The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 428: Jia Zhang wants to jump in line, Yan Bugui’s little thought

Food stall at South Tongluo Lane.

Because there are voluntary patrols to help maintain order, the scene is orderly.

Deputy Station Manager Zhang, who was in charge of selling vegetables, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Li Aiguo.

"Driver Li, I really need to thank you today. In previous years, I was afraid of selling winter vegetables. These young people especially like to cause trouble."

"You're welcome."

Li Aiguo took out his lighter, lit a cigarette, and started smoking happily.

The Jia family had just arrived at the vegetable selling point.

Jia Dongxu yawned, folded his cotton-padded jacket and said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, it's all your fault for hanging around at home. The queue has been so long, when will it be our turn?"

"queue?"

People in this era eat green food, and there are no symptoms such as high blood pressure or other symptoms. As long as they eat well, their bodies will be strong.

In just a few months, Li Aiguo has become a "powerful person" in the neighborhood. It's so annoying!

"Look, she kicked the steel plate this time."

But when she thought about it carefully, she realized that she was not unreasonable this time!

Li Aiguo stared at Jia Zhang and said calmly: "Jia Zhang, not to mention whether you are old or weak, don't you still have a son? Your son can definitely buy groceries for you!"

"Jia Zhang, this is so outrageous."

The queue to buy groceries was very long. Seeing that it would take at least an hour to get to the front, Mrs. Jia Zhang couldn't hold it any longer.

"Dongxu is my biological son, how could I bear to let him suffer!" Mrs. Jia Zhang said matter-of-factly.

really.

Mrs. Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at her and said, "Qin Huairu, are you afraid of Li Aiguo? Why can he, a common man, confiscate our food tickets!"

"Yes, Jia Dongxu is the darling of the Jia family, and it was Qin Huairu who pulled the cart just now."

She saw an honest-looking young man, rolled her eyes, and walked to the team aggressively.

She took Jia Zhangshi's arm and forcibly dragged Jia Zhangshi to the end of the queue.

Mrs. Jia Zhang snorted coldly: "I saw it just now. You specially sent someone to send back the vegetables bought by Aunt Liu! Are you targeting my old lady?"

The hoarse and vicious voice broke the calm of the scene, and everyone looked over.

The guys suddenly burst into laughter.

Jia Zhang opened her mouth to continue scolding, when a cold voice came from behind her.

When they saw it was Jia Zhang, everyone was sweating for Li Aiguo.

Jia Zhang opened her mouth to curse.

As soon as these words came out.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, everyone is queuing up and buying groceries in order. What's the matter, are you special?"

"Hey, why are you so ignorant, young man? You are young, don't you know how to respect the old and love the young? How did your parents teach you!"

This old woman has always been known for being unreasonable, and now she is in trouble.

"you"

Li Aiguo's face became serious: "What's the matter? Your son is a treasure, but other people's sons all jumped out of stone eggs?

Mrs. Jia Zhang, if you continue to mess around here, go back now. Your family will not get a share of the winter vegetables this year. "

Hearing this, Mrs. Jia Zhang was speechless in the cold wind.

Turning around, she saw Li Aiguo standing nearby, his voice choked in his throat, and Jia Zhang shrank in fear.

The young man didn't mind giving up his seat to the old man.

The corners of Jia Zhang's mouth raised slightly, and her triangular eyes squinted: "Our Jia family never queues up!"

Although Mrs. Jia and Zhang take painkillers all day long, she is as fat as a fat pig, which has nothing to do with old age and infirmity.

How had the young man ever seen such an unreasonable person? He was unable to refute for a moment, but was still unwilling to give in.

"Mom, I am now the captain of the voluntary patrol team, responsible for maintaining order on the scene. If you make trouble again, let alone confiscating the food tickets, they may arrest you."

"Young man, Ma Liuzang, didn't you see that I want to buy groceries?"

"Isn't this Li Aiguo? What's the matter? Don't you know the principle of respecting the old and loving the young? My old lady is in poor health and cannot stand for a long time, so I want this young man to give up her position. Did I do something wrong?"

Jia Zhang was slapped with a big hat at that time.

"Give me, please give me."

