The train driver in the courtyard

"Aunt Fatty, if that's the case, I'll treat you to wedding candy."

At this moment, Li Aiguo looked at this fat aunt, whom he used to dislike, and found her particularly pleasing to the eye.

Auntie Pang's chubby face was full of smiles, and she held up two fingers: "It's a deal, I like to eat White Rabbit candy, I can eat two kilograms at a time."

Li Aiguo: "."

After returning home, Li Aiguo told Chen Xueru about Aunt Pang's doubts.

Miss Chen frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

"I'm not having my period, why should I buy a menstrual belt?"

Li Aiguo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It turned out that this silly girl wanted a child so much but didn't know what it was like to be pregnant.

Looking at Li Aiguo with a strange smile on his face, Miss Chen realized it later and her eyes widened little by little:

"Am I pregnant?"

"Maybe there are other reasons. Let's not make it public for now." Miss Chen recovered from her excitement and felt a little unbelievable again.

"That's right. Let's go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow."

Li Aiguo nodded.

Although he said that she had to go to the hospital for a check-up, Li Aiguo already treated Miss Chen as a pregnant woman.

After dinner, Li Aiguo came to the scrap shop with his hands behind his back, found Wang Da Kui and asked for ten kilograms of bananas and fifteen kilograms of apples.

Now the scrap shop is a commodity distribution point, and the few rooms at the back have been converted into warehouses. It didn't take long for Wang Da Kui to put the things Li Aiguo needed in a sack and handed it to him.

Li Aiguo was about to leave with the net bag, but Zhang Erpao came jogging over after finishing his work.

"Brother Aiguo, the enlistment notice has come, and I will be an artilleryman next month!"

With excitement on his little face, Zhang Erpao seemed particularly energetic compared to before, at least his nose was not flying.

Zhang Dagui looked at Li Aiguo and said gratefully, "This time it's all thanks to you. The Second Artillery has inquired and found that most of the new recruits who left this year were assigned to the field army, but this time the Second Artillery was directly assigned to the artillery company in the Southern Military Region."

At that time, the Second Artillery Force, a core force for implementing strategic deterrence, had not yet officially appeared. The artillery was under the management of various units and was often organized into companies.

Before leaving the capital, Li Aiguo asked Li Yunlong to help Zhang Erpao complete the enlistment procedures.

"You have only obtained the enlistment documents. Whether you can stay in the army depends on your own ability. Once you are in the army, work hard and don't slack off."

"Don't worry, Brother Aiguo, I will never embarrass you." Zhang Erpao nodded heavily.

What village beauty? He had long forgotten about her.

For men, is there anything more enjoyable than having sex?
Zhang Erpao was leaving in a week. Li Aiguo noted the time and planned to see him off when the time came.

back home.

Bananas and apples are on the table.

In the evening, Miss Chen was going to wash Li Aiguo's feet as usual, but he pulled her arm.

"No, from today on, this is off the table."

"Even if I'm pregnant, it's only been a month. It won't affect anything. They really treat me like a lady from a landlord's family."

Chen Xueru ignored the rough man and added hot water to the basin, scalding Li Aiguo so much that he grimaced.

He forgot that these days female comrades hold up half the sky.

Take Zhou Ke’s wife Huang Shuxian for example. She is about to give birth, but she is still posting propaganda slogans everywhere with her big belly.

Well, we should just follow the local customs and enjoy ourselves.

Feeling the soft little hands rubbing up and down, Li Aiguo squinted his eyes comfortably.

The next day, Li Aiguo and Chen Xueru agreed to go to the Railway Hospital for a check-up after returning from the train in the evening, so Li Aiguo sent Chen Xueru out.

He wanted to send Chen Xueru to work but was rejected. He could only watch Chen Xueru's long legs kicking and disappearing in the crowd.

We arrived at the locomotive depot early in the morning.

Li Aiguo was a little uneasy. Sometimes he looked frowning, sometimes he laughed out loud, so much so that Huang Jing also noticed it.

"Master, is there something wrong with you?"

"It's nothing. Just drive on."

During the subsequent journey, the train ran smoothly. Li Aiguo returned to the locomotive depot and was supposed to attend a meeting, but considering that he had to go to the hospital, he asked for leave from the workshop director and rode his bicycle to the hospital gate.

Chen Xueru had been waiting for a while at this time. When she saw him coming, she greeted him with a smile.

"Nothing going on today?"

