The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 862: 1960, Here I Come

At the door of Li's house.

Jia Dongxu pointed at Li Aiguo's room and was complaining to Secretary Zhang.

Seeing Li Aiguo coming back, he immediately perked up, pointing at Li Aiguo and shouting, "Secretary Zhang, that's him, that's him. The big guys can't even afford white flour buns, and he feeds the puppies with milk powder. How can that be reasonable!"

The way Jia Dongxu jumped and shouted looked just like a clown performing on stage.

Secretary Zhang felt a little contemptuous.

But, I had to show up.

Although the situation has improved in the second half of this year and the neighborhood grain station has started to supply food normally, it is mostly cornmeal and the like.

If residents want to make dumplings, they can only buy half a pound of white flour.

Not to mention nutritional supplements such as milk powder and malted milk.

Li Aiguo's use of milk powder to feed puppies may seem like a trivial matter, but to some extent, it has affected the stability and unity of the neighborhood.

However, considering the awards and medals posted on Li Aiguo's wall, even if someone complained, Director Zhang's attitude remained gentle.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Li Aiguo: "Aiguo, what's going on?"

At this time, many residents had gathered around.

"What's going on during the Chinese New Year? Why did the street office staff get alarmed?"

"Yes, this is equivalent to alarming the officials. Is there anything that cannot be resolved within the compound?"

"Shh, didn't you see it was Jia Dongxu? It must be Yi Zhonghai who is behind this again."

Yi Zhonghai had just returned from the grain station with a bag in his hand, and was shocked when he heard this.

Ever since Jia Zhang was driven back to the countryside, he has been busy trying to win over Jia Dongxu to be his son, and doesn't want to create any complications.

Jia Dongxu's trouble this time had nothing to do with him.

more importantly.

If Jia Dongxu angered Li Aiguo, he would also be implicated.

After thinking about this, Yi Zhonghai hurried over and stood in front of Jia Dongxu.

"Dongxu, we are all neighbors in the same compound. The master taught you to unite the masses. What are you doing here?"

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai looked at Secretary Zhang and said, "Xiao Zhang, Dongxu is not sensible. Please make a trip. It's the New Year, and your family must be very busy. Let's just forget about it. Go back quickly."

Yi Zhonghai was originally worried that Jia Dongxu would get into trouble, but in Jia Dongxu's view, his actions were protecting Li Aiguo.

Now that we have finally caught Li Aiguo's handle, how can we let it go?

"Master, why are you leaning towards the outsider?" Jia Dongxu shouted, "Li Aiguo is making a mistake by feeding the puppy with milk powder!"

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he immediately became energetic.

"What? I haven't eaten milk powder yet, and Li Aiguo actually feeds milk powder to dogs? Am I not even as good as a dog?!"

After saying this, Yi Zhonghai felt something was wrong and quickly changed his words: "No, no, no, am I not as good as a dog?"

"That's not right. Am I almost like a dog?"

Yi Zhonghai had garlic in his mouth and could no longer speak clearly.

Jia Dongxu interrupted him:

"I saw with my own eyes that Chen Xueru brought a bowl of white milk powder and fed it to the puppy, which was black and white!"

"Master, you are the boss of the compound, you have to criticize his bourgeois style."

As Jia Dongxu was speaking, his old habit came back and he stretched out his hand to point at Li Aiguo again.

Li Aiguo suddenly reached out and grabbed Jia Dongxu's fingers.

Jia Dongxu felt his fingers were pinched by a pair of pliers. His legs went limp and he fell to his knees on the ground.

"Master, Master, help me." Jia Dongxu's face turned red in pain and he screamed with his lips suffocating.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect Li Aiguo to start a fight over a disagreement, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Li Aiguo, what are you doing!"

"Teach the troublemaker a lesson!" Li Aiguo said, sneering twice and exerting a little force.

There was only a crackling sound from the joints. Jia Dongxu's eyes rolled back and he almost fainted: "Master, it's broken, my finger is broken, help me."

Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to step forward at this time.

You know, Li Aiguo really broke Jia Dongxu's fingers, and he would only have a disabled son in the future.

Yi Zhonghai could only give the third uncle a look.

Why would Jia Dongxu provoke Li Aiguo for no reason? Although the third uncle was unwilling to meddle in the Jia family's affairs, he could not just watch Jia Dongxu become a cripple.

