The Era of Hard Work

In the early morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Dong and Lu Chun borrowed a car to take Lu Xia to Quannan Railway Station. When the car reached the entrance of the village, they met the iron rooster who got up early to exercise.

Lu Xia lowered the car window to say hello: Uncle Tie.

Iron Rooster hung a radio on his wrist, nodded and said, This is going back to the army.

Lu Xia said, Yes.

Iron Rooster waved: Slow down on the road.

As the car moved forward, Lu Xia rolled up the glass, and a sizzling singing came in.

Come, come, come, you will know that the responsibility is great. If you don't carry a gun, I won't carry a gun. Whoever defends our mother will defend her, and whoever will defend her...

At the train station, the three brothers got off the car and sent them to the entrance. Lu Chun patted Lu Xia's arm: Do it well.

Lu Xia nodded slightly, but still said little: The family will be left to you.

Lu Dong replied: Second brother, don't worry, there is me and eldest brother!

Lu Xia glanced at Lu Dong, then at Lu Chun, put on her bag and suitcase, turned around and entered the train station, her steps were steady and her back was straight.

After leaving, even Lu Xia herself didn't know when she would be able to come back.

Lu Dong looked at Lu Xia's leaving figure, and a word suddenly popped up in his mind--to promise the country with his body.

Lu Chun said, Let's go.

Lu Dong silently followed him to the parking lot, and after getting in the car, he said, Second brother is back this time, I feel...

He didn't know how to describe it, Lu Chun answered, Strange?

Lu Dong thought for a while and said, Maybe.

Lu Chun started the car and when he got out of the parking lot, he said, This country has to be guarded, someone has to make contributions, and there has to be a family to pay, otherwise we wouldn't be as stable as we are now.

Lu Dong nodded: Yes, life today is not easy.

He thought of last summer, when the troops used their shoulders to resist countless embankments.

Back in Lujia Village, Hu Chunlan had already packed his things. Lu Dong put the box of wine on the trailer of the motorcycle, and picked up the two cigarettes in the convenient pocket, and hung them on the handlebars.

When visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, naturally you can't empty-handed.

On the second day of junior high school, I will go to Majia Village to visit my uncle's house.

Lu Dong has two uncles, the eldest uncle Hu Chunming, who lives in Majia Village across the river, and the younger uncle Hu Chunliang went to Xijiang, and he hasn't been back for at least four or five years.

The relationship between the two parties is not very good, and they only have contacts during the New Year and holidays. The specific reason is that the village favors boys over girls. Before Hu Chunlan got married, she was a servant girl at home.

Her natal sister-in-law is not a good quarrel either, she has a sharp tongue and is well-known in Majia Village. She swears one-on-one on the street, and those who can swear can't leave the house.

As for Lu Dong's eldest cousin, Hu Bin, who works in the county garment factory, he only has tractors and draws cards when he has nothing to do.

Hu Chunlan also said to Lu Dong last time that if you have money, don't learn from your old cousins.

It is said that sometimes the game is quite big, and the wages can be spent in two or three days.

I went there, put down my things, and said a few words, but there was no intention of leaving a meal there. Lu Dong and Hu Chunlan knew each other well, and they took the initiative to leave before eleven o'clock.

After so many years, I have long been used to it.

It's enough that everyone can get by.

Lu Dong's family doesn't have many relatives. Lu Jianjun and Lu Jianguo are just two brothers, and Hu Chunlan is three brothers and sisters. There are not so many messy relatives.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, after visiting relatives, the most important thing is to welcome the God of Wealth.

The rules of Lujia Village have been simplified, that is, set up an incense table and a firecracker to finish.

If you are more particular, you will pile firewood and burn paper.

After welcoming the God of Wealth, you can clean the firecracker skins and wash your clothes.

The Chinese New Year in rural areas does not end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and some villages will play dragon lanterns.

But this year, people in Lujia Village are not thinking about it. After the fifth day of the new year, they are preparing for the food company.

Lv Zhenlin's report on applying for support policies and funds has been written, and he will ask Lao Liang, who has officially retired, to revise it, and it will be submitted when the public unit returns to work on the eighth day of the new year.

There are people above, and it is not a big problem to pass the approval.

In addition, Lu Zhenlin realized that Lao Liang could still use his spare energy, so he specially hired Lao Liang as a consultant for Lu's food company.

No one can underestimate the wisdom and contacts of an old man who has worked for forty years and stepped down from the top leader of Chengguan Town.

Of course, Lao Liang didn't do it for money, as long as a symbolic salary of 1 yuan, on the one hand, he couldn't stay idle, and on the other hand, it was because of his decades of friendship with Lu Zhenlin.

Within the scope of Qingzhao County, if the food company encounters difficulties from legitimate channels, Lao Liang can solve most of them.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Lu Zhenlin went to Quannan alone, interviewed with a few people who had been appointed on the afternoon of the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, and confirmed that they would supply the canteens of three large enterprises.

These three orders alone can support a small village-run enterprise.

At the beginning of the business, there was a world of difference between someone supporting me on a horse and sending me off, and me being bored.

On the morning of the ninth day of the lunar new year, Lu's food company held another meeting, and decided to open stores in four towns after the fifteenth day.

After the meeting, Lu Dong rode his motorcycle to the university town. Compared with years ago, the students were on vacation and the workers returned home. The university town was extremely quiet, and there was not a single seller in the market at the central intersection.

There are still very few permanent residents here.

I can't even meet a single person after walking for half a day.

