Chapter 033 First Day at Work
Jiang Nan's first day at work was full of energy and enthusiasm. She had completely forgotten the main mission and the 1.0 male host, and her mind was full of thoughts about wearing a police uniform.
Along the way, she whizzed along, faster than a rabbit, looking like the most youthful and energetic kid on the street. Before eight o'clock, she spotted the blue-painted courtyard wall in the distance. She slowed down, and when she reached the gate, she stepped out with her long legs and greeted everyone enthusiastically.
"Hello. I'm Jiang Nan. Today is my first day at work. I hope you will be able to guide me in the future."
"Hello, I appreciate your guidance."
No one could look down upon a young woman so full of life and smiles. Jiang Nan happily walked to the carport, locked the car, and swiftly entered the dressing room. She changed into her perfectly ironed police uniform from the previous day, humming a song as she marched to the police station's field office.
The police station where Jiang Nan worked was a branch of the Oilfield Police Station in the Tenth Operations Division. It wasn't very staffed, with only twenty-four field officers—oh, that should be twenty-five now. Add in the office staff and the cafeteria staff, and the total number was forty. But everyone was in a hurry, seemingly very busy.
Jiang Nan was assigned to Field Team Six. Originally, there were four people, but with Jiang Nan, there were now five, the largest team. The team leader, Guan Shun, was a sturdy man in his thirties. He happily shook Jiang Nan's hand. "Hello, I'll call you Xiaonan from now on. Come, this is your seat. You'll be working here from now on."
Seeing that her seat was right by the window, Jiang Nan happily pulled out a small pot of cactus from her messenger bag and said happily, "That's perfect. I'll put it on the windowsill. It won't need watering when it rains. It's much easier!"
She put the flower pot away, took out a rag from her bag, and wiped the table, chairs and benches carefully. The table was the most common red lacquer desk of the era, with a large glass top.
Jiang Nan cleaned the glass, pulled over a chair, swung his legs to feel it, and chuckled. Then he pulled out a photo frame and placed it in the corner of his desk, away from the window. He looked at the family portrait, his lips curling up slightly.
How could she not have photos on her desk? In her past life, she had watched classic British, American, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean dramas. In these workplace dramas, a big boss's desk must have a family photo. It's a must-have for successful people.
Guan Shun watched Jiang Nan rummaging through his pockets like a little hamster, pulling out this and that, and the corners of his mouth twitched. When most of the field workers had arrived, he stood up again and said to Jiang Nan, "Xiao Jiang, come here, let me introduce you to your temporary partner, Old Ye, Comrade Ye Sen."
Ye Sen looked quite old, perhaps forty, with his left leg bandaged. He extended his hand and smiled, his teeth showing off his white teeth. "Hello, Comrade Xiao Jiang, I'm glad to see you. I sprained my leg last time I caught the oil thief. But first, I have to tell you that I've applied to be transferred to the office staff position and will be transferring next month."
Jiang Nan shook hands with Ye Sen and looked at Guan Shun with some confusion.
Guan Shun patted his head and sighed, "Look at my memory. Don't worry, Xiao Jiang. Director Shen said that a male comrade will be sent down from the army soon to replace Ye Sen. You two will be able to join forces in the future, and there will be no problem."
Jiang Nan suddenly had a bad feeling. She turned to Guan Shun and said in a dazed voice, "Um, that man from the army, is his name Zhou Zhixing?"
"Yes, yes, you know Xiao Jiang? That's great. I was worried you were unhappy. You see, the police station really values you. Comrade Zhou Zhixing used to be a marksman in the army, but he was injured in combat and can no longer perform the job. Plus, he lost both his parents in the army, so he insisted on retiring."
Guan Shun wiped the sweat off his forehead in his heart. Fortunately, he asked a few more questions, otherwise he would have been stumped by the little girl and it would have seemed that he was very careless.
Jiang Nan smiled stiffly and floated back to his desk.
