The train driver in the courtyard

On the narrow streets, dilapidated houses are closely connected, the tiles on the roofs are broken, the walls are mottled, and in some places even the bricks and stones inside are exposed.

The narrow and winding alleys crisscross each other, and the ground is bumpy. When it rains, it is filled with sewage, making it impossible to walk.

From time to time, groups of young people would pass by, carrying sticks, arm in arm, and shouting loudly.

When they saw the jeep, they stopped and pointed with sticks, and some even whistled.

Blow your Dier, this car is full of gentlemen.

Li Aiguo rolled up the car window with an expressionless face.

Director Bai explained with a little embarrassment: "Most of the young people in the photon film don't have proper jobs. They make trouble on the streets all day long. The district and the streets have also rectified it several times, but it didn't have much effect."

"Grassroots work is difficult." Li Aiguo nodded in agreement.

Director Bai heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.

It seems that this comrade from above is not the kind of person who is out of touch with the world.

At this moment, the jeep suddenly stopped.

The few people did not get out of the car. Director Bai pointed to a dilapidated shed not far away and said:

"Team Leader Li, Zhang Caixia lives in that shed. It was a house built by Guan Debao when he was in trouble. After liberation, the authorities issued him a land deed."

Li Aiguo squinted at the shed and asked, "Have the comrades on the street investigated?"

"Street boss Mr. Chen personally brought people to the house to conduct an investigation. Guan Debao lied that Zhang Caixia was his long-lost cousin before liberation, and that she came here to live with him because she was abused at her husband's house. So she didn't bring a letter of introduction." Director Bai said.

There are many residents living in this area, and most of them are old neighbors who know each other.

The jeep parked here quickly attracted the attention of many residents.

A middle-aged man in a blue work jacket looked over here, his eyes flashing with vigilance.

"Let's go, don't alert the enemy."

The jeep started and drove along the winding street, soon disappearing at the end of the road.

"Hey, Zhigang, why did you forget your lunch box? What are you going to eat with when you get to the factory?"

Li Suhua, who was in her thirties, walked out with Zhou Rong, handed the lunch box to Zhou Zhigang, and reminded him, "When you get off work tonight, come back early. Bingyi got 100 points in the exam, and today is his birthday. I'll stew tofu tonight."

"Got it." Zhou Zhigang reached out and rubbed Zhou Rong's head, preparing to leave.

He took two steps and turned to look at Li Suhua: "It is said that the girl next door was kicked out by her in-laws. She must be feeling very bad. When you have nothing to do, go and comfort her."

"I understand. You should go to work quickly." Li Suhua urged.

Zhou Zhigang then turned around and walked quickly towards the canal construction site outside the city.

******
the other side.

Li Aiguo and Captain Chen arrived at the Jichun Meteorological Station and held a meeting without taking a rest.

At the meeting, Li Aiguo said bluntly: "Our target this time is the big rat dropped from the air, not Zhang Caixia and Gong Debao. Therefore, it is particularly important to monitor Zhang Caixia and Gong Debao. We must ensure that they stay in our sight at all times."

Captain Chen nodded and agreed with Li Aiguo's opinion.

Director Bai's expression looked a little ugly.

"Team Leader Li, most of the residents in the Photon Zone know each other, especially the shack where Zhang Caixia lives, which is located in the corner.

Our comrades in charge of surveillance can only go to check the situation every two or three hours as cleaners. "

Comrades from Jichun who attended the meeting also nodded.

"Yeah, most of the people at Photon Film don't have jobs, and they like to meddle in other people's business."

"If a stranger suddenly appeared there, it would be easy to be discovered."

Li Aiguo waved his hand, and when the meeting room quieted down, he asked slowly, "If the stranger has a legitimate identity, can we monitor him openly?"

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone in the meeting room was stunned.

Just monitor him face to face.

It seems too dangerous.

But when they thought about it carefully, they found the feasibility of this plan.

