Several members of the well team usually dislike Sun Xiang for being lazy, and when they saw him clashing with Zhao Yuemin, they casually gave up their precious job opportunities, and they all shouted to beat Sun Xiang. Zhao Yuemin warned everyone to forget it and not to cause more trouble. In his opinion, whether classmates defect and can get along with each other is still a matter of fate, not reluctantly.

A month after Sun Xiang left, Zhao Yuemin still put his mind on his own work as usual. He took on the task of running a long distance, and the bureau entrusted the North China Oilfield to negotiate a trade with Yugoslavia, imported a batch of drilling rigs, and now has arrived at the North China Oilfield Headquarters -- Renqiu, Hebei.

For this reason, the bureau mobilized the transportation department and dispatched four Jiefang brand trucks to Renqiu, Hebei Province to load the drilling rig back.

On the autumn night, there was a roar on the county roads in Jiangbei Province.

Gray-yellow car high beams illuminate the reeds on the side of the road.

Zhao Yuemin sat in the passenger seat of the truck, watched the driver doze off with exhaustion, and reminded: "Xiao Lu, I'll just take a rest." You've been going back and forth 2,000 kilometers all night, and you're tired. It's night driving, and the light is not good, so you may get into an accident when you're tired. ”

At Zhao Yuemin's suggestion, four trucks stopped next to the county road and took a collective nap for two hours.

Zhao Yuemin was also very tired, he took a nap in a daze, and after waking up, he suddenly felt refreshed.

The driver, Xiao Lu, was about to start the truck, but he was dumbfounded, and the car couldn't start. When he saw the oil gauge, he froze: "Team Zhao, did you say that you saw the ghost?" I just filled up the fuel, and before I had traveled a hundred kilometers, the fuel tank bottomed out. ”

Not only Zhao Yuemin's car, but also several cars next to him also suffered from the same problem.

The driver, Xiao Lu, walked to the fuel tank of the truck, looked at the oil stains on the ground, and said with annoyance: "Team Zhao, we have encountered fuel guzzlers." ”

"Fuel guzzlers?" Zhao Yuemin heard this term for the first time.

"Yes, there is such a thief on the side of the road, carrying oil drums, and when he sees a truck stopping, he inserts a plastic pipe into the fuel tank and sucks gasoline out, and within ten minutes, the oil in the tank is empty." The driver, Xiao Lu, introduced, "We drivers are all from oilfield units, and the oil can be reimbursed." If you run into the driver who is engaged in the individual, you will be unlucky. A tank of oil is 120 liters, thirty or forty yuan. How much does it cost to make a round trip for individual transportation? This tank of oil is gone, and it is directly dried in vain. ”

These four tanks of oil, together worth more than 150 yuan, are equivalent to three months' wages for ordinary workers. It only took ten minutes for the gas gugglers to steal gas and have such a profit, so it's no wonder they are taking risks.

All four trucks ran out of fuel, and the drivers gritted their teeth and stomped their feet in anger. Zhao Yuemin had no choice but to send someone over the radio to the command to bring enough gasoline.

It was a two-hour drive, and it took five or six hours to get to the drilling site with temporary refueling.

At a meeting of the headquarters the next day, Gao Zhiguo, director of the headquarters office, worriedly informed the leaders of various departments that recently, "oil guzzlers" in the oil fields have appeared frequently, and their modus operandi has been bold and rampant.

Zhao Yuemin immediately reported the incident of the fuel guzzler encountered last night.

"Four tanks of gas?" Gao Zhiguo shook his head when he heard this, "Yuemin, what you said is not a matter. The 'oil guzzlers' I am talking about dare to punch holes in the oil pipeline of refined oil products, and then weld them with the oil stealing pipeline, and directly introduce them into the simple house they built. ”

Zhao Yuemin and the other cadres were dumbfounded when they heard this. These oil guzzlers dare to punch holes directly in the crude oil pipeline, which is tons and tons of stealing oil, which is simply a lucrative business.

In the late 70s and early 80s, the main crime faced by the public security organs in the major oil fields was oil theft and theft. Because the "Petroleum Law" had not yet been promulgated at that time, there were still loopholes in the relevant laws, and the punishment for fuel consumption was not in place, resulting in the rampant use of fuel consumption.

If stealing two tanks of oil from a truck is not enough to make the Jiangbei Oilfield Command concerned about it, stealing oil directly from the refined oil pipeline is violating their bottom line. It is almost equivalent to the hard work of geophysical prospecting, drilling, oil production, and oil refining departments in vain.