"Oh, I'm an experienced driver, I'm a very good driver! Let's go to the hospital quickly, or we'll have to get off work."

Li Aiguo put aside his work and accompanied Chen Xueru to the hospital for a check-up.

A moment later, Chen Xueru walked out of the doctor's office with the pregnancy test form.

"It's already four weeks of pregnancy."

"She's really pregnant?!"

Li Aiguo was overjoyed when he heard this. Regardless of the fact that there were other people around, he rushed forward and hugged Chen Xueru high up.

"There are so many people watching!"

Chen Xueru felt a little embarrassed and secretly twisted the rough man's arm before he let her go.

"I'm hugging my own wife, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." Although he said it toughly, Li Aiguo still put Chen Xueru down carefully.

The first three months of pregnancy are a critical period and should be treated with extra care.

Later, considering that the conditions at the Railway Hospital were better, Chen Xueru created a file in the hospital. From then on, she only had to bring her file book with her to attend prenatal checkups on schedule.

The two discussed it and decided to keep the matter secret for the time being.

It's just that both of them underestimated the information network these days.

As soon as Li Aiguo arrived at the station the next day, the director of the Women's Federation called him into the office.

"Aiguo, I heard that your wife is pregnant?"

"Who told you that?" Li Aiguo took a breath of cold air. He felt that the 200-pound woman in front of him was the best intelligence agent in the world.

"The cousin of the sister-in-law of the second sister of Secretary Wang in our department is a nurse in our hospital. She personally helped your wife fill out the file." said the director of the Women's Federation.

Li Aiguo: "."

He forgot that the Railway Hospital is integrated with the locomotive depot and many family members of the locomotive depot employees work in the hospital.

Seeing that he was unwilling to admit it, the director of the Women's Federation continued, "According to the regulations of our section, any employee's family member who is pregnant can receive a monthly allowance.

Every month, 4 jin of eggs, 1 jin of sugar, 5 jin of soybeans, and half a jin of kelp. "

"Director, my wife is pregnant. She is indeed pregnant!" Li Aiguo nodded heavily. He rubbed his hands and asked, "She has been pregnant for more than a month. Can I get the allowance for last month?"

Director of the Women’s Federation: “.”

These supplies may not seem like much in later generations and can be bought at any supermarket, but they are scarce materials in those days.

Especially kelp, which is rich in vitamins needed by babies and is rare in the market.

After work, Li Aiguo went to the logistics department to collect supplies. When he was about to go back, he met Yan Jiecheng.

"Brother Aiguo, your sister-in-law is pregnant?" Yan Jiecheng had no other skills, but he was considered a know-it-all in the locomotive depot. When he saw the supplies in Li Aiguo's hands, his eyes widened.

Well, I can’t hide it now.

Yan Jiecheng's big mouth has become an occupational disease. As long as he knows something, the whole compound knows it.

Li Aiguo simply stopped hiding it.

After returning home, he first took Chen Xueru to visit Chen's house.

When Chen Fangxuan heard that Chen Xueru was pregnant, he was so happy that he kept wiping away tears.

"That's great, it's really great, my dear, thank you for blessing Xueru."

He didn't even bother to let the two of them sit down and quickly went into the inner room.

Chen Xueru whispered, "My father put up a photo frame for my mother in the inner room. He must be secretly burning incense now."

Although people oppose these messy things these days, they don't take it too seriously for the people. No one will mind if someone puts up a photo frame or burns some incense during festivals.

When the sister-in-law learned that Chen Xueru was pregnant, she immediately pulled Chen Xueru into the inner room and taught her about pregnancy.

"You must drink more vinegar, you know, sour son, spicy daughter, drinking vinegar can give birth to a son. From today on, don't eat soy sauce, otherwise the child will turn black. You have to eat more, one person eats for two people."

Li Aiguo couldn't stand it anymore, so he made an excuse that he had something else to do and took Chen Xueru away from the Chen family.

When passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Aiguo stopped his bicycle and weighed two kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy.

Seeing Aunt Fat dozing off in front of the phone, Li Aiguo walked over, grabbed a handful of candies and placed them on the table.

In her sleep, Auntie Fat's nose twitched and her eyes suddenly widened: "Hey, wild toffee."

She looked up and saw Li Aiguo, then looked at the radiant Chen Xueru, and immediately understood.

"Aiguo, is your wife really pregnant?"

"Aunt, I want to borrow your good words."

Li Aiguo chatted with the fat aunt for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, he took Chen Xueru back to the courtyard.

