The train driver in the courtyard

Although the voice and expression of the Third Uncle, the steward, are very well controlled, he still lacks the aura of the old steward.

Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu were already arguing with each other until their faces turned red. With their emotions boiling, neither of them took the Third Uncle seriously.

Yi Zhonghai was laughing secretly beside him.

The meaning was obvious: the issues in this compound had to be resolved by him, the eldest uncle.

What a laugh! Seeing that time was dragging on and he would miss the chance to go home and feed the giant pandas, Li Aiguo clapped his hands.

"That's enough! Haven't you sorted out your trivial matter yet? How about we hold a meeting on the street so that you can talk freely and to your heart's content?"

Xu Damao's face turned pale, he shrank his neck and remained silent.

Jia Dongxu still wanted to be stubborn, but Li Aiguo glanced at him and he closed his mouth reluctantly.

Li Aiguo pointed at Xu Damao and said, "Damo, everyone is very busy and has to rush home to cook. If you have anything to say, just say it!"

The meaning of this statement is very clear. It is to remind Xu Damao to seize the opportunity and say everything he wants to say.

When Xu Damao heard this, he realized that he had been led astray by Jia Dongxu. He quickly straightened his body, raised his chin slightly, and looked up to the sky.

"Yi Zhonghai is doing feudal things!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of everyone at the scene changed.

Yi Zhonghai was originally calm and composed, crossing his legs, and almost fell down: "Xu Damao, what nonsense are you talking about? I am an old man, how can I not have that kind of ideological awareness?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai speak, Jia Dongxu's "I'm in control again" spirit came up again, pointing at Xu Damao and shouting: "Xu Damao, you are falsely accusing me! I tell you, if you don't apologize, I will go to the police station to sue you!"

Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, the third uncle quickly stood up and blocked the two people: "Stop quarreling! You are old, but you are not even as good as an elementary school student."

The third uncle looked at Xu Damao and said, "Xu Damao, we can't accuse others out of thin air. We need evidence."

Xu Damao smiled: "Evidence? Isn't this obvious?"

Yi Zhonghai felt a little guilty and frowned: "Xu Damao, don't beat around the bush!"

Xu Damao smiled: "As we all know, the custom of worshipping godfathers is rooted in the feudal patriarchal system. It is an outdated legacy of class dependence and personal control. Its essence is to buy power in the guise of emotion, and it must be criticized."

As soon as he said this, the onlookers couldn't help swallowing their saliva. This guy was going to put a sign on Yi Zhonghai.

But halfway through his words, Xu Damao seemed to have forgotten his words. He quickly took out a small piece of paper from his pocket, looked down at it, and continued: "First of all, from the historical perspective, worshipping a godfather is an institutional extension of the feudal personal dependence relationship.

Individual survival is highly dependent on family protection, and worshipping godfathers to build a personal protection chain through fictitious blood relations is to cover the vertical control logic of "father and son, monarch and minister" with a warm veil. In the historical materials of Ming and Qing Dynasties, local tyrants built private power networks by widely recognizing godfathers, which is a microcosm of feudal separatism. "

Li Aiguo was also shocked by Xu Damao.

I originally thought that Xu Damao had provoked Jia Dongxu and didn't run away, but he came back as if nothing had happened. He is just a loser.

It turns out that this guy was well prepared.

As for Xu Damao's speech, it is impossible to write it without a junior high school education. It is definitely at the level of a high-level intellectual.

"The idea of ​​'finding a backer' and 'using connections' implied by worshipping a godfather is actually destroying the feudal unspoken rules of the new world."

After finishing speaking, Xu Damao still looked at the sky.

Liu Haizhong felt that as the person in charge and the one who understood the major policies the most, he should speak up. However, he could not understand what was being said, so he could only ask, "Da Mao, what are you looking at?"

Xu Damao smiled even more brightly: "I'll see when a bolt of lightning will fall from the sky and smash these feudal guys into scum."

The third uncle was startled and waved his hands quickly: "Hasn't Jia Dongxu yet become your godfather? There's no need to curse him like that, there's no need!"

