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Does he think eating doesn't cost a penny?

Considering Yan Jiecheng's contribution in transporting the coal to the mine, Mr. Li would naturally not be stingy.

He took out a food coupon from his pocket and handed it to him.

Yan Jiecheng took it happily, and happily went to the dining window with the food coupons to order another bowl of brown noodles and rice.

At this point, even the pickled cabbage was gone.

Yan Jiecheng seemed to be unaware of hunger and thirst, and he finished the plate of rice neatly in just three or five minutes.

This scene made Liu Qingquan and Lao Zheng exclaim in admiration:

"Although he doesn't look very strong, his appetite is amazing."

"If a married daughter of a family meets a man like him as her husband, the family will have a hard time."

Facing this situation, Yan Jiecheng wanted to explain for a moment that he didn't eat much normally, but he was worried that his accent would squeeze the food out of his throat, which was embarrassing, so he didn't dare to open his mouth.

The older man's sharp eyes examined Yan Jiecheng's body up and down, finally locking onto his bulging belly.

"Did you sneak something?"

Yan Jiecheng: "..."

I just ate a few more bowls of rice. Do you have to look down on me like that?

When the elder realized that Yan Jiecheng was just too full, he shook his head, turned to Li Aiguo, and said, "Comrade driver, fill your water tank with coal water and be ready to go."

At this time, he also handed Li Aiguo a "receipt".

Li Aiguo followed the elder to the train station, confirmed the status of the coal and water truck, and signed his name on the ticket.

Seeing that the coal truck was still parked beside the railway track, Li Aiguo did not delay and immediately got on the train and prepared to set off.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the stoker Lao Zheng's problem came again.

You know, in his previous operations, he tried to reduce the amount of coal as much as possible and protect the furnace from burning out.

Logically speaking, if new fuel is added, the residual heat from the bottom layer should trigger a combustion reaction immediately.

But the reality is not like this:

- It had rained a few days ago and the loose coal in the station yard was soaked.

- Now that it was filled in, not only did it not ignite, it almost covered up the primer.

If the tiny flame that has been able to last for such a long time is extinguished now, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

Li Aiguo immediately opened the car door and jumped out of the station, facing the elderly who were about to take over their shift.

"Uncle, the furnace is about to go out. Please prepare some more ignition materials."

Hearing this, the elder's expression instantly tensed up and he quickly realized the urgency of the problem.

"There are piles of cut-up waste sleepers in the back. Hurry up and organize people to move them to add to the furnace!"

Based on the above instructions, stokers Lao Zheng and Yan Jiecheng, led by the elders, rushed to the coal yard to move the sleepers. Li Aiguo swiftly went to the station's mechanical repair department and exchanged a small can of Zhonghua half cigarettes for a bottle of inferior fuel. Although the "mechanic" was stingy about this, he specifically asked a few moments after the exchange: Don't forget to return the old bottle next time.

Answer: "Yes!"

After getting the "fuel source", Li Aiguo returned to the steam locomotive with the diesel. Master Zheng and Yan Jiecheng had already arrived.

It was noon, the sun was high in the sky, steam was rising above the railway, and the hands of the two men were covered with hot beads of sweat.

The young men were wearing work clothes, their shirts sticking to their skin, but Yan Jiefang allowed himself to be covered in coal-black clothes. Now the sweat dripped down his face, staining it into deep black marks.

The farther you look from, the more it looks like a furry giant panda.

But even though Yan Jiecheng noticed something was wrong, he seemed very excited and shouted from a distance: "Brother Aiguo, we have found the firewood."

This also explains why he felt so excited. Just now, Master Zheng promised that if he had the chance, he would be willing to teach Yan Jiecheng how to start the iron furnace.

After working as a carpenter at the power plant for two months, Yan Jiecheng has now entered a new stage and taken the first step towards becoming a train driver.

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The reason why the accident was called after the iron furnace in the steam engine went out was that such a machine was extremely difficult to relight.

Usually, in the maintenance workshop, it takes professional and experienced craftsmen to spend several hours mixing oil, coal, etc. before it is possible to ignite the iron furnace of the steam engine.

Once the steam engine starts running, it cannot be stopped and has to operate in a "continuous human labor" manner.

The crew is responsible for changing and resting the personnel. The steam train will keep running on the road except when it needs to be refilled with oil and coal. It will only stop for "major repairs".

Fortunately, the iron furnace has not been completely extinguished. Li Aiguo is confident that it can be re-ignited in a short time. If not, it can only be transported back.

Therefore, Li Aiguo asked Master Zheng to open the furnace door, put down the broken coal dust, find a piece of waste cotton cloth, sprinkle the waste kerosene in the fuel tank on the cotton cloth, and take out a lighter to ignite the cotton cloth.

At the moment of lighting, the dead wood was thrown into the furnace door. It was ignited and burned fiercely. Sparks quickly rolled and jumped inside the iron furnace, symbolizing a signal of victory.

