Chapter 17
Zhang Cuilan was speechless with her son and was so angry that she slapped Gu Shian with a towel: "You son of a bitch, don't say anything to piss off your mother!"
It was already nine o'clock. Zhang Cuilan was used to going to bed early. Her eyelids were drooping and she wanted to finish sifting the remaining cornmeal.
Gu Shian took it over and told his mother to go to bed early.
Zhang Cuilan looked at her tall and upright son, her heart was soft and relieved, she couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, I will enjoy the blessing of my son too. I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time. When I feel better, I will take time to visit your grandmother."
Zhang Cuilan's hometown, Zhangjiazhuang, has now been renamed Hongqi Production Team. Grandma Zhang passed away when she was over 50 years old, but Grandma Zhang is in good health. The old lady is over 70 years old, but her eyesight and hearing are not blurry, and she can walk three to five miles in one breath with her bound feet. In the past, the old lady still carried a small bamboo basket to the village market to sell embroidered hand-woven silk.
Gu Shian and his two siblings would go to the countryside for their summer vacation every year. Grandma Zhang would often save the delicious food for the three children, such as candied peanuts, steamed bread dipped in sugar, pig blood cake, corn cobs, eggs, and fried dumplings from the fields. In July and August, corn cobs were at their freshest. They would pick the greenest ones and bite into them. They were crunchy and sweet.
Gu Shian was also a naughty boy when he was five or six years old. He did a lot of harm to the corn fields planted by Uncle Zhang.
Because of this, he was beaten on the buttocks many times.
Recalling the funny things in his childhood, Gu Shian's expressionless handsome face also smiled.
The mother and son talked for a while.
Dark clouds were coming over outside, thunder was rumbling, and raindrops were hitting each other, gradually forming a dense rain curtain.
Zhang Cuilan couldn't stand it anymore, so she pounded her waist and went back to her room to rest.
These days, all the big cities have electricity, but in a small county like Yunshui County, only the county committee compound, the big factories, the family buildings of the health hospital, and the public facilities on the roadside have electricity. The big compound has no electricity for the time being, and at night, people either light lanterns or kerosene lamps. The richer families light candles.
The old Gu family only lit candles in Lin Yao's house.
When Lin Yao was recuperating, Zhang Cuilan felt sorry for her and bought her a pack of candles for the night.
Now the wound on her forehead has healed, leaving only a light pink scar. Lin Yao applies scar-relief cream on her forehead every day, and it looks like there won’t be any scars left. Lin Yao
lives a delicate life. It’s hard enough to have no electric light at night, and she is not happy to replace candles with smoky kerosene lamps.
The family has run out of candles, but she has plenty of space. She takes out one a day and lights it in the house, and only a short candle head is left each time.
The Gu family doesn’t care much.
In the past, Lin Yao was heartless and would fall asleep as soon as she got into the mosquito net.
It was nothing like today. The old clock in the next room rang twelve times. She fluttered in the mosquito net like a moth for a long time, and she had no sleepiness at all. As
soon as she closed her eyes, her mind was full of the scene when she accidentally kissed Gu Shian in the movie.
Don’t look at Gu Shian’s thin lips. He always has a cold and abstinent dog expression. His mouth is quite soft when kissed. I wonder what it would be like if I bite him...
Stop!
Lin Yao covered her hot face, hugged the small quilt and rolled on the bed. She fluttered on the bed for half the night before she fell asleep reluctantly.
When she woke up the next day, it was already noon.
The morning wind blew brightly on the bamboo forest outside the window. The moist breeze after the rain blew, and the bamboo leaves rustled, bringing bursts of coolness.
Lin Yao slowly poked her head out of the mosquito net. In fact, she woke up at around six in the morning. The sound of the drizzling rain outside was not so real.
She didn't sleep well last night, and she was not happy to get up for breakfast. She curled up in bed to catch up on her sleep.
Gu Shian went to work at the Public Security Bureau early in the morning. The Yunshui County Public Security Bureau was the former county security group. It was not small in scale, with glazed tiles and camphor wood beams, and it looked very impressive.
In this day and age, in addition to the Public Security Bureau, the county also has an armed department, and each major commune also has its own militia.
The County Public Security Bureau has more than 20 police officers, whose schedule is the same as that of the workers in the county
. They work in three shifts during the day, and a group of three is responsible for a section of the city. They patrol the city to maintain the public security. The County Public Security Bureau is on the old street, with the post office and department store in front, the county committee compound in the back, and the steel mill three or four blocks away.
In the summer, Yunshui County had good public security, and the police officers of the County Public Security Bureau could still take a break from their busy schedules, and return to the lounge to drink water and rest after patrolling.
Since the heinous case of robbing a pregnant woman occurred in the front, everyone in the Public Security Bureau, from the old director to the young police officers sorting documents in the office, has been busy.
The county committee has meetings every other day, and the old director is too busy to take care of everything.
Gu Shian's arrival made the old director very happy.
It is said that a new official will start with three fires when he takes office. Moreover, Gu Shian is not a helpless person. He joined the army at the age of 18, and has been on the battlefield to kill enemy spies. He has fought hard for his honors, unlike those weaklings who rely on their parents for protection.
