Tiger Police

Chapter 419 Composition and Reality

Tan Tao felt wronged, and repeatedly called out: "Brother, I am also human, I want to eat!"

"Besides, you're already married and have children, and I haven't written a word yet! You're a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is. I want to save money for a wife, so I have to think about my future life!"

Hu Pingtao smiled: "Why do you feel that you and Yang Guangyi came out of the same mold, and you are so active when talking about begging for a wife?"

……

Weekend, a rare day off.

Hu Pingtao and Su Xiaolin drove to Hu Biyuan's house with their children—today is brother-in-law Su Zhicheng's birthday, and they had made an appointment for a family reunion before.

As soon as he entered the door, Hu Pingtao saw his nephew Su Ruitao coming into the living room from the kitchen carrying a plate of washed fruits, so he stepped forward with a smile and rubbed his hair with the palm of his hand a few times as usual.

The nephew didn't hide, but his attitude was not as close as before, and he even resisted.

"Don't hide! Do you still want the New Year's money?" Hu Pingtao joked.

Su Ruitao's face was full of resentment: "Uncle..."

Seeing his mournful face, Hu Pingtao was a little surprised: "What's wrong with you?"

It happened that Hu Biyuan came out from the direction of the kitchen, saw this, and explained with a smile: "Xiaotao only scored more than 70 points in the Chinese test last week."

Hu Pingtao frowned and asked his nephew: "I remember your grades are still good! How did you get such a score?"

The little nephew lowered his head and said: "The previous basic knowledge is not bad, the main reason is that too many points are deducted for the composition. The teacher said...my composition is too empty and has no content."

Hu Pingtao asked: "What is the topic of the composition?"

Su Ruitao replied: "The topic is to write by myself. I just gave a paragraph, the role is replaced, and I will go to the countryside to help the poor, and I will write my thoughts and feelings about poverty alleviation based on the actual situation."

Hu Pingtao laughed and said, "It's not that difficult! How did you write it?"

Su Ruitao replied: "Usually my dad asked me to watch more news, and I also read it. I know about poverty alleviation, and the state has invested a lot. I just write what is said on the usual news programs, but when After the paper was approved, the teacher commented that the content was empty. There was no personal thoughts and opinions throughout the paper. It is not so much a composition as a government work report.”

"Is the paper here? Show me." Hu Pingtao said.

The nephew quickly brought the exam papers from the bedroom, and Hu Pingtao read the composition carefully, and it was indeed as the teacher said, empty and full of official words.

He returned the paper to Su Ruitao, pulled a chair from the side and sat down, and asked, "Do you know what poverty alleviation is all about?"

The nephew nodded: "I know."

"Then what do you think about this matter?" Hu Pingtao asked: "Think about it in your shoes, if you were to go to the countryside to help the poor, what would you do?"

The little nephew didn't even want to open his mouth to answer: "Just give me the money."

Hu Pingtao pondered for a moment: "How about this! Come out with me for a while."

Hu Biyuan was listening to the conversation between the two of them, and hurriedly said: "It's noon soon, the dishes are ready, let's go after eating!"

Hu Pingtao stood up from the chair: "Sister, I will take Xiaotao out for a while, and I will be back soon. If it is late, maybe it will be too late."

Hu Biyuan still knew about her younger brother, and asked tentatively, "Is it related to that composition?"

Hu Pingtao nodded, "Yes".

Hu Biyuan nodded: "Then you guys go! Go and come back quickly."

……

He left home with his nephew and came to the main road outside the community.Seeing Hu Pingtao walking beside him, Su Ruitao asked without knowing it: "Uncle, where are you taking me?"

Hu Pingtao pointed to the intersection not far ahead: "It's there, just turn the corner."

Soon we arrived at the place——on the leeward corner of the street corner, sat a disheveled beggar.The man, in his 40s, had a broken enamel jar on the ground in front of him, with several coins of different denominations in it.

On the way here, Hu Pingtao saw this man begging on the street.This is the consciousness formed by being a policeman all the year round. No matter where he goes, he must observe the surrounding environment and form a temporary memory in his mind.

From a distance of seven or eight meters, Hu Pingtao pointed at the beggar and asked his nephew, "Do you think that person needs poverty alleviation?"

Su Ruitao looked over there and nodded doubtfully: "Sure! Otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting here begging for food."

