Shi Zhen felt that it was too early for Zhao Dongjuan to find someone now.
Although she is an adult, she is not old enough to marry.
However, in rural areas at this time, there are indeed many things to get engaged or hold a banquet before the age of marriage.
"Who did she find?" Shi Zhen asked Shi Xingchao, "Is she willing?"
In fact, it was Zhong Liyang who came to the door last time... Even if Zhong Liyang didn't find out that Zhao Dongjuan was lying, it would be impossible for him and Zhao Dongjuan.
How could Zhong Liyang's parents agree to his son marrying a foreign woman who has nothing
Don't talk about Zhao Dongjuan, just talk about him, the villagers will think that he is a good son-in-law, that is because they are all farmers, and their daughters basically graduated from junior high school and work in factories, and their family background is not much better than him.
But in the town, there are people with serious jobs and pensions, and their daughters are still teachers in junior high schools... Unless people are blind, they can't fall in love with him.
With Zhao Dongjuan's conditions, she would have no problem finding a down-to-earth rural man near Anshan Town, but she would definitely dislike such a man.
In her previous life, she had high eyesight.
Shi Zhen remembers that in the beginning, Zhao Dongjuan stared at people who were richer than him all day long, and people were unhappy. Later, after falling out with him, Zhao Dongjuan reluctantly fell in love with a demolition household.
That demolition household... is also a magical man.
This person originally had an engaged fiancée, and the time for the wedding was set, but because the woman wanted a dowry of 18,000 yuan, the discussion just collapsed.
The girl even beat the children of the relocated household.
Of course, the most important thing is not this, the key is... It was already eight years later. At that time, in the countryside here, the bride price itself was already 28,000 or even 38,000.
What's more interesting is that Zhao Dongjuan got married, and they gave Zhao Dongjuan 50,000 betrothal gifts.
However, after the marriage, the family was dissatisfied with Zhao Dongjuan.
Once the demolition household approached him, he realized that Zhao Dongjuan had asked her to pay so much money under the pretense that her brother was the big boss.
That's fine. After Zhao Dongjuan got married, she robbed others of the rent collection and demanded that her man's wages be handed in.
The family... all agreed.
Most of the locals in Changxi City are hardworking, especially those who used to live in rural areas.
The parents of the demolition households can't be idle.
Because of the demolition and relocation, the old couple got the policy and bought pension insurance, and they can get pension, but they didn't really retire.
The father found a job outside sorting waste paper for a waste station. The combined pension and salary income is higher than that of many young people.
As for the mother, she helped Zhao Dongjuan to take care of the children at first. Later, when Zhao Dongjuan's child was going to kindergarten, she went to the kindergarten to become a cleaning aunt, plus the pension... She also received double income.
The old couple is responsible for all the expenses at home. They take care of Zhao Dongjuan's daughter, and they even pay for the study.
Just like this, an old couple, when they got older, were persuaded by their neighbors and signed up for an elderly tour group to go out to play... This is a very common and normal thing. What people spend is their own savings. , but Zhao Dongjuan exploded.
She didn't let her in-laws go on a tour, and she went to the door of the money they handed over to the travel agency, asked for it back, and took it herself.
It's all like this, her husband didn't dare to let a fart in front of her, but he went to Shi Zhen and wanted Shi Zhen to do justice to them.
Of course Shi Zhen didn't care, so the demolition households had to leave.
After that, this person did not divorce and still lived with Zhao Dongjuan.
There is no way, their family's rent for so many years and his income for so many years are all in Zhao Dongjuan's hands. They are afraid that after the divorce, Zhao Dongjuan will run away and lose both people and money.
However, Zhao Dongjuan's life can't be said to be much better. Zhao Dongjuan's daughter has a very bad relationship with Zhao Dongjuan.
Zhao Dongjuan's in-laws saw that Tian'er said outside that Zhao Dongjuan was fierce and fierce, that they were beaten by Zhao Dongjuan and so on.
Zhao Dongjuan's husband... This is an invisible man, there is nothing to say.
