The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

Compared with last year, Yanjing in 1982 has undergone obvious changes. The city that seemed to be still quiet suddenly became noisy, and there were construction sites everywhere.

Road repairs, rebuilding in dilapidated courtyard houses, or planning and rectification in LC district, in short, everyone seems to be busy in a flash, and a large number of farmers were signaled to do volunteer work in Yanjing City during the less busy period after the beginning of spring. .

Although the volunteers don't get paid, they take care of the meals. Therefore, these farmers are very active. After all, it is not a busy time for farming, and they are idle at home. If they can spend their energy to make a living in the city, they can also leave a morsel of food for the family, right?

Compared with the big busyness, the young men and women wandering on the street are very conspicuous. If there was such a call in the past two years when they couldn't eat, these people would definitely try their best to make a living.

But in the past two years, they have become familiar with each other on the street, and they have also made a little name for themselves. They have food and drink every day. You let them go to work as coolies on the construction site? This picture is too beautiful to imagine.

"Boss, can the tape recorder be credited?" In Wu Aibing's shop, a few young men and women walked in, randomly took a tape recorder and plugged it in, and then put a tape into it.

Listening to the songs in it, I clicked some buttons on the recorder, and found that there was nothing wrong with it, and nodded with a satisfied look on my face.

"Small business does not accept credit." Wu Aibing frowned and stood up from the chair.

Yang Dongxu, who was nibbling an apple next to him, didn't turn his attention to this side, and so did the other customers in the store.

"So shameless, how can I take care of your family's business?" The young man felt very shameless, with a cigarette in his mouth, and several companions beside him looked a little unkind.

"I'm the deputy director of the Lukou Police Station. If you don't let him come over and sign, I'll show you some face." Wu Aibing folded his arms with a sneer on his face.

"Bah, if you do this, the business will close sooner or later." The young man spit on the ground and snorted, then turned and left with a few of his followers.

Although the streets are a bit messy now, it doesn't mean that the police are just eating dry food. It's okay if they don't get caught, but if they don't die, they will peel off their skin.

"There are a lot of bastards like this now?" Yang Dongxu frowned, not only in Wu Aibing's store, but also in the Yang Family Banquet's side where he occasionally encountered a few people who wanted to owe money.

However, compared to Wu Aibing's side, Yang's Banquet is better. After all, there are several stores selling tape recorders and tapes, and even TV sets in Dongcheng, so his side is not very conspicuous.

But there are not many restaurants as big as the Yang Family Banquet, and more importantly, some leaders and foreign guests eat at the Yang Family Banquet from time to time, which makes these gangsters not dare to go too far, and they don't hang around there from time to time.

"Every day, there are always a few people who feel that they are too big and want to give face credit, and they almost got into a fight a few times." Wu Aibing glanced at Yang Dongxu without still frowning.

Although Wu Aibing didn't speak, Yang Dongxu could hear a little dissatisfaction in his tone, because after hearing Yang Dongxu's words, Dongzi faded from the street last year, and An Anxin became a big boss.

His reputation is not only for some old gangsters, but also some newcomers, or some people who feel that they are doing well, don't take Dongzi seriously anymore, which makes sometimes the shop is often called Some people harass.

"It's fine to be patient. The higher-ups must take care of such a mess. Otherwise, developing the economy is empty talk."

Before being reborn, Yang Dongxu lived in the countryside most of the time, and he was not very old, so before the crackdown, he didn't have a deep understanding of the chaos in society, except he had heard about some village tyrants in ten miles and eight villages. I didn't expect that these bastards on the street would almost have the posture of the young and Dangerous in the movie. It's not often that they fight for territory and kill people, but it has happened several times.

"Hey, what's the matter over there?" A customer suddenly said at the door of the store.

All the customers in Rumble's shop ran out. It wasn't that there were fights and beatings on the street. When encountering such a thing, everyone couldn't avoid it, so it was impossible to go up. It was the sky in the east that was billowing with smoke.

"It's on fire, it's a big fire."

"Looking at the distance, it seems to be on the Jianguomenwai Street."

"The weather has been a bit dry recently, so it's not easy to extinguish the fire."

Wangfujing is less than four kilometers away from Jian'anmenwai Street, which is Yong'anli. At this time, the sky is full of smoke, and it can be clearly seen from a distance of four kilometers to see how big the fire is.

"Don't be shy, don't be shy, close the door early today, come back tomorrow if you want to buy something, I have relatives on the fire side, I have to go and have a look." Wu Aibing and Yang Dongxu who came out of the shop looked at each other and said.

"Then hurry over and see for help."

"Go again later, it's too dangerous to go at this time."

Many people began to persuade Wu to love soldiers, some let go, and some didn't let go. But Wu Aibing obviously had his own ideas, and kept closing the store door in a hurry with a smiling face, and was about to go there on his bicycle.

