The train driver in the courtyard

At night, Li Ai’s country is extremely lively.

The two children were held in the arms of Chen Xueru and He Yushui. They occasionally poked their heads out and looked at the excited residents with some curiosity.

Aunt Liu held the photo excitedly and kept saying that smoke was coming out of the Li family's ancestral grave.

Li Aiguo finally made a name for himself.

Two photos are already in frames.

Li Aiguo asked the veteran woodcarver Master Chen to make the photo frame, who spent a bag of sunflowers to make it.

The materials are the leftover scraps from furniture making, all of which are precious wood.

The third uncle stared at the photo frame excitedly and asked, "Aiguo, when the boss handed you the shovel, were you strong enough? Is the boss in good health? How many bowls of rice can you eat in one meal?"

"Mr. seemed to be ill a while ago. Is he recovered now?"

Li Aiguo briefly explained what had happened.

The third uncle was so excited that he slapped his thigh and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have asked Jie Cheng to join the railway troops. Maybe he could meet the boss and the gentleman."

Xu Damao's eyes were fixed on the photo frame and he asked excitedly, "Aiguo, you didn't mention me. Did you say that I love them?"

Li Aiguo: "."

"What do you know, kid? The boss and Mr. are talking to Aiguo about important matters, don't you understand? Why are they mentioning you? Are you going to show a movie?"

Zhang Gangzhu pushed Xu Damao away violently.

Xu Damao wanted to fight back, but when he thought about it carefully, the two leaders had no shortage of movies to watch, so he could only shut his mouth.

After Zhang Gangzhu squeezed Xu Damao aside, he looked at Li Aiguo expectantly: "Do the boss and sir like to eat big meat?"

Li Aiguo: "."

"Hey, Butcher Zhang, showing a movie is almost the same as eating pork, right?!" Xu Damao was unhappy.

Zhang Gangzhu responded: "Pork is more important than movies. How can people not eat meat? It doesn't matter if they don't watch movies."

The two men engaged in a simple confrontation over whether material civilization or spiritual civilization was more important.

No one could convince the other.

With two strong competitors missing, the third uncle took the opportunity to say, "Aiguo, I'll help you hang up."

"Then thank you for your help." Li Aiguo said with a smile.

The third uncle first washed his hands by the sink and wiped them clean before returning to the house and carefully picked up the two photo frames and hung them on the wall.

That’s not all. He also found a ruler, measured the horizontal height, and made sure that both photo frames were perfectly straight before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he was not able to take a photo with the boss and the gentleman, he felt proud just by touching the photo with his hands.

After coming out of Li Aiguo's house, the third uncle did not rush back to the house, but walked straight to the pond in the middle courtyard - of course, this rare thing had to be known to everyone in the courtyard.

He did this not just to show off and enjoy the envious looks of others.

More importantly, he was planning to use this incident to gild his identity as a "small business owner."

In this courtyard, who can take a photo with the big shot?

"Nan Yi, did you just come back? The way the boss shook hands showed the demeanor of a great general, but you really didn't see it."

"Hey, Jia Dongxu, don't run. The gentleman walks in a gentle manner. I was so excited when I got the photo."

Nan Yi really didn't know about this. When he heard that Li Aiguo had taken photos with the two leaders, he said, "I have to go and take a look," and turned around and left.

Jia Dongxu had heard about Li Aiguo taking photos with his superiors a long time ago, but he had been hiding from them because he felt uncomfortable when he saw the photos.

“It’s just two photos.”

Jia Dongxu wanted to say something disparaging at that time, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back in fear.

For nothing else.

Once the words are out of your mouth and people take them too seriously, you'll be in big trouble.

Just thinking about the fact that he doesn't even dare to say anything now, Jia Dongxu feels extremely aggrieved.

"Uncle, you are busy."

Jia Dongxu could only smile awkwardly and turned back to the house.

Sitting on the chair, he picked up the enamel cup and drank a big swig, and said angrily: "How did this damn Li Aiguo get a photo? If anyone wants a photo, it should be me, Jia Dongxu."

"What's wrong, Dongxu?"

Xiaodang has been sick these two days. Qin Huairu has been taking care of Xiaodang at home and is not aware of the situation outside.

After learning the whole story, she sat down on the bench and stared blankly into the darkness outside.

Li Aiguo actually took a photo with two leaders?
If she had been able to hold on for two years, she would be able to show off everywhere now, and it would not be Chen Xueru's turn.

Qin Huairu must have regretted it.

After Jia Dongxu spoke a lot of nonsense, his eyes suddenly lit up and he slapped his thigh.

