Chapter 99: Characteristics of the Times!

Jia Lei and the others stood in a small circle, and the villagers stood in a big circle outside and walked around them to the nearby Lijia Village.

"We're leaving, what will we do with our car?" asked Jia Lei after climbing the river embankment, glancing at the truck not far away.

"Hmm...... I'll leave two of you to watch for you. The secretary glanced at the truck and said.

"That's not right! How can such a valuable thing be left out casually? If someone steals it in the middle of the night, it will be troublesome. Why don't you send someone to drive the car to the village?" the village chief suggested.

"Are you so kind? Aren't you afraid that we will drive away?" Jia Lei looked up at the village chief and asked.

"I'm afraid, since you've brought it up yourself, I'll tell you straight, I mean let your people give us the keys to the car, and then let the villagers drive the car back for you. The village chief said with a smile.

"Hmph, do you know how to drive?" Ah Fei asked unhappily.

"There are always people in the village who can drive, and there are two tractors in the village! A villager said.

"Trucks are not the same as tractors! don't crash my car again?" Jia Lei immediately objected.

"I don't think it's better to do this! You send someone to the co-pilot and watch the little Jew drive, and we'll go with you for the rest." Jia Lei proposed, and the village chief and the secretary discussed it and nodded in agreement.

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Lijia Village Committee Brigade Department

"Who are you, what are you doing in our village?" the secretary asked.

There were forty or fifty people in the room, and almost all the party members and cadres and veterans of Lijia Village came to participate in the interrogation.

"We are just ordinary tourists, who come to the Eastern Capital to travel. Jia Lei said subconsciously.

"Travel, who are you fooling? Those who come to us have gone to the city to see the main hall, who will come to our poor and remote countryside. What do we have to look at here? The river is dry, and there are not even a flower. The secretary stopped Jia Lei in one sentence...... Jia Lei suddenly remembered that the term self-driving travel was not popular at this time.

"Alright, we're not going around in circles with you anymore, we're not here to play. What are we here for, don't you have a score in your heart? Everything is here, it's all for you, can you let us go?" Ah Fei said as he opened his backpack containing antiques and put it on the table.

"Yo! It turns out that we are here to rob the tomb, which is not unusual! I don't know what the village chief called us all here for?" said a clan elder, glancing up at the things on the table.

In the late 80's and early 90's, tomb robbery was rampant in Dongdu, and people from almost every village went to rob tombs, searched carefully, and almost every household in some remote mountainous areas could see one or two antiques.

"That's it! The harvest of the farmer in the field has not been good in the past two years, and who hasn't gone up to the mountain to find two things to exchange for grain and money! There are still two or three groups of people living in the village, so why are you calling everyone here for this little thing?" another villager asked.

"They're not because of antiques!" the village chief reminded the villagers by knocking on the table.

"What, didn't you arrest us for tomb robbing?" Ah Fei asked in surprise.

"Ah Fei, what are you talking nonsense? We didn't go to the tomb robbery? We just went to the river to hunt for treasures...... The river is full of things that others have fallen, not tombs, we and the tomb robbers are of two natures, and we can't be confused!" Jia Lei hurriedly said to correct his name.

"Didn't I say it? We arrested you because I suspected you of being a spy? Do the spies understand? Why don't you hurry up and give us an honest explanation?" said the secretary angrily, slapping the table.

"Spy? Do you suspect that we are spies? Are you not joking? Are you thinking this is making a movie?" asked Jia Lei in disbelief.

"Hmph, if it's not a spy, how do you explain this thing?" Da Niu brought it up!" The village chief asked, pointing to the metal detector that Li Da Niu had brought in.

"You shouldn't treat us as spies just because of this thing, right?" Jia Lei asked embarrassedly.

"Not only that! You wear the same clothes and sunglasses as the spies in the movies...... And you still bring foreigners!" Li Daniu said immediately, and the whole family also reported to the village committee after careful consideration.

"How many times have I said it! I am a native of China, not a foreigner!" the little Jew was furious when he heard this.

"Hmm...... The movies are all fake, in fact, the real spies are all public faces, and the usually low-key ones can't be more low-key, how can they be like us dressed in a fancy way to pass through the market!" Jia Lei hurriedly explained, this was later reminded by countless international news.

