The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 448 Instant noodles and fried dumplings

"Old lady, take out the salary I paid you a few days ago."

"We are going to deposit that money in the bank.

I heard that the Agricultural Bank of China (established in 1954) in Xizhimen held a savings event with prizes.

As long as you save twenty yuan, you can get a sticker.

If you win the decal, you can get a big bike! "

Inside the Yi family's house.

Auntie suddenly became unhappy when she heard that Yi Zhonghai wanted to lend money to Jia Zhang.

"Lao Yi, this money is our pension money."

"You really have long hair and short knowledge. As long as you win over Jia Dongxu, someone will support us in our old age. This little money is nothing!"

She still wants to celebrate the New Year!

"The Jia family's plan to fight feces is successful! Close the team!"

The cleaning team is responsible for the sanitation of public areas, not private nannies, and rejected the Jia family's request without hesitation.

With Yi Zhonghai's eighty yuan, Jia Zhang also took out twenty yuan of pension money, added them together and handed them to Village Chief Wei.

out of the yard.

Mrs. Jia Zhang wanted to curse a few words, but Village Chief Wei smiled and said, "Does your family still want gifts?"

Yi Zhonghai said with a straight face: "Besides, this time I am lending the money to Jia Dongxu, not giving it to the Jia family in vain."

At this time, Li Aiguo was so tired that he was sweating profusely. He raised his head and said with a smile: "It's Nan Yi and Master Liang who are here. Instead of steaming steamed buns, we are frying steamed buns at home today."

Nan Yi and Liang Ladi's four children were well educated. When they heard about the delicious food, their mouths watered.

Jia Zhang fell into sorrow.
Cow dung is a biological weapon that does not distinguish between friend and foe.

Seeing the four children following the two of them, Li Aiguo stood up and wiped his sweat and said: "Hey, Da Mao, Er Mao, San Mao, Xiu'er, there are freshly fried dumplings in the kitchen, they are still warm, hurry up. Go in and ask Sister Yuyu to help you get it."

"Dongxu is indeed a good boy." The aunt had no choice but to take out a handful of money from the cabinet and handed it to Yi Zhonghai.

Seeing this, Nan Yi felt that the feces in Jia's house would not be cleaned up for a while. After returning home, he looked at Liang Ladi and said:
"No, we can't stay in this room any longer. Let's go to Patriotic Country and rest for a while before making plans."

Jia Zhang, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu could only borrow a manure spoon and get busy in the house.

"Well, it's just one hundred yuan. How can our Jia family not be able to pay it back! Get the money and hurry up."

Hearing this, Mrs. Jia Zhang shrank her neck in fright and did not dare to say a word anymore.

After Nan Yi finished shopping for the New Year's goods, he came back with Liang Ladi, Da Mao and the others, and almost fainted from the smoke.

She saw Li Aiguo squatting in front of an enamel basin and kneading noodles.

Seeing the bullock cart disappear at the end of the road, Jia Zhang was completely relieved at this time.

"Thank you, Uncle Patriot."

But the four children did not move. Instead, they looked at Liang Ladi.

"I heard that Patriot is frying vegetables today, so we just went to help."

Just entered Li's house.

Village Chief Lao Wei waved his hand, and the members carried the empty barrels and left the courtyard.

"Oh, Driver Li, can you still steam buns?"

But both of them thought it was dirty and planned to ask the street cleaning team to come forward.

Liang Ladi was already pregnant at this time, and she came to Li's house with several children.

However, they are all the kind of people who do not work hard, and the progress of cleaning up is very slow.

Of course Auntie knows the difference between [lent to the Jia family] and [lent to Jia Dongxu].

He found Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu and asked them to clean the house.

The old scalper raised his head and let out a 'moo', then kicked the ground with his four hooves. The reins hanging on the cow's body were tightened and straightened, and the cart moved forward slowly.

Village Chief Wei walked up to the public security commissioner and patted him heavily on the shoulder: "Old man, thank you very much this time."

The air in the compound is full of fragrant smell, and the residents are inevitably affected.

The money Jia Zhang borrowed was never repaid.

But what should I do with the pile of stuff at home?

If it is lent to the Jia family, it is lent to the Jia and Zhang family.

