The train driver in the courtyard

Amid the roar of propellers, the Il-14 transport plane landed on the cinder runway of Nanyuan Airport.

Li Aiguo carefully folded the Pravda and stuffed it into his canvas bag. The moment the cabin door opened, dry air mixed with the smell of coal smoke rushed into his nostrils.

"We're home." His hands trembled slightly as he gripped the railing. As his yellowed leather boots just touched the gangway, he saw a familiar figure leaning next to the dark green GAZ-69 on the tarmac.

"Welcome back, patriotic." The old cat took off his baseball cap.

Li Aiguo took a closer look, ran over excitedly and hugged the man.

"Old cat, why are you here?"

"Why else? I'll pick you up." Old Cat said as he opened the car door: "Let's go, let's go home."

"Go home, let's go home!"

The scenery outside the car window passed by quickly like a slide show, but Li Aiguo's thoughts drifted far away. He thought of the days and nights in Moscow.

Now, he is finally back, back to this familiar land, back to the embrace of home.

He knew that no matter how many storms lay ahead, as long as his home was there, he would have endless courage and strength.

Only those who have been away from home can better understand the warmth of home.

Li Aiguo took a car directly to the weather station.

After all, so many things have happened. Explaining things clearly is being honest with the organization, being responsible to the organization, and being responsible to yourself.

All weathermen know this.

Plots like those in spy movies where someone conceals information for fear of being criticized are stupid plots in the real world.

Considering the seriousness of the matter, the weather station sent the farmer in person to question Li Aiguo.

The so-called questioning is actually interrogation.

The only difference is that the first one is towards your comrades, and the second one is towards your enemies.

Inside the office, the dim light shone on the farmer's cheek. For the first time, Li Aiguo saw a hint of doubt on the face of this old comrade.

"Comrade Driver, do you mean that the two top leaders of the Russians have formed an alliance?"

"According to the analysis of existing intelligence, Moscow may in the near future..." Li Aiguo drew a power structure diagram on a piece of note paper with a pen, and drew a dotted line between "Serov" and "Khrushchev" with the tip of the pen.

"This is my analysis based on the development of events, and it may not be the truth," Li Aiguo added.

As a time traveler with the "eye of heaven", he naturally knew that in a few years, a earth-shaking earthquake would occur in the Russian country.

However, Marshal Medal and his men acted extremely secretly, and under Commander Xie's cover-up, not a single word of the news leaked out.

Even the ever-vigilant Korean Emperor, as the supreme commander, was unaware of it and went to the meeting completely unprepared and was controlled on the spot.

With the current information channels in the country, it is impossible to detect this huge conspiracy.

"No, no, no, your analysis is the only reasonable explanation."

The farmer lit a cigarette, frowned and thought, until he finished the whole cigarette, he uttered this sentence.

He took off his reading glasses and exhaled. The mist on the lenses blurred the world map on the wall. "If your report is true, we have to reconsider our layout."

Even though the farmer now holds a high position, his heart was pounding with fear at the news.

Our relationship with Big Brother is too close, and if there are major changes in Big Brother's family, it will definitely affect us.

Thinking of this, the farmer raised his head and looked at Li Aiguo solemnly: "This is a huge matter, we must keep it strictly secret."

"Teacher, don't worry." Li Aiguo nodded.

Whether it is the Stick Emperor or the Medal Emperor who is in power, as the younger brother Dongda gradually becomes stronger, the relationship between him and the big brother will not change substantially.

Therefore, neither the farmers nor the higher-ups would leak the matter.

The only thought now is to take advantage of this change in the situation to gain some benefits.

"Also, you are now also listed in the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs? Codename Train? This title is far less appropriate than Driver." Comparisons between colleagues are inevitable, and the farmer privately complained about Commander Xie's taste.

"My supervisor's code name is Azalea. Her name is Berezhnaya. She is a senior intelligence officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition, I think her skills are also very good." Li Aiguo reported in detail.

"Did the Ministry of Internal Affairs give you any instructions?"

"Not yet." Li Aiguo also lit a cigarette and looked at the farmer: "Teacher, I'm a little confused. Did Commander Xie realize that I'm a meteorologist?"

The farmer leaned back, leaned on the chair, and began to analyze: “Probably not, Commander Xie just wants to control you at any time.

However, when Commander Xie was making his plans, Marshal Medal had already made plans for him.

There might be something wrong with your online connection. "

Is there something wrong with Berezhnaya?

After listening to the farmer's analysis, Li Aiguo was so shocked that his scalp went numb.

In later lives, Commander Xie teamed up with a group of people to push the seemingly harmless Medal Marshal to the throne of the commander-in-chief. He thought he could realize his ambitions by controlling the Medal Emperor's hands.

