The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 778 All the efforts are worth it, the sun sneezed
It was almost evening when they got home. Before Li Aiguo had time to tease Xiao Hongsheng, Xu Damao, Liu Lan and Liu Hua knocked on the door of Li's house.

This time, Xu Damao also brought five kilograms of pecans and a fat old hen.

"Aiguo, if it weren't for you, my family would be extinct. You've been busy these days, and I haven't had the chance to thank you properly."

Xu Damao is indeed a bad person, but he is a man who repays kindness with kindness and takes revenge with revenge.

Xu Damao did like to make trouble for Sha Zhu, but that was because Sha Zhu almost wiped out his family, and that was a big grudge.

Xu Damao did like to flirt with old ladies and young wives, but he never forced them. He always believed in mutual consent.

Unlike Sha Zhu, who knew that Lou Xiao'e was drunk by the deaf old lady, but he still took her body.

The only bad thing Xu Damao did might be reporting Lou Bancheng.

However, everyone knew exactly what Lou Bancheng was planning when he chose Xu Damao, a poor boy, as his son-in-law.

The two of them were like dogs biting each other and ended up with mud in their mouths.

Li Aiguo saw Xu Damao carrying an old hen and said with a smile, "It just so happens that a friend from afar sent me some sausages a while ago. Let's use your old hen and my sausages today and ask Nan Yi to come over and cook. Let's have a good meal."

"What a great relationship!" Xu Damao knew that Li Aiguo was unwilling to owe him a favor, but he had no choice but to agree.

When Nan Yi learned that Li Aiguo wanted to hire a cook, he went to Li's house without saying a word as soon as he returned home.

He was also holding a large bag of dried wild vegetables.

Well, it was originally a dinner party, but now it has turned into a dinner party.

Li Aiguo was not stingy and took out Chen Xueru's nutritional supplement from the cabinet - a large bag of bean sprouts.

Li Aiguo, Xu Damao and Liu Lan were chatting over there, teasing Xiao Hongsheng and Liu Hua.

Nan Yi cooked personally and soon prepared a large table of dishes. Half of the old hen was made into chicken stewed with mushrooms, and the other half was made into spicy and sour diced chicken. When the dishes were served to the table, the two chicken legs were gone.

Nan Yi pointed and said, "Aiguo, just now I delivered two chicken legs to Aunt Liu's house according to your instructions."

Li Aiguo sat down and called Nan Yi and Xu Damao: "Don't just stand there, there are no outsiders here, sit anywhere you want."

Just as they were about to start eating, they heard the sound of drooling at the door.

Li Aiguo turned his head and saw Damao and Ermao leading Xiu'er standing outside the door.

Da Mao timidly shouted to Nan Yi: "Dad, Mom is calling you to go back for dinner."

Xiuer whispered, "Dad, Xiuer wants to eat meat."

The residents in the compound are having a hard time this year. Nan Yi has a low class background and has several children at home, so life is even more difficult.

Under Liang Ladi's discipline, the children were well-educated and rarely went to other people's homes for meals.

When Damao heard Xiu'er's words, he quickly grabbed her collar and said, "Xiu'er, mother said that we are not allowed to take advantage of others."

"This kid is so patriotic. You guys enjoy your meal, I'm going back." Nan Yi also seemed very embarrassed.

Strictly speaking, this dinner was jointly organized by Li Aiguo and Xu Damao. Letting Nan Yi sit down was a favor, but bringing a few children along would have seemed greedy.

Li Aiguo waved his hand: "No need, sit down and eat. Damao, call your mother as well. We haven't eaten together for a long time. We should get closer to each other, whether we are distant relatives or close neighbors."

Xu Damao looked at Li Aiguo and agreed, "It's just a meal, what's the big deal? I'll bring some more eggs from home and cook a few more dishes."

Nan Yi was somewhat moved and said, "Aiguo, Damao, thank you. I will bring the food coupons here tomorrow."

Xu Damao was originally a little distressed, but upon hearing this, he stiffened his neck and said impatiently: "What food coupons? Am I Damao that kind of stingy person? Come on, Lao Nan, you are looking down on me!"

Nan Yi didn't expect Xu Damao to be so generous one day, so he didn't say any more and asked Damao to invite Liang Ladi as well.

