The police station is not far away, and the supply and marketing cooperatives are separated by a road, which is also a bungalow, and a comrade in a police uniform is standing in front of the door smoking.

Lin Tong walked over and asked generously: "Hello comrade, please ask, is Comrade Xu Shengli here?" ”

Lin Tong's new clothes were not ready, and when she wore them, she knew that she was a child from a poor family, and the policeman looked her up and down and asked, "What are you looking for Lao Xu?" ”

I thought it was the police.

"My lover and he are comrades-in-arms, and I have something I want to ask him for help." If Xu Shengli agrees, soon everyone else at the police station will agree, and she has nothing to say.

The man reacted quite quickly, knowing Xu Shengli's comrade-in-arms, he glanced at her in some surprise, "Old Xu is inside, let's go in!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull the door and shouted inside: "Lao Xu, someone is looking for you!" ”

Xu Shengli's loud voice came from inside, "Let him in, who?" ”

"I don't know, I said it was your comrade-in-arms' lover."

Lin Tong was a little speechless when he listened to the loud conversation between the two, and walked in, there were a few desks, and some things were stacked messily on them, and Xu Shengli didn't know what he was busy with when he looked down, he smiled as soon as he looked up and saw Lin Tong, "Yo, come here?" Sit, sit, there's a stool. ”

Lin Tong smiled, "Brother Xu, are you busy?" Doesn't bother you, does it? There are some things I want to trouble you. ”

Xu Shengli didn't have a good impression of Lin Tong, firstly, because of the forced marriage, and secondly, because she wrote a letter outside, and the letter is still in his hand!

The scope of their police station is quite large, and the villages to which this town belongs are under their control, and they often go to the countryside, and they have seen many rural girls and daughters-in-law, but it is the first time that a girl who is so generous and good at talking is still the first time.

If Lin Tong knew, he would definitely laugh at him for his lack of knowledge, what kind of talk is this? This is just the most normal kind of words.

She is recognized as one of the least spoken in their company.

"Not busy. It's okay to be busy, just say anything! Xu Shengli saw that her little face was red from the cold and her lips were chapped, so he stood up and poured her a cup of hot water and handed it over, and Lin Tong hurriedly took it and thanked her.

"That's right. My mother's second brother and sister-in-law, come to do some small business, there are a lot of things...... I would like to ask if you can help me find a place to store these things at night. Lin Tong said a little embarrassed: "We don't know anyone else, so I have to come to beg you." ”

Xu Shengli frowned, "It's not a difficult task, but can you sell those?" ”

"Today's first day, it's not bad, I sold everything I brought, although I can't make a lot of money, but I can also subsidize my family for a good year." Lin Tong is telling the truth, the time before the year is too short, and if she has time, she still tends to sell couplets written in many novels.

"Okay, I want to find a way, but it can only be these days before the year, and we'll talk about it after the New Year."

"Okay, thank you so much, Brother Xu." Lin Tong stood up in gratitude, "Then I'll go over now and ask my second brother to move things over." ”

"You wait." Xu Shengli stretched out his hand and pressed down, motioning for her to sit down, "I have something to ask you." ”

Lin Tong was puzzled, "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Shengli pondered for a moment, but still dispelled the idea of interrogating her, and decided to hand over the letter to her as Xu Zhenhua said.

"On the day Lao Xu left, I sent him to the station. One of our classmates was working at the post and telecommunications office, and they happened to run into him," he said, looking at Lin Tong, trying to see some clues from her expression.

It's a pity that Lin Tong didn't understand what he meant at all, he just listened carefully, and nodded from time to time to indicate that she was listening, which made Xu Shengli feel powerful and had nowhere to go.

Is she pretending to be stupid or does she really not understand?

"He sent a letter to Lao Xu, saying that it was not sent, and the address on it was written incorrectly."

Lin Tong didn't care when she heard the first sentence, but when she heard the sentence "I didn't send it", her face changed, of course, it was not because of her weak heart, but because she had a bad premonition in her heart.

"Didn't send a letter? Where is the faith? Can I take a look? Lin Tong said in a hurry, and there was something wrong with her voice, which made Xu Shengli even more suspicious that she had an ulterior motive in writing this letter.

But he didn't think about the spies, those people are stupid and crazy to develop a poor girl in a poor mountain village.

"This is it." Xu Shengli took it out and put it on the table and pushed it in front of her.

Lin Tong couldn't help but be angry when he saw this opened letter, "How did this letter be opened?" ”

"Zhenhua dismantled it, he asked me to transfer it to you." Xu Shengli didn't care at all, "You are his daughter-in-law, what are you afraid of when you open a letter?" Unless you write something unsightly in it, don't dare to let people read it. ”

This is a joke and a temptation.

Unfortunately, this is not a gap between two generations, but a difference in thinking between several generations.

"How can he open my letter? Is this too disrespectful? Is there still a bit of privacy? Are there any human rights? Lin Tong snorted and picked up the letter and said, "Forget it,"

"What do you mean?" She looked at the big postmark on the mail, "No place here?" I was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?" Why don't I understand? ”

Xu Shengli understood that he didn't respect her, and there was no such thing in this era about privacy and human rights.

He was a little unhappy, thinking to himself, sure enough, he hadn't gone to school for a few years, and he didn't even understand words, but he had also worked in the system for many years, and he had also learned to put his true thoughts in his stomach, suppress his displeasure in his heart, and explain to her, "If there is no such place, it means that there is no place at all after investigation." ”

Lin Tong still looked at him blankly.

Xu Shengli thought to himself that he didn't understand this explanation, no, the person who could write this letter must at least have graduated from elementary school. He cleared his throat and continued: "Where did our country come from Heilongjiang Province? Where did you hear about such a province? ”

Lin Tong's mind was buzzing, as if he was a mess.

She was stunned for a long time, her eyes slowly turned red, and she asked in a low voice, "Brother Xu, do you have a map?" ”

How can it be? How could it not be? Lin Tong wanted to cry loudly, why did she so cruelly shatter her last bit of illusion?

"Maps? I don't. However, we may have it, you wait, I'll get it for you. Xu Shengli saw that her eyes were red, and she didn't want to ask again, so she went to the director of the office inside to borrow the map and threw it in front of her, "Will you read it?" ”

This is a 32-page map, published in seven or eight years, with a blue plastic cover, which she often saw at her grandfather's house.

"What is the name of our province?" Listening to the accent, she can actually hear that the province where she is located is very similar to the three eastern provinces in her previous life.

"Liaodong, Liaodong Province."

Lin Tong's hands trembled a little, but she still opened the atlas very firmly and turned to the page of the domestic map.