Time is a vector.
People start from this moment and rush to different futures.
Jia Zhang currently holds two positions: member of the health team and team leader of the courtyard cleaning team.
He was so busy every day that he didn't even have time to curse, so the courtyard became much quieter.
After Yanzi arrived in the northwest, he sent back a letter.
The letter was delivered to Li Aiguo through Minister Niu of the Ministry of Armed Forces.
The letter had already been opened by then.
Looking at the burrs on the envelope, Li Aiguo knew that more than one person had checked the letter.
Most of the content in the letter is words of encouragement, urging Li Aiguo to carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and tiredness, and serving the motherland for many years.
The only thing she said was that she had handed over the insoles to Liu Tianquan and Liu Diquan.
Scientifically speaking, the information entropy of this letter is very low.
The letter did not mention anything about the Northwest, and Li Aiguo was not disappointed.
He knew that if he had not obtained the driver's code name, he would never have received this letter.
Li Aiguo is also very busy these days.
As a train driver, and the charter group has entered the advanced stage of selection, he drives a large train between Beijing and Jincheng every day.
Ordinary and busy days pass day by day.
Half a month later.
Comrade Chen Xueru's application for regularization was approved by the district.
She was finally promoted from a temporary worker in the street office to a regular cadre. As a grade 12 clerk, she was paid according to grade 30, with a monthly salary of 23 yuan.
The monthly salary is only seven yuan more than when I was a temporary worker, but the meaning is completely different.
Temporary workers cannot be promoted, but regular street office cadres have the opportunity to get a salary increase every year as long as they work hard.
When promoted to level 11 clerk, he will receive a monthly salary of 25.5 yuan.
Auntie learned from Yan Bugui that Chen Xueru had successfully become a full-time employee.
When she got home, she complained about Yi Zhonghai: "I have advised you not to target Li Aiguo anymore. You are no match for me. Now that Chen Xueru has become a street office official, your position as the first uncle may not be preserved." "
Yi Zhonghai dismissed Aunt Ma's worries.
"You have lived in vain for most of your life, why are you still confused! Let me ask you, is Chen Xueru a good person?"
"Of course, Chen Xueru doesn't have a choice as a person." Even if the aunt was on the opposite side of the Li family, she had to admit this.
"That's alright. They will definitely not retaliate against our family. Just put your heart back into your stomach." Yi Zhonghai smiled sinisterly.
The eldest mother frowned: "I am a good person, so I deserve to be bullied by us? Is the bullying in vain?"
"Hey, what you said is on point. Isn't this how the world is? Bad people bully good people. After good people gain power, they won't take revenge. Then don't good people deserve to be bullied?" Yi Zhonghai sneered. : "So bad people live for a thousand years, but good people don't live long!"
The aunt felt that these were fallacies, but had no way to refute it, so she took the opportunity to ask: "So, is Li Aiguo considered a good person or a bad person?"
"this"
Yi Zhonghai was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he frowned and said, "I can't understand this kid. I guess he's not a good person. He has done so many things that harm others and benefit himself.
For example, setting up a voluntary street patrol team, and this time giving the compensation money from the Jia family to the poor commune members.
These are things that good people can do.
You might say he is a good person, but he doesn't have the consciousness of a good person at all.
Didn't I just bully him a little, and he would find ways to get back at me? "
Auntie finally understood that although Yi Zhonghai was not afraid of Chen Xueru, a good person, she was deeply afraid of Li Aiguo, an incomprehensible person.
"Lao Yi, from now on, you should stop causing trouble for the Li family. Forget it, forget it."
The aunt wanted to give some more advice, but when Yi Zhonghai didn't take it seriously, she could only go into the kitchen and get busy.
A large family member of the Jia family eats here, and she has to work on it for half an hour.
Ms. Jia Zhang is working as a full-time cleaner these days, which is very hard. She cleans the courtyard every day before dawn. During the day, she also has to go to the dung yard to clean up the excrement. She has been tired and sick these days.
She went to the community hospital to issue a sick leave note, and Chen Xueru allowed her to rest for two days.
At this time, he was lying on the bed and groaning.
When she heard that Chen Xueru had been promoted to a regular job, Mrs. Jia Zhang cried at the top of her lungs: "Oh my, that little bitch Chen Xueru bullied me before, but now that she has become a cadre, will I still have a good life in the future?
