The train driver in the courtyard

[Warm congratulations to Comrade Li Aiguo, a worker at the locomotive depot, who was inspired by the traditional food fried dumplings and invented instant noodles! ——We must conscientiously study Comrade Li Aiguo’s spirit of “come from work and go to work”

An exclusive interview article with Li Aiguo was published in Renren Daily on March 18th.

The article describes in detail how Li Aiguo invented instant noodles.

He also called on the people to use their own wisdom in labor work to contribute to the construction of socialism, just like Li Aiguo.

The article is located in the lower right corner of the front page and has more than 500 words. It immediately attracted strong attention once it was published.

There are also people with good memories who recall the red whirlwind that also appeared in the daily newspapers a few days ago.

He is also a worker in the locomotive depot, and he is also called Li Aiguo. This is the same person.

Li Aiguo is a fast runner, can make instant noodles, and can drive a large train. He is known as the perfect husband for little girls.

For a time, many young girls came to Li Aiguo's address and prepared to write a sincere love letter.

However, they saw the name of a lesbian in the article - Chen Xueru.

The article stated that Chen Xueru was Li Aiguo’s virtuous wife.

The young couple joined hands to engage in research and development, which was a model of revolutionary marriage. This made the unmarried girls immediately discouraged.

They all think that Chen Xueru is so lucky.

Who doesn’t know how to make fried dumplings? Why can Chen Xueru monopolize the train driver?
Chen Fangxuan also saw the newspaper.

The old tailor burst into tears when he saw his daughter's name appearing in the daily newspaper.

"It's glorious, there is smoke rising from the grave of our ancestors of the Chen family."

At that time, he sent his sister-in-law to invite Chen Xueru back.

Chen Xueru was working in the street office. When she saw her sister-in-law coming back in a hurry, she thought something had happened.

She hurriedly followed her sister-in-law back to the tailor shop and saw Chen Fangxuan squatting on the ground holding a newspaper, with question marks written all over his face.

The sister-in-law waved the newspaper loudly: "Xueru, you are in the newspaper. You are the first person in our old Chen family to be published in Renren Daily."

"It's all due to patriotism. I'm just a handyman." Chen Xueru felt that her sister-in-law was too showy and said with a blushing face.

"Ahem, Xueru, you have made a contribution, don't be proud." Chen Fangxuan turned his head and wiped his tears, coughing twice.

Ever since Chen Xueru returned home, he has always had a straight face. If someone didn't know better, they would think that he didn't pay attention to this matter!

But my sister-in-law knew that Chen Fangxuan had bought more than two hundred newspapers early in the morning and planned to give them to relatives and friends.

The price of newspapers is not cheap these days, costing 1 cents and 2 cents a copy.

After a few chats, a customer came to the tailor shop, and Chen Fangxuan went to the counter to entertain the customers.

The sister-in-law pulled Chen Xueru into the room, held her hand and said, "Xueru, Aiguo has been in the newspapers twice in a row now. Many girls in our workshop have cut out his photos and hidden them in their underwear pockets. Can you You have to be more vigilant.”

Hearing this situation, a trace of worry appeared on Chen Xueru's beautiful face.

"Be vigilant. How can I be vigilant? I can't tie him to his belt with a rope."

"You, you are such a fool." The sister-in-law said bitterly: "You hurry up and have a child with Ai Guo, and you will be tied up, right? Before marriage, a woman depends on her beauty, but after marriage, a woman depends on her son."

As she spoke, she patted her bulging belly and said with some pride: "Since I was pregnant, your brother has been completely obedient to me."

Even though Chen Xueru is a resolute and resolute street office worker at Daqianmen Street Office, she is a layman when it comes to this kind of relationship between husband and wife.

After hearing what her sister-in-law said, she felt convinced.

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"I also wanted to get pregnant, and I even calculated the time, but this month's moonlight came on time." Chen Xueru bit her light red lips and said a little depressed.

"Didn't you mention that a leader's wife gave you a prescription? Did you use it for patriotism?"

"No. It was almost the Chinese New Year at that time, and the street office was too busy." Chen Xueru suddenly became energetic when she thought of the prescription Feng Nan gave her.

"Come on, let's go get the medicine. You urge Aiguo to drink it. Maybe we can get pregnant."

The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. The eldest sister-in-law is usually a bit unreliable, but she still cares about the little sister Chen Xueru.

With a big belly, she took Chen Xueru to the Chinese medicine shop next door and grabbed two pairs of Chinese medicine.

