Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

Cao Wenzhi and his colleagues were confused about the situation, but when they saw Li Aiguo hesitating, they all gave him encouragement.

"Patriotism and rescue are of great importance. It is an honor for you to be accepted by the team."

"Don't worry about the shifts. There are mobile drivers in the workshop to take over."

At this moment, looking at this scene, Li Aiguo answered decisively: "Then we'll see you in Beijing!"

"Goodbye!"

The Jiefang truck spewed out thick black smoke and disappeared into the desert.

In this way, Li Aiguo became an unexpected member of the rescue team.

This situation may seem incredible at first glance, without any formal procedures, people were kept here with just a phone call. However, in this era of passion, such situations are not uncommon.

As the old saying goes, “What we need is a brick, ready to be moved to where it’s needed.”

Now Li Aiguo has turned into a brick and joined the rescue team's operation.

His direct commander is Lao Mao. His specific task is still unknown. His current main task is to assist the truck driver in delivering rescue equipment to the collapsed tunnel entrance.

After receiving the order, Li Aiguo hurried to the truck. Zhang Gong looked at his back and turned to Lao Mao and asked:

"Comrade, what do you think of this guy?"

"More than good, it's simply outstanding." The old cat replied with a smile, "Remember the last time the train almost derailed? It was this Li Aiguo who remained calm in the crisis and saved all the passengers."

As he spoke, he took out a cigar from his pocket, ignored Zhang Gong's envious eyes, lit the tobacco, and continued:

"I have conducted a detailed analysis of the collapse and feel that there may be something fishy going on behind it.

“It is very difficult to search for the bad guys while rescuing them. What we need now is a team member with a decent background, clean courage and ability.

"Li Aiguo has nothing to do with the rescue team or the geological team. He is someone we can trust. No matter how the enemy calculates, they will not expect a train driver to join them.

"Every additional comrade, every additional pair of eyes, means a greater chance of winning."

Lao Mao has naturally carefully studied Li Aiguo's files and has a deeper understanding of him. These are secrets that cannot be mentioned casually.

Zhang Gong's fingers trembled slightly and his brows furrowed. "Are you even suspicious of people in the rescue team?"

"Slowly, slowly, move to the left."

At this time, Li Aiguo has already started working.

He commanded from the top of the train carriage, guiding the rescue team members to slowly and painstakingly move the rescue equipment from the Jiefang truck. These team members have received professional training and are familiar with such difficult tasks. With the assistance of local comrades, the main thing they need to do is to control the correct direction.

Standing on the carriage, Li Aiguo could clearly overlook the entire scene. The crowd can be roughly divided into three categories. First, the rescue team members, wearing gray-brown work clothes and wearing bamboo hats, are all young and strong men. Several slightly older comrades serve as team leaders. This team has about 150 people, and the three groups work closely together.

The other group was the local support comrades, led by the head of the local armed forces. They were dressed and equipped differently, some of them carried shoulder poles, mainly responsible for carrying heavy objects. The small team of Lao Mao was at the end, consisting of four men and one woman. They were wearing gray Zhongshan suits and did not participate in the unloading of the trucks, but remained alert, staring at the scene from a distance. It seemed that they were giving off the message of "no trespassing", and both the rescue team members and the local people maintained respect and kept a certain distance.

There is strength in numbers. Under Li Aiguo's orderly command, coupled with the skilled skills of the rescue team members and the great strength of the local people, loading and unloading were very fast. In just over half an hour, all the rescue equipment on the train was transferred to three tracked Jiefang trucks. The others left in other vehicles. Since Li Aiguo was not a formal member of the Laomao team, he followed them and boarded the empty truck.

The rest of the trucks were already packed, and some rescue team members could only hang on the back rails, but no one wanted to ride in Li Aiguo's truck. At this moment, Li Aiguo had his first close contact with the five-member team.

The four men looked serious like old cats. After they looked at Li Aiguo with scrutiny, they rested on the side of the truck. The lady, who was about 20 years old, had big eyes that moved flexibly and her ponytails jumped with her brain waves, which made her look playful and lively. When she saw Li Aiguo getting on the bus, she waved her hand in a friendly manner and said, "Little comrade, come over here and sit."

"Ok."

Although being called "little lesbian" by a female colleague who is only two years older than me does feel a little uncomfortable.

However, considering that such investigators may have started working at the age of eleven or twelve, Li Aiguo felt relieved.

She moved inside to make room for Li Aiguo.

After rummaging in his pocket, Li Aiguo took out a piece of White Rabbit candy: "Want some candy? It will make your mouth sweeter."

The female comrade looked at the candy, chuckled, and covered her mouth with her hands, saying, "You are quite interesting. You are not as dull as a piece of rotten wood as them. Every time we perform a mission together, I feel like I have turned into an old lady."