Hu Pingtao laughed softly: "You are right, the word "begging" is good. According to your meaning, he needs help from others because he is hungry?"

Su Ruitao continued to nod.

Hu Pingtao took out a ten-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to his nephew: "Did you see that pastry shop across the road?"

Su Ruitao looked in the direction he pointed: "I see."

Hu Pingtao handed the money to his nephew: "Go and buy a drawer of steamed buns, and then come back and give it to the beggar. Note, the buns should cost six yuan a drawer, and you pack the rest by yourself, don't give it to him."

Su Ruitao asked: "Uncle, what do you mean, only give him buns, but not money?"

Hu Pingtao nodded: "Go!"

Su Ruitao trotted across the road, bought buns as Hu Pingtao said, turned back to the side of the road, and walked straight towards the beggar.

Hu Pingtao couldn't hear the content of the conversation between the two of them because of the distance.Seeing the beggar, he was very upset, and instead of taking the steamed buns handed over by his nephew, he picked up the broken enamel jar on the ground, turned around and left.

Su Ruitao looked very embarrassed. He returned to Hu Pingtao and said embarrassedly: "Uncle, that man...he doesn't want my buns."

Hu Pingtao smiled and said: "Don't forget it. Let's go, let's go back first."

……

When I got home, the table was already full of dishes.

Su Ruitao washed his hands as usual, and as soon as he sat on the chair, Hu Pingtao pressed his shoulder and pulled him away: "You don't want to eat this lunch."

Su Ruitao frowned, not understanding why: "Uncle, what are you doing?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and asked without explanation, "Are you hungry now?"

The little nephew tilted his head and thought for a while: "It's not very hungry...but my mother said that I must eat on time every day."

Hu Pingtao turned his head and shouted to Hu Biyuan who was busy in the kitchen: "Sister, I won't give Xiaotao this lunch, okay?"

Hu Biyuan poked her head out from the kitchen door and asked puzzledly, "What do you want to do?"

Hu Pingtao didn't explain carefully: "Some things have to be experienced by him before he can come up with ideas."

Hu Biyuan thought quickly: "Which composition are you referring to?"

Hu Pingtao nodded.

"That's fine! You can figure it out." Hu Biyuan laughed loudly and said, "Boy, it's okay to be hungry."

……

Everyone was eating, and Hu Pingtao was reading in the room with his little nephew.

After the meal, Su Xiaolin came to Hu Pingtao's side, stretched out her hand to pinch the soft flesh on his waist, leaned close to her ear, and lowered her voice: "What are you doing? Are you deliberately abusing children?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and replied in the same low voice: "There are some things that he must have experienced personally. Don't worry about it, and feed my son and daughter quickly, this is the business."

Su Xiaolin blamed him and spat at him, then turned and left.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the little nephew said pitifully to Hu Pingtao, "Uncle, I... I'm hungry."

Hu Pingtao closed the book in his hand and said with a smile, "Are you really hungry?"

Su Ruitao pursed his mouth: "I ate a bowl of rice noodles when I got up in the morning, you are trying to starve me to death!"

Hu Pingtao nodded: "That's fine! The steamed stuffed bun is still there, so you can eat that!"

Su Ruitao let out an "oh", walked into the kitchen, picked up the cold buns on the stove, unwrapped the plastic bag and put them on a plate. He was about to turn on the microwave, but was stopped by Hu Pingtao who was following him.

"You don't need to heat it up, just eat it cold."

Su Ruitao was stunned: "Uncle, it's not good to eat cold food, you will get sick."

Hu Pingtao said flatly: "It's not that exaggerated. It's okay once or twice. Besides, you are in such good health that you won't vomit and diarrhea after eating a few cold buns. Listen to me: if you are really hungry, just I can eat this."

Su Ruitao has always been afraid of this uncle who is a policeman.

He didn't continue to argue, he picked up the cold bun and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing hard.

Looking at the bulging nephew on both sides of the cheeks, Hu Pingtao got up and went to the water dispenser, took a glass of water, turned around and passed it back, and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Su Ruitao took the cup, drank the water in one gulp, wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, shook his head, and complained: "The buns are cold, the meat inside is hard, greasy together...it's not tasty... …Uncle, why don’t you let me heat it up before eating?”

