After Shi Zhen bought books in Changxi City, he went to buy a large bag of peanuts, and finally got on the bus with these things.
He wanted to ride a tricycle to Changxi City, but it would take three or four hours to get there and back. Riding a tricycle was more tiring than riding a bicycle. Even if he was in good health, he couldn't stand it.
The bus swayed for forty minutes and stopped at the bus stop in Anshan Town. Shi Zhen got out of the car and was relieved to see his tricycle parked there not far away.
Bicycles and tricycles are big items at this time, and there is no surveillance these days, so they are particularly easy to be stolen, and some people even steal bicycles for a living.
Shi Zhen has been living in the village this month, and he has encountered car thieves who pushed stolen bicycles to the village to sell them.
A bicycle that others bought for a few hundred dollars, he stole it and sold it for one hundred, and he could sell it soon.
At this time, the bicycle will have a license plate, and a number will be branded on the front handlebar, so that some people who have lost their car can find the car.
But reality is not the same as imagined.
Car thieves don’t sell their cars locally, but sell them farther away. At this time, the traffic is inconvenient and everyone won’t be able to go anywhere... After the bicycles stolen in Changxi City were sold to their Anshan Town, the owner of Changxi City, It's almost impossible to see your bike again.
Shi Zhen's tricycles are more expensive than bicycles and are more likely to attract thieves. He locks it in the house every night, and he is very careful when he goes out to park, at least two locks.
This time, it was parked near the bus station. It was not easy for the staff to come and go, but he was still a little worried. Fortunately, the car was fine.
By the time Shi Zhen rode his tricycle home, it was getting late and it was getting dark.
Shi Zhen stopped at the door of the house and saw Guan Jinjin jumping past the road in front of the door.
Seeing Shi Zhen suddenly, she was obviously startled, she stopped abruptly, and patted her clothes to look very ladylike.
"Guan Jinjin." Shi Zhen called out.
"Hey! Brother Shi Zhen." Guan Jinjin smiled at Shi Zhen.
Before Guan Jinjin had been calling Shi Zhen "Guan Baiyu's brother", he finally used his normal name to call people today.
In the local area, relatives usually call "brother" directly, while cousins and even other people in the village who are not related to each other will call out "brother XX" or "Brother XX".
Guan Jinjin didn't call him that before... Shi Zhen suspected that Guan Jinjin didn't know his name at that time.
"I bought you a book, you can take it back and read it." Shi Zhen took out the chicken raising book.
Guan Jinjin was very surprised and a little surprised when he learned that Shi Zhen bought a book for him.
She was unfamiliar with Shi Zhen, and she didn't expect Shi Zhen to send her books!
Is it a romance novel? Someone in their class had a romance novel borrowed from my sister, it was very nice, and they even copied it down!
Hey, Shi Zhen suddenly sent her a book, could it be because he likes her
Will there be love letters in the book
It's a pity that Shi Zhen is a little old...
Guan Jinjin's face was flushed, and his cheeks were hot, but his skin was dark and hard to see.
At this moment, she saw the title of the book Shi Zhen gave her - "Broiler Breeding Guide".
The book has an earthy green back cover with a chubby white-feathered chicken on it.
Guan Jinjin: "…"
Shi Zhen said again: "If your father can understand, you can show him directly."
Guan Jinjin took the book and said weakly, "Thank you..."
As soon as Guan Jinjin finished his words of thanks, he saw that Shi Zhen had already pushed the tricycle into the house.
Going home with a book on his face, Guan Jinjin saw his parents squatting on the ground, observing a sick chick.
Although she had not raised chickens for a long time, her house already smelled of chicken manure, which made her not like to stay at home.
But although she doesn't care about raising chickens, she also knows what these chickens mean to her family.
The chicks are fluffy, yellow, orange and so cute... These days, every time I see a chick die, Guan Jinjin feels very uncomfortable.
If you raise it according to the book, won't the chicken die easily
Guan Jinjin said: "Dad, Mom, Brother Shi Zhen gave me a book about raising chickens."
Guan Jinjin showed his parents an unusually rustic green paper.
Although Zhang Xiumei was illiterate, she knew the chicken: "Is there a book about raising chickens? How much does this book cost?"
Guan Jinjin really didn't think about how much the book would cost before. She turned the book to the end and looked at the price: "Two yuan and fifty cents."
"And how does Shujiao raise chickens?" Guan Guangguo was also a little curious, "Hey, the chicken on the cover of this book seems to be the same breed that our family raises."
Guan Guangguo was literate, but when he took the book and opened it, he was dizzy due to the dense small print on it.
Although he knew how to read, he didn't use it for many years, and he was about to return it to the teacher.
