Chapter seven hundred and seventy-eight take office
He Xie was sitting on a bamboo and rattan bench, with one hand on his leg and the other gently stroking the calfskin on the armrest of the chair, with a faint smile on his face.
Opposite him, two people were staring at his face intently, as if a flower had grown on his nose.
The charterer, the charterer.
That is Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu.
In front of them, there were three letters of appointment and a wad of banknotes.
There are three letters of appointment, one for the president of the Pig Cage Walled Street Neighborhood Welfare Association, one for the captain of the Pig Cage Walled Security Team, and one for the captain of the Pig Cage Walled Fire Prevention Patrol Team.
The names under the three titles are all He Xie.
Among the three teams, He Xie is the only one with no soldiers or generals.
The first thing He Xie did when he came to Zhulong Walled City was to find these two couples, because the police station in Zhulong Walled City was also their property, and the police station had already owed them three years of rent.
At the beginning of last year, the last police captain here, Fu Bo, died because he was drunk and driving with several young ladies. Since then, there have been no policemen stationed in the Pig Cage Walled City.
Because there is no oil or water here at all, and no one is interested in coming to this ghost place where chickens can’t lay eggs and birds can’t poop.
So when He Xie offered to become the resident police detective of Pig Cage Walled City at the cost of three gold bars, the police chief asked him three times in a row, looked at He Xie as if he were an idiot, and then readily agreed to him.
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And when He Xie asked for five police officers, the director didn't make things difficult at all. He directly gave He Xie five blank police recruitment forms and asked him to recruit as many people as he wanted.
At this time, the way the landlord and his wife looked at He Xie was similar to the way the director looked at him at that time, as if they were looking at an idiot.
"This...Sir He," the charterer chuckled, showing his scorched teeth, looking a little vulgar.
"As far as I know, your police department has no intention of paying back the rent we owe," he said. "Not only that, you also don't allow us to rent the police station to others and use it for other purposes. Why are you so willing this time?
Not only did you pay off the debt, but you also paid half a year’s rent in advance?”
"Because our director's conscience has been a little painful recently," He Xie said with a smile, "Maybe he thinks this will make his conscience feel better."
The charterer and the charterer looked at each other with very strange expressions.
"Then I wish your director's conscience will recover soon." The landlord shrugged, "But to be honest, the police station has been idle for two years, and everything inside has become moldy and rotten. I'm afraid it can't house anyone."
"This is my business." He Xie said with a smile.
"Whatever you want." The charterer tilted his head, took out a bunch of keys from the drawer, removed one of them and handed it to He Xie.
"Thank you." He Xie took it, then put away the three letters of appointment on the table, smiled at the two of them and nodded, "Sorry for disturbing you, please take your leave."
He clasped his fists, turned around and strode away.
After the charterer and the charterer watched him leave, their eyes were a little playful.
"Being sent here at a young age seems to be an unlucky guy." The charterer sighed with emotion, "But this young man has a very upright look, and he shouldn't do evil things."
"Have you ever seen anyone whose dog doesn't eat shit?" the charterer asked, "At such a young age, his future is bleak, and he still doesn't think of ways to make money? I hope he doesn't go too far, otherwise, the protection of the Shark Gang
The fees are not paid in vain.”
"Huh?" The landlord looked behind the landlord with a surprised look on his face.
The charterer looked back and saw nothing.
"What the hell are you doing?" The charterer frowned and looked at him suspiciously.
"It's nothing, I just thought that I had seen him somewhere before, but then I thought about it and it seems that I haven't." The charterer said with a normal expression.
"Crazy!" The charterer rolled her eyes at him, "Go wash the dishes!"
"Oh." The charterer got up and went to the kitchen, spread out a note in his hand, patted it happily, and showed a proud smile on his face.
The Pig Cage Walled City has a zigzag layout. The Public Security Bureau is directly opposite the gate, and in front of the gate are the stairs leading upstairs. In front of the stairs is a public faucet, where people are queuing up to receive water all the time.
He Xie appeared in a police uniform, which naturally attracted the attention of the residents here. However, when He Xie looked over, they all showed a very unified and restrained but honest smile, bowing slightly and saluting.
This is a subconscious reaction of the people at the bottom to protect themselves and try to make themselves look harmless to avoid causing trouble.
Pushing open the door of the police station that had been sealed for a long time, a musty stench suddenly hit his face, and He Xie subconsciously held his breath.
After a while, he walked in. There were two apartments one mile and one outside. On the wall opposite the door of the house outside were some wooden plaques with high-sounding words such as "Unselfish", "Life-saving Water and Fire" and "Friends of the Common People".
The handwriting on the card is mottled and covered with dust.
There is a black-painted wooden table in the room, two benches against the wall on the left, a row of tall cabinets and a clothes rack against the wall on the right, and a washstand and a dirty laundry rack under the window next to the door.
There is a copper basin. There are still some pieces of paper covered with writing scattered on the ground. The writing has long been blurred.
The room inside is very small. There is only a single wooden bed. There is a wooden box beside the bed, which is used as storage and bedside table. At this time, it is filled with empty wine bottles and some things that cannot be seen from their original appearance.
Purpose garbage.
The whole room was filled with dust and cobwebs, and all the walls were moldy and hairy, making it look extremely dilapidated.
"It's been a long time since I've done housework." Seeing this, He Xie was not disappointed, but became very interested.
He looked around, rolled up his sleeves, found a piece of rags from the cabinet and tore them in half, then threw them into a dirty copper basin and walked out the door with the basin in hand.
Next, He Xie spent about an hour cleaning the room to make it look brand new.
He went to the Chen Suiyuan grocery store across the street to buy wooden boards and a nail hammer. When he came back, he nailed the whole wall of the house with wooden boards again. He also used the remaining wood to build himself a small coffee table and a small bench.
After doing this, he opened the window, washed his face, and then walked out the door with a smile and his hands behind his back.
When he was doing these things, everyone who saw him looked at him curiously and talked about him.
"Hey, it's new. This new black guy actually works by himself?"
"Not to mention, he is nimble and seems to be a down-to-earth person who can endure hardships. Why do you think he is so bad at a young age? Why did he become a gangster?"
"Who says it's not the case? These gangsters, who peel off people's skin and drink their blood, are worse than gangsters. Alas, life will be difficult for them in the future."
"Keep your voice down, Aunt Ma!"
"What are you afraid of? He can hear farts from this far away."