"I have to go back to Jiajiazhuang tomorrow."

"What? Do you miss your mother?" Qin Huairu's heart trembled.

After Jia Zhang left, she finally had a few days of good life, and she must not take her back.

Jia Dongxu blinked his eyes and said, "Today, I heard from the third uncle that it was because Li Aiguo's ancestral tomb was smoking that Li Aiguo was able to shake hands with the two leaders. This time when I went home, I directly set fire to all the ancestral tombs."

Qin Huairu: "."

She felt that Jia Dongxu was so filial.

The more Jia Dongxu thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was brilliant.

Just by having green smoke coming out of the cemetery, he can become the deputy commander-in-chief. If all the points are met, he will be able to rise to the top.

"But the master is not at home, otherwise I will ask the master to take leave for me tomorrow."

Qin Huairu came to her senses and was a little worried: "I don't know what the situation is like for Master Yi now."

Where is Yi Zhonghai?

At this time, Yi Zhonghai and a group of workers were in the security department of the steel rolling mill, answering the questions of the security chief one by one.

Also standing next to him were Chen Hui, a representative from the Railway Corps, Deputy Director Li of the Steel Rolling Mill, as well as several other leaders including the factory office leaders and workshop directors.

Anyone who saw this scene would know that something big had happened.

"Comrade Liu Haizhong, according to the production records, you completed 30 pieces this week. Has each piece been inspected and accepted by the technicians?" The security chief took the production record book and pulled the workers aside to interrogate them one by one.

Liu Haizhong straightened his chest and said, "It has been inspected. It is 100% qualified!"

The head of the security department glanced at Liu Haizhong, asked Liu Haizhong to sign his name on it, and then called Yi Zhonghai over.

"Comrade Yi Zhonghai, you have completed the production of 93 pieces, which is already overfulfilling the task."

Yi Zhonghai raised his head proudly: "I carry forward the Nanniwan spirit and never leave the front line even if I am slightly injured! Every morning at two o'clock, I run to the workshop with a flashlight."

Are you kidding? This is in front of the factory leaders, so I have to perform well? !

Yi Zhonghai took the opportunity to talk about how hard he worked, how he treated the factory as his home, and how highly conscious he was.

The head of the security department listened for a long time and suddenly interrupted him: "You did it at night too?"

"It's early morning." Yi Zhonghai puffed out his chest, "Every morning at two o'clock, I come to the workshop in the dark, and start working before the workers come to work!"

After finishing speaking, Yi Zhonghai turned his head to look at Deputy Director Li, waiting to be praised.

It is so advanced and so positive that it is enough to become a benchmark for steel mill workers.

He seemed to have seen himself receiving the grand prize.

boom!
Deputy Director Li suddenly rushed forward and kicked Yi Zhonghai on the butt.

The kick was so powerful that Yi Zhonghai staggered.

"Director Li, what are you doing?" Yi Zhonghai was feeling happy, but was stunned by the kick. He covered his butt with his hands looking at Deputy Director Li with grievance.

Deputy Factory Manager Li was so angry that he was gasping for breath. He pointed at his nose and cursed: "What did the technician stipulate? All types of work should be carried out according to the process. Only under the premise of ensuring quality can the output be maximized."

"But I didn't affect the quality." Yi Zhonghai was not convinced.

The workshop director suddenly remembered something and took out a crumpled duty roster from his pocket: "That's not right! There is no night shift scheduled in the early morning these few days. The workshop is in a power outage state."

His voice stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Yi Zhonghai's stiff face.

Deputy Factory Manager Li pressed the issue: “Let me ask you, let me ask you, how did you use the shearing machine at night when the power was off in the workshop and there was no operator’s cooperation?”

Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.

The shearing machine is a necessary mechanical equipment for the steel rolling workshop to shear the head, tail, corners and fixed length of steel. It has the advantages of high precision and small deformation.

The disadvantage is that it requires electricity and a dedicated operating team.

"I used a sawing machine." Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath and argued, "Director, I am an old master with many years of experience in sawing machine operation. The accuracy is only a few millimeters at most."

"It's these few pieces of silk from you that have caused our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill so much trouble!" Deputy Director Li was so angry that he was shaking all over. "Do you know what this is? This is treating a national project as a joke! This is laying mines for socialist construction!"

After being accused of a big crime, Yi Zhonghai suddenly collapsed to the ground, with dark water stains on the crotch of his work pants.

He recalled the scene of himself struggling to cut the railroad tracks with a rusty hacksaw under the moonlight last night. The harsh sound of the saw teeth stuck in the steel billet was still echoing deep in his eardrums.

