"Is there anything you need help with?" Gu Chen came to the blonde foreigner and asked him.

Seeing that Gu Chen was a policeman, the man immediately showed a long-lost smile, and hurriedly said in fluent English: "I don't know much about Chinese, but ...... I need to sell my own photos to support my future journey. ”

Probably out of trust in Gu Chen's police uniform, he pointed to the dazzling works in front of him, and then picked up one of the photos of the Grand Canyon, stood up and handed it to Gu Chen, and continued: "The price of the photo is up to you, you can pay as much as you want." ”

"Are you sure?" Gu Chen also asked in English.

"Yes, I'm pretty sure. The man nodded, and said with great certainty: "These are all photos taken by myself, the price is arbitrary, I need to sell my photos to complete my future journey, but my Chinese is not very good, or ...... I can't say Chinese at all, so I ...... I don't know how to communicate. ”

Gu Chen probably understood the blonde man's current predicament......

An artist, or travel photographer, wants to make an album of his work and sell it to passers-by to support his next trip.

I have to say, this foreigner is a bit interesting, he dares to go out without bringing enough money, he really eats art as a meal?

"First you need a signboard, and it's in Chinese. After thinking about it, Gu Chen said again: "By the way, do you have a QR code for receiving money?"

"QR code, are WeChat and Alipay correct?" the blonde man asked.

"That's right, if you want to do a good business here, you need fast mobile payment, coupled with Chinese instructions, I think it will bring you some help." Gu Chen also gave corresponding suggestions.

The man smiled and said: "In our country, we are used to using paper money, to be honest, when I come to Jiangnan City, I am really not used to this kind of advanced mobile payment." ”

"Slowly you will get used to it, and we call it a local custom. Gu Chen said.

"That'...... What exactly should I do?" the man looked at Gu Chen with a pleading look.

It can be seen that he is very depressed, and he does not make much money.

Gu Chen looked left and right, his gaze quickly stayed on the signboard of a graphic store, and then turned around and said, "You come with me." ”

Although the blonde man was puzzled, he still followed Gu Chen to the store.

In a foreign country, only the police can give him a sense of security......

For Gu Chen, helping foreign friends solve problems is also a kind of display of the image of the police force.

Solving and communicating is the most interesting part.

When I came to the graphic store, a female boss in her early thirties was using software to compose an advertisement.

A male customer held a stack of printed A4 paper and walked up to him and asked, "Boss, how much?"

"Yours is 20 tickets, 20 bucks. ”

"It's too expensive, can it be less?"

"Small business, no bargaining. The proprietress didn't look back, and continued to operate the mouse and keyboard in her hand.

Seeing that the bargaining was hopeless, the man had to take out a 20 yuan bill and hand it to the boss, turned around and left.

"Boss, use your computer to type a document. Gu Chen walked over and said.

The proprietress of the graphic store still didn't look back, pointed to another computer with her left hand, and said, "The computer is there, use it yourself." ”

Gu Chen stepped forward and began to edit the text......

One meal, and finally click Print.

Soon, two A4 paper documents with QR codes appeared from under the printer.

The text is simple:

"Give more support to friends who love art. ”

"I sell my own photos to support my future journeys, and the price of the photos is up to you, and you can pay as much as you want. ”

- David.

Gu Chen handed over two pieces of A4 paper to the man named David: "You take this and stick it on both sides of your photo, and passers-by will know the meaning when they see it, which is much more convenient than communicating with you one by one." ”

The man named David suddenly said excitedly: "Thank you, officer, thank you very much." ”

Gu Chen waved his hand, turned around and asked the proprietress of the graphic store, "How much?"

"How many?"

"Two. ”

"5 pieces. "The hostess said it very simply, and she didn't bother to turn it back.

Wei Junzhi on the side was anxious after hearing this: "Old ...... Boss, you charge 20 yuan for 20 pieces of that person just now, and you charge 5 yuan for 2 of us?

"There are a lot of people, and the lowest price I print here is 5 yuan. "The proprietress has her own story.

