"Did you go back later?" Zhou Jianhua asked.

"Nope. At first, I hid in a friend's house in a neighboring county for a few days, intending to avoid the limelight, but within two days I heard the news that the police had come to my house to arrest me, the factory was also closed, and all the money I had deposited in the bank was confiscated! I was afraid of disturbing my friends, so I came out, hid everywhere, and changed a lot of places......"

"If you don't hide in the homes of friends and relatives, where else can you hide? Identification is required to stay at the hotel! Zhou Jianhua asked again.

"Huh...... I'm a rural hukou, where do I get my identity certificate...... I didn't have a work permit from a state-run unit, and I couldn't go to the commune to get a letter of introduction. Wu Ge replied:

"So when I came out of my friend's, I went to buy an old small canopy boat, food and accommodation are on the boat, in order not to attract attention, but also often change places, every ten days and half a month along the waterway rowing to another town, just stay up for a few months, once I met the water bureau people checked, I found an opportunity to take the money and slip away, never dared to return to the boat, and then thought about it, so I simply took a car to the provincial capital, rented a house near here and lived."

"Why did you think of coming to the provincial capital? Don't you know that there are a lot of police in the provincial capital? Zhou Jianhua asked again.

"Of course I do! But our provincial city is a famous tourist city in the country, and there are many floating populations from outside, so I think it is not easy to be found in the provincial capital, and if you rent it in a small town, it is too easy to attract the attention of the people around you! This is the so-called "dark under the lights", it has been a few months, and the wind should not be so tight, and. Such a big city. So many people come and go every day. Who's going to notice me? A sly smile appeared on the corner of Wu Ge's mouth and replied:

"However, I can't stay in my room all day, in order not to attract the attention of the landlord and the idle women and mothers in the neighborhood, I lied that I rented a house to work in Xizi City, so I usually go out early and return late, and during the day I usually take the books I bought to find a secluded place to read, and in the evening I go back to the rented room. I've been living like this for more than half a year. ”

Zhou Jianhua nodded. The country has not yet begun to implement a temporary residence permit system, and the flow of people is not as large as it will be in the future, and the police will not go door-to-door to find out whether there is a foreign population, unless there is a public security or criminal case, they will do a temporary small-scale investigation.

"Then how did you get robbed?" Zhou Jianhua asked again.

"Alas! I'm being targeted! Wu Ge sighed and replied:

"Yesterday morning, I was sitting here alone reading a book, and two guys who claimed to have just come out of the palace came up with knives and robbed me, and they also robbed me of the 4,000 yuan hidden in my bag, and tied me up like this. Before leaving, they said proudly, "I have been paying attention to me for many days, and when I see that I am not working, I buy food and drink every day and run here to read." I guessed that I was richer, but I didn't expect to carry so much money in my bag......"

"Then why do you have so much money with you?" Zhou Jianhua asked.

"I can't do a bank book. The place where I live is just a small padlock, so I don't worry about putting money in the room, anyway, I go out every day with a leather bag, so I just put it in the bag......" Wu Ge sighed and replied:

"Alas! I don't know what to do in the future, I don't have an identity certificate, it's hard to find something to do, and the rent and food money are gone...... Looks like I'm going to have to pick up the rags in the future......"

"You just said that you have opened several factories, what do they produce?" Zhou Jianhua asked again.

"It's mainly to make some low-voltage electrical appliances, like cable switches or something...... Wu Ge muttered back, his eyes becoming foggy, recalling the old days:

"When I first started doing it, the industrial cable switch produced by the state-owned factory cost 10 yuan a piece, and mine only sold for 3 yuan, and I could earn 2 yuan! Later, the volume I made became larger and larger, and the products were sold all over the country, with an annual output value of millions of ...... I built a small three-story western-style building with mosaics, and every day I rode my imported motorcycle to the factory or to the county to run errands......"

Zhou Jianhua was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect this Wu Ge to actually achieve such a large scale! In the hinterland these years, 10,000 households are still very rare, and the total industrial output value of many small counties is only tens of millions of yuan, and the annual output value of a "self-employed person" is in the millions, building a three-story small western-style building, and riding an imported motorcycle.

"Alas...... It's because my little bungalow and motorcycle are too ostentatious that they have already attracted their attention......" Wu Ge said bitterly:

"It's a pity that I have nothing now, and I have ended up in such a field now, where people are not like people and ghosts...... My wife and children don't know what is going on now......"

