The Era of Hard Work

Back in the village in the middle of the afternoon, most of the fireworks and firecrackers were unloaded in the village committee yard, and let the village release them at night. Lu Dong and Lu Jianren put down a lot at Lu Jianguo's side, and took the rest back to the old street.

Throw some in the old house, and divide the remaining firecrackers with the children on the street.

Years ago, Uncle Tie and Auntie Tie's big truck was often used, and Lu Dong went to the chicken farm to deliver a few boxes of ground red and fireworks.

Back on the old street, Lu Dong went to Uncle Seven's house to find Aunt Seven, and Nail was setting off firecrackers at the gate.

I have made progress, but I didn't go to shit.

The nails stuffed the firecrackers into the frozen mud holes on the street, and when they were lit, there was a bang, and shattered ice and mud flew everywhere.

Lu Dong didn't say anything, just started playing like this when he was young.

When he was young, he was much more mischievous than nails. He once stuffed firecrackers into steamed buns, lit them and threw them to Uncle Jianshe’s dog. From the tenth to the first day of the new year, I got under the bed and dared not come out.

With the firecrackers set off at zero, children can play with flowers.

When Lu Dong came in, Seventh Aunt was chopping dumpling stuffing, and Seventh Uncle was sitting in front of a big dustpan, dismantling fireworks.

"Seventh Aunt, here is the card for you. The password is Seventh Uncle's birthday." Lu Dong took out his bank card to Seventh Aunt, and reminded, "Don't forget to buy Seventh Uncle a motorcycle."

"Buy it! I'll buy it after the Chinese New Year!" Seventh Aunt made up her mind, and looked at Lu Jianren again: "Buy motorcycles, throw away all of your stuff, and don't make trouble when it's Chinese New Year."

Lu Jianren thought that the motorcycle was important, so he responded and put away the dustpan. Thinking of the lady Mulan riding on the little black egg, he said casually: "Buy two, and I will buy you a Mulan! You will work for the village. It is also convenient to commute to and from get off work.”

Seventh Aunt's hand chopping dumpling stuffing stopped suddenly, and she lowered her head and turned to a direction that Lu Dong couldn't see.

Lu Dong is winking, so hurry up.

Back at the old house, Hu Chunlan had already made a paste with flour. Lu Dong found a broken brush and brushed the paste on the door to paste Spring Festival couplets.

The slightly dilapidated blue brick house, with the Spring Festival couplets pasted with red background and black characters, is a little more innovative.

Later, Lu Dong hung the Chinese knots he bought in front of the screen wall, and two red lanterns were hung in front of the gate by wires.

The village is busy this year, and the work was not suspended until yesterday. The street decorations are much less than in previous years. Before, a string of red lanterns could be hung from south to north. This year, the laborers are busy working and delivering goods, so the lanterns are not hung at all.

The brigade's horn sounded, and Lu Zhenlin's voice came out, announcing that fireworks would start at 6:30 tonight, at the spacious place at the south end of the village.

In addition to the fireworks brought back by Lu Dong and Lu Jianren, there are other people in the village who will bring fireworks and firecrackers to set off.

After simply setting up the door of the house, Hu Chunlan went to make noodles, while Lu Dong chopped celery and prepared to make dumplings.

According to the usual practice, the meal on the 30th night will be eaten at the uncle's house, but the dumplings at midnight and five o'clock must be eaten at home.

While chopping vegetables, Lu Dong asked, "Mom, second brother hasn't arrived yet?"

Hu Chunlan said: "Your elder brother borrowed a car to pick up people at Quannan Railway Station. The train leaves at four o'clock, and it takes five o'clock to come back." It's only three days off, and I have to leave in the morning of the second day of junior high school."

Lu Dong stopped his knife to collect the vegetables, and said, "It would be nice to come back for a while."

At 4:30, Hu Chunlan ordered a plate of dumplings and placed them on the Eight Immortals table in the main room. She also put a pair of chopsticks beside her, looked at the photo frame on the wall, and said to Lu Dong, "It's Chinese New Year, kowtow."