Since Zhang Caixia can live there as Gong Debao's relative, then our people can too.

Director Bai perked up and nodded, saying, "That's a good idea. I think we can set up a surveillance point at Zhou Zhigang's home."

The Zhou family and the Gong family are separated by only a wall made of wood, so if there is any movement on the other side, it can be discovered at any time. "

"In addition, I have learned about Zhou Zhigang's family situation from Lao Chen from the street office. Zhou Zhigang is a fourth-level construction worker and a member of the organization. He is active in his work and is willing to help others. He has great prestige in the photon film."

The resolution to send someone into the Zhou family to monitor them was quickly unanimously approved.

The next question is who to send.

"If he were a local, there would be no need for him to live in Zhou's house, so he must be an outsider." Captain Chen, who has a lot of experience, analyzed.

The team members from the Beijing Meteorological Station stood up one after another and expressed their willingness to carry out the mission.

They are as tall and straight as pine trees, their eyes are firm and resolute, their backs are always straight, and you can tell at a glance that they are retired soldiers.

Captain Chen's eyes moved over them, and he kept shaking his head, and finally his eyes fell on Li Aiguo.

At this time, Li Aiguo was smoking a cigarette in a lax manner, fiddling with a box of matches in his hand. He looked like a person with lax discipline.

"Patriotic comrade, why don't you go to the Zhou family?" Captain Chen sighed in his heart. He didn't expect that non-staff personnel could have such a role.

Li Aiguo stood up, exhaled a puff of cigarette and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of this."

******
Night falls.

The Photon Film Studio, which had been bustling all day, became even more lively.

Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingkun were playing marbles at home. When they heard heavy footsteps outside, they jumped up excitedly.

"Dad is back."

When they ran out of the house and saw that there was another young man following Zhou Zhigang, a hint of timidity flashed in the eyes of the two children.

"Dad, who is this?"

Zhou Zhigang pointed at Li Aiguo and introduced him, "This is your Uncle Li, our relative in Baoding. He is a train driver. He came to Jichun for training and I asked him to stay for a few days."

Both children looked at Li Aiguo curiously.

Li Aiguo took out some candies from his pocket and handed them over.

The two children's faces immediately lit up with joy.

Although they are called children, Zhou Rong is actually 7 years old now, and Zhou Bingkun is about 5 years old, and they are already sensible. Zhou Rong stuffed the candy into her pocket, put her hands behind her back and ran away.

Zhou Bingkun ran into the kitchen with the candy and stuffed it into the mouth of Li Suhua who was cooking.

"Mom, have some candy."

"Bingkun, didn't mom tell you that you can't always ask your sister's classmate for candy?"

"It wasn't given to me by Brother Xiaoguang. It was a relative who came to our house." Zhou Bingkun felt wronged and pouted.

"Are there relatives coming?"

Li Suhua did not notice that her youngest son felt aggrieved. She quickly wiped her hands and quickly walked into the main room.

At this time, Zhou Zhigang had already poured tea for Li Aiguo. Seeing Li Suhua coming out, he introduced: "This is my uncle's eldest son, Comrade Li Aiguo."

Li Suhua looked at Li Aiguo, pulled Zhou Zhigang aside, and asked in a low voice: "Zhigang, why haven't I heard that you have an uncle?"

"Well, it was a chaotic time, and I thought my uncle and his whole family had died in the chaos.

What a coincidence, I was helping people on the railway repair the tracks today and I happened to meet Aiguo.

This guy looks like my uncle, I recognized him right away."

This afternoon, when Zhou Zhigang was working, he was invited to the office by the section leader.

There were also several comrades in gray Zhongshan suits in the office.

The leader said that he would give him a dangerous but sacred task and asked him if he was willing to accept it.

Zhou Zhigang is a man of steel. He would not frown even if he had to climb mountains of swords or go through seas of fire. He raised his hand and swore an oath right away.

