Chapter 167 (Two in One)
After choosing the topic, the next step was to look up information, and then she found that the current forest police are still under the management of the Forestry Bureau. But their duties remain the same.
Having decided to go to Saihanba for an interview, Lin Shuyue had to delay her return home. She called Lou Fengqin. Lou Fengqin was very happy that Lin Shuyue was successfully selected as one of the top ten young journalists, but she was also worried about Lin Shuyue going alone to such a far and unfamiliar place, and her tone was full of concern.
But she knew that grown-up chicks would eventually leave home, so she just stayed by Lin Shuyue's side, reminding her again and again to be safe and take care of herself.
When Hang Jiabai knew that Lin Shuyue was going to Saihanba, his eyes lit up: "I'll go with you on Saturday and Sunday."
Hang Jiabai used to do this often. On Friday afternoons, after school, he would rent an off-road vehicle and drive towards Mulan County in Rehe. He would arrive at Mulan County around ten o'clock. We stayed overnight in Mulan County and went to Bashang early the next morning, arriving before noon.
Stay in Bashang for two days and return to the capital at around two o'clock on Monday. You will arrive at school around eight o'clock, so there is no problem with attending classes normally.
Lin Shuyue thought that Hang Jiabai hadn't seen his parents for many years. Who doesn't miss their parents? Lin Shuyue's heart softened immediately: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
Hang Jiabai hugged Lin Shuyue into his arms, wishing he could hold her in his heart.
Today is the weekend, and Lin Shuyue will have to wait for him in the capital for at least five days. During these five days, Hang Jiabai has to go to school, so Lin Shuyue can only wait. Hang Jiabai is very happy.
Lin Shuyue patted his shoulder and said, "It's not easy to come to the capital, I also want to visit all the attractions in the capital."
"Okay." Hang Jiabai said, "Zuo Xiangfeng has a courtyard house. When we were in college, he rented it out to visiting classmates and their families at a low price. I'll ask him if he has rented it out during this period. If not, we can rent his house and live there for a few days."
Hang Jiabai also understood Lin Shuyue's personality. She seemed to have a special obsession with things like houses.
Hang Jiabai was 80% sure that he could get Lin Shuyue to stay there.
Lin Shuyue was indeed very moved. The price of Haiyue Nine Points is relatively high, about one hundred yuan a night. It is okay to stay for one or two nights, but it is not cost-effective if you stay longer.
Lin Shuyue had money and originally thought it would be nice to live in the Haiyue Hotel, but after hearing the word Siheyuan, she couldn't walk anymore.
Speaking of which, Lin Shuyue has never seen a real siheyuan in her two lifetimes. All she knows about siheyuan is from movies and TV dramas and pictures on the Internet.
Seeing that Lin Shuyue was interested, Hang Jiabai said to her, "Our Senior Brother Zuo, although he may not look impressive on the surface, his grandfather was a wealthy businessman in the past. He handed over a lot of his assets before the special period began, and during the special period, his family was saved."
"After the reform and opening up, all the properties that his grandfather's family had handed over were exchanged back. His grandfather's health was not very good at the time, but he still managed to divide the family property. His mother got three or four houses and a few plots of land, and his uncle got all the family funds and the remaining real estate."
"His uncle is now in Tianjin.
City development, generally do not come back. His mother built several courtyard houses and used all the land to build houses and rent them out. Now that several houses have been demolished, their family is not short of money. ”
"That courtyard house was given to him by his mother after he became an adult. We basically slept there on Saturdays and Sundays."
Lin Shuyue's eyes were full of stars. The courtyard houses in the capital and the small Western-style buildings in Shanghai are what many internet-surfing girls dream of.
"His family is so awesome! Okay, Abai, ask around. If it's rented out, we can make other plans." Lin Shuyue said.
Hang Jiabai nodded, lowered his head and sent a message to Zuo Xiangfeng. Soon Zuo Xiangfeng called. After Hang Jiabai answered the phone, he said to Lin Shuyue, "He said that he turned the house into a daily rental two years ago. It just so happens that the main house has not been rented out yet, so we can go and live there."
Lin Shuyue was surprised: "He has a business mind."
"It has always been like this. When we were in college, we followed him out to make money. Otherwise, how could the living expenses from our family be enough for us to eat and drink so lavishly every day?"
Speaking of this, Lin Shuyue became interested: "Tell me quickly, what kind of business have you done?"
"There were several schools next to our school, all of which were girls' schools like normal schools. So we sold clothes, accessories and the like. Our stalls did very well. My aunt was most annoyed with me at that time because I always asked her to help me get clothes from Yangcheng."
