Chapter 87 Rescue
The rising sun hangs low on the treetops, like a big disk, emitting a majestic light.
When Li Aiguo rode a tandem bicycle to Wang Dakui's house, Wang Dakui happened to be back from the pigeon market.
Behind him was a young man who looked like a stick.
“Patriotism is here.”
After saying hello, Wang Dakui turned around and slapped the young man on the head: “Call me brother quickly.”
“ Brother Patriot." The young man raised his right hand respectfully and saluted.
Li Aiguo couldn't laugh or cry: "Dakui, who is this?"
"His name is Zhang Erpao. He is a child of my uncle's family. His family's situation is similar to mine. He comes from a bad background and goes to school. There is no hope, and there will be no work assigned in the future. My uncle asked him to follow me to beg for food in the pigeon market. "
Good guy, this has become a family business.
Li Aiguo took out a cigarette and threw it to Zhang Erpao: "Is it possible?"
"Don't look at me young, I am an adult this year." Zhang Erpao took the cigarette and stuffed it into his mouth skillfully inside.
"Patriot, I heard Brother Da Kui tell you about you, the train driver, the one who drives the big train, you are so awesome."
Wang Da Kui scratched his head: " There are no rules when it comes to calling me brother."
Zhang Erpao puffed out smoke from his nostrils and nodded at Wang Dakui: "Brother"
"Hey, did you deliberately embarrass me?"
Wang Dakui slapped him hard and was about to deal with Zhang Erpao, but Zhang Erpao had a blank look on his face: "I called you brother."
Li Aiguo finally figured it out. There is something missing in Zhang Erpao's head.
Stretched out his hand and grabbed Wang Dakui: "Okay, don't embarrass the child, I have business with you."
When it came to business, Wang Dakui became alert and looked around.
"Let's go into the house and talk."
Entering the house, Wang Dakui stood on the window of the next room and looked inside as usual.
"Mom, I'm back. It's still early. Let me get some sleep first."
Hearing the response from inside, Wang Dakui took out the iron key and opened the door. Iron lock.
Zhang Erpao's eyes widened when he saw the white rice in the canvas bag.
Raised his sleeves and sipped his nose bubbles:
"Xiaozhan Rice?"
This guy doesn't look very smart, but he is very skilled in business.
Li Aiguo threw the canvas bag on the table: "Twelve kilograms in total, high-quality Xiaozhan rice."
"When it is opened, the grain will flow up, and it will not be sold at a high price."< br>
Wang Dakui pushed Zhang Erpao away, stretched out his palm to stir the rice, and then took it out. There were some more rice grains in his palm. He brought it to his nose and smelled it, then narrowed his eyes.
“The refreshing fragrance is indeed coming from Jincheng.”
“These days, the grain stores in the capital are full of aged rice, and the price of rice in the pigeon market has risen again. If you pay 20%, you can sell it for 20 cents.”
“If you meet a wealthy customer, you can still raise the price.” I will give you two cents per catty for your labor, which is two cents. You can take all the rice.”
Wang Dakui’s face lit up with joy when he heard this.
In the past, to receive this rice, he had to go through at least seven or eight Zhuangzi.
Li Aiguo was giving him money.
“Okay, Brother Patriot, then I’m partial to you.”
Zhang Erpao pursed his nose and came over: “Brother Patriot, you are the train driver. If you want to carry something with you, just carry it with you. What.”
"The most valuable thing on the market in Beijing now is meat. The rich don't have tickets, the people with tickets are reluctant to eat it, and the ones who are willing to eat can't buy it."
"Why not have some meat?"
Wang Dakui counted the money and slapped Zhang Erpao on the forehead.
"Brother Patriot has his own reasons for doing things. You, a hairy boy, should think about how to wash your sleeves clean."
Zhang Erpao was reprimanded and also Not annoyed, he puffed his nose and laughed.
After taking the money from Wang Dakui, Li Aiguo saw that Mrs. Wang in the next room was still sleeping, so he didn't disturb her and rode his bicycle straight to the locomotive depot. Twelve pounds of rice, collected from Jincheng at 1.46 cents, was sold to Wang Dakui at 2 cents per pound, making a net profit of 5.4 cents per pound.
The extra money on this trip was a net profit of 60.48 cents.
It doesn’t look like much, but it is enough for a family to live for a day.
Also, Li Aiguo is not here to make money, but to travel.
If Wang Dakui sells the rice smoothly, he will consider bringing along some more profitable goods.
Li Aiguo, who has lived in two generations, is a little more cautious than ordinary people.
Facing the golden sunshine, we came to the locomotive depot.
After the morning meeting, we checked the train status as usual, boarded the train, and sat on the steel pipe driver's seat.
"Master Zheng, light the fire!"
"Let's light the fire!"
With the sound of wheels and rails hitting, Li Aiguo started a new day of work.
Trains in this era are relatively simple, and train drivers must always pay attention to the status of the train, otherwise it may cause a catastrophe.
The train arrived at Jingcheng Station and the carriage was successfully connected.
Worried about "turning into tiles", Li Aiguo held an inspection hammer, opened the door and jumped off the train, preparing to get into the front of the car and "touch the axle".
After checking Ding Dang Dang Dang, Li Aiguo climbed up from the rails.
At this time, the steam from the train was emanating from all sides, and the station was filled with smoke.
As soon as I stood firm, I saw a young girl on the opposite side, about to climb over the railway track and run from here, and a train on the opposite side was about to enter the station.
The comrade on duty at the platform also discovered this situation, and the spoon in his mouth made a beeping sound.
But the platform was in chaos, and the noise covered up the roar of the train and the beeping of the whistle.
“Damn it, something is going to happen!”
Master Zheng, the stoker, also saw the thin girl.
She was walking on the railway track without knowing anything, while the locomotive not far away was roaring towards her.
Master Zheng was about to shout loudly when he saw a black shadow rushing out like a cheetah.
“Li Aiguo!”
Master Zheng’s exclamation attracted the attention of many people.
They all turned their attention to Li Aiguo's speeding figure.
I couldn't help but sweat in my heart. The locomotive was so close. Can Li Aiguo get there in time?
"Ganniang, you damn bitch who doesn't obey the traffic rules! Get out of here!"
Li Aiguo ran with all his strength, his eyes almost popped out, and his chest felt like a ball of fire. Grilled.
The girl in the floral skirt felt the vibration of the rails and felt something was wrong, so she turned her head to look.
Seeing the jet-black locomotive rushing towards her, her expression condensed and she froze on the spot.
"Drawing horse, get out of here!"
Li Aiguo was so angry that he broke his teeth.
My legs felt like they didn’t belong to me, running forward desperately.
Five meters, two meters, one meter.
Running to the girl, without enough time to think, she flew up in the air and kicked her.
Kicking the girl off the track, Li Aiguo fell forward.
A gust of wind came from behind, lifting the hem of his shirt, and the sound of the rails hitting like crazy eating, eating, eating, eating, echoed in his ears.
At this time, Li Aiguo's spirit suddenly relaxed.
I couldn't muster any strength, so I collapsed on the ground and collapsed into the character "奆".
“It hurts you so much that I can’t breathe.”
It wasn’t until a pleasant sound came from below that Li Aiguo realized that the ground seemed soft and emitted heat.
Looked down.
On the pretty face of Guazi, the long eyelashes held tears in their eyes, silently holding them, which made people feel a little distressed.
(End of chapter)