The train driver in the courtyard

The first ray of sunshine in the early morning quietly falls, awakening a sleeping world.

The crowing of the rooster breaks the silence of the night, announcing the beginning of a new day.

The yard gradually became lively.

Li Aiguo, feeling refreshed, took a plate of fried eggs from Chen Xueru, swallowed it whole, and rode his bicycle to the Railway Research Institute.

The conference room was converted into a classroom.

The director of the Institute of Computing Technology, Professor Xia Zhongsu, and dozens of researchers were all present, and Chen Ziluan also sat obediently in the back row.

This guy also opened his notebook.

“Now we have class.”

Although the ㄅㄛ language is an advanced computer language, its structure is simple. Li Aiguo also optimized it and developed teaching materials suitable for beginners.

In just a few classes, the leaders and researchers of the Institute of Computing Technology understood the principles of the ㄅㄛ language.

The director immediately realized the importance of this advanced computer language.

He held Li Aiguo's hand tightly and said, "Comrade Aiguo, thank you for your great contribution to China's computer industry."

"This is what I should do"

"We are calculating all the vacancies for consultants. I wonder if Comrade Li Aiguo is interested?"

The director turned his head to look at Liu Guozhang, and suddenly extended an invitation to Li Aiguo.

"consultant?"

Li Aiguo was also confused. "I'm just a train driver. I like driving trains and I don't have the energy to study computers."

The director said: “Don’t worry, the consultants in our institute are equivalent to visiting professors in universities.

You only need to take one day a month to explain the basic ideas of programming languages ​​to researchers. You don’t need to work full-time in our institute.”

Li Aiguo asked: "Is there any salary?"

The director said: "Our institute is a research institute directly under the ministry, and consultants enjoy the treatment of Level 6 researchers, with a standard of 154 yuan per month."

It's a good job to just get paid without doing any work.

"Director, consultant Li Aiguo reports in!" Li Aiguo puffed out his chest.

Director: “.”

Liu Guozhang pinched his eyebrows helplessly.

He knew that Li Aiguo was a money-hungry guy.

But Liu Guozhang also knew it.

What has Li Aiguo come up with now?

Computers are the most cutting-edge technology in the world. Although they are not yet of great use, the authorities' determination to develop computers will not change.

If the Institute of Computing Technology doesn't pull people over, they will definitely continue to cause trouble with their superiors.

Li Aiguo now serves as a consultant and is considered a member of the Institute of Computing Technology.

After listening to Li Aiguo's suggestion, the director and Professor Xia decided to designate the ㄅㄛ (啵) language as the basic computer language in China and promote it vigorously.

Li Aiguo was supposed to be a "lecturer".

However, considering that his next job may require him to leave Beijing and go to a front-line construction site to participate in railway construction.

So Li Aiguo recommended Chen Ziliao as the "lecturer".

When Chen Ziliao learned of this decision, he felt a little terrified.

"My patriotic brother, you know my teaching level. I am worried that I will mislead the students."

Li Aiguo patted Chen Zilan on the shoulder.

"It's okay. You just need to read the textbook verbatim. Besides, haven't you heard me teach the comrades in the Institute of Computing Technology?"

Chen Zilan was a little dazed.

He felt that Li Aiguo had planned this long ago.

Chen Zilan still wanted to refuse.

After all, teaching is not as fun as studying mathematics.

At this time, Li Aiguo stretched out his hand, bent his thumb, and shook it at Chen's information.

"One class a day, 40 yuan subsidy a month."

It’s only forty dollars. I just want to ask you whether you like it or not.

".Patriotic brother, money is not important, I just like computer science. Don't worry, I will definitely teach those students seriously."

Chen Zilan immediately patted his chest.

Li Aiguo: "."

Sure enough, if you want the horse to run, you have to give it grass first.

As for Chen Ziluan's teaching level, Li Aiguo didn't care.

After all, those researchers are all outstanding graduates from universities, so it shouldn't be possible that they can't even understand the lectures.

right?

If they can't understand, they are not qualified to be programmers.

This is a screening mechanism of some kind.

Ahem, why does Li Aiguo feel like he has become the compiler of the C language that is hated by both humans and gods?
Chen Zilan is now much more mature. With Li Aiguo's teaching materials and having listened to demonstration classes, he performs quite well when teaching the researchers at the Institute of Computing Technology.

Most of those researchers come from famous domestic universities such as Beijing University and Qinghua University, and they are first-class in both IQ and learning ability.

