Shi Zhen suppressed his complicated emotions and looked at Guan Baiyu up close.
The fifteen-year-old Guan Baiyu was a head shorter than him, only about 1.6 meters tall. He was very thin all over his body, and his withered hair showed that he was malnourished.
This kid is still very young.
After Shi Zhen was reborn, he desperately wanted to see Guan Baiyu, and when he saw someone and settled down, he began to think about how to get along with Guan Baiyu.
In his last life, Guan Baiyu was very kind to him, helping him run the company, doing laundry and cooking for him and taking care of his life.
His family was poor since he was a child, and there were so many people in his family that he didn't feel much warmth at home, but he felt it in Guan Baiyu.
Guan Baiyu is a gentle and kind person.
Such a person... He has harmed others all his life, and it is not good to harm others again.
What's more, what he likes is the adult Guan Baiyu, not... the child in front of him.
With his mental age, how can he still target minors
In this life, he hoped that Guan Baiyu would not take another detour, study hard and get a good university, marry and have children in the future, and be happy.
Guan Baiyu looked at Shi Zhen suspiciously, and Shi Zhen said, "Your mother is my aunt. She told me about you before she died, and I came to find you."
In the last life, when Guan Baiyu was alive, he never thought of going to his grandfather to recognize his relatives.
After Guan Baiyu died, he had inadvertently had contact with the people over there.
Guan Baiyu's grandfather was only an ordinary civil servant in Anshan Town in the past five years, but then he rose step by step, and when he retired, he was already one of the deputy mayors of Changxi City. His later wife Several children born are also very promising.
Shi Zhen had a very big career at that time, and he was staying in Changxi City, so he would naturally have contact with each other and talked a few times.
But people never mentioned Guan Baiyu's biological father, and he didn't find out who Guan Baiyu's mother was.
Obviously, Guan Baiyu's mother was determined not to recognize Guan Baiyu, and Guan Baiyu's grandfather had absolutely no feelings for this grandson.
That being the case, he can naturally give himself an identity and treat Guan Baiyu openly.
Guan Baiyu stared blankly at Shi Zhen.
Shi Zhen smiled: "Let me go in and sit?"
Guan Baiyu stepped aside and Shi Zhen walked in.
Guan Jianguo had a concrete floor, but Guan Baiyu's side was still muddy, which made the house a little damp.
There are very few things here, and a few of them are still old objects, such as the table, which is obviously a few years old.
Guan Baiyu has been watching Shi Zhen vigilantly, but Shi Zhen feels that he is still a little bit vigilant - this kid actually put him in...
A wire fell from the roof of Guan Baiyu's house, and a light bulb hung under the wire, emitting a dim yellow light.
Guan Baiyu's face was dyed with a halo under the lamp: "Are you really my cousin?"
"Of course," Shi Zhen said. "What good is it for me to lie to you? You can't possibly give me money."
Guan Baiyu's black and white eyes stared straight at Shi Zhen.
Shi Zhen took out 30 yuan to Guan Baiyu: "Although you are my cousin, I have no money right now, and I can't help you. Take this money and buy something delicious."
Guan Baiyu didn't take the money, so Shi Zhen put the money on the table, sat down at the table, and chatted with Guan Baiyu about Guan Baiyu's mother.
"My mother and your mother were both married far away. My mother married in the mountains and my aunt married your father. Both of them suffered..." Shi Zhen told the nonsense he made up to be extremely true. Of course, it was also true. words, such as his mother's experience.
He said that his mother died early, and that after Guan Baiyu's father died, Guan Baiyu's mother couldn't support Guan Baiyu, so she gave Guan Baiyu to someone, and Guan Baiyu's mother died two years ago.
He also said that Guan Baiyu's mother has been thinking about Guan Baiyu, but her parents' home is too far away to see Guan Baiyu.
Guan Baiyu was stunned, looking at Shi Zhen with a complicated expression.
Shi Zhen knew that he needed time to digest all this, so he got up and said goodbye: "It's getting late, you have a good rest, I'll come back to you tomorrow night."
Shi Zhen left after leaving the thirty yuan.
Today, he and Shi Xinghuo earned a total of fifteen yuan, but even so, his entire property today is less than twenty yuan.
He was really… very poor.
Shi Zhen told Guan Baiyu that it was getting late, but it was actually still early.
Shi Xinghuo is not someone who can run around, it is still very safe to stay at home, Shi Zhen simply trotted to town.
After digging in the mud for a day, his whole body was about to fall apart, but he was full of energy.
There were no more people in the town, and only a few shops were open. Shi Zhen walked along the largest street. When he saw people, he went up cheekily and asked if there were any nearby places to recruit workers.
He knew that casting a wide net was unreliable, but for him now, that was the only way to do it.
Most people are willing to answer his questions when facing a person who is smiling and asking questions. Unfortunately, most of them do not know where to recruit workers. Only a few people say something, and they are basically small workers.
Recently, Anshan Town is building roads and needs small workers. In fact, after many migrant workers enter the city, their first jobs are construction sites.
The job of a small worker is unstable and hard, and no one will fight for it. If you change to a stable job like a factory, if there is a shortage of people, the relatives and friends of the workers in the factory will soon take over.
Shi Zhen wrote down the information one by one.
He doesn't really want to work on the construction site, but he needs to make money first and can't be picky about his work.
