Under dim light.
"Third uncle, there are still unwashed clothes in the dormitory. I have to go back."
Put down the glass.
Li Aiguo was about to stand up, but was pushed down on the chair by Yan Bugui.
"Why do you, a young man, wash clothes? If you have dirty clothes in the future, bring them back and ask the third aunt to wash them for you. I promise to wash them cleanly for you."
"real?"
"Hey, I can still lie to you. I'll let Yan Jiefang go to the locomotive depot with you to pick up the dirty clothes later, and we can identify the way so he doesn't get lost at work in the future."
Look, what do you mean by a chicken thief? This is it.
It was obvious that he was helping Li Aiguo wash clothes.
Secretly, he revealed that he was helping Yan Jiecheng find a job.
but.
Just don't explain it clearly.
Then let's just pretend to be stupid.
In addition to not drinking Baijia wine, Li Aiguo would not refuse the third uncle's offer of food and the third aunt's offer of tea.
Don't tell me, the third aunt's craftsmanship is really good.
Especially the peanuts are crunchy when chewed.
Li Aiguo, who was well fed, saw that Yan Bugui was really calm and never mentioned Yan Jiecheng's work, so he naturally pretended not to know.
He stood up again and expressed that he was afraid of walking at night and wanted to go back to the locomotive depot.
When Yan Bugui heard this, his chopsticks shook and a big piece of fat fell on the table.
A master who dares to drive a big train around the world will be afraid of walking at night?
You really think everyone else is a fool!
This is obviously because he has eaten and drank enough, and he is touching his mouth to escape.
The third uncle hurriedly held down Li Aiguo, looking a little embarrassed: "Aiguo, please wait a moment, I have something to tell you."
When I saw Li Aiguo's expression, I knew you had evil intentions.
Yan Bugui felt even more embarrassed, but there was nothing he could do about it. Today's big table dish cost a lot of money.
"Third uncle, we are all neighbors in the same compound. Please speak."
"Um, have you asked me about the coal worker's job in the locomotive depot?"
Li Aiguo knew that Yan Bugui was because of this, and said with a smile: "Third uncle, you are not here to celebrate my succession."
Yan Bugui rubbed his hands and said with an awkward smile: "One thing, the other is to celebrate.
Secondly, I just want to ask you.
My family is now half-grown, and the kids in our compound who are about the same age as him are all running away now. "
The third aunt also supported me: "Yes, if you don't have a serious job, it's really hard to get a wife."
It’s not that the Yan family has trouble finding a wife, it’s that they have high standards.
Everyone in the compound knew that if the Yan family wanted to marry someone who had a job and a financial background, they couldn't ask for a bride price.
otherwise.
Like Jia Dongxu, it is more than enough to marry a rural girl.
Li Aiguo looked at the third uncle and said, "You also know that now, unlike when the locomotive depot was first established two years ago, even temporary workers like coal loaders are no longer open to recruitment."
Hearing this, the third uncle became anxious and interrupted him.
"Patriot, the third uncle is very kind to you. You have watched Yan Jiecheng grow up, so you have to help him!"
Yan Jiecheng is about the same age as me. I watched him grow up?
If you think about it carefully, this statement is a bit strange, but there is really nothing wrong with it.
Li Aiguo waved his hand: "Third uncle, you are kind to me, but what about the books you took from my house? When will you come back?"
The third uncle's face turned red.
Speechless.
Li Aiguo also asked him for books before, but he wanted to return them.
But those books had long been exchanged for money by him.
When the third aunt saw the third uncle separated, she quickly smiled and said: "Patriot, our Yan family is in the locomotive depot, and you are the only one with such a way, so you have to help.
Don't worry, your third uncle has no other skills except being a matchmaker.
Wait a few days and let your third uncle look for a few good girls in school for you to choose from. "
Hey guys, it’s a beauty pageant in the bathing center, right?
It's too punishing.
If someone finds out, a report letter is sent, and they all have to go in.
The sweat on Li Aiguo's forehead dropped.
So he said with difficulty:
“Forget it about matchmaking.
It's not that I don't want to help, Third Uncle, I'm just a train driver, and I can't control the labor department.