Hu Pingtao did not answer, and continued: "The leftovers from lunch are in the refrigerator. In fact, even if there are no buns to eat, you can still eat some cold leftovers. But I just want you to eat these buns."

The little nephew asked without knowing it, "Why?"

"Because you sold it to that beggar." Hu Pingtao said flatly, "But he didn't want it. Now, you should understand the reason for this, right?"

Su Ruitao suddenly realized: "Because he's not hungry?"

Hu Pingtao explained with a smile: "We usually call beggars "beggars" because they have no source of income and cannot support themselves. According to common sense, not having enough to eat is the biggest characteristic of beggars. But you also I see, you bought warm steamed stuffed buns for him, but he ignored him, turned around and left."

"Why?" Hu Pingtao asked.

He asked himself and answered, and one sentence woke up the ignorant little nephew: "Because that beggar has no shortage of food at all, what he wants is money."

After all, Su Ruitao is only a junior high school student, and his logical thinking has its limitations: "Uncle, are you saying that the beggar is a liar?"

Hu Pingtao reminded: "Don't think about that. I just give you an example in your life, let you refer to the composition questions on the test paper, think about it, and what to do is the real meaning. Poverty alleviation?"

The little nephew tilted his head and thought for a long time, and said uncertainly: "We should give what is based on the actual needs of the other party, instead of taking it for granted that they lack something?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and said: "You are right if you think so. In fact, what your father said is correct. You usually read more news, but at the same time, you must have your own ideas. It is right to be eager to learn, but you Don’t study by rote. If you are not practical and flexible, you will be a nerd even if you are admitted to university in the future.”

The little nephew nodded again and again, thoughtful.

……

Monday, working hours.

Zhang Juan came again with the program team.

There is a regular meeting in the bureau, and Hu Pingtao, the director, must attend.The daily affairs were handed over to Tan Tao, and Zhang Juan's program team followed him all morning.After twelve o'clock at noon, Hu Pingtao came back from the bureau. Just as Tan Tao had finished handling a case, he made an appointment to sit at a table in the cafeteria and eat together.

Hu Pingtao had just picked up a big bowl and took a few mouthfuls of food when he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He turned his head and glanced at Zhang Juan who was sitting next to him, and asked suspiciously, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

He found that Zhang Juan was absent-minded and had no energy to eat. She picked up rice one by one with chopsticks and sent them to her mouth, like a bird pecking at rice.According to this way of eating, one bowl of rice can't be eaten until the evening.

There was a trace of panic on Zhang Juan's face, and she quickly returned to normal. She gave Hu Pingtao a blank look, and said coldly, "Why do you look like an old peacock? Who cares about you? You're just being sentimental!"

Hu Pingtao said with a smile: "I thought there was a flower on my face... hurry up and eat it! In our business, you have to deal with it as soon as there is a police situation. If you don't hurry up to eat, then..."

Before he finished speaking, the beeper slanted on his shoulder rang.

The [-] Command Center sent a message: "There is a report in Rongchang Commercial Center, please rush to deal with it."

……

Rongchang Street used to belong to the old city.In the early years, this area was full of adobe houses. Later, the city launched a relocation project, all residents moved out, the old houses were bulldozed, and the central area was built as a commercial center. One special area.

The official name here is "Gudu Town".However, because Rongchang Street was the main area during the initial renovation, and the foundation stone was laid a few years ago, the construction of the ancient town was not considered in the later stage. The name of the project was "Rongchang Commercial Center", so the surrounding residents have always used this name.

The ancient town has a large area, and the unified management of the whole region is implemented.All vehicles can only be parked in the parking lot outside the ancient town, and only small freight vehicles with a license can enter the commercial center at night.All social vehicles including bicycles and electric vehicles are prohibited from entering.Security personnel are set up at each entrance and exit. Once someone is found riding in the area, no matter what the reason, they will be fined heavily.

For the convenience of tourists, a number of passenger electric vehicle stations have been set up in the area, and passengers will be carried by officially designated operators.Of course, this is not free, as long as you buy a ten-yuan ticket, you can take unlimited rides.

This is a typical commercial behavior, very common, not surprising.

When Hu Pingtao led the team to the underground supermarket in the commercial center, the No. [-] cash register was already surrounded by many people.

A woman in her thirties was pale and kept crying.

(End of this chapter)