The Era of Hard Work

The desks with partitions were put in place, and the technicians of Communication Electronics came to install the computers one by one, lead the wires from the wire slots laid out in advance, connect each computer to the network, and pass through the internal network of Lu's Catering Server, pre-installed OA office software, update relevant database, connect laser printer and so on.

Lu's Catering is gradually realizing computer and network office.

Except for Lao Ma and Qian Feng, the management staff of the company, including Lu Dong, Du Xiaobing, Xu Qin, Xue Tian, ​​Gao Ming, and Xu Man, are actually relatively young, and they are not unfamiliar with computers and the Internet. Knowledge is acquired quickly.

Not to mention young people, even Lao Ma and Qian Feng are working hard to learn how to use computers.

The benefits that the automated office system can bring are enough to ignore the disadvantages.

Du Juan's communication company has been providing many software and hardware services for Lu's Catering. The staff is extremely efficient. In less than an hour, they have completed all the office equipment for the newly added more than ten workstations in the office.

In the more than 200-square-meter office space of Lu's Catering, there are nearly a hundred workstations at this time. Even though some of them have not yet been used, they are no longer empty, like the place where the business department and business department are located, and even a little crowded. .

Helping to pack the empty boxes, Lu Kun said to Xue Tian who was wearing professional attire: Sister Xue, do you want to recruit again after the next year?

Xue Tian roughly said: There are many positions that need to be recruited.

Lu Kun thought for a while, and said: I have some comrades in arms, all from various places, all of whom are from auto soldiers. Although the education level is not high, there is nothing to say in terms of hard work and discipline.

Xue Tian said: You have the phone numbers of the distribution centers and relevant persons in charge in various places. Let them go directly to apply for the job. The distribution center needs to recruit people, and the demobilized soldiers are very suitable.

Lu Dong came out of the office at this time, just in time to hear the two talking, and interjected: Xue Tian, ​​you contact the resettlement offices of Qingzhao and Quannan. We need a lot of manpower here, and we can also solve some resettlement difficulties on the spot.

Okay. Xue Tian replied immediately: I will go to the county and city today.

Lu Dong warned: It's mainly the rural demobilized soldiers who are difficult to resettle.

Xue Tianming returned to the city of BC and had a wide range of options, so he probably didn't like the delivery job.

Lu Dong thought for a while, and then said: In this regard, you should make a provision. The headquarters, as well as the branches in various places, strive to admit some suitable demobilized rural soldiers every year.

Xue Tian was able to be in this position, and his ability had been developed long ago. He just thought about it a little, and he understood what Lu Dong meant: I understand.

According to her understanding, Mr. Lu did this because on the one hand, he has special feelings for soldiers. After all, everyone knows Mr. Lu's family situation. On the other hand, he also considers the company's development. The newly demobilized soldiers have a strong sense of community and are easier to manage. , the local people are familiar with the local conditions, which is conducive to the development of branches in various places.

In addition, the company solves some difficulties for the local people, and does not seek to enjoy preferential policies, but it can make things less difficult.

That last one alone is actually worth it.

Lu Dong thought of these things today, partly because he heard the discussion between Lu Kun and Xue Tian, ​​and partly because there was something on his mind all the time.

His second brother, Lu Xia, arrived in Quannan today, and took the plane at 10:30 in the morning.

Lu Dong greeted Lu Kun: Let's go, let's go to the airport.

Lu Kun followed Lu Dong out of the company, and while waiting for the elevator, he said, Brother Dong, according to the speed of our company's development, in at most two years, the offices here will not be enough.

Lu Dong said: If the development of the southern market goes well next year, it is estimated that the spring of 2003 will be very tense.

The two got off the elevator to the underground parking garage, drove the Audi and headed straight to Yaoqiang Airport.

Lu Chun had a meeting this morning, and he couldn't get away until near noon. The job of picking up the plane naturally fell on Lu Dong.

Originally, Li Min also wanted to go to the airport, but the latest call from Lu Xia said that Lu Xia wanted to bring back the girlfriend he was talking with in Xichuan, and Li Min wanted to stay at home and prepare lunch.

On the way to the airport, Lu Dong asked, I remember that there is a rule that you can't talk to someone locally?

They are conscripts, and Air Force pilots are all officers. Lu Kun has just been demobilized for a few years, and he understands the situation better: I remember that the second brother is over 28 years old. After passing this line, he basically agreed to it in the unit negotiation.

Lu Dong only knew some hearsay things and didn't understand the actual situation, so he said a little bit and fell silent.

The last time Lu Xia came back was at the beginning of 1999, which was already in 2002.

Even if Lu Dong didn't understand it, he knew that Lu Xia was not in an ordinary unit.

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At Yaoqiang Airport, a man and a woman walked into the aisle of the terminal building to pick up their luggage.

The man is not tall, with a calm and capable demeanor.

The woman has short hair and has a heroic look.

I'm a little nervous. The woman zipped up her down jacket, somewhat uncomfortable with the dry and cold climate in the north, but her Mandarin was very standard: Lv Xia, take a look again, this suit suits me?

Regarding the relationship between personality and work, Lu Xia is different from Lu Dong and Lu Chun. He is a person who doesn't talk much. He just replied: Yan Li, don't be nervous.

After saying this, he closed his mouth.