In the back garden of a Japanese courtyard.

An Teng was squatting in front of the big iron pot, looking at the noodles in the pot in a daze.

He has conducted hundreds of experiments according to the 'Yi Mian' recorded in ancient books.

As long as instant noodles are successfully developed, he will become a rich man.

Then the excuse is that I got inspiration from fried tempura, so I can contribute to the promotion of my country's culture.

There's no way around it, people like An Teng just want to eat everything they can.

A bright future is waving at him. The hot oil boiling in the pan is like hot gold.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Mrs. Anten came into the house with an oil bag.

She was in a panic, and she didn't even forget to close the door when she entered the house, which aroused An Teng's dissatisfaction.

"Jingzi, have you forgotten how to be a woman?"

"Ando-kun, look, does this look similar to the noodles you want to study?"

"what!"

An Teng couldn't wait to grab the oil bag and opened it. Inside was a piece of instant noodles.

"This, where does this come from?"

Jingzi said: "I bought it from a street store. It is said to be produced by a company in Hong Kong City. The developer was inspired by fried rice dumplings."

Two lines of hot tears rolled down, and the dough fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

"Baga! Who stole my instant noodles!" An Teng squatted on the ground: "Fried dumplings? Where's the fried tempura you promised?"

Today Li Aiguo was absent from driving again.

As soon as he arrived at the locomotive depot, he was invited to the conference room by Duan Zhang Xing.

The conference room was filled with leaders.

Duan Chang Xing raised the newspaper high: "Comrade Li Aiguo from our locomotive depot has appeared in the daily newspaper again. Here, we would like to congratulate Comrade Li Aiguo. At the same time, I hope that all workers in the locomotive depot will learn from Li Aiguo's hard work." Spirit!"

The meeting was very brief. After the fierce applause, Li Aiguo followed Duan Chang Xing to the office.

Duan Chang Xing handed out a cigarette and said with a smile: "Patriot, after you appeared in the newspaper, the General Administration also sent a letter to congratulate you and officially established the Patriot Studio."

In the past, Li Aiguo's studio was just a grass-roots team, and all funds came from the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

Now that we are established, both funding and equipment can be guaranteed.

Li Aiguo couldn't help but clenched his fists.

When he joined the locomotive depot as a train driver, it was because in these days, the railway department was the least concerned about red tape.

Employees are rarely ranked according to seniority, and those who are capable come first!
After the Patriotic Studio became an official organization of the railway department, Li Aiguo no longer needed to ask the locomotive department for a letter of introduction when purchasing experimental materials.

He carved a carrot seal entirely by himself and stamped the letter of introduction with a red stamp.

"Captain Duan, don't worry. I will work hard in the future to transport more passengers and contribute to the railway transportation of the motherland."

"Wait a minute." Duan Chang Xing interrupted Li Aiguo: "Now the General Administration is focusing on the studio, why do you always bring up the matter of running a train?"

"I'm a train driver, why don't I drive a train?"

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Looking at the confident Li Aiguo, Duan Chang Xing felt very tired.

He really couldn't understand why Li Aiguo was so obsessed with driving a train?

Duan Chang Xing pinched his eyebrows and said, "Don't you have any good ideas for the studio's next project?"

"I have an idea."

As soon as these words came out, Xing Duanchang became more energetic and looked at Li Aiguo with expectant eyes.

Li Aiguo said slowly: "Captain Duan, I think the conductor on our train is too honest."

"Too honest?"

"Yes, Chief Duan, you see, there are thousands of passengers on each of our trains, and there are four to five hundred trains running on the railways across the country every day.

There were millions of passengers on the train, all of whom were potential buyers.

We sell products entirely on the train. "Li Aiguo said.

Xing Duanchang said: "It's sold. There are meals, beer, and now instant noodles in the dining car."

"What if we use the procurement channel on the railway to purchase a batch of commodities and local specialties, and then let the crew push them on trolleys to sell them one by one?" Li Aiguo said.

As soon as these words came out, Duan Chang Xing stood up excitedly.

“The train has turned into a huge department store!”

A smile appeared on Li Aiguo's lips: "It's still a department store that customers can't leave."

[Beer, drinks, mineral water, peanut and melon seed eight-treasure porridge, blueberry and prune beef jerky, biscuits, instant noodles and ham sausage, hey! Master, please close your legs! 】

The classic programs that were often performed on the green trains of later generations could not be seen in this era. Li Aiguo really couldn't bear it!

