The train driver in the courtyard

After Li Aiguo figured out the origin of the banana forest in front of him, his eyes widened with excitement and his breathing became rapid.

Got a bargain, got a big bargain!

The products exported to Lao Maozi these days need to be carefully selected.

Li Aiguo once heard from international train drivers that the apples shipped to Lao Maozi's house had strict requirements on size.

Sandaohezi Port is the place where trade supplies are handed over to Lao Maozi.

Lao Maozi's quality inspector took a cardboard and inspected the apples one by one.

A circle was carved on the cardboard, and all the apples that could leak out of the circle were thrown away. Lao Maozi only kept the big apples.

This is true for bananas, eggs, wheat, and rice. They also have strict standards, because some agricultural products have a "shelf life" and cannot be transported away. They can only be digested locally.

Sandaohezi was originally a remote border town. The weather was freezing and supplies were scarce. The employees and members were living a miserable life.

Relying on the supplies that Lao Maozi took down, he is now living a life that is richer than the people in the capital.

This banana is exported to Lao Maozi, so the quality cannot be said for sure.

Wang Dakui was also so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

He believed that if they had not paid the extra five cents just now, Dashi Commune would not have sold such good bananas to them.

"Brother Patriot is really lucky."

Zhou Ke laughed out loud when he heard this and patted Wang Dakui on the shoulder: "Is this a matter of luck? Only good intentions will be rewarded."

Hearing this, Wang Dakui was thoughtful.

There was no problem with the quality of the bananas. Li Aiguo told Chen Dabao to choose green bananas to chop. After cutting them, he immediately sprinkled salt water on the bananas.

Before transportation, bananas are covered with banana leaves to protect them from wind and sun.

Loading times are early morning and evening, and transportation also takes place at night.

Regarding the first few items, Chen Dabao can understand that these are all ways to keep them fresh during transportation.

"Brother worker, why do we have to load the truck early in the morning and evening and transport it at night?"

"After the bananas are harvested, they contain a lot of field heat. If they are not lowered to the required temperature and stabilized as soon as possible after loading, the bananas on the whole truck will soon turn yellow and ripe, and emit a lot of respiratory heat."

Li Aiguo explained, feeling happy in his heart.

The optimal transportation temperature for bananas is 1016°C. Fortunately it is not winter, otherwise the bananas would have to be wrapped in quilts.

He looked up at the shabby village in the distance and felt that it would be difficult to get some decent quilts.

Thank you for this warm season.

Although Chen Dabao is the production captain, he is proficient in agricultural production. When he was planting bananas, he also participated in a study class in the city. This was the first time he learned this knowledge.

"Comrade Patriot, you don't look like a farm worker. How do you know so much?"

"I have many friends. One of my friends is a researcher at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. They all researched this."

This explanation sounded reasonable to Zhou Ke and Wang Dakui.

After all, Li Aiguo is a train driver. He meets thousands of people on the train every day, so he naturally has many friends.

It was almost evening.

Chen Dabao called dozens of commune members, put on banana knives and sickles, went into the banana fields, and got busy.

The members are very professional. They hold the handle with one hand and the banana fruit with the other hand, aim at the head of the stem, use force, and cut it off!
The aunt who had been waiting nearby came forward with an enamel basin, sprinkled salt water on the green bananas, and moved them to the ground to dry.

The entire picking process lasted a full five hours.

The banana field was covered with green rice seedlings, and after a while, the coats became wet on the bodies of the members.

The members simply took off their coats, bare their backs, and worked barefoot in the banana fields.

Zhou Ke went up to help for a while, but he was also out of breath due to the heat. He turned to look at Li Aiguo standing beside him with his hands behind his back.

"Brother Patriot, why don't you take off your clothes?"

Li Aiguo ignored him and just showed a weird smile.

Zhou Ke didn't think much about it. It was so hot today, so he simply took off his clothes.

