The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 45: Petition on the Bus

1977 10 Month 1 Day.

Before dawn, the three-way loudspeaker on the street began broadcasting the news:
"The state held a grand reception to warmly celebrate the 28th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China..."

The broadcast was full of passion.

Qian Jin quickly got up but found that his plan was wrong.

National Day in the 1970s was so lively!

Before daybreak, the streets were already bustling with people.

The flashlight was like a lightsaber, and at first glance he thought a group of Jedi Knights were hunting down him, a time traveler.

He leaned over the window and looked out, there was no way he could go to the black market.

There were also people in their building who got up early and went out. They were employees from various units who went to attend art performances or some celebration activities in advance.

Qian Jin went out and took a look.

204 is still locked.

Since the incident, Du Daozui and his family have disappeared.

Qian Jin asked around in the community.

It is said that Du Daozui's two younger brothers were detained for investigation, and the others took long vacations from their units and returned to their rural hometown with their children.

He went out and met Li Xiaomei.

Li Xiaomei noticed Qian Jin looking at Room 204 and said, "Don't look anymore. You can't come back."

Then she sneered:
"I thought that woman's ancestors were born in the city, but it turns out that just like my family, her ancestors also made a living by digging in the fields!"

"In the past, they were always making such a fuss, looking down on me. Either they were country people doing this or country people doing that—ugh!"

A mouthful of spit on the door of 204.

The half of the blue cloth door curtain that was originally printed with "Advanced Family in the Street" was taken back by the neighborhood committee.

The neighborhood committee acted quickly.

Otherwise the door curtain will become a rag.

The entrance of Room 204 is so dirty now that it’s unbearable to look at.

Recently, residents of the street would come to his house from time to time to curse, spit, and kick him.

Qian Jin was unlucky.

Every day he was woken up by the sound of kicking the door.

He used this as an excuse to ask the neighborhood committee to give him room 204. Zhang Hongbo said nothing, but told him with his eyes, "What the hell are you thinking about peaches?"

Speaking of which, the street underwear thief incident has come to an end.

But Qian Jin still didn't know who was stealing these things.

Anyway, according to his investigation, the Luo family was not involved in the incident.

Mr. Luo and Luo Huijuan still go to get off work and come home comfortably every day.

Luo's mother went shopping comfortably to prepare for her daughter's upcoming wedding.

Qian Jin felt that time was running out.

He had to quickly get a big golden box and buy the necessary items to take revenge on Luo Huijuan.

The revenge will be cruel.

Since Luo Huijuan wanted to ruin his life, he would not be polite.

He will also ruin Luo Huijuan's life.

But with the large gold box, he can buy more supplies.

Therefore, we have to enter the supply and marketing system as soon as possible to provide cover.

However, supply and marketing units are the most sought-after at the moment, and it is difficult to get in.

The only one he could count on was Lin Hai.

But you can't just run to someone and ask for a backdoor just because you meet them in a state-owned restaurant. That would make your purpose too clear.

How many days has it been?

Guan Dabao hasn't come to give him the recipe yet!

As the old saying goes, speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao will appear; thinking of women is in vain.

When Qian Jin was about to go out in the morning, Guan Dabao came to the door panting: "Hey, brother, I'm so lame, I wasted a day!"

He put the greasy recipe on the table and smoothed the wrinkles on the front page with his fat ****-like hands.

Guan Dabao was embarrassed and wanted to explain: "I don't trust my apprentices, so I asked them to copy the recipes for me, but they ended up copying them on carbon paper..."

Qian Jin said he understood: "Brother, what's our relationship? You don't have to tell me. If you tell me, it means you don't treat me as your own brother."

"Come on, come on, drink some water, bro."

He used hot water to make a cup of Jiubao health tea.

Guan Dabao looked at the tea bag and felt it was interesting: "Hey, what is this?"

Qian Jin said: "My father has a friend in the capital, and he is a neighbor of an old doctor from Tong Ren Tang."

"My father used to be weak, so he asked the old doctor to prescribe some tonics, called Nine Treasure Tea, which contains ginseng, wolfberry, mulberry and so on."

This thing is a real customized fierce tea for men.

Qian Jin bought it specially for his friends to replenish their body.

He compared many teas in the mall and chose this one, which is rich in ingredients and nutritious. It is a genuine medicinal and edible product sold by Tong Ren Tang.

Fat men are often weak, especially older fat men, and nine out of ten of them need to be well nourished.

Qian Jin prepared a pack in advance, exactly for Guan Dabao.

Guan Dabao is quite straightforward.

After listening to the introduction of Nine Treasures Tea, he took a sip without hesitation: "Hey, it tastes pretty good."

Pursing his lips, he began to list: "Ginseng, wolfberry, dried dates, mulberry, lotus seeds, poria cocos, black wolfberry? These are the good stuff, right?"

Qian Jin was impressed: "Big Brother, you have an amazing tongue!" Guan Dabao said: "What? I recognized the things in the bag, but there are some that I can't recognize. What else?"

Qian Jin thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's Polygonum multiflorum fragments, Cordyceps sinensis flowers, or something like that? I don't quite understand. Big Brother, go back and research it yourself."

He pushed the bag over.

Seeing this, Guan Dabao slapped his thigh and said, "You keep calling me Big Brother, but I haven't done anything Big Brother-like."