Who would have thought that Marshal Medal would suddenly show his fangs and attack Commander Xie when he was not prepared.

How could an old silver coin like Marshal Medal watch Marshal Xie get the upper hand over him?

Unless Berezhnaya is the Marshal's man!

This would explain a lot of things.

Li Aiguo has always been puzzled as to why Berezhnaya executed Fadeev immediately after obtaining the "evidence".

You know, Fadeev was the only witness willing to identify Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo originally thought that Commander Xie no longer needed Fadeev, but now it seems that it is the Marshal of the Order who is doing the cleanup.

After figuring it all out, Li Aiguo felt a chill all over his body.

The intrigues and scheming among the top leaders are really terrifying. Every step is full of hidden secrets and one can end up in an irretrievable situation if one is not careful.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it. But it won't have much impact on you. No matter which side your superior is on, as long as you stay in the country, she won't be able to pose a threat to you."

The farmer analyzed the situation for a full hour, and finally gave up: "Anyway, now you are Commander Xie's direct subordinate, a true double agent. Well, we have another way to understand the Russian high-level officials in the future."

Li Aiguo had never really thought about being a so-called "double agent", he just wanted to use this as an excuse to return to China.

Now that I think about it carefully, this matter is doable.

Master Lu once said: False intelligence can cause more harm than no intelligence at all.

As for how to prevent the Russians from verifying the authenticity of the intelligence, the weather station has plenty of ways to do it.

However, we cannot be impatient about these things, especially since Commander Xie does not yet trust us. We must be patient.

Patience is a compulsory course for every meteorologist.

Afterwards, the farmer prepared to go to the lake to report the situation.

He just stood up and stopped again.

"I forgot to tell you, comrade driver, according to the information you sent back last time, we are making some preparations for the early evacuation of the Russian experts."

As he spoke, the farmer handed a document to Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo opened the document and found that it contained measures adopted by various places.

For example, we need to find ways to speed up the progress of the projects. Currently, among the 156 projects assisted by the Russians, 72 have not been completed.

The higher-ups are mobilizing funds and materials to speed up the progress at all costs and strive to complete the main project before the Russian experts leave.

For example, a large number of experts who know Russian were sent to learn from the Russian experts. Most of the Russian experts who took the initiative to come here to work have class sentiments.

These Russian experts took advantage of their work to teach some core technologies to their Chinese comrades.

Finally, it was decided to abandon some projects that had not made much progress, mainly the small experimental atomic reactor project and the cyclotron project.

In 1955, the Russians signed a series of confidentiality agreements with us. According to the agreements, the Russians needed to help us build a small experimental atomic reactor and a cyclotron.

They also provided us with the teaching model and drawings of the Big Mushroom, and offered technical assistance in domestic uranium mine survey and exploration.

Subsequently, a total of 111 Russian atomic energy experts were sent to the country.

For a time, many comrades in the country felt that with the help of Big Brother, there was no need to grow mushrooms ourselves.

Fortunately, the higher-ups had foresight and insisted on the large-scale project of growing mushrooms in the Gobi Desert.

The fact is just as guessed above.

Before arriving at the University of Tokyo, these Russian experts had received orders: "Help and restrict at the same time."

In the process of providing assistance, the Russians always delayed providing the Big Mushroom teaching model and drawing materials, and refused to provide Big Mushroom samples and missile technical information as agreed. Among the equipment already supplied, there were more general equipment and fewer key equipment.

A simple low-altitude missile solid rocket engine project made no progress for four years due to a lack of key information.

Simply put, this kind of project is like dangling a carrot in front of the University of Tokyo, which the University of Tokyo can see but can never eat.

Since this kind of project has no hope of success, it is better to cancel it, so that the funds and manpower can be invested in other projects.

Looking at the methods listed in the materials, Li Aiguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In later generations, because the Russians suddenly turned against us, 343 contracts were torn up, and 257 technical cooperation projects were left unfinished after spending a lot of money, which had a serious impact on domestic economic production.

Now that we have made preparations in advance, the losses will definitely be reduced a lot.

"Comrade driver, this piece of information of yours is worth a fortune!" The farmer patted Li Aiguo's shoulder heavily.

"Teacher, this is what I should do."

Li Aiguo straightened his chest and saluted.

The farmer also knew Li Aiguo's temper, so he left without saying anything more.

Li Aiguo took a car back to the courtyard. It was time to get off work, and the courtyard was filled with noise as usual.

Chen Xueru was holding Xiao Hongsheng and chatting with Liu Lan and a few other young wives at the door. When she saw Li Aiguo coming back, she was stunned at first.

After rubbing his eyes and seeing that it was indeed Li Aiguo, he immediately put Xiao Hongsheng on the ground and ran over.

"Brother Aiguo, you're back."

