The train driver in the courtyard

Most of the third-tier factories in this era followed the principles of backing, dispersion and concealment in site selection, and were built in deep mountains and canyons.

but.

The thermos bottle factory affiliated to the railway was built to solve the employment problem of the families of railway employees, so it is not far from the Qianmen locomotive depot.

Gas trucks puffing black smoke passed the railroad gates and passed through the narrow streets.

Soon a small factory came into view.

There are residential buildings on both sides of the factory. The rusty iron railing gate looks particularly shabby. There are even a few ladies sitting at the gate picking up shoe soles.

If it weren't for the black and white sign hanging on the wall, it would be difficult to tell that this was a factory even if you were passing by from outside.

Such is the situation these days.

After liberation, domestic industry was booming, but infrastructure could not meet the needs of development. Many factories could only be hidden in residential buildings.

Some factories even save on workers’ dormitories.

Workers work in the workshop and can teach children to do homework through the windows.

After checking the ID, the gatekeeper kindly reminded me that the factory is quite narrow, so please pay attention to safety when driving.

Zhang Tieniu was an experienced driver and didn't care.

When I drove into the hospital, I was suddenly confused.

The courtyard was rebuilt from several large courtyards, and is all one-story houses with blue bricks and gray tiles.

Even if there are flower ponds all over the courtyard, glass bottles can be seen piled in every corner.

They sparkled in the sunlight, like bombs.

At this moment.

A man wearing tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses and a gray tunic walked up to the truck and knocked on the glass window.

"Is he the comrade from the Qianmen locomotive depot who came to transport thermos bottles and enamel jars?"

Li Aiguo rolled down the window and handed over the approval slip from the locomotive depot: "Thank you."

The Mao suit inspected the batch slip, pointed to the warehouse in the distance and said, "Drive the truck over there. The thermos bottle and enamel jar are in the warehouse."

The warehouse is located exactly in the corner of the compound and is connected to the compound by a narrow blue brick road.

Zhang Tieniu sat in the car and watched for a long time, then jumped out of the car and surveyed the road on the spot.

After coming back, he shook his head with a look on his face and said, "Driver Li, the road is too narrow. It's only about 1.7 meters. It's difficult for trucks to pass."

Hearing this, Yan Jiecheng, who was standing on the truck, was unhappy.

He is a porter and is responsible for moving goods.

It is at least more than a hundred meters from here to the entrance of the warehouse. In future generations, you will definitely have to pay extra.

"Driver Zhang, how will you know if you don't try?"

"Hey, what do you, a little worker, know? There are flower beds on both sides of the road. If we bump into them, let's not leave today."

As a truck driver, Zhang Tieniu obviously puts safety first.

"Your skills are not good, so I should be unlucky?"

"you"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Li Aiguo said, "Let me try?"

"You?" Zhang Tieniu's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on his face: "Driver Li, you are indeed a driver, but a train driver.

The train runs along the tracks without even a steering wheel.

You just need to step on the brake and push the accelerator, it's very simple.

This is a big truck, I'm not looking down on you, you can't handle this thing. "

Good guy, the emotional train driver is at the lowest end of the driver's contempt chain.

Li Aiguo said: "How will you know if you don't try?"

This was the first time Zhang Tieniu had seen someone more stubborn than him, and Yan Jiecheng kept making noises nearby, so he agreed at that time.

"Okay, but I have to watch from below. You must obey my orders."

Zhang Tieniu got out of the car and confessed uneasy.

"Don't worry, you can't hit it."

Li Aiguo sat in the driver's seat, stepped on the accelerator, and shifted directly into reverse gear.

Seeing the truck about to back out, Zhang Tieniu exclaimed: "Driver Li, what are you doing backing up? Aren't you going to drive the truck to the warehouse?"

Li Aiguo smiled and ignored him.

Drivers these days are all wild.

Even if Zhang Tieniu obtained the certificate, he had not received formal training.

He had no idea that reversing was actually the safest way to pass when encountering a narrow road.