"It doesn't matter. Gu Chen paid out of his own pocket, and there was exactly 5 yuan in change in his pocket, so he handed it over to the proprietress: "Give it." ”

The proprietress took the money and was about to stuff it into the drawer, but after turning her head and seeing Gu Chen beside her, she was suddenly stunned.

"Your name is Gu Chen?"

"That's right. Gu Chen said.

"That Gu Chen from the Furong Police Station?" the proprietress asked again.

Gu Chen nodded again.

"Then I can't take this money, you can take it back. The proprietress returned the five dollars in her hand.

Gu Chen, who was on the side, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "...... are you?"

The female boss smiled: "Who doesn't know the name of Gu Chen from your Furong Police Station?" Last time my mother fainted on the side of the road, no one dared to come forward to help, only you didn't say a word, and carried her to the hospital, don't you remember?"

Gu Chen thought about it for a moment.

I have done it more than once when I carried the old lady to the hospital, and I don't know which time the female boss said, so I had to nod and respond: "There are so many times." ”

The proprietress slapped her thigh: "So...... Someone else's money can be collected, but yours ...... I will not accept it. ”

Patting her chest, the proprietress continued, "If there's anything else you need, just tell me." ”

Gu Chen was embarrassed: "How embarrassing this is." ”

"Officer Gu, don't be polite to me, who in our community doesn't know your name Gu Chen? You have done a lot of things for our community, everyone wants to thank you, just two yuan, two pieces of paper, it's not a big deal, take it and use it, it's not enough to come again." ”

"But you just said 5 fast. Wei Junzhi, a cadet of the police academy on the side, said.

The proprietress glanced at him unhappily, and quickly grinned: "The little comrade must have heard it wrong, it's just 2 taels, so don't worry about it." ”

Gu Chen wanted to give money, but the proprietress of the graphic store didn't want to live or die, and Gu Chen had to take this heart first.

After going out, Wei Junzhi's eyes changed when he looked at Gu Chen, and the whole person admired the five-body throwing to the ground.

"Senior brother, you are so powerful, you can brush your face to you, that's what a policeman should look like. ”

Gu Chen smiled and didn't speak.

For this situation, it is too common, and Gu Chen has long been used to it.

Anyone who patrols a familiar street and recognizes his own small traders and vendors will inevitably come out and stuff something for himself.

Some give bananas, and some invite yourself to eat popsicles.

The most exaggerated thing is that there is also a fat aunt who sells braised vegetables, which is directly stuffed by a big pig's trotters and grabbed a hand of oil.

So much so that wherever they went, a group of stray dogs followed silently.

However, Gu Chen didn't want these things......

But if you know one thing and serve the people wholeheartedly, you will gain more than a simple "thank you"!

"The heartfelt thanks from David and the heartfelt thanks from foreign friends are the greatest praise for a people's policeman. ”

"Bonus item: One bottle of energy drink. ”

At the moment when Gu Chen was thinking, he gained another bottle of energy drink in his mind.

Gu Chen turned to look at David, he had already opened.

A man who looked like a middle school student took a picture frame of his scenery and gave him 50 yuan.

Immediately after that, a few more people came, and a few more people came over.

It didn't take long for David's booth to be crowded with people......

Everyone was quickly attracted to this new concept.

Many young people also began to shoot short videos on the scene to introduce this strange foreigner.

Gu Chen and Wei Junzhi continued to patrol along West Street to East Street.

......

......

In the evening, Gu Chen's patrol area had already moved from West Street to the meeting point of East Street.

There was a duty post, small in size, the size of a small living room, with a few chairs, some stored mineral water, and some medical supplies.

The small duty post has become a place for everyone to rest and enjoy the coolness, and like today, it is already the biggest benefit to be able to take a break in it.

When Gu Chen came in, there were already four people leaning on the seats, asleep.

At around five o'clock, Gu Chen had already drunk a bottle of energy drink.

When he usually works until about five o'clock, he basically has a lot of energy, but today is different, and the high-intensity task is very physically demanding.

