The next day, Shi Zhen helped Teacher Fei to fill up the gas and sent it to his house to install it for him.
Teacher Fei was very grateful, and gave Shi Zhen money for refueling and 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.
In Shi Zhen's opinion, this is quite a luxury. After all, liquefied gas is very expensive, and briquettes are much cheaper.
Nowadays, whether in rural areas or towns, many people have liquefied gas stoves, but in order to save money, people still use coal stoves for boiling water and so on.
However, Mr. Fei is a retired high school teacher. He has a retirement salary and has grown children, so he is definitely not short of money.
Shi Zhen spent some time repairing the house and added some things, such as a bamboo bed.
At this time, a better bed was quite expensive. When Shi Zhen was arranging the rented house, considering the cost, he decided to buy a bamboo bed for his family to sleep in.
Bamboo is much cheaper than wood, and bamboo beds are also cheaper. As for bamboo beds, they won't last for many years... At this time, people can't wait to use anything they buy for decades, but after a few decades, who will use them
The newly built houses in the countryside will be demolished and rebuilt after a dozen years.
Shi Zhen had already bought a bamboo bed before. When he was tired, he would rest on it. In the future, he could sleep for his parents. Now he went to buy three smaller ones and put them in the attic for his three sisters to sleep.
This kind of bamboo bed is also called Bamboo Tilt locally. It is a little short. It is all made of bamboo. In summer, there is no need to sleep on it. In winter, you can put a quilt on it to sleep.
Shi Zhen had been busy until June 20th before finishing the house affairs, 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 was too nervous, and also felt that the exam was approaching, and Guan Baiyu needed a rest, so he told Guan Baiyu to stop going to the Xinhua Bookstore and read at home.
That day, he went home and slept after selling the rice balls. Seeing that there was no sun outside, he also asked Guan Baiyu if he wanted to go out for a walk and 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 about the village, including which grass can be used to dye the dumplings on the road, and which grass can be eaten.
While passing through the Guanguang country, Shi Zhen noticed that the second batch of chickens raised in his house was already quite big.
When Guan Guangguo raised the first batch of chickens to sell, there were a lot of chickens on the market, and he didn't sell them for 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 many costs have been invested in it, and Guan Guangguo didn’t want to suddenly stop raising chickens, so he could only bring in another batch of chicks.
Seeing this, Shi Zhen felt helpless.
However, raising chickens is actually a small business. In the current situation, even if Guan Guangguo loses money, he will not lose much, and he will be able to pay back the money he owes 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 repaid the money.
Guan Guangguo has said long ago that Guan Baiyu should not be retired, but Guan Baiyu grew up eating rice from his family, so it is impossible to ignore him.
But when Guan Baiyu paid back the money, he would no longer owe Guan Guangguo. In the future, the two sides can get along like ordinary relatives, which is good for both sides.
Not long after Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu left, they met Guan Kai.
Guan Kai should go to school at his age, but since his parents divorced, he has stopped going to school.
The family doesn't care about him.
Guan Kai's father was working as a dry sweeper in a nearby cement factory, and was responsible for cleaning up the cement that fell during the loading and unloading process. This work is done in three shifts. He goes to work on time every day. When he gets home, he drinks and watches TV and sleeps, and he ignores his son.
As for the little grandma... Guan Kai's food and clothing are taken care of by her, but after feeding Guan Kai, she started crying to people everywhere about how bad her daughter-in-law was. Recently, she even started crying and complaining that her son was not good to her and complained about her... She was busy Well, of course, regardless of Guan Kai's study.
Little grandpa... He actually has a problem too. He doesn't care about anything. When he's full, he goes to the second grandpa, and the two of them sit together.
But if he didn't have this character, it is estimated that he would quarrel with the little grandma every day, and even would not have married the little grandma's daughter-in-law back then.
The little grandma didn't do this until she got married. She was very tossed in her parents' home when she was young, and now her parents don't interact with her.
Guan Kai glared at Guan Baiyu when he saw them from a distance, then turned and ran away.
Shi Zhen glanced at him and said to Guan Baiyu, "I saw Guan Kai's mother in town a few days ago."
Guan Kai got married quickly after his mother got divorced, and within a few days, Shi Zhen saw her in the town, and Qian Qi even gave him some gossip.
The man Guan Kai married after his mother divorced was not a good match.
