Reborn to Strive

Chapter 128

Shi Zhen first took Guan Baiyu to the newly built workshop of Huaguang Stationery Factory.

The prototype of this factory building has come out, and it should be completed in one month.

There is almost no need for decoration in the factory building. After buying the machine and installing it, after debugging, the production can start.

At that time, in addition to the production of ballpoint pen casings, plastic rulers are also planned to be produced here.

In addition, they used to import the entire refill for ballpoint pens, but now they plan to import only the nib and the ink in the ballpoint pen and produce it themselves.

This way the cost will be lower.

In order to build a factory and buy machines, Father Liang borrowed a lot of money from the bank, but if there is no accident, when the factory is built, cheap ballpoint pens will be mass-produced...

In the future, Huaguang will definitely be like Father Liang's glass factory, another money-making machine.

Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu met Liang Qinxuan at Huaguang's side.

The time for the college entrance examination at this moment is July [-]th and July [-]th. Liang Qinxuan has not taken the college entrance examination yet.

He waited here because he knew that Guan Baiyu would come.

"Xiao Yu, let's go to dinner together today? Well, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to meet in the future. I will go back to school tomorrow. After I finish the college entrance examination, you will have to make up lessons. After that, I will go to another place to study in university... ..." Liang Qinxuan was a little sad.

"Where are you going to eat? It's agreed, my brother will go too." Guan Baiyu said.

"You bastard, you value brothers more than friends! That's enough, let's go together! I'll treat you to a barbecue!" Liang Qinxuan's sadness lasted for a quarter of an hour, and he soon became happy again: "Recently, the newly opened It’s a barbecue shop, the mutton skewers there are very delicious, what’s the name of that... By the way, it’s called cumin! I haven’t eaten this kind of seasoning before!”

Shi Zhen walked slowly behind them.

Guan Baiyu likes the grilled meat sprinkled with cumin, but in his previous life, it took him several years before he ate it for the first time.

Guanjia Village.

In July, the weather becomes very hot, and occasionally typhoons strike.

The water level of the river in front of Guan Baiyu's house will skyrocket when there is heavy rain from a typhoon.

As for the days when it doesn't rain... everyone likes to go down to the river to soak.

Although the school keeps children from swimming in the river every day, in rural areas, swimming in summer is still the children's favorite activity.

Some children whose parents don't care about them spend almost all day in the river.

Some parents are strict, and the children either go swimming secretly, or swim with the parents when the parents are there.

At this moment, there is no child in the village, who has never crossed the river.

-Generally at four o'clock in the afternoon, there are the most people in the river, and the children who can use colorful swimming rings are the most attractive. Many children do not have swimming rings, so they swim with a door latch, or hold an old car. The inner tube is used as a swimming ring after it is fully inflated.

Guan Jianguo's daughter was floating in the river wearing a car inner tube that was too big for her.

Fang Miyan and Shi Xingxing wash clothes by the river together.

While washing, Shi Xingxing said: "When the house is built in the future, I will definitely buy a washing machine." She is really tired of washing clothes!

Fang Miyan blinked, washing machine is so expensive, why buy a washing machine?Isn't washing clothes just a matter of rubbing with your hands?

"I don't know if there is a washing machine, it would be great if there is one." Shi Xingxing said again.

Fang Miyan: "..."

Fang Miyan silently washed the clothes.

Shi Xingxing felt that his sister-in-law was too kind, so he didn't know what was going on, so he fell in love with her stingy brother.

Her sister-in-law also listened to her brother very much. She could do whatever her brother asked her to do. Her brother wouldn't let her sister-in-law spend money, but her sister-in-law really didn't spend it!

Shi Xingxing persuaded his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, you should also be kind to yourself, just buy what you should buy, don't listen to my brother and don't buy anything."

Fang Miyan smiled at Shi Xingxing, but said nothing.

In fact, she was stingy too, and she didn't want to buy it... But Shi Xingchao was afraid that she would have conflicts with his family, so he took all the responsibility on himself, saying that he was stingy and didn't let her spend money, that's why she was like this.

Fang Miyan married Shi Xingchao at the beginning, mainly because he wanted to have a stable life, but now that it has passed for a long time, he feels more and more that Shi Xingchao is good.