Shi Xingchao said, "Your sister and the others don't even know what happened to the family. Zhao Dongjuan kept it secret."
Okay... Shi Zhen said to Shi Xingchao, "If my sister comes over tomorrow, just tell her that I will be there at night."
According to custom, when people come to the door for the first time, their family members should be more complete.
However, Shi Xingchao and Shi Xinghuo are not easy to go to. Shi Dalin and Shi Dashan have long separated and are two families.
Shi Zhen got up the next morning and went to Mr. Wang first.
He didn't come yesterday, and Mr. Wang's family was a little unhappy, so they told Shi Zhen directly that they would deduct one day's wages.
"It should be." Shi Zhen didn't bother about this.
At present, the general appearance of Mr. Wang's villa has come out, and the outside is also covered with bricks.
This house looks very beautiful from a distance, and it is definitely unique in the countryside.
But the inside is still empty, the walls have not been painted, the plumbers, carpenters, etc., etc., have not yet entered the venue.
Today, Shi Zhen asked someone to install the balcony railings, and they were doing it, and another person came to visit the house.
The person who came was obviously a rich family. He liked the house very much when he saw it, and repeatedly said that he would build one according to it.
Shi Zhen said: "Boss, if your house is built like others, what's the point? If you want to build it, it must be unique."
"Unique?" The man looked at Shi Zhen.
Shi Zhen took out a business card and gave it to the other party: "I asked someone to design this house. If you want to build a house like this, you can ask me to keep it for you and build a unique house for you. The price is still cheap."
Shi Zhen's business card was written by himself.
It has his name on it, and the address of the founding country.
Of course, this address is a little high-end, except for the village and house number, followed by "Shijia Sweater Delivery and Delivery Point".
Now the place where he sends and receives sweaters is already somewhat famous. When locals come to their village, they can find a place if they ask anyone.
Shi Zhen has already sent out several such business cards, but unfortunately no one has come to them yet.
And at this moment... Shi Zhen specifically chatted with this person, and opened his mouth to say what is going on abroad, what is going on in big cities, how important is the design of villas, etc. In short, no matter how bluffing people are, what they say is still possible. Something that goes into the hearts of these newly prosperous people.
The man had seen the house and left with Shi Zhen's business card.
Shi Zhen worked until after four o'clock in the afternoon. When the others finished work, they stopped work and drove the tractor to Anshan Town.
There was no parking place near the house where the Shi family rented, so he parked the tractor not far away, and then walked towards the Shi family.
When Shi Zhen arrived, Zhao Dongjuan and her partner hadn't come yet.
In the Shi's kitchen, all kinds of dishes were ready. Zhao Meiyun and Zhao Qiujuan put on new clothes and wiped some lipstick, looking a little irritable.
Seeing Shi Zhen, Zhao Qiujuan said: "Azhen, you're here? Dongjuan said they came in the afternoon, but they haven't come yet... I knew they wouldn't come so late, so I'll embroider one more dress, and it's not easy to do it now. Live, lest people come and see it is not good."
Whether it is Zhao Qiujuan, Zhao Meiyun, or Shi Zhen and Shi Dalin, they are actually the kind of people who can't be idle.
Let them wait, it's fine to wait for a while, but after waiting for a long time, they feel uncomfortable and want to do something, but the work at home has already been done.
Shi Dalin also said: "If I knew earlier, I would go to the school gate to do business for a while, and then go home after those children have finished school..."
I can make a lot of money by setting up a stall at the school gate when I get out of school and after school, but Shi Dalin didn't go there this afternoon, just waiting for Zhao Dongjuan at home.
Shi Zhen said: "It's rare, it's okay to earn less."
"Yes." Shi Dalin calmed down and began to ask Shi Zhen how he was earning recently.
Shi Zhen said a few words briefly, then looked at Shi Ting again and asked how she was studying in school recently.
Shi Ting blinked innocently.
Shi Ting has been in the second year of junior high school for several months.
Thanks to Guan Baiyu's make-up lessons for her, after she arrived at the town's junior high school, her grades were not at the bottom.
But her grades... were not good either.