He is just doing his job, why is he being criticized?

By the way, Li Aiguo!

It must be that Li Aiguo deliberately framed him!
In order to speed up the progress, Yi Zhonghai blatantly violated the operating procedures and arbitrarily used a sawing machine to process the rails, causing key parameters such as track gauge and flatness to seriously deviate from the standards.

The quality inspector, who should have played a supervisory role, missed the inspection opportunities again and again because he deliberately delivered the problematic rails to the warehouse before the quality inspector came to work.

This quality accident not only exposed Yi Zhonghai’s personal violations, but also revealed huge loopholes in the steel mill’s management system.

The quality inspection process was non-existent. More than half of the process records that should have been confirmed and signed by two people were written by Yi Zhonghai alone. The loopholes in the production log were shocking.

After the truth came out, Deputy Director Li looked pale, and suppressed his inner panic and looked at Chen Hui: "Representative Chen, this major production accident was caused by our factory's management negligence. I promise you that we will investigate it thoroughly and hold those responsible accountable!"

"No need." Chen Hui said in a cold and expressionless tone, stepping forward. The zipper of his canvas bag made a slight sound, and a document with a bright red official seal appeared in front of everyone.

"Yi Zhonghai, your illegal operation has caused major quality risks. Combined with various abnormal behaviors, we have reason to suspect that you are sabotaging. We are now isolating you for investigation in accordance with the law."

Two railway soldiers directly lifted Yi Zhonghai up and threw him into the detention room next door.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the darkness outside the window and almost cried out.

Even if the investigation results prove that he is innocent, with this stain on his name, he will never be promoted to a level nine worker in his lifetime.

Generally speaking, even if workers make mistakes in operation, they are just criticized and the worst punishment is a serious warning.

But this time, they happened to offend the railway troops.

The reason why Chen Hui did this was to eliminate all possible hidden dangers.

Secondly, it was to serve as a warning to the old hands in the steel mill, reminding them that their mission this time was of a military nature.

The effect is particularly good.

Deputy Director Li, the workshop director, and the workers were all stunned by this move.

The entire production activity was restored in just half a day.

In addition to the railway troops' technicians and quality inspectors monitoring production, the steel rolling mill also added two quality inspection procedures.

Back in the office, Chen Hui picked up the phone and reported the situation to Captain Zhang.

"Captain, the deputy commander's method is indeed effective, and work has resumed now."

"Comrade Patriot is a genius in management, Chen Hui. Our Railway Corps has no shortage of warriors who can charge into battle, but what we lack is talent in management. You should learn more from Comrade Patriot in the future."

"do not worry."

After hanging up the phone, Captain Zhang began to prepare for the morning's work. "Today is going to be a tough battle!"

****
The scene turns back to the courtyard.

The news that Yi Zhonghai was placed under quarantine spread throughout the courtyard in the early morning of the next day as Liu Haizhong returned.

"You may not know this yet, but Yi Zhonghai deliberately disregarded quality and safety and produced a lot of inferior rails."

"Now he has been arrested by the railway soldiers for investigation."

Although those residents felt that Yi Zhonghai could not have done this on purpose, they were still afraid when they thought about having to take the subway in the future.

"Old Yi is going too far. This concerns the safety of passengers' lives. How could he do this?"

"Yes, this time the railway soldiers have intervened, and Lao Yi is in big trouble."

"People, if you don't seek death, you won't die. Even if you want to get advanced titles, you can't cheat."

When the old lady heard the news, she was terrified.

She had had many arguments with Yi Zhonghai over the issue of not having children over the years.

But they have been married for so many years, and even if they have no love for each other, they still have affection for each other. They can't just watch Yi Zhonghai being arrested.

The aunt told the deaf old lady about this early in the morning when she was delivering food to her.

After hearing this, the deaf old lady was so angry that her hands and feet were shaking and she almost couldn't breathe.

Now the only person she can rely on in the compound is Yi Zhonghai.

The aunt quickly poured two pills of medicine and gave them to the deaf old lady. She then massaged her back and temples, and the deaf old lady finally recovered.

The deaf old lady sighed deeply, a little disappointed: "Zhonghai is getting more and more confused. How dare he mess around with such a big project?"

"Grandma, now that things have happened, Old Yi has been locked up. We have to find a way to save him." The aunt was so anxious that she burst into tears when she mentioned this.

