Early in the morning of February 11, 1971, it was the first day after the Lantern Festival.

Xiaoda and I prepared some goods such as sugar cane and fruits, loaded them on a hawker's usual board cart, and the two of us wore shabby clothes and shoes, deliberately messing up our hair and smearing our faces! Bring a broken hat!

My mother gave us two sets of miniature cameras! We also brought our watches and hid weapons, ammunition, cameras, notebooks, maps, ID cards, etc.!

On this day, Xiaoda and I were going to the area where the enemy elements might be active to conduct a social investigation.

After discussing with Xiao Da, we decided that we were going to go first, and we thought that it was the possible location of the enemy's chief executive organization, and set up some fruit stalls to conduct fixed-point observations.

Xiaoda said: "Ah Cai! Why do you think we have big fish here?! ”

I said, "Feel it!" You want to! Isn't the head of the richest man?! And only those who do what will be rich?! Therefore, this toutou must be a big business owner! What big business owner is the richest right now?! I think it's the boss who does the wholesale grain and oil business that is the richest! And this place we are going to investigate is the largest retail and wholesale market of grains, oils, food and condiments in the provincial capital! Got it?! ”

Xiaoda smiled and said, "Clever! In the future, you will definitely be the boss too! ”

Everyone laughed!

So, before dawn, we pushed the cart out of the backyard of our house and went out to the street.

According to the map, we pushed the cart along the sidewalk or the side of the road next to it for more than an hour, and finally arrived at that place.

This place is indeed a commercial street specializing in the retail and wholesale of grains and oils, sweets, food, condiments, tobacco and liquor, tea, etc.

According to the information on that list, I'm looking for a shop owner named Li Weiguo, whose house number is 477!

Xiaoda and I set up our stalls in the shade of the roadside opposite shop 477.

We put our cameras and other tools in the curtain lattice of the cart stalls.

When everything was ready, we started shouting at pedestrians!

Since there are very few people selling fruits just after the Spring Festival, the two of us chatted while selling.

Xiaoda smiled and said, "Ah Cai! This place seems to have appeared in the photos that Yanfang gave us! Is it possible for us to find those who have taken pictures with Mr. Tao's family?! ”

I said, "Possibly!" It seems to me that one of the photos that Yanfang gave us had this street in the background! You're staring at shop 477! All the people who come in and out of this store take a frontal photo of them! And record the time they came in and out, the direction and route they walked to and fro, etc.! ”

Xiaoda said, "Okay! I'll do this! Wait, the shop is open, you can go in and ask about the situation! I'm here to watch and watch out for you! ”

I said, "Okay! It's 8:45 a.m. and they should open at 9 a.m.! Get ready! ”

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the shops on this street are opening one after another!

Soon, shop 477 was also opened!

There was a middle-aged man in his thirties who walked out of this shop, and I recognized this person at a glance!

This person is the man who asked me for walnuts on the evening of January 26 last year!

This person took a photo with Mr. Tao's family in the photo given to us by Yanfang!

I thought, could this person be Li Weiguo?

If he is Li Weiguo, he is the leader of the local enemy elements!

Because, that list is marked "Business Summary"!

I said to Xiaoda: "Did the staff of the 477 store take pictures?" ”

Xiaoda said: "Shoot it all!" A middle-aged man! There are four guys inside! A hostess! A little boy about my age! Just now, the proprietress took the boy to school! There should be five people in the store! Now, go in and ask about the situation! ”

I said, "Okay! You're here watching! After I asked about the situation, we went home! ”

So, I took some change to shop 477!

When I entered the store, a guy yelled at me, "Stinky food!" Get out! ”

I said in a changing voice, "Big brother! I have money! I want to buy a pack of cigarettes! ”

The guy said, "We're a wholesale business!" Not a retail sale! Get lost! ”

The middle-aged man said, "Little Lai! Don't do that! This boy is a poor man, too! Sell him the cigarettes! ”

I said, "It's still this boss!" Understand human feelings! What is the boss's last name? ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "This little brother! My surname is Li, and my name is Li Weiguo! You guys just came here this morning to shoot the fruit stand, right?! ”

I said, "Brother Li! Yes! After the Spring Festival, we came from the countryside to live here! ”

Boss Li said: "Alas! You have to be careful when setting up stalls here! The market managers are going to ask you for taxes! You don't know how to do business! You have the money to pay your taxes! ”

I said, "Brother Li! I have no acquaintances here! You can only do this kind of business secretly! If they come, we'll just run away! ”

The guy inside laughed!

I bought a pack of cigarettes for a dime and was about to leave the store.

Boss Li said: "Little brother! What do you call it? In the future, you can come and help us with the delivery! Our cargo is relatively light! Your cart can be pulled! I'll give you two cents for a truckload of goods! You can earn two or three dollars a day! ”

I said, "Boss Li! My name is Aaron! We'll talk about the delivery later! I've just bought a lot of fruit, and when we're done selling it, we'll help you with the work! ”

So, Boss Li handed me a business card of his.