In particular, Li Aiguo got perfect marks in the second subject of his previous life.

Depress the clutch and release the handbrake, slowly lift the clutch and start slowly;

Optimize the right line to adjust the body, and the vertical seam of the left mirror is along the right line;

Stop at shoulder level with the front horizontal line, engage the reverse gear and release the clutch;

The left mirror covers the corner of the horizontal line, and the best direction is to the right;

Reciting the winning formula silently in his heart, Li Aiguo opened his eyes and released the handbrake.

The truck roared and backed toward the warehouse.

This scene also attracted the attention of many people, and everyone gathered around to watch the fun.

"Tsk, tsk, this guy is very brave. The road is so narrow, can a truck pass through?"

"It doesn't matter, the truck's wheels will fall in later, and we can get a few more bags of big front doors."

"What nonsense are you talking about? We are all comrades in the same unit, so we can't expect others to do well."

The man in the gray tunic felt that these people had lost the face of the thermos bottle factory, so he scolded them with a straight face.

The scene was finally quiet.

The truck was now approaching the brick road.

Zhang Tieniu stared at the rear wheel with sweat in his hands.

All joking aside, he was a truck driver after all, so if he really crashed something, he would definitely be in trouble.

Yan Jiecheng shouted from the truck: "Please pay attention, reverse the truck, please pay attention, reverse the truck."

Hey, this artificial intelligence radar looks like an old tricycle.

Li Aiguo concentrated on turning the steering wheel lightly, and the truck approached the warehouse little by little.

The four wheels almost wiped the flower bed as they passed by. Even the moss on the bricks was wiped off, but the bricks were not damaged.

Zhang Tieniu was stunned: "Huo, this train driver is amazing!"

Click and hold.

With the brakes firmly applied, the truck stopped steadily at the entrance of the warehouse, only more than ten centimeters away from the warehouse door.

Full marks for backing into storage!

Li Aiguo jumped out of the car and waved to Yan Jiecheng: "Hey, work, don't waste time."

"Brother Patriot, it's better if you treat me well, you are my biological brother."

Yan Jiecheng saw that being so close could save a lot of energy, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

He jumped out of the truck, took off his coat, and rushed into the warehouse shirtless.

Only then did Zhang Tieniu react, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over.

After clasping his hands together, he licked his face and said, "Driver Li, do you have eyes on the back of your head?"

"Isn't there a rearview mirror?" Li Aiguo pointed to the mirror and said with a frown.

"Is that thing for reversing?" Zhang Tieniu, an experienced driver, looked at the two ears on the front of the truck and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Li Aiguo: "."

In the warm autumn wind, he was depressed for a long time, and finally uttered a sentence with difficulty: "Old man, how did you become a truck driver?"

"Old Iron? This title is really appropriate. Trucks are originally made of steel, and we truck drivers are naturally made of iron."

Zhang Tieniu felt that the title was a good one, and after muttering a few words, he remembered Li Aiguo's question.

"I was originally a cowherd boy in the suburbs of the city. After liberation, I worked as a tractor driver for half a year.

When the locomotive depot was organizing the trucking team, I was considered a special talent and joined the trucking team as a driver. "

"So you've never learned to drive a truck?"

"Do you still need to learn this thing? As long as you are strong, can move the steering wheel, and know what the accelerator and the brake are, it's enough." Zhang Tieniu looked like it was a matter of course.

Li Aiguo pinched his eyebrows.

He feels that if he sets up a driving school in this year and age, business will definitely be booming.

What? Private businesses are not allowed, so forget it.

Zhang Tieniu can seamlessly transform from a tractor driver to a truck driver, and he is also quite capable.

Taking advantage of Yan Jiecheng's free time while carrying hot water bottles and enamel jars, Zhang Tieniu gathered around Li Aiguo to ask for advice.

"Driver Li, how did you do that just now?"

Li Aiguo couldn't just watch a road killer running amok on the road.

Naturally, I give it to everyone.