Otherwise, let alone the coal worker, even if Yan Jiecheng wants to be the workshop director, I can do it for him.
But we don’t have that much ability. You don’t know that we can’t ask for help. "
The third uncle originally thought that as long as he said a few nice words and treated Li Aiguo to a meal, Yan Jiecheng's work could be solved.
Now that I hear these words, I feel careless.
Li Aiguo is not as stupid as before.
The third uncle felt that he was being pushed up to his waist.
Gritting his teeth, he said grandly: "I know, I know, you have to ask others for help with this matter. I can't let you abandon your own capital. Tell me the number, how much do you need?"
Li Aiguo thought for a while and said:
“Although coal workers are tired, they can become regular workers after working for two years.
After obtaining the road registration, the usual salary is similar to that of a regular worker, and now the replacement spots in the locomotive depot can be sold outside."
He said holding out two fingers.
Although Yan Bugui doesn't know the price of the replacement place in the locomotive depot.
But I know that a place as a workshop worker in a steel rolling mill can be sold for 150 yuan.
The work in the locomotive depot is better than that in the steel rolling mill, and it is normal to sell it for 200 yuan.
Seeing the third uncle nodding, Li Aiguo continued: "The coal workers in the locomotive depot are divided into those who load coal on trucks, and those who load coal on buses. Those who work coal on buses have more work and can get ten more per month. Dollar stipend.”
"You have to add fifty dollars."
We, Li Aiguo, will not deliberately slander Yan Bugui.
If this quota was sold in the pigeon market, it would fetch at least three hundred yuan.
Looking at those fingers, Yan Bugui felt his eyelids twitching.
Two hundred and fifty dollars.
How many pieces of cardboard would he have to sell to make up the money?
Seeing Yan Bugui's hesitation, Li Aiguo was not in a hurry and stood up as if he was leaving.
"Okay, please think about it slowly. I have to drive tomorrow, so I have to go back and rest early."
Yan Bugui knew very well that if Li Aiguo left today and wanted to invite him over next time, he might have to prepare another banquet.
With a smile on his face, he took Li Aiguo's arm and said, "Aiguo, don't leave. Let your third aunt get the money."
The third aunt didn't expect Yan Bugui to be so lively today.
After hesitating for a moment and making sure that Yan Bugui was not joking, he entered the room.
After a while, he took out a pile of money from the vinegar jar under the bed and handed it to Yan Bugui.
Yan Bugui counted it carefully and handed it to Li Aiguo: "Count it?"
"What are you counting! We are old neighbors, and I still can't trust you."
Li Aiguo put the money directly into his pocket angrily: "Don't worry, I will take care of this matter tomorrow."
Yan Bugui nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, don't worry."
After Li Aiguo got on his bicycle and left.
Yan Jiecheng, who had been standing nearby without daring to eat, now squatted down and ate the vegetable soup.
"Jie Cheng, don't finish eating. Leave some for Jiefang and Jie Di. They were driven to Wang Gangzhu's house by me. I don't know if they got any food?"
Tell Yan Jie into one sentence.
The third aunt pulled Yan Bugui into the back room.
After closing the cotton curtain, the third aunt began to complain about Yan Bugui.
"Lao Yan, this is two hundred and fifty yuan, and you gave it to Li Aiguo for free? Why do I still feel that our family has become two hundred and fifty yuan."
"What do you mean giving for free?!"
Yan Bugui rolled his eyes: "You old woman really has long hair and short knowledge. Do you think Li Aiguo can find someone to do things for free?"
"But he definitely can't spend that much, at most one hundred and fifty."
The third aunt made an estimate and felt that it was a bit short, so she changed her words:
"Two hundred yuan is enough. That guy Li Aiguo can earn a full fifty yuan and eat a meal at our house. It's so easy to make money."
"Don't worry about how much people earn, that's their business."
Yan Bugui felt distressed and panicked after giving away so much money. He sat down and started to make amends.
He clasped his fingers and analyzed: "Our Yan Jiecheng joined the locomotive depot and became a leader in the locomotive depot. He will be able to earn so much in the future! I heard that the leaders in the locomotive depot use coal for free and make money every day. The solution is to carry coal home!"
