The Era of Hard Work

At 7:30 in the morning, Lu Dong arrived at Shilipu Market on time and arrived at Brother Niu's shop.

Brother Niu was instructing people to unload the goods on the stalls of the shop, several large fans of pork were hoisted up, the pig's hoofs were piled up on the stall, and a few pig tails were attached along the way.

He saw Lu Dong and said to him, Little brother, wait a minute.

No rush, you go first. Lu Dong found a Maza and sat down by the booth to rest.

For the groceries sold here, the unloader also brought a large bucket of oval-shaped things. Lu Dong glanced at it, and it turned out to be a bucket of white waist.

It's normal to think that Brother Niu has a client from BBQ Street.

The delivery person left, and Brother Niu put a big pig's head on the stall again. The pig's head was not completely processed, and there were hairs in places such as the cochlea and nostrils. Most people would feel a little panicked when they saw it.

Lu Dong is commonplace. He used to help his old lady deal with the sewage during the Chinese New Year, and often used an ax to chop pigs' heads.

Later, in order to attract customers, many shops slaughtered sheep and donkeys on the street. The bloody scene always attracted a large number of gourmets to stop.

Little brother! Brother Niu greeted Lu Dong.

An aunt came over, pointed to the pig's head and asked, Boss, cut this pig's head in half for me.

Brother Niu didn't move: If you want it, you want it all, how can you cut it in half?

The aunt stared at Brother Niu: Do you do business like this?

Brother Niu seemed to know that a verbal argument would only lead to defeat, so he simply said nothing and called Lu Dong to go to the electronic scale together.

Knowing that the monkey was draining on the plastic basket, Brother Niu chatted with Lu Dong, pointed to the bucket next to the mountain buffalo, and asked, Can you catch this thing?

Lu Dong said directly: There are many mountains and barren grasslands, and my plain is full of cultivated land.

In fact, there are also fruit forests, but the number is very small.

Brother Niu is not without regrets: There are a few companies that ask for it by name. This thing is not easy to get, and the price is higher than that of Jin Chan.

Lu Dong had no place to get them. Even if he could catch them, there were only a few at most. He pointed to the pig's head and asked, Brother Niu, how do you sell pigs off the water?

It depends on which part to buy. Brother Niu roughly said: If you buy a whole hang, it will be roughly half the price.

You want to buy it? he asked.

Lu Dong said casually, Ask. In my old village, many people are good at boiling water.

Brother Niu became interested: A lot of people do this business?

Lu Dong shook his head: No, just one family.

Why? Brother Niu's interest dissipated, and then he was puzzled, and then wanted to understand: What age is this, and I still hold those old-fashioned ideas.

Lu Dong smiled: It's hard to talk about the older generation.

Looking at the entire eastern region, Taidong's degree of conservatism is second to none.

Knowing that the monkey had drained the water, Brother Niu simply picked it out, threw away a few that had turned black, and looked at the scale: 5 catties and 6 taels, the price has increased today, and I will count it as 15 yuan and 5 for you.

When Lu Dong came over, he inquired about the price, and Brother Niu gave Lu Dong 87 yuan.

Then, Brother Niu went into the house, took out a bottle of water, and threw it to Lu Dong: Drink on the road.

Lu Dong looked down, and it was upgraded again—Iced Sprite!

Brother Niu is indeed an interesting person.

Because there were no leeches, Lu Dong didn't need to go to the West Market, so he got on his bicycle and walked back, returning to the orchard after nine o'clock.

Hu Chunlan told Lu Dong that Lu Zhenlin wanted him to go to the brigade after lunch and go to the county together in the afternoon.

Seeing that it was still early, Lu Dong went to the river again with a fishing net water bag.

As the water became weaker, the number of fish also decreased. Lu Dong cast a few nets, except for the small fish, most of them were catfish or Gaya.

Near noon, Lu Dong returned to the orchard, put a few catfish into the water tank, threw Ga Ya and other small fish into the basin, and let the old lady give them away.

After lunch, Lu Dong rode to the brigade on a 28-bar. He came too early, and Li Wenyue was alone in the office.

