Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 24 Skate Business
I haven’t seen Teacher Yan since he did the splits.

When Han Ying learned that Lu Changhua had fallen while skating, she was very nervous and ran to Lu's house to visit Lu Changhua who was recovering from illness.

Seeing that it was Han Ying, Lu Changhua stopped pretending.

Han Ying asked with wide eyes: "Changhua, are you okay?"

"No big deal."

"That's good, it scared me to death."

Han Ying took a deep breath and patted her chest to calm down her shock.

Lu Changhua was a little touched that this silly girl cared so much about her.

But these days are no different than in the past. Men and women dare not do anything excessive, and they are extremely nervous when they are alone in a room.

Lu Changhua found an excuse to send Han Ying away, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that Lu Changhua is ruthlessly pretentious, but that he has no spark and no feeling for Han Ying.

In those days, everyone was very serious about marriage.

If you don't like it, don't dare to be a sea king, otherwise what awaits you will be severe legal punishment and moral condemnation, which no one can bear.

Of course, it may also be because of his mental age. He always feels that the other person is a child, so how can he dare to take action?sin!

Every night after that, Principal Liu would re-water the ice track and freeze out new layers of ice for students to skate on the next day.

There are few skates in the school, so students have to queue up to skate.

And the parents of those students began to think of various ways to meet their children's requirements.

Making your own "slider" is one solution to the problem.

Therefore, more and more people come to the reservoir to skate every day.

However, the biggest problem with this kind of homemade "sliders" is that it causes great damage to the ice surface, and the ice marks pulled out by the nails are very deep, so Principal Liu does not allow this kind of homemade skates to be used.

A few days before New Year's Day, some employees from other nearby branches also came to skate.

The first point field, the second point field, Beigang, the [-]th team, and the [-]th team are all units that are closer to the three-point field.

Others come from the field department.

It's just that they rarely have skates. When they come, they just play on the ice for a while and enjoy themselves.

When Lu Changhua saw this, he had an idea in his mind. He thought about buying a few pairs of skates for rent, which should be very popular.

Just do it.

He took the bankbook from his mother and went to Beining County.

Or go to a goods store.

Found the skates in the sporting goods counter.

These amateur skates are not regular skate shoes and are relatively cheap.

When he was checking the skates and wondering if they could be cheaper, a group of people came over.

"Secretary Wang."

"Secretary Wang."

The salesperson at the counter greeted the visitors.

Lu Changhua looked back and saw that it was Secretary Wang from Baidu.

He immediately greeted Secretary Wang with a smile on his face.

"You...are you Xiao Lu?"

Secretary Wang thought it looked familiar, and after thinking for a moment, he remembered that it was their special prize winner.He even got stabbed for this.

"It's me, Secretary Wang."

"What are you doing here today, Xiao Lu? What do you want to buy?"

"It's like this. I contracted a reservoir and now have a skating rink. I'm thinking of buying some pairs of skates."

"Oh."

Secretary Wang looked at the skates in Lu Changhua's hand and said to the salesperson: "I remember we have a batch of them in the warehouse. Let Xiao Lu look for them."

Secretary Wang made an explanation and said that he had to leave beforehand.

Lu Changhua quickly thanked him.

The skates originally sold cost more than 100 yuan a pair, with the most expensive ones costing [-] to [-] yuan.The processing products Secretary Wang mentioned are much cheaper.

The salesperson came out of the warehouse holding a pile of cardboard boxes.

"These are processed products, please see if they work."

When the salesperson saw that Secretary Wang gave the young man the green light, she didn't know what the relationship was. She couldn't help but think about it and was a little more careful about what she said.

"How did such a good thing become disposed of?"

Lu Changhua took out the skates from the carton and looked over them.

"Haha, the quality of this batch of skates is very good, and the purchase price is not cheap. It rains a lot in the summer, and it was soaked in water in the warehouse. The skates are rusty and the leather is a little open, so..."

Oh, Lu Changhua understands.

This is all caused by the heavy rain.

"how much?"

"Secretary Wang has spoken and I will never charge you more. The original price was one hundred and fifty pairs, but the internal price is now thirty."

Lu Changhua checked the skates one by one. There were ten pairs in total. There were no serious problems. The rust on the skates could be rubbed off. The glue was removed by sewing them with a street shoe repairman. Everything was fine.

"Okay, I want these ten pairs."

I spent 300 yuan and bought ten pairs of processed products.

Although he took advantage, three hundred was a lot of money, and Lu Changhua felt distressed if he spent it all at once.

Ask the salesperson to find wrapping paper string, tie the ten pairs of skates into two bundles, and carry one bundle in each hand.

After the goods were shipped, I looked along the street and found a shoe repair stall not far away.

When he arrived, Lu Changhua asked: "Master, how much does it cost to mend shoes?"

"What's wrong?"

The old man raised his head and asked.

"It's just that the glue has been opened, and I want you to sew it up."

"Oh, two cents a pair."

After Lu Changhua thought about it, it was a bargain.

"Please make up for me."

As he spoke, he sat down on the mat.

He untied the paper rope and took out the skates from the box. The old man's eyes widened.

"Did you buy a new relationship?"

"Ah! You don't want to repair it?"

"Cultivation, why don't you repair it?"

In this way, Lu Changhua sat on the mat and waited for two hours.

When he got home, the first thing he did was go to the fitter room to find Lao Pan.

"Master Pan, polish my shoes."

His words confused Old Pan.