"Why are you panicking? You're so grown up, how can you not be calm when encountering things?" The deaf old lady squinted her triangular eyes and glared at her. The old lady was so scared that she quickly raised her sleeves to wipe away her tears.

"I know those people on the team too well. They are very simple and stupid."

"As long as Lao Yi didn't do it on purpose, the people in the team won't make things difficult for Zhong Hai. In the end, this matter will still be settled in the steel mill."

The deaf old lady narrowed her eyes and analyzed the whole thing.

The auntie felt a little relieved and said timidly, "You still need to do some work at the steel mill, right?"

The deaf old lady seemed not to hear anything. She pinched the enamel bowl with her dry branch-like fingers and started eating.

When the aunt saw this, she was afraid of angering the deaf old lady, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions and stood up to leave.

At this moment, a voice came from behind.

"Hey, human relationships are like this bowl of cornmeal porridge. One sip may make it less, but you still have to drink it."

"Grandma, thank you so much," the old lady was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly to express her gratitude.

"It's easy to talk to the steel mill." The deaf old lady raised her head, her eyes gleaming, "Old Yi, go and ask Li Aiguo for help now."

"Ah?!" The aunt was stunned.

Yi Zhonghai will eventually be sent to the steel rolling mill for processing, so why should he ask Li Aiguo for help?

"Go ahead, make the matter as big as possible, and the more people know about it, the better."

The first lady said cautiously: "Old lady, you know Li Aiguo, he will definitely not agree to it."

The deaf old lady raised her lips in a sinister way: "I know."

The old lady walked out in a daze, and the sunlight outside hurt her eyes. Only then did she understand the deaf old lady's intention.

In the middle of summer, she couldn't help but shiver.

This deaf old lady is so cruel.

The old lady looked at the door of Li Aiguo's house and fell into hesitation.

****
Early in the morning, after breakfast, Li Aiguo called Yan Jiecheng and Liu Haizhong and asked them to help load the cement mixer onto the flatbed truck.

He tied it tightly with a hemp rope and it didn't move at all. Then he washed his handles, put on his canvas bag and prepared to leave.

"Patriotic, wait a minute."

At this time, an old lady called out to Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo had actually noticed the old lady a long time ago. He turned his head and just stared at her without saying anything.

"No, it's okay. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble with Lao Yi's business."

The aunt had already planned how to raise the pitch of her voice to attract the residents, and also thought about how to carry out moral blackmail, but the words were stuck in her throat and she just couldn't spit them out.

She can't do it!
Finally, the old lady said something, turned around and hurried back to the house.

Li Aiguo looked at her back, sighed, turned and left the yard, rode a flatbed cart and rushed towards the apple orchard construction site.

The aunt is actually a miserable woman.

Because Yi Zhonghai was a eunuch and had never been able to have children, in order to save Yi Zhonghai's face, she had to put the blame on herself.

Now that Yi Zhonghai is in trouble, she has to run back and forth.

After Li Aiguo left, the deaf old lady's door opened with a creak.

The deaf old lady had a gloomy face and spat, "Useless thing!"

The biggest feature of subway construction sites is noise.

The roar of trucks, the roar of tunnel boring machines, and the shouts of railway soldiers are intertwined together, and being in it is like falling into a symphony battlefield of steel and concrete.

Red flags fluttered among the scaffolding, and work clothes soaked with sweat were steaming under the scorching sun.

Li Aiguo rode a flatbed cart into the construction site and seemed to have come to the scene of large-scale production in a movie.

What? This is mass production?

That's okay.

Today is the day for pouring concrete for the subway.

The scorching sun burned the steel frame, and the steaming heat waves wrapped in cement dust blew towards us.

Wang Hu, the commander of the fifth company of the railway troops, led the way, slinging his soaked vest over his shoulders. His palms holding the shovel were already rubbed with blood marks, but he was still roaring: "Work harder! The pouring must be done in one go! Don't lose face for our fifth company!"

Wang Hu's roar exploded in the construction site, and the concrete under his feet was bubbling with steam.

Hundreds of railway soldiers put on four-purpose scarves, took off their shoes, and rushed into the pile of materials with shovels in hand. The rising dust instantly engulfed their figures.

It's so hot that even standing in the sun is unbearable.

What's more, he was working barefoot in the cement pile.

Captain Zhang was so distressed watching this that his mouth twitched, but he was unable to shout the word "stop work".

The tunnel is now waiting for this batch of concrete before construction can begin.

"Notify the canteen immediately and ask them to cook some more mung bean porridge and send it over. Also, notify the medical team and ask them to send someone over here to wait for orders!"

"Yes!" The communicator turned and left.

