The Era of Hard Work

The cars going to the west didn't move much, but there were cars coming from the west one after another. Lu Jianren saw the car honking, and soon there was a van passing by at a lower speed.

The glass of the driver's seat was lowered, and the driver shouted: "There are car inspectors at the toll booth!"

Lu Dong looked back and saw that the rear window of the big car was completely blocked by boxes.

Needless to say, the truck is 100% overweight.

This is not in Qingzhao. It is hard to find someone. Once caught, it is fine to say, even the car and the goods will be deducted.

"What should I do?" Song Na asked while lying on the passenger seat.

Du Xiaobing was so tired that he was panting all the time. Now he came back to his senses and said: "It's very troublesome to check. My cousin's previous goods were checked by someone, and it took two months to get the car out after paying a fine. The printer is not enough. five units."

"Don't worry!" Lu Jianren pointed to the front: "I remember that there is a trail, we can go around it."

Lu Dong asked, "Uncle Qi, are you sure?"

Lu Jianren nodded: "After autumn, I will accompany Lao Tie to pull feed. In order to save ten yuan tolls, Lao Tie specially walked around. It's okay, it's quite safe."

There is no other way, I can only try to take the trail, Lu Dong said: "Okay! Let's take a detour."

Not far ahead, there is indeed an asphalt road going north. The road is not too wide. When two cars meet, it is estimated that the outer wheels have to press the muddy side of the road to cross.

Many cars turned that way, and the big cars followed.

The first few cars ran away quickly. The speed of Lu Dong's car was suppressed by the motor tricycle in front. The motor tricycle might be a tattered vehicle, and the bucket was very full, with a lot of broken iron sheets and broken iron. The tubes protrude from the body of the car, and it is not easy to overtake.

After turning two turns, there is a village in front of the right. There is a road connecting the village to this side, forming a small T-shaped intersection. Seven or eight people gathered on both sides of the intersection.

The tricycle stopped in front of the intersection, and the truck also stopped.

"What's the situation?" Du Xiaobing tilted his head to look: "Meet a car bandit and a road tyrant?"

Song Na unconsciously grabbed the stick in her hand, and she would not be afraid to fight.

She was born as a sports student, and she is far more courageous than ordinary girls.

Qiao Weiguo was also flexing his wrists.

Lu Dong could see clearly from a distance, and said, "Don't be nervous, it's okay!"

Lu Jianren said calmly, "It's normal."

The tricycle started, passed the intersection, there was no shelter, and the front was clear at a glance.

There was an old man on the side of the road, who put down the long bamboo pole in his hand and blocked the road. A piece of cardboard was hung on the bamboo pole, and a red paper with calligraphy written on it was pasted - pay the toll when passing the road!

Seven or eight people stood on both sides of the road.

These are not the key points. The most important thing is that an old lady moved a stool and sat behind the bamboo pole.

He is very civilized, and smiled at the driver's side: "Ten yuan! A car for ten yuan!"

Knowing that Qishu's pockets were cleaner than his face, Lu Dong gave Qishu 10 yuan. When encountering such a thing, he didn't ask for much money, and a fool would insist on it.

Don't think about it, these people must be from Lukou Village.

Lu Jianren lowered the window of the car and gave the money to the old man. He waited for the old man to take it, and said, "Brother, let's go from here tomorrow, and it will be cheaper! We Qingzhao's neighbors in Linzi Street will take care of your business. A discount?"

The old man waved his hand generously: "I've made a note of you, let's go for another five yuan!"

Picking up the bamboo pole, the old lady moved it away, Lu Jianren stepped on the gas, and the big car passed the checkpoint smoothly.

Du Xiaobing encountered it for the first time: "This is fine!"

Lu Dong was not surprised: "You rely on mountains to eat mountains, and rely on water to eat water. If you are close to a toll booth, you will eat the toll booth cheap."