He had heard of knife sharpeners and ax sharpeners. When had there been shoe sharpeners? !

When Lu Changhua took out his skates, pointed at the rust stains on them and said, "Grind them here." He finally realized what he was doing.

There was a sizzling sound and sparks flew out.

The skate blades on ten pairs of skates were polished as bright as new.

After signing Lao Pan's account book, Lu Changhua took his shoes and went home.

The next day, when these students and their parents arrived at the reservoir, they saw a wooden sign stuck in the snow beside the ice road.

There is a line of big characters written on it.

"Rental skates, ten cents an hour."

Soon someone came to ask about the situation. Lu Changhua took out his skates, and their eyes lit up.

Compared with the price of skates, a dime rent is much cheaper.

Ten pairs of skates were rented out instantly.

In order to let these people play for a while, Lu Changhua hired an electrician to pull out the wires, put on lights around the ice track, and built a lighted ice rink.

Whoa!This is a big deal.

Not only are the children eager to play, but even the adults are reluctant to leave the ice rink.

It wasn't until after ten o'clock in the evening that they left one after another.

At this moment, Lu Changhua was getting wet with Principal Liu. Who told you to make money by doing this?

On the first day, ten pairs of skates were rented out for fifteen hours, and the rental income was 15 yuan.This made Lu Changhua very happy.According to this calculation, the capital will be recovered in 20 days.

Since then, skate rentals have started queuing up.

There are many people to play and few skates, so the price will naturally need to be adjusted.

Starting from the third day, the rent will be charged differently for different periods.

From 7:10 to 11:13 in the morning, it’s a dime an hour; from 14:17 to [-]:[-], it’s a dime an hour; from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the afternoon, it’s a dime an hour.

From 18:20 to [-]:[-], [-] cents an hour.

One hour after 21 o'clock.

In order to attract more people to visit the reservoir, Lu Changhua found Hu Dagui and asked him to follow him.

The two filled buckets with water and left them outside the duty room to freeze for half a night before taking them indoors.

At this time, the part of the bucket close to the iron sheet has frozen hard, but there is still water in the center.

After being warmed indoors for a while, the iron bucket and the ice lumps in the bucket separated.

Pour out the ice lump, drill a hole in the bottom with a woodworking drill, and release the water, forming a hollow and transparent ice shell.

Enlarge the eye enough to fit a light bulb.

The two of them froze seven or eight of these lumps of ice in one night.

Then place these ice lumps on both sides of the ice channel.

The two worked in this way for a week, and finally placed a circle of transparent ice lumps on the snowdrifts on both sides of the ice road.

Use various colors of paint to dye the light bulbs and set aside.

After plugging in the light bulb, turn on the power.

In an instant, the entire ice rink became colorful and exciting.

The reservoir suddenly turned into a famous ice paradise.

Many people came to take pictures.

The children simply don't want to go home at night, they just want to swim in this colorful world of ice and snow.

This incident spread by word of mouth, and even the field radio station learned of the news. They sent people to the scene to check and wrote a press release of several hundred words.

It is said that not only will it be broadcast on the field radio station, but it will also be submitted to the Bureau of Farm Reclamation Newspaper.

This made Lu Changhua feel very upset.

Although he and Hu Dagui made this ice lantern very simple, they couldn't make it large-scale.

Although there is no shape, the main thing is that it is rich in color, which is popular among the people.

The children immediately felt that playing in front of their own house was no longer fun. They had to go to the reservoir to play every night, and they couldn't get enough without playing for several hours.

On New Year's Day, Lu Changhua locked the door of the duty room and took Xiong Bao home.

We are celebrating New Year's Day at home today, and no one comes to the reservoir.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw his eldest brother Lu Changzhong chatting with his father with a red face.

This time he came back from the capital training class, and Lu Changhua clearly felt the great changes in him.

Lu Changzhong has become much more confident and cheerful.

It seems that people just want to go to big cities to broaden their horizons.Like my eldest brother, after a trip to the capital, my whole person has undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Brother, I heard that you built an ice rink in the reservoir?"

"Hey, I'm just doing it for fun. I have nothing to do."

"Your idea is very good."

Lu Changzhong looked at his brother talking.

“It’s good to raise fish in summer and autumn, build an ice rink in winter, and switch business projects with seasonal changes.”

Lu Changhua stared blankly at his elder brother.He didn't expect that Lu Changzhong would say such words.

If it had been before, he wouldn't have said that even if he was beaten to death.

"Brother, you have changed."

"yes?!"

Lu Changzhong was stunned and looked at his father.

Lao Lu also nodded.

"It's really changed a lot."

After speaking, Lao Lu burst into laughter.

"But this is good."

"I don't feel anything has changed?!"

Lu Changzhong scratched his hair and smiled shyly.

This demeanor still has some traces of the past.

"Brother, have you finished training?"

"It's over. I'll report back to my unit after New Year's Day."

"Well, you first go to Minister Sun's house to report on your ideological work and tell more about the situation outside."

"Well, I'm already prepared."

Lu Changzhong pointed to the travel bag on the ground.

"That's good, it's from Beijing, right?"

"Yes."

"Brother, since you already know what to do, I won't worry about it anymore."

"Hey, you can't say that. I think I have to discuss it with you when big things happen, otherwise I won't be sure."

"That's right, you two need to support each other."

Seeing that the two sons were helping each other, Lao Lu felt much more at ease.

As parents, we don't want to see our brothers turn against each other. How can we not feel comfortable seeing them so harmonious?
(End of this chapter)