The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 162
Riding a beloved tandem bicycle

no more traffic jams

Humming cheerful music.

Li Weidong rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.

As soon as they entered the middle courtyard, they heard a quarrel.

"Master Liu, you are not good at this craft. I will deduct some money from you when the wages are settled later."

"Why not?"

"Look at it, the wall is not evenly built at all, it looks like a dog gnawed on it."

The mason looked at the place Jia Zhang was pointing at, and anger appeared on his dark face: "Old sister-in-law, those bricks must be uneven. If you want to make them smooth, you have to put a layer of lime on them."

"Anyway, I don't care. I just have to deduct your salary if you don't get it right."

Jia Zhang's triangular eyes squinted, and he folded his arms, as if he was a mason.

At least three yuan will be deducted, just enough to buy painkillers this month.

Seeing Jia Zhang being so unreasonable, the surrounding residents shook their heads disdainfully.

It stands to reason that lime should be used for building walls.

But Jiazhang thought quicklime was too expensive, so he forced the masons to use yellow mud mixed with straw to build walls.

This was already difficult.

Fortunately, the masons are good at their craft.

After a lot of thought, I finally built more than half of it.

Unexpectedly, the wall was almost finished, and Jia Zhang began to find fault.

It's not that the wall is uneven, it's that the mud is not firm
In a word, it is deducting money.

This time the Jia family repaired the house, because Yi Zhonghai was the broker, the mason quoted the lowest wage, which was seven yuan and fifty cents in total.

Counting this afternoon, the mason has already been deducted ten yuan.

If you can't earn a penny, the mason has to pay two yuan and a half.

In Jia Zhang's words.

This is an opportunity for masons to practice their skills. So many materials were wasted. Do you still want wages?

who to change.

No one can stand it.

The bricklayer originally came to work for the Jia family for the sake of his nephew.

Seeing this situation, I couldn't bear it anymore.

Pack up your stuff and get ready to go.

"I quit, this job is my bad luck, I quit."

Jiazhang was not in a hurry when he saw the mason laying down his pick.

Holding his arms in his arms, he watched quietly there, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Anyway, there is only a little work left, and she will hire someone to repair it later, and it will be fine.

"It's easy to leave, I won't give you the money anyway. For the sake of the uncle, I won't ask you for the money you owe me."

Jia Zhang's triangular eyes squinted, and he raised his head arrogantly, "Who made me kind-hearted. I will accumulate blessings and do good deeds all my life!"

"You" the mason almost fainted from anger.

An honest and simple mason who has worked for most of his life.

I have never seen such an unreasonable master.

Even the landlords and landlords before liberation would not deduct their wages.

Just at this time.

Li Aiguo happened to be pushing a bicycle and walked in.

After learning the ins and outs of the matter.

He smiled and said: "It's also a coincidence, master, I think your craftsmanship is good, and I just want to make a big pot at home, and I will have to trouble you after two days."

Masons live by their craft.

After spending so many days at Jia's house, I couldn't get the money, and I was worrying about the children's tuition.

Hearing this, he nodded excitedly: "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job for you."

"I'm not worried about your craftsmanship, but after working in Jia's house for so many days, is it for nothing?"

"Oh, what can we do when we meet such an unreasonable person!" The mason sighed while holding the tools.

"It's unreasonable. In this day and age, there are still people who dare to play rascals with the working people?"

Li Aiguo tied up his bicycle and walked in front of Mrs. Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang shrank her neck subconsciously, remembering the previous encounters.

But he felt that he had lost his momentum, so he stiffened his neck and stared at Li Aiguo.

"Li Aiguo, this matter has nothing to do with you, don't meddle in other people's business."

"It doesn't matter? Your Jia's family is a resident of our compound, and now you owe the working people wages. If the news spreads, it means that our courtyard bullies the working people."

Li Aiguo said coldly: "Your Jia family's behavior is to put a pot of shit on my head, to discredit the courtyard, has nothing to do with me?"

When Jia Zhang saw Li Aiguo getting involved, he knew he was in trouble.

But never expected.

Li Aiguo actually labeled her a "bullying working people".

And it also involved other residents in the compound.

Things are in trouble.

really.

The onlookers frowned when they heard the words, talking a lot.

"That's right, this bricklayer is very skilled. It's really wrong for Mrs. Jia Zhang to do this."

"Jia Zhang's family belongs to our courtyard. If word spreads, people will definitely scold the people in our courtyard for being unreasonable."

"If the street office finds out, will it affect the selection of advanced courtyards?"

Yi Zhonghai put his hands behind his back.

Standing by the crescent door all the time.

Mason is the second uncle of his apprentice Fu Cheng.