As she spoke, she took the candy, peeled off the candy wrapper, and put it in her mouth.

"My name is Yan Zi, you can also call me Yan Zi."

As she spoke, she held the candy in her mouth, and Swallow's eyes curved into crescent shapes.

She pointed at a few people nearby and said, "The one with the scar on his face is Lao Dao, the one with the dark complexion is Lao Hei, the one with the fair complexion is Lao Bai, and the one who is shorter is Xiao Ge."

Li Aiguo understood that these guys used aliases in order to avoid exposing their identities and attracting the attention of the enemy.

He introduced himself: "Hello everyone, I am a train driver, I hope to receive your care in the future."

Lao Hei and the others just raised their eyes slightly and nodded symbolically.

"Don't pay attention to them. They are boring people. Tell me if there is anything interesting on the train."

Yan Zi gave them a coquettish look, held Li Aiguo's arm tightly, and said kindly.

It seems that she is very frustrated because she has been doing confidential work for a long time.

"There are so many interesting things. Not long ago, I saw a young couple on a train. It turned out that they were secretly eloping."

"Really? There are still people eloping nowadays. They are so brave!"

As the two chatted, Old Cat walked onto the truck.

Yan Zi shrank her neck, returned to her seat, narrowed her eyes and remained silent.

It is obvious that the low-key style of the investigation team is led by the team leader Lao Mao.

Lao Mao introduced Li Aiguo: "He is Master Li, and he will be a member of our team from now on. Everyone should accept him as a comrade."

"Yes!" After responding in unison, those people with serious faces showed a friendly smile towards Li Aiguo.

"Come on, brothers, have a cigarette to refresh your mind."

As an easy-going person, Li Aiguo took out cigarettes and distributed them to everyone, even Yan Zi was no exception.

As for smoking, it's the same old story. It's better to make a mistake than to make a mistake. Especially in this era, many lesbians also have the habit of smoking.

It was noisy outside at this time.

After checking the number of joints, Engineer Zhang stood in front of the car and waved his hand vigorously:

"Colleagues, the rock characterization research team is still waiting for our rescue."

“Now that the equipment has arrived, what exactly are we going to do?”

The rescue team members straightened their chests and raised their arms and shouted: "Save them!"

"set off!"

The mountain road was opened up as an emergency measure, with makeshift bridges and cut down trees scattered everywhere along the way.

This journey was difficult.

As the vehicle meandered along the valley, and the valley twisted and turned along the direction of the mountains, Li Aiguo quickly lost his sense of direction and had to stop randomly based on the road.

After a full five hours, the Jiefang truck finally stopped.

After getting off the car, Li Aiguo realized that they had not reached their expected destination.

In front of us was a steep mountain road with huge rocks standing on both sides, leaving only a narrow gap for passage, and even a tracked liberation truck could hardly pass through.

Obviously, the rescue team and local colleagues were well prepared. They divided the exploration and rescue equipment into the power unit and the excavation part, and then used manpower to move the long steel pipes. Such a large amount of work made Li Aiguo gasp.

You know, these devices weigh ten tons. Even if they are divided into two parts, each half still weighs more than four tons. Divided equally on each person, this is almost equivalent to three hundred kilograms. But they walked quickly on the rugged road without any effort. Some even had time to light a cigarette and hum a song.

In comparison, the so-called muscles in the gyms of later generations are nothing like them. After passing through the steep mountain road, the view in front of us opened up. At a glance, there were dense tent camps in the valley, of different sizes, like countless felt houses. It didn't look like a rescue base at all, but more like a military garrison.

The companions in the camp had been waiting anxiously, and as soon as they saw the rescue team coming back, they rushed over to offer help.

After the equipment was transported back to the base, the rescuers took a short rest, ate some rations, and immediately began the rescue operation.

The collapsed tunnel was located in a canyon about two or three kilometers in front of the base.

The old cat returned to the base to assign tasks and instructions and then left quietly.

As a special investigation member, Li Aiguo and Yan Zi were jointly responsible for supervising the entire rescue process.

Of course, before setting off, he acquired something extra (probably some kind of tool).

"Can you use it?" Swallow asked curiously.

"Clatter~" Li Aiguo untied the device, pulled the slide, then reinstalled it, pushed it up, and finally hung it back on the holster around his waist.

"We are experts!" he said.

"You must be bragging. Let's have a competition sometime." Yan Zi put her hand on her waist, tidied up her clothes to cover it, and walked out of the tent. In the sunlight, her twin ponytails showed a light golden luster, which made her look quite cool and neat.

After arriving at the canyon, Li Aiguo discovered that it was a huge natural tunnel in the shape of a crack, with the widest part being about thirty meters wide.