He said, "O Aaron! I think you're a wretched man! You have this business card! If, you can't find me in the store! Just look for my wife, she will be Huang Aimei! Just call your name Sister Huang! ”

I carefully tucked away his business card.

I bowed to him and said, "Boss Li! Thank you very much! You're a good person! In the future, I will definitely come to your shop to help you work! ”

Then, I left the shop.

Boss Li sent me out of the store.

He watched me cross the street to the stall opposite.

When I returned to our fruit stall, the market manager came to inspect the market!

So, Xiaoda and I packed up our stalls and ran away with the cart!

On the way home with the cart, we talked as we walked.

Xiaoda said: "Is it not! That shop owner feels like something is wrong with you?! ”

I said, "No!" He probably sympathized with us beggars! ”

Xiaoda laughed!

Xiaoda said: "Ah Cai! The shopkeeper who sent you out, I saw him in Daling Town! At that time, there was no accident in Tao's family, and Mr. Tao took this person to the bus station on the side of the highway by bicycle to wait for the car! ”

I said, "Really?!" No wonder this guy is so familiar! I may have seen him in Daling Town, too! Let's go back and develop the photos we took today and report the situation to my mother! ”

After Xiaoda and I observed that no one was following us, we deliberately turned a few streets!

After that, I went back to the backyard of my home.

After we set up the cart, we took our cameras to the darkroom in the basement of our home.

In the darkroom, we developed the photo roll and photos!

At the same time, I also remade a set of photos of Yanfang's travel in the provincial capital that Yanfang gave me.

When these things were done, we went to my mother's home office with photos and notepads to report back to her.

We went to my mother's office, where she was working, and she was talking to us on the couch in the office.

When I gave all the pictures to my mother, I said, "Mom! This morning, when we were setting up a stall in the non-staple food shopping street, we saw an acquaintance! This acquaintance, Xiaoda, and I have both met in Daling Town, and at that time, this person was with Teacher Tao! At the same time, this person appeared in the photo of the Tao family in the provincial capital activities given to us by Yanfang! I went into this person's shop and inquired! This person's name is Li Weiguo, and his wife's name is Huang Aimei! They have a son in elementary school! There are four more guys in the store! These guys are very alert! ”

Then, I pointed out to my mother the photo of Li Weiguo's activities at the Tao family and the photo of Li Weiguo taken by Xiaoda in front of shop No. 477!

After comparing the features of the people in the photo, the mother said, "Ah Cai! Xiaoda! This middle-aged man is the same person! There is definitely something wrong with this Li Weiguo! Is Li Weiguo aware of you? ”

Xiaoda said: "There shouldn't be! When I saw Li Weiguo and Teacher Tao together in Daling Town, they didn't look at me! I saw them in the window of the photo studio! ”

I said, "When I was buying cigarettes in the store, Li Weiguo asked me to help them deliver the goods in the store, and he took the initiative to give me his business card and introduce his wife!" He asked me what I was called, and I said, "My name is Aaron!" He shouldn't have been aware of me! ”

The mother said, "Good! You guys go to store 477 tomorrow and investigate them further as delivery workers! However, be sure to stay safe! Observe the people they come into contact with and the things they do! Prevent them from stalking you! ”

I said, "Okay! If, they ask us where we live, we are living in a broken house in the suburbs! ”

The mother said, "That's fine!" You will find valuable information as soon as possible! In this way, I can report to the headquarters! These photos alone do not reflect the essence of the problem, and we must get the support of the headquarters, and we must get evidence to convict these people! Otherwise, we will have a hard time going forward! Do you understand?! ”

I said, "Understood! We're going to secretly search their shop! We're sure we'll be able to find valuable information! ”

The mother said, "Yes! Be careful! It must be a wolf's den! ”

After talking to his mother, Xiaoda went to prepare tomorrow's props.

After getting the props ready for tomorrow's operation, I went back to my bedroom.

I lay in bed and thought that I must give my mother the information about the remade film by searching Li Weiguo's office!

Otherwise, my mother and they will definitely think that I deliberately did not report it and helped the enemy to conceal and pass on information!

This is an act of collaborating with the enemy, collaborating with the enemy is a capital crime of killing the head!

In addition, I didn't deal with the intelligence source, and directly giving this information to my mother is equivalent to betraying the Tao family and Li Weiguo!

If the headquarters does not accept this information and takes decisive action against the enemy elements, they will definitely take crazy revenge on me and my family, which we cannot afford!

So, I immediately opened my clothes box and took out the small wooden box.

I pried open the small wooden box, took out the backup remake film from inside, and hid it on my body!

