The train driver in the courtyard

Zhang Qinghai.

Born in 1936, he was born in Houchenliang Village, Dazhuang Town, Weishan County, Dacong Province.

His family was well-off when he was young. After graduating from private school, his father died, his mother became seriously ill, and his family property was seized by his clansmen.

In that era, it was considered good to have completed a private school education. Later, war broke out and several fellow villagers took Zhang Qinghai away from his hometown.

After several twists and turns, Zhang Qinghai came to Tianjin, and at the beginning he made a living by selling powerful pills.

Because he was well-educated, eloquent, and could sing a few lines from drum books, Zhang Qinghai's Dali Pills business was very good and he made a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, an old official died of excessive excitement after taking Zhang Qinghai's powerful pills while having sex in bed with his concubine.

Zhang Qinghai was involved in a lawsuit because of this.

In those days, the gate of the yamen faced south. If you didn't have money, you couldn't come in.

When Zhang Qinghai saw that the matter had become a big deal, what should he do?

run.

Smart people tend to be quick to understand things.

After several years in Tianjin, Zhang Qinghai realized that it was a truly no-man's land, so he fled to the no-man's land.

But at that time he didn't dare to sell the magic pills anymore, so he started begging in the no-man's land.

Begging is just like doing business and marketing, you have to have selling points.

Zhang Qinghai said that his ancestors were killed by the Japanese invaders, and he was homeless and wandering outside for many years. Many people felt sorry for him and gave him money and food.

Later, Cangzhou Ying met Zhang Qinghai by chance.

Seeing that he was badly harmed by the Japanese, he took him in as his apprentice and taught him some tricks to steal wallets.

Zhang Qinghai is a man with great ambitions. He is unwilling to be just a thief, so he recruits many apprentices and sets up a thief company.

Cangzhou Ying advised him many times, saying that this was playing with fire.

It is better for one person to steal a chicken than for two people to steal a cow. Too many people can easily cause trouble.

But Zhang Qinghai just wouldn't listen.

After being expelled from his school by Cangzhou Ying, Zhang Qinghai officially started his career and met Zhou Yifu, a thief who was a former teacher.

Zhou Yifu was knowledgeable in astronomy and geography, and looked like a hermit. Zhang Qinghai admired him very much, so he won Zhou Yifu's trust and appointed him as the deputy manager of the thief company.

When intellectuals do bad things, they are more destructive.

Under Zhou Yifu's careful planning, the thief company grew rapidly.

In just a few years, the number of employees has grown to more than 300, and with peripheral personnel, the total number is more than 500.

On average, a thief company can steal more than a thousand dollars a day, and its annual business revenue is more than three hundred thousand dollars, which is a huge sum.

As the general manager, Zhang Qinghai no longer needs to be on the front line in person.

It was just today that he went to the train station to teach his apprentice.

When he saw the foreign guests, he couldn't help but take action.

Inside the interrogation room, Zhang Qinghai regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.

After finding out the whole story, Li Aiguo was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

This company seems to be the prototype of a famous crosstalk in later generations called "The Company of Thieves", right?
I don’t know if Feng Niu and his friend would still be able to create that classic crosstalk if the Thief Company collapsed ahead of time.

But Li Aiguo couldn't care less at this time. Train No. 131 was about to depart and he needed to get back on the train quickly.

"Comrade Patriot, I have a lot of work to do here, so I can't take you there."

Director Zhang felt that this was a big case, and immediately deployed personnel to arrest Zhou Yifu and the remaining members of the thieves' company.

"You keep busy. We will meet many times in the future."

Li Aiguo shook hands tightly with Director Zhang.

He was about to leave the police station when he suddenly thought of something and turned around and pulled Chief Zhang aside.

"Old Zhang, although Cangzhou Ying is Zhang Qinghai's master, he did not intervene in this incident. He retired after liberation.

This time he was able to put justice above his own family and proactively provide clues, which is a great achievement.

If possible, don't disturb him."

This case really has little to do with Cangzhou Eagle.

Director Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, Driver Li, we will seriously consider your opinion."

Li Aiguo also knew that the police station had its own procedures and rules.

If Director Zhang can "consider carefully", Mr. Ying of Cangzhou will be safe.