Song Na answered, "Someone in my village has done this before. People come to the mountains to pull walnuts and fruits. They block the road and ask for tolls. As a result..."

Du Xiaobing asked: "No one will come next year?"

Song Na nodded lightly: "Yes, a lot of fruit rotted at home and couldn't be sold, a painful lesson."

Lu Jianren said: "The crackdown in the past two years is considered to be in accordance with the rules. If we put it aside six or seven years ago, I really dare to get in the car and grab it hard."

Bypassing the toll booth and returning to the Qingzhao area, everyone was assured that they did not encounter any more problems, and went back to the warehouse at the south end of Qiaojia Village smoothly.

After unloading the car, it was late, before it was dark, Lu Dong told Song Na to go back quickly.

This kind of physical work is different from sports. Du Xiaobing had never done it before, and he was panting from exhaustion. Lu Dong repeatedly told him to be careful before letting him leave on a motorcycle.

Lu Dong told Qiao Weiguo and his father a few words, and said goodbye to Lu Jianren.

Later, it took another day and a half to finish entering the fireworks and firecrackers, and most of the time was spent queuing up.

Fireworks and firecrackers worth 100,000 yuan are piled up like hills in the warehouse.

Lu Dong calculated the cost of each item based on the statistics of purchases, carefully recalled and asked everyone about the relevant prices last year, and basically determined that the cost was multiplied by 3 to 4 to take out.

This depends on the specific market conditions and the number of people who want it.

For example, the average purchase price of Erqijiao is less than 40 cents a piece, and it is sold for 1 yuan and 50 cents, and each person has to buy a bundle at a time, which is definitely not the price.

Of course, formal channels are expensive to buy, and black goods can be bought for two or three cents.

In previous years, it didn't matter much to buy such goods, but this year...

Lu Dong asked Lu Chun again, the special action has been confirmed, and the notice has been sent to the directors and instructors of each institute, but it has not been passed down for the time being, and the specific time will be heard.

Last time when applying for a certificate, Lu Dong got in touch with someone, and specifically asked about the certificate, but there were very few people who went to apply for the certificate.

Most people don't want to pay the more than 800 yuan.

As for the certificates issued in previous years? This thing needs to be done once a year, and the temporary certificate will become invalid after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

At noon after the last shipment, several people gathered in the reception room of the warehouse. Qiao Weiguo's father would stay here for half a month, specially lit the stove, and cooked a big pot of stew for everyone.

"Uncle, hurry up and sit down, stop busy!" Lu Dong took the spoon and bowl from Qiao Weiguo's father: "We can serve it ourselves."

Qiao Weiguo's father is also a real person: "Lu Dong, there is nothing delicious at home. In the past six months, you have helped Weiguo a lot. I can rest assured that Weiguo will follow you."

"These are pretty good." Lu Dong looked at the cabbage, tofu and pork in the pot: "Uncle, we don't need to look outside like this."

Song Na came over: "Uncle, you and Lu Dong sit down, I'll serve the meal."

Lu Dong was not polite to her, gave Song Na the bowl and spoon, and went back to the table to sit down.

The warm big bowl of vegetables and white steamed buns, with homemade radish sticks and pickles, tastes delicious too.

The most important thing is that I just finished unloading a truckload of goods, and I am tired and hungry.

Du Xiaobing picked up the vegetables: "This stew is really delicious, even better than Lu Dong's Malatang."

He worked until his stomach was empty.

Lu Dong glanced at the untouchable dust on Du Xiaobing's Nike sportswear, and asked, "Old Du, can you do it?"

Du Xiaobing stared: "Can a man say no?"

Lu Dong was sure that Du Xiaobing was fine, and he should be able to continue working. He put down his chopsticks, took a sip of water, and said, "Uncle Qi, you used to go to Daji, and you know a lot about Daji in our county. Which one do you think we should go to?" Is it appropriate to sell things at the fair?"

