Li Aiguo decided to take advantage of the two-day holiday.
Finalize the house repairs.
Breakfast is a pot of stick noodle porridge with a plate of pickles, two boiled eggs, and three fried eggs.
All high in protein.
After eating and drinking, I got on my bicycle and went straight to the bridge workshop of the locomotive depot.
The bridge workshop of the locomotive depot is responsible for the maintenance and repair of bridges, tunnels and culverts, and has more than a dozen professional construction teams under it.
When there is a big project, the whole team is dispatched, and they are responsible for helping the locomotive depot repair the house on weekdays.
Employees will also ask the bridge workshop to help when decorating their houses.
First of all, they are all in the same segment, and the prices are discounted.
Secondly, the craftsmanship of the masters in the bridge workshop is excellent.
We can build tunnels hundreds of meters long and build buildings with seven or eight floors. How can we still build a tile-roofed house?
"Director Zhang."
Li Aiguo went to the second floor of the office building and knocked on the office door at the end of the corridor.
"Comrade, this is advanced railway worker comrade, please come in quickly."
Director Zhang of the bridge workshop met Li Aiguo at the commendation meeting and even shook hands with Li Aiguo.
"You didn't drive today? Why don't you take a good rest at home?" Director Zhang asked warmly.
Li Aiguo took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over, then took out his lighter and lit one himself.
"I want to renovate my house. I wonder if the construction team in our locomotive depot is free?"
"There are relatively few projects recently, and there are two teams that are idle." Director Zhang smoked a cigarette and looked up at Li Aiguo: "Are you going to make major renovations? Or simply tidy up."
"Major renovations, both inside and outside the house need to be tidied up. You also know that my house is an old house in a courtyard. It has a history of a hundred years, and it is dilapidated everywhere."
"Yes, the conditions there are not good. Your father gave the house to someone else, otherwise you could live in the Tongzi Building." Director Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Well, this time, the labor fee for repairing the house will be halved. "
"No, brother, I can't do anything that takes advantage of the collective. You can't let me make mistakes."
Li Aiguo sat up straight and held the table with both hands: "I live alone now. I have saved a little money, which is enough to repair the house."
"We advanced railway workers have a high ideological consciousness. I will help you contact the captain of the construction team."
Director Zhang nodded in admiration and shook the intercom phone: "Da Shan, come to life."
After a while.
A middle-aged man in his forties, tall and dark-skinned, walked in.
Li Aiguo noticed that the fingers he used to open the door were covered with calluses.
It should be an old comrade who has been working on the front line all year round.
"Director, are you looking for me?"
"This is Comrade Li Aiguo, who is also an advanced railway worker in our locomotive depot. His family needs to renovate their house."
"This is Captain Liu Dashan of the Fifth Construction Team."
Hearing the title of advanced railway worker, Liu Dashan's expression became visibly serious.
He reached out his hand excitedly, held Li Aiguo's hand tightly, and shook it vigorously: "Comrade Patriot, leave the renovation work to us. Please rest assured that you will be satisfied."
In later generations, the so-called title is just a title, with a maximum of two sentences of praise. When you are promoted, you will be taken more care of.
In this era, a glorious title can often win the respect of others and is an invincible pass.
Li Aiguo smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you."
Siheyuan.
In front of Li's house.
"Captain Liu, this is my house. My idea is to paint the inside of the house white and gray, and then separate two rooms with a single layer of bricks in the middle."
Li Aiguo pointed to the house and introduced.
In the past, there were partitions in the Li family's house, but they were separated by cotton curtains.
It's neither soundproof nor aesthetically pleasing.
"Wait a minute, let's go for a spin first."
Liu Dashan has been paying attention to this matter since he learned that Li Aiguo was an advanced railway worker.
All workers who can receive this title have made significant contributions to national construction and railway construction.
Entered the house and walked around.
Liu Dashan frowned: "It's too crude."
He pointed at the wall and said: "The bricks on the wall have been crumbled, and they must be lined with cement and then plastered with white ash to make them strong.
If you can get some paint, it would be better to apply a layer of sanitary skirt. "
"I've already got the cement. You can go to the materials department to find the paint." Li Aiguo nodded.
"Our materials department has everything, so coatings will definitely not be a problem."
Liu Dashan nodded, pointed to the corner of the wall and said: "There is a mouse hole there, which has gone deep into the ground. All the underground bricks must be uncovered, re-paved, and replaced with new green bricks."
He hesitated for a moment and looked at Li Aiguo: "The materials department also has terrazzo, which is much more high-end than blue bricks."
"Forget it about terrazzo, it's too eye-catching." Li Aiguo shook his head.
As a worker, you must act like a worker.
We must maintain the true nature of our work and not be ostentatious.
It will be windy in a few years.
When strong winds blow, those who are separated from the masses will reap the consequences.
"You can also use blue bricks, with a layer of cement underneath, and they'll be very strong."
Liu Dashan walked around the room with his hands behind his back and suddenly asked: "Comrade Patriot, do you want to build a separate kitchen and bathroom in the house according to the layout of the expert building?"
"Can we do it?" Li Aiguo was overjoyed.
To say that in this era, the most uncomfortable thing is that there is no separate kitchen and bathroom.
There is no kitchen.
Whenever I cook, the house smells of oil smoke, and a thick layer of oil stains quickly smear on the quilt and walls.
There is no toilet.
Every day I have to hold my breath and run all the way to the toilet in the courtyard.
It's summer and it stinks inside.
Whenever it rains, the water in the latrine overflows, and there are little things like crickets and pupae everywhere.
Although I know that stuff is high in protein.
It can be made into a famous dish, and the price is quite high.
But after all, it is difficult to understand people.
When winter came, it was freezing cold.
The bird was so cold that it shrank its neck.
You have to muster up your courage every time you go to the hut.
In a year of severe cold, when water drips outside and turns to ice, going to the hut is risky.
The three stewards specially placed a wooden stick against the wall of the hut.
Used to knock out frozen water sticks.
only
"The courtyard is a century-old house, and there is no drainage underneath the house."
Li Aiguo took out a cigarette and handed it to Liu Dashan, "We need to redo the drainage and divert the wastewater into the sewer."
Liu Dashan took the cigarette and said with a naive smile:
"It can be done, but why can't it be done? Our construction team in the locomotive depot can even drill through mountains. We can finish this small job in three days."
"Okay, let's do it like this." Li Aiguo nodded.
"I'll bring you the tap water so you can flush the toilet in the house." Liu Dashan smoked a cigarette and squinted his eyes: "In the bathroom, do you want to install a squat pit or a toilet? There are toilets in the expert building. There are discarded ones in the warehouse of our engineering team, and we can get one for you."
"Squat in the pit." Li Aiguo declined Liu Dashan's kindness.
There is only one toilet in the house.
If you have guests on weekdays, you must use the toilet. It is a bit inconvenient to install a toilet.
"Okay, I'll calculate the drawings and materials when I get back, and come back tomorrow."
Liu Dashan walked around the room again, picked up a pen and wrote down the data in a small notebook.
(End of chapter)
