When Ye Haoran returned to the factory with his luggage, Team Wang had already made arrangements for travel.
"Zi Zi, the boss has already said hello. There is a material train to Lao Maozi at four in the morning. It just passes through Jichun. There will be a lumber train coming back in seven days. If it exceeds seven days, remember to call back."
Team Wang handed Ye Haoran a piece of paper with the names and work addresses of several people written on it.
"The Red Star Timber Factory and our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill belong to the same ministry and can be regarded as brother units. When we come back, we can just ride with them. The other few people are my brothers when I was in the army. If I encounter difficulties, I will go to them."
Wang Dui and Ye Haoran may seem like superiors and subordinates, but in fact they have become brothers. They have gone through life and death together. There is nothing wrong with their fateful friendship, otherwise they would not use their personal relationship.
Ye Haoran nodded seriously: "Understand, Captain Wang, don't you worry about me? I'm afraid I will need you to work more at home."
Captain Wang patted Ye Haoran on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about family matters. Don't let him run away, otherwise our faces will be lost."
Ye Haoran was about to make a guarantee when Captain Wang continued: "By the way, Director Yang heard that you were leaving soon, so he temporarily approved the payment for you, and Director Sun's photo was in the envelope, and he also arranged The jeep will take you to the station.”
Ye Haoran glanced at the envelope on the table and did not put it away immediately. Instead, he looked at Team Wang with confusion and asked, "What does Director Yang mean?"
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Captain Wang said with a smile: "He wants you to return the money you withheld to the accounting office first. The salary will be paid in two days. There is not enough money in the account. Let me help him. Say a nice word."
If Captain Wang gave Ye Haoran an order, Ye Haoran would definitely take out the money, but Captain Wang didn't do that. The relationship between the two was still there, so of course he wouldn't ask Ye Haoran for anything.
Ye Haoran also laughed, took out the key, opened the filing cabinet, and handed the sealed cowhide bag directly to Team Wang.
"Originally, I wanted to wait until all the money was recovered and report it together. Now that Director Yang has found you, it doesn't matter."
Team Wang has also been promoted. What is different from the past is that he still needs to maintain a good relationship with the factory. Although they are direct descendants of the Guoan boss, they will be laughed at by outsiders if they can't keep up with each other.
"Okay, you take the time to rest for a while. When it's time, I'll ask Erdanzi to come and call you."
Previously, Team Wang wanted Ye Haoran to bring two people over, but Ye Haoran declined. Firstly, it was easier to move alone, and secondly, he was afraid of alerting the enemy.
Ye Haoran himself is the only one who is familiar with the people in the factory. If he arranges for other people to go with him, he is likely to be recognized by Director Sun.
If you really need manpower, just find local cooperation.
Wrapped in clothes and lying on the wooden bed, Ye Haoran fell asleep after a while. When he woke up, he saw Erdanzi's big pie face again.
"Leave far away!"
"Ye Zi, you're not interesting enough. We agreed to share the credit together, so why are you acting alone again?"
Ye Haoran raised his head and glanced at the wall clock. He saw that there was still about an hour left before departure. He was too lazy to talk to Erdanzi and got up to wash up briefly.
After coming back, he handed an envelope to Erdanzi and said, "Send this letter to the factory-run primary school tomorrow and hand it to Teacher Ran Qiuye in person."
"Your partner?"
Erdanzi looked at Ye Haoran in shock and asked.
Ye Haoran waved his hand: "Why do you have so many problems? One more thing. Don't say I didn't take you with me when you eat meat in the future."
"Uh... I promise to complete the mission!"
When Ye Haoran went downstairs, the jeep was already waiting at the door. He rushed to the station without saying goodbye to anyone and got on the train bound for Jichun.
The task this time was very simple. When we arrived in Jichun, we first investigated the situation and found Director Sun through the address given by Lou Zhenhua. Then we arrested and recovered public funds, and finally returned to Sijiu City with the people and money.
It's very simple to say, and the action is not complicated. Director Sun is not an experienced enemy agent, but it's just a little troublesome to find out the relationship.
After dawn, Erdanzi delivered the letter to the factory-run primary school according to Ye Haoran's arrangement.
