The next day, Jiayi got up very early. After getting up, she went out for a run, then turned to the market to help her brother carry vegetables to the shop.
She found Sun Xin was also there. Although he was a thin man, he also took a lot of things.
In order to make Mapo Tofu, he also bought a few pieces of brine tofu. He was afraid that it would be damaged by pressure, so he carefully placed it on the top of the dishes.
"Only buy 6 pieces? Is it enough?" Jiayi took the tofu, counted it and asked.
Yiji is very popular now. Sichuan cuisine is new, and customers are in high spirits. Many people are ordering. It will take at least ten pieces to eat at noon and in the evening, right?
"Six pieces are enough for lunch." Sun Xin answered with a smile facing the morning sun. In this light, he looked very healthy, and his previous weakness seemed to have disappeared. "Cut these six pieces in the morning and soak them in salt water. They should be enough for lunch when someone orders them.
"I made it in the evening, so I have to buy more in the afternoon."
"Huh? Why don't you buy them all at once? You have to prepare and organize the food in the afternoon, and you have customers in the afternoon. You must be very busy. Do you have to go to the market just for tofu?" Curious baby Jiayi came online. "
That won't work. Tofu needs to be fresh. If you buy it in the morning and eat it at noon, it will have the freshest bean fragrance. It has been soaked in salt water, so there will be no fishy smell, and it tastes the best. But if you leave it out at night, it might be a bit sour, and the delicious taste of the fresh tofu will be greatly reduced. "Sun Xin said very strictly:
"The most important thing about Mapo Tofu is the quality of the tofu itself. In order for customers to taste the best Mapo Tofu, it's nothing to make an extra trip."
Jiayi listened to Sun Xin's description in a daze, and felt that the young man in front of her seemed to be inlaid with holy light.
His attitude made cooking seem so sacred.
"Sun Xin, you are amazing. "Jia Yi sighed.
After lunch, she was getting ready to go to work by car. She glanced at her bicycle, silently pushed it back to the building, tied her shoelaces, put on her small bag, and trotted to work.
In the city where the temperature dropped sharply, Jia Yi was sweating all over.
Among those citizens who were rushing to work and were full of the impatient money-making temperament of the big city, Jia Yi ran with the momentum of robbing money.
When she ran to the police station, there was still more than half an hour before work. She arrived too early.
She sniffed her clothes and found they still smelled good. So she didn't go back to the office to get spare clothes. She went straight to the policewoman's locker room to take a shower, and changed back into the slim elastic trousers and loose plaid shirt that covered her hips that she wore this morning. She tied her hair into a ponytail, and looked athletic.
She was satisfied with her youthful and cool look.
When she looked in the mirror, several uniformed police officers came in to change their uniforms. When they saw Jiayi, they nodded and greeted her:
"Good morning, Officer Yi."
"Good morning, Officer Yi~"
Jiayi responded politely, and smacked her lips as she walked out of the locker room.
Thinking back to those times when other police officers called her "Little Jiayi" or when she was often ignored, it seemed like it was just yesterday. In the past, she would often hear other people discussing that she was just a lucky rookie, and that things would be forgotten in a few days.
Now that she has joined the Serious Crime Unit and has worked on several cases, as newspapers continue to mention her help in solving cases, discussions about her in the police station have become more and more frequent. is also changing.
Imperceptibly, everyone's attitude towards her has changed.
There is more recognition, more respect, and less jokes and frivolousness of watching the fun.
She smoothed her ponytail, raised her head, took a deep breath, and secretly made up her mind to work harder to become better, and to learn from Sun Xin, pursuing details and excellence! Come on, Jiayi
! Come on!
Shouting slogans to herself in her mind and cheering herself up, she turned into the corridor where the serious crime team's office was located.
When she reached the door, she suddenly heard vaguely the muttering sound inside.