Cangzhou Ying was a strange man. His skills of appearing and disappearing without a trace made Li Aiguo envious.

Such people should be protected.

For example, growing flowers and feeding birds in the weather station, and teaching a few apprentices.

When Li Aiguo was about to return to the capital, he reported the situation of the Cangzhou eagle to the farmer.

******
Leave the police station.

The little black fat man finally breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "Driver Li, I was scared to death."

"What are you afraid of? You've accomplished great success this time."

"That's right."

The little black fat man thought about it carefully and immediately understood Li Aiguo's intention.

He performed excellently in the operation this time. Director Zhang has said that he will apply for a commendation for him when the case is fully solved.

You often walk by the river without getting your shoes wet.

This time he has established a relationship with Director Zhang, so if anything happens in the future, he will have a talisman to protect him.

Although these days people don't really care about offsetting merits and demerits, many difficulties can be easily solved if you have honor.

This train driver always takes one step forward and looks three steps ahead every time he does something.
The little black fat man looked at Li Aiguo's back and felt that his greatest luck was meeting the train driver.

Lao Shanduo and members of the expert group, accompanied by Zhang Xiaoli, have returned to the platform.

Watching the crowded passengers boarding the train, Lao Shanduo turned his head and looked into the distance, but did not see Li Aiguo.

A sense of loss arose in his heart.

Bald Philip was right, the photo in his wallet was extremely important to him.

Among several children, the eldest daughter is his favorite.

She was so smart, kind and hardworking. But she passed away at the age of eighteen, leaving only a photo for Lao Shanduo.

Now the photo is lost.
Does Lao Shan regret it?

No regrets.

Compared with personal feelings, the interests of the Ministry of Railways are more important, and the interests of the country are more important.

Thinking of this, Lao Shanduo nodded heavily, looked at Zhang Xiaoli and said, "Comrade Zhang, thank you for your warm hospitality. It allowed me to experience the charm of an ancient civilization. I will write a letter of praise to your leader when I return."

"Thank you so much."

Zhang Xiaoli had already understood the whole story at this time. Looking at the white-haired chief consultant, her heart was filled with bitterness.

Did the train driver fail?
The two men shook hands, and Lao Shanduo led the expert team back onto the locomotive.

As soon as he opened the side door, he saw Li Aiguo sitting on the steel throne, smoking a cigarette, with his left leg crossed over his right leg, staring at him with a smug look on his face!
"Driver Li, you're back?" Lao Shanduo greeted him and prepared to continue checking the data.

But I saw Li Aiguo take out a wallet from under the seat.

The wallet looked so familiar that Lao Shanduo was stunned for a moment, and his breathing became rapid.

Li Aiguo stood up and handed the wallet to him, saying nonchalantly: "Old comrade, how could you be so careless and leave your wallet in the driver's building.

Fortunately, it was picked up by my apprentice.

If Professor Chekov and that little translator saw it, you would lose your wallet. "

Professor Chekov, who was checking the instruments, was so angry that he almost fainted.

As a great professor, how could he be greedy for a wallet?

Translator Xie Kefu focused on the three words "little translator".

He is a graduate student, a member of the expert group, and is proficient in 18 languages. What is a little translator?
Who does this little train driver look down on?
They didn't notice that, just because of Li Aiguo's words, they even forgot to suspect why the wallet appeared in the driver's building.

Lao Shanduo realized that Professor Chekov was right next to him, so he quickly suppressed the emotions on his face, pretended nothing had happened, and reached out to take the wallet.

Open it and the photo is inside.

As for the amount of money, Laoshan doesn't care, but it seems not less.

The train driver actually helped him find his wallet within two hours!

"Thank you, Driver Li."

His tone was calm, but his heart was full of gratitude. Lao Shanduo once again tightly held Li Aiguo's hand.

"You're welcome. Hurry up. I'm about to start driving. You can check if necessary. If you find any mistakes, you can directly bring them up."

Li Aiguo said something and sat down on the steel throne carelessly.

Professor Chekov knew that this was directed at him, so he sighed deeply and climbed down from the furnace.

Although the steam engine has not been disassembled from the beginning of operation to now, he has not found any design that may affect safety after such a long time.

This was beyond his expectations.

Although Professor Chekov was reluctant to admit it, he had to admit that the Patriotic steam locomotive was the most advanced locomotive in the world at that time.