But he only hesitated for a moment before he was violently sprayed by Jia Zhang.

His son is obviously the one doing the big things, so why should Li Aiguo be the captain of the voluntary patrol?

"Auntie, you look strong and healthy, why can't you wait in line?" The young man frowned and looked at Mrs. Jia Zhang up and down.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Qin Huairu rushed up and bowed to Li Aiguo and said, "Aiguo, I'm so sorry. My mother hasn't taken any painkillers in the past two days and her temper is a bit bad. Let's go back and line up now."

The young man could not bear it any longer.

Qin Huairu felt very tired at this time.

In just a few days, Mrs. Jia Zhang had forgotten about the confiscation of her painkillers.

There was a loud snoring sound coming from the flatbed truck. Qin Huairu turned around and saw Jia Dongxu sleeping soundly on it, and she was even more angry.

Qin Huairu felt very tired after marrying such a useless man.

But she has no choice now.

If she really fell out with Jia Dongxu and left the Jia family, she would have no choice but to return to the countryside and become a commune member.

Lu was obviously chosen by himself, but Qin Huairu felt a little regretful at this time.

the other side.

After Jia Zhang was dealt with, the residents who wanted to jump in line immediately became more honest.

Li Aiguo was very happy.

Is this considered killing the chicken to scare the monkey?

Buying and selling winter vegetables is simple.

Vegetables are divided into three types according to their quality: first-grade teeth, second-grade teeth and third-grade teeth.

There is a sample table next to the vegetable stall, where samples are placed according to their quality.

After the residents see the samples, they decide which grade of dishes they need and give the food stamps and money to the staff.

When someone picks up a large bundle of vegetables, passes it on the scale, and hands it back, the transaction is considered completed.

So it sells very quickly.

When the sky turns white in the east, there are not many residents left to buy groceries.

Seeing this situation, Li Aiguo asked the members of the patrol team to line up to buy groceries.

The young men had been busy for several hours, and they were all so tired that they were sweating profusely, with white steam rising from their foreheads.

Seeing this, the residents who were waiting in line asked the team members to buy first.

How could the team members violate the rules on their own? They lined up honestly at the back of the team, and so did Zhang Gangzhu.

Behind him was Xu Damao.

This guy watched the excitement all night and almost forgot to buy groceries.

"Comrade, please excuse me, I want to buy second-grade teeth."

There is also something to pay attention to when buying groceries.

First-grade teeth are too expensive, and third-grade teeth are all old-fashioned.

Therefore, most residents will choose second-level teeth, which are cheap and of high quality.

Waiting for the steel pillars to line up.

The comrade at the ticket office took the vegetable tickets, turned around and dug out a large bundle of cabbage, green onions, and celery from the corner of the truck. After weighing them, he handed them over.

It's Xu Damao's turn. This guy also needs second-level teeth.

The comrade at the vegetable stall took out a bundle from the pile of vegetables on the ground.

Xu Damao just took a look and realized that these dishes were far inferior to Zhang Gangzhu's.

In particular, there are a lot of old leaves hanging on it, and some of the leaves have been crushed because they have been pressed for a long time.

We, Damao, are not the ones who suffer losses. We wanted to offer a no-reason return or exchange clause on the spot, saying that we would refuse to accept it.

"When I talk about young comrades, we are all shopping for groceries. What others buy is a pretty girl, but why do I buy an old woman?!"

After taking a look at the carefree Xu Damao, the lady selling food put her hands on her waist and yelled: "This is what I ordered. If you want it, take it. If you don't want it, just get out of here."

"I"

Xu Damao was so frightened that he shrank his neck and smiled awkwardly: "I can't do it if I want. As for getting so angry?"

finally.

Xu Damao, like his married daughter-in-law, returned to the flatbed truck with a bundle of old vegetables.

Seeing that all the members of the voluntary patrol team were enjoying the delicious food, Xu Damao regretted not joining the patrol team in the first place.

Yi Zhonghai had already finished shopping for groceries, and he and Jia Dongxu were staring here closely.

He wanted to find evidence that Li Aiguo was using power for personal gain and embarrass the residents in front of everyone.