"Then it will be the full moon of the Year of the Monkey."
"Even if you don't become a leader and work as a temporary worker, the salary of twenty-five yuan per month, plus the allowance of ten yuan, is thirty-five yuan."
Yan Bugui, an old Chinese teacher, took out a pen, wrote and drew on the straw, and settled the accounts for the third aunt.
"I am such a shrewd person. I have already found out clearly that in addition to this money, coal loaders also have a benefit, which is to receive subsidies at the end of the month based on the amount of coal loaded.
A ton of coal costs half a cent, so if our family buys two thousand tons of coal every month, we can earn an extra twenty yuan. "
"Jie Cheng can earn fifty-five yuan a month, and he can earn back this money in four or five months."
You see, my Chinese teacher is so good at math.
Anyone who wants to say that Chinese teachers cannot teach mathematics should just stand aside.
Inside the hall.
Yan Jiecheng shivered in fright when he heard Yan Bugui's words through the cotton curtain.
He squatted on the ground and dropped the Wowotou in his hand.
Two thousand tons of coal.
I really treat him like a tired cow.
You have a short mouth to eat others, and you are soft to others.
Li Aiguo is also a good comrade who is eager to help others.
If you agree to the Yan family's affairs, you will naturally not regret it.
the next day.
After Li Aiguo came back from Jincheng, he rode his bicycle back to the courtyard and took Yan Jiecheng to the locomotive depot to go through the entry procedures.
In the evening.
Yan Jiecheng, a coal loading worker, received work clothes.
In order to earn back the money spent as soon as possible.
I couldn’t wait to get into the work.
The train that loaded the coal happened to be the 131 train that Li Aiguo was on.
Li Aiguo had dinner in the resale locomotive depot canteen and was walking with Zhao Yazhi to eat.
Wander to the station.
When I saw Yan Jiecheng working with a group of coal miners, I stopped and took a look.
At this time, the sun was hanging low on the rows of towers, and the concrete floor of the station was steaming with heat.
The locomotive is made of iron and has been baking in the hot sun for two or three hours. The temperature inside must be at least fifty or sixty degrees.
Loading coal is a real skill.
The coal loaders had to rely on their own strength to carry hundreds of kilograms of load to deliver the coal to the train.
Even those old masters who have been carrying goods for many years are exhausted and sweating after several trips.
Not to mention Yan Jiecheng, this raw melon egg.
Yan Jiecheng was young and strong, but he had never done this kind of work and could not knock on the door.
Moreover.
The locomotive is dozens of centimeters higher than the ground. The distance from the coal bunker to the locomotive is built with wooden planks.
Yan Jiecheng was carrying the coal basket, and his shoulders were so painful from the pressure that his body began to sway. His feet were also a little buoyant. After running a few times, he was sweating profusely.
He felt out of breath, it was difficult to lift his legs, as if ten pounds of iron were hanging under his legs, his throat was so dry that it felt like it was on fire, and he was in unbearable pain.
He gasped for air and muttered "I won't do it anymore, I won't do it anymore."
Coal workers are organized into groups.
Yan Jiecheng stopped, and the subsequent rhythm was interrupted, which would affect the progress of coal loading.
The team leader came up and wanted to deal with Yan Jiecheng.
Those who do rough work like to use foul language.
Father and mother, they were treated randomly, and Yan Jiecheng was sprayed bloody.
At this moment, Li Aiguo appeared at the right time.
"Team Leader Zhang, what are you doing?"
"Didn't you see that I was teaching this coward a lesson? Who the hell is that?"
The team leader turned around and saw it was Li Aiguo.
The anger on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by respect.
"It's Driver Li, why are you here? Don't worry, we will work all night tonight, and our coal team will make sure not to delay tomorrow's journey."
Li Aiguo was praised at the conference, and almost all employees in the department knew him.
Besides, the coal loading team serves the train drivers.
Li Ai took out the front door, took out a cigarette, gave it to the team leader, and then took out another cigarette and handed it to Yan Jiecheng.
"Jie Cheng, how are you? Can you still bear it?"
"Okay, okay."
