Chapter 422: Shaking coal briquettes, Wang Dakui was arrested
After returning from Zhao Gang's house.
Li Aiguo returned to his familiar job.
The ordinary days passed like this.
It is now approaching the end of 1956, and the weather is getting colder day by day.
The winter temperature in these years was much lower than in later generations.
In Li Aiguo’s memory, on the streets of Beijing before liberation, people could be seen freezing to death every winter.
For the old Beijing residents who have lived in hutongs for generations, coal is indispensable for cooking, boiling water, and heating in winter.
Every winter, piles of briquettes are piled in the corners of the yard.
The weather is cold, and residents in the compound began to purchase coal for heating in the winter.
In order to facilitate transportation and sales, almost every street office in Beijing has a coal factory.
Each coal plant has three or five sales departments.
A sales department corresponds to households within one or two kilometers of the surrounding area.
Residents purchase coal at designated points, and the sub-district office issues coal stamps on a monthly basis, with the coal stamps doubled in winter.
Residents can go to the sales department to buy lump coal with their coal stamps.
But most residents borrowed flatbed trucks and traveled more than ten miles to the coal plants on the outskirts of Beijing to buy coal blocks directly. Each kilogram of coal can be as cheap as 1 cent.
Whenever the supply of coal begins, the coal factory is like a big gathering. At least two people from each family come out to pull coal, and in some cases, the whole family comes out.
Before buying coal, be sure to prepare shovels, sacks, trolleys and other tools in advance.
Buying coal is a laborious job. Pulling it back from the coal store requires no strength.
Jia’s house has been repaired and the whole family has moved back.
Seeing that the residents were starting to buy coal, Mrs. Jia Zhang sat on a chair at the door, holding her shoe soles in her hands and sighing.
“If Shazhu is still here, we can ask Shazhu to buy it for us. He will definitely be embarrassed to ask for money.”
Qin Huairu was busy cleaning up the stove in the kitchen and answered. : "Mom, Silly Zhu has been sentenced to seven years and won't be released soon. When Dongxu comes back, let him borrow a flatbed truck from the compound next door and take a trip to the outskirts of Beijing."
< br>"You rely on Dongxu for everything. You are young but you are eating at home all day long. Do you want to tire my son to death?"
Because the painkillers were confiscated by Li Aiguo, Jia and Zhang have been After Tian stopped taking the medicine and became addicted, his temper became a bit irritable, and he started to lash out at Qin Huairu.
Amidst the noise, Qin Huairu bit her lips, her face turned pale, and her mood dropped to the bottom.
Jia Dongxu is now a hands-off shopkeeper.
Every day after I come back from get off work, I wander around with those street kids.
After the new house was built, whether it was borrowing money to buy furniture or cleaning, Qin Huairu did it alone.
She is just a woman, and she also wants to find a strong shoulder to lean on
At this time, there was a noise outside.
"Driver Li, you live in this compound. My home is not far away. We can have a drink together in the future."
"The relationship is good, let your sister-in-law come tonight Let’s cook some good dishes and let us have a drink.”
Qin Huairu looked out of the window and saw Li Aiguo walking into the courtyard with several comrades in uniform.
Those comrades all carried linen bags on their shoulders. The outside of the bags was dark and angular, and the inside should be coal.
Ms. Jia Zhang also stretched out his head mischievously, glanced outside the Xizhi Gate, and snorted coldly: "Li Aiguo must have gotten the coal from the locomotive depot, and he didn't want to give it to him. We residents who didn’t buy coal really have no conscience at all.”
Qin Huairu had long been accustomed to Jia Zhang’s weird thinking and didn’t answer.
What she cared about was that those in uniform were willing to help Li Aiguo move coal.
But Jia Dongxu couldn't count on it, so she had to find a way to buy coal in the suburbs of Beijing.
She looked at this scene with regretful eyes that were heartbreaking.
His lips trembled slightly, as if he were saying something, but no sound came out.
Li Aiguo also saw Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang, but he didn't pay attention.
Today is the day when the locomotive depot distributes winter coal.
According to regulations, each employee can receive 2 tons of winter coal.
This thing is so heavy that Li Aiguo originally wanted to ask Zhou Ke to help bring it back.
Minister Niu happened to be off work and saw it, so he sent a jeep to bring it back for him. At the same time, he sent two comrades from the Armed Forces Ministry, Chen Dongfang and Zhao Shan, to help.
