The Era of Hard Work

The visitor was twenty-three or four-year-old, thin and lean, riding a used red Mustang 100 motorcycle, wearing a thick black leather jacket, with a parted hair, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Hu Chunlan. It was Hu Bin, cousin of Uncle Lu Dong's family.

Lu Dong smiled and asked, Brother, where is this going?

Walk around. Hu Bin's eyes fell on the phone that Lu Dong had just hung up: Dongzi, new phone, just bought?

Lu Dong said: This is not a big price cut for Telecom, I bought one, and it is convenient to contact.

Hu Bin asked with a smile, What's your phone number?

Lu Dong said the number, Hu Bin said it twice, and said: Dongzi, I went out on the second day of junior high school. I was not at home, and I didn't see you and my aunt. My father and my mother, hey...

He patted the handle of the motorcycle: You and my aunt won't be left for dinner at noon, I'll come back and talk about them.

Lu Dong was very calm and said it nicely: It's okay, we are relatives, the bones are broken and the tendons are connected.

Hu Bin is also a talker: No matter what the older generation is, don't affect our friendship, we are also cousins.

Lu Dong smiled: We can't and can't control the affairs of the older generation. Let's talk about our own.

Hu Bin also laughed, and asked: Is there something going on? Is it okay, brother will take you to play? It's New Year's Eve, you have to find some entertainment, right?

Lu Dong understood what he was talking about, and quickly waved his hands: Another day, I still have a lot of things on hand, so I have to go back.

Hu Bin was a little disappointed: What can happen.

Lu Dong rode on Xiao Jialing and said, Brother, something really happened. He tried to persuade him, It's cold, don't play around, go back early.

Hu Bin shook his head: Okay, let's do your work, I know your brother well.

After speaking, he rode the Mustang 100 and left first.

Lu Dong took a look, then rode on the Jialing motorcycle and headed west, back to Lujia Village.

There are some things that even my parents can't control, let alone my cousin.

Hu Bin went to Zhanqian Street, turned into an alley, and after making several turns, he arrived at the gate of a large courtyard of a one-story house.

Before entering the door, there were two dogs barking, a black back and a wolf green barking in the iron cages on both sides of the gate, showing sharp canine teeth in their mouths, which looked very scary.

Who? The small window on the big iron door of the bungalow opened.

Hu Bin came over from time to time and said, Me!

The people inside saw it clearly, opened the door, and said with a smile: Civil and military.

This is Hu Bin's nickname.

Stone. Hu Bin pushed the cart into the door and asked, Is everyone here?

Standing at the door and looking left and right, the surroundings were quiet and there was no abnormality. Shitou closed the iron gate, whistled at the two dogs, and Heibei and Langqing quieted down.

He led the way to the main room, and replied as he walked: They are all here, and you are the only one missing.

Open the thick cloth curtain, and then push open the wooden door to enter the main room. The headlights are turned on during the day, and there are four people inside, three of whom are acquaintances of Hu Bin, and a middle-aged man who is quite strange and has never seen him before.

The middle-aged man is not tall and looks inconspicuous.

Shitou introduced: Wenwu, this is Brother Ma, a leading figure in the county. Brother Ma, this is Hu Wenwu...Look at me, it's called Shunzui, this is Hu Bin, from Majia Village.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly at Hu Bin, obviously not paying attention to him.

Shitou said again: Brother Ma, Wenwu's cousin is Lu Kuisheng, who is very famous in the university town.

Hearing that the surname is Lu, and it is a university town, Brother Ma frowned: This name is a bit strange.

Hu Bin said with a smile: This is a nickname. My old cousin is called Lu Dong. I don't know who gave me the nickname when I was in school.

Brother Ma nodded lightly: Lu Dong, I know him, I have met him several times.

Hu Bin wondered: Lv Dong is so powerful?

Shitou nodded seriously: I have a brother who is doing business in the University City, and he said that Lu Dong is like this in the University City! He put up a thumb, and said: It is said that the people over there gave him a foreigner. No, it’s called the leader of the Five Poison Sect! Listen to this name, you should know it.”

Hu Bin knew that Lu Dong was not a good stubble when he was in school, but he didn't expect that he would be so good when he stepped into the society.

The leader of the Five Poison Sect, if you listen to this name, you will not do good things.

Brother Ma was a little impatient: Let's hurry up.

Shi Shi hurriedly brought the words back: Shall we use mahjong? Pai Gow? Or poker?

Everyone else gave Ma Ge face, Qiqi looked at him.

Brother Ma did his part: There are many people, and the tractor can handle it quickly.

Shi Shi went to get the poker: That's fine.

Among the other three, a tall man asked, Wenwu, do you have enough money? We don't want to play for an hour and then run away. Isn't that going to break the game?

Hu Bin took out a stack of money from his inner pocket, some in zero and some in whole, probably several hundred.

He moved a chair and sat at the square table, throwing the money directly on the table: See? I brought all the wages and bonuses from years ago! I won't leave until I win your pants off today! Today, I, Hu Bin Let you go home naked!

Shi Shi brought a brand-new deck of poker, which was carefully made. After disassembling it, everyone checked it next to each other, and then began to shuffle the deck.

Light a cigarette, throw down some money, and the smoke is lingering. Soon, a group of people, some are as happy as gods, and some are wide-eyed and full of veins.

Hu Bin was unlucky, and he lost in several battles with Ma Ge. The money in hand quickly dropped by one-third, and his head was covered with sweat.

But I don't have any intention of leaving, I just want to make money.

The more people lose, the less they want to leave.

