42. Hit the Storm
Early on Tuesday morning, Jiang Zhihan ran to Mr. Yang's house to report the good news. Although Xiaoqian's case was not finalized, it was considered to be settled. Jiang Zhihan, who had been worried about this for a long time, felt relieved.
If Jiang Zhihan at the beginning only reached out to care about this idiot based on a moment of righteous indignation, he has been busy with this matter these days and worried about the lack of news. Gradually, this matter is more and more like his own affairs, and Xiaoqian is like his sister, and unknowingly she has a strange sense of responsibility in her heart.
As the end of the period approaches, the burden of academic work is heavier. The debts owed some time ago have to be paid back one by one. Because of Jiang Zhihan, Ni Shang's class notes this semester were taken in more detail, and she also wrote a brief excerpt of notes every week, picking materials she thought were useful. Starting this week, Jiang Zhihan borrowed notes from each subject and seized the time to report to the Buddha's feet.
December is already winter, it is dark early, and the drizzle is coming more and more. Because of Ni Jianguo's request, Ni Shang only attends one to two days of evening self-study at school every week, and stays at home for the rest of the night. Because of the work, Jiang Zhihan has been staying at school for evening self-study these days. Looking at the empty seats next to him, he is really uncomfortable.
At 9:30, Jiang Zhihan packed up his things, put on his backpack, greeted Chen Yimeng and the others, and went straight to his mother's bookstore. Li Rongrong worked very hard in business, seven days a week, and had to open until late every day before closing. Generally, whenever she had time, Jiang Zhihan would go to the bookstore to buy a trip and go home with her mother. Since she advertised in the song ordering section of the transportation station, her business has improved in the past two weeks. According to Li Rongrong, she estimated that it had increased by at least 50%. Seeing that her career was booming, Li Rongrong's enthusiasm was like a spring without any foundation, and it seemed that she could not finish it.
When Jiang Zhihan rushed to the bookstore, he saw his mother saying goodbye to a middle-aged woman outside the bookstore. The man seemed to be still wiping tears. When he walked into the bookstore, Jiang Zhihan asked his mother who it was. Li Rongrong sighed and said, "Aunt Zhang, don't you recognize me? I saw you growing up since I was a child. I used to be in the same team as me when I was in the workshop. Later, because of my poor health, I retired early and did something outside. Her sweater hook was very good. When you were a child, she hooked up several sweaters."
Jiang Zhihan knew his mother's style of speaking, which means that everything could involve a lot of related things. He sat down and waited quietly for the following text.
Li Rongrong said: "Do you remember she has a son who is more than one year older than you and you have seen him in kindergarten."
Jiang Zhihan smiled bitterly and shook his head. How could he remember what he had seen in kindergarten?
Li Rongrong sighed again and said, "I have always advised her not to spoil her son too much. It would be fine if she was not good at studying when she was a child, but she had to go on the right path. Now, she went to his father's factory the night before yesterday and was caught by the security guard in the factory with the stolen goods."
Jiang Zhihan asked: "What did you steal?"
Li Rongrong said: "I didn't open the safe, so I stole a video recorder." After a while, Li Rongrong sighed again: "So people's blessings are uncertain. The person you married to was a good job and a wealthy family, and life was much better than us. Now, it seems that the most important thing is to raise a good son. Look at me, I have a good son, so I don't have to worry about anything."
Jiang Zhihan was very uncomfortable with his mother's face-to-face praise. He frowned and said, "Mom."
Li Rongrong waved her hand and said, "I won't say it anymore. I know you don't like to listen. After all, your Aunt Zhang and I have been friends for decades. They used to be very close. Can you help me ask how to make things work? Anyway, the stolen goods have been paid back, so I will be fined and admit my mistake. Is it okay?"
Jiang Zhihan said: "Mom, do you really think I have great supernatural powers? This matter is completely out of control. How can you help me? To put it, if you don't like to listen to it, it may be a good thing for him to go in and keep it in for more than ten days. Only by learning from the lessons can you truly reform yourself."
Li Rongrong said: "You are very awesome. This afternoon, Wu Tao's mother came to the bookstore to thank me for coming. She praised you very much and said that the other party was a director. Didn't you let the matter be done?"
As he was talking, someone came in. Jiang Zhihan turned around and saw Lin Suo who had not seen for a long time. Jiang Zhihan was very happy and hurriedly greeted him, "Long time no see, why are you free today?"
