After seeing Zhou Tiehu off, Li Aiguo glanced at the room.
It was originally a side room in a courtyard, divided into three rooms, with the middle room used as the main room and kitchen. There were two kangs on the east and west sides, with mats on top and holes for the kangs below.
The kang hole is about the length of a brick and the height is about five or six bricks thick.
For each kang, an ash pit should be made at the head of the kang and the interface between the kang hole and the kiln. When there is too much ash, it is convenient to dig up the kang board to remove the ash.
It is now the turn of spring and summer, the fire pit has long been out of use, and the firewood ash in the ash pit has not been raked away.
Li Aiguo took out the one hundred and fifty yuan, rolled it into a ball, wrapped it in an old newspaper, stuffed it into the kang hole, and covered it tightly with firewood ash.
After waiting for no trace to be seen outside, he covered the kang hole, patted the grass ashes on his hands, and breathed a sigh of relief.
This money is his future wife's capital, so he must hide it well.
.....
The sunlight shines through the tattered newspaper on the glass, casting a line and falling on the dark wall, forming bright spots.
Li Aiguo was lying on the bed, holding his head in his hands, staring at the spots, lost in thought.
The top three in the test scores can drive directly.
The information provided by Zhou Tiehu is crucial.
The Railway Academy has two to three hundred graduates every year, and at least one hundred people must pass the train examination.
In this era, most of the domestic locomotives were old locomotives before liberation, or steam engine trains assisted by Big Brother.
There are also a small number of Liberation freight steam locomotives manufactured by Sifang Factory that imitate the Mikado 1 steam locomotive.
The operating mileage of railways is only 26,700 kilometers, and there are less than 1,000 passenger and freight trains combined.
Most newbies who have passed the driver's license exam need to work as a fireman for several years before they can sit in the driver's cabin.
Steam trains run entirely on coal.
Convert water into steam as power. If you want the train to run fast, someone must keep adding coal.
Being a stoker is a tiring and hard job.
A shovelful of coal weighed forty or fifty kilograms, and the cotton cloak was stained black by soot and cinders. The grease and cinders made the clothes lose their original color.
My back hurts after a whole class. Except for my white teeth, my whole body is dark...
Not only is it tiring and hard, the wages and benefits of stokers are far less than those of train drivers.
It is the wish of all graduates of the Railway Technical College to get a driver's license and be able to drive a train.
It's just that there are two to three hundred people taking the exam every year. It's not easy to be among the top three.
It seems that you still have to rely entirely on your own efforts.
Li Aiguo is not a person who likes to rely on external help, and decided to achieve the final victory through hard study.
He took out the textbook and read it for a while, rubbed his brows, pondered for a moment, and looked at the system panel.
Steam engine driving: 21.
Cooking skills: 15.
...
Skill points: 0
...
Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
After Li Aiguo left, Mrs. Jia Zhang squinted and cursed Qin Huairu.
"If it weren't for you, would our family be able to pay fifty yuan?"
"It's you who caused the trouble, and you have to pay for it."
Qin Huairu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said pitifully: "Mom, I am a rural girl, where can I make money?"
"I don't care. Anyway, if you don't get the money back, I will let Dongxu divorce you!"
Mrs. Jia Zhang looked proud: "After divorcing you, our Dongxu can find a formal employee."
Thinking of this, Mrs. Jia Zhang became angry and turned to look at Jia Dongxu fiercely: "I told you to listen to mother at first, but you didn't listen. Now it's better. You married a girl from the countryside, and you can't even get a grain book." .Beautiful? Can beauty be used as food?"
Jia Dongxu didn't dare to talk to Jia Zhang, so he secretly winked at Qin Huairu and changed the subject.
"Mom, today is the day to catch Zhou Zhou, and everyone is still waiting."
Qin Huairu wiped her tears and forced a smile: "Yes, mother, today is your eldest grandson's big day, we can't be angry."
It's strange to say that there was so much commotion in the house, but Banggeng sat on the fire bed and didn't even cry or make a fuss.
Only then did everyone remember the stick, and all turned their heads to look.
This look.
Huo, amazing.
At some point, Banggeng had all the knickknacks on the stove in his arms and was stuffing them into his pants one by one.
Seals, red sleeve bands, pens, coins...the pants are filled to the brim.
The ledger is too big and the stick is too small.
Unable to grasp it, he screamed in annoyance and stretched out his little hand to tear the account book into pieces.
Everyone had never seen such a arrogant child, and they were stunned for a moment.
"My eldest grandson will do great things in the future!"
Jia Zhang laughed twice, picked up the stick, raised it high, and spun it around in the air.
"Even so, you don't even want to see whose seed it is!" Jia Xudong was so excited that he couldn't help but praise it loudly.
Wow...
A stream of light yellow liquid came out of the faucet.
Gudu...
Ugh~
Jia Dongxu almost choked, suppressed the discomfort and swallowed.
Thumbs up: "My son is awesome!"
The room burst into laughter.
....
A feast was originally going to be held in Zhuozhou.
By noon, the Jia family had no fire for cooking, and the residents didn't think it was strange, so they could only go back to their homes with their hands behind their backs.
While walking on the road, everyone was amazed at Bangge's magical performance.
It is agreed that Bangge will definitely become a talent in the future.
"Jia Zhang is lucky!"
Just as he was admiring, Liu Guangtian's ghostly cry and wolf howl came from the distance.
