"What a big loss. I was deceived by the third uncle."
"There are thousands of employees in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot. There must be more than one Li Aiguo."
"Li Aiguo is a train driver. He Know how to make a train.”
After consulting Jia Zhang, Jia Dongxu quickly “came to his senses” and immediately chose not to tell the truth.
Like Mrs. Xianglin, he spent the whole day mumbling in the courtyard, telling the residents his grievances.
Every time at this time, the residents always burst into laughter, and an atmosphere of joy filled the air.
At the end of a busy and ordinary day, residents gathered around the sink to wash up.
Jia Dongxu is still chattering there.
Xu Damao smoked a cigarette and said: "Jia Dongxu, if Li Aiguo really builds a train, what will happen to you?
Don't call me grandpa this time, Li Aiguo doesn't care."
here we go again?
If a lie is repeated a thousand times, it will become reality. Jia Dongxu said confidently: "Then I will call him grandpa."
The words just finished.
Two foreigners wearing gray Chinese tunic suits walked in from the gate.
The foreigner with blond hair, blue eyes, tall figure and obvious facial features instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The third uncle didn’t care about playing with the scraps, he stood up and went to greet them.
“Puli is special?”
His half-knowledge of Russian was more dialect than dialect, Lao Sando and Bald Philip looked at each other.
"Ula?" The third uncle adjusted the frames of his glasses, his eyes bursting with wisdom.
Lao Sanduo then realized that this person was saying hello to him.
He said in broken Chinese: "Hello, comrade, our experts from Hungary are friends, not old men."
The third uncle: "."
He felt that he was a foreign guest. I lost face in front of me.
The residents also gathered around at this time.
Although you can often see the old expert on the street, this is the first time for you to have such a close encounter.
Jia Dongxu timidly said: "Mr. Expert, are you lost? I am very familiar with the roads in the capital and can take you back.
Don't worry, I am a good person, free of charge . All it takes is a letter of commendation.”
With a letter of commendation from a foreign expert, you might be able to get a commendation from the factory.
As witty as me, Jia Dongxu!
Xu Damao was originally going to lead the way. He felt regretful that he was overtaken by Jia Dongxu and could only stand there with his head hanging down.
Lao Shanduo felt that this person was a bit baffled.
However, he said very kindly: "Comrade, we are going to visit Li Aiguo. Li Aiguo is the train driver at the Qianmen locomotive depot."
In order to explain clearly, he even raised his eyebrows Gift in hand.
Jia Dongxu: "."
He felt that the letter of praise flew away like a kite.
Xu Damao jumped up excitedly, carried Jia Dongxu aside on his shoulders, and said: "Sun thief, it's my turn."
He rushed over and took Lao Sanduo's arm , said affectionately: "My name is Xu Damao, I am driver Li's good brother. Let's go, let's take you to Li Ai's country."
"Thank you so much." Lao Shanduo felt from Xu Damao the enthusiasm of class comrades.
"You're welcome. Although I, Xu Damao, am an ordinary resident in this compound, the residents in the compound respect me very much. Except for the three stewards, I am the only one who can take care of things."< br>
Xu Damao took the expert to the backyard. It would be a lot of trouble.
Seeing Liang Ladi passing by, Xu Damao pointed at Lao Shanduo and said proudly: "Did you see it, foreign expert, guest!"
Guest? Liang Ladi showed envious eyes.
"Does Xu Damao have foreign expert friends?"
"Those are Li Aiguo's friends. Xu Damao is just a leader." Jia Dongxu will be very jealous now.
If he hadn't made a mistake, he would have been the one who led the way.
The group of people walked towards the backyard. The third uncle looked at Lao Sanduo's back, slapped his thigh suddenly and said, "Hey, this guy just said he was from Hungary, so isn't he from Hungary?" Those experts, those people who buy patriotic steam trains?”
Hearing this, the residents all turned their attention to Jia Dongxu.
Jia Dongxu was depressed because Xu Damao had taken the lead.
When he caught the eyes of those residents and looked at Lao Shanduo, he lowered his head suddenly.
Li Aiguo is going to Wuhan City tomorrow to attend the opening ceremony of the Yangtze River Bridge.
There is no driving duty today, so I am watching Miss Chen at home packing her luggage.
"Bring both oil pack suits with you. You will need to change into clean clothes when the time comes."
"The weather there is changeable, so I will bring you an extra mattress."< br>
"Aunt Liu knew that you were going on a business trip, so she specially sent salted duck eggs."