Lu Dong kowtowed, looked at the people in the photo frame, and silently summed up what he had done in the past six months.

Unswervingly walking on the road of making a fortune, he also thought about making the hometown where he was born and raised rich.

"The future will get better and better!" Lu Dong whispered, "I will be a good person."

There were firecrackers in the village, and Hu Chunlan checked the time: "Set off firecrackers, let's go to your uncle's place."

On the long bamboo pole was tied a thousand-cracking-full-of-the-ground red, and hung it on the sandbag-hanging stick between the screen wall and the Chinese toon tree. Lu Dong went to light it, and the firecrackers crackled.

Hu Chunlan closed the door and went to Jijie Uncle's house with Lu Dong.

The sky was still bright, but the sound of firecrackers continued to blare. When Lu Dong met people in the village, he kept saying hello. Although many people's spring onions rotted in the Qingzhao River this year, everyone had a good year.

The food companies in the village are booming. According to the household registration, each person received a bonus of 50 yuan yesterday. If there are four or five people in the family, the income will be more than 200 yuan.

There are more than 1,000 people in Lujia Village, and the food company sent out more than 60,000 yuan.

The money was not much, but it greatly boosted the morale of the whole village.

This can let the big guys see that as long as they work hard, the future is bright.

Passing by the gate of the brigade's courtyard, Lu Dong saw Lu Zhenlin, and Lu Zhenlin also saw him, beckoning him to talk.

Lu Dong entered the courtyard of the brigade: "Grandpa Third." Then he greeted a person next to him: "Grandpa Fifth."

Lu Zhenfei said: "Dongzi, your suggestions are all good. After more than a month of development, our village food company has just started."

Lu Dong said modestly: "Boil cooking is a traditional specialty of our village, so I just talk about it and rely on the whole village to do it."

Lu Zhenlin warned: "Lv Dong, you have to pay attention, there are already people who are jealous and ask about our formula. Don't talk about it with anyone, not even those from our village."

Lu Dong understood: "I know." He asked: "Can I apply for a patent?"

Lu Jianwu came out of the office and said, "In the current environment, if you dare to apply for a patent, some people will dare to disclose it to the outside world. It's okay locally. We go to other places to fight patent lawsuits, and nine out of ten lose."

"Let's keep it secret," Lu Zhenlin said.

Lu Jianwu said: "Since we set up a company and start a business, everything is done according to the rules."

Lu Zhenfei said with a smile: "In one and a half months, it has achieved sales of 980,000 yuan, which is very good. It is better than many county-owned companies!"

Lu Dong knew that most county-owned companies were either bankrupt or about to go bankrupt.

The three companies are considered to be in relatively good condition.

Lu Zhenlin said: "Tomorrow, after celebrating the new year, come to the brigade for a meeting. We need to discuss the next step."

This old man, who is nearly sixty years old, is neither satisfied with his current achievements, nor is he dazzled by the prosperity of the opening.

The business of Lujia Village has just started.

"Understood." Lu Dong agreed.

Lu Zhenlin said again: "Remember to come out and set off fireworks after eating."

Lu Dong responded, seeing that there was nothing wrong, he went out of the brigade's yard and went to Li Wenyue's house for a round, just in time Li Wenyue needed to find him.

"In the afternoon, Zhaodi... No, Liu Linlin has been here." Li Wenyue yelled very awkwardly: "It is said that tomorrow afternoon, the classmates have an appointment for a party."

"Where is it?" This is not the future. The restaurant will not open on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Lu Dong thought for a while, and then said: "The food company will have a meeting tomorrow, so I may not be free."

Li Wenyue was working in the brigade recently, and said: "I made an appointment to go to No. 1 Middle School, Liu... Linlin has a lot of face, and the school will give me a classroom at that time. There are more than 30 people who are confirmed to go, all from our level. .”

