Yi Zhonghai was in a bad mood.
Very bad.
Qin Huairu came to borrow food just now, but he sent him back. Now Jia Dongxu came to borrow food again.
Do you really think of him as a big fat sheep?
Seeing Yi Zhonghai's sullen face and not speaking, Aunt Ma was worried that he and Jia Dongxu were at loggerheads, so she helped to rescue him: "Dongxu, your uncle was ill a while ago and spent a lot of money at home. All my money has been taken out, and I really don’t have any extra food to support you.”
"Didn't he go to the countryside and get caught selling food?" Jia Dongxu spat out.
Yi Zhonghai's face suddenly darkened, and he murmured in his heart, how did this kid know?
He coughed twice in embarrassment: "That's a rumor!"
Jia Dongxu also realized that he was here to ask for help today and could not expose his shortcomings, so he skipped the topic: "Master, how is your life at home? It’s not easy, but there are people in the compound who are having an easy time.”
Jia Dongxu blinked, and Yi Zhonghai subconsciously said, “Li Aiguo?”
"Yes, Chen Xueru has gained weight! She must have been hiding at home secretly eating delicious food."
Jia Dongxu came up with Jia Zhang's idea: "Master, how about you hold a meeting and invite the residents to Do you want us to donate food to our family?”
Hearing that he didn’t need to send food to his family, Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and nodded: “This is a good idea, but it requires three uncles to come forward together. You can go back first. ”
Jia Dongxu knew Yi Zhonghai’s abilities. As long as he wanted to do something, he would definitely be able to do it, and he left happily.
The aunt sent Jia Dongxu out and returned to the room to complain about Yi Zhonghai: "Old man, Jia Dongxu was fooling us just now. Why was Jia Zhang so hungry that she lay in bed unable to move? I heard her just now When he scolded Qin Huairu in the room, his voice was full of anger."
"You think I don't know?!" Yi Zhonghai tapped his fingers on the table, "Jia Dongxu did lie, but he was right about one thing. Our family's life is indeed difficult."
Yi Zhonghai also lacked In terms of food, I can only eat as little as possible, have a big meal in the factory cafeteria at noon, and make do with a little in the morning and evening.
“What does this have to do with the Jia family donating food?” The eldest mother was confused.
“I, as a big man, will be in charge of donating food. I don’t have the final say on how much food is donated!”
“Are you thinking, old man, if someone discovers this? There will be big trouble!”
Auntie came back to her senses and wanted to stop Yi Zhonghai, but Yi Zhonghai had already left the house with his hands behind his back.
Yi Zhonghai found Liu Haizhong, "Haizhong, the Jia family's life can't go on anymore. Jia and Zhang are so hungry that they can only lie in bed. Qin Huairu is still pregnant with the child. As the stewards, we, We should find a way to get the residents to donate some food to the Jia family."
Liu Haizhong knew that Yi Zhonghai was planning to cause trouble again, so he just kept drinking and not answering.
Now Liu Guangqi is in Baoding, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu are still young. Liu Haizhong is a heavy manual worker and has extra food ration every month, so his life is not bad.
Seeing that Liu Haizhong was not active, Yi Zhonghai continued calmly: "Li Aiguo's neighborhood patrol team is very powerful now. Residents like to come to him to solve their problems. I guess it won't be long." , we stewards will be swept into the garbage dump like garbage.”
These words directly hit the weak spot in Liu Haizhong.
“No, we must not let that boy Li Aiguo ride on the head of our steward. It’s just that the two of us can’t handle this, and we still need Lao Yan’s consent.”
“ That old boy doesn't care about anything, but he is very good at ideological work." "I will go find Lao Yan now." Seeing Liu Haizhong agree, Yi Zhonghai walked towards Yan's house with his hands behind his back. .
The third uncle is now squatting at the door with his butt sticking out, playing with a plastic box-like thing.
Yan Jiedi was riding on the bicycle and looked at the third uncle with a worried look.
"Dad, this thing won't shock my butt."
"Don't worry, I specially asked Liang Ladi to modify the wires, and there will be no problem."
< br>Yi Zhonghai looked at it for a while and felt strange, and asked: "Old Yan, what are you doing?"
The third uncle was connecting the connectors. He was startled and his hands shook. , the end of the thread came together and a sizzling electric light hit his finger.
Fortunately, there is not much power left in the battery, and there is only a small black spot on the finger from the electricity.
Yan Bugui grinned in pain, rubbed his fingers, and said angrily: "Lao Yi, are you a rat? Why don't you make any sound when you walk?"