Li Aiguo had already told Miss Chen that this business trip would be arranged by the General Administration and there was no need to bring luggage.
Miss Chen didn’t listen and continued to put various items into the package.
Toothpaste, toothbrush, enamel jar, iron waist lunch box, white thread socks. If you don’t know, you would think that Li Aiguo is going to the frontier.
The air was full of life, and Li Aiguo did not stop him from smoking.
Wait until I saw Miss Chen taking out a bottle of medicinal wine and preparing to put it into a bag.
Li Aiguo couldn't sit still anymore and stepped forward to hold her arm.
"Daughter-in-law, you are asking me to make a mistake."
"That's right."
Miss Chen understood, her face turned red with embarrassment, and she hid the medicinal wine in the cabinet inside.
“This thing can only be drunk at home.”
At this time, a large package had been packed. Miss Chen was very experienced and found two cloth straps to tie the package into " Well" shape.
In this day and age, wrapping parcels is a necessary skill. Even Miss Chen can make parcels look like cubes of tofu.
Those who must carry fine toiletries in canvas bags have prints on them.
Canvas bags are a rarity these days, so Li Aiguo took the opportunity to attend the Canton Fair and bought one.
After finishing everything, it’s almost lunch time.
People are like iron, rice is like steel, Li Aiguo is going to cook with Chen Xueru.
At this time, Xu Damao's voice came from outside.
“Patriotic brothers, come out quickly, we have guests coming, foreigners!”
Foreigners? Li Aiguo walked out of the house quickly and saw Lao Sanduo and Bald Phillip.
Lao Shanduo stretched out his hand and walked over: "Dear Driver Li, I am leaving the capital tomorrow. Before I leave, I want to meet you. You promised me."
Only then did Li Aiguo remember that he had promised to treat Lao Shan to drink more.
"I am very happy to have friends from far away. Mr. Sandor, Mr. Philip, please come in quickly."
Li Aiguo welcomed the two of them in enthusiastically.
Xu Damao stood outside and said with some envy: "Brother Patriot, I have nothing to do at noon."
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"I have Maotai at home."
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"My family took advantage of ten pounds of eggs."
Li Aiguo finally understood Xu Damao's intention and patted him gently on the shoulder.
"Brother Damao, not today."
Li Aiguo felt that Lao Shanduo's trip was probably not just to have a drink with him, so he refused Xu Damao.
"Really?"
Xu Damao originally wanted to have a drink with the foreign experts, so it would be more honorable to say so.
Now I can only give up.
However, just leading the way just now is enough to boast.
Xu Damao suddenly became happy, walked to the door of Zhang Gangzhu's house, and looked at Zhang Gangzhu who was cleaning the pig intestines.
"Brother Gangzhu, don't you know? Just now I fully responded to the street office's call for hospitality and showed the fine style of our courtyard. I took two foreign experts to visit our courtyard and explained it to them."
Xu Damao talked a lot proudly, but when Zhang Gangzhu didn't respond, he suddenly became unhappy.
"I have done something big, Zhang Gangzhu, stop washing the pig intestines and express your opinion."
"What, you want to steal my pig intestines?" Zhang Gangzhu asked. beginning.
Xu Damao: "."
He felt that this guy had gone crazy trying to eat pig intestines.
But when he saw Zhang Gangzhu taking out the butcher knife, he immediately shrank his neck and slipped away.
"Bang Haizhong, please stay. You didn't see it just now. There are two foreign experts."
It was also the first time for Chen Xueru to see foreign experts, and she subconsciously looked at Li Aiguo.
"Sheru, this is Sandor, this is Philip, they are Hungarian train people."
"Lao Shanduo, bald, this is my wife, Comrade Chen Xueru."
Lao Shanduo seemed to have been prepared. After learning Chen Xueru's identity, he took out a tablecloth from his handbag.
The tablecloth is embroidered with a hollow peony pattern.
“This is our most precious Matyó embroidery.”
Seeing the exquisite Matyó embroidery, Chen Xueru realized that this tablecloth was valuable. She did not reach out to take it, but raised her head. Look at Li Aiguo.
"Keep it, Laoshan is a friend."
Chen Xueru then took the tablecloth and put it carefully in the cabinet.
Li Aiguo also breathed a sigh of relief. It was just a tablecloth and it was relatively simple to report. If it was books or something, it would be more troublesome.