No need to ask, you will know that the Liu family is currently performing a drama of love between father and son.
Everyone has become accustomed to this and has no intention of eating it.
...
Xu Damao returned home humming a ditty.
As soon as he entered the door, he was pulled into the back room by Xu Jixiang.
"Da Mao, what do you think of what happened today?"
"How do you see it? Of course you see it with your eyes!"
"..."
If the Xu family didn't have only one son and expected him to continue the family line, Xu Jixiang's big dick would have been screaming.
Xu Jixiang took a deep breath and slowly exhaled: "Don't mess with Li Aiguo in the future. Now I can see clearly that that kid didn't intend to send all those people in, just to extort money. In addition, this kid We might be able to get on the railway in the future, so we have to find help from others."
Xu Damao disagreed. In terms of small tricks, he was much better than Li Aiguo.
I just thought of Li Aiguo beating Si Zhu until he was helpless and kneeling down to beg for mercy. I felt a little envious in my heart.
Where did this kid learn from a famous teacher? I need to ask for advice if I have the chance.
“One more thing, you need to be more honest recently, your mother has already mentioned this to Lou Tan.
Although Lou Xiao'e is not a legitimate daughter, she is deeply loved by Lou Zhenhua.
If you can marry her, you will definitely make progress in the future. "
Xu Jixiang paused and continued to explain.
"Lou Zhenhua agreed?" Xu Damao's eyes lit up.
He had seen Lou Xiao'e. Although her appearance was not as outstanding as Qin Huairu's, she was slim, plump and had a perfect frame.
And the temperament that comes from a wealthy family is far beyond the comparison of those firewood girls in the countryside.
"It's almost like that. Lou Zhenhua is interested in the fact that our family is poor for three generations."
Xu Jixiang nodded: "When things between you and Lou Xiao'e are clear, dad will apply for early retirement and let you take over. During this time, you have to get familiar with the movie show thing."
Xu Damao is now also a film projectionist at the steel rolling mill.
It's just a temporary worker, and he can only get a salary of fifteen yuan a month.
Hearing this, he nodded hurriedly.
...
At the same time, Yan Bugui returned home.
The third aunt hugged Yan Jiedi, stood up, handed him a jar of herbal tea, and asked with concern: "Jie Cheng's father, what's going on in the middle hospital?"
"Yi Zhonghai would have been pecked in the eye if he failed to catch the geese."
Yan Bugui took two big sips, burped comfortably, and said proudly:
"The thing is very simple. When those families saw that the Li family was in ruins and Li Aiguo was a shy person, they became evil and wanted to plot against the Li family's house.
Just in the name of standing up for Jia Dongxu, he wanted to kill Li Aiguo.
There was a famine these days, and there were many people fleeing from the famine outside the city. No one was allowed to be carried away on the streets in any given month.
Li Aiguo was alone, with no father or mother, no relatives, and no work unit. Even if he died in the house, Yi Zhonghai could still find a way to cover it up.
At that time, Lao Yi came to me and asked our family to take action.
Then the Li family's cotton-padded jackets, hot water bottles, thermos bottles and other miscellaneous things will be distributed to our family.
I know what Lao Yi is thinking.
Don't you just want to use this small favor to silence me, the third uncle?
"
Speaking of this, Yan Bugui became excited:
"I didn't expect that boy Li Aiguo to play with everyone.
He pretended to be seriously injured and lay at home for a few days. He contacted people on the railway and asked our family to call Director Wang from the subdistrict office in advance.
To counterattack, you were not there at the time, but that little mouth is so powerful!
Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he couldn't speak coherently. Not only did he earn two hundred yuan, but he also sent Silly Zhu to the police station.
This guy is really brave and resourceful.
From now on, people in this compound will never dare to provoke Li Aiguo easily. "
"Thankfully you didn't agree to Yi Zhonghai at that time, otherwise our family would have received fifty yuan." The third aunt was as happy as if she had picked up fifty yuan.
Yan Jiedi in her arms also giggled excitedly, stretched out her chubby little hand and touched the third aunt's chin.
Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses frame and said with a proud expression: "I am also an old teacher and a cultured person. How could I do such unscrupulous things?"
He paused and looked at the third aunt: "You still have to take care of Jie Di, otherwise, I would like you to wash Li Aiguo's bedding. When you were born, there was a famine in our family. Thanks to Brother Li, Ten pounds of bean dregs.”
"Hey, what's the point? It's just washing clothes. I'm not tired. Our Jie Di is a good girl. She can play for a long time by herself." The third aunt agreed immediately.
When she was born, there was a famine, so she had no choice but to run to the countryside with Yan Bugui to gather wild vegetables with her belly full.
I haven’t even picked up a basket of wild vegetables, but my stomach hurts so much that I can’t stand it.
Yan Bugui panicked and found an ox cart.
The third aunt gave birth to Yan Jiecheng on the bullock cart.
The scar on the back of Yan Jiecheng's head was caused by the injury caused by being swept by the cow's tail.
It's just that it's covered by hair so outsiders can't see it.
Compared with giving birth on a bullock cart, this bit of work is really nothing.
While the two were chatting, Yan Jiefang jumped in.
"Liberation, where is the dime Li Aiguo gave you today? Turn it over quickly." Yan Bugui stood up and stopped him.
Yan Jiefang: "..."
