The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 12
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Stomach made a strange noise, Li Aiguo stretched and stood up, wanting to raise his wrist to check the time.

But found no watch.

In fact, Li Aiguo has a watch, which is the brand of Modu.

Just buying medicine for my father, the predecessor sold the watch to a trust store.

It is really inconvenient to not have a watch. If there is a chance, I still have to get one.

"Prepare for war and famine for the people! It's time to get off work, comrades, please put the books back where they were."

At this time, the store workers began to push people outside.

Only then did Li Aiguo remember that all the shops in this era were state-owned, except for restaurants, they were closed at noon and would not reopen until 02:30 in the afternoon.

Li Aiguo put those books back in their original positions, exactly.

The female staff who had been staring at him looked a little regretful, sighed, waved to the staff next to him, and then put the steel pipe back into the counter.

Among the crowded crowd, Li Aiguo walked out of the women's sports store.

As soon as he stepped down the steps at the door, Li Aiguo was overjoyed.

The girl who grabbed the book from him just now was squatting on the ground and tinkering with the bicycle, and the chain seemed to have fallen off.

By the way, she seems to be called Ding Qiunan.

In line with the spirit of being eager to help the masses, Li Aiguo walked over slowly and smiled: "We are one family from all over the world, comrade, do you need help?"

In fact, Ding Qiunan has been tinkering here for nearly half an hour.

Fearing that the engine oil on the chain would stain her hands and stick to her clean clothes, she tried to pick up the chain with a wooden stick and install it on the flywheel of the bicycle, but the result was unsuccessful.

At this time, she was so anxious that dense sweat oozed from her forehead.

Seeing Li Aiguo talking, he hesitated a little.

"It seems that you don't need help, so bye."

"Hey, wait a minute."

Ding Qiunan ran over and stopped Li Aiguo.

"Comrade, I'm sorry to trouble you, but the chain is tight and not easy to install, can you do it?"

"Don't worry, I'm a big train driver, I can do everything."

As Li Aiguo said, he walked up to the bicycle. At this moment, the chain was like a long limp snake hanging on the ground, looking a little listless.

He took the wooden stick from Ding Qiunan's hand, picked it lightly, the chain meshed with the upper part of the rear flywheel, and then slowly turned the pedals to let the chain rotate bit by bit.

a little bit of chain

Reset
Reset
Reset
'Slap'.
its stuck.

Li Aiguo:
Seeing that Li Aiguo failed in his attempt, Ding Qiunan said a little embarrassedly.

"As I said just now, the chain on this bike is too tight."

"It's okay! Let's show you what it means to perform miracles with great strength."

Li Aiguo was silent for a moment, swung his long legs, straddled the bicycle, put his left foot on the pedal, and exerted all his strength.

"Let's go."

"Crack."

Ding Qiunan:
Li Aiguo:
Li Aiguo looked at the broken chain with a calm expression: "Your bicycle is a defective product."

Ding Qiunan:
Li Aiguo: "The quality of Fei Ge's bicycle is not good, but it just looks good. I suggest you not to divorce the masses and buy a permanent brand bicycle next time."

Ding Qiunan:
Li Aiguo:
Ding Qiunan:
call……

Seeing Ding Qiunan's shoulders start to shake, Li Aiguo said helplessly, "I'll take you to get the car repaired. There is a car repair stall not far ahead. Comrade Boss is from the Northeast, and he is very down-to-earth."

"alright."

There is a car repair shop at the corner of South Tongluo Lane.

In this era, the public-private partnership system has been established, and car repair shops are also state-owned units.

The repair fee collected by the comrade boss who repairs the car needs to be handed over to the street office, and then he will receive wages from the street office every month.

In order to attract business, an old car rim was hung outside the door of the car repair shop, and a crooked "car" was painted on the inside of the rim with toner, which was very eye-catching.

"Uncle Liu, here for business."