Seeing this scene, Jia Dongxu hurriedly pulled Yi Zhonghai's arm: "Master, Li Aiguo is doing something special. Hurry up and deal with him to avenge my mother!"

A gust of cold wind blew and penetrated into the cotton-padded jacket along the collar. Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but shiver and said in a trembling voice: "You, you underestimate Li Aiguo. Comrade at the food station, who are you willing to sell good food to?" , that’s someone else’s right, no one can stop it, it’s not something special.”

Yes, no matter what age you are in, who still doesn’t pay attention to the sophistication of the world.

The food outlets benefited from the patrols maintaining order, which made the salesmen's work much easier, so they naturally wanted to express their gratitude.

Li Aiguo also knew this, so he didn't stop him.

He also lined up and bought more than three hundred kilograms of cabbage, radishes, green onions and celery.

Of course, the dishes are delivered off the truck.

Seeing Li Aiguo loading juicy vegetables onto the flatbed truck, Yi Zhonghai was so angry that his heart skipped a beat.

"Master, are you sick again? Come on, I'll take you home." Jia Dongxu quickly helped Yi Zhonghai and walked to the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai's sad mood improved a little.

No matter what, he still had such a filial apprentice. As long as Jia Zhang died, someone would take care of him until he died.

It was already getting dark now, and the staff at the vegetable sales point had already begun to clean up the stalls.

Li Aiguo was smoking and chatting with the person in charge of the supply and marketing cooperative nearby.

Suddenly, I saw Yan Bugui, the third aunt, and Yan Jiecheng running hurriedly from a distance.

"Third uncle, what happened? You overslept and forgot the time to buy groceries?" Xu Damao teased Yan Bugui while smoking a cigarette.

Yan Bugui waved his hand: "What do you know, kid? You, the third uncle, did it with a pinch of salt!"

After saying that, he hurried to the food stall.

Calculating the time, Li Aiguo was also curious and turned to look. I saw Yan Bugui walking to the stall, saying hello to the vegetable seller, and saying with a smile: "Comrade, I want fourth-class food?"

Hear the words.

The vegetable seller was stunned.

"Fourth class? Our food is only third class."

With his little eyes blinking, Yan Bugui chuckled and pointed at the vegetables on the ground: "Well, aren't these fourth-class dishes?"

Good guy, the third uncle is here to get some advantages.

Vegetables stored for winter are already cheaper than vegetables from the wet market. If they can be even cheaper, wouldn’t that be a huge bargain?

In order to buy the cheapest food, Yan Bugui had specially calculated the time for the food to be sold. He waited for more than three hours, almost freezing into a popsicle, and chose to appear at the most suitable time.

It's just that the vegetable seller failed to understand Yan Bugui's painstaking efforts.

"Old comrade, I'm sorry, we only have third-class teeth, so we can't negotiate the price."

"Hey, comrade, these dishes are obviously ready."

"If you want to buy groceries, follow the three-level system. If you don't want to buy groceries, please leave. We are getting off work."

"you"

Yan Bugui felt that he was like a scholar meeting a soldier, and he couldn't explain why.

The third aunt saw Li Aiguo standing with a leader who seemed to have a good relationship.

She gently pulled Yan Bugui's arm: "Old Yan, here, you go and beg for patriotism."

Yan Bugui was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and strode over quickly.

"Patriot, busy."

Before Yan Bugui finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Aiguo.

He threw away the cigarette butt, stamped it out with the sole of his shoe, clasped his hands and said:

“Third uncle, the state has its own laws, the family has its own rules, and the car owners and dealers have their own cars.

Rules are rules. The supply and marketing cooperative has its own regulations. If everyone wants to mess around like you and order fourth-level dishes at will, how will Brother Zhang manage the food station? "

Deputy Station Manager Zhang, standing next to Li Aiguo, nodded appreciatively.

Li Aiguo helped the vegetable station a lot, but now he was really asked to sell the vegetables to Lao Yan at a cheap price. He really couldn't lose such face.

It’s just that there are so many people watching at this time.

Yanbu Guiming knew this was the result, but his mood still dropped.

Two to three hundred kilograms of vegetables can be sold for seven or eight cents cheaper.

