Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 630 Chapter 629 Do you miss me?
Since the train had just left the starting station, there were not many people in the hard seat carriage and it was not yet crowded.

Tang Zhitong walked across most of the train and came straight to the door of the escort carriage.

Hearing the knock on the door, the person inside was very cautious and did not approach immediately. Instead, he leaned against the wall of the carriage and asked, "Who?!"

Tang Zhitong saw the escort opening the safety of his rifle through the glass with iron mesh, and said quickly, "I'm Tang Zhitong from the Finance Department, looking for your Section Chief Zhang."

After hearing Tang Zhitong's voice, the escort put away his gun, walked to the car door, confirmed that it was Tang Zhitong, and opened the door.

The salary is paid every month and the escort is no stranger to Tang Zhitong.

"Captain Tang, I'm sorry, these are all necessary procedures." After opening the door, the escort apologized first.

"Well, it's okay. I should praise you for your vigilance. I was also an escort. Before you joined the escort department, I worked as a car driver with Chief Zhang." Tang Zhitong smiled, very amiable.

After the car door closed, Tang Zhitong took out a cigarette and gave it to the escort before walking inside.

It was not busy at the moment. Zhang Jinbo was resting in the small room inside. He came out when he heard the noise.

"Brother Zhang, let's have a smoke. I'm on my way here on a business trip, so I came over to chat with you guys. It's more comfortable to be with my comrades from the escort department." Tang Zhitong didn't mention what had just happened in the restaurant.

In addition to Zhang Jinbo and the escort who opened the door just now, there was another escort. Tang Zhitong did not miss any of them. He gave each of them a cigarette and then placed the cigarettes beside the bed in the small room. His movements were very natural.

"Section Chief Tang doesn't smoke?" Zhang Jinbo asked when he saw Tang Zhitong passing cigarettes to a few people but he himself had no intention of smoking.

"Hey, I've quit smoking. I bought these cigarettes a while ago. I kept them with me but I couldn't help taking them out and sniffing them. So I might as well let my brothers help me finish them and help me get rid of this urge." Tang Zhitong took out matches and lit them one by one, brushing off the matter of cigarettes without leaving a trace.

"It's better that you quit smoking. Then we won't be polite." Zhang Jinbo smiled and didn't ask any more questions. Although he knew that this box of cigarettes was a thank you for what happened in the restaurant just now, he didn't say it out loud.

"We are all brothers, why be polite. How was the journey? Was it peaceful? Did anyone knock on the window?" Tang Zhitong asked, sitting at the head of the bed in the small room.

"It's much better than before the railway net was put in place. People have run to other carriages." Zhang Jinbo said that it was much better, but his face did not show any joy.

"Well, it's my duty. This is my job, so letters are more important." This topic is too heavy. As long as you have a conscience, you will feel uncomfortable.

Especially people like Zhang Jinbo and Kong Yiqin who came back from the front line. They said that everything they did was to make the people live a good life, but...

"When I was having lunch yesterday, I heard someone at the station say that the station requires strengthening passenger management. I guess the situation in other carriages will also improve." An escort did not understand what Zhang Jinbo meant and added.

"Everyone has his own duties. How is your escort job? Are you used to it?" Tang Zhitong didn't dwell on this topic anymore.

The ultimate goal of strengthening management is to prevent passengers without tickets from entering the station. From the perspective of the railway boss, there is nothing wrong with what they have done. How many windows in the carriages are broken? This is all money.

But it is a bit heavy for those who are looking for a glimmer of hope.

"It's a habit. Zhang Ke is very nice to all of us. After arriving at the escort department, everyone is very friendly. It feels like entering a big family." Another escort replied appropriately.

Whether it is sincere or just for show, at least it makes people feel comfortable listening to it.

Tang Zhitong was a humble person to begin with, so he sat there and chatted for a while. When the train arrived at the next station, he even helped load and unload some parcels.

"Okay, Chief Tang, go back. Look, your clothes are all dirty." After the train "Pants Pants Pants" started again, Zhang Jinbo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"My clothes are the same as everyone else's. They're all escort's. It's normal for them to be dirty. It shows that I haven't forgotten my roots." Tang Zhitong clapped his hands, looked out the window first, and after making sure that there was no one outside, he left his sleeper ticket number and a letter to the Cultural Reform Commission with Zhang Jinbo, asking him to call him if he had anything, before saying goodbye and leaving.

The investigation team's trip to Wuhan was scheduled to last longer than the actual time.

On the surface, thanks to the efforts of the investigation team and the WH Municipal Bureau, some initial results have been achieved.

In secret, everyone was very hungry and wanted to go back home to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Of course, this could not be said.

This departure disrupted Tang Zhitong's plan.

Tang Zhitong stayed in Wuhan for five or six days, delivering documents and slacking off during the day, and doing some clerical work at night.