When Ran Qiuye opened the letter, she realized that Ye Haoran had missed the date this weekend. Fortunately, the explanation was very clear. He had to go on a business trip for a few days to take action, and he would see Yunyun again when he came back.
Seeing some provocative love words on the letter, Ran Qiuye's face turned red unnaturally, and then she became worried about Ye Haoran's safety.
The mission letter didn't say anything about it, and Ran Qiuye didn't want to know. She just hoped that Ye Haoran could return safely.
A day and a half passed in a flash.
When Ye Haoran got off the car, he found a place to rest his belly.
The car back is scheduled for seven days later, but a day and a half will be wasted on the way to Jichun, so we have to move quickly.
After finishing the meal, Ye Haoran asked the boss when paying the bill: "Boss, do you know this place?"
The shop owner took a look, nodded and said, "I know. Just follow the road to the train station and go southwest. It will take about half an hour to get there. There is a large number of bungalows over there. You can see it from a long way away."
"Thank you, boss!"
"Hey, you're welcome!"
Ye Haoran paid the bill and walked over according to the direction given by the boss.
The atmosphere along the way was better than that of Sijiu City. The Imperial Capital had more rules. Unlike here, small merchants and hawkers selling things can be seen everywhere.
The sounds of hawking and chatting came and went. Just listening to these sounds, Ye Haoran could already feel the generosity and real human fireworks of the Northeastern people.
It's not like his yard, which is full of abnormal neighbors.
Crossing this street and looking up, I saw a large number of bungalows, with angry smoke coming from every household, and neat stacks of firewood and small fences at the door. Not to mention, it really has a flavor.
But Ye Haoran was in trouble. Although Lou Zhenhua gave him the address, there was no house number here! Where can I find this horse?
When I was standing at the entrance of the alley feeling worried, a little girl of sixteen or seventeen came over.
"Hey, hello, little comrade. Can I ask for directions?"
"Huh? Where are you from, and why is your accent different from ours!"
After staying in Sijiu City for a long time, it is inevitable that I will pick up a bit of Beijing accent. Just this little bit was picked up by the little girl, and she is quite smart.
Ye Haoran smiled and replied: "I'm from Sijiu City. I came here to do some errands and just happened to see my friends. However, I only have the address, but I can't find the specific location."
Ye Haoran once again took out the note with the address.
The little girl stared at Ye Haoran for a while with bright eyes, and then looked down at the address on the paper.
"Oh, I know this place. Go straight ahead and you'll see a firewood pile about one meter tall. Turn left. After walking two small intersections, there's a telegraph pole. Then turn right. Go straight ahead for more than a hundred meters and you'll see a mud brick. The room is the place you wrote about."
When the little girl finished speaking, Ye Haoran felt numb.
Although I remembered everything she said, I wasn't sure if I could find it. After all, her description was a bit abstract.
"Pfft." Looking at the dumbfounded Ye Haoran, the little girl suddenly laughed: "Okay, I know you can't find it by looking at your stupid look. Let's go, I will take you there."
Ye Haoran was looked down upon by others. If the little girl hadn't called him stupid, he would have almost forgotten what it felt like to be called stupid.
Seeing that the other party was willing to lead the way, Ye Haoran said that he could not pursue the case any further.
After twisting and turning through small alleys and arriving at another alley, even those with a strong sense of direction may get lost here.
"I don't know what to call it yet!"
Ye Haoran had nothing to do on the way and chatted casually.
"My surname is Zhou, Zhou Rong. I am a sophomore in high school this year. What about you?"
"My surname is Ye..."
Before Ye Haoran finished introducing himself, Zhou Rong couldn't wait to ask: "Hey, tell me what fun things there are in Sijiu City. Isn't it very big there?"
"It's not bad. There are a lot of people, but they all live the same life. There may be some good points, but you need to discover it yourself, because I don't know what you like."
The two chatted for a while, then came outside the one-tile adobe house.
Zhou Rong pointed to the adobe house and said: "This is what you are looking for. If there is nothing else, I will leave. I have to go home to study."
Ye Haoran wanted to say thank you, but Zhou Rong walked without any delay and disappeared at the entrance of the alley.