After that, he turned to look at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Old Yi, you also heard what Damao said. Tell me, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Yi Zhonghai was also caught off guard by Xu Damao's sneak attack. After being stunned for a long time, he hesitated: "Old Yan, I really didn't mean that. I just wanted to help Dongxu's family because they are pitiful."

The third uncle knew Yi Zhonghai's true thoughts, so he had to give him a way out, so he said, "Old Yi, I know you mean well, but this method is really not appropriate. In my opinion, let's stop here, otherwise the residents will have complaints."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai became anxious and said, "But I bought so many vegetables and meat to entertain guests. Now that we are not having a banquet, won't all these things be wasted?"

Speaking of eating, Liu Haizhong interrupted again: "Well, take out the vegetables and meat, and we can all get together tonight."

Yi Zhonghai didn't answer him at all. It was the third uncle who was quick-witted and came up with an idea: "Let Nan Yi find Xiao Liu, who is in charge of purchasing for the canteen, and ask Xiao Liu to buy these things at a discount."

Yi Zhonghai knew clearly that he could not go on with the plan of adopting a godson as Xu Damao had been linked to feudalism.

"That's it."

Yi Zhonghai had no interest in adjourning the meeting, so he turned around and was about to leave.

Jia Dongxu was not happy: "Godfather, no, Master, what should I do? Isn't this beating for nothing?"

When Xu Damao heard this, he jumped up and retorted, "You even hit me! How do you settle this matter?"

"I hit you because you're mean."

"I did this to purify the atmosphere of our courtyard house. The street office praised me."

"I think you want to take personal revenge."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Liu Haizhong took the opportunity to come out and summarize: "Xu Damao, it is definitely wrong for you to curse, but it is also well-intentioned. Jia Dongxu, your sneak attack on Xu Damao was also unkind. Both of you are wrong, and each of you has suffered minor injuries. In my opinion, let's just forget about it and go home."

The third uncle nodded: "Yes, yes, let's do as the second uncle said."

Liu Haizhong showed off his authority for once. He stood up and slammed the table. “It’s settled! If anyone is dissatisfied, go find Li Aiguo and let the patrol team handle it.”

Jia Dongxu and Xu Damao looked at Li Aiguo who was smoking quietly, their faces changed slightly, and they turned and left.

When everyone saw that there was nothing fun to watch, they dispersed in groups of three or four and went home to cook.

Although Jia Dongxu failed to become the godfather, he has benefited a lot these days. Yi Zhonghai has sent him a lot of fine white flour, so it can be said that he has not suffered a loss.

As for Xu Damao, he successfully ruined Jia Dongxu's plan to have him become his godfather, and also became famous in the compound, which could be considered a gain.

The only person who suffered a loss in this matter was Yi Zhonghai.

He asked Nan Yi to send the dishes prepared for the banquet to the steel rolling mill canteen. After much persuasion, the canteen accepted the dishes at a price nearly 70% off for Nan Yi's sake.

After all this trouble, Yi Zhonghai lost seven or eight dollars.

Money comes second.

The key is face.

Yi Zhonghai also had to visit the leaders who had been notified before one by one to explain to them the cancellation of the banquet.

Those leaders had already arranged a time to attend the banquet, but Yi Zhonghai said it would not happen, so they were naturally unhappy.

Yi Zhonghai smiled, apologized and said nice things, only then did he manage to get around the matter.

After returning home, he sat on a chair and sighed deeply: "Originally, I could have solved the problem of retirement this time, but who knew Xu Damao would pop up halfway."

A middle-aged woman poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him: "Even if he doesn't recognize him as her godson, as long as we maintain a good relationship, Jia Dongxu will still provide for us in our old age."

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "This is the only way."

In fact, both of them knew in their hearts that if there was no formal ceremony for such an event, it would always feel like something was missing.

Just like the customs in some places, just getting a marriage certificate is not considered a marriage. You have to invite relatives and friends and hold a wedding ceremony to be considered a real family.

After Xu Damao returned home, at Liu Lan's urging, he brought some mountain products to Li's house to thank Li Aiguo for saving his life.

Li Aiguo watched the show for a long time and actually felt that Xu Damao's performance in today's show impressed him a little.

Now that we see Xu Damao coming to our house, we can’t help but mention the “profound theories” that Xu Damao came up with.

