The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 379 Zhang Gangzhu treats the unlucky guy Yi Zhonghai

Inside the Li family house.

"A little to the left, a little to the right, okay, okay, this is the position."

Chen Xueru tilted her little head and stared at it for a long time, until her neck felt a little sore, and the certificate was straight.

After sipping the paste on the back of the certificate and sticking it tightly to the wall, smoothing out the four corners of the certificate, Li Aiguo dusted off the dust on his palms and jumped down from the chair.

When she came back just now, Chen Xueru saw that he had won another certificate and wanted to post all the certificates on the wall.

There were seven or eight certificates of merit, and it took more than ten minutes to post them all.

Advanced Individual Outstanding Worker, Outstanding Railway Employee in the Locomotive Depot, plus that medal, the whole wall is shiny and golden, it can be said to be the most arrogant decoration in this year.

Li Aiguo suddenly returned to his primary school days.

At this time.

A voice came from outside the door.

"Patriot, I'll ask your sister-in-law to prepare two hard dishes tonight, and have a nice drink at home."

Zhang Gangzhu stood outside the door and said in a loud voice.

He held the certificate in his arms, his face full of excitement.

Li Aiguo was puzzled: "Gangzhu, we are finishing the meeting together. I have been home for at least half an hour, why did you just come back?"

Zhang Gangzhu laughed and said nothing.

His daughter-in-law, Wang Tiezhu, came over from the side and said exaggeratedly: "My steel column won a certificate. He first took it to the slaughterhouse and walked around, then walked all the way back holding the certificate, and finally walked through the front yard of our courtyard. backyard.

Show off your certificates to everyone you meet.

This wasted time. "

"I really have something to do. If you want to invite me to dinner tonight, I have to buy some pig intestines." Zhang Gangzhu quibbled.

"Look at your arrogance. My patriotic brothers have won so many awards, but they are not as arrogant as you."

"Can I compare with my patriotic brother? He is a train driver."

Zhang Gangzhu and Wang Tiezhu are like rubber dolls. Neither can live without the other, and they always fight when they are together.

Li Aiguo has long been used to it.

"Okay, I'll bring a bottle of wine over tonight."

Zhang Gangzhu and his wife went back to prepare meals, and Chen Xueru also went to Zhang's house to help.

With a rare free time, Li Aiguo opened the book and went straight to continue the Gan Shu domination.

I just read half of the book.

Xu Damao knocked on the door and walked in with his body bent.

"Brother Damao, are you off work?" Li Aiguo closed his book and said hello.

Xu Damao looked around, with a sinister look on his face: "Patriot, I heard that the voluntary patrol team has been established by the street office?"

This thing became more and more bizarre as it spread. Li Aiguo waved his hand and told the story about normalizing patrols.

"Huh, it turns out I'm still a voluntary worker." Xu Damao suddenly lost interest.

He was originally planning to become a team leader Dangdang, and he could be considered a leader.

We, Damao, will not do things that are wasted!

"You are so busy at night, how can you have time to join the patrol team." Li Aiguo joked.

Xu Damao always comes back in the middle of the night these days.

I don’t know if I went to the countryside to watch a movie, or if I went to bring warmth to my aunt and daughter-in-law.

"That's right, we are very busy people." Xu Damao was quite proud.

After chatting for a while, he was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and said with a wink: "I heard that the district sent Jia Zhang to the sanitation team. Hey, this old woman is in bad luck."

"Don't talk nonsense. The district leaders are also trying to cure illnesses and save people, so that Mr. Jia Zhang can get rid of his bad habits as soon as possible." Li Aiguo reminded.

"Yes, yes, treat the disease and save the patient. People like Jia Zhang who are terminally ill should receive a strong dose of medicine."

Xu Damao remembered what he had just met with Jia Zhang, and he was so happy that he could hardly close his mouth.

Jia Zhang staggered back outside, her face as pale as Jia Dongxu's death.

Seeing Xu Damao, he no longer had the sinister energy of the past.

What a pleasure!

Xu Damao was tortured by Jia Zhang for a long time and finally got some relief.

Of course, it would be better if Jia Zhang was sent to the attack team by him.

Xu Damao chatted for a few words. Although he failed to join the patrol, he was in a good mood and went back humming a ditty.

sunset.

The courtyard gradually became lively, the smell of food wafted from every house, and the air was filled with light smoke.

The fireworks in the world touch the hearts of mortals.