In the first two days after he was there, Tang Zhitong had already finished sorting out the simplified and traditional Chinese versions, but he did not send it back immediately.

If you send it from Wuhan to the Cultural Reform Commission, it will be considered as out-of-town mail, which not only costs more but also has a lower timeliness.

The delivery frequency of various branches in Wuhan has decreased, and the frequency of deliverymen cleaning mailboxes has also decreased. Sending from Wuhan may not necessarily be faster than sending from the railway post office.

After finishing the traditional-simplified Chinese comparison, Tang Zhitong was not idle either. He planned to use the remaining time to write the investigation report, hand it to Huang Ruifeng on the return bus, and then go to school at ease.

I didn’t expect to return to Beijing earlier, and there is still a part of the investigation report that has not been finished.

Although Tang Zhitong had already informed Hao Ren that he did not want to achieve any results, he still had to do some things to save his reputation. After all, he was chosen by Ma Wei's father.

There were many team members who shared the same idea as Tang Zhitong. When Tang Zhitong returned to the partition, everyone was concentrating on writing on the letter paper with their pens.

There is only a small table as a partition, which can accommodate two people at most. The rest can only sit on the small table in the aisle.

Fortunately, there were not many passengers in the hard sleeper car, and most of them had no need to write, which provided convenience for the investigation team.

Tang Zhitong did not disturb other colleagues. He took his manuscript paper to the corridor, found a small table, and finished the investigation report.

While Tang Zhitong was busy, Xiao Wang skipped class again.

Last time I took my younger brother and sister to audition, I thought it would be the final choice, but it turned out to be just the preliminary round.

The radio station attached great importance to this song and selected some children from kindergartens and primary schools with which it often cooperated, as well as the children of this singer, that composer, and someone else in the station. A total of 20 to 30 people were gathered together, and they sang and were selected one by one.

It is precisely because of the importance attached to this song that the station also gave some preference to the younger brothers and sisters brought by Xiao Wang. After all, respecting intellectuals is not just empty talk.

In the end, Jingmin was eliminated and Fengzhi entered the second round.

Today, Xiao Wang will take his sister-in-law to receive training from a professional teacher, and then go through another round of screening to determine the final candidates.

Some parents dropped their children off and left, some just sat there waiting, but Xiao Wang did not leave, he sat there in a daze.

The menstrual period came, but there was no prize. Although she knew that this was not something that could be achieved overnight, Xiao Wang still felt a little disappointed.

Since Tang Zhitong did not send any news back from Wuhan, Xiao Wang was a little worried. The loss and worry magnified her negative emotions. She planned to wait for her husband to come back and give him a good "education". The aunt next to her had been observing Xiao Wang for a long time. Xiao Wang sat upright, and his appearance and temperament were very outstanding. In particular, his granary was full and upright, and it was obvious that the child would not starve. It was very rare in this year. The more she looked at it, the more satisfied she was.

Since Xiao Wang never cut her braids, when her aunt saw her braids, she thought she was an unmarried girl.

The aunt judged that Wang's family was good because she had a younger sister who entered the retest, and combined with Xiao Wang's clothes, she decided to get close to him and act as a matchmaker: "Girl, you are the child's older sister, right? Where do you work?"

"I sent my sister-in-law here to study." Xiao Wang was smart and he cut off the aunt's thoughts as soon as he spoke.

"Oh." After hearing this, the aunt smiled at Xiao Wang and said nothing. However, she felt in her heart that it was a pity that they didn't become a matchmaker. She didn't know who had such a blessing.

But why didn't he cut his braids after getting married? My aunt thought that Xiao Wang wasn't that good anymore.

It is said that the "damn" Tang Zhitong did not finish revising the investigation report until the evening. After dinner, he lay on the upper bunk before going to bed and thought about going to the train restaurant.

A meal on the train costs 40 cents, which is 1.2 yuan a day. If you eat for ten days a month, it will only cost 12 yuan. You can afford it.

Others need to buy tickets to ride, but I am an escort!
Can I get a ride and travel around in the future?
A trip can take as short as two days or as long as four or five days. Although it will be tiring, the advantage is that you don’t have to buy tickets and you can buy meals in the train restaurant!

If you travel long distances, you can save at least three kilograms of food for your family on a round trip.

It's a little less, but it can shut up the villains when everyone in the city is starving.

Tang Zhitong pondered over this method and thought that he could give it a try when the time comes. He didn't have to go there every day, but just pretending would be fine. However, he would have to know the exact price of restaurant lunch boxes by then, as he didn't know if the price would go up in a few days.

February 2th, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Thursday.

After breakfast, Tang Zhitong began to copy the investigation report he had written.

Although it is just a casual thing, you must write it carefully, at least there should be no typos or corrections.

If the content is not good, it is a problem of ability. If there is a problem with the writing, it is a problem of attitude. It is better to have poor ability than to have a bad attitude.