There are fifty people in a class, and she has about forty people, and the people behind her don't study very much.
She studied hard every day, and her homework did not fall off, but the improvement of her grades was very limited.
Still, she made a few friends.
She's good-looking, and she's not a troublemaker, but she's still very likable.
Of course, there are a lot of people who are xenophobic these days, so it is inevitable that some people say that Shi Ting is a foreigner, and her body is dirty.
Then Shi Ting did something unexpected.
She cried, and cried very sadly, and kept going.
The teacher of the junior high school in the town is not bad. Shi Ting's reaction, the teacher will naturally reprimand the person who bullied her. Later, no one dared to bully her.
At this moment, Shi Ting was very embarrassed, and told Shi Zhen everything about the school, including that she didn't pass the exam.
Shi Zhen is very calm, isn't it because of poor grades? Nothing to him.
In contrast, Shi Ting's view of love and consumption is what he attaches the most importance to.
And now... Although Shi Ting loves to buy things, he does what he can, within the range that he can accept.
Zhao Meiyun's leg has been injured in the past few months. On weekends, Shi Ting will go to help Shi Dalin, which is good.
Of course, she would do this because Shi Dalin would give her two dollars after a busy day.
After everyone talked for a while, Zhao Dongjuan and her partner came over together.
Shi Zhen hadn't seen Zhao Dongjuan for a long time, and now seeing... He found that Zhao Dongjuan's makeup skills were a little better, and she was young and beautiful.
It's the man who came with Zhao Dongjuan... This... must be in his thirties, right
It was a man with a bald head and a dark face.
The pores on his face are very thick, and there are some black marks on it. It doesn't look very clean, and his teeth are yellow... Shi Zhen glanced at his fingers and knew that he was a smoker.
His teeth, his face... Smoking too much, it's quite easy to look like an old smoker.
This man's appearance is really not very good, but his family conditions should be good, and his dress is quite elegant.
The customs of Shi Zhen and the others are not the same as here. Now that they are here, they just follow the customs here. For example, the first time a child in the family leads someone to the door, they will give them a red envelope.
Of course, no matter men or women, they have to give gifts to their elders the first time they come to the door. The man Zhao Dongjuan brought back now has a cigarette, a bottle of wine, two kinds of fruits, two kinds of cakes, and a packet of dried longan in his hand. Pack walnuts.
At this time, everyone is poor, and the gifts are not expensive. The man's family will send eight gifts to the woman's house first, and then the woman's family will take two to eat, and the remaining six will be carried by the woman in a few days. Visit the man's house.
Of course, the food that is used for eating is generally the fruit that can't be put away, and the rest is taken back, mainly to save money - if you save, you need to buy tobacco and alcohol.
In most cases, after the tobacco and alcohol are brought back to the man's house, the man will not use it for smoking or drinking. Most of the time, it will be reserved for the engagement, and then sent to the woman's house as one of the engagements.
The Shi family had already inquired about these matters, but Shi Zhen was not so sure.
"This is my partner. His surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Zugen." Zhao Dongjuan introduced the man beside him, and then introduced Shi Zhen and others to this man.
"I can recognize it," Wang Zugen took out a pack of cigarettes, took out two, and handed one to each of Shi Dalin and Shi Zhen, "Come on, smoke one, this cigarette costs five yuan a pack, have you never smoked it? ?"
"I don't smoke." Shi Zhen refused.
Shi Dalin also waved his hand: "I don't smoke."
Shi Dalin used to be in the mountains, occasionally planting tobacco leaves and smoking a few puffs with a slender bong made of bamboo.
But he is not addicted, smoking is mainly for refreshing.
When he came here, Shi Zhen didn't let him smoke. He said that smoking looked dirty when he was doing business, so he naturally stopped smoking.
Now he eats well, sleeps well, doesn't do heavy work, and actually doesn't need to use cigarettes to refresh himself.
Wang Zugen took back the cigarette and said to Shi Dalin, "You set up a stall now and make money, right? You don't need to treat yourself like this, man, what's the point of not smoking?"