After reattaching the small wooden box, put it back into the clothes box.

I hid the remake film in a hidden place in the basement darkroom of my home!

Then, I took a film shell that was exactly the same as the remade film and hid it on my body, and I was going to process the intelligence source in Li Guowei's office tomorrow!

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At 10 a.m. on February 12, Xiaoda and I came to the door of store No. 477 with an empty cart according to yesterday's outfits.

When we got there, Li Weiguo happened to be sitting in front of the shop basking in the sun.

Li Weiguo smiled when he saw us.

Boss Li said: "Ah Long! What do you think? I said the fruit business is not good, right? Is the stall smashed! ”

I said, "Boss Li! What a man of God you are! Yesterday, in the evening, our fruit stand was indeed smashed! Therefore, today we want to help you with delivery! Boss Li, give us a bite to eat! ”

Boss Li said: "Good to say! You guys pull the board to the yard behind our shop and wait there! If a customer comes to pick up the goods, you will help them pull them away! They'll pay you! ”

I said, "Boss Li! What if the customer doesn't pay us? ”

Boss Li said, "It's okay! We'll tell you all about it! If they don't give, I'll give! We won't lose your wages! In the future, every day at noon, we will give each of you a bowl of rice to eat! ”

In this way, Xiaoda and I pulled the cart to Boss Li's backyard.

This backyard is huge, and the yard is surrounded by houses.

I observed that these houses had offices, canteens, dormitories, warehouses where goods were stacked, etc.

We used a tiny camera to secretly take pictures of what was going on inside.

We took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and observe the rooms in the courtyard one by one.

Boss Li and his family live on the second floor of the shop building, and the four guys live in a room in the courtyard.

Next to the men's dormitory is a large general manager's office, which is most likely Li Weiguo's office.

However, the office next to the general manager's office is often occupied by people.

And next to the office is the canteen and kitchen!

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In the whole morning, Xiaoda and I only delivered the goods once, and we got two cents!

Therefore, at noon, we can only get two bowls of rice in Boss Li's backyard canteen to eat!

After lunch, all the staff in the office in the courtyard went to the dormitory to rest!

I said to Xiaoda, "Xiaoda! You're sitting here on the cart! I think there's a situation in their office! Now, I'm going in to search and take pictures! If someone comes, you will knock on the scooter to remind! ”

Xiaoda said, "Okay! Beware of yourself! ”

So, through the opportunity to go to the bathroom, enter their office.

I took a picture of the environment in the general manager's office.

Then, I took the film I brought from the darkroom at home and put it in the drawer of General Manager Li Weiguo's desk to take a photo!

When you're done, hide your camera, take out the film, and put it on your body.

I quickly walked out of the general manager's office.

I relieved myself in the bathroom next to my office and went back to Xiaoda.

I said, "Xiaoda! Let's go! I found a roll of film in the drawer of Li Weiguo's desk! There must be something wrong with this film! ”

We were talking, and the guy in the store told us to make a delivery.

After we load the goods in the warehouse, we deliver them to the customer.

This customer is less than a kilometer away from our store, and after we delivered the goods, the customer gave us two cents!

After we saw that no one was following us, we pushed the cart home!

When we got home, we immediately told our mother that we had spot-checked the film in Li Weiguo's office!

My mother told me and Xiao Da to go and develop the film immediately.

When I got to the basement, I asked Xiaoda to stand guard outside the basement door, and I entered the darkroom.

I took out the remake film in a hidden place in the darkroom!

Then, I reproduced the code book of the radio station in the film, as well as the list and contact address of the enemy network, and developed a series of photos.

At the same time, I also developed the film I took with Xiaoda today and developed the photos.

When I was done, I put the remade film that I had developed into the film shell that had been photographed in the drawer of Li Weiguo's desk!

In my mother's office, Xiaoda and I handed over the information, remakes, films, and photos to my mother.

Mother burst into tears after reading it!

She wiped away her tears and said, "Ah Cai! Xiaoda! You've done a great job! The end of the enemy is coming! This information is too important! Ahh I'm going to write a message! You send it to Secret Service HQ right away! ”

The mother prepared a telegram that read:

Taishan: Our department has intercepted the enemy's top secret, please come to collect evidence and guide the work! Red lotus.

My mother gave me a codebook, and I translated the message from Morse code.

Then, through their radio contact channel, I sent the message to Tarzan.

I know that Taishan is Uncle Li Shaochang's current code name, Uncle Zhou's code name is Silver Fox, and my mother's code name is Red Lotus!

This is the first time I know my mother's code name!

Soon, we received a call back from Tarzan!

The message reads: Red Lotus, congratulations! I'll take someone to your department right away, and I'll see you tomorrow!" Tarzan.

After reading the message, I locked the codebook back in the safe.

Mother immediately destroys all the messages!

