The Era of Hard Work

During the May Day holiday, the company's main management personnel took turns to be on duty. Lu Dong and Du Xiaobing took turns. Therefore, in the first few days of the holiday, Lu Dong was on vacation. He didn't have any major matters, and he didn't have to go to work in the company.

Lu's Catering Company has already set up a framework and established a relatively complete system, so there is no need to worry too much about normal operations.

After eating in the morning, Lu Dong went to the North Food Company for a tour, and took two packages of dried fruits and roasted seeds and nuts for tasting.

Walking back, when passing Uncle Tie's processing factory, she knocked on the crispy and fragrant melon seeds, wondering if it was because of the fragrance, Lu Lanlan turned out from the gate.

"Brother Dong, stop!" Lu Lanlan stopped Lu Dong, staring straight at Lu Dong... the bag in his hand: "Be honest, the food is good!"

Lu Dong gave her something: "This is it."

Lu Lanlan immediately smiled and bent her eyebrows: "Brother Dong, you are so kind."

She ran home, took out a few handfuls and stuffed them into her pocket, then ran out again, followed by Lu Dong, knocking melon seeds as she walked, two dimples appeared on her beautiful face.

Lu Dong casually asked, "Where's your dad? I went out for a run this morning, and I didn't see him walking around."

Lu Lanlan said: "When I got up early in the morning, I went to the north to discuss business." She complained: "Brother Dong, you judge me, every time my father goes out of town, he doesn't even buy me any delicious food. yes, isn't it?"

Lu Dong deliberately said: "You, be careful to eat like a fat man."

"Cut." Lu Lanlan said nonchalantly, "I don't get fat no matter what I eat."

Enter the old street from the north entrance, and after a few steps, I saw a few people standing in front of an old house, gesticulating and rowing. In a series of fabricated stories, there is a big rabbit spirit in this house.

Among those making gestures are Lu Zhenfei and Fan Qingshan.

Lu Dong went over to say hello, and Lu Lanlan curiously followed him, listening to what the adults had to say.

Lu Zhenfei went over, took the key to unlock it, and pushed open the wooden door full of cracks. The green brick floor inside was full of weeds, and the old-fashioned tile screen wall was full of cracks.

"Fifth Grandfather, are you ready to start?" Lu Dong asked.

Lu Zhenfei said: "Fan Gong and I will come over first to determine the maintenance plan. After a while, when Li Shan and Jianming bring people back from the south, we will officially start work."

Fan Qingshan shook his head and said: "The old man is a bit stubborn, he has to see our results."

Lu Dong said: "Professor Fan has principles and persistence."

Lu Zhenfei answered: "Let's convince Professor Fan with our skills!"

A few people walked around in the yard, when Lu Dong came out, he saw Lu Lanlan standing at the door, and didn't come in at all.

"What's the matter?" Lu Dong asked, "Aren't you curious just now?"

Lu Lanlan said: "Uncle Qi said there is a big rabbit spirit in it..."

Lu Dong babbled nonsense: "Big rabbit meat is delicious. You can pick it up and put it in the pot. It can be braised in soy sauce or stewed. The meat is very fragrant. You have never eaten it before."

"Really?" When it comes to eating, Lu Lanlan is no longer afraid: "Brother Dong, is the big rabbit coming out at night? How about we come together tonight to catch the big rabbit? How many more people are you calling?"

She then shook her head: "No, if there are too many people, there will be more meat to share, and there will be no more pieces left."

Lu Dong continued to talk: "Go and ask Uncle Qi first, he raised the big rabbit spirit."

Lu Lanlan scratched her head: "Well... I'll ask in the evening."

By the way, Seventh Uncle told the story of Pihuzi before, saying that this thing can be charming, but I wonder if it can be eaten? Is it yummy?

Lu Dong told Fifth Grandpa and Fan Gong that he was going to go home, and probably got something delicious from Lu Dong, and Lu Lanlan continued to follow him.

"Brother Dong, are you going to University City?" Lu Lanlan asked.

Lu Dong understood what she meant: "Whatever you want to eat, just go to the restaurant in the county. Doesn't Miao Yu recognize you? Just charge it to my account at the store."

Lu Lanlan stopped eating melon seeds: "Okay, I'll call Nail!"

She walked back in a hurry, called for nails and went to the factory to ride a bicycle.

Back home, Lu Dong took the things he bought yesterday and went to the south of Jijie to look for Lu Zhending.

Because it was agreed a long time ago that Lu Zhending turned down other work today and specially helped Lu Dong make silver bracelets.

When he came to the yard with the stove, pedal polisher and other objects, Lu Dong first greeted the people in Lu Zhending's family, and then took out his things: "Master Zhending, do you think this is enough?"

Lu Zhending took the small ingot and said, "I can't use it, there are too many."

Lu Dong was very particular, and he definitely didn't want money, so he simply said, "Didn't my Uncle Jianming just have a second child? Make the extra little thing for the child."

Lu Zhending said: "This will not work!"

Lu Dong insisted: "I won't buy it specially when the child is over the full moon."

Hearing what he said, Lu Zhending didn't insist anymore.

After lighting up the carbon stove, he took out several aluminum styles and asked Lu Dong to choose.

Lu Dong didn't know much about these things, so he said, "It's worn by girls my age."

Lu Zhending was very particular about it, so he specifically found a style with a lot of materials to show Lu Dong: "Dongzi, look at this, it's called a chopstick bracelet. It's square and square, with edges and corners, and it's most suitable for young people."