Half an hour later, Yan Jiecheng, who was exhausted and sweating, came over panting.

"Brother Patriot, all the goods have been moved."

"set off!"

Li Aiguo raised his wrist to look at the time.

It's already three o'clock in the afternoon. If I delay any longer, I won't be able to make it back in the evening.

Zhang Tieniu also knew that time was running out. After starting again, he stepped on the accelerator almost into the fuel tank, and the GAZ truck headed towards Wei Zhuang with black smoke.

This trip to Wei Zhuang.

This is Li Aiguo’s second time riding a truck.

The biggest feeling is the bumps.

There is almost no shock absorption on this thing.

The wheels rolled across the uneven road, and the car body shuddered, as if it was about to throw him out of his seat.

If the bumps on the train were gently massaged by a soft woman, the bumps on the truck were a hard kick by a strong man.

No wonder others say truck drivers have bad waists.

There are reasons for "walking all the way, sowing elves along the way", and most of the reasons are occupational diseases.

Zhang Tieniu seems to have been used to it for a long time.

While fiddling with the steering wheel, he asked Li Aiguo for technical advice on driving a truck.

The truck headed south.

The villages on both sides of the road gradually became sparse, dense mountain forests appeared on both sides of the road, and peaks could be vaguely seen in the distance. Li Aiguo knew that he had arrived at the east mountain of Goubei Ridge.

This is the mountainous area closest to the capital.

In later generations, the scenic Goubei Ridge East Mountain was developed into a tourist attraction.

But in this era, it was still an uninhabited land.

The road in the mountainous area was rugged, so Zhang Tieniu had to shift into a low gear and slow down slowly.

"As long as we pass the east mountain of Goubei Ridge, our mission will be more than half completed."

When Li Aiguo heard this, he couldn't help but pinch his eyebrows.

Damn, you’re planting a little flag again, right?

Zhang Tieniu just finished speaking.

puff!

A puff of white smoke came out of the front of the car.

"It's over!"

Zhang Tieniu stepped on the brakes, patted the steering wheel heavily, rushed out of the truck and opened the hood to check.

Li Aiguo also jumped out of the car at this time, followed and asked, "What's going on?"

"The water tank is boiling."

Zhang Tieniu didn't care at first. It is very common for truck water tanks to boil these days.

At this time, there was a ticking sound under the front of the car.

His expression changed.

He quickly leaned down.

I saw that the bottom of the water tank was broken by stones, and the water inside flowed out.

Zhang Tieniu raised his head and looked at Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo raised his head and looked at Zhang Tieniu.

Yan Jiecheng, who had just jumped off the truck, raised his head and looked at the two of them.

All three of them were in chaos.

It would be great if you have a phone. You can call the insurance company and ask them to send a tow truck.

Li Aiguo subconsciously touched his pocket, but felt lonely.

Yes, it seems that I have become self-reliant.

"Driver Li, this is only a dozen miles away from Wei Village. Why don't we send people to the village to ask for help from the fellow villagers."

Zhang Tieniu looked up at the setting sun, frowned and said, "But we have to do it as soon as possible. I heard that there are a lot of wild wolves here. It will be troublesome when it gets dark."

Li Aiguo also agreed with Zhang Tieniu's opinion.

Just as he was about to call Yan Jie to go to Wei Zhuang together, he was not seen.

"That kid just jumped out of the car and rushed into the forest. He must have been there for convenience."

"When he comes back, I'll go with him and you stay and guard the truck."

Li Aiguo took out the big five-four from his waist.

Looking at the big black gun, Zhang Tiezhu was a little envious. He took out a rifle from under the car seat and said, "The comrades in the Armed Forces are short-sighted. I also wanted to have a big May Fourth, but they didn't give it to me. They only gave it to me." Such a loser."

The surface of the shell gun is covered with rust, and the reddish-brown oxide is like the mark of time, mottled and thick.

Only then did Li Aiguo remember that truck drivers could also carry guns these days.

"Although the shell gun may be old, it has a long range, great power, and a large magazine capacity."