When guests come, they should be greeted warmly.
Chen Xueru was going to the wet market to buy some dishes and asked Li Aiguo what Hungarians like to eat.
Li Aiguo only knew that Lao Maozi liked to eat big ribs and drink red cabbage soup, but he really didn't know much about Hungarians.
I just remember there is a traditional Hungarian food called cabbage rolls.
Lao Sando waved his hands anxiously: "Dear Li, when I was in Hungary, I ate cabbage rolls. When I came to you, I still ate cabbage rolls. Then didn't I go abroad for nothing? ?”
Li Aiguo: “.”
Chen Xueru: “.”
In the end, Chen Xueru decided to entertain Lao Shanduo with traditional old Beijing dishes.
It just so happens that there are still more than ten kilograms of sea cucumbers brought back from the south last time, which can be made into roasted sea cucumbers with green onions.
Eggs and Fuqiang powder can make three non-stick dishes.
I have fresh pork belly and noodles at home, so I can make white meat casserole.
Li Aiguo has never had any skills in cooking, but after studying with Nanyi for a while, he can make these home-cooked dishes like steamed buns.
After a while, a fragrant smell wafted from the kitchen.
The smell of meat, seafood, and eggs are intertwined and mixed together, drifting out along the cracks in the window.
These aromas are like an iron hook that can reach into a person's stomach, hook it up and mix it up randomly.
Jia Zhang squatted at the door to pick up the soles of her shoes. Her nose twitched and she could tell that the source of the fragrance was Li Aiguo, and her face suddenly darkened.
“This damn Li Aiguo made delicious food and didn’t even know how to serve my old lady a bowl. You are not afraid of choking to death.”
Before he finished speaking, Jia Dongxu rushed out to cover him. Jia Zhang's mouth.
"Mom, please don't make any noise. Grandpa is inviting foreign experts to dinner. Foreign experts cannot choke to death."
Grandpa?
Jia Zhang’s eyes widened. Oh my god, what did Jia Dongxu do again?
Ever since Yi Zhonghai learned that foreign experts were visiting Li Ai's country, he sat at the table and sighed.
“I originally didn’t believe that Li Aiguo was the one in the newspaper. Now that foreign experts are here, my position as the grand master of this compound may be taken away by Li Aiguo in the future.”
< br>Aunta placed a bowl of stick noodle porridge in front of Yi Zhonghai.
"Old Yi, is there a possibility that people who are patriotic don't care about your position as the first uncle?"
"How is this possible!" Yi Zhonghai's eyes widened.
Auntie knew that Yi Zhonghai was stunned, so she stopped mentioning the matter and comforted him with a smile.
"You didn't offend Li Aiguo this time, so there's nothing to be afraid of."
"That's right." Yi Zhonghai came to his senses and slapped his thigh suddenly.
After he breathed a sigh of relief, he came back to his senses and put on a great show again.
“It doesn’t matter if he can make trains. As long as he is a resident, he should be under the management of me, the big man, in this compound.”
Auntie: "."
Yi Zhonghai picked up the bowl and took a sip of the stick noodle porridge.
Smelling the fragrant smell, I just feel that the stick noodle porridge is hard to swallow.
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Li loves the country.
A family dinner for all the guests.
Food comes second, Lao Shanduo is especially interested in Li Aiguo's medicinal wine.
When the medicinal wine enters the stomach, the pores all over the body relax and feel extremely comfortable. There is also a surge of heat in the lower abdomen, which makes people feel an inexplicable impulse.
"Patriot comrade, you turtle show that wine is a good thing." Philip's eyes also shone at this time.
He is a few years younger than Lao Shanduo. He is about forty years old, which is the age of decline.
The key is that this guy's wife is his student and is only in her twenties.
"Since you two like it, I will give you a jar each." Li Aiguo asked Chen Xueru to take out two jars of wine from the cabinet and put them on the table.
Lao Sando and Philip thanked him repeatedly.
"Comrade Chen Xueru, I see that you like Matyó embroidery very much. When I return to Hungary, I will ask my wife to make an embroidered bragi for your wife."
Bald Philip thinks Taking advantage, he took the initiative and suggested: "My wife is a craftsman passed down from her ancestors, and her Matyó embroidery is very beautiful."
Chen Xueru is a tailor by trade, and this is the first time she has seen such exquisite embroidery, so she is naturally very impressed. Interested, after getting Li Aiguo's nod, he agreed.