I immediately zeroed out the radio channel and turned it off.

My mother put the information, photos, and film that Xiaoda and I had collected in the past two days into a bag.

She locked the bag in her safe.

Then, the three of us talked over tea on the couch in my mother's office.

The mother smiled and said, "Ah Cai! Xiaoda! Tomorrow, Uncle Li Shaochang will bring experts over! This information needs to be technically evaluated! They're going to ask you about it! Just report as much as you want! Now, we're in the camp! Soon, I called Mr. Cen and Uncle Lan to come over to discuss how to start a shipping company and make money in business! ”

I said, "Yes! Mom! Do Xiaoda and I still want to spy on Li Weiguo and them? ”

The mother smiled and said, "No need! You don't have any serious agent training! It's hard for you to do what you are now! In the future, let the special agents do these things! You're going to go to agent training! Of course, you're also ready to help your family do business and earn money! ”

Everyone laughed!

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At around 5 p.m., Lilan and Jingdi went home after school.

Both of them are in the same elementary school.

Jing Di is in the second grade of primary school, and Lilan is in preschool, and after September this year, Lilan can only be in the first grade.

After dinner, we chatted together over tea in the living room as a family.

Lilan smiled and said, "Brother Acai! Little! In the past few days, I have seen you wearing rotten clothes and smearing your faces! Pretend to be a beggar! What are you doing?! ”

Xiaoda smiled and said, "Lilan! You can't talk about it! You should have seen the movie of catching spies, right?! We're the good guys in the movies! ”

Lilan smiled and said, "Understood! You guys go undercover! It's Sherlock Holmes! Right?! ”

The mother said, "Lilan! Respectfully! In the future, don't ask questions that shouldn't be asked! If you shouldn't know, you can't say it! Otherwise, it will annoy the family! You know?! ”

Lilan said, "Mom! I know! I'm only talking at home! We're all dumb out there! People ask us, what do you do? All we can say is that you are employees of the shipping company! Is it? ”

The mother smiled and said, "Yes! Alas! The enemy is also smart, we can do things, and they can do them! Therefore, we always guard against them and be vigilant! Proceed with caution and don't make mistakes! ”

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At around 3 p.m. on February 13, my mother received a notice from Mr. Jia that Xiaoda and I accompanied my mother to the suburban military camp to call Uncle Li and them.

Before leaving, the mother put the document bag in her business bag.

Xiaoda and I took our documents, weapons and ammunition and drove our mother to the suburban barracks.

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At 5 p.m., we rushed to the barracks.

After we parked the car, Mr. Jia took us to a conference room in the office building of the barracks.

In a conference room, we met Uncle Li Shaochang and several technical experts from the headquarters.

We were very happy to meet each other, and my mother introduced me and Xiaoda to Uncle Li and the experts.

Then, we sat down and talked.

Uncle Li smiled and said, "Alas! Haven't seen each other in a few years! Ah Cai has grown into an adult! Now, I can already help my mother do things! Magnolia! Let's get down to business! After finishing the business, let's do the family again! ”

Then, the mother handed the document bag in the briefcase to Uncle Lee.

Uncle Li and several experts took his mother and file bags to the interrogation and technical appraisal room next to the conference room.

After more than half an hour, my mother returned to the conference room.

A guard took me and Da to the interrogation and technical appraisal room.

Here we see the tape recorder for the first time!

We were talking to Uncle Lee and the experts, and the recorder was squeaking all the time, and we knew the device was recording our conversation.

They asked how we found out about the Li Weiguo store. What if Li Weiguo's shop money is monitored, investigated and searched? How to get an intelligence film? and other things and details.

Xiaoda and I both answered truthfully.

When we were done, the guards took us back to the conference room.

Mother sat and smiled at us and nodded!

We sat down and smiled and nodded at our mother!

We sat with my mother in an empty conference room, silently drinking tea!

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At 7 o'clock in the evening, Uncle Li Shaochang and several technical experts from the headquarters returned to the conference room with great interest.

Uncle Li smiled and said, "Magnolia! The results are out! The information you have just provided is very valuable! This codebook is still in use by the enemy! The situation of the enemy agents on the list is real! These people are still active! This time, you've done a great job with the two little heroes! Congratulations! ”

The mother said, "Alas! We are the first to get the moon near the water! It just so happens that Ah Cai, Xiaoda and Yanfang are good classmates! It's a gold rush student again! If there is no Yanfang to give them a photo! They wouldn't have discovered Li Weiguo so quickly! It's luck! ”

Uncle Li smiled and said, "It's not entirely luck! At that time, wasn't Zhou Zhenguo's family also in Daling Town? Why didn't they find the gold rush and Li Weiguo? ”

Everyone laughed!

In this way, my mother's work was recognized by the headquarters, and my mother's work began to get on the right track!

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