"What do you mean?"
Shen Yanshan said calmly, "Two packs of soft Zhonghua cigarettes for each person. There are four inspectors in the freight car, no one is left out. Then the goods will naturally be allowed on board."
Li Chuchu suddenly had an epiphany. So that's what Shen Yanshan had been busy with outside all day yesterday.
These things were not easy to obtain. One could only buy them at the department store with commodity coupons. The inspectors didn't have high - paying jobs. Once they got such good things, they would surely turn a blind eye. No wonder even such an outrageous thing as a fish tank was allowed on board.
Sure enough, in this era, one had to be good at communicating and bold enough to make money.
Li Chuchu looked at Shen Yanshan with an admiring look as if to say "Sure enough, he is the big villain. He can come up with any solution." Her look made Shen Yanshan feel uncomfortable all over. He got up and went to line up at the sink to wash his lunch box so that he could use it for the next meal.
Li Chuchu watched the green - skinned train pass Huizhou Station. The next stop would be Guancheng. Without any accident, they would leave Chuncheng tonight. She would just be able to return to Lianhua Iron and Steel Plant to work before the ten - day holiday ended.
She nestled in the quilt, looking lazy.
The matter in Hong Kong finally came to an end. She felt much more relaxed. Even the noisy carriage filled with all kinds of smells seemed more pleasant to her. She even hummed an unknown tune.
...
Just as she was being lulled to sleep by the shaking of the carriage and was about to doze off again, a young comrade in a train attendant's uniform walked over from the front of the carriage and said loudly, "Is there a female comrade named Li Mei in the carriage?"
"Is Comrade Li Mei here? If so, please answer me."
Li Chuchu was startled awake, and all her drowsiness disappeared instantly.
Could it be calling her?
She knew very well that she had used this name to avoid trouble. Anything related to this name never brought any good things!
She turned her head and saw through the gap that this person was a subordinate following the station master.
So the station master had sent someone to look for her.
Li Chuchu closed her eyes tightly, desperately hoping that there was another real Comrade Li Mei in the carriage who would step forward and go with that young comrade, so that she could go home smoothly.
However, things didn't go as she wished. Just as she clasped her hands in prayer in her heart, the young comrade had already walked up to Li Chuchu. He turned his head and just saw her. His face beamed with surprise and he said, "Comrade Li Mei? You are Comrade Li Mei, aren't you! I've been looking for you for a long time. Why didn't you answer me just now?"
Li Chuchu pretended to have just woken up. She opened her sleepy eyes and asked vaguely, "Are you calling me? Who are you?"
The young comrade had a really good temper. No matter what was said, he wouldn't get angry. His natural smiling face also made it hard for others to get angry with him. He said, "Comrade Li, hello. It doesn't matter if you don't recognize me. I'm the comrade who was beside Station Master Wen today. You can just call me Xiao Liu."
Li Chuchu wailed in her heart. She still couldn't escape. It seemed that she was going to be someone's free labor again.
But she could only be patient and ask knowingly, "What do you want with me?"
The young comrade's smile grew even wider. "It's like this. Thanks to the clues you provided, our station master immediately contacted the police in Guancheng and told them about this matter."
"But the main problem now is that there are too many factories in Guancheng, and the police can't accurately locate them. Only you have seen what the aunt on the train and Li Xiaguang look like. So now we need your help. We hope you can get off the train in Guancheng and assist the police in handling the case. After the matter is resolved, we will arrange the next train for you to return to Ningcheng."
This sounded really nice. Having the station master of Chuncheng Railway Station come to ask her for help made her seem really important.
The young comrade's voice was quite loud. Several people on the berths nearby all looked over.
They looked at Li Chuchu with a bit of awe and surprise. This girl looked so young, yet even a big official like the railway station master had to ask her to help handle things and even sent someone specifically to invite her.
Feeling the change in the looks of the people around her, Li Chuchu knew that Station Master Wen had already won with this move.
It would be ungrateful to refuse after being praised in front of so many people. If the news got out, she would be in even more trouble. It was easier for a railway station master to trip up an ordinary person than to breathe.
Li Chuchu cursed secretly in her heart: Sure enough, an official has more schemes than a lotus root.
Before she reluctantly agreed, she also asked Xiao Liu a question, "How did your railway station master know which carriage I'm in?"
Li Chuchu thought it over. It shouldn't be like this according to reason.
Since they knew which carriage she was in, they should have already investigated her identity clearly. Then Xiao Liu should have called her real name when looking for her just now.
The train was swaying. When the wheels rolled over a stone on the track, the whole carriage vibrated slightly.
Xiao Liu swallowed his dry throat where there was hardly any saliva left. He grinned, showing a simple and honest smile. "You left in a hurry just now. There were too many people at the railway station. The station master didn't notice which carriage you got on. He only knew that you were on this train, so I started looking from the first carriage."
And she was in the eleventh carriage.
Li Chuchu understood. She showed the same kind of sadness as a hard - working laborer and sighed, "You've really worked hard." She casually picked up the ceramic cup on the table next to her and poured a glass of cooled boiled water for him.
Why should a laborer make things difficult for another? They were all forced to work.
When the water was handed to Xiao Liu, the clear surface of the water reflected his shocked and extremely touched expression.
He took the cup with both hands and drank it all in one gulp. He finished the whole glass of water in two gulps without leaving a single drop. After drinking, he washed the cup clean and returned it to Li Chuchu.
He said gratefully, "Comrade Li, thank you for the water."
Li Chuchu waved her hand boldly, indicating that it was a small matter. "So what are you going to do now? Go back to Chuncheng and report the situation to the station master?"
His expression was sincere and his tone was even more earnest than before. "No, next I will assist Comrade Li in completing the work of connecting with the police station. If Comrade Li has any questions, you can come to me. I will do my best to answer them."
A drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring. Comrade Li was a kind - hearted girl. He would surely assist her well in this task.
Oh, the station master had placed a spy here.
It seemed that the water had been given too early.
Li Chuchu smacked her lips.
There were always disappointments in life. It was also common to shoot oneself in the foot.
But the most urgent thing now was to tell Shen Yanshan about this. The goods were still in the train carriage. They must not have any problems.
She could solve the problems on her side by herself.
But if something went wrong with the villain, the system would sound an air - raid siren in her head, and then she would never have any peace.
...
Just then, Shen Yanshan came back.
He hadn't been far away. They were in the same carriage, so he had heard the commotion here to some extent.