Siheyuan: I am the seventh uncle of Banggen - Page 180
Evening is the best time to give gifts. Zhang Dabao went to the homes of Yu Sinian, Lei Huanian and Jidenian, and gave each of them ten kilograms of millet, a whole lamb and two bundles of leeks, and received gifts of cigarettes and alcohol in return.
After leaving Ji Denian's house, we went to Xing Baoguo and Xu Sinian's house. Half a lamb leg was enough, with some millet and leeks. I couldn't say I was familiar with Wang Cheng and Liu Le, but it was okay too. A few pounds of meat and some millet were enough for each family.
When I came out of Liu Le's house, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. I couldn't go to other people's houses at this time. Those who went to bed early had already gone to bed.
After coming out, Zhang Dabao didn't want to go home, so he came to the courtyard where Liang Ladi lived.
"Why are you here at this time?" Liang Ladi was just about to take a rest when she heard someone knocking on the door. When she asked, she found out it was Zhang Dabao. She was very happy.
"I just came back from a business trip and brought back some gifts. I visited my leaders and friends. These are two bundles of leeks and this is mutton. We will make dumplings for the New Year." Zhang Dabao handed the things in his hand to Liang Ladi.
"Da Biao, you are so nice to us," Liang Ladi said.
"You know how I feel about you, so you should behave well later," said Zhang Dabao.
"Go to hell." Liang Ladi turned around and went into the house first.
The north wind was howling outside, and two people were making love inside.
Proper exercise helps sleep, and the experts' words are particularly reasonable. Zhang Dabao slept until dawn and got up at around six o'clock. Fortunately, the children were not awake yet. Liang Aihua was making breakfast. Seeing Zhang Dabao coming out of her sister's room, she smiled awkwardly and turned into the kitchen. Zhang Dabao also smiled and left the yard.
I left here and went to Chunfeng Hutong to catch up on some sleep. It was already ten in the morning when I woke up again. I went to Hongxing Subdistrict Office to deliver something to my aunt's house. I didn't want to go to her house. I didn't like Qiao Baozhong very much. I felt that he was a bit too bureaucratic and impersonal. Of course, it could also be that we have different positions. My level is too low and I may never reach his level. Should I consider the overall situation? Who are you? Why should I care about him? Who the hell cares about me? I care about who.
"Da Biao, you went out again?" Wang Xiuqin asked after seeing her nephew.
"Yes, I went to Shanxi and visited the family of a fallen comrade. He and I were good brothers when we were in the army. We agreed to work in a noodle shop together after retirement, but he died," said Zhang Dabao with a wry smile.
"It would be great if there were no war. Fortunately, there are fewer wars now." Wang Xiuqin had experienced the war years and especially understood Zhang Dabao's idea.
"The main reason was that I kept thinking about him recently. It seemed that he was afraid that I would forget our agreement, so I went to visit his home, which helped me to put my mind at ease," said Zhang Dabao.
"Come to my house for the New Year, and then you can celebrate it by yourself after you get married," said Wang Xiuqin.
"No need. There are many brothers and nephews from my hometown working in the city. My two sisters are in the same courtyard, and there is a younger brother and two nephews in the next courtyard. I am not lonely. I brought you some things from my business trip. Can I put them here for you?" Zhang Dabia said.
"It would be great if we could have dinner together at my house tonight. Your cousin's wife is pregnant now, and she and your cousin have moved back home," Wang Xiuqin said happily.
"It's really impossible. I have too much to do and I have many friends to visit. It just so happens that I got Yanggao millet from Shanxi. The millet there was tribute rice in ancient times. It is very nutritious and especially good for the elderly, children and pregnant women," said Zhang Dabao.
"Really? That's great. That bastard Qiao Yongqian isn't as meticulous as you think," Wang Xiuqin said happily.
After chatting with Wang Xiuqin for a while, Zhang Dabao put a lamb shank, thirty kilograms of millet and two bundles of leeks in Wang Xiuqin's office and said goodbye.
I went to the Hongxing Police Station this morning to get a free meal and to bring some things to Liang Fei and Cao Lianbiao.
Zhang Dabao arrived at the Hongxing Police Station and found the atmosphere a bit depressing as soon as he entered the door. When he arrived at the office area, he found that Liang Fei was not there, and Cao Lianbiao and about fifty-six people were discussing something.
"Dabao, come here quickly!" Cao Lianbiao saw Zhang Dabao, quickly stood up and shouted.
"Is it so busy during the New Year? Where is Brother Liang?" Zhang Dabao asked.
"Da Biao, Brother Liang is seriously injured and is in hospital. You have to help me now," said Cao Lianbiao.