This is the first time that Lin Shuyue has seen a real-life example of starting a business in college. What she has seen most is seniors who are about to graduate setting up stalls in the school to sell their used items when new students enter the school.
But students’ money is certainly easy to earn, she said: “So now, does your aunt still bother you?”
"She doesn't bother me anymore, because now she has opened a clothing mall in Yangcheng. She has to thank me. If I hadn't always asked her to go to the clothing wholesale market to help us get clothes, she would definitely not have chosen to sell clothes."
"Now she is the richest person in our family." Hang Jiabai smiled as he talked about the past. Judging from his tone and expression, he must have been spiritually rich during his growth.
Lin Shuyue envied him very much.
She stood on tiptoe and kissed Hang Jiabai. The snow outside had not melted yet. They were talking in the reception room on the first floor of Haiyue Hotel. People were coming and going around them. Hang Jiabai wanted to kiss her back but couldn't. He sighed for three seconds and could only sigh helplessly.
Hang Jiabai had classes in the evening, so after chatting for a while, he went back. Lin Shuyue went upstairs to find Feng Qinqin, who was holding a computer to check the photos they had taken today.
As soon as Lin Shuyue entered the room, she gave Lin Shuyue a thumbs up: "Ayue, your photography skills are amazing. I think the people in those restaurants can't compare to you."
When Feng Qinqin said this, a corner of the roof of the Forbidden City was displayed on the computer screen. The blue sky and white clouds, the snow that was about to fall off the yellow glazed tiles, and the vermilion walls formed a sharp contrast.
Very beautiful.
"If you like it, make a copy and then develop it and look at it later." Lin Shuyue planned to pack all the photos she had taken and put them on Big Eyed Boy.
She plans to open a photography account to specialize in taking beautiful photos.
Feng Qinqin nodded repeatedly. She used to use a camera only to take pictures for news releases, but now she doesn’t think so anymore. She also wants to learn some photography knowledge. She wants to learn from Lin Shuyue!
Lin Shuyue didn't realize that she had invisibly inspired Feng Qinqin. She lay down on the bed and soon met Mr. Zhou. In the afternoon, the two of them strolled around the famous alley nearby and had a quick bite outside.
When they went to bed at night, the two talked in the dark for most of the night and said a lot of things. Lin Shuyue couldn't remember when she fell asleep.
The next day she was woken up by the alarm set by Feng Qinqin. She looked at the time and it was already eleven o'clock. There was a noise coming from the bathroom. It was Feng Qinqin washing up in the bathroom. There was a suitcase standing next to the middle bed. Feng Qinqin had already packed her luggage.
After she came out, Lin Shuyue also went to wash up. Then she sent Feng Qinqin downstairs and watched her leave in a taxi.
The snow on the road has melted, but there are still some piles of snow swept together on the roadside. Feng Qinqin said that the snow will not melt until after the New Year and the beginning of spring.
Lin Shuyue returned to the room and began to pack her things. When she was in the bathroom getting the toiletries she had brought with her, Lin Shuyue saw a very delicate brooch. The brooch is in the shape of a pink and white peony and is particularly beautiful.
Lin Shuyue had seen this brooch before. It was sold at a very high price in a shop outside Shenwu Gate.
With a "ding dong" sound, Lin Shuyue's cell phone received a message. She took it out and saw that it was a message from Feng Qinqin: A gift for you, thank you for accompanying me through my saddest days.
Lin Shuyue smiled and put the brooch into the system backpack, and wrote a label on it with special care.
After parting with Feng Qinqin, perhaps there will be no chance to meet each other again in this life, but Lin Shuyue still cherishes this fate.
"Knock knock knock", there was a knock on the door of the room. Lin Shuyue opened the door and saw that it was Hang Jiabai who had finished class and came to take her to the courtyard.
He drove here, a military green off-road vehicle, the model is very beautiful. Hang Jiabai said: "This is my teacher's car. I pestered him to lend it to me. In order to buy this car, he saved his private money for more than ten years, and usually treats it like a son. He won't let anyone touch it."
Hang Jiabai spoke with pride. He was a teacher known for being stingy in the school. If someone could borrow a car from him, Hang Jiabai estimated that he would become a legend in the school.
Zuo Xiangfeng’s courtyard house was not far from Haiyue Building, and the car arrived there in no time.
The alley was quite narrow and the car could not go in at the entrance. Lin Shuyue walked in front with her bag on her back, and Hang Jiabai was carrying the large luggage at the back.
Zuo Xiangfeng's courtyard is divided into front and back yards. The east and west wing rooms in the front yard are already full, but no one lives in the main house. The back yard is Zuo Xiangfeng's private territory and is not open to the public.