Both of these two were team members who had participated in the exercise. They had seen the power of Li Aiguo’s Red Star RPG and were full of admiration for him, so they were naturally willing to help.
Carrying the coal back to the backyard, Li Aiguo knew that Chen Xueru had not returned yet when he saw the door was closed.
The Zhengyangmen Street Office is busy distributing coal stamps to residents these days. Chen Xueru is busy until six or seven in the evening every day.
“The East, the mountains, just pile the coal outside.”
"Come on, come on, come in, wash up, drink some water, and I'll prepare some dishes."
After the coal was piled up, Li Aiguo invited the two of them into the house to prepare for cooking.
"Driver Li, this is just a small favor, no need for it. Besides, we two have work to do, so we have to go back."
The two of them were determined not to stay, and Li Aiguo had no choice. , after clearing the smoke, he personally sent the two of them out of the courtyard.
Return to the yard.
Yan Bugui strolled out of the room, quietly came up to him, took Li Aiguo's arm and asked: "Aiguo, your locomotive depot has distributed coal, will my family also have a share in the settlement?"
The small eyes behind his tortoise shell glasses blinked.
"Third uncle, Yan Jiecheng is still a temporary worker. According to regulations, he cannot get coal."
Generally, temporary workers who enter the locomotive depot only need to work conscientiously for three months and pass If you pass the exam, you will have the opportunity to become a regular employee.
Now Yan Jiecheng has been working as a temporary worker for half a year.
Li Aiguo looked at Yan Bugui, who was a little sad, and said with a smile: "I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry. I heard that Yan Jiecheng has performed well these days, and by the end of the year, he might be able to become a regular employee."
< br>After returning from Wei Zhuang, Yan Jiecheng became much more honest. This month he also exceeded the transportation capacity, which was noticed by the locomotive depot.
"That's so patriotic. You have to worry about solving this child."
Yan Bugui said a few words of gratitude, turned around and was about to enter the house, but suddenly stopped again. pace.
"Aiguo, now that you have coal from the locomotive depot, you don't need to buy coal. How about you give me all your coal tickets? Don't worry, I will never lose you."< br>
Good guy, my old habit of calculating people is back again, and I am ready to resell coal tickets.
"Third uncle, I still have a lot of use for those coal tickets, I'm sorry!"
Leave a sentence.
Li Aiguo left with his hands behind his back.
Looking at Li Aiguo's back, the third aunt came to the side of the third uncle and whispered: "Li Aiguo must have given the coal stamps to the old Zhou family. He is really a fool. He doesn't know how valuable that thing is. ”
Coal stamps are allocated based on household registration. Households without grain books do not have coal stamps.
Only one person in the Zhou family has a grain income, but there are seven or eight people in the Zhou family. Every winter there is not enough coal.
When Li Aiguo’s father was still alive, he often gave them coal stamps.
"What do you know? Coal tickets are not worth much, but Li Aiguo can get a good reputation by playing this trick." Yan Bugui also figured it out at this moment, and sighed: "If our family has been liberated, This guy might have become a regular employee a long time ago."
The second aunt guessed right. Li Aiguo did follow Li's father's previous practice and distributed the coal tickets to the old Zhou family.
"Patriotic, this, how embarrassing is this! I get your coal stamps for nothing every year."
Aunt Zhou, with her gray hair shaking, almost cried, she took it with trembling hands The coal stamp looked at Li Aiguo gratefully.
Only the eldest son in her family has a grain book, which is not enough for cooking every month. He often has to go to the fields to collect firewood.
But in winter, everyone is short of fuel for heating, and the firewood in the fields has long been cleared up.
"Auntie, we are all neighbors. What are you talking about? Don't freeze the children. I have some things to do, so I'll leave first." Li Aiguo saw that the little granddaughter of the Zhou family had frostbite on her hands. I sighed secretly in my heart.
In these days, this is all he can do.
Seeing that Li Aiguo was about to leave, Aunt Zhou quickly stopped him and took out a basket from the back room.
"Patriot, I went back to my hometown yesterday and picked a lot of chicken vegetables. You can take them home and try them."
Chicken vegetables can grow all year round. Wild vegetables are used to make scrambled eggs and are extremely delicious.
Seeing the green wild vegetables in the basket, Li Aiguo accepted them without politeness.
"That's up to you."
After leaving Zhou's house and returning to the house, Li Aiguo began to prepare dinner.
Wash the chicken dishes and take out seven eggs from the cupboard.
