Chapter 99: Meeting Zhang Shan again
Enter the middle courtyard.
Under the bright sunshine.
Jia’s ‘ruins’ look particularly beautiful, attracting many residents to watch.
There are even residents from other courtyards not far away who came to visit specially.
It was crowded and lively, just like visiting a museum.
If Jia and Zhang had a business sense, they would surround the Jia family's 'relics' with straw curtains.
If you take the opportunity to charge visitors, you will definitely make a lot of money.
"Good guy, it really exploded. Yesterday I thought someone was setting off a firecracker!"
"I heard that the Jia family stole Li Aiguo's coal, and there was a detonator in the coal. .”
"This is called self-inflicted suffering."
There was discussion.
Yi Zhonghai walked over with a dark face, looked at the residents who were washing their faces and mouths, straightened their collars, put his hands behind his back, and looked like a great man.
“Everyone happens to be here, and we have something to announce.”
“Dear neighbors, as the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor.”
“The Jia family’s house was damaged by an accident. The damage needs to be repaired."
"In view of the special situation of the Jia family, the three stewards have decided to hold a fund-raising meeting tonight."
"We hope that every household will be able to do so. Come on time.”
The residents looked sad.
What is supposed to come has finally come.
They had long expected that the Jia family would play this trick.
But there was nothing we could do.
When the subdistrict office distributes ideological awareness tickets to residents, it mainly refers to the opinions of the supervisor.
If you are not active, Yi Zhonghai will report you as an ideologically inactive person, and you can only get a green ideological awareness vote.
The food stamps for the month are halved.
During the Chinese New Year, material supplies are tight, and food stamps and other life coupons will be given priority to ideological activists with red coupons.
We, Li Aiguo, have already received a red ticket, so of course we don’t care about this.
Other residents cannot ignore it.
Wash your face and go home.
Eat lightly as always.
Li Aiguo cracked seven or eight poached eggs, added some brown sugar, and swallowed the soup and eggs into his stomach.
He burped beautifully and rode a tandem bicycle to the locomotive depot.
As soon as he entered the big iron gate, he felt something strange.
The young man guarding the gate had dark circles under his eyes and was yawning constantly.
Li Aiguo took out a cigarette and handed it over: "Xiao Zhang, what's wrong? You stole from someone else's house at night?"
"Don't mention it"
Director Zhang took the cigarette and He said angrily: "Last night, someone said that the coal in the warehouse might have a detonator. The section leader mobilized us all and searched the warehouse all night. We found nothing."
Not found.
It seemed that it was probably just an accident, and Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief.
"How could there be a detonator in the coal? If you let me know who provided the false information, see if I don't hang him on a tree branch behind."
Li Aiguo looked up at the crooked-neck jujube tree.
“.You are busy, I have to go to a meeting.”
These guys really dare to hit people.
Li Aiguo got on his bicycle and ran away.
Director Zhang looked at Li Aiguo’s back and said, “I’m not going to beat you up, why are you so scared!”
The morning meeting was pretty much the same as before.
Director Jia read out the latest instructions from above with his fat head and big ears.
Captain Bai gave the flight attendant a lesson.
No one mentioned the detonator.
It seems that the origin of the detonator has not yet been investigated clearly in the locomotive depot, and the matter is being kept secret for the time being.
People in this era have a good sense of confidentiality.
Especially the comrades on the railways, they all know the truth of not asking what should not be asked, and not saying what should not be said.
After the morning meeting.
Change into oil pack clothes in the dormitory.
Li Aiguo followed the comrades of the charter group to the station, ready to start a new day of work.
It turned out that the 131 steam engine head had not completed the water and coal replenishment work.
Seven or eight coal loaders, covered in coal ash, were boldly feeding coal to the steam engine.
In the past, at this point in time, the coal loading work had already been completed.
It seems that the time was wasted because of yesterday's 'search' for the detonator.
Sure enough.
Seeing the arrival of the charter group, the dispatcher hurried over and explained to Cao Wenzhi, the leader of the driver group: "Master Cao, it may be delayed for an hour. The dispatch office has notified the station."
The train is delayed. A few hours is a common thing,
Cao Wenzhi didn't care: "Okay, let's find a place to meet first. When the water and coal are added, please let me know."< br>
"Your master is so polite."
At this time, the sun has risen, and the hot sunlight is shining directly. The station is covered with concrete floors, and the heat is steaming.
"Old Cao, let's go to the maintenance garage. It's cooler there." Liu Qingquan picked up the towel with an unclear color hanging around his neck and wiped the sweat from his face.
"Okay."
Li Aiguo followed Cao Wenzhi to inspect the garage. As soon as he entered the door, he heard a noise coming from inside.
Looking through the dim light, Li Aiguo suddenly became happy.
On the cement steps of the maintenance workshop, there were five or six gay men wearing oil-filled hats sitting there, talking lively.
The leader was none other than Zhang Dache, who had been on the Korean battlefield.
No need to ask, I know that the coal and water supply for their train has also been delayed.
Cao Wenzhi saw those people, but his face was a little ugly: "They are comrades from the K19 international express train charter group."