"Help you? Do we brothers need to ask for help? Just tell me directly if you have anything to say," Zhang Dabia said with a smile.
"Now a group of human traffickers has appeared in the capital. They are mainly from outsiders and have the cooperation of local people. Their main targets are young women. Brother Liang led people to discover the bad guys last time. When they were arresting them, they were agile and had guns. They did things in a very methodical manner. They must have received professional training. Brother Liang and his two men faced two of the other side. As a result, two of us were injured and one died, and the enemy escaped unscathed," said Cao Lianbiao.
"So brutal? Are there any clues now?" Zhang Dabao sat down when he heard the seriousness of the matter.
"Everyone, this is Comrade Zhang Dabao, vice chairman of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill Labor Union. He is a director-level cadre and also my good brother. Don't be fooled by his high position, he is even more capable. You must have heard about the border bandit suppression. It was he who did it. Two people wiped out forty horse bandits; then four of us lured the enemy and wiped out a company of horse bandits, and only one person was injured." Cao Lianbiao introduced Zhang Dabao to several people.
"Da Biao, this is a brother from the Dongcheng Branch. He is looking for clues for Captain Hua. Now, we have received a tip that a group of suspicious people appeared in Chunfeng Hutong. They are in Yard No. 6, very close to your home," said Cao Lianbiao.
"What do you need me to do? Go in for reconnaissance or assassination?" Zhang Dabao asked.
"Da Biao, investigate first. If you are sure it is that group of people, you can go in and open the door since you are good at fighting. Forceful attack won't work as there may be hostages inside," said Cao Lianbiao.
"No problem, but my specialty is investigating at night. No matter how good my skills are during the day, it won't work because people are not blind. I'll go to the hospital to see Brother Liang first. I'll go directly to my courtyard in the afternoon and investigate at night. If there is any situation, I'll go directly to the police station to find you," said Zhang Dabao.
"No problem," Cao Lianbiao said, and told Liang Fei where he was hospitalized.
He couldn't make a living in the police station, and he also found some trouble. He was not afraid of any trouble, and investigation would have no problem at all, because he still had two smart crows.
The two crows had been watching at the entrance of the alley, waiting for the fox to come and leave a signal, but unfortunately, there was no movement.
The two crows received Zhang Dabao's signal, flew to Chunfeng Hutong, and landed on the sycamore tree in Yard No. 6.
Through the crow's vision, Zhang Dabao can see everything in the yard, but there is no one in the yard now.
Zhang Dabao drove a pickup truck to the Third Hospital and saw Liang Fei's son Liang Gang, "Uncle Zhang", in the ward.
"What's going on, Brother Liang?" Zhang Dabao put the gift on the table at the side.
"I was shot in the leg. It was a penetrating wound. I've already had the surgery. I'm fine now, but it hurts a little," said Liang Gang, and wanted to wake up the sleeping Liang Fei.
"Don't call him, I have something to do. I will come to see him in two days. Don't worry, your father's injury will not be in vain." Zhang Dabao grabbed Liang Fei, looked at the sleeping Liang Fei, and left the ward.
Chapter 408 Someone is going to do something big
After leaving the hospital, Zhang Dabiao returned the car to the mining machinery factory, drove back his tricycle, and went to Chunfeng Hutong for lunch. Then he went to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and promised to make the frame and the truck bed for Zhang Cuihua and Zhang Lianhua. He found Liu Le, took out the drawings, and agreed to pick them up tomorrow.
"Uncle, I brought some specialties from Shanxi. Let me put them in your car. Cao Lianbiao asked me to help him this afternoon," Zhang Dabao said when he came to Li Huaide's office.
"What important business could Cao Lianbiao have? You'd better be careful. Don't always rely on your better skills and ignore it," said Li Huaide.
"No, I can't. It's New Year's Day, should I go to Uncle Yang Weihua's place?" Zhang Dabao asked Li Huaide.
"Of course we have to go. It doesn't matter how much stuff we have, we have to go. Now we are good friends with Lao Yang. When Li Feiyue and others were in the factory, Lao Yang got furious. He confronted Wang Jian in Minister Shi's office and left him speechless. I have never seen Lao Yang so angry," said Li Huaide with a smile.
"I'll go to the department to find him tomorrow. I don't want to go to his house. It's uncomfortable," said Zhang Dabao.
"It doesn't matter where you go, you must let Lao Yang know that you are going. It would be best if you could meet him. He is very busy now. Our factory has achieved such great success now, and the higher-ups require promotion. This is Lao Yang's job, but how can he promote it? We have not yet produced such advanced equipment," said Li Huaide.