The poker game lasted until after eight o'clock in the evening, when Hu Bin left the house empty-handed, got on his motorcycle and prepared to leave.

The stone was sent out: Wenwu, how about I lend you some.

Hu Bin was moved, but he still had a little rationality left, and said: No, I will come back to make money when I have money.

He knew the true meaning of Shitou's so-called borrowing money. This usury borrowed money, but it was very profitable.

Borrowing money, you can't borrow stones.

It wasn't just him, there was another person who lost everything, followed him out of the house, got on his bicycle and left.

The two of them went out, and the bicycle pusher said, I'll go back to raise money, and I'll continue tomorrow!

Stone said: Okay! No problem.

Hu Bin rode on his bicycle and walked back. In the winter, there is basically no nightlife in the small county town, and there is no one on the street at this point.

I lost all my money today, what should I do if I have no money? How do you turn over the book?

While walking, Hu Bin passed by the Telecom Sales Department, and suddenly thought of what happened during the day.

Lu Dong even bought a mobile phone!

...

In the main room of the yard, there was only one person left, and Brother Ma was collecting money, which was a thick stack.

Shi Shi came in from the door and complimented: Brother Ma, your poker skills are amazing!

It's a small thing, it's not worth mentioning. Brother Ma put away the money and said, It's all small troubles, it's nothing. When you have time someday, I'll let you see what a big scene is.

Stone asked: Yang...

Brother Ma turned his head and looked over, Shi Shi slapped his mouth: Look at my broken mouth!

Just understand. Ma Ge warned: Shitou, watch your mouth, don't let someone stitch it up with a needle someday.

Shitou smiled: Don't worry, Brother Ma, I'm watertight.

Ma Ge nodded, went out of the courtyard door, entered another spacious alley, got into a black Santana, turned on the gas and left.

...

On the avenue out of the county, Hu Bin found a shop with a public phone and dialed the number he wrote down before.

Lu Dong, it's me, your brother! Hu Bin said with a smile, It's nothing, so I asked you if you went back? Did you go back? Okay, are you busy tomorrow? How about I play with you? What? Are you busy tomorrow? No time...

The Lu Family Village Brigade vaguely heard Lu Dong say Hu Bin's name, and Hu Chunlan was worried, so she followed her out of the office.

This natal nephew doesn't cause much trouble, but just likes to play cards, and there is not enough money to fill it.

Lu Dong saw Hu Chunlan and asked, Brother, just tell me what's going on, I'm here for a meeting.

The other side seemed embarrassed to speak, hesitated for a while, and then said: Lu Dong, it's not convenient at hand? First lend me 1,000 yuan for emergency, and I will pay you back in a week at most.

Are you playing cards again? Lu Dong immediately guessed, It's a bottomless pit, and no amount of money is enough to fill it in. You...

In fact, there are many people who play cards and tractors. For example, Uncle Qi is very proficient, but he just plays poker and has nothing to do with gambling.

According to Uncle Qi, the real money is when he plays cards with those traffickers.

Hu Bin's words interrupted him: Just this time, I won't play around with the book.

If it was really a young Lu Dong, maybe he would still believe it. Lu Dong had opened a shop before, and he had also seen a street where people ruined his home.

This thing, if it is stained, it is not easy to quit, and according to my mother, Hu Bin has played it for more than a year.

Lend him money, that is fueling the flames.

Lu Dong was thick-skinned enough that the borrower had the guts to ask, but he also had the guts to refuse: Brother, you saw me too, I just bought a mobile phone, and I don't have any money at the moment, why don't you come here, we brothers have a good time... ...

I won't go there, I'll find you again when I have time, that's fine, let's not talk about it.

The voice fell, the phone beeped, and the other side hung up.

Lu Dong turned to look at Hu Chunlan: Cousin's phone number.

Hu Chunlan gave up hope a long time ago: Did you borrow any money? She said something that Lu Dong didn't know: Two years ago, he came to our house and said that the car broke down and needed to be repaired. For living expenses, I gave him a few hundred yuan to buy fertilizer, and later I found out that he used it to play cards, so let alone pay it back, I didn’t even mention it.”

Lu Dong put away his mobile phone: It doesn't matter if you spend a few hundred dollars, if you need to do something else, we can help naturally, but this kind of thing...

Hu Chunlan was very helpless: Your uncle's little family property, sooner or later he will have to clean it up.

Lu Dong: How about I look for the police station, our town station, I know a few.

Don't! Hu Chunlan reminded: People don't have to hate us for the rest of their lives! Especially your eldest aunt, she has such a sharp mouth, she shouldn't come to beat her every day.

She sighed: Everyone has his own aspirations. We have persuaded and talked about it. What else can we do? Your uncle and his wife can't control it, so let's stop worrying about it.

For those who celebrate the new year, they go back to their mother's house with gifts, and their brothers and sisters-in-law don't take them for lunch. After a year, they will inevitably feel weak.

Lu Dong nodded: I understand.

What happened to Tian Dabang made Lu Dong realize that he is not a savior when manpower is sometimes exhausted.

Back in the brigade's office, there was not much meeting to end, Lu Dong deliberately walked together with Li Jiazhu, and said as they walked, Second Uncle Li, I bought a house in Wenyuan of Xuefu, and I wanted to simply renovate it. I don't know anyone else. , I had no choice but to come to you.

Li Jiazhu asked: When are you free, let's go and have a look.

Can we do it tomorrow? Lu Dong suggested.

Li Jiazhu nodded: Okay. I will go to the new store in the village tomorrow morning to have a look, and then go to yours in the afternoon to measure it.