Xu was afraid that Li Aiguo would not understand, so Liu Qingquan explained in a low voice : "In the past two years, we and Laomaozi started a joint railway operation. The goods are transported directly between the arrival and departure stations with one ticket. For passenger transportation, we and Lao Maozi sell tickets in sections, and the group travel is also half of the family."
It turns out that Zhang Dache has now taken over the work of international express trains and has become Cao Wenzhi's future competitor. No wonder Cao Wenzhi's face is so ugly.
Li Aiguo has been in the charter group for some time, and he knows that Cao Wenzhi has always been thinking about being able to get on the train to Moscow.
But, isn’t Cao Wenzhi a little too stingy?
Perhaps because he was afraid that Li Aiguo would not understand the grudge between the two, Liu Qingquan continued:
"Both of them used to be top-notch drivers in the Beijing Locomotive Depot."
"When the Korean battlefield was in urgent need of transporting supplies for train drivers, our Beijing section was assigned a quota. Both Zhang Dache and Master Cao wrote bloody letters and handed them over to the superiors. In the end, the superiors chose Zhang Dache."
" There is only one reason. Master Cao was not married at that time, and Zhang Dache was two years older than him and had two children. "
"Master Cao always felt that if it were not for Zhang Dache, he would definitely be able to go to the battlefield. ."
"You may think that Master Cao's thinking is a little biased."
"But it was every train driver's dream to go to the battlefield at that time."
"At that time, there was a long queue at the entrance of the locomotive depot, and everyone was holding a blood letter."
Good guys, these two have historical grudges.
Sensing the weird atmosphere between the two crew members, Li Aiguo smiled, walked forward, took out his cigarette, and spread it around.
Zhang Shan took the cigarette and nodded gratefully to Li Aiguo.
"Your sandbags have been installed on our trains. They are very useful."
International trains are so privileged that they have sandbags installed.
Li Aiguo chuckled: "We are also contributing to the railway construction, as we should."
Zhang Shan looked at Li Aiguo and suddenly asked: "Are you interested in traveling on K19? Will you be my co-driver?”
“Lao Bai in the team is old and can’t stay up late anymore, so it’s time to retire.”
Since entering the maintenance workshop, Cao Wenzhi has been very happy. Always pay attention to the situation here.
Seeing Zhang Shan poaching in person, he immediately frowned, strode between the two of them, glared at Zhang Shan and said: "Lao Zhang, you are Zhang Dache, the leader in the Beijing section, but Li Aiguo is my apprentice. If he poaches people in front of me, do you think I wouldn’t dare to kick in your door at night?”
Kicking in your door?
Where is this going!
Liu Qingquan explained in a low voice beside him: "Zhang Dache and Master Cao live across from each other, in a tube building in the railway compound."
"Driver Li is your apprentice, but It should not be up to you to decide where he wants to drive.”
Zhang Shan seemed to admire Li Aiguo very much, and turned to look at Li Aiguo: "Driver Li, I invite you sincerely, and I hope you can seriously consider it."
"No need, Master Zhang, I understand your wishes. . ”
Li Aiguo smiled apologetically: “I had a great time in the 131 crew. The master and several senior masters treated me very well, and I don’t want to change places for the time being.”
"What a pity"
Zhang Shan reluctantly looked back.
After the driver's test, he was in a hurry to take over and failed to accept the apprentice immediately.
Unexpectedly, Cao Wenzhi got the moon first by approaching the water tower and snatched it away.
When Li Aiguo joined Team 131, the professionalism he showed made him regretful.
Given time, Li Aiguo will definitely become an excellent train driver.
Now that Li Aiguo showed kindness and righteousness, he was even more impressed.
You know, it is a train driver’s dream to join a multinational team.
And.
Transnational teams also have special allowances.
After each trip, you can rest for two days.
Many train drivers tried their best to be his co-driver, but he refused.
Cao Wenzhi breathed a sigh of relief and raised his head proudly.
Although his skills are not as good as Zhang Shan, he has gained a good apprentice!
Zhang Shan is a person who doesn’t like to talk very much. After the invitation failed, he squatted on the ground and smoked heavily.
Li Aiguo walked over with a smile and suddenly said: "Zhang Dache, you are idle, tell us about the Korean battlefield."
Zhang Shan took the cigarette and He took a deep breath and said with a smile: "There's nothing to say, we're just a train driver."
Cao Wenzhi seemed to be disdainful of Zhang Shan's behavior of taking advantage and being obedient.
Hold his arms, he chuckled and said: "Zhang Dache, others don't know about it, but I still don't know about it.
You won the medal from the ministry that year because you invented the beacon train."
Just tell my apprentice and let him see the majesty of our train drivers on the battlefield.
Let them know what it means to be a real train driver.”
The members of the K19 international express train charter group did not seem to know Zhang Shan’s glorious deeds.
"That's right, Master Zhang, just tell me. Anyway, the coal addition has not been completed, and we can't leave now."
Zhang Shan took two deep puffs of cigarette, and his expression became solemn. : "Okay, I will tell you young people what a beacon train is."
I would like to commemorate our ancestors in the next chapter...
(End of this chapter)