Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 21 Busy

Lu Shaohua, Lu Jiahui and Chen Guobang came to the place where they got off last time. After a while, the bus arrived. Lu Jiacheng had no expression on his face, his eyes were half-closed, he looked listless, and he was a little unsteady when he walked. He looked very tired. It made sense. In three days, he spent almost 24 hours on the bus. On the one day when he had time to rest at home, he probably didn't rest. He must have gone to help pick lychees.

Lu Shaohua briefly introduced Chen Guobang and Lu Jiahui, and asked Chen Guobang to help. Lu Jiahui didn't say anything, but just nodded with a smile to show his agreement. Lu Jiahui agreed. Lu Shaohua also knew that he was very tired, so he didn't ask about his family. He quickly unloaded the lychees from the car. Looking at the more than ten boxes of lychees on the ground, Lu Shaohua thought secretly: "Fortunately, I asked Lu Jiacheng to go home, otherwise I only transported five boxes, which would not be enough to sell in the morning."

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The next morning, before Lu Shaohua and his friends got up, Weng Wende knocked on the door. Lu Jiacheng went to his restaurant for dinner last night and he knew that the lychees were being shipped down again. If it wasn't too late, he would definitely come over in the middle of the night to eat them. But in the end, he held back. As soon as it got light, he ran over and knocked on the door. When Lu Shaohua opened the door, he didn't care and just took a bag and put the lychees together. When the bag was full, he said, "You are not allowed to sell these. Keep them for yourself. Haha."

Looking at Weng Wende's actions and what he said, Lu Shaohua didn't know whether he should cry or laugh, and could only stand there with a bitter face.

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The door opened on time at nine in the morning, and lychees were already on the shelves before the door opened. It can be said that everything was fully prepared. As soon as the door opened, the outside was surrounded by people coming to buy. However, Lu Shaohua noticed that the people in the front were all those who had sold to him yesterday, while those outside were some unfamiliar customers. Perhaps they came back to buy again because they bought once and found it very sweet.

With the addition of Chen Guobang to the shop, it was not as busy as yesterday. Four people handled the business in an orderly manner. Two people were packing bags, one was watching the scale, and Lu Shaohua was of course responsible for collecting the money.

When it was almost twelve o'clock at noon, Lu Shaohua thought that there were no more people around and he could take a break. However, he was wrong. Occasionally, there were people holding umbrellas outside the shop to buy. Lu Shaohua couldn't help but secretly ask himself: "Is the attraction of lychees really that great?"

The four people could only take a short break when there were few people around. Weng Wende had to send them food, so they could not leave. This lasted until the evening, when another wave of buying came. Among the four people, only Chen Guobang was in good condition. The other three were a little exhausted.

Lu Shaohua looked back at the clock and saw that it was already nine o'clock in the evening. He knew that more lychees would be delivered tonight, so he said to Lu Jiacheng, "Uncle, it's nine o'clock. The truck will be here soon. I'll ask Brother Wende to get some help from the guys."

"Oh, what did you say? I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again." Lu Jiacheng had been looking at the scale all day, and the people who came to buy were very noisy, so he didn't hear what Lu Shaohua said at all.

"I said, the lychees are about to arrive, I'll ask someone to help move them." Lu Shaohua could only say it again.

"Then you go ahead, I'll hold on for a while."

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When the midnight bell rang, Lu Shaohua and the other four lay down in the basement of the shop because they were too tired. Even Chen Guobang, who had been a soldier, was the same. He kept repeating the same actions all day long, taking bags, putting lychees in them, and then handing them to Lu Jiacheng to weigh. This action became a habit, and when no one came to buy, he could not even feel that he still had two hands, which were almost numb.

"Go back to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow to pick up those lychee leaves!" Someone said this, and then Lu Jiahui, Lu Jiacheng and Chen Guobang dragged their tired bodies to the room. Lu Shaohua also stood up and prepared to go back to sleep. Suddenly, he seemed to remember that he hadn't taken a shower yet, so he shouted to the three of them: "You haven't taken a shower yet, why are you sleeping!"

"Why take a shower? Take one tomorrow. Oh, I'm so tired." Almost as soon as Lu Shaohua finished speaking, the three of them said in unison, leaving Lu Shaohua standing there shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

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In this way, the four people spent three busy days. During these three days, everything was exactly the same. They were busy from morning to night every day. When they finished work at night, they all had smiles on their faces. And the smiles were not because they were busy, but because they were counting the money after work. Being busy meant good business, and good business meant money rolling in.

On the third night, Lu Chang also came to Shenzhen by car. He had basically delivered the lychees he had purchased at home to Lu Jiayao. His family didn't need him at all and could just hire a few workers, so he came to Shenzhen.

But as soon as he got off the bus, he saw some people in restaurant work clothes moving lychees continuously. He was startled and thought they were trying to steal the lychees, so he rushed over and yelled. But in the end, after listening to what the bus driver said, he realized that these people often came to receive the goods. Lu Chang was no fool. After thinking about it calmly, he knew what was going on. He found a younger waiter and asked him, only to find out that Lu Shaohua and the others were busy and had no time to come out to receive the goods, which made him very embarrassed.

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Lu Chang's arrival made Lu Shaohua and his team feel relieved. One more person to share the work, and sometimes when there were fewer people, they could take a break for someone, or occasionally be lazy. So that night, almost all four of them voted unanimously to celebrate, and the theme of the celebration was thought up by Lu Jiahui. The name was very strange, called "Shift Interpretation", and even Lu Chang, a college student, didn't understand why this name was chosen.

But on the next day, Lu Chang finally understood why that strange name was chosen as the theme last night. When he heard Weng Wende say that business was good, he didn't take it seriously. It was not until he had the opportunity to see it in person that he realized that there was another meaning behind "good business", which was "a lot of people".

When work was over in the evening, Lu Chang could no longer hold on. He lay down on the ground without caring whether it was dirty or not, and murmured weakly: "I should have known not to come earlier. It's so nice to be at home!"

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After a week of operation, the reputation of Lu Shaohua's shop gradually spread. Not to mention the people living nearby, most people knew that there was a shop selling lychees there, and they were very sweet. People who lived farther away also gradually knew about it through word of mouth. Of course, with the reputation spread, more and more people came to buy, and every time Lu Shaohua counted the money, his mouth couldn't stop smiling.

At noon that day, there were not many people outside. Lu Shaohua sat on a chair, leisurely picking up lychee peels and putting them into his mouth. Suddenly, a loud voice shouted from the door: "Boss, open the door. I want to discuss some business with you."

Lu Shaohua felt very strange. "Talk about business?" A big question mark appeared in his mind.

He looked left and right, but there was no one at the window where the shelves were placed except for people buying lychees. "Could it be outside the door?" Thinking of this, Lu Shaohua looked at a door. The door was closed, leaving only a window as big as a shelf. He could not see who was standing at the door. Out of curiosity, Lu Shaohua opened the door and came out.

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