Shi Zhen's new client on a motorcycle is Fang Changming.
Here, many brothers build houses together, and there are many cases of sharing a wall in the middle.
But the relationship between Fang Changming and his younger brother was not good, and the foundations approved by the two were far away, especially Fang Changming, who chose a place that was a few hundred meters away from his parents' residence.
When other people build houses, they like to get together and build a row with the people around him. He just found a place where no one is around.
However, there is a road to the west of his house, and it is very convenient to pass.
Shi Zhen felt that this place was very good, and once he relived his life, he also began to like the quiet, and did not like to get together with people.
In addition, such a single-family house has the advantage that a fence can be built.
A small villa on the second floor, plus a fence, and a small garden inside the fence... That's how beautiful it is, how beautiful it is.
As for what ordinary rural families would want at this time, a large cement drying field for drying millet and rapeseed, Fang Changming said bluntly that he did not need it.
Don't look at the fact that the Fang family is rich now, they live in the countryside after all.
It is impossible for a rural person of Fang Changming's age to have not gone to the ground.
Fang Changming hates farming and has made up his mind that he will not farm for the rest of his life.
Of course, sowing some seeds in the front and back of the house, and planting a little vegetables, this kind of work that is not tiring is not included in it.
In contrast, transplanting rice seedlings, pulling weeds from paddy fields, cutting rice... These are the tiring work.
But since Fang's family has money, the family has stopped planting the land and directly hired someone to plant their own land - as long as you give 20 to 30 yuan, they will be able to plant all the seedlings in your field, how easy it is!
Shi Zhen first went to the brick factory to buy bricks, and then used a tractor to load them near the foundation approved by Fang Changming and build them together.
He didn't hire anyone for the whole process, he did it all by himself, and it was quite tiring. Fortunately, after a few days of work, the work was finished.
By this time, it was already the end of December 1994.
The tap water renovation project in Anshan Town was completed after half a year in full swing, and Shi Xinghuo was temporarily out of work.
Shi Xingchao was thinking about his home, so he planned to go back a little earlier to prepare for the New Year's event. By the way, he sorted out the things at home so that he could move the whole family out at one time after the new year.
Shi Xingchao went back so early, mainly because Shi Dashan was different from Shi Dalin.
Shi Zhen's family is considered poor in the mountains.
Shi Zhen's mother was not in good health. She couldn't do much work back then, and she had to spend money to see a doctor and take medicine.
What about Zhao Meiyun later? She had frequent births and miscarriages in her early years, and her waist and other diseases were sick. When she arrived at Shi's house, she was almost forty and could not do heavy work. For a long time before their family, the main labor force was only Shi Dalin.
The Shi Dashan family is different.
Shi Dashan's wife is a few years younger than Zhao Meiyun. She is a well-known and capable person, and she is also good at growing mushrooms. Not only does their family have better living conditions than other families, but they also save some money.
In addition, Shi Xinghuo and Shi Xingchao were both older than Shi Zhen, and the two of them were able to help the family a few years earlier.
Before, their family was in the village and they were considered rich.
Shi Zhen's family couldn't afford to build a new house, and everyone was crowded together. Their family had already built a house for their two sons a few years earlier, so that the two sons could get married.
Of course, their family is not particularly rich. Although there is a house, the money for the bride price of the two sons is not enough, especially Shi Xinghuo's brain is stupid, and no one wants to marry him.
They can only take care of one of them.
On weekdays, the old couple treated Shi Xinghuo and Shi Xingchao equally in terms of food and other aspects, but they preferred to follow Shi Xingchao, who had no problem with intelligence and could always find a way to get money for the old age, and the wedding gift money was naturally close to Shi Xingchao. So when Shi Zhen wanted to go out to work, Shi Zhen brought Shi Xinghuo with him.
If Shi Xinghuo could make money, he would have the money to get married.
Shi Dalin has nothing but a few broken houses, so he can walk freely. Shi Dashan has a better life in the village than others, so he is not willing to leave... Shi Xingchao called his family before and asked his family to move out after the year, but Shi Dashan was unwilling, so he planned to go back early to persuade his father.
"My brother and I are going around January 10, so there are still twenty days before the Chinese New Year, I don't believe I can't tell them!" Shi Xingchao said to Shi Zhen, "In this case, I happen to be here with you as well. months."