"This is a battery. ?" Yi Zhonghai also understood now, staring straight at the big pile of batteries.
Yan Bugui was a little proud: "This is an ordinary battery! The kind that can be recharged."
Yi Zhonghai also heard that the state-owned Harbin Battery Factory produced a large battery a few years ago .
This battery is different from dry batteries in that it can be recharged, but the name of the battery is called an ordinary battery.
Yes, storage batteries are called ordinary batteries these days!
Ordinary batteries are high in cost and cumbersome to use. They are generally used in industrial and mining enterprises that require emergency lighting.
There are also several groups in the rolling workshop of the steel rolling mill, but they are the treasures of the workshop. They are specially looked after by electricians, and ordinary workers have no chance to come into contact with them.
“Where did you get it?”
Yan Bugui enjoyed Yi Zhonghai's admiration and said with a smile: "Where can I get this thing? Doesn't my family work in the maintenance depot? The batteries there need to be charged, so I took over the job. Every time I charge An ordinary battery, two cents from the maintenance department!”
Yan Bugui blinked, feeling like he was getting a big advantage, and Yi Zhonghai said in his heart that this old guy is a thief.
I actually thought of a way to make money by generating electricity through human power.
The electricity bill of just two cents is enough to charge in the section. Why should we spend this effort and let Yanbu Gui manpower charge?
Yi Zhonghai felt a little confused.
"Old Yan" Yi Zhonghai was about to explain his purpose when Li Aiguo walked in from outside pushing his bicycle.
The distance was very far, so Li Aiguo shouted loudly: "Third uncle, the material department of the locomotive depot has given you the charging task?"
"It's Aiguo who is back." Yan Bugui Paying attention to Yi Zhonghai again, he walked forward with a smile and said to Li Aiguo: "Aiguo, there was a delay in the connection just now. Don't worry, I will charge it later and send the battery to your home personally."< br>
"Sorry to trouble you." Li Aiguo glanced at Yi Zhonghai, pushed his bicycle and left.
Yi Zhonghai's face turned ugly and he pointed at Li Aiguo's back: "Lao Yan, isn't this battery from the maintenance section? Why did you send it to Li Aiguo?"
"Patriot is from the locomotive depot. I heard that the dean had to ensure his electricity consumption, so he gave me the charging task.
I don't know the specific reason, and I don't want to find out. As long as the locomotive depot provides Money is enough."
Yan Bugui was a little anxious now. He didn't stop talking. After he connected the wires, he shouted to Yan Jiedi: "Jiedi, get on the bike quickly."< br>
Yan Jiedi was a little reluctant and pouted. After being glared at by Yan Bugui, she could only stare.
At this time, Yi Zhonghai’s heart was overturned
This makes sense. Duan Li gave Yan Bugui the task of transporting batteries. In order to save electricity bills, Yan Bugui used human power to generate electricity. This is too stingy!
It’s just that Li Aiguo is so virtuous and capable that he can let Duanlili equip him with a full-time generator?
You must know that ordinary batteries are emergency resources, and even the leaders in the workshop are not qualified to use them.
What did that boy Li Aiguo do again? !
Yan Bugui stared at the ordinary battery for a long time, making sure it was being charged, and then straightened up and looked at Yi Zhonghai, who was stunned there.
"By the way, Lao Yi, what do you want from me?"
Yi Zhonghai woke up from the shock, thought of the Jia family, and hurriedly talked about the idea of donating food.
As soon as Yan Bugui heard that there was going to be a meeting, he knew something was wrong. Yi Zhonghai was in trouble again.
Now he gets up at three o'clock every morning to go fishing. When he comes back from fishing, he picks up scraps from two streets. He has to work in school during the day and has to charge the battery when he comes back at night.
Yan Bugui has now lived a good life decades in advance, so he has no energy to care about those messy things.
"Lao Yi, just let the two stewards decide this matter. I really don't have time now." Yan Bugui suddenly squatted down to look at the battery and shouted to Yan Jiedi: "Pedal quickly, the voltage is too low. It can’t be charged at all.”
Yan Jiedi just wanted to be lazy, so she had to work harder.
Yi Zhonghai saw that Yanbu was not too considerate, and said: "The situation of the Jia family is too serious. Only Jia Dongxu has a food ration for their whole family. The older ones are older, the younger ones are younger, and Qin Huairu is still older. Belly."
