The Era of Hard Work

The birthday banquet, which was originally very lively, suddenly became much quieter. There were four banquet tables, and there were many people eating and drinking, but few people talking.

Even Lu Jiansong, who drank endlessly, restrained himself a lot.

Lu Dong sat at a table with the juniors in the east room, and he didn't know the specific situation in the main room after dinner, but Lu Jiandao stayed after all. In his eyes, it might mean that the situation has improved.

This kind of thing, everyone is willing to think about it, and Lu Dong is no exception. If Lu Jiandao comes back to see the second grandfather and second grandmother during the New Year's Eve in the future, the two elders will definitely be happy.

After eating for a while, Lu Dong went out to use the toilet, because there were people here, so he went home to use it, which was diagonally opposite the door, very close to each other.

After washing his hands in the toilet, he came out and ran into Lu Jiandao head-on.

Lu Dong was surprised: "Uncle, you didn't eat, why did you come out?"

Lu Jian said in his heart, it doesn't matter whether you eat this meal or not, you are the key.

"There is a lot of smoking in the room, and it is stuffy." Although Lu Jiandao was able to sit in his current position, although his father-in-law was the key, he also had some ability and insight, so of course he would not come up and tell the truth. Besides, the number of times he and Lu Dong have seen each other over the years has been limited, so he casually found a reason: "I'm coming out to get some air."

Lu Dong seemed to believe this, and said: "A bunch of old smokers, they only feel uncomfortable when they have a meeting in the village."

Lu Jiandao smiled, and looked up at the gate of the old house. The two wooden doors had mottled paint and many moth holes. They looked dilapidated and decayed, just like the village used to give him.

Obsolete, feudal, and backward, it makes people see no hope.

Therefore, Lu Jiandao couldn't wait to go out, and he didn't want to come back after going out. Coupled with the pressure from his wife, he felt that the price would drop when he came back.

At the beginning, I also contacted the village at home, but because I went to the county town and entered a public unit, from time to time someone in the village wanted to come to help, and some of them were so close that even my parents called.

These things are endless, Lu Jiandao thought about it carefully, and found that as long as he has the name of Lu Family Village, he will never get rid of it in this life.

When something happens, everyone is annoyed.

Lu Jiandao was impatient, and his wife was even more impatient. She relied on her family's influence to climb up, but then she simply cut off the connection with the village.

As for my father and mother, there is no count at all, so what can I look for in the work unit if I have nothing to do? I don't know if it's not easy for my son to live in the county at work?

Not long after, I simply lost contact with my family.

At first, Lu Jiandao felt a little uneasy, but later he found that it was so clean that no one from the village came to find him, and it could prevent the two elders from asking for trouble.

There is nothing to miss in this backward and closed village.

In the rural areas, people from the same family, relatives, and relatives have something to do, and they can't wait to find the work unit immediately. Do you know that this makes it difficult for the people in the public work unit?

Lu Jiandao got used to being relaxed and at ease, and didn't want to ask for trouble anymore.

Everything was fine at first, but the future is two parallel lines, you go your way, I do mine, Lu Jiandao doesn't think there will be any more intersections, and he doesn't want to have any more intersections.

Who knows, everything will change drastically this year.

The poor and clinking Lujia Village has become rich.

At the same time, Lu Jiandao saw something even more surprising. Lu Dong, who was only 19 years old, became a county certification committee member.

Looking at Lu Dong's achievements and honors, no one dares to say that Lu Dong is not worthy.

But is this position really something that one can get up to with credit and honor? Stop joking about the century.

Back then, Lu Jiandao begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother in order to enter the certificate, and even the father-in-law and daughter-in-law had to go to great lengths to let him in.

If there is no support behind Lu Dong, who would believe it?

In a public unit, even in a cold office like the Cultural Palace, the news is relatively well-informed.

Lu Jiandao inquired a lot about Lu Dong.

There are three main purposes for coming back this time, and Lu Dong's side is the top priority.

"Only after I came back did I realize that the air in the village is better." Lu Jiandao raised his head, looked at the wooden sign with red background and yellow letters on the door beam, and said, "I'll go see your father."

Having said that, Lu Dong was really hard to stop, so he had to accompany Lu Jiandao in.

Entering the main room, Lu Jiandao bowed slightly to Lu Jianjun's photo frame.

Lu Dong also bowed to him, returning the salute according to the custom here.

Lu Jiandao said: "I still remember when I came here, brother Jianjun led us to play together, Jianren, Jianwu, Jianshe, Jianbin, it was a special era, always fighting with neighboring villages, your seventh uncle was useless at that time, really It is your father who is the most powerful, Jianren was beaten up, and it was your father who helped him beat him back, and he could not become a mountain eagle until your father joined the army."

He seemed a little excited: "Your father is a first-class hero in the village, and he is also a hero on the battlefield. I will obey your father if your father is still alive, and he will remind me. You can't make a mistake all these years."

Lu Dong was silent, everyone's standpoint is different, maybe Lu Jiandao has difficulties, but from Lu Dong's standpoint, let alone Lu Jianjun, even if the king of heaven came, he couldn't pull him back.

Lu Jiandao looked at the old calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall: "It's still the same. Your grandfather taught me a lot. I can have calligraphy and painting today. Your grandfather taught me no less than your second grandfather."

He came to a pair of words: "When your grandfather wrote this word, I still remember..."

Listening to Lu Jiandao's recollection of the past, Lu Dong gradually tasted something, is this reminiscing bitterness and sweetness with him?

