The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 175
The twilight was like a big gray net, quietly falling down, covering the entire capital.

Workers who have worked hard all day go back to their homes and enjoy the good times when their wives and children are warming up on the kang.

The sound of laughter mixed with the fragrance of the food came out through the cracks in the windows, filling the entire courtyard.

This world is so unfair.

Some are happy, others are sad.

At this moment, Qin Huairu's mood is not very good.

She squatted in front of the ruins of Jia's house, struggling to build a brick wall.

Since Jia Dongxu was hospitalized, Jia Zhang took the responsibility of building the wall to Qin Huairu on the grounds that he wanted to take care of Jia Dongxu.

Building walls looks simple, but in practice it is very difficult.

Qin Huairu worked hard all day, and only less than half of the building was completed.

Smelling a strong aroma of stewed meat, Qin Huairu felt miserable.

Don't ask.

She knew that the smell of meat came from Li Aiguo.

at dusk.

Li Aiguo came back in a big jeep, envious of everyone in the courtyard.

What shocked everyone even more was that Li Aiguo actually got a meal of cement.

What a big deal this must be.

With Li Aiguo, there are two men and one woman.

After they helped Li Aiguo move the cement into the house, they stayed in Li Aiguo for dinner.

Although the woman seems to have been married, she has a good figure and looks very beautiful.

Even Qin Huairu felt ashamed of herself.

At that time, Qin Huairu had been staring at the woman from the side.

I always felt that the woman looked at Li Aiguo with something wrong.

As someone who has experienced it, Qin Huairu is too familiar with that look.

Only when a woman is in love with a man, will she look at the man so affectionately.

Li Aiguo looked calm, as if it was a normal thing.

He is no longer the hot-blooded young man he was back then.
Thinking of these, Qin Huairu felt a little lost.

"Huairu, don't do it, go home and eat."

A mother's voice was heard in the distance.

Qin Huairu tidied up her messy mood, dropped the bricks, and walked to Yi Zhonghai's house.

Listening to the laughter coming from the Li family in the backyard, she felt even worse.

"Come, come, patriotism, sister toast you."

Under dim light.

After several glasses of wine, Zhang Yazhi's face was already bright red, and her usual bright eyes were also blurred and misty.

She stood up and picked up her glass.

Li Aiguo took it and drank it down: "Comrade Zhang Yazhi, you drank too much."

"Don't drink too much, leave me alone"

While Zhang Yazhi was talking, she suddenly broke out emotionally. She lay on the table and shrugged her shoulders, sobbing softly.

Ever since she filed for divorce, Liu Changyi has repeatedly come to her house looking for trouble.

If it wasn't for Li Aiguo's help today.

She will definitely be severely humiliated by Liu Changyi again.

Liu Changyi was sent to the police station.

The comrades at the police station learned that the two were still husband and wife.

There was no way to judge that Liu Changyi was playing a hooligan, so he could only criticize Liu Changyi.

Liu Changyi said harsh words on the spot, even if the court ruled, he and Zhang Yazhi divorced.

Zhang Yazhi will not be let go.

Liu Changyi is just a green skin, and he has long since lost his face and skin.

Zhang Yazhi would definitely have a hard time if she was entangled with him.

After Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao learned what happened to Zhang Yazhi.

I also sympathize with Zhang Yazhi.

Wang Dakui slammed his fist on the table: "This damned Liu Changyi, you should put his sack on him and throw him into Haizi."

Zhang Erpao raised his sleeve and wiped his nose: "That's right, brother Aiguo, let's do it now."

Seeing the two standing up, Li Aiguo waved his hands and scowled: "It's not before liberation, do you want to enter the fence?"

Hearing this, Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao shrank their necks, sat down and said nothing.

Zhang Yazhi wiped away her tears, and a smile appeared on her miserable little face: "Patriotic, Dakui, Second Pao, thank you for your concern, I'm fine."

"I have survived so many years of suffering, and I will definitely persist until divorce." Zhang Yazhi's expression became firm.

