The Era of Hard Work

  Chapter 33

   In front of the yellow-painted writing desk, Liu Zhaodi was sitting on a chair, and the place where her two forearms were exposed to the sun was as ugly as a cracked field.

  From the end of the college entrance examination, she has been circling the several acres of onions planted at home every day, just hoping to pay more and be less hindered when she goes to college.

  The injury of the forearm is the gift of the sun on the head of the field.

  Every girl loves beauty, Liu Zhaodi couldn't bear to look at her arms, her eyes fell on the glass jar in front of her.

   There is a small half jar of sesame oil in it, and a few hairless mice are soaked in it. It looks a little disgusting and a little scary.

   This is rat oil, given by a friend in the same dormitory, who said that someone in her house was burned some time ago, and there was no scar left after smearing it on.

  My friend said that scalds and sunburns are both too high temperature, try it first, it should be effective.

   In fact, what attracted Liu Zhaodi was not to leave scars.

  No one wants to leave an ugly mark.

   Especially going to a big city soon.

  Liu Zhaodi unscrewed the lid of the glass jar and picked up a cotton swab to dip it in rat oil. A strange odor mixed with sesame oil wafted out of the opening, almost making her spit it out.

   To use or not to use? This is a problem.

   Just when Liu Zhaodi hesitated, the thundering sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded.

  Liu Zhaodi threw down the cotton swab, covered the glass jar, and ran out to see. A group of people held red banners, beat gongs and drums, and walked towards the yard diagonally opposite to the brigade. Among them were old classmates Lu Dong and Li Wenyue.

   What attracts the most attention is the high red banner.

   "All the villagers of Lujia Village thank Liuwan Village for their help!"

  Liu Zhaodi understood, this was a matter of the Qingzhao River flood some time ago.

  dong——dong——

  The cowhide drum was hung around his neck, and Lu Dong waved his drumsticks with the rhythm and followed the team into the yard of the Liuwan Village Brigade.

   This morning, he went to Quannan to sell leeches and chili monkeys. With more than 100 yuan in his pocket, he came back quickly, went to the river to go down the river and finished the bait nest to the brigade, without delaying the afternoon.

  Liu Mingquan, secretary of Liuwan Village, greeted him, took the pennant from Lv Zhenlin, and showed it to everyone.

   "Show your skills in times of crisis, floods are ruthless and people are affectionate!"

  The two lines of golden characters are shining brightly.

   "It's too foreign, too foreign." Liu Mingquan said politely: "The Lu family and Liu Wan belong to a family, broken bones and tendons."

   Lu Zhenlin shook hands with him: "Lu Jiacun will always remember Liu Wan's love!"

   Liu Mingquan invited Lv Zhenlin into the brigade office and asked the rest to rest.

   Lu Dong and the group entered the house next to them. There were already benches in it, and someone came to make tea and pour water.

   "That's Zhao Di's father?" Li Wenyue asked in a low voice.

  Lu Dong held the teacup and said, "Yes, Secretary Liu Wan."

   Li Wenyue was puzzled: "People look pretty good."

  Lu Dong took a sip of tea: "Attitude, it depends on who and what."

   "Just because Zhao Di is a woman?" Li Wenyue, as the only child, never felt it: "It's so unfair."

   Lu Dong didn't know what to say either, since it was difficult for an honest official to cut off housework.

   Like Liu Mingquan, certain concepts are carved into the bones, and they don't mind expressing them, and they will never change in a lifetime.

   After drinking half a cup of tea, Li Wenyue touched Lv Dong: "Go out to breathe?"

   A group of older people are chatting here, and they have nothing to do with them. Lu Dong said, "Let's go."

   The two of them went out. The yard of the group was very large, with some tung trees and locust trees planted in it, and some hanged ghosts were hanging under the locust trees.

  This is also a common bug in the countryside. Compared with itchy hot peppers, except for the visual effect, it is not much lethal.

  Li Wenyue pointed to the gate of the brigade's yard: "Zhao Di."

  Lü Dong turned his head and looked, diagonally across from the brigade, under the eaves of the gate stood a girl with short braids, with faint red spots and white spots on her face.

