The Era of Hard Work

  Chapter 48 Serving Hometown

   The half-old Santana car drove out of Quannan City, turned from the east outer ring onto the road leading to the University Town, and soon entered the University Town area. The slightly deserted environment made the passengers in the car quite emotional.

   "Little Zhao." Yang Liewen asked the officer on the co-pilot: "A few schools have started."

   The particularly capable officer replied quickly: "The School of Finance will start school, the Normal University will start school in two days, and the School of Physical Education will be soon."

   Yang Liewen asked with concern: "Where is the provincial university?"

  Xiao Zhao obviously did his homework: "It will be past September 1st."

   Yang Liewen hurried back to Quannan before dawn to deal with the housework. He met the old leader again. He was praised and in a good mood.

   Xiao Zhao answered at the right time: "No, it's not as good as our Ning Xiu."

   Yang Liewen turned and asked, "How far is it from Liu Wan?"

   "Ahead is the intersection of Xuefu Road and Wenhua Road." Xiao Zhao introduced: "After this intersection, go east, and there is a road leading directly to Liu Wan and Lu's house, which can be reached in ten minutes."

   "Lujia Village..." Yang Liewen suddenly thought of a dark and honest face: "I remember that Lu Dong and Liu Zhaodi were classmates?"

  Xiao Zhao is very capable: "Classmates, I have read the materials of classmates Zhao Di, and the two of them were classmates together at the beginning."

   Yang Liewen sighed secretly, if Lu Dong had Liu Zhaodi's achievements, he would benefit more from that report, and at the end of the year, the top ten outstanding members will be firmly in his hands.

   is a typical and quite convincing result in the jurisdiction where    is located.

  Santana passed the intersection, Xiao Zhao suddenly pointed to the northeast and said, "Lu Dong is over there."

  Yang Liewen also saw that behind a street stall, the dark and tall Lu Dong was collecting money.

   "Go and have a look," he told the driver.

  The driver turned over there and stopped on the side of the road. Xiao Zhao got out of the car and opened the door for the leader with full eyesight.

   It was almost noon, and there were not many people. Lu Dong put away the money and saw Santana and the clerk who got off the bus first. He had some guesses in his heart.

   As expected, Yang Liewen came out of the rear door, his shirt was tucked into his waist, and the belt head was shiny.

   "Mayor Yang." Lu Dong took the initiative to say hello and gave the officer water: "It's hot, drink some water."

  Yang Liewen motioned to Xiao Zhao to continue, and asked, "Why are you here?"

  Lu Dong pointed to his own street stall and said, "I came in from Quannan to sell some goods. The School of Finance is not open, so I will set up a street stall here. After school, I must have a living and be self-reliant."

   "A bit of vision." Yang Liewen could see something by observing all the way: "Business is good?"

   Lu Dong said vaguely: "It's okay, I can support my family."

   "This is to start a business." Yang Liewen said casually.

   But after I finished speaking, I couldn’t stop thinking, and now the economy is developing vigorously from top to bottom…

   Lu Dong glanced at Yang Liewen: "I thought about it, it's hard. I'm young, I have no experience, no funds, and no backing, so I can only try first."

  Yang Liewen has always had a good sense of Lu Dong, and the same is true this time. The 18th and 19th students have just left the school. How many are willing to set up a street stall to be self-reliant?

   He is pragmatic and appreciates pragmatic people.

   For example, Xiao Zhao, who can do things in a meeting.

   "Has reporter Fang contacted you again?" Yang Liewen asked.

   "No." Lu Dong told the truth: "She has contacted my eldest brother, and she will take the initiative to contact me if I need to cooperate with the reported matter."

  Yang Liewen pointed to the stall: "There are customers coming, you can go busy."

  Lu Dong said without being long-winded: "Goodbye, Mayor Yang."

  Some students came to buy sunscreen, and the School of Finance is training for military training. Sunscreens have been selling very well these two days.

   These days, most of the female students have limited conditions. They are not so particular about the future. They don’t need non-famous brands. It’s good to have sunscreen.

   After dealing with the two waves of customers, Lu Dong glanced at the time on the electronic watch and said, "Wei Guo, I'll go to my classmate's place and come back in about an hour."

  Qiao Weiguo said: "Okay. I will sell if I know the price, and I will not sell if I don't remember the price."

   The delivery of goods has been slow in the past two days. There is no need to go back to pick up the goods at noon. Lu Dong temporarily removed the trailer of the Jialing truck, grabbed a leather notebook, and rode the Xiaojialing straight to Liuwan Village.

   As soon as I turned the intersection of Liuwan, I saw a telephone pole and a tree at the head of Liuwan Village pulling up a large banner - warm congratulations to my village student Liu Zhaodi who has been promoted to Qinghua University!

   Liu Zhaodi's father really thought about it?

   Lu Dong inevitably has this idea. After all, Liu Mingquan is the secretary of Liu Wan. If he does not agree, the village head cannot hang such a large banner.

  Liu Zhaodi's house is easy to find, just across from the yard of the brigade. When Lu Dong arrived, there were many motorcycles, bicycles, and a few cars parked nearby.

  Among them, a semi-old Santana looks quite familiar.

   Lu Dong was confirmed, and Yang Liewen also came.

  Before entering the door, there was an ugly print under the door, which was obviously wiped, but could not be wiped clean.

  Lü Dong raised his head, there was a swallow's nest on the lamp holder in the middle of the gate, and swallows could be seen emerging.

   "You are..." Someone in their twenties came to say hello.

   Lu Dong said with a smile, "I'm classmate Zhao Di."

   "Fast forward!" Greeting Lu Dong to go inside.

   As soon as Lu Dong entered the gate, he made a general observation that Liu Zhaodi's family was unusual.

