[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji":3,"chapter-the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Siheyuan: Food, Love, and Family in 1960s Beijing",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2314080,4526,"Chapter 30: Chief of the Public Security Section","the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>He looked sharp and felt warm in his uniform; the tall man looked imposing in his police attire, making Wang Jindong envious—he wasn’t short himself, but he was far shorter than Li Xuewu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xuewu fastened his weapon belt and clipped on an empty holster, making him look even more formidable and commanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jindong led Li Xuewu out the door; Li Xuewu put on his cotton cap, a military-style hat bearing a police badge made of brass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jindong brought Li Xuewu to the second room in the row of buildings, stepped inside, and said to everyone: “This is our department’s newly assigned security officer, appointed as Chief of the Public Security Section, Captain of the Militia Company, and Commander of the Factory Security Team.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The office held four people: one young woman and three young men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jindong turned to Li Xuewu and said: “This office is the main security department office, primarily responsible for guarding the main gate—stationing guards on rotating shifts. Fan Hua is from the confidential documents room and is on duty today, reviewing incoming and outgoing mail, packages, personnel credentials, and newspapers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xuewu smiled and nodded to the people in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Xuewu’s smile, all four people in the room stood up—this new officer was intimidating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jindong led Li Xuewu to the guard booth, where two young men were smoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jindong waved away the smoke, his face cold: “What are you doing? Smoking on duty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two men slowly crushed out their cigarettes and stood up, slouching lazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jindong acted as if he hadn’t seen it and continued introducing to Li Xuewu: “The Security Section’s daily duty is two men per shift, 24-hour watch. Across from here is the mail room, staffed by two elderly workers nearing retirement, taking turns every other day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then led Li Xuewu outside; Li Xuewu gave the two men a cold glance before following Wang Jindong out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they walked back along the row of single-story buildings, Wang Jindong explained: “Besides the guard booth and the office we just saw, starting from the first room, they are the Fire Prevention Office, the Fleet Office, and the small office.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jindong glanced at Li Xuewu and said: “You’ll have a desk here too—use it when on duty. Then there’s the meeting room, the male and female dormitories. Further east is the toilet; beside it is the transport team’s parking lot, the workers’ bicycle parking area, and inside the transport team’s lot is the fuel depot—also one of our key guarded points. The main gate to the fleet parking lot is usually locked; only we and the fleet officers have keys.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the tour, Wang Jindong brought Li Xuewu back to the office building on the left side of the main gate. He didn’t enter the main building but took him up the two-story building on the right side of the gate, pointing to the first office on the second-floor landing: “This is your Public Security Section. Your officers are one woman and three men: Han Yating, Liu Fusheng, Xu Ning, and Wei Tong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the four in the office rise to their feet, Wang Jindong introduced: “This is your section chief, Li Xuewu—a demobilized cadre.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four in the office stepped forward to shake hands and greet Li Xuewu; he responded warmly. Han Yating was about twenty-one or twenty-two, tall and sturdy, with a pleasant appearance. Liu Fusheng was big and burly, a simple, honest man. Xu Ning was somewhat thin. Wei Tong was as solidly built as Liu Fusheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After watching everyone get acquainted, Wang Jindong led Li Xuewu downstairs and pointed to the first room: “This is the Militia Company office. It has one clerk and one weapons custodian. The militia aren’t specially trained—they train one week per quarter. Militia members come from factory workers and their children. The office is small and has been partitioned into a weapons storage room; only you and the custodian have keys. I’m holding them now—I’ll give them to you shortly.”\u003C\u002Fp>",677,"2026-06-20T13:46:54.288Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7ca9d57cce5e913a5e9020c3b3d1a17923f92aef965703c2550e7533f0d0bab5","the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-31","the-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-chapter-29",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-siheyuan-food-love-and-family-in-1960s-beiji-cover.jpg"]