The Era of Hard Work

The weather in early winter was not too cold. Lu Dong and Li Wenyue walked into the village and went up to the embankment from the big locust tree. Under the thick locust tree, there was a newly replaced bluestone fence with four characters "Zhenhe ancient locust tree" written on it.

The fence was repaired by Uncle Qi and others, so there are snakes engraved on it, and there are monsters with a human head and a snake body.

Thanks to Lu Dong's efforts, the stories that have been circulated among the villagers in Lujia Village are coming into reality through various means.

Among them are those made up by Uncle Qi.

On the back of "Zhenhe Guhuai", there are lines of small characters engraved. This is a story about the ancient Huai town river demon.

Walking to the north of the Triangle Dam, standing on the embankment above the ground, looking up, even in this winter, Lujia Village is still busy.

In the food processing factory in the north, delivery trucks kept coming and going; on the construction site in the west, all kinds of large-scale construction machinery were roaring; in the river at the foot, the river had already dried up, and the county dredging team was working.

Li Wenyue looked into the river and said, "Our village is changing really fast."

Lu Dong said: "In the future, we will strive to reach a higher level in one year."

Coming to this deserted place, Li Wenyue obviously had something to say. The two grew up together, and were classmates from Yuhong class to senior year in high school. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they are like brothers.

"In the past, I just knew that if I read a good book and got into a good university, I would be able to make a fortune." Like Li Wenyue, a top student also had troubles: "I started helping the village in the summer of 1998, and then I went to work in a factory, and I got in touch with more society. , only to find that this is not the case.”

Lu Dong replied: "A good university will have a high starting point."

Li Wenyue adjusted his glasses, and said, "Social experience is also very important. Dongzi, if I say that my biggest gain in the past few years is not how much knowledge I have learned in textbooks, but a preliminary understanding of what society looks like."

Lu Dong joked: "Wen Yue, compared to your classmates, you won half the battle when you graduated."

"More than half." Li Wenyue is not stupid at all. Whenever the school is on vacation, Lu Zhenlin will drag him to help in the factory. He has contacts and understands all aspects. He is specially brought along for some key business activities. Why?

Maybe I was a little confused at the beginning, but after the past two years, I have seen it clearly: "Dongzi, after such a long time, I don't say I have a clear understanding of what happened in the factory, but I have also figured out a general idea. When I returned to the village after graduation and entered a factory in the village, my starting point was more than half higher than that of ordinary classmates.”

The situation at the grassroots level is clear, and Lu Zhenlin is also a key training target. Li Wenyue graduated and entered the factory. Naturally, he doesn't need to start from the grassroots, and he will definitely enter the management position directly.

Lu Dong understood what Fa Xiao wanted to do with him.

Li Wenyue watched a motorized tricycle climb up the embankment, waited for the chug of the engine to subside, and said, "There is still one and a half years left, and I should be graduating. If I want to practice early, I will be able to graduate from school in the second half of next year. It's time for me to make a choice."

He kept talking: "My father's meaning is that he wants to take the civil service exam and enter a public unit so that I can shine in the door. You probably have seen the meaning of the third grandpa and others. He wants me to work in a factory..."

It could be heard that Li Wenyue was still hesitating.

Lu Dong mentioned one of the key points, which Li Wenyue ignored or didn't pay much attention to: "Wen Yue, don't worry about other people, put Uncle Shan and Third Grandpa aside for now, you should think about it carefully, what are you thinking?" of?"

"Me?" Li Wenyue paused, "What did I think..."

Lu Dong didn't speak, just waited aside.

Although he could see Li Wenyue's personal tendencies, Lu Dong didn't want to say directly that Li Wenyue had to make his own decision on such matters.

Li Wenyue simply squatted down, looked at the river quietly, and did not speak for a while.

After a long time, Li Wenyue said, "Dongzi, it's not just what I think, but also Yuan Jing."

Thinking of Yuan Jing's family background, Lu Dong asked, "I heard that Yuan Jing's father is Deputy Director Yuan of the United Front Work Department of our county?"

Because Li Wenyue often had to work part-time and help in the factory, he didn't have time to hang out with the student union, but he also knew what the position of the deputy head of the United Front Work Department was, and said, "Yes! Yuan Jing didn't say it carefully before, and I didn't think about it..."

He scratched his head straight: "At first, I thought that love was a matter between two people. As I learned more, I realized that this kind of thinking was unreliable."

Lu Dong smiled: "Maybe love is a matter of two people, but marriage is a matter of two families."

Li Wenyue smiled, and said: "Seeing you and Heidan, especially when you and Heidan treat each other's families separately, I figured this out."

Even if he is a top student, Li Wenyue is still a student with no experience in this field: "I thought about it, but I can't give up."

Lu Dong patted him on the shoulder: "You, you are stubborn."

Li Wenyue said deliberately: "You didn't influence it?"

The gap between the two families was too real to be ignored. Lu Dong didn't know the specific situation of Yuan Jing's family. Li Wenyue asked Yuan Jing, and Yuan Jing was a little worried.