There were several adults and seven or eight children in the room, and it suddenly became lively.

After eating and drinking, Chen Xueru, Liang Ladi and Liu Lan got together to share their experiences in raising children.

Da Mao, Er Mao, Xiu'er, Hailong and Haitao were squatting on the ground studying Hongsheng's baby carriage.

Xu Damao picked his teeth, looked at Li Aiguo and asked, "Aiguo, this baby carriage should be available in your railway store soon. I'll need you to bring one for me when the time comes."

“Baby strollers are not cheap.”

Xu Damao raised his head: "Am I Damao the kind of person who has no money?"

"We calculated the costs today. The selling price of the stroller needs to reach 15 yuan to break even. Adding various expenses, the selling price is estimated to be around 18 yuan."

Xu Damao lowered his head: "I, Damao, have no money"

He looked at the stroller and suddenly asked, "Aiguo, did you make this yourself? If I can get all the materials, can you make one for my family as well?"

"Okay."

"Ah?!" Xu Damao rubbed his ears.

He didn't have much hope at first, after all, the Li family's baby carriage was made by Xu Damao himself.

Li Aiguo spent more than a week working on this project. As soon as he got off work, he would squat in front of the door and work on it.

Xu Damao stared at Li Aiguo, and seeing that he was not joking, he smacked his lips and said, "Aiguo, I have discovered that you are the most proactive when it comes to children's affairs."

Li Aiguo was drinking tea, the enamel pot was suspended in mid-air, he looked up at the children playing and laughing: "As long as the children can grow up healthy and happy, all the efforts will be worth it."

Hear the words.

Xu Damao and Nan Yi were both stunned.

Although they didn't know what Li Aiguo was really worried about.

But I could also feel something from Li Aiguo's words that I had never felt before.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed.

Liu Lan stuffed the granary into little Liu Hua's mouth, blocking the loud cry that was about to come out.

All the women in the room turned to look at the man.

Li Aiguo came to his senses and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this, Nan Yi, you should be promoted next year, right?"

Before Nan Yi could reply, Xu Damao said with great excitement: "Patriotic, maybe tomorrow I can become a propaganda officer, which is a cadre status."

"Really? Congratulations."

The laughter of the adults and the chattering of the children in the house intertwined together, flowing out through the cracks in the door and wandering over the peaceful courtyard.
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The days passed like this.

Xu Damao was considered a capable man. In just three days, he purchased all the materials according to the list given by Li Aiguo.

Looking at Xu Damao's grinning face, Li Aiguo knew that Damao must have spent a lot of money for these materials.

"Patriotism, how many days will it take to complete it?" Xu Damao was already a little impatient.

Li Aiguo looked up at the man in a gray Zhongshan suit standing not far away and said, "It will probably be next month."

"Ah?!" Xu Damao also turned his head and saw the man, and immediately understood: "Is there another business trip in your section? Oh, don't worry, your work is more important."

Xu Damao really doesn't need to be anxious now. Liu Hua is half a month younger than Xiao Hongsheng, and she is also a premature baby, so she is weaker than other children.

Even if the baby carriage is made now, it cannot be used immediately. After Xu Damao left, Li Aiguo walked up to the man in the black Zhongshan suit and asked, "What's the situation?"

"The commander-in-chief wants you to attend a meeting." The man in a black Zhongshan suit said briefly.

Li Aiguo had previously worried that the solar flare would be delayed due to the butterfly effect.

Thinking about it now, I really overestimated my own abilities.

Compared to a huge celestial body like the sun, humans are just like the tiniest dust.

Even if a nuclear explosion occurred on Earth, it would not affect the sun.

Things developed just as Li Aiguo expected.

Staff Officer Bai's crisp voice rang out in the headquarters' large conference room.

"At 1959:7 p.m. on July 15, , three astronomical observatories in the country detected violent activity on the surface of the sun."

The commander-in-chief asked, "What is the probability of affecting the Earth?"

Staff Officer Bai flipped through the materials and answered, "Because the equipment at the Purple Mountain Observatory cannot observe the intensity of the radiation material eruption, all the data is inferred from the coronal eruption, and the probability is about 30%."

When this number sounded, everyone in the conference room looked a little grim.

