The Era of Hard Work

With the development of Lu's catering, the fact that Lu Dong has a rich net worth is not a secret in the eyes of many people. In such an information society, as long as he is willing to understand, people like Lu Dong who have no special status can always understand a lot of.

Rich, not bad looking, and still young, according to the standards of more than ten years later, Lu Dong can definitely be called tall, rich and handsome.

Especially in the eyes of many people, Lu Dong's career has just started, it is clearly on the rise, and it is far from reaching its peak.

At this point in time, although not as impetuous as in the future, there are already many people who have taken the first step.

Some people, such as Ning Xue, even learned without a teacher, and their rank may be a little lower, but they have reached the threshold.

In fact, there are many people who are eyeing Lu Dong, but Taidong society as a whole tends to be conservative, and most people are relatively reserved, and Lu Dong is relatively low-key besides work.

Sun Sha simply took Zhao Li to the Burger King at the intersection of the center, so that Zhao Li could get acquainted with the situation.

Zhao Li didn't give a clear answer, but she didn't refuse to come, and looked at Lu's restaurant curiously.

I even saw Burger King at the intersection of the center, and went to Lu's Malatang restaurant.

Zhao Li's biggest impression of the two stores is that there are many customers and the business is booming.

I have been doing market development at McDonald's before, and I have some experience. After careful observation and estimation, it is not difficult to find that the daily turnover of these two stores can be at least 30,000.

There are already 240 to 50 stores in Lu's Catering Company. According to Sun Sha, it may be close to 300 within this year.

Stores in other places may not have the unique advantages of the intersection in the center of the university town, but from point to surface, it will not be bad.

When Zhao Li was studying abroad, although she was not as happy as Sun Sha, she also let herself go, otherwise the two would not be friends.

What Sun Sha said didn't matter to her.

Zhao Li was able to go to study abroad, and her family's conditions were not bad at least, but they were not bad. When she returned to Quannan City, sitting in Sun Sha's BMW, Zhao Li realized that she also wanted to drive a BMW.

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Lu Dong came out after dinner, went to the Provincial University Library to borrow books, and met Natasha.

"Hi, Lu Dong." The blond Natasha has been here for three years, gradually passed the language barrier, and spoke Chinese more and more fluently: "Come here to borrow books?"

Lu Dong saw that Natasha also chose books, and said, "You come to borrow books too."

Natasha smiled and said, "Yes, I'm about to graduate, Song Na said, let me graduate to work in warm business, I'm studying business."

Lu Dong said, "You need to help Song Na more."

Natasha replied: "No problem."

Lu Dong thought of Ivan the Great who had left, and asked, "Are you planning to settle down in China?"

"Yes." Natasha has a small share in Wenxin Trading, and a small share in First Sports. It can be considered a successful career here, which is much better than going back to Ukraine and starting from scratch.

More importantly, the social environment here is stable and the law and order are good. Even though she misses her hometown a little bit, Natasha decided to stay: "I bought a house in a community in the north this year. When I graduate, all my family members will come. I like it here."

Lu Dong said, "It's settled down."

Natasha smiled happily, and said, "Unfortunately, Ivan is gone. He didn't want to go."

Lu Dong didn't know if Natasha had put it down, and continued, "Ivan values ​​his family. I contacted him once, and now he's settling in Moscow."

Natasha said: "I have contacted him and wished him well."

The two chatted for a while, and Lu Dong left the library to go back. When he got off work in the afternoon, the future father-in-law asked him to go and pick up some things, and then walked to Wenyue, the school.

When crossing the road, it happened that Lao Liu was riding a tricycle and pulling a cart full of goods from the south.

Lu Dong took the initiative to say hello: "Uncle Liu, have you gone to buy?"

Lao Liu also saw Lu Dong, stopped the car, wiped his sweat with a towel wrapped around his neck, and said, "I'm going to pick up the goods. The old truck that delivered the goods has boiled over and can't move. I'm anxiously waiting for the delivery." Goods, there are a few people who work at home, and the deposit has been paid, and I can’t wait, so I borrowed a tricycle and pulled it by myself.”

Lu Dong saw that old Liu's wrinkled forehead was full of sweat, and said, "It's such a hot day, let the young ones do it, and don't get too hot."

"It's okay, it's okay." Old Liu smiled, and there was a bitterness hidden in his smile that outsiders couldn't detect: "After all these years, I've gotten used to it, and it's not hot."

Lu Dong couldn't say anything more, and pointed to the Wenyuan of the school: "You go to work first, I'll go to the community."

Lao Liu was about to get things down from the car: "Are you going to Song Na's house? Take some melon seeds and fresh almonds. This is delicious."

Lu Dong quickly stopped him: "Uncle Liu, you are busy, I have to hurry over here."

Without waiting for Lao Liu to say anything else, Lu Dong turned around and left. Doing business is no different than other things, they are all purchased with money.

Watching Lu Dong walk away, Lao Liu picked up a towel, wiped off his sweat, got on the tricycle, and pedaled north to the farmer's market. Even though the sun was about to set, it was still very hot, and the air he breathed in was like a fire, burning Sore throat.

Lao Liu felt powerless.

The rural people of this generation did not eat well when they were young, and their nutrition could not keep up. They started to work hard when they were teenagers, doing heavy and tiring work, facing the loess with their backs to the sky. There are problems in all aspects of the body, either it hurts here, or it feels uncomfortable there. Many people in their fifties look very old.

