The Era of Hard Work

"The water is rising! The water is rising!"

On the old street with blue bricks and blue tiles, an aunt suddenly shouted: "The river is full of water!"

The sound was loud and spread to both sides of the street. When Lu Dong came out of the house, his aunt had already gone south.

He hurried back, put on long rubber boots, walked northward on the concrete road of the old street, faced the rising sun, and soon came to the northeast.

Get a little closer, and there are countless "hanged ghosts" hanging from the branches and leaves of the big locust tree.

Strips of light green worms are spinning and hanging on the leaves. At first glance, it looks like a string of locust bells.

There is a wind blowing over, blowing off large pieces of bugs.

The free-range chickens that had been waiting under the tree clucked and rushed over, and the beaks of the chickens kept falling to the ground like a pile driver.

A few children ran over with open arms, yelled and chased away the chicken, picked up worms and threw them into the bowl in their hands, looking forward to going home at noon to fry them, they were crispy and delicious.

Lu Dong picked up the worm that fell on his neck, threw it to a younger brother of his family, and walked along the passage to the embankment.

In late July, the weeds are flourishing on the earthy embankment, and the wild jujube and jujube trees are hanging with small green fruits.

Underfoot, the water in the river was obviously swollen. According to Lu Dong's visual observation, the deepest part might be two meters.

After the first heavy rain in June, water came from the dry river.

Based on the lessons of last year, the upstream reservoir did not dare to store more water, and when the water level was slightly higher, the gate was lifted to release the water.

Although this year's rain is far from last year's, there have been several rains in July, and the dry Qingzhao River finally ushered in turbid yellow waves.

The river water is yellow, and many water hyacinths washed down from it.

Standing on the edge of the embankment and watching, Lu Dong suddenly remembered that at this time last year, he was digging water gourds to find leeches, casting nets to catch fish, so that he could exchange them for money.

In just one year, the world has turned upside down.

He already has four large stores in operation and has invested in several other companies.

Lu's catering company alone, even in the off-season of summer vacation, has a daily turnover of more than 30,000 yuan.

The sun was rising, the weather was getting warmer, and there was noise from the north.

Lu Dong walked north along the embankment, observing the wild jujube trees and wild jujube trees outside the embankment. Unlike last summer when he saw bugs everywhere, he walked by a few trees and saw no itchy peppers.

Is this being eaten up?

Lu Dong stopped, looked carefully, and found it.

This stuff was flooding, even if Uncle Qi had a good appetite, he couldn't eat it clean.

Arriving at the last bend of the "S" bend, which is near the Triangle Dam, Mingming and other boys on the old street led by Nail are taking off their clothes.

A group of ten-year-old children stripped naked.

Nail shouted: "I am the first!"

He rushed to the front of the triangular dam with bare feet and jumped directly.

Plop——

The muddy water splashed, and nails popped out of the water.

Mingming and others jumped down one by one.

This group of children quickly climbed up from the bottom with their buttocks bare, and the sun shone on them, and those who were not exposed to the sun would turn dark in the morning.

Lu Dong suddenly thought of Heidan, if Heidan took a sunbath after swimming, he would become African 100%.

"Brother Dong!" Nail shouted, "Come on, let's go down the river together, it's cool!"

Lu Dong reminded: "Don't plunge headfirst into the river! The water here is shallow, so be careful not to plunge headfirst into the mud!"

Mingming said: "There was a fish in the river just now! It hit me!"

"Are there fish?" Suddenly a female voice came from outside the embankment, and Lu Lanlan climbed up the embankment: "Are there really fish?"

Nail shouted: "There is a girl!"

Seven or eight children jumped into the river like dumplings, and fell into the water with a plop.

Lu Lanlan's mind was all about fishing, so she didn't feel embarrassed at all, so she came to Lv Dong and asked, "Brother Dong, are you not fishing anymore?"

Lu Dong understood her thoughts and asked, "Want to eat fish?"

Lu Lanlan smiled and raised her eyebrows: "I want to eat! Brother Dong, can you catch some fish? At worst, I'll go to your shop and work for you for free."

Lu Dong glanced at her, and Lu Lanlan really had something to say: "But you have to eat and drink for free."

Today Lu Dong was not in a hurry to go to the store, he glanced at the river that seemed to be still rising slowly, and said, "Okay, I'll ask Uncle Qi to borrow the net."

Lu Lanlan quickly said, "I'll go too."

The two had just stepped off the embankment and hadn't returned to the village when they saw Lu Jianren walking towards this side with his shoulders drooping, carrying a fishing net and a water bag.

Lu Dong patted his head, and the reservoir raised the gate to release the water. With Uncle Qi's temperament, he said that he would never miss this fishing feast.

The two greeted Lu Jianren and went back to the embankment together. Because Nail and others were entering the water, the fish on the side of the triangle dam were scared away, so they simply walked north to another slow water area.

The three of them went down and came to the water's edge. Lu Lanlan was very active. She found a longer broken wooden stick and picked up the water hyacinth that had accumulated by the river. Lu Dong and Lu Jianren squatted by the river, waiting patiently.

Lu Jianren lit a cigarette: "You sprinkle two nets first, and I'll see if the craftsmanship is lost."

Lu Dong brought a fishing net, and slowly followed the net. He would never lose the things he played with from childhood to adulthood.

"Brother Dong, Uncle Qi." Lu Lanlan asked, "Is it okay?"

Lu Jianren played her head off: "Wait a minute." He deliberately joked: "Lan Lan, let's make an agreement, I can give you the fish, and I have to exchange it with your father's chicken."

Lu Lanlan said with a mournful face, "Uncle Seven, you go to my dad and tell me, I said it doesn't work, just be scolded."

