Zhou Changhao explained with a smile: "I'm talking about you. When you first came to the institute, you were young and didn't understand anything. You followed Lao Zhang like a follower."

Hu Pingtao suddenly understood. He nodded with a smile and said with some emotion: "Yes! At that time, Brother Liao was still the director."

Zhou Changhao raised his finger and pointed at the conference room diagonally opposite: "Now it's your turn to lecture the newcomers."

Hu Pingtao laughed loudly and said: "If you don't tell me, I really didn't think of this. Now think about it, it has been many years in the blink of an eye... Let's go! Go and see these new comrades."

…

The welcome speech was very simple, and the next step was to group the five newcomers into groups and take up their duties that day.

Among them was a young man named Cui Wen, who Hu Pingtao paid special attention to. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with this man, but that he had a calm temperament and seemed to make people feel comfortable.

As soon as we were divided into groups and equipped with equipment, we received a call from the 110 command center.

Normally, Wang Gui and Meng Hui usually follow Hu Pingtao on duty. Today there are newcomers, and they pay attention to "passing, helping, and leading". They are divided into groups to lead people. Hu Pingtao called Cui Wen's name by the way.

He is in a group with himself.

When he came to the police electric vehicle, Hu Pingtao wanted to sit directly in the cab. After thinking about it, he turned around and asked Cui Wen who was following behind: "Xiao Cui, can you drive this?"

Cui Wen nodded: "Yes."

Hu Pingtao held the car key in his hand and did not rush to hand it over. He said seriously: "Don't pretend to be an expert! Why don't I drive a car to show you first? You can learn from the side and come back."

Replace you?"

Cui Wen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Director! It's okay. I'm more familiar with electric cars than you are. I'm not bragging. I've driven all the two-wheeled, three-wheeled, and four-wheeled electric cars on the market."

This was said in such a strong tone that Hu Pingtao was dubious: "Really?"

Cui Wen smiled and nodded: "How about I go up first and drive around for a while? If you think it's inappropriate, director, I can come down again?"

He really didn't lie, his electric car driving skills are much better than Wang Gui's.

After leaving the police station gate and getting on the highway, Hu Pingtao looked at Cui Wen who was able to control the car easily and said with a smile: "Okay! Who did you learn your driving skills from?"

Cui Wen explained: "I used to work on the coast. At first, I rode a motorcycle. Later, motorcycles were banned, so I switched to riding an electric scooter. At that time, I spent the whole day outside soliciting passengers and carrying people. The more I rode, the more I became familiar with it.

Already."

Hu Pingtao suddenly became interested: "Didn't you graduate from college? Why didn't you find a job at that time?"

Cui Wendao: "I was only twenty years old at that time and didn't know anything. My parents were working at home and farmed, and they didn't know what to do with my work. At that time, almost all the young people in our village went to work outside, to the coast.

They ran over there, so I followed them. I heard them say that working in a factory can earn you several thousand a month, which is much better than farming."

"So I followed a relative to the coast, and my first job in a factory was driving screws. I worked there for three years."

"I changed to several factories, including hardware factory, electronics factory, plastics factory, clothing factory... I couldn't work for a long time. On the one hand, the salary was low, and then something happened."

"I accidentally cut off my finger by a machine, here, the ring finger of my left hand. The reamer was too fast at the time, and it cut off half of my finger in one go. The blood gushed out like a fountain. It was so painful that I almost almost died on the spot.

Pass out."

"Because it happened in the factory, my boss asked someone to take me to the hospital. Later, he gave me a total of more than 5,000 yuan including salary and compensation..."

"Wait!" Hu Pingtao interrupted him, frowned and asked: "Only more than five thousand? How much is it specifically?"

"Five thousand two." Cui Wen said frankly.

When Hu Pingtao heard this, he opened his mouth and cursed: "This is too dark! My finger is broken. This is a work-related injury. You should have done an injury assessment and contacted the local law enforcement department."

Cui Wen had a bitter look on his face: "I didn't know anything at that time, and I would take whatever the boss gave me. In fact, I still had thoughts in my heart and thought he was too mean. But looking back, I couldn't do anything about him.

!After all, people are poor and have short ambitions, and their arms can’t twist their thighs.”

"Because my finger was broken, I couldn't do some work. In addition, I had to recuperate during that time, so I stayed in a rental house for a while."

"Later, a fellow countryman came to see me and persuaded me to go motorcycle racing with him. I thought it was an easy job and free, so I agreed. I spent more than a thousand dollars to buy a second-hand motorcycle.

Start soliciting customers."

"Later on, I switched to electric cars... My income can only be said to be so-so. I will starve to death, and I will never get rich. But I have saved some money on hand, and I can basically survive."

Hu Pingtao asked with a smile: "Then why don't you continue to solicit passengers and carry people over there, and come back to be a co-op?"

Cui Wen was silent for a moment and said calmly: "That saying goes well: fallen leaves return to their roots... I have to go home!"

…

The location provided by the caller on the phone was the dormitory of the Institute of Optics.

The Optical Research Institute of Dian Province used to be a military industrial enterprise and was later transferred to a local government. Although it is an old house built in the last century, the environment in the yard is much better than that of ordinary residential areas. The only problem is that there is no underground parking lot.

Ground space is occupied by various vehicles.

Building 3, 401.

Hu Pingtao pressed the doorbell, and a middle-aged man opened the door and welcomed them in.

The room is very large, with a visual area of ​​about 80 square meters. This is a former housing reform house, and the actual area is larger than the house book. It is estimated to be about 90 square meters. Nowadays, real estate developers have launched various new houses.

The term "public stall" is actually the so-called "new concept" brought by the bald man, which has caused great harm to people and will be infamy for thousands of years.