  The yard is very big. In front of the screen wall is a pomegranate tree with many fist-sized fruits hanging on it.

   Further inside, a jujube tree is hunched over, and the blue jujubes are quite dense. On the first big branch of the jujube tree, there are still things hanging out, which are longan and peanuts threaded with threads.

  There is a pond under the jujube tree, in which lotus flowers of unknown species are planted, with lotus pods sticking out of the water, and lotus seeds drilled out.

   Further inside, the flower bed in front of the house is full of sunflowers, and the flower tray bears black and white seeds.

   It's hard for Lu Dong to talk about other people's family affairs, but Liu Zhaodi grew up in this environment, not only did not grow crooked, but also was admitted to blue and white, which is really not easy.

   "Lu Dong is here, come in quickly." Liu Mingquan was standing at the door of the main room.

   "Hello, Uncle Quan." Lu Dong greeted him, walked in and glanced at the door, and sure enough he saw Yang Liewen on the main table.

  The yard is big, and the main room is also big. There are four tables at the Eight Immortals Table. Lu Dong arrived at the easternmost table. The table was filled with students, including Liu Zhaodi, who only knew two people.

  The other is Li Wenyue.

   It was not too late, and before the dishes were served, Liu Zhaodi helped Lu Dong pour water, and Lu Dong stuffed her with the book.

  Liu Zhaodi looked down and saw that there were four words on the cover of the book - all the best, and whispered, "Thank you."

   "I haven't seen you for a long time. What are you doing?" Li Wenyue sat next to Lu Dong.

   Lu Dong glanced at the person at the same table, who was probably a young man from Liu Zhaodi's village, and replied, "Do some small business."

   Li Wenyue asked with concern: "Can you make money?"

   "Yes." Lu Dong took a drink from the water cup: "If you want to make money, you have to work hard."

   Someone shouted from the kitchen, and people came in one after another outside to serve food.

  Liu Zhaodi gave Lu Dong a bottle of beer: "Is it hard to do business?"

   "I'll just drink water, and I'll go out in the afternoon." Lu Dong didn't ask for a beer, and said, "I get up early and get up late, I have to worry about everything, just earn hard money."

  The banquet started, and the same table had a drink together. Lu Dong asked Li Wenyue, "Is there a banquet at your house?"

   Li Wenyue shook his head: "If there is Zhaodi, don't be embarrassed, just have a meal for your family."

  Lu Dong remembered the reality of the university town, and warned: "Wen Yue, go to me before school starts, and I'll give you a school set."

   There are still very few people holding the entrance banquet. After waiting for ten years, Qing Zhaodi said that if he was admitted to an undergraduate degree, even if he was a high-ranking professional, he would have a feast for the guests.

   This will also become an important human expense.

   Li Wenyue said in a low voice, "I'm fine before school starts, or I'll go and help you."

   Considering Li Wenyue's health, Lu Dong refused: "You stay at home safely and think about college life."

  Liu Mingquan came over with a wine glass and said with a smile: "I'll give you a toast. You all recruit Di, from elementary school to junior high school and high school. As a dad, thank you for your help to Zhao Di."

   Lu Dong and Li Wenyue quickly stood up and clink glasses with Liu Mingquan one after another.

   Liu Mingquan said to Liu Zhaodi, "Come with me and give the leaders a toast."

  Liu Zhaodi left with her cup in hand.

   Li Wen got closer and his voice was lower: "Dongzi, do you see, Zhao Di's father has changed."

   "Zhao Di is enough to go out." Lu Dong knew this kind of person roughly, and it was too difficult to change.

  Liu Mingquan came to the center of the main room where the main table was, and suddenly pulled out a stack of things from under the red paper on the desk and held it in his hand.

   Liu Zhaodi stopped.

   Lu Dong glanced at it, it seemed to be a household registration book and an admission notice.

   Li Wen Yue was more curious: "What is he going to do?"

   Lu Dong didn't know either, so he said casually, "Maybe the master wants to say a few words."

   "Leaders, teachers, classmates, friends, neighbors, you all came to attend the school entrance banquet of the little girl Liu Zhaodi today. My face is bright, Liu Mingquan!"

  Liu Mingquan, the secretary of Liu Wan, speaks with a certain level: "Liu Zhaodi can achieve today's achievements, thanks to your help a lot, and the blessings of his hometown. Without green photos, there would be no Liu Zhaodi and Liu Mingquan today!"

   Hearing this, Lu Dong had a bad premonition.

  Liu Zhaodi's sunburned hands were shaking a little.

Liu Mingquan said loudly: "I remember this love, Liu Mingquan, and Liu Zhaodi! Our old Liu family is not ungrateful!" He picked up the admission notice and looked at Liu Zhaodi: "Zhaodi, in front of relatives and friends today, Leaders, teachers, classmates and neighbors, make a promise that after graduating from university, you will return to the hometown where you raised your family! Let everyone rest assured that you will come back!”

  Everyone looked at Liu Zhaodi. In fact, they all agreed with Liu Mingquan's words. It is not easy for Qingzhao to be a top university student, and it is not even easier to return home after studying.

  Liu Zhaodi's sunburned arms trembled slightly, and the red pimples on her face became more and more red.

   Liu Mingquan's fingers tightened while holding the admission letter.

  Many people here, especially the local leaders, actually hope that Liu Zhaodi will come back.

  Everyone wants their hometown to get better and better.

  Liu Zhaodi looked at the admission notice and suddenly wanted to understand a lot of things. It was not her father who gave up, but that she could not refuse, could not refuse.

   She dared not gamble, the admission letter was not in her hand.

   Just like in recent years, Liu Zhaodi tried to keep calm and said, "I promise, I will come back from college."

   (end of this chapter)