Both Lu Jianren and Lu Dong laughed.

Lu Dong stood up, glanced at the water surface, and threw out the fishing net in his hand.

I haven't touched it in the past year, the craftsmanship is somewhat trendy, and the fishing net has not been completely spread out.

"Look! Look!" Lu Jianren clicked his tongue: "I have forgotten all the serious skills I taught you. This should be put in the past, and you must be expelled from the teacher!"

Lu Dong didn't bother to answer Seventh Uncle's nonsense, and slowly dragged the fishing net up.

"There are fish!" Lu Lanlan jumped up excitedly: "Brother Dong, Uncle Qi, there are fish!"

Lu Jianren took a look: "Shit luck!"

Lu Dong dragged it onto the fishing net, and there was a large catfish in the net, weighing more than three catties by visual estimation.

Seeing the catfish, Lu Lanlan's face changed instantly, and her eyebrows curled into a smile.

Lu Dong picked the fish from the net, and Lu Jianren plucked the roots to pull the seedlings. After Lu Dong took out the catfish, he put it directly into the fish's mouth and handed it to Lu Lanlan.

Lu Jianren said: "Here, tell your mother to eat while it's fresh."

Lu Lanlan's smiling eyes almost disappeared: "Seventh Uncle is so kind, and so is Brother Dong."

She picked up the catfish and was about to go back, but Lu Dong hurriedly said, "Eat it today, don't let your father keep it."

Lu Lanlan said: "Eat today! If my parents are not free, I will kill myself!"

Thinking of how Lu Lanlan could cut pigs' mouths with a knife and chop a big pig's head with an ax in order to eat, Lu Dong felt that a catfish was nothing to worry about.

Lu Lanlan went up to the embankment, carried a big catfish, and went home happily.

Lu Dong tidied up the fishing net, cast the second net down, and dragged an empty net up.

Lu Jianren shook his head straight: "If you don't do serious things all day, everything will be wasted."

Looking at the empty fishing net, and thinking that the net that was cast before was bigger than the bottom of the cauldron, Lu Dong was speechless for a while.

Squatting by the river, Lu Dong simply changed the subject: "How is your work in the factory?"

"Leisure, at ease." Lu Jianren seemed very satisfied: "Look at the door, patrol the factory, if something is broken, go to repair it, you need time and time, you need freedom and freedom."

He sighed: "It's just that there is no one to play with. They say that there are thieves in the nearby village. I have prepared a lot to make a living, and the thieves will not come to our village."

Lu Dong said: "It is estimated that this thief is from the local area. He has heard of the name of our village. People are coming. You have to worry about people who can't take care of themselves?"

Lu Jianren said seriously: "No, at most treat him to a good meal. Isn't there some people who eat raw fish slices? I will treat him to eat raw leeches."

The two of them were chatting, when a person came running from the bank and shouted from afar: "Seventh brother! Seventh brother! Third uncle called you! Tell you to go to the village committee! Hurry up!"

Lu Jianren stood up, threw the cigarette butt directly into the water, and responded, "I'll go right away." He glanced at Lu Dong: "I guess there is trouble, so don't rush to work? Go and have a look with me."

Lu Dong packed the fishing net water bag and said, "Let's go."

The fishing net was handed over to Lu Jianwen, and the two walked quickly to the south to the village committee compound.

Lu Zhenlin was in the office, saw Lu Jianren and Lu Dong coming over, and said, "A group of people came from the south of the village to give free eggs, and many of them went. In this world, how can there be any free things? You two go and have a look, drive away the dishonest people."

Lv Jianren regained his spirit: "Okay!"

Lu Zhenlin reminded: "Don't hit people!"

"Third Uncle, am I the kind of person who does things casually?" Lu Jianren pulled Lu Dong aside: "Both Dongzi and I don't like violence."

"Go." Lu Zhenlin waved his hand.

The appearance of the younger generation really caused some unpleasant things, and he came forward to help.

Veterans are the last to go.

Lu Dong and Lu Jianren went out of the brigade's courtyard, and not far south, when Li Wenyue's father, Li Shan, came over with a bag of eggs.

"Uncle Shan!" Lu Dong asked proactively, "Have you gone to get the eggs? What's going on?"

Looking south, there are two extra-large sunshade tents on the road at the south end of the village, and there seem to be many people.

Li Shan came over, first showed the two of them the ten eggs in his pocket, and then handed Lu Dong a coloring page: "It is said that it is engaged in the national health project, and I will receive eggs to strengthen my body and test blood pressure for free. For me, I tested my high blood pressure! When I took Wen Yue's mother to the county hospital to see a doctor last week, I took a test by the way, and the blood pressure was quite normal, but they measured the blood pressure to be very high, and insisted on recommending me medicine..."

Lu Dong looked at the coloring page in his hand, he was familiar with it, and it was not the first time he saw it: the National Medical Association organized a trip to the countryside to send warmth, a national fitness plan, blood pressure measurement and registration to receive healthy eggs to supplement nutrition...

Lu Jianren took a look and said, "Isn't this the group of people who went to Majia Village a while ago?"

Lu Dong knew the nature of this group of people, so he definitely couldn't allow them to be deceived in the village, and said, "Seventh Uncle, go over and have a look first, I'll go back and prepare something, don't mess around with others, don't let the big guy buy it. They're just fine."

"Okay!" Although Lu Jianren hit Lu Dong frequently, he also knew that this nephew was reliable.

Lu Dong was about to leave, and stretched out his hand: "Uncle Qi, give me your hard cigarette case."

"You don't smoke..." Lu Jianren had just muttered, when he suddenly thought of something, he took out the cigarette case, took out the cigarettes inside, and gave the empty cigarette case to Lu Dong.