"Hey, Xiao Shiyi. I always found fault with you before and didn't give you enough respect. It's Brother Sanfu's fault. This set of gifts is for you. It will rain in Hong Kong for the next week. You should throw away your broken umbrella. Use this new one..."
"No, I didn't look down on her. I just can't accept it. An old detective who has been a police officer for more than ten years is outdone by a newcomer. Who with a bit of blood can be happy? "
"Well, Eleven, you have done well recently. Your efforts and progress are seen by everyone. This is a gift for you, keep up the good work."
"So tacky..."
"Ridiculation is a hymn of mediocre to genius. It's normal for others to be jealous of you. This is your destiny. Society is like this. It is a training for you. Don't take it to heart. This is bought for you... What a bullshit..."
The voice was muttering to himself.
Jiayi quietly poked her head out and saw Brother Sanfu facing her desk, talking to the air. If it was at night, his behavior would be scary.
Jiayi retracted her head, leaned against the corridor wall, and stood straight. He couldn't suppress a smile on his face.
Uncle Jiu, an old man, wakes up early and is usually the first to arrive at the office. When he walked through the corridor, he saw Jiayi standing at the door. He thought he was reborn back to his school days and met a naughty kid who was kicked out of the classroom by the teacher.
He raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when he saw the little policewoman put her hand on her lips, signaling him to be quiet.
Curious, Lin Wangjiu walked quickly to the door. Jiayi whispered, "Don't tell anyone you saw me." Then she ran away.
When he turned into the office, he saw Sanfu doing something in front of Jiayi's desk. He asked in confusion, "What are you doing? Are you afraid that Eleven will take your sand booth? Are you chanting a spell? Are you descending, or setting up a formation?"
"Uncle Jiu, what are you talking about? Whose sand booth is it? It's not mine anyway. That... Little Eleven is doing a good job. Let her do it if she wants to. Will the brothers cause trouble to her again? They will definitely support her." Sanfu looked unnatural for a moment, and hurriedly turned back to his desk, smiling dryly and tilting his head.
Lin Wangjiu looked at Sanfu suspiciously, and walked to the statue of Guan Gong as usual, burning incense and praying first.
People who are about to retire pray for a peaceful life every day.
Turning his head to take a look at the calendar on the table, he tore off yesterday's page, picked up the page for today's holiday, and frowned:
"What's the matter? Nothing is suitable today. "
Uncle Jiu sighed at the old almanac, and Sanfu occasionally stole a glance at Jiayi's table, hesitating.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the corridor. The two of them looked out at the same time and saw a group of people carrying a large group of people covered with red cloth turning into the corridor, staggering and noisy as they walked in.
"Lift it hard on the left."
"Don't walk too fast!"
"Oh, are we there yet? I can't move it anymore!"
"Why is your office so far away, officer?"
"Be careful not to touch the portraits on the wall..."
When they reached the door of Group B, Uncle Jiu and his partner realized that this thing was going to be moved into their office, and they hurriedly avoided it.
Under Jia Yi's command, the others moved everyone into the office and finally placed it in the empty space on the innermost wall.
"What?" San Fu asked.
Ding Wanzhi, who came in behind, replied, "It's a massage chair. Jiayi bought it from our Hengxiang Wangye. I gave her a big discount."
Sanfu then noticed Ding Wanzhi who came in with a group of people. He froze awkwardly for a moment before smiling and saying, "I'm taking care of your performance. It's very good."
"You can sit up there and relax when you have nothing to do in the future." Ding Wanzhi smiled, her tone was very kind, and she didn't have the harshness that she used to have when she quarreled with him the first time she met him.
"Is your business okay now? If you need to take care of your business, I'll buy one for my mother later." Sanfu greeted her carefully.
"Okay, if you buy it, I'll definitely give you a discount." Ding Wanzhi said very loyally.
The two looked at each other and suddenly couldn't help laughing, which seemed to mean that they were going to forget their grudges with a smile.