In fact, the workload during the day today is already several times that of usual.

Even Gu Chen himself would find it a little difficult to support.

So at around five o'clock, Gu Chen was naturally a little tired.

But fortunately, there are two bottles of functional drinks in the cyst, although in this case, consuming a bottle of functional drink, Gu Chen feels a little reluctant, but he still has to deal with the patrol at night, and he has to have enough energy to replenish it anyway.

Rather than sitting in a chair and sleeping for an hour, it's better to use a functional drink.

Moreover, there are not many chairs in the security post in the first place, but there are many people who come here to be on duty today.

It is even more difficult to meet some old comrades who come to rest and want to monopolize a stool.

Although Gu Chen had good physical strength, he didn't want to exhaust himself.

You don't want to be tired and tired all day and then listless for two or three days in a row, so the consumption of necessary energy drinks is also a must.

In the corner, several cadets of the Judicial Police Academy rested on the ground with newspapers and leaned against the wall for a short break.

At the intersection of the east and west streets of the old street just now, the flow of people suddenly came up, and everyone formed a human wall to divide and isolate, and walked back and forth for an unknown number of steps, and consumed a lot of energy.

Many people returned to the security post to rest, and fell asleep not long after they sat down, one by one, staggering, and the mental state when they formed the human wall was almost like two people.

"Senior Brother Gu, are you also here?" Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang also happened to push the door in, and when they saw that Gu Chen was also there, they came over to say hello.

Gu Chen looked down at his watch and said, "It's past six o'clock in the afternoon, according to the monitoring of the dispatch room, we must be on duty until at least nine o'clock in the evening before we can evacuate in batches, or you should come here to rest first." ”

Lu Weiwei looked at the crowd, waved her hand and said, "Forget it, no need, everyone is asleep, don't disturb people." ”

Gu Chen smiled: "They have already arrived, they should change shifts, I also watched them sleep soundly, so I didn't bother." ”

At least looking at a bunch of students leaning against the corner, I said that many of these people should be on duty for the first time This kind of high-intensity task, and they have too much physical exertion for a while, and they are exhausted.

However, when the others were still delaying their duties, they also had to take into account the rest time of the others, after all, no one's body was iron, so Gu Chen had to wake them up.

Some of the cadets rubbed their eyes and reluctantly stood up.

"I'm sorry, senior brother, I'm so tired that I forgot to take over. ”

"It doesn't matter. ”

"Come, sit down here, there are still a few places here. ”

"Come and sit with me, I've got a chair here. ”

......

Because everyone sat crookedly for too long, when they stood up, many people's feet were paralyzed, and they could only limp out.

If you count some people with hunched backs, waist stickers, and those who walk out of the security posts, few are full of energy.

In fact, most of the cadets of this batch of judicial police officers are about 19 years old, and their bodies have not yet been trained to be tough, which is still very different from ordinary regular police officers.

Unlike ordinary college students, who play games in addition to classes, their group of people have to participate in some extra tasks during the holidays, which can be regarded as a kind of transition to adapt to work as soon as possible.

When Gu Chen was studying at the police academy, he often participated in some urban security duties outside the school.

Of course, there are tasks that are more intense than today, so know what it's like.

Being able to wear a police uniform, even if there is only a crutch on the shoulder, when people look at it with awe, the pain disappears.

So it's an amazing feeling......

At least every police officer who is still on duty on the night of Tanabata has this feeling.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the flow of people has almost dissipated, and some drink garbage has been left on the public seats in many old streets.

Inside each garbage basket, there will be some discarded bouquets left.

Obviously, there are many people who confess their failures today......

The old man who picked up the garbage had a good harvest tonight, he could pick up two bouquets of flowers in a minute, he immediately ran to another garbage heap on the side of the road, gave the flowers to his wife, and the two old men left with a smile.

And the intersection of West Street.

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, and Wei Junzhi were already slumped in the public seats, looking at the dissipating crowd, feeling that today's mission should be over.

