The Era of Hard Work

The second-hand orange Jialing car walked north along the checkered brick road in front of the store, and stopped at a place slightly south of Wenxin Warehouse. Song Na put her forehead on Lu Dong's back and said, "I'm leaving."

During the holiday, there were people coming and going around, and when she reached the steps of the store, she turned her head and smiled at Lu Dong.

Lu Dong also smiled at her.

"Let's go." Song Na turned back and entered the store.

Lu Dong turned the car and headed south.

Song Na entered the store with a smile. Old Song and his wife were both busy, so they glanced at her and said nothing.

There were a lot of people in the store. After Song Na took off her hat and put it on the counter, she went to look around the shelves, then went up to the second floor, changed into a loose old T-shirt, rummaged through the warehouse for the goods, and then went downstairs to restock.

Below, trinkets still sell best.

First hang up the trinkets, and then go upstairs to find stationery.

Picking up goods from a few bags, Song Na was in a particularly good mood, humming a song that was popular this year: "I haven't felt it well yet, the climate where snowflakes are blooming, we tremble together, and we will understand what tenderness is. Not yet Holding hands with you..."

She raised her hand, looking silly at the long fingers.

In addition, there is a little sense of accomplishment. It is not easy to heat up a stone.

Lu Dong parked his car and went into Feiyang Hot Pot Restaurant. The inside changed drastically. The tables disappeared. He heard some movement in the kitchen and walked over to see. Su Xiaoshan was leading the workers to move things out from the back door of the kitchen. His huge bald head was full of sweat.

"Boss." Su Xiaoshan put down a stove in his hand and said, "Thank you for asking us to remove the things first."

Lu Dong nodded slightly: "I listen to Xie Gong."

He followed Su Xiaoshan and others across the driveway, entered the building of Wenyuan Community, and soon came to Building No. 3. The south gate of the small courtyard of the house was open, and metal products such as copper pots and stoves were all placed in the storage room. , the tables were neatly stacked high in the yard.

Because it was going to be a warehouse, when Li Jiazhu was decorating, Lu Dong asked him to use aluminum alloy and plastic glass to seal the roof of the courtyard, so there was no need to worry about the wooden table fading due to wind, rain and sun in a short period of time.

In the courtyard of more than 30 square meters, even if the tables and stools were piled high, they were still full of blocks, leaving only a 1.5-meter-wide aisle.

In the house, the ingredients and freezers of the two stores, together with the removed hot pot utensils and mutton slicer, are almost full.

Only one bedroom specially reserved by Lu Dong was left untouched.

The bedroom has a wardrobe and a big bed. I originally wanted to live here in rainy days or other bad weather.

I came here after the new year, there was very little rain, and no one lived there. I used the bedding once when I was grabbing the lock. When I moved back, I took a cloth strip to cover a corner of the bed board.

Lu Dong saw the long tea box on the bedside table and almost forgot about it.

Open the lid and take a look. There are more than a dozen scorpions inside that are still alive, but they are all lying on their stomachs and do not move much, as if they are hibernating.

Lu Dong has played with it since he was a child, so he knows a little bit about it and knows that it is time to feed it.

Take the long tea box, go out the gate of the small courtyard, and an old lady comes out from the gate on the west side.

"Hey, young man." The old lady greeted kindly: "Your resident here? Are you moving?"

Lu Dong said with a smile: "It's considered a resident, and I haven't officially settled in yet, so I moved some things here temporarily." He looked at the basket in the old lady's hand and asked, "Auntie, are you moving here?"

"That's not right! I'm going to go to the market in the north to buy some food." The old lady may think that she will be a neighbor in the future, so she said a few more words: "My grandson just signed up for the small newspaper attached to the Provincial University, and he has to come to school in September, so he moved here. Get used to it in advance.”

Lu Dong said: "The primary school attached to the Provincial University is good, a prestigious school."

Seeing that Lu Dong spoke nicely, the old lady smiled happily: "I bought a house here so that my children can go to a good school." She walked this way: "A lot of people have moved here recently, and I have talked to many of them. , Buying a house is basically for children to go to school.”

Lu Dong walked with her towards the avenue on the east side of the building, turned onto the north-south asphalt road, and saw many people on the road, many of them were heading north.

Exit the north gate of the community, bypass the Sports College, and you will find the newly-built greenhouse market.

After Yang Liewen finalized the enrollment agreement with the Provincial University and the affiliated school of the Normal University, the original empty school Wenyuan, not only the sales volume of the house went up, but also people started to move in.

Not to mention anything else, two buildings to the north, there were two old men sitting in the shade playing chess, and there were a few people standing and watching, and they quickly started arguing.

This community has come alive, and there are famous provincial schools fishing. It won't take long for thousands or even tens of thousands of people to gather here.

Drip—drip—

There was the sound of car horns in the south. The road was wide enough to accommodate three cars. Lu Dong stood on the side of the road and did not hinder the passage of cars. He turned his head to look.

The familiar black Crown sedan is slowly coming to a stop.

Qian Rui got off the co-pilot and waved to Lu Dong: "Brother, long time no see."

Lu Dong greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Qian."

"It's nothing!" Qian Rui laughed, "Brother Qian."

The rear door opened, and Zhao Juanjuan, who was wearing loose clothes, got out of the car: "Dongzi."

Lu Dong smiled and said, "Sister Juan, what a coincidence."

Zhao Juanjuan said: "Unfortunately, we will be neighbors in the future, and Lao Qian and I will move here."

The driver got out of the car and opened the rear compartment, and was moving things outside.