People who are not too young to marry a wife generally have some problems. The man who is with Guan Kai and his mother has no parents. In the early years, he was arrested for stealing silk from a silk factory and selling money. After that, I didn't find a serious job, I only worked in the fields, occasionally doing small jobs, 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 gave all of his savings to Guan Kai's mother. Guan Kai's mother is not ambiguous, and the divorce did not take long. Now he has rented another one on the second floor of the vegetable market Shop, I bought some goods to sell clothes.
Her man rides her to town on a bicycle very early every day, and then she goes to the second floor of the vegetable market to sell clothes.
Shi Zhen's stall was right next to the vegetable market. When she saw Shi Zhen, she greeted him with a smile. She seemed to be doing well.
This day, Shi Zhen talked to Guan Baiyu about Guan Kai's mother. Unexpectedly, the next day, Guan Kai's mother took the initiative to come to Shi Zhen.
She came early in the morning, Shi Zhen was busy when she came, she waited for a while, and when there was no one here, she came over and told Shi Zhen that she wanted to buy two rice balls for one yuan.
When Shi Zhen shook her hand, she asked, "Is your name Shi Zhen? I have something to ask you, do you know if there is any place to recruit workers in this town? You can recruit small workers or anything else, my man. Looking for a job."
Shi Zhen didn't expect her to ask himself this.
But this is normal. Although she rented a shop to sell clothes in the town, she didn't know anyone here, and she was not familiar with Anshan Town.
On the other hand, he set up many stalls in the town and met many people.
Shi Zhen appreciates her courage. When she encounters a problem, it is better to actively solve it 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, and asking around to find a way to find a job for her man is the solution to the problem.
Shi Zhendao: "I don't know where to recruit workers, but if you want 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 add gas."
This man has a bicycle, and things are easy to handle. He can do a little business in the streets.
In this weather, wholesale popsicles are sold in the countryside, which can definitely make money.
As for the straw paper, it is toilet paper. This thing is used by everyone, and it consumes a lot of money. When the goods are purchased, the villages shout at them one by one, and the villagers will buy some when they see it.
Of course, no one knows how much you earn and how much you earn... But both of them 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 motivated.
Within two days, Shi Zhen heard that her man had come to sell papyrus in Guan Baiyu Village.
When the villagers started chatting, they looked down on this man a little, saying that Guan Kai's mother married a papyrus seller.
Shi Zhen: "..." Guan Kai's father was sweeping the floor in the cement factory. Is it more expensive than selling straw paper
In contrast, he thinks that the future of selling papyrus is more promising... People who sell papyrus can sell other things in the future, but Guan Kai's father estimates that he will sweep the land for a lifetime.
But these things, Shi Zhen has no time to deal with.
Guan Baiyu is going to take the high school entrance examination.
After Guan Baiyu didn't go to school, the head teacher never went to Guan Baiyu. After all, he himself encountered some troubles.
Yan Jiangtao's grandmother talked about the head teacher's collection of money everywhere, which had an impact on the head teacher's teaching career.
But he didn't want him to resign, that is, he can't be the head teacher in the future... These days, the school's management is not as strict as later generations, not to mention that the teacher collects money, the school itself often changes its methods and makes some names for students to pay.
For example, the excuses to buy a book, engage in some activities, etc. to collect money.
That is to say, rural students are generally poor, and such things are rare.
The head teacher used to be very strict with the students' study. After doing this, he was a bit like other teachers and didn't bother to care about the students, so that he didn't call Guan Baiyu to the school for several exams organized by the school before the high school entrance examination.
But the senior high school entrance examination is required by everyone and cannot be absent. After all, the graduation certificate can only be obtained after the examination.
As a result, many people who did not graduate from junior high school but were already working in factories took time off and went 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 to become the 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 in the high school in the town.
This was the same arrangement in previous years. Last year, Qian Qiqi fought with the students of the high school in the town.
The day before the 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 town high school 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 all the pens for the exam were prepared. Then Shi Zhen stopped selling rice balls and carried him in a tricycle. , went to the high school in town.
When Guan Baiyu entered the exam, Shi Zhen was waiting at the door.
In fact, this is only the middle 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 cause trouble for Guan Baiyu.
With Yan Jiangtao's impulsive character, it is very likely.
In order to avoid Guan Baiyu being bullied, Shi Zhen simply did not leave, and also told Guan Baiyu about it.