In addition, Chen Zilan has the potential to be a math giant, and programming and mathematics are inseparable, so the teaching effect is surprisingly good.

Chen Zilan watched the researchers nodding their heads frequently and surprisingly found the joy of being a teacher again.

This is something that Li Aiguo did not expect.

As a consultant, Li Aiguo received his salary and naturally had to go to the Institute of Computing Technology to work.

Li Aiguo's first day at work.

The director convened a meeting to discuss the development of the 103 vacuum tube computer and the ㄅㄛ language.

"We have reported our achievements in the 103 vacuum tube computer and the language. The ministry praised the work of our Institute of Computing Technology."

"The ministry hopes to put vacuum tube computers and ㄅㄛ language into practice. What do you think?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Li Aiguo.

These two things were invented by Li Aiguo, so he has the most say.

Under the scorching gazes of the crowd, Li Aiguo did not hesitate and said directly:
“103 now has the capability to perform complex calculations.

So I suggest using the ㄅㄛ language to develop a program that can perform complex scientific calculations.

Mainly used in industrial design, weapon design, and other fields."

This view was agreed by everyone.

The director's mind moved. He heard that there was movement in the Gobi Desert, and several researchers in the institute were transferred there to help with the calculations.

If a computing program could really be developed, the computing pressure in the Gobi Desert would be reduced a lot.

Li Aiguo proposed a calculation program at this time. Could it be that he also knew about the Gobi Desert?

Impossible, he is just a train driver, how could he know such secrets!
After the development direction was determined, disputes arose among researchers regarding the future of the ㄅㄛ language.

Professor Xia Zhongsu said that Microsoft language should be like IBM, which, after inventing Fortran, adopted the licensing method to promote Fortran.

However, several veteran researchers expressed opposition.

In their opinion, it is a bit of a loss to let others use what they have developed with great effort.

"We can give it to Big Brother even if we don't want a penny, but we must never let capitalism take advantage of us!"

"Professor Xia, your ideological tendency is very dangerous. I hope you can stop before it is too late."

The two sides were arguing, and the atmosphere in the meeting room became tense for a while.

At this time, the director looked at Li Aiguo and asked, "Comrade Aiguo, what do you think?"

The scene suddenly became quiet.

The researchers who had been arguing fiercely just now sat down one after another.

After all, the HA language was created by Li Aiguo, it just bears the name of the Institute of Computing Technology, and all the people are still Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo pondered for a moment and said, "Whether a computer language can develop and mature requires the help of countless programmers and needs to mature in practice.

If you treasure what you have, you will definitely be eliminated.”

An old researcher raised his hand: "But once the language spreads, wouldn't it be like giving away the fruits of our labor?"

Li Aiguo only gave one example and the researchers remained silent.

"Do you remember the Russians' computers with a ternary number system?"

The Americans and the Russians successively lit up the technology tree of transistors and invented binary computers and ternary computers respectively.

Ternary computers consume less power and are faster, so they should become mainstream.

But the Russians have a shortcoming: they like to hide new technologies.

The technicians in the United States like to publish their theories in scientific journals.

Therefore, people in the world only know about binary computers, but not ternary computers.

There was no further news after that. After a few prototypes of the ternary computer were produced, the entire project was canceled.

Instead, the seemingly backward binary computers became mainstream.

Even the Russians came to their senses and started developing binary computers.

Li Aiguo went on to say: "We use a licensing method, even though we can only charge more than 2,000 yuan for each electronic tube computer.

There are not many vacuum tube computers in the world today.

However, computers will definitely become popular as a production tool.

By then, we will be able to earn a lot of foreign exchange from licensing fees.”

When the researchers heard about foreign exchange, they could no longer object.

To do scientific research, you must first fill your stomach.

The director nodded in agreement and said, "I will arrange for people to publish these two achievements in the magazine of our Institute of Computing Technology, so that people all over the country can see our achievements and boost the morale of the masses in eliminating the four evils."

These things have nothing to do with Li Aiguo.

After helping to design the framework of the scientific computing program, Li Aiguo used the ㄅㄛ language to program a plane shooting game.

This caused quite a stir in the Institute of Computing Technology.

Compared with Tic-Tac-toe (the world's first electronic game), Airplane Shooting uses dynamic graphics display, which is more vivid and lifelike.

This also made them realize the power of the English language.

At the same time, some people think that Li Aiguo is not doing his job properly. How can he use such an expensive computer for fun? !
Only the director saw Li Aiguo concentrating on playing the game, and always felt that Li Aiguo must have other intentions by creating the game at this time.