Dongxu, you have to think of a way for your mother. "
What can Jia Dongxu do, he can only stand incompetently and angrily: "Mom, don't worry, our Banggeng is a person who does big things. When he grows up, he will become a big leader. Chen Xueru will be dismissed on the spot and you will be appointed as the cleaning team. Captain."
Bangge was secretly wetting the bed. Hearing his name, he raised his head and looked around.
Jia Zhangshi: "."
Qin Huairu was sitting at Jia's construction site supervising the work. When she heard the discussion coming from the pool, she suddenly felt bad.
Li Aiguo's daughter-in-law actually became a cadre.
But now the Jia family's house has collapsed, and Jia Dongxu is still a small fitter. There is a huge difference between the two.
If it were
Pieces of withered yellow leaves fell from the big trees, and each fallen leaf seemed to bring a heavy heart to Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu regretted it a little.
In order to celebrate Chen Xueru’s permanent appointment.
Li Aiguo set up a table at home and invited all his relatives and friends.
Chen Fangxuan, eldest brother, sister-in-law, Aunt Liu, He Yuyu, as well as Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao.
The cook was naturally Nan Yi, the chef of the steel rolling mill, and Liang Ladi also came to help.
With Li Aiguo's ingredients, Nan Yi showed off his true skills and cooked a large table of dishes.
The scene was extremely lively, and everyone was happy that Chen Xueru became a cadre.
A family dinner where guests enjoy themselves.
Li Aiguo escorted Chen Fangxuan and the others out of the courtyard. When he came back, he saw Liang Ladi and Chen Xueru standing outside muttering.
When the two of them saw Li Aiguo walking over, they both seemed a little guilty. They looked like an old lady gossiping at the gate.
"Brother Patriot, Da Kui is still at home. You greet him for a while. I'll say a few words to Sister Liang and then go back."
"okay."
Li Aiguo entered the room and found Zhang Dakui drinking by himself.
This guy is particularly slovenly today, with an unshaven beard like an uncle in his thirties or forties, and his face is full of a touch of sadness.
He drank a glass of wine and sighed: "Brother Patriot, it is difficult for a hero to be a beauty. I thought that I, Zhang Dakui, was in the scrap industry in the capital. Wen could identify antiques and Wu could fight with the ladies. I could be regarded as the number one person. Unexpectedly, I There is also a day when love is broken.”
Your sister, isn’t it just lovelorn? Treat yourself like an artistic young man with too much time to spare.
Li Aiguo took out a cigarette and handed it over, patting him on the shoulder: "Stop talking nonsense and talk about business."
"I'm dating Wang Tingting right now. We were getting along so well that they even held hands. Who would have thought that this girl suddenly brought someone to tell me that we weren't suitable." Wang Dakui took a deep breath from his cigarette. The corners of his mouth trembled: "Brother Patriot, I feel aggrieved."
Good guy, he is still a love interest.
"Didn't you go to Wang Tingting to find out?" Li Aiguo asked.
"What are you asking? People have already said that we two are not suitable for each other." Wang Dakui frowned: "If I go up the pole to find someone, will I look unmanly?"
"What do you think?"
"Thank you, Brother Patriot. I'll go now."
The decadence on Wang Dakui's face immediately disappeared, he stood up and ran out, as fast as a monkey.
Li Aiguo slowly stood up with his hands behind his back.
Young people these days don’t even know the basics of falling in love.
Men just want to stalk you.
At this time, Chen Xueru came in quietly.
That sneaky look, coupled with the rosy little face, suggested something was going on at first glance.
really.
After entering the house, Chen Xueru went to the bathroom and took a shower.
Li Aiguo was leaning on the bedside, and Miss Chen sneaked into the bed and became dishonest.
"What happened today?"
Li Aiguo was a little surprised. In the past, Miss Chen was in the cold start stage at the beginning and needed to go through tedious steps to unlock advanced skills.
Today, we are going to use big tricks as soon as we start. Who can withstand it?
Miss Chen poked her head out from under the quilt and said with an unconvinced look: "Liang Ladi is pregnant!"
"So that's what you were muttering about just now?"
"She asked me to help find out if there is any subsidy from the neighborhood office for giving birth to a fourth child."
"No, what does her pregnancy have to do with you?" Li Aiguo frowned. Miss Chen is not the kind of person who is good at jealousy.
