The train driver in the courtyard

The shield machine is the most complex machine developed by Li Aiguo to date.

Now that the Engineering Bureau has joined, our chances of winning are much better.

The Engineering Bureau was obviously very anxious, and the next day it jointly sent a letter to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot with the Beijing Railway Technology Research Institute.

When Section Chief Xing saw the materials sent by the two units, he suddenly stood up and laughed: "I knew that when Li Aiguo returned to our locomotive section, he would definitely cause trouble again."

"What should we do now?" The deputy section chief stood up.

"Of course I rolled up my sleeves and worked hard! Although I don't understand what this shield machine does, but it must be a good thing since the institute and the engineering bureau attach so much importance to it."

Section Chief Xing looked at the deputy section chief and said, "You should immediately notify Lao Zhang in the maintenance workshop and ask him to fully cooperate with Comrade Li Aiguo's work. He should provide the people, money and materials if needed."

"Yes!" The deputy section chief turned and left.

When Li Aiguo rode his bicycle to the maintenance workshop of Qianmen Locomotive Depot, Director Zhang and a group of veteran workers were already waiting there.

The Railway Technical Research Institute also sent Engineer Dong and five other engineers.

The person who came out from the Engineering Bureau was the technical section chief and seven or eight technicians.

Li Aiguo saw a familiar face in the crowd.

"Commander Zhou, why are you here?"

Commander Zhou walked out of the crowd, looking a little embarrassed: "Patriotic comrade, I am not the commander-in-chief anymore. You can call me Zhou Shiqian or Lao Zhou."

Engineer Dong was worried that Lao Zhou would be embarrassed, so he came over and explained the whole thing to Li Aiguo.

It turned out that after being punished, Zhou Shiqian planned to return to the bureau and sit on the bench, and then wait for the completion of the mission before accepting punishment from his superiors.

However, when he learned that the Engineering Bureau was going to send people to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot to assist in the development work, he bit his finger, wrote a letter in blood and handed it to Director Chen, requesting to join the project.

"Comrade Aiguo, although I am not a technical staff, I have been working in engineering for many years and have many friends in China. I believe I can do my bit to help, and I hope you can keep me." Zhou Shiqian felt a little uneasy.

After realizing that he had made a serious mistake, he wanted to atone for his sins, but he was worried that Li Aiguo would not accept it.

Li Aiguo had no reason to refuse this old comrade who came to his doorstep.

"Old Zhou, you're welcome. If we work together, we will definitely be able to complete the task!"

Zhou Shiqian felt relieved after hearing this.

Director Zhang waited for a long time, and when he saw that the conversation was over, he came over.

"Aiguo, please give us a plan on what to do this time."

Li Aiguo and Director Zhang have worked together many times, and they have reached a tacit understanding long ago, so there is no need for excessive verbosity.

He took out several drawings and placed them on the table.

"The structure of the shield machine is very complicated. I divided it into several parts. The first one is the propulsion system."

As Li Aiguo spoke, he picked up a blueprint and handed it to Director Zhang: "I have calculated that at least 6500 horsepower is needed, which requires the transformation of the Aiguo steam engine.

Old Zhang, you and I will be responsible for renovating the patriotic steam engine.

Now, in the name of the project team, you should apply to Datong Factory and ask them to transfer a Patriotic steam engine to us.”

A steam engine can be adjusted so easily?
Director Zhang was stunned at first.

Seeing so many people at the scene, he realized that this mission was different from the previous ones. He took the drawings and nodded: "I'll do it right away."

After Director Zhang left, Li Aiguo called Engineer Dong's name and said, "Mr. Dong, the second important part of the shield machine is the cutting system, especially the cutterhead, which needs to be forged with high-strength alloy steel."

He handed over a drawing: "Here are the specific parameters, take a look."

Engineer Dong took the drawing and looked at it carefully, and his brows immediately frowned.

The complex structure of the giant in the drawing is not a big deal. The key is that it requires great strength and high wear resistance.

Li Aiguo continued: "I have calculated that to meet the requirements, at least tungsten-titanium alloy is needed."

