Zhong Yuemin's job change dragged on until 1984, when the Chinese government announced the disarmament of 1 million people, which gave him a glimmer of hope.

In the spring, Zhong Yuemin received a notice to go to the military academy for further study, and he found that Zhang Haiyang's name was also listed on the list of personnel for further training in the regular camp, which already showed the intention of the superiors, although a large number of officers should be transferred, but Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang still had to keep the personnel, otherwise they would not be sent to the academy for further study. Zhong Yuemin thinks that his fate has reached a turning point, if he goes to the military academy to study, then he can only work in the army for a lifetime after he comes back, and if he wants to change jobs, I am afraid he will not have a chance. Zhong Yuemin decided to seize this opportunity and return to Beijing. Because there are not many battalion officers who want to leave, and the Political Department is having a headache that the work of demobilized cadres is not easy to do, Zhong Yuemin's posture is still very high when he asks for demobilization, and he has taken the initiative to share the country's worries.

In front of the building of the military headquarters, Zhang Haiyang walked out of the building, and two sentries saluted him, and he hurriedly returned the salute, walking along the cement road of the military headquarters compound to the dormitory, and saluting the oncoming officers and soldiers from time to time. Zhong Yuemin drove an open-top jeep to catch up from behind, he turned the steering wheel sharply, and the jeep was horizontal in front of Zhang Haiyang.

Zhang Haiyang asked in surprise: "Yuemin, you haven't been here for a long time, why did you remember to look for me today?" ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "I went to the Military Affairs Department to do business, and by the way, I came to see Staff Officer Zhang. ”

"Scold me, don't you? There are a lot of staff officers in the headquarters, we are just a listener, we can't compare to you Captain Zhong, you have the final say in the special reconnaissance brigade. ”

Zhong Yuemin said bluntly: "Did you hear that? This time, we want to disarm 1 million. ”

"Of course, who doesn't know, you kid must have an idea again."

"It's a matter of revisiting the old thing, or a matter of changing jobs, and this disarmament is an opportunity."

Zhang Haiyang groaned: "Do you know that there are two of us among the people who went to the Military Academy for further study this time?" ”

"I knew that it was because of this that I decided to change careers. For you and me, now is a watershed in our lives, once we go to further study, it means that we will be a professional soldier for the rest of our lives, and it is impossible to turn back. If you change jobs now, you can start again. ”

Zhang Haiyang said: "Yuemin, I'll think about this problem, okay?" ”

Zhong Yuemin sneered: "You really want to be a general? There will be no battles in the future, and the troops will have nothing to play. ”

Zhang Haiyang thought for a while and said, "Well, it makes sense, my heart is also active when you say this." This disarmament is an opportunity, otherwise the troops would not have released them, have you decided? ”

"I've made up my mind."

"Yuemin, let me think about it again."

"Then you just think about it, I have already handed in the transfer report......" Zhong Yuemin stepped on the accelerator, and the jeep jumped out like an arrow.

Zhang Haiyang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Yuemin." ”

Zhong Yuemin braked the car suddenly, and the tires of the car made a screeching grinding sound.

Zhang Haiyang said: "If you leave, I don't want to, it's better to go together, and I'll write a job transfer report immediately." ”

"You can think about it, no one forced you, don't regret it then."

"I've already thought about changing jobs and going back to Beijing."

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang's report on the transfer of jobs was quickly approved, and the people in the cadre department were busy with so many officers who did not want to change jobs, especially some officers from the rural areas, although they could be resettled in the county seat after being transferred, they were still unwilling to change jobs, and the work of these people was very difficult. Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang were both officers who had decided not to be transferred to another job, and when they handed in their transfer reports, the people in the cadre department breathed a sigh of relief. Either way, there are two more places that can be left, and their work is easier to do. Director Wang of the Cadre Department talked to Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang respectively, and also symbolically retained it, Zhong Yuemin insisted that his motive for requesting a job change was to take into account the difficulties of the country, and he had also received more than ten years of education in the army, so he should share the worries of the country. Director Wang didn't believe his nonsense, Zhong Yuemin hadn't changed jobs for a year or two, who in the Political Department didn't know? However, Director Wang is still very grateful to Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, they took the initiative to ask for a job change, after all, it reduced the pressure on the cadre department.

At the resettlement office for demobilized servicemen in Beijing, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang stood in the reception hall wearing military uniforms with their collar badges removed, and they were talking with some demobilized servicemen from various branches of the armed forces.

Zhong Yuemin looked at his watch and said impatiently: "I've waited for 40 minutes, why don't you call us?" ”

A demobilized officer in a Navy uniform said, "You've only been waiting 40 minutes and you're getting impatient? I've been waiting for more than 1 hour. That's right, we'll be in charge of it when we get here, and you don't have a temper. ”

Zhang Haiyang said: "Yuemin, there is almost no professional counterpart in our army, that is, the criminal police team of the Public Security Bureau can catch up with us, and we want to go to the Public Security Bureau, do you want to go?" ”

"No, I want to be a free and easy citizen, I can't just take off my military uniform and change into a police uniform, so why should I change jobs?"

Zhang Haiyang said: "I want to go, it's not bad to be a policeman." Dude, if you make a mistake in the future, I'll get you. ”

", do you want me to do well? I'm going to go to you, I'm not going anyway. Now that the reform and opening up has been carried out, there are more things that can be done, and if there is no suitable job in the re-transfer office, I will set up a stall and go as a self-employed person. ”

"Don't be, you're a battalion-level cadre to be self-employed?"

The staff in the office were shouting: "Are Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang here?" ”

The two agreed and walked into the office, and a staff member came over and shook hands with the two: "Congratulations, the public security bureau has read your materials and is very interested, and says that you old scouts are welcome to work in the criminal police team." How's that, are you happy with the job? ”

Zhang Haiyang said: "I am willing to go." ”

Zhong Yuemin asked, "Is there any other job?" ”

"Not for the time being, if you are not satisfied with this job, you will have to wait a little longer. Of course, you can also contact the unit yourself, and if there is a unit willing to accept you, I will go through the procedures for you immediately. The staff member said.

Zhong Yuemin said: "Forget it, don't bother, I saw a pancake stall at your door just now, and the business is quite prosperous, I will also do this craft, and I will set up a pancake stall if it doesn't work." ”

A girl who was filling out the form next to her glanced up at Zhong Yuemin and lowered her head again.

The staff said: "Captain Zhong, don't come to my door if you want to set up a pancake stand, when the leader says that we haven't done a good job, let a battalion-level officer set up a stall, and we can't bear this responsibility." ”

"Okay, I won't put it at your door, I'll go to the door of their public security bureau."

Zhang Haiyang said: "Yuemin, if you don't go to your grandson, I will have a free breakfast in the future." ”

The staff handed over a form: "Comrade Zhang Haiyang, please fill out the form." ”

Zhang Haiyang began to fill out the form.

Zhong Yuemin said: "Haiyang, I'll go back first, let's get in touch again." ”

"Yuemin, don't think about it, you kid, if you have something to discuss with your buddy, I'll call you."

Zhong Yuemin was picking up the bicycle outside the gate of the transfer office, and suddenly found that the girl who was filling out the form in the office just now was also picking up the car, Zhong Yuemin nodded to her politely, and the girl smiled.

