After Chu Heng said goodbye to Ni Yinghong after get off work, he hurriedly left the grain store and headed for Quanjude.
Today he made an appointment with someone, a friend he met while drinking with some buddies in the compound some time ago. His name is Mu Yu, and he works in the logistics department of the Chongwen District Public Security Bureau.
He was also the official who came forward to deceive Hu's mother in Chu Heng's plan.
This was a candidate he decided upon after deliberation for a long time.
Since becoming famous with Zhao Weiguo, he has made many friends, including several from the public security system alone. Mu Yu is not the highest-ranking among them, but he is the most decent one and is the most suitable to be a liar...
Let's put it this way, with that guy's appearance, if he wanted to be featured in a TV series about the Anti-Japanese War, he would have to sit on the tiger bench at least ten times and drink dozens of kilograms of pepper water. Even if he wanted to be a traitor, the Japanese would not dare to use him.
Because it was a treat and it was not easy to keep the guests waiting, Chu Heng hurriedly hurried all the way and arrived at Quanjude at the front door just after 5:20.
He didn't rush in, parked the car, lit a cigarette, and stood at the door shivering, waiting for Mu Yu's arrival.
At nearly half past five, the real owner finally appeared.
Neither fat nor thin, neither tall nor short, with a square head and a big face, and her hairline started to recede at a young age, and she looked quite decent at first glance.
"Here it is!" Chu Heng waved to him from a distance, with a bright smile on his face.
Mu Yu rode a bicycle and came to him. Before he even got off the car, he said apologetically: "Are you in a hurry? My unit is in a hurry, so it took a while."
"I just arrived."
Chu Heng greeted him enthusiastically, took out a cigarette and handed him a cigarette. He also took out a domestic side-pulley kerosene lighter that he came across from some drinking session and lit it for him.
The two of them exchanged a few more polite words at the door, then entered the hotel together. After sitting down, they found the service staff who ignored them and ordered a few things to eat in a familiar manner.
"Half duck, a large bowl of duck soup, oiled pork, sliced mushrooms and bamboo shoots, Shandong sea cucumber, four ounces of lotus leaf cake, and two sesame seed cakes."
At the end, Chu Heng asked Mu Yu: "What are you drinking? I will keep you company today!"
The person on the other side waved his hand hurriedly after hearing this: "I don't have enough drinking capacity to keep you company like Neptune. Let's just drink some beer today."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Chu Heng didn't insist. He took out the bill from his pocket and said to the smoking waiter next to the station: "Four more glasses of beer, I'll calculate how much it will cost you."
The waiter puffed out two puffs of smoke from his nose and said with a frown, "Eleven yuan and two, five taels for noodles, and eight taels for meat."
Chu Heng quickly gave the money ticket and sent this man away, then turned around and chatted enthusiastically with Mu Yu.
I don’t know if the hotel chef’s family is having any happy events, but the food was served very quickly today. In just over 20 minutes, the several things they ordered were brought out one after another.
When the roast duck was finally served, a young man came towards them with a knife. Without saying anything, he took half of the duck. "Swish, swish, swish", the knife flashed, and the skin and meat were evenly sliced into thin slices.
The meat was cut off.
Pick up a piece of duck meat with bright brown skin and tender meat, dip it in some sweet noodle sauce and put it on the lotus leaf pancake, then add some shredded green onions and roll it up into your mouth.
Well, it still tastes great!
The two ate and chatted for a while. When they were full, Chu Heng finally revealed the purpose of the treat.
Mu Yu was stunned after hearing this. He originally thought that this guy would come to him to recruit people or arrange work, but he didn't expect that it was actually a special girl who was trying to trick people!
How could such a fool come up with the idea of asking a police officer to be a liar for him?
Naturally, he couldn't agree to this matter. It was a matter of principle. Then, before he could refuse, the story about Hu Zhengwen and Zhang Yi, a pair of hard-luck mandarin ducks, was told.
After hearing this, Mu Yu was immediately moved, feeling aggrieved for the poor girl in her heart. She didn't think about any principles this time, so she agreed with a pat on her chest.
We, Mr. Yu, are the most righteous people. This kind of good deed of helping others must be done to help others!
Then the two of them began to whisper and discuss the details. It was almost nine o'clock before they left Quanjude.
The next day.
Chu Heng opened his eyes and ate quickly, then went to Pigeon Market to raid a wave of supplies.
After finishing his morning work at the work unit, he walked out of the grain store and continued to work on Hu Zhengwen's trivial matters.
I am as busy as a third grandson every day.
Chu Heng first ran to Nancheng to find a comrade who worked in a printing factory, and got two blank color-printed certificates of commendation from him. This relationship was strong, so there was no need to treat or give gifts, and he also gave away a box of cigarettes before leaving.
Finally, he ran to the department store and bought a bottle of ink, a writing brush, and a box of ink pads. Then he ran home, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and ruminated for a while before writing on the two certificates.
With a splash of ink, he wrote a string of neat bold characters.
The content is as follows.
Thanks to Comrade Hu Zhengwen for his great contribution to social security, this certificate is issued to express his commendation.
The content of the other one is similar, except that the name has been changed.
After he finished writing, he found a big radish, carved it with a knife for a long time, made a fake seal, and stamped it on the certificate with two clicks. The final preparation for conquering Hu Mu was complete.
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The rest needs to be left to time to ferment.
Time flies, amidst the noisy rumors, three days passed in the blink of an eye.
And the rumors about the little girl Zhang Yi finally spread throughout the aunt circle in Sijucheng.
Hu's mother is very confused now. Recently, the sisters around her have been spreading rumors about the girl's deeds of helping the police catch enemy agents and thieves. She is a role model for our generation and should be followed.
But the comrades at the police station told her clearly that Hu Zhengwen was shot as an act of revenge by the gangster's father, and Zhang Yi was indeed violated by the gangster. Now she doesn't know who to believe.
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This morning, the sun was shining brightly, and the noisy cold wind from last night had subsided. It was a nice day.
Today is also the day that Hu Zhengwen is discharged from the hospital. The boy is in good health and has recovered well from his injuries. Except for some inconveniences at the back door, the other wounds are no longer serious and he only needs to go home to rest.
Hu's mother and Hu's father started packing their things early in the morning. Even though they had only been hospitalized for a few days, there were still a lot of bits and pieces.
Zhang Yi came over when they were halfway done. The girl greeted the old couple respectfully as always: "Uncle, aunt."
"Hey, Xiaozhang is here." Hu's father responded with a smile. Compared to Hu's mother, who had a firmer mind, he had fallen into the bombardment of rumors from his aunts and now firmly believed in his daughter-in-law.
She is a heroine, and the silly boy in his family is definitely high.
Hu's mother's attitude was not as cold as before, but she was not too enthusiastic either. She smiled kindly at her and knelt down to continue working with the old man.
Although she did not believe all those rumors, after careful consideration, she decided not to completely offend Zhang Yi and leave a way out for herself.