"Okay, but it's not exactly four months, you have to do it for a few more days." Shi Zhen laughed, Shi Xingchao was going back, it didn't affect him - he didn't have much work recently, he sent and received sweaters, and watched by himself Just do it.
In fact, Shi Xingchao originally wanted to work for a few more days, but he also saw that Shi Zhen was quite empty recently, and he could handle it completely.
Shi Xingchao said: "In the next few days, I have to go out to do some things, and I will definitely not be as focused on my work as before. You don't have to pay me for the extra few days."
Shi Xingchao planned to go to the bank to save the money he had earned in the past four months. In addition, if his parents wanted to come over, he would definitely find a house to rent for them.
The rent of the house in the town is expensive, so Shi Xingchao planned to rent a house in the countryside. He also planned to have a good talk with others and start calculating the rent after a year.
Otherwise he won't rent!
Shi Zhen talked with Shi Xingchao, and asked curiously, "Brother Xingchao, how much money have you saved for four months?"
Shi Xingchao heard the words with a light "cough" and whispered: "In the first three months, I have saved a total of more than 1,900, and the money for embroidering sweaters in the last month has not been received, and you have not yet received my wages. If you give it, there should be two thousand and five."
He couldn't make so much money at first, but he made more money by selling wool and sweaters in the village.
"Amazing!" Shi Zhen gave a thumbs up heartily. More than 2,000. If you calculate it in later generations, the purchasing power will only be 20,000 or 30,000. But because it is difficult to make money at this time, for people at this time, this is already a lot of money.
Put them in the village... Shi Xingchao can become a rich man in the village by himself!
Shi Xingchao said again, "Give me my wages for December. I'll collect two thousand and save a certificate of deposit, and then I'll open my parents' eyes!"
Of course Shi Zhen wouldn't object, he gave him two hundred directly, and said, "The money for the embroidery sweater is estimated to be settled by the end of the year, and I will give it to you when I return to the village."
He was a little later, and he had to go back with his parents and family.
"Success!" Shi Xing said.
Shi Zhen thought of something at this time: "By the way, on New Year's Day, you can't go out, you have to watch it here... I have something to do that day."
"What's the matter?" Shi Xingchao asked.
"Guan Baiyu's birthday is on New Year's Day. I will go to Changxi City to see him." Shi Zhen said.
This New Year's Day is Sunday, just in time for the small prayer.
At this time, people didn't value festivals such as "New Year's Day" as much as later generations. In addition, the final exam was approaching, and the school did not have a holiday.
Guan Baiyu had already told Shi Zhen about this when he returned home, and he also said that he would not come back, but Shi Zhen planned to visit him.
In fact, New Year's Day is not Guan Baiyu's real birthday. His actual age should be a little older than the age in his household registration book, but Grandma Guan brought him back at that time, which happened to be the end of the lunar calendar, and the Gregorian calendar had been changed for a year.
When he was registered, Grandma Guan simply asked someone to give him New Year's Day.
Before the 1980s, most rural people didn't pay attention to their children's birthdays. They were already tired from work and had nothing at home... Then would they still remember to celebrate their children's birthdays
Even parents who love their children very much often cook a bowl of longevity noodles and add an egg.
After the 1980s, the one-child policy was implemented, and the situation changed. However, in the 1990s, few people in the countryside would buy cakes for their children.
As for Guan Baiyu, he has never had a birthday since he was a child, because he knows that his birthday is fake, and he doesn't care about birthdays.
But Shi Zhen felt that even if this birthday was fake, it could be celebrated.
He always wanted Guan Baiyu to be happier.
New Year's Day happened on Sunday. Although the school still had to let the students go out in the afternoon, it took two classes in the morning to organize activities for the students to celebrate New Year's Day.
A month in advance, the cultural and entertainment committee members of class 1 began to encourage the students in the class to put on a show. However, there are not many people studying art these days. In the end, only three students performed talent shows. The rest of the time was changed to drumming and passing flowers. activities like that.
They also bought some snacks with class fees and distributed them to the students in the class.
Guan Baiyu likes this kind of activity very much, and it is very insightful for him. For example, for the first time today, he saw someone else pull the erhu with his own eyes.
