Dream Guide

The rain stopped, and a rainbow crossed the mountain behind the Martyrs Cemetery. The sun emerged from the clouds and shone softly, making the small white flowers that had just been exposed to the rain shine brightly.

When leaving, Poppy looked back and saw the photos on all the tombstones sparkling in the sun.

Peng Jiahu sent them to Mangdian. Because he had to rush back to Baoteng for a meeting, he entrusted Shi Dazhuang and Yu Meiren to Chen Changshou, the director of Mangdian Police Station. What happened three years ago left him with lingering fears. Although the drug situation and public security are much better now than at that time, Shi Dazhuang and Yu Gang are not ordinary people. They were a thorn in the side of the drug dealers back then. How many people were sent to prison by them? It's no joke if someone comes to take revenge.

He repeatedly confessed: "Third son, I'll leave this to you. If anything happens to you, just polish your face with a whetstone and then come see me!"

Director Chen's nickname is Sanzi. He used to be in the anti-narcotics brigade and was considered Peng Jiahu's confidant. When Muka entered the country three years ago, Peng Jiahu brought eight team members to support him, and Sanzi was one of them. Later, during the exchange of fire with the Muka gang, four of the eight team members died on the spot, and the two seriously injured people later died in the hospital.

The third son was also injured, but luckily survived with only some sequelae. Just like Meng Yan back then, the anti-narcotics police couldn't do it. It happened that after Meng Yan's death, the Mangdian Police Station was short of personnel, so he was transferred. I came over, the director who was just promoted last year.

The third son said: "Don't worry, Captain Peng. In the past few years, the campaign against gangsters and evil has wiped out all the gangs. Those who were sent to big jails were sent to big jails, and those who were rehabilitated were rehabilitated. The rest are all the same." They're like rats lying in their nests. Who has the guts to make trouble now? Don't talk about touching the police, they dare to try to bully the people on the street!"

Peng Jiahu said: "We still have to be careful! We are not afraid of people here, but we are afraid of people coming from the other side of the Nangou River. This time there is no Teacher Aoki to help us."

The third son nodded solemnly and said, "I know!"

Peng Jiahu left, and Chen Changshou asked Shi Dazhuang when he would go to Qianziba so that he could arrange a car. Seeing that it was getting late, Shi Dazhuang decided to stay in Mangdian for one night before leaving. Chen Changshou accompanied Shi Dazhuang and Poppy to book a room at the Mangdian Hotel.

The original five-story building disappeared and was replaced by a twenty-story building. On the roof of the building, the characters "Mangdian Hotel" shone brightly in the sun.

There are marble steps at the entrance of the hotel, and four large pillars hugged by two people support the roof of the porch. Two majestic stone lions stand on both sides of the porch.

Outside the door is a green space full of flowers and a smooth and wide cement street. Across the street are many vendors selling tourist souvenirs, and some children are playing on the street.

Shi Dazhuang stood at the door of the hotel and was filled with emotion. He didn't expect that Mangdian had changed so much. Director Chen said:

"In recent years, the government has vigorously developed tourism. Almost all dams have been connected to roads, and a tourism distribution center has been established by the Nangou River. People from the other side can come over and do some trade after completing simple procedures. People here have to It was also very convenient to travel in the past.”

Shi Dazhuang was stunned for a moment and said: "Not far from Nangou River is Maxu Dam. Aren't you afraid of drug dealers sneaking in?"

Chen Changshou said with a smile: "The lives of ordinary people are getting better and better, and no one cares about growing marijuana and opium poppies. The poisonous scorpions have lost the cover of the masses and are not as easy to sneak in as before. Moreover, Nangouhe City has been returned to the border defense No matter, they don’t necessarily have the guts, didn’t the lunatic from Maxuba issue an order prohibiting his subordinates from bringing poison here.”

As soon as Shi Dazhuang mentioned the madman, he saw a man who looked like a dirty beggar coming over. He was hit by the security guard at the hotel door and left cursing.

The poppy cried out: "Beggar!"

The beggar turned around and laughed. His face was as dark as his lumpy hair, and only the whites of his eyes were particularly white.

Shi Dazhuang's heart skipped a beat as he thought of the madman who saved the beauty three years ago, but upon closer inspection, it didn't look like him. Poppy also realized that she had recognized the wrong person. She smiled a little embarrassedly and took out the remaining money from Peng Jiahu's purchase of roast chicken and gave it all to the beggar.

The beggar happily took the money, laughed loudly, and ran away naked. A group of children chased after him happily, singing a children's song made up by someone.

Poppy felt a little uncomfortable and followed Shi Dazhuang and Chen Changshou into the hotel without saying a word.

The hotel was very clean and well-equipped. It was very different from the crude environment three years ago. Even the mosquito repellent prepared by Shi Dazhuang was not used.

In the evening, Shi Dazhuang took Yu Meiren for a walk on the streets of Mangdian, and bought some things for the folks in Wanziba.

Yanma Street is also called Yanma Street, but it does not sell cigarettes or candies. Instead, it has become a street for tourist souvenirs. Mawo hawthorn, red jade, goat's milk fruit, lemon spread, linshi, jade, cucurbit silk, Husadao... The various shops are not classified, they are open one by one, with some guide signs for B\u0026Bs and small hotels. , much livelier than three years ago.

Looking at the dazzling array of products, Poppy felt much better.

"Dad, are these really Mengdian's specialties?" she asked curiously.

Shi Dazhuang said with a smile: "Some are, some are not, but generally they are considered specialties of southern Yunnan."

The poppy happily walked around in various shops, picking up this one to look at, and picking up that one to ask questions. Sometimes she was proud that her hometown had so many magical things, and sometimes she was proud that she even knew the local specialties of her hometown. I feel sad that I don’t even know him.

Seeing that she liked it, Shi Dazhuang wanted to buy it for her, but she refused. He felt that these things were so expensive, but he said, "I am from Mangdian. How can a Mangdian person buy tourist souvenirs in Mangdian!"

When he walked half the street, Shi Dazhuang saw a familiar shop. That was the shop where the medicine woman sold medicine, and now it is filled with rattan artworks. A woman sits behind a small table in a store with a computer. When the woman saw Shi Dazhuang looking at the door, she shouted at him:

"The unique old rattan weavings in Mangdian are all handmade by old craftsmen in Bazi. You can take away small items and free shipping for large items. Come in and have a look!"

Seeing these vines, Shi Dazhuang remembered what Enkun Gong said when he was a child. Poppies were not grown in Qianziba, so the people in the dam used old vines from the mountains to make baskets, mats and chairs, and then sold them at the mouth of Ruihe River. Come back with some oil and salt.

He walked into the shop and picked up an exquisite and ancient rattan-backed basket. He looked at it again and again and realized that it was indeed an old craft.

The door curtain of the back room was raised, and a strong young man came out with a semi-finished barnacle. When he saw Shi Dazhuang, he was stunned for a moment, and the barnacle in his hand fell to the ground. He exclaimed: "Daddy Shi!"

Shi Dazhuang turned to look, but before he recognized the person, he heard Poppy calling: "Brother Yusang!"