"Hurry up!" Yan Bugui shouted at Yan Jiedi, then turned to look at Yi Zhonghai: "I can't blame anyone else for this. It's because Jia Zhang was too greedy. If she had If you throw away those lands and move your household registration to the capital, there won't be so many things to blame!"
"It's useless to say this now." Yi Zhonghai saw that Yan Bugui didn't say anything to him. Hearing this, he put on a straight face and emphasized his tone: "If people starve to death in our compound, what will the streets think of us?!"
"We will definitely be punished by then."
"To be more serious, if we are charged with ignoring the suffering of the residents, all three of us in charge will have to stay in jail for two years."
This is shocking. Lived in Yanbugui.
He himself is a small business owner and his background is relatively poor. When the time comes, he will definitely be pushed out to bear the thunder.
“The residents in the compound are having a hard time, who is willing to donate food?”
"Our three stewards will set an example. The residents can donate a little to help the Jia family recover."
"I can only give out five kilograms of stick noodles." Yan Bugui knew that this time he would stretch out. Even if he shrinks his head, he will be stabbed, so he can only show his attitude.
“Take five more kilograms to make ten kilograms, so that the residents can donate more. When the meeting is over, I will return the five kilograms of food to you.”
“ I agree to this." Yanbu Gui nodded in relief.
Yi Zhonghai said: "Remember, we will have a meeting at the Intermediate Court at seven o'clock in the evening."
Yi Zhonghai warned again and left with his hands behind his back. Before leaving, he looked at Yan Jiedi who was sweating profusely and shook his head helplessly.
This girl has become a bonded worker.
Although the third uncle is reluctant to part with the stick noodles, if he can spend five kilograms of stick noodles to keep him safe, he can only hold back his heartache.
Oh, I have to charge it several times.
He went into the house and asked the third aunt to prepare ten kilograms of stick noodles: "I want those that have been washed away and mixed together when the time comes. We can also wash the five kilograms of stick noodles into good stick noodles."
The third aunt always praised the third uncle for his shrewdness.
"That's right. It doesn't matter what my name is. Yanbu is expensive, but salt is not expensive. Salt can be priced down, who can beat me."
At this time , the white paper light bulbs hanging on the roofs of every courtyard house flickered twice and then went out.
There were complaints from every house: "Why is there a power outage again?"
"I heard that the coal in the power station is not enough. Didn't the sub-district office issue a notice? From now on to During the Chinese New Year, there will be power outages from time to time.”
"Hey, light the candle."
The third uncle saw that the light outside the window went out, and ran out of the dark room quickly and checked the battery.
"It's almost done, Jie Di, you come down first and I'll change the line."
The third uncle connected the wires on the battery to his main line and told Yan Jiedi to continue riding the bicycle. Let the third aunt be able to cook.
Then he pushed the battery on his bicycle and came to Li Aiguo's house.
Chen Xueru was cooking when there was a sudden power outage. Li Aiguo found a candle and just lit it, the voice of the third uncle came from outside the door: "Aiguo, I have sent you a battery."
"Also It's really timely." Li Aiguo turned around and walked out of the house, took off the battery, and thanked the third uncle with a smile. "You kid, the maintenance department gave you money!"
The third uncle has always believed in the concept of using money to do things. He counted it on his fingers and said: "This battery has been One charging cycle has been completed, and it can be charged two more times. I have to send it to the locomotive depot the day after tomorrow, and I have to trouble you to tell the comrades in the material department and ask them to issue a formality. "
This year. Moon’s “ordinary batteries” use an electrolyte process.
After the electrolyte is injected into the battery, the battery generates heat. After the electrolyte temperature drops, the first charge is performed.
After charging, the capacity is released. This cycle is called a charge-discharge cycle. Generally speaking, ordinary batteries can only complete three charging cycles.
On the railways, it is stipulated that batteries after three flushes and two discharges must be sent to the maintenance workshop to refill the electrolyte.
After the third uncle gave the battery and left, Li Aiguo connected the battery to the light, and the room suddenly became bright.
This was the first time that Miss Chen saw this kind of battery. She walked around the battery and was amazed: "This battery is really easy to use. It can be charged manually. If there is no need to replace the electrolyte, , every household can afford it.”
"Don't worry, that kind of battery will appear in the future, but people are not willing to spend effort on manual charging."
Although the battery is good, it is too expensive for children. Li Aiguo smiled and sat at the table In front of me, I took out a piece of paper and started writing.
The drawing shows a device similar to a motor, with a rope attached to the motor.
As long as the battery is connected to the motor, the rotation of the motor will drive the rope to rotate rapidly.