In the words of those who engage in pyramid schemes, engage in emotional resonance?

"How long has it been, Dongzi, you have grown so big in a blink of an eye."

After Lu Jiandao talked about the peers, he talked about the older generation, and after talking about the older generation, he talked about the younger generation like Lu Dong. He walked out of the house, looked at the storage room and said, "Do you still remember when you were seven or eight years old, A long worm got into the carbon house, you went to pick it up to play with, but the worm bleeds from your fingers, I dragged you to the bathroom."

Lu Dong had a memory, it was called Uncle Qikeng, Uncle Qi said that holding the long worm's tail and shaking it vigorously, the long worm would fall apart. At that time, he grabbed it and shook it for five minutes, but the long worm bent over and bit him .

Lu Jiandao saw that Lu Dong seemed to be recalling, and he struck while the iron was hot, pointing to the high roof ridge: "When you were young, you were very naughty, comparable to Old Seven, once you climbed on the wall along the branches of the toon tree, and then climbed on the wall. On the ridge of the roof, but I couldn’t get down, so I found a ladder and went up to the house to take you down.”

Lu Dong could hardly remember these past events, and it was rare that Lu Jiandao, who had been away from the village for many years, could still recall them.

Lu Dong smiled: "It was good at that time, the younger ones played with the older ones..."

Lu Jiandao answered, "It's just that the changes are too fast."

Lu Dong nodded: "Yes, the changes are too fast."

"Thanks to you for the development of our village." Lu Jiandao gradually got to the point: "You have solved many difficulties for our village. Without you, our village would not be where it is today."

Lu Dong refused to accept this kind of flattery: "Actually, it has nothing to do with me. The main thing is that our village is united, people are united, and everyone is willing to work hard."

These words were not quite as expected, but Lu Jiandao was prepared: "Just now at the banquet, I heard that people in our village will come to you when they have difficulties. When difficulties come to you, they can always be solved easily."

Lu Dong was puzzled. It seemed that few people in the village had ever sought him out. Those of the same generation either went to school or worked with others, and the older generation rarely asked the younger generation for help.

Lu Jiandao continued: "Dongzi, your fifth uncle also encountered some difficulties..."

Lu Dong hurriedly vaccinated: "Uncle Wu, if it's something about the work unit, I really can't help."

"It's a small matter for you." Lu Dong's vaccinations couldn't stop Lu Jiandao at all: "I heard that you have a very good relationship with Director Yang of the university town, and you are in partnership with the brother-in-law of the executive deputy county magistrate?"

Before Lu Dong could speak, he said, "Dongzi, you have to help Fifth Uncle."

Lu Dong said: "I know people at best."

How could Lu Jiandao believe such words: "You don't want to do too much, just invite them out and have a light meal together."

Lu Dong secretly sighed, those good memories just now are really just memories: "Everyone is a great leader, I don't have the ability to invite people out."

Lu Jiandao stared at Lu Dong: "Dongzi, the top position in the Cultural Palace is vacant. I am qualified to fight for it. Whether I can go further depends on this time!"

This is a cold yamen, if there are two members of the Standing Committee, it will be sure. ,

Lu Jiandao's father-in-law has retired a bit longer, and his influence in the Cultural Palace is getting smaller and smaller, so he can't help much in this regard.

So, he made a special trip here to find Lu Dong.

As for buying a birthday cake, it's just incidental.

Lu Jiandao was moved with emotion and understood it with reason: "Dongzi, we are all from Lu's village. We all share the same blood in the same street. People in Lu's village should help people in Lu's village, and my own family should help my own family." , is this the reason?"

He felt that the young people had a good face and were afraid of being ashamed, so he said: "In our village and in our family, if we don't help, if it spreads, isn't it a joke for outsiders?"

Lu Dong really didn't want to say more: "Uncle Wu, I'm really powerless in this matter, I can't help it."

Lu Jiandao still wanted to say that Lu Dong turned around and walked out, not to continue talking to him.

Watching Lu Dong go, Lu Jiandao turned his head to look at the main room, and followed him out.

Such a little hairy child is very difficult to deal with.

After going back to eat, Lu Jianwu asked, "Dongzi, I saw Lu Jiandao looking for you, and he has something to do."

Everyone came back, considering from the perspective of Second Grandpa and Second Grandma, Lu Dong didn't want to say more: "It's nothing, just chatted for a while."

Although Lu Jiandao had an accident about this birthday banquet, it was finally finished safely.

The second grandfather didn't talk to Lu Jiandao, but he didn't mean to chase Lu Jiandao away.

After dinner, Lu Zhenlin went back to the village committee, and Lu Jiandao came to find him.

"Third Uncle, I've been a jerk all these years." Lu Jiandao admitted his mistake as soon as he entered the office, and then said: "I have figured it out after doing these bastard things, and I can't go on like this."

It's been more than ten years and still can't see a person clearly? Therefore, Lu Zhenlin didn't expect much: "Just don't make your parents angry anymore."

Lu Jiandao said: "No, definitely not. I want to change my past! Third Uncle, you see, I also have a wife and children. I haven't come back to see it all these years. It doesn't sound like people from our Lujia Village. I Discussed with the family, let the child recognize his ancestors, let the child's household registration follow his grandfather! I am in a public unit, and the household registration cannot be returned, so let the child's mother's household registration come back with him!"

Lu Zhenlin is such a shrewd person, he understood his intentions after a little thought.