Riverside police

Xu Sanye had something to do, so he got on the third wheel and left in style.

The instructor was going to attend a family planning meeting, so he left on his bicycle.

Han Yu packed up the dormitory, laid out the mat, and put up the mosquito net. He originally wanted to take the keys, go downstairs and ride Xu Sanye's borrowed bicycle, and go to Bailong Port to buy pots, pans, spoons, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and some food. After all, The next step is to start your own business.

Seeing the police uniform and big-brimmed hat that Xu Sanye borrowed for him, and thinking that he was now a police officer, he couldn't help but take off his Doliang shirt and trousers, put on the police uniform and the big-brimmed hat.

There are beds, desks, cabinets, chairs, and TV sets in the dormitory, but there are no mirrors. Simply walk out of the dormitory, stand in the corridor, and use the window glass as a mirror.

Just when he thought it was okay to wear this outfit, Lao Zhang came up holding a teapot.

"Xiao Han, try on the police uniform."

"Uncle Zhang, is something wrong?"

"It's okay. I came here to take a look. Although this uniform is a bit old, it fits well."

Han Yu was a little embarrassed to be bumped into by his old comrade.

Zhang Mingdong looked up and down, and couldn't help but smile: "It fits really well. There is a photo studio opposite Bailonggang Bus Station. Don't you want to go shopping? Just wear a police uniform and take a photo by the way. The first day When I go to work, I put on the police uniform for the first time and take a photo as a souvenir. It will be very meaningful to look through it in the future.”

Han Yu took off his big-brimmed hat and looked at the police badge, then turned his head to look at the epaulettes, then looked at the police uniform on Comrade Lao Zhang, touched his chest and asked: "Uncle Zhang, my son has no pockets. You have pockets over there. We Why is it different?"

"I'm wearing long sleeves and you're wearing short sleeves. Of course they're different."

"oh."

"Hurry up and take pictures, you still have to buy vegetables and cook."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang. I'll go there first."

"Do you know the way?"

"I know, I've been to Bailong Port before."

Wearing a police uniform for the first time is worth taking a photo as a souvenir.

Han Yu followed Shan Ruliu's lead, picked up a cloth bag, went downstairs and rode his bicycle straight to Bailong Port.

There are three large units on the riverside, one is Bailonggang, which is affiliated with Binjiang Port Authority, the other is Bailongang Bus Station, which is affiliated with Binjiang Automobile Company, and the other is Bailongang Ship Lock Management Office, which is affiliated with the Provincial Department of Transportation.

There are also many small units, including more than 20 warehouses, several hotels, and stores of commercial companies.

The ticket hall of the passenger terminal and the square in front of the bus station were crowded with people and noisy.

People disembarking, buying tickets, picking up people, waiting for the boat, doing small business, riding tricycles, and reselling tickets, all kinds of people, bustling with people, make Bailonggang, which is just a village at the administrative level, bustling with activity .

Han Yu went to the photo studio and spent two yuan to take photos. He was not in a hurry to buy anything. He rode his bicycle to the river embankment not far from the ship lock.

Looking at the river from a distance, the ships on the river are like small boats, rising and falling with the waves. Listening carefully, a ship blew its whistle and sailed slowly towards the riverside.

Looking towards the lock, we can see the vast waves on the river and the endless reeds on the river beach. Dozens of inland river boats of 20 to 30 tons are waiting at the anchorage outside the lock for instructions from the lock management personnel.

Looking back in the direction of Yanjiang Police Station, Han Yu truly understood why Xu Sanye was so anxious to repair the boat.

The Yanjiang Police Station is responsible for maintaining public security in the Linghai section of the North Branch of the Yangtze River. As policemen of the Yanjiang Police Station, we cannot always stay by the Bailong River. Only by entering the Yangtze River can we truly maintain public security on the river.

Thinking of this, I quickly went shopping and went back to the house to cook.

It was the first time I used a rice cooker. I didn’t know how much water to put in, and I was too embarrassed to go downstairs and ask Lao Zhang, but the rice turned into rice porridge.