After playing a few games of shooting planes, Li Aiguo returned to the Railway Research Institute.

The railway automatic signal was verified, and Li Aiguo and Liu Guozhang sorted out all the information and submitted it to the Ministry of Railways.

Experts from the Ministry of Railways will review the feasibility of automatic railway signaling and then decide where to build the first experimental railway signaling.

These all take time.

Our Li Aiguo took advantage of this gap to return to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot and lived a good life driving big trains every day.

When Li Aiguo came back from driving that day, he just got off the train at the station and saw his apprentice Huang Jing coming over with the assistant driver and the fireman of the 38 driver team.

The co-driver looked like a lesbian.

The boiler operator was a big and strong man with a Adam's apple, and looked like a gay man.

The girl's name is Liu Dachun.

Liu Dachun's father was a boiler operator and he wanted his son to take over after retirement.

As a result, the son had thin arms and legs and was not able to handle the job of a stoker at all. He quit after working for just a few days.

There were not many fire operators in the locomotive depot, so Liu Dachun took over.

Even though Liu Dachun is a girl, she is stronger than most men. It is just right for her to join the 38th driver team now.

Huang Jing smiled and said, "Master, I have now been assigned a fixed line, the K16 train from Beijing to Jichun."

“This is a good route, keep going!”

Li Aiguo was happy for Huang Jing.

The railway network in the Northeast started earlier, the railway design is more standardized, and it is better maintained, so trains encounter less danger.

Especially trains with the prefix K, which are extremely rare these days.

Being able to drive K-series trains and with the support of the 38th driver team, Huang Jing has a bright future.

"Master, I would like to invite you to have dinner at Donglaishun." Huang Jing also stated her purpose at this time.

"Forget about Donglaishun. You will have many other places to spend money in the future. Let's buy some meat and vegetables and have your mistress cook for us. Then we can have a nice drink."

Train drivers are assigned to fixed lines, which means they no longer have to be substitute drivers. Huang Jing has become a real train driver, which is something worth celebrating.

Li Aiguo took Huang Jing to the market to buy some meat and vegetables, then rode his bicycle back to the courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he ran into Yan Jiecheng who had just gotten off work.

Yan Jiecheng greeted Li Aiguo and congratulated Huang Jing with a smile.

“Master Huang, I heard that you have been assigned a fixed line and will be a truck driver in the future.

I wish you a safe journey. If I go to Jichun next time, you must arrange a seat for me."

"Secretary Yan, don't worry, I will let Liu Dachun carry the bag for you when the time comes."

Huang Jing replied and followed Li Aiguo towards the backyard.

At this time, the third uncle came out of the house, squinting his eyes at Huang Jing's back, and asked Yan Jiecheng: "Jiecheng, this girl is a train driver at such a young age?"

When this topic was mentioned, Yan Jiecheng suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.

Even though he is now a clerk in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot, he is actually just an errand boy.

Whether in terms of status or salary and benefits, they cannot be compared with train drivers.

"Dad, Huang Jing was originally from Tianjin, and her father sacrificed his life for the railway industry.

Later, in order to train her, the section asked her to worship Aiguo as her teacher, so she could naturally become a train driver. "

In order to clear himself from the fact that he was not incompetent, Yan Jiecheng gave a detailed introduction to Huang Jing's situation.

"Female train drivers are rare, aren't they?" The third aunt also came over.

Yan Jiecheng nodded: "Huang Jing is the first female train driver in our Qianmen Locomotive Depot and even in the Beijing Railway Bureau."

"Since she's so good, she should be able to earn at least a hundred yuan a month." Hearing this, the third uncle stroked his chin, his eyes rolling around. He touched Yan Jiecheng's arm and said, "Jiecheng, I think this girl is pretty good, marry her!"

"What do you mean by married?" Yan Jiecheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I haven't had much contact with Huang Jing. Besides, the girl I like is Yu Li."

"Yu Li doesn't have a job, how can she compare to a train driver?" The third uncle sternly lectured Yan Jiecheng: "Jiecheng, I'm doing this for your own good. If you marry Huang Jing, won't our family have an extra hundred yuan in income every month?"

"Yes, Jie Cheng, just listen to your father." The third aunt also advised.

Yan Jiecheng said angrily: "I don't care, I just like Yu Li!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran into the house, closing the door tightly.

"How come this kid can't understand my painstaking efforts at all!"