At the same time, the police officers of other duty teams also began to rush to the assembly point one after another, preparing to evacuate.

"Lao Wang, are you going to have supper at night?" asked Lu Weiwei, touching her rumbling belly.

"Are you sure you don't want to go home and sleep?" Officer Wang was exhausted.

Lu Weiwei was quite dissatisfied: "I have seen a lot of people eating roast mutton, small chaos, begonia cake, handmade hot and sour noodles, fried chicken thighs and lily mung bean soup in front of me today, all watching people eat all day, and now that they are off work, they have to eat a meal by themselves." ”

Officer Wang couldn't help but laugh: "I want to too, but my wallet doesn't allow it." ”

"Lao Wang, isn't your salary very high? At least it's higher than mine, plus my sister-in-law's salary, we'll die if you invite us to a meal? Besides, Wei Junzhi is also working hard today, at least his performance is quite good, right?"

Lu Weiwei hit the nail on the head, after all, Officer Wang is currently the highest-paid of the four.

How to train Lao Wang, who slammed the door, into a generous leader, Lu Weiwei adopted the strategy of boiling frogs in warm water.

So far, it's working pretty well.

"yes. Officer Wang also admitted: "A salary of several thousand yuan a month is quite good, plus my wife's salary, I can have more than 1,000 yuan a month." ”

"Well???" Lu Weiwei quickly sat up and said in confusion: "Why is there more and less? Lao Wang, your math is taught by the physical education teacher, right?"

"What Senior Brother Wang means is that my sister-in-law spends too much money. Gu Chen answered.

Officer Wang slapped his thigh, pointed at Gu Chen and agreed: "It's still men who understand men best." ”

"That's not the reason. After a little regret, Lu Weiwei hurriedly said: "If I don't pay today, how about your old Wang write an IOU?"

"Lu Weiwei, I despise you. After hearing this plan, Officer Wang almost went berserk.

"Or ...... I'm going to have a treat. Just when Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were arguing, Gu Chen raised his hand and said, "I'm here this time, I'll invite you, whatever you want to eat." ”

Gu Chen was also very depressed, and he basically didn't know how to spend his monthly salary.

There are subsidies for eating in the residence, and there are few opportunities to go out on the street, except for work and study, there are basically no other amateur activities.

In this case, you don't know how to spend your money.

Lu Weiwei touched her stomach and chuckled: "That's so embarrassing, it's embarrassing for you to break the cost of Senior Brother Gu, or Senior Brother Gu is embarrassing." ”

"Hehe, what kind of crooked reasoning?" Lao Wang was quite dissatisfied: "I have invited you so many times and you have not said anything good, oh, you are embarrassed when Gu Chen treats you once?"

"Lao Wang, can you not have such a small belly chicken intestines?"

The two argued again......

Just when Gu Chen was thinking about what to eat for supper, Wei Junzhi patted Gu Chen's shoulder and said, "Senior brother, isn't that person the artist today?

"Really!" Gu Chen recognized him, wasn't this the artist who sold his works? I don't know if he can do this method, whether he can make money.

You must know that since he gives how much money he gave, it is up to the consumers themselves to calculate, and it does not rule out that some people deliberately give one or two yuan, so that they will not make much money in a day.

Not to mention having dinner, staying in a hotel is a problem.

"Hello!" Gu Chen beckoned to the blonde man.

David obviously also noticed Gu Chen, and walked over to him with a smile: "Comrade policeman, it turned out to be you." ”

"How's business going today? I haven't seen you all afternoon. Gu Chen said.

David nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, the photos are simply so popular, so I went back and brought some more in the house I rented, they all like my works, I think they all know art, I like Jiangnan City, especially the people here, and you police." ”

"Where do you live?" asked Gu Chen.

"West Street, Min Lane. David said.

Soon, the walkie-talkie hanging on Officer Wang's belt suddenly came with a burst of instructions.

"There is a police situation on West Street, Min Lane, please go to the police officers who are still patrolling nearby to deal with it immediately......"