The train driver in the courtyard

When Li Aiguo was planning to set up a hot-water bottle factory in Beijing.

The first batch of hot packs have been distributed to Russian train drivers.

Is there anything more exciting than being able to put a heat-generating hot pack on the snow?
So, the Russian train driver drove the big train across the vast land with vodka in one hand and a hot pack in the other, and even went to the homes of the little Eastern European brothers to hang out.

The younger brothers always like to learn from their older brothers, and their eyes light up when they see the warm baby.

"Brother, what the hell is this?"

"Sister, you know what, warm baby? It's getting old."

"Where did you get it?"

"Dongda Jingcheng Qianmen Locomotive Depot, this thing is in great demand, if you want to buy it, you'd better hurry up.

We, the elder brother, are always fair in our dealings. How about this, I sell it to you for fifty rubles a piece?"

"What a great product! I want two thousand."

"I want five thousand."

The elder brother stuffed the ruble into his trouser pocket and reminded them: "Make sure to buy the Trainman brand of warm baby. Don't buy fake ones. You don't want to freeze to death in the ice and snow, do you?"

Why are the people selling the goods Russians?
The Russians are the big brother and also work as regional agents.

He provides so much assistance to his younger brothers every year and has a rich family background. In the future, he would be a super internet celebrity.

Isn't it normal to bring some goods to benefit your family?
The Russians have branches in all their Eastern European brothers' homes, so doing business there is easy for them.

"Lao Nan, this is the Trainman brand heat pack, a life-saving device, would you like some?"

"Brother Jieke, new products, come on, come on."

"Lao Xiong, what? You have one too, and you got it from Dongda? Forget it. Hush. Don't tell anyone. Otherwise, I'll beat you up."

"Abo, are you lying? I'm telling you, the warm baby is a high-tech product, you must not play with fire."

As soon as there is a proper profit, capital becomes bolder, and if there is a profit of ten per cent, he is guaranteed to be employed everywhere;
With a 25% profit, he becomes active; with a 50% profit, he takes risks;
For 100% profit, he dares to trample on all laws.

There are many talented people in my little brother's family. After taking apart the hot pack, I found that it is a simple thing and I can make it too.

Especially among Apo and Lao Jieke's brothers who live near Western Europe, some people suddenly had evil thoughts.

The cost is a few cents and it sells for dozens of dollars. It's easy to make money.

They gathered the materials together, wrapped them up, put them in boxes and secretly shipped them to Western European countries.

But they didn’t expect that the ingredients of the warm baby are simple, but the proportion of the ingredients is very exquisite.

If the proportions of the various materials are not correct, it is impossible to achieve the effect of continuous heat release.

It may even have the opposite effect.

Those guys in Western Europe felt they got a great deal after buying the hot packs at a cheap price.

He impatiently tore open the outer packaging and put it on his thigh.

Suddenly, he let out a scream and blisters appeared on his thighs from the burns.

"Apo, you are trying to kill for money. Catch, catch, catch!"

Those guys in Western Europe are also vicious. They are the only ones who cheat others, never others who cheat them.

The matter was reported immediately, and the entire family of the owner of the small company that sold the counterfeit goods was arrested and asked to pay compensation. Since the other party did not have that much money, they were thrown into the Mediterranean to feed the fish.

Finally, the Russians' office was notified, and the Russians rushed into Apo's house with big sticks and beat up those traitors.

Damn it, you eat my food and dare to smash my pot.

Later, customers in both Eastern and Western Europe knew that if they wanted to buy hot packs, they had to look for the Trainman brand.

Li Aiguo was also aware that the Russians were acting as agents and selling goods at high prices, but he did not care.

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

With profits, the Russians will work harder to sell goods and will not be lenient towards counterfeit and shoddy products.

As the production of hot packs increased, the Russians' purchase volume reached 300,000 pieces per month.

Warm baby quickly became the flagship product of domestic foreign trade.

Of course, this is a story.

Li Aiguo returned to his ordinary life and lived a life with his wife and children.

I am passionate about my work and drive a big train every day, but my life is a bit depressing.

It is winter now, and the only vegetables available on the market are radishes and cabbages. I have been eating them every day and have gotten tired of them.