Making dough is not an easy task, and the consistency must be controlled.

Yi Zhonghai counted out eighty yuan, put it in his pocket, and hurried out of the house.

"I have long regarded myself as a member of the Weizhuang Commune. You are a bit out of line when you say this." The public security commissioner sat down on the bullock cart and pulled the reins.

She has never been afraid of the sky or the earth, but this time she was really frightened by these members.

In particular, the Nanyi family is the neighbor of the Jia family and is the first to bear the brunt.

After getting Liang Ladi's permission.

The four children all bowed to Li Aiguo, thanked him, and then happily ran into the kitchen.

Li Aiguo brought a stool and asked the two of them to sit down. Then he looked at Chen Xueru and said, "Daughter-in-law, let's rest for a while before we do it."

At this time, a chopping board was placed on the square table with dough placed on it.

Chen Xueru rolled up her sleeves, revealing her white arms. She was holding a rolling pin and rolling the dough into round noodles.

Her bangs were stuck to her scalp, her face was stained with white flour, and the collar of her shirt was soaked. She looked like a hard-working little daughter-in-law.

There is no way, there is no noodle machine in China at this time (the earliest noodle machine in China appeared in 58).

In order to fry the dumplings, Chen Xueru had to transform into a human noodle machine.

Liang Ladi looked at the two of them and asked curiously: "Aiguo, we don't have the habit of eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year here. How can we make dumplings properly?"

"Sister Ladi, this is a patriotic idea. He wants to use the dumplings as gifts this year to give to relatives and friends."

Chen Xueru also felt that Li Aiguo's idea was a bit weird.

The cost of fried rice dumplings is quite high, requiring white flour, soybean oil, and eggs.

After all, it is more expensive than buying snacks from a pastry shop.

Nan Yi also felt unreliable: "Driver Li, I have researched steamed buns. It takes two taels of soybean oil, eight taels of flour, and four eggs to fry one pound of steamed buns. The price of raw materials alone is only fifty cents. If you do it like this, Not worth it.”

"Gifts to relatives and friends represent our sincerity. There is no need to care about the cost." Li Aiguo smiled.

The reason why he wanted to fry the dumplings in a big way, of course, had his own motives, but it was just not enough for outsiders to explain right now.

Seeing that Li Aiguo was so stubborn, Nan Yi could only give up.

He just explained the specific details of fried rice dumplings to him.

"Use clean soybean oil to fry the steamed buns, then heat 80% of the oil in the pan, use chopsticks to shape it into the desired shape and flip it back and forth, and take it out when it is golden brown."

Li Aiguo nodded frequently after hearing this. After all, he was a great chef and even studied pastries.

After several people chatted for a while, Li Aiguo stood up and continued working.

Seeing that the two of them were still not leaving, he asked curiously: "Nanyi, Ladi, don't you need to prepare things for the New Year?"

"It's bad, don't mention it. The Jia family is in trouble. The two families are too close. My family doesn't dare to open the door now. Let Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu clean up that thing. They are lazy donkeys now." Nan Yi was angry. said.

Only then did Li Aiguo think of biological and chemical weapons.

In fact, even though he was in the backyard, he was still affected and did not go out all morning.

"I think you can go find the third uncle."

"Can the third uncle manage the Jia family?" Nan Yi looked confused.

Li Aiguo said: "Although the third uncle can't control the Jia family, he likes shit."

"Anyone else likes that Mi Tai thing?" Nan Yi scratched his head.

Li Aiguo educated Nan Yi, saying: "Dung is a good thing. As the saying goes, crops are like a flower, and all depends on dung. In the countryside, you need dung tickets to poop, and sometimes there will be fights!"

Nan Yi finally understood at this time and slapped his thigh: "The third uncle can take the dung to the countryside and sell it!"

He ran out of the house in a hurry and came to the third uncle's house.

The third uncle is worrying about how to go out and pick up money.

After hearing Nan Yi's idea, he was so excited that he clapped his hands.

"Nanyi, I didn't expect that boy's mind to be so flexible."

"No more, it's all a patriotic idea."

"I have to be a train driver who is well-informed and found a way to make money for me in the blink of an eye."