Shekhov was not willing to give up.

After the train started again, he pulled Professor Chekov to the tender and whispered, "Professor, this model of steam locomotive is so advanced, if they continue like this, they will definitely be able to make a deal.

It just so happens that I have a gun with me and it has bullets, how about we just..."

As he spoke, he winked at the pile of coal.

"You want to blow up the furnace?" After Chekov understood Shekov's plan, he immediately shook his head: "No, absolutely not."

Seeing Shekov’s disapproving expression, Professor Chekov reminded him, “Don’t forget, although our two families have some disputes, we are still brothers and friends.

Once your behavior is discovered, our family will be in a very passive position and pay a heavy price."

After saying that, he looked up at Huang Jing who had been staring at them and said, “Also, that female train driver seems to have been staring at us.

She should be someone Li Aiguo sent to monitor us."

Hearing this, Xie Kefu looked up at Huang Jing. Huang Jing did not avoid them but just kept staring at them.

The master has already reminded us to keep a close eye on these two foreign experts.

To stare closely means to stare closely.

Shekfu: “.”

His idea was finally dispelled.

He felt like a moth, densely wrapped in the spider web created by Li Aiguo. He had no strength to struggle anymore and could only wait to be swallowed.

Woo hoo hoo. Eat like crazy, eat like crazy, eat like crazy
The locomotive painted bright red looked like a burning flame, rushing over from a distance.

The workers and leaders in the locomotive depot immediately cheered.

Amid cheers, Li Aiguo blew the whistle and gently pulled down the gate, and the Aiguo locomotive stopped steadily on the platform.

When Li Aiguo, the Hungarian expert group and Professor Chekov got off the locomotive.

In addition to Section Chief Xing, Director Liu Guozhang of the Beijing Railway Research Institute and Mr. Liu from the Datong Factory were also standing nearby.

Liu Guozhang is easy to find; he is inside the Beijing Research Institute and can be reached by jeep.

Old Liu actually showed up in Datong.

It seems that they all got the news of the sudden appearance of the Russian experts, so they rushed over in a hurry.

When Director Liu Guozhang saw Li Aiguo and Lao Shanduo walking down the hallway, talking and laughing, he felt relieved. He walked up to Lao Shanduo, shook his hand, and said, "General Consultant, I wonder if you are satisfied with this trip to Tianjin."

As soon as these words were spoken, the originally noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were cast on Lao Shanduo.

Lao Shanduo laughed twice: "I am very satisfied. Driver Li's driving skills are very good. The scenery over in Tianjin is very beautiful. I am looking forward to coming back here next time."

Although he did not answer the question directly, the workers were somewhat confused.

But the leaders present were all masters of Tai Chi and they immediately understood what was going on. The stone that had been hanging in their throats finally fell to the ground.

the other side.

Mr. Liu has already faced off against Professor Chekov.

"Professor Chekov, I didn't expect that we would meet here again?
I'm going back to Datong tonight, will you come with me?"

Professor Chekov looked like a naughty child caught by his parents, with an embarrassed look on his face.

"No, I believe my work here is done and I will be leaving in a few days."

This answer made Mr. Liu very satisfied.

Liu Guozhang exchanged a few more words with Lao Shan, then walked up to Li Aiguo and patted him heavily on the shoulder.

"Good job, patriotic!"

"Teacher, this is what I should do."

Li Aiguo also breathed a sigh of relief.

As a train driver, he only needs to take the passengers to their destination.

I don’t want to participate in the remaining high-level games, and I’m not qualified to participate for the time being.

Li Aiguo was about to go back to the dormitory to wash up when he was stopped by someone.

This man was none other than Professor Chekov, whose face had been grim ever since he returned to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

Professor Chekov took Li Aiguo's arm and said, "Driver Li, my previous proposal is still valid.

And I can guarantee that you will be able to work as an engineer at our Voroshilovgrad Steam Locomotive Factory and lead a research and development team. How about that? "

"Professor Chekhov, I'm just a train driver. Isn't it wonderful to drive a big train every day? Why should I be an engineer?" Li Aiguo refused without hesitation.

Professor Chekov knew this would be the result, but he still felt a sense of loss.

