The Era of Hard Work

In the past two days, the temperature has risen, and the ice and snow have begun to melt, mixing with the rotten onion mud, and paving the road with a layer of black mud. Not only is the car easy to slip, but it also emits a very special smell.

The smell is not as strong as that of chicken manure, but it is particularly pungent. Some people are particularly sensitive to the smell of onions, and can even be smoked to the point of red eyes.

Most of the green photos are shrouded in a special poisonous gas.

Even a person like Lu Dong who was used to the smell of onions when he was young, and who was often influenced by the smell of chicken manure from Uncle Tie's chicken farm, couldn't stand it.

When walking on the road, in addition to a full-coverage helmet, you also wear a large mask.

Fortunately, the county town was quite clean, and under the warm afternoon sun, Lu Dong parked his car at the entrance of the Industrial and Commercial Bank, and took his bag to the bank to deposit money.

As before, a lot of loose change.

There were a lot of people today, and after queuing for a while, it was Lu Dong's turn.

The one who received him was the female staff member again. Seeing Lu Dong lined up at the window, she asked for help from the back without hesitation.

Lu Dong lived up to expectations, and took out piles of coded change.

The female staff member smiled at him and said, Saving money?

Lu Dong also smiled: Save money.

The female staff member stopped talking and talked to another person about money.

The people behind Lu Dong inevitably complained, after all, it took a lot of time to order these small change.

Lu Dong was in a good mood and pretended not to hear. In this situation, there is no point in being angry with others.

Some people turned sideways and looked curiously at the piles of banknotes. Although they were all small change, the sum of these bills was not a small amount.

After a while, after counting the money, the female staff raised her head and asked, 25,000 yuan.

Lu Dong nodded: Yes, 25,000.

When he first entered December, he bought a house from Qian Rui, and he only had 10,000 yuan left in the bank.

In the past 20 days, Malatang business has been very hot, and the braised pork and sesame cake stalls have remained stable. Lu Dong left more working capital and took out a whole sum to deposit in the bank.

In this way, the deposit in his card rose to 35,000.

As usual, Lu Dong left immediately after saving the money and found a bench to sit for a while.

Unexpectedly, a middle-aged man came over.

Hello. The middle-aged man passed the cigarette: Which village is my brother?

Although there is no strict ban on smoking in public places, Lu Dong can't pick up things from strangers, so he waved his hand and refused: No.

The middle-aged man sat next to him and said, I'm not a bad person.

According to his accent, Lu Dong was a local, but he was not a bad person. He couldn't tell from his appearance, so he secretly raised his vigilance and asked directly, What's the matter?

The middle-aged man smiled and said, I just saw my brother saving money...

As soon as he heard the word money, Lu Dong subconsciously looked at the security guard in the lobby. He had only heard that Qingzhao had followed people out of the bank to steal money, but he had never heard of anyone doing anything in the bank.

He reached into his bag with one hand and grabbed the hard cigarette case that contained the Chili peppers.

The dead tickle is not low in lethality.

Brother, I just want to discuss something with you because I see how much change you have saved. The middle-aged man felt Lu Dong's guard, so he simply moved a little far away to show that he did not have any malicious intentions, and said, I will I want to talk about a business. You see, you have a lot of change, it’s not convenient to store it, and it’s not fun to spend it. I mean, I will use the whole money to exchange your change in the future.”

This is a job he watched people do in Quannan, and it was indeed profitable.

Lu Dong did not relax his vigilance, and the middle-aged man said again: I will exchange 100 yuan for you 102 yuan in change, which will save you a lot of things. Don't people say that time is money?

Hearing this, Lu Dong remained vigilant, but somewhat understood what the other party meant.

You use the change again, go to the market and exchange it for other people's coins? Lu Dong asked.

The middle-aged man smiled: I didn't expect my brother to be a sensible person.

Lu Dong said, 98 for 100?

The middle-aged man touched his face, but did not answer.

Lu Dong used to work in small businesses, and he had also seen people in similar occupations. Before the rise of digital payments, there were quite a few shopkeepers doing this.

He said directly: 98 for you 100, if you want, we can try to make something small first, if you don't want it, forget it.

The middle-aged man shook his head: I won't make any money now.

Lu Dong didn't hesitate: Forget it.

Seeing the bank security approaching, Lu Dong stood up and went out, got on his motorcycle and hurried away, looking back from time to time, only to feel relieved when he saw that no one was following him.

That person should be engaged in money exchange, maybe a part-time job, and there is no large bus company in Qingzhao, so he probably went to the bank and waited to find customers.

If you have a relationship with the bus company, changing change is also a very profitable business, but it basically disappeared later.

It was still early, and Lu Dong didn't go back to the university town immediately. Instead, he walked around the county town, turned onto North Railway Road, and entered the largest farmers' market.

In this market, not only wholesale vegetables, but also many frozen seafood and cooked meat.

After entering a row of gatehouses, Lu Dong quickly found a shop selling braised pork, stopped at a random corner, and observed for a while.

This is the largest wholesale farmer's market in Quanqingzhao. Although it cannot keep up with the Ten Mile Fort on the east outer ring of Quannan, it still has a large flow of people.

Lu Dong watched it for a while, and there were quite a few people who went to buy braised vegetables one after another. There has always been a market for braised vegetables in Quannan, and many people liked it.

Maybe it's because people in the market don't eat regularly, although there is a period of time before the meal, people who buy braised pork have never stopped.

