Shi Zhen woke up suddenly the next morning.
He dreamed of the day Guan Baiyu died.
There are some things he doesn't want to think about, but he always thinks about.
Lying on the bed, taking a few deep breaths, Shi Zhen pressed the light switch he connected by the bedside, turned on the light, and looked at the alarm clock next to him.
Four in the morning.
He slept at eleven o'clock last night, and he couldn't fall asleep at first. Not long after he fell asleep, he woke up again.
Shi Xinghuo was still sleeping soundly, snoring loudly.
Shi Zhen quietly got up from the bed, opened the door to the inner room, and felt better when he saw Guan Baiyu lying on the bed.
But... this man died once.
Shi Zhen didn't go back to the bed to lie down, but went out and sat on the stone in front of Guan Baiyu's house.
It was still dark, but people would occasionally pass by on the road in front of their house.
Most of them are people who get up early and go to town to sell vegetables with their own vegetables on their backs or on their backs.
Birds chirped in the trees, and occasionally a grasshopper jumped out of the grass.
Shi Zhen sat for a long time. When the sun rose from the sky, the door creaked open and Shi Xinghuo came out of the house.
Shi Xinghuo usually went to bed very early. When Shi Zhen came back last night, he had already slept. Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu were washing at the door without disturbing him at all.
He went to bed early and got up early. When he saw Shi Zhen, Shi Xinghuo said, "Azhen, you got up so early today!"
"Yeah." Shi Zhen stood up, went to get a toothbrush and toothpaste, and took a bowl, ready to brush his teeth.
Shi Zhen didn't plan to live in Guan Baiyu's house forever. He would buy a house sooner or later, so he didn't make any major renovations to the house.
However, in order to facilitate business, he took a faucet to the door of his house and built a small shed at the door.
Now they wash, usually here.
Shi Zhen took the water in the bowl, squeezed the toothpaste, and said to Shi Xinghuo, "Brother, brush your teeth."
Shi Xinghuo muttered, not very happy, but he followed Shi Zhen and brushed his teeth with a toothbrush.
They were in the mountains before, and no one brushed their teeth at all.
In the past life, Shi Zhen cultivated these hygiene habits under the supervision of Guan Baiyu, but in this life, he supervises Guan Baiyu and Shi Xinghuo and let them brush their teeth seriously.
Before he came, Guan Baiyu didn't even brush his teeth... Shi Zhen pondered, Guan Baiyu should have gone to high school and lived in a dormitory in his last life before he knew he needed to brush his teeth.
Guan Baiyu loves cleanliness, and he didn’t brush his teeth before because he had no conditions. But since Shi Zhen bought the toothpaste and toothbrush, Guan Baiyu brushed it every day, but Shi Xinghuo didn’t like to brush his teeth.
After Shi Zhen finished brushing his teeth, he washed the bowl he used to brush his teeth and planned to put it back in the cupboard.
Just then, he heard a loud voice: "Master!"
It was Qian who got up and rode his bicycle past their door. When he saw them, he stopped to say hello.
Qian Qiqi now goes to the town at five o'clock in the morning to buy pig's head, pork and vegetables. After buying it, he comes home and makes all kinds of preparations, and then goes to the town to sell it at noon.
When he went to town, he had to go to Guan Baiyu's door, and they would meet from time to time.
Shi Zhen greeted him and asked a few words about his business.
Shi Xinghuo also leaned over to talk to Qian Qi.
Qianqi sometimes teases Shi Xinghuo, but Shi Xinghuo likes Qianqi, and their names are also very fateful.
One is "Arise, the people who do not want to be slaves", the other is "A single spark can start a prairie fire".
At the beginning, their village wanted to change its name to "Xinghuo Village", but because it was preempted by other villages, such a good name was useless.
His uncle had been thinking about this name for many years. When his first son was born, he did not hesitate to name him Shi Xinghuo.
Speaking of which, he was almost called "Zhenhua" or "Zhenguo" at the beginning. His mother felt that there were too many names with "Guo" and "Hua" in them. He didn't agree, so he called him "Shi Zhen".