"Uncle, I think you might as well talk to the higher-ups and ask the sister factories to send people to our factory to learn. We can use these people as workers. Once they have the equipment, they can immediately organize production. Wouldn't that mean we have backbone workers? After all, you are also the first deputy director of the Metallurgical Bureau, and this is also your responsibility," Zhang Dabao suggested.
"That makes sense. We have gained good people and left a good impression on the leaders above us. Most importantly, we have free labor." Li Huaide understood it immediately.
"Uncle, please talk to Director Li. I'll put the things in your car and then I'll leave," said Zhang Dabao.
After putting the New Year gifts on Li Huaide's car, Zhang Dabao left the Red Star Steel Mill, parked his motorcycle at the entrance of the alley, and came to No. 10 Chunfeng Hutong carrying five or six kilograms of millet in his hand.
There was definitely something wrong with Chunfeng Hutong, because Zhang Dabao felt that someone was monitoring him. As soon as he entered the alley, he felt that someone was watching him secretly. Looking at the direction, it was not Courtyard No. 1, but Courtyard No. at the entrance of the alley. The person monitoring him was in the wing room, watching the people entering the alley through the glass of the wing room.
Zhang Dabao opened the door and entered Yard No. 10, and the feeling of being monitored disappeared.
Are they one courtyard or two? Do the traffickers have such great power? Two courtyards are not cheap either; Zhang Dabiao now has doubts.
A crow from Yard No. 6 was moved to Yard No. 1. Zhang Dabao entered the house and monitored every move of the two yards through the crow.
No one came out of Yard No. 6. The crows couldn't see what was going on inside the house, but what could be seen from the outside was that there were people in the north house and the east wing. There were people in Yard No. 1, with two people leaning against the wall in front of the north house to bask in the sun, and there were also two people in the east wing. It seemed that these were the people who were monitoring the entrance to the alley. Apart from these four people, there was no one else in the yard.
Zhang Dabiao still couldn't figure out how Courtyard 1 would be notified if Courtyard 6 found a problem. They couldn't have a phone. Thinking of the phone, Zhang Dabiao thought of the experiment his teacher did in physics class when he was a child. They used a rope as a medium and connected paper receivers at both ends. They could hear the sound from the other side even though they were two classrooms apart. Could they be using this method?
Zhang Dabao asked the crows in Yard 1 to fly up and search under the eaves, and they really found a rope. The simpler the method, the more effective it is. After figuring out the transmission method, Zhang Dabao now suspected that they were not human traffickers, but were probably enemy agents, and they were planning something big.
It gets dark very quickly in winter. As soon as the sun sets, it becomes dark in a moment, and there are almost no pedestrians on the road. After dinner, Zhang Dabao looked at Courtyard 1 and Courtyard 6 through the two crows. Everyone in Courtyard had gone into the house. Through the lights in the house, the two were still in the east wing. The lights in the north room were off, probably because they were changing shifts for surveillance.
There was someone watching this side of the alley, but was there anyone watching the other side? Zhang Dabao thought of a new question. At this time, the crow's sight was no longer good, so Zhang Dabao decided to go out and take a look himself.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Dabao jumped onto the roof, passed through Courtyard No. 6, and came to the roof of the main house in Courtyard No. . Several people were talking in the house. Since he didn't know what they were talking about, Zhang Dabao didn't know what they were discussing, but they repeatedly mentioned a time, the morning of the th day of the twelfth lunar month, and a place, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.
On the morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Red Star Steel Rolling Company held a meeting of middle-level and above leaders and outstanding employee representatives. What were they going to do?
"Team Leader Wang, I think this plan is still imperfect. For example, how do our people retreat? From where? Who will provide the support? What tools will be used? The steel rolling mill security department is no pushover. It is a formal department-level unit. The current section chief, Xing Baoguo, has become a deputy-department-level cadre. Without his level, he would not have achieved such great results," a middle-aged man raised the question.
"Lao Zheng, there is no way to retreat. I hope the brothers who are inside can find a way out by themselves. If they can come out, they can come out. If they can't, they can sacrifice their lives to serve the party and the country. We have been lurking for so long, haven't we just for this day?" said Team Leader Wang.
"It's easy to say, but who is willing to sacrifice his life for the country? You can go, but now is not the time. Let me put it bluntly, Team Leader Wang, do you think they can come back? They can't come back, and everyone knows that. Now we brothers just want to make money. We don't have the time or interest to listen to this bullshit about whether to repay the country or not," said the man Lao Zheng.