"I'm back." Seeing that beautiful and familiar face, Li Aiguo was filled with mixed emotions.

Why risk your life? It’s for your wife and children.

"Let's go home." Chen Xueru pulled Li Aiguo's arm and wanted to go back, while Xiao Hongsheng was squeaking beside her.

He Yushui walked over and picked up Xiao Hongsheng.

"Be good, your father and mother are having a private conversation, let's not disturb them." He Yushui has already begun to fall in love, and spends the whole day chatting with the young wives in the compound. Naturally, he knows what it means to finally get a good rain after a long drought.

Xiao Hongsheng obviously didn't understand what whispering meant, nor did he understand why his mother ignored him after his father came back, so he kept crying.

Xiao Hongsheng was happy only when He Yushui took out a rattle.

Two hours later, Chen Xueru's clenched teeth slowly relaxed. She took a long while to relax before she let out a long sigh.

No wonder people say women can’t live without men. The feeling of reunion after a long separation... is more enjoyable than eating a piece of delicious fat meat.

"Brother Aiguo, what took you so long this time?"

Chen Xueru asked softly, stroking her fingers across the man's broad chest.

"There was a little trouble, but it's been resolved."

"Wave".

Li Aiguo sat up.

He changed into clean clothes and then lay there with Chen Xueru and started to talk in real private.

"How's everything going at home lately?"

Hearing this, a trace of doubt appeared on Chen Xueru's snow-white face: "Big brother and second brother are fine, but dad is not in good health. He has tuberculosis."

Pulmonary tuberculosis is mostly caused by overwork and malnutrition. It is a serious disease in those days.

Li Aiguo was startled and asked hurriedly, "Has he been sent to the hospital?"

"Yes, I was just about to tell you about this." Chen Xueru propped herself up with one arm and sat up: "We originally planned to send Dad to Laoguanxiang. But a few comrades from your unit came and said they had a quota, so they sent Dad to the 301 Hospital."

"Wait, 301 Hospital? Was it sent by Qianmen Locomotive Depot?" Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes slightly.

There is something wrong. Even if the Qianmen Locomotive Depot wants to take care of the employee's family, they should be sent to the Railway Hospital.

Among the local large hospitals in Beijing, if Union Hospital is the leader, then among the military hospitals, 301 is the leader. Its status is not even limited to Beijing, but is the No. 1 military hospital across the country.

When foreign dignitaries seek medical treatment in the country, they are generally arranged to stay in 301.

Seeing Li Aiguo's expression constantly changing, Chen Xueru said with some concern: "Brother Aiguo, I heard that 301 usually does not admit patients from outside. Will there be any problems?"

Unless it’s a farmer! Li Aiguo remembered what the farmer said before he left, and his heart suddenly warmed.

These meteorologists work outside, and what they miss most is their families. Now with the care of the weather station, they can march forward bravely on the front line.

"It's okay. An old friend is here to help. Don't worry." Li Aiguo ruffled Chen Xueru's hair. "Let's go visit Dad tomorrow."

Chen Xueru knew Li Aiguo's abilities, and her mood improved immediately. Then she started talking about things in the compound.

"I heard that Yan Jiecheng has contacted that girl named Yu Li again. I saw Yu Li coming to the compound a few days ago."

"It rained a while ago, and the deaf old lady broke her leg. She has been lying in the house for half a month."

"Jia Zhang scolded Qin Huairu badly because of a bowl of noodles, but Qin Huairu didn't indulge her this time. The two quarreled so much that they almost came to a fight."

Listening to these trivial matters, Li Aiguo couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the courtyard, which seemed as calm as water, actually hid so many exciting things in secret.

However, he has important tasks to accomplish now and has no intention of being a "spectator".

The next day, just as the sky was getting light, the morning light poured into the courtyard like a veil.

As usual, Li Aiguo, with a towel casually draped around his neck and an enamel basin in his hand, walked briskly to the pool in the middle courtyard to wash.

As soon as he went out, he saw Xu Damao coming towards him with a big smile on his face.

"Are you back? Are you patriotic?" There was a deliberate enthusiasm in Xu Damao's voice.

"came back."

"Well, my family has been having a hard time lately. You don't know, Xu Hua is such a big eater. She drinks a can of milk powder in a week."

Looking at Xu Damao's shifty eyes, Li Aiguo was a little confused and said hesitantly, "Are you not going to buy milk powder? Well, I'll tell my friend."

"Ah!? That's not the case. Buy, buy, buy. I only have this one daughter like her, how can I not sell her?" Xu Damao seemed like he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it and turned and left.

"This guy is a bit weird." Li Aiguo muttered softly as he came to the middle courtyard.

Yan Bugui was washing his face when he saw Li Aiguo coming over.

Good guy, he didn’t even bother to wash his face and just ran over here.

