The train driver in the courtyard

at dusk.

Smoke rose from every household in the courtyard, and the air was filled with the smell of fireworks.

One day without seeing you feels like three autumns, and three autumns without seeing you feels like one day.

The two children were sent to Aunt Liu's house early on.

The curtains were drawn, and the light in the room was dim.

"Brother Aiguo, are you okay?" Chen Xueru looked at Li Aiguo under the light and found that Li Aiguo seemed to be a little more muscular and more manly.

"I'm fine, how about you?" Li Aiguo looked at Chen Xueru, who was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit and whose chest was more bulging than before, and asked.

During the time when Li Aiguo was away, Chen Xueru was worried about him. She had a thousand things to say to him, but now she forgot the words for a moment.

After staring at Li Aiguo for a long time, the silly girl uttered, "Let's go to bed."

Li Aiguo: "."

After not seeing her for a while, Miss Chen has become more and more proactive.

The summer evening was already hot, and Li Aiguo was sweating all over in a short while.

In fact, I can't figure out whether it is sweat or Miss Chen's saliva.

Miss Chen seems to have been exercising recently, and her legs are stronger and more elastic than before.

Holding Miss Chen in his arms, Li Aiguo's breathing gradually became smoother. Miss Chen curled up in his arms, breathing in his scent deeply.

"Brother Aiguo, now that you're back, you won't leave, right?"

"You don't need to go out for the time being. You can continue with the next step of work after all the following projects are completed." Li Aiguo said in a low voice.

"That car was given to you as a reward for the project?"

".That's another project."

"There are still projects." Chen Xueru couldn't help but hug Li Aiguo's arms tighter, and whispered softly: "I seem to be resting again, turn off the lights. Hmm."

after an hour.

If he hadn't considered going to Liu Haizhong's house for a drink, he could have held on for at least another hour.

After washing up and changing into clean clothes, Li Aiguo took a bottle of wine and left the house.

Yi Zhonghai happened to pass by the door.

He was wearing a gray woolen Zhongshan suit today with a pen pinned to his chest, looking like a small leader.

When Yi Zhonghai saw Li Aiguo, he raised his head like a big white goose.

He groaned, put his hands behind his back, and said to Jia Dongxu, "Tomorrow you should go to the workshop early and help the master count who has not arrived in advance to work.

We can’t let the factory down!”

"Don't worry, Master, I'll take care of this matter." Jia Dongxu nodded with a smile.

Li Aiguo withdrew his gaze with a puzzled look on his face.

Is Yi Zhonghai an official now?
When we entered Liu's house, there were several dishes on the table. Xu Damao, Liu Haizhong, Liu Guangqi and the second aunt were all sitting around it.

"Patriotism is waiting for you."

Liu Haizhong asked Li Aiguo to sit down, poured a glass of wine himself and handed it to him.

Li Aiguo took the wine glass and drank it all, then asked, "What's going on with Yi Zhonghai?"

"You don't know? That's right, you've been on a business trip recently." Liu Haizhong took a sip of wine and said, "Yi Zhonghai has become the team leader in the workshop."

Li Aiguo was surprised when he heard this: "Didn't he get criticized a while ago?"

"Who said it wasn't true? We can't figure it out either. But the team leader's work cannot be fake. Notices have been posted in the factory, and all the neighbors in the compound know about it." Liu Haizhong also looked puzzled.

While chewing on a chicken leg, Xu Damao said, "Brother Aiguo, Second Uncle, I understand this matter."

Seeing Li Aiguo and Liu Haizhong looking at him, Xu Damao lowered his voice and said, "Now Yi Zhonghai has curried favor with Director Yang."

Li Aiguo knew that the deaf old lady had a relationship with Director Yang, but Director Yang had never thought of promoting Yi Zhonghai before.

"It was during the big production a while ago that Deputy Director Zhang was criticized for fraud because of Yi Zhonghai, who is Director Yang's direct subordinate.

Deputy Director Li took the opportunity to take down Deputy Director Zhang, and his reputation in the factory committee was greatly improved. Director Yang felt threatened.

Look, in the past few months, they have started to frequently adjust the grassroots workshops, probably to sideline Deputy Director Li."

When Li Aiguo heard this, he immediately understood that Director Yang, as the official factory director in charge of tens of thousands of people, could not be a weak character.

Deputy Director Li is the executive deputy director and is directly in charge of those workshops.

Director Yang then cut off the source of the problem by bypassing the workshop directors and directly arrested the team leaders in the workshop.

Otherwise, he will be sidelined by Deputy Director Li sooner or later.

"Yi Zhonghai was so proud after becoming the team leader." Xu Damao said while shaking his head, his tone containing some contempt but also some envy.

Li Aiguo did not respond. This was an internal matter of the steel mill and had nothing to do with him. He was just gossiping.

"I heard from Yi Zhonghai that by the end of the year, he might be promoted, at least to become deputy director of a workshop." Xu Damao said again in a low voice.

"There's nothing we can do about it. It's because the deaf old lady knows Director Yang." Liu Haizhong sighed helplessly.

"But let's not worry. Deputy Director Li is no pushover and will definitely fight back. Let's just wait and see."

"Da Mao, keep an eye on Yi Zhonghai recently"

Liu Haizhong seemed to want to say something, but he glanced at Li Aiguo, quickly picked up his glass, and changed his words: "Come on, let's have another drink."

Li Aiguo picked up the wine glass and smiled.

No wonder Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao are so close now. It turns out that they have formed an alliance under the pressure of Yi Zhonghai.

