Reborn to Strive

Today's chicken, Shi Zhen chopped into small pieces and braised in soy sauce.

One chicken seemed like a lot, but there were four of them, and they ate one chicken in one meal.

After dinner, Shi Zhen and Shi Xingchao went to work on Guan Jianguo's side, and Guan Baiyu followed.

It was winter now, and the wind outside the house was pouring into the house through the cracks, making it very cold, so their door was not opened, but there was no latch at the door, and only a stool was leaning on.

From time to time, someone pushed the door and came in. At this time, everyone shrank their necks and called him to close the door in unison.

There were about a dozen people crowded in the room, all sitting on the bamboo chairs they brought with them, embroidering or knitting sweaters, working and chatting with others.

Ever since Guan Baiyu went to Changxi City to go to school, people in the village didn't see him very much. When he appeared in Guan Jian Country, many people immediately asked him about Changxi City.

Most of the women who come to Shizhen to embroider sweaters are in their 50s or [-]s, and many of them were born before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

They have lived in the countryside since they were young, and they don't know how to ride bicycles. It is a rare entertainment for them to visit Anshan Town during the holidays, but most of them have never been to Changxi City.

No matter what Guan Baiyu said, they all listened with gusto, and they were even more curious about No. [-] Middle School.

Then I began to think that it would be best for my children, or grandchildren, to go to the city to study after graduating from junior high school.

Sometimes this is the case. When there is no reference target, everyone has no idea about their children's learning. With reference targets, the future path for their children seems to be clear.

While chatting, the sound of a motorcycle came from outside the house.

Guan Jian country does not have motorcycles, who is here?The woman sitting by the door curiously opened the door, and everyone saw a motorcycle parked at the gate of Guan Jianguo.

A man in his thirties got off the motorcycle. He took off his helmet and asked, "Where is Shi Zhen?"

"I'm here." Shi Zhen stood up and called the other party to come in.

He knew this person, the person he had given his business card to a few days ago.

After Mr. Wang's house started to be built, many people came to visit.

Some people just come to see it, and some people like it very much after seeing it, but they don't plan to build a house for the time being.

Others...someone has already copied his house type and started building a house.

Shi Zhen knows that these are unavoidable—in this day and age, imitations are everywhere.

"I want to build a house that is different from others, so I came to you... Can you really build it? Also, I am very busy and don't have time to spend. Can you show me everything?" The cold wind at night was chilling the ground. After entering the house, he quickly closed the door and took off his leather gloves and rubbed his hands.

"Yes, Mr. Wang's house, I will watch it being built the whole time." Shi Zhen said.

The man's motorcycle is a Honda, and the price of this Honda motorcycle is more than 3 on the market at the moment.

In 94, due to insufficient production capacity, many industrial assembly line products that were cheap in the past [-] years were expensive at this time, and home appliances were one of them.

But comparing the price of rice and other basic necessities of life with the price of these items around 2020... 1 yuan today has the same purchasing power as 25 yuan in [-] years.

Nowadays, many factories pay workers two or three hundred wages, which is equivalent to two or three thousand in later generations.

Of course, in the next few years, prices will rise rapidly, and the monthly salary will increase by [-] every year. Before long, it will not be a [-]:[-] algorithm.

This person can buy more than 3 yuan of motorcycles, and his family is definitely rich-now to build a house, without expensive renovations, 2 yuan is enough.

The young man driving the motorcycle scratched his fluffy hair that was permed and crushed by the helmet: "Hey! What kind of Mr. Wang is he! But he did say that you did a good job, tell me, you help me What is the process of building a house? What is the fee?"

There were many people in the house, but Shi Zhen wanted more people to know that he was building houses for others, so he said directly: "That's right, let's first determine the style of the house you want to build, and then I will give you an estimate. After that, you can buy the materials by yourself, and I will find someone to build it for you if you give me the wages, or you can give me all the money, and I will buy the materials and find workers, and I will be fully responsible for everything. As for the money for building the house, it will be divided Several stages, one stage at a time..."

Shi Zhen said, and took out a form: "I have a price template for Mr. Wang's house here. I made a charging standard according to this price template, you can take a look."