The Sijiqing Commune in the suburbs of Beijing does have greenhouses, but because the greenhouses are not very effective and the costs are extremely high, the yields of vegetables, fruits and melons produced are very small and are not circulated on the market at all.

One day, after driving back, Li Aiguo walked towards the bathroom while thinking about the cucumber he had been thinking about.

"It would be nice if we could build a greenhouse so we can eat cucumbers in the winter."

Li Aiguo knew that this idea was a bit far-fetched.

Greenhouses are divided into plastic greenhouses, glass greenhouses and other types. In this day and age, both plastic and glass are particularly valuable.

In order to satisfy his appetite and waste materials, Xing Duan was so angry that he slammed the table and cursed.

Wow.
The hot water from the shower head poured over my body, taking away the fatigue of the whole day.

Apply soap and wash white.
pat.

The pancreas fell to the ground.

Li Aiguo looked around and saw that there was no one else in the bathroom. He then covered his butt with a towel and squatted down carefully to pick up the soap.

His eyes fell on the hot water drain, and a bright light flashed through his mind.

“Where did all this hot water go?”

Li Aiguo no longer cared about enjoying the pleasure of bathing. He put on his clothes and rushed out of the bathroom.

"Auntie, where does the waste water from our maintenance section bathroom go?"

"Look, it's behind the maintenance workshop, and from there it leads to the capital's sewers."

Isn’t that the studio behind the maintenance workshop?

Wow, it turns out there are geothermal resources under our land.

Li Aiguo immediately became interested. He went to the archive room of the maintenance section to get the drawings. He called Liu Qingquan and Lao Zheng and picked up shovels and went to the yard of the studio.

When the guys from the rescue team next door saw this, they also picked up shovels and came over to help.

With strength in numbers, we soon found the sewer pipe.

When they saw it was just a pipe, the guys immediately lost interest.

“I thought we were going to dig for treasure.”

Li Aiguo touched the hot water pipe and said excitedly: "This thing is almost like a treasure."

The locomotive depot operates 24 hours a day, and thousands of workers go to the bathroom to take a shower after work.

So this water pipe is providing heat 24 hours a day.

If we could use the waste heat from the hot water to build a greenhouse for soilless cultivation, we wouldn’t have to worry about eating vegetables in the winter.

Although Liu Qingquan, Lao Zheng and Huang Jing didn't understand why vegetables could grow in water, they all became excited at the thought of being able to eat cucumbers in the cold winter.

Afterwards, Li Aiguo obtained water pipes from the logistics department in the name of the studio, borrowed tools from the maintenance workshop, and asked the master craftsmen to weld several iron frames.

At this time, the east side room of the studio had been vacated.

When Director Xing Duan learned that there was some commotion in the studio, he rushed over to see what was going on.

“Is patriotism reliable?”

"Captain, I'm absolutely reliable. Just wait and see." Li Aiguo patted his chest and guaranteed.

Director Xing Duan thought about it carefully and realized that this thing didn't require much materials.

The members of the 131 driver group could serve as workers, which meant the locomotive depot had no cost, so we expressed our support at the time.

"Aiguo, our section has provided all the materials you need."

"Duanzhang, there's nothing else to say. This is an indoor greenhouse, and the vegetables need supplementary light, so we need to get a batch of metal halide lamps."

"Metal halide lamp, where can I get this thing?"

“Academy of Agricultural Sciences.”

"." Director Xing felt as if he had just boasted.

However, when he thought about eating fresh tomatoes, he no longer hesitated and wrote a letter of introduction to Li Aiguo.

After receiving the letter of introduction, Li Aiguo was not in a hurry to go to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but continued his driving mission.

The greenhouse is just a hobby. Our Li Aiguo’s formal job is a train driver.

After driving and holding a meeting every day, I would take Huang Jing and others back to the studio to work.

Time passes day by day.

A week later, the hardware facilities of the greenhouse were basically completed.

The necessary equipment including cultivation beds, liquid storage tanks, water pumps, pipes, filters, pressure gauges, valves, etc. are already available.

Li Aiguo also got five metal halide lamps from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Little Miss Chen and Aunt Chen came to the studio carrying a big bag of rapeseed.