Lin Suo smiled and said, "I'm here today. After finishing my business, I passed by and came in to take a look. I didn't expect you to be there too. It's very hard to open the door so late."
Jiang Zhihan said happily: "Long time no see, let's go have a midnight snack together. I'll treat you."
Lin Suo said: "I really didn't eat anything at night, but it was so late, and I had to agree with my aunt to take you out for food." Of course, Li Rongrong said yes and enthusiastically recommended a shop on the street next to them, saying that it was cheap, tasted good, had good hygiene conditions, and the owner was also good.
Jiang Zhihan and Linsuo found the small shop, sat down and ordered a saliva chicken, a plate of crispy meat, a plate of peanuts, and ordered two bottles of beer.
Lin asked: "Is there a drink now?"
Jiang Zhihan nodded and said, "It's just a little bit."
Jiang Zhihan asked about Lin’s recent work, Lin said: “It’s so busy that it’s dark. I’m doing this every day, even later, much more busy than in the criminal police team back then. Your sister-in-law has a big opinion recently.”
Jiang Zhihan asked: "I'll take you for midnight snack today. My sister-in-law has no objection, right?"
Lin Suo waved his hand and said, "The center of things that are not available was officially listed last week. Several of the main positions were part-time leaders. My deputy position was the life of working, and he was running around."
Jiang Zhihan said in surprise: "Have you been promoted to the director of the center?" Although he was not very clear about the level of these departments, Jiang Zhihan still knew that this must be a significant level improvement.
Lin said: "Your contribution is also given to you. I wrote this thing at the beginning. Although I had a name for someone else, I still gave it to me. But now everyone is staring at us. There are more people who are not good at making jokes, so there are also a lot of pressure."
Jiang Zhihan said, first celebrate, and had a glass of beer with Lin Suo. Because Jiang Zhihan is not a member of the system, Lin Suo did not tell him the specific matter. It was Lin Suo's turn to ask about his situation, Jiang Zhihan told him about the whole story of Xiaoqian's matter. Lin Suo complained: "Why are you so disgusting? If you want to help with this, you should tell me."
Jiang Zhihan said: "This is not what I mean. I asked Mr. Yang for instructions. He said that you are too busy recently and have many things to worry about, and it is not within your direct authority."
After eating a few bites of the dishes, Lin sighed, "You kid can really make trouble! Although I was so busy that I heard about this matter these two days. The new Secretary Yan wants to use this to start a rectification." He pointed at Jiang Zhihan and shook his head.
Jiang Zhihan smiled and said, "How can we ordinary people know about these things in your government compound? It's just a coincidence."
Lin said: "The Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee who decided to report to the police center was airborne with Secretary Yan, and it should be an alliance. When Secretary Yan was in City B, he had experience in pursuing social security. In the past two years, Zhongzhou has indeed become more and more chaotic. Look at what is going on near the railway station? So it is necessary to vigorously crack down on illegal crimes, and it is also a fire that Secretary Yan prepared to light. It will probably officially begin after New Year's Day, and it will be divided into several stages. The first stage is to vigorously crack down on vicious crimes, such as robbery, **, murder, and crimes between underworld groups."
Jiang Zhihan remembered the incident of his mother's colleague and friend Aunt Zhang's son, and asked by the way.
Lin said: "Is it someone you are very familiar with?"
Jiang Zhihan said: "My mother's friend is just helping to ask about the situation."
Lin Suo pondered for a while and said, "Don't talk about this thing first, because it's still in the confidentiality stage. I saw the document saying that the Ministry of Public Security is preparing to organize a nationwide crackdown operation for several months. All illegal and criminal acts should be punished quickly and severely. Judging from the guiding documents, the punishment may be three or five times or even higher. Therefore, it is best to advise his family to close the case as soon as possible, and to admit guilt seriously. If you have an explanation, you must do it quickly. It is best to pronounce the verdict before the new guidance regulations come out, otherwise there may be big trouble."
Jiang Zhihan didn't explain: "A video recorder is only one or two thousand yuan new. No matter how strict it is, it can't be much stricter, right?"
Lin Shu shook his head and said, "You don't understand this. Stealing public property may be more severe than stealing private property. In addition, whether there is a criminal record, whether it involves group crimes or even gang-related groups? Is it considered to be a destruction of economic construction? These things add up and there is no push."