After taking off his clothes, he shouted "Oh my God" after a moment: "Brother Patriot, the dragonflies here are biting!"

"Silly, it's a mosquito." Wang Dakui showed a happy smile, imitating Li Aiguo in doing things, it was absolutely right.

"My dear, what do the mosquitoes in the south eat to grow up? This one is so big."

Zhou Ke looked at the mosquito that was half the size of a palm and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Chen Dabao: "."

Chen Erbao: "."

Members: "."

Due to the strict picking requirements, in order to ensure that the bananas were not bumped, the members were so tired that they were sweating profusely. It was not until the moon climbed up the treetops that they cut down five tons of bananas.

Dashi Commune only has five donkey flatbed trucks. If too many bananas are picked at one time, there is no way to transport them to the Shiqiao warehouse at night.

After hastily finishing the meal, Li Aiguo asked the commune members to stop picking and invited the commune's accountant to weigh the bananas.

Li Aiguo took one hundred and fifty yuan from Wang Dakui and handed it to Chen Rongli: "Party secretary, please order. The remaining ten tons of bananas will be picked tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Be careful not to bump the bananas." "

"Don't worry!"

After taking the banknote, Chen Rongli counted it twice and held the banknote tightly in his rough hands. This cost the lives of thousands of people in the commune.

At this time, the bananas had been loaded on flatbed trucks by the members and were ready to be transported back to Shiqiao Market.

Worried about the safety of Li Aiguo and others, Chen Dabao led several militiamen to follow him.

At night in the countryside, everything is quiet. The only sounds that can be heard are the friction of rubber hubs and the ground and the braying of donkeys.

Li Aiguo was leaning on the flatbed truck, staring at the bright stars in the night sky, looking quite at ease.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly appeared in the distance.

The black figure didn't seem to think that it was so late and there were still people passing by on this remote road.

He was startled and wanted to get into the banana field next to him.

"stop!"

Li Aiguo's criminal investigation skills were as high as 61 points, and he instantly discovered traces of black smoke.

Pull out the pistol, load the bullet, turn on the safety switch, and do it all in one go.

Chen Dabao and the militiamen also reacted at this time. They picked up the spears behind them and aimed at the black shadow.

With the help of the bright moonlight, he saw that he was being aimed at by more than a dozen black guns. The shadow shivered in fright and quickly stopped where he was and raised his hands high.

"Misunderstanding, don't shoot, I'm just passing by."

It's a good thing that this person doesn't speak. When he does speak, he speaks with a Hainanese accent.

Chen Dabao originally thought he was a banana thief, but now he became vigilant.

While telling the militiamen to be on alert, they rushed over and caught the man.

Li Aiguo held a flashlight and shined it, and the bright beam illuminated the black shadow until he could not open his eyes.

Judging by the light, this person is probably in his thirties.

He was unshaven, his hair was messy, and he was carrying a torn bag on his shoulder. The color of his clothes was unclear, and his whole body exuded a strange smell, as if he hadn't taken a shower in months.

"Leader, uncle, I'm from Hainan. I came from the north and got lost when I got here. I'm not a bad person. Don't shoot."

Wei Zhao installed a look of panic, while covering his eyes with his hands, he shouted at the top of his voice.

In these days, people often go to visit relatives in distant places. The terrain is complicated and there are no navigation maps. It is normal for them to get lost.

Chen Dabao breathed a sigh of relief and directed Chen Erbao to search the person and found several letters of introduction.

His cultural level is not high and he didn’t understand it after just two glances.

"Brother worker, you are well-informed. Where does this man come from?"

Li Aiguo took the letter of introduction and read it with a flashlight.

The letter of introduction is addressed to the Urumqi Badalhu Farm Department.

The letter of introduction shows that this person’s name is Wei Zhaoan.

Because his old mother was seriously ill and needed to go home to visit relatives, he was specially approved to return to Hainan.