Zhong Yuemin asked strangely, "What are you laughing at?" ”

The girl smiled and said, "You're so funny, a battalion-level officer is going to set up a stall to sell pancakes, are you joking?" ”

"Why am I talking and playing? One day, when I am happy, I really go to set up a stall and rely on labor to eat, which is not a shame, who stipulates that battalion-level cadres cannot be self-employed? ”

The girl said, "Are you really not joking? ”

"Well, it seems that you are also interested, then I welcome you to join the gang, how about we set up a pancake trust? In the future, when it becomes bigger, we will increase our export business and let pancakes go to the world. ”

The girl smiled and bent over: "You can really talk ......"

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Zhong Yuemin, what is your name?"

"My name is Gao Yue, from the South China Sea Fleet Communication Terminal, and I have just been demobilized."

Zhong Yuemin asked: "How is it, have you been assigned a job?" ”

Gao Yue replied, "Where?" Even you demobilized officers don't have any suitable jobs, let alone those of us who are soldiers. By the way, isn't the Public Security Bureau very good, why don't you go? ”

"Do you know why I want to change jobs? The reason is simple, let others manage enough, and want to live a free and easy life. In other words, apart from abiding by the laws and regulations of the country, I don't want to be controlled by others. ”

Gao Yue smiled: "You are very free, I have never seen an officer like you." ”

Zhong Yuemin pretended to be serious and said: "After being a soldier for more than ten years, it's time for me to live the life of a common man." Since there are difficulties in the state resettlement work, let's be considerate and self-employed. ”

"The consciousness is really high, and he is worthy of being a cadre who has been educated by the party for many years."

"I'm sorry, it's still far from the demands of the party and the people."

Gao Yue covered his mouth and smiled: "It's still like the real thing." ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "Now there is no distinction between demobilized cadres and demobilized soldiers, let's all be regarded as unemployed youths, you and I have the same disease, I have decided to accept you into the gang." ”

Gao Yue asked rhetorically: "Did I say I wanted to join the gang?" ”

"Anyway, you haven't been assigned a suitable job, you can join the gang first, and then leave when you have a good job."

Gao Yue thought for a while and said: "Your idea is quite funny, a bit shocking, I really want to try it, but I have the conditions." ”

"Look, this hasn't joined the gang yet, so let's put forward the conditions first, and you also bargained with the leader when you were a soldier? Okay, let's talk about it first. ”

"My condition is that I don't bully people."

"That's fine, is there anything else?"

Gao Yue said: "Since we are partners, you and I are equal, don't claim to be a leader in front of me." ”

"Equality between officers and soldiers is a fine tradition of our army, and there is no problem with that."

Gao Yue suddenly grasped the fault of his words: "Aren't they all unemployed young people, where are the officers and soldiers?" Don't always think about your status as an officer, now you are just an ordinary person, don't put an officer on the table with me. ”

"Okay, let's go to a grave to change the vegetable garden - leveling, about the specific issues of the partnership, let's talk about it later, I'll leave you a phone number."

The news that Zhong Yuemin changed jobs and returned to Beijing made Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong very excited, they haven't been together for more than ten years, and it is difficult to get together on family leave every year. Now everyone can finally live in one city.

Yuan Jun has married Zhou Xiaobai, Zhou Xiaobai was assigned to a hospital in Beijing after graduating from the Military Medical University, and Yuan Jun was also transferred to work in the headquarters in Beijing one year ago.

Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun have been married for several years, their children are 3 years old, and the couple's jobs are also very stable, and they are living a satisfying life.

In contrast, Zhong Yuemin's life seems a little depressed, he is in his thirties, he is still single, and over the years, part of his salary has been sent to Wu Manho's parents, and the rest has been spent in a daze. After being an officer for more than ten years, he didn't have a penny of savings, but fortunately, he was paid a transfer fee of several thousand yuan when he changed jobs, otherwise he would be really poor.

Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong were in a restaurant to greet Zhong Yuemin, and everyone sat around the table, all excited. Yuan Jun and Zhou Xiaobai wore new-style officer uniforms; Zheng Tong wears white-framed glasses, a suit and leather shoes, and looks like an elegant scholar; Jiang Biyun wears a suit and skirt, which is a typical image of a working woman; Only Zhong Yuemin was wearing a whitewashed old-fashioned military uniform, which looked very shabby.

Yuan Jun raised his glass and proposed: "Yuemin has just come back from changing jobs, let's toast to him who is about to start a new life." ”

Cheers, everyone.

Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "Okay, the brothers have all mixed up, Yuan Jun has also been transferred to the headquarters, and he is a soldier at the door of his home, which I didn't even dare to think about before, Zhou Xiaobai is the attending doctor of the General Hospital, Zheng Tong and his family have become intellectuals, and they are better than me, and I don't even have a job now." ”

Zhou Xiaobai comforted him: "Don't say that, isn't this just a job change, the new life hasn't started yet, if there is anything you need help, everyone will do their best." I don't believe that the best of us will not find a job. ”

Zheng Tong joked: "Yuan Jun, listen to your wife's praise of Yuemin, is your heart sour at this time?" ”

Jiang Biyun stopped: "What are you talking nonsense, is there such a joke?" ”

Yuan Jun said: "It's okay, our brothers are used to joking." Besides, if Yuemin hadn't carried forward his style back then, what would I have do? This Zhou Xiaobai, I think only Yuemin can cure her, if Yuemin is her husband, she will do it every day to let her wash her feet, how can it be like me, she has no status at home, she has the final say in everything, and she is not even allowed to smoke. ”

Zhou Xiaobai slapped Yuan Jun with chopsticks: "Shut up, talk nonsense again, if you say it again, I will really relive the old dream with Yuemin, anyway, he is not married yet, hey, Yuemin, what do you say?" ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "No problem, if he dares to bully you, you will come to me, the door of my house will always be open, as long as it is a young woman, I will welcome it." ”

Jiang Biyun said with a smile: "Zhong Yuemin is still such a hooligan. ”

Zhou Xiaobai pointed at Zhong Yuemin and said, "Who do you think they are?" Back then, they were all famous hooligans on the ice rink, especially Zhong Yuemin, who chased after girls when he saw them, and his mouth was very poor. ”

Zheng Tong said: "Yuemin, our unit has a new batch of college students, and a few of them are good-looking, do you want me to introduce one to you?" ”

Jiang Biyun said: "Zheng Tong, don't send a good girl to the tiger's mouth, whoever is with him is unlucky." ”

Zhong Yuemin agreed: "Jiang Biyun still understands me." ”

Zheng Tong said: "Even if it is a tiger, don't you have to feed it? I can't watch a tiger starve to death. If it's a tiger, you have to eat meat, you can't get some nests mixed with cabbage to fool the tiger, right? ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "It doesn't matter, my tiger is used to it anyway, and the cabbage gang will be gone." ”

Yuan Jun took a sip of wine and tasted it carefully: "Yuemin, don't you think the taste of this wine is a little wrong?" ”

Zhong Yuemin also tasted it: "This is not the taste of Wuliangye, it is fake wine." ”

Yuan Jun angrily shouted to the waiter: "Go, find your boss." ”

Zheng Tong slammed his chopsticks on the table: "This fake wine sells at a higher price than the real wine, it's really black." ”

Zhong Yuemin shouted at the waiter: "If your boss doesn't have time to come, we won't wait, and he will pay the bill for this meal." ”

A man in a suit and leather shoes walked out from behind: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is something to discuss......

The boss's words suddenly stopped, Zhong Yuemin raised his head and was about to speak, but he was suddenly stunned: "Ning Wei ......"

Ning Wei shouted: "Company commander, Brother Zhong." He hugged Zhong Yuemin.

