Siheyuan: The wife was intercepted after returning from the battlefield

The next morning.

Lin Ping came to the police station to work after breakfast, but he left after sitting for a while and Li Shengli didn't ask any questions.

At noon, Lin Ping came back with a 200-pound wild boar on his bicycle. When the police officer on duty saw him, he immediately saluted and said, "Hello, Chief Lin."

Then he looked at the wild boar behind the bicycle and said with a chuckle, "Director, shall we eat meat today?"

Lin Ping smiled and said, "Yes, we will improve the food for everyone today. You can share the remaining meat and take it home for your wives and children to taste."

Upon hearing this, the police officer jumped up and shouted, "The chief has brought back the wild boar!"

This shout called out to all the police officers in the station. They gathered around the wild boar with eager eyes. Li Shengli said, "Pingzi, you are really fast. You brought back a wild boar so quickly."

Lin Ping's heart moved and he said, "Director, if we had a car, we would have returned long ago. You don't know how exhausted I was to get this thing back."

Li Shengli thought about it and said, "We do have a jeep in our institute, which we usually use for important events. If you can get some gasoline, I will give you the car after I approve it."

Hearing this, Lin Ping chuckled and said, "Director, do you keep your word?"

Li Shengli said unhappily, "We are a city of men, but don't be happy. The branch office doesn't have much gasoline. If you want to use it as you please, you have to get it yourself."

Lin Ping thought that gasoline was not easy to get. The steel mill would definitely not be short of gasoline. He could just ask Li Huaide to get it when the time came. So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll get the gasoline myself."

Li Shengli waved his hand and said, "That's your business. The car is in the backyard. You can drive it away whenever you need it. I don't care about your gasoline. Don't worry about the gasoline stored in the institute."

At noon, the Red Star Police Station started serving meat, braised pork soup. Everyone's faces were beaming with joy after eating it, and they were more convinced of Lin Ping as the director.

When it was almost time to get off work, Lin Ping called Zhou Xiangqian and asked him to prepare people to transport the food, and then drove back to the courtyard.

Siheyuan.

When Yan Fugui saw a jeep parked at the gate of the compound, he couldn't help but lift his glasses to see who the important person was. You know, in Yan Fugui's eyes, anyone who can ride in a jeep is a high-ranking official.

When he saw Lin Ping getting out of the car, his jaw almost dropped to the ground, and he stuttered, "Ping... Pingzi, is the car yours?"

Hearing this, Lin Ping waved his hand and said with a smile: "Uncle San, you are joking. This is the car of the station. I only use it to carry out missions."

Li Tong, who was watching his sister Li Ya playing at the door, smiled and said, "Brother Pingzi, don't be so modest. Not everyone can drive a Jeep."

Lin Ping smiled and didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Do you have enough food at home? I didn't see Li Ya go to the back room to eat."

Li Tong smiled and said, "I have stored some food at home before, so we can have enough food for now. If we really can't eat, we will definitely go and trouble Aunt Wang."

Lin Ping knew that Li Tong was stubborn and didn't try to persuade her. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back first. Remember to let Li Ya accompany Qingyan when she's free."

Li Tong knew that her sister sometimes ate at Lin Ping's house with Lin Xuan, and she also knew that Lin Ping wanted to help her. She also felt that Lin Ping was interested, so she smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll let Li Ya go."

Li Ya, who was standing by, stopped playing and ran to Lin Ping, looking up and saying, "Brother Pingzi, I'm going to go play with my sister-in-law with you now."

Although Li Ya was full, it was normal for a child to be greedy after all, so Lin Ping took Li Ya home.

Yan Fugui saw this and said enviously, "Your Li Ya is a lucky one. Pingzi's food must be good."

Li Tong was not willing to indulge Yan Fugui, and said coldly: "Uncle San, it's a different era now. It's good enough for the children to have enough to eat. Don't be greedy." After that, she went back to the house.

Yan Fugui was taught a lesson by a maid, and his face did not look good. Yu Li, who was standing beside him, lowered her head and almost laughed out loud. She thought to herself that others are in charge of Jie Kuang and Jie Di's meals, and you still want to eat well? There is no such thing in the world. It is difficult for many children in other families to get enough to eat, so she agreed very much with Li Tong's point of view.

She had seen through the Yan family a long time ago, and now she didn't allow Yan Jiecheng to touch her at all. She was just waiting for the famine to be over so that she could divorce Yan Jiecheng.

West across the courtyard.

Lin Ping brought Li Ya back home. Lin Xuan and Lin Qing happened to be there. Li Ya immediately started playing with the girls, while He Yushui was whispering with Lin Qingya.

Lin Ping walked in and heard that it was He Yushui who wanted to find a wife for Sha Zhuzi and asked Lin Qingya to give him some advice. He smiled and said, "Yushui, it's easy for you to find a wife for Zhuzi. Your family is not short of money now. It's hard to find a wife in the city, but there are plenty of women in the countryside. Zhuzi likes beauty, so you can ask the matchmaker to find a beautiful girl for him. Zhuzi will definitely be happy then."

He Yushui heard this and said worriedly: "Brother Pingzi, it's not that I haven't thought about it. My silly brother likes beautiful women, but if he marries a woman with a rural household registration, how will he live without a fixed amount of food in the future?"

Lin Ping knew that He Yushui was frightened by the current situation, so he smiled and said, "Yushui, do you think there will always be famine? When the famine is over, with Zhuzi's skills, if he takes on some private work, won't he be able to support his family? If he buys a job for his wife in the future, won't it be perfect?"

