The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 62: New Soldiers from the Vegetable Market

Xu Weidong's outfit is very intimidating.

The blue uniform was ironed straighter than the flagpole in People's Square, like a police uniform.

The brim of the wide-brimmed hat is so tight that it can stop a sparrow, and it looks like a police hat.

The sunlight hit the copper buttons, making it difficult to open one's eyes.

Xu Weidong looked like a model on the wardrobe counter in a department store, come alive, shaking his head and tail.

The others gathered around him, and only after a closer look did they recognize that this was the uniform worn by the official employees of the voting office.

'Dress' is a private nickname.

Because they are not like security guards who have several sets of uniforms a year, they only have this one set, so the staff of the voting station are reluctant to wear it and all wear the Type 65 green military uniform.

Xu Weidong wanted to show off and pulled the crooked decorative thread on his shoulder, trying to blow it out as a military rank.

Qian Jin didn't bother to listen and gave the answer directly: "He went to the district voting office."

"He started work yesterday, but he hasn't contacted me since he went to the voting office. I don't know if he was successful in getting the job, so I didn't tell anyone."

Xu Weidong explained: "I went straight to work yesterday and even worked the night shift."

"I slept in the company dormitory this morning. I came back after the company used their connections to find me a suitable uniform from the warehouse."

He can't just pretend to be cool and not show up.

Others exploded.

Dozens of people gathered around.

Wang Dong ignored the anger of being knocked to the ground and was the first to reach out and grab the handlebars:

"What's wrong with you? Why are you in the voting center again?"

"What's wrong? Are you marrying into the family of the voting leader?"

Xu Weidong got out of the car and said, "I'm not kidding you guys, I'm telling you the truth."

"This job belongs to our team, Team Qian. The investment agency wants Team Qian to work there, but Team Qian doesn't want to go, so let me take over..."

Before he could finish his words, everyone started shouting:
"Are you kidding me? The voting office wants Team Qian, but Team Qian doesn't want them?"

"It feels like a dream, Captain Qian, what's going on?"

"Captain Qian, are you really going to give him the recruitment quota?"

Qian Jin didn't want to get involved, so he said, "No, they wanted a model worker or an advanced individual, so I thought Old Xu would be suitable. His physique and image are suitable for a unit like the voting office..."

"Captain Qian, you don't have to be so modest." Xu Weidong rarely spoke the truth.

"The voting office wants Team Qian, but there's a factional struggle going on there, and some leaders don't want to give the spot to Team Qian."

"Guess what happened? Their director asked Captain Qian for a favor..."

Everyone looked at Qian Jin in surprise.

Are you the treasure captain?

If you scratch it once and there is water, is there still water if you scratch it again?
Qian Jin insisted on using his title of "advanced individual" as an explanation, saying, "I didn't want to go, so they recruited Old Xu away."

Zhu Tao stroked Xu Weidong's blue uniform and said, "Brother, take off these clothes and quit this job. You can't do this. You can't be separated from the masses!"

Xu Weidong clapped his hands and said, "Get away from me! Is your mouth a cow? How come white liquid spurts out after just a few slurps?"

The news quickly reached the neighborhood committee.

In the director's office, steam was rising from the malted milk in the enamel cup.

It was cold outside, and mist appeared on the glass windows, distorting Zhang Hongbo's face into a hazy state.

Wei Xiangmi sighed: "Xiao Xu has made a great leap forward."

Zhang Hongbo said nothing.

Xu Weidong still has to come to the street office to handle some documents.

His household registration is going to be moved.

"From now on, I will no longer be working in our street. I will be working in the Industry and Commerce Bureau." Xu Weidong said this in a regretful tone.

"But it's okay, I will always be a member of the Second Labor Assault Team!"

"Anyway, my home is still on Taishan Road, and I'm still a member of our street security commando. If the street is busy with work and I'm off duty, you call me and I'll definitely come to work."

Qian Jin asked, "Are you off work today?"

"Stop the day shift and work the night shift." Xu Weidong laughed.

Qian Jin said, "Let's go and clear the drain!"

Xu Weidong: Don’t laugh.

After get off work in the evening, Qian Jin took Xu Weidong to the street vegetable market to buy vegetables and check out the meat stall.

He needs to figure out what to do with the sheep.

You can't keep it alive, right?
Today the four little ones are not going to the recycling station to pick up scraps, but are going to herd sheep instead!

Before entering the vegetable market, I saw two women wearing red armbands catching a farmer carrying a shoulder pole in the market.

The sweet potatoes in the baskets were scattered all over the ground, and they clamored to send the farmers to the farm.

After seeing this, Xu Weidong went up and ordered the woman away:
"There's a document from higher authorities stating that production teams can now go to the city to sell vegetables that their members can't digest, in exchange for cash and notes to subsidize collective assets!"