Zhong Yuemin held Ning Wei's shoulder and looked at it carefully: "Well, it's still the same as when you were in the reconnaissance company, it hasn't changed much, how did you kid become the boss?" ”

Ning Wei shouted to the waiter: "Remove this table of dishes and re-serve them." Big brother, when I was demobilized, I didn't have any good jobs, and there were too many demobilized soldiers over the years, and I couldn't arrange them at all. I borrowed some money from my relatives and opened such a restaurant, but business has not been very good, so let's make do with it. Big brother, why did you change jobs too? ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "Didn't I tell you, the army is not a place to raise people, everyone has to leave sooner or later, you left a few years earlier than me, and then became the boss, I came back late." ”

Zhong Yuemin remembered that when Ning Wei was a soldier, he was a very unwanted person, he didn't like to chat with his comrades, and he had never seen him play poker or chess with others, so he didn't have any hobbies. This unexpected reunion with Ning Wei, Zhong Yuemin found that Ning Wei also had some changes, he actually played, sometimes went to bubble bars, and sometimes went to some foreign-related restaurants to play bowling. Zhong Yuemin also asked Ning Wei if he had a girlfriend, and Ning Wei answered honestly that he had several girlfriends, and each time they dated for more than 1 month. Zhong Yuemin estimated that this was due to his personality, and girls may not like men with this personality very much.

In the bowling alley of a foreign-related hotel, Ning Wei was teaching Zhong Yuemin to throw the ball with a bowling ball in his hand, and Zhong Yuemin threw 3 balls in a row, all of which were full marks. He didn't think bowling was fun at all, foreigners always complicated a very simple thing, didn't they just throw the ball out and smash a few wooden bottles, why did they have to change their shoes?

Ning Wei praised: "He is worthy of being an old scout, and his technique is really accurate." ”

Zhong Yuemin said disdainfully: "You bosses just play this, what's the point?" ”

"Big brother, you don't understand this, this is a sport in high society, you can not like it, but you can't not play, otherwise you will be laughed at by others."

", I'm a soldier, and I'm not a superior person, what are you bringing me here for?"

Ning Wei said: "You haven't been back to Beijing for several years, I don't know the situation in Beijing, there are many people who have made a fortune now, and if you have money, you have to have a place to spend, so what is fashionable to play." I heard that a golf course is being built now, and when it is finished, the rich people should go there. ”

Zhong Yuemin looked around: "The people who come here are all rich people?" I really can't see it. ”

Ning Wei pointed to a person who was picking a bowling ball on a nearby lane and whispered, "Do you see that person?" There are famous brands all over his body, and the watch in his hand is worth at least tens of thousands, this is a real rich man. ”

Zhong Yuemin looked at the man: "Just him?" It's evil, what are rich people like these days? Hey, why does this person look familiar? ”

The man raised his head and met Zhong Yuemin's gaze, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he put down the ball and hurriedly walked over: "Are you ...... Zhong Yuemin? ”

Zhong Yuemin also recognized him: "Are you Li Yuanchao?" ”

Li Yuanchao said excitedly: "It's really you, Zhong Yuemin." ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "My God, are you still alive?" The two shook hands warmly.

Li Yuanchao put his arm around Zhong Yuemin's shoulders and said, "We have to have a good chat, how many years haven't we seen each other?" ”

"It's been 17 years since we broke up in 1968."

Li Yuanchao brought Zhong Yuemin and Ning Wei into the café of the hotel, and he snapped his fingers to the waiter with ease: "3 cups of coffee." ”

Zhong Yuemin had never entered such a luxurious place, before changing jobs, he thought that he was a person who had seen the world, he grew up in Beijing, and the most exclusive place in Beijing was just a high-level club located in the beekeeping mecca, Zhong Yuemin had been there several times with his father. Who knew that in the years since leaving Beijing, Beijing has changed so much. Not to mention anything else, the luxury of the foreign-related hotel in front of him made Zhong Yuemin feel ashamed.

The waiter brought the coffee and fresh milk for the coffee, Zhong Yuemin put the coffee cup aside, picked up the container of fresh milk and took a sip.

Li Yuanchao smiled tolerantly: "Yuemin, look at your clothes, you have just transferred from the army, right?" ”

Zhong Yuemin said self-deprecatingly: "A soil bun, I have been a fool to be a soldier all these years." Don't talk about this, aid to the DPRK, I heard that a group of you guys all entered the bureau back then? ”

Li Yuanchao said: "Can you not go in?" After all, human life is at stake, but fortunately, it is the little bastard who is full of evil, otherwise none of us would have thought of it. However, in all fairness, although I dared to toss back then, I didn't have the courage to kill people after all, but there were many people, and I couldn't control the situation as soon as I moved. ”

"Why did I let you go again?"

"There are several reasons: first, we contacted the Public Security Bureau in advance, and the Public Security Bureau agreed that we would assist the police in arresting the little bastard; Second, at that time, the public security system was in a semi-paralyzed state; Third, the law does not hold the public accountable, and dozens of people have done it, not to mention that the participants at that time were all children of cadres and had intertwined social relations, which will inevitably form a force for interference in the judiciary. Even so, several of our main criminals still entered a one-year study class, which was similar to detention, and this matter was rehabilitated by the Public Security Bureau at the end of the 70s, and after I came out of the study class, I went to serve as a soldier, and I worked for more than ten years. ”

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Are you doing well now, where are you high?" ”

Li Yuanchao handed over a business card: "I changed jobs in 1980, first worked in the agency, last year Zhengro Group was established, I have a little relationship, so I entered Zhenro Group, this is my business card." ”

Zhong Yuemin looked at the business card: "Ho, I said why are you so pompous, you are the general manager?" ”

"We are a state-owned asset company, and the general manager is also a state functionary, so don't treat me as a foreign boss."

Ning Wei said to Zhong Yuemin: "Big brother, I have heard of Zhenro Group, which is a very powerful large company. ”

Li Yuanchao looked at his watch and stood up: "Yuemin, my time is very tight, and I will have entertainment in a while, so I will miss the company first." You put away my business card, if you don't find a better job, you can come to our company, let's find a time to talk, okay, goodbye! ”

Li Yuanchao took his leave and left.

Ning Wei looked at Li Yuanchao's back and said, "It is worthy of being a big boss, and the style is not ordinary." Big brother, this kind of company can't get into the relationship between ordinary people, don't let go of this opportunity. ”

Zhong Yuemin said lightly: "I don't have this interest for the time being, let's talk about it." ”

Zhong Yuemin went through the procedures for changing jobs without consulting his father, which made Zhong Shanyue very annoyed, and Zhong Shanyue hoped that his son would be a professional soldier for the rest of his life, which was also to realize his dream. After the founding of New China, the localities needed a large number of cadres to enrich the departments at all levels, and because Zhong Shanyue was a rare educated person among the military cadres, he was forced to take off his military uniform and transfer to work in the localities, and he was already a deputy military cadre at that time. In 1955, when the army conferred the title, Zhong Shanyue scolded the street behind closed doors at home, if he had not been forced to change jobs by the organization, he should have been awarded the rank of major general. Originally, Zhong Shanyue pinned his hopes on his son, he believed in his son, this kid has been bold since he was a child, has a lot of ghost ideas, is a good material to be an officer, has participated in and commanded many special operations, and has also made second-class merits, with these capitals, Zhong Yuemin will have a bright future in the army in the future. Zhong Shanyue never expected that this little rabbit cub would dare to say hello to him without even saying hello, so he went through the procedures for changing jobs by himself, and when he told Zhong Shanyue, he had already cooked raw rice and cooked rice.