She didn't want her bad mood to affect other people, so she forced a smile in the ensuing process.

The big guys lost all interest.

A family dinner that was supposed to be full of cheerful atmosphere ended in unhappiness.

After Zhang Yazhi left, Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao also went back.

Li Aiguo waved to Wang Dakui and called him to the back room.

"In the past few days, you lead people to follow Liu Changyi to find out the details of this kid."

"Are you going to attack him?"

Wang Dakui's eyes widened excitedly: "I said patriotically, you are not that kind of cold-blooded person."

"Don't be so excited, we have to see the situation."

Li Aiguo dropped a vague sentence and sent Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao out of the courtyard.

"Tomorrow afternoon, please remember to pick up the car on time."

"Don't worry, nothing will be delayed."

The cool breeze on summer nights is fresh and pleasant, making people feel extremely comfortable.

Li Aiguo did not go back to the house, but took a walk in the yard.

When she reached the door of Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu opened the door.

"Ma'am, are you still asleep?" Li Aiguo greeted.

Aunt Liu looked at Li Aiguo's house, squinted her eyes and smiled: "All the guests have left?"

"Let's go, colleagues on the train, and Dakui, you know Dakui, you used to come to my house to play." Li Aiguo laughed.

Aunt Liu grabbed Li Aiguo's arm and whispered, "That lesbian looks pretty good, but she seems to be a bit old, and she doesn't match you well."

"Patriotic, think about it. The daughter of the silk shop owner I told you about last time is just twenty-eight years old."

"Ma'am, that was my colleague just now, you misunderstood. I just started working now, so I don't think about getting married."

Li Aiguo fled in despair.

Daughter of a silk shop owner.

Her background should be a petty capitalist.

In this day and age, marrying the daughter of a petty capitalist is asking for trouble.

There is no wind yet, and Aunt Liu and the others can't see through many things.

But as a time traveler, Li Aiguo has opened his eyes.

Naturally, he would not let himself be in a vortex.

Back to the house.

Maybe it was drinking and sweating all over his body.

Li Aiguo took the enamel basin to the pool in the middle courtyard, took a basin of cold water, and rinsed it in the room.

Lighted the mosquito coils, opened the door, lay on the mat and fell into a deep sleep.

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The next day.

Thinking of having a mason do the house.

Before dawn, Li Aiguo rode his bicycle to Liujiazhuang in the suburbs.

According to the address left by the mason, he found a small farmyard in Zhuangxitou.

The adobe walls and crooked wooden gates exude a leisurely farmhouse atmosphere in the sun.

The mason got up early and was squatting at the gate drinking porridge.

"Master Liu, do you remember me?"

The mason raised his head and wiped the rice grains from his mouth: "How can I not remember, you are the young man in the courtyard who asked for my wages back."

After recognizing Li Aiguo, the mason was very enthusiastic.

Pulling Li Aiguo into the house, he shouted towards the kitchen: "Old lady, boil the eggs, the distinguished guest is here."

"There are only three eggs left in the house, and I have to save them for salt!"

"You said you were a distinguished guest, why are you talking so much!"

Li Aiguo hurriedly stopped the mason: "Master, I have already eaten, and I came here today to ask you to help my house clean up."

"The cement and bricks are already available."

"Have you bought the cement?" The mason's eyes widened in surprise, and he nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll go with you now."

A mason has many tools.

Foam, putty knives, bricklaying knives, trowel knives, masonry lines, ash spoons, and mud boards are packed in half a sack in random numbers.

Fortunately, Li Aiguo's tandem bicycle is Superman.

After installing everything, including masons, the wheels of the cart were not flattened.

Li Aiguo rode his bicycle, facing the faint morning sun, and brought the bricklayer back to the courtyard.

open the door.

"Master, according to our agreement, you build the stove first. I have to go to work."

The mason looked at Li Aiguo in surprise: "Son, aren't you here to watch?"