At this time, Li Aiguo took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to Deputy Station Manager Zhang, and then said: "Brother Zhang, I see that the comrades at the vegetable station are very tired. I will leave the cleaning work to Yan Bu later." Dear comrade.

He is the third oldest person in our compound and an ideological activist. He even got a green vote this month. "

"That's easy to say. We'll have to put some food at Xizhimen later. We're really busy with work, and we really don't have time to clean the place."

Deputy station director Zhang took the cigarette, looked deeply at Li Aiguo, and said with a smile: "Driver Li, I have to thank you very much for helping me solve this big problem."

"Hey, are we good brothers? My sister-in-law wants the Jincheng cannabis flowers. You can come to my house to pick them up after get off work tomorrow."

"Oh, thank you very much." Deputy Station Zhang was overjoyed.

After a while.

Yan Jiecheng ran from home with a broom and said with some dissatisfaction: "Dad, Brother Patriot is too much. He doesn't help us negotiate the price, but asks us to clean the house. Is that fair?"

Snapped!

Before he finished speaking, he received a slap on the forehead.

Yan Bugui retracted his slap, pointed at the vegetable leaves on the ground and said, "Open your eyes and see, how many are these vegetable leaves?"

"About twenty or thirty pounds, right? But aren't these rotten vegetable leaves?" Yan Jiecheng rubbed his forehead in confusion.

Yan Bugui said coldly: "Rotten vegetable leaves? Have you ever seen rotten vegetable leaves in the vegetable market?"

"That's not true." Yan Jiecheng is also someone who has bought groceries. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that something was wrong.

"Rotten vegetable leaves are generally recycled by vegetable stations, mixed with good vegetable leaves, and sold directly. Aiguo pretends to let us sweep the floor, but in fact he gives the vegetable leaves to our family. If Aiguo hadn't helped to intercede, you Do you think it’s our turn to do this?”

Mentioning this matter, Yan Bugui felt a burst of admiration in his heart.

Li Aiguo's method not only prevented others from making irresponsible remarks behind his back, but also gave deputy director Zhang of the food station face, and objectively allowed the Yan family to take advantage.

The way he behaves is by no means immature.

"You, you should learn more from Patriotism in the future."

"Don't worry, Dad!"

Yan Jiecheng also figured it out now.

Yan Bugui picked up the vegetable leaves.

It is said to be rotten vegetable leaves, but in fact they are just fallen from Chinese cabbage. They are no different from third-level vegetables. They are still serious "green mouth vegetables".

Now you can make a lot of money!

Li Aiguo placed two wooden boards on the back of the tricycle, stacked the cabbage on it, and tied it tightly...

Then when Zhang Gangzhu and Xu Damao returned to the courtyard, it was almost half past seven.

At this time, Chen Xueru got up and made breakfast.

After eating, Chen Xueru went to work, and Li Aiguo started working on Chinese cabbage again.

The newly bought Chinese cabbages cannot be stacked directly. They must be spread out one by one on the ground and arranged neatly to dry. At the same time, the excess old cabbage roots, yellow leaves and rotten leaves must be cut off to prevent infection.

While they were busy, Da Junzi and Wang Pao walked over side by side.

The two of them had been busy for three or four hours, and they were both panting from exhaustion, but their faces were filled with smiles they had never seen before.

When they walked up to Li Aiguo, the smiles on their faces disappeared and there was a little fear.

The two of them pushed me and I pushed you, but neither of them seemed to dare to face Li Aiguo.

In the end, the two stood side by side in front of Li Aiguo.

"Captain Li, we have completed our mission and now it's time to return." The two said in unison.

After Da Junzi and Wang Pao sent Aunt Liu home, Li Aiguo saw that the two had very fast legs and feet, and there were many lonely old people in the neighborhood, so he gave them the task of delivering food to the lonely old people.

Li Aiguo stood up, wiped his hands, and looked at the two of them up and down.

"how do you feel?"

Feel? The two were stunned for a moment, and then they understood what Li Aiguo meant.

They all puffed up their chests and said with a smile: "Captain, don't tell me, I feel pretty good."

