The Era of Hard Work

This night, Lu Dong woke up several times, but luckily the deadly emergency gong never sounded again.

Something was on his mind, and before five o'clock, Lu Dong got up and beat sandbags in the courtyard of the old house.

He doesn't know professional things, purely bastard boxing, right as exercise.

After playing with a beanbag for a while and washing up briefly, Lu Dong found a Maza and sat down to think.

Since returning to 1998 the night before yesterday, I have been busy fighting the flood, and I have no time to think about many things.

Especially about the future.

In that life, for a long time after 1998, Lu Dong lived in a muddle.

I have been on the street, addicted to online games, and the money I earn is only enough to support my life. From time to time, I need the help of my mother and cousin. It was not until after 2010 that I came to my senses.

Don't go the old way, get rich!

There are many measures of happiness, and prosperity is the cornerstone.

But what kind of opportunities will there be in these two years, Lu Dong is at a loss.

What is really impressive is the university town.

If you want to do something, you must first investigate on the ground.

No investigation, no right to speak.

Then there is money.

Society is very realistic.

There is no need to count on the family, Lu Dong knows the situation at home without asking.

Today, July 12th, shortly after paying the public rations, the orchard has not yet produced apples, and the family does not even have 500 yuan.

The orchard has more than 20 mu of land, and there is no grain production. The public grain is also temporarily borrowed, and the debt will be repaid after the fruit is sold.

Public grain cannot be defaulted, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

This old lady's life is not easy, so I can't add more burdens to her. As an eighteen-year-old adult, I have to shoulder the things that I should shoulder.

On the uncle's side, the amount of help I have received over the years is too numerous to count, and I don't know how to repay it.

Even blood relatives cannot be taken for granted.

In the future, we still have to rely on ourselves to break through, work hard, and fight hard.

Little people may not succeed if they work hard, but they have no hope of success without hard work.

The reality is here, people are poor, and there are a bunch of poor people around them, who can help whom?

In rural areas, too many people are exhausted just to maintain the basic life.

The most important thing is to support yourself first and earn a minimum amount of money.

This is the most realistic goal at this stage.

After all, money is the most basic! Lu Dong's mind is full of money.

Therefore, the goal at this stage is to earn enough money to gain a foothold and start-up capital to develop in the university town.

Come down to earth step by step.

After locking the door and going to the orchard to have breakfast, Lu Dong went up to the embankment again to take a look. After one night, the water level dropped by more than two meters from the highest point, and it was almost at the same level as the road outside the embankment.

This flood is coming to an end, as long as there is no sudden torrential rain upstream, basically there will be no problems.

Breakfast is noodles in clear soup, boiled noodles in clear water, seasoned with soy sauce, old vinegar and sesame oil, and topped with coriander as green head, it is simple and convenient.

When Lu Dong was eating noodles, Hu Chunlan began to chatter routinely beside him: "I went to the village early in the morning to exchange noodles, and I heard that the troops were leaving in the afternoon, and they helped us so much. It's not cooked yet, and there's nothing to give away. Dongzi, go to your seventh uncle to borrow a net, and see if you can catch some big fish and give it to the troops."

"Well, I'll go as soon as I finish eating." Lu Dong glanced towards the east side of the columbarium, where there were bundles of wheat stalks piled up after the wheat harvest, and in the temporary vegetable field next to it, loofahs and cucumbers just climbed up. .

There really isn't much to offer at home.

Can't send straw? The army is not a paper mill.

This time the water was heavy, and the fish in the reservoir did not know how many came down along the water.

After breakfast, Lu Dong went back to the village, asked Uncle Qi to borrow a fishing net, and was startled when he entered the door.

Seventh Uncle was leaning on a shovel, Seventh Aunt was holding a harpoon, and the couple were confronting each other in the yard.

At the entrance of the main room, an eight or nine-year-old boy sat on a bamboo chair, constantly throwing peanuts into his mouth, watching the show with great interest.

"What's the matter?" Lu Dong had a headache: "What's the matter?"

Although it belongs to the daily battle of the seven uncles and seven aunts, this shining harpoon is really scary.