On the way back, Xie Kefu kept muttering, "This Li Aiguo is really a fool. This place is shabby, the industry is backward, and the agriculture is not developed.

Sometimes we don’t even have enough to eat, how can it be compared with where we are?”

Then there was a burst of Russian curses like "idiot" and "idiot".

"If a person doesn't even love his own mother, is he still a person?"

Chekov lectured him with a straight face: "We are indeed rivals with Li Aiguo, but he is an opponent worthy of respect. I hope you understand this."

"Yes Yes Yes"

Shekov realized that Chekov was really angry and quickly shut his mouth.

The sun sets in the west.

Li Aiguo rested in the dormitory for a while and reported to Director Xing Duanchang what happened in Tianjin.

Because the matter was covered up by Jincheng Railway Station, it was the first time that Director Xing heard about it. He was so shocked that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

“This trip of the Hungarian People’s Railway special group to Tianjin is related to the success or failure of the cooperation.

If trouble really breaks out, not only will the Tianjin Railway Station be punished, but even the leaders of the General Administration will be implicated.

Patriotism, you have done a great job this time."

"Captain Duan, the main reason why Lao Shanduo chose to keep things quiet was that they wanted to have a good relationship with us.

The reason why they want to build good relations with us is because we are gradually becoming stronger and our international status is getting higher and higher." Li Aiguo said slowly.

As a time traveler, Li Aiguo knows clearly that weakness is the original sin.

When someone with a bag of laundry accuses you of having a biological weapon of mass destruction, you better have one.

If not, the result is predictable.

All those people need is an excuse.

On the contrary, if you are really strong, even if you make a mistake, there will be people who will take the initiative to explain and cover up for you.

This is what is called "There is always a great scholar to debate the scriptures for me."

"No matter what, Jincheng Railway Station owes you a favor this time. We saved their lives, and we can't just let it go like this."

Duanchang Xing was also a person who liked to take advantage of others. He shook the phone and called Stationmaster Zhang at Jincheng Railway Station.

After some particularly friendly negotiations, Stationmaster Zhang expressed his willingness to provide a batch of supplies to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

"That's five hundred kilograms of rice from Xiaozhan, thirty kilograms of beef, and fifty kilograms of pork. Old Zhang was so distressed that he almost cried." After hanging up the phone, Director Xing was as excited as a child.

"Aiguo, you have done a great deed this time. Yesterday, the Railway Police Station confiscated a batch of good things. Go pick one."

good stuff?
Li Aiguo came to the logistics warehouse with the approval slip, opened the door, and nodded vigorously: "It's really fun."

There were several cardboard boxes with English words written on them in the warehouse. With his level 4 English proficiency, Li Aiguo was able to recognize them.

"Westinghouse fans, made in the U.S."

Wow, it’s an original foreign product.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter now. It is very stuffy in the house at night and I just need an electric fan.

"Driver Li, you are really lucky. According to regulations, these things must be delivered to the General Administration tomorrow."

Section Chief Liu took the note and helped Li Aiguo with the formalities.

He picked out a cardboard box that looked very bright and shiny and handed it to Li Aiguo.

"Hehe, good people have good luck. After all, I am a good person."

When Li Aiguo took the cardboard box, he stuffed a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes into Section Chief Liu's pocket.

Section Chief Liu, as the head of the logistics department, earns more than 100 yuan a month, and a pack of cigarettes worth 25 cents is nothing at all.

But the camaraderie is strong.

After Li Aiguo left, Section Chief Liu threw the sunflower aside, opened the Daqianmen cigarette and lit one.

Hiss. Huh.
"I don't know if it's an illusion, but this cigarette tastes better than Sunflower."

Getting the fan doesn't mean everything is fine.

The voltage in the United States is 110V, while the voltage in China is 220V, so a transformer has to be made to make the fan turn.

The principle of the transformer is simple and the production process is not complicated. The only difficulty is the material.

However, this difficulty is nothing for Li Aiguo, who owns a studio and can use the materials of the maintenance depot.

He walked around the maintenance workshop.

Director Zhang's face was filled with reluctance as he took away silicon steel sheets, insulating paint, copper wires, winding bobbins, insulating tapes and other materials.

"Old director, please don't be angry. Li Aiguo said this time that he will not repeat the experiment and will need so much material." The workshop master hurriedly advised.