Xu Damao was a little proud: "This is the work of Xiaodi from the publicity department of our steel rolling mill. The boy is a regular technical secondary school student and is very knowledgeable. I exchanged it for a front-row seat at the movie theater."

The name Xiaodi is a bit strange. This matter has nothing to do with Li Aiguo, so he didn't take it to heart.

Xu Damao and Liu Lan said a few words of thanks and then hurried home to greet their children.

Li Aiguo was just about to get up and continue cooking when someone else from the Li family came.

The visitors this time were Jingcheng University lecturer Zong Xianfeng and international student Dasha.

Zong Xianfeng just graduated last year. At that time, he had a good opportunity to work in a ministry, but he chose to stay in school and became a lecturer in electrical engineering.

Dasha is a sophomore this year.

In the past two years, these two people have often visited Li Aiguo's home, but Li Aiguo has been busy with various things, so they have not met very often.

Li Aiguo heard most of these things from Chen Xueru.

When Chen Xueru saw the two men coming in, she wanted to stand up to greet them despite her big belly.

Dasha was quick to step forward and support her: "Sister-in-law, just sit down, we are not outsiders."

Zong Xianfeng was familiar with the place. As soon as he entered the door, he handed Xiao Hongsheng an electric windmill he had made by himself, then helped pour tea. Then he went into the kitchen and helped Li Aiguo cook.

"Xianfeng, how's your work going?" Li Aiguo chatted with him while he was busy.

"It's okay, but it's not what I imagined before." Zong Xianfeng poked the stove with a fire stick in his hand.

"What do you think it is?"

"Ivory tower, the university is an ivory tower. We researchers don't have to worry about anything, we don't have to think about anything, we can just focus on research."

"There is no such thing as heaven on earth in this world."

Li Aiguo smiled and shook his head. Seeing that he was a little angry, he reminded him.

Zong Xianfeng quickly suppressed his anger.

Dinner was simple and was ready in just a moment.

After dinner, Dasha helped Li Aiguo wash the dishes. Seeing that it was getting late, the two prepared to get up and leave.

"Brother Aiguo, sister-in-law, goodbye."

Zong Xianfeng first handed Dasha's canvas bag to Dasha, then he put on the canvas bag himself and left the house.

The two men each rode a bicycle, one after the other out of the courtyard, and their figures gradually disappeared at the end of the dim street.

After Li Aiguo saw them off, when he returned home, Chen Xueru had already poured him a enamel mug of tea.

"Brother Aiguo, I always feel like Zong Xianfeng seems to have something to say, but he hasn't said it yet."

Li Aiguo took a sip of tea and said something that surprised Chen Xueru: "I think they are in love." "What?" Chen Xueru took a breath and asked in surprise: "How did you see that?"

Li Aiguo smiled and said, "You can tell from some small details. For example, the distance between Zong Xianfeng and Dasha today was less than five centimeters. Dasha is a foreigner and may not care much about these distances, but Zong Xianfeng is a more conservative person."

After hearing this, Chen Xueru raised her eyelids slightly and said, "Oh, if you hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have noticed it.

When they first came to our house, they sat facing each other, but today they sat side by side.

Moreover, Dasha helped Zong Xianfeng to serve rice and hold chopsticks, and Zong Xianfeng also helped Dasha to hold the canvas bag..."

She thought of the vague intimacy they had shown each other during these times and smiled bitterly, "I really became stupid after getting pregnant. I didn't notice something so obvious."

Li Aiguo looked at the lovely Miss Chen, held her in his arms, and smiled: "I guess Zong Xianfeng wants to talk to me about his plan to get married."

Chen Xueru sat on Li Aiguo's lap, her arms around his neck, her eyebrows furrowed, "What's there to talk about? They are willing, can't they just submit an application to the school? There is no rule that college students cannot get married now."

Li Aiguo pinched her nose and said, "You are being stupid again. Dasha is a foreigner. If they get married, it will be a foreign marriage."

In that era, foreign marriages in China were extremely rare. The only case that occurred caused quite a stir at the time and was specially approved by the higher authorities.

From this point of view, if Zong Xianfeng wants to marry Dasha, it will probably be quite difficult.