Seeing the dark house, Aunt Chen rubbed her eyes and said in surprise: "Aiguo, I have lived to such an age and have never seen anyone grow vegetables in the house."

Miss Chen also felt that Li Aiguo was fooling around.

"Don't worry, the vegetables here will definitely grow well." Li Aiguo turned on the switch.

The metal halide lamp emitted a bright light, and the water pump started running. The hot waste water from the bathroom was pumped up and circulated through the pipes in the house.

The temperature in the house rose suddenly, and in just a few minutes, it reached around 30 degrees.

"I don't understand it, I don't understand it. Young people nowadays are getting smarter and smarter." Although Aunt Liu didn't understand the functions of these devices, the rising temperature and the automatically flowing water in the culture tank were enough to intimidate her.

Chen Xueru's eyes widened instantly.

“I want to grow cucumbers!”

Wow, Miss Chen also likes to eat cucumbers.

Soilless cultivation requires seedling cultivation before planting. Li Aiguo was not in a hurry. He selected a few vegetable and fruit seeds and stuffed them into the seedling tray, then returned to his work.

The closer it gets to the end of the year, the more passengers there are on the train and the greater the chance of an accident. We, Li Aiguo, cannot be careless.

Chen Xueru's vegetable-growing instinct has also been developed recently. She runs to the maintenance section to help take care of the greenhouse after work. On this day, Li Aiguo checked the greenhouse with Chen Xueru after work. When he saw a lot of seedlings growing on the seedling tray, he was immediately happy.

He poured the prepared plant nutrient solution into the sink, and then transplanted the seedlings one by one onto the cultivation bed.

Looking at the green sprouts, Chen Xueru asked curiously, "Brother Aiguo, when can we eat the vegetables?"

"It will take at least twenty days."

Li Aiguo and Chen Xueru worked in the studio for a while, placed all the seedlings in place, turned on the metal halide lamps before leaving the studio.

The weather in the capital is getting colder day by day, to the point where water freezes into ice.

When the two returned to the courtyard, the second uncle was leading Xu Damao and a few young men to wrap the water pipe in the middle courtyard with straw.

This will prevent the water pipes from freezing and you from having to light firewood to heat the pipes in the early morning.

Yan Bugui was busy with his winter fishing business and didn't care about the affairs of the courtyard.

Ever since an old lady had a sudden heart attack and was hospitalized for a while, Yi Zhonghai seemed to have aged a few years and rarely took care of things in the compound.

He also stood by waiting to get water, but had no intention of stepping forward to take charge.

Liu Haizhong, the only person in charge, stood up again.

"Xu Damao, put in some effort, don't be lazy."

"It seems that I should find something to wrap the water pipes at home." Li Aiguo thought to himself that it would not work just to use straw, and he should get some cloth covers or something like that.

Snapped!
After taking a look at the excitement and preparing to go home with Chen Xueru, a crisp slapping sound was heard from inside the Jia family's house.

Not only Li Aiguo, but also Xu Damao, the second uncle, and Zhang Gangzhu turned their heads to look.

"Qin Huairu, I asked you to go back to your parents' home to borrow some money, why are you so slow? When I married you, I gave your family 15 yuan as a betrothal gift." Inside the Jia family's house, Jia Dongxu was yelling at Qin Huairu.

Everyone was a little confused. How could Jia Dongxu dare to hit someone?
After three failed attempts to get out of poverty, Jia Dongxu ended up in debt. With more than a month left until the end of the year, his creditors came to Jia Dongxu several times to ask for repayment.

Jia Dongxu talked to Yi Zhonghai several times, wanting Yi Zhonghai to lend him some money to settle the account.

Yi Zhonghai was still mad at the Jia family because of the incident where an aunt fainted from anger, so he just kept trying to put Jia Dongxu off.

Jia Dongxu had no choice but to ask Qin Huairu to go home and borrow money.

But Jia Dongxu had not yet repaid the money he borrowed from her parents' home a while ago, so Qin Huairu was naturally unwilling to do so.

Jia Dongxu got angry at that time.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't bear to watch this anymore, so he walked up and asked, "Jia Dongxu, how could you hit someone?"

