Chen Lei yawned and walked in. When he passed cabinet No. 1, he discovered that there was something wrong with the lock.
He immediately picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers: "Hello, maintenance team of the General Affairs Office? I'm Chen Lei from the archives section. Bring me a lock."
A few minutes later, the maintenance team came and replaced the lock with a new one.
Chen Lei was a little worried and followed the maintenance staff to the corridor and asked: "How did the old lock break?"
The maintenance staff took a look at the old lock in his hand and said, "The lock spring is aging."
Chen Lei: "This is a new lock. It's been less than three months, so why is it aging?"
The maintenance staff checked it carefully and said, "It must have been flooded. You see, the lock core is corroded."
After he reminded him, Chen Lei remembered that water had indeed entered the lock.
When the Archives Unit was first established, there was a general cleaning of the station. I don't know how, but this lock fell into the basin.
No one noticed it at the time, and by the time they discovered it, the lock had been soaked in water for most of the day.
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Outside Yanjin City, Yushu Ridge.
In a thatched house, there is a charcoal brazier in the middle of the room, and next to it is a small square table. On the table are two sweet potatoes and a bowl of steaming egg drop soup.
Camel opened the cotton curtain and walked in with a chill in his body. The dustpan in his hand contained a few pieces of broken charcoal, which he poured into the charcoal brazier with a splash.
Cao Yunfei: "Camel, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten." Camel put the dustpan aside casually.
"What to eat?"
"...Same as you."
"Shit! If all the brothers can eat this, what do I have to worry about!" Cao Yunfei grabbed a sweet potato and threw it over.
The camel quickly reached out to catch it and said: "Captain..."
Cao Yunfei sighed and said, "Eat it, a bowl of multi-grain rice is worth nothing!"
He knew very well that there was only the last bag of corn noodles left on the mountain. Before the snow fell, he could still dig some wild vegetables and make multigrain rice to survive.
Nowadays, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, and it is difficult to dig wild vegetables. With more than a hundred people opening their mouths to eat, the mountains may soon run out of food.
The camel devoured the sweet potatoes and said vaguely: "Captain, why don't you ask Old Eggplant to go down the mountain and borrow some food from a nearby village?"
Cao Yunfei took an empty bowl, poured half a bowl of egg drop soup, pushed it along the table, and said with a wry smile: "I've borrowed it more than a dozen times. Old Eggplant said that if we go again, the villagers will really treat us as bandits."
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Luo Tuo took a sip of the egg drop soup and said, "It was said that a political commissar would be sent here, but no one has been seen for such a long time."
When this matter was brought up, Cao Yunfei was also very irritated and said: "Who the hell says it's not the case! At least with an order, I can know whether to evacuate or stay!"
In fact, what Cao Yunfei didn't know was that political commissar Bao Changyi had arrived two hours ago and was now at the home of villager Old Man Li.
Bao Changyi was in his thirties and was originally a company instructor of the Independent Regiment. This time he was ordered to come to Yushuling to serve as the political commissar of the guerrillas.
He was extremely anxious now. Everything in Yushu Ridge was completely white and he couldn't find the way up the mountain.
"Brother Li, is it really impossible to go up the mountain?" Bao Changyi said to Old Man Li.
Old Man Li sat on a small bench, smoking a dry pipe, and after being silent for a long time, he said, "What are you going to do up the mountain?"
"I heard that there is a resurrection grass in the back mountain. My old mother is seriously ill and needs this traditional Chinese medicine to save her life!"
"Resurrection grass is not easy to find. I have lived in Yushuling for almost a lifetime and have only seen it once. Alas, that was ten years ago..."
“Just because it’s hard to find doesn’t mean it’s not available, you have to give it a try.”
"Little brother, you can't go to Yushu Ridge!"
"Why can't you go?"
"There are bandits... on the mountain."
"Have you seen bandits?"
"They often go down to the mountains to buy rice and oil from each house. They pay back the money at first, but then they write an IOU, saying they borrowed one and paid back two."
Bao Changyi smiled and said: "Is there such a bandit in the world?"
Old Man Li knocked the pipe pot on the bottom of his feet a few times and said in a low voice: "Actually, the villagers know it well, they are not bandits!"
"What's that?"
"That's it!" Old Man Li made a sign with his hand.
"Tuk-tuk! Tuk-tuk!" There was a rapid knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Old Man Li stood up and opened the door.
"Open the door quickly, it's freezing to death!" A man with a duck voice said outside the door.
The wooden door opened, and a young man with a square face walked in. While patting the snow on his body, he said: "Old Litou, is there anything to eat at home? Get some quickly!"
"Ergui, you bastard, you called me Lao Litou? I am your uncle!" Old Man Li scolded with a straight face.
Ergui chuckled and said, "Doesn't it sound familiar to call you that? Who is this?"
Bao Changyi stood up and said, "Oh, I'm just passing by."
Ergui looked Bao Changyi up and down and said, "Who are you passing by?"
Bao Changyi: "A native of Jing County."
Old man Li brought some stick noodle steamed buns from the back room, put them on the table, and said to Ergui: "These are the only steamed buns we have at home, so you can take a bite!"
Ergui said with a playful smile: "Uncle, your nephew came here in the wind and snow, how can he prepare two dishes, boil a pot and cook a bar?"
Old Man Li sighed and said, "You said you are quite a grown-up person. When will you be the boss of your boss and your boss?"
Ergui curled his lips and said, "Don't peek through the door, your nephew and I will soon be rich!"
Old Man Li shook his head helplessly, turned to Bao Changyi and said: "Little brother, I advise you to go back. In this weather, you, a foreigner, can't go up the mountain at all, unless someone shows you the way..."
Ergui's eyes flashed and he said: "This gentleman wants to go up the mountain?"
Bao Changyi: "There is no way. Someone in the family is sick and needs to use the rejuvenating herb. This herb is only available in the mountains behind Yushuling."
"oh……"
Ergui rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, if someone is willing to guide you, can you give me some money for the hard work?"
Bao Changyi said eagerly: "Of course!"
"How much can you give?"
"How much do you want?"
Ergui pinched his teeth and said, "Oh, this round trip takes at least half a day, so it costs...a hundred thousand yuan, right?"
Old Man Li scolded: "Second noble, you are so poor that you are crazy, you want so much money from me!"
Ergui grinned and said: "Old Li Tou, it's not like you don't know that there are bandits on the mountain. You might get kidnapped if you go there!"
Old man Li wanted to say something else, but Bao Changyi stopped him. He said: "If you can find the resurrecting grass, it won't cost more than 100,000 yuan."
Ergui said with a smile: "City people are still happy!"
Bao Changyi: "When shall we leave?"
"Well, tomorrow, you can stay at my uncle's house overnight, and I'll go back and get ready."
"Can."
"Your name?"
"No need to give your surname."
"Well, I'll come find you early tomorrow morning! Let's see you there or not!"