South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Two days later in the early morning, the warden read out the punishment notice for the two fugitives in front of all the prisoners.

Li Daniu was originally sentenced to life imprisonment but now it has been commuted to suspended death sentence, while Sun Dagou was originally sentenced to suspended death sentence but now it has been commuted to death penalty, to be executed immediately.

At that time, Sun Dagou was taken away and brought to an open space, where he was executed by judicial police holding five or six rifles. With a gunshot, Sun Dagou ended his sinful life.

Afterwards, the prison instructor gave an ideological education class to all the prisoners. It lasted for more than two hours and even Yuan Mu felt sleepy.

The days that followed were relatively peaceful, and nothing happened. However, the wild boar that Yuan Mu caught gave birth to twelve piglets, each one full of energy.

Two weeks later, Yuan Mu arrived at the door of cell 451.

"Hey! Old Sun, come here!" Yuan Mu shouted inside.

"Report to Supervisor Yuan!" Soon, a man in his fifties ran over from the cell with a smile on his face.

"Old Sun, I remember you were slaughtering pigs before you came in, right?"

"Yes, I am a pig butcher."

"You haven't lost your skills, have you?"

"How could I forget? These are all skills for making food."

"Okay, come out with me, I'll find you for something!" Yuan Mu nodded with a smile, then opened the cell and put handcuffs on Old Sun's hands.

This is the rule. Whenever a prisoner leaves the cell, he must be handcuffed unless he is eating or going to work.

Old Sun was taken all the way to a small farm behind the prison. There was a pigsty there with a sow and twelve piglets lying inside. However, the sow and the piglets were separated by a wall.

"See, among the twelve piglets, ten are boars and two are sows. Leave two boars and one sow for breeding, and castrate the rest. Is there a problem?" Yuan Mu pointed at the piglets.

"Master Yuan, don't worry, there won't be any problem at all!" Old Sun said, patting his chest.

"Okay, wait, we'll go in and catch the pigs!" Yuan Mu nodded, then took two prison guards into the pigpen to catch the pigs.

Yuan Mu first caught two little boars and threw them into the sow's pen. These were the seeds left behind, and the rest were caught one by one.

It is still necessary to castrate pigs. After all, if you don't castrate pigs, boars will become aggressive and go into estrus, unwilling to eat, and the quality of their meat will not be good. The same is true for sows. Of course, the most important thing is that the meat will not taste good.

Soon, under the operation of Old Sun, the little pigs were castrated one by one. Watching Old Sun's operation, Yuan Mu felt a chill down there.

That’s good. After castration, these piglets can be eaten after about one year of growth, and the meat yield is high.

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As the days passed, Harbin welcomed its first snow. Today is November 15th and the weather is particularly cold. This is how winter is in the Northeast, especially the further north you go, the colder it gets.

Yuan Mu was wearing the military coat issued by the company and a hat, standing at the factory gate, smoking a cigarette in his hand and breathing out.

It is winter now, and the prisoners are no longer suitable for working outside. They have now been transferred to indoor factories to paste matchboxes, but smoking is not allowed in the factory.

Behind every regulation there is a painful lesson, including the rule that smoking is not allowed in factories. Back then, a prison guard was smoking in the factory and a fire broke out, burning a lot of raw materials and causing heavy losses.

He had already asked for leave from the warden, and the warden Zhang Meng also approved Yuan Mu's leave and allowed him to visit his hometown.

This time I went back, one reason was to sweep my parents' graves. It was snowing so heavily that the graves were probably buried in the snow. The other reason was because of Ma Kui's matter.

He has already obtained the appeal letter written by Ma Kui himself, plus the evidence he provided, he can give it a try. It would be good if Ma Kui could be released two years earlier, right?

However, Yuan Mu felt that it was not very realistic. After all, there was a lack of evidence. If Wang Yongge was unwilling to testify for Ma Kui, it would be useless. It would be great if the two thieves could be caught.

He threw the cigarette butt on the ground and extinguished it, then turned back into the factory and came to Ma Kui's workstation.

"Lao Ma, my vacation has been approved and I will be returning to Ningyang tomorrow. Is there anything else you want to do?"

"Leaving tomorrow?" Upon hearing this, Ma Kui immediately became excited.

"Yes, the train tomorrow morning."

"No, I'm already very grateful that you can help me like this!" Ma Kui held Yuan Mu's hand with excitement on his face.

"Okay, don't be polite. When you get out of prison, just treat me to a meal." Yuan Mu smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Of course, when I really go out, I must invite you to my house for a drink!"

The next morning at around six o'clock, Yuan Mu got up, changed into casual clothes, returned the handcuffs and gun to the equipment room, and then left the prison.

It was already past eight in the morning when he arrived at the train station. The prison was located in a remote area, and he had to ride a bicycle to get there, which was not a short journey.

At this time, you can see that the train station is crowded with people. It is really endless. It is full of people, carrying large and small bags, with children, holding chickens and ducks, and carrying bags. Those who cannot get through the doors just walk through the windows.

People of this era are very simple and will lend a hand when they are in need, so those standing in the car let people outside in through the windows, and the platform was bustling.

Shaking his head, Yuan Mu queued up and got on the train little by little. Not wanting to squeeze with them, he came to the train connection where there were fewer people and he could smoke.

Yuan Mu was a heavy smoker in his previous life. Although he doesn't smoke in this life, he can't forget the smoking addiction from his previous life.

As he lit up his cigarette, he saw an old man in tattered clothes next to him, with narrowed eyes, a stick in his hand, and a tattered luggage bag sitting under his butt.

Hey! Isn't this the old blind man? Yuan Mu still has some impression of him.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Mu's sympathy surged. It's not that he was too kind, but he knew that this old blind man was a good person, not a liar who cheated people for free food and drinks.

"Uncle, are you hungry?" So Yuan Mu came and squatted in front of the old blind man.

The old blind man didn't say anything when he heard Yuan Mu's words, but sniffed carefully.

"Young man, do you have anything to eat?"

"Come on, I just happened to have some with me. You look hungry." Yuan Mu then took out two cakes and a pig's trotter from his bag and handed them to him.

"Oh, pig's trotter! Thank you!" The old blind man knew what it was as soon as he smelled it, then said thank you, took the bread and pig's trotter and started eating.

That guy was enjoying the food, taking a bite of bread and a bite of pig's trotter. Yuan Mu felt hungry just by looking at him.