"Be patriotic. Don't worry. Let's get things straight. Whoever is responsible can't escape responsibility, right?"

Li Aiguo didn't really intend to cripple Jia Dongxu, so he suddenly let go of his hand.

Jia Dongxu was struggling to break free, but was caught off guard and fell backwards, face first into the mud.

"Officer Zhang, you see, he is retaliating. Hurry up and call the comrades from the police station to arrest him." Jia Dongxu didn't even bother to cry out in pain. He stood up and hid behind Officer Zhang.

Secretary Zhang looked at Li Aiguo and said, "Aiguo, what on earth is going on?"

At this time, Chen Xueru and He Yushui heard the noise in the house and walked out holding Chichi.

Chichi was wrapped in a mattress at this time, with only his head exposed.

When Jia Dongxu saw this, he pointed at Chichi and shouted, "Did you see that? Li Aiguo not only fed the dog with milk powder, but also held it in a blanket. Even the landlords before liberation didn't have such luxury. He is alienating himself from the people."

Li Aiguo reached out his hand, took Chichi from Chen Xueru's arms, and pulled open the small mattress: "Jia Dongxu, open your dog eyes and see if this is a dog?"

There is a kind of cold called daddy thinks you are cold.

Taking into account the low temperature in the capital, Li Aiguo has been wrapping Chichi in thick bedding since he returned to the capital.

But Chichi was covered in fur and was not cold at all. Now that the quilt had been torn off, he felt even more energetic.

It raised its little head and looked around.

"hold head high!"

The residents in the compound were all surprised when they saw Chichi's eating behavior.

"It doesn't look like a dog, does it? It looks like a bear."

"There are no black and white bears."

"You are too old-fashioned. There is one in the People's Zoo in Beijing. It is a giant panda! It is a rare animal."

"Yes, yes, the giant panda. I remember now. Last year, the giant panda Pingping was sent to the zoo in Russia. He was very popular."

"I heard that the zoo in Xiaomei was willing to pay a high price to buy the giant panda, millions of dollars, but guess what, the zoo refused. No matter how much money they offered, we won't sell it."

"So it's a panda, so isn't it natural for it to eat milk powder?"

Although the giant panda has not yet been awarded the title of national treasure in this era, it has become a rare animal with special symbolic significance.

Jia Dongxu rubbed his eyes and said, "That's impossible. I saw with my own eyes that it was a puppy, how did it become a panda?"

He slapped his forehead suddenly, looked at Li Aiguo and said, "You must have switched the original one. It was originally a puppy, but you changed it to a panda."

Hearing this, the residents burst into laughter without waiting for Li Aiguo to answer.

"Jia Dongxu really thinks the panda is a puppy?"

"This is a rare animal. Do you know what rare means?"

"If this panda is sent to a zoo, it can at least be exchanged for a big award certificate."

Jia Dongxu's face suddenly turned pale and he couldn't utter a word.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that Li Aiguo actually got a panda.

He turned his eyes and asked, "Patriotic, don't blame me for being nosy. Where did you get this panda?"

"What can I say to you?" Li Aiguo ignored Yi Zhonghai and turned to look at Secretary Zhang: "Secretary Zhang, it's New Year's Day, Jia Dongxu deliberately framed the neighbor, what should I say?"

Officer Zhang looked at Jia Dongxu and frowned. "Jia Dongxu, you are yelling and making noises without knowing clearly. This is destroying the unity among the residents. Hurry up and apologize to Aiguo. It's New Year's Day and you won't let people have peace."

"I apologize? I just saw it wrong. I was just being vigilant. Why should I apologize?!" Jia Dongxu rolled his eyes and put his hands on his waist.

"Snapped!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped hard on the forehead.

Turn around and look.

Seeing that it was Yi Zhonghai who beat him, Jia Dongxu felt very aggrieved: "Master, you, what are you doing?"

Yi Zhonghai scowled and roared, "Hurry up and apologize! Otherwise, I will hold a meeting to criticize you."

Master, this doesn't love me anymore. A feeling of sadness surged in Jia Dongxu's heart, and he felt that everything in front of him was blurry.

He raised his sleeve to wipe his tears, nodded briefly at Li Aiguo and said, "I'm sorry." Then he staggered away.

My Master Doesn’t Love Me Anymore My Master Doesn’t Love Me Anymore Jia Dongxu returned to the house and slammed the door shut.