Lu Dong took the aluminum model and looked at it carefully: "It feels like a silver chopstick is bent."

Lu Zhending smiled: "Yes, that's why it's called a chopstick bracelet!" Lu Dong told him that he wanted to do it himself, so he considered this link: "The bracelet is not closed, and it is easy to take off and put on. Complicated patterns, simple and simple, and easy to make.”

Lu Dong didn't know how to do those things that were too complicated, and couldn't handle them well, so he asked, "Can you engrave characters?"

"Yes!" Lu Zhending said: "The requirements for engraving are high, so I must engrave them!"

Lu Dong said, "That's fine."

Although he wants to make it by himself, Lu Dong is self-aware, and the whole process should still be based on Lu Zhending.

Under Lu Zhending's guidance, he put on thick work clothes, and first made a model with Lu Zhending. After the model was finished, he sat by the stove and pulled the old-fashioned bellows hard to increase the temperature of the furnace and melt the silver quickly.

The old-fashioned traditional handicrafts are naturally not efficient, but they are full of experience, especially this old-fashioned bellows, which Lu Dong pulled before he was ten years old. It seems that it is difficult to see it again after entering junior high school.

The bellows was panting heavily, Lu Dong was wearing thick clothes, and he was in front of the stove, and soon his head was full of sweat.

This job doesn't look very heavy, and it's not easy to do it repeatedly.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Zhending shouted: "Dongzi, it's done!"

Lu Dong stood up and looked inside the stove, inside the small container, the silver ingots had already melted into a puddle of silver water.

Lu Zhending handed over the short-handled tongs, and Lu Dong clamped them to the jaws of the container, and brought them to the side of the placed mould.

"Steady your hands!" Lu Zhending urged: "Fall!"

Lu Dong's hands are still relatively steady, and he has worked a lot since he was a child, and he poured the silver water into the opening of the mold relatively quickly.

Lu Zhending lit a cigarette: "Calm down, wait a while."

Lu Dong put away a bunch of tools, sat on the saddle and waited patiently.

After smoking a cigarette and chatting for a while, Lu Zhending picked up the tool, opened the mold, took out the already shaped bracelet inside, and came to the table beside him.

"Dongzi, what characters are you engraving?" Lu Zhending asked.

Lu Dong had already made up his mind, and said, "Lv Dong is engraved on one end, and Song Na is engraved on the other end."

Lu Zhending put on reading glasses: "Song Na? The name of grandson's wife?"

Lu Dong smiled: "Yes."

Lu Zhending got busy, and Lu Dong went to take out the fine sandpaper and charcoal prepared in advance.

After waiting for quite a while, Lu Zhending finished engraving the characters, handed the bracelet to Lu Dong, and instructed him to do the polishing by himself.

Lu Dong first used fine sandpaper to do rough sanding. This job looked simple, but it was not easy at all. Fortunately, someone beside him taught him, and Lu Zhending called to stop from time to time, telling Lu Dong to calm down.

That is to say, Lu Dong was self-aware and chose a chopstick bracelet with the simplest style without any patterns.

If there are patterns and inlays, without professional practice, it is impossible to do this job at all.

Even so, Lu Zhending also helped him a few times, polishing the inside or corners and other difficult places.

It was almost noon, and the rough throwing hadn't been done yet. As a novice, Lu Dong was too slow to do it.

I went home and had lunch, and continued when I came back. After the rough polishing, I put on the polishing wax, and further polished it with a brush on the pedal machine.

I have to say that traditional old craftsmanship is really time-consuming and labor-intensive compared to assembly-line machine production.

After medium throwing, there is still fine throwing, and there are many processes that Lu Dong can't do at all, so he can only let Lu Zhending do it himself.

"There are machines now, and manual production is cumbersome and inefficient." Lu Zhending was doing the last few processes, and said: "No one does this business anymore. When I kick my legs, the craftsmanship in my family will be gone." .”

Lu Dong comforted: "Master Zhen Ding, you are in your prime, don't worry."

Lu Zhending said: "I'm already in my fifties, can you not be in a hurry?"

Lu Dong thought for a while, and then said: "When everyone's life is better in the future and there is more money on hand, they will feel that the things made by machines are the same, and those made by hand may be popular."

Lu Zhending didn't quite believe it: "I hope so."

After working for a while, all the bracelets were finished, Lu Zhending wrapped them with a piece of red cloth, packed the rest of the silver separately, and put them together in Ludong's hands.

Lu Dong put down the leftovers: "Master Zhen Ding, we have agreed, if you let me take it, I will have to pay you the processing fee."

Lu Zhending didn't insist any longer, and waved his hand: "Okay, my father, I won't be polite to you anymore." He also urged: "The older generation often said that wearing silver will accompany you to be healthy and rich, so tell your wife to wear it often." When not wearing it, find a sealed bag or box to keep it from turning black."

"Understood." Lu Dong said a few more words, and went back with the bracelet in his pocket.

When I got home, I didn't have a suitable box to put it in, so I wrapped it in a thick red cloth.

A novice like Lu Dong personally participated in the production, so the bracelet is naturally not very exquisite, but it is purely handmade, and it is estimated that there will be no second one that is exactly the same.

The May 1st holiday is over, and it's Heidan's birthday, so I'll give it to her then.

Just as Lu Dong was thinking, Hu Chunlan hurried in from the outside and shouted, "Dongzi, hurry up and follow me to the county hospital."

"What's wrong?" Lu Dong ran out, seeing that the old lady was fine, he was relieved.