The next day, Dong Jinshan, director of the Supervision Office, came again to deliver meals to Zhou Yunzhen at noon and afternoon. The dishes were particularly sumptuous.
For the evening meal, in addition to the pineapple goose and boiled bacon chicken with sour bamboo shoots that are occasionally available in the market, the rare palace delicacies steamed duck and roasted roe deer were also served on the table, all meat dishes.
"Director Dong, why are you spending so much money because of me? How much does it cost? How can your salary be enough? Will I take you back to before liberation?"
"Xiao Zhou, you are exaggerating."
"No, I heard that this steamed duck and roasted roe deer is a rare palace delicacy that only the royal family can enjoy."
Dong Jinshan disagreed, "In the old days, the swallows in front of Wangshe Hall flew into ordinary people's homes. Things are different now. Now this roasted roe deer meat is just a popular dish. What's more?"
"Besides what?"
"Besides, this roe deer meat was given to me by my relatives in the countryside. My family can't finish it all, so I made you a steamed duck and roasted roe deer meat. How much does it cost?"
"This roasted roe deer meat has the effect of strengthening the bones and nourishing the body. Eat more. If you participate in high-intensity training, you will be physically exhausted. You need to supplement more nutrients and high-quality protein."
"When will I go to the training camp?" Zhou Yunzhen asked.
"The day when the confinement will be lifted may be over," Dong Jinshan, director of the Supervision Office, said vaguely.
The words of political commissar Mu Shanchuan still ring in my ears. The political commissar meant that as soon as Zhou Yunzhen's three-day confinement was lifted, he would immediately send him to the police training base to receive harsh, almost hellish devil training.
"Are you really giving me a farewell meal now?" Zhou Yunzhen understood.
"Yes!"
Because after tomorrow morning, the three-day confinement period will have passed. After the confinement is executed, according to the order of the political commissar, Zhou Yunzhen must be sent to the police training base without stopping.
It was also unknown whether he could finish a full lunch before starting his journey.
Zhou Yunzhen was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Okay, then I will feast on it and fill it up with a delicious meal."
After that, he wolfed down the delicacies sent by Dong Jinshan, the director of the Supervision Office, like a whirlwind.
"You just need to go out for a walk tomorrow morning and don't go too far. By the way, let's go to the forest park next to our unit. The air there is fresh, the scenery is beautiful, and it's refreshing."
Dong Jinshan, director of the Supervision Office, put away the dishes and went out, as if he remembered something again and gave instructions.
"Is this feasible?"
Zhou Yunzhen was a little worried. After all, he was still in confinement. If someone recognized him while walking in the park, wouldn't it implicate Dong Jinshan, the director of the Supervision Office?
Don't label him as derelict when the time comes, that would be bad.
"It's okay. You go there at dawn in the morning. Most people should still be asleep at that time, so no one will notice you. And?"
"And what?"
"And no one knows you."
"But when I came back, the office building was still at work. Even at noon, it was easy to be discovered. Many of the government cadres did not go home at noon and rested in the office after eating. There are some of these government cadres You know that I am in confinement? Doesn’t that expose the secret?”
"This situation no longer exists." Dong Jinshan, director of the Supervision Office, said with a wry smile.
"Why?"
"I guess the higher-ups will say something by then. In other words, I will send you directly to the police training base."
"Director Dong, are you saying that you sent me directly from the park to the police training base?"
"Yes."
Dong Jinshan, director of the Supervision Office, understands the temperament of political commissar Mu Shanchuan. He focuses on the beginning and more on the results, but does not necessarily pay attention to the process.
If you don't carry out his orders, hail, snow, and swords will hit you all over your head. In front of him, who is furious, you can only act like a turtle and dare not say a word.
"Okay, I feel quite depressed too and want to go out for a breather. Just?"
"Just what?"
"I just have to bring some toiletries, right? Can I also bring this small and exquisite radio?"
"You don't have to take away the toiletries. It's inconvenient to go to the park. Besides, there should be one at the police training base, right? There's also a radio that you can put in your pocket. You can take it with you. You can listen to soft music when you're bored at night."
"Take care!" After saying that, Dong Jinshan, director of the Supervision Office, left.
At dawn the next day, Zhou Yunzhen got up, picked up the radio and put it in his pocket.
Before leaving the house, he thought about it, took out a folding fruit knife from the drawer and stuffed it into his pocket.
At that time, "taxi" had just emerged, and the price was still expensive, which was not affordable for the general public.
Zhou Yunzhen was in a hurry to leave the prison department, fearing that he would be in trouble after waiting for the bus for a long time and meeting someone who knew him, so he gritted his teeth and prepared to take a "taxi" to the Forest Park.
He stopped a "taxi" and asked the driver, "Master, how much does it cost to go to Forest Park?"
"ten yuan!"
"Isn't that more than ten yuan?"
"That's the price, whether you want to sit or not." The driver also ignored him, rolled his eyelids, and said in a bad mood.
Zhou Yunzhen had no other choice but to get in the car.
The "taxi" driver started the car, but did not use the meter. The taxi sped towards the park in a hurry.
After a while, the taxi arrived at the entrance of Forest Park.
"We're here, give us the money and get out of the car."
"Okay!" Zhou Yunzhen took out his somewhat empty wallet from his trouser pocket, took out a ten-dollar bill, and handed it to the taxi driver.
The taxi driver glanced out of the corner of his eye and said, "It's not ten yuan."
Zhou Yunzhen was a little surprised, "Master, didn't we agree on the price just now? Wasn't it ten yuan? Why did you go back on your promise when you arrived at the destination?"
"I'm not talking about ten yuan for the whole trip, but ten yuan for one stop. It's two stops, so of course it's twenty yuan. Who did you blame if you didn't hear clearly?"
Zhou Yunzhen's face changed slightly, "Isn't this blackmail? In public, no, in broad daylight, blackmail? Aren't you afraid of the king's law?"
"Blackmail? King's method?" The driver looked disdainful and sneered, "I have an old mother who is bedridden at home, a child who is crying for food, and the family has no overnight food and is about to run out of food. What am I more afraid of now?"
Zhou Yunzhen's heart trembled, "When did you start this business? Is this business going well? It's just started. There are still a lot of people doing it. Are you not making any money?"
"I couldn't find a job after I was released from prison. I used my house as a mortgage to buy this car and run a rental business. The interest alone is a heavy mountain. If I don't pay it back? And the whole family won't have food or water? How much money can I make? ?”
"Are you from the Hengling Labor Camp?"
"So what?"
"May I have your name?"
"I don't want to change my name, Jiang Mancheng! What's wrong? Are you going to report me? The worst I can do is go in again and let the government support my family for me."
"where's your wife?"
"She ran off with someone while I was in jail."