Shi Xingchao's family is also nice.

His parents are sensible, his elder brother is always smiling and happy, and his younger sister is also sensible.

Fang Miyan went home after washing her clothes.

In the rented house of Shi Dashan's family, there was a strong smell of meat... Fang Miyan's stewing was ready.

She packed the vegetables into several vats, put them on a tricycle, and rode to a nearby construction site to sell.

The tricycle belonged to Shi Dashan. Shi Dashan didn't know how to ride a bicycle, so he bought a tricycle, but he didn't use it much, and Fang Miyan used it most of the time.

Recently, Shi Zhen's focus has been on Changxi City. In Anshan Town, there are no major projects, only some small projects hired by local masons.

In this way, there is no need for Fang Miyan to cook.

Shi Zhen's construction site in Changxi City needed someone to cook, but Changxi City was too far away, and Fang Miyan felt that it was inconvenient, so he didn't go.

Now the ones who are in charge of cooking in Changxi City are the wives of the first batch of people who followed Shi Zhen from their hometown to work.

After Shi Daniu brought out his wife and children, other people looked jealous, so Shi Duofu was the first to call his wife.

He didn't bring the child out, but only let his wife come here to accompany him, and with Shi Daniu and Shi Duofu as precedents, others also called their wives here one after another, but most of them didn't bring their children.

Some of the children are too young to take care of them when they are brought out, and some are too old to be taken out because they are in class.

The most important thing is that on their side, they are used to letting the old man help take care of the children.

There were three women who came out, one found a job in Anshan Town, and the other two were in charge of cooking at the construction site in Changxi City.

Their craftsmanship is not as good as Shang Miyan's, but the migrant workers are not very picky about the taste of the food.

All those who can bring their wives out are enviable in the eyes of other wives and children who are still in their hometown, or those who are not yet married. They can reap a lot of envy when they call "wife" on the construction site gaze.

It's a pity that many people come out to work for the first time this year, and they don't have much money saved, so they don't have the courage to bring their wives out.

They work on the construction site, and they all set up some sheds beside the construction site to live together. If they have no money to rent a house here, they will have no place to live when their wives come.

Of course, Shi Zhen rented a small house nearby for the women who were responsible for cooking on the construction site, but even in a construction site where hundreds of people work, two women are enough to cook, and it’s not someone’s wife. Yes, they can stay on the construction site.

Fang Miyan didn't go to Changxi City, but recently concentrated on selling vegetables in the road construction area of ​​Anshan Town.

She has been working for a long time, and now the people who come to her to buy vegetables are not only people on the construction site, but also people who live nearby.

There are even nearby factories that order vegetables directly from her and ask her to prepare them and send them over—that’s cheaper than having someone come back to cook them.

If it weren't for Shi Xingchao's help, Fang Miyan wouldn't be able to cook so many dishes.

However, as soon as Fang Miyan's tricycle rode out, someone stopped him: "Miyan!"

The one standing in front of Fang Miyan was Fang Miyan's mother. She was much older than last year and had a lot of gray hair on her head. When she saw Fang Miyan, tears fell on her face.

Fang Miyan stopped the car and asked her, "Mom, what's the matter?"

Fang Miyan and Shi Xingchao came back here after getting married in their hometown, and Chen Xiaofen prepared gifts for them and asked them to visit relatives at Fang's house.

Although Fang Miyan got married on his own will, he didn't plan to cut off all contact with her natal relatives, so the two of them walked away the close relatives of Fang Miyan's family and let them know that Fang Miyan was married.

Although Fang's family didn't hold a wedding, people gossip about it more or less... But the matter of Fang Miyan's younger brother gambling and losing money is much more serious than the fact that Fang Miyan married and their family didn't have a banquet... They When the people at home talked about Fang Miyan, they actually sympathized with her.

In the past six months, Fang's family has approached Fang Miyan many times.

Every time Fang Miyan's father or her younger brother came over, they would be scared away by Fang Miyan and Shi Xingchao looking for reasons, that is, when Fang Miyan's mother avoided Shi Xingchao and went to find Fang Miyan alone, Fang Miyan would treat her well. say.

Fang Miyan's father didn't treat her very well, and her younger brother looked down on her for treating her badly, but her mother treated her well.

