Chapter 8 Touring the City
Xiao Lu and Chen Yaoming returned to the house again, and it was almost dawn.
Fang Chunlei couldn't wait for them last night, so he was arranged to rest by the comrades in the office, and when he woke up in the morning, he saw the two of them coming back.
"Section Chief Xiao, how's it going?" The most important thing in my heart is still this matter.
"Don't worry, it's all settled, and you have a lot of credit this time." Although Xiao Lu reflected on his work mistakes, he was very satisfied with Fang Chunlei.
"Everyone's effort."
"Okay, you're welcome, Lao Chen wants to send Boss Li and others out of the city in batches, we can't go back in two days, you can go to the city." Xiao Lu said directly.
The young man was full of curiosity, and he was happy to hear that he could go shopping.
"The fiat currency that Boss Li gave you before is considered a reward for this mission, so you can keep it."
"However, this mission has a great impact and needs to be kept secret, and the team's commendation for you must also be kept secret, I hope you can understand." Xiao Lu was blunt.
"I understand." Fang Chunlei replied.
"Going to the city? You don't know each other well, I'll find someone to accompany you. ”
"Xiaolong, you come to accompany your comrades at home and go to the city for a walk." Chen Yaoming heard the conversation between the two and leaned over and said.
"No hassle."
"Don't bother, go ahead." Chen Yaoming waved his hand and said.
Seeing Xiao Lu nodding, he followed Xiaolong out, Xiaolong was a few years older than him, and he was considered the same age.
Looking at the two who left, Chen Yaoming said: "Reward confidentiality? What do you mean? ”
The team just said that they would take Boss Li and others back and continue to investigate who he passed on the information to, and who else was behind it.
did not say that the other party's Chunlei Award was kept secret.
"The proud army will be defeated." Xiao Lu's tone was full of worry.
"Are you afraid that Lei Zi will be proud and complacent and destroy his future?" Chen Yaoming understood Xiao Lu's worries.
"We have seen a lot of talented young people, who are self-confident and conceited. Most of them are difficult to get far, and reverence is important. Xiao Lu said regretfully.
Chen Yaoming said: "This is a young man. ”
"So I didn't advise him on what to do, I just pressed it, and the team will choose to keep this matter a secret." Xiao Lu is a heart of love for talents, and wants to let Fang Chunlei grow up well and not embark on a crooked path.
Fang Chunlei didn't know about this, and he was already walking with Xiaolong in the streets and alleys of Xi'an City.
Xiaolong is very enthusiastic, and the comrades at home are naturally relatives. Coupled with what Fang Chunlei did in Xi'an City, he also admired and recognized it.
"Xi'an is a big city, and there is a lot of eating, drinking, and having fun, but we can't learn from their crooked tendencies. Playing mahjong, smoking, gambling, and drinking flower wine are all untouchable. Xiaolong had a righteous face, who they were referring to in his mouth, Fang Chunlei naturally knew it.
Without waiting for him to speak, Xiaolong continued: "But there are a lot of strange and beautiful things, we can go and see them, and there are a lot of delicious ones, and we can also sacrifice to the Five Organs Temple." ”
"It's so prosperous." Looking at the flow of people and traffic on the street, Fang Chunlei couldn't help but sigh.
"The lively place hasn't arrived yet, Wuwei Shizi, Mafangmen, Zhengxue Street, Guangji Street, almost the time-honored brands in the whole city are there." Xiaolong said like a treasure.
"What are you doing?" Fang Chunlei was said to be curious and wanted to find out.
"Just talking about eating, almond oil tea, steamed pork, retort cake, jujube foam paste, fried buckwheat noodles."
Fang Chunlei had heard most of the names that Xiaolong said, and some of them had also eaten, but he didn't show too much curiosity.
His reaction made Xiaolong feel that it was not good, and immediately continued: "There is also the bacon meat of Lao Fan's family, which is fragrant, and it can be smelled from a few streets." ”
"The old Han family's hanging flour dumplings, the old He's gourd head steamed bun, Wang Ji powder soup sheep blood ......"
This time, Fang Chunlei finally got moving, and Xiaolong nodded with satisfaction.
"So much, how do we get around?" Fang Chunlei asked.
"It's all in the area of the South Courtyard Gate, I'll take you there, and there's something to play, let's watch while walking." As he spoke, Xiaolong led the way to the South Courtyard Gate.
The South Courtyard Gate is very close to the South Gate, and Fang Chunlei was taken to the car by Boss Li from the South Gate before.
The south courtyard gate is really prosperous, and there are many shops on both sides of the street.
The two big pharmacies, not far apart, seem to be in separate courts.
One is called World Pharmacy and the other is Wuzhou Pharmacy, and the names are very atmospheric.
After taking two steps, he saw a place called World Book Company, and Fang Chunlei asked, "Is this World Book Company and World Pharmacy the same boss?" ”
"No, it's a big name, and everyone is happy to use it." Xiaolong also looked around excitedly, although he was in Xi'an City, there were not many opportunities to go shopping.
The two of them walked around casually, and when they saw the store, they went in and walked around, but they didn't buy anything, and they simply had a long insight.
The circuses of foreigners, the tricks of artists, and the juggling on the street are all watched with relish.
In the end, I was hungry, so I went to drink Hu spicy soup and eat steamed pork.
Walking together all the way, the two are already familiar with each other, and when they eat, they chat with each other.
Fang Chunlei asked, "Is it convenient for you to work in Xi'an?" ”
"At the door of the office, there are people staring at you every day, and it doesn't matter what you do, it makes you uncomfortable." Xiaolong whispered.
"Isn't it controlled by others at every turn?"
"Other people's territory, what else can you do, you can only have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, see the move."
"There's something about the Japanese in the city, do they know about it?" Fang Chunlei continued to ask.
"Who knows, their intelligence, will not tell us."
"But I heard what the office meant, after Boss Li was sent out of the city, he would give them a wake-up call, so as not to let the Japanese get cheap." Xiaolong accidentally heard Chen Yaoming mention it.
"The Japanese, we have to guard against it." Fang Chunlei said.
"The Japanese wolf ambition caused gunsmoke everywhere, the cities fell one after another, and there was a lot of noise in the night school, either to say that the resistance against Japan was not effective, or to go to the front line." Xiaolong continued.
"Night school?" Fang Chunlei heard about it for the first time.
"The people of the Kuomintang can learn a lot of things in the night school run in the city, as well as English and Japanese."
"People from all walks of life can participate, and many of our comrades are mixed in to study."
There is nothing to be ashamed of, their conditions, they can't hire teachers in Xi'an City, they can't run a school, why don't they use ready-made ones.
"You went too?"
"When I mention reading, I have a headache, and I've been there once or twice." Xiaolong's words made people laugh.
After chatting about the reactions of the people in the night school, it can be seen that the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people in Xi'an City is very high.
After eating, I continued to walk around the city, and then went back to Boss Li's house, and I had to stay here to rest these days, after all, the office was not as clean as here.
"How?" Xiao Lu asked with a smile when he saw him come back.
"I've seen it for a long time."
"That's good, listen to it and see more, it's all good."
"Isn't the section chief going to go shopping?"
"I've come a lot, I have a chance, but you, what are you going to do after you go back this time?"
"I told the battalion commander that after completing this mission, I would go to the front line in Shanxi."
Front?
Hearing Fang Chunlei's words, Xiao Lu shook his head in his heart, but he remained silent on the surface.