Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

This is the steamed bun brought to him by his grandma. After kneading for a long time, the noodles are very chewy and very hungry.He ate one and stuffed the others back. When he was hungry next time, he took out the bamboo tube and took a tube of water from a small spring on the mountain wall.

The spring water is clear and sweet, with a sense of coldness, drinking it straight to the top of the head, making people feel like being drenched in water all over the body, which is very comfortable in summer.

"Hey, Laiwang, why did you bring this kid here?"

"I can't help it. His grandma came to the door to beg my mother and forced me to take him with him." Laiwang's expression was a bit depressed, and he was not happy when he mentioned this matter. "But if he dares to dislike this and that this time, there will definitely be no next time!"

After eating and drinking water, we set off again.This time the pace was slower than when I first left. When I reached the county seat, it was already noon.

The gate of the county seat is still lively, and many villagers who come to the market in the morning are eager to go home, and they cannot afford to eat in the county seat.The city seemed a little deserted, and the big guys rushed back to make a meal. There were only a few small restaurants and waiters who were tirelessly shouting, hoping to attract the attention of the guests.

But on this scorching hot day, walking on the bluestone road makes you want to burn your feet, how can anyone come to eat that hot meal?

Zhang Shu looked while walking, and said something embarrassing, he really didn't take a good walk in the streets in his previous life.Buying things is the mother-in-law's work, and he has never done part-time work, and the number of times he has come to the county can be counted on the fingers, so everything he sees is novel.

Fortunately, he is a young man now, and he should be curious. If he is an old man looking around, others will only think that he has never seen the world.

Laiwang led everyone without stopping all the way, walked through the streets and alleys for a long time, and came to a river, which was about two or three feet wide, called Qingliang River.The river is clear and flows downstream day and night.

If it's a dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival, it's usually placed on the river outside the city, but on the Qixi Festival, it's placed in this river.

There is a bridge over the river, which is made of bluestone slabs. It is said that it existed more than 200 years ago. The people walking on it have changed wave after wave, but it still stands upright, witnessing the ups and downs the county has experienced over the years.

Some trees were planted by the river, and the villagers sat and dozed under the trees in twos and threes. This is the place assigned to their village, and the part-time workers in other villages are generally not here.

Zhang Shu thought it was quite amusing. He thought that part-time workers had to walk around like a shopkeeper, and would come to any house that wanted someone.Who knew it was so convenient.

He saw that there were people sitting under these trees, and it was difficult for him to get there, so he sat down under the last tree.This should be a camphor tree with a big crown, completely covering the corner where the camphor tree is sitting.

Camphor tree, Zhang tree!He once complained about his father, why he was given this name, but his father said that those are trees, and he is the boss of the family and has to take care of everyone. For example, the second brother Zhang Huai is the pagoda tree, and the third brother Zhang Yang is the Yang Shu, the only younger sister is Zhang Rong, isn't the hibiscus flower also on the tree?

He felt much more comfortable after hearing this. Grandpa also said that a man should stand up to the sky like these trees and protect the people around him from the wind and rain. Unfortunately, in his previous life, he was just a tree with a crooked neck, not to mention protecting others from the wind and rain. I just can't protect myself.

He lay under the tree, took out the bag from the basket and put it under his head, and fell asleep leisurely.

Zhang Shu still looks pretty good, tall and tall, his face is not handsome, but square and square, he looks masculine.If it weren't for his timid character, and the long-term arched back that made him look a little shorter, the older girls and younger brothers in the village might not have looked down on him.

After being reborn, Zhang Shu consciously changed his habit of hunched over, his eyes no longer wandered when talking to people, and he lowered his head in a shy manner when he was fine. The villagers couldn’t tell what happened to him, but they all I think he looks a little more comfortable.

Otherwise, along the way, the men would have to run him back.

Zhang Shu had a dream. In the dream, he was fluttering and he didn't know what he was doing, but he was flying in the sky all the time.Suddenly someone kicked him and knocked him down from the sky. He woke up suddenly, only to realize that someone was actually kicking him lightly.

It was a middle-aged man, wearing a brand-new embroidered satin dress, with a finger puller in his hand, and two beards on his mouth. He looked very shrewd.

He looked at Zhang Shu with the eyes of looking at the goods, and almost picked him up and opened his teeth to have a look.Zhang Shu was a little puzzled, he didn't know this person either.So he sat on the ground blankly and looked back.

Looking back this time, Mo Ren has a better impression of him. These mud-legged people from the countryside seem to be timid and shy, but this one is generous and not obtrusive to the eyes. .

"Just him, Laiwang, plus you and those few." Mo Ren spoke, and the servant behind him was helping him to point out the selected ones to Laiwang.