Zhong Shanyue thought helplessly, his son is older, he really can't take care of it, this muddy boy doesn't take his father in his eyes at all, he can do whatever he wants, and he has no intention of asking his father's opinion at all. However, since his son has returned, Zhong Shanyue has no choice but to recognize this fait accompli, and what he is most worried about now is the strange thoughts in his son's head. According to Zhong Shanyue's idea, as a battalion cadre, going to a state organ is his only way out, but he feels that his son does not seem to have much interest in this kind of work.

As soon as Zhong Yuemin got home and sat in the living room, his father stared at him, the old man had time anyway, as long as his son was at home, he wanted to chat with his son, he was too lonely.

Zhong Shanyue asked, "Has your work problem been solved?" ”

"There is no suitable job for the time being."

"Don't worry, wait and see, there must be a suitable job, my retirement salary is enough for us to eat, I think you should enter the state organs."

Zhong Yuemin said: "Dad, I don't want to enter any institution, I just want to live a free and easy life, how do you think I am self-employed?" ”

Zhong Shanyue became angry when he heard it: "Fart, you are a battalion-level cadre, how can you be a self-employed person?" ”

"Well, don't be angry, or I won't do anything, I'll eat your salary, and don't think I'm idle when the days are long."

"I'd rather let you eat than embarrass me."

The phone rang, and Zhong Shanyue picked up the microphone: "Hey, which one?" ”

A girl's voice came from the microphone: "Please find Zhong Yuemin." ”

"He's at home, you wait a minute, ......" Zhong Shanyue covered the microphone, "You kid lied to me, didn't you say you don't have a girlfriend?" Why did the girl come to the door, you give Lao Tzu a good explanation......"

Zhong Yuemin took the microphone: "I'm Zhong Yuemin, who are you?" ”

"I'm Gao Yue."

"Wait......" he covered the microphone, Dad, are you avoiding it, or would you go out for a walk?

Zhong Shanyue said dissatisfiedly: "My girlfriend will knock Lao Tzu out with a phone call?" You bastard......"

"Dad, you are good, your son is thin-skinned."

Zhong Shanyue muttered and went out.

Zhong Yuemin whispered: "Gao Yue, I'm sorry, my dad was next to me just now, if he knew that I was going to set up a pancake stall, the old man would have to pick my skin, you can say it." ”

"I went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to ask, but they didn't give us a license, saying that we must have a business house."

Zhong Yuemin said: "Isn't this nonsense, what are we doing if we have a business room and a stall, we have already opened a restaurant, no matter so much, we can do it without a license." ”

"That's ...... All right? ”

"What the proletarians have lost is their chains, what are we afraid of? There are stalls all over the street, and they may not all have licenses, so let's do it first. ”

Gao Yue said: "Then listen to you." ”

Zhong Yuemin and Gao Yue's partnership agreement was made while drinking beer in a small restaurant.

Zhong Yuemin thinks that with his own ability, let alone opening a pancake stand, it is not a problem to open a multinational company. Partnering with this kind of little girl can basically be regarded as poverty alleviation, since it is poverty alleviation, she can't be on an equal footing with herself. He said with a big grin: "The pancake stall has a small investment, there is a flatbed tricycle, and then you can get a stove, cooking utensils or something, the key is craftsmanship." In this way, let's each contribute half of the funds, and you haven't spent your demobilization fee yet, right? I'm in charge of the pancakes, you're in charge of collecting money, profits, four or six shares, I'm six and you're four. ”

Gao Yue didn't rub the sand in his eyes: "Hey, why do you take sixty percent?" ”

Zhong Yuemin patiently explained: "I do technical work, you do skilled work, this is like I am a chef on the stove, you are a small worker responsible for peeling onions and garlic, can you compare with me?" There is also a problem of technical content, remuneration according to work is the principle of distribution in our socialism, and you have been educated by the party for many years, why don't you even understand this little truth? ”

"Zhong Yuemin, you really don't have the demeanor of a battalion commander at all, the net calculation is that we are soldiers, fortunately it is not a war, otherwise I don't even know how to die. You'd better not come to this set, isn't it just a pancake, I can do it if you can, and the profit will be split fifty-fifty, and if you don't do it, you will pull it down. ”

Zhong Yuemin thought for a while and said, "Okay, okay, let's just decide, it's okay if I suffer a little loss." Alas, only villains and women are difficult to raise. ”

Gao Yue said indignantly: "The premise of cooperation is fairness, don't think that if you have a good brain, you will make a trick for others, and make some unequal treaties with all your heart." ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "Xiao Gao, you are really not simple, you don't rub sand in your eyes when settling accounts, I like a collaborator like you." Okay, you've passed the test, and from today onwards, you and I will be partners. ”

Gao Yue said with a smile: "Your brain is spinning too fast, I have to guard against you, so I don't have to pay attention to let you calculate." ”

"It's not like words, it's really not like words, this hasn't been done yet, just calculate each other."

On the first day of the pancake stall, Zhong Yuemin specially wore a white overalls and a small white hat for Muslims. He parked the pancake cart at the intersection of a street and installed a glass pavilion on the car, on which were written in red paint in a few Arabic characters to show that it was authentic halal food, but even he did not know what those Arabic words meant.

It's morning work time, and the number of pedestrians on the street is gradually increasing. Zhong Yuemin knocked on the pan with an iron spoon, looking good about himself, Gao Yue was counting the eggs, Zhong Yuemin roared: "Do you eat pancakes?" ”

Pedestrians on the street were taken aback and stopped to watch.

Gao Yue complained in a low voice: "You are quiet, how can you be like a robber robber?" Scared people away. ”

Zhong Yuemin asked, "Xiao Gao, have you had breakfast?" ”

"Eat."

"Then I haven't eaten yet, now I have to practice my craft." Zhong Yuemin carefully spread a pancake, and then swallowed it in a few bites, and he spread a second one and devoured it. He patted his stomach, as if he was not satisfied, and picked up the spoon to spread the third cake.

Gao Yue said dissatisfiedly: "Are you finished?" It's not open yet, but you've eaten two. ”

"Don't be distressed, and deduct it from my account when you settle the bill."

There are more and more people who come to buy pancakes, Zhong Yuemin is a little in a hurry, and the pancakes he spreads out are always broken. He realized that he had made a mistake in his calculations, which seemed simple, but in fact required a bit of skill.

The people in line were impatient: "Dude, will you?" ”

Zhong Yuemin argued: "This is my ancestor, our family is an authentic Hui people, from the Western Regions, but I haven't done it for many years, and my hands are a little raw." ”

Gao Yue couldn't stand it anymore, she pushed Zhong Yuemin aside and did it herself. She is very skilled, she spreads quickly and well, and in a moment she sends away all the customers in line.

Zhong Yuemin took the money curtly and said nothing.

Gao Yue smiled and flicked his head with his fingers: "It's better to apprentice with me, and you will be wonderful." ”

Zhang Haiyang rode by here in a police uniform, he suddenly found Zhong Yuemin dressed like this, and couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately jumped out of the car and grabbed Zhong Yuemin: "What the hell are you looking like?" I thought you would just talk about it, but I didn't expect you to really do it, what's the problem with you? ”

Zhong Yuemin forced a pancake into Zhang Haiyang's hand, urging in his mouth: "Hurry up and pay ...... money"

Zhang Haiyang said: "I have breakfast. ”

"Then eat another serving, I tell you, you are not allowed to eat breakfast at home in the future, I just opened here, you have to come and cheer."