"What kind of equipment do you need to make these low-voltage appliances?" Zhou Jianhua asked again, he had to ask in detail in order to roughly judge the truth of Wu Ge's words.

"That's a lot...... The main equipment is punching machines, grinding machines, lathes, electroplating equipment, alloy casting machines, and bakelite machines. Wu Ge replied.

"Where are your pull switches used?" Zhou Jianhua asked again.

"It is generally used in conveyors, cranes, excavators and other loading and unloading system equipment." Wu Ge replied.

Zhou Jianhua nodded slightly, he was now basically sure that what Wu Ge said was true, he turned his head to look at the books scattered aside, and reached out to pick them up, there were "Enterprise Management Practice", "Socialist Economics", "Electroplating Technology", "Low Voltage Electrical" magazine, "Half Moon Talk" magazine, and a novel "Life" written by Lu Yao. Judging from these books and magazines of Wu Ge, it is indeed very consistent with his previous introduction to himself.

"You're not afraid of getting tired with so many books? Do you have to read so many books in one day? Zhou Jianhua asked curiously.

"It's not! It's basically just a book I've been reading a lot lately. Wu Ge sighed and shook his head and replied:

"I brought these books out just to cover up, to block the thousands of dollars in my bag, so that no one would see it. But now it's still snatched away...... Even the bag was snatched away......"

Zhou Jianhua picked up the electric baton on the ground and put it back in his bag. He walked behind Wu Ge again. Help him untie the rope from his hand.

Wu Ge finally exhaled deeply, and his whole body relaxed, he twisted his arm to the front with difficulty, rubbed his already numb wrist and said, "Thank you!" Brother! ”

"Where is Wu Ge's house?" Zhou Jianhua walked back to the position just now and continued to ask.

"Nuanzhou City." Wu Ge replied.

"Oh!" Zhou Jianhua nodded slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The main destination of Zhou Jianhua's trip is Nuanzhou, and he knows that the "Eight Kings" incident happened in Nuanzhou! Take what Woogo said. His original enterprise scale and economic strength should be able to reach the level of the "Eight Kings", if Wu Ge is one of the "Eight Kings", it may not be impossible, but Zhou Jianhua does not plan to ask this question.

"Wu Ge, what are you going to do next?" Looking at Wu Ge, who was lowering his head and untying the rope around his neck, Zhou Jianhua asked again.

Wu Ge glanced up at Zhou Jianhua, shook his head slightly, and lowered his head to continue untying the rope: "I didn't think about it......"

Zhou Jianhua took out a pen and paper from his bag. wrote a note and handed it to Wu Ge:

"Wu Ge, my name is Zhou Jianhua. This is my address, contact information and the name of the unit, I am also a "self-employed", and I have also set up a factory, mainly to produce electronic products, if you really have nowhere to go, you can go to my place to help, I am now short of people who understand production management. Of course, I can't give you much of an income, but there's absolutely no problem in surviving. ”

"Oh?! You also own a factory?! Production of electronics?! Wu Ge took the note, looked at it, and asked in surprise.

Zhou Jianhua nodded, and took out 5 pieces of unity from his bag and handed them to Wu Ge:

"Wu Ge, you take this money first, although it's not much, but it's enough for you to save the emergency for a while,"

Wu Ge looked at the 50 yuan handed over by Zhou Jianhua, hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take it, and said:

"Thank you for your help, just ...... I'll borrow this money from you! Thank you! ”

"Hehe, Wu Ge, you are also a person who has made a lot of money, you and I will not pay attention to this money, don't care." Zhou Jianhua replied with a smile:

"Think about it when you go back, and if you're interested, go to me at that address. If you go and I don't have it, you can also tell someone else that I asked you to come, and ask them to find you a place to stay first. I will go to your Nuanzhou City in two days to do some errands, and I will be able to return to Jiangnan Province in three or five days. ”

"You're going to Nuanzhou?!" Wu Ge asked in surprise.

"Hmmm! I heard that there are many private enterprises in Nuanzhou, and there are some professional markets, so we plan to go over and take a look. Zhou Jianhua nodded back.

"Oh...... That, uh......" Wu Ge stopped talking.

"How?" Zhou Jianhua asked.

"Hmm......" Wu Ge bit his lip and lowered his head for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and said:

"Brother Xiao Zhou, I really don't have any good place to go now, if you're not afraid that I will affect you, I'll go to your place!"