No matter in which era, there are poor and rich people, even in this era of scarcity, there is no exception.

Most of the passengers on the trains these days were respectable people, and they might have ten dollars in their pockets!

They won't frown at all when buying specialties for a few cents or cents.

In these days, transportation is not convenient, and it is difficult to buy specialties from other places locally. Passengers visiting relatives and friends can buy their favorite gifts on the train.

And in this year and month, purchasing many products requires corresponding coupons.

The railway department is an independent department and does not require coupons for goods on the train (this can be seen from the food on the train, which does not require food stamps for meals on the train).
In addition, selling goods on trains has huge benefits for the locomotive depot.

There are hundreds of thousands of employees' families on the railways, most of whom do not have formal jobs. Train salesmanship is a way to make a living.

Profits from product sales can also be given to the locomotive depot and charter crews to improve the welfare level of employees.

Duan Chang Xing instantly realized that selling goods on the train was a profitable and harmless business.

but.

Millions of cents and pennies put together, it would be an astronomical figure.

This is a big deal!
When Li Aiguo first proposed selling goods, Duan Chang Xing thought he just mentioned it casually and didn't take it to heart at all.

The more I think about it now, the more excited I become, and the more I think about it, the more frightened I become.

This little driver can change the entire railway system by just proposing a plan.

Duan Chang Xing took a deep breath and said, "Patriot, this matter is too big."

Li Aiguo nodded and said: "To coordinate the national railway sales system, the ministry must come forward, but we can do it ourselves first. There is no rule in the ministry that we cannot sell things on trains."

"Yes, yes, let's do it first!" Duanchang Xing understood immediately and displayed his tough style.

"I'll discuss it with a few deputy section chiefs right away and let the flight attendants serve as salespersons first. What's that little cart you're talking about?"

"It's that kind of narrow iron frame with four wheels underneath, so it can walk smoothly in crowded aisles."

Li Aiguo was very curious in later generations.

The train corridor was clearly overcrowded.

Why can the trolley be pushed through?
"You get the cart out right now, and I'll go arrange the sales."

Duan Chang Xing was a resolute person. After realizing that there was a lot of money to be made by selling goods on the train, he immediately became energetic.

He immediately summoned the leader for a meeting.

After the leaders heard that they could make money reasonably and legally, they all raised their hands in agreement.

Don't look at the high wages of railway workers.

But often one person has to support a family with four or five children, and life is difficult.

If a leader does not seek the welfare of his subordinates, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. Driven by the two factors of profit and convenience for passengers, the Qianmen Locomotive Depot Materials Department quickly purchased a large amount of Beijing's local products in the name of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot through the railway's procurement system.

The flight attendants at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot were notified. After work, the flight attendants came to the education room and conducted special training under the guidance of Director She.

It was the first time for the flight attendants to come into contact with selling goods, and they were all a bit reluctant to let go.

They are formal employees, how can they do such boring things as selling things?

What?
Give me a commission!
It's done!

When the flight attendants heard about the generous commission, their voices suddenly became louder.

After all, you can earn a box of cream for just one trip, what girl wouldn't love that?

Li Aiguo seized the time to make a small cart, a must-have artifact for selling goods on the train.

The structure of the trolley is very simple. As a mechanical master, Li Aiguo only spent half a day drawing the drawings.

Then dozens of fitters, forgers, and welders from the workshop came together, and it took another half a day to make fifty trolleys.

In order to get off to a good start selling goods on the train, Duan Chang Xing specially asked Li Aiguo to give an on-site teaching session to the flight attendants.

On the speeding train, in the crowded compartment, passengers are full of expectations and ready to start a new journey.

Suddenly a magnetic voice came from behind.

"White wine instant noodles and melon seeds, please tuck your legs, everyone, give way."

The passengers looked curiously at Li Aiguo and the trolley he was pushing. The trolley was filled with various non-staple food.

"Comrade, what is this?" A man wearing a Chinese tunic suit stood up and looked at the cart curiously.

"Commodities, our railway serves the people. In order to facilitate passengers to purchase the commodities they need, we specially provide door-to-door delivery services."

The curious eyes of the passengers were accompanied by the background music of train wheels hitting the track.

