Bloody Journey: Those Years in Northeast China

Chapter 51 Thief Company One

"Brother, what happened today?"

Although he helped the battalion commander fight, Shen Tianlong is still confused now. He can't figure out why the battalion commander clashed with the members of the railway gang. Even the Southward Brigade, an organization that has caused headaches for the national railway police, also got involved. .

"Haha, a little brother under my command was beaten by people from the railway gang, and then I took the beating man to the grain store. I didn't expect the people from the railway gang to join the south brigade. They came Afterwards, I set fire to my grain store first. I didn’t expect that the people in the Southward Brigade had guns. If you hadn’t appeared in time today, I guess I would have given up my old life!” The battalion commander explained to Shen Tianlong, lol.

"Oh." Shen Tianlong nodded. Although the battalion commander's words were short, they were very clear.

But Shen Tianlong looked around at the guys on the table again, all of them were fierce and fierce, and they looked fierce, they didn't look like they were being bullied by the railway gang.

"Haha, don't look at Tianlong. The brothers in my grain store are all soldiers brought out by me. They wouldn't dare to mess with them if they had the courage. The people in the grain store are not being bullied by the railway gang." The battalion commander saw it all at once. After getting rid of Shen Tianlong's doubts, he continued to explain to Shen Tianlong.

"kindness?"

Shen Tianlong said nothing, just waited for the battalion commander to continue.

"I'll tell you the truth, brother! I also have a group of thieves under my command. The thief bullied by the railway gang is mine. Although I don't like these thieves very much. But they followed me after all. After he was bullied, he found If it’s me, I won’t be able to justify it if I don’t act!”

After the battalion commander finished speaking, he stared at Shen Tianlong without blinking, as if he wanted to see something from Shen Tianlong's face.

"Oh, that's it." Shen Tianlong said lightly, without any expression on his face.

Although Shen Tianlong's expression was calm on the surface, his heart was already turbulent.

Although he fell in love with the battalion commander at first sight and already regarded the battalion commander as his big brother in his heart, he didn't expect that the battalion commander had a group of thieves under his command.To put it bluntly, what happened today was a matter of two gangs of thieves fighting for territory.

Shen Tianlong was very depressed that he was involved in such a thing for no reason.Moreover, the battalion commander actually raised a group of thieves, which Shen Tianlong could not accept.

"Could it be that I misjudged the person? How can a person who is willing to fight for the country be so miserable after changing jobs? Especially a veteran with more than ten years of service like the battalion commander?"

Shen Tianlong remembered the promise he made to the national flag when he took the oath when he enlisted in the army!

"In order to take up the sacred duty of a revolutionary soldier, I swear:...fight bravely, not be afraid of sacrifice, defend the motherland, and never betray the motherland under any circumstances!..."

"Tianlong, do you think I'm not authentic in raising thieves?" The battalion commander seemed to see Shen Tianlong's mind, and patted Shen Tianlong's shoulder, interrupting Shen Tianlong's thoughts.

"Brother, I don't think you should have anything to do with thieves. Those kind of people should beat each other and arrest each other." Shen Tianlong stared at the battalion commander, slamming each word.

Although Shen Tianlong was really close to the battalion commander in his heart, it was precisely because of this that Shen Tianlong didn't beat around the bush, but directly expressed his opinion without politeness.

"Hey...Tianlong, I used to be the same as you. I hated thieves very much. I beat them one at a time. But then..." The battalion commander sighed again before finishing his sentence.There seemed to be infinite emotion in the tone.

The battalion commander silently picked up the wine glass, had a drink with Shen Tianlong, and slowly told the whole story.

It turned out that the year before last, the battalion commander was waiting for someone in front of the city department store, but there was a blind thief who was after the battalion commander and wanted to "deliver" the battalion commander's goods.

As a result, as soon as the thief's hand reached into the battalion commander's bag, he was caught by the battalion commander.

It is estimated that the thief also saw the battalion commander's thin and dry body at that time.But he never expected that the thin and dry battalion commander would be so skilled.

The battalion commander subdued the thief with three strikes, five cuts and two cuts. In Hongqi City, where the folk customs are tough, the way ordinary people deal with thieves is different from that in most areas.

In most other places, thieves are caught and sent directly to the nearby police station.But in Hongqi City, if people catch a thief, they always beat him half to death before turning them over to the police station.

The battalion commander was born and bred in Hongqi City, so he naturally had to follow the traditional way of Hongqi City.

But I didn't expect the thief to be tough.The battalion commander punched and kicked, but the thieves resisted without saying a word.

But when the battalion commander wanted to send him to the police station, the thief burst into tears and begged bitterly, saying that he had an 80-year-old mother who was sick in bed and a three-year-old child who was waiting to be fed, and begged the battalion commander to let him go horse.

"Come on, let me have a look." The battalion commander thought he was free, so he challenged the thief, "If you dare to lie to me, I'll fucking skin you." The battalion commander was still threatening the thief .

Unexpectedly, when the battalion commander came to the thief's house, he was really stunned.