"Master, Master, I asked her to go home and borrow money, but she refused. She also said something like she hasn't paid back the money she borrowed last time. Isn't this looking down on me? Am I the kind of person who borrows money and doesn't pay it back?" Jia Dongxu said angrily, pointing at Qin Huairu.

Yi Zhonghai frowned: "Dongxu, you know how difficult life is in the countryside. How much money can Qin Huairu's family give you to borrow?"

Xu Damao was immediately interested when he saw Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu arguing with each other. He stood in the crowd and said sarcastically, "Hey, Jia Dongxu, I didn't realize that you are a gigolo."

"Xu Damao, this is my family's business, it doesn't involve you."

Jia Dongxu was a little afraid of Yi Zhonghai, but not of Xu Damao, so he raised his fist at Xu Damao.

"No matter how hard I try, this is my wife. I'm not like some other people who can only pick up broken shoes. Ugh!"

Xu Damao had always been feeling depressed because of Liu Lan's past. Now that his scars were exposed in public, he immediately became angry.

"Jia Dongxu, if you keep talking dirty, be careful or I'll slap you."

"Come here. If I were afraid of you, I wouldn't call you Jia Dongxu today." Jia Dongxu rushed to Xu Damao.

"You kid think I'm stupid, right? If I hit you, you will blackmail me for ten dollars later. A man who hits a woman, what kind of person is that? Bah!" Xu Damao continued to add fuel to the fire.

Jia Dongxu couldn't stand this, so he rushed to the pool, pointed at Xu Damao's nose and said, "I'm standing here, hit me. Hit me. If I don't hit you, you're a son of a bitch."

"Pa!" Xu Damao slapped Jia Dongxu, then pointed at him and shouted, "Everyone heard it. He asked me to hit him. It has nothing to do with me."

Jia Dongxu didn't expect Xu Damao to actually dare to attack him. He completely lost his mind and picked up an enamel basin and was about to smash it on Xu Damao's forehead.

When the third aunt saw that her washbasin had been snatched away, she hurriedly grabbed Jia Dongxu's arm and tried to get the washbasin back.

"Jia Dongxu, please give it back to me. If the wash basin is broken, your uncle will be so sad that he won't be able to eat."

While Jia Dongxu was arguing with the three aunts, Xu Damao slapped him twice more, then ran to his doorstep.

He pointed at Jia Dongxu and said, jumping up and down, "Jia Dongxu, you only get more than 20 yuan a month, why are you borrowing money all the time? Do you think I don't know what you borrowed the money for? What a piece of crap."

Jia Dongxu had been punished by the neighborhood for playing cards a while ago. He felt guilty when he heard this. He stiffened his neck and said, "I, I spent all the money on nutritional supplements for my mother. So what? Xu Damao, stop slandering my innocence."

"Xu Damao, don't think I don't know. Your old problem has come back again. If you dare to act so arrogantly again, I will go to the street office right now." Xu Damao laughed.

Jia Dongxu wanted to curse back, but was stopped by Yi Zhonghai.

"Dongxu, that's enough!"

"master."

"Hurry back. You think you haven't embarrassed yourself enough."

Yi Zhonghai felt a little anxious.

When Jia Dongxu was not dealt with for playing cards, it was he who acted as a guarantor for Jia Dongxu in the street office.

If the card-playing matter were to be exposed again, even Yi Zhonghai would be implicated.

"Master, you, you protect Xu Damao!" Jia Dongxu had never suffered such a great injustice.

Whenever he had trouble with Xu Damao in the past, Yi Zhonghai always protected him, but today he obviously wanted to bully him.

The more Jia Dongxu thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. His eyes soon turned red and he almost cried.

Jia Dongxu turned around and ran into the house, shouting outside: "Yi Zhonghai, ask Xu Damao to take care of you in your old age! I, Jia Dongxu, will not take care of you in your old age!"

Angry and shrill voices echoed in the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai's mood was as cold as the temperature.

He thought he had been good enough to Jia Dongxu.

He took care of Jia Dongxu in the factory, helped Jia Dongxu in the compound, and helped the Jia family build a house. He was always the first to come forward when trouble occurred.