Li Aiguo lifted the cotton curtain whose color could not be seen clearly, shouted into the dark room, and a middle-aged man with a long face came out with a wrench.

Seeing that it was Li Aiguo, he nodded silently and squatted in front of the bicycle to get busy.

Standing beside Li Aiguo, Ding Qiunan murmured softly, "Aiguo, why doesn't this man speak, does he?"

"Master Liu is like this. He doesn't like to talk, but his craftsmanship is top-notch."

Li Aiguo hurriedly interrupted her, took out a cigarette and handed it to Liu Haizhu.

Liu Haizhu followed the smoke, looked up at Li Aiguo, took it without saying a word, struck a match, lit it, took a few breaths, and quickly got busy with his hands and feet.

Liu Haizhu came from the Northeast seven or eight years ago. He had no relatives and no reason in the capital. The street office saw that he had a skill in repairing bicycles, so he handed over the bicycle shop to him.

Li's father is a train driver, and the sports car is often not at home. After school, Li Aiguo, the predecessor, likes to go to the car repair shop to watch Liu Haizhu repair the car.

Li's family is rich, Li's father is fond of wine, and there is a lot of wine in the house. Li Aiguo often sneaks out wine and blows the bottle with Liu Haizhu.

Over time, the two became friends who forgot to make friends.

In fact, it is not considered "forgetful years". Liu Haizhu is only in his 20s, but he looks anxious and looks like someone in his 40s.

Our Aiguo stood next to him, obviously a round younger than him.

Later, the Li family needed money, and Li Aiguo wanted to sell the bicycle.

He visited several car repair shops, and the bosses only paid 180 yuan for the bicycle he bought for 80 yuan plus a bicycle ticket.

The reason given is very simple, the tires are polished, there is no lanugo hair, the paint on the bars is peeled off, and the tiles are muddy.

Just kidding, that bike has only been bought for less than two years, so be careful when you use it, it’s not a scapegoat.

Knowing this, Liu Haizhu took the initiative to find Li Aiguo and offered him a high price of 150 yuan.

Although the relationship between the two is good, there are not many words that have been spoken.

Often one person repairs the car and one squats there to watch.

The relationship is good, but Li Aiguo still thinks that Liu Haizhu is a weirdo.

This person likes to wear yellow rubber shoes and cropped pants.

Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, they all wear a bamboo hat.

The bamboo hat was the old-fashioned one, which completely covered his eyes and eyebrows, and the goatee at the corner of his mouth made him look very fierce.

He is obviously a warm-hearted person, but he pretends to be fierce all day long. Isn't it his fault?
"pat"

With a crisp sound, the chain returned to its place, and Liu Haizhu stood up, still silent.

Li Aiguo winked at Ding Qiunan: "Give me the money, 1 cents."

"Oh"

Ding Qiunan took out a dime from his pocket in a daze, and handed it to Liu Haizhu.

Liu Haizhu took it with a blank expression, put it in his pocket casually, turned around and entered the room coolly.

"What a weirdo."

Ding Qiunan looked at his back and muttered something in a low voice, then looked up at Li Aiguo: "Comrade Aiguo, thank you."

"Goodbye then?"

"……goodbye."

Ding Qiunan rode on the bicycle, kicked the pedals, looked at the receding scenery around him, always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

Li Aiguo greeted Liu Haizhu through the door curtain, and returned to the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

In this era, most households in the capital burned coal, and briquettes cost a penny and a catty. Some were reluctant to part with the money, so they went to the outskirts of the city to buy firewood and set up stoves in their houses.

At this time, it was noon, and smoke was already rising from some people's homes.

pm2.5 must be off the charts.

If it is in later generations, it will be punished to the bottom.

Cursing, she returned to the backyard.

Li Aiguo saw that his quilts, clothes, and socks had already been attached to the ropes under the eaves.

The house was also cleaned up.

I think the three mothers have been busy all morning.

(End of this chapter)