I drank the pickles I brought from my sister's house in three sips, put on my work clothes, and went straight to the shipyard to find Boss Wu.

Boss Wu can only build paddle boats under fifty tons and weld a hull, which is very simple. I have never repaired a tugboat like the "Linghai Tug 012", so I thought this was an opportunity to learn from my own mistakes.

He called a few workers and invited two paddle boats parked by the river to drive behind the police station along the river. He untied the tugboat's cable, tied it to the two paddle boats, and dragged it more than two hundred meters north. Go to the beach at the shipyard.

Then use the wire rope on the shore to tie the tugboat.

Use a winch on the shore to pull it, and please hang a paddle on the top of the boat on the river, and use the stupidest method to get the tugboat onto the river beach.

Xu Sanye left two packs of cigarettes before leaving in the morning, Han Yu borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, and everyone dispersed.

After thanking the helpers and preparing to go back to the office to get tools, Boss Wu wiped his sweat and asked with a smile: "Xiao Han, how do you plan to repair it?"

"Repair the main engine first, but we need to clean the engine room first. Manager Wu, is there anyone collecting oil and sewage around here?"

"Yes, I'll have someone call for you."

"If I had known someone would collect it, I should have waited until they had pumped away the oily water and then brought the tug ashore."

"It doesn't matter. They have a fuel pump and the fuel pipe is very long. It should be within reach."

"Then I'll trouble you."

"Not to mention trouble. I just introduced Xiao Jiang. I asked him to call the person who collects oil and sewage. If you need help later, just call him."

"Thank you, Manager Wu."

It was different to have someone to help. By the time I got the tools to the river beach where the boat was being repaired, the boat to collect oil and sewage had already arrived.

People seem to be able to refine the oil and sewage by taking it back, but I don’t know what can be refined.

But it is better to let them pump out the oil and sewage in the tank than to discharge it directly into the Bailong River. Moreover, they have pumps, which can pump it out quickly and save trouble.

On the river, if you let people recycle it, they will give you money.

Now that he was not on the river, the oil and sewage in the cabin did not belong to him. Han Yu was too embarrassed to talk to others about money, so he simply sat in the shade and watched them smoke.

Just as he was thinking about when he would finish smoking, a man in his twenties came over.

He had long hair, wore plaid short-sleeves on his upper body, and a pair of very fashionable bell-bottom pants on his lower body. He just sat next to Han Yu in such a carefree manner.

"Are you a police officer?"

"Excuse me, are you..."

Hua Gezi took out a cigarette and handed one over, smiling and saying: "My surname is Huang, and my name is Huang Jiangsheng. The Xiao Jiang who helped you find someone to collect the oil and sewage is my cousin."

"Hello, hello, I don't smoke." Han Yu declined his kindness and asked with a smile, "You sound like you are not from Linghai."

"I am from Donghai."

"Are you here to play at Xiao Jiang's house?"

Huang Jiangsheng shook his hair, lit a cigarette, and said in a measured tone: "I starved when I was born, and stopped when I went to school. I went to the countryside after graduation. I had no job when I came back, so I could only do some small business."

Han Yu was stunned for a moment, then realized: "Are you an educated youth?"

Huang Jiangsheng took two puffs of cigarette and said mockingly: "I graduated from junior high school at the age of fifteen, went to northern Xinjiang to farm for six years, and came back secretly. Not only did I have no job, I couldn't even apply for a household registration."

Han Yu asked curiously: "What is your current household registration?"

"Pocket account."

Huang Jiangsheng patted his butt in an exaggerated manner and said with a wry smile: "The household registration issued by Northern Xinjiang is in my pocket. I originally had the opportunity to apply for household registration, but my two brothers saw me coming back and hid the household registration book at home. , and wouldn’t let me go to the police station to register for residence.”

Han Yu asked in confusion: "Why did they hide the household registration book? Why didn't they let you go to the police station to register your household registration?"