According to the rules of that time, when a daughter-in-law becomes pregnant, she needs to announce the good news to relatives and friends.

Li Aiguo first told Wang Da Kui and Da Kui's mother the good news.

Only then did Wang Da Kui understand why Li Aiguo wanted fruit.

"Brother Aiguo, don't worry. From now on, I will select the most delicious fruits and send them to my sister-in-law every day. If you need any nutritional supplements, just tell me and I will definitely get them for you."

"Thank you very much. Please keep these in the account first and we will settle them at the end of the month."

Li Aiguo didn't bother to be polite with Wang Da Kui. After all, supplies were hard to come by these days. Wang Da Kui had been in the pigeon market for many years and was familiar with people from all walks of life.

Afterwards, Li Aiguo took the milk candy and went from house to house, even the Jia family was not missed.

When Jia Zhang saw the candy, her usual vicious attitude changed and her face lit up with joy. She grabbed a handful of the candy.

"Grandma, I want to eat too." Banggeng jumped and shouted beside him.

Jia Zhang grabbed another big handful, which made Qin Huairu feel embarrassed.

"Aiguo, Chen Xueru, congratulations."

"You're welcome."

Li Aiguo had no interest in dealing with her. After giving her the wedding candy, he turned around and walked towards the backyard with Chen Xueru.

Looking at the bananas and apples in Li Aiguo's hands, Qin Huairu felt a pang of sighs in her heart.

She was also pregnant, but could only eat black steamed bread every day.

Being able to eat white flour buns is a blessing from heaven.

If she hadn't changed her mind at that time, all the fruits would have been hers.

Qin Huairu was sure that she regretted it.

After learning that Chen Xueru was pregnant, several residents in the compound who had close relations with the Li family sent gifts.

A few eggs and half a pound of flour. Although they are not valuable things, they are old things. Li Aiguo expressed his gratitude one by one.

What Li Aiguo didn't expect was that Xu Damao also sent a basket of pecans and a large bag of dates.

"Brother Damao, do you still want me to connect you with Deputy Director Li?"

Li Aiguo knew that Xu Damao was a guy who would not do anything without profit, and it was impossible for him to give him a gift for no reason.

"Brother Aiguo, look at what you said. It's okay. Can't I, Damao, go see my friend? In our compound, I treat you as a friend." "Is it really okay?" Li Aiguo asked.

Xu Damao looked at Liu Lan who was chatting with Chen Xueru, and then pulled Li Aiguo out the door.

"Brother Aiguo, do you still have that Linggui wine? Give me two more pots." Xu Damao poked his head out to see if anyone was paying attention to this side, and said slyly, rubbing his hands.

"Lucky for you, I just brewed a jar."

"The old price?"

“Old price!”

Li Aiguo took a big unity card from Xu Damao with a smile.

The effect of Linggui Zhanshi Wine is outstanding, but its cost is too high and the price cannot be lowered.

Other residents in the compound are reluctant to spend this money.

Only Xu Damao adhered to the idea that "good things must have a good price" and insisted on buying Linggui Zhanshi wine from Li Aiguo.

Of course, maybe it’s because Damao really needs the turtle to show off the wine.

Plus, Damao is not short of money.

Our Li Aiguo also treats old customers preferentially and gave Xu Damao a lot of discounts.

But even so, Li Aiguo felt that if Damao continued to drink for a few more years, he would be able to help Li Aiguo buy two more houses.

Xu Damao bought some wine and didn't even bother to greet Li Aiguo. He called Liu Lan and went home excitedly.

When Liu Lan went out, her face was as red as her buttocks.

******
Lesbians these days are not so delicate.

After Chen Xueru became pregnant, she was worried for two days at first, but then she continued to ride her bicycle every day to do her work in the street office as before.

Time passed unknowingly and it was November. Zhang Erpao had already left the capital to rebuild an artillery company of a certain battalion.

In the letter Zhang Erpao sent back, he said everything was fine and sent the first month's allowance of 6.5 yuan.

Cousin Wang Da Kui burst into tears reading the letter and actually felt like an old father.

Li Aiguo's life is very ordinary. He studies hard while focusing on driving.

When Li Aiguo came back from driving that day, he suddenly received a call from Zhao Gang, asking him to take Chen Xueru to Zhao Gang's house for dinner in the evening.

It is not right to visit someone empty-handed. Wei Zhuang happened to deliver some pickled bacon. Li Aiguo picked up a large piece of bacon and five kilograms of apples.