"Although we are all rural people and do not have much knowledge, we are all educated in catching spies, and now the dolls still have texts on catching spies in their textbooks, so don't try to deceive people!" said one woman.

"Oh my God, what the hell is going on? Did I really live here...... It's all the same China and the same era, why don't I remember this kind of thing?" Jia Lei thought in his heart.

In fact, there were some back then, but Jia Lei was too young to forget at the time!

"Damn! How could I forget, when I was in school, the teacher also taught this kind of text! At that time, the teacher also reminded you to pay attention to the suspicious people around you, and you must report anything as soon as possible! I would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let go of one!" Ah Fei angrily threw the cigarette on the ground and said.

Now they are the one hundred who were killed by mistake......

That's right! In the late 80s and early 90s, catching spies was already the most popular movie theme at that time...... In the same way, this was also something that the masses were repeatedly reminded of at that time! The way of reminding them was not only to broadcast in various newspapers, but also to publicize the arrest of spies in primary school textbooks for decades...... Including, but not limited to, similar stories such as the arrest of Su Xiu's spy in Chinese textbooks.

Big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou are fine...... Because there are often foreigners coming out of these places, and everyone sees a lot of foreigners, no, so foreigners are associated with spies!

But when a foreign-faced person like a little Jew appeared in the inland city of the Eastern Capital with what looked like high-tech spy equipment, he would naturally be suspicious.

If you want to know how much interest the masses were in catching spies at that time? Give you a list of movies, and you will understand.

Jia Lei clearly remembers that he watched "Yangcheng Dark Whistle", "Xu Qiuying Case", "National Day 10 o'clock", "Secret Drawings", "Outpost", "Railway Satellite TV", "Black Triangle", "Tianluo Net", "Bear Track", "Ancient Temple Bells", "Foggy", "Blue Archive", ...... and countless other counter-espionage movies.

Although some movies have not seen it now, the famous Yangcheng Secret Whistle was almost everyone who watched it at that time...... And more than once!

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"We're really not spies! You have to believe me, we're just here to find some antiques, and we really have nothing to do with spies!" Jia Lei once again argued with the village chief.

We will send you to the city's public security bureau early tomorrow morning, and you should go and explain to the comrades of the public security bureau. The village chief said.

"No! In that case, there will be stains on my files, and tomb robberies and excavating antiques will also lead to jail!" Jia Lei said in a state of dismay.

"What are you afraid of? Why don't you just call your godfather? He's the mayor of Pearl City!" said the little Jew.

"Mayor of Mingzhu City, what's going on?" the village chief hurriedly asked when he heard this.

"I'll tell you the truth, this is a young master! His godfather is the mayor, do you think he will be a spy?" said the little Jew pointing at Jia Lei.

The little Jew was the fastest of the five of them, and it was only after a moment that he came up with a way to fake the fox...... If they were really sent to the Public Security Bureau, then Jia Lei could only go to find his godfather and grandfather.

"The godson of the mayor of Pearl City shouldn't be a spy, right?"

"My father may be a revolutionary martyr! He died to catch spies, how can I be a spy!" Jia Lei also immediately found a suitable identity for himself.

"How are you going to prove what you just said?" the secretary immediately stood up and asked anxiously.

"You can do it! You can go and look at the newspapers in Pearl City, there are often pictures of my godfather on them. Jia Lei reluctantly took out a photo with Mayor Zhao from his wallet and took it on the table and said.

"You take the photo and go through the newspaper and look at it!" the village chief took the photo and instructed, and the village cadres immediately went.

"If I really arrest Mayor Mingzhu's godson, I'm afraid my career in this life will be over. The secretary thought profusely.

"I think it's better to call the Pearl City government and ask?" someone suggested.

"But we don't have a phone number?" said the secretary.

"Ask that kid, if he is really the godson of the mayor of Mingzhu City, he must have!" said the village chief, pointing at Jia Lei.

"No...... I won't make a call! Once this call is called, I will be arrested by my godfather and locked up, and I will not want to run around all over the world in the future. I don't even think about going abroad or anything! If I have something to do with spies, then I won't want to go abroad for the rest of my life. Jia Lei immediately shook his head and said.