This is Li Aiguo’s latest research project - the lawn mower.
The reason why the locomotive maintenance department distributed ordinary batteries to Li Aiguo was not because he was in an emergency, but because ordinary batteries were also the research object of Li Aiguo's new project.
This matter starts with driving two days ago.
Li Aiguo originally planned to go back to the studio to plant some bean sprouts in a greenhouse when he returned from his trip. Before the meeting was over, Duanliang suddenly issued an emergency alert.
The railway tracks located at Fifteen Miles of Fengtai Majiapu Station suddenly caught fire, causing many train delays and requiring all off-duty employees to put out the fire.
Li Aiguo was originally wondering, how could the railway tracks catch fire?
Besides, if there is a fire, put it out quickly.
Is a railroad track fire more serious than a house fire? Comrades at Fengtai Majiapu Station couldn't put out the fire?
Only when Li Aiguo, Cao Wenzhi and the comrades from the rescue team arrived at the fire site did they understand.
I saw two fire scenes hundreds of meters long on both sides of the railway track.
It is winter now, and the dry weeds are instantly turned to ashes in the fire, and the flames are jumping and making crackling sounds.
The fire borrowed the power of the wind, and the wind borrowed the power of the fire. The raging fire raged like a demon, devouring everything around it crazily.
The fire spread quickly and soon burned into the woods dozens of meters away.
The tall trees trembled in the sea of fire, their leaves were scorched, their branches were burned, and they fell down one after another.
The nearby members of the commune have rushed over, some holding shovels, some carrying brooms, and some carrying buckets, and they have devoted themselves to fighting the fire.
However, in the face of a real fire, these actions are useless.
Li Aiguo immediately asked the comrades of the rescue team to mobilize members and railway workers to dig trenches along the perimeter of the fire scene.
This method worked wonders. The spread of the flames was blocked and the fire in the fire scene gradually extinguished.
The entire accident injured two people. The sleepers of 300 meters of railway track needed to be replaced, and the rail of 50 meters was deformed. Later, because of the need to replace sleepers and rails, railway transportation had to be suspended for two days.
And the fire also burned more than 30 trees.
The damage caused by the fire was not serious.
After returning to the locomotive depot, Minister Niu and the railway police station organized personnel to investigate the fire incident and finally gave the investigation results.
The direct cause of the accident: On a passing bus, a passenger smoked on the train and threw the cigarette butts out of the window, causing a fire.
The root cause of the accident: the Majiapu Railway Check Station was poorly managed and the dead grass along the railway track was not cleared in time.
The land near the railway tracks is owned by the railway department, and members are strictly prohibited from farming and grazing cattle nearby. This not only ensures driving safety, but also causes a serious problem - the growth of weeds and bushes near the railway tracks.
In recent years, the railway department has realized that weeds near the railway tracks need to be cleared, and has assigned dedicated personnel to clear weeds at the track inspection station.
However, the biggest feature of the railway tracks is that they are too long, and weeding is a tedious job.
There are only three weeding workers at the Majiapu Railway Inspection Station, which is unable to take care of the dozens of kilometers of railway.
Li Aiguo was thinking that in his previous life there was a sharp weeding tool called a lawnmower. If it could be manufactured, it would greatly speed up the efficiency of weeding.
There are two types of lawn mowers, one is a gasoline lawn mower because fuel needs to be added.
The fuel engines of this era are relatively large and are not suitable for mobile operations on both sides of the railway tracks where there are no roads.
Fuel is a controlled substance and is relatively difficult to obtain.
The other one is the electric lawn mower.
The battery is small in size and easy to use. The only trouble is that the battery life is relatively poor.
So we, Li Aiguo, need to check the specific amount of power stored in the battery to determine whether it can complete a weeding operation.
Well, Li Aiguo is really here for work.
Night falls.
Because of the big power outage today, every house was dark. The residents left the house early and walked towards the central courtyard.
Xu Damao saw that Li Aiguo still had the lights on and walked in with Liu Lan.
“Hey, patriotic brother, you are now more arrogant and can use ordinary batteries.”
Xu Damao has screened movies for important leaders and units before, and those units will also prepare A few ordinary batteries to prevent power outages.
"It's all for work."
Liu Lan gently touched Xu Damao's arm: "Da Mao, you can use the battery at home for work at any time."
Xu Damao feels aggrieved. He plays movies either outdoors or in a cinema. How can he have the same freedom as Li Aiguo?
"What are you doing today?" Li Aiguo felt a little strange when he saw the two of them dressed neatly.
