Reborn to Strive

In the early morning of January [-], Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo were driven by Shi Zhen to the bus station in Anshan Town with a tractor.

They want to stay here, waiting for the bus to the provincial capital, which only leaves once a day, and will stop at the bus station in Anshan Town at around [-] o'clock in the morning.

After Shi Zhen parked the tractor, he helped Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo unload the tractor.

Because the purpose of going back this time was to bring the family out of the mountains, so they didn't bring much, but they still had a few burdens.

"Why is it so heavy?" Shi Zhen frowned while carrying one of the bundles.

"This is a bottle of water." Shi Xing said.

Shi Zhen glanced through the gap in the bundle, and found a large Coke bottle filled with water, just such a big bottle, which weighed four or five catties.

This is a bit of an exaggeration.

Shi Zhendao: "The bus station can receive hot water..."

Shi Xingchao said: "Everything is charged!" The hot water at the bus station sells for ten cents a thermos bottle!People usually don’t bring a thermos when they go out, they always bring a kettle or a glass can or something, so give it one point and two points, and they won’t say anything when they touch the water.

But then... money is needed!

Shi Zhen felt that he shouldn't bring this up.

"Xinghuo, Xingchao!" At this moment, Shi Dalin's voice sounded.

Shi Xinghuo and the others were leaving today, and the Shi family knew about it. Shi Dalin didn't go to set up a stall this morning, but came over to give it away.

"Uncle!" Shi Xingchao opened his mouth, "Why are you here? We don't need to send it away!"

Shi Dalin smiled, and took out a package for them: "I packed some food for you, and you take it with you on the way."

"Thank you uncle." Shi Xing said.

Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo are big men, Shi Zhen and the others don't need to send them to the car, just say a few words and leave.

Shi Zhen still has something to do today - take Zhao Meiyun to remove the plaster.

Zhao Meiyun is getting old and recovering slowly, the plaster can only be removed now.

It was not yet eight o'clock when Shi Zhen and Shi Dalin arrived at Shi's house.

Shi Ting had already gone to school, Zhao Qiujuan was still selling rice balls outside, Zhao Dongjuan was nowhere to be seen, and only Zhao Meiyun was at home.

Seeing Shi Zhen, Zhao Meiyun immediately showed a smile: "Ah Zhen, Xinghuo and the others left?"

"It's probably still waiting at the station." Shi Zhen said.

"Have they brought enough clothes? It's been very cold outside recently." "Enough... Aunt Zhao, I'll carry you to sit on the tractor." Shi Zhen bent down in front of Zhao Meiyun.

"Hey..." Zhao Meiyun was moved again, and lay down on Shi Zhen's back.

There was a bamboo chair on the tractor for Shi Xing to sit on towards them. Shi Zhen climbed up on the tractor with Zhao Meiyun on his back, let her sit on it, and pulled Shi Dalin into the truck.

This tractor was second-hand, and Shi Zhen hadn't washed it after installing bricks recently. It was actually quite dirty, but Zhao Meiyun and Shi Dalin sat on it, smiling and looking at the passers-by on the side of the road triumphantly.

Their house has a tractor!

Shi Zhen couldn't see the expressions of Shi Dalin and the others, so he drove them to the hospital, because it was a bit early and the doctor hadn't arrived yet, so he could only wait by the side.

Shi Zhen accompanied them until 08:30, but they didn't get on the wheel. After explaining to them, they went back to Guanjia Village first.

The sweater delivery car is coming around nine o'clock.

Shi Zhen took the sweaters brought by the driver out of the car, loaded the sweaters that he tidied up yesterday, and distributed them to those who were in a hurry to get the sweaters... It was almost eleven o'clock.

This time he didn't drive a tractor, and rode a tricycle to the hospital. As soon as he got there, he saw Shi Dalin supporting Zhao Meiyun, walking slowly in the hospital.

"How's Aunt Zhao's leg?" Shi Zhen asked.

Shi Dalin said: "The plaster cast has been removed, just went for a checkup, and her leg has recovered well, but her broken leg is a whole circle smaller."

"If you don't move for a long time, your muscles will atrophy...it will be better if you practice more." Shi Zhen said.

"That's good." Shi Dalin said, and Zhao Meiyun also heaved a sigh of relief.

Shi Zhen didn't drive the tractor, so he let Zhao Meiyun get on the tricycle, he rode slowly, Shi Dalin followed, and they went back to Shi's house together.

Riding a tricycle does not have the condescending feeling of riding a tractor, but Zhao Meiyun is still very happy to be carried by Shi Zhen.

Her legs are healed, and she is in a particularly good mood today.

When they got home, Zhao Qiujuan had already prepared a meal: "Dad, Mom, are you back? It's time to eat."

Zhao Meiyun helped Shi Dalin get off the tricycle, and subconsciously asked, "Where's Dongjuan?"

Zhao Qiujuan said, "I didn't see her."

Zhao Meiyun pursed her lips tightly and stopped talking, and the joy in her heart was greatly reduced.

