When Old Man Jiang saw me like that, he laughed and scolded me: "Baby, you are so stupid." But his eyes were full of love. Of course, when he scolded me, he reached out and touched my head. I acted as usual. A string of goosebumps arose.
However, I didn't ask him what we were doing in the town.
The car is fast. It usually takes more than an hour to walk on the asphalt road, but it only takes a few minutes to take the car.
These few minutes of riding in the car were so precious to me that I reluctantly got out of the car.
The town is still very lively, with small restaurants, supply and marketing cooperatives, parks, and cinemas! Of course, there are also some small carts selling snacks.
I was very greedy, but I asked my cheap master to ask for it. Looking at him like that, he had no money.
Unexpectedly, my cheap master took the initiative to buy me a pack of fried peanuts. In addition, I drank orange soda for the first time. I drank it so much that I cherished it. The boss who was waiting for me to return the bottle was probably impatient. He wanted to snatch it from me and prevent me from drinking it.
After drinking the soda, I peeled off the fried peanuts in my pocket and let Old Man Jiang lead me very obediently all the way. The cheap master was quite generous, and I found that I liked him a little. Anyway, I had snacks stuffed in my mouth, so I I didn’t ask him where he wanted to take me after all the twists and turns.
After walking in the town for a few minutes, Old Man Jiang took me into a relatively remote alley. There are many single-family courtyards here. He took me straight to one of the small courtyards that looked like an office. In front of the courtyard gate.
In that era, there were many such offices. Anyway, some were the 'United Front Work Department' and some were the 'xx Office'. By 1974, there were many fewer such so-called temporary headquarters, but there were still some. In short, this small courtyard was a place for various Planted inconspicuously.
Old Man Jiang knocked loudly at the door. After a while, a lazy voice sounded: "Who is it?" Then a young man in ordinary military uniform came to open the door.
"Who are you?" The man couldn't be said to be very friendly, but he wasn't very mean either.
Old Man Jiang took a dirty thing from his pocket and gave it to him. I visually judged that it was a shellless thing, something similar to a household registration book. Anyway, Old Man Jiang made it dirty.
The man took it over and looked at it carefully with some disgust. His expression changed at first glance. He was about to give Old Man Jiang a military salute, but Old Man Jiang held him back: "Don't do this, I won't do it." I like it. If it is not necessary, I would rather be an idle cloud and a crane."
As he said that, he pulled me into the small courtyard. The courtyard was quiet and peaceful. There were two people drinking tea and a few others playing cards. These people didn't look like soldiers at first sight, but they were wearing military uniforms. Anyway, I can’t tell, I just feel like everything in this yard is a bit magical.
Old Man Jiang ignored those people and pulled me straight to a room. Those few people also did their own things and ignored Old Man Jiang.
It wasn't until the young man who opened the door for us said something to those people that those idle people began to look serious, and their eyes looking at Old Man Jiang were filled with something akin to admiration.
The few people discussed hesitantly for a few words, and then one of them, who looked almost middle-aged, walked over quickly and said with great respect: "Master Jiang, how can we help you?"
"No need for now, I need to use the phone now." Old Man Jiang's expression was also indifferent, neither condescending nor vulgar.
The man didn't waste any time, followed Old Man Jiang into the office, took out the key and opened the small lock of a phone.
Old Man Jiang took the phone directly, started shaking it, and then connected the phone in various ways.
I was in the office, eating the roasted peanuts with great gulps, and didn't bother to pay attention to what my cheap master said.
However, after a while, my cheap master's words caught my attention.
"Yes, I want Yu Xiaohong's birthday and horoscope. The more detailed the better."
What does Master want to do with Yu Xiaohong’s birth date? Who is on the other end of the phone? What on earth is this place
I spit out the peanut shells on the ground, squatted on the stool, held my head in my hands, and actually started to think.
But that old man Jiang is so damned. He was talking on the phone so seriously, but he still noticed me. When he saw me like this, he yelled: "No one is allowed to sweep peanut shells for him, what kind of behavior is this?! Wait!" You can sweep up the peanut shells for me yourself!"
His roar frightened the hand of the man holding the broom to sweep away the peanut shells. Then the man put the broom into my hand, looked at me sympathetically, and went out.
So obedient! ! Who are you! ! I'm only 7 years old, you have the heart to let me sweep peanut shells
I was angry but didn't dare to resist and went to the ground to sweep up the peanut shells. I deeply felt that my cheap master was cheating me by buying peanuts for me to eat! However, I had finished eating the peanuts now, and I kept my ears pointed while sweeping the floor to listen to what Old Man Jiang was saying.
"You can look through the population files at any time. Is this difficult?"
"Haha, you inherited those two bloodlines, but you still don't have the ability to infer this? I want the accurate birth date and horoscope!!"
"Come on, don't go around me. Think I owe you a favor. I also want Yu Xiaohong's photo, fax it over."
"Stop talking nonsense, I'm hanging up."
This old man Jiang has such a temper that he hangs up as soon as he says he wants to hang up. I just finished sweeping the floor and looked at him eagerly, not knowing what to do next.
As for there was another person in the office at this time, the one who opened the door for us, he was coming in with a cup of tea. He completely heard the rude tone of Old Man Jiang, and for some reason, he looked frightened.
"Master Jiang, do you want to use the fax machine?" The man put down the tea and asked cautiously.
"Well, I'll come back in an hour. I need to use the phone and the fax machine." Old Man Jiang nodded, took a casual sip of tea, 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 the hell was a fax machine
One hour is quite boring for me. As soon as Old Man Jiang left the house, he bought me another bag of fried peanuts and a bag of fried melon seeds, and then took me to the tree on the most prosperous street in the town. The next time I sat down, I stopped moving.
He looked left and right with a smile, and I squatted beside him to crack peanuts. After cracking peanuts, I cracked melon seeds...
After half an hour passed, I couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Master, what are you looking at?"
"Haha, look over there. Is that girl with two pigtails pushing a bicycle good?" Old Man Jiang pointed at the big girl and said to me with interest.
"I don't know." I spat out two pieces of melon seed skin and replied directly. In the eyes of 7-year-old me, a big girl is definitely not as good as a toy gun, or even a green military hat.
"Forget it, it's all in vain if I tell you." Old Man Jiang ignored me and continued to look under the tree with a smile. I had no choice but to squat beside him in boredom.
Fortunately, an hour was not too long. Guessing that the time was almost up, Old Man Jiang stood up, let out a sigh of satisfaction, stretched, and led me back to the yard.
As soon as he entered the office in the yard, a man came over, handed Old Man Jiang two notes, and said respectfully: "Master Jiang, we just picked up..."
Old Man Jiang coughed, interrupted him, and asked directly: "He called, right? So this is what I want?"
"Yes." The man said quickly.
"That's good, I'm leaving." After saying that, Old Man Jiang turned around and left without waiting for the man to answer.
After just two steps, he took me back and said, "It's almost 5 o'clock. Let's get a car and take us to the intersection in xx Township."
"Yes!" The man replied loudly immediately. It seemed that he also knew that Old Man Jiang didn't like nonsense, and he might have some scruples in front of me.
I'm excited, I'm excited, I'm pretty 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 never thought that one day I would be able to ride in this kind of car. Sit on.