The melons in this courtyard are so delicious that you can never finish them all. After eating and drinking, I returned home.

Li Aiguo was severely beaten up by Miss Chen again, and then he lay down on the mat.

Amid the rumbling sound of the electric fan, Li Aiguo did not feel sleepy at all, but instead became more energetic.

There are more and more things to do recently. I need to sort them out and determine which ones are urgent so that I can get started.

Back in Hong Kong, Lou Xiao'e is busy with the affairs of Red Star Entertainment. This girl has a strong personality, so she needs to lay a solid foundation first.

The weather forecast network project is now being led by the Academy of Sciences itself, and the next step can only be taken when small-scale meteorological stations are deployed across the country.

The construction of the Red Star Daily Chemical Factory was jointly undertaken by the First Ministry of Machine Building and the Qianmen Locomotive Depot. He only needed to put his name on it, which was not very important.

The most urgent thing now is to clean up the jeep at the door.

Li Aiguo went over the things he needed to do recently in his mind before falling asleep.

On the second day of rest, after Li Aiguo sent Xiao Hongsheng to school, he came to the gate with a bunch of tools.

Xiao Minghui and Liu Kuangsheng were squatting on the ground playing with ants under the care of Aunt Liu.

Our Li Aiguo is able to work and take care of the children at the same time without any delay.

Amid the sound of clanging, parts were removed and installed one by one. Li Aiguo's body was soon covered with oil and dirt, and his understanding of the structure of the car became deeper.

"The stiffness coefficient of this leaf spring is still a bit poor. I remember there is a lower pressure plate of a steam engine in the maintenance workshop. If it is modified, it may be able to match it."

"If a stabilizer bar could be installed here on the carburetor, there would be no abnormal noise."

Li Aiguo's eyes lit up, he crawled out from under the car, picked up the wrench and squatted back to work.

Yi Zhonghai was just about to go to work with Jia Dongxu.

He looked at Li Aiguo, then at the jeep that had been torn into pieces, and said with a forced smile: "Aiguo, is this the special car assigned to you by the section? Not bad, not bad."

He praised me with his mouth, but his tone was sarcastic.

Jia Dongxu nodded beside him: "I thought it was some high-end product, but it turned out to be towed from a scrapyard? Look at this fender, it's all rusted through, can it still be driven?"

This remark caused several residents who stopped by to chuckle.

Ever since Yi Zhonghai was promoted to team leader of the workshop, he always walked with an official air. At this moment, he was looking at the condition of the vehicles with his hands behind his back, just like a leader inspecting the work.

Li Aiguo didn't even raise his head, and the wrench was clicking. "It is indeed a scrapped car, but the locomotive section is carrying out a technical transformation of 'repairing the old and making use of the waste'."

He wiped the oil off his face and held up the carburetor he had just removed. "This plunger can be used for another three years if the seal is replaced."

These words hit the crowd like a weight. Yi Zhonghai's smile froze on his face.

They are trying to save resources for the locomotive depot and respond to the call for thrift from their superiors.

You guys are just making sarcastic remarks here.

The pattern is high and low.

Yi Zhonghai began to blame Jia Dongxu in his heart.

There was nothing wrong with what he said, the main problem was that Jia Dongxu was too radical.

"Hey Dongxu," Yi Zhonghai cleared his throat, "young people should have this kind of perseverance. Why don't you go back and tell everyone about Aiguo's experience of 'refurbishing old cars'?"

"I understand, master."

The two of them performed a skit, which was considered a way out, and then they ran away in shame.

The residents who were watching the scene left after seeing that there was no more excitement.

The third uncle came over from the side, squatted on the ground, and stared at the accessories.

Li Aiguo was startled and stood in front of the third uncle: "This is not waste."

"I know, I know." The third uncle narrowed his eyes and said, "Aiguo, do you need old parts? I know where to get them."

Most of the parts on the Jeep have long reached the end of their service life and should indeed be replaced, but these days there is simply no place to buy auto parts.

"Wang Dagui's scrapyard?"

"Hey, even Wang Dagui doesn't know about that place." The third uncle was worried that Wang Dagui would steal his business, so he grabbed Li Aiguo's arm and said, "Come on, I'll take you there now."

"Don't worry, I'll assemble the parts first, and then we'll drive over."

If we can get the spare parts, we will definitely ship them back. Two bicycles are obviously not enough to complete such an important task.

After quickly putting the accessories back together, Li Aiguo checked and saw that there were no extra nuts on the ground. He nodded with satisfaction and thought that his assembly skills were pretty good.

Driving under the guidance of the third uncle, Li Aiguo came to an alley behind BAIC.

At the entrance of the alley, a young man in a gray Zhongshan suit was leaning against the wall, holding a cigarette in his mouth, with a somewhat alert expression.

"This place doesn't welcome outsiders."

The third uncle pointed at the young man and said, "If you need anything, just tell Yu Shu and he will help you."

At this time, another jeep stopped by the roadside. The driver got out and came to Yu Shu and whispered to him for a while.

Yu Shu gestured a number with his fingers, and the driver took out money from his pocket and put it in his hand.

Yu Shu turned and went into the alley. In less than a moment, he came out carrying a sack. The sack was bulging with something that looked like a bearing.

The driver took the bearing, threw it into the trunk, and the jeep roared away.

Li Aiguo now realized that this was a black market for auto parts.

Sure enough, where there is demand, there is a market.

There is no place to buy auto parts these days. If a car breaks down, it has to be repaired, so auto parts dealers came into being.

But where did Yu Shu get this accessory?
(End of this chapter)