The two of them were a little reluctant at the beginning.

They are about to dominate the capital and become the masters of the capital. How can they do such a small thing as delivering food?

You must know that they have never done any housework at home on weekdays.

but.

After receiving the gratitude from those old people, a sense of mission they had never felt before suddenly surged into their hearts.

This is the first time they feel that what they do is appreciated by others.

This feeling is more refreshing than when they show off their power in the streets and get the admiration of those little green-skinned people.

"Okay, your punishment is over, you can go back." Li Aiguo said with a smile.

"Yes!"

The two hesitated for a moment, then finally turned around and left the courtyard.

Putting the Chinese cabbage under the eaves, it was already past nine in the morning.

Li Aiguo rode his bicycle to the street office.

The warm winter sun shines on the ancient city of Beijing, coating every busy person with a layer of golden light and painting the colors of the future on their energetic faces.

Under such sunshine, people no longer feel the severe cold of winter, but are full of love for life and expectations for the future.

The sun shone warmly on his face, as if a pair of gentle hands were caressing Li Aiguo's face.

Crossing the bustling road, I said hello to the gatekeeper.

Li Aiguo walked up the stairs to the second floor and knocked on Director Wang's door of the subdistrict office. After hearing a response from inside, he gently opened the door.

Director Wang seemed very enthusiastic after meeting Li Aiguo.

"You little monkey, what are you busy with these days? You don't come to my house to play."

"Aunt Wang, you have wronged me. I am working hard for the long-term stability of our street."

Li Aiguo lit up a cigarette with a smile, sat down opposite Director Wang, and crossed his legs.

"You kid, when did you learn to brag?"

Director Wang had nothing to do with Li Aiguo, a young man who was as close to him as a descendant. He took out two packets of flowers from the drawer and handed them to him.

"This was given to me as a gift for the wedding banquet I attended yesterday. Your uncle is not at home either, so he is taking advantage of you."

"Hey, Aunt Wang, you are my aunt."

Li Aiguo put the cigarette in his pocket, sat back on the chair, and his expression quickly became serious.

He recounted what happened at the grocery store in the morning.

"Lao Zhang of the food station called me and even praised me on the phone!" Director Wang narrowed his eyes with joy.

Li Aiguo said: "The vegetable selling activity is expected to last for five or six days. With hundreds of people gathering together, it is inevitable that there will be trouble."

"Yes, just now, I received a report from my superiors. Over at Xinhua Gate, seven or eight young people had a fight over grabbing a piece of cabbage. Four of them fell on the spot. They will be sent to the hospital now. Life or death. unknown."

Director Wang's face turned serious when he mentioned work.

Those who work in the neighborhood are most afraid of vicious cases in their jurisdiction. A fight may cause a year's work to be wasted.

"It's the end of the year and the comrades at the police station are under a lot of pressure. The members of your voluntary patrol team have jobs during the day, so it's hard to trouble you again and again."

Li Aiguo said: "That's why I came here this time. I see that there are many young people in our neighborhood who are unemployed. We should give them a red sleeve band and ask them to help maintain order. Ask them to be volunteers."

"Hey, don't tell me, this is a really good idea."

Director Wang thought carefully for a moment and realized the feasibility of it. He clapped his hands and said, "Change the troublemakers into those who maintain order. If one thing goes down and the other goes up, the public security will definitely improve."

Li Aiguo continued: "In addition, it is really difficult for the lonely elderly people in our neighborhood to get up at three o'clock in the morning, line up to buy groceries, and then take hundreds of kilograms of groceries back. I think we can let these young men help deliver groceries. "

Li Aiguo knew that these young men were not inherently bad people.

They just have problems in their native families, are not valued by their parents, and urgently need recognition from others.

Just like the killers in later generations who transformed themselves into parrot descendants, they used weird clothes and hairstyles to attract others' attention.

That's why you go astray.

Of course, if they were real street gangsters, Li Aiguo wouldn't mind sending them to the police station for rehabilitation.

"This is a good idea. Those young men are just too energetic. If you give them something to do, they might not cause trouble."

Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office was engaged in street work, and he immediately understood Li Aiguo's intention.

(End of this chapter)