Zuo Xiangfeng had already arrived early and was waiting. His house was usually managed by someone, so he usually didn't come here.
Seeing Lin Shuyue looking towards the backyard, Zuo Xiangfeng said, "Yuanyuan likes this house very much. The backyard is where we used to live. It was also the wedding room we agreed on. I guess it won't be open to the public anymore."
Lin Shuyue didn't expect that just a casual glance would touch upon Zuo Xiangfeng's sad story. She apologized softly: "Sorry."
Zuo Xiangfeng pushed open the door and said, "There's nothing to apologize for. I just wanted to say it. I've been wanting to tell others about her these past two days. I feel like more and more people remember her and talk about her. She's always been the same."
Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai looked at each other, Hang Jiabai shook his head at her, and the three of them entered the main room together.
The main house is divided into three rooms. The two rooms on the left and right are bedrooms, and the middle one is the living room. The living room is filled with huanghuali furniture, and the furniture on the left and right sides are also made of huanghuali, which is very antique.
The bed was made out in white, just like in the hotel.
Lin Shuyue lives in the east room with a bathroom, and Hang Jiabai lives in the west room, but he probably doesn't have time to live here.
After putting down their luggage and having lunch together, Hang Jiabai sent Lin Shuyue to the entrance of the alley and hurried back because he had classes in the afternoon.
Lin Shuyue walked into the courtyard, and a slovenly young man wearing a military coat came out of the east wing next door. He was stunned the moment he saw Lin Shuyue, then turned around and ran back to his room.
When introducing the tenant, Zuo Xiangfeng told Lin Shuyue that the tenant was a novelist who couldn't write at home and thought it was because of the environment, so he packed his bags and came to live with him.
I usually don’t go out, I just stay at home in a different place.
Lin Shuyue took out the key and opened the door. Two people came in at that moment. They seemed to be in a bad mood, and the girl walking in front looked angry.
She paused after seeing Lin Shuyue, and then went straight to the west wing. The man looked at Lin Shuyue for a moment, and then followed her. When Lin Shuyue closed the door, she heard the quarrel between the two.
Zuo Xiangfeng said that they were a young couple who came to the capital for their honeymoon. They rented the house for a week and left early and came back late during those days.
Lin Shuyue took a nap and when she woke up, she saw a woman in her forties sweeping the yard.
"You are the Lin Shuyue that Ah Feng mentioned, right? Where are you going?"
"Aunt Zhao?" Aunt Zhao was the yard manager hired by Zuo Xiangfeng. She usually worked with her husband, Uncle Zhao, in charge of the sanitation and safety of the yard. Lin Shuyue and the others didn't see her when they came because they had gone home for lunch. ^_^
"It's me, it's me. Afeng told me that if you need anything, just tell me and I will help you in every way I can." Aunt Zhao is not a native of the capital. They rented a large tenement in the next alley.
The couple also supports a junior high school student and a high school student. Zuo Xiangfeng's job pays well, and if he does a good job, he will also receive various benefits. Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao are completely devoted to him, and they carry out his orders as if they were imperial decrees.
"Okay, I'll call you if I need anything. Auntie, I'm leaving first. I want to go for a walk in the alley."
"Go ahead, go ahead. Come back for dinner in the evening. Our B&B provides lunch and dinner." Aunt Zhao was afraid that Lin Shuyue didn't know, so she gave her instructions specifically.
"Okay, I got it." Lin Shuyue waved at her and left. Aunt Zhao continued to clean. She cleaned meticulously, and there was not a speck of dust inside and outside the house.
Lin Shuyue had just gone out, and the young couple who had been having a bad temper at noon also went out. Lin Shuyue walked slowly. The three of them met at the entrance of the alley. Since they lived in the same courtyard, Lin Shuyue nodded at them as a greeting. The girl gave Lin Shuyue a stiff smile in return, then strode away. Behind her, the boy was chasing after her, carrying large and small bags of things.
Fu Xiao apologized humbly, and the girl scolded him impatiently.
After they separated at the entrance of the alley, Lin Shuyue walked in the alleys of the capital in winter, taking pictures as she walked. From time to time, she would meet elderly people strolling and chatting outside, and she would stop to chat with them.
The day passed quickly. Hang Jiabai did not come over at night. Lin Shuyue set the alarm for five o'clock. She got up at dawn. She wanted to go to the gate of the government building to watch the flag-raising ceremony.
There is a breakfast stall at the entrance of the alley. In front of the smoking hot oil pan, a man in a white apron stretches a piece of dough with his hands, and the dough is formed into a pancake on the greasy panel. He cuts two slits on the pancake and throws it into the boiling oil pan.