"Tungsten-titanium alloy. Then we need the help of the steel plant." Engineer Dong was thinking about which steel plant to contact.

Depending on the level of the project team, any steel mill in the country will cooperate.

However, it is not an easy task to get the steel mills to cooperate as much as possible and produce tungsten-titanium alloy in the shortest time possible.

At this time, Zhou Shiqian stood up and said, "Comrade Patriot, before I joined the Engineering Bureau, I worked at Anshan Iron and Steel Company. I have many old friends there. Please give me this task."

This is the role of older comrades; their experience and connections are irreplaceable by young people.

"Okay, Old Zhou, I'll trouble you with this matter." After hearing Zhou Shiqian's words, Li Aiguo handed him the materials, and then asked Engineer Dong to issue a document of assistance to Anshan Iron and Steel Group in the name of the Railway Technology Research Institute.

After dealing with the cutting tools, the remaining support system and soil discharge and transportation system were relatively simple, and Li Aiguo handed them over to the comrades from the Engineering Bureau.

The Engineering Bureau has practical experience and is good at manufacturing various engineering tools.

Before we knew it, it was noon and the canteen chef brought us a basket of white flour buns and a large bowl of pork stewed with vermicelli.

After eating and drinking, everyone went back to work.

In the afternoon, Datong Locomotive Factory called and said that they had urgently dispatched a brand new patriotic steam engine to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

"How long will it take?" Li Aiguo asked on the phone.

"Leave tonight and arrive tomorrow."

"So fast?" Li Aiguo was a little surprised. You know, a year ago he went to Datong and it took him two days by train.

A hearty laugh came from the phone: "Aiguo, have you forgotten the railway network you created? That thing is so useful. We applied to the dispatch center, and the dispatch center immediately coordinated the trains on the railway."

Well, it turns out the root cause lies with myself.

Li Aiguo is a little proud.

Just as Li Aiguo was making the call, Andrei, who was far away in a large conference room in Moscow, was also feeling particularly proud.

On the rostrum, Corn Emperor looked around with a gloomy expression, "After voting, I now declare that Lao Bo will serve as the chairman of the Supreme Presidium."

The Chairman of the Supreme Presidium is equivalent to the head of state of the Russians.

Of course, this head of state is only nominal and generally cannot take over.

But the Emperor of the Order is somewhat different from previous presidents, as he also serves as vice chairman of the Federal Bureau and secretary of the Secretariat.

The last two are positions with real power, and with this nominal head of state, the Medal Emperor instantly became the number one person under the Stick Emperor.

In fact, the candidate preferred by the Corn Emperor was not the Medal Emperor, but his old friend of many years - Levtyet.

Who would have thought that just a few days before the conference, Levtyet was accused by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of having had contact with Xiaomei's family and was caught in a vortex of communication with the outside world.

Although there is no actual evidence to support this accusation, it is very damaging.

The Corn Emperor did not dare to offend the public and could only watch as the Medal Emperor took the position.

"Now it's Old Bo's turn to speak." The Corn Emperor handed over the hosting power and sat down on the chair with some fatigue.

The Medal Emperor stood up and smiled at Commander Xie who was not far away.

"Comrades."

The Emperor of the Medal pointed out in his speech: Now the little brother next door is developing so well. First, he developed automatic railway signals and grabbed a lot of orders. Then he developed world-famous products such as instant noodles and warm patches, in exchange for huge amounts of foreign exchange.

"We are the big brothers, but now we are being left behind by the little brothers. Isn't it shameful?"

The big guys attending the meeting didn't think the little brothers could pose a threat to them.

However, seeing that all the foreign exchange was earned by the younger brothers, they became jealous.

The Corn Emperor knew that the Medal Emperor was taking the opportunity to cause trouble, so he could only nod and said, "We have indeed encountered some problems in our recent development."

The Emperor of the Medal was secretly delighted, thinking that Andre's friend was indeed useful. He would give him a bottle of vodka when he had the chance.

When the big guys saw this situation, they felt that the wind direction in this big family had changed.

After hanging up the phone, Li Aiguo saw that it was getting late, and the steam engine had not been delivered yet, and he had no other work to do, so he went into the greenhouse to take a look at the corn he had planted a while ago.