What kind of place is that for people to live in? In the cold winter months, the windows of the thief's house don't even have glass, they are just covered with a layer of newspaper.An old lady in her 70s, though not yet [-] years old, was lying on the kang, coughing non-stop.There was a broken bowl beside the old lady, and there was a lot of traditional Chinese medicine residue in the bowl.

"Brother, my old lady can't even afford the medicine, so I went to steal it." The thief saw the old lady coughing and was almost out of breath, and cried while beating the old lady's back.

Although the battalion commander is usually fierce and domineering, he is actually quite soft-hearted.Seeing this situation made me feel uncomfortable. In the end, not only did I not send the thief to the police station, but I also threw him 100 yuan before leaving.

After a few more days, the battalion commander almost forgot about it.But the thief found the battalion commander's grain store. As soon as the thief entered the door, he knelt down and kowtowed to the battalion commander three times, and returned the battalion commander's 100 yuan.

It was only after the battalion commander asked that his old lady had passed away.

"The old lady is gone, otherwise you should stop stealing and come to work in my grain store." The battalion commander always believed that as long as a person is filial, he will not be bad, so he wanted to help the thief.

"Thank you so much, brother. I'll kowtow to you a few more times." The thief wanted to kneel down again. If he could have a job, who would want to steal it?

"Haha, it's okay, pack up and come to work tomorrow." The battalion commander said

"Big Brother...Actually, I have two younger brothers, and they have nowhere to go. You say my family is from out of town, and I can't work as a worker without a local registered permanent residence, and I don't have land for farming. My two younger brothers are disabled and can't do work. Look..." The thief asked hesitantly, he wanted the battalion commander to arrange for his younger brother as well.

"Fuck!" The battalion commander became angry when he heard it, and his relationship is still a den of thieves.

The grain store only has so much work, so many people can't use it. Besides, although the battalion commander is the head of the grain store, the grain store is state-run. If so many people are arranged at once, the battalion commander can't make the decision.

"Brother, I won't make it difficult for you, but my two younger brothers are still young, so I can't leave them behind." The thief saw that the battalion commander was in trouble, so he didn't pester him any more.He kowtowed to the battalion commander again, turned around and left.

The battalion commander thought this was over like this, and felt quite guilty for not being able to help the thief battalion commander.

But the thief came again in the second month, and this time he came to give money to the battalion commander.If he stole one hundred, he would give the battalion commander 20 yuan, and if he stole two hundred, he would give the battalion commander 40 yuan.In short, every month from now on, he will always come to send money to the battalion commander unshakably.

At first the battalion commander was determined not to want it, but the thief was also quite twisted. He said that although the battalion commander’s 100 yuan didn’t save his wife’s life, it would allow him to bury her in a splendid manner. If he didn’t have the 100 yuan Yuan, my old mother had to throw her body in the wilderness.This favor has to be repaid for a lifetime.

The battalion commander had no choice but to accept it, but the battalion commander can't take other people's money for nothing every month.

But this thief is also very stubborn, the favor must be repaid, and the money must also be given.

Seeing the battalion commander accepting the money with a frown and reluctance, the thief gave the battalion commander another idea.

The idea of ​​the thief is very simple, that is to let the battalion commander send someone to protect him when he steals in the future.

At that time, the thief had almost given the battalion commander a year's worth of money back and forth, and he was very worried for the battalion commander.

But if the battalion commander dares to say no, if he refuses, the thief promises to take out a knife and wipe his neck.

Although the thief's method was not very good, the battalion commander accepted it happily. It is estimated that as long as he stopped taking other people's money for nothing at that time, he would be fine if he knelt down and kowtowed to the thief.

Although the battalion commander promised the thief to send someone to protect him, he also set two rules for the thief.

"You can't go to the hospital to steal money, and you can't go to the poor to steal money!"

"If you are caught stealing something, you have to return the money to the other party. If the other party still refuses to let you go after paying back the money, the battalion commander will take action."

"Brother Battalion Commander, don't worry, I promise to do those two things you said." The thief slapped his chest.

But what happened later was completely beyond the battalion commander's expectations.

In the past, Hongqi City's rule of "beating the thief half to death before sending it to the police station" was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that the thief was very worried every day when he shipped goods.

Now it's great, with the battalion commander creating a good working environment for him, the thief's work performance has been steadily increasing, and his income has also been steadily increasing.

For this thief's income, other thieves are envious.Gradually, under his introduction, all the hard-boiled and hard-headed people joined the battalion commander's "subordinates",

An unintentional move by the battalion commander has attracted at least 50% of the thieves in Hongqi City.

Every month on the specified day, the thief will hand over the money to the battalion commander.

And the battalion commander didn't treat them badly. The canteen thieves from the grain store came to eat whatever they wanted, without asking for money.Anyway, the grain store has plenty of grain.Not only that, sometimes the thieves are seriously injured, or their family members are sick, the battalion commander will give the thieves some money to go to the emergency first.

In this way, the battalion commander accidentally created a precedent in the Chinese business community.But he not only provided the thieves with free working meals, but also provided the thieves with work-related injury insurance and pension insurance.It can be said that the treatment is good.