Put the heat on the stove, break the eggs into a bowl and add an appropriate amount of salt. Add the cold oil to the hot pot and stir-fry.
Shovel out the bright yellow eggs, add chicken vegetables into them, stir-fry for a while, and a plate of fragrant chicken vegetables is ready.
Then Li Aiguo fried another plate of tofu.
Two dishes, the staple food is stick noodle porridge, paired with white flour steamed buns, the quality of this meal has exceeded 90% of people.
As soon as the meal was ready, Chen Xueru came back. She hung her coat and canvas bag on the hanger, sniffed and said, "It smells so good!"
"Of course, the chef is cooking today." Li Aiguo Put the food on the table.
Chen Xueru turned around and closed the door, put her arms around Li Aiguo's neck, and took a bite on his lips.
"Man, you are so kind~"
"That's it?" Li Aiguo pinched his waist with both hands, expressing dissatisfaction.
Chen Xueru's little face suddenly turned red with embarrassment. She tugged at the corner of her clothes and said, "It's so bad. If you want anything, you have to wait until night. Today happens to be the ovulation period."
Hearing this, Li Aiguo sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and ate happily.
We have to have dinner quickly so that we can work hard for the cause of creating humans.
Night falls.
The kang was burning so warmly that it was almost as if the heater was on in the room.
“I was sweating again.”
Chen Xueru leaned on the messy quilt, raised her delicate little face, and let out a long sigh of relief.
There was still a slight blush on her little face, and her slender little hands were still shaking a little.
Li Aiguo smiled, rubbed her cheek gently, and said softly: "How has your work been these days?"
"It went very smoothly. Since becoming a full-time employee, Director Zhang Let me be responsible for literacy work, but I need to pay coal stamps these two days, so I will get off work later." Chen Xueru felt the man's concern and held the man's rough hand tightly.
Holding her big hands tightly, she felt particularly calm.
“By the way, Brother Patriot, where is the cannon you made now?”
"Sent it up." Li Aiguo said.
"Send it up. So you are going to make a meritorious service again?" Chen Xueru's eyes widened with excitement.
Li Aiguo slowly withdrew, turned over and lay down next to Chen Xueru, nodded and said: "It doesn't matter if I make a meritorious service, as long as I can make a small contribution, I will be satisfied."
"Uh-huh. Well, I think so too."
Chen Xueru put the pillow under her butt and leaned on the man's chest: "Don't worry, I will definitely be the woman behind you and always support you."
Li Aiguo has no doubt about this.
There was a very important reason why he chose Chen Xueru in the first place, that is, this woman had upright views and a smart mind.
The two chatted for a while, went to the bathroom, took a hot bath, and went back to bed.
"I will have a day off tomorrow, and I will take advantage of this time to shake out the briquettes." Li Aiguo said.
Chen Xueru nodded: "There are only two people in Mrs. Liu's family, she and He Yuyu, and there is no strong labor force. We should also help."
"Don't worry, the locomotive depot will provide plenty of coal this time," Li Aiguo said.
Chen Xueru said with a smile: "I knew you would do this. By the way, I met Wang Dakui yesterday. He seemed to be arguing with Wang Tingting. The wedding banquet was scheduled for the sixth day of next month. He asked me Let me tell you.”
“Dakui is getting married. This is a good thing.”
Li Aiguo sat up with his back bare and took the pass and flipped through it.
The sixth day of next month happens to be a Sunday, so we have a break.
You will have to prepare a big gift when the time comes.
Thinking about these things, Li Aiguo held Chen Xueru in his arms and fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning.
Chen Xueru went to work early. Li Aiguo had eaten and was preparing to shake briquettes.
As soon as I walked out of the house carrying the flowerpot and sieve, I met Zhang Gangzhu.
"Patriot, shake the briquettes." Zhang Gangzhu saw the tool in Li Aiguo's hand and knew what he was going to do.
Li Aiguo said: "Yes, with such a large pile of coal, I will be very busy today."
Zhang Gangzhu pointed to the pile of coal in front of his house.
"My family has to do it too, or we can form a partnership."
Shaking briquettes is not an easy job. It usually involves the cooperation of several people, and Li Aiguo agreed immediately.
Zhang Gangzhu found a flatbed truck and went to a ditch not far away to pull back the loess.
Li Aiguo took advantage of this moment to pound the coal into pulverized coal with a hammer.
Pulverized coal and loess are mixed together to form a pond.
He Yuyu also came to help. She carried clean water from the central courtyard in a bucket.