"Team Leader Wang, don't be angry. What Lao Zheng said makes sense. Now everyone follows you to make money, right? We make money not to die, but to enjoy life better. If you earn money but die, who would do such a job?" Another person persuaded Team Leader Wang.
"Team leader Wang, why don't we discuss it again? What Lao Zheng and Lao Ding said are right. We want to do this and catch some big yellow croakers. We can go to the countryside or somewhere else, spend money to get a job, and then marry a wife and live a good life. We've had enough of this life of fear," another person said.
"You were all trained by the Party and the country, how can you think like this?" Team leader Wang said angrily.
"It was the Party-State that nurtured us, but where is the Party-State? It's gone. Isn't that funny?" Lao Zheng replied.
Chapter 409: Webmaster
Zhang Dabao heard it clearly. These people organized their forces and wanted to do a big thing at the steel rolling mill on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, but the risk was too high and no one was willing to go, so they had to make new plans.
"Team leader Wang, doesn't the steel rolling mill manager have a brother? Let him help us. We are all in the same boat. If we can't get better, he can't get better either," said Lao Ding.
"I don't have the authority to activate him. I will report to my superiors when I return. Let's think about it again and perfect the plan. My superiors said that after the completion of the plan, each of you three will get five large yellow croakers, and the other brothers will get two each. The payment will be made that very evening, and there will be no delay." Team leader Wang saw that everyone had opinions on his plan, so he began to bribe them.
"Team leader Wang, go back and tell your leader that our lives are lives too. We haven't even had a single day to live well. It would be a shame if they died," said Lao Zheng.
"And Lao Ding, you'd better be careful. Why do you harass women every day? You were almost exposed last time, and you even pulled out a gun. If you were caught, we could still escape, but you would definitely be dead," said Team Leader Wang.
"I won't do it again, absolutely not again," Lao Ding quickly admitted his mistake.
"Go back, be careful and don't let anyone touch you," Team Leader Wang warned.
Three middle-aged men came out of the house. Due to the large number of people, Zhang Dabao only had two crows. He asked two crows to track separately. As for the other one, he had to give up first. He stayed here and followed Team Leader Wang because he had to meet his superior.
After about ten minutes, a man in his fifties came out of the north room, said something to the east wing, and then left the yard.
It was a bit cloudy tonight, and it was very dark, so Zhang Dabiao didn't follow too closely. He knew that these people had received special professional training. Even though it was at night, their anti-detection actions were still meticulous. They walked through the streets and alleys, carefully avoiding patrol officers. After walking for about 40 minutes and making a big circle, Team Leader Wang came to the gate of a small courtyard...
He looked around and didn't find anything, so he took out the key from the wall, opened the door and went in. Zhang Dabao jumped onto a big tree on the side. Seeing Team Leader Wang enter the west wing, he jumped onto the roof of the west wing and lay down on the roof.
"How is it? Do these people still obey orders?" asked an old man's voice.
"Stationmaster, people's hearts have changed. They are no longer the same as before. They used to fight bravely and were loyal to the party and the country, but now they only think about money and are afraid of death when doing tasks. Alas!" said Team Leader Wang.
"Qing Quan, people's hearts are the most changeable things. It's already very good that they still listen to your arrangements and don't betray you," said the webmaster.
"That's because the reward they gave was not much. If they had given me ten large yellow croakers, I would have been betrayed by them long ago," said Team Leader Wang.
"Yes, they didn't sell you out because the price was not right. There is no one who cannot be sold out. They are different from us. We do it for faith, and they do it for a living. What problem did you encounter?" asked the webmaster.
"They felt that after the explosion, they might not be able to leave the steel mill, because once something goes wrong, the factory gate will be closed immediately, and the security department will quickly start work. It will take less than a morning for the brothers to be found out, because the three of them do not work at the steel mill. They want to activate the steel mill's insiders, who can be responsible for transporting explosives and creating chaos at the factory gate, but they don't want to explode," said Team Leader Wang.
"The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill has new equipment, and now the output has increased several times. The people here have a very strong ability to imitate. In a few years, the whole country will be full of this kind of equipment. Their steel production will increase greatly, and the national strength will increase accordingly, which will bring trouble to our counterattack plan. Therefore, blowing up the equipment is the top priority. If the insider is activated, all the people attending the meeting at the steel rolling mill will be eliminated. I believe that most of the technical force will attend their commendation meeting," said the stationmaster.
"The conference room is also very large, so we may need to use a lot more explosives," said Team Leader Wang.
"I have prepared all these. You go to this place and organize them to get the explosives. I have placed a box of yellow croakers there. Give one to each person first to boost their morale," said the stationmaster. Zhang Dabao sounded like he was giving Team Leader Wang a piece of paper.