But he didn't eat the snacks he was given, and put them all into his schoolbag.
"Why don't you eat Guan Baiyu?" Guan Baiyu's tablemate asked him.
"I'll eat it later." Guan Baiyu said, this time they were given biscuits and drinks, which could be kept for a long time, so he thought about bringing them back next week to eat with Shi Zhen.
Guan Baiyu's tablemate glanced at Guan Baiyu and felt that Guan Baiyu's family should be a little poor.
Thinking about it carefully, they are boys, they are often hungry in the afternoon, and many people will eat some bread or something after class, but Guan Baiyu has never eaten it.
But even if Guan Baiyu's family has no money, he still admires Guan Baiyu very much, after all, they study so hard!
The drum used to beat the drum was a waist drum borrowed from the school. A funny boy in the class beat the drum with his back to everyone.
Guan Baiyu didn't pay attention, and the flowers that were passed around fell into his hands.
Ask him to put on a show.
Many people have performed shows before, because most of them have no preparation, so they have all kinds of performances. There are several who sing the national anthem, and some people recite the ancient poems they just learned, and the teachers are speechless.
Seeing Guan Baiyu's turn, the head teacher immediately said: "Guan Baiyu, you can't sing the national anthem anymore, even if you want to sing, sing something else."
Guan Baiyu smiled: "I don't sing, I recite poems." He had actually thought about it before, if it was passed on to himself, he would recite an English poem.
It was a poem in the textbook for the third year of high school. The students in the first year of high school had not learned it yet. He thought it was good before, so he learned it during the summer vacation from the tapes that Shi Zhen bought.
"You have to memorize what you haven't learned in the textbook, you know? Otherwise, you have to perform again." The head teacher laughed.
"Yeah!" Guan Baiyu responded.
Everyone's desks and chairs were pulled to the side of the classroom. Guan Baiyu walked to the middle of the class and began to recite poems amid the roar of the people around him.
He recited this English poem very well, without pausing at all.
Originally, it was just like this, but when he was carrying it... Guan Baiyu saw a lot of people outside the window.
There are a lot of people who are nothing. The activities of some classes are not done well and end early, and their students go to other classes to watch programs of other classes.
But... Behind those people, stood Shi Zhen.
Guan Baiyu was just carrying it on his back in a normal way, but when he carried it on his back, his voice became louder and more excited.
He is still in the period of voice change, but at this time his voice is not the same as it was at the beginning, so he is not used to it, and it sounds strange.
With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked out the window and gave a... very gentle feeling.
The increasingly loud voice and his gentle expression were very unique.
Guan Baiyu was very excited when he saw Shi Zhen looking at him intently. After reciting one poem, he followed closely and recited another!
His voice reverberated in the classroom, in cadence, and the people who had been whispering didn't say anything, they all looked at him seriously. When he finally finished reciting, some people clapped their hands and called his name: "Guan Baiyu! Guan Baiyu!"
Most of them didn't understand what Guan Baiyu's English poems meant.
But just based on this... Guan Baiyu must be very powerful!
Even the head teacher said, "Guan Baiyu is very good at memorizing! Students in the class who are not good at English, learn more from him. If you can memorize English poems, many people will come to see you."
As he spoke, he pointed to the people crowding outside the window.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Guan Baiyu also smiled and looked out the window.
Shi Zhen returned a smile to Guan Baiyu.
The way Guan Baiyu was reading a poem just now seemed to be glowing, making people unable to look away.
Shi Zhen was thinking about it when he heard the two girls standing outside the window just like him, saying, "Guan Baiyu is so handsome!"
"His English is so good!"
"Did he just smile at us?"
…
These two girls are obviously not from Guan Baiyu's class, and they even know Guan Baiyu.
Guan Baiyu is very popular in school
"Brother, come to see Guan Baiyu!" Liang Qinxuan's voice sounded.
Shi Zhen turned around and saw Liang Qinxuan.
"En." Shi Zhen responded, and just after he was done, he saw Guan Baiyu come out of the classroom—their class activities were over.
"Guan Baiyu, your class is so late! Your brother is here, I'll treat you today, let's go out to eat delicious food!" Liang Qinxuan said.
Guan Baiyu refused without hesitation: "No need, my brother has something to do with me, so I won't go to dinner with you."
