Chapter 121 - 104: Junior Brother is Awesome

Chapter 121: Chapter 104: Junior Brother is AwesomeThe dunship docked by the river, making meals less convenient than before. Originally, we planned to take turns going back to the station to eat, but after clearing the snow off the pontoon bridge and just laying down some straw mats, Old Qian braved the cold wind and rode his bicycle over to deliver food. He used small insulated pots, similar to thermos bottles. They were all new, with three insulated pots for rice, three for dishes, and two for soup, even bringing along bowls, chopsticks, and soup spoons. Watching him busily serving rice and pouring soup, Han Yu asked with a smile, "Uncle Qian, is that iron frame you had me weld onto the bicycle the other day for carrying these insulated pots?" "Yeah, I’ve got nothing much to do anyway, so I thought I’d deliver the meals to save you all from running back and forth." "Thank you, Uncle Qian." "Don’t mention it, eat it while it’s hot. It’s cold today; it’ll be cool if you don’t eat now." ... After everyone finished eating, they were about to take the insulated pots away. While Han Yu and others were eating in the duty room, Old Qian took a fishing rod from the clutter in the dunship’s storeroom, took out the bait he had prepared in advance from his pocket, climbed over the railing, and jumped onto the aft deck of the 002 to fish again. Han Xiangning ate less and finished quickly. She approached the rear window and looked at Old Qian, who was fishing, and laughed: "Uncle Qian is like ’a lone fisher in a straw cape and hat, angling in the snowy cold river’." "Uncle Qian doesn’t drink or play cards; he only likes fishing." "Is it possible to catch anything on such a cold day?" "I don’t know if others can but Uncle Qian definitely can." As they were chatting and laughing, a Santana sedan pulled up to the end of the pontoon bridge, on the river embankment. Han Xiangning said joyfully, "Our Director Jin is here, I’ll go welcome him." Old Zhang had gone back to the station for duty; otherwise, Old Qian would not have dared to come over since the station cannot be left unmanned. Since he was the only officer on the dunship, Han Yu felt it necessary to represent the station and greet the visitors, quickly putting down his bowl and chopsticks: "Sister Xiang Ning, I’ll go with you." "Alright." "Salted Fish, Sister Xiang Ning, call me if you need help moving things." "Sure, you eat first. The people from Yanjiang Police Station are really nice; I don’t feel like a burdensome guest at all. Han Xiangning patted Liang Xiaoyu on the shoulder and walked out the door. As Han Yu followed her into the corridor, he was surprised to find an adult man and woman carrying bedding towards the pontoon bridge, not the two uncles mentioned earlier. Han Xiangning also found it strange and asked, "Director Jin, where is Uncle Qiu?" Jin Weiguo, the newly appointed Big Commander of the third Law Enforcement Team of Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau, was about to explain when the older sister behind him laughed and asked, "What do you mean by that, girl? Don’t you welcome me?" "Sister Zhu, it’s not that I’m unwelcoming, what brings you here?" "Qiu Jiahui was fine yesterday morning, and then suddenly his stomach hurt in the afternoon. A hospital checkup revealed appendicitis; he needed surgery and was hospitalized. He’s at the First People’s Hospital, had the surgery last night, and before the surgery, his spouse even sought out your mother to ask for help in talking to the doctor." "So Uncle Qiu is hospitalized and couldn’t come, so the bureau leadership let you come with Director Jin?" Before Sister Zhu could open her mouth, Jin Weiguo laughed and said, "Sister Zhu volunteered to come here. Ningning, didn’t you say over the phone that there’s a double room here? You and Sister Zhu can share one, and I’ll stay in the duty room." "This isn’t right..." "It’s fine, Director Jin, Director Jin, you don’t need to stay in the duty room; there are dorms on the first floor." "May I ask who you are?" As Han Yu was about to introduce himself, Han Xiangning took Sister Zhu’s luggage with pride and introduced: "This is my cousin, the Little Salted Fish I mentioned to you over the phone." Jin Weiguo laughed heartily, "So, this is Little Salted Fish, nice to meet you, we’ll be bothering you all from now on." "It’s no trouble." "Salted Fish, this is Sister Zhu from our bureau office; Sister Zhu has been very good to me." "Nice to meet you, Sister." The two guests had quite a bit of luggage, so Han Yu called over Liang Xiaoyu to help fetch it from the car. The driver also helped move the luggage onto the ship, arranged the dorms for Han Xiangning, and settled Director Jin. People from the Port Supervision Bureau had arrived! Old Qian stopped fishing immediately, put his fishing rod back in the storeroom, started to clean up the insulated pots, and went back to the station to report to Old Zhang. Old Zhang arrived upon hearing the news and accompanied Director Jin and Sister Zhu on a tour of the work environment. Their appointment from the bureau had come down two days ago; Old Zhang was now the Deputy Director, but Han Yu and Liang Xiaoyu were used to addressing him as Uncle Zhang, and it was hard to change their habit immediately. Director Jin wouldn’t address him by name either and said with a firm handshake and a smile, "Deputy Director Zhang, you all have done a great job here; this environment is a hundred times better than our bureau’s docking boats!" "Our docking boats are just for mooring the Supervision Boats, unlike yours; we not only need to dock Law Enforcement Rescue Vessels but also to work and even handle cases on the river." "How much was invested?" "Just did the accounts a few days ago, including the refitting of 001 and 002, a total of 426,000 has been invested." "That’s a large sum, you really have guts." ... At the same time, Han Xiangning pulled her younger cousin aside with an apologetic look and said, "Sorry, I didn’t expect Uncle Qiu to get sick and be hospitalized, and I didn’t expect Sister Zhu to volunteer to come." Han Yu looked baffled and asked, "What does this have to do with me, what’s there to be sorry about?" "It’s about the dormitory. I will