Several times, Fang's mother found Fang Miyan when she was doing business, and Fang Miyan would order her own dishes and give her a few dollars.

She knew that her mother had no money, so she wanted to give her money to buy something to eat.

But she felt that if she really bought something, most of it would not fall into her mother's mouth.

Her mother will take the initiative to send out delicious food.

"Mi Yan, help your brother, they are going to cut off his hand..." Mother Fang cried.

Fang Miyan was stunned for a moment.

She took a deep breath and said, "It's going to be too late for me to sell vegetables. If you have something to tell me, you can find me in the old place."

Fang Miyan rode his bicycle to the place where he usually sells vegetables, and started to do business.

Nowadays, on the construction site, the wages are basically calculated on a daily basis. The wages of small workers range from 20 to [-] yuan a day, while the wages of other workers depend on their skills.

Because it is not sunny and there is work every day, most workers do not earn much.

But even so, it's not a problem to spend fifty cents to buy some food from Fang Miyan's place.

As soon as Fang Miyan's bicycle stopped, many people gathered around and asked Fang Miyan to serve them food... Fang Miyan had been busy for a long time before her mother came to her side.

Then he didn't speak, just shed tears beside him silently.

Fang Miyan ignored her and continued to work. Those who came to buy vegetables looked at her curiously, but no one cared about Fang's mother.

Mother Fang felt that she was even more pitiful.

——Fang Miyan didn't ask until there were fewer people, "Mom, brother owes money again?" Basically nothing else happened.

"Yeah..." Mother Fang cried and said, Fang Miyan and her younger brother owed another [-] yuan outside.

After listening to what her mother said, Fang Miyan felt powerless for a while.

She knew that her brother might lose control of herself and continue to gamble, so in private—she told her mother, and told her father that they should not give her brother money, and watch her brother—point.

At first, they did.

In the first few months of the year, his younger brother lost money and felt that he had lost face. He stayed at home all day and had no money in his hands, so he lived in peace.

What about her mother?She got some pig feed back on credit, and then sold the pigs when they reached a hundred catties before they grew up... The family's money was not so tight.

Not long ago, the first batch of silkworms were raised, and because her mother raised a lot, she sold them for 2000 yuan. Although after deducting some costs, she didn't earn that much, it was not bad.

Her parents certainly didn't intend to pay back her money, and her sister's money could be taken slowly. In this way, the money their family owed to outsiders was actually only six or seven thousand.

The whole family tightened their belts and worked hard, raised more silkworms, and they could pay back in two years.

But I don't know what her parents think, instead of paying back the money they earn, they even use it to "do business" for her brother.

Her brother took the money and went to the casino to make money.

It is said that - at the beginning, I won - some, then I started to lose, and then I borrowed money to make money, and finally borrowed more than [-] from others.

This is a usury loan, and when people come to ask for money, they directly ask for [-] yuan.

"Mi Yan, only you can save your brother..." Mother Fang cried and begged.

Fang Miyan said, "Where do I get so much money?"

"Isn't your man good at earning money? He also has a big boss brother. Your in-laws can also earn a lot, right?" Fang Mu said.

"It's their money, don't think about it, I don't have any money." Fang Miyan took out a plastic lunch box and packed some vegetables for his mother: "I bought these in summer, and I sold them for fifty cents." How much can you earn if you sell it for fifty cents?"

As far as his brother's virtue is concerned, if he really wants to pay him back the money, maybe he will borrow it again next time.

It's not like she hasn't heard of this kind of thing.

"Mi Yan, how can you be so cruel, that's your younger brother!" Mother Fang cried, "You're so cold-hearted!"

"What's wrong?" The people around saw it and asked quickly.

Fang Miyan doesn't like to talk, but now when Shi Xingchao tells her to talk - she must say... "My brother owed [-] yuan from gambling outside, and finally borrowed the money to pay it back, and now he owes [-] yuan. Let me take out the money... Where did I get the money?"

Fang Miyan is a woman who sells such a big bucket of vegetables every day, and everyone assumes that her family's conditions are average.

Otherwise, who would do the hard work?

Especially before she was cooking at the construction site while selling this...