"Wow! Hehe......" Zhou Jianhua replied with a smile:

"Welcome to my place! As long as you usually go out as little as possible, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

"Uh...... I still have something I'd like to ask you to help with, if it's convenient for you......" Wu Ge looked at Zhou Jianhua and said.

"Oh? What's up? Zhou Jianhua asked.

"I want to ...... If you go to Nuanzhou, can you go to my best friend's house and help me bring a message? Wu Ge looked at Zhou Jianhua and said earnestly:

"I haven't been in touch with my family for almost a year, and I don't know what happened to them, and they don't know my life or death, so if they can get a message from me, they can rest assured......"

Zhou Jianhua frowned, and said in his heart that this risk is a bit big, and he is not familiar with his life, so it will be miserable if he accidentally plants it.

"The friend I'm talking about is my best friend, we are iron buddies who have played since childhood, and we are definitely trustworthy!" Wu Ge saw that Zhou Jianhua was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly added:

He is also a "self-employed", is engaged in the raw material business, not very big, but he knows the local market situation very well, if he knows that I invited you to go, he will also be very enthusiastic to help you introduce the local market situation, if there is anything, you can also ask him to help. ”

"Hasn't he been censored by your industrial and commercial bureau before?" Zhou Jianhua asked.

"No, the scale of what he does is not large, and there is no tax evasion or anything, they are all legal operations, and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau can't keep an eye on him." Wu Ge hurriedly replied.

"If you think he's so reliable, why don't you contact him before, you can call and write letters?" Zhou Jianhua asked.

"We don't have a home phone there." Wu Ge replied:

"Words to write a letter...... After all, everyone knows that we have a good relationship, and if the public security department would pay attention to his correspondence because of this, I am afraid that they will find out my address, so I have not dared to contact him. But usually, because of business and contacts, there are many outsiders who come to his façade to look for him, and I think it is unlikely that the public security department will send someone to keep an eye on him for my business. ”

Zhou Jianhua nodded, uh Wuge made sense, and said:

"Then write him a letter now, and don't mention your and my names on it."

"Good! I'll write right away! Wu Ge said excitedly.

Zhou Jianhua took a pen and paper and handed it to Wu Ge, and after ten minutes or so, Wu Ge wrote it and handed it to Zhou Jianhua:

"Do you look at the lines written like this? He knows my handwriting! ”

Zhou Jianhua took it and looked at it, the content of the letter was very concise, to the effect that he is very good now, family and friends do not have to worry, the person who came is the benefactor who helped him, this time he came to do things, please try to assist, in addition, please inform the person of the family's situation, it is best to bring a recent photo of his wife and children. The whole letter is polite and doesn't say much, it is the tone of the eldest brother telling the younger brother.

Zhou Jianhua nodded after reading it, put it away and put it in his bag. Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, he said to Wu Ge:

"It's not early, let's all hurry down the mountain and go back!"

Wang Xiaozhen had fully recovered from the fright just now, and when she heard Zhou Jianhua say that she was going down the mountain, she reluctantly glanced at the pavilion on the ridge that was not far away, looked at Zhou Jianhua again, and muttered in a low voice:

"Then why don't we go and see it?"

"Still on? It's getting dark, if something comes out again, aren't you afraid? Zhou Jianhua said with a smile:

"What's more, we don't know each other well, won't it be very troublesome if we can't catch the car later?"

Seeing Zhou Jianhua say this, Wang Xiaozhen had no choice but to pout and stop talking.

"If you want to go up to the pavilion and have a look, it should be fine." Wu Ge said on the side:

"From the pavilion down the mountain closer, and down there is a bus stop, that side is close to the "Dui Lake", there are many tourists, there are many cars passing by, it is very convenient! ”

Hearing Wu Ge say this, Wang Xiaozhen raised her head happily and looked at Zhou Jianhua, her big watery eyes flickering as if she could speak.

"Let's go!" Zhou Jianhua glanced at Wang Xiaozhen and said with a smile.

A few people walked along the stone steps towards the mountain, the orange-red glow reflected on the mountainside from behind, Zhou Jianhua turned his head and looked at the "Lingyun Temple" on the opposite side of the ravine, and saw the forest and trees, the clouds and smoke were all over the place, the ancient temple was faint, simple and quiet, and he couldn't help but secretly sigh that this place is really a pleasant tourist resort! (To be continued......)

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