The train driver in the courtyard

The morning sun hung low over the tube-shaped building, casting a faint golden glow over the capital.

Woo hoo hoo. Eat like crazy, eat like crazy, eat like crazy
After an absence of half a year, Li Aiguo returned to the driver's building he had been longing for.

"Comrade Chief Driver, I really don't understand why you don't go to work in that research institute instead of coming back to drive the meeting train." Liu Qingquan, the deputy driver in charge of lookout, retracted his head from outside the train.

"What do you know! Being patriotic means maintaining the character of a worker!" Lao Zheng slammed the shovel into the floor, grinning and revealing a mouthful of smoke-yellowed teeth.

"In my opinion, patriotism means not wanting to give up our glorious job of driving a big train."

"That's right! In the capital, who has a more glorious job than us?"

Listening to the two people's jokes, Li Aiguo's mouth curled up slightly and he took a puff of cigarette leisurely.

They were partly right, but not entirely.

Prior to this, the review meeting that shocked the international mathematics community was successfully concluded, and the work of applying for the International Congress of Mathematicians was handed over to Jingcheng University and Professor Cheng.

Professor Hua also went to the southwest to embark on a new scientific research journey.

His superiors once asked Li Aiguo whether he wanted to stay in the Beijing Computing Institute or transfer to the Department of Mathematics of Beijing University, but he declined both requests.

For no other reason, it is because Li Aiguo knows better than anyone that mathematics, as a basic subject, can only bring some face to the country no matter how many achievements it makes.

But Li Aiguo pays more attention to the inside.

His goal is to raise the little rabbit into a big, powerful rabbit.

However, Li Aiguo had no idea about his next plan, so he temporarily returned to Qianmen Locomotive Depot to drive a train for a while.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the train slowly pulled into Tianjin Railway Station.

Li Aiguo and Cao Wenzhi completed the handover and were about to return to the camping car to rest when they saw the little black fat man staggering towards them.

Li Aiguo looked over the little black fat man's shoulder and saw that several of his brothers were already riding donkeys and transporting the goods that Zhang Yazhi had unloaded from the train out of the station.

In recent years, this material transportation channel between Beijing and Tianjin has not been interrupted. Relying on this channel, Li Aiguo and Zhang Yazhi have also made a fortune.

"Uncle, long time no see!" The little black fat man smiled and joked as soon as he saw Li Aiguo.

"You've gained weight again." Speaking of the fat man, Li Aiguo thought of someone. He pointed in the direction of Beijing and said, "There is a keeper named Zhang Yue in the Beijing Zoo. He is twice as heavy as you."

"Oh my, there really is such a strange man? I must go meet him if I get a chance."

The little black fat man was full of surprise.

In that era of relative scarcity, there were not many fat people, and there were even fewer who were fatter than him.

The little black fat man handed Li Aiguo a cigarette and said with a smile, "I'm here to announce the good news. My family has a big fat boy!"

"Congratulations!" Li Aiguo responded with a smile, and subconsciously touched his pocket, but found that he had no cash.

Seeing this, Zhang Yazhi handed over two dollars.

Li Aiguo found an envelope, put the money in it, and handed it to the little black fat man.

The little black fat man was not polite. He took the envelope and put it in his pocket, smiling and said, "In five days, the baby will be one month old. I plan to set up a few tables at home. Uncle, you must come."

Li Aiguo thought about it and nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, the train returned to Beijing.

After the meeting and dividing the money, Li Aiguo arrived at the weather station on his bicycle at nearly five o'clock.

The farmer was waiting for him in the office. When he came in, he handed him a document.

"Our comrades in Xiaorizi have dug deeper into Matsuko Sayaka's background. Take a look."

Li Aiguo took it, took a look at it, and frowned: "This information is not much different from the previous one."

Having said that, Li Aiguo was a little impressed by the comrades over there.

The content of the information is very detailed, including some information about Matsuko Sayaka's elementary school, junior high school and high school.

Even the scene of Matsuko Satsuki climbing over the wall of school to go shopping with her classmates was recorded.

