Reborn as a capitalist's young master in the 1970s, he starts his life by being blocked at the

Zhao Erhu shoveled a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, then looked up and said, "What is it? Just tell me."

"Wang Mancang, the team leader of Huai Shu Village, abused his power to extort money and bribes in the village, and was simply tyrannical."

"He had a sickly son who suffered from tuberculosis. To find a wife for his son, he coerced and bribed a young woman who had been sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, forcing her to marry his son."

He decided to help Tian Jiangyue before leaving.

And what he said was true. If it weren't for the Wang family's coercion and enticement, how could Tian Jiangyue have submitted to a tuberculosis patient?

"Is that so?"

Zhao Erhu frowned and stopped eating.

"Now that the policy has been relaxed, all the other educated youth have returned to the city. Wang Mancang's son died a long time ago, but he still doesn't want to let that female educated youth return to the city. He wants her to stay in the village and take care of him for the rest of her life."

"Isn't this blatant bullying? How dare these people be so audacious! The return of educated youth to their hometowns is a national policy, and these people actually dare to obstruct it!"

Zhao Erhu slammed his hand on the table, causing the bowls and chopsticks on the table to shake and startling the people at the next table.

He waved his hand: "You guys eat."

Chen Jianming picked up a piece of food and said while eating, "And then there's the accountant Liu Neng. He doesn't do anything good in the village. Not only does he line his own pockets, but he also extorted a lot of money from the educated youth during their time in the countryside."

"If I didn't hand it over, Liu Neng would deliberately cause trouble for me, even dragging me aside for public criticism. I was subjected to his constant harassment back then."

"Xiao Chen, why didn't you report these things sooner? These people's behavior is outrageous!" Zhao Erhu said angrily.

As a police officer, he couldn't stand seeing people being bullied!

Chen Jianming ate his food silently without saying a word.

He really wanted to say, "I didn't know you either!"

The two ate and chatted until evening.

During this process, he revealed all about Wang Mancang and Liu Neng's affair.

Anyway, he has said everything he needed to say, and he believes that Zhao Erhu, as a policeman, will definitely not sit idly by.

After finishing his meal, Zhao Erhu wiped his mouth. "Xiao Chen, don't worry, I will definitely investigate these matters thoroughly when I get back, and I will not let a single bad person get away with it."

With the train about to depart, the two left the restaurant.

"Brother Tiger, wait for me a moment."

Before Zhao Erhu could answer, he jogged into a nearby state-owned department store.

A moment later, he returned carrying two bottles of liquor and two packs of cigarettes.

"Xiao Chen, what's going on..." Zhao Erhu hesitated.

"Haha, don't worry, Brother Tiger, this isn't a bribe. It's just to thank you for taking care of me these past few days. This is my way of showing my respect to you, Brother Tiger."

"Alright then, thanks a lot, brother. Have a safe trip and take care. I hope you have a bright future back in the city."

Zhao Erhu then accepted the cigarettes and wine.

He just thought Chen Jianming was a nice person and suited his taste.

He wouldn't dare accept it from anyone else.

Chen Jianming joked, "Brother Tiger, I hope you can become the bureau chief soon. I'm still waiting for you to protect me."

"Okay, I'll do my best!" Zhao Erhu said with a smile and a wave of his hand.

"Beep—"

The sound of a train whistle could be heard.

Without further delay, he bid farewell to Zhao Erhu and entered the station.

The station was crowded with people carrying large and small bags.

He squeezed into the crowd and boarded a green train.

The bus was so crowded that there was hardly any room to put your feet down.

He wanted to buy a sleeper berth, but in those days only cadres could ride in sleeper berths.

Even the seated tickets were sold out; I could only get a standing ticket.

In the end, he could only find an empty spot in the connecting area between the carriages, throw his backpack on the ground, and sit down.

With a series of whistles, the train doors closed, and the train began to sway slowly.

He looked out the window, watching fields flash by, and felt a surge of excitement.

He'd always been called a capitalist's son, and he really wanted to experience what it was like to be one.

The green train wasn't very fast, and it would stop whenever it encountered a station.

The journey from here to Beijing is over 2,000 kilometers, and it's not a direct route; you have to transfer.

This trip will take at least three or four days!

"These bastards, I don't even know where they got me here!" he couldn't help but complain.

Compared to the capital, that small, dilapidated village was practically an exile to Lingnan.

And that old bastard Chen Dajun actually had the nerve to come to this remote corner to ask him for the jade pendant, not even caring about wasting his time.

After sitting on the train all day, he felt sore back and legs.

The main problem was that the space inside the train was too cramped; he could only huddle in a small corner at the junction of the carriages, unable to even stretch his legs out.

Even with his current physical condition, he feels extremely uncomfortable.

"What kind of capitalist's son is this?"

Which capitalist's son can't even get a seat?

The train was packed with people, and the air was thick with the smell of sweat. These old-fashioned green trains didn't even have air conditioning.

Thankfully, it's not summer yet, so it's not too hot; otherwise, the train carriage would be unbearably stuffy.

Moreover, he noticed that there were quite a few pickpockets on the train.

Those pickpockets were very discreet and had already stolen several people's wallets.

His things were all in his spatial storage, so they couldn't possibly be lost, but his brother had been touched several times!

There were too many people on the bus, and he was too lazy to care anyway.

Those pickpockets are as slippery as eels; they can disappear into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

Catching them on the train is really not easy.

But have you touched it enough?

I was already getting a bit irritable sitting on the train for so long, and then these people started touching me all over.

He could no longer contain himself. He stood up, grabbed a young man in black by the collar, and roared, "Damn it, are you done yet? What are you doing, touching my thing like that, you're a man?"

The young man in black panicked, not expecting to be discovered.

He reacted quickly, pulling his arm out of his sleeve and taking off his outer clothes.

"Trying to pull off a clever escape?"

Chen Jianming raised an eyebrow, grabbed the other person's wrist, and left him with no way to escape.

"You're asking for it!"

The young man in black glared menacingly, and suddenly drew a dagger with his other hand. He deftly twisted his palm in an arc and thrust it towards him.

"Clatter!"

Chen Jianming immediately delivered a chop to the wrist, knocking the dagger from the opponent's hand.

Then he kicked the other man's knee hard, and the young man in black fell to his knees inside the carriage with a thud.

The surrounding crowd had already moved far away when the two of them started fighting.

"How is that possible!"

The young man in black looked utterly incredulous.

In just a few moves, he was already caught by the opponent!

"What happened? What's going on?"

Just then, a train police officer heard the commotion and went to the connecting area between the carriages.

"Officer, this guy is a pickpocket."

Chen Jianming reached into the black-clad youth's clothes and pulled out several wallets and a bunch of other odds and ends.

"Huh? Isn't that black wallet mine? How did it end up in his hands?"

"That red bra is mine!"

The crowd in the carriage immediately erupted in shouts.