"Only 30 percent, the risk is huge." The deputy commander frowned.

The commander laughed: "The risk is proportional to the reward. Now we have burned our boats. There is a 2% chance of taking down three Us, which is enough!"

After these words were spoken, the deputy commander finally understood.

"But even if the U2 fails, it will only last for a few minutes or even seconds. It will not be easy for us to seize the opportunity to shoot them down."

"This requires the cooperation of air defense forces from all regions."

It was almost evening, but the commander-in-chief had no intention of resting. He immediately notified the combat staff to come to the headquarters for a meeting.

When the combat staff entered the meeting room, they were all confused.

Because two comrades in gray Zhongshan suits were sitting below the commander-in-chief.

"In order to crush the enemy's conspiracy, we have implemented a plan called Shooting the Sun. This is the specific action plan. Everyone, take a look."

Lord Lei asked his staff to distribute the plan.

He went on to say: "According to the plan, on July 7, all defense areas will deploy all anti-aircraft guns and shut down radars."

"In order to ensure that the prevention and control areas can act strictly according to the plan, the general command has sent a special commissioner to supervise."

"Staff Officer Chen is in charge of the Northeastern defense area."

A middle-aged man in uniform stood up and said, "Make sure to complete the mission!"

"Staff Officer Zhang is in charge of the Northwest Air Defense Area."

"Make sure to complete the mission."

"The southeastern air defense area will be in charge of two comrades from the special department, and Staff Officer Bai will serve as the confidentiality keeper."

Due to confidentiality regulations, the combat staff were not aware of the real plan, nor did they know that the plan had anything to do with the sun sneezing.

They don’t even know the true identities of Li Aiguo and Lao Mao.

After hearing this order, the combat staff all turned their eyes to the two men sitting in gray Zhongshan suits.

Everyone knows that according to the flight trajectory of the U2, the southeastern air defense area is the most important area.

This kind of area should be personally supervised by the chief of staff or even the deputy commander-in-chief.

Who are these two people?
Staff Officer Bai was stunned for a moment, then took the lead in making a promise: "I guarantee that I will complete the mission!"

Li Aiguo stood up and said loudly: "I guarantee that the mission will be completed!"

The old cat also stood up.

After the meeting.

The general command began to contact various air defense areas.

Orders were transmitted across China via radio waves.

The commander-in-chief invited Li Aiguo into his office.

"Commissioner Li, the transport plane to the southeast is expected to depart late tonight. You now have three hours to go home and say goodbye to your family."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"

Li Aiguo felt warm in his heart. He was worrying about how to ask for leave from the commander-in-chief.

Li Aiguo left the headquarters and prepared to go home, and Lao Mao followed him.

"I heard that your wife gave birth to a son, but as his uncle, I don't have anything good to give him." As he said this, Old Cat took out a bullet shell from his pocket.

The diameter of this bullet is only about 4 mm, which is smaller than ordinary bullets. It is the first time that Li Aiguo has seen it.

"I got this from a ring pistol while on duty."

Lao Mao didn't introduce it in detail, but Li Aiguo already understood it.

Being able to use a special weapon like the Ring Pistol, the opponent must be no ordinary Dieter.

A hole was made on the bullet shell, and it was strung together with a red rope, making it perfect as a bracelet.

This thing is much more valuable than the small gold lock given by Liu Guozhang.

Li Aiguo thanked Lao Mao and took the headquarters' jeep back to the courtyard.

At this time, the scorching sun had set, and a cool breeze was mixed in the scorching air.

Chen Xueru was sitting at the door holding Xiao Hongsheng and chatting with the three aunts. When she saw Li Aiguo getting off the jeep, her eyes suddenly dimmed.

"Son, let's go home." Li Aiguo carried Xiao Hongsheng back home.

Chen Xueru closed the door when she entered the room.

"Brother Aiguo, are you going on a business trip again?"

"Yes, but don't worry, we are at home this time." Li Aiguo saw the worry on Chen Xueru's face, pinched her smooth chin and took a bite.

"Don't worry, I won't hold you back."

Chen Xueru had already noticed something was wrong from Li Aiguo's boredom in the past few days.

She also knew that rough men did big things.

As a daughter-in-law, I can only support him silently from behind.

(End of this chapter)