Monday morning.
The noise of children, the sound of pots and pans, and Liu Guangtian's crying crowded into Li Aiguo's ears, waking him up from his sleep.
With his eyes closed, he went to the bedside to touch for his phone, and found an empty space.
Li Aiguo suddenly opened his eyes.
The dark ceiling, the bright red letters of the old calendar on the wall, and the shabby furniture in the house... all told him that he was still living in that passionate time.
Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief.
It has been a while since he came to this era, and he has grown to like this era from being uncomfortable with it at the beginning.
Compared with the idle, mediocre, and dreamy yacht life of later generations, he preferred this era of hard work.
How can a young model in a club change the future generations?
Li Aiguo's eyes became firm, he opened the quilt and got out of bed, picked up the five or six books on the bedside and put them into the canvas bag.
The book was borrowed from the women's literary and sports store.
Of course, according to bookstore regulations, a library card can only borrow three books.
However, this cannot be troubled by Li Aiguo.
Ding Qiunan also has a library card.
No shame in borrowing it!
Putting on Li's father's old railway uniform, Li Aiguo took the basin to the central courtyard to wash his face.
As soon as he went out, he saw Liu Guangtian's bare feet running past the door like a black whirlwind.
The second uncle behind him was chasing after him with a pair of fire pliers: "You little beast, who told you to jump on both feet!"
Liu Guangtian ran faster.
Xu Damao stood at the door brushing his teeth and muttered: "It's really interesting for the second uncle to spank the child so early in the morning."
Seeing Li Aiguo, he spit out the toothpaste foam, came over and gave a thumbs up: "Aiguo, today I have to call you brother."
"You handled what happened yesterday so neatly."
"If Silly Zhu goes in this time, I'm afraid he will have to squat for a few years."
Li Aiguo looked up and saw a gap in the door of the deaf old lady's house. He laughed and said loudly:
"It was Shazhu's voluntary choice. If he reveals the mastermind, he probably won't be able to stay there for long."
"That's right, how can this stupid Zhu be so stupid?" Xu Damao looked amazed.
Xu Damao didn't understand why He Yuyu broke off the relationship with Shazhu, and bothered Director Wang to hold a meeting.
When I got home and asked Wang Gangzhu next door, my jaw dropped.
In order to take the blame for others, he even ignored his sister.
If he had such a brother, he would have drawn the line eight hundred years ago.
"He was deceived by those people in our compound."
Li Aiguo saw a dark shadow flash through the crack of the door and said with a smile: "Brother Damao, no more chatting."
"Yes, yes, you have to report for duty today, so as not to delay your business."
inside the house.
The deaf old lady heard the conversation outside very clearly.
She sat on the chair with a gloomy look on her face and muttered in a low voice: "Yi Zhonghai has gone too far. In order to save Jia Dongxu, he actually killed my grandson!"
"We can't just let this matter go!"
...
Li Aiguo said goodbye to Xu Damao, washed his face by the pool in the middle courtyard, and returned to the house.
Breakfast is fried dough sticks and twist sticks, plus a bowl of porridge and a plate of pickles.
Had a light meal.
Put on your canvas bag, bring all your documents, and ride on a tandem bicycle to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.
The nameplate with black characters on a white background sparkled in the golden sunlight.
The faces of the employees entering and exiting the locomotive depot were filled with pride.
In this era, the locomotive maintenance section had good remuneration and high status, which was far from being comparable to that of later generations.
Li Aiguo walked to the door, tightened the buckle, cheered up, and rode his bicycle.
Entering the locomotive depot, under the shade of dense trees, low-rise blue brick houses and red brick tube buildings stand in an intricate manner.
The cracked cement roadside links buildings to buildings and houses to houses.
According to the memory of the original owner, he rode his bicycle towards the office building.
Just after passing the corner, a figure rushed over from the side and sat on the back seat of the bicycle.
"Li Aiguo, I've heard that you built a four-wheel bicycle."
"It's really comfortable to sit on."
Li Aiguo felt that the wheels of the car suddenly deflated, and turned to look at Zhang Dahua.
"Go on, don't you know how much you weigh?"