Lu Dong went directly to the Xuefu Wenyuan Community. The construction site hadn't started work yet, and the sales office was also on holiday, so it was very quiet.

Years ago, because of going to the market, I didn't come here for more than half a month. Lu Dong found that there were also changes. For example, the building numbers were printed on the upstairs. The house Lu Chun bought was in Building 2, and the house he bought was in Building 3.

Lu Dong walked all the way in, and it was not difficult to judge that the buildings sold in the community were temporarily unoccupied.

I don't know how Yang Liewen communicated with several schools.

University towns want to boost the real estate market in the short term, which should be the biggest stimulus for consumption.

These years, there have been no moth scandals, and the affiliated schools of several universities are all very fragrant.

Twenty years later, affiliated schools are still very popular, and real estate companies are booming.

The house price of 30,000+ in this community was the best proof.

Twenty years later, this kind of community is regarded by many people as a veritable old and small.

If there is no underground parking lot and no planned parking spaces, it will be a headache to death after 2010. Driving in and out will be absolutely ecstasy, especially training the owner's parking skills.

Lu Dong parked his motorcycle, took out a bunch of keys, and opened the door from the south to enter the small courtyard. He hadn't been here for almost a month, and there was a layer of dust.

Not to mention, just clean it up first.

The inventory here is all emptied, and the workers in the university city and the construction site will not be able to return until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Lu Dong is not in a hurry to buy.

Entering the house, the bare concrete walls are very eye-catching.

Lu Dong decided to wait for the weather to get warmer and find someone to do a simple renovation, such as scraping putty or something. There is no need to go to others, Li Jiazhu's decoration team will do.

Get some simple furniture, such as beds and wardrobes, in case of unexpected situations such as heavy rain, you can live here.

Hu Chunlan is looking for someone to make a bed recently, so there is no need to buy it.

Of course, the biggest use here is still to act as a temporary warehouse.

When the store opens, more goods will be needed, and this house is also close to each other, so it is very convenient to store things.

Thinking of the store, Lu Dong left the house and went to the construction site to have a look, especially the part of the store surrounded by fences.

Years ago, the second-floor shop was capped and the windows were installed. The basic construction was completed, and even the checkered brick floor outside the shop was paved. Because of the weather, only a small part of the paint on the outer wall was painted. .

Lu Dong easily found his No. 1 shop, which was facing the intersection and had the largest area, making it easy to identify.

The outer wall of the store is arc-shaped, and the main entrance faces southwest. As long as the signboard is hung, people coming from the east, west and south can see it at first sight.

The store has two floors, 170 square meters, with a large usable area. It is very convenient for making spicy soup or fried chicken.

Lu Dong's preliminary plan is to make Malatang first, after all, Lu's Malatang has already gained a reputation, and the investment is relatively low.

You can also sell some drinks along the way, and you can also sell braised pork biscuits in a separate window.

You can even set up a few tables and try the hot pot mode.

Everything can be rinsed, everything can be fried, and everything can be baked.

These are the three major aspects of Lu Dong's future business, and it was once the most popular public catering model.

Lu Dong looked up and down, and according to his judgment, the house will be handed over soon.

After handing over the house, you can decorate and install the equipment, ready to open the store.

Lu Dong calculated the funds. He had 360,000 yuan in his bank card, and he still had more than 10,000 yuan in spare cash left over from years ago. He will continue to buy shops in the future, and he can borrow money. The rest is more than enough to open a shop.

He is also planning to register a company corresponding to the trademark - Lu's Catering.

At the same time, it is considered to attract several people to become shareholders, and the candidates are also considered.

On the one hand, there are funds in hand, and on the other hand, it can bring help.

Lu Dong knew very well that since he wanted to start a business, it was useless to float in the sky, and he had to consider the actual situation of the current society and region.

In a place like Qingzhao, it is not an exaggeration for a powerful section chief of the competent department to kill a small company.

Afterwards, he went to other stores to look at the specific situation.

Lu Dong left the construction site, came to the intersection, and called Ivan. The big Ivan was still on vacation in Quannan. The whole family's lifestyle has been sinicized, so he invited Lu Dong to watch the Lantern Festival at the First Spring in the World.

Very enthusiastic, Lu Dong still declined, and agreed to wait for Ivan to come back to work, and the two of them would have a good chat.

Lu Dong called Qian Rui again and asked him if he was in the county. He planned to go to the bank to withdraw money and return him the 20,000 yuan.

Qian Rui and Zhao Juanjuan went shopping in Quannan, and they won't be back for two days, saying that they will wait until after the fifteenth day.

The creditors are not in a hurry, and Lu Dong, who is in debt, can also be patient.

He hasn't cultivated the super state of being a master in debt.

Lu Dong called Du Xiaobing again, and the connection was quickly connected there. After a few words, he heard Du Xiaobing's voice asking for warmth, knowing that Du Xiaobing was busy with something, and asked him when he would return to the University City Just hung up the phone.

Old Du is fine with everything, just...

Lu Dong shook his head, completely unable to understand.

Isn't it good to make money and start a business?

A man should start a career first, and then consider starting a family.

Lu Dong left the phone booth, looked at the phone card in his hand, and simply rode his motorcycle to the county seat. It was still early, so he went to the county seat to check the phone, and if the price was right, he would buy one directly.

After the fifteenth day, he must be busy with business, and it will be much more convenient to have a mobile phone, and he can afford it now.

Even in 1999, mobile phones were still a rarity. In the small place of Qingzhao, if you want to buy a mobile phone, you can only go to the telecommunications hall.

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