Hu Pingtao asked: "Then tell me, how should I investigate this matter? It's just something worth more than a thousand yuan, and it doesn't even meet the standards for filing a case. Under what category should I investigate it?"

"You have seen how messy the amusement park is. There are people everywhere. The place where you change shoes in the lobby outside is even messier. The footprints and other traces have long been gone. There is only a pair of dirty and worn shoes. How can I check it?"

"As soon as you arrived at the police station today, we received a call from the 110 command center. Originally, I wanted to gather everyone to hold a welcome meeting for you, but there was no chance. As you can see, the police station has a lot of daily work.

Busy. If a lot of manpower and material resources are invested in this matter, even if it is finally investigated and the truth comes out, who is the liar and who is shirking responsibility? Is this interesting? "

"It would be better to do nothing and spend a lot of energy on these aspects every day."

"Why does the bureau set up separate criminal investigation, anti-narcotics, economic investigation and other divisions?"

"Why do all the police officers say that working in grassroots units is the most difficult?"

"Because we have to deal with a large number of civil disputes every day. If everything goes according to plan, then all of us will be exhausted even if we die, and we will not be able to achieve anything famous, let alone maintain social order."

Long Xu was stunned by what he said. He was not a newbie in the industry. He could be regarded as an old policeman in terms of age and qualifications. Long Xu was somewhat unconvinced and argued: "I work at the border police station.

But it’s not as exaggerated as you said.”

Hu Pingtao laughed when he heard this: "Can the border police station be the same as ours? I have a good relationship with the Zhang family brothers. Do you want me to call Zhang Qingwei now and ask him to have a good talk with you?"

Long Xu didn't understand for a while and asked in confusion: "What did you say?"

Hu Pingtao stretched out his right index finger: "First of all, the region. The southwestern provinces are vast and sparsely populated, let's talk about Banna Prefecture! At the time of the seventh national census in 2020, the permanent population of Banna Prefecture was 130

There are tens of thousands of people. Think about it, that’s an entire ethnic autonomous prefecture!”

"As for the border police station, you know how long the border is. Just the few people in the station can't go around the entire jurisdiction in a whole day. Many places are deep in the mountains and forests, and there are snakes, insects and wild beasts. I used to be in

At the border inspection station, Zhang Qingwei often complained to me about daily patrols. But there was nothing he could do if he complained again! There are only a few establishments given above, and the recruitment of auxiliary police officers must follow the rules... In short, there is one sentence: manage

The place is too big and there are too few people.”

Long Xu nodded with understanding: "That's true. There are not many people in charge of the border, just a few Dai villages."

Hu Pingtao said with a smile: "Yes! It is easier to manage when there are fewer people, because there are not so many things to do. If you look back at us, the provincial capital has a permanent population of more than 8.5 million.

, think about how many times this is the entire prefecture of Banna. Let’s narrow it down a bit, first to Gudu District, and then to our Eryuan Road Police Station. The permanent population in the area under its jurisdiction alone is hundreds of thousands.”

"When there are more people, there will be conflicts, and food and drink are all in question. Let's talk about the simplest water problem! When you are at the border station, if someone's water pipe in the village is blocked, or the water is cut off on a certain day, how will you deal with it?

?”

Long Xu opened his mouth and answered without thinking: "You can solve it yourself! If the water pipe is blocked, you can dig it out yourself. When there is no water, just wait. If you are in a hurry, go to the river and pick up two buckets."

Cui Wen listened for a moment and then interjected with a smile: "The same thing wouldn't work on our side. Just last week, the institute received several calls about this. I don't know who these people are.

What do you think? If the toilet at home is clogged and the water is cut off, call the police. Anyway, if you have trouble, go to the police. Regardless of whether you should take care of it or not, we are responsible for helping solve it anyway."

Hu Pingtao took over: "Look at the time, from the time we received the police and rushed to the park to the time the matter was resolved, it took more than half an hour. If we follow your words and find out the problem thoroughly, then don't say

I spent it all today, and I’m afraid another week may not be enough.”

Long Xu nodded solemnly, then frowned: "Having said that, we can't handle disputes too roughly!"

Hu Pingtao explained: "This is no longer rough. You have seen it before: Yang Wen offered to compensate one hundred yuan plus five tickets. This shows that she herself is not willing to make the matter a big deal."

"Why is that?"

"Because she is a businesswoman. She rents space to open an amusement park to make money, not to cause trouble."

"If Zeng Yanling is willing to accept it, that will be the best result and everyone will be happy. This loss is nothing to Yang Wen. After all, Zeng Yanling keeps calling the relevant departments to report it. Everyone would be afraid of this kind of thing!

So she would rather give up money to avoid disaster."

"This way things will be simple. All I have to do is try my best to persuade Zeng Yanling to accept this compensation condition. Regardless of whether she is a liar or not, at least it seems that she does have some truth in today's matter. So it is best to solve it this way.

.”

Long Xu asked: "What if she is really a liar and similar situations happen again?"

Hu Pingtao said frankly: "This kind of thing can be trial and error. We have a record here, and her personal information can be compared after entering it into the computer. If she is really a liar, we will never let it go next time we meet. What should we do?"

Just deal with it how you want it to be dealt with.”

"If she really lost a pair of shoes, then I think this compensation standard would be about the same."

"Finally, there is a third possibility for this matter - maybe Zeng Yanping did lose her shoes, but those shoes are not aj and are worth tens of hundreds at most."