Seventh Aunt was not tall and thin, she put away her harpoon and leaned on the ground: "Dongzi, here you come." She pointed at Seventh Uncle, almost jumping her feet: "You come to judge, drink early in the morning, can you still be sober this day? "

Lu Jianren stretched his neck: "Can you work vigorously without drinking? Say you are ignorant and still admit it!"

Only then did Lu Dong see a porcelain gourd wine bottle dropped by the kitchen door on the west side of the yard, and there was a brown wine box next to it. From his angle, he could just see the famous sentence on the box.

"Last night, the wind was drizzling and the rain was drastic, and I slept so deeply that I couldn't get rid of the residual wine..."

Qingzhao wine.

"Seventh Uncle, didn't you talk about fishing yesterday?" Lu Dong didn't try to persuade the fight, the two were arguing all day long, and it was useless to persuade him: "Go, take two nets, let's go together!"

Then he said to the little boy: "Tail, go coax your mother! I will catch fish for you soon!"

"It doesn't look good!" Nail ate peanuts and entered the main room: "I didn't fight..."

Lu Jianren threw down the shovel, called to Lu Dong to fetch two fishing nets and a few homemade water bags, and went straight to the north bank.

The two chose the section of the river that almost burst the embankment the night before.

On the Triangle Dam, Lu Jianren has been fishing and catching rabbits all year round. He pointed to the gentle area on the north side: "The water here is slow, and there are definitely fish! The net is fine, wait until you go down. I'm going north, you At this."

Lu Dong looked down and saw that the water level had dropped significantly, and countless sandbags were piled up to form a slope to the north, and the iron chicken coop inside could not be seen at all.

The shore was basically empty, and Uncle Tie should have taken the lights and cables back, leaving only two long bamboo poles.

There were a lot of water hyacinths in the gentle area. When Lu Jianren went to the north, Lu Dong took a bamboo pole and picked up the water hyacinths. When the bamboo pole was lowered into the water, something jumped out of the water. It looked like carp or grass carp, not too small.

Maybe there were too many leeches on the water hyacinth, so Lu Dong took back the bamboo pole and brought two leeches the size of little fingers.

Lu Dong kicked off with the thousand-ply bottom and kicked it under the sun to expose it to the sun.

It is said that when there was a famine in the early years, the villagers dried this thing and cooked it for food.

It is more difficult than those places that are so poor that they eat hairy crabs.

Lu Dong shunned the fishing net and waited patiently. He had just picked up the water hyacinth, which might have disturbed the water.

The water was very turbid, and I couldn't see what was going on below. After waiting for seven or eight minutes, Lu Dong stood up and cast out the net.

Although he had been casting a net with his seventh uncle since he was twelve or thirteen years old, he hadn't touched it since he came back. The net was not fully cast, and the accuracy was not bad, and the net landed in a flat area.

When the net sank to the bottom, Lu Dong grabbed the rope tied around his wrist and slowly pulled the net upwards. After the rope was taut, the feeling in his hand told him that there was a stock!

The fishing net was pulled ashore one foot at a time, and the moment the water came out, Lu Dong raised his eyebrows, and what was caught between the lead pendants was a fish!

Lu Dong lifted the net to land, opened the net to pick up fish, first threw away the entrained stones and garbage, and then took the fish.

The biggest one is a grass carp, which weighs more than two catties in the hand; there are two yellow squids with three sharp thorns on the side and back, which hurt very much.

Then there are a few leeches.

Lu Dong put the fish into water bags, threw the leeches on the embankment to receive the baptism of the sun, threw two water bags into the water on the south side of the dam, and tied the ropes of the water bags to the trees outside the embankment.

Shun Haowang, sat on the dam, and waited again.

Two soldiers who were patrolling the river came over at this time, and stopped curiously when they saw Lu Dong fishing.

One of them with a dark face touched the leech exposed to the sun with his foot, and then squatted down to pick it up and look at it.

Lu Dong greeted with a smile: "Hello, Brother Bing."

This relatively novel address made the two soldiers laugh, and politely replied: "Hello."

The dark-faced one with a southern accent asked Lu Dong, "Dried for medicine?"

"Used as medicine?" Lu Dong never thought about such a thing: "Can it be used as medicine?"