"Meiyun, has the plaster cast on your leg been removed?" A neighbor who lived in the alley came out and greeted Zhao Meiyun while watering the garlic he had planted in a foam box. "Well, it's demolished." Zhao Meiyun smiled.

The man looked at Shi Zhen again, curious: "This is your son? He's really tall."

"Yes." Zhao Meiyun smiled when she saw someone praise Shi Zhen.Shi Zhen can't live here, so many people here have never seen Shi Zhen.

"By the way, Meiyun, your little daughter...is she really going to marry that Wang Zugen? That family is not easy to get along with. Wang Zugen's mother, these days you often tell people that your little daughter is cheating..." the neighbor reminded.What Wang Zugen's mother said outside was that she didn't like Zhao Dongjuan at all. Zhao Dongjuan really liked her son and went to work at her house every day, so she agreed to the marriage.

The smile on Zhao Meiyun's face suddenly disappeared.

Shi Zhen didn't interfere in Zhao Dongjuan's marriage before, lest Zhao Dongjuan think he was going to sabotage it.

He has been wandering around the countryside, and he doesn't know many people in the town, and his understanding of Wang Zugen is limited to the last time he met.

Now it seems... Wang Zugen's mother is really not easy to mess with.

No wonder Wang Zugen, a townsman with a formal job, was in his thirties and couldn't find a partner.

After being told by the neighbor, Zhao Meiyun was in no mood to eat. She ate every bite of Zhao Qiujuan's dishes.

Seeing this, Shi Zhen said: "Aunt Zhao, if you want to keep your legs healthy, you need to eat more meat, otherwise you will easily lose your legs. In the future, don't do heavy work, go out more often."

Zhao Meiyun responded in a low voice: "Yes."

In the end, while they were eating, a woman who Shi Zhen had never seen before, about 60 years old, of medium build, with a long face and drooping upper eyelids, covering two triangular eyes, came in from the outside. : "My in-laws... are you eating?"

This is Wang Zugen's mother?

It was the first time for Shi Zhen to see the Wang family. As for Zhao Meiyun, her expression was even worse.

The man came in from the outside and looked at the dishes on the table first: "The food is pretty good. It's both fish and meat. People on the street dare not eat like this."

Today, when Shi Zhen was coming to eat, Zhao Qiujuan steamed some salted fish, boiled a bowl of pork belly in plain water, and fried two other vegetables.

In the past, Shi's family could only eat it during the festivals, but since they came to Anshan Town, Shi Zhen asked them to eat better every day, and they got used to eating better.

However, Wang Zugen's mother said that "people on the street" would not dare to eat like this, which is an exaggeration.

Rural people buy meat every day, indeed very few. Many families in rural areas do not have the habit of buying vegetables. They often go to the town to cut meat when they have something to do at home, but there are not a few people who buy meat every day in the town.

"Your food is not bad, and you live in a big house. The youngest daughter has to study here to pay for her tuition. She is not short of money. How can you not give me a dowry, and we will give you winter money?" Juan has already bought three gold pieces, and you don’t want to buy a gold ring for my Zugen..." Wang Zugen's mother came over, took a piece of pork belly, dipped it in soy sauce, and stuffed it into her mouth.

Shi Zhen: "..."

Shi Zhen still knew a little about his father.

Although his father doesn't like to talk, he emphasizes feelings. Among other things, Zhao Meiyun broke his leg in his previous life and had his limb amputated. Afterwards, his mental state was not good, and he always lay on the bed crying. A little impatient.

His father has also always liked Zhao Qiujuan very much. In his previous life, he told him to take good care of Zhao Qiujuan.

But Zhao Dongjuan...

Shi Dalin said: "Zhao Dongjuan is not my own, I don't care about her affairs."

"I've called you Dad for so many years, you can't justify it no matter what!"

"If you want me to take care of it, then my father-in-law will always give cigarettes and alcohol, and the bride price should also be given to me." Shi Dalin said angrily, the more he watched Wang Zugen, the more he disliked him.

"We don't accept betrothal gifts on the street!" Wang Zugen's mother said, if Zhao Dongjuan hadn't brought the money back to the Wang family, she wouldn't be willing to give betrothal gifts!

"We don't do dowry there either. If you don't want to give a bride price, you don't have to." Shi Dalin said.

Wang Zugen's mother has nothing to say, she actually doesn't want to give the bride price, but if she really wants to...Zhao Dongjuan she doesn't want to!Zhao Dongjuan said that they all have dowry gifts, so it is impossible not to give them.

"Her mother, Dongjuan? Why don't you say anything when your man talks like this?" Wang Zugen's mother asked Zhao Meiyun.

Zhao Meiyun thought that she was going to remove the plaster cast today, and everyone in the family knew about it, but Zhao Dongjuan was nowhere to be seen all morning, and she was already unhappy, and when Wang Zugen's mother came, she kept beating her belly, thinking about what to say .

At this moment, Zhao Meiyun plucked up her courage and said: "I only have two daughters. They want to provide for me in the elderly. She will either take care of me in the future, or leave the gift money to me, and it will be regarded as my pension money."

