Seeing her son come home, Li Shuzhen was quite surprised and asked with concern: "Xiaopeng." Why did you come back, didn't you call and say you were going to stay at the dairy farm for a while?"

"I've changed jobs, and I'll go to Jinhong Building tomorrow to be a security guard," Zeng Xiaopeng replied briefly.

Li Shuzhen found that her son's expression was a little wrong, and hurriedly comforted: "Xiaopeng, work, don't pick fat and thin, just do it, it's hard to find a job now, you see that your sister is back from unemployment again, our family can't afford to support idlers." ”

Zeng Xiaopeng said perfunctorily: "Mom." I know. When I looked up, I saw my sister Zeng Xiaoyun sitting on the sofa in the room with a sad face, staring blankly at the turned off TV in a daze.

Li Shuzhen continued to nag: "Jinhong Group is one of the largest companies in our city, and its branches are all over the province, Xiaopeng, if you have the opportunity to find an errand for your sister, you always go to other places to run into a wall, and you will be fired twice in three days, that's not a way!?"

"I'll keep an eye on it. Zeng Xiaopeng didn't want to say more, so he went into his small room, slammed the door shut, and didn't even say hello to his sister Zeng Xiaoyun.

Lying on the bed depressed for more than half an hour, Zeng Xiaopeng took out the phone and dialed Meng Bin's number.

Meng Bin's voice immediately came from the other end of the phone: "Xiaopeng, where are you? I just rushed to the detention center to pick you up, saying that you have left." ”

"I'm going home, Meng Bin, Uncle Dong told me, you chased the Wangjiang Teahouse back to the old man, thank you, Meng Bin! Thank you Uncle on my behalf! I didn't expect you Meng Bin to be behind the door!"

Meng Bin didn't reply to Zeng Xiaopeng's words, and said directly: "Send me your address, I want to see you today." ”

Zeng Xiaopeng sent the location of his home to Meng Bin by text message.

At that time in 2001, there were no smartphones, let alone WeChat, so you could only use mobile phone text messages to send locations.

Half an hour later, a Prado police car stopped in front of Zeng Xiaopeng's house.

This is an old building, built in the late seventies of the last century, older than Zeng Xiaopeng's age, this residential area, is also one of the four major areas of Tingcheng shantytown has not yet been renovated.

Meng Bin jumped out of the car and saw that Zeng Xiaopeng was already waiting downstairs, so he turned around and took out a large bag of things from the trunk and walked quickly to Zeng Xiaopeng.

"What are you doing here?" Zeng Xiaopeng stopped Meng Bin and asked.

"It's not for you, I'll go see my uncle and aunt, and lead the way. Meng Bin pushed Zeng Xiaopeng away with his elbow, shook his head, and took a big stride.

From the moment Zeng Xiaopeng walked out of the house, his mother Li Shuzhen kept looking at her son from the window on the second floor, her expression full of worry.

Until a police car stopped downstairs, Li Shuzhen's worry immediately turned into panic!

"This muddy boy, what kind of trouble did you cause again, the police are coming to the door!?"

Seeing Meng Bin, who was dressed in a police uniform, greeting his son with a smile on his face, and following his son with a large bag of gifts into the building, Li Shuzhen changed from frightened to confused and surprised!

"Hello Auntie, my name is Meng Bin, I am a good friend of Xiaopeng, and I came to visit Auntie!"

Meng Bin said politely to Li Shuzhen, put the big bags of gifts on the table, and a tabletop of one meter and two square was immediately spread full.

"This muddy boy, when did you have a good friend of the police officer, why didn't you tell me?" Li Shuzhen thought to herself, but her face was full of smiles, and she said:

"Oh, it's Officer Meng, you see you're too polite, it's not easy to come, and you're really embarrassed to bring so many things!"