Lu Jianren swallowed the food in his mouth, and said unhurriedly: "The county seat is on the fifth and tenth day of the lunar calendar, which is our Ningxiu Daji. This is the most crowded fair in the county. We must go! Other fairs, each We don’t care about the people in the village, we all go to the town, Xianggong Daji, Zhajiu Daji, Baiyun Daji, Dongguan Daji, exactly a five-day cycle, which is connected with Ningxiu Daji.”

Qiao Weiguo's father also often went to fairs, and said, "These are the five largest fairs in our county! Fireworks and firecrackers make a living, and you can sell them during the Chinese New Year."

Lu Dong nodded: "Okay! Let's go to these five big fairs first, starting from the Ningxiu big fair on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Can the five of us be busy?"

Lu Jianren said, "Almost."

Lu Dong said: "Let's gather here on the morning of the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month!"

"Okay!" The others responded.

Although Lu Jianren is the oldest in the group, everyone is used to having Lu Dong as the backbone.

Like Qiao Weiguo and Song Na, they felt that they would not go wrong by following Lu Dong.

Lu Jianren would help lead Lu Dong to sit in the town without giving money.

After dinner, Du Xiaobing looked at his watch and patted his forehead: "I almost forgot! I'm going back to University City, and Ning Xue will go back to Quannan this afternoon. I'm going to see him off."

Lu Dong said, "Hurry up, before it's too late."

He was too lazy to say anything else, Du Xiaobing couldn't even listen to his cousin, let alone others.

Song Na was also about to leave, and said to Lu Dong, "I'll take my father and mother to Quannan tomorrow, and I won't be here for a few days. If you need anything, please call my village brigade and leave a message."

"Okay, you are busy first, we are not in a hurry." Lu Dong emphasized: "Call me if you have any difficulties. You are welcome. You also know my phone number."

Song Na smiled and tapped his arm lightly: "I know."

Putting on a down jacket and a helmet, Song Na rode on Little Mulan and left.

Lu Dong and Lu Jianren also left afterward. Before returning to the village, Lu Dong specially asked Lu Jianren to drive to the gas station on the west side of the county to fill up the truck.

The refueling bill, the two-day travel expenses, plus the purchase bill, etc., Lu Dong kept them all in the file bag for safekeeping. After all, it was not a one-person business.

Afterwards, Lu Dong went to the store and bought some beef jerky, sorghum syrup and toffee for Lu Lanlan.

This time I borrowed Uncle Tie's truck for two days. Besides filling up the gas, I also had to show that Lu Dong bought a lot of food for Lu Lanlan.

Lu Lanlan was happy, so Aunt Tie was happy.

As for Uncle Tie, forget it.

There is no need for a car to go to the market. A rented motor tricycle can be driven in the afternoon of the 14th of the twelfth lunar month. There are also two motorcycles with trailers, which are sufficient for transportation.

When you enter Daji, it will be difficult for the motor tricycle to move when it is parked. After all, there are many people and vehicles, and you need to temporarily pull goods at that time, and a motorcycle trailer is more suitable.

Back in the village, we went to Auntie Tie's factory to return the car. Lu Lanlan happened to be at home, and when Lu Dong handed the things to her, the little girl smiled so hard that her eyebrows frowned.

"Thank you, Brother Dong!" Lu Lanlan took out a packet of beef jerky and tore it open, and hurriedly stuffed it into her mouth: "Brother Dong is the best!"

Lu Dong smiled: "Eat slowly! Be careful not to choke!"

Uncle Tie came out of the workshop with a cart. There were several large plastic buckets full of chicken feet. He went out to the orchard without looking at Lu Dong and Lu Jianren.

"This old man!" Lu Jianren muttered.

Lu Dong knew Uncle Tie, so he didn't say anything, and followed him to the orchard.

The business of selling goods in the village has taken advantage of the favorable conditions of the Chinese New Year.

Whether or not the business on his side can pick up depends on the situation on Daji.

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