Yi Zhonghai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Secretary Zhang: "Xiao Zhang, Dongxu is not a bad person, he is just too impatient, please forgive me."

How could Secretary Zhang not understand what Yi Zhonghai meant?

It's the New Year, he can't hold on to it.

"Okay, Comrade Yi Zhonghai, please pay more attention in the future."

As they were talking, two comrades in uniform walked in from outside the compound.

They saw ChiChi in Li Aiguo's arms at a glance and quickened their pace.

"You are Comrade Li Aiguo, right?" asked the middle-aged man in the lead.

"Are you comrades from the zoo?" Li Aiguo rubbed his little head.

"My name is Chen Sanyun, you can just call me Lao Chen. Is this the panda?" Chen Sanyun said as he reached out to touch the panda's head.

Chi Chi, who is always very kind, suddenly raised his head and grinned, but he still looked so cute.

Chen Sanyun was an experienced man, and he quickly withdrew his hand: "Comrade Aiguo, have you been raising this panda for a long time?"

"About a month or so. When I first took over, it was still very small."

Li Aiguo explained in detail how to take over Chichi's business.

"It's been more than a month. It seems that this panda has already regarded you as a family member." Chen Sanyun's face was a little ugly: "If a very small panda like this is sent to a strange place in this season, it will definitely not be able to adapt.

Although our zoo has no experience in raising this type of panda yet."

He pondered for a moment, then looked up at Li Aiguo and said, "How about you keep the panda for a few more months? When the panda is bigger and the weather is warmer, our zoo will send someone to pick it up."

Chi Chi, who was originally very nervous, immediately relaxed after hearing this, and buried her little head in Li Aiguo's arms.

"This little guy has actually become sensible." Li Aiguo couldn't bear to eat it, so he agreed without hesitation.

"But I still hope you can check it out."

"this is necessary."

Chen Sanyun is the person in charge of the zoo and has taken care of pandas before. With the assistance of Li Aiguo, he examined Chi Chi.

"Comrade Aiguo, you are doing very well. The weight is acceptable and the development is complete." Old Chen took back his hand, handed Chichi to Li Aiguo, and asked casually, "What did you feed the panda?"

"milk powder."

"."

Old Chen was silent for a moment, then suggested: "Pandas of this age can already eat porridge, fruits and bamboo shoots."

Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at Chichi.

It’s not like he hasn’t fed her these foods before, but every time she ate them, she wouldn’t even look at them, but instead pretended to be aggrieved.

Chi Chi was playing with Xiao Hongsheng, and when he met Li Aiguo's gaze, he was stunned.

It shrank its non-existent neck, twisted its butt toward Li Aiguo, and drooped its little head.

Li Aiguo: "."

Chen Sanyun: “.”

Chen Sanyun also reminded Li Aiguo some common sense about raising bears and gave him the number of a zoo.

They agreed that they would come to check up Chichi every half a month, and then leave.

When the residents in the compound learned that Li Aiguo had raised a panda, they all came over to watch the fun.

You know, you have to spend at least 10 cents to buy a ticket in the zoo to see it from a distance.
Now we can get close to each other. Today is Chinese New Year, and Li Aiguo doesn't want to spoil everyone's fun.

Chichi is an extroverted bear. He was not afraid of a group of people. Instead, he twisted his butt and made some cute movements, which made the residents laugh.

Of course, Li Aiguo thought that this guy was trying to cheat the residents out of their steamed buns.

It was almost noon, and Li Aiguo was worried about going to Chen Xueru's parents' home, so he had to ask He Yushui to maintain order.

"Yushui, I'll leave Chichi to you first. Your sister-in-law and I will go to the tailor shop."

"Don't worry, Brother Aiguo." He Yushui hugged Chichi and giggled.

Subsequently.

Li Aiguo brought Chen Xueru and two fish to the tailor shop.

Chen Fangxuan had prepared lunch long ago. After the family had lunch, Li Aiguo rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought half a pound of White Rabbit milk candy before returning to the courtyard.

As soon as he walked into the backyard, Li Aiguo felt something was wrong.

I saw a long line at the door of my house, most of whom were children, including Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi.

Take a closer look.

He Yushui was standing at the door, and took five cents from Liu Guangtian: "Five cents, you are only allowed to touch two handfuls, remember that."