The third uncle was so angry that he almost picked up a stick to teach Yan Jiecheng a lesson.

Later, I thought that this was something Liu Haizhong often did, so I had to put the stick down.

As an old teacher, you should convince people with reason.

After returning home, the third uncle changed into a clean Zhongshan suit, picked up the two little cat fishes and was about to go out.

The three aunts stopped him.

"Old man, what are you going to do with such an expensive gift?"

"Go and love the country. I want to personally act as a matchmaker for our son."

After hearing this, the three aunts were even more confused.

The third uncle explained: "Think about it, Huang Jing's parents are no longer alive. As the saying goes, a master and his apprentice are like father and son.

Li Aiguo is now Huang Jing's father, and he can definitely marry Huang Jing to our Yan Jiecheng."

"That's right. Our family has a pretty good relationship with Li Aiguo."

The third aunt tilted her head and thought for a moment, then turned around and took out a bag of peanuts from the cupboard.

"This kind of thing requires a heavy gift, take the peanuts too."

"You are really thoughtful, old lady."

The third uncle felt a little distressed.

But when he thought of Huang Jing's salary of more than 100 yuan, he could only grit his teeth and take the peanuts.

At this time, Li Aiguo was greeting Huang Jing at home.

It felt a bit strange to see the third uncle standing outside the door and wandering around.

He walked out and greeted the third uncle.

"Uncle, man, do you want to eat for free?"

"Oh my, can I eat for free?! It smells delicious." The third uncle glanced at the food on the table and his mouth was watering.

This boiled chicken is really delicious!
He wanted to walk into the house at that moment, but stopped after taking two steps.

Don't miss out on big things just to gain a small advantage!

"Aiguo, you misunderstood. I'm not the kind of person who eats for free."

The third uncle pulled Li Aiguo to a big tree nearby, looked around, and saw that no one was paying attention to this place.

He took out the small fish and peanuts from his arms.

"Aiguo, this is for you, please keep it."

Two small fishes and a bag of peanuts were already very important gifts for the old man.

Li Aiguo instantly became alert and waved his hand, "Uncle, what are you doing? Are you trying to exchange my house?"

The third uncle said generously: "That's impossible. I'm not such a stingy person. If I change the house, I will at least add a fish."

Li Aiguo: "."

At this time, Chen Xueru's voice came from the house, calling for dinner, and the third uncle no longer hid his feelings.

He blinked and said, "Aiguo, this is a betrothal gift."

“???” Li Aiguo’s head was full of question marks.

"My son Xie Cheng has reached the age to get married. I think Huang Jing is a good girl and is quite suitable for my son Huang Jing. So I want to discuss with you when to arrange the marriage for our two children."

You are really smart. Li Aiguo rolled his eyes and complained secretly in his heart.

He never expected that the third uncle would actually set his sights on his apprentice.

"Third uncle, nowadays people advocate freedom of marriage. Huang Jing's marriage is her own decision."

Li Aiguo politely rejected the third uncle.

"What you said is wrong. It's the old rule that marriage is decided by parents and matchmaker. Aiguo, you have to help with this matter." The third uncle said hurriedly.

"Uncle, I don't want to chat with you anymore. My wife is waiting for me to eat."

Li Aiguo was left speechless by this shrewd old man. He left a word and turned around to go into the house.

"Why are you leaving now? Patriotism is a matter of kinship."

"bang"

When the third uncle saw that the door was closed, he didn't have the courage to knock on it and could only return home with his hands behind his back.

The three aunts were waiting for news. When they saw the old man coming back, they hurried forward to ask about the result.

"Aiguo was a little stubborn and didn't agree to my request. But it didn't hurt me. I brought the small fish and peanuts back."

The third uncle took out small fish and peanuts from his arms, and immediately smiled with wrinkles all over his face.

As long as you don't suffer any loss, there will always be a chance to gain an advantage.

He slapped his thigh sharply.

If I had known not to mention Huang Jing's matter, maybe I could have had a good meal.

This time I'm at a disadvantage.

Li Aiguo didn't take the third uncle's affairs to heart.

Although this old guy likes to take advantage of others, he is not a bad person. Even if he cannot take advantage of others, he will not do anything secretly.

At this time, a large table of food was already placed on the table.

Boiled chicken, crispy pork, vinegar-fried wood sticks, stir-fried pork slices, hot and sour cabbage, and stir-fried Chinese cabbage.

Although Miss Chen’s cooking skills are not as good as Nan Yi’s, they are not much worse. These home-cooked dishes are delicious and fragrant.