The soldier brother said again: "Yes. There is a traditional Chinese medicine market near our station, and I have seen it there."

Lu Dong thought for a while and asked, "Are they taking it?"

"Not sure." Brother Bing smiled: "I never asked."

Lu Dong made some guesses: "Can I ask where your residence is?"

Brother Bing said, "Over there in Quannan West Market."

Lu Dong knew this place, the largest comprehensive wholesale market in Quannan City, even in 2019, it is still second to none in the surrounding areas.

"Thank you." Lu Dong thanked.

"You're welcome." The two soldiers continued to patrol the river.

Lu Dong got off the net again, and the second net was a bit wide and entered the rapids, but he pulled it back in time.

Uncle Qi is indeed very experienced, this place is a fish nest, and a big catfish came on the second net.

Unlike the later decline, the earth catfish is now a popular fish, with rich meat and oily meat without messy spines.

Because of Brother Bing's words, Lu Dong threw all the leeches he caught under the sun.

As the sun rose, people with nets and free time came to the river with their nets. From the east side of the gate to Lu Dong's side, there were seven or eight fishermen.

There was a lot of water and fish, and Lu Dong had a good harvest. Near noon, there were about ten catties.

This is also a special period. In normal times, luck is against the sky.

Before leaving, Lu Dong cast the last net, but this net was missed again and fell into the rapids.

Although the water level has dropped a lot, the water is still in a hurry.

The fishing net was thrown sideways, Lu Dong exerted strength with his hands, and dragged the rope back.

Pulling the net ashore, there was no fish in the net, but there was a shallow saucer the size of an apple. Lu Dong wiped off the mud. The design of the saucer was simple, white porcelain, with flowers on the bottom.

Turn it over, there are four traditional Chinese characters on the bottom of the dish, the low-school student Lu Dong only recognizes the first character as Wang.

Well, the simplified and traditional characters are the same.

"Antique?" Lu Dong couldn't help but fantasize about being poor and short-sighted.

Seventh Uncle walked over with a fishing net in hand: "What is it?"

Lu Dong shook his head: "Here's a plate from the Internet."

Seventh Uncle took it over and looked at it carefully, then threw it to Lu Dong: "We had a lot of this kind of vinegar dish in the early years. I used it when I was young, but then I smashed it. Your second uncle hid one and sold it to someone two years ago. A guy from Shunshan who went to the countryside to collect antiques seems to have sold it for 50 yuan."

Lu Dongqiong didn't even have half a dime: "50 yuan?"

Uncle Qi said again: "Take it and deceive people! The Shunshan cultural market is full of rags. I have been there a few times. Those stalls only collect cheap old things, and sell them as great things to make money."

In recent years, many people have gone to the countryside to collect antiques.

Lu Dong knew that the Shunshan Cultural Market was different from the West Market in that it specialized in flowers and birds, old books, antiques and strange stones.

Maybe take a look? Let alone 50, 10 yuan is not a lot to him.

Besides, what if it's worth money?

Lu Dong had to borrow the net next, and gave all the Gaya fish to Uncle Qi, and went back to make soup for Nail.

The meat of this fish is delicious, better than black fish.

The leeches continued to be exposed to the sun on the shore, and no one would pick up this thing that would be disgusting to feed chickens.

The rest were taken back to the orchard and put in pots to be raised temporarily, one was kept for the family to eat, and the other was sent to the uncle's house after eating.

I went to the uncle’s house to deliver the fish, and when I learned that the troops would move out soon, Lu Dong ran back to the orchard to pack the fish and came back. People from Lujia Village spontaneously came to the primary school gate to send them off on both sides of the road, carrying steamed buns, eggs, fruits, vegetables, etc. .

The army refused them all, not even instant noodles and bottled water from the village.

Liberation trucks headed south one after another.

Looking at the soldier brother in uniform, and thinking of the heroism of blocking the water yesterday, Lu Kun next to Lu Dong cried to his father: "I want to be a soldier!"

For these teenagers who have been abused by young and Dangerous boys, being a soldier is actually a good way.

The last liberation truck passed by, and Lu Dong seized the opportunity to throw the bag of fish on it.

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