After learning that he was going to help comrades from the special department monitor the woman next door, Zhou Zhigang knew that he had made the right choice in this mission.

This is to catch Dieter!
Movies were often shown in the work section, and the brave soldiers in the movies battled wits and courage with Dieter, which made his blood boil.

Our Zhou Zhigang has been a construction worker all his life, and now he has become a special agent!
Zhou Zhigang agreed immediately and expressed his willingness to cooperate fully.

He knew that Dieter was very cunning, and he knew even better that Li Suhua was weak in character. He was worried that she would reveal her true identity if she knew it, so he made a basket.

Li Suhua married Zhou Zhigang after she fled to Jichun, and she had no idea about Zhou Zhigang's family's previous situation.

Besides, your family lives in a shack. What is the train driver trying to do if he pretends to be your relative?

She no longer doubted it and greeted Li Aiguo warmly.

"Cousin, please sit down quickly, please sit down quickly."

According to the established plan, Li Aiguo was arranged in the inner room against the wall.

He took out the monitoring device from the box - [this thing].

You read that right. The name of the monitoring device is “The thing”.

This was a groundbreaking eavesdropping device created by the KGB.

Before this, once the eavesdropping device was disconnected from the power source, it could only be blown out, the candles removed, and the candlestick kicked - it was game over.

But [this thing] is different.

[This thing] adopts a purely physical design, has no batteries, and does not require an external power supply.

It connects the diaphragm and antenna together, and the sound of conversation within a range of 300 meters will cause the antenna to vibrate through the diaphragm.

By sticking the diaphragm to the wall, you can hear the sound from the other side through the antenna.

Well, to put it simply, it's a loud speaker in reverse.

No wonder it was given such a crappy name.

Li Aiguo pressed the diaphragm against the wall and his eyes widened immediately.

As expected, the name is cheap and easy to feed, and the voice on the other end can be heard clearly.

But Zhang Caixia seems to be sleeping at this moment
Li Aiguo picked up the notebook and wrote down "Zhang Caixia's throat is a little inflamed."

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Li Aiguo calmly took down [this thing], put it under the bed, walked over and opened the door.

I saw Zhou Zhigang standing outside the door holding an iron thermos.

"Would you like some tea, Lee?"

Seeing Zhou Zhigang's uneasy look, Li Aiguo took the thermos and said with a smile: "Cousin, we are a family, please don't be so polite, otherwise I really can't live here anymore."

Zhou Zhigang suddenly came to his senses after hearing this.

This is a warning to him.

After Zhou Zhigang realized that he seemed to have made a mistake, he nodded repeatedly.

After closing the door, Li Aiguo smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This old Zhou is really proactive, but in this kind of situation, being proactive often leads to mistakes. I hope he can understand this."

In the evening, Zhou Bingyi also returned from school.

The boy was so absorbed in his studies that he paid no attention to this strange distant relative. He went back to his room and started to read.

Time came to night unknowingly.

Li Suhua prepared a few side dishes and a stewed tofu and placed them on the table, preparing to celebrate Zhou Bingyi's birthday.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Li Suhua opened the door.

"Miss Caixia, why are you here so late?"

Li Aiguo raised his head and saw that the person standing outside was Zhang Caixia.

Zhang Caixia was holding an oil-paper bag. As she handed it to Li Suhua, she stole a glance at Li Aiguo.

"Sister Li, I heard that today is Bingyi's birthday, so I went to the pastry shop and bought two kilograms of pastries."

Li Suhua looked at the pastries and wanted to refuse, but when she turned her head to see the children's expectant eyes, she finally took it.

"Caixia, I'm so sorry."

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. You helped me a lot when I first came here. I still remember it."

Zhang Caixia said this, looked at Li Aiguo, a strange look flashed in her eyes, and asked: "Do you have guests at home?"

"Yes, he is Zhigang's cousin and is staying at home for a few days."

(End of this chapter)