   In the next few years, fighting acne will be the fate that girls cannot get rid of.

   Fate favors her, and it seems unfair to her again.

  Liu Zhaodi also saw Lv Dong and Li Wenyue, her head lowered unconsciously, and suddenly she raised her head again, plucking up her courage and beckoning to them.

   After all, we are six years old classmates, so it will be difficult to meet each other in the future.

   Lu Dong and Li Wenyue left the compound and came to the eaves of the gate where Liu Zhaodi was.

  Li Wenyue glanced at Liu Zhaodi's arm: "Your father..."

   Lu Dong touched Li Wenyue under his feet. No matter what, it was Liu Zhaodi's father. How could anyone say that a person's father is not.

  Liu Zhaodi understood what Li Wenyue meant, and moved her arm quietly behind her: "It's nothing, it just exploded. Huang Juan gave me a bottle of mouse oil and wiped it off."

  Also from the countryside, Li Wenyue knew what rat oil was and asked Lu Dong: "Does it work?"

   In his impression, Faxiao is good at these crooked ways.

   Lu Dong reminded Liu Zhaodi: "Don't wipe it indiscriminately, some people burn or something, it really works, but some people get infected, we have all learned biology, who can guarantee that there are no germs on mice."

   Hearing that the scumbag gave a biology class to the master, Li Wenyue suddenly felt a mess.

  Liu Zhaodi said in a low voice, "Got it."

  Lu Dong suggested: "It's best to go to the clinic, or go to the hospital..."

  Thinking of Liu Mingquan, Lu Dong didn't say any more.

   Li Wenyue said again: "Listen to Dongzi, he knows a lot about these things."

   "I'll return it to Huang Juan." Liu Zhaodi, a six-year-old classmate, trusted these two.

   And that jar of rat oil stinks.

   "Your dad's side..." Li Wenyue heard something: "Is there a problem?"

   Both Lu Dong and Liu Zhaodi knew what he was asking. Liu Zhaodi said in a low voice, "The county and the education committee have been here, and yesterday the head teacher came again. It's not a big deal."

   She smiled hard: "My dad is quite reasonable, as long as I promise to come back after graduating from college."

   Lu Dong asked, "You agreed?"

  Liu Zhaodi nodded lightly: "I thought about going out first."

   "Yes!" Li Wenyue agreed: "Go out first."

  When he wants to come, as long as Liu Zhaodi goes out, the sky will be high and the birds will fly, and the sea will be wide and the fish will leap.

   It would be nice if it were that simple.

  Blood and family, hometown nostalgia, for most people, how can they easily let go.

  Lu Dong thought about it for a while, and suggested again: "Go out, find a way to earn tuition and living expenses, and you can sit down with your family and have a good talk when you are no longer financially dependent."

  Liu Zhaodi gave Lu Dong a surprised look, and finally just nodded lightly: "Thank you."

   "Old classmate, you're welcome." Lu Dong greeted Li Wenyue to go back.

   Stepping into the adult world, every family has a book that is difficult to read. People who don’t understand the situation will be envious and jealous when they see Liu Zhaodi’s grades, but it is hard to imagine that such a scholar may not be able to go to university.

   All this, just because she is a girl.

   Someone once said that Taidong, a land with a prosperous ancient culture, has passed down a lot of precious wealth, but it also left behind no less than the dross of wealth.

   Probably thinking a little too much, Lu Dong just turned around and walked back, stepping on a broken brick, his body was crooked, and he almost fell.

   My ankle twisted, but thanks to my good physical fitness, it didn't have much impact.

   "It's okay." Lu Dong greeted Li Wenyue: "Let's go."

  The two entered the yard diagonally opposite to the brigade, and Liu Zhaodi came out from under the eaves and kicked away the broken bricks.

In the office of the    brigade, Liu Mingquan filled Lv Zhenlin's teacup with water.

   "Brother Lu." Liu Mingquan put down the kettle and asked, "It's about to change, do you still want to continue?"

  Lu Zhenlin picked up the water glass and took a sip, his eyebrows flattened: "Continue!"