Seeing that Shi Zhen was so cautious, Guan Baiyu was also a little wary.
In addition to being alert, he couldn't tell how excited he was in his heart.
He had never been so taken seriously.
When he came to take the exam, his brother was waiting at the door!
He was a little embarrassed and felt that he had delayed his brother's business, but there was a joy in his heart that he couldn't hide.
Because of this happiness, Guan Baiyu took the initiative to go up and say hello when he saw a student who knew him well and had a good relationship.
"Are you... Guan Baiyu?" The girl who was stopped by Guan Baiyu was the girl who was sitting in the back seat of Guan Baiyu before. She was stunned when she looked at Guan Baiyu.
"Yeah." Guan Baiyu smiled, revealing two small tiger teeth.
When Guan Baiyu was still studying in school, things changed a bit, but not much.
Now it's different. After two months of not seeing him, Guan Baiyu changed his clothes again, and he was still wearing a rare bright red...
It turns out that Guan Baiyu is so handsome!
"Guan Baiyu, long time no see! I'm a little afraid that you won't come for the exam! They said your family doesn't want you to continue studying." The girl said.
"My family wanted me to continue studying. I came to 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 wanted to accompany me to take the exam." Guan Baiyu said.
The girl suddenly envied: "He is so kind to you!"
"Well," Guan Baiyu laughed again, "my clothes were also bought by my brother."
"Your clothes are so pretty."
"These ragged clothes have no brand at all, what's so good about them?" Yan Jiangtao sneered.
The exam time hasn't come yet. Now they are going to gather one class at a time, and the head teacher will tell them some precautions.
Yan Jiangtao also saw Guan Baiyu like this. As soon as he saw it, he felt that he was going to be blown up.
This guy Guan Baiyu has completely changed his appearance!
Yan Jiangtao wanted to kill Guan Baiyu alive.
Because Guan Baiyu went to his family before, his father was furious and took him very seriously.
In the beginning, his father still let him go to school, he just picked him up in person, and then their family fell out with the teacher... His father simply stopped him from going to school, and let him copy books at home.
He wanted to play in 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 that he would be kidnapped.
His dad was sacked outside, and when he got home, he happened to see the news on TV that the robbers kidnapped the rich man's child for ransom, and was frightened!
Originally, after a period of time, after the weather calmed down, it should be fine, but... There was a murder in the canal near his house.
The canal was always bustling with boats coming and going, and some boats would dock at night to rest.
It was one of the boats that committed the murder. This boat belonged to a young couple. They brought some jars, jars, dishes, china bowls, etc., and came from far away to sell them. As a result, when they were resting at night, they were touched on the boat. Killed and stole the money.
Who did this, no one knows yet.
Yan Jiangtao's father doesn't dare to let Yan Jiangtao go out anymore. His family is much richer than the couple who sailed the boat. If he encounters a desperado...
This time, Yan Jiangtao was released because of the high school entrance examination.
Some people can stay at home very well, and they want to stay at home every day, but Yan Jiangtao is obviously not. After being detained for two months, he is going crazy.
"Guan Baiyu, that's you, a ragged piece of clothing is a treasure." Yan Jiangtao said again, his eyes rolling.
His father asked him to take the exam well, saying that as long as he took the exam well, he would definitely be allowed to continue his studies in the end.
He didn't want to continue to study, but his father said that if he didn't continue to study, he would let him and the workers watch the machine in three shifts.
Then he still wanted to study.
So in the school, he can't do anything to Guan Baiyu, but out of school... Guan Baiyu has cheated on him, he must make Guan Baiyu look good later!
Yan Jiangtao thought so, so he just verbally asked Guan Baiyu to trouble him, sneered and scolded Guan Baiyu for his little face.
Guan Baiyu ignored him, and the teacher who had been kind to him before, criticized him severely.
When Yan Jiangtao entered the examination room, he had a stinky face.
When Guan Baiyu entered the examination room, there was 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 were handed out, Guan Baiyu started doing it seriously, and when he was doing it, he was stunned again.
This quiz is too easy.
He used to take the city-wide unified exam, such as the final exam, and often felt that the exam paper was difficult, but this time he didn't feel that way at all, and felt that it was easy.
Guan Baiyu pondered for a while, and soon realized that these days, because he had read all the review materials for the junior high school in the bookstore, he had done some questions for the first and second high school.
It is estimated that because of this, the high school entrance examination is not difficult for him.