When Jiayi arranged for the movers to pack up the things, sent Ding Wanzhi and the workers of Hengxiang Wangye out of the police station and returned to the office, Yue Ge and his men also arrived, and they all surrounded everyone and looked at them.
Jiayi hurried over, quickly lifted the red cloth, and imitated the sound of firecrackers:
"Crackle, crackle, crackle..." These are long firecrackers.
"Whoosh~~ Bang!" These are fireworks.
"Dangdangdang~Chair opening ceremony, perfect unveiling!" Jiayi shook the red cloth and showed the luxury massage chair to the others.
"Wow, what a big deal!" Jiaming walked up and surrounded the massage chair in amazement.
When he went to Hengxiang Wangye before and saw the samples they had there, he kept sighing, look at how advanced technology is now, this thing looks very comfortable.
Apparently, they actually have it!
Tsk!
This is amazing!
"We have to thank Brother Yue." Jiayi laughed and shook the red cloth in the direction of Fang Zhenyue Station. "Brother Yue gives me 5,000 yuan every month as a fund for our Group B afternoon tea, breakfast, and supper. The money left over from last month, plus this month's money, is just enough to buy this. In the future, when you are tired from overtime or missions, you can go back to the office and sit on the massage chair.
"It's very comfortable. I have tried them one by one in Hengxiang Wangye, and this is the best!"
"Wow, thank you Father Fang for your gift! Thank you Xiao Shiyi for your hard work. "Gary sang loudly while touching the massage chair.
It's this title that sounds a bit out of generation.
Sergeant You Zhaohua of Group A passed by the door of Group B's office, poked his head in and saw the scene inside, and shouted in praise:
"Wow, you guys are getting more and more comfortable here, don't you want to go home?"
"That's perfect, you can all live in the office and work overtime for me. "Fang Zhenyue pretended to be a big boss proudly.
"You are so inhuman~" You Zhaohua sneered, then waved his hand and left.
Lin Wangjiu sat on the massage chair to try it out and praised it highly, while Gary and Liu Jiaming stood by to study its functions.
Sanfu took the opportunity to turn his head and look at Jiayi, and took out a small square package from the drawer of his desk. He rubbed his fingers, hesitated for a while, and then walked to Jiayi, poked her back with his elbow, and stuffed the thing into her when she turned around.
"My mother went shopping in the market and bought it because she saw it was cheap. She opened it and found that it was for women. I don't have other sisters, so I'll give it to you." Sanfu pretended to be casual. Jiayi
raised her head, stared at him with wide eyes for a while, and then took it, "What is it? Thank you, brother Sanfu. "
Here's the rain gear. Open it and have a look yourself." Sanfu said. Although he was still looking at her with his peripheral vision, his posture seemed to be paying attention to the massage chair.
Jiayi immediately opened the package impatiently and found a white folding umbrella that looked of good quality and another set of pink extra-long raincoats that could be worn for cycling or running. There was even a pair of thick pink rain boots and a children's umbrella with a cute pig head pattern.
After opening them one by one, she put on the raincoat immediately. There was a super cute little pig Q-head on the hood of the pink raincoat. Jiayi turned around and asked Sanfu:
"Does it look good on me? "
Sanfu didn't expect that she would be like a child and put on the new raincoat immediately.
Thinking that he bought it specially for her, he felt very embarrassed. He was afraid that she would realize that this was a gift he carefully selected. He waved his hand and said,
"Why wear it now? Put it away quickly, it's time to go to work."
Jiayi enjoyed watching him embarrassed. Thinking of what he said when he practiced giving her a gift at the door in the morning, she felt that although Sanfu was clumsy, he was also simple and cute.
Obediently taking off the raincoat and folding it carefully, she thanked him again crisply. Although Sanfu just nodded arrogantly and looked indifferent, Jiayi still smiled happily.
In the morning, Jiayi first put the old case The report was done, and some information was sorted out for Brother Yue to sign.
He went to practice shooting for a while, and when he came back, he worked with Fang Zhenyue and others to study the breakthrough of the old case.