Zhang Gangzhu and his wife prepared dinner, and Li Aiguo brought a bottle of Laofen wine to Zhang's house.

On the square table were braised large intestines, steamed large intestines, fried large intestines with sauerkraut, and fat intestines with pickled peppers. The only vegetarian dish was a plate of stir-fried baby cabbage.

Good guys, large intestine feast!

Zhang Gangzhu brought out a plate of large intestine sashimi from the kitchen and placed it on the table.

The large intestine sashimi is coiled in a circle with a head on it.

"Aiguo, this is fresh. It was just taken out of the pig's belly this afternoon. It's still hot!" Zhang Gangzhu was happy today and dedicated the most precious dish to Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo looked at the dark, sticky thing that was wrapped in circles, and he always felt that it looked like a rice field.

He waved his hands and said: "Gangzhu, we don't want this, you can just enjoy it yourself."

Zhang Gangzhu greeted Chen Xueru again, and Miss Chen's face turned pale with fright.

"You guys just don't know the benefits of this thing." Zhang Gangzhu felt that they were ignorant, so he picked up the intestines with chopsticks and stuffed them into his mouth.

After a while of fierce sucking, a large plate of sashimi was eaten.

Chen Xueru: "."

Li Aiguo: "."

As a slaughterhouse employee, Zhang Gangzhu often gets pig waste from the slaughterhouse.

The Jia family didn't dare to go to the Zhang family to take advantage. It seemed there was a reason.

Li Aiguo felt that he was careless.

Those plates of fried large intestines tasted good, and Li Aiguo enjoyed eating them.

Chen Xueru stared at the plate of cabbage.

The family dinner was quite lively.

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Emotions are not connected between people.

The Zhang family is very happy, but the atmosphere in the Yi family's house is a bit tense.

After Jia Zhang returned home in the afternoon.

He pulled Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu out of the back room and sprayed them wildly.

"Let's go to complain as a whole family. We should join the battle together. It's better for you to run away when the situation is bad and leave my old lady there alone."

Jia Dongxu just felt lucky to have escaped.

Seeing Mrs. Jia Zhang looking for trouble, he rolled his eyes, pointed at Qin Huairu and said, "Mom, it's all Qin Huairu's fault for this. She had to bring me back."

Inside the dimly lit house.

A feeling of sadness hit her heart. Qin Huairu felt miserable and her fingers clenched until they turned white.

Husbands and wives are birds of the same forest, and when disaster strikes, they fly separately.

She was worried that Jia Dongxu would be wronged, so she rescued Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu actually betrayed her now.

However, facing the angry Jia Zhang family, Qin Huairu could only explain bitterly: "Mom, it is better for you to be punished alone than for our whole family to be punished."

"Snapped!"

Throwing out a slap, Jia Zhang said with a cold face: "You little bitch, I think you just want my old lady to die."

Qin Huairu held her swollen cheek and cried.

She wished that Jia Zhang was arrested!

"Cry, cry, cry, you're still aggrieved, aren't you? I have to clean the dung yard, old lady, I'm no more aggrieved than you!"

Sitting on the kang, Mrs. Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at Qin Huairu: "If it weren't for Banggeng's sake, I would have asked Dongxu to divorce you right now."

Jia Dongxu also stood up and accused Qin Huairu: "Our mother is so good to you, how could you betray your mother!"

The white paper light bulb on the roof flickered twice.

Qin Huairu felt that the surrounding light suddenly dimmed.

Auntie was sewing clothes at home when she saw Mrs. Jia Zhang cleaning up Qin Huairu.

I secretly sighed in my heart that this little wife was having a hard time, but she didn't dare to go in and try to persuade her.

Out of sight out of mind.

I could only move a stool and sit at the door.

While watching the movement in the house, Jia Zhang didn't let Mrs. Jia set fire to the Yi family.

While waiting for Yi Zhonghai to come back, we can resolve this matter.

at dusk.

Yi Zhonghai came back from outside with his hands behind his back.

"Lao Yi, hurry up, Jia and Zhang are about to make a big fuss in our house, hurry up and persuade them." The eldest mother quickly stood up.

Yi Zhonghai's mood suddenly became bad.

In the afternoon.

When he went to the sub-district office, he planned to discuss the next step with Deputy Director Ma.

But unexpectedly learned that Deputy Director Ma was taken away by comrades from the district committee.