Seeing the two people coming, Feng Nan greeted Li Aiguo warmly, then took Chen Xueru's hand and went into the inner room to teach her about pregnancy knowledge.

"Aiguo, come on, let's sit in the study." Zhao Gang asked the waiter to go to the canteen in the compound to get food, and he stood up and walked towards the study.

Li Aiguo understood at that time that Zhao Gang asked him to come over this time because something must have happened.

really.

After the study door was closed, Zhao Gang could not wait to say, "The higher-ups have ordered the establishment of a frontier corps, with the old corps commander as the head. I will be heading to the frontier at the end of this month."

"The frontier corps was established so quickly?" Li Aiguo frowned.

When discussing printing matters with the old team leader and Zhao Gang several times before, it was decided that the Asan problem had to be solved in one go. The best way was to achieve quick access to Asan while the people in the big family had not reacted yet.

The team must fight all the way to the seaport, then occupy the territory, and then wait for those guys who help Asan to come and bargain.

Although the Asans are useless, they have one advantage: they have a large population.

To achieve such a big goal, we need to set up a special team.

Li Aiguo named this team the Frontier Legion.

The old commander strongly supported the establishment of a frontier corps, so he informed the relevant leaders and obtained the approval of some of them.

However, some leaders also felt that Ah San was not a concern.

So there is internal disagreement.

According to the old commander, even if the frontier corps is to be established, it will have to wait until next autumn.

Now it’s a whole year ahead of schedule.

"The reason why the higher-ups are so anxious is because we have discovered a group of people with ulterior motives."

"This matter is not a secret. It won't be long before we announce the news internationally."

As Zhao Gang spoke, he took out a photo from the drawer and handed it over.

"This is the logo of that group. I am not in a position to reveal the details."

Li Aiguo understood it now.

It should be what Zhao Laoshuan mentioned that caused the shock.

As Zhao Gang spoke, he reached for his cigarette box, but Feng Nan had already taken it away. Li Aiguo took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for him with a match.

Zhao Gang took a deep puff of his cigarette and continued, "That's what happened. I can only reveal this much."

Li Aiguo pretended: “.”

He felt that Zhao Gang was trying to take advantage of him.

Zhao Gang was not as shameless as Li Yunlong, and he also knew shame. He finally revealed a little bit of the situation:

The reason why the results of this battle were so rich and the losses so small is said to be that the comrades on the special front obtained the specific action plan of that gang. The enemy's every move was anticipated. "

When Zhao Gang said this, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "I don't know which comrade made such a great contribution!"

Li Aiguo looked at himself and could only sigh and say, "This guy must be very handsome."

"."

Zhao Gang held the cigarette butt in his hand, somewhat confused: "What does this have to do with being handsome?"

Li Aiguo smiled naively: "I saw in the movies that those comrades working on the special fronts are all very handsome."

Zhao Gang thought the train driver was an amateur. He waved his hand and said in an educative tone, "That's just a misunderstanding. I've met those people. They look even more ordinary than ordinary people. You can't tell them apart in a crowd. They are not handsome at all."

Li Aiguo: "."

It seems that I should ask the farmer for spiritual compensation.

Zhao Gang's eyes flashed with admiration, and he said, "No matter how handsome he is, he is a man worthy of admiration. It would be great if I could treat him to a big drink."

Zhao Gang is a very "gentle" person, but he has the stubbornness of a scholar in his bones and rarely admires others in his life.

The old regiment commander can be counted as one, Li Yunlong can only be counted as half, and now there is one more half, that is the comrade on the special front.

"Is that guy really that powerful?" Li Aiguo pretended to be ignorant and asked curiously.

"You are an amateur and don't understand combat." When Zhao Gang got excited, he took out a cigarette from Li Aiguo's cigarette box and lit it.

After taking a deep puff, he slowly said, "This battle plan is the most confidential of all. Even the enemy's top brass may not be qualified to view the entire battle plan. That comrade on the special front was able to get his hands on it. In Lao Li's words, he is a genius!"

"The old regiment commander once said in front of me that the contribution made by that comrade on the special front was equivalent to that of two divisions."

Two divisions again. Li Aiguo vaguely remembered that he seemed to have been worth two divisions.

The value doesn't seem to have increased at all.
It’s really depressing that I did such a big thing but can’t talk about it.

Li Aiguo finally understood the feelings of those mushroom-growing bigwigs.