"Maybe we both guessed wrong." Chen Xueru also felt it was very troublesome, so she simply stopped discussing it. She turned around and went into the house to take care of Xiao Hongsheng.

Li Aiguo turned his attention back to the materials in his hands.

The next morning, as soon as it was daybreak, Li Aiguo got on his bicycle and rushed towards Institute 208.

As soon as he entered the office, Chief Engineer Zhou knocked on the door with excitement on his face: "Aiguo, the ministry has finalized the design of the proximity fuze and officially included it in the military production sequence, codenamed 'Big Eyes'."

Although Li Aiguo was certain that "Big Eyes" would pass the stereotype.

But after hearing the news, he couldn't help but clench his fists in excitement. "Great! From now on, we can show our skills and do something big."

Immediately afterwards, Li Aiguo quickly dialed the phone to inform the specialists sent to various military factories of this exciting news.

As one telephone line after another was connected, exciting news came out from military factories across China.

"The battery components have been successfully trial-produced, and the monthly output is expected to be 5,000 units."

"The radio sensor was successfully trial-produced and is currently in full production.

“Insurance agency.”

“Electronic control unit.”

Under the supervision of the commissioners, the military factories launched a vigorous mass production campaign.

A month later, parts from factories across the country were continuously sent to the weather station and assembled by technicians at the station.

A month and a half later, the first batch of artillery shells equipped with proximity fuses replaced the old artillery shells and were transported to border areas without stopping.

In the headquarters of a special operations division in the border area, Li Yunlong was standing in front of a huge map, his brows furrowed, and he was poking his fingers hard on the map.

"Damn it! The border is so long, and these guys are running around like mad dogs. How can we deal with them?"

It is no wonder that Li Yunlong was so angry. After he was transferred to the Frontier Corps, he was originally arranged by the old commander to work in the military headquarters.

As a result, Li Yunlong insisted on going to the front line to lead the troops.

At that time, Asan had become restless and needed a powerful general to take charge. The old regiment commander handed over the most elite special warfare division to Li Yunlong. In order to prevent Li Yunlong from going berserk, he also sent Zhao Gang to him as political commissar.

After Li Yunlong came to the special operations division, he focused on training. In less than a few months, the special operations division had strong combat effectiveness.

It happened that the Indians were causing trouble, and the special operations division was sent to the front line.

Here, Li Yunlong encountered a very depressing thing.

Because the two families haven't officially fought yet, he can't use his main force to launch an attack.

But the Indians were the kind of young men who didn't care about the use of force. Although they did not mobilize their main forces, they pulled out a company from the mountain division to form a bearded advance team to cause trouble on the border.

This bearded advance team was highly mobile, and once Li Yunlong sent people to deal with them, they turned around and ran away.

Even if we deploy artillery in advance and fire a few shots, we won't be able to do anything to them because of the poor accuracy of the shells.

Once Li Yunlong's men left, the bearded advance team sneaked back and came here to cause trouble.

This is just like a fly. Although it can't hurt people, it is annoying.

The key is that you can't just sit back and do nothing. Once you let go completely, the bearded vanguard will start repairing the house.

Once the house is built, they will brazenly claim the land as theirs.

If you deal with them again, they will start crying in the big family.

"Oh, this has been our home since ancient times. Look, this is the tree planted by my great-great-great-great-grandfather, and my great-grandfather's name is on it."

"What's your great-grandfather's name?"

"Zhang Erpao was here."

"Isn't Zhang Erpao a Chinese name?"

"Ahem, you are insulting us! When my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather traveled around the Central Plains, he gave himself a Chinese name. That's reasonable, right?"

The biggest characteristic of the bearded vanguard is their unfounded blind self-confidence. They can lie without blushing or getting nervous, and can even turn the tables.

Looking at the small tree that was obviously planted less than five years ago, Li Yunlong was so angry that he really wanted to kick the scoundrel opposite him to the ground.

However, he was no longer the Li Yunlong of the past, and he finally endured it.

After this kick, the bearded vanguard team will have to run to John Bull's house to complain that Dongda is bullying them.

If you want to make these guys behave themselves, you have to teach them a lesson.

But after thinking about it, the problem is back to the starting point. How should I fight?