The aroma of fried carbs burst out instantly, bringing a touch of fireworks to this cold morning.
Some people who had gone to work early were already sitting in the shed behind the oil pan and eating breakfast, and Lin Shuyue also sat in.
The cold wind was instantly blocked by the simple shed, and people became warmer.
"Boss, I want two servings of tofu pudding and two fried dough cakes." The two girls who came in just before Lin Shuyue ordered dishes, and Lin Shuyue also followed their example and ordered a meal.
The two of them sat on the stool next to Lin Shuyue.
Lin Shuyue took a small condiment dish and picked out some pickles from the small plastic box on the table.
Pickled vegetables are shredded mustard greens. During the past few days in the capital, no matter which restaurant you go to, you can always find them. Whoever wants to eat can help themselves and take as much as they eat. It’s free.
"Xiaoyou, have you noticed that there are more and more hooligans on Line 027?" The girl who spoke was wearing a black down jacket and a white woolen hat on her head. She took out a tissue from her bag and started wiping the table.
"Hasn't bus No. 027 always been like this? It's simply a gathering place for hooligans. If it wasn't the nearest bus to the company, I really wouldn't want to take it. And it's not just one person. I heard that sometimes those people commit crimes in gangs. It's disgusting." The girl in the black down jacket who replied was wearing a beige down jacket. Her tone was a little muffled when she spoke. There was a high probability that she had a cold, and a small probability that she had rhinitis.
"That's right. It was fine before, but it's been really rampant recently. Last night when I was coming back from the bus, someone kept standing next to me and even tried to touch me. I turned around and looked, and everyone looked normal. I didn't know who it was. It's really annoying. When I work for another two years and make enough money, I'll go back to my hometown and never come to this crappy place again."
With this sentence, the topic of the two people fell elsewhere.
The tofu pudding is here. There is a big difference between the tofu pudding in the north and the south. The tofu pudding in the south is sweet and made with various sugar syrups, while the one in the north is salty and made with prepared sauce.
The tender white tofu pudding was faintly visible in the sauce-colored broth. It was the first time for Lin Shuyue to eat salty tofu pudding. She scooped a spoonful of it into her mouth with a stainless steel spoon. The marinade is salty and fresh, and there is meat in it
The minced and chopped black fungus and day lily have distinct tastes and good flavor.
The girl at the next table tore the sizzling oil cake with chopsticks and soaked it in tofu pudding. Lin Shuyue also learned to eat it.
The fried dough cakes are not much different from the fried dough sticks, but are soft inside and crispy outside. After being soaked in tofu pudding, they are covered with the tofu pudding juice, and are crispy with a salty fragrance, and surprisingly delicious.
A bowl of tofu pudding and a fried pancake cost a total of two yuan. It's a very cheap breakfast.
It was winter in the north, and it was still dark after five o'clock. The street lamps on the roadside were still emitting a dim light. Just when Lin Shuyue was having breakfast, the little girl at the next table walked hurriedly past her.
Lin Shuyue also quickened her pace. It was a coincidence that from the route she asked Aunt Zhao for last night, the shortest distance to watch the national flag-raising ceremony was to take bus No. 027 and walk three stops.
There were already many people standing under the No. 027 bus stop. Some of them were standing alone, while others were gathered together with people they knew, chatting.
The two girls were standing and talking with an older woman, and they were obviously acquaintances.
Lin Shuyue was looking at the bus stop for No. 027 bus on the sign. The weather was too cold, and she was wearing a mask, so her breath was filled with white mist.
People kept gathering towards the station. The wind brought the aroma of food from somewhere. Lin Shuyue looked in the direction of the smell and saw someone eating a green pepper pancake.
The fragrance of green pepper seemed to carry a hook, and Lin Shuyue heard someone's stomach rumbling. The helplessness of working people to get up early was fully displayed at this moment. Lin Shuyue took out her camera and took some photos of these people. She wanted to write a report based on these photos. She was still thinking about how to write it specifically when someone said that a car was coming.
Lin Shuyue looked and saw a yellow car with a signboard number 027 coming from afar. The people who were chatting just now stopped talking. Those who were eating cakes put the unfinished cakes into their bags. Everyone spontaneously lined up in a row. Some of them had calculated the time very well and were now running towards the platform.
The bus stopped at the platform and everyone squeezed into the bus like sardines in a can. The ticket seller had a hoarse voice and kept repeating over and over again that people should buy tickets through the back door, and those who had bus cards should swipe their cards at the door and not evade the fare.