"We have been married for so long, and I am not pregnant yet. Liang Ladi and Nan Yi have only been married for two months," Miss Chen said angrily.
This girl is really competitive.
Li Aiguo held her little hand and said, "You can't be anxious about this kind of thing. It depends on fate. Besides, we drank alcohol today and the child will be unhealthy."
Hearing this, Chen Xueru was immediately discouraged, turned over and lay next to her.
Li Aiguo: "."
He would like to slap himself now.
You can enjoy the exciting program right away, how talkative you are!
Yes, it will be a cold start again, and it needs to be preheated first.
Just when the engine compartment was filled with lubricating oil and ready to do work, Li Aiguo was getting ready, and there was a rapid knock on the door outside.
"Brother Patriot, I, Wang Dakui, come out quickly."
Li Aiguo: "."
It’s really weird today!
Look at the charming little girl Chen, and then hear the urgent calls outside.
Li Aiguo finally put on his cotton-padded jacket and walked out of the house.
Under the dim light, Wang Dakui squatted at the door with his arms folded.
"Dakui, what's going on?"
Wang Dakui stood up with excitement on his face: "Brother Patriot, I just ran to the district committee staff dormitory and saw Wang Tingting."
"."
This guy is really interested in Wang Tingting.
Li Aiguo: "Do you understand why?"
"It's clear." Wang Dakui said angrily: "It turns out that Wang Tingting told her family about me, and her family didn't agree, so this girl became alienated from me."
Wang Dakui stood up, patted his chest and said, "I am also the manager of a collective scrap shop, isn't it just because I have a bad background?"
Speaking of Wang Dakui's background, Li Aiguo really felt wronged for him.
Wang Dakui's father, Wang Lingli, was the housekeeper of a landlord's house in Zhou Dynasty in Beijing before liberation.
This old man originally belonged to the exploited class, and he will be able to stand up after liberation.
But as the name suggests, Wang Lingli is really very smart.
At that time, the weather in the capital suddenly changed. Landlord Zhou saw that the momentum was not right, so he ran away with his family, Sayazi, and swept away the Zhou family's gold and silver treasures.
After Wang Lingli put Landlord Zhou on the carriage, he realized something was wrong. He hadn't received his salary for this year yet.
Isn't this a proper migrant worker who is owed wages? The kind that the boss can't find.
Wang Lingli looked at the Wang family's mansion and used her intelligence.
The treasure is gone, but the house is still there. The Zhou family is a big house, with seventy or eighty rooms!
He divided the house into small rooms, and then rented them out to landlords, cart pullers, opera singers, etc. in the capital.
He was very forward-looking and started to act as a second landlord.
In fact, he didn't even think about what kind of good things could happen to ordinary people in this land for thousands of years.
The results are clear.
After liberation.
The above investigation went back three years to assess the residents' background. The Wang family was rated as [House for Rent], code 25, because they had 70 or 80 houses for rent.
This ingredient is rare in Beijing.
It mainly includes those who rent their houses to others. Renting is also a kind of exploitation and is similar in nature to capitalists.
The most unfair thing is that those houses do not belong to Wang Lingli. In the end, Wang Dakui, mother and son had to rent a shack.
When Wang Lingli passed away, all that was left to Wang Dakui was his family background.
Just say it's unfair or not.
Although Wang Tingting is a picked-up child, she has inherited three generations of poor parents from her parents, so she is considered to be a good person. In addition, she is the propaganda officer of the district committee, so she will definitely dominate Wang Dakui.
"Brother Patriot, what do you think of it? I just like Tingting." Wang Dakui said.
Li Aiguo reminded: "You have to use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses to win the war."
"Strengths?"
"You are rich. You often hang out with your father-in-law and mother-in-law. Every time you bring gifts, you can always influence them."
Li Aiguo said: "In addition, you are now the leader of the voluntary patrol team. If you can act bravely, or catch Dieter, and get praise from your superiors, your background will not be a problem."
"Yes, yes, Brother Patriot, you talk too much."
Wang Dakui's eyes lit up and he said: "You have to have a chance to do something brave! Otherwise, I can find a few little green skinned boys to stop the little girl from playing, and then I will..."
"Snapped"
Before he finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by Li Aiguo.
