The Era of Hard Work

Every year before the new year, people in the old street of Lujia Village are used to a group of people coming to visit Hu Chunlan and Lu Dong, and they also know that they are Lu Jianjun's comrades-in-arms.

There are many soldiers in Lujia Village. In the summer of 1998, I witnessed the soldiers standing on the front line of the flood. As a village precariously on the edge of the flood, the people here understand the demeanor of blood stains.

This year, more people came, and the female relatives came with them.

Yu Zhanlong, Ma Yuanchao and their daughter-in-laws who work in Quannan came with them.

Director Ma from the Women's Federation already knew Lu Jianjun and had been here before.

Ma Yuanchao's wife, also Ma Ming's mother, Zhang Li, came to Lujia Village for the first time.

Everyone was talking in the main room, but Zhang Li found Lu Dong who came out to fill the thermos bottle.

Ma Ming was going to come with me, but something happened with the classmate, so it was delayed. Zhang Li was wearing a woolen coat. She was in her forties, but she was well maintained, giving people a feeling of youth and prosperity. Her voice was not high, and her tone was flat: I heard about Mengcheng, thank you.

Lu Dong said, Aunt Zhang...

Zhang Li raised her hand to stop Lu Dong's polite words: Lu Dong, if you want to come to the island city someday, you can find me.

Without further ado, he handed Lu Dong a business card, turned around and went back to the main room.

Unlike Ma Yuanchao, Zhang Li has very little contact with this side, so naturally there is no friendship.

As for Lu Dong, I have heard a lot from comrades-in-arms Lao Ma before, that he is a bastard who does not live up to expectations.

Who knows, the past two years have changed a lot.

In fact, Zhang Li didn't care much about these things.

The reason why I made a special trip this year is mainly because Lu Dong saved her son.

Zhang Li works in Daocheng, and her position is not too low. After carefully asking about Mengcheng, when she learned that the gangsters in the village had guns, her heart trembled with fear. She is just such a son. There is a good or bad...

Regardless of Lu Dong's state of mind, Zhang Li would accept it if he could save Ma Ming regardless of his safety.

After inquiring carefully, Zhang Li has her own judgment. Lu Dong's handling from the beginning to the end, except when rescuing Ma Ming, avoided all risks as much as possible at other times, which is more than a little bit better than her bookish son.

I feel that Ma Ming and Lu Dong have more contacts, and there is no harm.

Old Yu and Old Wei have always had good eyesight on people.

Similar to last year, everyone stayed at home for a while, and Lu Zhenlin came over and invited everyone to visit the village factory.

The development and changes of Lujia Village can be seen with the naked eye. An ancient village is showing great vitality.

The crowd didn't stay long, and left before four o'clock in the afternoon, and many of them talked with Lu Dong alone.

The convoy left, and Lu Dong and Hu Chunlan sent them to the streets.

During the Spring Festival, the day when thousands of families are reunited, the villagers who worked outside also came back one after another.

In the two days after tomorrow, Lu Dong participated in several gatherings, between brothers on the same street, organized by elementary school classmates, and so on.

I also went to pull fireworks with Lu Jianren and came back. The village committee will set off fireworks on the elementary school playground on the 30th night. It not only celebrates the achievements of the past year, but also implies that the next year will continue to be prosperous.

On the evening of the 30th, Lu Dong and Hu Chunlan had dinner at the uncle's house as usual. Compared with last year's New Year's Eve dinner, there was less Lu Xia and more Fang Yan.

During the dinner, Li Min and Hu Chunlan inevitably asked when Lu Xia and Fang Yan were going to have a baby, and it even became the main topic throughout the dinner.

Urging marriage, giving birth, and urging a second child are all common New Year packages for the older generation.

In the eyes of rural people, Lu Chun and Fang Yan were already older when they got married. They were both in their twenties. It would be too strange not to have children.

A lot of Lu Chun's peers have children in elementary school.

Seeing that the eldest brother and sister-in-law were exhausted, Lu Dong took the initiative to answer the call, drank a glass of wine with the uncle and elder brother, and asked Fang Yan: Sister-in-law, will you all move here after the new year?

Everything will be moved before May 1st. Fang Yan doesn't want to continue the topic that has been spawned. Both her and Lu Chun's careers are on the rise, and they have no plans to have children for the time being. The main reason is that they can't afford to delay that time, so they hurriedly said another thing: I heard a gossip about University City and Qingzhao County, saying that the higher authorities have decided on the eastward expansion strategy and are planning to make Qingzhao move.

Men have always been interested in this kind of topic. When people from the village gather together, they can talk about important national affairs and fight for a certain policy. What's more, Lu Dong, Lu Chun and Lu Jianguo present here may all have direct connections.

Even Hu Chunlan didn't care about Fang Yan not having children for the time being. After all, there was a change in Qingzhao's side, which might have some impact on the food company.

Only Li Min was somewhat dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law, but fortunately he didn't say much.

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been a subject of great learning.

Fang Yan works in a newspaper office and has reached the middle level. She follows a certain female leader who is capable and has a background. It is inevitable that she heard some gossip: I heard from the editor-in-chief that rumors spread that some leaders deliberately let the The university town and the eastern part of Sennan were divided together, merged into Sennan City, and became a separate district.