Lu Dong went out of the market, walked west along Railway North Road, came to the vicinity of the railway station, took a look at the high-rise buildings under construction, turned onto Zhanqian Street, and not far from Cheng Lifeng Meat Shop, there was a small stew butcher shop.

It was about a hundred meters away from the closed Cheng Lifeng Meat Shop, and the shop was very small, only a dozen square meters.

After thinking for a while, Lu Dong packed his motorcycle and went into the store.

What kind of food do you want? The middle-aged boss greeted.

In winter, stewed meat is placed in a basin and placed on a chopping board, which looks very attractive.

Lu Dong glanced at it, and pointed to a tray: Boss, here's a catty of pork head meat! Just cut it up!

The middle-aged boss said: Come on!

Taking advantage of the time when the boss was cutting the pig's head, Lu Dong asked, Boss, how is your business?

The middle-aged boss smiled: It's okay, small business, enough to support the family.

Lu Dong smiled and asked, I heard that there was an accident with a seller of stewed meat on this street. Does it affect the business?

Hey, how long will it be affected? The middle-aged boss said cheerfully: In just ten days or so, few people bought braised pork, and it returned to normal in less than half a month. Are you happy?

Lu Dong said: That's right, what's not the case, after the matter is over, we should eat and drink.

The middle-aged boss put the cut pork head in a convenient bag: You are right, if you see something delicious, if anyone remembers that shit, just put some broken shells, it's not a big deal.

He lowered his voice: To put it bluntly, as far as the restaurants in the county town are concerned, how many people use that thing can't be counted with one slap!

Lu Dong took the pork head, paid for it, and went out.

Before getting into the car, he took out a piece of pork head from the bag and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice and then frowned.

Not to mention the taste, the pork head meat is obviously overcooked, without that crispy chewiness, it feels greasy in the mouth after eating.

It may also be that he is used to eating offal from Lu's Village, boiled in stew, and his mouth is a bit tricky.

There are many things in the pork offal. In addition to the taste, the heat is also very important when stewed.

Lu Dong swallowed his food, put on his helmet and gloves, and went to other streets. Due to factors such as the general environment, there were very few shops selling stewed stew in the county. to four.

One of them is similar to how he set up a street vendor in the university town.

After leaving the county seat, Lu Dong went to the nearby Xianggong Town, which is a big town, and there is also a braised meat shop. He also chatted with the boss for a while in the name of buying pork head meat.

These days, there is not much competition, and the braised meat shops are doing well. Cheng Lifeng's incident has no impact on the shops that are not in the county.

After all, the speed of information dissemination is limited. Newspapers like Quannan Evening News, at the township level, are basically subscribed by public units.

As for the news from Qingzhaotai, few people really read it.

This kind of small TV station can attract viewers, one is the karaoke station, and the other is the pirated TV series and movies.

Qingzhaotai has issued a notice and is about to release Huan Zhu Ge Ge.

authorized? The current small county-level TV stations do not need it at all.

If you have the ability to file a lawsuit, the local government alone is not easy to deal with.

In the past, many people in small places were able to be familiar with Hong Kong movies and Zhou Xingxing, etc., except for the video hall, in fact, they should thank the small local TV stations.

For example, the first time Lu Dong saw Teacher Xu was on a movie broadcast on Linxian TV Station. Yun Zhonglong's back full of chivalrous spirit left a deep memory on many young men.

Then he went to a nearby town and walked around, seeing that the time was about the same, Lu Dong hurried back to the university town, put his car into the market, and asked Erjiao: Sanhei, brother Jiao, have you had dinner yet?

Jiao San left the novel with black eyes: Not yet.

Lu Dong bought several portions of pork head meat to taste, and gave one to each of them, saying, I bought it, let's taste it.

The remaining share in his hand was given to Qiao Weiguo.

With a bright bald head, Qiao Weiguo took a bite and frowned: It's not as good as the meat made by my aunt.

No! Jiao Shougui continued, I bought offal from your Lu family village, and the pig's head meat is boiled. The difference is too big.

Jiao Sanhei muttered, It would be nice to have meat.

Jiao Shougui said: There is also a difference between meat and meat, just like the stewed pork at Dongzi's side, it tastes so good, it smells delicious.

Either brother Dong and Weiguo have the best business! Jiao Sanhei ate with relish.

Free meat, of course, tastes delicious.

It was getting late, and Lu Dong was about to take off his military coat and put it on. He touched the pocket of the military coat, and there was something cold. He grabbed the red thread tied to it and took it out.

It was the safety pendant that Heidan gave him last night, and Heidan told him to wear it. He put it in his pocket and forgot about it when he got home.

Lu Dong took off his military overcoat, thought for a while, and stretched the red thread to wear it around his neck. It was inconvenient to work with the pendant outside the clothes, so he simply tucked it into the neckband.

The stone-made Ping An buckle is cool and comfortable to wear.

In the next two days, Lu Dong took time in the afternoon to check on the stewed meat shop in the surrounding towns, and even visited the elementary school in the village.

In 1995, the village raised funds to carry out a renovation. The thatched roof of the elementary school was replaced with red tiles. Nail plastic sheeting to keep out the wind.

There are so many village primary schools like this, and it depends on the village to rebuild them.

After all, it comes down to one word - money!

Things have to be done by someone, and the third grandfather Lu Zhenlin is ready to take on a heavy burden.

People who were born and raised here, no matter how much they do or how little they do, they must always do their part.