"The house is just that big. Now they live in it. If I apply for household registration, it will be divided among the three brothers. Tell me, this is the biological brother born in my mother's womb."

Huang Jiangsheng knocked the ashes from his cigarette and sighed: "Policies change very quickly, one day at a time. Now even if they take out the household registration book, I still can't get in."

"Why can't you report it?"

"The government doesn't want us educated youths and wants us to go back to northern Xinjiang. Who do you think is willing to go back to farm?"

"Then you are homeless."

"Yeah, homeless."

"what line of work are you in."

"We usually collect eggs and sell eggs, but when autumn crops come, we collect new rice and sell new rice."

Afraid that the little policeman in front of him wouldn't understand, Huang Jiangsheng explained with a smile: "It's collected in Linghai, and then taken a smooth sailing boat to the East China Sea, and transported to the East China Sea to sell, and make a small living."

Han Yu saw him talking to the passing boat people by the river yesterday afternoon. He thought that he was asking if there were any boats going to the East China Sea. He asked in surprise: "It's just speculation!"

"Don't go online. What I earn is hard-earned money. The People's Daily said that long-distance traffickers like us are not speculators."

"Then what is speculation?"

"Those ticket dealers in Bailonggang are like that. They buy low, sell high, and make more than ten times the money when they change hands. They make shady money."

Huang Jiangsheng took a puff of cigarette, thought about it and said: "There are also those who resell foreign exchange certificates. Last time I came back from the East China Sea by boat, I met one. They exchanged foreign exchange certificates from foreign guests with RMB one to one, and then changed hands at one to one." Exchange coupons at 1:40 or even 1:15 for people who need foreign exchange certificates, and it will be easier and faster for people to make money."

Han Yu knew about the foreign exchange coupons because his sister worked at the Sailors' Club.

Foreign exchange coupons are very popular, and you can buy imported home appliances, imported chocolates, and Sanwu and other imported cigarettes that are not available in other shopping malls from foreign-related stores such as Friendship Store and Sailors Club.

It is said that many Donghai people cannot exchange foreign exchange coupons in Donghai, so they go to Binjiang to find foreign seamen at the port to exchange them, and then take them to Donghai to exchange them for those in need.

Foreign seamen are also willing to exchange it with them, because after disembarking from the ship, they can only use foreign money to exchange for foreign exchange coupons, and cannot directly exchange it for RMB.

This means that those foreigners can only spend money in places that accept foreigners such as Friendship Stores and Sailors Clubs, and those foreigners want to go to other places to play and buy things in other stores.

This kind of behavior is not just speculation, but also violates the country's financial policy.

However, Han Yu was just a policeman who repaired and sailed ships, and he only really went to work today. He didn't care about this and asked with a smile: "Are you looking for a ship, or are you waiting for a ship?"

"I was originally waiting for the boat, but the boat I promised ten days ago didn't turn around and hasn't come yet. Eggs are different from rice. The weather is so hot that we can't leave them for too long, so we can only find a boat by the river."

"I'm by the river every day, and I'll help you keep an eye on it."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, it's just a little effort."

Han Yu spoke from his heart. After all, this person is indeed not easy, even very pitiful.

When he was a teenager, he left his hometown and went to northern Xinjiang to work as an educated youth. He finally returned to Donghai and had a family but could not return. Even his two brothers turned him away.

In comparison, although I grew up on a boat, I was much happier than him.

Huang Jiangsheng thought this little policeman was interesting and said with a half-smile, "I saw you at the gate of Bailonggang Bus Station this morning."

"Yeah?"

"Did you go there by bicycle this morning? Did you wear a uniform?"

"You have really seen me. I was there in the morning."

"Speaking of which, you are a male police officer, why are you wearing the uniform of a female police officer?"

"ah……"

Huang Jiangsheng looked at him with a smile and asked, "The chest is different, don't you know?"

Han Yu suddenly remembered Comrade Lao Zhang's smile in the morning, and then thought that he was wearing the uniform of a female police officer and running happily to take photos as a souvenir, and he couldn't laugh or cry.