"Don't go there now, it must be very chaotic over there, you wait for news here, I'll go and inquire about it." Seeing Yang Dongxu flicking his legs and sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, Wu Aibing stopped and turned his head.

"That's fine, but don't go there, go to Dongzi's first, and ask what's going on and why it's such a big fire." Yang Dongxu looked a little ugly from the back seat of the bicycle.

Judging from the direction of the fire, it should be on Yong'anli. Although Dongzi's warehouse is not there, vendors who sell wholesale clothing and other things are concentrated there, and Dongzi sometimes goes to see it. Look, if this happened by accident, or had anything to do with the fire, it would be a big deal.

The fire burned from the afternoon until more than ten o'clock at night, and the burning fire was seen farther away at night, and the entire Yanjing City fell into an inexplicable panic.

"Did you get involved in this matter?" Zhou Yiren returned home with a tired face after the fire was extinguished, and asked directly when he saw Yang Dongxu fidgeting back and forth in the room.

It's not that he didn't know anything about the things Yang Dongxu usually did, he just turned a blind eye and didn't ask, but this time the fire broke out a big hole in the sky.

"I have a few shops over there, but they are basically rented out to sell clothes to others, and I haven't been there a few times. I'm still at a loss as to what's going on now." Yang Dongxu Said quickly.

Zhou Yiren nodded, he still knew his grandson well. If something really involved him, he would definitely say that he still has confidence in Yang Dongxu.

At this time, the sound of bicycles sounded at the door, and Yang Dongxu ran out immediately, and Wu Aibing, who had a gray face on his face, carried the bicycle across the threshold.

"How's it going?" Yang Dongxu asked without caring about letting Wu Aibing rest.

"It has nothing to do with Dongzi. It was two other groups of people who fought to grab the chassis of the clothing street. As a result, the loser was not convinced and set fire to it. The clothes and fabrics on that street were all flammable, so the fire was not serious at all. It can't be controlled and it expands instantly." Wu Aibing put down his bicycle and ran into the house without being polite to Yang Dongxu, poured a cup of tea and poured it in.

"How did you come back now?"

"The whole street was burned down. In the end, several courtyards were demolished as isolation zones to keep the fire from spreading. There is a need for manpower everywhere. I stayed to help people put out the fire. I went to Dongzi's only after the fire was under control. asked."

This is in line with Wu Aibing's character, after all, he still has a sense of responsibility for veterans who have participated in battles.

"Uncle, it is said that the foreign devils were burned to death inside, is it true?" After letting out a sigh of relief, Wu Aibing turned to Zhou Yiren and asked.

"According to the on-site investigation, there were indeed foreign staff members in that street at the time, but I was in the research office, not the police station, so the specific situation is not very clear." Zhou Yiren shook his head.

A fire killed at least a hundred people, including several foreigners, and all departments of Yanjing City were affected. Even he, the director of the Reform Research Office who didn't care about firefighting at all, was dragged into a meeting until eight or nine o'clock in the evening, which shows how big this matter is.

"Don't rest after washing your face, go to Dongzi's side quickly, and ask him if he wiped his butt clean before, if you can go out and hide quickly." Yang Dongxu said with a change of expression.

"I'm sure, this matter has nothing to do with Dongzi." Wu Aibing looked at Yang Dongxu puzzled.

"You mean?" Zhou Yiren looked at himself as a grandson with some uncertainty.

"Old Zhou, your work unit called, saying that there is an urgent meeting, and I want you to go over to the meeting quickly." The voice of the street office aunt rang at the door, and the phone cannot be installed in a private home, so there is nothing to call It is to call the Hutong Street to handle.

"I'm going to a meeting, don't run around." Zhou Yiren got up and left in a hurry.

Watching his godfather leave Yang Dongxu felt even more uneasy. He didn't know the reason for the crackdown next year before rebirth, but this time the chaos was so great that it directly pierced the sky, and even burned a few foreigners to death. It is not impossible for the higher authorities to launch a severe crackdown that should happen next year because of this incident.

"Why are you still standing in a daze, go over and ask clearly." Seeing that Wu Aibing was still sitting there in a daze, Yang Dongxu went over and kicked him.

"Well, I have passed, and Xu Zi is going to happen?" Wu Aibing responded, and at the same time seemed to have a premonition to look at Yang Dongxu.

"It's hard to say whether something big will happen, but once this incident happens, at least a group of people will be arrested on the street right now. Although Dongzi stopped hanging out on the street last year, he is quite famous and regarded as a typical example." It's not impossible to get it out."

The fire accident made Yang Dongxu's mind full of confusion at this time. He really wasn't sure what kind of chain reaction this incident would cause, but one thing is certain, that is, this incident is definitely not a small one.