The third uncle thought about it in his mind.

The Weizhuang Commune poured twenty buckets of manure into Jia's house.

Even if he only fished out half of the excrement and sold it to Zuojiazhuang for 10 cents per barrel, he could still earn one yuan.

This business can be done!
Snapped!
The third uncle slammed the table, stood up and shouted loudly: "Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, you three come with me to scoop up the shit!"

Yan Jiecheng: "."

Yan Jiefang: "."

Yan Jiekuang: "."

Yan Jiedi: "^_^"

The third uncle borrowed a flatbed truck from the compound next door.

I borrowed a dozen wooden buckets and dung spoons from the cleaning team, and took the three children to the middle courtyard.

He did not knock on Jia's door immediately, but said loudly with a dung spoon: "Dear neighbors, now that Jia's family is in great trouble, everyone should lend a helping hand and help their neighbors enthusiastically. I am Yanbu. Old teacher, as the third uncle, I will set an example today!"

The residents in the compound poked their heads out of their houses and gave the third uncle a thumbs up.

No matter what the third uncle wanted, he did help others.

The third uncle looked at Yan Jiecheng with some pride: "Did you see it? This is called maximizing interests. Learn from dad in the future and don't be stupid all day long."

Yan Jiecheng: "."

When Mrs. Jia Zhang heard that the third uncle was going to help her family clean up pig manure, she clapped her hands to express welcome.

In the Jia family's opinion, pig manure is a toy for Mi Tai.

In the eyes of the third uncle, it is a precious wealth.

He picked up the dung spoon and rushed into the house. Looking at the mess all over the house, the third uncle laughed.

“I’ll make a lot of money this time!”

Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang were all on the verge of tears, but they had no choice but to get busy in the Jia family's house.

finally.

With the unremitting efforts of several people, the feces in Jia's house was cleaned up.

Although there is still a strong smell in the house, it is habitable.

The third uncle resold the manure to Zuojiazhuang and made a profit of one dollar and fifty cents. Residents also dare to move around in the compound.

Weijiazhuang is going to owe money.

This time it’s four wins!
Our Li Aiguo has done another great thing, so happy!
But now his mind is entirely on the fried dumplings.

In the big black iron pot, the hot oil was bubbling. Li Aiguo was frying the dumplings with chopsticks, Chen Xueru was rolling out the noodles, and He Yuyu was heating the pot.

There was a cheerful and busy atmosphere in the house.

In one morning, Li Aiguo fried more than 30 kilograms of dumplings.

I gave some to Mrs. Liu’s family, Zhang Gangzhu’s family, Nanyi’s family and Zhang Dakui’s family.

The children in the courtyard also got a bit of it. The children ate the sweet dumplings and shouted in the courtyard.

Residents in the courtyard all know that Li Aiguo, who originally liked driving trains, now suddenly likes fried dumplings.

Jia Zhang smelled the aroma of fried dumplings and said with a gloomy face: "This damn Li Aiguo made delicious food and didn't know how to give some to my old lady. He is not afraid of choking to death if he eats alone."

"Yes, mother, Li Aiguo has gone too far." In the smelly house, Jia Dongxu pinched his nose, drank stick noodle porridge, and said angrily: "Those people in Weijiazhuang were all provoked by Li Aiguo, how about we We can’t lose 200 yuan. With that much money, we can buy meat this year.”

Originally, the Jia family had left 20 yuan to buy new year's goods, but now they have paid it all back to the members.

Mrs. Jia Zhang cursed for a while, then suddenly looked at Qin Huairu and said, "Daughter-in-law, I just saw that Yi Zhonghai's family bought three kilograms of pork. Go and borrow two kilograms."

Qin Huairu: "."

Although she didn't want to go, she was afraid of being scolded by Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu, so she had to stand up and walk out.

Qin Huairu came out of the house and happened to see Li Aiguo giving Nan Yi's steamed buns.

The golden rice dumplings emitted a scorching golden light under the sunlight, making them particularly attractive.

"Nanyi, if it's not enough, I still have some at home."

"That's enough, that's enough, patriotic brother, you are too polite."

Nan Yi hurriedly took it, sighing in his heart that he was not willing to give such precious food to others. Li Aiguo was the only one in this courtyard.