In those days, in order to escape to the mother who hid in the mountains, he didn't dare to give him a maverick name, he just wanted to be right.
Qian Qi stopped for a while and then left, Shi Zhen returned to the house, washed rice and cooked porridge.
In order to facilitate cooking, Shi Zhen bought a gas stove a few days ago and used it back. Now he uses the gas stove to fry some vegetables and eggs.
Since he gave the women in the village money for embroidering sweaters, they became more and more enthusiastic about him. When they saw him, they liked to give him vegetables, or directly asked him to pick whatever vegetables he wanted to eat in their fields.
Guan Baiyu's adoptive mother saw that Tian'er asked him to go to their home to pick vegetables to eat.
Shi Zhen did not refuse.
This is not their village on the hill. They can't find any land they want to grow, but the land here is very fertile, and the vegetables grow fast. Most people plant some vegetables in their own plots in front of their homes, and they can't eat them all.
Therefore, Shi Zhen generally does not buy vegetables, only meat.
As for eggs, he used to buy eggs from wholesalers when he was in business, but now he buys them from an old woman who raises chickens in the village. This old woman raises chickens free-range and feeds millet from time to time. Her eggs are very small. , but eat healthy.
Shi Zhen fry the vegetables and eggs, divide them into three portions, and fry some pickles in oil, placing a large bowl in the middle.
He often divides the dishes, and if he doesn't divide them, Shi Xinghuo will rush to eat eggs without touching the vegetables.
Nutrition should be balanced.
When Shi Zhen was cooking, Guan Baiyu also got up. After he got up, he washed up first, and then started to wash the clothes he and Shi Zhen changed last night.
It took a long time to cook the porridge, but when he washed it, it was just enough to eat.
Shi Zhen actually has no appetite, he doesn't want to eat anything at the moment.
But he still has a lot of things to do next, it is impossible not to eat, Shi Zhen finally ate a big bowl of porridge.
He made some more specially today and looked at the porridge left in the pot. Shi Zhen boiled it again, cut two preserved eggs into it, and put a piece of pork lean meat from the freezer before shredding it. Go in, add seasonings to taste, and finally sprinkle chopped green onion to make a preserved egg lean meat porridge.
He planned to visit Zhao Meiyun and bring some food along the way.
The preserved egg and lean meat porridge is quite good. He remembered that Zhao Meiyun likes to eat preserved eggs.
Shi Zhen took out two large enamel cups at home, washed them and put them in the preserved egg and lean meat porridge. He rode a tricycle, carrying Shi Xinghuo and Guan Baiyu to town.
He told Shi Xinghuo about Zhao Meiyun's broken leg. Shi Xinghuo was a little worried and didn't know what he could do, so he just listened to Shi Zhen.
Shi Zhen gave him twenty dollars. When he arrived in town, he went to a small shop to buy a pack of biscuits. He carried a version of Wahaha milk for him, and asked him to take it to Zhao Meiyun later.
According to their custom there, he and Zhao Meiyun were a family, so he didn't need to bring anything when visiting a doctor, but relatives like Shi Xinghuo had to give some money and something to visit a doctor.
In their hometown, they usually give a few dollars. When they get here, Shi Xinghuo represents the uncle's family, and twenty is required.
In the future, if his uncle or aunt or something goes wrong and is hospitalized, their family members will also have to bring money and things to visit the doctor.
Of course, Shi Zhen didn't forget to prepare a copy for Guan Baiyu.
He went out and said that Guan Baiyu was his cousin, and since he was a relative, Guan Baiyu had to take something when he came to visit.
Of course, once you take it, you don't need to take it again.
When Shi Zhen and the others arrived at the hospital, it was only seven in the morning.
Zhao Qiujuan went home last night, while Shi Dalin slept in the hospital all night. Because he slept late last night, he just woke up and was discussing with Zhao Meiyun what to eat in the morning: "Otherwise, I'll go to Qiujuan's place to get two rice balls?"
Zhao Meiyun agreed: "Let her give me more peanuts."
Shi Zhen came at this time and heard the words: "Rice balls are made of glutinous rice, which is difficult to digest. Aunt Zhao, please have some porridge."