Aunt Liu couldn’t sit still. She picked up a shovel and came to help.
"Ouch, my old grandma, you must not do it. If you crumble and Brother Tianquan and the others come back, I won't be able to explain it." Li Aiguo was startled when he saw her trembling appearance and hurriedly stepped forward. Stopped her before.
Aunt Liu was a little disappointed when she saw that the shovel was taken away by Li Aiguo.
“I think back then, when I was raising two children by myself, I did all the work.”
“That’s right, who doesn’t know that you are a hard-working person, aunt. It’s just that I am a diligent person. Now that you are older, it is our young people’s turn to help.” Li Aiguo said with a smile.
Xu Damao and Zhang Gangzhu also praised Aunt Liu for being a diligent wife when she was young.
"You guys know how to make my old lady happy. Okay, I won't cause trouble with you here. You guys get busy first, and I'll cook salted duck eggs for you."
Liu Seeing that she couldn't help, the aunt decided to do some logistical work.
The deaf old lady saw this scene through the window and rolled her eyes in anger.
She was supposed to be the most respected ancestor in the compound. When did it become Aunt Liu’s turn to overpower her?
What’s more important is that her coal is almost running out.
Looking at the black coal stove, the deaf old lady thought of Silly Zhu.
"My poor Silly Zhu, when will you be able to come back?"
Pouring the water into the pile of powder, Li Aiguo picked up a shovel and stirred it to make coal strips, and then used the shovel to mix it. These coal strips are cut crosswise into small squares and then cut again into smaller squares, somewhat similar to cutting a cake.
Shaking briquettes is a laborious job, so naturally it was Li Aiguo who did it.
Bringing a sieve and placing a tall, thin and sturdy flowerpot underneath, Li Aiguo squatted on horseback, grabbed the edge of the sieve with both hands, and shook up the wet coal that had been shoveled in. The dry coal surface fell from the sieve. As it leaks, the briquettes shake into a round shape.
This is such a busy job, even if it is Li Aiguo, his arms are full of strength, and he is very tired after practicing all his tendons.
But just wait until next year. The authorities will start to advocate the use of briquettes, so there is no need to shake the briquettes.
Zhang Gangzhu also found a sieve at this time and helped shake it.
It took a long time to shake more than half of it.
As soon as Li Aiguo straightened up and prepared to stretch his sore waist, he saw Wang Erpao running over in a hurry.
"Brother Patriot, it's not good. Brother Da Kui got into a fight with someone and was taken to the police station." Wang Erpao seemed to be in a hurry. He didn't even have time to wipe the snot hanging from the corner of his mouth and said in a hurry.
Wang Erpao is still just a teenage boy. When encountering such a thing, he is so frightened that he almost bursts into tears as he speaks.
Hearing this, Li Aiguo reassured Wang Erpao not to panic, and then handed over the job of shaking coal to Wang Gangzhu.
“Patriotic brother, don’t worry, this job won’t be a problem for me!” Wang Gangzhu assured, patting his chest.
"Second Pao, let's go, let's go to the police station."
Li Aiguo got on his bicycle and drove Wang Erpao towards the police station.
I figured out the cause and effect on the way.
The boy who fought with Zhang Dakui was named Wang An'an, and he was Wang Tingting's younger brother.
This guy has always been dissatisfied with Wang Tingting marrying Zhang Dakui.
He felt that Zhang Dakui was not worthy of his sister in any aspect.
It's just that Wang An'an has no say in the Wang family. Seeing that the wedding is approaching, the boy can't suppress his anger and comes to the scrap yard to trouble Zhang Dakui.
Seeing his brother-in-law come to his door, Zhang Dakui naturally entertained him with lots of smoke and wine.
Who thought Wang was safe but took action first, threatening Zhang Dakui and preventing him from marrying Wang Tingting.
Zhang Dakui was also a gay man. After being beaten several times, he could not hold back his temper, so the two started fighting.
The people who came to sell scrap saw that the matter was getting serious and quickly reported it to the police station, and the two of them were arrested.
Good guy, you are already having sex with your brother-in-law before you get married. Zhang Dakui is really good at it.
In these days, the folk customs are fierce and the force is abundant. Fights can be big or small.
If no one holds on to you, even if you enter the police station, you will be let go as long as you give him a few words of education.
Li Aiguo didn’t care at first.
When I entered the police station, I learned that Zhang Dakui had been detained.
(End of chapter)