[Host, don't worry. Zhou Zhixing has a very high combat power, so he'll be fine. He's also experienced in eating melons, so maybe the two of you could even work together.]
Jiang Nan: Haha, hehe.
"Do you think someone who looks so much like my dad would wholeheartedly trust someone he has no relatives or friends with?" Jiang Nan asked. "Let me put it this way, Xiaotong, if I weren't his daughter, he wouldn't even bother with me. If I tried to get close to him, he might even teach me a lesson and make me back off."
[No, host, you still have me. You forgot, he can hear what we say, he will believe you.]
Jiang Nan pounded the table, feeling that the system wasn't comforting her, but adding fuel to the fire. It was really scary to be able to know what the other person was thinking while not knowing what the other person was thinking.
"Guan Shun, lead the team to the supply and marketing cooperative. There's a quarrel outside, and the emotions are quite agitated. Go over and try to mediate. Be sure not to let anyone start a fight."
Lan Qingshan came in from outside and greeted Guan Shundao. Seeing that Jiang Nan had cleaned up the table, he stepped forward and patted Jiang Nan on the shoulder: "Xiao Jiang, do a good job. We only have two female comrades in the field at the moment, so you are still very competitive."
Jiang Nan immediately stood up straight and replied loudly, "Thank you, Director Lan."
"Okay, let's go on the mission with Xiaoguan." Lan Qingshan waved his hand.
Guan Shun called the team members, and the four of them put on their hats and trotted out in a hurry. Ye Sen had been away from the field for the past few days because of a leg injury.
On the way, Guan Shun introduced the other two team members: "The slightly chubby one is Wen Qiang, you can just call him Qiangzi. The one next to him wearing glasses is Zou Li, but everyone calls him Little Glasses, so you can call him that from now on."
The two men chuckled at Jiang Nan. Wen Qiang sniffed his stomach and yelled in dissatisfaction, "Team Leader Guan, I'm a normal body shape. How can I be fat? Xiao Jiang, don't listen to what the team leader says. I'm not fat at all."
"Why are you shrinking your belly if you're not fat?" said Zou Li, a boy with glasses. "These parents are cooks, so they can't afford to be lazy. Xiao Jiang, from now on, just follow Qiangzi when you eat. His father is the chef in our police station cafeteria, and his mother is in charge of serving the dishes. Just follow him and you won't have to stir the spoon!"
"Hahaha."
Everyone laughed in understanding.
"Stop talking nonsense. I gain weight even if I drink cold water!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense," Guan Shun said. "Qiangzi has a lot of flesh, but he's very strong. From now on, you should ask him for any hard work. Little Glasses graduated in 1962 and studied criminal investigation. If you have any questions, just ask him. By the way, from now on, we have to act in pairs. We can't act alone, okay?"
"Got it, Captain Guan. By the way, Captain, do we usually patrol the oil wells? I used to see police patrolling on sidecar motorcycles. They looked so impressive."
"No need." Guan Shun saw that the little girl didn't understand, so he explained, "Our branch office is responsible for handling daily disputes. Patrols are the responsibility of the headquarters. They have a special patrol team over there, about a hundred people. We might be needed to help out during the busy year-end period, but we won't be needed at other times. But we're also very busy at the end of the year, so Officer Lan may not be willing to do that."
"Oh, hehe, I also want to drive a sidecar motorcycle." Jiang Nan had ridden one when he was a child in his previous life, but he had been envious of it for a long time.
"Who wouldn't want that? I would too." Wen Qiang interrupted, "Don't worry, we have it in our police station too."
"It will eventually happen. By the way, Xiaonan, you've just joined the company, so you won't be assigned night shifts in your first year. But next year, you will have to work night shifts. Also, you'll have to work weekends sometimes. We have six field teams on duty, and they'll take turns. You might not get a shift once a month, so don't worry."
Jiang Nan patted his chest and said, "Okay, Team Leader, I'm fine."
Guan Shun was happy: "Okay, young people are different, full of energy."
