The train driver in the courtyard

Li Aiguo got on his bicycle and left.

Looking at the historical buildings on both sides of the street, Li Aiguo felt a pang of sighs in his heart.

History is a complex and multifaceted existence.

It can be a heavy burden or a valuable asset.

Even if these buildings are demolished, they can be rebuilt.

If a folk craft like wood carving were to lose its inheritance, it would be equivalent to destroying a kind of cultural heritage.

Haven’t you noticed that people in island countries all call themselves rice-cooking gods?

Came to Factory 738.

Li Aiguo began his busy work of swinging the sledgehammer again.

the other side.

Although the residents in the compound read the newspaper, they still didn't quite believe that sparrows had really become beneficial insects.

In the afternoon, two officials from the street office came to the compound to make an announcement, saying that the current four evils are "rats, flies, bedbugs and mosquitoes."

The street office staff also specifically reminded people not to hit sparrows.

The residents were finally convinced and said they would protect the sparrows well in the future.

Nan Yi felt a little scared. It was a good thing that Li Aiguo reminded him at the beginning, otherwise he would have made the same mistake.

Jia Zhang's triangular eyes squinted and said, "Secretary Wang, can't we eliminate sparrows that steal wheat?"

"We can't eliminate them, but we can drive them away," said Secretary Wang.

"Chase? How? You can fly!" Jia Zhang's eyes widened and she pinched her waist with her hands.

She didn't dare question the decision from above, but she had to find some faults.

Although the residents in the compound did not like Jia Zhang, they had to admit that her worries were somewhat justified.

Food is precious these days, we can't just watch sparrows eat it!

Secretary Wang took out a strange whistle from his pocket and explained, "This is called a bird-repelling whistle. When you put it in the farmland, it will make a whistle sound, and sparrows and other birds that eat grain will be scared away by the whistle."

Jia Zhangshi: "."

She finally thought of a reason, but the other party had already prepared it.

For the first time, Jia Zhang felt powerless.

The residents in the compound all praised the powerful function of the bird-scaring whistle.

Afterwards, the staff of the subdistrict office went door to door to publicize the importance of eliminating the four kinds of pests, and the residents actively participated in the work of eliminating the four kinds of pests.

Just like the news that Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu got, in addition to the four residents with better performance in the block, they will be awarded with big red flowers at the conference and food coupons.

The steel mills also actively responded to the call to eliminate the four pests, calling on workers to eliminate rats, flies, mosquitoes and bedbugs.

Workers with outstanding performance will be praised by the entire factory and will also get extra points in promotion exams.

In order to take a shortcut, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu focused their energy on catching sparrows, and now most of the rats in the compound have been caught.

"It's really difficult to catch up with other residents now." Yi Zhonghai sighed.

An old lady suggested: "We can catch flies! There are a lot of them in the toilet."

Yi Zhonghai's eyes lit up.

But when he arrived at the toilet, he found Jia Zhang guarding the toilet door.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, this toilet belongs to you. Do you want to rent it out?"

Jia Zhang wanted to quarrel with Yi Zhonghai at that time, but Yi Zhonghai was the older man after all, and she also wanted to restore her relationship with Yi Zhonghai.

After discussions, the two families decided that Yi Zhonghai would occupy the men's restroom and Jia Zhang would occupy the women's restroom.

The two men stood on either side of the toilet door, and from a distance they looked like the two generals Heng and Ha.

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Master Lu said: [The purpose of raising questions is to solve them.

If one only nitpicks without thinking about solving the problem, then the intention and purpose of the person raising the question are questionable. 】

In order to prevent sparrows from stealing food, Li Aiguo took out a bird-scaring whistle.

After verifying the usefulness of the bird-repelling whistle, the authorities decided to vigorously promote this whistle.

Although the whistle structure is simple, it will not be able to produce the corresponding high-pitched frequency if it is not manufactured according to the blueprint.

So on the second day after the Fourth Plenary Session was announced, the higher-ups sent someone to bring Li Aiguo from Factory 738 to the maintenance section’s workshop.

"Patriotic comrade, bird-repelling whistles are in short supply everywhere, so I hope you can provide the corresponding drawings."

Li Aiguo has been practicing making the sledgehammer for a long time at Factory 738. Now that his research has gotten on track, he is thinking of relaxing.

I agreed at that time.

The drawing was actually very simple and it only took me half an hour to complete.