"That's good, that's good"

After Director Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, he scratched his head in frustration: "What's going on? Li Aiguo took our materials, and we should be grateful that he didn't take so much?"

The workshop masters said in unison: "That's true. Otherwise, if that guy makes trouble to the section chief, we will have to give it to him."

Director Zhang: "."

He felt that if things continued to develop in this way, the maintenance workshop would become a fat sheep for Li Aiguo to fleece.

The country will no longer be a country, and the workshop will no longer be a workshop.

"Thank you, Director Zhang."

Our Li Aiguo is also a person who knows how to be grateful.

After mumbling something, he placed the materials on the table.

Insulate the silicon steel sheets, wind the coils, install the coils, and connect the leads. It only took less than twenty minutes to make a transformer by hand.

This is not the end, the voltage also needs to be measured.

Li Aiguo went to the maintenance workshop again and brought back the heirloom of Lao Chen, an electrician in the maintenance workshop - an old millivolt meter.

Millivolt meters were considered precision instruments in those days and were extremely rare. Only large units like locomotive depots could purchase them.

People like Liang Ladi sometimes have to deal with electrical circuits. When they measure the size and properties of electric current, they lick the circuits with their tongues.

Through long-term practice, the group of mechanics also summarized a set of human body millivolt meter standards.

If you feel something on your tongue, it means the voltage is over 5V.

The electric shock feeling of alternating current and direct current on the tongue is different. AC current causes a numbness with a jumping sensation, while direct current only causes numbness.

Since the voltage in the machine is not too high, this method works fine.

Of course, in order to prevent accidents, two people are usually involved in measuring the voltage, one person measures the voltage, and the other holds a bamboo pole and is on standby at all times.

Hiss, hiss, hiss. The needle on the old millivolt meter jumped, exactly 220V.

Li Aiguo nodded with satisfaction, picked up the cardboard box, got on his bicycle, and rushed towards the courtyard.

It was not yet time to get off work, and the courtyard was silent.

Jia Zhang was sitting in front of the door sewing shoe soles as usual when she saw Li Aiguo holding a cardboard box with English letters on it.

Although she didn't know the English letters, she knew they were different from the Russian letters.

"Li Aiguo has actually colluded with the Americans. No, I have to sue him." Jia Zhang had just stood up, but suddenly sat down again and picked up her shoe soles again.

Qin Huairu asked curiously: "Mom, why don't you go?"

"Li Aiguo is such a clever guy. He must be trying to trick me into making a mistake. I have eaten more salt than he has eaten rice. How could I be fooled?" Jia Zhang raised her head proudly.

Qin Huairu: "."

It was the first time she saw someone describe the word "cowardly" in such a refreshing and refined way.

In the evening, Chen Xueru returned to the courtyard with a canvas bag on her shoulder.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a desktop fan on the table.

Putting aside its relationship with the Americans, Westinghouse appliances are indeed unique in design.

The fan blades are light blue, and the net covering the outside emits a silver glow under the sunlight. Combined with the round base, this fan displays industrial beauty to the fullest.

"Brother Aiguo, is this a fan?"

Nowadays, China is already able to produce ceiling fans and desktop fans, but the output is relatively small and the price is very high, so most people cannot afford them.

Chen Xueru had only seen the ceiling fan in the leader's office when she was reporting on her work to the district committee.

After receiving Li Aiguo's affirmative answer, Miss Chen suddenly became excited and her little face turned red with excitement.

“With the fan, I no longer have to suffer from the heat at night.”

"Come on, let's try it first."

Now that his wife is back, Li Aiguo put aside his great career of studying hard and plugged the plug into the transformer. The other end of the transformer has been connected to the wire.

He pressed the button lightly, the white paper bulb hanging on the ceiling dimmed, and the fan started to whir.

Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief. This fan was only 40 watts, so it seemed that the circuits in the compound could still hold up.

A cool breeze blew towards him, and Chen Xueru's beautiful hair fluttered in the wind, which reminded Li Aiguo of a famous TV commercial scene in his previous life.

"Wife, do you want to try how cool the wind is?"

"How to try?" When Miss Chen saw Li Aiguo's evil smile, she instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Li Aiguo held her hand and said, "Let's go to the inner room and I'll tell you."

(End of this chapter)