Lu Dong said: "It's good to live here, the university city has good air and is quiet."

"Yes!" Qian Rui said: "Juanjuan is pregnant, and she can't stand the white hairs flying all over the sky. The trees are newly planted here in the university town, and there are few white hairs."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dong smiled and said, "Congratulations Brother Qian, congratulations Sister Juan."

Seeing that Zhao Juanjuan hasn't changed much, it is estimated that it happened recently.

Zhao Juanjuan likes to laugh as before: "The main reason is that all the work is now in the university town, and it is easier to get in and out of living here."

After chatting for a few more words, Lu Dong found out that Qian Rui had won another several million yuan in the factory project in Langchao in the west some time ago.

Two construction sites, running at both ends, even if Zhao Juanjuan is in charge of logistics for him, he is still busy all day long.

Sometimes it is troublesome to go back to the county if you have a lot of entertainment and drink too much.

Qian Rui's and Zhao Juanjuan's house and Lu Dong's house are both on the first floor of Building No. 3, separated by a unit. Seeing them walking towards the house with things, Lu Dong also helped carry a piece over there.

As soon as they entered the south courtyard gate, they could see the difference. Lu Dong's house was simply messed up, but Qian Rui's house was really well-decorated. Even the floor of the small courtyard was covered with marble slabs.

In the living room, there are wooden floors, leather sofas, and coffee tables made of stone.

The house is close to 120 square meters, the dining room in the north is not partitioned, the living room is large enough, and there is a tea table in the shape of a stump on the south side of the dining table, and there are framed words and handwriting on the wall behind it-peace and distance!

It was signed by Lu Jiande, that is, Lu Dong's Fifth Uncle who works in the Cultural Palace, and is somewhat famous in Qingzhao calligraphy and painting circles.

Seeing Lu Dong look at the words, Zhao Juanjuan said, "This is what the old money begged for with 1,500 yuan." She suddenly realized: "Could this person be from your family?"

Qian Rui was puzzled: "I've known him for a while, but I've never heard him mention Lu's Village."

Lu Dong casually said, "I'm not very familiar with an uncle in my family."

This is the truth. In the past five or six years, when I went to a meeting last time, I said a word.

Zhao Juanjuan heard that Lu Dong didn't want to mention it, so she changed the subject: "I just moved here, and I don't even have tea."

Lu Dong waved his hand: "Sister Juan, we are all on our own, so you are welcome."

"The last time you walked here, did your hamburger restaurant open?" Qian Rui asked curiously, "How's the business?"

Lu Dong said vaguely: "It's not bad, it's much better than in the market."

"Didn't you move here?" Zhao Juanjuan asked.

"No." Lu Dong said simply: "The company rented to me here will be used as a temporary warehouse."

Qian Rui was puzzled: "Rent?"

Zhao Juanjuan first said: "Old Qian, Lu Dong is farther than you think. He set the rules from the beginning. He is invested by several people, and the company must be clearly distinguished from his own."

Lu Dong smiled: "That's true, I also get paid in the company."

Zhao Juanjuan used this to remind Qian Rui: "Old Qian, if you want to become bigger and stronger, you have to follow the rules."

"I think so too." Qian Rui put on a wry smile: "The problem is that many things are not formal at all! Last year, I partnered with someone to set up a factory, but it took more than 20 departments and more than 50 approvals, and it took 13 years. I couldn't get it for a month, so I just withdrew the capital last month."

What he said was not the same thing at all, and he probably wanted to vomit and feel depressed: "Don't mention wasted time and money! Can you not burn incense in more than 20 temples? How dare you not worship more than 50 Bodhisattvas? Done."

Lu Dong didn't ask the specifics, but he also knew that even if Qian Rui's words were a bit exaggerated, they were not exaggerating much.

If it weren't for the nuclear weapon of Big Ivan, the procedures for the burger restaurant might not be able to go through here.

Qian Rui and Zhao Juanjuan had just moved here, so they had to clean up. Lu Dong didn't stay long, and left after chatting for a while.

Zhao Juanjuan said: "I'll call you sometime and ask Xiao Song to come with me!"

Lu Dong replied, "Okay."

Back in the store, there was still a flood of people, and the number of people did not decrease during the holidays, but more.

When it was almost five o'clock, Song Na went to the hamburger restaurant to help. Because there were too many people, the number of places to order was increased to three, two were usually open, and one was added during peak hours.

Song Na put on a full set of overalls, went to the outermost side, opened the cash register, and got busy.

It was close to ten o'clock in the evening when Burger King closed.

As usual, Lu Dong sent Song Na back to the School of Physical Education, and rode a motorcycle to look at Wenyuan of the school. On the upper floor near the west side, many houses were lit.

It was late, and there was no one at the school gate. Song Na got out of the car and was just about to say goodbye to Lu Dong, when Lu Dong also got out of the car.

"What's wrong?" Song Na asked with a smile.

Lu Dong moved closer: "Heidan, give me a hug?"

Song Na stretched out her arms and hugged Lu Dong forcefully, and Lu Dong also exerted force, and the two stuck together.

Suddenly, Song Na pushed Lu Dong away, took a step back, looked down, and quickly retracted: "I'm going back."

Lu Dong smiled embarrassedly: "See you tomorrow."

Song Na ran into the school gate, turned around, and waved to Lu Dong.

Lu Dong watched until Heidan disappeared, and then he got on his motorcycle and went home.

For some reason, he suddenly wanted to sing a passage: "Today I drank the celebration wine, and my ambitions are not rewarded..."