The few chatted for a while, and Li Aiguo found an excuse to invite Lao Shanduo into his study.
Lao Shanduo looked at the densely packed books on the bookshelf and said with a smile: "Driver Li, this is the first time I have seen you love reading books so much."
Li Aiguo poured it for him After getting an enamel jar of tea, he said: "Mr. Sandor, you are here today probably to raise an army to punish the guilty."
Hearing this, Lao Sandor froze in place.
He stared at Li Aiguo for a moment, and suddenly smiled bitterly.
"You really guessed it. Before I entered the study just now, I had already thought about how to question you.
Asking you, why did you leak me to you? Tell your leaders the news."
"What now?"
"Now I find that I seem to have misunderstood.
These latest journals about internal combustion engines are enough. You have a deep understanding of internal combustion engines.
Even without my reminder, you will make suggestions."
Lao Sanduo smiled bitterly and sat on the chair.
At that time, you didn’t remind me. Li Aiguo lit a cigarette and started smoking lightly, signaling Lao Shanduo to continue.
Lao Sanduo sighed and said: "The facts are as you guessed. After we obtained the technology of Lao Maozi ND1 diesel locomotive, we thought we had found a treasure.
Huge manpower and material resources were spent to build several prototypes.
Who knew that the ND1 diesel locomotive would not be able to handle transportation tasks at all.
After realizing this, we planned to abandon the ND1 diesel locomotive.
It just so happens that you are interested in internal combustion engine technology.
We planned to recycle the waste, but who knew you gave up buying it. ”
“Waste utilization? I think they are planning to trick us, right? "Li Aiguo said with a smile.
Laoshan Duo's face was red: "We are technicians, how can technical things be called pitfalls! That's called a different route. ”
Laosanduo’s approach seems a bit “shameless”.
However, it is very common in international technology transactions.
Especially we like laymen here Expert guidance.
Those leaders who are not familiar with technology are willing to pay high prices to buy it as long as they hear that it is an international high-tech product.
It turned out that the equipment I bought was actually obsolete.
So, it is easier to step into the trap.
Technicians also have a motherland, but Li Aiguo cannot blame Lao Shanduo.
Li Aiguo withstood tremendous pressure and insisted on opposing the exchange of technology, which aroused Lao Sanduo's admiration.
He failed to withstand the pressure at the beginning, so that the Ministry of Railways introduced ND1 internal combustion engine technology at a huge cost.
"Driver Li, you are my friend."
Looking at Lao Shanduo's solemn look, Li Aiguo softly uttered two words, "Friend!"
A pair of hands were held together tightly.
The two chatted for a while and agreed to write letters frequently in the future to exchange experiences on train design and manufacturing.
Laosando and Philip were going back on a special plane with the Hungarian leader, so they said goodbye.
Li Aiguo sent them to the gate of the compound and watched the jeep drive away.
Although their positions are different, Li Aiguo still likes Lao Shanduo.
This person is already the general counsel and can completely become a technocrat and live a pampered life.
Now I am running around for the Ministry of Railways and Hungary’s railway transportation business.
A friend worth making.
Back in the courtyard, Li Aiguo just sat down and took a sip of tea when Liang Ladi brought two kilograms of pea sprouts with Er Mao.
Liang Ladi works during the day and stays up late at night to modify electric sewing machines. In less than a month, she actually modified ten electric sewing machines.
Liang Ladi earned thirty yuan just for the renovation cost, and her living situation improved greatly.
"How many orders have you received this time?" Li Aiguo was not polite and asked Chen Xueru to put the pea sprouts into a basin.
"There are only five."
Liang Ladi said a little depressed: "Electric sewing machines are still too expensive, and many residents are reluctant to part with them."
"Liang Ladi, you only work part-time. Part-time jobs should be part-time jobs,” Li Aiguo said.
"With the part-time job, are you saying that someone is jealous?"
Liang Ladi thought about it carefully, and a chill ran down her back.
The money she earns every month by modifying the electric sewing machine is enough to equal someone else's monthly salary.
"Brother Patriot, you are right to remind me, I will keep a low profile in the future." Liang Ladi nodded heavily.
Li Aiguo knew that although Liang Ladi seemed to be fussy, she was actually a smart person, so he didn't say anything more.
In the afternoon.
Li Aiguo took Chen Xueru to Chen Ji Tailor Shop.
Chen Xueru showed Lao Shanduo's embroidery to Chen Fangxuan.
