Chapter Thirty-Seven: An Ordinary Courtyard?
Old man Jiang looked at me like that, and scolded with a smile: "*** baby, it's very dirty." But his eyes were full of love, and of course, when he scolded, he reached out and touched my head, and I got goosebumps as usual.
But I didn't ask him what we were doing in town.
The car is fast, usually to walk more than 1 hour on the road, 20 minutes by car.
The 20 minutes of riding in the car was so precious to me that I reluctantly got out of the car.
The town is still very lively, there are small restaurants, supply and marketing cooperatives, parks, and cinemas! Of course, there are also some small carts that sell snacks.
I was very greedy, but I asked my cheap master for it, and he didn't have any money when he looked like that.
I didn't want my cheap master to take the initiative to buy me a pack of fried peanuts, and the first time I drank orange soda, I drank it so much that I cherished it, and the boss who was waiting for me to return the bottle was probably impatient enough to grab it for me and wouldn't let me drink it.
After drinking the soda, I peeled the fried peanuts in my pocket, and let the old man Jiang lead me all the way, this cheap master is very generous, I found that I like him a little, anyway, there are snacks to plug my mouth, and I don't want to ask him where he wants to take me.
After walking around the town for about 20 minutes, Old Man Jiang led me into a relatively remote alley, where there were many small courtyards with independent families, and he pulled me straight to one of the small courtyards that looked like an office.
In that era, there were many such offices, anyway, some were 'United Front Work Department', some were 'XX Office', and by 74, there were many fewer so-called temporary headquarters, but there were also others, in short, this small courtyard was all kinds of inconspicuous.
Old man Jiang knocked loudly in front of the door, and after a while, a lazy voice sounded: "Who?" Then a young man in a normal military uniform came and opened the door.
"Who are you?" The man wasn't very friendly, but he wasn't fierce either.
Old man Jiang casually touched a dirty thing from his pocket and gave it to him, I visually saw that it was a thing without a shell, similar to a household registration book, anyway, it was dirty by old man Jiang.
The man took it with some disgust and looked at it carefully, his face changed when he saw it, and he was about to give the old man Jiang a military salute, but he was pulled by the old man Jiang: "Don't do this, I don't like it." If it weren't necessary, I'd rather be an idle crane. ”
Saying that, he pulled me into this small courtyard, the small courtyard was idle, there were two people drinking tea, and a few people were playing cards, these people didn't look like soldiers, but they were wearing a military uniform, anyway, I couldn't say it well, I felt that everything in this courtyard was a little magical.
Old man Jiang ignored those people and pulled me straight to a room, and those people also did their own things, ignoring old man Jiang.
It wasn't until the young man who opened the door for us said a few words to those people that the expressions of those idle people began to become serious, and the eyes that looked at Old Man Jiang were also full of something similar to worship.
The people hesitated and discussed a few words, and then one of them, who looked close to middle age, walked over quickly and said very respectfully, "Master Jiang, can we help you?" ”
"Not for now, I'm going to use the phone now." Old man Jiang's expression was also indifferent, neither high nor obscene.
The man didn't talk nonsense, followed the old man Jiang into the office, directly took out the key, and opened the small lock of a phone.
And the old man Jiang took the phone straight and began to shake it, and then it was all kinds of connections.
I was in that office, munching on fried and fragrant peanuts, and I didn't bother to pay attention to what my cheap master said.
However, after a while, a sentence from my cheap master caught my attention.
"Yes, I want Yu Xiaohong's birthday, the more detailed the better."
What does Master want to do with Xiaohong's birthday? Who's on the other end of the phone? What the hell is this place?
I spit peanut shells on the ground, squatted on the stool, held my head in both hands, and actually began to think.
But that old man Jiang is hateful, he is obviously so serious on the phone, and he can still notice me, seeing me like this, he yelled there: "No one is allowed to sweep peanut shells for him, what kind of behavior!" You'll clean the peanut shells for me later! ”
His roar frightened the hand of the man who was about to sweep away the peanut shell with the broom, and then the man put the broom in my hand, looked at me sympathetically, and went out.
Really obedient!! What a man!! I'm only 7 years old, so you can bear to let me sweep peanut shells?
I was angry, but I didn't dare to resist and went down to the ground to sweep the peanut shells, I deeply felt that my cheap master bought peanuts for me to eat, he was cheating me! However, now the peanuts were also eaten, and I listened to what the old man Jiang was talking about while sweeping the floor.
"You can go through the population file at any time, is that difficult?"
"Hehe, you have inherited those two veins, and you don't have the ability to reverse it? I want an accurate birthday!! ”
"Come on, don't go around me, when I owe you a personal favor, and I want Yu Xiaohong's photo, fax it over."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm hanging."
This old man Jiang really has a temper, and he said that he hung up with a 'pop', and I just finished sweeping the floor, looking at him with blank eyes, and I don't know what to do next.
As for the fact that there was another person in the office at this time, that is, the person who opened the door for us, who came in with a cup of tea, he completely heard the unkind tone of the old man Jiang, and he didn't know why, he was frightened.
"Master Jiang, do you want to use a fax machine?" The man put down his tea and asked cautiously.
"Well, I'll come back in an hour, and I'll have to use the phone again, and I'll have to use the fax machine." Old man Jiang nodded, took a sip of tea casually, and led me out of the small courtyard.
From beginning to end, I didn't know what my cheap master was going to do, and what a fax machine was.
An hour was boring for me, so as soon as the old man Jiang went out, he bought me another bag of fried peanuts and a bag of fried melon seeds, and then took me to sit under the tree on the busiest street in the town, and then stopped.
He smiled and looked left and right, and I squatted beside him and knocked peanuts, and after knocking peanuts, I knocked melon seeds
In this way, after half an hour had passed, I couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Master, what are you looking at?" ”
"Hehe, look over there, is the girl pushing the bicycle and wearing two braids well?" Old man Jiang pointed to a big girl with great interest and said to me.
"I don't know." I spit out 2 pieces of melon seed skin, and directly replied that in my eyes at the age of 7, the big girl is definitely not as good as a toy gun, or even a green army hat.
"Forget it, it's useless to tell you." Old man Jiang ignored me and continued to look under the tree with a smile, I couldn't help it, so I squatted beside him boringly.
Fortunately, an hour is not too long, and it is estimated that the time is almost up, so the old man Jiang stood up, let out a long sigh of satisfaction, stretched his waist, and led me back to the courtyard.
As soon as he entered the office in the courtyard, a person walked over, handed the old man Jiang two notes, and said respectfully: "Master Jiang, we just took it"
Old man Jiang coughed, interrupted him, and asked directly, "Did he call?" So that's what I'm looking for? ”
"Yes." The man said quickly.
"That's good, I'm leaving." After speaking, Old Man Jiang didn't wait for the man to answer, and led me to turn around and leave.
As soon as he took two steps, he led me back again: "It's almost 5 o'clock, so let's get a car and send us to the intersection of XX Township." ”
"Yes!" The man immediately replied loudly, as if he also knew that Old Man Jiang didn't like nonsense, and maybe he had some scruples in front of me.
I'm excited, I'm excited, I'm quite excited.
I never dreamed that I would be able to ride in this kind of car, this car is the most advanced car I have ever seen, a green military jeep, in my impression, only high-ranking officials can ride in this kind of car, I did not expect that one day I would be able to sit in it.