  Liu Mingquan sat opposite him and said, "I remember my brother is almost sixty? Why?"

"These few villages of ours are not able to make a living, and they are poor and poor." Lu Zhenlin has ideas, no lack of decisiveness, and has a strong appeal in Lujia Village: "I just thought, to strive for the establishment of Lujia Village to pass on. foundation.”

  Liu Mingquan said with a smile: "Brother's sword is not old."

Lv Zhenlin waved his hand: "No, I can't keep up with my energy. After finishing this session, I will go down. In the future, it will be a world of young people." He couldn't help but envy: "Your family recruits Di, if you come back after graduation, you can go directly to the county party committee or the county government. Liu It will be convenient when the bay arrives.”

   "Come back?" Liu Mingquan laughed at himself: "The kite that was sent out was disconnected, did it come back?"

   Lu Zhenlin advised: "Brother, you can't be confused and delay your child's future."

   Speaking of the child, Liu Mingquan suddenly lost his face: "Who did the sin! I just want someone with a handle, and one who wants to pass on the lineage for the elderly, is the requirement high?"

   Lu Zhenlin sighed secretly and said, "Look at it, society is different, isn't girls also blood?"

The    bloodline reminded Liu Mingquan of his recent thoughts: "Brother Lu, do you remember what you told me a while ago?"

   "What's the matter?" Lu Zhenlin had long forgotten.

   Liu Mingquan lowered his voice: "Brother said last time that you can find a son-in-law who comes to your house."

   Lu Zhenlin said helplessly: "I'll just say it casually, don't take it seriously."

Liu Mingquan said seriously: "I've thought about it, try to find a son-in-law for Zhao Di before school starts, settle the matter, and tie a strong line! You have to come back after graduation, and the old Liu family can't break the roots! Promising, I rely on the boss for old age."

   Lu Zhenlin was sweating on his forehead. He was just a joke at the time, which would bring disaster to the female champion! Liu Mingquan thinks about the boy's demon!

   Is it worth it in order to pass on the lineage?

   Lu Zhenlin couldn't answer, because he has a son. Although he has been out of town all the year round, if he wants to criticize Liu Mingquan, it is also a kind of standing and talking without back pain.

  Liu Mingquan leaned closer: "Brother, help me find a suitable son-in-law from your village? It doesn't matter if the family conditions are not good, as long as you are strong..."

   Lu Zhenlin categorically refused: "Sorry, brother, I can't help you with this."

  Liu Mingquan didn't give up and wanted to talk, when someone suddenly broke into the outside and shouted, "Brother Quan! Brother Quan! Someone from the TV station wants to interview our family's Zhao Di!"

   "Secretary!" Liu Mingquan emphasized: "Call the secretary!"

   Lu Zhenlin took the opportunity to leave: "You go to work first, we're gone, come back another day."

  Liu Mingquan knew that the TV interview was a big deal, so he didn't hold back: "I'll send my brother out."

   The thank-you team from Lvjiacun followed Lv Zhenlin out of the brigade and passed head-on with a van painted with county TV.

   After leaving Liuwan Village, he removed the three words on the red banner, posted the new Xiama Village, and rushed to another nearby village to send the pennant.

   On the way, Lu Zhenlin remembered what happened accidentally, called Lu Dong, and said briefly, "You and Zhao Di, remind her."

   Lu Dong was a little stunned, Liu Zhaodi's father is so powerful, this is the rhythm that makes the universe invincible!

   "Okay." After all, old classmate, it's a matter of casual words, Lu Dong should come down: "I see Zhao Di again, I will remind her."

  In the afternoon, he went to three villages to thank him. Lu Dong came back in the evening and continued to collect the bait to catch the monkey. The next day, he went to Shilibao in Quannan and the West Market to exchange money.

   In the next few days, Lu Dong ran to Quannan in the morning, fished for fish and caught leeches in the afternoon, and caught monkeys in the evening. He earned an average of about 100 per day.

   Ask for a recommendation ticket! Ask for collection! Ask for support!

   (end of this chapter)