Zhang Dahua reluctantly jumped out of the car and pursed his lips: "What's wrong with being fat? I haven't eaten your food. My mother said that I am strong. If I get married in the future, I can have children."
"Those girls who look like sticks are just good-looking, but they are useless."
Li Aiguo: "..."
Li Aiguo and Zhang Dahua often play together on weekdays, but there is nothing he can do about her non-vegetarian mouth.
Zhang Dahua seemed very satisfied with making Li Aiguo feel defeated, and said with a smile: "Are you going to report for duty today?"
"Yes, I just don't know which crew group I will be assigned to." Li Aiguo nodded.
The package crew is the smallest collective unit on the railway.
It consists of the driver, co-driver, and stoker who belong to the driver group on the same train; the conductor, conductor, water deliveryman of the crew group, and the police officer of the crew group.
They both prosper and lose.
"Cao Wenzhi has accepted you as his apprentice. He is the driver team leader of the 131 train charter team. You must follow him."
Zhang Dahua looked envious when he said this.
"Train 131 is a direct express train. It only takes more than five hours from Beijing to Jincheng, and more than ten hours for the round trip. You can get home without delay and have a good sleep."
"I heard my dad say that the biggest fear in a sports car is not being able to sleep well."
Li Aiguo chuckled: "We are just a brick, we can move it wherever needed."
"You, you just got the advantage and behaved well!" Zhang Dahua pursed his lips.
The two of them entered the maintenance section laughing.
Zhang Dahua already reported for duty yesterday.
He was assigned to the 352 general express train, which was a train from Beijing to Nanning.
A round trip takes four days and three nights, no wonder she is so unhappy.
Well, as expected, those who rely solely on their own efforts will be the best in any world.
After separating from Zhang Dahua.
Li Aiguo came to the Labor and Personnel Department on the second floor of the main office building.
Several clerks were sitting in the main room of the Labor and Human Resources Department. They knocked on the sallow wooden door and asked, "Excuse me, who should I report to when I am a new worker?"
The clerks were all busy with their own business and seemed not to hear.
A young man raised his head from the document and pointed to a small room inside: "Deputy Section Chief Wang is in charge of this matter."
After nodding his thanks, he entered the back room.
Hearing the footsteps, the thin old man sitting at the desk raised his head: "Have you brought the materials? Where did they transfer them? Who approved them?"
At this time of year, the locomotive maintenance section is not recruiting on a large scale.
The young man in front of me appeared here. He was either transferred from another maintenance section, or he was related to the leader.
Li Aiguo also knew this. He handed over the materials and said with a smile: "I took over from my father. My father used to be a train driver."
"You have to start as a stoker first to take over. How come the position listed in the document is train driver." The thin old man looked confused.
"If you scroll down, you can see my train driver's license, which was issued by Duan Chang Xing personally."
Li Aiguo didn't pull the tiger's skin.
The driver's license was indeed handed over to him by Duan Chang Xing himself.
It can also be regarded as being awarded in person.
As soon as he said this, several looks came from outside.
The clerks who had been working hard just now looked surprised.
I didn't expect that the young man just now had some relationship with the leader. I knew he should have been more enthusiastic just now.
The thin old man was not affected.
There are too many train drivers in the locomotive depot. How can Duan Chang Xing issue a driving license to a young driver?
This young man, who is young and likes to talk nonsense, is a good candidate to be a train driver.
It wasn't until he read Li Aiguo's file and the letter of introduction that his attitude changed.
Just turned eighteen, he scored double hundred points in the exam.
The engineers of Sifang Factory spoke highly of the sandbags they made and gained the attention of the general section.
While still in school, I joined the organization.
This young man's future is limitless.
There are not many people in the locomotive department who have been promoted from train driver to section leader.
The skinny old man's attitude changed 360 degrees.
"Oh, yes, he is proficient in business, has excellent political outlook, has a good background, and has a firm stance. He is a good prospect. Our locomotive depot needs outstanding talents like you."
"Come on, come on, sit down and talk."
The thin old man adjusted his glasses frame, shouted outside at the top of his lungs: "Cuihua, pour some boiling water."