"What's the point? I can trust your craftsmanship." Li Aiguo laughed.

In his previous life, Li Aiguo also had contact with a decoration master.

Decorators are most afraid of a kind of customers.

It is the kind of customer who is afraid of the decoration master making troubles, moves a Maza stool, and sits and stares all day long.

They are afraid that the decorator will play tricks. In fact, if it is really a trick, can you still see it?
Customers are often staring at it, and the decoration master is not around, so it is easy to make mistakes at hand.

time.

It's like a 30-year-old woman in bed who can't wait.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Jia Dongxu stayed in the hospital for a few days and returned to the courtyard.

What greeted him was not the sympathy of the residents, but the eyes of contempt.

The residents all heard that Jia Dongxu was beaten when he offended them when he was fooling around with those bastards outside.

Jia Dongxu clearly knew that it was Li Aiguo's black hands.

But there is no way to identify Li Aiguo.

Almost fainted.

Jia Zhang couldn't hire a mason, and Qin Huairu was useless, so he could only pull Yi Zhonghai to build a house together.

Yi Zhonghai worked in the workshop during the day, and worked as a coolie when he came back in the evening, he was visibly haggard.

There is no time to toss the residents of the courtyard house.

In the next few days, the courtyard was peaceful.

Li Aiguo drove a few more times and earned some loose silver.

The locomotive depot generally adopts three and a half shifts.

On the basis of implementing a three-shift system, every third shift is equipped with replacement personnel equivalent to half of the number of shifts for rotation.

Due to the different driving mileage, there is no fixed rest time.

However, the distance from Beijing to Jincheng is relatively short, roughly two days off every eight days.

Today is a day off.

The mason has already prepared the big pot and stove.

Li Aiguo is going to build a stainless steel chimney outside.

The one with the brim on it is both beautiful and strong, and it can also keep out the rain in the next month.

"Master, you are busy first, I will buy materials."

After saying hello to the mason, Li Aiguo was ready to go out.

"Patriotic, busy."

Yan Bugui came in from the outside.

As soon as I entered the house, my eyes were fixed on the stove and I couldn't move away.

"Look at how beautiful and strong this cement stove is. My stove has some gaps"

Yan Bugui looked at the remaining cement, but he didn't have the nerve to speak.

Li Aiguo is a good job.

If the leftover cement is useless, I will definitely lend it to him.
If it is useful, I will not give it to him if I mention it, but it is not beautiful.

"Third Master, do you have something to do?" Li Aiguo took out a large front door from his pocket and handed it to Yan Bugui.

"My family decided to go to the locomotive depot to work, have you inquired?"

Yan Bugui took the cigarette, sniffed it in front of his nose, and carefully pinned it to his ear.

He doesn't smoke, so he can keep this cigarette and give it to the principal.

"Wait a few days for the locomotive depot to recruit a group of coal workers. If Xie Cheng wants to join, he can go to the locomotive depot labor department to sign up."

Li Aiguo smoked a cigarette, and said slowly: "However, Third Master, we all belong to the same compound and are neighbors. I have to remind you of some things."

"I'm listening."

"The wages of coal workers are high, and the work is very heavy. The average young man can't do it at all."

This is the second time Li Aiguo has reminded Yan Bugui.

"It's okay, don't worry, my family is determined not to look skinny, but to be muscular!" Yan Bugui's small eyes behind the tortoiseshell frame blinked.

These days, you have to get high wages, or you have good skills. Senior workers like Yi Zhonghai can earn 70 yuan a month.

Even if Yan Xiecheng, a fresh graduate, is assigned to work as a fitter in a rolling mill, it will take seven or eight years to become a senior worker.

The other made a big effort.

Coal workers in the locomotive depot, don't look at their clothes, their wages are high.

In addition to salary, there are additional subsidies.

Also.

As long as you work honestly in the locomotive depot for a few years, you can always get a road registration and become a formal railway worker.

The welfare benefits of railway workers are much better than those of rolling mill workers.