Lu Dong asked: "Yuan Jing graduated and entered a public work unit?"

"Yes, her father has made arrangements." Li Wenyue said slowly, "Yuan Jing dare not disobey her father's wishes."

As soon as Lu Dong heard it, he felt that this matter might be a bit troublesome.

Li Wenyue asked suddenly: "Dongzi, what level does our Lujia Food Co., Ltd. belong to in Qingzhao County?"

Lu Dong smiled: "When you graduate, you may be one of the largest private enterprises in the county. This is not a big problem."

Compared with Lu's Catering Company, Lu's Food Co., Ltd. has received more support and developed faster. For bagged food and roasted seeds and nuts, there is no need to open stores everywhere, and they can take the route of distributors. They have already passed through supermarkets and distributors. The merchants went out of Taidong and entered the markets of several surrounding provinces.

At present, Qingzhao's largest private company, the resin factory in the North Chemical Industrial Park, Lujia Food Company has a policy support from the provincial capital city, and is rushing forward.

Li Wenyue asked again: "If I go to a public institution, will I start from the grassroots?"

"Maybe the entry level is higher, and it is unavoidable to start from the grassroots." Lu Dong has dealt with many units and departments, and also understands some situations: "Our Qingzhao belongs to Taidong, which is very traditional. One of the very important points is seniority. An important part of the ascent."

Li Wenyue said: "I have no background and no qualifications, so it may not be easy to get promoted."

Lu Dong didn't say much, if Li Wenyue wanted to go this way, he could help to some extent.

However, public units have rules for public units, and some things are not so easy.

You can't do illegal things, that would harm Li Wenyue.

"I figured it out." Li Wenyue smiled brightly, "I'm back from graduation."

Lu Dong looked at Li Wenyue, and Li Wenyue said, "I've thought about joining the company in the village several times, but my family... it's all over now, I've made up my mind."

Hearing this, Lu Dong was not surprised. Li Wenyue didn't reject it, and even offered to help in the village during the holidays. From this point, it is not difficult to see that Li Wenyue was inclined to return to the company in the village.

However, Qingzhao's universal thinking that "everything is perfect is not well-prepared" also has an impact on him.

Lu Dong said: "You are the number one student in our village, it's good to come back, our village also needs new forces to join."

But Li Wenyue said: "I'm not doing well, you have to point it out to me in time. I have no theory and no experience."

Lu Dong laughed: "We brothers, whoever is with whom."

"Yes." Li Wenyue didn't need to be polite to Lu Dong, and immediately asked a difficult question: "When I invite Yuan Jing's family to dinner after graduation, you have to accompany me as a guest."

Lu Dong replied straight away: "No problem!"

The two talked for a while, the sun was tilted to the west, and just about to go down, Lu Lanlan carried a small bucket and a small shovel, and climbed up the embankment from below.

"Brother Dong, Brother Wenyue." Lu Lanlan greeted the two of them with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Li Wenyue said sincerely: "Say something to your Brother Dong."

Lu Dong saw the small bucket and shovel in Lu Lanlan's hand, and asked, "Lan Lan, what are you going to do?"

Lu Lanlan pointed to the inside of the river: "Go dig the loaches, dig a little below, and dig out all the loaches that hid in the mud for the winter."

When it comes to food, the little girl's eyes are shining.

Lu Dong glanced into the river and said, "Be careful yourself."

"I just followed the car far away, digging the places I dug, and didn't come closer." Lu Lanlan said: "I originally agreed with Nail to dig together. The new principal of the elementary school added a section for the fifth grade." class, it’s late after school in the afternoon.”

Li Wenyue said: "The monkeys in our village should find a strict principal to take care of them, especially Nail. If they don't study hard, how will they be admitted to high school in the future."

Lu Lanlan went to the other side of the steps: "I won't tell you, dig some back quickly, my mother is going to buy tofu, and I'm going to make the loach drilled tofu that Uncle Qi said."

Lu Dong waved his hand: "Go."

Before going down, Lu Lanlan asked again: "Brother Dong, have you eaten it? Is it delicious?"

Lu Dong said, "It's delicious."

This is not invented by Uncle Qi, but a famous dish along the river. Put the loach in water, add sesame oil and spit out the mud, put the seasoning tofu in the pot and cook together. The water is hot first and the tofu is still cold. The loach will drill into the tofu and wait until it is cooked. Afterwards, the loach showed its tail outside the tofu, and it tasted very good.

When returning home, Lu Dong told Li Wenyue another matter, and asked Li Wenyue to go back and help look up the information so that he could write an application. Together with some people, nominate Lu Dong to Quannan Securities.

Strictly speaking, this matter is not difficult. Aunt Ma on Yu Zhanlong's side, although she works in the Women's Federation, she also has the identity of a member of the certificate and carrying committee.

The biggest obstacle is actually Lu Dong's age. He is only 21 after the new year, and in a public unit where seniority is a serious issue, he is actually a little younger.

According to Du Dahai, give it a try this year, if not, come back in two years.