"If you dare to do such dirty things, I will personally send you to the police station." Li Aiguo said with a serious face.
"I'm just talking about it for fun. I was actively close to the organization back then. If I hadn't come from a bad background, I would be a member of the organization now, so how could I do that!"
Wang Dakui knew Li Aiguo's temperament, and his heart suddenly froze.
Li Aiguo also knew Wang Dakui. He said he was not a good person, but he was not bad at heart, so he was not too worried.
After sending Wang Dakui away, Li Aiguo couldn't wait to enter the house.
It’s just that the engine is already cold and the car needs to be warmed up.
Actually.
Sometimes warming up the car is also a joy.
Looking at a cold engine, with your efforts, it warms up little by little, it’s a full sense of accomplishment!
Li Aiguo was living happily here, but Yi Zhonghai was very depressed.
After drinking the medicinal wine, he was filled with joy and hoped to regain his glory.
But found that it was of no use.
Soft noodles are still soft noodles.
Instead, he was laughed at by the aunt.
"Lao Yi, have you been fooled? That Linggui wine is fake."
"No. Although that boy Li Aiguo is hateful and hateful, he doesn't know how to deceive others." Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and got off the bed.
Compared with Jia Zhang, he was more willing to believe in Li Aiguo.
See, this is what the bad guys know best.
The eldest mother frowned: "Could it be Xu Damao who lied to you?"
"That's not possible. I personally saw Xu Damao chatting with Li Aiguo about medicinal wine."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Yi Zhonghai's face changed drastically: "Something's wrong, I didn't see Xu Damao take out the medicinal wine from Li's house at all. I went to withdraw the money at that time!"
After thinking about it, Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth and said, "Xu Damao, how dare you lie to me!"
Yi Zhonghai was actually fooled by Xu Damao, who had always looked down upon him, and he was already furious.
He decided to ask Xu Damao to find out.
the next day.
Yi Zhonghai was delayed for half an hour, waiting for Xu Damao to come out of the courtyard, and stopped him.
"Da Mao, are you treating your elder brother like a monkey?"
"Hey, sir, you are a big fitter and the steward of the courtyard. Even if you give me a hundred courages, I don't dare to play tricks on you." Xu Damao knew that he was looking for someone to blame, so he licked his lips quickly Smiling.
"Stop talking about these things. Let me ask you, is the medicinal wine you gave me fake?" Yi Zhonghai said with a stern face.
Xu Damao's attitude was firm: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Why doesn't that work?"
"Brother Patriot said that the effect of medicinal wine is inseparable from a person's physical fitness. If the physical fitness of a person is extremely poor, it will take several glasses of wine to make up for it!" Xu Damao used the rhetoric he had thought of for a long time.
Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai was sure that he had been fooled.
"Xu Damao, aren't you afraid that I will expose you?"
"Master, you can go ahead and let everyone in our compound know that the reason why you don't have children is because of your poor health." Xu Damao sneered.
Yi Zhonghai: "You"
He took a deep breath and looked at Xu Damao with a sneer: "Okay, okay, good is better than good. You are better than your father!"
"Thank you for the compliment. Being so angry is harmful to your health. Sir, you must take care of yourself. I'm still at work, so I'll leave first."
Xu Damao left with his hands behind his back humming a tune.
Yi Zhonghai looked at Xu Damao's back and gritted his teeth.
He felt that the courtyard was getting out of control, and now even Xu Damao dared to get in trouble.
It's all the fault of that damn Li Aiguo.
If he hadn't sent Sha Zhu in, he would have paid Xu Damao more, and only one of Sha Zhu's fists would be enough.
Now Yi Zhonghai has no idea.
The dumb man could only eat Coptis chinensis and swallow the bitter water in his stomach, and wait until he encounters an opportunity in the future to take care of Xu Damao.
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Time passed bit by bit.
It's December in the blink of an eye, and winter has entered the capital.
The winter of this year was much colder than that of later generations. Snowflakes began to fall as soon as winter began. The old hens raised by Li Aiguo in front of his house were so cold that they could no longer lay eggs.
There are also those rabbits, all huddled in the corner of the cage.
Li Aiguo never liked wasting resources, so he had the idea of killing them all and eating them all.
He Yuyu had already established a deep relationship with them and named them before stopping in front of the chopper.
Aunt Liu also felt that it was not good to kill animals just after winter.