Seeing the weird look on the clerk's face, Yi Zhonghai knew that Deputy Director Ma was taken away this time and he might not be able to come back.

Although Yi Zhonghai had already made preparations, he could not be implicated.

But Deputy Director Ma is the deaf old lady’s important connection within the neighborhood office.

The reason why Yi Zhonghai has been able to bully the residents in the courtyard these years is because Deputy Director Ma is protecting him.

He failed to bring down Director Wang and failed to suppress Li Aiguo. Instead, he cut off his arm. It was a waste of money.

Can Yi Zhonghai be in a good mood?

Now the old lady Jia Zhang is causing trouble again.

If possible, Yi Zhonghai really wanted to turn around and leave.

But this is his home!

Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to open the cotton curtain and enter the back room.

Jia Zhang was scolding Qin Huairu, and all kinds of filthy and vicious words kept coming out.

Although Qin Huairu came from the countryside, she had never seen anything like this.

His eyes were red from crying, his hair was messy, and his little appearance looked so pitiful.

Yi Zhonghai saw it and felt pain in his heart.

But he felt that this feeling was wrong.

Qin Huairu was the disciple's wife after all, so she coughed twice quickly, interrupting Jia Zhang's curse.

"Sister-in-law, we are all one family. I don't think Qin Huairu did anything wrong."

"Hey, you old guy, I already knew you were my daughter-in-law!"

When Jia Zhang heard this, she was furious and stood up to grab Yi Zhonghai's old face.

"Nonsense!"

Yi Zhonghai shouted loudly and his face became serious.

Even though Jia and Zhang were making a fuss, they didn't dare to bare their teeth when faced with the furious Yi Zhonghai.

He lowered his paws angrily, rubbed his neck and said, "Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu betrayed me, which is a great act of unfilial piety!"

Yi Zhonghai said with a straight face: "Have you ever thought about it? Even if Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu complained together with you, it would not change the result. You and your family could only be punished together."

Mrs. Jia Zhang remained silent.

Yi Zhonghai continued: "The culprit of this matter is actually Li Aiguo!"

As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly became quiet, and Qin Huairu didn't care to cry anymore.

Mrs. Jia Zhang burst out laughing: "Lao Yi, I think you are scared of being bullied by Li Aiguo!"

"There is a conference in the district. Could Li Aiguo arrange such a big thing?"

On the way back, Jia Zhang also reviewed the entire operation.

If she hadn't bumped into the district committee's commendation meeting today, she wouldn't have been punished so severely.

Yi Zhonghai sighed and said, "I asked at the sub-district office. It was Li Aiguo's proposal to commend those who have contributed to disaster relief."

"Li Aiguo can actually make the district chief listen to him!"

Hear the words.

Mrs. Jia Zhang sat back on the fire bed, her expression a little dull.

Is this the same Li Aiguo who was at her mercy back then? Qin Huairu’s eyes rolled around.

Li Aiguo was actually able to speak in front of the leader.

That's the district chief, comparable to the county chief.

And Jia Dongxu is still a first-level fitter.

I feel a little regretful

"So the culprit in this matter is Li Aiguo. Sister-in-law, you are being punished because of Li Aiguo. Let's not have civil strife!"

Yi Zhonghai's diversion of trouble to the east had an effect.

Jia Zhang stopped worrying about being betrayed and began to curse Li Aiguo.

But everyone knew that this kind of curse would not have any effect, and even Jia Zhang didn't dare to curse him in person.

She was afraid that Li Aiguo would dump her.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Mrs. Jia Zhang and suddenly asked: "Sister-in-law, Deputy Director Ma gave you a sum of money. Now that Deputy Director Ma has been arrested, you are not afraid that he will confess you."

"What! Lao Ma was caught?"

Jia Zhang was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lao Yi, Lao Ma is not a fool. If he confesses me, his guilt will be even more serious."

"When I took the money from him, I already took precautions."

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but look high at Jia Zhang. This old woman was indeed quite capable.

Actually, think about it.

Jia Zhang has been able to dominate the courtyard for so many years. How could it be possible if he didn't have some real skills?

After hearing this, Jia Dongxu finally felt relieved and whispered: "Mom, is the money enough for our family to build a house?"

"Money? What money?"

Jia Zhang, who looked proud just now, now had a confused face.

He can change his face so fast that he can be called a master of face-changing in Sichuan Opera.

Jia Dongxu: "That's the money Lao Ma gave you."