Zhang Haiyang reluctantly took out the money and said: "Our branch is in front, why did you come to the door of our unit to set up a stall?" ”

Zhong Yuemin said inch by inch: "If you talk to your colleagues, let's just say that there is an old comrade-in-arms whose business has just opened, and they all come to cheer for it." ”

"You kid just make trouble for me, this is an unlicensed operation, and you dare to run to the door of the Public Security Bureau?"

"Your public security bureau can't control unlicensed operations, who are you scaring about?"

"Then the head of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau can manage you, right? Maybe one day I'll copy your stall. ”

"Ocean, I'm open the first day, you don't give me a damn deal."

Zhong Shanyue is practicing Tai Chi in the courtyard, which is a compulsory course for him every morning and has been doing so for many years. Zhong Yuemin came in with two pancakes in his hand and shook them at his father, Zhong Shanyue hurriedly finished the routine, and finally closed the ceremony.

Zhong Yuemin said: "Dad, I'll buy you breakfast, you can eat it while it's hot." ”

The father took the pancakes: "It's better for the son to come back, I know to buy breakfast for Lao Tzu." ”

"Dad, you better find a wife, someone has to take care of you, just a little nanny can't do it." How about I'll introduce you to one? I have a comrade-in-arms whose father died, and I think you can marry his mother. ”

"Yuemin, you're looking for a beating again, aren't you? I also introduced Lao Tzu to the object, you take care of your own affairs first, and then say, you are in your thirties, and you can't even marry a wife, so you are embarrassed to say Lao Tzu? ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "I don't need you to worry about it, it's not easy to find a wife." The key is you, you are a real difficult household, high is not low, it is a bit too much to pick someone at your age, you can live with you in a down-to-earth way. ”

Zhong Shanyue said while eating: "You can make Lao Tzu happy, bastard." ”

The little nanny heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, so she walked over to open the door, and the person who came was Aunt Li next door, Aunt Li is also an old cadre, and her qualifications are older than Zhong Shanyue. As soon as the old lady entered the door, she raised her voice: "Old Zhong, let me inform you, go to the old cadre activity station at two o'clock in the afternoon, saying that I want to deliver documents to us, don't you go late, or I will call you before leaving?" ”

Zhong Shanyue hurriedly said: "No, no, I'm not old and confused, I can't be late." ”

Zhong Yuemin hurriedly greeted her: "Aunt Li is here." ”

When Aunt Li saw Zhong Yuemin, she seemed to remember something: "Yuemin, I'm looking for you." ”

"What do you say?"

"I heard my family Ji Hong say just now, you sell pancakes on the street, right?"

Zhong Yuemin glanced at his father and said casually: "What's the matter, she saw the wrong person." ”

Zhong Shanyue turned his ear back: "What pancake?" ”

Zhong Yuemin hurriedly interrupted: "Didn't I buy you pancakes just now?" ”

Aunt Li didn't give up: "Yuemin, don't fool your Aunt Li, our Ji Hong can see it clearly, saying that you are still wearing a little white hat, shouting while spreading cakes, and claiming to be an authentic Hui from the Western Regions." Didn't I say you, aren't you looking foreign? A dignified battalion officer goes to work as a self-employed person, is this like a word? ”

Zhong Shanyue finally understood: "Wow, you're really doing it." I said why are you so diligent today, you went out early, saying that you were buying pancakes for me, and you went to set up a stall after making trouble for a long time. Are you still authentic to the Hui people of the Western Regions? Even the fucking ancestors have been changed, I'll beat you up for nothing......" The old man picked up his broom and rushed towards Zhong Yuemin.

Zhong Yuemin saw that the old man was coming fiercely, and hurriedly escaped from the courtyard.

Zhong Yuemin's pancake stall has been open for two months, and his technique of spreading pancakes is already very proficient, Gao Yue is busy collecting money, and the people who buy pancakes are lined up, which makes Zhong Yuemin very encouraged. He also set up a wooden shelf on his tricycle filled with various brands of cigarettes, and his business expanded to sell cigarettes as well.

Zhou Xiaobai hurriedly rode over and stopped: "Yuemin, bring me two copies." ”

Zhong Yuemin approvingly: "Xiaobai, you are still interesting enough to come and cheer me on." ”

Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile: "Of course, there is a pancake stall at my doorstep, if it weren't for you, why would I go two stops to you to buy it?" A few days ago, I joined a medical team to tour remote areas, and Yuan Jun had just returned from a business trip. ”

"I have to say that I am an old friend, it's just interesting enough, why didn't Yuan Jun come?"

"Two people to buy a pancake? He's waiting at home to eat. ”

Zhong Yuemin said dissatisfiedly: "Zheng Tong has just left, and his house is three stops away from me, so people are called righteous." Look at your family Yuan Jun, I've been here for more than two months, and this kid hasn't been here once. You tell him that if he doesn't come again, I'm going to knock on the door. ”

Zhou Xiaobai said: "I can't come, I'll come every day in the future." Yo, who is this young lady? ”

Zhong Yuemin made a look of intoxication: "Knowingly, my girlfriend." ”

Gao Yue smiled: "Don't listen to his nonsense, my name is Gao Yue, and I am his partner." ”

Zhou Xiaobai took a closer look at Gao Yue and said, "You have to be careful, this guy is bad, he cheats the little girl, he doesn't have any rudeness with you, right?" ”

"Not yet."

"There's no harm in being careful, you just think he's an old wolf with bared teeth, ready to pounce."

Gao Yue smiled: "It's okay, my grandfather is hunting." ”

Zhou Xiaobai said: "That's good, I'm leaving." ”

Zhong Yuemin asked, "Don't you come again for two copies?" ”

"If you want to kill me, if you want to rob, just say it. Be careful, you don't have a license, beware of people from the industrial and commercial bureau checking you. ”

Zhong Yuemin didn't care: "It's okay, you can go to work quickly." ”

Zhou Xiaobai rode away.

Gao Yue looked at Zhou Xiaobai's back and said, "This female officer has an unusual relationship with you, right?" ”

"We were friends in middle school, and she got married early."

"You can see that she has a lot of feelings for you."

"Don't talk nonsense, her husband and I are buddies."

"That's useless, love is irrational."

Zhong Yuemin asked strangely: "The first time you saw her, how could you have such an idea?" ”

"Instinct."

Zhou Xiaobai hurried back again: "Yuemin, run, the people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau are here, they are checking the vendors, and they will turn around immediately." ”

Zhong Yuemin hurriedly packed his things: "Thank you, I'll leave immediately." ”

He and Gao Yue got on the tricycle and ran, and as soon as the two turned the corner, the people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau arrived from another intersection.

Zhou Xiaobai watched them run away before he breathed a sigh of relief......

Zhong Shanyue was playing Tai Chi in the courtyard, Zhong Yuemin and Gao Yue pushed the tricycle into the yard, Gao Yue spread a pancake for Zhong Shanyue, Zhong Shanyue took the formula, took the pancake handed by Gao Yue, and sat on the rattan chair to eat.

Zhong Yuemin began to make fun of the old man again: "Xiao Gao, look at my father, how quickly his thinking has changed, he almost didn't beat me that day when he knew that I was selling pancakes, and after my patient and meticulous ideological work, his old man finally had a gratifying change." ”

Gao Yue smiled: "Yuemin, don't play poor with your father. ”

The old man glared at Zhong Yuemin while eating.