Lu Dong said: "I can't go, you tell her."

Li Wenyue nodded: "Okay."

Seeing that it was almost five o'clock, Lu Dong hurried to the uncle's house, and when he entered the house, he saw more people.

At the age of twenty-four or five, he was half a head shorter than him and Lu Chun, with neat short hair, and his face was similar to Lu Jianguo's, always looking a little serious.

"Second brother!" Lu Dong took two steps forward.

Lu Xia nodded slightly, and patted his arm vigorously: "It's taller and stronger!"

Lu Dong smiled: "When did you arrive?"

Lu Xia spoke concisely: "Ten minutes."

Aunt Li Min came in to say hello: "Set the table quickly, and the food will be served."

Lu Dong dragged the big round table away by himself, Lu Xia went to move the high stool, and Lu Chun came in with two plates.

Lu Chun went to serve the dishes again, and Lu Xia placed a stool and asked, "Brother said you are in business?"

Lu Dong smiled: "I do some small business in the area under the jurisdiction of the elder brother, and everyone gives the elder brother face."

"I'm not at home." Lu Xia said earnestly, "Thank you and big brother for your hard work."

Lu Dong hurriedly said: "Second brother, our family does not speak two different languages."

Lu Xia took a careful look at him: "The last time I saw you, you were still an ignorant child."

Lu Dong was influenced by him, and he spoke concisely: "You have to grow up."

Lu Xia nodded: "The family will have to rely on you and elder brother in the future."

Lu Dong wiped the table with a quick rag: "You put one hundred and twenty hearts in the army." He couldn't help being curious: "Second brother, just know that you are an air force pilot, what kind of plane do you fly?"

Lu Chun happened to come in again with food: "Don't ask, you can't tell if you ask."

Lu Jian said concisely: "Yes."

Lu Dong understood: "Need to keep it secret?"

After the table and stools were set and the dishes were served, Lu Xia went to his room, and quickly came out with a box: "Dongzi, this is for you."

"It's really good, and there are New Year gifts." Lu Dong took it.

Open it up, and inside is a model airplane made of empty shell casings.

Lu Jianguo came in at this time and sat at the main table. The whole family was at the table. Lu Dong opened the box to get wine, and Lu Xia held down the wine glass: "I don't drink."

I can understand it, and my family will not force it.

Before starting, Lu Jianguo picked up his wine glass and said: "This year we are all doing very well. Lu Chun was promoted, Lu Xia was promoted, and Lu Dong's business is booming. Next year we will be even better!"

Everyone raised their cups and drank together.

The whole family was lively and lively, chatting while eating, most of the time it was Lu Dong and Lu Chun who were talking to drive the atmosphere.

It may be because of the relationship with the unit he is in, Lu Xia seldom talks, and many things cannot be mentioned.

The dumplings came out and went to the yard to set off firecrackers.

When it was close to half past six, they all went out to the entrance of the village. Boxes of fireworks and firecrackers had already been brought in, and the long red ones hung on the ground, like long red dragons.

At Lu Zhenlin's order, several eighteen or nineteen people, including Lu Dong, lit the fire together, and the deafening sound of firecrackers rang out one after another.

Red is flying all over the sky!

Hundreds of people gathered at the entrance of the village to watch the fireworks. The fireworks appeared one after another, and the sparks bloomed in the sky, bringing auspiciousness and joy to Lujia Village.

This is also the largest fireworks display in Lujia Village in recent years.

It seems that everything is different in the village that has been old and quiet for a few years.

The fireworks ended before eight o'clock, and many people went to watch the Spring Festival Gala in the courtyard of the brigade. It was cold at night, but it couldn't stop the heat in people's hearts.

But the Spring Festival Gala in 1999 made many people unable to laugh.

There are always people, especially those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, who will cause trouble for the people of the whole country.

Fortunately, Lujia Village was not affected too much. The whole village was full of masons and farmers who planed food from the ground.

Public factories do less work.