"Ah, Lao Ma only gave me five yuan, which is not enough to build a house, silly boy." Jia Zhang patted Jia Dongxu on the shoulder, stood up and looked at Yi Zhonghai.

"Master Yi, you are Dongxu's master. I have to trouble you about building a house."

Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale.

Before she could speak, the aunt who had been silent all this time became anxious: "Sister, it will cost at least more than a hundred yuan to build two houses now. If you don't contribute the money, what can my family, Lao Yi, do?"

"Who says I can't pay? Well, five yuan." Jia Zhang also felt that it was a bit short, and gritted her teeth and said, "Dongxu's salary is paid next month, and I will give Master Yi another fifteen yuan."

The eldest mother couldn't laugh or cry: "Aren't you being a rogue?"

"Who said I was acting like a rogue? If I was really acting like a rogue, I would stay in your house for the rest of my life."

As he spoke, Jia Zhang sat down on the bed.

Holding his arms, he looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

Aunt: "."

Yi Zhonghai: "."

Yi Zhonghai felt that he had lured a wolf into the house.

Alas, why didn’t the district arrest Jia and Zhang?

Yi Zhonghai's head was buzzing, but there was nothing he could do.

He could only agree to help Jia Zhang find a way to raise part of the donation. Jia Dongxu went to the factory to apply for relief funds. If it was really not enough, he would first pay for it.

Jia Dongxu was so moved that he almost shed tears: "Master, it's better that you be nice to me."

"The relationship between master and apprentice is the same as that of father and son."

Dongxu is such a good kid. He knows how to repay his kindness.

Yi Zhonghai also figured it out.

In the future, if Jia Zhang dies and Jia Dongxu provides him with old age care, won’t the Jia family’s house still belong to Yi Zhonghai?

It's just that Jia and Zhang are allowed to stay temporarily for a few years.

Yi Zhonghai heard that Ms. Jia Zhang now had to take three painkillers every day.

I guess it won't be long before I burp my farts.

Thinking like this, Yi Zhonghai suddenly became energetic.

He came to Yan's house with his hands behind his back.

Leave the fundraising work to Yan Bugui.

But it was rejected.

"Lao Yi, now the residents don't agree with us." Yan Bugui flatly refused.

He even threw the donation box to Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to collect donations from door to door holding the box.

It stands to reason that the Jia family has suffered a catastrophe, and the eldest son has personally come forward to collect donations, so everyone should donate enthusiastically.

However, the story of Jia and Zhang making a scene at the district committee meeting and slandering Director Wang of the sub-district office and the disaster relief comrades has spread throughout the courtyard.

Isn't this just a white-eyed wolf?

If they donated money, the Jia family would not be grateful, and they might even call themselves idiots behind their backs.

People do not expect to be rewarded for their efforts, but they are never willing to help ungrateful people.

Just out of consideration for the dignity of the neighbors, the residents took out ten cents and five cents and threw them into the box.

After going around in a big circle, he only raised a few cents. Yi Zhonghai was so angry that his hair stood on end.

Just entered the backyard.

He saw Li Aiguo taking Chen Xueru out of Zhang Gangzhu's house.

Zhang Gangzhu saw Yi Zhonghai holding a box and said with a smile: "Hey, sir, are you helping the Jia family to raise donations again?"

"Steel pillars, dedicating love, everyone has a responsibility." Yi Zhonghai licked his face and smiled.

"Go, go, even if I throw the money into the sea, I won't give it to the Jia family."

Zhang Gangzhu had drank some wine.

In addition, Yi Zhonghai was closely related to his father's death, and he didn't have a good look towards Yi Zhonghai.

In the past, Yi Zhonghai would have given Zhang Gangzhu a lesson, but Li Aiguo was standing nearby and watching!

He felt inexplicably panicked and ran away holding the donation box.

His eyes scanned the flower bed.

Yi Zhonghai muttered: Is it possible that Mr. Jia Zhang was right? I'm actually afraid of Li Aiguo now.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Yi Zhonghai did not raise any money in the courtyard.

Fortunately, after the steel rolling mill learned about the "tragic situation" of the Jia family, it allocated 28 yuan and 50 cents to the Jia family.

In addition to Jia Zhang's five yuan, Yi Zhonghai calculated it and found that there was still more than seventy yuan missing.

There is no other way, he can only make up the money.