But even so, he didn't flinch: "Jinjin, I can't recognize the words above, you can read it to me."
Guan Guangguo borrowed most of his capital for raising chickens this time.
So he was under a lot of pressure, especially afraid that he would lose money if he couldn't support himself.
If something happens to these chickens... what can he do with his family
The chickens he just bought are not easy to raise. In fact, it is normal for them to die a few times, but now that he sees the chickens dying, his heart is very uncomfortable, and he can't sleep all night.
This book... If it can be printed as a book, it is absolutely amazing, and he must take a good look at it.
Guan Jinjin immediately opened the book: "Dad, I'll read it to you now."
"Wait first," Zhang Xiumei stopped Guan Jinjin, "I'll go get some fresh ginger, Jinjin, give it to Shi Zhen first."
The so-called foreign ginger is not the same thing as ginger at all, just because it was introduced from abroad and looks like ginger, everyone calls it foreign ginger or jaggery.
This thing has a high yield, but it is not delicious to eat directly, and it is not very hungry, so they usually pickle it and eat it as a pickle.
What Zhang Xiumei gave to Guan Jinjin was the pickled ginger. The foreign gingers are like small potatoes. There will be gaps in the middle when they are dried and marinated in a jar, so Zhang Xiumei will mix it with chopped pickles. pickled.
She took a large bowl and dug out a bowl of foreign ginger mixed with pickles from the jar.
After taking the big bowl of foreign ginger, Guan Jinjin went to Guan Baiyu.
When Shi Zhen arrived home before, he saw Guan Jinjin passing by, and at that time, Guan Baiyu in the house also heard the movement.
Guan Baiyu went to Xinhua Bookstore to read books as usual.
The Xinhua Bookstore opens at 8:00 in the morning and closes at 4:00 in the afternoon. Before, he stayed until 4:00, but today Shi Zhen was going to Changxi City and asked him to help him make skewers, so he went home early to work.
He skewered all the fried skewers, and made dinner with Qian Qi, Shi Xinghuo and the others, but Shi Zhen never came back...
Guan Baiyu can say that he is listening to the movement outside with his ears erect.
As soon as the sound of the tricycle appeared, he put down his work and went to the door.
It's just... He arrived at the door and saw Shi Zhen talking to Guan Jinjin.
Shi Zhen also gave Guan Jinjin a book.
Guan Baiyu wanted to call his brother, but his voice was stuck in his throat and couldn't come out.
Inexplicable emotions flooded his body, making him sour... He didn't even know it was his own business.
His brother went to Changxi City today, he should be buying some goods, but when he came back... brought a book to Guan Jinjin
Is his brother so familiar with Guan Jinjin
Guan Baiyu knew that Guan Jinjin was very likable.
His parents especially liked Guan Jinjin. Although his grandmother disliked Guan Jinjin as a girl, when he was sick and bedridden, he wanted to see Guan Jinjin all day long, but he was not pleasing to the eye.
His brother... Does he also think Guan Jinjin is cute
"Xiaoyu?" Shi Zhen pushed the car to the door and saw Guan Baiyu.
Guan Baiyu's eyes were wet, and he looked at him intently... Shi Zhen felt hot in his heart, reached out and touched Guan Baiyu's head, and then quickly let go.
Most boys of this age don't like to be touched on the head.
"Xiaoyu, help me get the things in." Shi Zhen put his hand
handed it to Guan Baiyu.
Guan Baiyu silently helped him to get things, and he couldn't help but feel depressed - is his head not clean or his hair is not smooth enough? Why didn't his brother touch him
In order to make it easier to take the bus, Shi Zhen packed all his purchases in snakeskin bags, exactly two bags.
What he gave to Guan Baiyu was the bag of peanuts, he went in with the book and the radio, put it on the table, and laughed: "Xiaoyu, come and see what I bought for you."
Guan Baiyu was a little gloomy at first, but when he heard Shi Zhen's words, he became happy - his brother also bought something for him
In that case... he wouldn't be so uncomfortable.
Shi Zhen opened the snakeskin bag and carefully took out the radio and books inside.
He was afraid of folding the corners of the books, so he ordered some old newspapers from the bookstore to wrap them up, and tied them with plastic ropes, neatly tying them together.
In fact, he was able to take out the book for Guan Jinjin so quickly, mainly because the book was worthless and bought later, so he didn't pack it and threw it into a snakeskin bag.
"I bought you some English textbooks, the ones with tapes, an English dictionary and a tape recorder... If you don't go to make-up classes, you can learn by yourself with the tape recorder." Shi Zhen said.
Guan Baiyu opened his mouth wide and looked at the tape recorder.