Yesterday, Gu Shian reported to the bureau. He was wearing a neat military uniform and had a pair of slightly upturned black eyes like a hawk. When the old director saw him, he couldn't help but say good in his heart!
The old chief is worthy of being the old chief. He has a sharp eye and chose a good seedling to come to the Public Security Bureau.
He will be much more relaxed from now on.
The old director, who is over 50 years old, sauntered in the office and drank stomach-warming tea for most of the day, and then went to work openly.
In order to investigate the case recently, the old director had not eaten or drunk well, and his old stomachache had recurred, which led to the abduction of Xu Ba, the captain. Xu Ba had injured his leg in the army before, and he felt unbearable pain on rainy days, and he could not walk well. In order to investigate the case, the two old guys encouraged and supported each other, and Gu Shi'an took over. The two old patients went directly to the health hospital to lie down.
The next day, Gu Shi'an came early in the morning. The director's office was empty, and the captain Ye was nowhere to be found. A row of young men in big hats were waiting for him in the corridor.
There was no other way. The old director and the captain had both run away. Gu Shian had to step up and take on the main responsibility.
Gu Shian stared at a group of young guys for a while, his eyebrows slightly raised, and he was about to ask for the case file of the pregnant woman robbery. Xu
Xiangqian beside him immediately handed over a thick stack of documents, "Old Gu, the files of the robbery are all here."
Good guy, the pile of documents on the desk is half a meter high.
With the arrival of Deputy Director Gu, the other police officers in the bureau also have a backbone. According to Deputy Gu's arrangement, they did what they had to do.
In the office, Gu Shian's eyebrows were focused, and the files were flying in his hands.
On the way, Xu Xiangqian considerately offered his future brother-in-law some water.
Gu Shian did not drink a sip, but asked him, "Was it a rainy day when the victim was attacked?"
"That's right. It was raining heavily on the day of the crime. It was afternoon and gloomy outside. The victim was pregnant and couldn't walk long distances, so she took a shortcut through the alley to go home. Unexpectedly, she was targeted. Fortunately, there was a bus stop near the crime scene. The pregnant woman was brave and hit the bastard a few times with an umbrella. She took advantage of the chaos to run away while calling for help and was rescued by a bus driver on the roadside. By the way, there were several brave male passengers who chased the robber at the time, but they didn't expect that the robber was very familiar with this alley and lost him in a few seconds. Damn it, does this son of a bitch have very fast legs?"
After the robbery, the county public security bureau quickly launched an investigation and blocked the alley where the crime occurred. Technical personnel investigated the scene but did not find much useful information.
It was raining heavily at the time, and there was no third person present when the crime happened. The heavy rain destroyed all traces of the scene.
Moreover, the robber seemed brazen, but he was extremely cautious. The pregnant woman who was robbed recalled that the robber was a tall, thin, middle-aged man with an old rope in his hand. He spoke viciously and was very strong. He must have been engaged in physical labor for many years.
The old director speculated whether it was an acquaintance who committed the crime. The captain said that if it was an acquaintance who committed the crime, he would have attacked the victim when he had a lot of money, and would not have robbed the victim when he had little money.
It turned out that the pregnant woman who was robbed looked glamorous on the surface, but in fact she was lavish. It was true that her husband was the son of a wealthy family, but those days, the children of wealthy families were not as carefree as in later generations
. There were restrictions on what they could eat and drink. They only had 40 or 50 yuan a month as salary, and it was gone after they ate and drank. On the day of the crime, there were only a few banknotes and a prostitute in the pregnant woman's purse. To rob for a few banknotes, the acquaintance must be either a fool or a mentally retarded person.
Fortunately, the technicians of the Public Security Bureau simulated a portrait of the robber based on the pregnant woman's description.
Xu Xiangqian pulled it out and showed it to Gu Shian.
Gu Shian tapped his fingers on the table a few times, and his eyes were fixed.
The robber was missing a little finger on his right hand!
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Today the sky is overcast, with intermittent thunderstorms, and the flowers and plants in the yard look listless. Those
who should go to work in Lao Lu's family go to work, and those who should be lazy do so.
Gu Shidong woke up and found that no one was at home. He went to the kitchen to check, but breakfast was not in the cupboard.
The boy sniffed and turned to the east wing. The two wooden doors of the east wing were tightly closed. He reached out and knocked on the door, "Sister-in-law, get up and eat!"
Get up and follow me to the canteen to get food!
The臊子面 made in the commune canteen today was strong and smooth, and the臊子 was sour and spicy. Lin Yao ate it happily.
Gu Shidong, who was sitting opposite her, held his chopsticks, constantly looking at her, and occasionally smirking.
"What are you looking at if you don't want to
eat, you little brat?" Lin Yao scolded him angrily, with a fierce expression. Gu Shidong shrank his neck and muttered to himself, "Sister-in-law is so energetic, she failed to get my brother as soon as she saw him. My brother is already 29 years old, why is he still so stupid? Is he not good enough?"
Lin Yao, who almost spit out the noodle soup, said: "!!!"
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