The two chatted for a while, and the orderly brought food from the compound. Feng Nan also brought Chen Xueru to the living room.

Seeing Zhao Gang smoking again, Feng Nan scolded him, "Don't do this when we get to the border."

"I'm so happy today because we achieved a great victory on the border." Zhao Gang laughed twice and put out his cigarette.

At the dinner table, Zhao Gang told Chen Xueru that after he left Beijing, she should come to his house more often to chat with Feng Nan and relieve his boredom.

Chen Xueru naturally agreed immediately.

Feng Nan has given birth to several children, so she has learned a lot about pregnancy.

After the family dinner, Li Aiguo pushed his bicycle out of Zhao Gang's house and walked slowly on the street with Chen Xueru.

Chen Xueru held Li Aiguo's arm and whispered, "Zhao Gang is going to the border. There might be a war in the future. Although Feng Nan didn't show it, it can be seen that she is still very worried about Zhao Gang's safety."

"Don't worry, this time the Frontier Corps was arranged by the old commander, and elite troops were drawn from all over the country. Zhao Gang is still the political commissar of the division, so safety is definitely guaranteed."

Li Aiguo felt a little sad.

Li Yunlong did not follow them to the border this time. It was said that there were still missions to be completed in the south, and the great god Li Yunshan was needed to keep the situation under control.

When the affairs in the south are concluded, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang will join hands on the frontier, and the printing series of blockbusters will surely be extremely exciting.

Because the formation of the Frontier Army Corps had not yet been announced to the public, Li Aiguo had no way to see Zhao Gang off, so he sent a large box of warm patches in advance for him to use slowly when he arrived at the frontier.

A week later, Zhao Gang followed the old leader and left the capital, officially starting a new chapter in his life.

Leaving the capital also meant leaving the limelight. With the protection of the old commander at the frontier, Zhao Gang could fully display his talents and vent all his dissatisfaction and anger on Asan.

Li Aiguo is also busy preparing for the upcoming national advanced package crew selection.

If the 131 package crew can win the national advanced title again, it will be tantamount to "defending the title".

Section Chief Xing of Qianmen Locomotive Depot has already made the announcement.

If they can complete this glorious task, by the end of the year, every flight attendant, driver, and police officer in the crew will be rewarded with 100 kilograms of flour and 20 kilograms of beef leg bones.

Fuqiang powder can be replaced with flour, but beef leg bones are a good thing.

With twenty kilograms of beef leg bones, our family doesn’t need to buy meat during the New Year.

Stimulated by the massive material rewards, every member of the crew was screaming with excitement.

As the Spring Festival approaches, more and more passengers get on the train. Li Aiguo drives the train to Beijing Station. As soon as the train stops, passengers gather around.

People were crowded together, piled up on top of each other, just like the tourist attractions in later generations.

In such circumstances, stampedes are likely to occur.

Fortunately, Beijing Railway Station had arranged an emergency response strategy in advance.

I saw several comrades from the railway police station holding a large metal loudspeaker and shouting: "Comrade passengers, please don't worry. All passengers who have purchased tickets can get on the train."

When most of the passengers heard the shouting, they stopped and lined up.

A few young men were deliberately playing around in the crowd, hoping to take advantage of the female passengers.

At this time, Li Aiguo, who was helping to maintain order under the car, also showed mercy. He rushed over, grabbed the young man by the collar and threw him to the ground. After a few bangs of electric cannon, the young man became obedient.

"Patriotic comrade, thank you for your help. The train will arrive soon. We can just greet you here."

Li Aiguo fought one against three young men, and after he knocked down the three young men, it was time to set off.

He handed the young man over to the comrades from the railway police station, went to the locomotive, opened the side door and entered the driver's building.

Assistant driver Liu Qingquan and fireman Lao Zheng are ready.

After all the passengers were on the train, Li Aiguo blew the whistle, eased the pressure, pushed the handle forward, loosened the small brake, and pulled the steam valve.

The steam locomotive moved slowly like a giant dragon and left Jingcheng Station.

Driving a train is similar to driving a car. You have to concentrate fully in the city, but once you leave the city you can have fun.

As the train driver, Liu Qingquan's eyes were almost halfway out of the train.

Li Aiguo is an experienced train driver. After leaving Beijing Station, he was fully focused and listened carefully, for fear that some blind guy would jump onto the tracks.

Sudden.

"Report to the driver, I think I saw a shell!"

(End of this chapter)