This tape recorder is not cheap! It costs hundreds of dollars, which is more expensive than going to an English supplementary class!
And these books... There were a total of six English textbooks in the third year of high school, and Shi Zhenquan bought them, plus a large English-Chinese dictionary... Guan Baiyu took a breath after looking at the price.
These books add up to over a hundred!
"Brother, can I retire these? After I go to high school and listen to the teacher's lectures, I will be able to learn English well... If I recite more, I can memorize the whole book. I..." Guan Baiyu felt the Things are too precious.
"Following the recording to practice pronunciation is more accurate," Shi Zhen said, "Xiaoyu, don't just think about exams when you learn English, talk more and practice speaking... Then you can take me abroad to play in the future."
The 1990s was actually the time when the people of their country were least confident.
In 1994, even in Beijing and Shanghai, the average salary was 500, but in Hong Kong now, the monthly salary of ordinary employees is 4000 to 5000, and the income of people in some developed countries is higher.
In addition, televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, etc., which are not popular in China, are already very, very daily necessities in developed countries at this time.
Since the 1980s, many domestic intellectuals have lost their self-confidence and fallen into self-doubt because they have seen the outside world. Many of them have left the country and stayed in the country, and their thinking has also been greatly impacted—their country, it seems, been dropped.
In recent years, more and more people have gone abroad in big cities in China, and abroad is as beautiful as heaven in everyone's eyes.
That's right, if you earn a few hundred yuan a month in China, and you can earn tens of thousands when you go abroad, who doesn't want to go abroad
For people in the 1990s, going abroad was a huge temptation.
Shi Zhen didn't want to go abroad.
At this time in his last life, he only wanted to fill his stomach and didn't know how vast the outside world was. He even thought that the prefecture-level city of J City was already the best place.
As for this life... Having seen the world twenty or thirty years later, he has full confidence in his country, and is more aware that this time is full of opportunities.
He has no education and is not a smart person. In his last life, he was able to change his destiny entirely by taking advantage of this east wind.
However, Shi Zhen felt that a child like Guan Baiyu should be full of fantasies about foreign countries.
When he has money, he is willing to take Guan Baiyu out to meet the world.
In fact, Guan Baiyu was a little confused. Children in big cities may have come into contact with many things imported from abroad at this time, but for him, foreign countries are only certain terms mentioned by teachers in class.
But Shi Zhen wants to go abroad
Guan Baiyu said firmly: "Brother, I must study hard and take you abroad in the future."
"Yeah." Shi Zhen laughed and began to teach Guan Baiyu how to use the radio.
He only taught briefly, and let Guan Baiyu explore by himself: "Xiaoyu, you can listen more to English, and you can also listen to the news inside... Some radio stations even read stories at night, and those stories are very nice."
When he was on the construction site, he liked to hold the radio and listen to people reading martial arts novels, which was recommended by Qian Qi.
Occasionally, people on their construction site would get together and listen to ghost stories at night.
At that time, their entertainment activities, except listening to the radio and playing poker, were really poor...
Some of the older people who came to work in the village could not understand Mandarin and wanted to hear stories, so they could only chase after others and tell them stories and news on the radio in dialect.
But after listening to them a lot, although they could not speak Mandarin, they gradually understood.
Speaking of... Guan Baiyu's Putonghua is actually a bit non-standard, and of course his Putonghua is not necessarily standard either.
These... After Guan Baiyu went to a good high school and met a classmate and teacher who was good at Mandarin, he should be able to change.
After Shi Zhen finished speaking, he hurriedly went to fill up the rice to eat.
He came back a little late today, Qian Qi had already finished his meal and went home, and Shi Xinghuo wasn't there either... It's better for Guan Baiyu to wait for him the whole time.
Shi Zhen was eating when Guan Jinjin came and brought a bowl of pickled ginger.
Guan Baiyu went out to pick up the bowl of foreign ginger and put it on the table, and suddenly asked, "Brother, I seem to have seen you give Guan Jinjin a book before, what is that?"
"Oh... it's a book about raising chickens," Shi Zhen stuffed a piece of ginger into his mouth, "I just saw it when I bought you a book at the Xinhua Bookstore, so I bought it."
It turned out to be just a book about raising chickens!
Guan Baiyu also took a piece of black ginger and ate it with a smile.
Ginger itself is sweet, but this time, it seems to be particularly sweet.
Guan Baiyu likes to eat foreign ginger? Shi Zhen glanced at Guan Baiyu, who was full of joy, took two bites of rice, and hurriedly went out to set up a stall.
Before leaving, he instructed Guan Baiyu: "Xiaoyu, if you have any work at home, you can call Shi Xinghuo to do it, don't be tired."