Lu Jianguo frowned: Can Qingzhao agree? How big is the area, how many people? There is also industry. Last year, Qingzhao jumped to more than ten counties in the top 100, and the university city is the key.

Lu Dong answered, If the higher-ups want to push, Qingzhao can't stop it.

That's how it used to be, but it's going to be a long time coming.

Fang Yan said again: It is said that Qingzhao also has ideas, saying that the county will be withdrawn and divided into districts.

Lu Chun asked: The opinions of the leaders above are unified?

Not unified. Fang Yan heard the editor-in-chief mention a few words: At present, it should stay in the heads and mouths of some people...

Lu Dong thought for a while and said, It shouldn't be possible in a short period of time. It's time-consuming and labor-intensive just to unify the ideas at the top. Moreover, the province can only promote such things as districting. He pointed to the north: If we really want to realize it, we have to wait for the approval there.

Lu Chun added: There are rumors, which means that someone above is promoting this matter.

Lu Dong nodded: If it can be realized, the benefits to the University City will outweigh the disadvantages. If the University City can be connected with Quannan, my business will be easy.

Everyone discussed the future development of Qingzhao, and the matter of whether to have children or not was naturally thrown aside.

Lu Chun quietly gave Lu Dong a thumbs up, and he managed it tonight.

After dinner, singing began to sound from the speakers in the brigade.

Hey, the happy gongs and drums beat out the festivities every year, the beautiful dances bring joy every day, the oil paint of the sun makes today's day red, the flowers of life are our smiles... Today is a good day, what I think Everything can be done...

Amidst the singing, a large number of villagers walked out of their homes and went to the spacious playground of the primary school.

The village wants to set off fireworks on the big stage in the playground.

Lu Dong went to the village committee, loaded up the car with Lu Jianren, Li Lin, Lu Tao and others who had rushed over, and drove into the elementary school.

Because the news that Lujia Village was about to set off fireworks had already spread, not only people from Lujia Village, but also a large number of people from Majia Village across the river and Liu Wan and Zhang Wan who were nearby.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the sky was already dark, and as the music from the loudspeaker ended, the fireworks placed on the stage rushed into the sky, bursting into dazzling light.

After twenty fireworks, Lu Dong led a group of young people to light another twenty red carpets. The fires flickered non-stop, and the big stage was covered with a thick red carpet.

On this day of celebration, iron trees and silver flowers are in full bloom in Lujia Village.

Li Wenyue came up from below with a flower king in his arms, handed it to Li Lin, and said to Lu Dong, Here comes Zhao Di, she's in the car below.

Lu Dong handed the lighter to Lu Tao and said, Listen to Brother Lin.

He and Li Wenyue jumped off the big stage from the side and came to the side of the van. Liu Linlin and Liu Zaizhao sisters were standing at the front of the van.

There were too many people, and with the sound of fireworks overhead, Lu Dong asked the two sisters to go outside together.

Lu Dong asked, Why are you here?

Liu Zaizhao was the first to say, There are fireworks in your village, come and have a look.

Li Wenyue pointed around the stage: There are many people from the outer village.

Liu Linlin said, Come out and get some air.

Lu Dong nodded and asked, Are you okay?

It's okay. Liu Linlin smiled quietly, It's okay for those who celebrate Chinese New Year.

Li Wenyue sighed secretly, he also knew what was going on at his old classmate's house.

Liu Linlin looked around and said to Lu Dong and Li Wenyue: I looked along the river bank from the north yesterday, and your village has really changed.

Lu Dong said: The policy above is good, my third grandfather dares to break through.

Liu Zaizhao suddenly answered, People say that there is a good secretary in Lujia Village, so the better you get over it, the poorer Liu Wan is.

Liu Mingquan, Lu Dong and Li Wenyue, sister Liu Linlin's father, were difficult to answer.

According to the situation in rural areas, there may be many people with ideas, but to lead a village to become rich collectively, it really needs a strong leader.

Liu Linlin didn't want to discuss her father in front of her classmates, so she asked instead: Lu Dong, you are in the catering business, do you know which restaurant in the county opens earlier?

Lu Dong didn't answer, but asked, Do you want to treat me?

I want my old classmates to have a meal, and you have helped me a lot. Liu Linlin said softly, I don't want to be at home. The restaurants outside are closed during the Chinese New Year.

Li Wenyue said with a smile: We have been classmates and friends for many years, so there is no need to treat us.

Liu Linlin said, It's not just the two of you.

Lu Dong thought for a while and said, How early do you plan to invite me?

Liu Linlin obviously thought about it: Before the fifth day, I plan to leave on the sixth day...

Li Wenyue asked: Didn't it mean that the fifteenth day will pass?

Liu Linlin said: The side where I work, there will be something after the seventh day.

It seems that there are no people who go to work before the fifth day of the lunar new year.

This is not more than ten years later, the Chinese New Year is basically closed, Lu Dong said: So, go to my hot pot restaurant in the county, the place is big enough, but no one cooks, we need to do it ourselves.

Liu Linlin hesitated: Will it be too much trouble?

It's fine. Lu Dong said, It's just a matter of tidying up after dinner.

Liu Linlin thought about it for a while, but couldn't find a better place, so she agreed, and said, We'll be on the fifth day of the new year, and I'll call the others. Wen Yue, don't forget to call Yuan Jing, Lu Dong... ...

She hesitated for a moment, then said, Your name is Song Na.