Although the aunt didn't agree, she could only reluctantly agree when she thought that Jia Zhang would live in the Yi family in the future.

Mrs. Jia Zhang snores, doesn't care about cleanliness, and eats a lot.

If we stay here for a few more months, the aunt will be driven crazy.

After the fundraising for the house construction was completed, several people had another dispute over which construction team to hire to build the house.

"Sister-in-law, I have a very good relationship with Lao Zhang who often helps the street office repair houses. If you go to him, it will definitely be cheaper." Yi Zhonghai suggested.

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes: "This is our Jia family's house, and I should have the final say. I think the Qianmen Locomotive Depot construction team, the construction team that helps Li Aiguo clean up the house, is pretty good."

Yi Zhonghai: "."

"Mom, don't you hate Li Aiguo and the maintenance section?" Qin Huairu said timidly.

Ever since the Jia family was bombed by Li Aiguo, Jia Zhang went to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot with hatred.

Jia Zhang: "I hate those people, but who makes people good at craftsmanship? Building a house is a big deal, and you must not be careless."

This old guy is not stupid. Even though Yi Zhonghai was unwilling, he could only agree.

"Li Aiguo has a good relationship with those people. I think Comrade Xiao Qin will go to Li's house. Maybe it can be cheaper because of the old friendship."

Jia Dongxu nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, our family is not rich."

That's all. Jia Dongxu's statement made Qin Huairu feel cold.

It's just that she doesn't know.

If she didn't go, Jia Zhang would definitely not let her go.

The next morning.

After breakfast, Li Aiguo pushed his bicycle and prepared to drive to the locomotive depot as usual.

Walking in the courtyard, greeting the residents from time to time.

The attitude of these residents is more enthusiastic than before.

The rescue team members shouted one by one.

Fame is important in any era.

This time it was an accident.

With a sigh, Li Aiguo walked out of the gate and was about to ride his bicycle.

A pretty figure rushed out from the side.

"Patriot, can you help me?"

The person who came was none other than Qin Huairu.

Several times before, Qin Huairu asked Li Aiguo to do something, but Li Aiguo refused.

She thinks the biggest reason is.

It was because there were neighbors watching. Li Aiguo was a young man and he couldn't save his face.

After all, the two have a not-so-good past.

Li Aiguo was confused and stopped.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Qin Huairu flipped up her hair, pursed her lips and said, "My house collapsed and I'm looking for someone to rebuild it.

This is a big job.

We are neighbors, so we naturally have to take care of each other, so I thought of your locomotive depot construction team.

You just happen to be able to earn a favor too. "

Qin Huairu also gradually became a Jia family.

Asking for help is like giving alms to others.

Unfortunately.

Li Aiguo made a serious face: "I said at the beginning that we will break up from now on and there will be no more relations! I can't help with this matter."

"Hey you."

Qin Huairu bit her lips and tried hard not to let tears fall, but the grievance surged into her heart like a tide.

Qin Huairu's chest felt tight, as if being pressed by a stone, making her breathless.

She moved the stone away and vented her dissatisfaction:

“It was my fault at first.

But you are married now.

Can't you forget all the past things?

Are you still a man?

Are you surprised that you don’t have any belly fat at all? "

Yes, I have met the little fairy of this era.

Li Aiguo also decided to make it clear to Qin Huairu and stop.

He said in a cold voice: "You have roomed and boarded at my house for so long, and you have tolerated my little brother for several months. It can be considered a hundred days.

What happened in the past was not about who gained and who suffered. "

Qin Huairu's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment: "Then why do you have such a big opinion against me?"

"It's not to you, it's to your whole family." Li Aiguo said coldly: "You Jia family really think everyone is a fool? Jia Zhang went to the district to complain, but you want others to help. How embarrassing. "

Qin Huairu said: "I'm not here to give you a favor."

"Favors?" Li Aiguo snorted coldly and said, "No one dares to ask for favors from your Jia family!"

Done.

He ignored Qin Huairu again, got on his bicycle and drove away.

Just kidding, whoever builds a house for the Jia family will be considered unlucky for eight lifetimes.

Naturally, Li Aiguo couldn't harm his brothers in the maintenance section.

Watching the burly figure disappear in the faint golden light, Qin Huairu tightly grasped the corner of her clothes with her fingers, as if it was the only thing she could hold on to, which could bring her a little comfort.

It would have been better if he had not coveted the benefits promised by the Jia family.

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

(End of this chapter)