Li Aiguo also saw Qin Huairu, but ignored her and turned around and walked to the backyard.

Looking at that stalwart figure, Qin Huairu wanted to speak, but opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

Li Aiguo once warned her that he was done with her.

If she had stayed at the Li family back then, she might have eaten delicious steamed buns by now, instead of sleeping in a pigsty-like house.

The sigh slipped gently from her lips, as if a heavy worry was wrapping around her heart.

The whole person exuded an aura of melancholy, and his expression was so poignant.

Qin Huairu regretted it a little.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world.

Soon, all the residents in the courtyard knew that Li Aiguo liked fried dumplings.

There are also some people who are dissatisfied and feel that Li Aiguo is too extravagant.

Although Li Aiguo's current monthly salary is more than 100 yuan, as well as various allowances, it is a bit too much to blow up dozens of kilograms.

In the afternoon, Li Aiguo continued his big business of delivering rice dumplings.

First, I gave some dumplings to Zhao Yazhi and Xiao Miaomiao.

Then he took three to five kilograms of rice dumplings with him, got on his bicycle, and came to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

Tomorrow will be the Chinese New Year, and the locomotive depot has been cleaned up (ignoring the maintenance workshop). Red Spring Festival couplets are pasted on the door, and big red flowers are hung on the black front of the car.

Even the dog raised by Mr. Ke Laowang, who was guarding the area, had been washed clean and was now squatting in the sun and shivering.

"Brother Wang, eat the steamed buns, I fried them myself."

"Oh, you're welcome, Driver Li."

While delivering the rice dumplings, I walked towards the courtyard.

As soon as Li Aiguo walked downstairs to the office building, he met Director She of the Education Office.

"Hey, Patriot, you came just in time. Our Locomotive Section Women's Federation has organized a social dance tonight. At eight o'clock in the evening, it will be in the life activity room. You must participate."

Director She warmly invited Li Aiguo.

"Director, we are a big boss. If we step on a lesbian's feet and swell them, we will be in trouble." Li Aiguo declined Director She's invitation.

Just kidding, most of the people who attend ballroom dances are unmarried young men, and the main purpose is to find partners for these young men.

We, Li Aiguo, are handsome men. If another girl falls in love with him, it will only cause a lot of trouble.

"Okay." Director She also knew this and turned around to leave.

"Director She, wait a minute, eat some steamed buns." Li Aiguo opened the newspaper bag, grabbed a handful of steamed buns, and handed them over.

Director She took it and said in surprise: "Driver Li, can you still make dumplings?"

"Yeah, I think this thing is quite interesting."

"interesting?"

When Director She saw Li Aiguo entering the office building holding a steamed bun, he was a little confused, what could this thing mean?
After distributing the dumplings to Director Zhang, Director Liu and other leaders in the office building, Li Aiguo finally knocked on the front door of the office of Xing Liuzhu, the chief of the locomotive section.

After receiving the response, Li Aiguo gently opened the door.

"Captain Duan, I'm busy."

"It's patriotic." Duan Zhang Xing stood up, looked at the newspaper bag in his arms, and laughed loudly: "I just heard that you made a lot of dumplings. If you want some, just give them to me." Coming to the door."

"Of course, you are my uncle." Li Aiguo put the remaining dumplings on the table, "Commander Duan, try my craftsmanship."

Duan Chang Xing opened the newspaper, picked up a steamed bun, and stuffed it into his mouth.

bang.

"Crispy and delicious, crispy and patriotic. Your craftsmanship is already very good."

Duan Chang Xing picked up a towel and wiped the corners of his mouth. Suddenly he stared at Li Aiguo and asked, "It's just that you're not really going to switch to fried dumplings, are you?"

There is a rumor in the locomotive depot that the train driver who was awarded the title of Advanced Railway Worker is obsessed with steamed buns.

In Xing Duanchang's opinion, this is not doing his job properly.

Li Aiguo sat down on the chair opposite him.

Lean your body back into a comfortable position, with your left foot on your right leg.

"Commander Duan, how could I say that you are a senior commander! In fact, I discovered a new product during the process of frying dumplings. Once this product is invented, it can bring huge returns to our locomotive depot! "

"What product?" Duan Chang Xing suddenly became energetic.

