The Era of Hard Work

Even today, matchmakers still exist in rural areas. They don't specialize in this, but basically work part-time on a temporary basis, acting as a messenger.

Those who talk by themselves in rural areas often find a middleman role similar to a matchmaker.

Because there are countless strange rules for weddings in rural areas, such as Majia Village and Lujia Village being so close together, many of the rules are different.

To put it bluntly, many elderly people in rural areas are extremely stubborn in this regard and insist on following the local rules. The biggest role of the intermediary is to act as a lubricant to prevent the two sides from collapsing without a word.

In the main room, Lu Zhenlin was in charge of the conversation, and Lu Dong checked and filled in the gaps.

Fang Yan knew that Lu Dong was slippery, so before coming here, she asked Lu Chun to tell him that when it was time to speak, he had to open his mouth.

In the words of Lu Chun and Fang Yan, their real matchmaker is Lu Dong.

We have to set a date to discuss the matter of marriage. What we are here to discuss today are mainly the pre-marriage procedures and the most important bride price.

Both sides are a little anxious, no matter Lu Chun or Fang Yan, they are all ages here. If they are not working in a public unit, they are purely in the countryside, which is really a big problem.

Fang's father first talked about the matter here: "Uncle Lu, Lu Chun and Fang Yan are both busy with work. They are both people of the country. Only a country can have a family. Personal affairs should not delay the affairs of the public too much. In my opinion Meaning, why don't we hold big and small meetings together, and the country also advocates learning advanced experience, so let's hold an engagement ceremony directly?"

When Lu Zhenlin heard it, it was exactly what he wanted: "Okay! I think this is fine, Fang Yan and Lu Chun are both working in the city, and the things that are happening in the city will not let the people in their units gossip."

Lu Dong could tell that Father Fang was a sensible person.

Fang's father is really thinking about his daughter. The man is about to be promoted to the director. The 27-year-old director has a bright future!

What's more, the man bought a wedding house near the two people's workplaces in the future.

Are these outdated rules in the village comparable to the happiness of a daughter? He has no son, so why do he need so many things?

Lu Zhenlin asked: "I heard that there is a saying that ten tops ten? What exactly is it?"

Fang's father said: "This can't be avoided. I'm not at home, so it doesn't matter. Fang Yan's mother, she's on the street all day, so she can't just let people gossip. That's what I think. I asked Lu Chun to buy it once. That's fine, pull it over with Fang Yan when you have time, and I'll ask Fang Yan to pull it back to Lu Chun after I'm done."

"That's not good." Lu Zhenlin Xin said that if he knew it was so easy to talk about, he should have called Lu Jianguo and his wife over directly: "Our man has to show sincerity..."

Fang's father said again: "Uncle Lu, nothing is as important as the happiness of the two children, isn't that the reason?"

Lu Zhenlin said: "Yes, we are all thinking about our children. If we have children, isn't our life a child's life?"

The talks went very smoothly, there was no need for Lu Dong to beat the side drums at all, and the amount of the bride price was taken as the middle number of the customs on both sides.

The woman had already made such a big concession, so the man naturally had to show something, and took a pair of 20,000 yuan.

According to the customs here in the north, the dowry starts at 30,000 yuan.

Fang's father also made it very clear that the gift money will be used as a dowry back.

Lu Dong really acted as the driver for a while, and he didn't say anything from the beginning to the end.

The two parties also agreed to get engaged next month and get married in the fall.

Specific days have to be specially asked to see.

According to the rules of Beihe side, no guests from the man's party who are talking about things will be left for dinner. Lu Dong and Lu Zhenlin didn't stay long, and took the initiative to leave before eleven o'clock.

Patriarchal patriarchy here is more serious than Qingzhao, but when it comes to marriage, the man is so aggrieved that he is not even as good as his third grandson.

Lu Dong drove up to Santana and pulled Lu Zhenlin back.

Lu Zhenlin said: "Blessed is your brother. It is rare to find someone who is sensible and put him in our Qingzhao."

"People are teachers who teach and educate people." Lu Dong said with a smile: "Of course the ideological consciousness is high."

Lu Zhenlin shook his head: "Not every teacher has such a high awareness."

Lu Dong agrees, this is the truth, most people in any profession are ordinary people.

Back in Lujia Village, first went to the uncle's house to explain the situation, both Lu Jianguo and Li Min heaved a sigh of relief, the in-laws in the future will understand things better than anything else.

There is a saying that goes well, no matter how good it is to get a daughter-in-law, it cannot withstand the unreasonable mother-in-law who provokes her behind her back.

Lu Dong went out and called Lu Chun to reassure his elder brother.

Just after making the phone call, Lu Jianren came from the south on a 125 motorcycle, and the car stopped next to Lu Dong: "Are you back?"

Lu Dong said, "I'm back, and it went well."

Lu Jianren laughed: "When can I have my eldest nephew's wedding wine?"

"Soon." Lu Dong said vaguely.

Lu Jianren greeted him: "Get in the car, let's go, have a drink with your Seventh Uncle, I made some new dishes, go try them?"

Lu Dong didn't eat with him for a long time, so he went back to say hello to his uncle, got on Lu Jianren's motorcycle, and went back to the old street.

Lu Jianren went to cook in person, and Lu Dong thought that Nail would be back for dinner later, so he rode his motorcycle and went to the braised meat shop in the village to buy some pork heads and chicken feet.

When I came back, I smelled a burnt aroma, which was indescribably alluring.

Soon, Hong Bing and Xiao Guang, Seventh Uncle's two apprentices who worked in the processing factory, also came over. Lu Dong made tea, asked them to sit down casually, took a bottle of wine and opened it.