What was missing was what Li Aiguo and the farmer were expecting to see - the real purpose of Matsuko Sayaka's trip to the mainland.

The farmer was also encountering such a situation for the first time, and he muttered quietly: "This Matsuko Sayuki, she is giving you money and using her beauty to seduce you, is it just to invite you to the Imperial University?"

At a dinner jointly hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Keijo University, Matsuko Sazuki took the opportunity of a toast to suddenly invite Li Aiguo to teach at the Imperial University, and promised that as long as Li Aiguo went, he could become a tenured professor.

She also said that she would arrange a luxurious villa for Li Aiguo in Tokyo.

Captain Zhang reported: "At that time, the woman's face was slightly red, and her eyes were full of tenderness when she looked at the driver. I only saw this situation once before liberation. At that time, the female Dieter wanted to seduce one of our comrades.

Li Aiguo made the same choice as his predecessor, tactfully rejecting Matsuko Sazuki and refusing her proposal to go for a walk with her.

Matsuko Satsuki seemed to feel a little unbelievable at the time. She stood there for a long time, whispered something, and left.

According to Comrade Li Aiguo's subsequent supplement, Songzi Sazuki said: I will not give up. "

Li Aiguo always put aside all the things he couldn't figure out: "Teacher, Songzi Sayue has already boarded a plane and left the capital. Even if she has any intentions, she can't accomplish them."

The farmer nodded: "Yes."

He paused, looked at Li Aiguo, and joked, "I saw the photo of Matsuko Sazuki. This girl is top-notch. They are giving you a beauty and a villa. Don't you have any interest in going to Tokyo?"

Captain Zhang was stunned watching from the side. It was the first time he saw a farmer behaving so "improperly".

Li Aiguo lit a cigarette and smiled: "If we are really destined to meet, maybe we can meet again in Tokyo. But by then, I can only appear in Tokyo as an official staff member."

"Official personnel." The farmer immediately understood what Li Aiguo meant and his eyes widened. "Aiguo, you are quite bold."

In this day and age, being stripped of even your underwear isn’t a big deal, but there’s a burly guy standing next to him—Xiao Mei.

"Thirty years in the east of the sea, thirty years in the west of the sea, don't bully us who are weak." Li Aiguo stood up and straightened his back: "I know this is difficult, but after we deal with Ah San and the monkey, and have free hands, it's time to make the other side of the sea pay the price."

With the things that have been done over there, it would not be too much to cut those people into pieces.

The farmer stood up and patted Li Aiguo on the shoulder to show his support.

Captain Zhang was a little worried: "Even if we become strong enough to crush Hai's side, there is still Xiaomei's family. They are now the masters of Hai's side. How could they let us deal with Hai's side?"

"The master won't care about a dog."

"They have a good relationship." Captain Zhang still didn't quite believe it.

Li Aiguo knew Xiaomei's family situation clearly.

In these days, some people have keenly seen through the true nature of Xiaomei's family - a paper tiger.

The reason why Xiaomeijia was able to become the boss was not because of fighting with his fists, but because he gained this status by staying away from the battlefield and reselling arms and supplies behind the scenes.

This kind of opportunistic behavior has made Xiaomei's family the type that bullies the weak and fears the strong.

Take the fight between Little Crow and Big Goose in later generations as an example.

We will not discuss the reasons for the fight or who was right or wrong for now, but only the performance of both sides.

Xiaomei's family was stirring up trouble behind the scenes and had repeatedly expressed their support for Xiaowu's family.

Just when Xiao Wu and Da Ge started fighting, Xiao Mei's family withdrew, leaving Xiao Wu's family in a terrible state.

Whether on the island or across the sea, it is nothing but wishful thinking to pin hopes on Xiaomei's family.

Li Aiguo also knew that food should be eaten bite by bite and the road should be walked step by step.

Without the ability, making big talk will only make you a laughing stock.

"I will have someone keep an eye on Miss Songzi. That's how it is. Aiguo, you should go back and have a rest as well."