Seeing that Jia Zhang was making trouble for the mason, he was in a dilemma.

but.

How important is it that an apprentice has a son?

Yi Zhonghai finally chose not to show up.

Who would have thought.

Now Li Aiguo puts a big hat on Jia Zhang with a word.

If it is true, Jia Zhang will have to be criticized by the street office.

"Sister-in-law of the Jia family, if others have paid for their labor, you have to pay for their labor. This is an eternal truth."

Yi Zhonghai walked forward with his hands behind his back, with the posture of a feudal patriarch, and said slowly.

"But." Jia Zhang rolled her eyes.

Yi Zhonghai quietly leaned into her ear and said, "Jia Dongxu is about to take the fitter promotion exam, you don't want Dongxu to fail the exam, do you?"

Jia Zhang shut her mouth.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the mason: "Master Liu, you are Fu Cheng's second uncle, and I am Fu Cheng's master. Give me face today and finish the rest of the work."

"Don't do it, even if you don't give me a penny, I won't do it." The mason is also a person with a temper.

With Li Aiguo standing beside him, of course Yi Zhonghai didn't dare not give the money.

In the end, the Jia family paid five yuan to settle the matter.

Jia Zhang watched the mason take the banknotes and put them in his pocket with hands full of mud, gnashing his teeth in anger.

The money was used by her to buy painkillers.

It's really a waste to give mud legs.

of course.

She hated Li Aiguo the most.

As soon as the grandson came back, he ruined the Jia family's good deeds.

It's so nasty.

No.

I can't just leave it like that.

This kid can't stay anymore.

When Dongxu comes back, he has to discuss with Dongxu how to get rid of Li Aiguo.

The light burst out from Jia Zhang's eyes.

"Young man, I really thank you this time. Without you, the wages would definitely not come back."

Inside Li's house.

The mason looked at Li Aiguo gratefully.

"You're welcome."

Li Aiguo waved his hand: "It's only natural to collect money for work!"

The working people are the largest in this era, and there is no such thing as illegal asking for wages.

Whoever dares to deduct the wages of the working people will hang him on the telephone pole tomorrow.

Even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu can't do it.

Li Aiguo said it!

"Master, the pot and stove in my house have been in disrepair for a long time and can't be used. I want you to make another one."

Mason is a master craftsman for many years.

It is also a collection of designers, construction teams and cost engineers.

Soon, according to Li Aiguo's idea, a brand new pot and stove was designed.

"Young man, I've done the math. If you want to satisfy your ideas, you need 500 yuan of bricks and [-] catties of quicklime."

Maybe it was to save money for Li Aiguo, but the mason changed his tune and said, "You can actually use yellow clay, but it's not strong."

"Where's the cement?"

"Ah?!" The mason was at a loss.

"I mean, how about we use cement?" Li Aiguo said.

"Of course cement is the best. It's strong and beautiful, but it's a controlled product, and it's hard to get it on the market."

Masons have also used cement before.

That was when I was repairing the house with the residents in the compound, and the residents spent a lot of money to get it.

"Don't worry about it, I have my own way."

Li Aiguo raised his head to look at the roof, then looked at the mottled walls, and suddenly asked: "If you repair all those small holes, and then paint the walls again, how much cement will you need?"

"At least one ton." The mason carefully reported a number.

"Okay!" Li Aiguo said: "You go back first, and I will notify you when I get the cement."

"well."

He promised, but the mason didn't have confidence in the job this time.

One or two packs of cement can still be obtained.

But for one ton of cement, batches are needed.

Li Aiguo's family conditions also seem to be ordinary.

How can I get a batch?

Li Aiguo couldn't get approval slips, but Wang Dakui could.

Wang Dakui has been in the pigeon market for many years, and has an old customer who happens to be the deputy director of the cement factory.

There is a lot of 'non-compliant' cement in the cement factory, which is distributed to workers and cadres as welfare.

That guy seems to like to eat rice from Jincheng Xiaozhan.

We can exchange rice for cement.

of course.

These things have to wait until the Beijing-Tianjin trade line is opened before making plans.

If you leave the car tomorrow, you can go to Jincheng and negotiate with the little black fat man about the trade line.

After Li Aiguo made up his mind.

Carrying the gifts brought back by Liu Tianquan and Liu Diquan, they came to Aunt Liu's house.

On the way, I met Liu Haizhong.

Ever since he became a train driver, every time Liu Haizhong saw Li Aiguo, he would greet him.

Unexpectedly, this time, he turned his head and pretended not to see it.

The small eyes on the fat head and big ears are round, and the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, looking a little angry.

what is the problem?

I haven't been in the courtyard for a while, so can I offend Liu Haizhong?

Li Aiguo couldn't understand it.

(End of this chapter)