The aisle of the terminal building was a bit long, and the two walked in silence for a long time. Seeing that Lu Xia had no intention of speaking, Yan Li asked again: Lu Xia, can your family accept me smoothly?

It was the first time Yan Li came to the door, and she came all the way, feeling a little uneasy, a little self-confident, and a little proud.

Unlike Lu Xia, she grew up in a big city, and after hearing Lu Xia's description of Lu's Village, she knew that the place she was about to go to was a small village. Even if she had a high personal quality, there was inevitably a little bit of superiority in the bottom of her heart. feel.

In the social environment, this is human nature.

Lu Xia glanced at Yan Li, and replied simply and forcefully: Yes.

Yan Li didn't say any more, and followed Lu Xia, walking forward along the long aisle.

But in her heart, what came to her mind was Lu Xia's description of Lu's Village, which was also the only concept she had of her future in-laws' home.

Lu Xia said that Lujia Village is an ordinary small village with a population of thousands of people. The economic conditions are mediocre, and the buildings in the village are even dilapidated. I called back in the past two years, and it seems that a factory has opened in the village, but the time of each call is limited, and the details are not very clear. .

Think of it as a small processing factory in the countryside.

Lu Xia talked more about the family situation. Both his parents and brothers had served in the army, his second uncle died in southern Xinjiang, and he had three cousins ​​in his generation. The eldest brother became a policeman after he changed his job. Go to college, do some small business.

In the past ten years, Lu Xia has not been in Lu's Village for a long time. In addition, he speaks very little. After joining the army, due to various reasons, his words became less and less. No one can expect Lu Xia to describe a real Lu's Village.

Therefore, what Yan Li heard was more about the poor village in Lu Xia's memory.

From this, in Yan Li's impression, Lujia Village is a relatively old, poor and backward village.

The sense of superiority is often based on comparison, even if Yan Li has a relatively high degree of education, it is still difficult to avoid the breeding of similar emotions.

It's just that this kind of hidden sense of superiority is rare, and Yan Li won't let them show up.

When they came to the end of the aisle, they took their large suitcases. Lu Xia pulled them forward, Yan Li reminded: Didn't you say that someone is coming to pick us up? Why don't you contact us in advance?

The third one is here to pick up the plane. Lu Xia found out her mobile phone and made a call. She still didn't talk much. After asking a few words, she hung up the phone and continued walking forward with her suitcase: He is waiting at the exit. .”

Knowing that Lu Xia's family was in front, Yan Li calmed down and followed with her bag on her back.

The Spring Festival travel has already started, there are many people on this flight, and there are many people who come to pick up the plane, but as soon as Lu Xia goes out, he sees Lu Dong in the crowd, his tall and strong figure is very conspicuous.

Second brother! Lu Dong walked towards him, and the corner of Lu Xia's mouth curled up into a smile: The third...

Before he finished speaking, two thick arms stretched out and gave him a hug.

Lu Xia was not used to this way of saying hello after reunion after a long absence, she still dragged the suitcase with her hand.

When Lu Dong let go, and took a step back, Lu Xia sized him up and said, Third brother, you have changed a lot.

I remember the last time I came back, Lu Dong's face was very dark, his hands were covered with cracks from the cold, and some places on his face were extremely rough due to the cold wind.

I haven't seen him in three years, and his face has turned paler and more delicate. Even though the calluses on his big hands are faintly visible, no matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like someone who works hard to earn money.

Lu Kun also came over to say hello: Second Brother...

Xiao Kun. Lu Xia still remembered him: Aren't you a soldier now?

Lu Kun smiled: Demobilized.

Lu Xia nodded, and then remembered that there were still people following behind, so she hurriedly pulled over to introduce, and said a few words: The third child, this is Yan Li, who teaches computer technology in Xichuan.

Yan Li, this is the third child, you can call him Lu Dong.

When we met for the first time, Lu Dong felt that it was not good to call her sister-in-law, so he simply called her in a neutral way: Hello, Teacher Yan.

Although it is called a teacher, according to Lu Dong's guess, it should not be a teacher in the school.

Hello, Lu Dong. Yan Li has certain social experience.

I looked at Lu Dong without any trace just now, and I was a little puzzled. Is this a small business person?

Yan Li's family conditions are not bad. It can be seen that Lu Xia's cousin looks ordinary in clothes, but the style and material of the clothes seem to be the best choice.

This is not the place to talk, Lu Dong took the trolley case from Lu Xia's hand, and Lu Kun went to pick up the luggage bag that Yan Li was carrying, and they walked outside together.

Passing through an aisle, entering the parking lot, and finally coming to an Audi A6, Yan Li became more suspicious.

The one named Lu Kun opened the trunk, put all the luggage in it, and then got into the driver's seat, while Lu Dong went to the co-pilot's seat, and gave the back seat to her and Lu Xia.

Yan Li kept her composure, got into the car, and found a colored page sticking out of the back pocket of the front seat, on which she could read a few words - Lu's Catering Co., Ltd...

company? Still surnamed Lu? Yan Li's gaze crossed the space in the middle of the front seat, and she immediately closed her eyes on Lu Dong.

Lu Chun? Lu Xia? Lu Dong? Lu's Catering? Could this be the small business that Lu Xia talked about?