The Era of Hard Work

Lu Dong took off his waist wallet and put it on the dining table: "All the money from the sale is here."

Hu Chunlan looked at the bulging wallet and knew that she had made a lot of money. She took it and opened it, and it was full of money.

Ten yuan, five yuan, two yuan, one yuan, and some change, each stacked into a thick stack.

There are more than a dozen even one hundred.

Hu Chunlan habitually took out a stack and started counting, the more she counted, the more frightened she became. After counting three stacks, her hands trembled a little.

It's not that I haven't seen money!

But there is too much running water this day!

Putting down the last stack of change, Hu Chunlan fell silent.

"Mom?" Lu Dong asked.

Hu Chunlan rubbed her face and said, "4561 yuan." She asked deliberately, "Is it all from today?"

Lu Dong replied, "All of them."

This included Wang Qian's compensation of 500.

Except for necessities such as motorcycles and trailers, a little money was left for daily contingencies, and the rest of Lu Dong's money was used to purchase goods, which almost sold out today.

His selling price is basically double the purchase price.

This non-competitive business is too profitable to do. Originally, Lu Dong thought he could sell the goods for two to three days, but he only lasted for one day.

When he just came back, Lu Dong asked at the school gate that the number of freshmen registered today was nearly a thousand, and there may be more tomorrow.

Lu Dong generally had an impression that there were at most 200 people who bought things from him.

For the rest, either bring your own equipment or spend on campus.

He did intercept a considerable part of the traffic of the school store, but there were also quite a few who chose to spend on campus, so why did the woman call at the door?

It's useless to think about these troubles, life goes on, and stalls continue.

Lu Dong quickly finished his meal and said, "Mom, do you need money? Don't let me buy it all today."

Hu Chunlan stuffed the money back into her bag and asked, "Will you go at this point?"

Lu Dong said: "A lot of students ordered goods with me, and they went to pick them up early in the morning. I called the owner of the wholesale market, and he will be waiting tonight." He asked again: "I remember someone in the village has a truck, I hired car."

There is no way, the drivers in the city dare not go to the village easily.

The law and order situation has indeed reached a point where it must be severely cracked down.

Hu Chunlan said: "Your Uncle Tie just bought a second-hand truck to pull fodder."

Thinking of Uncle Tie, the time spent entangled with him, the West Market has arrived, Lu Dong asked: "Anyone else?"

Hu Chunlan thought for a while: "Red Star seems to have replaced the tractor with a small one at the beginning of the month, and works in the county market every day."

As the sky began to darken, Lu Dong rushed to the village and found Hong Xing's house, where a pickup truck was parked at the door.

Lu Dong talked roughly with Hong Xing, the two negotiated a price, and hurried to Quannan.

"Hurry up while it's early." Hong Xing drove out of the village and said to Lu Dong, "If it's later, the road will not be safe."

He added: "Let's take the main road as much as possible."

Lu Dong agreed: "Okay, your old driver is better than me." He asked: "In the past half a month, I may often go to Quannan in the evening or in the morning. Are you free? Let's take a long-distance run when you are free."

Hong Xing thought for a while, and said, "Not tomorrow, someone is getting married at my grandma's place tomorrow night, and I'm going to get a dowry. It's fine at other times."

This can't be forced, Lu Dong will talk about it tomorrow, the goods he pulled today may be enough to sell in two days.

If it didn't work, I went to borrow Uncle Tie's car, remembering that Uncle Qi had a notebook.

He rushed all the way to the West Market in a hurry, picked up Tang Wei and went directly to the warehouse. This time, Lu Dong wanted twice as much as the previous sum. Tang Wei was very caring, and specially called two guys to help with the delivery.

The warehouse was brightly lit, and Tang Wei stood under the lamp, shaking his bright watch and asking, "Business is good?"

During this special period, Lu Dong certainly wouldn't tell the truth: "The demand for daily necessities in rural areas is huge. By the way, prepare more sunscreen."

"Okay!" Tang Wei laughed: "Am I right? Buy more and work for two more years, and you can buy cars and houses in the city like me."

Lu Dong followed his words and said, "Bring Vigo a good word."

"This person must have big goals and big pursuits." Tang Wei deliberately shook his watch again under the light: "Did you see my watch? It's worth a house! Where did I get the money from? Just sell these Gadgets come."

Lu Dong smiled and said, "Vigo is the best."

Tang Wei was also laughing: "Work hard, buy more, and sooner or later it will be on my scale."

After the two men sorted out the goods, Lu Dong went over to check the goods, and after confirming that there was no problem, he paid the money and left.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when we got home. After unloading and loading the truck, Lu Dong hurried back to take a shower and sleep. After a busy day, even though he was young and strong, he was tired and sleepy.

Making money is real, happiness is real, and tiredness and suffering are also real.

But without paying, how can there be any return? Can't you just sit in the yard, open your mouth and wait for the pie to fall from the sky?

Things will fall from the sky, such as bird droppings.

At daybreak, Lu Dong got up on time, ate and packed his things, and ran to the river bank to catch new itchy peppers.

Hunters don't feel safe without pets.

The light beast king's power is too small, thinking about what happened yesterday, he found a stick and put it on the drag bucket.

Lu Dong asked his old lady to prepare lunch for the two of them, then rode on Xiao Jialing, dragged the cart and headed straight to the University City.

Pull banners to display goods and turn on the horn, and the official start of work today.

Qiao Weiguo came earlier than expected, and came by bicycle before seven o'clock. With what happened yesterday, Lu Dong was not polite to him.

At 7:30, it is estimated that the school had finished breakfast, and the stalls began to fill up, mostly students, and many people who made an appointment with Lu Dong yesterday came to pick up the goods.

A large circle of people surrounded the booth.