"It turns out that you are going home. It is only natural to honor your mother. What a big deal. Do you need to hide when you see us?"

After Chen Dabao learned the ins and outs of the incident, he waved his hand and asked the militiamen to put away their guns.

"You probably haven't eaten for a long time. Here you go, take these bananas."

Chen Dabao held a sickle and cut off two "yellow ghost heads" in the banana field and handed them over.

"Huangguitou" is an overripe banana. It doesn't look good but tastes good.

"Thank you, leader, thank you, uncle, you are all good people."

Chen Dabao gave Wei Zhaoan directions and told him not to get lost again.

Walking hundreds of miles would be almost unimaginable in later generations, but in this day and age it was considered basic.

Wei Zhaoan's eyes flashed with a look of success, he put the banana into the bag, turned around and was about to leave

"and many more!"

Li Aiguo's voice came from behind.

He was startled, hesitated, and turned around.

"Uncle Leader, what else do you have to do?" Wei Zhaoan walked up to Li Aiguo step by step.

Li Aiguo shook the letter of introduction loudly and said with a smile: "You forgot the letter of introduction."

"Hey, look at my stupidity. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."

As he spoke, Wei Zhaoan reached out to receive the letter of introduction, but Li Aiguo gently opened the letter of introduction.

Wei Zhaoan looked at Li Aiguo in surprise and asked, "Uncle leader, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing?" Li Aiguo jumped down from the donkey cart.

With a height of over 1.8 meters, he has a crushing height advantage over Wei Zhaoan, who is only 1.65 meters tall.

Looking down at Wei Zhaoan from the height of three stories, Wei Zhaoan felt weak, and Li Aiguo said with a cold face: "Your carrot seal carving skills are not good."

Wei Zhaoan only felt that his scalp was exploding, and he roared: "What a carrot seal, comrade leader, you can't bully me because I'm a foreigner. I'm also a commune member, and commune members all over the world are one family!"

Chen Dabao frowned when he heard this, took Li Aiguo's arm and whispered: "Comrade Patriot, are you mistaken? I looked at the seals just now and there is nothing wrong with them."

Li Aiguo took out the letter of introduction, picked up a flashlight and hit the seal.

"Did you see that the edges of the seal are faint and slightly blurred, and the handwriting inside is also blurry. Even if the official seal has been used for a long time and has been worn a lot, there is no way that there is not a word with irregular edges."

There are obvious differences between the traces left by the carrot seal and the real official seal. As long as you observe carefully, it is easy to see the clues. Chen Dabao took a closer look and found that this was really the case.

"Smell it, does it smell like green radish?"

Taking the letter of introduction and bringing it to his nose, he took a deep breath. Chen Dabao's face suddenly became serious, and he pointed at Wei Zhaoan: "Diaozhi, if you dare to lie to me, get rid of him!"

When Wei Zhaoan saw that Li Aiguo noticed the letter of introduction, he knew that this matter was troublesome.

Before the militiamen could react, he suddenly turned around and ran towards the banana field.

The banana field was densely packed with green seedlings everywhere. Once he got in, it would be very difficult to catch him out.

"stop!"

Seeing that Wei Zhaoan was still running wildly, the militia captain Chen Erbao put away his spear and was about to catch up.

Unexpectedly, Li Aiguo was holding Colt and still shouting to himself: "I told you to stop!"

Wei Zhaoan knew his crime very well, otherwise he would not have traveled thousands of miles from the northwest to the coast.

If caught, he might be discovered.

Looking at the banana fields nearby, he seemed to smell the fragrance of freedom. Wei Zhaoan gritted his teeth and moved a little faster.

He didn't believe that this man dared to shoot indiscriminately.

"boom!"

The finger gently pulled the trigger, as easily as unhooking a bra hook, and black smoke emitted from the black muzzle.

The bullet hit the ground less than ten centimeters in front of Wei Zhaoan, and the splashed stones made his face hurt.