Yan Jiecheng took the cigarette with trembling hands and stuffed it into his mouth. The sweat from his forehead wet the cigarette paper.
He took off the towel hanging around his neck, wiped his sweat, and tried to take out the matchbox.
The matchbox was already soaked and turned into a ball of paste.
"Click"
Li Aiguo took out his lighter, lit a cigarette for Yan Jiecheng, and then lit one himself, smoking comfortably.
The group leader saw this scene.
He seemed to understand something and asked in a sarcastic voice: "Driver Li, do you know this little temporary worker?"
"Neighbors in a compound are playing together. In the words of our capital city, they are having fun together."
"It's so small"
The group leader looked embarrassed.
He began to remember.
I just scolded Yan Jiecheng's parents, uncles, grandfather, and eighteen generations of ancestors.
Did you also scold the neighbor?
Li Aiguo seemed not to have seen what happened just now, and chatted with the team leader, who became even more uneasy.
Li Aiguo changed his voice: "Old Zhang, how is Jie Cheng doing?"
"It's not bad," the team leader hesitated.
"That's good, otherwise I won't be able to explain to his parents when I go back tonight."
Li Aiguo took out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled out two cigarettes, and wanted to hand them to the team leader. After thinking for a moment, he simply gave him the remaining half pack.
"This kid hasn't been very powerful since he was a child. He definitely won't be able to do it when he first gets started. I'll have to trouble you a lot more."
"You can't do it, you can't do it."
The team leader pushed him twice.
But he found that he was not as strong as Li Aiguo, and in the end the cigarette was stuffed into his jacket pocket.
He smiled and touched his bulging wallet.
He looked at Li Aiguo and patted his chest: "Driver Li, don't worry. This guy is young and capable, but he lacks experience. After a few days of training from me, he will definitely be a good player."
"Then I'm sorry, brother, I'll buy you a drink when you have time."
Li Aiguo took Zhang Yazhi and slowly left the station under Yan Jiecheng's grateful eyes.
Stand on the field.
The team leader did not let Yan Jiecheng continue to carry coal.
Instead, he called a master.
"Old Liu, come here and help this boy correct his posture when carrying the load."
Old Liu is an old man in his fifties, with bulging veins in his neck and swollen blood vessels in his calves. He is thin and looks frail, but he is a well-known coal loader in the locomotive depot.
He once set an astonishing record of picking 20 tons of coal in one hour.
Yan Jiecheng heard about Lao Liu's deeds as soon as he joined the coal-picking team.
He knew that it was the team leader who asked such a master to give up his work and come to help him because of Li Aiguo's face.
"Young man, carrying a load is not a simple job. The first step is to choose a shoulder pole. As the saying goes, if the shoulder pole is weak, the shoulder will not be weak."
Old Liu picked up Yan Jiecheng's pole and swung it up and down: "Look, your pole is too soft. This pole won't work."
He took Yan Jiecheng to the nearby warehouse and personally selected the pole for Yan Jiecheng.
"Willow wood, Caitun, and pear wood cases, mulberry wood poles do not rub shoulders, and the poles are at the level of your mouth, so you can just pick them up and go."
"This is a nice pole."
After picking up the pole, Lao Liu took Yan Jiecheng to the warehouse and helped him correct his posture.
"When carrying a shoulder pole, you must straighten your back. This is called standing upright."
Yan Jiecheng used to think that carrying a shoulder pole meant just picking it up and walking away.
I never thought there were so many Taoisms in it.
After some training, even though the pole was still crooked when I lifted it, I was finally able to persevere.
After work, I returned home.
Yan Jiecheng was exhausted until he died.
He unbuttoned his collar and rubbed his bruised shoulders, feeling a little tempted to cry.
"Jie Cheng, how much coal did you pick today?" When Yan Bugui returned home, the first thing he did was to ask Yan Jiecheng about his workload.
He could keep it in his little notebook so that he could collect Yan Jiecheng's salary in time when wages were collected at the end of the month.
"Less than 1 ton."
"What? So few?"
Yan Jiecheng was surprised.
He had asked before that the coal loaders could load at least seven or eight tons of coal every day.
"That's not enough! Dad, your son almost didn't come back today."