After Zhou Rong walked away, Ye Haoran arranged his clothes, took off his holster, covered it with his coat, walked to the door and knocked.
"Hello! Is Director Sun here?"
"Who?"
A slightly older voice came from behind the door, and Ye Haoran replied softly: "Hello, I am a friend of Director Sun, and I want to talk to Director Sun about something."
'squeak'
The wooden door opened, and an old lady with a haggard face and gray hair appeared at the door. She looked at Ye Haoran and said, "What did I keep saying about Director Sun?"
"Mom! Who is it?"
Another voice came from the house. Ye Haoran looked through the crack in the door in the direction of the sound, and then his whole body was shocked.
People in the room also saw Ye Haoran and came over and asked, "Hello, what's the matter?"
"Ahem." Ye Haoran calmed down, then took out a piece of paper and reported the information about Director Sun's family: "This family should live here, right?"
The little girl and the old lady who came out later did not read the note because neither of them could read.
Ye Haoran looked at the other person, his delicate face was combed with two braids, and his clear eyes were shining. The sunlight entered the room and hit the other person's skin. The snow jade white and tender skin was as smooth and soft as suet jade.
Feeling Ye Haoran's gaze, the little girl shook her head and said, "The family you mentioned has moved away long ago. I don't know the door. You'd better go elsewhere and ask."
After saying that, he took the old lady's hand and entered the house, without giving Ye Haoran a chance to speak, and closed the door tightly.
Ye Haoran, who was rejected, didn't feel any disappointment. If he could find the other party so easily, it would be meaningless.
Before leaving, I took one last look behind the closed door of the adobe house.
After stumbling out of the alley, Ye Haoran inquired about the address of the neighborhood committee. Since he had moved, the neighborhood committee should be the only place he could contact. Even if there was no file, there should be acquaintances who knew something.
"What's wrong, young man?"
As soon as Ye Haoran entered the neighborhood committee, an aunt asked with a smile.
"I want to find the director of our neighborhood committee."
"It's inside, just go there!"
"OK, thanks."
Ye Haoran walked in the direction pointed by the aunt. In a separate office, another aunt was sitting inside recording something.
Knocked on the door: "Hello, may I be the director of the neighborhood committee?"
The aunt raised her head and asked doubtfully: "I am the director here, are you...?"
Ye Haoran closed the door with his backhand. This action shocked the aunt. Then Ye Haoran took out his ID and said: "I am a security officer from Sijiu City. The main purpose of coming here is because of a case. .”
Without revealing the details, Ye Haoran introduced the situation of his coming here.
"This is the office number of the director of our rolling mill. You can call now to confirm."
Ye Haoran waited outside the door for a long time, and could vaguely hear the sound of a phone call coming from inside the office.
'squeak'
The door was opened, and the director said with a smile: "Comrade, come in."
After Ye Haoran entered, the director chatted with Ye Haoran.
"I know the grandson you are talking about. Many years ago, when I heard that he had a job, he moved his mother-in-law to another place. This is the address you want. They have moved there long ago."
Ye Haoran took the address, smiled and thanked him and left the neighborhood committee, taking an information registration form with him before leaving.
It took half a day to finish the work. It was getting dark after coming out of the neighborhood committee.
Instead of rushing to find Director Sun, he took the letter of introduction from the steel rolling mill and went to the guest house to get a room. He put away his luggage and went out lightly.
After filling my stomach, I found a local cart. The carts in the Northeast are somewhat different from those in Sijiu City. They are commonly known as riding donkeys backwards. The single-seat pedals are at the back.
After giving the address to the cart master, Ye Haoran sat on the cart and blew in the evening breeze.
After dark, there are almost no people on the street. Only a few people are still walking on the road. Those who set up stalls have gone home long ago.
The ride was bumpy, and even the pedaling master was so tired that he was sweating profusely. Finally, after riding for a long time, he arrived at the address given by the director of the neighborhood committee.
After getting off the cart, Ye Haoran rubbed his butt and paid.
"Master, please wait for me for a moment. I have to go back after finishing my work."
"Okay! No problem! But you have to hurry up, my girls are still waiting for me to go back for dinner!"