You came early enough. Lu Dong opened a chair and sat across from his desk: Are you addicted to being a guest accountant?

Li Wenyue put down his pen: I have nothing to do during the holidays, so I want to work on the construction site. He lightened his thin arms, which were as thin as bamboo poles: My dad won't let me go, because I'm afraid I won't earn enough money to see a doctor.

Lu Dong knew that he was weak and sick since he was a child: You just stay safe.

In addition to Lu Zhenlin, the village committee of Lujia Village also has an accountant and a female director.

With other jobs concurrently, Li Wenyue who can count and write, the others are much more relaxed.

Li Wenyue worried: This is not a solution.

Lu Dong asked, What's wrong?

Li Wenyue looked outside the office door, and lowered his voice a little: I heard the third grandfather talking to my second uncle in the morning. His second uncle is the accountant of the brigade: The overall planning and retention quota has been set, each person is 160 yuan, and it is required to collect within two months together.

Just like public grain, living in the countryside, it is impossible not to deal with overall planning and retention, and the specific amount and payment time vary from region to region.

Lu Dong pressed his arms on the table: 320 yuan, luckily I made some money recently.

Nearly a third of the 1,000 yuan earned from Zhengda has not been warmed up.

Li Wenyue knows how to calculate: There are only two people in your family, and there are grandparents in my family. Let me do the math. Five people are 800. Then there is money for my schooling. My dad will feel uncomfortable.

His father works as a big worker on the construction site in the university city: My father wants to get paid in the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he has to ask for it in advance. Dongzi, ask for the salary in advance. Does it mean that the construction station won't give the Mid-Autumn Festival benefits?

As a collective enterprise, the county and town construction station has a good performance, even those who work on the construction site have benefits during the holidays.

Lu Dong thought about it, and said: It seems that there is such a thing. He suggested: You talk to the third grandfather and ask him to make a call. After all, the third construction company is in charge of the fifth grandfather.

Li Wenyue thought it was a solution: Let my grandpa tell the third grandpa that I am light.

Lu Dong gave a suggestion: Don't mention it yet. Wen Yue, when your college entrance examination results come out, it's best to get the notice and then mention it. I'm sure it will be fine.

These days, college students, especially key undergraduates, are still highly valued.

Not surprisingly, Li Wenyue puts a lot of emphasis on his roots. In the tradition of Lujia Village, he not only attaches great importance to it, but also expresses it.

Li Wenyue is not stupid at all, what he lacks is social experience. After hearing Lu Dong's words, he thought about it for a while, then tilted his head and looked at Lu Dong: Dongzi, you have really changed a lot.

Lu Dong crossed his legs: This is called enlightenment, do you understand?

He said so on the lips, but he was thinking in his heart. The amount of the overall plan and retention has been released, and the remaining public grain debts will depend on Apple's market.

The price of Guoguang is really worrying in my impression.

Lu Zhenlin came in at this time, with two thick sword eyebrows knit together, and said to Li Wenyue: When your second uncle comes, someone will call and say that the coordinator will take care of the retention, let him deal with it first, don't give guarantees and deadlines! Someone is looking for me Just say that I'm not here, and that's why there's a lot of water, can you tell people to live?

Li Wenyue responded, but Lu Dong didn't speak, and couldn't speak.

Lu Zhenlin greeted Lu Dong: Let's go to the county.

Lu Zhenlin took a rolled up pennant, stuffed it into the cloth pocket on the crossbar of the bicycle, and drove to the county with Lu Dong on 28 poles.

Ningxiu Town is the seat of the county seat. The town government is located next to Ningxiu Cinema not far from the east side of the station. It only takes about ten minutes for Lu Dong and Lu Zhenlin to arrive there.

Lu Zhenlin came over for meetings from time to time, knew the way, and led Lu Dong directly to the second floor of the three-story office building.

The officer who met during the flood received two people.

Mayor Yang is on the phone, please sit down for a while.

Compared with many staff members these days, the officer was more polite and poured everyone a glass of water.

