Bai Song stared at the electronic wall clock in the Political Department's office. It was 10:43 a.m., October 17, 2011. He looked at the time in a daze.
Bai Song was the only one in the huge office. The new police officers who had come with him had all been taken away one by one, leaving him alone. Even the comrades from the political department left to do other things after sitting with him for more than half an hour.
Jiuheqiao Police Station, this is where Bai Song was assigned. At around 8 o'clock in the morning, the comrades from the Political Department had already announced everyone's assignment. The ten new police officers who came with Bai Song went through three months of training together, and everyone entered different positions.
Duan Fei and Sun Jie are professional forensic graduate students who were directly recruited into the criminal police team. Except for the two of them, the other eight people went to the police station. There are 14 police stations in Jiuhe District. Everyone is familiar with the style of each police station during the months of training. Some police stations have many karaoke bars and entertainment venues, many cases, and some legendary incomes. Some police stations have relatively few entertainment venues, but also fewer cases.
The Jiuheqiao Police Station is quite special. It was farmland decades ago. Later, with the development of real estate, these cheap lands were covered with a large number of buildings, most of which were resettlement houses. In addition, there are many illegal buildings and bungalows. The staff is complicated, poor, there are many people, and there are many things to do. This is the true portrayal of this station. It can be summarized in one sentence: "Except for a few small communities, the rest are no different from the urban-rural fringe."
Everyone was assigned to different units. Bai Song was not in a hurry at first. Jiuhe Bridge was Jiuhe Bridge. Busy? How busy could it be? No matter how busy, we had to abide by the Basic Law, right? I was young, so why should I be afraid of such hardships? No matter how busy, could I be as busy as the six months I spent as an intern in Beijing during my junior year?
Thinking about all these things, time passed quickly, but no one came to pick him up, so Bai Song was still a little anxious.
Finally, the door was opened and a comrade from the Political Department came in. Bai Song called him Brother Li.
"Huh? You haven't been picked up yet!" Brother Li was a little surprised to see Bai Song still there. Bai Song was about to stand up when he saw someone coming in, but Brother Li immediately waved his hand, motioning Bai Song to continue sitting, and then said, "Wait a minute, I'll call and ask."
After Brother Li finished speaking, he took the phone and went out again. Bai Song waited for almost three minutes before Brother Li pushed the door open again.
"What's your name? Bai, Bai what?" Brother Li asked as he came in.
"Brother Li, my name is Bai Song." Bai Song stood up and answered seriously. In his eyes, the comrades in the Political Department were all leaders.
"Oh, Bai Song, that's right. I just asked for you. There's a big case in your station, and they can't spare anyone to pick you up. I just called the instructor of the station, and he told you to take a taxi and he will reimburse you for the travel expenses." At this point, Brother Li felt a little embarrassed. After all, he was the comrade in charge of assignments. Logically, he should have gone to see him off even if the station didn't come to pick him up. After all, for a new policeman, this was also the first time a new bride got into the bridal sedan. It was really unreasonable to ask her to take a taxi.
Besides, asking Bai Song to go back and ask the leader to reimburse the car fare is bullying! Thinking of this, Brother Li pondered for a while: "Why don't you take a taxi? I really have something to do and can't take you. Why don't you wait and ask other departments of the branch if anyone has time."
Bai Song immediately said, "Brother Li, don't worry about it. I know where Jiuhe Bridge is. It's not far from our bureau and I can go there by myself." After that, he pushed the door and left the Political Department without paying attention to Brother Li's attempts to keep him.
"Hey! This kid." Brother Li sighed and said nothing.
Because it was his first day of assignment, Bai Song wore a brand new uniform and shiny leather shoes and arrived at the gate of the police station to take a taxi.
There were not many people trying to get a taxi during this time period, so a taxi was quickly stopped.
"Brother policeman, I didn't violate any traffic rules!" The driver sounded as if he was being wronged, and quickly stuck his head out of the car.
"Ah? It's okay, it's okay." Bai Song was a little embarrassed and explained, "I'll take a taxi."
"Okay! You scared me, brother!" The driver spoke with a pure Tianhua City accent, patted his chest, and parked the car steadily.
"Go to Jiuheqiao Police Station." Bai Song said. He was not familiar with this road, but he knew it was about ten kilometers long. He took his backpack and fastened his seat belt.
"Okay, hold on tight." The driver was somewhat happy, after all, this trip was quite far.
"Judging from your age, you must be a new police officer, right?" the driver asked.
"Yes, new police officer, you have to report to Jiuhe Bridge." Bai Song replied. He is quite good at communicating with others and is usually quite outgoing.
"Wow! The Jiuhe Branch really doesn't mean that. They still want you to take a taxi by yourselves? This is too unreasonable." The driver complained.
"Well, it's okay. I reported in a little late, and I'm sorry to ask the company to send a separate car for me." Bai Song didn't mention the proposal.
"Hey! That's not a big deal! It's the station, it's a public bus, we can just go out on a trip. Besides, Jiuheqiao Station is a big station!" The driver sounded familiar with the area.
The journey was boring, and Bai Song also became interested. The driver seemed to be an expert in the area and knew a lot about the local police station. Seeing that Bai Song was interested, he became more talkative and told him all about the history and current situation of the Jiuheqiao Police Station in one breath. Bai Song listened with great interest.
Chatting along the way, Bai Song arrived at his destination very quickly.
The Jiuheqiao police station used to be very dilapidated. It didn’t even have its own case handling area, and cases had to be handled in a shared area with other police stations. But since the new police station was put into use last month, it has jumped from the most dilapidated police station to one of the best. The hardware facilities are relatively complete, and the four-story office building is quite impressive. The blue and white building blends in harmoniously with the surrounding buildings - there are a large number of blue and white colored steel houses nearby.
After paying the money and getting off the car, the first thing Bai Song did was to take out his cell phone, take a photo of the brand new police station and a selfie, send a picture message to his mother, and say a few words to reassure his parents.
Unexpectedly, there was no one in the duty hall, perhaps because it was close to noon. There was only one auxiliary police officer on duty at the front desk, and no police officers at all.
"Hello, who are you? Who are you looking for?" asked the female auxiliary police officer at the front desk.
"Oh, hello, I am the new police officer in our station." Bai Song nodded.
"Oh, then go find the leaders directly. They are all in the yard. You can see them when you go in." The female auxiliary police officer looked at Bai Song's police uniform and opened the glass door directly.
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