At lunch time, Uncle Jiu suggested eating rice noodles and vermicelli downstairs. Jiayi declined the invitation, said she was busy, and ran away with her small bag on her back.
She took the bus home, ate a bowl of fish ball noodles in a hurry, and left the store to Sun Xin, and took her eldest brother out.
"What's the matter?" Yi Jiadong took off his apron, wiped his hands, and followed with a smile.
A man in a suit, shirt, tie, and slicked hair was waiting at the door. Jiayi walked over and greeted him first: "Hello, Manager Zhang."
Then she turned around and introduced him to her eldest brother: "This is the housing manager of Hong Kong Hao Real Estate, his surname is Zhang. He has several nice houses for rent, let's go take a look."
Manager Zhang smiled and greeted Yi Jiadong and Yi Jiayi, but his eyes were wandering around the Yi Kee store.
Jiayi immediately said, "Don't look at our store because it's old, it's actually very profitable."
Manager Zhang's thoughts were discovered, and he laughed to cover up his emotions. He then took Jiayi and Brother Yi through the streets to the first house they were going to see at noon today.
The brother and sister followed them through the streets with great expectation.
Leaving Yi Kee and heading east, that is the direction of Mong Kok, which is also the more lively and prosperous direction of Sham Shui Po.
Although Sham Shui Po has many slums, as the most densely populated area, it also has some working-class people living here, and there are also many decent locations.
As I walked, the cement road became smoother, the greenery on the roadside became more sincere, the roadside was no longer crowded with mobile stalls, and there were fewer elderly people sitting on the roadside or under the shade of trees to cool off.
When I walked around the red and white courtyard wall of the community and saw the bright facade of the community, Jiayi's heartbeat began to accelerate.
Although this community is still small, the buildings are very tall, and every house has bright windows. There were no anti-theft grilles filled with miscellaneous items protruding from the windows, no blackened and mottled walls, no dark and dirty glass that could not be wiped clean, no clotheslines and wooden racks hanging outside the buildings like spider webs...
The side streets were separated by driveways and pedestrian paths, and were very well built. The first and second floors of the high-rise buildings on both sides were all shops, all of which were very good stores with big signs and well-decorated storefronts, and even Luk Fook Jewelry.
In the previous life, this was the general level of most communities. But in this life, as a little girl born in the poor area of Sham Shui Po, I really yearn for it with my eyes shining.
Manager Zhang greeted the security guard and walked into the community with the brother and sister.
Jiayi walked through the small high-rise area on the outskirts and headed towards the newly built high-rise building in the middle. She stepped on the smooth green brick path and looked up at the high-rise building.
In the past, she always thought that high-rise buildings were ugly because they blocked her view, but now she appreciates them so much.
Manager Zhang took them into Unit 8 of the high-rise area, greeted the old housekeeper at the front desk, and took the brother and sister to take the elevator.
There is a housekeeper and an elevator!
Jiayi tried hard to suppress her smile, not wanting to appear too happy.
The elevator went up to the 12th floor. There were 4 households per elevator, and each household was more than 70 square meters, which was a very, very large house in Sham Shui Po.
Manager Zhang unlocked and pushed the door, and a particularly bright light shone in, showing how good the light transmittance of this house was.
Jiayi liked the house almost the first moment she stepped into it. The white walls and wooden floors, although it was an old house, were still clean and tidy.
Renting a house at that time was not as convenient as in later times, and one could not move in directly with just a bag, but this house had a more spacious small living room and kitchen, a bedroom that could accommodate two desks, a small bathtub in the bathroom, and even a small balcony outside the kitchen where four people could stand side by side, overlooking the community and the streets outside.
Compared to the cave they lived in now, this place was simply a big mansion.
Standing in the bedroom, Jiayi had already begun to imagine herself and her sister using independent small desks, studying separately, and not disturbing each other.