He gave Shi Dalin and Zhao Meiyun the porridge he brought, just a cup for each person.
Whether it was Shi Dalin or Zhao Meiyun, they had never seen the world and had never eaten lean meat porridge with preserved eggs. Shi Dalin looked at the porridge and asked, "What is this?"
"Preserved egg and lean meat porridge." Shi Zhen said.
It's preserved egg and meat... Shi Dalin took a bite and immediately fell in love with it.
Zhao Meiyun was the same, eating and talking about delicious food.
"Mom, what's so delicious?" Shi Ting rushed in from outside and leaned over to see.
After seeing the porridge in Zhao Meiyun's cup, she went to see Shi Dalin's, and then acted like a spoiled child to Shi Dalin: "Dad, I want to eat it too."
Shi Dalin never grabbed food from his children, and gave Shi Ting his cup directly.
Shi Ting said: "I can't eat so much, Dad, I'll taste a little, and I'll give you the rest."
After Shi Ting finished speaking, she didn't think that her father had eaten it. She ate it directly. She didn't forget to take out a rice ball from her pocket and give it to Shi Dalin: "Dad, this is what my eldest sister asked me to bring to you."
Shi Dalin went to the dinner group.
Zhao Dongjuan came with Shi Ting, holding a cup in her hand. She glanced at Shi Ting, who was asking for food from Shi Dalin, and was a little unhappy: "You all have eaten! Bring you food!"
She sat down beside her, opened her cup, and started eating the wontons inside.
Zhao Dongjuan is not in a good mood at the moment. Yesterday, she had a fight with Zhao Meiyun, so she went out. She didn't go home until about dinner time. When she got home, she found that there was no one at home and no one left for her. meal.
These people are ostracizing her!
She was unhappy, so she went outside to buy a sesame cake to eat, and waited at home after eating, but Zhao Qiujuan and Shi Ting didn't come back until very late.
She was asleep at the time, and was suddenly awakened by them. She was in a bad mood, so she said a few words. As a result, her sister got into a fight with her, saying that it was because of her that her mother fell.
What does her mother wrestle have to do with her
She was out then!
Zhao Dongjuan was angry all night, so she came to deliver food to Zhao Meiyun early in the morning, but people ate it early, and she didn't care about her kindness... She simply ate it herself.
Shi Ting was a little confused when she saw it: "Second sister, the eldest sister bought it for her mother." Although her mother is already drinking porridge, she doesn't care if she is full, and she can eat a few more wontons.
Let's just say that she took rice balls from her sister's side, and she can still drink porridge now.
Her second sister is actually the same. She has eaten rice balls just now, and she can still eat wontons now.
Zhao Dongjuan said, "You can drink porridge, but I can't eat a few wontons?"
Shi Ting stopped talking.
Zhao Dongjuan said to Shi Zhen again: "The house you rented, the stairs are too steep and narrow, my mother fell down the stairs!"
Shi Zhen: "…"
Even Zhao Meiyun was stunned. She fell and was injured, and it really had nothing to do with Shi Zhen.
If it really matters, that's Zhao Dongjuan. She was in a hurry to chase her daughter, so she didn't fall.
Zhao Meiyun immediately said, "Dongjuan, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Shi Zhen knew the family's personalities very well, and knew that Zhao Dongjuan was getting more and more rational, so he said directly: "I'll go first, I still have things to do over there, and Brother Xinghuo has to go to work."
"Hey, hurry up...Dongjuan is a stubborn one. This time I was not careful, hey..." Zhao Meiyun was at a loss.
Shi Zhen smiled at her and left directly, taking Shi Ting away when he left.
School is about to start, and he wants Guan Baiyu to make up for Shi Ting.
Seeing Shi Zhen and the others leaving, Zhao Meiyun felt guilty and cried silently while holding the quilt.
Shi Dalin was also a little unhappy, and said to Zhao Dongjuan, "Where did you go yesterday? Why didn't you come and see your mother."
"No one came to me! I didn't know she fell!" Zhao Dongjuan was even more unhappy, she didn't even know her mother fell! Why did her sister talk about her as soon as she got home yesterday, and her dad still talks about her today? !