"instant noodles!"

"Fang, instant noodles?" Duan Chang Xing frowned.

He knew the word "convenience".

He also knows the facial expressions.

But when these three words were combined together, he was a little confused.

"Instant noodles are noodles that can be eaten after being soaked in boiling water." Li Aiguoyan explained concisely: "You can eat cooked food without making a fire to cook."

Duan Chang Xing stood up suddenly and said in disbelief: "The noodles are not cooked, can they be eaten just by soaking them in water?"

This is beyond Xing Duanchang's understanding.

After getting the affirmation from Li Aiguo.

Duan Chang Xing couldn't help but take a breath: "Aiguo, if you can really make this instant noodles, it will be an incredible thing."

As the section chief of the locomotive depot, Xing Liuzhu also knows a lot about train transportation.

In order to provide hot meals to passengers on the train every year, the locomotive depot must equip the train with a dining car, a large amount of food, and a chef.

Officially because of the higher cost, the price of meals on the train is much higher than on the ground.

If instant noodles were available, passengers would only need to buy instant noodles and a bowl of boiling water to solve the feeding problem.

With tens of millions of passengers traveling by train every year, instant noodles have a lot to offer!
"Okay, okay, your instant noodles are very promising! Don't worry, our maintenance section will definitely support you."

"Captain Duan, I'm here to ask for your help today."

Seeing that the time had come, Li Aiguo stood up with a smile, reached for the cigarette on the table, took out one, and lit it with a lighter.

"These are the cigarettes I gave out when I attended the ministry meeting today." Duan Chang Xing took out two more packs from the drawer.

"Uncle Xing, you'd better be kind to your nephew." Li Aiguo took it without any politeness and put it in his pocket.

Looking at the playful and smiling Li Aiguo, Duan Chang Xing felt that there was nothing he could do to deal with this kid.

"Don't talk about this, let's continue talking about instant noodles." He is now obsessed with instant noodles.

Li Aiguo pointed to the dumplings on the table and said, "Chief Duan, these dumplings are not dumplings."

"Not a steamed bun?" Duan Chang Xing looked confused.

"They are defective products produced in an experiment to make instant noodles. Therefore, when I fry the steamed buns, I am not frying steamed buns, but doing an experiment!"

Putting his hands on the table and leaning forward, Li Aiguo stared at Duan Chang Xing and said, "This is an important project, Duan Chang, should you allocate research funds to me?"

Money, money, money. Li Aiguo talked a lot about it, but Duan Chang Xing only heard the word "money".

He finally understood why this kid was distributing dumplings to everyone. It turned out to be to get funds.

This guy is so cunning!
Duan Chang Xing thought for a moment and asked, "When will the experiment be successful?"

"It depends on when I can find the failure mother." Li Aiguo said.

Duan Chang Xing: "."

He suddenly smiled bitterly: "Yes, who can say for sure about this thing! However, you are indeed doing an experiment. Let's do this. I will approve a hundred yuan of project funds for you first."

"In addition to funds, we also need raw materials. Chief Duan, you don't know that our flour and oil are almost used up, and by the way, we also need five kilograms of pork." Li Aiguo pushed further.

Duan Chang Xing frowned: "There's no pork in the dumplings, why do you want pork?"

"I want to eat pork." Li Aiguo said confidently.

Duan Chang Xing: "."

He wanted to refute, but couldn't find a reason.

After pondering for a moment, he took out a notebook from the drawer, wrote a line of words on it, and copied the seal.

In winter, the seal is relatively dry, so after covering it for a while, there are no traces on the book.

"Ha" Li Aiguo took it and breathed a sigh of relief before stamping it with a red stamp.

He kicked the note into his pocket and saluted Duan Chang Xing: "Chief Duan, don't worry, I will definitely develop instant noodles as soon as possible."

"I believe in you."

After Duan Chang Xing nodded heavily, he suddenly asked: "Patriot, can those defective products produced during the experiment be sent to our locomotive depot canteen?"

Li Aiguo: "."

He felt that he had underestimated this senior officer.

(End of this chapter)