He obtained these corns through screening and can use them for cooperation with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences in the future.

The corn is growing well under Huang Jing's care. In autumn, seeds can be saved and the next step can be carried out.

Li Aiguo finally picked some cucumbers and rode his bike back to the courtyard.

Before I entered the yard, I heard a noise coming from inside.

"Divorce, we can't live like this for a day, Jia Dongxu, let's get divorced right away!"

Ahem, there are indeed a lot of melons in the courtyard, and you can never eat them all.

Li Aiguo instantly perked up, pushed his bicycle over the threshold, and saw a lot of people gathered in the Central Courtyard to watch the fun, so he went over too.

Squeezing into the crowd, I saw that the door of Jia's house was open. Qin Huairu was arguing with Jia Dongxu, both of them had red faces.

Xu Damao was standing nearby, smiling with joy.

"Brother Damao, what's going on?" Li Aiguo handed Xu Damao a cigarette.

"Aiguo, you are a big leader now, why are you still smoking this Sunflower?" Xu Damao took a look at the cigarette and started to complain.

Seeing that Li Aiguo was about to take the cigarette back, he quickly smiled and lit up: "You were not in the compound today, so you didn't know that since Qin Huairu came back, she started fighting with Jia Dongxu."

After Qin Huairu and Captain Chen were rescued, the neighborhood hospital sent people to examine them.

Although the two were a little frightened and had some minor skin injuries, they were not seriously ill.

So, after Qin Huairu told the deputy captain of the railway troops how the accident happened, she followed Yi Zhonghai back to the courtyard.

At this time, Jia Dongxu had not eaten all day. When he saw Qin Huairu coming back, he immediately pointed at her nose and scolded her.

"Why are you so concerned about this public work? Don't you know I'm still hungry?"

Qin Huairu was already feeling aggrieved, and now she was being scolded again, so she couldn't help but slap Jia Dongxu in the face.

(Witness 1: The three aunts who were washing clothes, Witness 2: Zhang Tiedan who was playing in the mud)

This was the first time Qin Huairu hit Jia Dongxu.

When Jia Dongxu saw Qin Huairu rebelling against Tiangang, he immediately became angry. He grabbed Qin Huairu by the collar and was about to teach her a lesson.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yi Zhonghai rushed over to stop Jia Dongxu, and then explained to Jia Dongxu about Qin Huairu's accident.

"Dongxu, Huairu was almost killed by a rock, don't worry about it, go back to the house and help her cook some food."

Jia Dongxu didn't expect that Qin Huairu was among the buried people.

He felt a little guilty for a moment, but still said with a stiff neck: "Master, Qin Huairu had an accident while working. Even if someone is responsible, it should be the people in the Engineering Bureau. What does it have to do with me?"

Qin Huairu couldn't hold back any longer when she heard this, and scolded Jia Dongxu for being heartless, knowing that she was buried but still watching her die. Jia Dongxu felt something was wrong when he heard this, and hurriedly explained that he didn't know anything at all.

Qin Huairu didn't listen, and the two started arguing.

"Hehe, how can Jia Dongxu explain this kind of thing clearly?" The instigator Xu Damao said proudly while smoking a cigarette.

Li Aiguo took a look at Xu Damao and knew that this guy must have done something wrong.

However, Li Aiguo had no intention of helping.

He has a lot of things to do right now and doesn't have time to deal with these bullshit.

"Remember, you can quarrel, but don't use violence. If anyone uses violence."

After watching for a while, he saw that Qin Huairu stopped slapping him and felt bored.

Li Aiguo stepped forward and looked at Zhang Gangzhu: "Deputy Captain Zhang, do you know what to do?"

Zhang Gangzhu stood up and puffed out his chest: "Our neighborhood patrol team will let him know the consequences of taking action!"

Jia Dongxu had already rolled up his sleeves, but when he heard Li Aiguo's words, he was so scared that he quickly took two steps back.

"Qin Huairu, I finally understand. You are my old lover, so you divorced me!"

Qin Huairu's face turned pale: "What nonsense are you talking about, Jia Dongxu, stop talking nonsense, I'm divorcing you because you are not a human being!"