This template, Shi Zhen, wrote very clearly, and it seemed clear at a glance.

He marked out how much money was charged at each stage, and there was a final payment at the end, which was paid after the house was built and the client was satisfied.

Mr. Wang's house, not to mention the interior decoration, now the entire frame is built, and it took more than 2 yuan.

This is because it is better to build Mr. Wang's house bigger, and the outer walls are covered with bricks. Ordinary houses can't cost this money.

"If you are responsible for everything, is the price you pay me to build a house similar to this?" the man asked.

"I won't charge more money. If you build a house like his, you can pay at this price," Shi Zhen said again, "Also, if you are afraid of trouble, workers' food and so on, my side It can also be solved to save you trouble, of course, this part of the money has to be counted.”

The man was even more excited.

Shi Zhen continued his efforts and showed him some of the houses he had drawn before, as well as floor plans.

Most people like houses, and their love for houses is engraved in their bones.

With a house plan, people can often make up a lot of brain.

When Shi Zhen drew the house plan, he drew the bed, the sofa and so on, which made it look even more beautiful.

"What do you think of this set? In the master bedroom on the second floor, there is also a cloakroom for you. Rich people from abroad use a room to store clothes, and there is a large floor-to-ceiling mirror in it..." Shi Zhen introduced with a smile.

The man in front of him was young, he had permed his hair, and he had good clothes. He obviously paid more attention to appearance.

"Can it still be like this?" The man kept looking at the floor plan.

Shi Zhen introduced several types of houses to this person, and this person finally decided on the one with a cloakroom.

The women working here also listened to some, and passed on the house plans.

They couldn't understand it at first, but after Shi Xingchao and Guan Baiyu introduced it to them, they could understand it, and they all liked it: "When I have money in the future, my family will also build such a house."

"I think this is good, let my grandson live here, and we will live here..."

"It's better to be like this. The room below is so spacious. The sofa will not be placed. It will be used to raise silkworms."

……

Shi Zhen agreed with this man amidst the women's discussion, and said that he would write a contract during the day tomorrow, figure out all the budgets in all aspects, and go to this man's house tomorrow night to discuss it again.

"Still writing the contract! Regular! Not bad!" The man was very satisfied.

However, he wanted to take the floor plan away, but Shi Zhen didn't agree: "These can only be given to you after signing the contract and paying the deposit."

"Alright." The man didn't force it.

This man came here on a motorcycle, and left on a motorcycle. After he left, the big guy asked Shi Zhen: "Shi Zhen, why do you know so much?"

"You work as a mason and sign contracts with people?"

"It's okay to build a house with you alone?"

……

Shi Zhen simply said: "I made this, called the foreman."

Now people generally call it foreman, contractor or something. In the future, there will be some other names, such as project manager and so on.

Of course, it's not enough to just do these things. According to his idea, after he has his own manpower, he plans to register a company.

Building rural self-built houses for others does not make a lot of money, but you can train the people under your hands, and then take on some other profitable projects in the future, and you will be able to grow rapidly.

But what he has to do now is to do a good job of all the small projects in his hands.

In the early stage of starting a business, even if you can't make money, you must make word of mouth.

After Shi Zhen and others left, they began to calculate the price of building the house.

He has done a lot of this in his previous life, and he was familiar with it when he built a house for Mr. Wang before, so he can figure it out.

It's just...he lacks a computer, and it's a bit slow to calculate.

Shi Zhen did the calculation by himself, and asked Guan Baiyu to check it for him.

Guan Baiyu checked the calculations very quickly, and after the calculations, he took time to take others to look at the house plans and take them back to sort them out.

These are all painted by his brother, and there is no shortage of one picture!

Speaking of which, these houses are really beautiful, and he also wants a house, and will live with his brother in the future.

Guan Baiyu is more concerned about making money.

The next night, Shi Zhen went to the house of the man who drove the Honda motorcycle, and discussed in detail with him how to build the house.

It was only after he went there that he found out that this man, like Boss Wang, belonged to the leather shoe factory... His father was the real boss of the leather shoe factory.

His father has two sons. Originally, they lived together as a group of people, but he had conflicts with his younger brother. His mother also favored his younger brother's son and didn't like his daughter, so the family was in trouble.