"Then our afternoon..."
"I can't study with you in the afternoon." Guan Baiyu said again.
In the afternoon, they did not want to study, but to buy stationery!
Liang Qinxuan now earns about twenty or thirty dollars a week selling stationery.
He made twenty or thirty dollars the first day, because the first time, many people bought things, but after that, fewer people bought things from him.
But even so, he is very interested in this business, and feels that he will be a big boss in the future with this as a starting point.
Although he still has a lot of goods there, he still wants to get a little more!
Liang Qinxuan looked at Guan Baiyu depressedly.
Guan Baiyu said again: "I'm sorry! It's rare for my brother to come here!"
Guan Baiyu apologized to Liang Qinxuan and went to talk to Shi Zhen.
The goods he and Liang Qinxuan stockpiled last week haven't been sold out. He didn't want to go out this week. Now that he sees Shi Zhen, he doesn't even want to go out with Liang Qinxuan.
Liang Qinxuan watched as Guan Baiyu followed Shi Zhen away.
Guan Baiyu also places too much emphasis on brothers over friends!
However, Guan Baiyu and Shi Zhen were not far away when they were stopped by two girls. Shi Zhen recognized that they were the two girls who were looking at Guan Baiyu from the window before.
Guan Baiyu also recognized it, and one of them was the girl who gave him the steamed buns.
This girl has often met him by chance recently, and he doesn't need to think about it, he knows what the other party means.
Just like he likes his brother, this girl likes him.
Guan Baiyu kept his distance from the other party, but he couldn't do anything else if the other party didn't say anything.
"Guan Baiyu, is this your brother?" the girl asked.
Guan Baiyu grabbed Shi Zhen's arm and said with a smile, "Yes, this is my brother."
"Brother Guan Baiyu, hello, my name is Qiu Yunxin, I'm a student in class one and three." Qiu Yunxin greeted Shi Zhen.
This girl is not in the same class as Guan Baiyu, so she came here to say hello... Shi Zhen smiled and said, "Hello."
"Brother, are you from Anshan Town?" Qiu Yunxin asked again.
"Yeah, we live near Anshan Town."
"My grandmother's house is in Anshan Town. I will be staying at my grandmother's house for a long time during the winter vacation. Can I go and play with Guan Baiyu?" Qiu Yunxin asked again, her face turning red.
Shi Zhen was stunned for a while before saying, "Of course you can."
"Then... Then where do you live?" Qiu Yunxin's eyes were shining, and it was obvious that she mustered a lot of courage to ask.
There are other people around. It's not good to refuse a little girl. Shi Zhen said, "We live in Guanjia Village. Come and ask, and you will definitely know."
"Okay!" Qiu Yunxin responded and turned around and ran away.
Shi Zhen was stunned for a moment.
Guan Baiyu is really... very popular.
The quality of teaching in Changxi No. 1 Middle School is very high, and every year some people are admitted to the best universities in the country.
With Guan Baiyu's current grades, he will definitely be admitted to the top ten universities in the country in the future.
Everyone knows how valuable college students in the 1990s are.
At that time, there will probably be more people who like him.
Guan Baiyu didn't speak, and he didn't know if it was because he was shy.
Outside the school, Shi Zhen asked, "That girl liked you just now? She's pretty."
Guan Baiyu said, "I don't know her." He only knew the girl's name today.
"Then you're very charming." Shi Zhen laughed - they didn't know each other, so people liked Guan Baiyu.
Guan Baiyu didn't feel happy at all, but rather uncomfortable.
Does his brother think Qiu Yunxin is beautiful? Does his brother like girls like this
"Brother, do you like girls like this?" Guan Baiyu asked.
"Why do you think so? How old is she!" Shi Zhen said, Qiu Yunxin can be his daughter!
"Do you like someone who is older?" Guan Baiyu asked again.
"No, I'm a non-marriageist." Shi Zhen didn't want to talk about this: "Let's not talk about this... Xiao Yu, happy birthday!"
Guan Baiyu was stunned for a while, and then felt... really happy.
Not because of his birthday, but because... his brother is an unmarried man.
He hadn't heard the word, but literally... His brother doesn't plan to get married
Although his brother may be young and talk about it casually, he is still very happy!