He Yushui's eyes lit up when he heard this. Yes, the famine will end sooner or later. Besides, his family also has the money from Yi Zhonghai to make up for it, so they can get through this period. Besides, if they don't take advantage of the difficulties now, which beautiful girl would be willing to marry a silly brother? So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll find a matchmaker to talk to you."

Lin Ping smiled and said, "Remember, don't take the ones that aren't pretty."

After dinner, Lin Ping said to Lin Qingyan and her sister, "I have to go out tonight. Don't wait for me. I will go to bed first. I don't know when I will be back."

Lin Qingyan nodded and said, "Brother Pingzi, you should be careful at night."

Lin Ping nodded, walked out of the yard, got in the car and drove away.

It was just getting dark, around eight o'clock, and a jeep was parked on the side of the road outside the city. Lin Ping was leaning against the front of the car, smoking a cigarette.

Not long after, a roar sounded, and two or three trucks drove up to Lin Ping and stopped. Zhou Xiangqian jumped out of the first truck and asked, "Pingzi, is the food ready?"

Lin Ping nodded and said, "Did you bring the food bags I asked you to bring?"

Zhou Xiangqian pointed at the truck and said, "Don't worry, everything is in the truck."

Lin Ping put out his cigarette and jumped onto the driveway: "Follow me closely."

Half an hour later, they stopped at the place where the steel was traded. Lin Ping went into the woods to put the grain away, then came out and said, "Director Zhou, the grain has been put down. You can go in and load it."

Zhou Xiangqian was overjoyed when he heard this. He waved his hand and dozens of police officers rushed into the woods. When they saw the mountains of corn flour, they were shocked.

Zhou Xiangqian came to his senses and shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and load the food."

Upon hearing this, the police officers excitedly rushed to the food and started working. Zhou Xiangqian returned to Lin Ping happily and said, "Pingzi, you have helped me a lot."

After that, he came to the car, took out a package and said, "Count the money in here."

Lin Ping threw it into the jeep without even looking at it, and said with a smile: "Director Zhou, don't I believe you?"

Zhou Xiangqian patted Lin Ping on the shoulder and said, "You are really good at talking."

At two o'clock in the morning, all the corn flour was transported away. Lin Ping returned home to sleep, while Zhou Xiangqian escorted the last batch of grain back to the branch.

Branch warehouse.

When Zhou Xiangqian arrived at the warehouse, all the police officers in the branch were waiting. They had to wait because their families were short of food. What if there was not enough food to distribute? So they didn't go home and were waiting for the food to be distributed. They were relieved only when the first batch of food was stored in the warehouse.

Zhou Xiangqian got off the car and saw the huge crowd. He understood the feelings of his comrades and said with a wave of his hand: "This batch will not be put into the warehouse yet. Each person will be given 100 kilograms of corn flour first."

Everyone cheered when they heard this, thinking that this was a blessing after a long drought. So the vigorous grain distribution campaign began.

The director of the branch stood aside and looked at the enthusiastic comrades. He patted Zhou Xiangqian on the shoulder and said, "Old Zhou, you have made a great contribution to our branch this time. Don't worry, I will report it truthfully to the higher-ups."

Zhou Xiangqian was delighted, as his position as bureau chief was secured. The other two deputy bureau chiefs were very envious of Zhou Xiangqian, but since he had the means to get food, if they had this ability, the position of bureau chief would also be theirs, so they could not be jealous even if they wanted to.

Zhou Xiangqian looked at his fellow police officers with satisfied faces and felt happy for them. Although he had some selfish motives, he really wanted to help his comrades.

When everyone was happy, the police officer on duty came to Zhou Xiangqian and said, "Director Zhou, your wife has brought people here and said they want to take away 10,000 kilograms of food."

Zhou Xiangqian quickly explained the situation to the director, who understood and said, "Okay, let's give them 10,000 kilograms of food. We may be able to hold out until the famine is over with this amount of food."

Zhou Xiangqian also thought so in his heart. If Lin Ping was present, he would definitely curl his lips. The famine you imagined will last at least another year, and it will not begin to ease until the beginning of 1962.

Wu Mei brought people to the scene and greeted the director and several deputy directors before ordering people to start moving the food.

After everything was done, the police officers from the branch returned home happily. When their families saw so much food, they cried with joy. Some people with large families even cried loudly. It can be seen how difficult it was for people.

The next day, when Lin Ping came to work, Li Shengli came to Lin Ping's office and gave him a thumbs up, saying, "I also went to the branch yesterday. It was really lively there. Do you think we can get some food for our station?"

Hearing this, Lin Ping said unhappily, "Didn't we just distribute the food? Let's wait and see."

Li Shengli also understood and nodded, "Okay, then wait."

Then he said, "You didn't even pour me a cup of tea. Is this how you treat guests?"

Hearing this, Lin Ping rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "You have money of your own and you come to me to drink tea for free?" Having said that, he still poured a cup of tea for Li Shengli.

"You drink it slowly, I have to find some place to get some gasoline," he said and left the police station.

Steel rolling mill.

Lin Ping stopped the car, stuck his head out and said, "I'm here to see Director Li."

When the security guard saw that it was Lin Ping, he immediately opened the door and said, "Section Chief, please come in."

Lin Ping threw a box of peonies to the security guard and drove away. Another security guard quickly ran over and said, "Brothers, let's share half."

The security guard tore open the cigarette, threw two to him and said, "Just two, no more!"