Wei Zhaoan stopped, turned his head and looked at Li Aiguo in disbelief, then looked at the black muzzle of the gun, and with a "pop", he knelt on the ground.

Li Aiguo put away his gun, turned off the safety, jumped off the donkey cart, and walked to Wei Zhaoan.

"I told you a long time ago not to run away. Why don't you listen to others' advice? Don't you understand human language?!"

"I originally wanted to have a good chat with you. Take a look at what you are doing."

As he spoke, Li Aiguo suddenly flew up and kicked Wei Zhaoan, knocking him to the ground.

Wei Zhaoan felt cold sweat on his back, his calves began to cramp, and he felt Li Aiguo's big leather shoes gradually exerting force on his head. He felt as if he was about to be buried in the soil.

How can you beat someone indiscriminately? This person is a bandit.

Just when Li Aiguo picked up the pistol, his strength reached its peak and was about to smash it down, Wei Zhaoan shouted: "Don't hit it, don't hit it, I said, I am"

Unfortunately, Li Aiguo could no longer hold back his strength at this time and changed direction. This hit rubbed the tip of Wei Zhaoan's nose and hit the ground hard. The impact point was right in front of Wei Zhaoan, creating a deep pit and splashing The eggs splashed into Wei Zhaoan's nose and mouth, everywhere.

Wei Zhaoan turned pale with fright.

"Bah, bah, bah, I said, I said it's not okay!"

There are some people who cannot be discussed in a good mood and must resort to some means.

Li Aiguo released his foot, wiped the handle of the gun on Wei Zhaoan's coat, and inserted it back into his waist.

He turned his head and looked at Chen Erbao and said, "This man seems to have some problems. This is the territory of your Dashi Commune. Do you want to interrogate him here or take him back to the commune for interrogation?"

Chen Erbao's heart was beating loudly. The scene just now was so exciting that he was still panting heavily.

"If you try it here first, I won't believe that he can be my opponent as a militia captain!"

As the captain of the militia, Chen Erbao almost let the suspect escape, and the guest had to take action. He felt very humiliated.

He was thinking a little too much. He almost let go of a bad guy just now. How would he protect the banana fields in the future? Will the merchants in the capital feel that they can't supply goods on time?
Chen Erbao felt that he should show off.

"Good boy, how dare you run away!"

He rushed up and grabbed Wei Zhaoan by the collar, and slapped him into two big pussy pockets.

"Tell me honestly, where are you from? Did you come to us because you committed some crime?"

"Stop fighting, I'll tell you."

Wei Zhaoan didn't expect that another guy with an even more bad temper showed up. Just as he was about to speak, he was slapped. At this moment, he could only squat on the ground holding his head.

Chen Erbao seemed to still want to show off. He picked the person up from the ground and slapped him away.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Chen Dabao stepped forward and held his wrist, reminding him: "Second brother, that's it. We have something else to do tonight, so let's get to the trial quickly."

Chen Erbao then put down his slap, grabbed Wei Zhaoan by the collar, shook him like a rag doll, and shouted loudly: "Where are you from!"

Although Wei Zhaoan was almost falling apart at this time, he was still able to speak. He quickly seized the opportunity to confess:

"I did make a mistake.

I was actually an educated youth who went to the countryside and was assigned to the northwest, where there is no place for people to work.

You also know that life in the Northwest is too hard, with little food and clothing.

Last winter, there were several heavy snowfalls in a row. I couldn't bear the cold, so I stole a piece of clothing and put it on my body.

Who knows, this matter was discovered by the farm. They thought I was stealing state property, so they sent people to arrest me.

If you are caught, you will be sentenced. I am still young, so I want to escape.

Fortunately, when I was studying, I learned the craft of carving carrot seals, so I relied on carrot seals to get all the way here.

Unexpectedly, this leading comrade had sharp eyes and saw through me at a glance.