The little girl has worked hard enough, so she can't be dragged down by her younger brother all the time.

Everyone didn't sympathize with Fang's mother, and even talked about Fang's mother.

Mother Fang had no choice but to leave.

Shi Zhen found out about Fang Miyan's family affairs that night.

A lot of people like to ask him for ideas recently.

But for this kind of thing, he can't come up with any ideas: "It's impossible for the loan shark to cut off his hand, just let him go."

He remembered that in his previous life, something similar happened.

The law and order here is pretty good. Those who want debts don't dare to do anything illegal. They just go to Fang's house every day, harass Fang's father, mother, and Fang Miliang, and rely on their house for food.

Then Fang Miliang ran away, leaving Fang's father and mother to face the creditors.

The two of them had no choice but to work hard to earn money to help Fang Miliang pay back, probably about seven or eight thousand. If the loan lender was arrested, they would not have to pay it back.

After another period of time... Fang Miliang came back in despair.

What happened next, he didn't know.

After Fang Miyan finished asking, Shi Xingchao said to Shi Zhen again: "Ah Zhen, don't worry, the job of building our house is definitely yours."

"How do you know?" Shi Zhen asked.

Shi Xingchao said: "I had a meeting with the people who built the house last night. Everyone was worried that the quality of the house was not good, so I told them about you."

Compared with people of unknown origin...the contractors who bought the land like them are obviously more credible.

"Thank you." Shi Zhen smiled. When he planned to invite bids, he took this as his advantage, but Shi Xingchao didn't expect Shi Xingchao to help him directly.

This works better.

The newly built road from south to north has many houses to be built on both sides, so it was divided into four sections for bidding.

At that time, there were not many engineering teams in Anshan Town, and Shi Zhen successfully won the bid for one of them.

The houses on this roadside, about eight houses, are connected together and built together, and then a section will be vacated, leaving a road leading to the back of the house, and then eight houses will be built in a row... What Shi Zhen wants to build There are 32 houses in total.

This is already a huge project. Shi Zhen and the professionals he just hired worked together to make a detailed budget. The cost price is about [-] yuan per house.

Of course, he couldn't just charge such a small amount of money.

First of all, the construction is easy to exceed the budget, and secondly, this kind of project... is easy to be owed for building the house.

In his previous life, when he took such a project, he was annoyed by those who owed him money and refused to pay him. He even died without receiving some money.

Of course, he didn't ask for it later.

So when Shi Zhen called for bids, the price he offered was [-].

As a result, among all the prices, his is not the lowest, and it is not even high.

He took over the project himself, without middlemen, and it is impossible for each family to earn 32 yuan, but if it goes well, each building can earn 64 yuan, and [-] houses can be built to earn [-] yuan.

This is definitely the project with the best expectation of making money among the many projects that Shi Zhen has undertaken so far.

That is, there are 32 houses to be built, and some houses are jointly bought by two families... It will be more troublesome to collect money.

With the appearance of the house unchanged, Shi Zhen provides three types of houses for people to choose from.

What he likes the most is the transparent front and back, three bedrooms, two living rooms, two bathrooms-kitchen house type, the Shi family listened to him and asked for this house type.

But everyone's hobbies are different, and many people choose the other two types of houses.

To be honest, because the road runs from south to north, the houses on this roadside are all facing east-west, which is not very good, but it is located in a good location. In the future, this will be one of the busiest streets in Anshan Town. There are all kinds of shops, and the rent of the shops is very high. Even the kindergarten in the town will move to the back of their house.

Of course, traffic jams will happen in the future.

- There are four engineering teams in total, and the other three engineering teams are still discussing with the homeowners - Shi Zhen has already written a contract based on past experience and signed it with them.

At the same time, he also said that as long as each family pays [-] yuan, he will start working immediately when he gets the money.

To do this kind of project, the money is basically - part - part given.

People at this time were cautious, much more cautious than when Shi Zhen was doing similar projects a few years later. Most people dared to build houses only when they had money.

So the first batch of money was received quite quickly, and when Shi Zhen received the money, the construction site started on time!

At the same time, the people in Guanjia Village finally found out about the fact that the Shi family was going to build a house in the town—the matter had not been settled before, and Shi Xingchao did not say anything to them.