"There's no one at home, so you wouldn't ask your neighbors?" Shi Dalin frowned, "No one told Ah Zhen, he came earlier than me."
Yesterday, Zhao Dongjuan was not at home, and they really couldn't find anyone to notify her, but when she came home at night and saw no one at home, she would know if she asked her neighbors
Not only Teacher Fei knew about Zhao Meiyun's fall, but Qiujuan found him yesterday, and he came here after he went home and set up a stall. At that time, he told the surrounding people about Zhao Meiyun's hospitalization.
Zhao Dongjuan pulled her face down. What she didn't like the most was that others compared her to Shi Zhen, as if Shi Zhenduo were talking.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Shi Dalin was not aggressive.
Whether it's a stepfather or a stepmother, it's not easy to do. For example, when you cook a dish at home, your child doesn't like to eat it. He slaps him and forces him to eat it.
But if it's not a kiss, that child has a lot of thoughts... Don't say slap and force him to eat, you just put this dish on the table, people think you are vicious, and think that you deliberately don't want him to eat, so specialize in him I don't like to eat.
Shi Dalin has also seen Zhao Dongjuan's temperament over the years.
With Zhao Qiujuan, there is nothing to worry about. He usually calls Zhao Qiujuan to do something, and Zhao Qiujuan can do it neatly. Before Zhao Qiujuan said that the person he kissed was not good, he said that others would listen.
There are also things like rice balls. He can take it with Zhao Qiujuan if he wants to eat it. Don't worry that Zhao Qiujuan thinks he is taking advantage.
Shi Dalin said again: "If you come, I will go home."
Shi Dalin hurried to the hospital when his stall was halfway through yesterday.
It's hot now, and some materials have been left overnight. It is estimated that they are all broken. He has to go back and dispose of them.
He has to buy some more materials for today and set up a stall in the afternoon.
Zhao Meiyun lives in the hospital, and she needs a lot of money just to hang water every day.
When Shi Dalin left, Zhao Dongjuan said to Zhao Meiyun: "Look, people don't care about you, they are all in a hurry to go back to do business."
Zhao Meiyun was already crying, but she cried again when she heard this: "They don't do business, do you support me?"
"If you take care of me, I will not fail to support you." Zhao Dongjuan said.
Zhao Meiyun didn't know where she didn't take care of her little daughter, but she had fought with Zhao Dongjuan before, and she had talked to Zhao Dongjuan well. After coming and going, she still couldn't talk about her little daughter, so she didn't say anything, she could only cry.
The broken leg really made her very scared, because she was afraid that she would become a lame person and would not be able to do anything in the future.
She didn't dare to say that she fell to chase her little daughter... She fell and injured her leg, and it would cost a lot of money to treat the disease, not to mention that according to the doctor, it was at least half a year for her to recover from the injury, and she Bones are prone to problems and can't do heavy work in the future.
What if the Shi family despised her
But in the current situation, the Shi family didn't dislike her, but her youngest daughter really couldn't count on her.
Zhao Meiyun really felt cold when she watched her younger daughter eat the wontons her eldest daughter bought for her.
She didn't have to eat things like wontons before, but now her eldest daughter bought it for her when she was ill, and the younger daughter ate all of them, and she didn't even want to give her a little.
Shi Zhen returned to Guan Baiyu's house, asked Guan Baiyu to take Shi Ting to learn English, and started to work on the sweater.
Shi Ting's scores in mathematics, chemistry, and physics are hopeless. Fortunately, her English language and politics are okay.
Shi Zhen simply asked her to learn more English, so that all teachers would not dislike her in the future.
After nine o'clock in the morning, another carload of woolen sweaters was delivered, and the women in the village also saw the time to deliver the embroidered sweaters and took the unembroidered sweaters.
By the time Shi Zhen had been busy for a while, it was past eleven o'clock.
Guan Baiyu had already made lunch. He even bought an old hen to stew with the villagers, and then asked Shi Zhen, "Brother, do you want to visit Aunt Zhao again? Bring her some chicken soup too."