In fact, Jia Lei is more worried about the fact that someone will really investigate him because of the espionage case...... He has so many assets abroad, he really can't stand up to careful investigation!

If he is found out, he will not be able to tell if he has 10,000 mouths......

"Jia Lei, don't make trouble, if you don't call, our brothers will be arrested! Ah Fei just came out, and he can't go in again." The little Jew looked at Jia Lei and said.

"No, I really can't fight!" Jia Lei refused.

"You let me go, can I give you money?" Jia Lei turned around and asked the village chief.

"Don't we dare to let you go, what if you're really a spy?" said the village chief, shaking his head.

"Then how about I give you 100,000 yuan?" Jia Lei asked again.

"Oh my God, 100,000 yuan!" exclaimed the other villagers.

"Ordinary people don't have so much money, do they?" asked the village chief suspiciously.

"The village chief, if we take the money and let them go, I don't think they really look like spies. A villager proposed.

"Yes, village chief, with this money we can use it to buy water, and this money can save lives. Someone else said.

"No! We can't let them go unless they can prove they're not spies. The village chief said.

In fact, he now thinks that Jia Lei and they don't look like spies, but for the sake of insurance, he still has to find evidence before he can release them. Soon the person looking for the newspaper came back, and everyone looked at the newspaper, and the photo Jia Lei took out was indeed the mayor of Mingzhu City.

"It seems that we have indeed misunderstood you! As long as you find a way to get someone from the Pearl City City to prove your identity to you. The village chief said embarrassedly.

"As long as I prove that I'm not a spy, don't you have to find my godfather?"

"Yes, as long as you have someone from the government to prove it, you don't have to go to the mayor. The village chief nodded.

If you beat someone's child and go to find someone's parents, isn't it unpleasant to find it yourself!

"Do you have a phone in your village?" Jia Lei asked suddenly.

"Yes! The village chief said.

"Then I'll call the people from the Pearl City Government tomorrow morning?" Jia Lei asked.

"Yes, but if you can't prove yourself, we're going to send you to the city security bureau. The village chief said.

"So what do we do now?" Ah Fei asked.

"I'll arrange for you, you go to the villagers' houses to rest first. The village chief said.

Of course, he will send villagers to stand guard outside the door...... lest the suspect run away!

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The next day at 8:30 a.m

"Could you please help me pick up the mayor's office of Mingzhu City?" said Village Chief Li himself.

"May I ask who you are?" The phone was transferred to the mayor's office after several transfers.

"I ......" The village chief glanced at Jia Lei and hesitated, this kind of phone call to the city government switchboard can't be faked.

"Give me the phone, I'll come!" Jia Lei glanced at him angrily.

"Is it Secretary Lu? I'm Jia Lei. Jia Lei said succinctly, at this time, it is easy to make mistakes by saying one more word.

"Oh, Jia Lei, what are you doing with the mayor? Your godfather is in a meeting, or you can fight later. Lu Xiangluo said on the phone.

"It's not a big deal! It's just that the batch of goods I bought from Germany recently is almost here, and you ask my godfather to help me talk to the customs people about not letting them detain my goods." Jia Lei casually made an excuse and said.

"Why bother the mayor with such a trivial matter? I'll help you call and talk to the customs later, the mayor has been very busy lately, and he doesn't have time to care about such a trivial matter." Lu Xiangluo said.

"Oh! That's fine, don't tell your godfather about it! Save him any more trouble! You tell him to pay more attention to his body and don't get tired. Jia Lei said.

"Okay! I'll see. Secretary Lu nodded and said.

"I'll hang up first if I still have something to do!" Jia Lei said.

*****

"Oops! It seems that we have misunderstood you, I'm really sorry!" the village chief quickly said when he saw Jia Lei put down the phone.

"Can we go?" asked Jia Lei.

"Of course!" said the village chief.

"Did the village chief just let them go?" He said last night that he would give us 100,000 yuan!" a villager asked.

"This ...... I'd better find another way!" said the village chief. I want to talk about "Rebirth 1990: The Invisible Rich" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~