Xu Li said: "It's okay for us to meet, chat and drink tea. If I carry a box and hand it to you, the target will be too eye-catching, especially at this time."
Jiang Xinyu tapped his fingers on the table, pondered for a long time, and said, "Let's do this. You prepare a new Zhu Hesheng brand suitcase, medium black, and use the suitcase to install the radio. Uh... tomorrow is a public holiday, right?"
"Yes, it's a public holiday."
"Tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon, you take your suitcase to Zhongyuan Department Store. We will exchange suitcases at the door of the power distribution room on the first floor. You will go through the front door and I will go through the back door."
"What's in your box?"
"A box of books."
"good."
Jiang Xinyu put down the tea bowl in his hand, thought for a while, and said: "Lao Xu, what is the important matter of Chief No. 9 coming to Yanjin?"
Xu Li smiled and said: "You are my superior. You don't even know it, and I don't even know it. What, are you worried about something?"
Jiang Xinyu said: "I just feel that if the time and place of the meeting are not notified in advance, it will be too hasty."
Xu Li thought for a moment and said: "I guess it's because the matter is so important. The superiors did this just in case. They would wait until the leader arrived in Yanjin before sending the message. Even if the enemy intercepts the message, it will take time to decipher it."
Jiang Xinyu nodded and could only understand it this way. He raised his wrist and glanced at his watch and said, "It's getting late. Let's go. Next time you come to me in an emergency, you can pretend to talk about kerosene."
Xu Li smiled bitterly and said: "What's the pretense? To be honest with you, the kerosene at home is really not enough to support us."
"Haven't the funds for the activity been distributed?"
"Prices are skyrocketing. Can activity expenses rise higher than prices? In the past, when I was alone, I often ate out, and my family didn't spend much on kerosene. But now it's no longer possible. A family of four can't always go out to eat. Alas.
, If this continues, I will have to let my children go out to collect firewood..."
"How much kerosene do you need?"
"Of course, the more the merrier, but the authorities strictly prohibit hoarding of scarce supplies. Individuals can buy up to 80 liters at a time."
Jiang Xinyu opened his briefcase, found Zhang Jinbiao's business card and handed it to Xu Li, saying, "In two days, go to 18th Street to find this person. He has something to do with the kerosene matter."
Xu Li took the business card, looked at it, and asked with some worry: "How much difference can the price make?"
Jiang Xinyu smiled: "Just go and you don't need to prepare anything."
After the two separated, Jiang Xinyu bought a medium-sized black Zhu Hesheng brand suitcase in a luggage store on his way back.
One advantage of people with a cheerful personality is that they will not let sadness occupy their inner world for a long time. This is especially true for Tong Tong, who will only be angry for a while.
Seeing Jiang Xinyu carrying his suitcase to the study, Tong Tong sat in the living room for a while, and finally couldn't help his curiosity and walked upstairs to the door of the study.
There was the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the study. Tong Tong listened to the door for a while, hesitating whether to go in and take a look. At this time, Jiang Xinyu said in the room: "Tong Tong, come in."
Tongtong pushed the door open and walked in. He glanced at the suitcase on the desk and said, "How did you know I was outside?"
"Guess." Jiang Xinyu closed the box and put it aside.
"Ivanov just called you."
"What's up?"
"He said he wanted to thank you for rescuing him from prison."
Jiang Xinyu smiled: "It seems that he is really afraid of being imprisoned and actually treats the hospital as a prison..."
Tong Tong sat on the chair, fiddled with the pen at hand, and said, "Xinyu, let him out. What if he really has leprosy?"
"I just called the hospital and asked the doctor to confirm whether he had leprosy, instead of being locked up in the infectious disease ward like a prisoner."
"Oh, that's okay..."
"Tongtong, accompany me to the department store tomorrow."
"what?"
"Well, let's buy a coat. You know I'm the worst at choosing clothes."
Tong Tong said in a long voice with a very reluctant look: "Okay, since you asked me for help, I will go with you... What time will it be?"
"In the afternoon, after Rongrong goes to bed, otherwise she will definitely pester you."
"Let's take Rongrong with us. I want to buy her a pair of leather boots, pure white ones. The little girl looks very fashionable when wearing them."
"Next time,"
Tong Tong frowned and thought for a while, then said firmly: "No, you're not going to buy clothes, you must have something else to do!"
Jiang Xinyu said: "You think too much, how can you have anything else?"
"If you don't tell the truth, I won't go." Tong Tong stood up and walked out without looking back.
…………
the next day.
On the way to Zhongyuan Department Store, Tong Tong looked aimlessly out of the car window and said, "Xinyu, do you think that if we don't see each other for a year or two, will Rongrong forget about Mui Ne?"
"It won't take two years, one year is enough." Jiang Xinyu drove the car intently, glancing at the rearview mirror from time to time.
"Then what are you going to do?"
"have no idea."
"Where are your superiors? Aren't they very capable? Let them think of a solution quickly?"
"No one can do anything about this kind of thing. We can only take it one step at a time."
"If you ask me, you might as well use my method and ask someone to find connections to bring Mina back. If they are suspicious, just be suspicious. Just say you miss your wife and children."
Jiang Xinyu shook his head gently: "It's not as simple as you think... Besides, not only was Mei Nei sent away, but Mrs. Qiao, Mrs. Feng, and many officials' families were sent to Liwan. How come others are fine, but only
I tried every possible means to bring him back? In the end, not only could he not be brought back, I would definitely be investigated by the Secrecy Bureau."
Tong Tong sighed in annoyance: "The Kuomintang is really cunning. They can't win the war. They are quite good at doing these tricks."
When passing by Dengyinglou Restaurant, Tong Tong said: "By the way, I forgot to tell you, Xu Wenxiu said that he would treat us to dinner at Dengyinglou in two days."
"You agreed?"
"No, I told her that Rong Rong goes to bed early and doesn't worry about no one at home at night, so we may not be able to come out."
"Good answer."
"Then, shall we go or not?"
"If you don't go, it's a waste of time..."
While talking, the car arrived at the back door of Zhongyuan Department Store.
Jiang Xinyu glanced at his watch. It was ten minutes to two o'clock. He went in through the back door and walked to the power distribution room. It only took about five or six minutes.
Tong Tong looked around and said doubtfully: "Where is this?"
"The back door of Zhongyuan Department Store."
"Why come to the back door?"
“There are few people here and it’s quiet.”
"quiet?"
Jiang Xinyu got out of the car with his suitcase.
Tong Tong also got out of the car and asked, "Xinyu, what are you doing with the box?"
Jiang Xinyu said: "I made an appointment with a used book collector and sold these books to him."
Tong Tong curled his lips: "Stop bluffing me, I'm just telling you, you must have something else going on!"