For two days, Fan Hua and Geng Ailing did not go out, but stayed at home to work hard on the orders. When they were busy, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Geng Ailing stood up suspiciously and walked towards the door while asking, "Who is it?"
A man's voice rang out from outside the room: "I'm a policeman from the Wusi Road Public Security Bureau!"
When Geng Ailing heard it, she guessed something and immediately opened the door.
I saw a young man in a police uniform standing outside the house.
"Hello, is this the home of Geng Ailing and Fan Lihua?" asked the police officer Xiao Yang.
Geng Ailing nodded, and Fan Hua also came out and stood beside Geng Ailing.
"I'm a policeman from the Wusi Road Public Security Bureau. A few days ago you went to the police station to report that a thief had stolen 103 yuan, right?"
Geng Ailing nodded her head vigorously, "Yes, yes! Comrade Public Security, has the thief been caught?"
"We've caught him and the money has been recovered. Count it and see if the number is correct!" Police officer Xiao Yang took out a handful of money from his pocket and handed it to Geng Ailing.
Geng Ailing took it excitedly and gave it directly to Fan Hua, "Lihua, you have a good brain, you count!"
Fan Hua didn't hesitate and took the money and counted it. It was exactly one hundred and three yuan.
"No problem, it's exactly one hundred and three yuan. Thank you for your hard work, public security comrades!" said Fan Hua.
"You are Comrade Fan Hua, right? Our Director Xie said that you are very good at drawing portraits. Would you please help me draw another portrait?"
"Thank you, Director?" Fan Hua was a little surprised. Could it be that the man who seemed a bit like a bureaucrat last time was really the director?
"Yes, you met him last time you went to the Public Security Bureau. If Chief Xie hadn't injured his leg, he would have come here in person today."
Fan Hua didn't think that they were so confident as to invite the director to come to her house in person and give her money. The main point might be that they wanted her to help paint their portrait!
So he nodded and said, "No problem, I just don't know what kind of person you want me to help draw?"
"Don't ask any more questions. We won't let you help us for nothing. The bureau will give you ten yuan as a reward!"
Ten dollars was really a lot of money in that era, and it was conceivable that the person she was asked to draw was definitely not an ordinary person. Adhering to the principle that the more she knew, the more dangerous it was, Fan Hua immediately shut her mouth and stopped asking questions, nodding in agreement.
"No problem, I can help draw it!"
Public security officer Xiao Yang saw Fan Hua nod and said, "Comrade Fan, please come with me now!"
Geng Ailing saw this and immediately said that she wanted to go with them, "I want to go with Lihua too!"
She was really worried about Fan Hua, a pregnant woman, going to the police station alone.
Xiao Yang thought about it and decided that it wouldn't make any difference if he brought one more person, so he nodded and agreed.
The two of them packed up briefly and followed Xiao Yang to the prison where the prisoners were kept. It was the first time for Fan Hua and Geng Ailing to come to the prison. They looked around curiously. As they were looking, they heard a familiar voice...
"Comrade Geng, Comrade Fan, thank you for taking the trouble to come here!" The person who spoke was Director Xie Yongliang.
Now that Fan Hua knew the other person was the director, she immediately greeted him politely: "Hello, Director Xie!"
Although Geng Ailing had never seen much of the world, she knew that the director was a high-ranking official and that she had to be polite, so she immediately flattered him, saying, "So you are the director! No wonder you are so magnanimous. Thank you so much, director, for helping us get the money back so quickly! You are amazing!"
Xie Yongliang smiled and joked, "You didn't sound angry when you spoke to me this time!"
When Geng Ailing heard this, she immediately blushed in embarrassment as she remembered her attitude when she went to report the case last time because she was too angry.
"I'm sorry, Director Xie. Last time I was so angry and anxious about the thief... that's why I spoke..." Geng Ailing's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke, and she returned to her usual unconfident appearance.
"It's okay, I understand." Xie Yongliang interrupted Geng Ailing and said with a smile.
After saying that, he told Xiao Yang beside him, "Go and bring the person over!"
After a while, Xiao Yang came over with a man. The man was in his forties, looked dejected, and was handcuffed. He sat across the table from Fan Hua and the others.
Xie Yongliang said in a cold and intimidating tone: "Describe the man's appearance in detail!"
The man said nothing, and obediently described a person's appearance...
Fan Hua listened carefully and drew on paper according to the man's description. After several revisions, the man opposite her finally nodded excitedly: "Yes, that's what it looks like!"
Xie Yongliang took the painting from Fan Hua and looked at it carefully for a while before nodding to Public Security Officer Xiao Yang, "Take the man away!"
After Xiao Yang came back again, Xie Yongliang put down the painting in his hand, took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to Fan Hua, saying gently: "Comrade Fan, thank you very much today, this is your reward, you can take it, there may be similar work in the future that requires your help!"
Fan Hua was not polite. She took the reward and said with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness, Director. I'm glad to be of help!"
"Xiao Yang, go and see these two comrades out!"
Xiao Yang immediately nodded and took Fan Hua out.
On the way back, Fan Hua said to Geng Ailing in a very good mood: "Sister Ailing, you have been busy at home these two days. Today, we found the money we lost and earned an extra ten yuan. Let's go eat something good!"
When Geng Ailing heard what Fan Hua said, she stopped being stingy and said happily, "Okay, let's go eat something delicious to celebrate!"
So the two of them decisively went to the state-owned restaurant downstairs, and unexpectedly they ran into their next-door neighbors Zhang Shaoyuan and Su Wen.
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