The two women left with a wry smile.

Qian Jin looked down on them.

In fact, these people are not really responsible at all. They want to arrest farmers and punish them. They are just trying to scare farmers and take advantage of them. Or they want to extort their agricultural and sideline products.

When I entered the vegetable market, it was full of women and elderly people carrying vegetable baskets.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see wilted eggplants placed on a gray cement platform. An old woman wearing a blue headscarf is picking and choosing, and the vegetable seller inside looks impatient.

Qian Jin loves seafood.

Having eaten all the crabs the night before, he wanted to have some oysters tonight.

There is a seafood section in the vegetable market but no meat section, so you have to go to a grocery store to buy meat.

In public institutions, no one cares.

There were dark brown sea-smelling water stains on the cement platform in the aquatic area. The October sea breeze blew into the market, attacking people's noses with the smell of salted fish.

Qian Jin went to the vegetable market for the first time.

There is nothing to be desired in life.

There were more slogans in the aquatic area than in the seafood area. Under the faded slogan "Cut off the capitalist tail", flies were flying all over the few oysters.

He wouldn't even dare to eat it even if I gave him money.

Soon he found the trick.

Where there are good products, there are queues.

There will definitely be no balls where there is no queue.

The queue in front of the state-owned vegetable stall is the longest. Vegetable sellers wearing white sleeves stack common autumn vegetables such as eggplant, beans and cauliflower into pyramids.

No need to ask the price.

The prices at state-owned vegetable stalls remain unchanged all year round.

Radishes cost three cents, green peppers cost six cents, and hot peppers cost eight cents. Each person is limited to buying one kilogram of mushrooms with a ticket...

There was an old farmer squatting in the corner of the vegetable market. When Qian Jin saw him, he immediately smelled the scent of the black market.

Sure enough, he approached the old farmer, moved aside, and pulled up his coarse cloth jacket from behind, revealing the autumn cucumbers underneath.

"Our production team grows it, and we take it all for every cent and pound. No receipts are required."

Qian Jin thought that cucumbers could be eaten as a cold dish, which is a classic cold dish, so he bought all the remaining cucumbers from the old farmer.

Two dollars in total.

He called for Zhang Aijun to come and pick up the cucumbers, but he couldn't find him.

After walking around, he saw Zhang Aijun behind a stall. He waved to her and the woman in front of Zhang Aijun turned around with a smile.

Right now!

It’s never too late to say it.

Zhang Aijun rushed forward, grabbed the woman's arm, grabbed her from behind, and hooked her with his foot. In one breath, he pushed her to the ground and twisted her arms behind her back.

The woman screamed: "Women are being raped, someone is being a hooligan, help me, please call the security guards..."

There was chaos in the vegetable market.

Qian Jin hurried over and asked, "What's going on?"

The woman was still howling.

The administrator in charge of maintaining public order quickly came over and shouted, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Aijun said to Qian Jin, "This woman is following you!"

Qian Jin nodded. He also realized that there was something wrong with this woman.

How could a good family's daughter-in-law be knocked down by a strange man in the vegetable market, and the first reaction be to blame him for "rape"?
You have to know that three people can make a tiger. Even if a woman was really raped, she would not admit it, because once her reputation is ruined, her life will be over.

Xu Weidong went to greet the administrator: "Uncle Huang, we are from the security commando team."

"Catching a thief?" asked the administrator.

Qian Jin still didn't know the identity of this woman.

Zhang Aijun said firmly: "She's not a thief. She was a professional when she followed you. I'm familiar with her movements. She must have been trained!"

"And she keeps staring at your waist and crotch. I know that look. She wants to stab you, not steal!"

As he said this, he reached into the woman's clothes and pulled out several homemade razors from somewhere!

This kind of razor is made by splitting the end of a small stick and attaching a surgical blade. It is extremely sharp and even street thugs would not be equipped with it.

Because even if this thing accidentally touches someone, it will cause a big wound!
The administrator gasped when he saw this.

Qian Jin made a prompt decision: "Send him to the police station!"

He originally thought he had run into a thief, perhaps because he had shown off his wealth after entering the vegetable market and was targeted.

But now looking at the women's equipment he realized things wouldn't be that simple.

The woman was taken to the police station.

Huang Yongtao was about to get off work. He asked about the situation and looked at the sharp knife embedded with a surgical blade, and his face suddenly became serious.

Veteran police officers are veteran police officers.

He immediately guessed the woman's possible identity and immediately activated his mnemonics when he entered the interrogation room.

After hearing this, Qian Jin broke out in a cold sweat.

This woman is a killer hired by the Iron Hand Gang!
The Iron Hand Gang wants revenge on him!
(End of this chapter)