Chapter 55: Escort Mission

Getting the answer he wanted, the village chief left satisfied.

The reason he could trust Li Xuewu was that Li Xuewu told him Wen San'er's name, which could be considered a code.

The villagers naturally wouldn't misunderstand Li Xuewu; it was nothing more than changing from "egg-flipping" to "pear-flipping."

Li Xuewu waited until dark to close the door, turned around, rode his bicycle, and walked back.

Walking to the intersection, he turned again to find Old Biaozi.

Riding closer, he saw this guy standing at the entrance of the village smoking.

Seeing Li Xuewu coming, he pointed to a house at the entrance of the village and said, "They are all in the room. I'm damn tired."

Li Xuewu waved at him and said, "You go to pick up Guodong first. I'll arrange transportation and come to find you in a while."

Old Biaozi knew that Li Xuewu didn't want him to see the transport team, so he didn't think much about it.

Brother Wu used to be like this. He would tell them what they could know.

He didn't want them to know, so there was no need to ask. Even if they asked, they would be scolded.

Just do it!

Riding the newly bought bicycle, he rushed towards the village where Shen Guodong was.

Li Xuewu entered the courtyard, checked the surroundings, and found no one.

He squatted in the corner of the courtyard wall for a while, looked again, then entered the room, touched each pear basket, and collected them into the space.

This was agreed upon when he came out. Selling pears had to include the baskets, otherwise, it was impossible to collect them at 2 mao.

60 baskets of pears, counting and placing them one by one. If it were an ordinary person, it would take a while to collect them. Fortunately, the space was convenient.

After collecting, he went out, stood at the entrance of the village and watched for a while, then rode his bicycle to chase Old Biaozi.

Li Xuewu's reconnaissance ability was unquestionable. Saying there was no one meant there was no one.

After arriving at the village where Shen Guodong was, he let Old Biaozi take Shen Guodong away first and go home. There was nothing for them to do here. He reminded them to remember to stamp the bicycles tomorrow, and then let them go.

Following the same pattern, he turned around and collected a pile.

The same routine was used for Erhai and Wen San'er. It was just that Wen San'er gave him a stack of national grain tickets before separating, asking him to buy as many Northeast specialties as possible, which sold very well on the black market.

Li Xuewu took them, watched the two leave, and after collecting the pears, he rode towards the Rolling Mill.

It was past 10 o'clock when he rushed to the factory. This was still the speed of Li Xuewu's two long legs pedaling the wheels until they smoked.

Walking to a place outside the factory area where there was no one, he collected the bicycle into the space, greeted the guard, and walked into the main gate.

He washed his face, ate the late-night snack left by the guard team members, packed his water cup, lunch box, and a piece of underwear into his bag, lay on the kang, and started snoring.

Li Xuewu took advantage of the time to run to the dormitory to make up for sleep in advance.

After sleeping for less than an hour, it was past 11 o'clock. Han Zhan and Wang Yimin, the security guards who were performing the escort mission together, came to find Li Xuewu.

Han Zhan smiled and said to Li Xuewu, "Li Guzhang, you have quite a lot of experience, knowing to sleep in advance for the escort."

Li Xuewu knew that the two misunderstood that he had been making up for sleep in the dormitory, but he didn't explain. He smiled indifferently and said, "I've escorted prisoners of war."

Han Zhan didn't speak at that time.

How could this be answered?

Li Xuewu saw that Han Zhan was 21 or 22 years old and a bit lively.

Wang Yimin was a middle-aged uncle around 40, mature, introverted, and steady in character.

This was Li Xuewu's first mission, and he needed a master to teach him.

Han Zhan didn't look like someone who could be a master, but he could learn escort knowledge from Wang Yimin.

"Master Wang, I am Li Xuewu from the Security Section. This is my first escort mission, and I am not familiar with the business. I hope you can give me some advice."

After speaking, he respectfully handed over a cigarette.

Wang Yimin looked at Li Xuewu carefully and asked politely, "How old is Li Guzhang this year?"