In the beginning, Shi Zhen used half of Shi Xinghuo's salary.
He and Shi Xinghuo had to eat and rent a house, which cost a lot. He had no money at the time, so he could only use it.
But now he earns a lot of money, and he saves all of Shi Xinghuo's salary for Shi Xinghuo.
Shi Xinghuo helped him with some chores. He provided food and shelter for Shi Xinghuo, and bought various daily necessities for Shi Xinghuo... For Shi Xinghuo, it was definitely a good deal.
Compared with the rural people at this time, his family's food is really good!
After Shi Zhen left, Guan Baiyu opened the textbook for the first year of high school and started to read the text on the radio.
There is still a lot of work to do at home. For example, eggs need to be boiled, peeled, and then put into the pot to marinate... He works while reading English on the radio.
In fact, their teachers will also play the recordings in class, but each text is only played once or twice. He can't remember it at all. Now that he is better, he can play it over and over and read it over and over again.
Some mistakes in the past can be corrected.
As for Shi Xinghuo, he didn't call him. He likes to be alone and doesn't want to be with Shi Xinghuo.
Of course, if he can stay with Shi Zhen... then he doesn't like being alone.
When Shi Zhen came home at night, he saw that the lights in the house were on again.
After entering the room, Guan Baiyu immediately brought a bowl of hot egg drop soup and asked him to fill his stomach.
Eating at night is not good, but they do physical work like this, and eating too little is even worse for the body.
The egg drop soup was piping hot, Shi Zhen used a spoon to scoop out a spoonful of cold rice, put it in and stir it, hula la and it was over.
After eating, put a basin of warm water in the washbasin, take off your coat and trousers, put on your underwear and go out with soap to wash it, then go home and wipe clean and change your trousers, then wash the wet trousers and hang them out, and you’re done.
They used to be on the construction site and washed outside after the heat - you can't get the house wet, right
After washing, Shi Zhen went back to sleep.
He had already bought an alarm clock. Before, because he was not familiar with making rice balls, he got up at four to prepare. Recently, many
When things are done and the speed is accelerated, it is changed to get up at five o'clock.
Shi Xinghuo usually went to bed earlier than him, and would wake up with him in the morning. As for Guan Baiyu, every time he went to Guan Baiyu's side, there was a little movement, and Guan Baiyu would get up to help.
It was the same the next day.
However, today is slightly different from before - while Guan Baiyu helped with his work, he also started to learn English tapes.
Shi Xinghuo was stunned when he heard English: "What is this?"
Shi Zhendao: "This is English, the words of foreigners."
"Foreigners speak so strangely... even stranger than the people here." Shi Xinghuo muttered.
Shi Zhen smiled and watched Guan Baiyu recite English with the tape recorder while he was working.
Shi Xinghuo only cares about simple things like eating and sleeping, and doesn't care about the radio at all, but after the money came in, he yelled, "This radio looks so good!"
"Isn't it cheap? I want one too!"
"Master, you are so kind to Guan Baiyu, you even bought a radio for him to study."
…
After Qian Qiqi said this, Guan Baiyu's eyes lit up, and his little face was full of pride.
He couldn't help but interrupt: "My brother also bought me high school textbooks and a dictionary!"
Guan Baiyu wanted to show off to others, but unfortunately for Qian Qi, receiving textbooks was not a good thing: "Then you are miserable, you are only in the third year of junior high school, why did Master let you take high school classes?"
Guan Baiyu didn't want to talk to Qianqi anymore.
Qian Qiqi kept talking, and suggested that when Guan Baiyu went to Xinhua Bookstore to read books, the radio could be used by them, so that when they set up a stall, they could use the radio to listen to news and stories.
Guan Baiyu looked at Shi Zhen, Shi Zhen said: "Xiaoyu, I gave you the radio, you call the shots."
Guan Baiyu said, "Let's listen to it during the day. I learn English, and I can learn it in the morning and at night." It's okay to have money. His brother is very boring to set up a stall, and he wants to listen to his brother.
"Then it's settled!" Qian Qi was very happy.
In fact, his house has a radio. Many people in the village have bought a radio, and his father bought one.
But the radio at his house was so big that it wasn't battery-operated, and he couldn't move to town to listen.
Now Guan Baiyu's new model is very convenient to carry and can listen to tapes. When he has money, he is thinking about buying a few tapes to listen to songs: "Master, some radio stations can read martial arts novels, which are really good!"
"I saw some people in town listening to Hong Kong songs, let's go buy a tape too?"
"Master..."
Money talks too much... Guan Baiyu looked at Shi Zhen and felt that his brother was the best.