This chicken, Guan Baiyu stewed for Zhao Meiyun.
Zhao Meiyun and Shi Zhen have a close relationship, but they are not, but they are very polite to each other, and she is also good to Shi Zhen.
Before she and Zhao Qiujuan came to pick up sweaters at noon every day, they would bring a bowl of meat dishes made at home to them.
Shi Zhen agreed.
When he was in the hospital in the morning, he wanted to ask the doctor Zhao Meiyun's condition, but the doctor hadn't gone to work yet, so he didn't ask anyone.
Check it out at noon.
Mainly Zhao Meiyun was hurt, he was restless and couldn't calm down.
Shi Zhen ate at noon, but still had no appetite. He didn't even feel hungry at all, and his heart was heavy.
After eating, he took the chicken and chicken soup and rode Shi Ting and Guan Baiyu to the hospital on a tricycle.
in the ward.
Zhao Qiujuan was thinking about her mother. She closed the stall early this morning. At the beginning of nine o'clock, she hurried to the hospital to find Zhao Meiyun.
As soon as Zhao Qiujuan came, Zhao Dongjuan left. Without Zhao Dongjuan, Zhao Meiyun was in a much better mood and complained about the younger daughter with the eldest daughter.
She also told her eldest daughter what was in her heart.
When Zhao Qiujuan heard it, she said, "Mom, leave her alone and let her go."
Zhao Meiyun said: "I don't care about her anymore, she is here to collect debts."
Zhao Qiujuan listened to her mother's promise and didn't take it seriously.
Man, that's what it is. Some people gamble with money or something. They lose all their money and borrow a lot of debt. The father and mother still cry and repay it. Her sister has not yet reached this level, and her mother can't let go.
Even she felt angry, her sister was taking advantage of her everywhere.
When it was time for lunch, Zhao Qiujuan said, "I went to Dad's place and gave him rice balls, and I also had rice balls myself... Mom, what do you want for lunch? I'll buy you some."
"It's fine for me to have a meal, I don't need to spend that money." Zhao Meiyun was reluctant to spend money.
Zhao Qiujuan said, "Azhen said, you have to eat well to heal your injuries."
"Aren't the rice balls good enough?" Zhao Meiyun muttered.
Disregarding Zhao Meiyun's obstruction, Zhao Qiujuan went to the hospital cafeteria to buy Zhao Meiyun a meal, a stewed pig's trotters with soybeans, and a scrambled egg with tomato.
The amount of food was not large, but Zhao Meiyun was reluctant to eat it, so he ate half of each dish, and asked Zhao Qiujuan to take the rest to Shi Dalin.
Zhao Qiujuan disagreed, and Zhao Meiyun said, "Then I'll keep it for the evening. You can go home and cook some food in the evening. Just bring me some food."
This, Zhao Qiujuan agreed. It was too expensive to buy and eat, and her mother didn't have to watch it all the time. She planned to go home and cook at night.
As soon as they finished eating, Shi Zhen came with Guan Baiyu. Shi Zhen brought a quarter of the chicken with the drumstick and gave it to Zhao Meiyun along with the chicken soup, and asked about Zhao Meiyun's situation.
Zhao Meiyun didn't expect that Shi Zhen would come in the morning and come to see her again at noon. She was surprised and happy, and even said that she was fine.
Shi Zhen went to ask the nurse, and the nurse also said that Zhao Meiyun's situation was fine.
He was relieved to leave.
When Shi Zhen left, Zhao Meiyun saw what Shi Zhen brought, and said to her daughter happily: "Qiu Juan, it's your brother, bring me chicken drumsticks, I haven't eaten drumsticks for decades."
When she grew up, these were left for her children to eat, and she never ate them again.
It's not just her, Shi Dalin, and other people her age have grown up and stopped eating chicken legs.
Zhao Qiujuan also thinks Shi Zhen is pretty good.
The doctors here either speak the local dialect or Mandarin, and they have to go everywhere for examinations. If it wasn't for Shi Zhen yesterday, she really wouldn't know anything.
This is just the beginning. In the next few days, Shi Zhen will come to see Zhao Meiyun every morning at noon and bring Zhao Meiyun something to eat.
