"Bang"

Chu Min jumped out of the passenger seat, closed the car door, and looked at the desolate scenery around him. He sighed, "They say Beijing is our capital, but why does it look worse than Sichuan Province?"

Chu Tian pulled his military coat closer and was about to speak when a cold wind blew into his mouth. He shuddered and quickly turned sideways, covering his mouth and whispering, "This is the suburbs. The suburbs must look desolate to you. The city must be better than this."

Chu Min looked at Chu Tian sideways for just a moment, his ears reddened with cold, and he grinned, "Do you really need to worry? This Beijing city is not even as cold as our Xinjiang..."

Chu Tian was not convinced and was about to say something in rebuttal when he saw Officer Jiang from the lead car get out and wave to the captains. He immediately walked over.

Chu Min stood there with his arms folded, watching a few people talking together not far away. He looked around idly and saw a wall about four or five meters high surrounded by adobe bricks. Curious as to why the wall was so high, he took a few steps towards that direction. However, before he had taken a few steps, he was stopped by a driver who came with him.

"Hey, Chu Min, where are you going?"

Chu Min looked back and saw that it was the driver of the Ever-Victorious Corps. He pointed at a high wall not far away and asked curiously, "Brother Ma, what do you think is inside that wall? Why is it so high?"

The man called Ma Ge looked in the direction of his finger and said, "Oh, yes, this wall is so high, could it be the city wall of the capital?"

"No?"

Just when everyone was curious, Chu Tian and his friends came over after the meeting. Seeing them gathered together, he asked casually.

"What are you talking about?"

“We are curious about what is inside that high wall…”

The team leaders of Chu Tian's transport team had no idea what was inside. Upon hearing this, they all looked at Director Jiang who was following them.

Secretary Jiang was stunned for a moment, then reacted and explained, "That one? I think if I'm not mistaken, it should be the labor camp outside Beijing, which is also our final destination."

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent when they heard this.

Secretary Jiang saw that no one was talking, but didn't mind. Instead, he continued with a smile, "I just discussed it with your captain. Anyway, there are still a few days before the stipulated time for recruiting people. We have been traveling non-stop and are exhausted. So, we should not go to the labor camp right now. We should go to the army ten kilometers away first and deliver the supplies that Sichuan Province has entrusted us to deliver. Then we will go to the guesthouse on the outskirts of the city and rest for two days. Finally, we will go to the farm leaders..."

"Do you have any objections?"

"No!"

Chu Min and the others quickly shook their heads. What a joke! What's wrong with letting him rest? He's not stupid!

Secretary Jiang nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand, saying, "Okay, let's go to the army now. If we finish sending them off sooner, we can go to the guesthouse to rest earlier."

In the evening, Chu Tian spent two cents to take a comfortable hot bath in the shared bathhouse in the guesthouse. He returned to the house, lay on the warm kang, and stretched lazily.

"It's so comfortable. I haven't lay flat for twenty days..."

Chu Min casually put his clean pants on the back of the chair, walked to the edge of the kang, looked at Chu Tian who was enjoying himself, and said with a smile, "Secretary Jiang said that we can do whatever we want in the next three days, you..."

Chu Tian opened his eyes upon hearing this, and took out the thousand yuan he had prepared when he returned from under his pillow and handed it over. "Brother, I have something to do and can't go shopping with you. Well, this is also my first time in Beijing, and I'm not familiar with the terrain, so I don't have any good suggestions for you. You can only look around on your own!"

Chu Min took the money and pointed to a large package he had placed on a chair in the corner. He said helplessly, "I didn't ask you to accompany me shopping. I just wanted to remind you not to forget the things Deputy Director Chen asked you to help deliver before you leave."

Chu Tian glanced in the direction of his finger, clenched his fist and hit his forehead in frustration, "I really forgot..."

"Don't worry, brother will remember it for you!"

Chu Min burst out laughing when he heard this. It was the first time he saw Chu Tian look annoyed. He found it quite interesting.

Chu Tian nodded gratefully, "Thank you, second brother."

"As your second brother, I don't need to say thank you."

Chu Min sat on a chair beside the kang, looking at Chu Tian. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Little brother, is there any more at the train station in Beijing..."

The words were not finished, but Chu Tian also understood what Chu Min meant, "Yes, but I don't know the price. I will send a telegram to our people in Wushi tomorrow to ask who will receive it here."

"Money is no problem, as long as I can get it back."

Chu Min doesn't care about that little bit of money now, as long as it can be sent back safely.

"Well, I guess even if it's higher, it won't be that much. Probably just an extra one or two dollars, right?"

In fact, if you think about what Chu Tian said carefully, you will find that it is full of loopholes and cannot be investigated in depth at all.

However, I don’t know if it was because Chu Min really trusted him or for some other reason, but he didn’t ask any more questions.

The next morning, both of them got up early. Perhaps because the guesthouse was located in the suburbs of the city, there were not many people living there, and it was not as lively outside during the day as it was in Sichuan Province.

"Little brother, I heard from the staff at the guesthouse that every Saturday the state-owned restaurant serves Old Taipei's specialty bean juice. Today happens to be Saturday, so why don't we go try it?"

Chu Tian waved his hands quickly after hearing this, "No, no, Brother, go eat. I'll go help Deputy Director Chen deliver something first."

Without waiting for Chu Min to say anything, he turned around and fled in the direction he had inquired about.

He had drunk it once before, and that one time left a deep impression on him. The slightly sour and slightly rancid taste made him lose his appetite for the whole day. So, he didn't want to drink that damn soy milk!!!

Yes, I won’t drink it even if I die!!!

Chu Min looked at Chu Tian, ​​whose steps were untidy, scratched his head in confusion, and walked towards the state-owned hotel in the opposite direction, wondering what was wrong with Chu Tian?

When he was in Sichuan Province, every time he invited Chu Tian to eat local food, he never saw such a big reaction from him!

Chu Tian stood at the foot of a tower, looking at the surrounding houses. After a moment's thought, he took out a piece of paper, looked at the address written on it, and murmured, "Zhuanta Hutong, close to the courtyard of Wansong Laoren Tower. What does this mean? Is it the closest? Or something else?"

At this time, Chu Tian saw a man in his forties or fifties walking out of a small door not far away. He was holding an oversized broom and a dustpan in his hands. Chu Tian hurried forward and said, "Hello, big brother, I want to ask..."