When he was done, he looked at Shi Zhen again: "At your age, you can learn it too. You can't stop smoking when you walk outside."
Wang Zugen looked like someone who had come over, and began to say how good the cigarettes in his hands were, and said that the cigarettes in a pack of one or two dollars didn't taste right, and said contemptuously: "Last time, I saw someone smoking a cigarette without a cigarette holder... Tsk tsk, that kind of smoke!"
Shi Zhen didn't plan to say anything to this person, he just wanted to be a background board.
Shi Dalin and the others didn't know the brand of cigarettes, so they were confused, so they simply invited him to sit for dinner.
For dinner, the Shi family prepared a great deal. They also prepared drinks. They specially bought a bottle of white wine, a bottle of rice wine, and a few bottles of soda.
Nowadays, many people drink wine in bulk, which is directly weighed. The Shi family went to buy bottled wine, but it was not the cheapest... In the eyes of the Shi family, this way of treating guests is decent enough.
However, Wang Zugen was obviously dissatisfied: "Do you usually drink this rice wine? This rice wine can only be used for cooking."
"This liquor is not pure, it's not delicious... The bottle I bought is a good wine. It costs ten yuan a bottle."
Shi Dalin didn't understand the dialect here, and he didn't know what he was talking about, so he could only smile.
Shi Zhen was a little speechless. The liquor his dad bought cost four or five yuan a bottle. Although no one was expensive at ten yuan, it was not bad.
The key people brought it as a gift, the same as the daily food
But there are quite a lot of people like this, and he doesn't need to say anything... He really wants to say that Zhao Dongjuan can hate him, after all, she looks so proud.
Wang Zugen is indeed in his thirties, but he is younger than Shi Zhen thought. He was born in 31 or 1963 this year, so he does not speak Mandarin.
He has been showing off, saying that he is a native, a serious townsman, different from those who have moved from other places or come to town from the countryside.
He also said that he knew a lot of people. The mayor grew up with him, and the deputy mayor was his classmate.
Mentioned that Shi Ting was in junior high school, and said that she knew how many teachers of junior high schools in the town, and said that the principal had a good relationship with him.
The Shi family... I don't understand much, but I think he is quite powerful.
After eating, Zhao Qiujuan took out some melon seeds and peanuts and continued to chat. Shi Zhen looked at Zhao Dongjuan at this time and affirmed in their dialect: "He is bragging."
"You're just bragging! Shi Zhen, if you do more damage, I'll go to Shi Ting's school to make trouble so she can't go to school!" After Zhao Dongjuan finished speaking, she shook her two big braids, "I'm looking for you because you are jealous. A good one!"
Shi Zhen: "…"
When the Shi family entertained Zhao Dongjuan's object, Guan Baiyu no longer had a fever.
He was still a little sore, probably from a strained muscle, but his body temperature didn't rise for a day... His current physique is much better than before.
After he recovered, Guan Baiyu began to think about the matter of making money.
Before, Father Liang gave him an envelope containing five thousand yuan.
The money frightened Guan Baiyu, his first reaction was that he couldn't accept it, but Shi Zhen persuaded him to accept it.
If he doesn't accept it, Father Liang will always owe him a big favor. If he accepts it, the matter will be over. For Father Liang, it will be a good thing.
Shi Zhen said so, but he didn't shirk and planned to give the money to Shi Zhen.
But Shi Zhen didn't want it, let him hold it.
This is not a few hundred dollars, this is five thousand!
Guan Baiyu thought the money was a bit hot at first, but when he calmed down, he thought... It's good to hold this money.
He had written an IOU of 4,000 yuan to his adoptive father. With the money, when he returned, he could repay the money.
After paying it back, he still has 1,000 yuan left... Guan Baiyu thought about it and wanted to start a small business.
As for what business to do... Their school has a canteen, and everything in it is very expensive. Maybe he can buy some stationery or something and sell it to his classmates in private
No, it can't be said to sell.
He just bought too much stationery, and if some classmates asked for it, he would give it to others... Of course, the classmates were not good at taking his stationery for nothing, so they gave him some money.