Not to mention Lao Liu, just Song Na's parents, one has a bad leg and the other has a bad waist. If Song Na didn't work hard, they would still have to work in the mountains and fields with leg pain and back pain.

People like Lu Dong, who were born and raised in the countryside in the early 1980s, have seen it a lot and are used to it. Many people don't even think it's a problem.

Old Liu turned into the farmer's market on his bicycle, saw the director of the market management office, and greeted him with a smile: "Director Zhao, I'm not off work yet."

"I'm ready to go now." Zhao Hu saw that Lao Liu was struggling to pedal, and couldn't help but said, "Didn't your son open a shop with you? Let him do these jobs."

Old Liu squeezed out a smile: "It's okay, it's okay."

Zhao Hu shook his head, relying on the fact that he had no direct contact with Lao Liu, he said, "You're so used to it, you won't do anything in the future, then you won't be able to do anything, what should you do?"

Old Liu pretended not to hear, just lowered his head and pedaled the tricycle. The gray short-sleeved T-shirt, already drenched in sweat, was tightly attached to his curved back.

Zhao Hu took a look, didn't say any more, went back to the office, got his bag and got ready to leave work.

"Director." A staff member came over to join in the fun: "Outsiders can't control the matter of Old Liu Tou. He has to figure it out on his own."

Zhao Hu took a sip of herbal tea and said, "It's not for Lu Dong's sake that I don't bother to say it."

It has not been a day and a half since Lu Dong was transferred to the farmer's market. Since Lu Dong first asked him to coordinate the door, Zhao Hu has been paying attention to Old Liu. For a moment, I know Lao Liutou's family quite well.

Old Liu is a down-to-earth and willing to work. His son... At the beginning, he was considered capable, but he couldn't stand the money in his hand. If there was too much money in his hand, he would drift away. The men looked for mistresses, and the women Looking for a concubine, the result is that the wife separated from the family, and in the end even the business and the door were lost.

If it wasn't for Lu Dong, would this family be able to get up again?

Zhao Hu didn't understand, what's so good about Old Liu's son, married a mistress? Have money? No matter how rich you are, how can you be richer than Lu Dong? The man Lu Dong is so rich, he still runs the company and does business in a down-to-earth manner, and he has never seen Lu Dongpiao...

This person, if he can't be rich, doesn't know his last name.

Zhao Hu thought about these things, and went home after get off work.

At the entrance of Liu Ji Roasted Goods Store, Lao Liu stopped his tricycle, his throat was so dry that he wanted to vomit, his gray T-shirt was stuck to his chest and back, and even the bone marks could be seen.

He looked up and looked inside the store. His son and daughter-in-law were sitting in front of the fan, and the daughter-in-law was eating melon seeds. His son was crossing his legs and drinking a bottle of blue Coke in one gulp.

Old Liu greeted: "Liu Yang, come and unload the cargo!"

Liu Yang glanced at it, but didn't move his buttocks: "Put it here for now, and wait until it cools down."

Maybe remembering what Zhao Hu said, Lao Liu said again: "I'm waiting to use the car, so I have to return it."

Liu Yang still didn't move: "What's the rush? The sky isn't falling, we'll wait until he comes to ask for the car."

Old Liu looked inside the store, Liu Yang was drinking Coke on his own, no matter what was going on outside, he didn't even notice that Old Liu was sweating.

Instructing his son not to move, let alone his daughter-in-law, Lao Liu had no choice but to take a wet towel, wipe off his sweat, lift the bag and take it down. The side of the store door.

After sending the tricycle back, the unloaded goods were piled there, and no one came out to see.

Old Liu smoked from his throat, went into the room to drink water, and wanted to turn off the fan, but his son and daughter-in-law took all the seats.

"Hey..." Old Liu's suffering can only be swallowed in his heart.

Fortunately, the person who ordered the order came, so there was no need to move things into the store. Lao Liu saw that his son and daughter-in-law didn't move, so he hurried over to greet him, checked the goods on the scale and delivered them. He is a down-to-earth person. question.

The person who placed the order took out the money, ready to pay the balance, counted the money in his hand, and prepared to give it to Lao Liu.

The two people who were sitting still in the store all came out at this time, and the daughter-in-law naturally stopped between Lao Liu and the buyer, ready to pick up the money.

The buyer looks at Lao Liu, sees Lao Liu nods, and pays for the purchase.

The daughter-in-law clicked, as if she was proficient.

"Is that right?" the buyer asked.

"That's right." The daughter-in-law put the money directly into her pocket.

Liu Yang immediately followed his wife into the store, and murmured together, asking where he was going to go at night.

Lao Liu sent people away, and when he heard what the two of them said, his face became darker and darker.

Standing at the door and looking at the hanging signboard, I don't know how long this store can last.

When he entered the shop, while his son and daughter-in-law were shopping for dinner together, Lao Liu opened the drawer of the counter. Except for a few dimes, all other money was gone.

"It can't be like this anymore." Old Liu muttered, "It can't be like this anymore."

Picking up the screwdriver, he went out to the car shed at the back and found his son's motorcycle. Lao Liu looked around and saw that there was no one around. The screwdriver in his hand slammed into the tire of the motorcycle. After a lot of effort, he finally pierced it. .

After dinner, Liu Yang and his wife were about to go out at eight o'clock, when they were riding a motorcycle and found that the tire was punctured.

After cursing a few words, I had to change to riding a bicycle.

As soon as the two left, Lao Liu went to the management office, borrowed a car, and followed from afar.

There are many people on the road in the university city in summer, so they don't have to worry about being discovered.