"Dad, do the pancakes smell? You still beat me that day, where do you look like an old cadre who has been educated by the party for many years? Your son is considerate of the country's difficulties and is self-employed, and you not only praise me, but also beat me, which is wrong. ”

After Zhong Shanyue finished eating the pancakes, he went to Zhong Yuemin's cigarette rack and took a box of Marlboro cigarettes. He lit one, lay on the rattan chair and spit out the fog, ignoring Zhong Yuemin.

Zhong Yuemin protested: "Dad, you haven't bought cigarettes since I became a self-employed person, have you caught cigarettes that don't cost money?" Also net pick the inlet pump. Dad, it's not that I'm reluctant, I'm afraid that you are used to Marlboro, and I will change careers in the future, what should you do? This is like your delicacies from the mountains and seas, and suddenly let you eat the nest, you will definitely be very uncomfortable at that time, maybe I will not be allowed to change careers. ”

Zhong Shanyue snorted: "I thought about it a long time ago, and I didn't bother to care about it, I don't believe that you can spread pancakes for a lifetime, I don't believe that you put my words here, you kid shouldn't be annoyed if you don't work for half a year." ”

Gao Yue comforted: "Uncle Zhong, we won't sell pancakes forever, aren't we waiting for the transfer office to assign work now." ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "Dad, even if I sell pancakes for the rest of my life, what's the matter, isn't this also serving the people?" ”

Zhong Shanyue glared: "You don't play tricks with me, don't look at Lao Tzu who eats your pancakes, smokes your cigarettes, and beats you like that." ”

"That's, how else to say that you are a father, as long as you don't interfere with my freedom, I am willing to bribe you every day."

Zhong Yuemin was spreading pancakes, and Gao Yue wrapped a pancake and handed it to an old man.

A vendor dressed as a peasant came pushing a trolley with a baked sweet potato stove converted from a gasoline barrel, he looked around, then put down the car and walked in front of Zhong Yuemin, and said in a Tangshan accent: "Brother, you move the car to the side, this is the place where I sell roasted white potatoes." ”

Zhong Yuemin also replied in a Tangshan accent: "Fellow, this is the place where I sell pancakes, and I am here every day." ”

"I was still here the day before yesterday, and my daughter-in-law came yesterday, and I didn't come out of the stall, so why did it become your place?"

Zhong Yuemin said: "Do you have a license to sell baked white potatoes? Take it out and show it to me. ”

"Do you have a license to sell pancakes? Show me. ”

"Why not? I'm state-run. ”

"You are a state-run ghost, you all go into the city to do small business, what kind of state-run is you pretending to be? Get out of the way for me. ”

"I won't let me, what do you dare to do with me?"

Gao Yue covered her mouth and bent down with a smile.

The roasted sweet potato is finally on fire: "How dare you?" I called a few fellows with a phone call and smashed your pancake stand, do you believe it? ”

"My brother is the director of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce, and I asked him to copy your baked sweet potato stove with a phone call, do you believe it?"

The baked sweet potato was anxious: "Why are you unreasonable?" occupied my place, and made trouble with me. Who are you scaring with the director of the bureau for industry and commerce, if your brother is the director of the bureau, you still sell pancakes? Are you going or not? ”

"Don't go, see how dare you?"

Hand-pushed pancake cart baking sweet potatoes: "Not leaving?" If you don't go, I will ask you to go, and I will not believe that I will not be able to cure you. ”

Zhong Yuemin grabbed the hand of the cart roasting white potatoes and pinched his four fingers downward.

The roasted sweet potato screamed in pain: "Ouch, you let go......"

Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "If I don't let go, who let you bully me?" I don't know how to fight, I'll pout my fingers and see what you can do? ”

Gao Yue smiled and said, "Yuemin, let go of others, don't hurt people's fingers." ”

"No, he has to apologize to me, if he doesn't pay me two pieces of baked white potatoes, I won't let go."

The roasted sweet potato began to beg for mercy: "Ouch, brother, you light, my finger is about to break, you let go of my ......"

"Then you bake a sweet potato for me......"

A taxi stopped across the street, and the driver got out of the car and walked over to the pancake truck: "Dude, have some pancakes." ”

Zhong Yuemin let go of the vendor's hand, turned around, and was stunned: "Are you ...... Lee Kui-yong? ”

Li Kuiyong shouted in surprise: "Zhong Yuemin? ”

The two shook hands excitedly.

"Yuemin, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, right?"

"Isn't it, the last time we met was in Shichuan Village in northern Shaanxi."

Li Kuiyong looked at the roasted white potato and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "I was playing with him, he said that I occupied his place, and I had to bring a few fellow villagers to smash my stall, is this like a word?" Good peasant brothers, why did you learn badly as soon as you entered the city? Pure learning underworld bullying and dominating the market. ”

Li Kuiyong looked the roasted sweet potato up and down and said, "Just you, what about the underworld?" You first find the north and then say, go and go, what should you do, what should you do, and it will be your turn to bully the market, what kind of grandson will you pretend? Roll ......"

The roasted sweet potato rubbed his fingers and pushed up the cart and muttered in a low voice: "I thought he was also the ...... of my Hebei boundary."

Zhong Yuemin, Li Kuiyong, and Gao Yue all laughed.

Li Kuiyong dragged Zhong Yuemin to a small restaurant and asked for a bottle of Erguotou wine, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of meat skin jelly. ”

Zhong Yuemin dried up the wine in one gulp: "No, why do you think so?" ”

"Isn't this clear, I remember that you were a soldier at the end of 1969 and worked in the army for more than ten years, so you have to be a company commander and battalion commander, right? Why did you come back from the army and set up a stall to sell pancakes, if you didn't commit an accident, how could you be mixed up like this? ”

"I didn't do anything, but it was because the work assigned by the transfer office was not ideal, and I didn't want to eat at home, so I set up a pancake stall to earn some money. I don't understand how people think we're out of prison when they see us setting up a stall. ”

Li Kuiyong said: "I remember that your father was a deputy minister, and you were a demobilized military officer, but I have never seen someone of your status as a street vendor. ”

"There's nothing strange about it, there's no shame in eating by labor."

"You are really unique, I still admire you, you have been different from others since you were a child. Do you remember? At that time, you went to our courtyard to practice wrestling with me, and you had a good time with the children in our alley. ”

"Remember, I've eaten your mother's pancakes, is your mother okay?"

Li Kuiyong's expression was gloomy: "Her health is getting worse and worse, she has to go to the hospital every now and then, and she has no public medical treatment, so she relies on our brothers and sisters to raise money." ”

Zhong Yuemin asked, "Are you married?" ”

"The children are 4 years old, I returned to the city from Shaanxi in 1979, ran for a year to find a job, entrusted a lot of people, and finally found a job to drive a taxi.

Zhong Yuemin comforted: "Don't worry, this is all temporary, aren't I inferior to you now, we can't always be like this." ”

Li Kuiyong sighed: "Dude, I have no drama in my life, you see those children who grew up with me in our alleys, what do they do when they are fathers, and they will take over any class when they are sons, no matter how much they jump, they can't jump out of this circle." ”

"Kui Yong, there are also a lot of people in our 'old third term', do you remember Zheng Tong? He, like us, just caught up with the '**' in the first year of junior high school, but he was admitted to the university by himself, and we can only complain that we have wasted our time, and now it is useless to complain about anyone, so we can only start from scratch honestly. ”

Li Kuiyong asked, "Do you plan to start by selling pancakes?" ”

"I don't plan to sell pancakes forever, but I have to look for opportunities slowly."

Li Kuiyong said sincerely: "Dude, what I can help you now is to bring a few more buddies to buy your pancakes every day, I really can't help with other helps." ”

"I can't thank you enough for that, thank you."

