Chapter 259: Three wheels broken at once

"Clack-clack~ clack-clack~ clack-clack-clack~"

The train from the capital heading south to Shanghai traveled in the night of early summer. The rhythmic sound of the rails hitting each other was like a lullaby, making the crowded passengers on the train sink into sleep.

Li Ye also squeezed into his seat and closed his eyes to doze. It was already three in the morning, and the effect of the human biological clock was at its maximum. Even a cheater like him couldn't help but feel a bit exhausted.

Suddenly, Li Ye felt his arm being poked.

He opened his eyes and saw it was Han Xia, sitting opposite him, looking nervously toward his side and back.

"Li Ye, there are pickpockets over there."

Li Ye slowly turned his head and sure enough saw a group of petty thieves preparing to commit illegal acts against a woman.

And they had people keeping watch, people covering, and people taking action. Clearly, it was a professional group with high technical content.

If it were his previous life, Li Ye would definitely continue to cover his head and sleep.

In an era where no one dared to help an old lady who fell for two hours, if you didn't cover your head and sleep, could you still be so blind as to roar about justice?

Look at the classic segment of "You're in trouble" by Song Xiaobao and Sha Yi; can't you taste the faint sorrow of the little person in it?

But now, Li Ye was not a little person.

"Where is my wallet? Oh no, where is my wallet? The wallet is gone~~~"

Li Ye's clear and high-pitched shout resounded through the entire carriage, disturbing the sweet dreams of nearly two hundred passengers.

This included the woman who was about to lose her wealth.

"Whose wallet is lost? Whose..."

"What are you shouting for? Just check your own wallet, don't shout!"

Whether they were passengers in seats, aisles, or under seats, all were wide awake, checking their wallets one after another.

And those few petty thieves who had been cooperating tacitly looked at each other, all a bit confused about the situation.

"Old Six, did you do a private job just now?"

"No, Big Brother. You know me; I don't eat alone. Besides, that kid has a dozen people in his group; they aren't the fat sheep we should touch, right?"

"Then how did he lose his wallet?"

"Big Brother, he should be scamming us. Just now I saw that little girl look over here. I originally felt she wouldn't dare to meddle in other people's business, but I didn't expect she really had the guts of a bear. Should we..."

"Should we what? Hmph, kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. Change to another carriage."

A group of petty thieves got up and left. When leaving, Old Six even glared at Han Xia.

Han Xia glared back hard, but her little heart couldn't control its "thump-thump-thump" beating.

Because only then did she discover that the other party actually had seven people.

After the group had all left, she finally came to her senses and felt lingering fear.

Danger that hasn't been experienced is ultimately not that real.

Just like there are no cowards in words among men; when shouting slogans, it's earth-shattering, but when truly going to the battlefield for the first time, isn't it normal to wet your pants?

Han Xia, Hu Man, Yan Jinbu, and others all woke up, looking at the quiet Li Ye, wanting to say something, but feeling it was inappropriate.

Because the road wasn't peaceful, Li Ye was returning home with an eight-person group this time, not taking a sleeper car again.

And Wang Jianqiang, Wang Qiangdong, and several retired soldiers also followed Li Ye back to Qingshui. A dozen people gathered together, ensuring absolute safety.

If they didn't have the company of Li Ye and the others today, just because Han Xia looked at them more, they might have encountered big trouble.

However, there were still brave and righteous people.

Wang Qiangdong, who came from a military background, leaned over and asked Li Ye in a low voice: "Those people should have gone to the next carriage. Should we stop them?"

Li Ye considered for a moment and said: "You guys and I will go find the train conductor."

Wang Qiangdong nodded and called several other retired soldiers to follow Li Ye to find the train conductor.

Finding the train conductor, Li Ye showed his membership as a writer and put forward his small request.

A few minutes later, the loudspeakers in all carriages of the train broadcast a message in a loop: "Passengers, please note, there are suspected pickpockets on the train. Please pay attention to watching your luggage and items."

After Li Ye returned to his seat, Han Xia looked at Li Ye and said: "Just let it go like this? Isn't there..."

Li Ye closed his eyes and said nothing.

In '83, the national police force only had 70,000 people.

If you don't understand this number, compare it to Hong Kong, which had a total population of 7 million but 30,000 royal police, and you will understand the problem.

There were only a few people in a carriage, and they only earned a few dozen yuan a month. What else do you want to do?

Don't stand and talk without back pain.

However, at the next station, Hu Man and the others saw that group of people get off the train by the light on the platform.

Only then did everyone understand that Li Ye's "soft handling" method also had an effect.

Hu Man whispered to Han Xia: "They actually had a dozen people."

Han Xia nodded with lingering fear and said: "Luckily for Li Ye, but I remember it wasn't this fierce last year... What should we do!"

Yan Jinbu, Wang Jianqiang, and others also had worried faces. College students at this time truly had a consciousness of worrying about the country and the people.

But Li Ye, who was closing his eyes, said: "Don't worry, things will reverse when they reach the extreme. It will get better soon, the bright sky will be soon."

It was already July, and in less than a month, many people's doomsday would arrive.

Those that can be arrested or not, must be arrested; those that can be sentenced or not, must be sentenced; those that can be killed or not, must be killed.

This wasn't a joke, but a slogan.

When the sky was bright, the train that had been "clacking" all night finally stopped at the station platform in the provincial capital of Dongshan.

Li Ye got off the train and discovered that his father, Li Kaijian, hadn't come to pick them up.

Li Dayong asked suspiciously: "Didn't Uncle Kaijian say he would come to pick us up? Why didn't he come?"