The following short section is not finished yet, please scroll to the next section to read more exciting content! Master Zheng took the opportunity to pick up the coal shovel and turn it at the bottom. Under the impact of the upper and lower temperatures, he finally succeeded in igniting the furnace door. The red light jumped and shone, indicating the arrival of victory! Everyone present smiled with joy.

Then Li Aiguo returned to his seat and stared at the panel. After waiting for the air pressure to rise to the predetermined level, he slightly pulled the horn device and then slowly pushed the regulating gas valve.

The steam engine, which was fully fueled and well-supplied, emitted a mixture of gray and white smoke, and rushed along the track towards the distance in the face of the dazzling sun...

The rescued train was pulled by a brilliant steam locomotive produced by Sifang Manufacturing Plant, with more than a dozen container cars hanging behind it, filled with high-quality coal. In the scorching heat, the train crew, led by Liang Peiguo and several colleagues, hid in a cool area in the ground.

I saw a large field of sweet watermelons not far away.

After a few friends looked at each other, they deliberately turned their heads away and pretended to be uninterested.

Train drivers and crew members strictly abide by the railway instructions prohibiting unauthorized theft of farmers' property.

Occasionally looking back at the fields,

"Team leader, we already reported to the engine factory yesterday, why haven't we seen today's aid convoy yet?"

The assistant raised his arm and glanced at his watch, speaking with a hint of anxiety.

Liang Peiguo took a puff of cigarette and said slowly, "Don't worry, maybe we encountered some problems on the road. Let's wait for a while."

Unlike riding a bicycle or driving a car, a railway vehicle stuck on the road cannot be solved with just a little effort. Even if they want to move immediately, they cannot do so.

Suddenly, the assistant shouted excitedly: "Here they come, here they come!" Liang Peiguo stood up quickly. When a cloud of smoke rose in the distance and rushed towards here, he also jumped up excitedly. He quickly ran to the railway to greet the rescue comrades who came.

Although Li Aiguo had never been responsible for the task of rescuing railway vehicles, he had learned a lot of relevant knowledge and procedures during his training.

There are usually two ways to rescue a train that is stopped in transit: one is to drive the rescue engine in reverse and merge the two cars together; the other is to start the train from the back and push the rescued train forward.

However, the speed limit during propulsion is very low, only about 20 kilometers.

Considering the actual situation, Li Aiguo chose the first option, which was to change the direction of the locomotive on the previous track and drive it in the opposite direction so that the locomotive could smoothly reach the front of the coal train.

After briefly understanding the situation at the scene, the rescue operation was immediately launched. Because the two locomotives were directly connected and not carried out in the field outside the calibrated track, the precision required in the process of switching the locomotives was extremely high, otherwise, the front locomotive was likely to collide with the locomotives in front and behind, which would be a serious act of endangering life.

Li Aiguo has excellent driving skills and reversing is not a problem for him at all.

He gently pushed the control lever, estimated the speed of the front of the car, and then pushed the lever down. There was no need to operate the brake handle, and the speed gradually decreased by the friction between the vehicles, just in perfect alignment with the rear end of the car.

This scene made Liang Peiguo, who was standing by and observing, full of praise, "Driver, your skills are now the best in the entire locomotive depot!"

After witnessing his fellow workers praising Li Aiguo, Yan Jiecheng secretly decided to speed up his path to becoming a boiler operator and try to advance to become a train driver.

The sun sets slowly.

The golden light of the capital city illuminates the earth. Dusk gradually falls and the blue sky dotted with sunset glow slowly fades away. At the same time, accompanied by the urgent sound of the whistle, a train loaded with coal drives heavily into the distance.

After hearing the noise, the leaders of the Qianmen locomotive department and the fuel yard quickly walked to the exit to greet them. "Has the coal car returned?", "What good news! We finally made it!" It is no surprise that the workers reacted so strongly.

The warehouses were almost empty of the fine, selected coal.

International trains can barely accept first-class coal quality.

But what about special trains?

If high-quality coal cannot be provided on time for special trains,

Even without being reprimanded by their superiors, these people would still have to write letters of apology one by one.

Beep, beep, beep! Hungry, hungry, hungry!

In the train carriage.

The patriotic uncle blew the train whistle and slowly slowed down the train's brakes, allowing the thousand-ton iron behemoth, which is our truck, to slowly stop.

When the train came to a complete stop, Uncle Aiguo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ask Yan Jietuo, Liu Qingquan and old Zheng to get off the car together.

He wiped the dirt off his trouser legs, remembered something, turned back to the train, and when he got off he had an extra hat.

Pei Yangguo, the coal transport driver, ran up from behind, patted Uncle Aiguo on the shoulder a few times and said:

"He is really an excellent driver in our mechanical section. He drives fast and well."