"Qin Huairu, if I hadn't married you, you would still be digging the ground in the countryside!"

After a few words, the two started arguing again.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yi Zhonghai stood between the two men.

"Dongxu, Huairu, stop arguing, there must be a misunderstanding."

"Yes, yes, Master, there is definitely a misunderstanding." Jia Dongxu agreed.

Qin Huairu smiled bitterly: "Master Yi, I know you are protecting Jia Dongxu, but I must get a divorce this time. To be honest, I can't live like this for a day."

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect Qin Huairu's attitude to be so firm, and he quickly winked at the aunt.

A lady came forward to persuade Qin Huairu: "Huairu, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. How can a woman get divorced?"

"Auntie, you have an old feudal mindset." Liu Lan laughed beside her and pouted: "Yi Zhonghai is a eunuch, but you don't divorce him. Is that the reason?!"

When she learned from Xu Damao that Yi Zhonghai spent a high price to buy medicinal wine, she knew that the problem must be with Yi Zhonghai.

These words made the old lady unable to raise her head.

The residents nearby looked at Yi Zhonghai with surprise.

In the past, Yi Zhonghai always blamed the lack of children on an old lady.

Even the deaf old lady would deliberately accuse the old lady of having gynecological diseases and being unable to have children when chatting with other residents.

Unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai is actually a eunuch!
Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that the melon would be eaten by himself.

"Liu Lan, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Want evidence? Okay, my Damao consulted a doctor when he was checking for infertility. If you don't feel guilty, go to the hospital for a check-up too." Liu Lan put her hands on her waist.

Xu Damao now has a daughter, so he is not afraid of others mentioning this matter. He raised his head proudly and said, "Yes, let's go to the hospital for a check-up!"

Those who like to watch the fun don't mind any big deal. Now that there is melon to eat, all the residents want to eat it and support Liu Lan from the side.

Liang Ladi pinched her throat and said, "Uncle, Liu Lan is also doing this for your health. For infertility, early detection and early treatment are the best way to go back to work."

Liu Haizhong raised his hand: "Yes, if it is cured, you and Auntie might be able to have a child."

"Yes, yes, yes. This way, we don't have to keep an eye on other people's sons."

There were bursts of laughter from the crowd.

Of course Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to go to the hospital for a check-up, so he could only change the subject.

"What we need to solve now is the Jia family's affairs, don't talk nonsense."

Yi Zhonghai knew that if he delayed any further, Xu Damao would definitely cause trouble, so he asked an aunt to bring Qin Huairu to his house and persuade her slowly.

"Huai Ru, listen to me, let's go back first."

Qin Huairu still respected the aunt, and sighed and said, "Auntie, I have made up my mind. I will go back to my parents' home now."

Seeing that she couldn't persuade the two aunts, the first aunt could only give a look to the second and third aunts.

Although the relationship between the second aunt and the first aunt has deteriorated recently because of the disagreement between Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, the two of them often grow vegetables together and can be considered old friends.

Now that the aunt is in trouble, she can only go up to help.

The three aunts were soft-hearted and walked over with the intention of persuading them to reconcile rather than separate.

Several old ladies in the compound also helped to persuade them.

Under everyone's persuasion, Qin Huairu agreed to live in Yi Zhonghai's house first, and then slowly discuss the divorce.

Seeing that the crisis was finally resolved, Yi Zhonghai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said to the residents, "Okay, it's getting late, everyone go back."

Li Aiguo ate a big melon and was in a good mood. He went home humming a little tune.

He planned to draw the first Kung Fu Panda comic book during the free time before dinner.

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At this moment, a pretty figure walked quickly in from outside the courtyard.

The third uncle was stunned when he saw the person coming: "Teacher Ran, why are you here at this time? Is there something wrong at school?"

This person is Ran Qiuye, the head teacher of Class 2, Grade 3 at Hongxing Primary School.

"There's nothing to do in school. I'm here to deliver some information to Comrade Li Aiguo." Ran Qiuye explained why he came.

"Li Aiguo? Over there." The third uncle pointed in the direction to Ran Qiuye.

"Thank you!"