He was punished by the street office and disciplined by the factory because of Jia Dongxu.

Even my biological father is just like this.

Today, just because of one sentence, Jia Dongxu is going to break off relations with him.

Will this person really take care of him in his old age?

Xu Damao didn't expect the matter to become so serious. He rolled his eyes and yelled at Jia Dongxu, "Jia Dongxu, the uncle is so good to you, but you are an ungrateful person."

"I, Xu Damao, will rid the people of harm today!"

Xu Damao picked up a stick and rushed into the Jia family's house to beat Jia Dongxu.

"Da Mao, don't be impulsive." Yi Zhonghai quickly grabbed Xu Damao's arm.

The two of them standing shoulder to shoulder looked just like real father and son. Jia Dongxu already felt aggrieved, and now he couldn't help it.

"Yi Zhonghai, I want to break off relations with you!"

"Okay, okay, you are very good, Jia Dongxu." Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth and said, "I, Yi Zhonghai, never expected you to take care of me in my old age. From today on, our two families will no longer have any relationship.

Tomorrow I will calculate the amount of money you owe my family, and then you can pay me back. If you can't pay it back, just write me an IOU first."

Yi Zhonghai uttered these words with difficulty and staggered towards the backyard.

When the onlookers saw this scene, they pointed at Jia Dongxu angrily.

"Jia Dongxu is such a jerk. The uncle was so nice to him, but now he's causing trouble just because I said a few words to him."

"Bah, this guy is an ungrateful bastard."

"Yi Zhonghai shouldn't have accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice."

"What kind of character is Jia Zhangshi? Jia Dongxu is the same as her. Can he be a good person?"

Xu Damao also took the opportunity to say a few sarcastic words, then quickly turned around and ran back home, closing the door tightly.

He was afraid that Jia Dongxu would punish him after he realized what was happening.

The second uncle didn't expect the matter to become so serious. Looking at the residents gathering at the door of the Jia family, he stepped forward to smooth things over.

"This is a family affair between two families. We are outsiders and it is not convenient for us to interfere. Let's just go away."

The second uncle was quite sympathetic to the first uncle.

When the old man accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice, he reminded the old man.

If you want your children to be filial, you have to use the stick to educate them often.

However, the first uncle believed the third uncle's nonsense about reasoning with children and spoiled Jia Dongxu into this evil person, which resulted in this fate.

It's his own fault.

When the second uncle thought of this, he didn't bother to continue wrapping the faucet. He picked up a stick and ran home.

"Liu Guangtian, get out here!"

Li Aiguo watched the excitement for a while and then left. He was also amazed in his heart. He didn't expect that the matter would become more and more serious. Yi Zhonghai even broke off his relationship with Jia Dongxu.

After returning home.

Li Aiguo found some torn clothes and asked Chen Xueru to cut them up. He then used an electric sewing machine to make two lines to make them into a cylinder, which he then put on the water pipe.

Miss Chen still hasn't recovered from what happened in the afternoon.

"Brother Aiguo, it seems that Yi Zhonghai is really going to sever his relationship with Jia Dongxu this time."

"It's hard to say. The two families came together not because of affection, but because of interests. The affection can be severed, but the interests cannot be ignored."

Li Aiguo pinched Miss Chen's nose and said, "This matter has nothing to do with us. Go and cook. We still have to review our lessons in the evening."

"Review your lessons." Miss Chen's face turned red.

Things turned out just as Li Aiguo expected.

After Jia Zhang came back from the health task force, she learned that Jia Dongxu wanted to sever ties with Yi Zhonghai. At first, she scolded Yi Zhonghai for being a good-for-nothing.

But she soon realized that if she left Yi Zhonghai, their family would have a hard time.

So Jia Zhang advised Jia Dongxu not to fall out with Yi Zhonghai.

"Mom, I, Jia Dongxu, am also a person who cares about face. You want me to bow down to Yi Zhonghai? No way!" Jia Dongxu slammed the table.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Jia Dongxu, Jia Zhang looked up at Qin Huairu and said, "Daughter-in-law, this matter was caused by you. Go and solve it now."

Qin Huairu: "."

(End of this chapter)