Gao Yue sat alone in a café, holding a glass of red wine in his hand and looking at it carefully. Zhong Yuemin hurriedly walked into the café, and when he saw Gao Yue, he said dissatisfiedly: "I said Miss Gao, I'm busy, you called me with a phone call, and you didn't say what it was, are you treating me as an idler?" ”

Gao Yue smiled: "Aren't you just a pancake seller?" It's not a leading cadre, what are you busy with? ”

Zhong Yuemin sat down: "You say, what's the matter?" ”

Gao Yue threw a brown paper envelope on the table: "This is your dividend, and the detailed account is also in it, you click a little." ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "Oh, split the money? I've forgotten about this, so you're not going to do anything about it, are you? ”

Gao Yueliu's eyebrows were raised: "What did you say?" ”

"Ouch, don't be angry, I'm kidding."

Gao Yue glared at him: "I can't imagine that you have actually been a battalion commander, I have never seen an officer like you who is not in shape." ”

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Is there any news from the transfer office?" ”

"I wasn't assigned to a factory in the suburbs last time, and I haven't been contacted since."

Zhong Yuemin said with a lot of experience: "Finding a suitable job always has to have some relationship, and I am afraid it will be difficult to do it without entrusting people." ”

"Isn't it okay for me to find a job. But what's the matter with you? It doesn't have to do with it.,It seems that I love selling pancakes very much.。 ”

"That's because I'm not what you think. First of all, you have to figure out why people work. There is no need to be high-profile on this issue, if you have to say that you are serving the people, then I can only think that you are not sincere enough. I only know that people need to eat, but food doesn't fall from the sky, you have to earn it, and the most basic purpose of work is to support your family, so it's easy to think. ”

"It's so straightforward, I'm not used to being so straightforward."

"You'll get used to it, since being a high-ranking official and selling pancakes are both a means of making a living, so I simply choose to sell pancakes, because selling pancakes is more brain-saving. If someone thinks I'm ashamed to sell pancakes, it only means that he's a layman. ”

Gao Yue said: "It sounds like a truth, but I can't learn from you, if I really want to sell pancakes for a lifetime, I'm afraid it will be a problem for me to even get married." ”

"This is more of a layman's idea, in fact, what you really think about is the question of who to marry, if it is just to solve the problem of marrying, it is easy to do, there are many people who are willing to marry you, for example, a vegetable farmer in the suburbs marries you, maybe you still feel that you are climbing, so you have to correct a sentence: if you sell pancakes for a lifetime, then it will be difficult to marry a person with status and status."

Gao Yue said embarrassedly: "I'm so vulgar? ”

"Don't be embarrassed, it's not bad to be a layman."

"Nasty! Yuemin, is it okay to ask you a personal question? ”

"It's best not to ask anything other than work."

Gao Yue said stubbornly: "I'm going to ask, do you have a girlfriend?" ”

"No, I didn't have a chance in the first half of my life."

"Don't be so modest, I don't think you are annoying to women, some romances are normal. That beautiful female officer looks at you with deep affection, there must be a story between you, can you tell me about it? ”

Zhong Yuemin frowned and said: "Xiao Gao, today we are talking about dividends, not about Zhong's romance, you are off topic." ”

Gao Yue said reluctantly: "I just want to listen." ”

Zhong Yuemin stiffened his face: "I want to ask you a question, do you ...... Are you in love with me? ”

Gao Yue lowered his head embarrassedly: "What nonsense, how long have we known each other?" Still, I like you. ”

"Oh, that's the same thing."

"It's not the same thing, love and liking are not the same."

Zhong Yuemin stared at her coldly: "Okay, even if it's not the same thing, I'm a man, you're a woman, we like each other, there's a name here, many stories are generated like this, so what should we do next?" Can't you always like to come and go and not do something serious? ”

The smile on Gao Yue's face gradually receded, and he became serious: "Oh, you go on, what should you do?" ”

"Quite simply, don't you want to hear my romance? That's me and someone else, it's boring for you to hear, why don't we make a romance now, make up a love story, and if you agree, I'll go open a room now. ”

Gao Yue's face was calm and slowly stood up: "This idea is not bad, but ...... Can you? ”

Zhong Yuemin said lightly: "You can try it and you'll know." ”

Gao Yue coldly poured the wine in the cup on Zhong Yuemin's face: "Muddy ass! She walked away without looking back.

Zhong Yuemin silently wiped his face with a tissue, and then shouted: "Pay the bill." ”

Zhong Yuemin likes to lie in bed and listen to music and read books before going to bed, and these days he is reading Montesquieu's "The Spirit of the Law", which Zheng Tong lent him. The sound of soft classical music came from the speaker in the corner of the house, Zhong Yuemin felt that this kind of life was quite satisfying, selling pancakes for 3 hours every morning, and then the time of the day was at his disposal, and he had never been so leisurely in the first half of his life.

The phone on the bedside table rang, Zhong Yuemin looked at his watch, it was already half past 12 o'clock at night, who was so ignorant and called in the middle of the night? He grabbed the phone: "Who?" Please speak. ”

Gao Yue's voice came from the microphone: "It's me." ”

Zhong Yuemin asked knowingly: "Who are you?" ”

"Nonsense, you can't hear it?"

"I'm sorry, I really can't remember, I know too many ladies and often get into trouble, please give your name."

Gao Yue shouted: "Zhong Yuemin, you bully people. ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "I heard it, it's Xiao Gao, is there something wrong?" It was so late, I thought it was a harassing phone call. ”

"Zhong Yuemin, you have to apologize to me."

"Oh, still angry about that?"

"I'm so angry that I can't sleep, the more I think about it, the more angry I become, especially the face you had at that time, with a frivolous face, what did you think of me?"

Zhong Yuemin said: "Yes, I apologize, but then again, who asked you to inquire about my privacy, how old are you, it is the age of every day, why are you interested in the privacy of adults, and don't criticize you a few words?" Watch out for it later. ”

Gao Yue shouted with a crying voice: "Are you calling this an apology?" Teach me again, and pretend to be an elder, aren't you 10 years older than me, what's the big deal? ”

"Okay, yellow-haired girl, it's no good to quarrel with me, just talk about it. Go to bed, have a good dream, and wake up early tomorrow. ”

"Don't hang up the phone, my anger hasn't subsided. Yuemin, you are a very good person, but your mouth is too bad, of course, I shouldn't ask you about private matters, I won't make this kind of mistake again in the future. ”

"Hey, that's right, what a good little girl, but her curiosity is too strong, if you change this problem, it's no problem to marry a good man."

Gao Yue smiled: "I hate ......"

"Not angry?"

"It's gone."

"Then go to sleep."

"Hmm."

Zhong Yuemin was talking to Gao Yue while spreading pancakes, and the two middle-aged men who bought pancakes were waiting patiently on the side.

Gao Yue said worriedly: "Yuemin, let's close the stall early today, I heard that the city has been rectified in the past two days, and the industrial and commercial bureau has been checking it very tightly." ”

Zhong Yuemin said nonchalantly: "Those people in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau are wild wolves who don't eat dead children - living people are used to it, I don't want money here, I have a life." ”

Gao Yue pouted: "Don't blow it, didn't you jump like a rabbit when you checked it?" I can't catch up with you. ”

"It seems that I need to tell you about military knowledge, let's put it this way, in the past, cannons had no power plant, they had to be pulled by mules, horses or cars, and then people thought of a way, why not put cannons on vehicles? So there was a self-propelled gun, which was very mobile, ran away after the fight, and when the enemy returned fire, it had already run away. ”

"You're saying your pancake truck is the equivalent of a self-propelled gun?"