His father couldn't take it anymore, so he gave him and his younger brother [-] yuan each, and asked them to build a house by themselves.

No, he found Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen asked him about his situation and made a suggestion: "Your family is just your husband and wife and your daughter. In fact, there is no need to build a three-story building. Cleaning is too much trouble. I think it is enough to build a beautiful two-story building. The outside is okay. Make a garden."

"Two floors? Will it be too small? If my daughter grows up and gets married, it will be difficult to live with too many people." The man asked.

Shi Zhen was speechless: "Your daughter is only three years old... The house you live in now is the house you used to live in when you were three years old? When your daughter grows up, maybe she will study very well and go to work in a big city... Maybe you will live in the house when the time comes?" The big city bought her a house."

"That's right! My daughter is very smart." The man nodded repeatedly.

The two didn't delay, Shi Zhen took out the computer he just bought today, and directly calculated the price of building the house at his house.

This person is also big-hearted, and he was afraid of trouble, so he directly contracted all the work to Shi Zhen, and let Shi Zhen take full charge of the construction of the house.

Shi Zhende admits that this is his favorite client.

On Mr. Wang's side, the purchase of materials, etc., are all done by Mr. Wang himself, and Mr. Wang may not necessarily let him intervene in the subsequent decoration.

Seeing Mr. Wang's recent intentions... I already think that he will go to work again, and it shouldn't be long before he will settle the wages with him and let him leave.

As for the building of this house...

It is already mid-December 94, and the Spring Festival this year is at the end of January 95, which means that the Chinese New Year is only one and a half months away.

Shi Zhen negotiated with this person to buy building materials such as bricks a year ago, and start construction after a year.

However, the money for the purchase of materials, the deposit, etc., must be given to Shi Zhen first.

This guy was also a straightforward person, and directly gave Shi Zhen five thousand.

Shi Zhen returned home with the money in a particularly good mood.

This business really came just in time.

Helping Mr. Wang build a house, he has already met some good local workers. After a few years, he can call some people from his own village to come to the construction site to help.

Shi Zhen was in a good mood, and when he got home, he gave Guan Baiyu 100 yuan: "Xiao Yu, take it to buy some snacks."

Guan Baiyu refused to answer: "Brother, I have money."

"It doesn't conflict with me wanting to give you money if you have money." Shi Zhen said.

"Brother, I really don't need it! You don't need to pay me for living expenses anymore, I have money now." Guan Baiyu said, he usually sells stationery and other things in school, and he can earn his own living expenses, the 5000 yuan It can also be used to do other business.

"You are not yet an adult, I will definitely pay you the living expenses, and you will keep the money." Shi Zhen forcefully stuffed 100 yuan into Guan Baiyu's hand.

He wanted to share his joy with Guan Baiyu.

Ever since he met Guan Baiyu, whether he was happy or sad, what he wanted to find most was Guan Baiyu.

Of course, once again, except that Guan Baiyu was bullied by Yan Jiangtao and almost failed to be admitted to No. [-] middle school, and he was beaten by Chen Shaojin half a month ago...he was not unhappy at other times.

Most things are trivial to him.

Guan Baiyu could only take the money.

On Sunday, Guan Baiyu set off for Changxi City in the morning.

He told Shi Zhen that he and Liang Qinxuan had made an appointment to make up lessons together. In fact...he planned to buy some stationery, and by the way, asked if there was any clothing factory in Changxi City that could take over the work of making pencil cases.

It is not difficult to make a pencil case. The simplest pencil case can be made with a piece of cloth and a zipper.

The more difficult pencil case is just a few more pockets, which is nothing to manufacturers who can make clothes.

In contrast, it is actually more troublesome to find the right fabric, especially... Generally speaking, the more beautiful the pattern on the pencil case, the more people will buy it, and it is best not to fade.

Guan Baiyu has ideas, but he has never done this before, so he hesitates.

But... his brother has an idea, and he will do it right away every time, why can't he?

Guan Baiyu found Liang Qinxuan at noon that day.

The two had dinner together, and Guan Baiyu also told Liang Qinxuan about his idea of ​​making a pencil case for sale.

"That's a good idea! Are we still working together?" Liang Qinxuan asked.

