The Era of Hard Work

There are a lot of people on the Xincun Square, and there are many people sitting near the benches near the south.

Tighten the belt buckle and tie the wooden stilts to the feet. Lu Dong shook his hand to make sure that the stilts were tied firmly.

He turned to look at Song Na next to him: "Are you ready?"

Song Na had quick hands and feet, with stilts tied outside her sweatpants, and said, "You get up first, then pull me up, I've never played before."

Lu Dong stood up with his hands on the bench.

Song Na saw him crooked, and quickly reminded: "Be careful!"

"It's okay!" On the other side, an aunt said, "Xiao Song, don't worry, Dongzi played with Lao Qi a lot when he was young."

Song Na smiled at the aunt: "Yes."

Lu Dong stood up, walked back and forth with his feet, and said to Song Na: "Go straight, don't stop, this way you can maintain your balance, this is the easiest way."

The stilts the two of them stepped on were at most thirty centimeters long, which was far from the three-foot stilts some people stepped on when they were pretending to play in the past.

Lu Dong walked back and stretched out his hand to pull Song Na, and Song Na stood up immediately with his strength.

She came from the mountains, and the mountain village was built on the hillside. She had never played on stilts before, and suddenly she couldn't get used to it, so she quickly spread her arms to keep her balance.

Lu Dong kept on stepping, and waved at Song Na: "Take a few steps! Walk up!"

Song Na clicked on the ground of the square. She was born as a professional high jumper. She had developed motor nerves and good body balance. She quickly mastered the trick.

Just on the weekend, Yuan Jing, who came from the county to play, came over with a big red silk at this time. Looking at Song Na, who was already tall and long, she raised her height again, turned her red silk head, and said, "Song Na, You should wear wide-leg pants to cover up the stilts."

Song Na walked around Yuan Jing and asked, "Why are you covering it up?"

Yuan Jing deliberately teased her: "That way the legs look longer, and the legs are all under the chest."

Song Na stood tall, and deliberately tapped Yuan Jing's shoulder: "Is that still a human?"

Yuan Jing smiled cheerfully, and was about to speak when suddenly a little girl walked over on a two-foot stilt.

"Sister-in-law! Let it go!" Lu Lanlan seemed unable to control herself, and shouted, "Sister-in-law, the car is about to crash!"

Song Na was also a beginner. Hearing Lu Lanlan's shout, there was an extra 30 centimeters of wood under her feet. How could she just dodge it.

Seeing that Lu Lanlan was about to bump into Song Na, Lu Dong hurried over, grabbed Lu Lanlan, and cleverly pulled her around, heading towards a tree on one side.

Lu Dong brought Lu Lanlan to the tree. Lu Lanlan stretched out her arms and quickly hugged the not-so-thick trunk: "I'm scared to death! I'm scared to death!"

Then, he turned around and glared: "Wangcai, what do you want to do? Murder the master?"

The local dog Wangcai tied the chain to another tree, sat on the ground not far away, and looked at Lu Lanlan innocently.

Lu Dong circled the tree and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Lanlan said: "I was walking well, but this stinky dog ​​ran in front of me and nearly tripped me up."

Lu Dong glanced under her feet and said, "Be careful when stepping on such a high place." He pointed to the bench and said, "Go, I'll take you there, untie it and rest."

Lu Lanlan helped Lu Dong go to the bench, and said to Song Na as she walked, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law."

"It's okay, Lan Lan." Song Na waved her hand and came back.

Just for fun, after trying it, I am not very interested.

The square was near the center, surrounded by many people, and the sound of drums and gongs sounded.

Lu Dong first helped Song Na untie the stilts, Song Na was so happy, her face was full of smiles.

Lu Lanlan took a look and said, "No one can help me."

Lu Dong laughed: "How about I call Wang Cai over?"

"Don't!" Lu Lanlan hastened to do it herself: "Uncle Qi is teaching people how to juggle lions, let's go over and have a look."

Untie the stilts and hand them over to Lu Ming who is in charge here. Lu Dong, Song Na and Yuan Jing all followed Lu Lanlan to the center of the square.

There was a lion dancer over there, and Uncle Seven's hydrangea was pointing at the side, calling out to stop the demonstration movements from time to time, which was rare.

Yuan Jing and Song Na muttered to each other, not knowing what they were talking about.

Although they were not familiar with each other when they were in high school, they were also alumni. After getting along with each other in the past few years, they have a good relationship. After marrying in Lujia Village, they are still wall-to-wall neighbors.

Li Lin came over at this time: "Brother Dong."

Lu Dong nodded at him and asked, "Have you stopped over there?"

"This year's account was settled early, and my second uncle took a few days off early. It just so happens that there is nothing to do in the village, so I can help." Li Lin held a whip as a prop to bang the donkey: "As soon as I came here yesterday, I called Uncle Qi captured the strong man and assigned him a job of driving a donkey."

Song Na turned around and said, "I saw it once in the town when I was a child. This job requires skill, and I can't get someone to play a donkey."

Li Lin hurriedly said hello: "Hi sister-in-law, sister-in-law Wen Yue is here too."

Yuan Jing was not familiar with him, so she just smiled at Li Lin.

Li Lin said to Song Na: "I took the designer over to the Quarry Villa to look at it. My second uncle asked three designers to produce the design drawings. Which one will be the best at that time. But it will be too late before the new year. Go to work and check it out anytime.”