In the early morning, Lu Dong was so busy that he was sweating, and even Lu Chun and Wang Chao came over to say hello.

Apart from going to the toilet at the construction site, what he did this morning can be summed up in three words: order goods, collect money, and give change.

Lu Dong didn't know what was going on in the school store, since he was almost overwhelmed anyway.

It wasn't until lunch time at noon that the booth was free. Lu Dong hurriedly fetched water, his lips were dry and peeling, and his throat was about to smoke.

Behind the booth, near the fence of the construction site, a voice suddenly came: "Okay, Dongzi, we speculators are doing well! Someday we will be hit, and we won't even be able to find a wife!"

Lu Dong turned his head: "Seventh Uncle?"

There were three people sitting on the broken bricks in front of the fence, one of them was holding an enamel jar in his left hand, and a spoon and steamed buns in his right.

Lu Jianren swallowed the food in his mouth, and said in a consistent tone: "Before that, you will only hit the target and be a bachelor for the rest of your life."

Lu Dong ignored these words and asked, "Why are you here?"

Lu Jianren snorted: "I heard Li Lao Er said that you are here, but I still don't believe it. Hey, you kid, you really are speculating."

Lu Dong smiled: "You can't be idle."

"This is Xiaoguang, and this is the Red Soldier." Lu Jianren waved his head to the young people on the left and right: "My new apprentice."

He specifically warned: "I'm not here if something happens, you go to the construction site and call them."

Lu Dong understood what he meant: "Okay."

After eating, Lu Jianren stood up and patted his buttocks, and said, "I won't talk to you anymore, go back early after selling the things, and be careful not to let Jiedao's robbery."

Lu Dong thought of something: "Uncle Qi, are you free tonight? Drive me to Quannan to get some goods."

This morning, the anti-mosquito products sold out very fast, and many students were full of bags.

Lu Jianren didn't look back: "Just find the car."

He dragged the soles of his shoes and walked away.

Lu Dong took another look at the two apprentices.

With Seventh Uncle's skills, it is more than enough to lead apprentices, but the problem is that it is easy to learn wrongly.

Who knows if you will learn a master craftsman, a steel bar worker or an electric welder, or the two who are good at catching birds, fish and rabbits?

Lu Dong found out the lunch that Hu Chunlan had prepared, and handed one of the pockets to Qiao Weiguo: "Eat some lunch while there is no one else, and take a break."

Qiao Weiguo patted his bald head, smiled embarrassedly and said, "I forgot to bring food."

Lu Dong said, "Try it first."

Qiao Weiguo opened the bag, and inside was a sesame seed cake with meat sandwiched in it. After taking a bite, his mouth was full of oil and fragrance.

"It's delicious." He said honestly, "It's delicious with meat."

Lu Dong sat on the saddle, chewing slowly, even though he drank water, his throat was still dry and uncomfortable.

Money is not easy to earn.

Enduring the discomfort in his throat, Lu Dong ate the biscuits, otherwise he would not have the strength to work in the afternoon.

After dinner, taking advantage of the lack of people, he went back to fetch goods twice, and asked Hu Chunlan to ask about Auntie Tie's car.

It's a pity that the third company where the uncle works is only in charge of a small part of the construction site, otherwise they can rent a warehouse.

With the increase of new students entering school, the strong buying demand broke out in a short period of time. In the afternoon, the number of people at Lu Dong's stall never dropped by double digits.

It was getting dark and there was still a lot of people, so Lu Dong turned on the charging lamp that he had prepared earlier.

Some universities started school, and the street lights on Xuefu Road and Wenhua Road were also turned on.

After eight o'clock, after seeing off the last customer, Lu Dong said goodbye to Qiao Weiguo, got on the bike and hurried back. The goods purchased yesterday were not sold out, but they were not enough for tomorrow, so we needed to go to Quannan again.

Back in the orchard, Lu Jianren was already waiting for him: "Listen to your mother, you want to borrow an iron rooster cart, so hurry up now. When I came over, Laotie went to the village to play poker. Ask your Auntie Tie to borrow it, sure! Wait for Laotie." Come back, even if you give him 200 yuan, he won’t lend it to you.”

Lu Dong thought this was the reason, and left with steamed buns, pickles and a bottle of water.

Lu Jianren took two arm-long sticks: "Put it in the car later, it will be useful."

Lu Dong agreed: "It's too late, the road is not safe."

"Let's come back and walk from the north side of the University City." What Lu Jianren told him was completely different: "I have seen that there are many dogs over there, and they often run on the road, trying to hit one, and mend the stick when the time comes."

Lu Dong was speechless: "Uncle Qi, can we do something serious?"

Uncle Seven is working on the construction site in the university town, or is he studying other things?

Lu Jianren drooped his shoulders and said as a matter of course: "This is the business!"

When the two came to the chicken farm, Lu Dong told Aunt Tie that Aunt Tie was very happy and gave Lu Jianren the car keys.

This is a 60% new big car, Lu Jianren put the stick in the driver's cab, and Lu Dong got into the co-pilot.

When the car left the chicken farm, Lu Dong said, "Uncle Qi, go to the gas station when you come back." He yawned, took out a pack of cigarettes, opened one for Lu Jianren, and put the rest where he could reach it : "Are you trying to refresh yourself?"

Lu Jianren clicked on it and asked, "Come back and cheer for the old man? You earn a lot."

As the car swayed, Lu Dong's eyelids were a little heavy, and he even yawned: "It's okay."

There should be more than 250 people who bought things today, definitely more than 5,000.

Lu Jianren exhaled smoke: "You boy, you have a long-term mind, and you still have a hand with me, don't think about it, your seventh uncle will speculate?"

Without waiting for Lu Dong to speak, he said again: "Needless to say, we must keep our hands on the outsiders and guard against them."