Jiang Si was not surprised by this. It wasn't until the late 1990s that mannequins began to be piloted in the criminal investigation system.
By the time it was fully rolled out, it wouldn't be until after the millennium.
However, now was not the time to be shocked and stunned. Jiang Si cleared her throat twice.
"Making a mannequin requires a lot of materials, so could you please help me prepare them, officers?"
"Yes, yes."
The police officer snapped out of his daze and quickly handed over his notebook.
"Write down what materials you need, and we'll prepare them in a bit."
Jiang Si didn't stand on ceremony and started writing quickly with the pen.
She wrote for more than ten minutes.
The police officer took a look and, wow, there were skeleton materials and filling materials, dozens of different kinds in total.
There were many things among them that they had never even heard of.
Seeing the two looking troubled, Jiang Si added some further explanation.
Most of these items can be purchased at art supply stores or hardware stores in the city.
The only troublesome thing is the silicone.
As far as she knows, currently only the military, aerospace, and key hospitals at the provincial level or above in China receive special approval for its use.
If we wait for their approval process at each level, it might take at least ten days to half a month to get it approved.
"I'll figure out a way to get silicone," Jiang Si said.
Both police officers breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "Then we'll trouble you, Comrade Jiang. We'll prepare the other materials as soon as possible."
Jiang Si nodded. "Can we leave now?"
"sure."
As if remembering something, one of the police officers said, "By the way, Comrade Jiang, if all these materials are prepared, how long will it take to make it?"
It wasn't that they wanted to rush them, but that old lady was quite difficult to deal with.
"Is seven days enough?" The police officer explained, "Based on the existing evidence, we can only detain the person for a maximum of seven days."
Jiang Si shook her head, "It won't take long, about three days will be enough."
In actual production, it takes about a day, mainly because the plaster needs a long time to dry.
Fortunately, this is on Qiongzhou Island; seven days in Beijing would not have been enough.
The police officers were relieved.
When the group came out, Aunt Lei was clearly getting impatient.
"Officer, it's already past 12 o'clock. When can I leave? I need to catch the early bus back this afternoon."
"Auntie, you can't leave now."
The two police officers exchanged a glance, their expressions very serious.
"Although the child is your own grandson, the other party has made it clear that they do not want to adopt him."
"But you deliberately abandoned the child at the entrance of the family compound. Your behavior is suspected of intentional abandonment and disturbing public order."
Aunt Lei didn't understand these things; she only knew that these things were nothing special in their village.
It's just that city people are being pretentious; nothing is acceptable.
Aunt Lei was prepared to be verbally criticized, but to her surprise, the police officer said, "According to regulations, you need to be detained for seven days."
What?
He will be detained for seven days!
Realizing the police officers weren't just bluffing, Aunt Lei angrily exclaimed, "Second son, how could you do this to me..."
The rest of the conversation abruptly ended as he turned his head, looking at the empty corridor.
Aunt Lei was now completely panicked. "Officer, where did they go?"
The police officers had no obligation to explain to her; they were busy going back to the county town to buy things.
"Let's go, get in the car!" With that, the two men helped Aunt Lei into the car, one on each side.
Because Aunt Lei has a son who is a military officer, not only village officials, but even commune leaders treat her with respect.
When has she ever been treated like this?
“I’m not going! I need to find my son. He’s an officer. You can’t treat me like this.”
No matter how much Aunt Lei screamed, the police officers still maintained a professional attitude and put her in the car.
And so, Aunt Lei was taken away.
At that moment, she had no idea that seven days was just the beginning, and that another seven days would follow.
...
Because of this little incident, Jiang Si was unable to go to the fishing village to look at houses in the morning.
She wasn't too concerned about it, after all, a little extra time wouldn't make a difference.
But Xu Mingjuan felt a little guilty.
She originally came to help, but instead of being able to help, she wasted their entire morning.
No, it wasn't just for one morning.
Just now, when she left the police station, she seemed to hear the police officer say that once all the items were purchased, they would be delivered to the family compound.
Seeing this, she took Jiang Si's hand and said, "I won't say much in thanks. My husband and I will remember this."
"If you ever need our help in the future, just let us know."
Jiang Si smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I definitely won't stand on ceremony with you."
"By the way, sister-in-law."
Deputy Regiment Commander Lei interjected, "I heard from the police that we're still missing a material called silicone, right?"
"I'll write a report as soon as I get back to the regiment, and I'll send it to you by tomorrow at the latest."
Jiang Si originally planned to ask Uncle Huo for help, but since Deputy Commander Lei had connections, it saved her a lot of trouble.
It was lunchtime, and the group had a quick bite at the state-run restaurant in town.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Deputy Regiment Commander Lei drove them to the nearest path to the fishing village.
His group had field training in the afternoon, so they could only send people here.
Hu Meili was quite familiar with the fishing villages near the camp because of her procurement work.
So when I learned that Jiang Si was planning to rent a place, I recommended one to her.
"Let's go, it's just ahead."
Following the direction Hu Meili was pointing, Jiang Si looked over.
From afar, she could see rows of gray houses, arranged along the bay, following the contours of the mountain.
Jiang Si was surprised for a moment, then stepped on the thick coral plank road under her feet. "Sister-in-law, is this a village?"
They ate lunch in town, which only has one main street, a compacted dirt road.
Hu Meili said with a smile, "It is indeed a village, but this village is a little different from other villages."
As we got closer, she introduced, "This small fishing village is called Yuhua Island, and there are more than 600 households in the village."
"See that chimney emitting white steam over there? That's the 'Red Star' aquatic product processing plant."
"This is the largest state-owned aquatic products company in the county, with several hundred employees."
"Right next to this factory is a fishing gear repair and manufacturing factory; that whole row of buildings are all fishing gear repair and manufacturing factories."
"Their village also has a seashell craft factory, which produces items that are exported overseas."
"This area is all production area, and further down is the residential area."
"By the way, turn right ahead and drive for about two kilometers, and you'll reach the dock."
"There are several small fishing villages near the military base, but none of them are as large as Yuhuadao Village, let alone have such good conditions."
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