"Okay." Song Na said very politely: "Please, Li Lin."

After teaching for a period of time, Lu Jianren pushed people aside to let them practice hard. He got out from the crowd and ran to the side where the core was put on to see the rehearsal situation there.

Years ago, rehearsals lasted until the 27th or 8th year at most, but in the next year, rehearsals can only start after the fifth day of the new year. Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

Lu Dong looked over, and Seventh Uncle was finally reliable.

Seeing the excitement, Li Wenyue came out from the branch, and several people went to the drinking water rest area with buckets, sitting on the horses and chatting.

There were a lot of people in the square, not only from Lu's Village, but also from Zhang Wan and Liu Wan, and even some people who went to the old Lu's Village to join in the fun when they saw the rehearsal here.

In the nearby activity center, you can still hear the sunset red singing and dancing team organized by Lujia Village practicing chorus.

At this moment, Lu Jianren walked over dragging the soles of his shoes, and Lu Dong picked up the Mazha and passed it over: "Uncle Seven, rest?"

"I need to rest for a while." Lu Jianren put down the mat, and sat down: "People are not tired, and their hearts are tired. If you can't teach for a long time, there are not many clever ones!"

Song Na spoke nicely: "Uncle Qi, like you, you can learn at a glance, and you can learn it at once, one of the few."

Lu Jianren said in his heart that it was better for the little black man to speak nicely, and said, "I have been fooled by your third and second grandpas, why don't you stop doing this job next year!"

He patted his thigh: "I found it! Dongzi, you guys just treat me like a half-headed brick, where you need to throw it."

"No way!" Lu Dong laughed, "Seventh Uncle, you are called a revolutionary screw..."

Uncle Qi sang directly on Lu Dong's words: "...Where you put it, it will shine, and you will be the screw of the revolution, and the idea of ​​collectivism will shine..."

Lu Lanlan asked curiously, "Uncle Qi, what song is this?"

Uncle Seven asked, "Haven't you learned it?"

Lu Lanlan shook her head: "No."

"The times have changed." Seventh Uncle just sighed, and then jumped out of the conversation: "Dongzi, didn't you ask me to help you find out a while ago, saying that there is a martial arts practitioner in Shaolin Temple in our county?"

Lu Dong asked, "Any news?"

Lu Jianren nodded: "Ask a lot of people to help inquire, and finally asked, there is indeed one who is a monk in Shaolin Temple, not the Shaolin Martial Arts School like the little bald head, but actually entered the Shaolin Temple."

Song Na became interested: "Are there really people here who go to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts?"

Lu Jianren said: "That person should be a few years older than you. The six sons heard the news that they belonged to the demolished Diaojia Village."

Lu Dong still remembers that this village used to be on the edge of the university town, which was continuously expanded and demolished as early as 1999.

"It is said that he is a monk of Shaolin Temple who is serious." Lu Jianren said roughly: "What is the name of the Dharma... Yes, Shi Xingyu went to Shaolin Temple when he was a teenager, but his parents still live in Qingzhao. I will come back sometime in the year."

He thought for a while: "Diaojiazhuang has been demolished a long time ago. I don't know exactly where his family lives now. I guess you have to ask someone from the old Diaojiazhuang."

Lu Dong replied: "Okay, I'll ask the people in Diaojiazhuang again."

Song Na asked at this time: "Through him to contact Shaolin Temple?"

Lu Dong smiled: "It's better than us rushing to the door..."

Song Na nodded slightly: "That's right, leave this matter to me, and let No.1 Sports take care of it."

Lu Jianren looked at the time: "Okay, let's stop talking to you, I have to go to work..."

Song Na and Yuan Jing both stood up to see him off: "Uncle Seven, go do your work."

When Lu Jianren was far away, Lu Lanlan came over eagerly: "Sister-in-law, what are you asking Shaolin monks for? Are you going to travel to Shaolin Temple?"

Lu Dong asked, "You want to go too?"

Lu Lanlan blinked her eyes: "Which newspaper did I read, it said that the vegetarian dishes in Shaolin Temple are very delicious, and can make tofu taste like meat..."

Several people couldn't help laughing.

After spending a day in Lujiacun New Village and having dinner at Lu Dong's house in the evening, Hu Chunlan talked for a long time before Song Na was ready to leave.

Lu Dong drove to see her off, and Hu Chunlan said, "Dongzi, bring some New Year's goods to your parents over there."

Song Na didn't want it: "Mom, Lu Dong just dragged him away two days ago."

Hu Chunlan disagreed: "That was given by Lu Dong, these are given by me, it's different."

Lu Dong followed Hu Chunlan to the storage room: "Let's take it if my mother asks."

Song Na had no choice but to follow her to carry things.

In fact, they were not expensive, they were all wine, oil and meat, and some bacon and chicken sent by Lu Xia and his wife from Xichuan.

Lu Xia came back last year, but he couldn't come back this year. He had called Lu Dong a long time ago.

Putting things in the trunk, Lu Dong drove and sent Song Na to the university town.

When I left the village and turned on the east-west road, I saw a man coming from the south, crossing the road to go to the village, probably drunk and walking crookedly on the road.

Lu Dong lightly pressed the horn to get off the car, the man turned his head and waved in embarrassment, but he was someone he was not very familiar with.

"Dongzi." The man turned around from the front of the car.