"You don't know yet? The first master is going to have a meeting in the evening, and it should be about donating food to the Jia family." Liu Lan said angrily: "Two days ago, I saw Jia and Zhang eating white noodles. As for steamed buns, I haven’t eaten them since I was pregnant. Now it’s good, let’s donate food to her.”
Li Aiguo has been busy in the house and really doesn't know about this.
With the idea that it had nothing to do with him, Li Aiguo planned to stay at home at night and drive out the drawings.
Xu Damao laughed at that time: "Patriot, you have the highest salary in our compound now, how could Yi Zhonghai let go of a big family like you."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was someone outside the door. Yi Zhonghai's voice came: "Patriot, there is a meeting in the evening, both of you have to attend, and the lights in your house are too bright."
Xu Damao was immediately happy when he heard this: "Master, are you taking more and more lenient control now? Brother Patriot is at work. What's going on? Are you now the leader of the maintenance section?"
Yi Zhonghai himself just thought it was too annoying for Li Aiguo to turn on the lights, so he said something casually, but now he was speechless.
"I also have good intentions, reminding patriots to save electricity. Okay, don't waste time, the conference will start soon." Yi Zhonghai turned around and headed towards the Intermediate Courtyard.
Chen Xueru also knew that there would be no good in holding a conference, so she asked Li Aiguo if he would go to the conference.
Li Aiguo said: "Go, why not go. I would like to see what kind of tricks Yi Zhonghai is going to do!"
Xu Damao nodded: "Yes, yes, I am also active now. We can’t let this old guy Yi Zhonghai make the compound a mess.”
Since Liu Lan became pregnant, Xu Damao was about to have a biological child, and he began to pay attention to his image in the compound and behaved very positively.
Li Aiguo locked the drawings in the drawer and unplugged the wires from the battery.
If you have time, you should make a switch to make it easier.
Thinking about these things, Li Aiguo left the house. It was already freezing outside, and the ground made a creaking sound when he stepped on it.
The middle courtyard was crowded and there was no electric light. Yi Zhonghai asked Auntie to light a candle on the square table.
The flames swayed in the wind, making the faces of the residents flicker.
Liu Haizhong failed to get the right to speak at the opening last time, but this time he seemed very positive.
As soon as Li Aiguo walked into the crowd, he stood up with his belly puffed out: "Now I will read the latest news to everyone."
Xu Damao was more active and immediately interrupted: "Second uncle, Isn’t it just a matter of being hungry? Stop nagging. If you have time to get under the covers, you can save half a piece of corn!”
“Damn it, you guy.” Bangs Zhong wanted to deal with Xu Damao on the spot. Yi Zhonghai felt that today was asking the residents to donate food. Xu Damao's family was a big family and they couldn't offend him for the time being.
"Old Liu, what Damao said is not unreasonable. The weather is so cold and we have to take care of everyone, so you can keep the story short."
Yi Zhonghai did not confiscate Liu Haizhong's right to speak, although Liu Haizhong was a little angry. , but still acceptable.
"The purpose of our meeting today is to donate food to the Jia family."
Seeing that all the residents looked sad, Liu Haizhong pointed at Yi Zhonghai: "For the specific situation, let me tell you The uncle said to the big guys. "
Yi Zhonghai straightened his collar and said, "You guys should know the situation of the Jia family. There are four people in the family, and Qin Huairu only has one child in his belly. One person’s food ration.”
"Life has been too hard. Today I learned that Mrs. Jia Zhang's whole body was swollen and she couldn't move in bed."
"In those days, Lao Jia helped the big guys a lot in the courtyard. Now the Jia family When encountering difficulties, we should lend a helping hand."
"When one party is in trouble, all parties will support it, so that we can better reflect the spirit of unity and friendship in our courtyard."
"Today I will help. I’ll donate twenty pounds of stick noodles.”
“Thank you, master!” Jia Dongxu walked forward quickly and bowed to Yi Zhonghai.
Liu Haizhong also said: "I am the second uncle in the compound. My family is also in difficulty and there are many children. I will donate ten pounds of stick noodles."
The third uncle knew it was time to express his stance, stood up and said: "My family does not have heavy physical rations and has a large population. Let's do this. I will also donate ten pounds."
The three stewards expressed their opinions, but the residents were still a little reluctant. After all, their own food was not enough. , how can I be willing to donate it.
The scene fell into silence for a while, and only the sound of the cold wind blowing on the treetops could be heard.
(End of this chapter)