Zhao Meiyun didn't really want the gift money, she knew what the Wang family, and even her youngest daughter, were thinking, so she deliberately pissed off her words.

Sure enough, Wang Zugen's mother left cursing.

When Wang Zugen's mother left, the neighbor woman who had spoken to Zhao Meiyun before came in from outside the house, and said as soon as she came in, "Why is she here? Did she come to ask for a dowry?"

"How to say?" Shi Dalin asked.

"Oh, isn't she, has she been in trouble many times, and she always feels that her son is the best in the world... In the past, her son met many times, but none of them succeeded." He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say it but was embarrassed to say it.

"What's going on?" Zhao Meiyun asked, "Just tell me."

The man said: "It's what you want to hear... You guys talked about the marriage too quickly, and you didn't even ask each other. When I found out about it, you had already decided to get married, so I was embarrassed to tell you what... ..."

This person is obviously a gossiper, and he didn't hesitate to say all kinds of top things about the Wang family.

For example, when Wang Zugen was young, he met a girl from a good family. No matter how beautiful that girl was, she was always average. As a result, his family always disliked the ugly girl and asked the girl to leave the house to get married...

Of course not!

This girl is a teacher. Later, the Wang family probably thought that the woman could take care of the family as a teacher, and at one point required the woman to be a teacher.

Then, of course, I couldn't find the right one.

"Actually, two years ago, Wang Zugen was engaged to a country girl and asked her to come to live with them. That girl was stupid. She really came... After she was pregnant with a child, they asked her to have a check-up, saying She got married only when she was born a boy... That girl is so stupid that she even agreed, but fortunately she was dragged back by her father and the child was beaten."

"This..." The Shi family were all stunned.

The neighbor said: "But they have learned to be good, so they shouldn't dare now... Will your Dongjuan...will be at a disadvantage?"

"That's not necessarily true." Shi Zhen said.

Shi Zhen really didn't think Zhao Dongjuan would be at a disadvantage. After all, Zhao Dongjuan had a lot of ideas that were different from ordinary people.

After the wedding is done... it will probably be very lively.

Shi Zhen guessed right.

Shi Zhen also attended the wedding, and there were no problems during the whole process, but when the wedding was over, trouble broke out.

Zhao Dongjuan asked Wang Zugen's parents for the gift money from the guests: "The gift money from the guests is for our young couple."

"These are the favors we sent out before, and of course they are ours to take back." Of course Wang Zugen's parents would not give them.

"Is there anyone like you? Which company doesn't give the gift money to the couple?" Zhao Dongjuan was aggressive, "I have to give the gift money to me, otherwise I won't get married!"

"You've already tied the knot, why don't you stop?" Wang Zugen's father was stunned.

"I haven't received a certificate yet!" Zhao Dongjuan said confidently.

Before marriage, she worked as a small fudi and worked for the Wang family every day, so she was already impatient.

Now that the betrothal gift is in hand, she has taken the time to deposit it in her passbook, and bought the three gold... Next, it is the Wang family who are afraid of her running away, not her.

If you have the ability, don't give her a gift money!Then she will go!

The dowry is non-refundable anyway!

The Wang family subconsciously looked at the Shi family.

Now most of the guests have left, only the Shi family stayed.

Shi Zhen got up and left, Shi Dalin and the others followed closely behind, even Zhao Meiyun, who had just had the plaster removed not long ago, walked quickly.

This marriage, from head to toe, was discussed by Zhao Dongjuan herself with the Wang family, and they did not intervene in the whole process, nor could they control it.

Zhao Dongjuan can listen to them, it's so strange!

Wang Family: "..."

After Zhao Dongjuan got married, the Wang family visited the Shi family several times, which annoyed the Shi family.

But the Wang family is just an ordinary worker's family. It's not like what Wang Zugen said. People who know this and that know each other. Even because there are too many things about their family, relatives and friends don't want to see them.

They didn't dare to make too much trouble... They were really afraid that Zhao Dongjuan would run away.

Not to mention the dowry and three golds, they spent a lot of money on the wedding!

So...the Wang family's approach has no effect on the Shi family.

It's annoying at most.

Shi Zhen hid in the countryside, and was not affected much.

He was even in a good mood - Guan Baiyu was about to go on winter vacation.

Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo will move out after the next year, so Shi Zhen cleaned up Guan Baiyu's house, leaving only his own bed outside.

In this way, the room is much more spacious.

Shi Zhen knew when Guan Baiyu would go home on vacation, so he rode a tricycle to the bus station to wait for Guan Baiyu when the time came.

As a result... when Guan Baiyu came out of the bus station, he was accompanied by several classmates, including Qiu Yunxin, the female classmate Shi Zhen had met before, who was obviously interested in Guan Baiyu.

Shi Zhen froze for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Guan Baiyu.

Guan Baiyu was not in a good mood.

After the exam, they lived in the school for two days to make up lessons, and they didn't have a holiday until the results came out.

It was finally winter vacation, and he was anxious to see his brother, but... Qiu Yunxin and a few of Qiu Yunxin's friends actually wanted to go to Anshan Town with him to play.

With so many people around, he couldn't even talk to his brother properly!