Li Xuewu replied with a smile, "19 this year. You can call me Xuewu."

Wang Yimin sighed, "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front, and each generation is stronger than the last. A 19-year-old section chief is really rare. It's fate that we are on this mission together. Let's learn together and help each other."

Li Xuewu saw that Wang Yimin didn't call him master and apprentice, so he must have some thoughts, but he didn't care and still called the other party Master Wang.

"Master Wang, you are a senior. Please teach me as much as you can on this escort mission. If I do anything wrong, please criticize me."

Wang Yimin smiled and said, "That's good. I'm 20 years older than you, so I'll call you Xuewu."

The three of them went to the armory and each received a long gun and a short gun. Li Xuewu didn't receive a short one. His service gun was registered, so he didn't receive another one.

Coming out of the office building, carrying their bags, they walked along the cement road to the dispatch area at the north gate.

The dispatch area is where the railway department sends people over to coordinate and arrange work when there are freight tasks. Usually, it is the factory's dispatch that arranges vehicle time and loading and unloading tasks.

Li Xuewu learned clearly this morning that on the line from Beijing Station to the north, there is a freight branch line not far from the steel plant.

This freight branch line is the special line for the steel plant to ship goods and receive goods.

This special line is more than ten kilometers long. The cost of construction was very high, but it had to be built.

The steel plant produces many large parts, all of which are heavy and large-batch, as well as steel plate raw materials that require flatbed trucks for transportation. There are several transportation tasks every month, so the utilization rate and cost-effectiveness are very high.

Because the Red Star Rolling Mill is one of the few factories in the surrounding area with its own branch line, some small factories also ask the Rolling Mill for help with transportation. Of course, the cost and human favor are also very high.

When Li Xuewu led the team to run exercises this morning and passed by the dispatch station, the rails on this special line were all bright, which showed that trains passed by frequently.

The operation comprehensive room of the Red Star Rolling Mill dispatch area station is on the side of the platform. Li Xuewu, Han Zhan, and Master Wang Yimin entered the freight station from the commuter entrance.

Passed through the level crossing on the east side of the platform and went up to the platform of the operation comprehensive room.

The operation comprehensive room is a long flat house. The first room is the duty officer room, the second room is the freight dispatch room, the third room is the commercial inspection room, the fourth room is the vehicle signal duty room, and the fifth room is the vehicle number room.

Han Zhan said something to the two and went to the toilet.

Wang Yimin took Li Xuewu to the vehicle number room first.

As soon as they entered the room, the person in charge asked, "Master Wang, are you leading the escort today?"

Wang Yimin said politely, "I am escorting, but Li Guzhang from the Security Section is leading the team."

The person in charge of the vehicle number room turned to the vehicle number clerk who was busy filling in the marshalling order and asked, "Little Qi, has our freight come out?"

The vehicle number clerk was busy and didn't raise his head, answering, "It's coming soon, it'll be ready soon."

Only then did the person in charge of the vehicle number room look at Li Xuewu beside Wang Yimin and ask, "Master Wang, did you bring an apprentice?"

Wang Yimin hurriedly shook his head and said, "Not at all, Old Zhang. This is Li Guzhang Xuewu from our factory's Security Section. Li Guzhang, you will definitely deal with Master Zhang more in the future when you are on duty for escort."

Li Xuewu smiled at Zhang Changshun and said, "Master Zhang, hello!"

"Oh my, Li Guzhang is really polite. Are you newly transferred to the Security Section? I haven't seen you before."

Seeing Li Xuewu so young and speaking politely, Zhang Changshun looked surprised. He thought this was an apprentice just now.

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Li Xuewu replied, "I just demobilized and joined the factory. This is my first escort mission. Please help me a lot in the future."

"You're polite. It's really amazing. You're a military cadre at such a young age?"

Zhang Changshun couldn't believe it. Li Xuewu looked at most 20 years old. In his thinking, at this age, he could only be an apprentice worker. ===== CHAPTER 56 =====