Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"What's going on?" He Wenbao was sitting in the passenger seat and talking to Feng Sizhe. Suddenly, he saw smoke coming out of the front of the car and asked in a panic. After asking, he remembered that he was just a follower and the leader was sitting next to him. It was really unbecoming to make a fuss over a small matter.

Feng Sizhe didn't notice He Wenbao's embarrassed look. When he saw the white smoke coming out of the hood of the car, he smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it, I'll have to take bus No. 11 from now on." Although he didn't know much about cars, he had driven many good cars in his previous life and knew about some minor problems. He felt something was wrong with this Lada as soon as he drove it. The throttle was soft and the clutch was stiff. He felt that the car might not last long. Now that the car broke down halfway, he could only shake his head, knowing that the car had completed its mission. Unless a professional technician came to repair it, it would be difficult for him, who didn't even know how to use a knife, to set the car on fire.

After shaking his head, Feng Sizhe reached out and picked up his black briefcase from the back seat, then said to He Wenbao beside him: "How is it? Are you still strong? If you can, let's walk to Shisanli Town next."

Shisanli Town is the first township that Feng Sizhe wants to conduct an investigation. It is about forty or fifty miles away from the big lake. After the Lada car ran just now, it has completed about thirty miles. In other words, the remaining distance is estimated to be about ten miles, which should not be too far.

"Ah?" He Wenbao walked out of the parked Lada and looked at Feng Sizhe in surprise. "County Magistrate Feng, do we... do we really have to walk?"

"Of course. What else can we do? Should we go to the county town? That distance is much farther than going to Shisanli Town, right? Besides, do you think that even if we walk back, the county will still send us a car? Haha, I don't think so. Since going back will make others look cold, we might as well not do that and go directly to Shisanli Town." Feng Sizhe said these words quite naturally. He locked the Lada with the car key while speaking. After all, this was state property and could not be thrown away randomly. When he got back to Shisanli Town, he would call the county and ask them to send someone to take the car back.

After doing all this, Feng Sizhe strode along the asphalt road towards Shisanli Town. He Wenbao, who was standing by, realized that the other party was serious at this time, so he quickly called out "County Magistrate Feng" and quickly chased after him.

There were no buses at this time, so there was no choice but to walk. No cars were passing by, so who would let you take a ride? Feng Sizhe and He Wenbao walked towards Shisanli Town one after the other. This was a rare thing in the early 1990s. After all, it was a special case for the executive deputy county magistrate to enjoy such treatment.

At the intersection of Shisanli Town, the mayor Liu Yong and a group of people waited there for a long time, but they did not see Feng Sizhe's car coming. It was almost lunchtime, and still no one came. Amid the grumblings of everyone, he had to dismiss the team and asked everyone to go back to eat first and wait for him to call the county to ask about it.

Half an hour later, Feng Sizhe and He Wenbao slowly appeared at the intersection of Shisanli Town.

He Wenbao saw that the town didn't even send anyone to greet us, and he couldn't help but say angrily, "How did this town learn to bully people? Do they think we can't deal with them?"

"Hey." Feng Sizhe waved his hand, raised his head to look at the sun in the sky, and said with a smile, "It's time to eat now. I guess they didn't expect our car to break down halfway, so they thought we wouldn't come today. Forget it, this is actually a good thing. Let's find a place to eat first, and then go to the town government to take a look."