"Boss Mo, okay!" Laiwang was very happy. Usually, the job of the manager is not high enough for them. Maybe it's the reason why those strong men from Xichang Village didn't come today.

"This time the master wants to repair the garden. You are responsible for carrying the soil and building the walls. Each person costs 35 cents a day and takes care of three meals. How about it?"

Naturally, Laiwang has no objection. This Mo family is generous. Others only pay 25 renminbi a day with food included, and [-] renminbi without food included. No wonder people say that rich people are full of money!

Zhang Shu didn't fluctuate much. He didn't know much about the market, but he remembered that when his eldest son was building a house, he charged the villagers fifty yuan a day, including three meals a day, and there were big pieces of meat for every meal.

He went to help by himself, but after two or three days of helping, the woman suddenly came to the door and said that their family didn't give him money and used his father like an animal.Then he got 150 money from them, and he didn't feel embarrassed to go again.

A total of nine people came to work in the county this time, and besides the seven who were sent away, there were two left.One of them is the elder brother of the second dog.

The other is called Tian Er. He is thin and has a bitter face. He didn't respond to the fact that Manager Mo didn't pick him, but the big dog was very upset because he insisted that if Zhang Shu didn't choose him this time If he didn't come, he would definitely be chosen by Chief Manager Mo.

Now that so much money is inexplicably missing, his eyes are about to burst into flames when he looks at Zhang Shu.

Zhang Shu didn't know that he was suddenly hated by others. He carried his things and followed the others to Mo's house.

Laiwang was the leader, so he stayed and waited for Tian Er and Da Gouzi to be taken away before he went to Mo Mansion.

Mo's mansion is very big, but for Zhang Shu, who had seen the elder son's house in his previous life, he was a little less surprised, so he was not full of surprises like others.This made Housekeeper Mo look at him again.

Because the mansion always needs some part-time workers, so their family set up a part-time job room, a Datong shop with some straw mats on it, everyone is a man, so naturally there is no restraint, a group of people can sleep comfortably together .

The owner of the Mo House is a Juren, who opened an academy in Anning County, the fees are high, but there are always many people who come to study, because this Master Mo is the only one in the surrounding counties who teaches classes.

If you want to take the imperial examination, you must be recommended by someone, either five scholars or one candidate.In these counties, there are not many scholars, and it is not easy to find five at once.

Zhang Shu has never dared to think about such a place. He only hopes that he can earn enough money to send his children to school here. Just like Zhang Ming, he can read since he was a child!

Zhang Shu felt a sharp pain in his heart when he thought of them.Wu Liniang gave birth to five children for him, including three boys and two girls. Everyone said he was blessed.

Among the five children, the eldest is straightforward and works hard, but because he was too big at birth, Liniang had a difficult delivery, so she disliked him very much.

The second child was a girl, who was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. When she was 16 years old, she married a family in the city, and it was rare for her to come back.

The third child is tired and lazy, and usually hides from work if he can, his mother let him, no matter how lazy he is, she doesn't blame him, and he, the father, can't say a few words about him.

The fourth child is good, loves to read, has been admitted as a scholar at a young age, and usually studies in the county town, and most of the family's expenses are given to him.

The fifth child is also a girl, and as the youngest, both he and her mother love her very much and treat her the same as the eldest grandson in the family.

He didn't know until he died that being too big was an excuse, and she didn't like him only because he was Zhang Shu's child.

In this life, no matter how many children he has, he will never be partial again, all the children are treated equally, no one is spoiled and no one is left out.Before going to bed, Zhang Shu secretly made an oath.

Early the next morning, Zhang Shu woke up. He looked at the other people who were still sleeping soundly, and got up from the bed as soon as he rolled over.

There was a well in front of the house. Zhang Shu looked around and found a bucket in front, so he took it down and hung some water for washing.

As soon as the cool water splashed on his face, he suddenly became sober. Zhang Shu moved his hands and feet, and ran around the house.This is also learned from his daughter-in-law. When she just recovered from a serious illness, she would ask the boss to go for a run with her every day, saying that her body would be stronger this way.

After about twenty or thirty laps, someone yelled, get up, eat and start work!

He turned to the front of the house, and a child dressed as a servant came over with a big pot of steamed buns, with some pickles on top, and he put the pot on the table, and then he left.

Zhang Shu swallowed, his throat moved.They just came here yesterday, and they don't include meals.After eating the steamed buns given by the milk, he was hungry all the time, and he was reluctant to spend the dozens of pennies he had with him.

After some exercise, my stomach is even more hungry.But Brother Laiwang, the foreman, didn't eat it, so he didn't want to eat it first.