Jiang Nan chuckled, "Young people should always look young. Besides, you're not old, team leader. You're only about twenty-five or twenty-six, the same age as me."
Now that she was here, Jiang Nan was very good at convincing herself. She was sixteen years old now, a girl who would always be sixteen.
Anyone would be happy to be called young. Guan Shun was very happy at this moment. He said, "You really know how to talk. I'm already 29 and can be your uncle. The one who's 25 is Wen Qiang."
Jiang Nan continued to speak kindly without distinction: "Ah, Brother Qiangzi is already 25? I really can't tell, I thought he was just 20."
Wen Qiang didn't think Jiang Nan was being polite. He was very optimistic and said, "That's because I look plump. My dad says that people look younger when they are fat. Look at those old men and women. The fat ones look younger than the thin ones."
The group chatted along the way, and Jiang Nan was still very satisfied with the atmosphere of the group.
The four of them chatted all the way and soon arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. From a distance, they saw a group of people gathered together, and there was a quarrel among them. Listening carefully, they found that it was the old lady and the old man shouting and cursing, and they seemed very excited. Jiang Nan cleared his throat and tactfully made way for everyone: "Make way, make way, the police are coming."
Guan Shun looked at Jiang Nan with appreciation. Jiang Nan held her head high. She was good at flattery.
The crowd quickly made way for the four of them, and they all went in. Jiang Nan's eyes widened. Oh well, it was from their floor again. Old Wu and Old Lady Liu were arguing like crazy. Cheng Gaigai held Old Lady Liu's arm and lowered her head to wipe away her tears.
Seeing the police coming, Old Lady Liu straightened her back and jumped up and down, yelling, "You shameless old Wu, you're so shameless after being released this morning. Police comrades, quickly arrest him! This old guy is a hooligan. He's so old, but he has no shame. Not only did he say dirty words to my granddaughter, he also touched my old woman's butt. Quickly arrest him and put him in jail for ten or eight years to make him lose his temper!"
Cheng Gaigai looked up at Jiang Nan, then quickly lowered her head and continued to wipe her tears.
Old Wu was a little scared when he saw the police, but after he was taken to the police station, he was only asked a few strange questions and was quickly released. Naturally, he felt that he was fine. He retorted unyieldingly, "What do you mean by rude? Why don't you just take a piss and look at yourself? How could I be rude to you?! Everyone, is that possible? I am blind. I am rude to an old woman! I was queuing here and I kindly let you two cut in line. I did a good deed and yet I was framed. Isn't this unfair?"
"Bah, what do you mean by doing a good deed? You're just deliberately trying to take advantage of me." Old Lady Liu refused to budge and slapped Old Wu in the face. "I'll stop you from talking nonsense! How could I, a woman, wrongly accuse you for no reason?"
Hearing this, Jiang Nan quickly interrupted Old Lady Liu and said, "Grandma Liu, Grandpa Wu, please stop arguing. The staff at the supply and marketing cooperative have already called the police. If you continue to fight and disrupt their work, come with us to the police station to record your statements. We will then notify your children's employers to come and pick them up."
This is how offices work these days: business deals with business, rarely dealing with individuals. Even if an elderly person makes a mistake and refuses to give up, they'll go to their children's workplace and have them and their boss come over to take the person away and give them a lecture.
After hearing this, the two men calmed down, but they were still glaring at each other with hatred. It was obvious that they were still angry, but they didn't dare to make a scene in front of the police for fear of affecting their children's work.
The two looked at Jiang Nan, hoping that she would be more lenient because they were neighbors. Jiang Nan turned her eyes away. It was her first day on the job, so she wouldn't show favoritism. Humph!
Guan Shun gave Jiang Nan another point, and together with Zou Li, he took Jiang Nan to the outside to question the onlookers. Wen Qiang watched the two parties involved, Old Wu and Old Lady Liu, to prevent them from getting emotional and fighting again.