The master agreed happily, Ye Haoran gave the master a cigarette and walked inside.
After confirming the house number, Ye Haoran knocked on the door directly.
'Dong dong dong'
"Who is it that night?"
Soon a voice came from the room, with an obviously impatient tone.
Ye Haoran calmly said loudly to the door: "Hello! It's from the street!"
"Street? What's going on so late?"
As soon as the reply came out, the door opened from the inside. The person who opened the door was an old lady who was quite old, but she could tell that she was in good health.
Ye Haoran smiled and said: "Hello, aunt, I heard on the street that a foreigner came to your home, so I was specially sent to register."
"Hey, what foreigner? That's my son-in-law."
The old lady pouted her lips and said impatiently. She didn't know whether it was because she was in a bad mood or because she just had this personality.
But this sentence reveals a lot of information.
Ye Haoran glanced at the door and continued: "Oh, it's my son-in-law. Auntie is so lucky, but we have to do what the director ordered us to do. Do you think this will work? Let your son-in-law sign it." That’s fine, so I can have an explanation when I go back.”
The old lady looked her side up and down, and saw that Ye Haoran's appearance was quite upright. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, you can come in and leave as soon as you finish signing. There are still a lot of things to do at home."
"Hey, okay."
In this way, Ye Haoran sneaked in easily.
As soon as she entered the house, the old lady shouted to the back room: "Xiao Sun, come out for a moment, and the street office will come over and ask you to sign."
"What to sign?"
The old lady shouted twice, and a middle-aged man opened the door curtain and walked out.
Ye Haoran looked at his appearance in detail and found that he was about 80% similar to Director Sun in the photo.
"This person is from the street office. He talks about registering outsiders. There are no outsiders in our family. It's true."
The old lady talked a lot, and then sat aside.
Ye Haoran casually took out the information registration form from the neighborhood committee and handed it to Director Sun, saying: "It won't take you much time. Just fill out this form, otherwise I won't be able to explain it when I go back."
Director Sun just nodded, sat down and started filling in the form without saying anything. It could be seen that he wrote very casually, and a lot of the information was written in random order, especially in terms of the nature of the work, which was even more random.
After finally filling in his name, he stood up and handed the form back to Ye Haoran, but Ye Haoran did not accept it.
When he just filled it out, Ye Haoran had already seen Director Sun's real name and signature, confirming that he was the person he was looking for, so the form was useless.
"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
Seeing that Ye Haoran didn't take the form, Director Sun was a little confused.
Ye Haoran said with a faint smile on his face: "Director Sun, there is no need for the form, but I think you can come with me in person."
As soon as the word 'Director' was spoken, Director Sun's expression changed drastically. He threw the form in Ye Haoran's face and started to run away. But as soon as he turned around, Ye Haoran grabbed the collar at the back of his neck.
"Director Sun, where are you going in such a hurry?"
Taking down an ordinary person is not difficult at all for Ye Haoran. No matter how hard the opponent struggles, they can't break free from Ye Haoran's hands.
At this time, the old lady also saw the problem and jumped up from her chair.
"Ouch, you damn bastard, let me go now!"
While shouting, he tried to pull Ye Haoran's arm, but how could an old lady move Ye Haoran.
Seeing that she couldn't help, the old lady sat on the ground, hugged Ye Haoran's legs and shouted: "Xiao Sun, run! Run with my daughter!"
Director Sun also wants to run away, but only if he can!
Ye Haoran fished it out with one hand, lifted Director Sun up and said with a smile: "Director Sun, I came all the way from Sijiu City to visit you. Is this how you entertain your guests?"
The movement of a few people became a little louder, alerting Director Sun's wife and children in the back room. The family of four rushed to Ye Haoran together, and even Director Sun was ready to give it a try.
But when Ye Haoran took out his gun, all the disturbances stopped instantly, and everyone calmed down.
Ye Haoran calmly took out the cuffs, cuffed Director Sun's hands behind his back, and sneered: "Do you really think you can run away? Are you stupid or do you think everyone is as stupid as you?"
Director Sun said nothing, only a look of decadence on his face.
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ps: Yesterday I updated 14,000, and I feel like I’ve been hollowed out.