There was an old couple sitting on the sofa in the living room. They seemed to be a couple. They were very old, around seventy, maybe sixty-eight or nine.

There is a middle-aged woman sitting on the chair on the side. She is thin and wearing a floral dress. She has an average appearance and a haggard expression.

The middle-aged man who opened the door obviously knew the police procedure very well. He pulled up two chairs and asked Hu Pingtao and Cui Wen to sit down, and then began to introduce himself: "Hello, my name is Zhao Chunming."

He then pointed to the woman sitting beside him: "She is my sister Zhao Chunhong."

When it was the turn of the two old men on the sofa, Zhao Chunming's face showed obvious anger and disgust: "His name is Lu Chengfu, and the other one is his wife, Yang Jiaoxian. They... are my sister's biological parents.

.”

This introduction sounds a bit strange and confusing. Although Hu Pingtao has dealt with various civil disputes and is well-informed, he was still stunned for a few seconds. Then, with a puzzled face, he raised his finger and pointed at Zhao Chunhong, and then turned to Zhao Chunhong.

Chunming asked tentatively: "...you...are not related by blood?"

Zhao Chunming nodded and explained: "My dad used to be a senior engineer at the Institute of Optics, and my mom was a teacher in the institute's kindergarten. When I was eleven years old, my dad picked up my sister on the way to work..."

Just as he said this, the old man Lu Chengfu sitting on the sofa opposite interrupted him and shouted at the top of his voice: "What do you mean picking up? Where did this child come from on the road in broad daylight? He is obviously the one who adopted my daughter."

Zhao Chunming stared at him coldly: "Some things cannot be changed by just talking. My father picked up my sister back then, and there were several witnesses around him."

Lu Chengfu was thin, with his back stooped and a cane in both hands. He was angry at Zhao Chunming's words and insisted on his own statement: "What do you know? Young people talk nonsense and pick up children on the road... If you have the ability, you

Now go out and pick one up and show it to me?"

Zhao Chunming got angry and slammed the table hard, making a deafening noise: "I'm warning you, this is my house. If you talk nonsense again, get out!"

Zhao Chunhong next to her became anxious and quickly stood up to dissuade her in a low voice: "Brother, don't be like this, he... he is my father after all. If you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, can you give me some face?"

Zhao Chunming pointed at Lu Chengfu and shouted sternly: "Then shut him up! Dad went through the formalities when he adopted you. The police station, maternal and child health hospital, neighborhood office, and family planning department all stamped and issued certificates.

Otherwise, you will be a gangster, and you will have trouble eating, let alone going to school."

Hu Pingtao was on hand to smooth things over: "That's right. In the past, the household registration and the grain book were linked together. If there was no name on the household registration book, you couldn't buy grain from the grain store. You could only buy high-priced grain from outside."

Zhao Chunhong kept holding Zhao Chunming's arm, lowered her head, and said in a low voice: "...I know, my parents have always been very good to me."

When Zhao Chunming heard this, he became even more angry and pointed at Lu Chengfu and Yang Jiaoxian sitting on the sofa: "You know? You know that you still have to recognize them? Do you know how sad your parents are? We are a family of four.

I was living a good life, but when they came, my parents got into trouble one after another, and now the family is in trouble like this again."

Zhao Chunhong lowered her head and cried, wiping away tears.

It could be seen that Zhao Chunming had quite a lot of affection for this unrelated sister. He patted Zhao Chunhong's shoulders lightly a few times, turned to Hu Pingtao, and sighed: "Although they say that family scandals should not be made public, I really feel sorry for you today.

I had no choice but to call the police."

Although he still didn't know exactly what happened, Hu Pingtao still nodded in understanding: "Don't worry, you speak slowly, I'm listening."

Zhao Chunming continued: "When my father picked up my sister, he didn't think about adopting him at first. He took the child home and searched for more than a month, but couldn't find the child's parents. All the elderly people involved in this matter

I know, and there is the security section of the institute. My father asked the security section chief at the time to help, but there was no result after searching, so my parents discussed it, went through the procedures, and adopted the child, so she became my

younger sister."

"Actually, according to the rules at the time, it was against the rules for my dad to do this, because only families without children could adopt. But many things were done privately, and the street office also said it. If it hadn't been for my parents at that time,

If you adopt my sister and send her directly to an orphanage, her current condition will definitely not be that good."

"My parents are really good to Chunhong. When my sister got older, they sent Chunhong to learn piano, dance, swimming and foreign languages. As you know in the past environment, the salary was not high, especially

Later, the institute was restructured into an enterprise, and the wages of employees could only be said to be subsistence. The reason why our family is special is because of our overseas connections."

"My grandfather ran to Canada before liberation. At that time, there was polygamy. He...he had three women. My grandfather ran away with the two girls, leaving my grandmother with my dad...well, the old man in the family had something to do.

I’m not very sure, I just know that my grandfather was injured and couldn’t have any more children, so after the reform and opening up, he contacted China and found my dad.”

"At that time, my grandfather wanted to take my parents abroad, but my father didn't want to, saying that he wanted to stay. My grandfather saw that my father was very determined, so he asked him to wait until I became an adult before sending me out. Because he

If you don’t have children abroad, someone must inherit your property and so on.”

"Because of my grandfather's financial support, my family's financial situation is better."

"It's no exaggeration. If it weren't for my parents, Chunhong would not even have a job now... My sister's college entrance examination scores were average, and she later went to a junior college. Because she didn't have a bachelor's degree, she couldn't find a suitable job. My dad

I managed to get her a career index and joined the district agricultural bureau, where she is now."

"After I graduated from college, I went abroad to help my grandfather run the business there. Later, when my grandfather passed away, I was left in charge of the inheritance and company there."
To be continued...