I'm really not a bad person! "

Educated youth? ? Only then did Li Aiguo think of the educated youth going to the countryside.

In fact, since 1955, some urban youths have spontaneously gone to the frontiers to reclaim wasteland.

By 1968, the countryside reached its climax, and people were sent to the countryside from door to door in the city.

He just stole a piece of clothing and would be sentenced. Wei Zhaoan's experience quickly gained the sympathy of Chen Dabao and Chen Erbao from the commune members.

The commune members also come from a difficult background and know what it feels like to be hungry and cold.

Chen Erbao, who had a fierce expression just now, suddenly softened when he looked at Wei Zhaoan.

"Can't you just explain the matter clearly? Why are you running away?"

"I'm afraid you'll send me back."

Although Chen Erbao has a grumpy personality, he is a kind-hearted person. He hesitated, looked up at Li Aiguo and whispered: "Comrade Patriot, this man is quite pitiful. Should we pretend not to see it?"

Hearing this, Wei Zhaoan felt ecstatic, lowered his head and pursed his lips, pretending to be pitiful.

Li Aiguo has been keeping a close eye on Wei Zhaoan, and a case from his previous life suddenly appeared in his mind.

The same carrot chapter traveled thousands of miles. The man stole a bundle of firewood to keep himself warm.

What he did not tell others was that the bundle of firewood was the bridge deck, nor that there was a tractor on the bridge at that time.

Keenly aware of the subtle smile on Wei Zhaoan's lips.

Li Aiguo stepped forward, leaned into his ear, and suddenly asked: "When you stole the clothes, were those clothes worn by lesbians?"

"Huh?! No, absolutely not!"

Wei Zhaoan was just thinking about being able to get through smoothly, when there was a thunder in his ears, his head was buzzing, and he was suddenly startled.

"No, it's not. I just stole clothes. I'm not a lesbian. It's nothing! Don't frame my innocence."

His face turned pale, his heart was beating rapidly, sweat slid down his forehead, and even his voice trembled.

At this time, not to mention Zhou Ke and Wang Dakui, even Chen Erbao saw the clues.

He grabbed Wei Zhaoan by the collar and slammed out his big ass pocket.

"Okay, you are actually a rapist and you still dare to fool me. You are so brave!"

"No, this is all a misunderstanding!"

The surrounding air seemed to become heavier, and every breath made Wei Zhaoan feel extremely depressed and uncomfortable.

As long as he was bitten to death, the gang members had no evidence and could not punish him. Wei Zhaoan tried to comfort himself.

Chen Erbao really likes to slap people. Don’t you know that the effects of force are mutual? Seeing that it was getting late, Li Aiguo stepped forward and stopped Chen Erbao.

"Send someone to escort him back to the commune first. I will make a decision after I find out his origin tomorrow."

Chen Erbao was not satisfied yet, so he slapped him two more times and then stopped.

Wei Zhaoan was tied up with a large rope, and Chen Erbao arranged for five militiamen to escort him back to the commune.

"Comrade Patriot, thanks to you today, otherwise we would have let the bad guys escape."

On the donkey cart, Chen Erbao said gratefully.

Zhou Ke said with a smile: "Er Bao, what's this? Brother Patriot has captured a lot of Diet!"

"Really?" In the dark night, Chen Erbao's eyes shone brightly. "My biggest wish is to catch Dieter with my own hands. Comrade Patriot, can you tell me about it?"

"Er Bao, what are you doing!"

Chen Dabao stopped Chen Erbao and said in a low voice: "Even if Comrade Li Aiguo arrested a lot of Dieter, can he really tell you? Isn't it against discipline?"

"That's right." Chen Erbao suddenly lost interest and picked up the reins to compete with the donkey.

Li Aiguo held his head in his hands, lying on the donkey cart, looking at the bright stars, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

I successfully purchased five tons of bananas and caught a rapist. This trip to Dashi Commune was quite fruitful.

(End of this chapter)