Nail came back, lunch started, and the four adults each had a glass of wine.

Lu Jianren brought out two new dishes from the kitchen.

One of the dishes was slightly burnt, which was the source of the enticing burnt aroma that Lu Dong smelt.

Lu Dong looked carefully, and saw the burnt yellow bean-like substance on the plate, with a wafting aroma.

On the other plate, there are shells with black stripes on a white background, cracked one after another, slightly larger than a bean, and it looks familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it for a while.

Without further ado, Nail picked up a "bean" with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth: "Delicious! Delicious!"

Lu Jianren's rare seriousness: "Taste it all! Quick, try it while it's hot!"

Seeing that Uncle Qi was so serious, Lu Dong was sure of one thing, the thing on the plate must be not serious.

He picked one up with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. This thing is really delicious, a bit like crab paste and crab roe? Not very accurate.

It's not easy to describe.

After eating a few, Lu Dong picked up a shell and cracked it open like melon seeds. The food inside also had an unspeakable fragrance.

Lu Dong was very curious, no matter what the nail next to it was, as long as it was delicious.

"Seventh Uncle." Lu Dong asked, "What is this made of?"

Lu Jianren's eyebrows quickly ran to his hair: "Guess."

When Lu Dong looked at the seventh uncle and his disciples, Xiao Guang couldn't help laughing, and reminded him, "Master said, you won't be able to become the leader of the Five Poison Sect this year!"

"What does this have to do with the leader of the Five Poison Sect?" Lu Dong was curious at first, then saw the shell-like object with black lines on a white background, and suddenly thought of the itching pepper pot on the sour jujube branch, and suddenly realized: "This itching pepper larva?"

Lu Jianren picked up the wine and took a sip: "Guess is right, no reward."

Lu Dong didn't feel disgusted at all. He even ate baked bean worms and ground lizards when he was young. Can he be afraid of these things? After eating a few more, he said, "Uncle Seven, you are really good at cooking even this."

Lu Jianren said: "I heard a brother from the Northeast mention it on the construction site before. How about making this the main course when Chunzi gets married?"

Lu Dong hurriedly said: "Don't! Do you think everyone is like us? When a group of people vomit, my uncle and third grandfather will pick your skin."

"I don't know how to enjoy delicious food." Lu Jianren shook his head and sighed.

Lu Dong said again: "I understand, Seventh Uncle, tell me, how did you do this?"

"This one is to pick out the bugs first, and dry fry them in the pot over a slow fire." Lu Jianren finally found the feeling of being a master in Lu Dong again: "This one, after washing it, it is directly exploded with shells and salt."

Xiaoguang answered: "It's just that the raw materials are not easy to get. Recently we picked all the ones from the river embankment."

Lu Dong thought, should we make some some other day, and give Heidan a try?

Why did you think of black eggs?

Lu Jianren was yelling and drinking, and Lu Dong clinked glasses with him and the other two.

I have to work in the afternoon, and a glass of wine is enough.

Lu Jianren worked in the food processing factory in the village. He was worried about being scolded by Lu Zhenlin, so he restrained himself a lot from drinking and messing around.

After dinner, Lu Dong went up to the embankment to have a look, and found that the wild jujube trees were horrible, with branches broken and leaning.

The itchy hot peppers on the embankment in Lujia Village won't make Uncle Seven go extinct, right?

Looking at the newly planted young trees under the embankment, Lu Dong lamented that he would travel far this year to find more hot peppers.

After getting off the embankment, on the way to the north of the village, this is the main road leading to the outside of Lu's Food Processing Factory. The road has not been hardened, and it was originally a cement road. The village has recently paved a layer of gravel.

Lu Dong came to Uncle Tie's chicken farm and processing plant, and Uncle Tie and Aunt Tie were loading some semi-finished products into cars.

"Dongzi, you came just in time." Uncle Tie washed his hands, came over and said, "Just about to deliver to your shop."

He wiped his hands with a towel: "Your store has a good business, and you order goods once a day on average."

Lu Dong said: "Fried chicken is already popular, and there is no competition."

Uncle Tie has already tasted the sweetness of the processing plant, and asked: "When will you expand the scale? The higher the volume, the lower the cost."

Lu Dong said truthfully, "In two more months."

Most of the company's funds are spent on the two stores, and the turnover of the two stores is not a problem. If you want to open another store, even if it is a loan, you must ensure the healthy operation of the company's cash flow.

In about two months, there will be definite news from the Feiyang hot pot restaurant in the county seat, and it happens that the two restaurants can also accumulate a large sum of money.

Uncle Tie said the key point: "Dongzi, we agreed that the payment for the goods will be settled every ten days, so we can't delay it."

Lu Dong smiled: "Uncle Tie, we are all on our own, so no one can drag you?"

Later, Lu Dong took his car to the north entrance of the village, went home and rode a motorcycle to the university town.

The business of the two stores is very stable. The Burger King opened, and the boys seem to have finally found a good place to invite girls to dinner. The set meals for two in the store are selling very well.

The popularity of Burger King, not only did not affect Lu's Mala Tang, but it further increased the flow of people nearby.

The gathering effect of popularity is becoming more and more obvious.

In the hamburger restaurant, Song Na was waiting for Lu Dong, saw him coming in, and asked, "Drinking again?"

Lu Dong said, "Meet Uncle Qi and had a drink."

"Wait." Song Na went south, went to Huang Yong's Wanshengfa supermarket, bought a stick of chewing gum, and tore a piece for Lu Dong when she came back: "Let's go to the provincial university to attend lectures, so we can't smell of alcohol in our mouths."