"Remember, remember"

Liu Guangtian rubbed his hands, walked up to Chichi, and reached out his hand to touch Chichi twice.

"Hey, I touched a panda. I have to tell Xiaofang after school starts."

Chichi's posture during the whole process was very strange, a bit annoying, but also seemed quite willing.
Li Aiguo thought about it and felt that he had seen it somewhere. It seemed to be in those flower-viewing movies in his previous life, the kind with plots, and the teachers behaved like that.

He slapped his thigh suddenly: "This guy is selling his body."

Li Aiguo walked over and stopped He Yushui: "Yushui, what are you doing?"

When He Yushui saw Li Aiguo coming back, he excitedly raised the money in his hand and said, "Brother Aiguo, look at how much money I made!"

Although each of these bills is worth one or two cents, when added together they add up to quite a few cents.

Seeing that Li Aiguo looked unhappy, He Yushui quickly explained: "The money is divided into two parts. One part is for Chichi to buy milk powder. The other part is my labor fee."

Li Aiguo: "."

It is said that children without mothers become independent early.

Now He Yushui has not only lost her mother, but also her father and brother, but she is more mature than the average girl.

But this is too mature, it's mature after several decades.

Li Aiguo waved his hand at He Yushui and said, "Return all the money."

"Brother, this is the money that Chichi and I earned." He Yushui originally wanted to take credit from Li Aiguo, but when he heard this, he immediately became unwilling.

Chi Chi also hugged Li Aiguo's legs and started squeaking.

Daddy, Daddy, this is the money he earned from selling his body, it is the labor remuneration.
Li Aiguo pointed outside the door and said, "If someone reports to the subdistrict office now, you will have to go inside for a while, Yu Shui."

He looked at Chichi with a stern face again: "You also need to be sent to the zoo to receive ideological education and become a bear with advanced thinking!"

Chi Chi was startled and squatted on the ground without saying a word.

"Is it that serious? It's not even a dollar in total." He Yushui pouted.

She saved money, thinking of buying a small gold locket for her unborn nephew.

Seeing that Li Aiguo was really angry, Chen Xueru hurriedly stepped forward to stop Li Aiguo. She pulled He Yushui aside and whispered, "Yushui, you may not know that a while ago, our Zhengyangmen Street Office inspected the pigeon market over there and arrested a group of people. Not to mention one dollar, even those who ate a few cents were detained for several days.

If you were arrested, your beloved brother, Aunt Liu would be so sad. "

At this time, Aunt Liu also got the news and rushed over.

She was rarely angry, and said with a fierce face: "Yushui, what are you doing? If you are short of money, just tell me, how could you do such a thing!"

He Yushui was most afraid of Aunt Liu, so she quickly hid behind Chen Xueru: "Mom, I'll listen to Brother Aiguo, okay."

Chen Xueru also came out to smooth things over. Huang Sen's voice happened to be heard from outside, and Aunt Liu turned around and left angrily.

"I just want to earn some money." He Yushui was reluctant, but had no choice but to pout and return all the money to the residents.

Liu Guangtian took the money and said a little embarrassedly: "Sister Yushui, then I don't have to pay to touch the panda in the future?"

"Squeak, pooh" Chichi spat at Liu Guangtian when she heard this, turned around with her round body, and pointed her butt at Liu Guangtian.

Are you kidding? You don’t have any money and you want to get something for free?

Do you really think pandas are not national treasures?
Liu Guangtian: “.”

Children: “.”

After Chi Chi refused to "sell herself", the residents in the compound gradually dispersed, and Li Aiguo's life returned to its former tranquility.

Li Aiguo and Chen Xueru also started to busy themselves with pasting couplets and preparing New Year's Eve dinner.

Chi Chi lay listlessly beside Xiao Hongsheng, allowing Xiao Hongsheng to scratch his ears.

The air is filled with a festive and cheerful atmosphere.

Inside Jia's house.

Jia Dongxu's face turned ashen with anger.

He had originally been confident that he could take down Li Aiguo, but it turned out that the dog was not a dog, but a panda.

Not only did it fail.

Instead, I had to apologize.

Angry!

More importantly, Jia Dongxu discovered that Yi Zhonghai no longer loved him.

"Dongxu, we agreed to have the New Year's Eve dinner at Master Yi's house. What happened to you?" Qin Huairu saw that it was getting dark, so she pulled Banggeng and held Xiaodang in her arms and came out of the inner room.