At this moment, Zhao Gang opened the tent door with excitement and rushed in, saying loudly: "Lao Li, the logistics department just delivered a batch of new artillery shells. Let's go and take a look."

"Cannonballs? What's new about cannonballs? No, no." Li Yunlong was upset and his temper became irritable.

Zhao Gang knew his temper well, so he didn't get angry. He leaned over, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over: "This letter came with the bombs."

Li Yunlong took the letter and was surprised to see Li Aiguo's name on it: "Why did Aiguo think of writing to me?"

"Open the letter quickly and see what it says. I heard that Xiao Hongsheng can already walk. I wonder if he can run this time." Zhao Gang was a little anxious.

Since he arrived at the border, he has often communicated with Li Aiguo. On the one hand, they talked about printing matters, and on the other hand, they learned about Feng Nan's situation through Li Aiguo.

Although Feng Nan looks weak, she is actually stubborn. Zhao Gang is worried that she will be wronged raising several children alone.

Li Yunlong opened the letter and took a look at it, his eyes instantly widened.

"Even if these shells don't hit the enemy, they can still cause casualties?!"

He was stunned for a long time before he looked up at Zhao Gang, "Old Zhao, do you really have this kind of shell?"

"Anyway, I haven't heard of it, but since the higher-ups sent this new type of shell over here, and it's a patriotic gesture, I guess it's probably good."

Zhao Gang was halfway through his speech when he suddenly laughed: "Haven't those patriotic RPGs saved you several times?"

This story begins when Li Yunlong first came to the border.

He particularly liked to take a few people to the front line for reconnaissance, but he ended up encountering Asan's family's bearded advance team.

If there hadn't been a rocket launcher at that time, Li Yunlong would have had a lot of trouble to escape.

Li Yunlong was embarrassed when he heard this. He waved his hand and said, "I was luring the enemy deep into our territory. It was a tactic. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, right, right." Zhao Gang did not argue with him, his face gradually became serious: "Old Li, if this shell is really as Aiguo said, then we have a way to deal with Ah San's advance team."

The most difficult thing about the advance team is their high mobility, and artillery fire is difficult to produce any effect.

But with this kind of group attack shells, perhaps the embarrassing situation can be changed.

Li Yunlong also understood this, so he stood up and put on his coat: "Let's go and take a look!"

The night enveloped the borderland, and the cold wind whistled past.

Zhang Erpao crouched down, took care of his urgent need beside a pile of rocks, and shouted to the sentry standing guard in the distance: "Brother Liu, let's go back."

The follow-up post is a unique type of checkpoint here.

This place is desolate. In addition to countless wild wolves, there are deep ditches on the ground. If people step on them accidentally, they will disappear.

Therefore, according to regulations, members of the special operations division are strictly prohibited from acting alone and must be accompanied by a follower when leaving the camp.

The two men walked towards the camp, answering commands and chatting along the way.

Zhang Erpao suddenly asked, "Brother Liu, do you still have this month's stationery? Give me one."

Liu Meng frowned: "Erpao, you don't have so many letters to write."

Zhang Erpao wiped his nose and said, "I...I miss home, okay?"

"Okay, okay." The follower was actually a little envious of Zhang Erpao.

Liu Meng and Zhang Erpao were both transferred from the artillery unit, and they knew each other well.

Liu Meng's parents were killed by the Japanese before liberation. He was alone with no worries and only wanted to defend the border with his own life, so he signed up for the most dangerous special operations division.

Zhang Erpao was only a one-year soldier at the time and was not eligible to join, but he wrote a blood oath.

Liu Meng originally thought that Zhang Erpao's situation was similar to his own, but later he found out that Zhang Erpao not only had parents and brothers, but also a very close uncle.

He wrote five-page letters to his uncle every month.

"Mengzi, I won't side with you either. When you get to the capital, I'll ask my uncle to treat you to a meal at Donglaishun."

"I see. Your uncle is a big shot in Beijing." Liu Meng had never thought about going back that day. He went into the tent and took out two pages of manuscript paper and gave them to Zhang Erpao.

Zhang Erpao had just taken the manuscript and was about to go back to write a letter when a voice suddenly came from outside: "Attention, comrades, the division headquarters wants to select 15 soldiers who are skilled in mountain artillery operation."

(End of this chapter)