When Shi Zhen returned, it was about nine o'clock in the evening.
Many people in the countryside have already slept, but there are also many who haven't. All the way back, they can still hear the sound of TV playing in some houses.
The next morning, Shi Zhen and Shi Xinghuo ate in Guan Jianguo, and he gave Guan Jianguo's mother a dollar.
The old lady immediately smiled brightly, and cut a salted duck egg and gave Shi Xinghuo and Shi Zhen half an egg to eat with porridge.
The salted duck eggs are salted at home, start eating when they are still bland, and the more salty they are... These duck eggs are very salty, but they are suitable for people like them who work hard and sweat a lot.
After Shi Zhen finished eating, together with Shi Xinghuo, they went to find the person who took them to dred the mud yesterday.
Knowing that he was still digging mud at the old place today, Shi Zhen thought about it and didn't follow, but asked Shi Xinghuo to work hard with this person.
Shi Xinghuo didn't speak the dialect here, but yesterday he had been digging mud for a day, and he won't make a mistake if he works again today.
The one who drives the tractor only needs one person's help, and Shi Xinghuo is older than Shi Zhen and works harder, so he can't wait to do this.
But only Shi Xinghuo was alone, so he would only give ten yuan a day.
Shi Zhen had no objection. After Shi Xinghuo and the others went to dig mud, he went to the town again.
There are many rivers in Anshan Town. In recent years, various domestic sewage has been poured into the river, and various factories have discharged sewage. Some of the river channels are not so clear, and silt has accumulated.
The government has planned to dig the river that runs through Anshan Town, and when the excavation is complete, build a slope by the river and plant some trees.
Recently, the people who need small workers in the town are mainly here. Shi Zhen went directly to them and asked if they wanted someone.
"We have enough people." A humane who was dredging.
Shi Zhen didn't leave after hearing it, he talked to him with a smile, and asked him how much he spent a day working here.
These are not secrets, and this man didn't hide them—it was very tiring to dig mud in the river, and they also stipulated that the work should be completed in half a month, so the salary was fifteen yuan a day, including food.
Compared with the more than 200 people working in the factory a month, this is considered a high income, but it is unstable. After half a month, they may not have a job.
Shi Zhen really wanted this job, after all, he had nothing else to do.
He asked who was in charge of this job and went straight to it.
The man in charge of these workers is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is not idle, and is helping people to shovel the dug up silt into the tractor.
Shi Zhen waited for him to be free and there was no one around before walking over: "Uncle, are there still people here?"
"No more." The man said.
"Uncle, I only need ten yuan a day." Shi Zhen didn't make any false claims. "I'll give you five yuan a day."
This man was the head of the workers, but not the one who paid for it. He was stunned, leaving Shi Zhen behind.
He excused that it might not be completed due to the lack of time, and asked to hire an extra small worker, and most of the above would agree.
Shi Zhen heaved a sigh of relief, and felt a little helpless.
There are really too many twists and turns on the dry construction site, and the workers at the bottom are often squeezed.
In the next decade or so, many people came to the city to work, and the law was not perfect, and there were too many migrant workers who suffered losses.
But after that, it slowly got better.
However, such a construction site is undoubtedly the best. This kind of work is paid for by the government, so there will be no such thing as arrears of wages, and the commute time is often fixed.
Just a little hard work.
In a few years, people will dig the mud, and they will always be given a chest-length waterproof jumpsuit with rain boots.
But now there are no such good conditions, Shi Zhen and the others only have a pair of rubber rain boots.
A lot of water in the river has been pumped out. The shallow water is fine, but if you step on the deep water, you will accidentally pour water into your shoes.
But even with your feet in the water, work still needs to be done.
At noon, Shi Zhen climbed ashore, poured out the water in his shoes, and washed his feet in the river next to him before he went to pick up the lunch.
The rice here is full, and although there is only one dish, that dish is roast pork with oily tofu. Although there are not many pieces of meat in it, at least there is enough oil and water.
Shi Zhen was indescribably satisfied with this job.
Xiaqiu Junior High School, the first class of the third grade.
Xiaqiu Junior High School is in charge of meals at noon, of course, it is not necessary to eat in the school.
If you want to eat at school, you have to pay ten pounds of rice every month, plus fifteen yuan.
The meals at school are very general. Meat is eaten once a week, vegetables at other times, and shredded pork at most.
Guan Baiyu did not pay for food or money. He used an enamel cup to bring meals to school every day.
As soon as the school bell rang at noon, he took out his enamel cup.
This cup is a few years old, and it has been bumped in many places. Without the porcelain on the outside, it looks dark. The food inside is also simple. It is white rice and steamed garlic leaves. It has long been cold.
He took a spoon and ate slowly.
At the same time, Yan Jiangtao, who came back from the meal, also began to take out a lunch box from his bag. Yan Jiangtao was eating at school, but his parents would prepare meat or scrambled eggs for him every day, and let him bring it to school, accompanied by Eat with warm rice.
Only today, when he opened his schoolbag, he suddenly found a dead inchworm in the schoolbag.
The locals call this kind of worm the inchworm, and there are many trees here.
Most children are not afraid of this worm, but after death they are sticky and disgusting, and Yan Jiangtao scolded immediately.
Guan Baiyu was afraid of being implicated, so he stood aside with the cup in his hand, and lowered his eyelids to avoid looking at Yan Jiangtao.