Guan Shun knew it all in his heart, he didn't even need to ask, he guessed it, the old man took advantage of the little girl, and the grandmother was unhappy and made a fuss, that's it.
As for the story about Old Lady Liu taking advantage of her, it was because she didn't want to tarnish her granddaughter's reputation that she started the argument. If this kind of thing had spread, who knows what the consequences would have been, how would the little girl live her life in the future? The little girl didn't dare to look up, she just kept looking down, wiping away her tears, looking terrified.
Guan Shun whispered to Jiang Nan, "When questioning the onlookers, try to make it sound like casual conversation, okay? That way, they'll relax and tell you everything they've seen and heard. You're a lesbian, which gives you an advantage over us men. People will think you're less aggressive, and you'll be able to connect with the crowd better. Okay, go ahead and give it a try. It's not a big deal, just ask clearly."
Jiang Nan nodded. These were all words of experience shared by veteran police officers. As a newcomer, she still had a lot to learn. "Don't worry, Team Leader. I'll make sure the mission is accomplished."
Jiang Nan walked into the crowd with a smile. Although she was wearing a police uniform, she tried her best to act like she was chatting casually. She said, "Uncle, what good stuff did the supply and marketing cooperative have so early in the morning that there are so many people queuing up?"
The old man was standing in line behind Old Wu. He hadn't wanted to get involved at first, but when he heard that was the question, he didn't hide it. He said, "Apples. The supply and marketing cooperative gets them from somewhere, but they're big and red. I heard they're Red Fuji apples, imported from abroad. They're so rare. Look, everyone's coming to buy them."
"Really? Then you've been waiting for a long time, right? Can your body bear it?" Jiang Nan continued to ask.
"Girl, I'm not even sixty years old and I'm in good health. I'm not blind or deaf, so what can you not bear?" The old man said proudly.
"Is that so, sir? You must have seen everything that happened just now, right?" Jiang Nan said cheerfully. "You're in great shape, and you're not blind or deaf. Nothing can escape your eyes, right?"
The old man's mouth stiffened, but the words were already spoken, and the little girl flattered him, so he continued to speak with a stiff upper lip: "Of course not. My old Futou's eyes are like piercing golden pupils. Little girl, let me tell you, that old man is not a good person. He was queuing in front of me, and when he saw the little girl going to the front to look at apples, he asked the little girl to cut in line. The little girl didn't come by herself, but went to the back to call her grandmother. Who knew that the old man was still dishonest, taking advantage of the little girl with dirty words, and even said to the little girl..."
"What little girl? What nonsense are you talking about, old man? He was touching this old lady, don't talk nonsense."
The old lady behind him hurriedly interrupted the old man. Women could relate more to this situation and understood why Old Lady Liu was making such a fuss. Since the grandmother had already achieved this, why were they, as outsiders, throwing mud at the young girl? She glared at the old man in front and pulled Jiang Nan over to talk. "Little girl, don't ask him. What does he know at his age? Ask me. I'm only fifty and I've seen it all..."
Jiang Nan secretly glanced at Cheng Gaigai, seeing her looking at him uneasily. Jiang Nan sighed inwardly. Girls always suffer when encountering such things. People are particularly tolerant of men, but what about women? It is clearly the woman who is being molested and taken advantage of, but the world will always think it is the woman's fault.
Jiang Nan didn't think about it. Since Old Lady Liu started yelling, he would just do as she said.
The four of them quickly took notes and quickly understood what had happened. They lectured the two elderly people, consoled Cheng Gaigai, and then returned. It was such a small matter, were they really going to take them back to the police station? None of the parties involved wanted to make a big deal out of it. There was no need, truly no need.
Next, Jiang Nan and the team dealt with an incident where neighbors quarreled over two onions, and a child stole a white rabbit from a neighbor's house and was taken to the police station to file a complaint.
At noon, while eating delicious braised pork in the police station cafeteria, Jiang Nan began to doubt her life: Is her police career all about dealing with these trivial matters?