Seeing Yan Jiecheng's excitement, Yan Bugui quickly took his arm and asked what was going on.
Yan Jiecheng recounted what happened while working in the afternoon.
"Dad, do you think those people are bad? They obviously have skills in picking coal, but they didn't teach me. If Brother Patriot hadn't passed by, I wouldn't have been able to pick a ton of coal today even if I was exhausted."
Yan Bugui heard this and turned to look at the third aunt next to him: "Old lady, have you seen it? Do you still think we are two hundred and fifty?"
The sun sets over the western mountains, the sky becomes dark, and every house has its doors closed.
The third aunt feels sorry for her child.
I went to Wang Gangzhu's house to find some red potion and gave it to Yan Jiecheng to apply on his shoulders.
Seeing the green and purple patches on Yan Jiecheng's shoulders, the third aunt was about to burst into tears.
In order to prevent Yan Jiecheng from being depressed, she held back her tears and ran to the inner room.
Yan Bugui was sitting on the bed correcting homework with his legs crossed. He frowned slightly when he saw the appearance of the third aunt.
"Old lady, you didn't cry in front of Jie Cheng, did you?"
"No." The third aunt raised her head and wiped away her tears:
"Old man, the job of a temporary worker in the locomotive depot is too hard. Why don't you let Xie Cheng come back? I'll spend two kilograms of peanuts later and ask Lao Yi to help find a job in the steel rolling mill workshop."
Yan Bugui put down his pen, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and said slowly, "Isn't your job as a steel rolling mill hard?"
The third aunt said: "I think Lao Yi, Lao Liu and Jia Dongxu are quite relaxed. After work, they still have time to find trouble for the residents in the yard."
"Lao Yi and Lao Liu are master masters. They have seven or eight apprentices under them. The apprentices do all the hard work."
Yan Bugui said sincerely: "I remember when they first entered the steel rolling mill and were apprentices, weren't they exhausted that day?"
“If you are a worker, you have to work hard.
"As for Jia Dongxu, he is taken care of by Yi Zhonghai, and he is a bit arrogant. He doesn't want to be promoted. He is lazy in the workshop all day long, so he doesn't exert much effort."
The third aunt also knew this truth, but she still felt sorry for her child and said with some regret:
"If your family hadn't been robbed back then, our family would still be a young master, so there would be no need to suffer like this."
The Yanbu family used to run a shop.
By exploiting young workers, hoarding supplies, driving up prices, and making huge profits, the family made a lot of money.
Later, rebellion broke out in the capital.
The shops were burned down and the finances were looted, and the Yan family was finally in decline.
I think so.
Yanbu Gui can be a primary school teacher, and at least he has graduated from junior high school.
At that time, I could go to junior high school, and the conditions at home were definitely not bad.
Yan Bugui's face suddenly darkened when he heard this:
“Fortunately, our home was robbed before, otherwise it would be terrible now.
Didn't you notice that the old Zhang family owned a pawnshop? The house is now a community hospital.
Lao Zhang and his family don’t know where they are lying under!
Don’t mention the things we did before in the future!
Lao Yi and the others have been watching, if I hadn't been clean.
In addition, Dongbian Jiecheng and his second uncle helped cover it up.
My third uncle position has long been gone.
"
The third aunt shrank her neck: "I know this.
Isn’t it just the two of us? I’ll just say a few words of emotion. "
"You can't say it in private! Walls have ears, understand?"
Regarding his own origin, Yan Bugui felt a little guilty.
"Okay, don't feel bad for the child. You go to bed early. You have to get up to cook tomorrow." Yan Bugui took out his homework and started correcting it again.
Halfway through the correction, he saw that the third aunt was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, so he whispered: "You are educated, unlike those temporary workers who can't read a word.
As long as you become a permanent resident and get your road registration.
Maybe he can be transferred to another work station, so don't worry. "
I have calculated that among the middle-level leaders in the locomotive depot, seven or eight are temporary workers, which is much higher than the proportion in the steel rolling mill.
Our Yan Jiecheng can be a leader in the future.
"
When the third aunt heard this, she felt relieved and fell into a deep sleep.
Lao Yan is so good at calculating, he must be right!
(End of chapter)