Having heard the conversation between the two little girls, Lin Shuyue followed them after getting in the car.
Lin Shuyue had heard of this bus pervert countless times, but she had never seen the real one. She wanted to see how dirty this pervert's hands were on the bus.
The stop where Lin Shuyue got on the bus was not the starting station. The seats were full before they got on the bus, so they could only stand in the aisle. Lin Shuyue was three steps away from them. From here, she could clearly see the two little girls standing close to each other with the older sister who was talking together behind them.
"Ding Dong~ The vehicle starts, please sit tight and hold on, next stop..." As the announcement inside the bus went on, the bus slowly moved forward, and the attendant moved backwards to let people buy tickets. Lin Shuyue took the bus for three stops and it cost fifty cents.
It was already 5:14. It was a sunny day today. The sky was already turning pale and the sky was becoming dim.
No one was talking in the car. Everyone was standing or sitting in silence. Everyone held their bags tightly in front of them. Some were leaning against the window to catch up on their sleep, while others were looking out the window.
Lin Shuyue looked around and saw two men in the crowd moving in small steps. As the car swayed, they swung their legs widely and approached the girl in white clothes next to them.
They were indeed very rampant. Sometimes when they were discovered, two men who did not know each other could even smile at each other. The crowd got tighter and the girls among them tried to escape helplessly but they couldn't.
Their hands also began to become restless, attacking the girls' steps and breasts.
Lin Shuyue raised her camera, took pictures of their ugly faces, pushed through the crowd, pulled the girl trapped in the middle out, and at the same time reached out to pinch his wrist.
One of them was attacking the girl's buttocks and was enjoying it, but suddenly he lost his target and his hand was pinched so hard that it hurt. He was very dissatisfied and glared at Lin Shuyue.
Lin Shuyue held the girl in the white down jacket tightly behind her and met his gaze without any fear.
Seeing this, the other man took a step back and hid in the crowd.
"Let go, you stinky bitch." The man that Lin Shuyue was pinching struggled hard, but he couldn't open Lin Shuyue's twisted hands. He wanted to use his other free hand to rub Lin Shuyue, but he didn't know when a 50-year-old aunt appeared beside him, looking at him with a serious look, holding a hammer in her hand, and smiled at her when she saw him looking at him.
Lin Shuyue listened to the man's insults and increased her strength by three points. The man's face twisted in pain: "Driver, please drop us off at the nearby police duty post."
"Okay." The driver's voice was particularly loud. The attendant stood directly beside Lin Shuyue and used his thin body to protect her from being harmed.
The two girls sitting at the next table also came over with the older sister they knew. The girl in the black down jacket was very angry and slapped the man in the face.
"Pervert, hooligan, beast! Do your family members know that you did such a thing on the bus? Don't you have a mother, sister, or daughter?" As the girl in the black down jacket finished speaking, another loud slap was heard.
"You're right, young lady. We caught the man who just retreated. I'll go with you to the police duty post this time."
"Yes, we will go too. We saw what they did just now. They are hooligans."
The people in the car who were originally watching indifferently all expressed their support at this moment, and the girl in the white down jacket thanked them with tears in her eyes.
The driver drove the car to the nearest police duty post, and a group of people got off the car in a mighty manner.
There have been perverts on bus No. 027 for a long time. It was fine if they couldn't be caught in the past, but now they have been caught. All the women who were offended by the perverts on the bus in the past have to get off the bus. These two perverts must be nailed to the pillar of shame.
Lin Shuyue was the first person to stop the two perverts' shameless behavior. She provided her phone number and photos taken in the car.
Even though the light in the car was dim, the two perverts' lewd smiles and their hands reaching out to the girls were clearly captured. The two of them could not deny this.
The police registered the victims' information, and Lin Shuyue withdrew from the job. However, when she arrived at the square, the flag-raising ceremony was about to begin, and many people came to watch the ceremony. Lin Shuyue didn't squeeze to the front, but she stood on the periphery and listened to the guard of honor coming out of the city wall and marching in neat steps to the flag-raising platform to stand still.
As she listened to the stirring national anthem and watched the five-star red flag rising slowly in the sky, she felt an indescribable sense of pride and emotion in her heart.
After the flag-raising ceremony, Lin Shuyue took a picture of the back of the honor guard leaving, and also took a few selfies of herself and the square.
When she was about to go home, her cell phone rang: "Excuse me, is this Ms. Lin Shuyue? This is what happened. We are at the police duty booth on Guangchang West Road. The bus pervert you just brought here was beaten to death in an alley while escaping. Now we need you to come over and take a statement. Is that convenient for you?"
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