Chen Fangxuan repeatedly praised: "I didn't expect that there are skillful embroidery workers in foreign countries."
"Dad, I heard Lao Shanduo say that this kind of embroidery is already a traditional culture. We Hair embroidery passed down from our ancestors is also a traditional culture.”
Chen Xueru said with wide eyes, “Dad, can you teach me?”
Li Aiguo heard. Yan's eyes widened and he looked Chen Fangxuan up and down.
I didn’t expect that my father-in-law could still possess the lost embroidery skills!
In later generations, it is well known that traditional embroidery includes Su embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery and Cantonese embroidery.
In fact, in Dancong Province, which has rough folk customs, there is also a unique embroidery technique called Lu embroidery.
"The Embroidered Portrait of Confucius", "Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove", "Six Horses" and "Portrait of Dongfang Shuo" are all representatives of Lu embroidery.
Hair embroidery is the best of Lu embroidery and was an artistic tribute in the Tang Dynasty.
In the book "Gu Embroidery Test" of the Qing Dynasty, there is a record of "the true biography of hair silk embroidery in the distant Shao, Tang and Song Dynasties".
The "Portrait of Dongfang Shuo" that was snatched away by Da Ying used the technique of hair embroidery.
The characteristic of hair embroidery is the combination of human hair and silk thread, including the use of human hair alone and the mixture of human hair and silk thread.
The embroidery process is complex and takes a long time. It often takes several months to create a work, so it gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
Facing Chen Xueru’s request, Chen Fangxuan seemed a little hesitant.
He comes from a tailoring family in the province of Green Onion.
I did get the inheritance of hair embroidery from my ancestors. Before liberation, I even created several works of hair embroidery for my own entertainment.
But Chen Fangxuan soon realized that with the advent of foreign cloth, there was no market for such ancient things as hair embroidery.
I can’t support myself by doing hair embroidery, let alone start a family and start a business.
Chen Fangxuan gave up studying and hired a tailor with two swords to concentrate on helping people make coats and dresses.
After liberation, the higher authorities promoted a new trend, and people on the streets wore overalls, Lenin suits, and Chinese tunic suits
Under this trend, it was even more impossible for Chen Fangxuan to do hair embroidery.
"Xueru, hair embroidery is very difficult and of no great use. I think it's better to forget it." Chen Fangxuan hesitated for a moment and wanted to reject Chen Xueru.
Li Aiguo spoke: "Hair embroidery is the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors and has been passed down for thousands of years. Although there is no market now, it is a symbol of culture. Maybe someone will like it in the future.
Xueru is a street office worker and doesn’t have to rely on hair embroidery to earn a living. Since she is interested, let her learn.”
Chen Xueru also said: “Dad, Hungary’s history is much shorter than ours. , everyone can pass down the embroidery culture, how can we give up on our own?”
Chen Fangxuan actually couldn’t bear to have his hair embroidery disappear in his own hands.
Seeing this situation, he nodded and agreed.
“Xueru, hair embroidery is different from the embroidery techniques you have learned before.
Hair embroidery can also be used in different scenes using rolling, swirling, wrapping, covering, applying and messing. You need to be careful and steady with various acupuncture techniques such as , cutting, buckling, empty, and solid to be able to endure loneliness. ”
"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely pass on the skills of our ancestors." Chen Xueru agreed hastily.
Chen Xueru did have the tailoring gene in her bones, and now it has been passed down. That afternoon, she took Chen Fangxuan and taught her hair embroidery.
In the small tailor shop at the front door, under the guidance of Chen Fangxuan, Chen Xueru started basic training with an embroidery needle.
On the silk satin, the needles and threads meander slowly in the fine weave, like ripples blown by the breeze.
Colorful threads are interlaced and interspersed, slowly rendering different shades of colors, as if drawing a beautiful picture.
The pictures are beautiful and the atmosphere is soft. If you have oil paintings here, you will definitely be able to draw a beautiful oil painting.
Li Aiguo only felt sleepy.
This thing does look good, but it takes too much effort.
It’s been two full hours, and I still haven’t seen any clues.
How fun is driving a train?
Thinking of going to Wuhan tomorrow, Li Aiguo reminded: "Xueru, I'm going back now."
"You go."
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Looking Chen Xueru, who was concentrating on embroidery, Li Aiguo scratched his head and whispered: "Can embroidery be addictive?"
(End of this chapter)