Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 53 Lao Guo was arrested
In the evening, Yan Hui went to his fourth uncle's house again. When he heard from his fourth aunt that his fourth uncle would not be back until tomorrow, he asked about going home.

"I'm going back with your uncle this year, but we won't be back until after the 20th of the twelfth lunar month. If you wait for us, it will be very late." Fourth Aunt said, "If you want to leave, as long as you're busy there and don't say anything, you can leave early."

"Ah? I heard it's hard to buy tickets after the 20th of the twelfth lunar month." Yan Hui only learned this news today. This is what Lao Guo told him.

"We'll fly back directly to Takasaki Airport."

"Oh, oh, okay, I'll go back by myself." Yan Hui nodded, not quite understanding. He didn't know where the airport that Fourth Aunt was talking about was.

"Yeah, when I see your uncle later, tell him."

"Then tell him that I'll be back in about ten days, and I'll go back by myself."

"Okay, I'll talk to him." Fourth Aunt nodded.

Yan Hui was quite happy. He and Fourth Aunt had almost no communication, so today Fourth Aunt was very nice to him.

After saying goodbye here, Yan Hui returned to his residence and went to bed early because he had to move wood early the next morning.

The next day, Yan Hui found his second brother and explained his plan to go home for the New Year.

"Ten days?" The second brother was stunned for a moment. "Today is only December 1st. In 10 days it will be December 11th, but the Chinese New Year this year is in February, right?"

"February?" Yan Hui didn't really care. He just thought the weather was cold enough. "What day is February, Uncle Li?"

"Let me take a look at the calendar," Yan Hui came early and the car had not arrived yet.

The second brother quickly flipped through the dates and said, "Chinese New Year is on February 19th this year. It's not impossible for you to leave on December 11th, but you'll have to stay home for at least three months."

"So late?" Yan Hui suddenly realized that he had miscalculated. He didn't have such a thing as a calendar poster and didn't look at it on weekdays. He just had a feeling that the New Year was approaching.

"Well, the Lunar New Year is late this year, and there's an extra ninth month in the lunar calendar, so we've only just reached the tenth month." The second brother was still very considerate of Yan Hui. "But if you want to leave early, that's fine. There really isn't much to do in the next three months."

"No, that won't work. Let me think about it." Yan Hui suddenly realized that he hadn't thought enough.

"That's fine. There won't be much work in the future. Just tell me when you want to leave and I'll pay you all your wages."

"Thank you, second brother!" Yan Hui said gratefully.

Actually, the wages that Second Brother was holding in pledge were only a few hundred yuan, after all, wages here were theoretically paid daily. But Yan Hui was still somewhat touched by Second Brother's attitude.

While chatting, the two cars that had been arranged yesterday arrived, and Yan Hui immediately got down to work.

In the next few days, Yan Hui had nothing to do. As long as his second brother was free, he would go to the 724 Bureau to play with Lao Guo and others.

Song Zhiyuan comes here about once every three days, and brings about ten baskets each time. When Yan Hui is free, he goes to sit with him for a while and helps sell baskets. Occasionally, when they meet some customers buying wood, they can chat with them to see if they can make a deal.

Lao Guo's father has sent people to the forest farm in Baishan. The first batch of people sent two masters. According to the feedback from these two masters, the owner of the convenience store really has a family background and has inherited some traditions. This makes Lao Guo's father very satisfied. He gives Lao Guo some pocket money from time to time, which also makes Lao Guo a lot more financially comfortable. Lao Song hangs around Lao Guo every day.

Of course, Yan Hui also likes to take advantage of Lao Guo, but he usually reciprocates. In order to save money, he can only reduce the frequency of accompanying Lao Guo out to play.

It has been almost a year since he arrived in Fengtian. In mid-December, Yan Hui finally experienced the word "leisure".

In fact, before he came out, especially when he was recuperating from his injury, he was always idle, so idle that he read the few novels in his home four or five times.

But how could Yan Hui enjoy leisure at that time? Now he understands because he has suffered a lot and is very tired.

That day, Yan Hui had nothing to do in the evening, so he practiced calligraphy alone in the room.

The room had been sealed with tape, but it was still cold, so he lit the charcoal brazier again. Of course, Yan Hui couldn't bear to buy charcoal, so he used some wood stubble. Because the fire was not strong, there was no need to worry about lack of oxygen.

After writing for a while, Yan Hui still felt his legs were cold, so he decided to go to bed early.

In the past, in the winter in Northeast China, there was nothing to do, so we just went to bed at sunset and got up before dawn.

He first checked the charcoal brazier and knew that the remaining wood could only burn for half an hour at most, so he quickly turned on the electric blanket and prepared to go to bed.

Just as he was heating up the electric blanket, someone knocked on the door. Yan Hui went over to open the door and saw Old Song, who was panting.

"Old Song? Why are you here?" Yan Hui was a little confused.

"Lao Guo! Lao Guo was taken away by the police!" Lao Song said anxiously.

"Huh?" Yan Hui didn't react immediately to what happened, and then asked, "What did you say?"

"Lao Guo! Lao Guo and I were having dinner at 724, and there was a disturbance in the restaurant, and then two groups of people started fighting, and Lao Guo got involved! Then the police came and took him away!"

"Have you told his father?" Yan Hui said as he immediately unplugged the electric blanket and walked out.

"I couldn't find his father!" Old Song was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.

"Is Lao Guo injured?"

"No, he's fine, he just flipped the table over!"

Yan Hui thought for a moment, "Then there's no need to worry. The police won't do anything to him."

"Ah? No need to rush?" Old Song couldn't figure it out immediately.

Yan Hui then took a closer look at Old Song and discovered that there was steam coming out of his body, and it looked like he had just returned from Bureau 724.

"Take it easy first, don't catch a cold. I'm going to go to Lao Guo's house. I know where he lives."

"Ah? Aren't we going to the police first to save Lao Guo?" Lao Song was a little puzzled.

"You mean to jailbreak? How is that possible? The police won't pay any attention to us if we go. According to what you said, this must be a fight between a group of people. The police are busy as hell, and it will only delay things if we go. Besides, it will be safe for Lao Guo to be taken away by them. Come on, follow me to find his father first." Yan Hui went back to the house to get some toilet paper and asked Lao Song to wipe his sweat first.

"Is Lao Guo really okay?"

"Okay, come with me."

The two ran all the way to Lao Guo's house. Lao Song was really exhausted, so Yan Hui went there alone.

Old Guo's house wasn't far from here, so Yan Hui arrived in a few minutes. He knocked on the door, but no one was inside. Yan Hui looked at the door, and Old Guo's van was not there either.

On the way back, Yan Hui called Lao Song, called a taxi, and immediately went to the police station where Lao Guo was arrested.

(End of this chapter)