After hearing Li Aiguo's idea, the farmer was obviously a little excited, but he didn't want to show it. He stood up and sent Li Aiguo out of the office.

****
Outside the porthole, the white clouds were like surging snow waves, shining softly in the sunlight.

On the flight from Moscow to Tokyo, Matsuko Satsuki gently pinched the wine glass with her slender fingers and slowly sipped the vodka brought by the flight attendant.

The spicy wine slid down her throat, trying to dispel the depression in her heart.

This time, Matsuko Sayaka went to the capital in person and was determined to recruit Li Aiguo to the Imperial University.

If Li Aiguo, the rising Asian mathematical genius, could enter the Imperial University, he would undoubtedly inject new vitality into this institution of higher learning and further consolidate its position in the academic field.

In Miss Matsuko's opinion, Tokyo's economy is booming with the support of Xiaomei's family, and the neon lights are full of prosperity, which is far beyond the reach of Beijing.

What's more, the Imperial University is ranked 28th in the world and first in Asia. Its advantages over the Capital University are self-evident.

She firmly believes that "people go to high places and water flows to low places."

Faced with such tempting conditions, Li Aiguo should have readily agreed.

As for giving away the villa and hinting at a relationship, those were just bargaining chips she added on the spot.

However, reality dealt her a heavy blow.

Li Aiguo's refusal without hesitation caught her off guard.

"Is this guy really a bookworm who doesn't understand romance?"

Until the plane landed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Matsuko Satsuki stepped onto the gangway, this question was still lingering in her mind, and she felt depressed and unable to get rid of it.

At this time, a luxury car came running from a distance and drove straight to the airport runway.

When several airport managers saw the car approaching, they waved flags to try to stop it, but were stopped by the manager nearby.

"Didn't you see the license plate? It's from the Mitsui family."

Upon learning the origin of the car, the staff stopped, turned their heads, and looked elsewhere, ignoring the appearance of the luxury car.

The car stopped in front of Miss Matsuko with a click, and a young man in a hand-sewn suit got out of the car and opened the back door.

He is the third son of the Mitsui family. He is elegant and handsome, and is in no way inferior to those popular gigolos in Ginza.

"Ms. Songzi, you must have worked hard on the journey. I have booked a private room in Ginza. I hope you will do me the honor of coming and rest for a while."

In the past, facing the third young master's cordial invitation, Matsuko Satsuki might have gladly agreed.

Although this third young master is not the heir of the Mitsui family, he is deeply loved by the head of the Mitsui family and has a close relationship with Xiaomei's base camp.

Even if the Mitsui family splits up in the future, the third son will be able to get a lot of the property.

He is considered one of the top young talents in Tokyo and even in his daily life.

However, since going to Beijing to interview the young mathematician, Miss Matsuko's mood has quietly changed.

Whenever she thought of the mathematician concentrating on academic research, ripples appeared in her heart.

In order to promote human progress, the mathematician used his outstanding wisdom to deeply explore many difficult problems in the field of mathematics, like a dazzling light, illuminating Miss Matsuko's world.

In comparison, even though the Third Young Master had a wealthy family background and extensive network of contacts, Miss Matsuko always felt that he lacked some spiritual depth.

"I'm sorry, Mitsui-kun, I'm a little tired and want to go back and rest."

Miss Matsuko said this politely and walked past the luxury car with straight legs.

This incredible scene stunned the Third Young Master.

Until Miss Songzi disappeared at the airport, the third son was still scratching his head: "What's going on? Why did Miss Songzi suddenly become so cold?"

"Since Miss Matsuko doesn't have time, young master, would you like me to help you invite the girl from the Ichijo family to Ginza?" The old butler appeared quietly beside the third young master.

One is a very famous family here, ranking first among the old five royal families, and its nature is similar to that of the royal family.

Although the old status system was abolished after the war, their lives had not been tempered by blood and fire, and slogans like "Kings, princes, generals, and ministers are all born with a certain blood type" were not shouted out, but their status system and theory of bloodline had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The son of a farmer can only be a farmer, the son of a warrior can only be a warrior, and the throne will always be occupied by a royal family.