Zhong Yuemin praised: "It's really smart, in the past, the wonton seller had a pick, because there was no industrial and commercial bureau at that time, and now the situation is different, we must make corresponding adjustments to do small business, and we must have a certain ability to maneuver, how about the industrial and commercial bureau?" He's coming, I'm leaving, and my buddies haven't had time to take care of them. ”

While the two were talking, there was a sudden chaos on the street, and the vendors packed up their things in panic and fled, and someone shouted: "The industrial and commercial bureau has raided it!" ”

Zhong Yuemin rode on the tricycle unhurriedly and said, "Don't worry, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau is not a tiger, can it still eat us?" ”

Gao Yue urged: "Don't be poor, run away." ”

Two middle-aged men dressed as customers suddenly pressed Zhong Yuemin's handlebars: "Where are you going?" We are from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. ”

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "Yes, I was ambushed." I said, comrade, is it worth it for your dignified state cadre to work so hard for a street vendor? ”

A tall middle-aged man said: "We have received a report a long time ago, and it has not been a day or two since we arrested you, and every time we let you run away, we should settle the general account today." ”

Another cadre said: "Every day when we go to work and you get off work, we play hide and seek with us, it is very difficult to see you once, today we have to go to work early to invite you, come with us, and push your 'self-propelled gun'." ”

Zhong Yuemin and Gao Yue were taken to the office of the industrial and commercial bureau, where they sat on a bench against the wall, and two cadres in industrial and commercial uniforms took notes while questioning. A middle-aged man pushed the door in, and two industrial and commercial cadres stood up: "Section Chief Li, are you here?" ”

Section Chief Li looked at Zhong Yuemin and Gao Yue and said, "That's them?" ”

An industrial and commercial cadre said: "Yes, they have been operating without a license for half a year, and every time they are raided, they are allowed to run away. ”

Gao Yue stood up and begged: "Section Chief Li, we know that we are wrong, and we will never do it again in the future." ”

Section Chief Li said coldly: "Now I announce the decision to punish you, because you have been operating without a license for half a year, which has caused a very bad impact, after our research, we have decided to confiscate your tricycle, cigarettes and all cooking utensils, and impose a fine of 500 yuan." If you are not satisfied with our penalty decision, you can file a complaint with our superior authority within 10 days, or you can file a lawsuit in court. ”

Zhong Yuemin looked at the ceiling and said, "There's no money, you can do it." ”

There was a sound of glass breaking outside the window, and Zhong Yuemin looked out the window and saw several cadres of the industrial and commercial bureau smashing the glass pavilion on the pancake truck with hammers. Zhong Yuemin was anxious when he saw it, turned his head and rushed out of the door, two industrial and commercial cadres grabbed him, Zhong Yuemin subconsciously shook his shoulders, the two cadres were thrown down, the coffee table in the house was knocked over, Gao Yue rushed up and hugged Zhong Yuemin's waist violently.

Zhong Yuemin roared angrily: "Get out of the ......"

Gao Yue begged with tears in his eyes: "Yuemin, forget it, I admit the punishment, I beg you." ”

The two cadres who fell down got up and grabbed Zhong Yuemin again: "Don't think about leaving, this is to obstruct law enforcement officers from performing their official duties and beat law enforcement officers." ”

Section Chief Li pointed at Zhong Yuemin and trembled angrily: "Call the police immediately, it's the first time I've seen such an arrogant unlicensed vendor, I advise you to be honest, and when the police come, it's not as polite as us." ”

Gao Yue pleaded: "Section Chief Li, let's admit the punishment, can't I go back and get the money immediately?" ”

Section Chief Li said coldly: "It's too late to admit punishment, it's not a matter of fines now, you have something to say to the Public Security Bureau." ”

Zhong Yuemin calmed down, and he sat down silently.

The Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Public Security Bureau are not far away, and the people of these two organs are also relatively familiar, and if there is anything on the side of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, they usually call the criminal police team directly. It stands to reason that this kind of trivial matter can be handled by the people from the police station, but because the relationship between the two organs is very good, the police officers of the criminal police team are embarrassed to refuse, so when they encounter people from the industrial and commercial bureau calling the police, they generally give some face and send two people to deal with it. As soon as Zhang Haiyang got to work, he heard a colleague say that there was a pancake vendor in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau who was making trouble, and the team was about to send two people to deal with it. Zhang Haiyang immediately thought of Zhong Yuemin, except for Zhong Yuemin, which unlicensed vendor is so bold, so arrogant without a license. Zhang Haiyang immediately found the captain and contracted this matter. On the way to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, Zhang Haiyang couldn't help but laugh and wondered, where did Zhong Yuemin get this domineering? Even doing business without a license is so reasonable.

Zhang Haiyang finally settled Zhong Yuemin's matter by relying on his identity as a criminal policeman, and although Section Chief Li of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau was angry, he couldn't help but give some face to the people of the criminal police team. Zhong Yuemin still didn't know each other, so he confidently asked the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to return the tricycle to him. Zhang Haixin said, it's a blessing that you weren't detained, what kind of car do you need?

After the matter was dealt with, it was time for lunch, Zhang Haiyang took Zhong Yuemin and Gao Yue back to the sub-bureau and invited them to lunch in the canteen of the sub-bureau. During the meal, Gao Yue thanked Zhang Haiyang vigorously, but Zhong Yuemin was silent with a gloomy face. When Zhang's colleagues from the Haiyang Interpol heard about this, they all flocked to the cafeteria with curiosity to see what the unlicensed vendor, who had been a battalion commander, looked like. Under the gaze of everyone, Zhong Yuemin ate three steamed buns and a bowl of braised pork as if no one was around. After lunch, Zhang Haiyang sent Zhong Yuemin and Gao Yue out of the gate of the Public Security Bureau.

Zhang Haiyang explained as he walked: "I just came, and I don't know many people, so I can't help you, just confiscate the things." I told the people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau about your situation, and they expressed their understanding and could not be pursued. ”

Gao Yue thanked him for his kindness: "Brother Zhang, thank you, if it weren't for your help today, I would have detained him." ”

"Thank you, old comrade-in-arms. Yuemin, you have to pay attention in the future, don't be so angry, you are still the commander of the reconnaissance battalion? From the army to the locality, the environment has changed, and I know that you can't adapt for a while, but if you don't adapt, you have to adapt, and society must force you to adapt, otherwise you will be punished. I'm telling you, I don't want to deal with you in the interrogation room in the future. ”

Zhong Yuemin said impatiently: "Okay, in the future, someone will pee in my mouth, and I will stretch out my mouth to ensure that I don't get angry, and I have to boast in my mouth, it's like a fucking five-star beer, it tastes great." ”

Zhang Haiyang persuaded: "Don't complain, let's find a transfer and other distributions, don't sell pancakes anymore, tell me when you are short of money, I don't have a burden anyway, just don't make trouble." Well, I'm on duty today, so I won't send you off. ”

Gao Yue held Zhang Haiyang's hand: "Goodbye, Brother Zhang." ”

Zhong Yuemin looked at Zhang Haiyang's back thoughtfully, and Gao Yue gently took Zhong Yuemin's arm: "Go back, we don't have to get up early tomorrow." ”

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "It seems that I still have to find a suitable job." ”

Gao Yue looked at him quietly: "I know you have a way, but you don't want to ask someone, right?" ”

"Then beg for someone, I don't care about face......"