In the afternoon, Tang Zhitong finally finished writing the investigation report. After checking it carefully, he handed it to Huang Ruifeng: "Secretary Huang, this is my investigation report this time."

"It's pretty fast, and the handwriting is nice." Huang Ruifeng took it with a smile, flipped through it briefly and then praised it.

"I feel embarrassed by your praise. I still have a lot of room for improvement. What are your plans after arriving in Sijiu City?" Tang Zhitong asked.

"Oh, you still have to go to school, right? Just go ahead and do your work, I'll help you hand in this report. If there's anything else that requires your cooperation, I'll contact you again." Huang Ruifeng understood the implication of Tang Zhitong's words and handed over the ladder directly.

"Then I'll trouble Secretary Huang. Here's my ticket. I'll give it to you as well." Tang Zhitong was happy and took out the hard sleeper ticket and handed it to Huang Ruifeng.

This is a hard sleeper. If you change to a soft sleeper, the ticket will be taken away by the attendant as soon as you get on the train and will be issued to the passenger after you get off the train.

"You can't leave the station without a ticket, right?" Huang Ruifeng reminded tactfully.

"It's okay. I have a work permit and the escort can go directly through the employee passage." Tang Zhitong smiled. Now that the handover is done, he can just carry the bag and go home when the car stops.

"Okay, then I'll keep it. Be careful when you go back." Huang Ruifeng smiled and nodded and gave another instruction.

Tang Zhitong got off the car with his bag and walked home. As soon as he got home, he called out "Mom".

"Are you back? Are you hungry? Mom will cook for you." Zhang Guifang was very surprised to see her son coming back. She looked him up and down carefully to see if he was thin and hungry before she spoke.

"I'm not hungry. Food on the train doesn't require a ticket and is not expensive. The food is delicious." Tang Zhitong said happily.

When Beibei saw Tang Zhitong, it was like seeing a close relative whom he hadn't seen for many years. He rubbed against Tang Zhitong's trouser legs, showing great interest in him.

While rubbing, it meowed, as if asking: Where have you been? Where is my dried fish? Where is my dried fish? I smell fishy, ​​take it out quickly!
Zhang Guifang did not fail to heat up the meal just because Tang Zhitong said he was not hungry. The saying "a mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away" was embodied at this moment.

"Mom, I caught some fish over there. I'll steam them later and you can try some of the local specialties." Tang Zhitong put the bag on the table and took out a paper bag tightly wrapped in newspaper.

The fish was prepared on the way home, but it was only stuffed into the bag just before entering the house.

After the Spring Festival, spring is approaching. It’s time to say goodbye to meat and fish for the time being and prepare a meat meal for the family at the end of the festival.

"You've come all this way, and you're still going through all this trouble. Is it okay?" Zhang Guifang asked with concern.

"No. I happened to meet a colleague who was escorting something. There was no heater in the escort car, so I left it there." Tang Zhitong just kept talking nonsense. Anyway, Zhang Guifang couldn't run to Zhang Jinbo to verify it.

"Then you eat a bite first, and give half to your mother-in-law, and bring them back at the same time." Zhang Guifang looked at the paper bag and saw that there was a lot of food in it, so she divided it up directly.

"Okay. I'm not hungry. Let's eat together when you come back." Tang Zhitong moved quickly. He opened the paper package and divided the fish into two portions.

Tang Zhitong prepared knife fish. Although they were small and had many bones, they were very fresh!
When they were dividing the time, Tang Zhitong pretended to accidentally drop a small fish on the ground, which was picked up by Beibei and climbed under the bed, thus temporarily blocking its mouth.

"Kid, how could you drop the fish on the ground while sharing it?" Zhang Guifang felt so distressed when she saw it.

"Hehe, be careful next time, be careful next time." Tang Zhitong packed up the things he was going to bring to Chunshu Hutong and prepared to go out.

Tomorrow is the 16th day of the first lunar month. Elementary and junior high schools will start classes soon. Xiao Gu’s tutoring has also come to an end. I don’t know how they are getting along.

Tang Zhitong said something to Zhang Guifang and went out with the fish.

It had been a while since he last rode a bicycle, and there was a layer of dust on the seat. Tang Zhitong brushed the dust off, turned the bicycle 180 degrees, and rode towards Chunshu Hutong.

I was only away for a week this time, and the old city has not changed much. Whether in the alleys or on the streets, the vitality of the people is much stronger than that of Wuhan.

Walking on such a street, Tang Zhitong felt happy. After all, no one likes to see people with ragged clothes and pale faces every day.

The one who opened the door was Xiao Wang. After seeing Tang Zhitong, he couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes and it almost overflowed.

"I miss you, do you miss me?" Tang Zhitong asked in a low voice.

At this moment, all the feelings of loss and education disappeared for Xiao Wang...

(End of this chapter)