that Yan Jiangtao will make trouble for Guan Baiyu.

With Yan Jiangtao's impulsive character, the possibility is very high.

In order to prevent Guan Baiyu from being bullied, Shi Zhen didn't leave at all, and told Guan Baiyu about it.

Seeing that Shi Zhen was so cautious, Guan Baiyu was also a little vigilant.

While alert, he felt unspeakably excited.

He had never been so valued before.

He came to take the exam, but his brother was waiting at the door!

He was a little embarrassed, feeling that he had delayed his brother's business, but he couldn't hide his joy in his heart.

Because of this happiness, Guan Baiyu took the initiative to go up and say hello when he saw a student who was familiar with him and had a good relationship with him.

"You are... Guan Baiyu?" The girl who was stopped by Guan Baiyu was the girl who was sitting in the back seat of Guan Baiyu before. Now she looked at Guan Baiyu and was stunned.

"Yeah." Guan Baiyu smiled, showing two small canine teeth.

When Guan Baiyu was still studying in school, he actually changed a little bit, but it was not that big.

It's different now, after two months of absence, Guan Baiyu changed his clothes again, and the one he changed was still the rare bright red color...

It turns out that Guan Baiyu is so handsome!

"Guan Baiyu, long time no see! I'm a little afraid that you won't take the exam! They said that your family doesn't want you to continue studying." The girl said.

"My family wanted me to continue studying. I came to take the exam today, and it was sent by my brother. He was still waiting for me to finish the exam at the door, saying that he would accompany me to the exam." Guan Baiyu said.

The girl was immediately envious: "He treats you so well!"

"Well," Guan Baiyu laughed again, "My brother also bought my clothes."

"Your clothes are very beautiful."

"This shabby clothes has no brand at all. What's so good about it?" Yan Jiangtao sneered.

The exam time hasn't come yet, they are going to gather one class at a time, and the class teacher will give them some precautions.

That's how Yan Jiangtao saw Guan Baiyu, and when he saw him, he felt like he was going to be blown up.

This guy Guan Baiyu has completely changed his appearance!

Yan Jiangtao wished he could cut Guan Baiyu alive.

Because Guan Baiyu came to his house before, his father was furious and treated him very strictly.

At the beginning, his father still let him go to school, but he just picked him up and dropped him off in person. Later, the family had a falling out with the teacher... His father simply refused to let him go to school and asked him to copy books at home.

He wanted to go to the town on Children's Day, but his father refused to let him, saying that he was afraid that something would happen to him and he would be kidnapped.

His father was sacked outside, and when he came home, he happened to see the news on TV that robbers kidnapped rich people's children for ransom, and he was frightened!

Originally, after a period of time, when the weather calmed down, everything should be fine, but... There was a murder case in the canal near his house.

The boats in the canal are always lively, and some boats will stop at the shore to rest at night.

The murder occurred on one of the boats. This boat belonged to a young couple. They carried some jars, jars, plates, porcelain bowls, etc., and they came here from a long way to sell them. As a result, when they were resting at night, they were groped onto the boat. Killed and robbed the money.

Who did it, no one knows.

Yan Jiangtao's father now dare not let Yan Jiangtao go out. His family is much richer than the couple who sailed the boat. If they meet desperadoes...

This time, Yan Jiangtao was released because of the high school entrance examination.

Some people are very good at staying at home, wishing to stay at home every day, but Yan Jiangtao is obviously not. He was locked up for two months, and he was going crazy.

"Guan Baiyu, that is you, a piece of ragged clothes is a treasure." Yan Jiangtao said again, his eyes rolling wildly.

His father told him that he had to do well in the exam, saying that as long as he did well in the exam, he would definitely be allowed to continue studying in the end.

He didn't want to continue studying, but his father said that if he didn't continue studying, he would let him and the workers lie down and look at the machine in three shifts.

Then he still wants to study.

So in school, he couldn't do anything to Guan Baiyu, but out of school... Guan Baiyu tricked him, he must make Guan Baiyu look good later!

Thinking of this, Yan Jiangtao only verbally troubled Guan Baiyu, sneered at him, and called Guan Baiyu a jerk.

Guan Baiyu ignored him, and the teacher who had always been kind to him before criticized him severely.

When Yan Jiangtao entered the examination room, he had a bad face.

When Guan Baiyu entered the examination room, he had a smile on his face.

As long as he thinks that his brother is outside, he feels happy from the bottom of his heart.

When the test papers came out, Guan Baiyu started to do it seriously, and while doing it, he was stunned again.

This test paper is too simple.

He used to take part in the city's unified exams, such as the final exam, and often found the papers difficult, but this time he didn't feel that way at all, and thought it was very easy.

Guan Baiyu thought about it for a while, and soon thought that he had done some questions for senior one and senior two these days because he had read all the review materials in the bookstore for junior high school.

Probably because of this, the high school entrance examination is not too difficult for him.