"That's right, this thing was still a Japs officer's gun back then!"

Men love guns. Li Aiguo and Zhang Tiezhu leaned on the truck, each took out their own guns, and had a heated discussion while smoking cigarettes.

"My gun is bigger and darker."       "Mine is longer."

Sudden.

There was a sound in the distance.

"My dear mother, help me~~"

The frightened and deformed sound echoed in the woods, startling countless wild birds.

"Something happened to Yan Jiecheng!"

Li Aiguo's heart trembled, and the cigarette in his mouth fell directly to the ground.

He picked up his pistol and ran towards the mountains and forests.

After running for two to three hundred meters, I saw Yan Jiecheng's figure.

In the bushes four or five meters away from Yan Jiecheng, there were two clumps of gray fur, looming in the breeze.

This is a wild wolf! Or both ends.

This kid is serious, why does it have to be so far away for convenience?

Li Aiguo felt a little panicked.

If the wild wolf is alerted and the wild wolf pounces directly, Yan Jie will be finished.

Yan Jiecheng is still a temporary worker, so he cannot be considered as having sacrificed his life for the locomotive maintenance section. He may not be able to receive a pension.

How angry Yan Bugui should be.

Yan Jiecheng was also frightened at this moment and stood there without daring to move.

He felt extremely regretful.

If he didn't want to pick a few wild fruits, it would be convenient to just stand beside the truck. With Li Aiguo and the others around, the wild wolves wouldn't dare to rush over.

Yan Jiecheng knew that Li Aiguo's marksmanship was very good, but this was related to his life.

And there are two wild wolves. If he charges at one randomly, he will be here today.

The two wild wolves were obviously aware of Li Aiguo's arrival, but they seemed to adhere to the hunting principle of "if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move" and patiently crouched in the bushes, motionless.

Li Aiguo has heard that wolves combine ferocity and wisdom. A wolf has to go through countless brutal battles in his life.

Wolves roam the world, wild and fearless!

Yan Jiecheng is in danger!

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate.

Wow.

Yan Jiecheng shivered, and there was a crisp sound coming from his trousers.

Any movement may be perceived as a threat by wild wolves.

A wild wolf leaped high from the bushes.

Facing the ghastly white teeth and sharp claws, Yan Jiecheng was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.

Expose the entire back and neck to the wild wolf.

A fierce light flashed in the wild wolf's eyes, and it opened its mouth and headed towards Yan Jiecheng's neck.

Li Aiguo was about to pull the trigger, but at this moment Yan Jiecheng stumbled over and blocked the trajectory.

At the critical moment, Li Aiguo moved his wrist at an incredible angle and pulled the trigger.

The bullet passed through the wolf's head, leaving a black hole.

The wild wolf fell to the ground.

Instead of being frightened away, the other wild wolf became furious, jumped up, and rushed towards Yan Jiecheng and Li Aiguo again.

Yan Jiecheng had completely fallen on Li Aiguo and dropped his pistol to the ground.

At this time, Zhang Tieniu also rushed over, shouted "Be careful", raised the shell gun, and pulled the trigger.

"Click"

The bullet jammed.

The wild wolf felt that it had been deceived, became ferocious, roared, leaped into the air and pounced again.

Yan Jiecheng didn't have eyes on the back of his head, but he smelled the pungent fishy smell and screamed in fright.

Under the trend of fear, he hugged Li Aiguo's arm tightly.

At this time, another wild wolf had already rushed over. Li Aiguo was hugged by Yan Jiecheng and could not dodge at all.

If he hadn't been a neighbor to Yan Jiecheng, based on his behavior at this time, Li Aiguo would have really thought that this guy was a wolf in human skin.

In desperation, he kicked Yan Jiecheng in the stomach and kicked him away.

Li Aiguo rolled around like a donkey to avoid the wolf coming towards him.

The four-hoof brake of the wild wolf failed, and it slid forward for seven or eight meters before it came to a halt.