[Host, you're a grassroots police officer, and being able to handle these is already very good. And look, for three cases, we got one melon coin.]
Jiang Nan: Haha, hehe.
"Xiao Jiang, what's wrong with you? Are you tired from having too many cases?"
Guan Shun cares very much about the female comrades in the team. It's funny that there are only two women in the entire field work, and there is one in their team. She is more precious than a giant panda.
You know, many times when they go out on field work, female comrades have an advantage over them.
Although they are not big and strong, they are big men with little friendliness. Once they arrive at the scene, people basically don't talk to them, which takes a lot of time to get their statements.
But today is different. With just a few words, Jiang Nan got everyone talking. Isn't this worth cherishing?
As the only female field worker in the group, Guan Shun is very valuable.
"Team Leader Guan, I'm fine." Jiang Nan pulled the corner of his mouth, took a bite of the braised pork, and asked casually, "My dad and his colleagues at work all go home for lunch, why do we have to eat at the office?"
"Oh." Guan Shun sighed deeply. Qiangzi and Xiao Yanjing also looked miserable and unwilling to talk more, which made Jiang Nan even more curious.
"Because many people like to report crimes in the middle of the day," Guan Shun said. "They don't want to take time off and have their attendance bonuses deducted, so they come to report crimes during their lunch break. Also, many people live in tube-shaped buildings, and conflicts are most likely to arise during cooking time, so this is when the police are particularly high."
He sighed again. "Director Lan has the field staff take turns on duty at noon, with two groups at a time. Today, Group 5 and ours are on duty. But don't worry, if you're on duty at noon, you'll get off work an hour earlier than everyone else in the afternoon, so you won't be at a disadvantage."
Jiang Nan was happily eating lunch, unaware that there was chaos in the tube building.
It turned out that when Old Lady Liu brought her granddaughter home, she felt increasingly unhappy. Old Wu had taken such a huge advantage, so why did he just let it go? She hadn't dared to make a scene when the police were around, but now that she was home, what was she afraid of? If she didn't make a scene, the old man would think that the Cheng family was easy to bully.
The more Mrs. Liu thought about it, the angrier she became. She rushed up to the fourth floor and told her granddaughter sternly, "Go home. This is none of your business."
After she finished speaking, she didn't care whether Cheng Gaigai listened or not, and started banging on the door of the Wu family: "Old Wu, come out here, I know you are at home, come out here, don't be like a coward. You took advantage of me and think you can just let it go, I tell you, no way! Why don't you go out and ask around, I, Liu Daya, am not that easy to bully. If you don't bleed today, I, Liu Daya, will not let it go like this."
Old Wu was already feeling guilty. He had just been released, and he had already met the police on his first day. If his sons and grandsons knew about this, they would definitely punish him. Fortunately, the two of them were not there, otherwise who knows what would happen.
He thought for a moment, then took the net bag of apples he had bought today, opened the door, and apologized with a lick of his face, "Big sister, it was really a misunderstanding today. I was bumped by the guy behind me, and then I fell forward and bumped into you, right? Here, these are the apples I bought today. Take them home and consider them my apology. What do you think?"
Seeing that she got a bag of apples so easily, Old Lady Liu's fighting spirit soared rapidly. She snatched the net bag, pinched her waist and cursed: "A bag of apples is enough? You look down on me too much." She pushed Old Wu away with her butt and strode into the Wu family's door. Today, Old Lady Liu had robbed Old Wu's house!
Grandma Fang and Sun Qiaolian were peeking out the door. Even Uncle Lin, who rarely went out, was leaning on his crutches, peering out from the doorway. Old Wu, with his head bowed and a smile apologetically, didn't even dare to reach out when Old Lady Liu grabbed a piece of meat, perhaps weighing half a pound. The Fangs, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, exchanged glances, sensing something was amiss.
Old Lady Liu returned home proudly, holding a pile of "stolen goods" like a victorious rooster.
Old Wu was angry but dared not say anything. He just smiled stiffly and closed the door.
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