Han Xia immediately teased: "What level of cadre are you that you are used to being picked up once? Hurry up and go squeeze onto the bus; if you go late, there won't be any seats."

Everyone hurriedly went to squeeze onto the bus, barely managing to get on.

There were only two buses from the provincial capital to Qingshui County every day. If you couldn't squeeze on in the morning, you had to wait for the afternoon one. If you couldn't squeeze on in the afternoon, you could only stay overnight in the provincial capital.

The bus crossed the Mother River at ten o'clock and swayed all the way along the highway toward Qingshui County.

Twenty kilometers away from Qingshui County, Li Ye discovered a Dongfeng 140 parked on the road ahead. Who else could the two people squatting on the ground patching the tire be but his cheap father, Li Kaijian, and the driver, Old Huo?

"Driver, stop, stop."

Li Ye hurriedly shouted for the bus to stop, got off with Li Dayong and the others, and as a result, Han Xia and the others behind all got off to help.

Seeing Li Ye, Li Kaijian also smiled and said: "This time I got up early, but I didn't catch the late market. You guys wait a while; we can go back once the tire is patched."

"No rush, but how did three wheels break at once?"

Li Ye looked at the three tires on the ground and felt very surprised.

This Dongfeng 140 had only left the county for 20 kilometers; logically, it was impossible for three tires to break at the same time.

If it weren't for the fact that truck drivers in this era were half-mechanics and carried their own tire patching tools, this car would have been left on the road today.

Driver Old Huo, who was squatting on the ground and busy patching the tire, laughed at himself: "Sigh, it's shameful!

I was careless when I took the car out this morning and didn't walk around the car. If those apprentices knew about this, my old face as a master would be lost!"

"Master, don't wrong a good person! I'm not laughing at you, I'll come help you..."

"No need, no need... Or you can move a new tire from the rear wheel; otherwise, the tires on these two front wheels will have patches, which isn't safe."

The tire patching technology in this era wasn't as good as in later generations, and the 140 was a heavy-duty truck. Patching a large pad on a single front tire was indeed not very reliable.

As a result, before Li Ye could move, Wang Qiangdong, who came from the engineering corps, had already led several retired soldiers to work efficiently.

Li Ye leaned over to Li Kaijian's side and asked in a low voice: "Is someone making trouble?"

Li Kaijian chuckled twice, his eyes glancing toward the direction of Qingshui County, spitting contemptuously.

"A bunch of cowards who only use despicable means."

Li Ye followed Li Kaijian's gaze and discovered several motorcycles on the highway to the north.

In this era, motorcycles were very rare, and having several appear at the same time was clearly abnormal.

Li Ye pondered for a moment and asked: "Are they robbing on the road, or are they coming for us?"

Li Kaijian waved his hand and said: "You don't need to worry. They are just a bunch of cowards who don't even count as petty thieves. They came over to circle around just now, and before I even picked up the rocker, they were scared away. They are more timid than the rabbits on the northern grasslands."

Only then did Li Ye see the one-meter-long starting rocker for the 140 truck placed by Li Kaijian's feet.

Li Ye pondered slightly and asked Li Kaijian in a low voice: "Is Sanshui back?"

Two months ago, when Li Zhongfa went to the capital, he told Li Ye that Sanshui had come out and was doing a bigger and bigger smuggling business.

At the beginning, he wanted to do the water-goods motorcycle business, which was why he fell out with Jin Peng and the others. Now, as long as Li Ye thought about it, he could guess it was him.

"Heh~,"

Li Kaijian took out a Big Front Gate cigarette, lit it, and sneered: "Don't worry about this matter. Your grandfather said he won't be arrogant for many days.

Doing business that can't be brought to the table, he should have kept his tail tucked, but he was good, showing off all day long, afraid that people wouldn't know how capable he was.

A few days ago, he took a group of people to Hewan Township, using money to force people to marry their daughter to his younger brother. When they didn't want to, he even broke the person's arm..."

Li Ye was truly very surprised. He knew Sanshui was very crazy, but he didn't expect him to be crazy to this degree. This was crazy beyond the limit.

"Did that family marry their daughter to his family?"

"No, your grandfather ruined it for him," Li Kaijian said: "When the storm comes, the first ones to be operated on will be fools like him. Whoever marries their daughter to his family is blind."

Li Ye was stunned and asked: "What did Grandfather say about when the storm is coming?"

"At most a year or two," Li Kaijian exhaled a smoke ring and said: "Your grandfather has been in the team for more than forty years. He can guess the situation just by familiarity with policy habits and years of experience. Do you really think the people above are deaf and blind?"

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Li Ye was shocked, and couldn't help but feel deep admiration for Li Zhongfa.

Li Zhongfa didn't have a cheat code, but by relying on his familiarity with policy habits and years of experience, he actually deduced what was about to happen.

"The wheel is fixed, get on the car and let's go!"

Old Huo put the repair tools into the toolbox and greeted everyone to get on the car.

Li Ye instructed Wang Qiangdong: "Tie the rope to the carriage a few times. After everyone gets on, they must grab the rope tightly. This road is bumpy!"

Wang Qiangdong said: "Understood. When we were in the army, even if we drove the car to fly, the things on it wouldn't lose a single piece."

Li Ye and Wang Qiangdong tied the rope, snatched the driver's seat, and smiled: "I haven't driven for a long time, let me have some fun."

Old Huo said generously: "Drive whatever you want. In my hands, this car is like a new one."

Hu Man, Li Dayong, and the others climbed onto the truck carriage happily, all rejoicing that they could be sent directly to their doorsteps by Li Ye again today.

But they absolutely couldn't have imagined that Li Ye was about to take them on an enjoyable game next.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 260 =====