It seemed to realize that Li Aiguo was the biggest threat, turned its head and howled at him, and rushed towards him quickly.

The wolf's eyes flashed fiercely, and its fangs were exposed.

Li Aiguo took a glance and saw that the pistol was five meters away. He was about to turn over to pick it up when his finger touched a wooden stick.

My heart skipped a beat and I picked up the stick.

He turned over to avoid the wild wolf, jumped up from the ground, and slammed the wooden stick down hard.

The stick drew an arc in the air

boom!

This blow was extremely powerful.

The wooden stick as thick as a bowl broke when it was pressed against the wolf's waist.

The wild wolf fell to the ground and let out a scream in pain.

Being beaten by a two-legged monster, it became even more angry, with a fierce light flashing in its eyes and sharp teeth showing in its open mouth.

He stood up and took a few steps.

Suddenly he fell to the ground, with bright red blood foaming from the corner of his mouth.

The wolf is like a tofu waist with a copper head and iron bones. The wolf's waist and abdomen are very fragile and cannot withstand beatings.

Li Aiguo's stick hit the wolf's waist just right, and it was estimated that the inside was already bloody.

Yan Jiecheng, who narrowly escaped death, breathed a sigh of relief.

He saw the wild wolf lying on the ground with an angry look in his eyes.

He picked up a stone, rushed up and smashed it on the wild wolf's head.

One after another, the wild wolf's head soon became bloody and bloody.

Li Aiguo lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and waved to him: "Okay, Yan Jiecheng, stop fighting."

"I want you to eat me, eat it, labor and capital are here, you eat it!" Yan Jiecheng had never been so panicked in his life, and he was already angry.

Li Aiguo frowned: "Hey, this wild wolf skin is worthless if you tear it."

Hear the words.

The stone froze in mid-air, and Yan Jiecheng suddenly woke up.

He threw away the stone and approached Li Aiguo with a smile: "Brother Aiguo, are you not injured?"

"It's okay."

Li Aiguo dusted himself off.

Although this wild wolf is powerful, his military iron fist is not a vegetarian.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Aiguo called Zhang Tieniu, threw the bodies of the two wild wolves into the truck, and then prepared to continue to Wei Zhuang.

Before leaving, he told Zhang Tieniu: "It's not safe here. You and Xie will stay in the driver's building."

"Don't worry, everyone in the long-distance car knows this."

Zhang Tieniu was still playing with the shell gun: "When I get back to the locomotive depot, even if I'm banging the table with Minister Niu, I have to change to a big 54."

The driver is armed with a gun, which is just a decoration most of the time.

Once it is used, it is a fatal moment.

Li Aiguo also took out the Big 54, pulled out the magazine, filled it with bullets, and inserted it into his waist again.

Then he went to the roadside, chopped a wooden stick, and sharpened it.

Can be used as a crutch or a weapon.

After getting ready, Li Aiguo set off again.

Don’t panic if you get lost these days.

As long as you follow the path, you can always find the village.

Night comes, and the late autumn night in the mountains is especially quiet. The chirping of crickets sounded particularly real.

Li Aiguo turned on the flashlight and walked along the mountain road along the hazy halo.

I don’t know how long it took or how far I walked, but the evening wind brought a sound of dog barking.

Li Aiguo turned around the foot of the mountain and could vaguely see lights in the distance.

I couldn't help but speed up my steps, and followed the loess road to the entrance of the village.

There is a bungalow with blue bricks and gray tiles here, which is very grand compared to the surrounding adobe houses.

What's more, there are lights on inside.

Push open the broken wooden door.

As soon as he entered the room, the light suddenly became dim.

After Li Aiguo stood still, he gradually saw clearly that the shelves facing the door were filled with daily necessities.

There is also a large earthen jar under the shelf, which is filled with large grains of salt.

Next to it are brooms, shovels, bamboo weaving and other rural utensils.

This should be the supply and marketing cooperative in Weizhuang.

Supply and marketing cooperatives in rural areas are slightly different from urban supply and marketing cooperatives.