At night, the four siblings can happily queue up for a bath, and can also sit on the more comfortable sofa in the living room and watch the latest and hottest TV series.
The eldest brother no longer has to bump into the cabinets and bowls when he is busy in the kitchen. He can stretch his arms and legs, and turn his head to see the blue sky across the balcony.
The younger brother can entertain his classmates at home and have a birthday party together.
If they squeeze in, the living room can even accommodate colleagues from the Serious Crime Unit B, and they can barely have a lively family dinner...
"...The real estate developer in this community is very conscientious. The public stalls are very small, and the rent is very reasonable."
"Look, you can see the Mong Kok buildings and the most prosperous areas of Sham Shui Po from here. The feng shui is very good, and everyone who lives here will definitely be rich."
"The light is so good. It has been raining recently and it is still cloudy today, but look how bright this room is."
"It's spacious enough for a family of four. If you put a double bed here, you can put two desks and two more closets in the room. How do you feel, Mr. Yi, Ms. Yi?"
Manager Zhang introduced with a smile, while looking at the expressions of the brother and sister.
"How much is the rent? How long do you have to pay for the rent at one time?" Yi Jiadong asked cautiously.
"You can pay half a year's rent at a time, and then put down a deposit of one month's rent. The rent is only 9,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is very cheap." Manager Zhang emphasized the word "cheap".
Yi Jiadong almost dropped his eyes to the ground when he heard it. He knew that private housing in Kowloon is now expensive, and the rent is very expensive, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive.
Manager Zhang actually shouted that it was very cheap. The real estate developers are simply cannibalizing people's flesh and blood!
The rent is 9,000, plus the property fees and so on. Jiayi's salary will be all used to pay for the rent, and Yiji's profit will also have to make up for it.
Add in the cost of her younger siblings' schooling and Yiji's grocery shopping costs, and their family of four, which has finally gotten better, may face a cash flow cut again.
No, no, no.
Not only did Yi Jiadong count the money for a while, but Jiayi's smile froze. How could renting a house in Hong Kong be so expensive?
She was so shocked that her jaw dropped to the ground. It took her a lot of effort to find her voice. She barely responded to Manager Zhang for a few words, and then she had to suggest that they go look at a second house.
Reluctantly leaving the house, Jiayi began to have a bad premonition.
Sure enough, the next few houses they looked at were either too expensive or not much more spacious than their current place, so there was no need to move.
The more houses the brother and sister looked at, the more depressed they became.
On the way back from the unsuccessful house-hunting, Yi Jiadong tried to calm down and still comforted his sister with a smile:
"We will live a good life. Don't worry. You have only been working for the second month. Yi Ji's business has been booming recently. Believe me, brother. In less than half a year, we will be able to afford a better house. Wait a little longer. That small house is full of happy memories of our life together. I am reluctant to move."
Jiayi quickly cheered up and smiled to comfort her brother.
But after this afternoon, the brother and sister held their breath in their hearts and silently made up their minds:
to sell more milk tea, more dishes and food, and make more money!
To solve more cases, work harder, be more attentive, and do everything possible to strive for internal promotion! Earn more salary and bonuses!
Don't let money stump the heroes of the Yi family!
...
When I went back to Yi Ji to get my bike, I found Brother Yue and Brother Sanfu eating Mapo Tofu together.
"Let's go back to the police station together." Fang Zhenyue said, took a few bites of rice, and stood up to pay the bill.
Sanfu swallowed the last bite of the super fragrant and tender Mamala tofu and stood up.
Just as Fang Zhenyue was waiting for the change, the baby call on his waist suddenly beeped, and then Sanfu and Jiayi's waists also kept beeping.
The three of them took out their BB calls, read them quickly, and rushed out the door at the same time.
No one spoke, but their tacit understanding was amazing.
When Sun Xin reacted, Fang Zhenyue, who had not yet received the change for Hong Kong dollars, had already taken off from the spot in his jeep with Sanfu and Jiayi, and headed for the crime scene.
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