After handing the blueprint to Zhongshan Suit, Li Aiguo thought for a moment and suggested: "Whistling is a kind of manual work, which requires experience.

I think we can find some carpenters, especially those old woodcarving masters, to make bird-repelling whistles."

The man in the Zhongshan suit pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Patriotic comrade, your suggestion makes sense. I will report it to the leader."

After sending off the Zhongshan suit, Li Aiguo returned to the studio.

He thought he should take advantage of this free time to make a mouse-catching wrench. Glue is needed to make a mouse board.

Li Aiguo had just arrived at the warehouse of the maintenance workshop when Director Zhang rushed over after receiving the news.

"Driver Li, what do you need this time?"

Seeing his stingy look, Li Aiguo didn't say anything more. He pointed to a large bucket of phenol resin adhesive and asked, "Old Zhang, can you give me some of it?"

"Hey, Driver Li, can we change it to something else? This is the lifeblood of our maintenance workshop."

Director Zhang felt distressed when he heard this.

You know, chemical products are particularly valuable these days.

Chemical products with super strong adhesion, such as phenol resin adhesives, require layers of approval before they can be obtained.

The most common work in the maintenance workshop is not repairing locomotives, but repairing wearing parts such as seats.

Phenol resin adhesives are particularly important.

Li Aiguo said with a smile: "I originally wanted to make a tool that can catch mice, but since you don't want to, forget it."

As soon as these words came out, Director Zhang's expression suddenly changed.

"Driver Li, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Just kidding, now every department in the locomotive depot has the task of catching mice, and the maintenance workshop has been assigned the task of catching 200 tails.

The workers in the maintenance workshop are good at their jobs, but they are not good at catching mice.

For this purpose, we even borrowed a few cats from members’ homes.

Those Chinese native cats are really powerful. They killed a lot of mice as soon as they took up their posts.

The crux of the matter is, the key question.

The cats swallowed all the mice and didn't even leave the mouse tails that should have been handed over.

There is no other way. Director Zhang can only assign a supervisor to each cat.

However, this affected the work of the maintenance workshop.

After two days on the job, the supervisors all expressed that they were overwhelmed.

The cats climbed up and down, and caught mice carelessly and swallowed them into their stomachs.

Trying to snatch a mouse from a cat is as difficult as catching the mouse yourself.

Catching mice has become a big problem, and Director Zhang now sees mice every time he closes his eyes when he sleeps at night.

Now that I have encountered a good opportunity, how can I miss it?

Director Zhang called the workers to open the lid, and brought a glass bottle to fill a large bottle for Li Aiguo.

After getting the glue, I still need the board.

The mouse trap board was originally made of thick cardboard.

But cardboard was too expensive these days, so Li Aiguo found a few wooden boards and cut them into long squares using the saw in the maintenance workshop.

Then apply glue on it and place a peanut in the middle of the board.

A simple mouse sticking board is ready.

Director Zhang looked at the mouse trap board and asked curiously, "Driver Li, does this thing work?"

"Don't worry, put the rat board in a corner, I guarantee you'll catch a big rat tomorrow."

Li Aiguo reminded Director Zhang: "The glue we used this time was not diluted. You also know the power of glue. Tell the workers not to touch it."

"I know this. Last time, a guy accidentally glued his hand to the seat while gluing it.

When I peeled it off, I almost peeled off the skin with it."

Director Zhang nodded heavily and called the workers to place the mouse trap board under the machine tool.

Those mice love to get into machine tools and gnaw on the electrical wires.

"I guess we'll have to wait until tomorrow. Come on, let's get to work."

Director Zhang took the repair workers onto the locomotive, and Li Aiguo wandered back to the studio.

I haven't taken care of the greenhouse here in recent days. Fortunately, under Huang Jing's care, everything is in good order.

All kinds of vegetables are fresh and juicy, the green vegetables are emerald green, and the leaves are stretched out like small green umbrellas.

The fruits and vegetables are equally delicious.

The cucumbers are slender and green, with tiny thorns on the surface, exuding a fresh and crisp feeling. The tomatoes are round and plump.

Li Aiguo picked some vegetables, fruits and melons to take back, and picked a cucumber and started eating it.

Sudden.

The greenhouse door was knocked open.

Director Zhang rushed in and said excitedly: "Aiguo, we caught it, we caught the big rat!"

Li Aiguo was very happy for Director Zhang.

It would have been better if Director Zhang hadn't been waving half a bloody dead rat in front of him.

(End of this chapter)