Thank you. Lu Dong was very polite.

Lu Dong was deeply impressed by this officer. When carrying sandbags to block the opening, he directed the propaganda officers with cameras to circle around the mayor.

After the officer left, Lu Dong looked out of the window, construction was going on behind the town hall compound.

Lu Zhenlin glanced at it and said: The staff and teachers in the town raised funds to build the building. Each person will pay 20,000 yuan, and we will make up later depending on the situation.

Dongzi, it's not a bad thing for you to want to go after school. He reiterated the old saying: Young, uncertain, it's good to go for two years, and then let Jianguo find a factory in the county to find a way.

His eyes fell on the construction site: Only with an establishment can there be security.

The third grandfather came out of kindness, Lu Dong didn't say much, but just responded.

The society is changing rapidly, and it is also impacting the traditional concepts of decades.

After seven or eight minutes, the officer came over and took Lu Dong and Lu Zhenlin to the next office. Someone stood up from behind the desk and took the initiative to shake hands with Lu Zhenlin.

Student Lu Dong. Yang Liewen also shook hands with Lu Dong: We meet again.

Mayor Yang, hello. Lu Dong would not lack manners.

At the same time, with a quick glance, the young mayor was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a white shirt and black trousers, the shirt was tucked into the waist, and the belt tip was so shiny that it reflected light.

Great focus on personal image.

Yang Liewen talked to Lu Zhenlin, but Lu Dong wisely kept silent.

Quannan has determined that the Qingzhao River flood is once in 50 years. Although Ningxiu Town has such critical situations as Lujia Village and Majia Village, there is no breach in any place, and they all survived safely.

For Yang Liewen, the crisis has successfully turned into an opportunity.

However, what Lu Zhenlin wanted was more realistic.

The impact of this flood is quite large, and the neighboring villages have given a lot of assistance. Lu Zhenlin always only considers Lujia Village: It is said that it is free rescue, but Lujia Village can't really treat it as free. You have to show it. Mayor Yang, look at the overall planning and retention. This one, can you loosen the ties and let Lujiacun take a breather, the pressure is really high...

Yang Liewen came down from the government. He hadn't studied it carefully before, and he had a deep understanding in the past two months: Old Lu, I know that Lujia Village is in trouble, and the town is also trying to find ways to help Lujia Village solve practical problems. The sand and gravel of the third construction company, I have already communicated that they are considered free donations and do not charge a penny.

Speaking of this matter, Lu Zhenlin was a little unhappy. The older generation of village leaders did not buy into the account of the young town cadres: My fifth brother is in charge of the third company. Where did he come from? Mayor Yang, you have no idea?

Yang Liewen is so good at taking advantage of loopholes, maybe when he takes over this job, he will know that the person in charge of the third company is someone from the Lu family village.

Those who have been in big organizations are all excellent!

Yang Liewen has just arrived, and his style is relatively soft, but he is still Lu Zhenlin's immediate boss, and sitting in this position, he must consider the situation of the whole town: This flood, Ningxiu Town is not only suffering from Lujia Village, Lujia Village is untied, what about other villages? Do you want to continue the work? Lao Lu, you have to consider the overall situation.

Lu Zhenlin's eyebrows trembled: I don't care about other villages. I belong to Lu's Village. I only manage Lu's Village! I'm only responsible for Lu's Village.

Yang Liewen had to emphasize his tone: Old Comrade Lu!

Local small groupism! In the eyes of these people, only their own one-third of an acre of land!

Lu Zhenlin knew how to organize and disciplined, so he didn't argue anymore, and said, The embankment in Lujia Village needs to be repaired, and the dilapidated houses in the elementary school have been reported to me twice a year...

Yang Liewen also has a headache, but the work needs to be done one by one, and it is easier to make mistakes in a hurry: After this special period of work, I will study again.

He glanced at Lu Dong: Old Lu, you go to the third floor.

Lu Zhenlin understood: I'll go talk to Lao Liang.

Lao Liang is the top leader of the town, but he is about to arrive, so he doesn't care much.

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