This is a strictly hierarchical social system where no one can transcend their own status.

Didn’t you see that even in later anime, the Pirate King can only be inherited by the Pirate King’s son?

The son of a commoner wants to become a pirate? Do you have the Nika fruit?

What was supposed to be a thrilling adventure turned out to be a joke, as it was just a group of bodyguards playing house with the silly prince.

Far away.

The Mitsui family is rich and the Ichijo family is famous. Once the two families get married, it will be a strong alliance.

This is also what the head of the Mitsui family meant.

The Third Young Master shook his head and said, "Forget it. Let's notify Ginza and cancel the dinner."

"Yes" the old butler sighed silently in his heart.

****
In the afternoon.

As soon as Li Aiguo returned to the yard, Yi Zhonghai asked for a meeting in the evening.

Yi Zhonghai has rarely appeared in the compound recently, so this sudden meeting must be about something important.

After dinner, everyone sat in the middle courtyard. Li Aiguo came to the middle courtyard holding little Minghui, and Chen Xueru came to the middle courtyard holding little Hongsheng.

As soon as he entered the Intermediate Court, Li Aiguo saw that Officer Zhang from the Street Office was also there.

The person who chaired the meeting was not Yi Zhonghai, but Secretary Zhang.

After making a brief opening speech, Secretary Zhang introduced the purpose of the meeting.

The Beijing subway construction team is recruiting a group of temporary workers from nearby neighborhoods to dig a subway tunnel next to a small hill outside the city.

The more people the better. Each temporary worker can receive a subsidy of 20 cents and one kilogram of national food coupons every day.

"We consider that most people in our street have jobs. In order not to delay everyone's work and to actively respond to and cooperate with the construction of the Beijing Metro, each household must send a strong laborer to participate. Each strong laborer must work on the construction site for a week."

Everyone got excited when they heard about the construction of a subway.

Beijing is a big city. Decades ago, when people had just escaped from their hard life, Beijing started to develop. Traffic was extremely congested, so someone proposed to build a subway.

But those people at that time were not doing real work at all. Although this proposal had been made for many years, the residents of Beijing had never seen the shadow of the subway.

As soon as the new world was established, this idea was immediately put on the agenda.

"It is really urgent for the capital to build a subway, which can alleviate the traffic jam like fish in a can. Imperialism is still rampant, so it is necessary to use the underground railway as a refuge!"

The higher-ups finally decided to build a subway.

The Russians sent experts, led by subway engineer Baryshnikov, who rushed to the capital.

After years of research, the subway route has been determined and the relevant material preparation work has been completed.

But there was a big problem.

Should this subway be buried deep underground or just a shallow layer?

The shallow burial faction, represented by the Construction Bureau, proposed that the site should be buried shallowly.

They say the subway must be both convenient and cost-effective.

They felt that although deep burial could protect against enemy bombing, it was too expensive and the construction was troublesome. In addition, the geological conditions in the capital were complex, making it simply not suitable for this purpose.

The deep burial faction, represented by the Subway Engineering Bureau, hopes that the subway can be buried deeply.

At least it can withstand attacks from conventional bombs and resist conventional bombing, which is enough to meet the dual needs of combat readiness and transportation.

The subway needs to have at least three functions: "protection, avoidance and escape".

The Russians, represented by subway engineer Baryshnikov, tend to favor shallow burial because of the technical difficulty.

The two sides argued from 1953 to 1960, and finally the higher authorities organized a coordination meeting.

At the coordination meeting, the two sides decided after discussion to dig a tunnel five kilometers long and about twenty meters deep as an experimental sample.

If the excavation goes smoothly, then deep burial method will be adopted.

If things don't go well, this tunnel can also be used as a large cellar.

Digging a tunnel requires strength in numbers, and that's how the residents of Nantongluo Lane received the task from their superiors.

"We get a subsidy of 20 cents a day and two kilograms of food coupons. The most important thing is that after completing the task, all the families who participated in the labor will be given five ideological awareness points. This is a good thing."