Most of the employees are husband and wife. They live in the supply and marketing cooperative at night and open their doors during the day. They regard the supply and marketing cooperative as their home.

Hearing the footsteps, Old Liu, a salesman from the supply and marketing cooperative, opened the cotton curtain and walked out from behind.

He squinted at Li Aiguo, and his cloudy eyes suddenly became alert.

"Boy, where are you from? Who are you related to? Do you have a letter of introduction?"

As he spoke, he picked up a kitchen knife from under the counter.

Li Aiguo could understand his nervousness.

The situation was unstable these days, and many Dieters were hiding and preparing to cause trouble.

Employees of supply and marketing cooperatives are also considered semi-officials and need to bear the burden of vigilance.

"Uncle, I am a worker at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot. I came to your Wei Village this time to deliver hot water bottles to you."

Li Aiguo smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out and handed it to the old man.

"Locomotive depot at the front door? Thermos bottle?" The old man was a little confused.

At this time, the cotton curtain opened and another lady walked out.

She gave Li Aiguo the impression that she was tall, almost as tall as an old man.

The old lady squinted her eyes and looked at Li Aiguo, and the corners of her mouth trembled vaguely.

"Old man, you forgot that Wei Zimin led people to rescue a train that passed through the depot a while ago. They must have come to express their gratitude."

"That's what happened."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, took the cigarette, struck a match and lit it.

"Why did you come so late? Did something happen on the way?"

"Forget it, the truck's water tank burst."

Li Aiguo felt that the two people were too vigilant, so he briefly explained the situation.

"Oh, there are a lot of wild wolves in Lingdong Mountain. I have to find the village chief quickly." The old man became anxious when he heard that the truck was parked in the mountain.

Carrying a lantern made of kerosene lamp, he pushed open the door and rushed into the darkness.

Seeing that rescue was about to arrive, Li Aiguo relaxed and became a little hungry.

The supply and marketing cooperative is very small, and the shelves are mostly filled with daily necessities such as yellow rubber shoes, red paper, kerosene lamps, needles, thread, and brains.

The only non-staple food available is loose biscuits.

"Mom, here are two kilograms of biscuits." Thinking that Yan Jiecheng and Zhang Tieniu were both hungry, Li Aiguo asked for more.

The aunt seemed a little surprised: "You want to buy cookies?"

Seeing Li Aiguo nodding, he murmured in a low voice: "It's been a long time since I delivered this thing, and I haven't sold a single piece. This time I finally opened."

It's been a long time. Li Aiguo wanted to ask how long the shelf life was, but after thinking about it carefully, he simply forgot about it.

There is no shelf life on this thing.

The aunt was excited about the opening. She wiped her hands solemnly, took out a piece of yellow straw paper and spread it on the counter.

Pick up the spatula, reach into a steel box, fill it with biscuits, and pour it onto the yellow straw paper.

After being weighed, he wrapped it and handed it to Li Aiguo.

"Comrade, two cents."

There is no Hex Technology added to the biscuits, only the most authentic taste.

The palate is dry at first, with a gritty texture that has withstood time.

The solid taste, heavy, is similar to this age.

Li Aiguo was chewing happily, his eyes fell on the cigarette butt outside the door, and his brows wrinkled slightly.

The unburned cigarette butt was two centimeters long.

Very bright in the dark night.

A pack at Daqianmen costs 6 cents, and a cigarette costs cents. It doesn’t seem like much, but it’s actually quite a lot.

Especially for rural areas with no economic income.

Why is the old man willing to throw away such a long cigarette butt?

Is it because he doesn't care, or is it just his habit?

At this time, Aunt Liu, who was cleaning up the counter, seemed to feel something was wrong and looked up at Li Aiguo.

Feeling the sharp gaze cast from behind, Li Aiguo turned his head as if nothing had happened and looked into the darkness in the distance.

The biscuits in my mouth don't seem so fragrant anymore.

(End of this chapter)