Long Xu sat in the car and fell into deep thought. This incident had a strong logical impact on him.

Hu Pingtao smiled and handed over a cigarette: "You are not familiar with the situation here, so take your time! As time goes by, you will understand everything."

Long Xu took the cigarette and asked doubtfully: "Director, are there really so many cases in normal times?"

Just as Hu Pingtao was about to speak, his cell phone rang.

Call from the 110 command center: Someone called the police at the Ninghe Road Furniture Mall.

After Hu Pingtao answered the call, he shook his phone at Long Xu and said with a smile: "I'm here just now. Let's go and have a look at Ninghe Road."

…

"Zhaishi" is a medium-sized furniture store. The furniture here is of various styles, divided into categories, and placed according to different functions.

As soon as I walked to the door of the store, a mall attendant wearing a Western-style skirt hurriedly greeted me: "You are finally here."

Hu Pingtao asked subconsciously: "What happened?"

The waitress replied: "Our boss will ask me to come out to pick you up after making a phone call. Let's go in first and then talk about it!"

I walked into the mall, walked around a few times, and came to the bedding counter.

The furniture here is all kinds of beds.

The waiter quickly led Hu Pingtao and others inside, where there were already more than a dozen people surrounding them. In the middle of the circle, a middle-aged man was confronting an old lady.

"Mr. Yang, the police are here." The waitress walked up to the man and whispered.

The middle-aged man suddenly beamed with joy, hurried up to meet Hu Pingtao, took the initiative to hold Hu Pingtao's hand, and said with relief: "Comrade police, you are finally here."

Hu Pingtao shook his hand politely and asked, "What happened?"

The middle-aged man obviously had the experience of calling the police and handling it before. He took out his ID card and pointed sideways at the old woman standing opposite: "She has been lingering in my store... How should I put it? It should be

Just sleep with the air conditioner."

Long Xu was confused as he listened. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Run the air conditioner? What does this mean?"

Hu Pingtao lowered his head and made notes in his notebook. Long Xu asked him and stopped asking.

The middle-aged man said: "My name is Yang Tiejun, and I open this store. What we sell here are bedding, mainly beds. Outside are cabinets and tables. And over there, there are cabinets, sofas and so on."

"

"This old man has been coming to the store a lot recently. But she didn't buy anything when she came. At first she sat on a chair outside, but in the past few days she has changed to here, directly lying on the bed."

Hu Pingtao looked around.

Sofa beds, queen beds, single beds...the furniture store also sells all kinds of bedding, including all types of mattresses.

He subconsciously recalled that when he got married, Su Xiaolin dragged him around to look at the furniture and arrange a new home. He couldn't help but smile and said to Yang Tiejun: "Lie down... I don't think this is okay! It's normal. A mattress can easily cost several thousand dollars."

Thousands, even tens of thousands for more expensive ones, customers must lie on it to try the elasticity!"

"Besides, there are many furniture stores around here. No matter who you are, they will look around more, walk around more, and compare stores before finally deciding where to buy."

Hearing these words, Yang Tiejun slapped his thigh hard and hurriedly explained: "Officer, you didn't understand what I meant. I...I mean she has been lying here for...not a day or two, already...

For a long time...hey, she, she's gone too far."

Long Xu looked at it funny and walked over to comfort him: "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

Now Hu Pingtao understood. He turned his head and looked at the old woman sitting on the chair next to him who had never gotten up. Thinking about what Yang Tiejun had just said, he walked over and said to the old woman: "Please show me your

ID card."

"I didn't bring it." The other party answered simply.

Hu Pingtao was not angry. He had seen many worse attitudes than this: "What's your name? Where do you live?"

The old woman raised her head and looked at him with provocative eyes: "What does my name have to do with you? Why, you want to ask for my home address, what do you want to do?"

Hu Pingtao said calmly: "I am a policeman. Now you have a dispute with the owner of this store. If someone calls the police, we must deal with it. The first thing to do is to register the names and addresses of both parties, as well as the communication methods. Since

You said you didn’t bring your ID card, so tell me your name and phone number. I can check the relevant information here.”

Then he emphasized his tone: "You must cooperate with the police investigation and answer my questions seriously. If you refuse, I can only take you back to the police station for processing in accordance with relevant regulations."

The old woman reacted quickly and was very shrewd. She said without thinking, "My name is Chen Yunxia, ​​and I live in the nearby Metallurgical Community."

The Metallurgical Community is an old community. In fact, the official name should be "Staff Dormitory of the Smelting Workshop of the Heavy Machinery Factory." The Heavy Machinery Factory closed long ago, but the staff dormitories are still there. In the early years, employees were allowed to spend their own money to buy them, which was regarded as an internal welfare. Later, nearby

If the name goes smoothly, it should be called "Metallurgical Community". Word of mouth spread, and this informal place name became well-known to everyone.

Hu Pingtao carefully took notes, raised his head, and asked Yang Tiejun: "Tell me, what is the specific situation."

Yang Tiejun had already sorted out his thoughts and was not as impatient as before: "That's it... I used to be in the lumber business, and I switched to furniture the year before last. Because I had the source of the raw materials, I took it over from my friends.

It’s a furniture factory, so I rented the space here to open a shop last year.”

"My store was opened in September last year. That day happened to be Teacher's Day. It is usually open like this. After all, customers want to see the goods. As you just said, if you shop around, even if you like it, it will only take a while.

I can’t decide. Buying furniture is quite tiring. It’s a big item and expensive, so that’s understandable.”
To be continued...