The next afternoon, Jiang Zhihan took time to go to the bookstore before his self-study in the evening. The business has been very good recently, and the bookstore is very busy. There are only two people, Shen Pengfei and Li Rongrong. Sometimes they have no time to eat supper. Jiang Zhihan arrived and asked his mother to take the time to have supper and sit down to see the store with Shen Pengfei. Since last month, with the consent of Mr. Yang, Jiang Zhihan began to teach Shen Pengfei some basic martial arts skills, which are very basic things that can be popularized and promoted to the outside world. Of course, after practicing well, you will still be big.
It is beneficial. Jiang Zhihan remembered that he had a good time as an addiction to being a master. He first practiced his own Triangle Cat Kung Fu with Shen Pengfei casually, and easily threw him two times, making Shen Pengfei admire him. Then Jiang Zhihan talked to Shen Pengfei as if he was a decent person to talk about the principle that virtue was first, and warned him that if he used what he learned to bully the weak, he would be responsible for punishing the kung Fu. Finally, he practiced the things he passed on to the disciples he had when he was a child, and Jiang Zhihan felt very proud.
Shen Pengfei whispered to Jiang Zhihan: "Brother Jiang, I went out to purchase goods today. When I came back and passed by the long-distance bus station, I saw the guy who led the way to beat me last time."
After the revenge incident, two of the guys who killed people (including the cruel and ruthless dick) were sentenced and are still in prison. But the leader is still at large.
Jiang Zhihan hurriedly asked, "Are they threatening you again?"
Chen Pengfei shook his head and said, "They have six or seven guys together, no one noticed me. A group of people seemed to be in a panic, and they were going to catch a long-distance bus with big bags, as if they were about to escape."
Jiang Zhihan frowned, thinking to himself that these guys seemed not easy, they got the news so early. Since the last time those people tried to retaliate against him, Jiang Zhihan was determined to get them all, so that they would never be able to turn over. Jiang Zhihan is a person who has kindness and revenge, and to say in depth, it can be considered a certain degree of revenge. He thought regretfully that these guys were wearing oil on their feet and ran fast. It would be great if they could fall into this crackdown.
Jiang Zhihan considered Aunt Zhang's affairs. He was afraid that his mother would accidentally tell Lin Su's relationship. Although it was not a big deal, it would be bad to leak these things in advance. Jiang Zhihan was still a very cautious person in his heart. He asked his mother to make an appointment with Aunt Zhang to talk to her, and then he set it on a weekend night.
When Aunt Zhang came, Jiang Zhihan came out and said hello, sat down and said, "Aunt Zhang, I have a friend's father working in the procuratorate. He heard from him that after the New Year, some punishment regulations may be aggravated accordingly. So if possible, it is better to cooperate with the work of the Public Security Bureau and the prosecutor as soon as possible to settle the case. The more you delay, the worse the situation may be."
Aunt Zhang said sadly: "We are also looking for contacts everywhere. Now we communicate with them. They say they will be sentenced to six months of labor reform. Six months of labor reform! How can Tongtong bear it? He doesn't do housework at home and is very picky in food."
Jiang Zhihan felt that when he said this, he had done his best.
Aunt Zhang asked: "Do you have any classmates who are from the procuratorate? Can you help?"
Jiang Zhihan said perfunctorily: "It's just an ordinary classmate, and the relationship is average. I'm afraid his father will not help."
Aunt Zhang said: "As long as we are willing to help, we can give money. Everything is easy to discuss."
Jiang Zhihan complained that this attitude would end up hurting his son. Of course, Jiang Zhihan said perfunctorily that he could go. Hearing Aunt Zhang kept nagging to his mother about how hard his son was in the detention center, I don’t know why Jiang Zhihan remembered Xiaoqian’s appearance. Different people really have different lives.
Although he was the son of his mother's friend, to be honest, Jiang Zhihan couldn't have the idea of helping. Jiang Zhihan was disgusted with theft. However, when the sentence was announced a few months later, and the news that Aunt Zhang's son was sentenced to ten years of labor reform came, Jiang Zhihan couldn't help but open his mouth wide and didn't say anything for several minutes.
Stealing a video recorder is equivalent to ten years of labor reform? Jiang Zhihan simply doesn't believe in his ears, but his mother said that this is not the strictest. I heard that someone robbed two dollars on the road, but it did not cause any major damage and was sentenced to more than ten years.
Chapter completed!