In the past two years, ideological awareness has become increasingly important. Even if it is not for the money or food coupons, residents have to sign up enthusiastically.

Xu Damao from the Xu family, Jia Dongxu from the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai from the Yi family, and Yan Jiecheng from the Yan family all wrote their names in the registration book.

"Brother Aiguo, where is our family?" Chen Xueru asked in a low voice.

"This is an honorable thing, so of course we have to sign up." Li Aiguo stood up and wrote his name in the registration book.

After the meeting, Li Aiguo returned home and picked up a few books to read.

Spending money feels good for a while, but after the fun is over you'll feel empty.

I've been busy working on new things recently, and I only have a few hundred skill points left. It's time to recharge.

Just as I picked up the book, the third uncle knocked on the door and walked in.

He saw Chen Xueru coaxing two children in the house, walked over mysteriously, and asked in a low voice: "Aiguo, is there going to be a war?"

"Where did you hear this news?" Li Aiguo was shocked.

The reason why the higher-ups are willing to pay a high price and overcome all difficulties to dig deep is to deal with Big Brother.

However, only a few high-ranking officials are aware of the disputes with Big Brother these days, and the residents still think that Big Brother is their real brother.

"Can't I just analyze it myself?" The third uncle was originally preparing to weave a basket when he saw Li Aiguo staring at him.

He knew that he couldn't hide it from Li Aiguo, so he smiled and said, "Just now, I was pulling vegetables in the vegetable garden and heard the deaf old lady whispering to Yi Zhonghai in the house. The deaf old lady thought there might be a war, so she told Yi Zhonghai not to sign up for the third-line factory."

"Patriotism, what is a third-line factory?"

The third uncle looked at Li Aiguo with curiosity.

The idea of ​​the Third Line Factory was proposed only after the fallout with Big Brother, and most people had not yet received the news at that time.

The deaf old lady has quite a wide network of connections.

Li Aiguo shook his head: "Nothing, maybe the steel mill is going to build a new factory."

He handed the third uncle a cigarette and said, "Whether there is a war or not has little to do with us. We just need to do our own thing."

"Well, I feel relieved to hear you say that." The third uncle came from the war years and witnessed the cruelty of war.

Li Aiguo is now the highest-ranking resident in the compound. Since he is not worried, there is nothing to worry about.

After seeing off the third uncle, Li Aiguo turned his attention back to the book.

Late at night, after delivering the grain as usual, Li Aiguo shuddered, his mind was in a trance, and he subconsciously opened the system and found the shield machine.

If there is anything that is best suited for digging tunnels, this is it.

Tunnel boring machine: Five prerequisite technologies, a total of 500 skill points are required.

Five hundred points. Li Aiguo felt a little distressed. After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided to wait for a while.

If the tunnel digging progresses smoothly and a tunnel boring machine is not needed, the excavators, bulldozers and other construction machinery can be replaced first.

The next day was early in the morning on the weekend.

Liu Haizhong's shouting was heard in the yard.

"Everyone hurry up and get to work."

With so many residents participating in the tunnel digging project, there must be someone taking the lead.

During the meeting, Yi Zhonghai, as the elder brother, originally planned to take on this task.

As a result, the subdistrict office appointed Liu Haizhong as the squad leader.

Although he was just a temporary team leader, Liu Haizhong was extremely attentive. Before daybreak, he had sharpened the hoes of every household until they were shiny.

"Old Yi, this attitude of yours is not good. You need to be more motivated!" Seeing Yi Zhonghai coming out reluctantly, Liu Haizhong raised his fist.

Yi Zhonghai smiled awkwardly: "Captain Liu, I'll listen to you."

The bangs are so beautiful.

It was half past seven, and the residents who were going to work in the compound gathered in the middle courtyard carrying shovels, spades and baskets.

Liu Haizhong counted the names, but found that one was missing.

"Where's Jia Dongxu from the Jia family? He's at work."

(End of this chapter)