Li Aiguo picked up a pack of instant noodles and sang: "It will take two days and two nights for our train to reach its destination. For such a long time, I am afraid that your liver will be starved, your stomach will be starved, and you will be starved to death in the middle of the night." Sleep, you are so hungry that your chest is pressed against your back~"

As soon as these words came out, the stomachs of the passengers who were not hungry began to growl.

"Oops, I really forgot to bring food."

Da Beitou proudly took out 30 cents from his pocket and bought a pack of Railway Red Star instant noodles.

"It will cost you 30 cents. The dining car has hot water. You can buy tea tickets."

People have a herd mentality, so when they saw someone buying instant noodles, other passengers raised their hands.

"Comrade, give me a pack too."

It was just a carriage, and all the instant noodles and melon seeds were sold out.

Captain Bai and several female flight attendants standing at the junction of the carriages were stunned.

Zhao Yazhi said: "In the past, our instant noodles were the best-selling product, and we only sold a few hundred packs per trip. If we continue like Driver Li, we will definitely sell thousands of packs."

"The most important thing is that even the melon seeds are sold. Not many people on the train are willing to sell melon seeds." Zhao Youling was also full of admiration.

She finally understood why Zhao Yazhi followed Li Aiguo even though she had no status. Who could not love such a man?

Li Aiguo did not expect that the passengers would be so enthusiastic. He understood it after thinking about it carefully.

People in this era were much simpler than later generations.

Besides, when you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, you still get a blank look, but now it is delivered to your door, how can you not be happy?

Taking this opportunity, Li Aiguo decided to do something big.

He waved to Zhao Yazhi, and Zhao Yazhi pushed another trolley and came over.

The cart was filled with valuable merchandise.

The profits of products including wooden combs, belts, and cardamom shampoo produced by the Magic City Household Industry Co. are much higher than those of food.

Even Duan Chang Xing was not confident before assembling the goods.

So I only packed two small cars and hoped to sell them before the train arrived at its destination.

"Driver Li, if you can't sell it, don't force it." Zhao Yazhi said with some worry, knowing that the man was a strong person.

"Don't worry, you will understand my true strength later!"

Li Aiguo was not a braggart, so he picked up a comb and said loudly: "Coming from the south to the north, take a look, this is the latest product of the plastic factory, a high-tech chemical comb.

Buy one as a gift to your parents to make up for your upbringing;
Buy one as a gift to relatives and friends to enhance mutual affection;
I bought one as a gift to my mother-in-law, she said that her son-in-law is better than her son;"

Some witty remarks attracted the attention of many passengers.

A big girl wearing a woolen gown asked curiously: "Comrade, how is the quality of your comb?"

"The Yangtze River is full of waves, and thousands of households need it. The Yangtze River is full of waves, so don't be fooled when buying our combs." Li Aiguo picked up the comb and shook it: "Only qualified products leave the factory if we do not deceive the people or the Party.

As soon as our products leave the factory, no one will want those wooden combs. "

puff!

The eldest girl laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward.

She covered her little mouth and rolled her eyes cutely and said: "If this comb is half as good as you say, it will be a very good thing."

Good guy, I met a picky customer.

"From ancient times to the present, at home and abroad, from the Republic of China to the present, you have never seen a comb that is not broken, right?"

Li Aiguo picked up the comb and twisted it a few times. The cooked rubber comb had been twisted, but there was no change at all.

"Did you see it? It will last ten or eight years and can be passed on to the next generation. Although it is not a family heirloom, it is indispensable to everyone."

The eldest girl was stunned by this scene and couldn't help but ask: "How much does it cost?"

"You can't buy something with three yuan and suffer a loss, and you can't be fooled if you buy it."

"Three yuan." In normal times, the older girl would definitely not spend such an expensive price to buy a comb.

But now, she is a little moved.

At this time, the young gay man who had been standing next to her saw that the girl he loved was attracted, so he took out three dollars from his pocket and handed it over.

"Comrade, come on."

"Oh, Xiao Zhang, it's too expensive. A wooden comb is only 20 cents."

"Myolie, as long as you like it, no matter how expensive it is, I will buy it for you."

"Disgusting~"

Well, just like in later generations, women are the largest consumer group.

The eldest girl took the comb and frowned: "Comrade, you won't choose a bad quality one for me, right?"

"One father and one mother, one thumb and one length. They are all the same. You can also fold it with force to test it." Li Aiguo patted his chest and said.

The eldest girl sat down with satisfaction.

The young man looked at the eldest girl and lowered his voice and said, "Myolie, when I return to Yunnan this time, my mother wants to meet you."