The Jiangbei Oilfield Police Station immediately dispatched police officers and members of the "oil protection team" spontaneously organized by the oilfield to patrol several important oil pipelines day and night, and found several improvised houses built to steal oil.

After two weeks of cracking down on oil theft and oil leakage, although no one was caught, many tools for committing crimes were seized, and Gao Zhiguo, director of the office, finally showed some smiles when he held a meeting.

"Comrades have worked hard during this time, we have eliminated a few dens, and those oil thieves will also rest for a while." Gao Zhiguo concluded.

"Director Gao, I don't think it's time to rest." Zhao Yuemin frowned.

"Oh? Yuemin, what are your thoughts? Gao Zhiguo attaches great importance to it. Zhao Yuemin was recruited by him at that time. Since then, this young man has shown unparalleled talent, and he has become the youngest cadre in the oil field in a short period of time.

"Director Gao, that's what I think. The profits from stealing gasoline are simply too large. Those 'gas guzzlers' will never give up easily. I think they might choose to start somewhere else. Zhao Yuemin analyzed.

"Oh? Where do you say? Gao Zhiguo was startled, poked his head out and asked.

At two o'clock in the morning, the drilling site was foggy, and the dark sky was full of dark clouds.

On the wetland next to the drilling team, several sneaky figures appeared, pushing a flatbed truck with empty plastic barrels, slowly walking towards the oil well.

"Recently, the wind has been a little tight, and our base has been shut down. Brothers, get some out of the oil well, let's get it out. Several people whispered.

At this moment, the drilling site suddenly became brightly lit, and several searchlights emitted a strong white light, which shone directly on these people.

At the same time, many ambushed policemen surrounded from all directions, and the police lights flashed, so that the fuel guzzlers had nowhere to escape.

Seven or eight fuel guzzlers were directly thrown to the ground by the police, handcuffed, and all of them trembled.

"Yuemin, you still have judgment." Gao Zhiguo stood up from the hidden reeds, patted the dirt on his body, and said with a smile to Zhao Yuemin beside him, "These gas guzzlers are really the same as you say, and they won't give up." We've just secured the oil pipelines, and they're working on the idea of oil wells again. ”

"Director Gao, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves." caught the thief, Zhao Yuemin also looked relaxed.

Seven or eight gas guzzlers, all on their knees with their heads in their hands. The glow of flashlights and searchlights streaked across them.

In the dark, Zhao Yuemin suddenly saw a familiar figure. He took a few steps forward in disbelief, took a closer look, and said in surprise: "Sun Xiang? It's you? ”

Isn't the person holding his head in his hands Sun Xiang?

Sun Xiang came to them before, but he was not satisfied with his work in Hudong's hotel, and he was not suitable for the drilling team, and then disappeared for a month. Zhao Yuemin thought that he would find another job, but he didn't expect to be a gas guzzler.

Zhao Yuemin said hello to the police and pulled Sun Xiang aside to have a chat with him alone.

Seeing Sun Xiang's appearance, Zhao Yuemin said bitterly: "Sun Xiang, you are confused." You're committing a felony. The theft of tons of refined oil has led to huge losses of state property, but it is punishable by heavy sentences! ”

Sun Xiang put his hands in handcuffs, drooped his face and said, "Yuemin, I didn't expect it either, and I didn't expect it either." Ever since I stopped exercising, I realized that I was no longer useful. The work in the restaurant is too hard, and the work of drilling is too dirty. Later, one of my fellow villagers said that stealing oil would make some money. I thought at the time, anyway, this oil is all underground, and it belongs to the land. I am also a person who lives in this land, so what happened to me when I asked the land lord to order oil? ”

"Do you think what you said is true?" Zhao Yuemin refuted, "If you really want oil, don't consider national policy issues first, you explore by yourself, find someone to dig wells by yourself, and get oil out by yourself, then it's better to say something." You directly drilled holes in the oil pipelines and stole the oil that the oilfield workers had worked so hard to produce, causing the leaders to be criticized and the workers' wages to be deducted. Are you asking the Lord of the Land for oil? Or do you want to die? ”

Sun Xiang bowed his head and was silent.

"Sun Xiang, you have come this far, I really didn't expect ......"

Sun Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Yuemin, is there any smoke?" ”

He took Zhao Yuemin's cigarette, lit it and took a puff, looking at the flashing police lights next to him and the accomplices kneeling on the ground, his eyes showed a complicated look, some confused, some self-deprecating, and remorseful.

He spat out the smoke ring, and the smoke swirled across his face.

"Yuemin, maybe people like me will be eliminated by this era after all." Sun Xiang said quietly.