The third uncle looked at Ran Qiuye's back and said with a click of his tongue: "This girl has really made it big now."

"Who has made it big?" Auntie had prepared dinner and was calling Uncleie to eat when he heard this.

The third uncle recounted his encounter with Ran Qiuye.

"After Ran Qiuye took charge of the building block teaching, he received attention from the district. He is currently in charge of the teaching affairs in the school and can be regarded as a small leader."

"At first I always thought that our Xie Cheng and Ran Qiuye were a good match, but I just didn't have the time to mention it. Now that she's a small leader, she's definitely going to look down on our Xie Cheng."

After hearing this, the three aunts regretted it so much that they slapped their thighs.

In fact, the Yan family looked down on Ran Qiuye's background at first, but the third aunt refused to admit it now.

"Don't tell me, don't tell me this is a good idea."

The third uncle blinked his eyes behind his tortoise-shell glasses. "Although Ran Qiuye is a college student and is now a leader, he does not come from a good family. Jie Cheng is a worker after all, and our family is from a small business family. They are actually quite a good match."

The beads on the abacus made a clacking sound - Ran Qiuye became a small leader at a young age and there is still room for improvement in the future.

As for Ran Qiuye's background, since she was promoted, it means there is no problem with her.

"Will it work?" The third aunt was unsure.

"How will you know if you don't try."

The third aunt knew that the third uncle was not satisfied with Li, so she had no choice but to agree.

"Jie Cheng is working overtime at the locomotive depot today. I'll talk to him when he comes back."

"Boom boom boom!"

"Oh, Teacher Ran is here, come in quickly."

Chen Xueru opened the door.

When she saw it was Ran Qiuye, she seemed very happy.

Ran Qiuye often came to our house to play in the past few months. Every time she came, in addition to chatting with Li Aiguo about building blocks and comics, she would also teach Xiao Hongsheng to recognize words.

After all, Chen Xueru is a teacher in a literacy class, and she is not as good as Ran Qiuye in dealing with such children.

Now, Xiao Hongsheng can recognize 200 words even before graduating from the nursery, and his cultural level exceeds that of the young wives in the compound.

Chen Xueru let Ran Qiuye into the house, served some tea, and called out to the study, "Brother Aiguo, Teacher Ran is here."

Li Aiguo put the comic book into the drawer, opened the door and walked out.

"Hey, it's so late, Comrade Ran Qiuye, is there anything wrong?"

"I just bought the latest issue of Comic Strip Magazine. I thought you might like it, so I sent it to you."

"Comic Strip? That's great. Thank you."

"No, no, I should be thanking you. If it weren't for your suggestion, I might not have realized the source of my wrong thinking."

"Teacher Ran, let's learn together and make progress together." Li Aiguo chatted with Ran Qiuye for a few words and took the comic book.

Ran Qiuye looked around and didn't see Xiao Hongsheng, so she asked, "Sister-in-law, where is Hongsheng? I was planning to teach him a few more words today."

"Wasn't this child in the room just now?" Chen Xueru turned around and looked around, but didn't see Xiao Hongsheng. She opened the door to the inner room and saw Xiao Hongsheng lying on the bed and asleep.

He closed his eyes and even shouted like Li Aiguo.

Ran Qiuye saw his expression and said with a smile: "Which child fell asleep, please raise your hand!"

Xiao Hongsheng raised her hand.

Ran Qiuye: “.”

Li Aiguo: "."

Chen Xueru held her forehead, took a deep breath, walked into the house, grabbed Xiao Hongsheng's ear and lifted him up.

"Teacher Ran is here, quickly take out the paper and pen."

Xiao Hongsheng was at a loss: "Mom, I fell asleep, how can I study?"

"If you don't get beaten for three days, you'll go up to the roof and tear off the tiles."

Chen Xueru wanted to "push the baby" but was stopped by Ran Qiuye: "Sister-in-law, the child is tired after a day, let him rest for a while, I will come over on the weekend."

"Thank you." Seeing Xiao Hongsheng's look, Chen Xueru wanted to be angry and laugh at the same time, so she could only send Ran Qiuye out the door.

(End of this chapter)