"Just wait a little longer. I haven't arranged my work yet and I'm not in the mood to talk about marriage."

The eldest girl's face gradually became cold and she put the comb into the canvas bag.

Li Aiguo kept shaking his head as he watched, being a man is so difficult!

This matter has nothing to do with him, no matter who wants to be beaten or endured!
The comb became a good gift item in Li Aiguo's mouth and was quickly sold out.

Just when the passengers were sitting on their seats, they found another belt in Li Aiguo's hand.

"I'm not afraid of knives or scratches. The quality of the belt is second to none. I'm not afraid of hammers or smashing. I'm not afraid of twisting or pulling. I walk around and walk around. It costs three yuan to buy a belt. If you buy a belt for three yuan, it will last eight years. I don't think it's good." Okay, everyone’s focus is on leadership.”

Zhao Yazhi always felt that the way Li Aiguo looked at the passengers was like a big bad wolf looking at a little white rabbit.

Twenty minutes, three carriages, more than 60 packages of instant noodles, ten chemical combs, and five belts.

According to the commission regulations of the locomotive depot, after excluding costs, the 131 package crew can receive yuan, and each flight attendant can receive cents.

This result made the flight attendants so shocked that they could not close their mouths.

Zhao Yazhi counted on her fingers: "Twenty minutes and fifty cents, twenty-four hours a day, can't we earn thirty-six yuan?"

Li Aiguo: "."

He felt that this little woman's heart was getting more and more swollen.

Although the flight attendants knew that they would not get thirty-six yuan, they were all very confident.

It's just that the effect of their sales is far less than that of Li Aiguo.

Most of the products sold were food, and none of the high-profit products such as wooden combs and belts were sold.

Captain Bai came to Li Aiguo and proposed a good idea: "Aiguo, I have to trouble you to write down the rhetoric you use to sell goods, and I will ask the flight attendants to memorize it."

Li Aiguo agreed immediately.

But he had a new idea.

His set of things was based on the sales of train conductors in later generations, and it is still a bit different from the background of this era.

If you find a professional, Xiao Hei Fatty Yu Er, to compile the sales formula, the effect will definitely be better.

The fat little black guy is a crosstalk actor, so he can be considered a professional counterpart when doing this.

Ever since Li Aiguo handed over the task of transporting goods to Zhao Yazhi, in order to avoid suspicion, he rarely met the little black fat man.

Jincheng Railway Station.

After handing over the goods, Li Aiguo stopped the little fat man and explained the requirements for making up the formula.

"Selling goods? That's my specialty." The fat little black man has been having a good life recently, and he has gained weight again.

He agreed immediately and told Li Aiguo: "Brother Aiguo."

"Call me uncle. You forgot that you called yourself my eldest nephew in front of so many people."

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The fat little black man knew that Li Aiguo was taking advantage of him, but he still pinched his nose and called him uncle.

"Uncle, my nephew is getting married. As an uncle, shouldn't you give me a big gift?"

"Ah?" Li Aiguo's expression changed drastically, and he patted the fat little black man on the shoulder: "Brother Yu, don't worry, our brothers will definitely not lose you."

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Little Fatty Hei felt that Li Aiguo's seniority was too flexible.

Asked the little black fat man about his wedding day.

Li Aiguo calculated and found that he had a day off, so he agreed to go to Jincheng in person to congratulate the little fat man.

During the journey back to Beijing from Jincheng, Li Aiguo once again played a guest role as a salesperson and taught those salespersons the secrets of sales.

“A salesperson must be bold, careful, thick-skinned, and have a smile to be able to make precise decisions.

People are born with a sense of vigilance when in unfamiliar environments.

When one person breaks the tranquility, others will be off guard and follow suit. This is the so-called herd mentality, also known as the herd effect. "

The flight attendants' eyes lit up when they heard this. They didn't expect that there were so many mysteries behind just selling goods.

In the evening, Li Aiguo took five yuan in his pocket and rushed home on his bicycle.

I made a lot of money today, so I naturally want to eat better.

I stopped by the vegetable market and bought two kilograms of vegetables, twenty eggs, and a big rooster.

There is no way, a person with five dollars is so arrogant!

At this time, a minor disturbance occurred in the courtyard.

Xu Damao blocked the door of Jia's house with a newspaper.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you falsely accused the patriotic brothers of stealing food from the locomotive depot. Now it has been published in the newspaper. Li Aiguo is doing research!" (End of Chapter)