After Huang Jing came to Beijing, she had been living in the locomotive depot and relying on the canteen for her daily necessities. She had never eaten such delicious meals before.

She was so exhausted from eating that she had to walk with the help of the wall.

******
A week later, the 103 vacuum tube computer and the ㄅㄛ language were evaluated by the ministries and were rated as excellent scientific research achievements.

Li Aiguo went to the Academy of Sciences to receive a big award certificate.

Vice President Zhang, who is in charge of the daily work of the Academy of Sciences, personally presented the certificate to Li Aiguo.

"Patriotic comrade, I hope you will continue to work hard in computer research and make greater contributions."

Vice President Zhang is a veteran who once participated in the national salvation movement and the war behind enemy lines. He is an old veteran who has fought through blood and fire.

After becoming the vice president of the Academy of Sciences, he became a typical "layman leading the professionals", but this "layman" was recognized by the professionals.

Vice President Zhang proposed that the Academy of Sciences should work closely with the defense department, while taking into account major global and strategic key technical issues in the national economy that need to be resolved by the Academy of Sciences.

This strategy is practical and allows limited scientific resources to play a greater role.

Instead of being used to demolish city walls and dig graves.

Moreover, Vice President Zhang played the role of a big tree in the following period of time.

Li Aiguo has special respect for such seniors.

"President Zhang, don't worry, I will definitely keep working hard."

Vice President Zhang had heard Zhao Gang mention Li Aiguo's name before.

After careful questioning, I found out that this Li Aiguo was the one who developed the automatic umbrella, and my attitude became even more enthusiastic.

"Comrade Li Aiguo, your deeds are enough to prove that coming from labor and going back to labor is a great magic weapon for scientific research."

After Vice President Zhang finished speaking, he lowered his voice a little.

"We will be selecting the National Natural Science Award at the end of the year. I think with your performance, you have a good chance of winning the second prize.

You should reorganize the materials and submit them to the Academy of Sciences."

Second Prize of National Natural Science Award!!
Li Aiguo's eyes widened suddenly.

Starting from 1956, the Academy of Sciences awarded the Science Prize to outstanding natural scientists in my country for the first time.

These include 3 first prizes, 5 second prizes, and 26 third prizes.

This is the most influential scientific award in our country.

Just look at the names of the inaugural science winners.

Mr. Hua, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Qian!
As an outsider, Li Aiguo felt satisfied just to win the second prize.

"Don't worry, I will organize the information carefully after I return."

In the following few days, Li Aiguo wrote materials while driving.

Two days later, the application materials were handed to Vice President Zhang of the Academy of Sciences.

At the Academy of Sciences meeting, Vice President Zhang proposed listing Li Aiguo as a candidate for the second prize of the National Natural Science Award.

Some people raised objections at that time.

"Old Zhang, Comrade Li Aiguo has indeed made some contributions. But he is not a member of the Academy of Sciences, nor a scientist, and he is not even a college student.

If he is awarded the second prize, some comrades may be dissatisfied.

As the ancients said: "If the name is not right, then the words will not flow." Comrade Li Aiguo's identity may be difficult to convince the public. "

Vice President Zhang looked up at the president who raised the objection and said calmly, "President, when we select scientific awards, we base them on the size of the contribution, not on background or seniority. If background were a concern, then you, a writer, should not be the president of the Academy of Sciences."

The dean was suddenly speechless.

But he didn't care too much.

Now it's just a nomination.

At that time, a vote will be held to decide who will receive the award.

"I was negligent. Let me put it this way. I agree to include Li Aiguo in the nomination for the second prize."

Li Aiguo was identified as a candidate for the second prize of the National Natural Science Award.

Later, Vice President Zhang proposed to continue publishing a detailed introduction to the ㄅㄛ language in "Electronic Computer Dynamics".

Then translate the Russian language into Russian and send it to Moscow.

This proposal was agreed by everyone.

Vice President Zhang also suggested filming the masturbation scenes and printing them in journals.

Although some leaders think that masturbation is a game and seems a bit unprofessional.

However, because the airplane shooting game was the world's first dynamic game, they agreed after the name of the airplane shooting game was changed to "Shoot American Airplanes".

After the journal was published, those researchers looked at the airplane shooting game that could be "exercised" in the journal and felt that Li Aiguo was really good at it.

They also want to play shooting down American planes.

However, this is impossible.

There is absolutely no way that a precious vacuum tube computer can be turned into a game console.

(End of this chapter)