"My daughter copied the recipe this morning and I was so anxious to return it to you that I didn't even bother bringing a gift!"

Qian Jinlian said that he was too serious.

It’s best that Guan Dabao didn’t bring anything with him this time.

Because Guan Dabao is particular and generous.

He gave Guan Dabao a gift today, and Guan Dabao must return the gift later.

Qian Jin has already prepared the gift for Guan Dabao next time.

After Guan Dabao accepts it, won’t he come back to return the gift?
By the time you get to know each other well and become a family member, won’t this relative appear?
After seeing Guan Dabao off, Qian Jin strolled to the neighborhood committee.

A loudspeaker was hung in front of the neighborhood committee, and Zhang Hongbo started speaking:
"Attention all revolutionary masses! The National Day cultural performance begins at 9:00 sharp. Bring your own bench. No waiting after the deadline!"

Wei Xiangmi clutched a half-broken piece of chalk and scrawled the program on the cement wall for the fourth time.

Someone with a red armband came on a bicycle and warned:

"Pay attention to the dancing on your street! Accountant Liu's daughter on Huashan Road was doing some disco dance and almost got busted by the militia for being a female spy!"

Wei Xiangmi said confidently, "Nothing will happen to our neighborhood. I'm personally overseeing the rehearsal of 'Embroidered Golden Plaque'!"

The streets in the city are very busy today.

Art performance teams from many units gathered together and paraded around the city to celebrate.

This was the first time Qian Jin had seen this scene, and he squatted on the side of the road, watching with great interest.

First, a truck passed by, pulling a team beating drums and gongs.

The men banged with gnashing teeth, and the sound was so loud that the paper slogan "Happy National Day" on the glass window trembled.

The students behind followed, using red paper scraps to piece together a banner that read "Strive to achieve the four modernizations" and held it up, their faces full of passion.

The Taishan Road Subdistrict organized a group of elderly women to line up holding red ribbons tied to brooms.

It is estimated that the silk was made from the quilt cover used during the wedding. The broom head swayed to the tune of "The Helmsman is the Key to the Sailing on the Sea", and old cotton wool was thrown out from time to time.

Qian Jin looked closely and saw Xu Weidong, wearing blush and a headscarf, mixed in!

He called Xu Weidong out.

Xu Weidong pouted his mouth, which was as red as if he had eaten the flesh of a dead child, and asked, "No news from the voting office?"

Qian Jin glanced at him sideways: "Don't you think you don't have any hope?"

Xu Weidong chuckled, "Don't you have to daydream sometimes?"

However, there was indeed no news from the voting office, but there was news from the street security office that afternoon!

A leader from the District Security Bureau came.

Accompanied by Huang Yongtao and others, he cordially met with the second commando team that captured the thieves at the neighborhood committee and brought the reward:
All members of the second team of the Labor Commando have obtained new positions and become the public security commando of Taishan Road Street!

Qian Jin wondered what this thing was.

But I saw that the team members were very happy and clapped their hands vigorously.

The other four teams watching were staring with eager eyes, looking miserable.

The second team became a public security assault team, Qian Jin was the deputy captain, and the captain was security officer Cheng Hua!
Then Qian Jin understood.

They are the joint defense members of the 21s and the auxiliary police of the st century!
Security commandos also have red armbands.

Its material is similar to the red armbands of the neighborhood committee's labor commandos, but its shape is much more beautiful:

It was printed with the police badge and five large golden characters: 'Public Security Commando'!
Qian Jin asked Xu Weidong privately: "Why are you so happy?"

Xu Weidong said: "Of course I'm happy. The Public Security Commando also gets a 50-cent subsidy a day!"

"Look, I'm doing two jobs and getting two subsidies. My full monthly salary is 30 yuan. Haha, that's about the same for new workers!"

There is also a change in identity.

What does the labor commando team do?

Working on the streets.

During the day, I clean the house, organize residents to study, organize activities, and take care of children.

In the summer, we often have to organize every household to place fly traps and rat poison; in the winter, when more coal is needed, we have to deliver coal to the five-guarantee households and the families of military martyrs.

Now, residential buildings do not have toilets or sewers, and sewage is discharged through public toilets and sewers.

Therefore, the labor commandos were also responsible for clearing toilets and sewers.

What about the security commandos?

They are considered a non-staff team of the public security station, assisting security officers in maintaining social order, and their main job is to patrol at night.

In comparison, the status of the Security Commando is different!
To explain it in Brother Biao’s words: I am the general manager’s bodyguard, protecting the general manager, so who is more powerful, me or the general manager?
By the same token, the security commandos are the people's bodyguards.

This matter bypassed the jurisdiction of the neighborhood committee and Zhang Hongbo had no control over it, which made him very unhappy.

There’s more to come.

After the other four teams discussed it, a bus suddenly appeared and wrote:

After the celebration, Zhang Hongbo wanted to take the bus but was stopped at the bus stop.

Zhao Bo, Tian Gang and a group of people surrounded him and demanded that a chief captain be appointed for the labor assault team.

Zhang Hongbo initially thought that the other four teams were unhappy with the second team's popularity and wanted to find a team leader to bet money on them.

He happily agreed to the request and asked, "Do you have any ideas for the captain?"

"Qian Jin!" The answer was unanimous.

Zhang Hongbo said expressionlessly, "We need to organize a meeting to discuss this matter. Let's talk about it when we get to work the day after tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)