"Auntie, you can call me Xiao Meng, or Xiao Bin, I'm not much older than Xiao Peng. ”

"Okay, okay, Xiao Meng, you sit, you sit, I'll make tea. ”

Zeng Xiaopeng has been standing next to him and looking at Meng Bin with a strange expression, this excellent police officer who is not good at words in his impression, has a small mouth and is quite good at socializing.

At this time, Zeng Xiaopeng's sister Zeng Xiaoyun came out of the back room and looked at the scene in front of her in surprise.

"This is my sister Zeng Xiaoyun, this is Meng Bin, the anti-drug brigade of T Province. ”

Meng Bin and Zeng Xiaoyun both nodded politely to each other and said, "Hello!"

Li Shuzhen made tea, took it out and handed it to Meng Bin with both hands.

Zeng Xiaopeng said: "Go to my room, Mom, I have something to talk about with Meng Bin, let's go in." ”

Li Shuzhen pulled her son over, stepped aside, and whispered: "What about the police officer, or the police inspector, don't forget your sister's work problem, he must have a way, good son, mom please!"

Zeng Xiaopeng reluctantly agreed, shook off his mother's hand, and entered his small room with Meng Bin.

The room of more than eight square meters can only fit a single bed and a small desk, plus bits and pieces are crammed together, and the whole room has almost no space to stand.

The two had to sit on the bed, Meng Bin glanced at the furnishings of the room, without saying a word, took out three stacks of banknotes from the black briefcase, and handed them to Zeng Xiaopeng:

"This is the cost of my surgical treatment and hospitalization in the Fifth Hospital, and you help me transfer it to Dong Lao. ”

Zeng Xiaopeng didn't take the money and asked, "Why didn't you give it to him yourself?"

"Will I take it from him?"

"I won't take it from him. ”

"Anyway, I put the money here, you can figure it out yourself. ”

"If you want me not to be scolded, just take back the money, Wangjiang Teahouse is lost and recovered, it is already a surprise to the old man, he will not accept this money. ”

"I was injured in the line of duty, and the money was subsidized to me by the anti-drug brigade, or you can take it yourself."

Zeng Xiaopeng glanced at Meng Bin with contempt, and Meng Bin hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll take back what I just said, and the money will also be recovered, and I'll find a way to return it to the old man myself." ”

Holding Meng Bin's hand and looking at the palm that had been pierced by a dagger, Zeng Xiaopeng said gloomily: "You still have a scar, you are very brave." ”

Meng Bin gently retracted his hand and said, "If you hadn't stood up in time, my other hand would have been pierced, Xiaopeng, I still clearly remember your demeanor and expression at that time, you are really brave!"

"Okay, let's stop praising each other, when are you going back to T Province? Meng Ting is doing now, Tsinghua University, that is the highest university in China, I really envy her!"

"I'll go back to T province in the afternoon, and I'm going to go to other provinces to perform tasks in a few days, so hurry up and come to see you, Xiaoting is very good now, we often QQ video chat, and we have to ask you every time." ”

"Hey, I'm a moldy guy who left the police station with the front foot and the back foot into the detention center, and I don't have anything worth asking. ”

"Xiaopeng, don't say that, I know the cause and effect of this matter, the responsibility is not yours, don't take it to heart. After a pause, Meng Bin then asked, "What are your plans in the future?"

"Tomorrow I will go to work in Jinhong Building, be a security guard, and guard the gate"

Meng Bin was a little surprised when he heard this, but he was quickly relieved, and said in his mouth:

"Oh, what the hell is this old man doing?"

Zeng Xiaopeng sighed and echoed, "Yes, this old man, unfathomable!"

Meng Bin suddenly realized something and asked, "When you entered the house just now, Auntie seemed to tell you something, and it has something to do with me, is there anything wrong?"

is worthy of being a policeman, observing things meticulously, Zeng Xiaopeng thought in his heart, but said in his mouth: "It's nothing, you are too careful." ”

Seeing that Zeng Xiaopeng was reluctant to say, Meng Bin was not good at asking again.

The two continued to chat intimately.