Jia Dongxu has already spent most of this month's salary.

The Jia family had not prepared any New Year's goods for the New Year. Fortunately, Yi Zhonghai had informed them a few days in advance and invited the whole family to Yi Zhonghai's house for New Year's Eve dinner.

Qin Huairu also knew what Yi Zhonghai was thinking, but she didn't care.

After all, Yi Zhonghai is a level seven worker, earning more than 70 yuan a month, which is much better than Jia Zhangshi who only knows how to take painkillers.

If Jia Dongxu could recognize Yi Zhonghai as his godfather, the Jia family would have a better life in the future.

Jia Dongxu was feeling annoyed at this moment, and said impatiently: "No, no, he is not my master!"

Qin Huairu knew that Jia Dongxu was still angry about what happened today, so she persuaded him, "Dongxu, Master Yi slapped you. Was that for your own good?"

"Oh my, is hitting me for my own good?" Jia Dongxu found it funny.

Qin Huairu sighed: "You know Li Aiguo's character. He is a bandit. If it weren't for that slap, you probably wouldn't be able to get away with just apologizing. You might even be locked up by the street office."

When Jia Dongxu heard this, he frowned slightly: "Master, is this really for my own good?"

"Absolutely." Qin Huairu pulled Jia Dongxu's arm and said, "Think about it, since Jia Zhang returned home, Master Yi has taken good care of our family."

Jia Dongxu thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed the case.

"Well, I'll forgive him this time."

Jia Dongxu brought Qin Huairu and several children to Yi Zhonghai's house.

At this time, an aunt had already prepared a table of New Year's Eve dinner.

There were seven or eight dishes, including stir-fried tofu, stir-fried shredded potatoes, and spicy and sour cabbage. The only meat dish was a plate of scrambled eggs.

Jia Dongxu felt that this was not a New Year's Eve dinner at all, but he didn't know what to say.

Yi Zhonghai came out of the house and was delighted to see Jia Dongxu coming.

"Dongxu, come here and sit next to the master."

Yi Zhonghai asked Jia Dongxu to sit down. As they were preparing to eat, a tempting aroma wafted from outside.

"This is the smell of steamed fish, but the fish is so fresh." Jia Dongxu stood up and went to the door and sniffed, his face suddenly darkened: "It's Li Aiguoguo!"

After hearing this, the egg in Yi Zhonghai’s mouth suddenly lost its flavor.

At this time, Li Ai's country was very lively.

Aunt Liu, Huang Sen, He Yushui, Xu Damao, Liu Lan and Liang Ladi were all gathered around the table.

Chef Nan Yi brought out a plate of steamed Huangyu.

After Li Aiguo brought the Huangyu back, he originally wanted to stir-fry it himself and make it braised fish, but it was seen by Nan Yi who came to visit.

Nan Yi directly called Li Aiguo a waste of food. Top-quality ingredients like these should be cooked using the most original method - steaming.

It just so happened that Li Aiguo was planning to treat everyone to a New Year's Eve dinner, so he invited Nan Yi to be the chef.

Nan Yi was just rated as a level seven chef this year and his cooking skills have improved again.

The skin of this steamed Huangyu fish is as tight as silk, and the subcutaneous gelatinous layer exudes a translucent amber luster. The garlic-shaped fish meat has a distinct texture and breaks into snowflakes when touched by the tip of chopsticks, but it remains as soft as cloud flakes when eaten.

(To save points, the five thousand-word description is omitted here)

If Mr. Dongpo were here, he would definitely write a poem.

But Li Aiguo, an old country bumpkin, could only say: "This fish is damn delicious."

A family dinner ended with laughter.

After tidying up the house, Li Aiguo settled Xiao Hongsheng down, then fell asleep while holding Chen Xueru in his arms.

I don’t know how long it was before there was a knock on the door.

"Be patriotic, get up and fire the cannon."

"coming."

Li Aiguo yawned, sat up, turned on the desk lamp, and glanced at his watch. The time was already 11:50 in the evening.

He quickly put on a thick cotton jacket, put on his shoes, and left the house carrying a string of 2,000-bang Big Hero firecrackers.

It was dim outside at this time.

Xu Damao, Zhang Gangzhu, Nan Yi, the third uncle, Yan Jiecheng, and Liu Haizhong all gathered at the door of the Li family.