Although Zhao Dongjuan said some yin and yang strange things in the ward the previous morning, the people in the same ward with Zhao Meiyun didn't really hear them clearly. Many people who have seen Zhao Meiyun come and go here in the past few days are only envious.
"Big sister, you have many children, you are also filial, and bring you delicious food every day."
"Yeah, your daughter brings you meat every time, and your son also brings you delicious food."
"You have been in the hospital for a few days, and you have gained weight instead of losing weight. You are very lucky."
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Zhao Meiyun listened, and she felt better. Facing these people, she praised Zhao Qiujuan and Shi Zhenlai, and even Shi Ting praised them.
Shi Ting came to see her more than Shi Zhen once a day. She would come to sit with her after dinner in the evening. Of course, she had to try the Wahaha and biscuits sent by Shi Xinghuo and Guan Baiyu.
She was reluctant to dismantle these things, but Shi Ting dismantled them when she wanted to eat them. After that, she ate a lot of them, and even gave them to Zhao Qiujuan, and she was happy.
During this period of time, her youngest daughter was out of temper. She was really relieved that she didn't come to the hospital to see her.
Five days later, Zhao Meiyun was discharged from the hospital.
Shi Zhen took Shi Dalin and went through the discharge procedures for her, and let her go home to raise her. The next day, he took Guan Baiyu to Changxi City to go through the admission procedures for Guan Baiyu.
Zhao Meiyun was fine, Shi Zhen felt a lot of peace of mind, and when he saw the gate of Shi No. 1 Middle School, he had a sincere smile.
Shi Zhen was afraid that Guan Baiyu would be looked down upon at school, so he bought all kinds of daily necessities for Guan Baiyu.
However, in high school at this time, comparisons and the like were relatively rare, so he bought cheap products. In short, Guan Baiyu was guaranteed to be similar to most students.
The student dormitory in 1994 was not as good as it was later on. The dormitory at Guan Baiyu’s school was not that big. There were four bunk beds with iron shelves on each side. One room could sleep eight people, and there was no desk in the room.
The name was already written on the bed, and Guan Baiyu was assigned the upper bunk. Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu were quite satisfied with this.
Although it is a little more troublesome to climb up and down, the upper bunk is quiet and not easily disturbed.
Shi Zhen helped Guan Baiyu make the bed, took out the mosquito net in the quilt bag bought with the school and hung it up, and together with Guan Baiyu looked at the cafeteria and the place where water was sold, and then left.
As a result, Shi Zhen walked to the school gate and saw Liang Qinxuan.
Shi Zhen was stunned.
Liang Qinxuan didn't like to tell him about things when he was young, but as far as he knew, Liang Qinxuan did not have a high school degree, just a junior high school diploma.
But... When Liang Qinxuan took him to learn English, he did learn English well, much better than him.
This person... was a student of City No. 1 Middle School
Shi Zhen was a little surprised, especially... He noticed that the current Liang Qinxuan's state was completely different from when he met him in the summer vacation.
At that time, Liang Qinxuan looked carefree, but now Liang Qinxuan is like an angry lion that can hurt people at any time.
Seeing that Shi Zhen was in a good mood today, Guan Baiyu was very happy, and even the unhappiness caused by parting was much lessened.
But now that Shi Zhen pays attention to others, he is a little unhappy and asks Shi Zhen, "Brother, who are you looking at?"
Shi Zhen said: "Looking at the gold necklace I met during the summer vacation, I didn't expect that he was also a student of No. 1 Middle School."
Guan Baiyu also saw Liang Qinxuan at this time.
He doesn't like people like Liang Qinxuan, who will remind him of Yan Jiangtao.
But his brother is very concerned about this gold necklace...
It can't be said that he is very concerned about this gold necklace, it should be very concerned about this person's gold necklace.
Why doesn't he have a gold necklace
Guan Baiyu was a little lost, and suddenly thought of something.
His brother said that the more people you know, the more ways you can make money.
That gold necklace, from his appearance, you can tell that his family must be rich, maybe you can touch it
If he can make money, he can buy a gold necklace for his brother!