"Patriotism, how does the uncle treat you?" the third uncle asked kindly.

"Not very good. You took my books a few years ago and haven't returned them to me yet." Li Aiguo said half-jokingly.

Uncle Three: “.”

He was silent for a moment and then said, "Those books have been sold and can't be found again, but if you want books, I can get you a few."

"Thank you. I'll come to your house to get it when I have time." After saying that, Li Aiguo took the basin and went to the sink.

The Third Uncle's behavior is also very strange, but no matter what he is trying to do, just ignore it.

The third uncle stretched out his hand to call Li Aiguo, but his hand reached up in the air and in the end he was unable to speak.

Seeing that Li Aiguo had finished washing up and was carrying the enamel basin back to the backyard, Liu Haizhong sneaked up to the third uncle and whispered, "Old Yan, didn't we agree to borrow money from Li Aiguo? Why don't you ask for it?"

"I originally wanted to build some connections and lay some groundwork, but Aiguo didn't respond. What can I do? Forget it, I won't get involved in this matter. You guys figure it out on your own."

After saying that, the third uncle turned around and ran to the pool and started working.

"The reputation of intellectuals is shallow. I knew I couldn't count on them. Old Yi has made a wrong calculation this time." Liu Haizhong turned and walked towards Yi Zhonghai's house, muttering as he walked, "We'll have to let Old Yi figure out a solution for this matter."

Qin Huairu saw all of this.

Looking at Jia Zhang who was standing not far away and glaring at her with a stern face, Qin Huairu sighed helplessly.

Because of a bowl of noodles made of two grams of flour, she was scolded by Jia Zhang.

Now Li Aiguo has actually won a bonus of one million rubles.

One million. Qin Huairu had never written such a large number in her life.

She felt a little regretful.

But it's too late to regret.

After Li Aiguo had breakfast and sent Xiaohongsheng to the nursery, he rode his bicycle to the gate of Zhengyangmen Street Office.

Chen Xueru had taken half a day off at this time and was waiting at the door. When she saw him coming, she smiled and sat in the back seat.

"gone!"

A pair of long legs pushed the ground hard, and the bicycle rushed towards the 301 Hospital like an arrow, amid Chen Xueru's constant complaints of "slow down" and "be gentle".

The 301 Hospital is located in Wukesong, and its main building is of pure Soviet style.

The outpatient building, administrative building, internal medicine building, surgical building, some dormitory buildings and underground passages were all copied and improved according to the construction drawings of the old Russian Kirov Medical College in St. Petersburg.

Li Aiguo took Chen Xueru to the supply and marketing cooperative in front of the hospital and bought five kilograms of apples and two kilograms of brown sugar.

Seeing canned sugar water on the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative, they thought it was good stuff, so they bought two more cans.

These things were put in a net bag and hung on the handlebars of the bicycle. Li Aiguo carried Chen Xueru and rode the bicycle into the 301 Hospital.

The 301 Hospital is not closed to the public. The hospital is also responsible for the health issues of comrades in the army. The only thing that is not open to the public is the "South Building".

The "South Building" is separated from the courtyard by a low wall. It is called a "building" but is actually an area.

From the outside, the "South Building" looks inconspicuous, but before he reached the gate of the courtyard, Li Aiguo was stopped by several comrades in uniform.

"Which ward are you going to? What is the patient's name?" the monitor on duty asked politely.

"Chen Fangxuan from Ward 201, I'm his daughter, and this is his son-in-law." Chen Xueru had been here several times and seemed familiar with the place.

The monitor on duty seemed to know Chen Xueru, but he still turned back to the booth to check the ward records.

When he came out again, the look he gave Li Aiguo was different.

"Comrades, you can go in." The squad leader on duty saluted the two men, waved his hand, and asked the guards to open the door.

*****
In Ward 201, Chen Fangxuan was leaning on the hospital bed, and his sister-in-law was feeding him millet porridge.

"Dad, you are old now. Don't work day and night like a young man."

The eldest sister-in-law picked up a towel to wipe the corners of Chen Fangxuan's mouth, and said angrily: "Look at you, you have become ill from exhaustion. This time you are lucky to be able to go to the 301 Hospital. If you were somewhere else, you would probably be in danger."

When the eldest brother saw his wife saying these unlucky words, he hurried forward to stop her: "What are you talking about? Dad is in good health and can live a long life, right, Dad?"

"I know my own body very well. Boss, your wife didn't say anything wrong. Stop talking nonsense."

As a father-in-law, he naturally has to protect his daughter-in-law. Chen Fangxuan pretended to be angry and scolded his elder brother for a few words. Then he frowned and said, "But the comrades on the railway are very good. They sent me here. The conditions here are really good."

(End of this chapter)