Captain Zhang took off his coat and was about to take off his shoes when he saw Li Aiguo coming towards him on a flatbed cart.

"Advisor Li, why are you here?" Captain Zhang stood up with one bare foot and shouted at Li Aiguo.

"Why, you, the commander-in-chief, Zhang, can lead by example, but I can't?" When Li Aiguo saw his posture, he knew what he was going to do.

After entering this era, Li Aiguo finally understood why the enemy's weapons were more advanced than ours, and they had the support of Xiaomei's family, but they were still defeated.

A big part of the reason for this is that every commander can take the lead in the charge.

Only when the general is not afraid of death can the soldiers not cherish their lives!
"You are a technician, you can't compare with a rough guy like me." Captain Zhang was really afraid that Li Aiguo would also take off his clothes, so he hurried over to stop him.

Li Aiguo took two steps back and said, "Lao Zhang, we are both men, we can't touch each other."

Head Zhang: “.”

Li Aiguo pointed to the cement mixer on the flatbed truck and said, "I came here today to give you something good."

Captain Zhang then noticed the thing and looked at it with a frown: "It's just a broken oil barrel."

"You'll understand in a moment."

Since there was no base frame, Li Aiguo looked around and saw the workers of the third pneumatic hammer shift were walking out of the tunnel under the leadership of the team leader. It should be the shift change.

"Liu Guangqi, come here."

In the team, Liu Guangqi heard the shouting and ran over quickly.

"Patriotic brother." Liu Guangqi shuddered all over and stood at attention reflexively, "Deputy Commander, what are your orders?"

His Adam's apple rolled violently and he almost bit his tongue.

Li Aiguo didn't care about that. He pointed at the cement mixer and said, "Can you build a steel frame under this thing? The front should be 80 centimeters high and the back should be 100 centimeters high. It should form a certain angle and be able to withstand a violent impact."

Liu Guangqi's heart suddenly beat like a drum - this was a task assigned to him specifically by the deputy commander-in-chief!

After walking around the cement mixer, Liu Guangqi took out a tape measure from his waist and squatted on the ground to measure the dimensions. He then skillfully reported the plan: "We need eight square steel bars, two of 150 cm, two of 90 cm, four of 60 cm, and ten clamps, enough to ensure that the tank is stable."

He secretly glanced at Li Aiguo's profile, and the other's frown suddenly relaxed. The words "good technical level" came out lightly, but it hit his heart like a heavy hammer.

He is just a temporary worker now. If he wants to become a formal employee of the Engineering Bureau, he needs to transfer his relationship from Baoding and be promoted to a formal worker.

With this sentence, you can add at least ten points.

The squad leader of the third squad came over and patted Liu Guangqi on the shoulder to show encouragement, then looked at Li Aiguo and said, "Deputy commander, please give this task to our squad."

"After a busy night, comrades need to rest."

"Don't worry, we are not afraid of hard work or fatigue. What's more, this job is very simple!" The squad leader of the third shift was anxious.

The workers also gathered around and demanded that the task be given to the third shift.

This small job can be completed in at most ten minutes and will not affect the comrades' rest.

Li Aiguo assigned the task of erecting the scaffolding to the third shift.

The team leader, Liu Guangqi and the workers picked up the pneumatic hammers and started working, and soon they had built the base frame.

Seven or eight workers stood on the shelf and shook it for a few times, but the shelf didn't move at all.

After completing the work, the workers from the third shift did not leave, but gathered around to see what the waste oil barrel was used for.

Li Aiguo pulled out another wire and connected it to the back of the cement mixer.

Then, he pointed to the switch above and said to Captain Zhang, "Old Zhang, press it."

"It's just a broken oil drum, why is it so mysterious?"

"pat"

Captain Zhang pressed the switch with his finger.

Boom boom boom.
The two motors rotate at the same time, the outer motor drives the oil barrel to roll, and the inner motor drives the fan blades to rotate.

Captain Zhang stared at the gray-black mechanical device in front of him, as if he was nailed to the spot.

The calloused hands trembled slightly. They first unconsciously stroked the leather belt around their waists, and then suddenly clenched into fists.

His eyes moved back and forth between the cement, yellow sand and the mixer in front of him, and the rotation of the gears in his pupils continued to magnify.

Suddenly, he staggered forward half a step, with his helmet tilted on his head.

"This, this..." His voice broke due to excessive excitement, and his fingers pointing at the mixer trembled constantly, "This broken iron oil drum can..."

“.Can sand and cement be mixed into cement paste?!”

(End of this chapter)