We can no longer pay attention to feudalism these days, so the older generation uses "not so good" to persuade the younger generation.
It’s not good to sleep with the toes of your shoes facing the head of the bed at night.
In the bedroom, the mirror faces the bed, which is not good.
It's not good for a pregnant woman to sit on the newlyweds' bed.
It's not good for a man to walk under a woman's panties.
Li Aiguo doesn't really believe this, but living in this day and age, one has to do as the Romans do.
Anyway, it would be the same for these little animals to wait until the Chinese New Year and then slaughter them.
The situation in the courtyard is also different from before. The trees are bare and their branches are swaying in the cold wind.
The residents gathered around the stove with a faint fire, and used the faint fire to keep warm.
It was cold and freezing, and the courtyard became much quieter. Even the few naked kids no longer wandered around the courtyard.
Pedestrians on the street, wearing heavy winter clothes, walked in a hurry, and their breath turned into wisps of white smoke in the cold air.
The locomotive maintenance section is issued with winter work clothes, thick blue and black cotton-padded jackets, straight cotton trousers, suede leather shoes, and dog-skin hats.
Chen Xueru wanted to use tiger skin to sew a hat for Li Aiguo, but Li Aiguo stopped her.
Just kidding, that thing would look so childish with it on your head.
Early in the morning.
Li Aiguo put on new work clothes and pushed his bicycle to the front yard.
At this time, Yan Jiecheng was squatting on the bicycle at the door to generate electricity. When he saw the bicycle coming, he shouted into the room, "Dad, I'm going to work."
Then, he turned around and ran, jumping on Li Aiguo's bicycle.
Yan Bugui's cursing voice came from inside the room: "Hey, you little bastard, you only have half a word left to write, you can't wait a moment."
"Brother Patriot, let's go. My father took over the job of writing invitations from Wang's family in the compound next door. He spent most of last night writing invitations. This morning, before dawn, he started writing again. He can write, I have to Generating electricity, my legs are almost broken.”
Under Yan Jiecheng's urging, Li Aiguo got on his bicycle and left the courtyard.
We arrived at the locomotive depot battlefield twenty minutes earlier than before, and the station was already full of people.
A group of heads in Wuyang Wuyang surround the locomotive. They are not just watching the fun, but they are giving winter clothes to the locomotive!
Although the locomotive is made of steel, the internal pipelines, like the blood vessels of the human body, cannot withstand freezing.
In order to prevent pipelines from freezing in winter, these key components need to be wrapped with cold-proof blankets for insulation.
The pedals of the locomotive are wrapped with hemp rope. In rainy and snowy weather, the hemp rope can play an anti-slip role and prevent the train driver from slipping and falling.
Although this kind of work is simple, it is relatively tedious, so the entire locomotive depot mobilized to help.
After the insulation work was done, in order for the locomotive to start smoothly, the temporary driver had to start the locomotive, drive it to the maintenance line in the station, and wander around for a while to prevent the oil and water pipelines from freezing in low temperature weather.
This kind of temporary driver is also called a warm-up driver.
Warming drivers are particularly hard-working. Not only are they responsible for warming up cars, but they also have to check the applause on the locomotive.
It took more than an hour of going back and forth on and off the train, starting up, warming up, stopping, and starting up again until the official train driver from the driver group took over.
"Comrade driver, everything is running normally on the steam locomotive, please take over!"
The person in charge of locomotive 131 was an old comrade who worked as a stoker on the train next door. He dreamed of driving a train one day, so he took the driver's exam.
Because of his excellent grades, he was able to serve as a driver.
When the forty-year-old comrade saw Li Aiguo, he looked very respectful and handed over the record book with both hands.
Driving a train is also a craft job, a business that relies on real skills to earn a living.
It's not like being an official or a businessman who has to be rich and well-connected; it's not like farmers who sometimes have to look at the weather to make ends meet when there are droughts and floods; it's not like being a teacher who pays attention to seniority.
The rules of this business are very simple.
You have great abilities, you can drive trains well, and you are better than all your colleagues. You are the master, you are the top in this industry.
If you drive a train and accidents happen every now and then, but if someone else is safe and has no accidents for a year, then that person should be treated as a big driver, and that person should be commended and respected.
Although the circle of train drivers is small, it is no different from other professions in society. (End of chapter)
