Chapter Fourteen: Han Dong

  Zhao De-shan secretly hid outside the window to observe Zhao Guo-tong's expression, who was lying on the bed. His brother's spirit seemed a bit dazed, and Zhao De-shan guessed that it might be due to meeting those two female classmates last night.

  Zhao Deshan knew that his second brother had a girlfriend in the urban area of Anshan. He had even seen her photo, and she was quite pretty, no less than Kong Yue and that female teacher from the private school. However, others were in the urban area of Anshan, which couldn't be compared to Jiangkou County. Zhao Deshan guessed that his second brother's expression was probably a sign of heartbreak. The best way to cure heartbreak was to fall in love again.

  "Brother, Kong Yue and the others have come looking for you."

  "Ah, they've arrived?" Zhao Guotang sat up and took a glance outside the window. Bicycles were parked in front of the washing machine, with several men and women chatting and laughing on top of them.

  "Hmm, Brother Zi Quan, Brother Chang Qing and Brother Wang Fei have also arrived." Zhao De Shan wiped the sweat off his bare back.

  "Put on your clothes!" Zhao Guotang temporarily threw away the chaotic thoughts in his mind and stared at Zhao Deshan.

  "Brother, they are waiting for you outside." Zhao Deshan put on an old vest and hummed, "On such a big day, do you still want to go on a picnic?"

  Zhao Guotong ignored him and walked out the door.

  "Kong Yue, Han Dong, you're here?" Zhao Guotang was still wearing a white shirt with green police pants, looking straightforward and elegant with a hint of English charm.

  "Guo Dong, you don't come back often either. Today we're going to climb Yuntai Mountain, it's been a while since we last climbed the Thirty-six Ring Caves, right? The weather is hot today, just right for us to go and explore, cool off a bit. We've brought some dry rations, after dinner we'll go swimming in Ningjiang River, how about that?" Fangzi gave Zhao Guodong a sly glance while saying this with great enthusiasm.

  "Are you going to climb YunTai Mountain's thirty-six caves?" Zhao Guotang scratched his head, "Under such a scorching sun, ????"

  "It only took half an hour to ride a bike, the wind by the river is strong and cool." The house was not full of humming sounds, "Guo Song, it's hard to come back, everyone organizes a collective activity, you also push three and four?"

  "Come on, come on, can't you just go?!" Zhao Guotang hastily raised his hands in surrender. "Alright, let's go! The two ladies must bring their sun hats and have your swimsuits ready?"

  "What's the point of saying that?" Kong Yue smiled coquettishly, adjusting her black-rimmed glasses. Today she wore a pink dress with an even shorter skirt, and her slender white legs sparkled in the sunlight.

  Wu Changqing got on Wang Fei's bike, but Han Dong jumped onto the back seat of Zhao Guotang's bike first. Kong Yue got on Fangzi Quan's bike instead.

  The crisp ringing sound flew on the asphalt road, and laughter occasionally came from the six people, as if even the sun had faded a lot at once.

  Han Dong's slender hand rested on Zhao Guotang's waist, making him feel somewhat uneasy. Although Tang Jian had done the same thing before, the feeling was completely different. A girl he didn't know well sat in the back seat of his car, her small hand pressed against his lower back, and a faint scent that seemed to be there but not quite, really made Zhao Guotang feel a bit unaccustomed.

  He didn't know how this girl jumped onto his car, after thinking about it repeatedly, Zhao Guotang guessed that the other party didn't want to let the house be taken by all three of them and had some other ideas, so they chose him as a shield, anyway, it was right under Kong Yue's nose, there shouldn't be anything else.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Guozhen's mood also relaxed, and his thinking suddenly became more agile.

  This winter, although very beautiful, seems to have no impression in last night's dream. After leaving Jiang Miao Temple and the factory, there was less contact, only a few classmates had some contact, and others didn't care about it anymore.

  Pretty girls may be scarce elsewhere, but in a textile factory they are not particularly rare. Among the thousands of young female workers, it's easy to pick out dozens with good looks. In these times, finding a formal job in a state-run unit is not easy, and since the entrance requirements are not high, every year the textile factory recruits new workers, attracting many young women from Jiangkou and neighboring counties and cities, even from the urban areas of Anshan City.

  "I heard from Kong Yue that Zhao Ge graduated from a police academy?" came a soft and delicate voice from behind.

  "Hmm, you graduated last year, aren't you from Jiangkou? How did you end up here?"

  "I'm from Pingchuan, and when the school assigned us to different places, I ended up here. I thought the Andu First Textile Factory would at least be on the outskirts of town, or even in the county seat, but I didn't expect it to be all the way out here." The girl seemed a bit disappointed.

  "Hmm, our textile factory has a good name, but it's actually located in this remote area, deceiving many people." Zhao Guodong pedaled the bicycle while saying: "However, this factory is still quite large, and its facilities are basically complete. It can't be compared to those in the county town, but it's much better than those in ordinary towns."

  "Alas, it seems I'll be stuck here for the rest of my life. You're better off, Zhao Ge and the others, as public security officers, national cadres, not to mention wearing police uniforms makes you look majestic, and you can be transferred back to the county at any time." A girl's voice behind him was filled with envy.

  National cadre? Zhao Guotang hummed softly in his nose.

  He has become more and more convinced of the reality of his dreams, because they are too detailed and conform to the laws of development. The iron rice bowl will eventually be broken, and the police profession will gradually become the least popular among civil servants.

  When the political status and economic income of a profession are increasingly disproportionate to what it pays, this profession will naturally be neglected. So when other civil servants have a ratio of one in dozens or even hundreds of applicants, the number of people applying for grassroots police officers does not even reach the minimum registration ratio.

  But jobs like teachers are even more popular, not only with fixed income and not much less than civil servants, but also with winter and summer vacations. If some skills are available, half-hidden and half-open to open a tutoring class, this income alone is enough to catch up with the regular salary.

  "It's not as good as you think, doing this job is tough and there's no regular schedule. It looks impressive on the surface, but only we know how hard it really is." Zhao Guodong didn't want to explain further, "But the biggest gain from doing this job is being able to see all aspects of society, especially the dark side that many people may not experience in their lifetime."

  "Oh? Zhao Ge, is this the reason you applied for the police academy?" The girl behind him asked with interest, her hands casually placed on Zhao Guotang's waist.

  "At that time, I didn't know that the police academy was recruiting ahead of schedule. I just thought it was novel and wasn't sure if I could get in, so I casually signed up, who knew I would be admitted?" Zhao Guodong recalled the situation at the time, smacking his lips, "I guess it was fate that I became a public security officer."

  "Haha, Zhao Ge, you're a public security officer, and you believe this?" The girl behind him giggled.

  "Haha, I'm still a party member, a true atheist." Zhao Guotang also thought that the girl behind him was quite likable.

  "Zhao Ge is probably taken already? Where does he work?"

  When the girl brought up this topic, Zhao Guocong sensitively felt a hint of tension in her words and thought that Tang Jing would leave him in a few months. He also felt somewhat downhearted, even though he knew what would happen in the future, he seemed powerless to change it, unless he could make a big change in his fate within these short few months.

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