"If you want a partnership, of course it's the best." Guan Baiyu said.

"Then I definitely want a partnership! The New Year's money I received before added up to about [-], how much do you want?" Liang Qinxuan said.

Guan Baiyu: "..." Ten thousand... Liang Qinxuan is really rich!

Think about it, at the beginning of this year, all his belongings were only a few dollars!

And his brother, when we first met, he was so poor that he couldn't even afford a toilet!

Guan Baiyu asked Liang Qinxuan to pay 5000 yuan like him.

They have a total of 1 yuan, and they can already find cooperation with a clothing factory to produce pencil cases, that is, the style of the pencil case, the fabric used, etc., have to be studied first, and how to sell these pencil cases after they are made , but also think about it first.

It is best for them to go to the manufacturer to make them after they are sure that someone wants these pencil cases.

Otherwise, after their pencil case is produced, what should they do if they can't sell it and throw it in their hands?

There are many things, Guan Baiyu listed them one by one, planning to put them aside for a while, and then deal with them during the winter vacation.

They are about to take their final exams, and the exams are more important.

After buying a batch of stationery, Guan Baiyu and Liang Qinxuan went to the largest stationery store in Changxi City to see how much their stationery was selling for.

The stationery store in Changxi City is very large, and most of the stationery is placed in a glass counter. If you want to buy it, the salesperson will take out the contents.

As soon as Guan Baiyu and Liang Qinxuan entered, someone came to ask them what they wanted to buy.

Guan Baiyu said: "Let's take a look first."

These days, there are quite a lot of people who just look around and don’t buy things. Many students will go to bookstores and stationery stores when they are free. Hearing what Guan Baiyu said, that person goes to greet other people.

Guan Baiyu and the others were not the only ones in the stationery store.

Guan Baiyu and Liang Qinxuan slowly looked at the items on the counter. The prices of some items were beyond Guan Baiyu's expectations: "This pen is so expensive!" A pen actually costs several hundred yuan?He had never seen such an expensive pen in the stationery store in Changxi City before.

"I have this pen! Do you want it? I can give it to you," Liang Qinxuan said, "It's kind of ugly, I don't like it."

"No need..." Guan Baiyu said.

He thought his five-dollar pen worked well, and if it wasn't broken, he didn't plan to buy a second one.

Not far from the two of them, three students from No. [-] Middle School who came to buy things had already seen Guan Baiyu and Liang Qinxuan.

They are not in the same class as Guan Baiyu and Liang Qinxuan, they are students in the ordinary class of No. [-] Middle School and Senior One.

They didn't know Guan Baiyu at first, but they got to know each other after buying stationery from Guan Baiyu recently. After they got to know each other...they heard something about Guan Baiyu.

For example, Guan Baiyu has good grades, or Guan Baiyu is good friends with Liang Qinxuan, a well-known local tyrant in the second year of high school.

As for Liang Qinxuan, there were many rumors in the school. His reputation was far greater than that of Guan Baiyu.

What is so rich, I order a bunch of dishes in the cafeteria every day.

Why do you like to show off your wealth to others?

Why did the father of the family find Xiaosan, and he forced Xiaosan's son to change classes and drop out of school.

Some of Liang Qinxuan's former friends also said that Guan Baiyu was a dog's leg, pestering Liang Qinxuan and forcing Liang Qinxuan to break up with them.

Anyway, there is everything.

Seeing Liang Qinxuan and Guan Baiyu, they were a little curious. After hearing Liang Qinxuan's words, two of them were a little envious, and the other was a little jealous of Guan Baiyu.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Guan Baiyu?"

This voice gave Guan Baiyu a bad impression. He turned his head and saw Yan Jiangtao.

Guan Baiyu frowned.

Both Yan Jiangtao and Liang Qinxuan have money in their families, but they are completely different people.

Although Liang Qinxuan is rich and loves to show off, he never takes the initiative to bully others.

Yan Jiangtao was different. At first, he always had a condescending look and looked down on those students in his class and school who were poorer than him.

After the high school entrance examination, Guan Baiyu hadn't seen Yan Jiangtao, and he didn't expect to meet Yan Jiangtao here.