If Yan Jiecheng fights a little harder, he might be able to become a train driver in the future.

Live the same good life as Li Aiguo.

Thinking of these, Yan Bugui was full of hope for the future life.

After the thanks, Yan Bugui was ready to tell Yan Xiecheng the good news.

Suddenly stopped again.

"Patriotic, you are a pottery cooker and a brick wall, why don't you replace the roof tiles in two rooms."

Yan Bugui narrowed his eyes: "There is an open space on the left side of your house, you can add another room, and when you have a child, it will be more spacious to live in."

Yan Bugui knew that Li Aiguo had a good relationship with Director Wang of the Street Office.

If Li Aiguo proposed it, Director Wang would definitely agree.

"Now that you have a formal job, you'll probably get married soon, so it's just a matter of renovating your new house."

"Building a house. No way, if other houses follow suit, it will easily cause adverse effects."

While thinking about it, Li Aiguo said:

"It's feasible to renovate the house. Anyway, it will take a lot of trouble, so it's better to do it all at once."

He'd thought about doing a full renovation before, too.

It's just that money was not available at the time.

Now that my pockets are full, I naturally have to tidy up the house.

Thinking of this, Li Aiguo sighed in his heart.

The house really occupies a very important position in the hearts of Chinese people.

Even after crossing, he still didn't forget to toss the house.

Perhaps in the final analysis, it is because Chinese people pay attention to family and hope to create a good growth environment for future generations.

"Our street office has an engineering team, and my second cousin Yan Jiecheng works as a foreman. I can introduce you to each other." Yan Bugui was very enthusiastic.

"There is nothing to say about the craftsmanship of the engineering team, and you are guaranteed to be satisfied."

"No trouble, there is a special construction team in the locomotive depot." Li Aiguo smiled and shook his head.

Yan Bugui felt a little regretful.

Originally, he planned to take advantage of the opportunity of his second cousin to work in Li Ai's country, and ask his second cousin to help clean up the roof of the house.

"The house is completely refurbished. Where do you live? If you don't live in my house, forget it. I don't count your rent. You just need to exchange some food."

"Don't worry, I have a dormitory in the locomotive depot, and it's more convenient to live in the locomotive depot."

Yan Bugui took a deep breath, and put on a smiling face: "Then if you have something to say, the third master will definitely help you."

Yan Bugui returned home, sat on a chair and sighed.

"This is a big loss. I came up with such a good idea, but I didn't get any cheap."

"What's the idea?" The third mother was meeting with each other when she heard a voice and came out.

Yan Bugui told about Li Aiguo's renovation of the house.

"The Li family's house has been dilapidated for a long time. It will cost a lot of money to renovate it all?" The third mother was surprised.

Yan Bugui squinted his eyes: "The kid is rich now. He is a train driver. He earns more than 100 yuan a month, and there is also a monthly subsidy. In addition, he didn't share the extra money with us. He must have taken it. Go to the pigeon market and sell it for money."

"That's someone else's ability, Lao Yan, you can't play tricks." The third mother reminded.

Yan Bugui nodded: "Am I that kind of person? I really like to plan, but I don't hurt people. Besides, even if I want to hurt people, I have to be brave."

He raised his chin in the direction of Jia's house: "I didn't see that Jia's family offended Li Aiguo, the house was blown up, and Jia Dongxu was lying on the bed and couldn't move."

"Jia Dongxu's injury was caused by Li Aiguo?" The third mom stared wide-eyed.

"If you don't understand it, no one can understand it. This is where that kid Li Aiguo is so clever."

Yan Bugui sighed a few words, and shouted into the room: "Yan Jiecheng, come out quickly, father has found a good job for you."

Of course Yan Jiecheng didn't want to work as a coolie in the locomotive depot.

But Yan Bugui threatened him that if he didn't go to the locomotive depot, he would have to spit out all the food he had eaten in these years.

Of course Yan Jiecheng couldn't spit it out, so he could only agree to give it a try.

(End of this chapter)