stay in your dormitory for at most three months, but it’s different with Director Jin; if he comes, he will have to stay for at least a year or two." "I thought it was something serious. When Director Xu and Commander Li move over, I’ll just stay on 001. I grew up on a boat and like the shaky feeling on 001; I can fall asleep as soon as I lie down." "Thank you." "You’re my sister, I’m your brother, we don’t need to thank each other without making people laugh." "Fine, I won’t stand on ceremony with you." Han Xiangning patted his arm and went back to accompany the Big Commander. After chatting inside for a while, Han Yu found out that Sister Zhu was named Zhu Chunmiao, the deputy director of the Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau office. It seems her husband is a leader at some unit and has been assigned elsewhere; it will take two years of working there before he can return. Their child is also studying in another city, and with her alone in Binjiang, she found little joy, so she volunteered to come and accompany Han Xiangning. Anyway, for their bureau, as long as there is police cooperation, it doesn’t matter whether the law enforcement officers are men or women. It’s worth mentioning that to motivate staff to come and stay here in Bailong Port, where conditions are hard, their bureau’s leadership has come up with a whole set of incentives. Just the allowance for being stationed away from home is twenty bucks a month! If they want to return to Binjiang for holidays, they don’t need to squeeze onto long-distance buses; the bureau will arrange transportation. The bureau covers the cost of food during the stay, so there’s no need for individuals to pay; and any performance reviews or promotions will also give priority to those who serve here. Han Yu couldn’t help but ask, "Sister Xiang Ning, including the allowance for being stationed, how much can you earn a month?" The Port Supervision Bureau’s salaries were already higher than the police, and knowing that he only earned fifty-three and a half a month, Han Xiangning didn’t have the heart to discourage him and vaguely said, "Not much, I’ll treat you to a meal when I get paid." "How much is ’not much’." "Why ask so much." Sitting here with nothing to do, wanting to watch TV but no electricity, and too embarrassed to ask others to power the generators. Han Xiangning looked up and asked, "Director Zhang, since everyone’s not busy today, could you let Salted Fish and Captain Wang take us for a spin on the river?" This is the awkwardness of "living under someone else’s roof"! Not only do you work and live on someone else’s Dunship, eat in their canteen, but also borrow their people and law enforcement vessels. Involuntarily, Director Jin glanced at Old Zhang, thinking would they agree? Sister Zhu, on the other hand, had total admiration for her bureau’s leadership, thinking to herself that it was really wise to have Han Xiangning come; where others would feel awkward to ask, she had no issues. First, she’s young and speaks frankly. Secondly, she and Salted Fish from the Yanjiang Police Station were not only schoolmates but also cousins, which also made them relatives of the Yanjiang Police Station. To her and Director Jin’s surprise, Deputy Director Zhang actually smiled and said, "Little Han, if you need assistance with law enforcement, ask Director Xu when he’s here and ask Salted Fish when Director Xu is not. You don’t need to ask me." "Ask Salted Fish?" "Salted Fish is the captain of our station’s law enforcement vessel team." Han Xiangning was amused and turned around with a smile, "What about taking us for a turn on the river?" Han Yu glanced at Old Zhang, seeing him smiling, he realized that Old Zhang was worried that Binjiang Port Supervision’s people might look down on them, so he straightened up his spine: "Director Jin, Sister Zhu, Sister Xiang Ning, not to mention dispatching the boat, even dispatching personnel is no problem, but our station has an unwritten rule." Director Jin didn’t expect the Yanjiang Police Station to let a kid take charge, and asked with interest, "What unwritten rule?" "I know you’ll take care of the fuel costs for using the boat, but fuel money doesn’t fall from sky. So whenever 001 and 002 set sail, they must be on duty, not treat the law enforcement vessels like yachts." Sёarᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "That’s a good unwritten rule. Sister Zhu, how about we go change into our uniforms and bring our IDs and the relevant... relevant documents to patrol and enforce the law on the river." "Sure, I’m free anyway." Old Zhang laughed, "Director Jin, your efficiency is quite high, why don’t you take a break first?" Director Jin waved his hand, "We came here to work, and besides, we’re not very familiar with the North Branch Waters. Instead of sitting here doing nothing, we might as well patrol the river." "Okay, Salted Fish, be sure to cooperate well with Director Jin." "Yes!" Salted Fish picked up the walkie-talkie and called out, "Captain Wang, Captain Wang, this is Han Yu, please respond." "Received, go ahead." "Tell Uncle Zhu to prepare the vehicle, we’ll set sail in half an hour." "Where to?" "Assist Director Jin and Sister Zhu on their river patrol." "Got it, right away." Going on the river for law enforcement isn’t like working on the river; you don’t need 002 for alert guarding. Han Yu took the car key from his senior sister and called Liang Xiaoyu to go back to the station to get their gear. When Director Jin and the two others changed into their uniforms and came down to the first deck with their briefcases, Han Yu and Liang Xiaoyu had already returned fully armed. Both wore steel helmets with police insignia, bandoliers strapped to their bodies, handcuffs tucked at their waists, one carrying a Micro Machine Gun, the other a 56 Assault Rifle. Even though they both looked young and inexperienced, the vibe they gave off was fierce. Old Zhang was worried that the two Salted Fish couldn’t control the situation if they met troublesome ship owners, and since he had to be on duty at the station, he simply asked Old Liu from Bailong Port Police Station to come and take charge, also having Old Qian come to help guard the Dunship. Old Liu wasn’t as over the top as the two Salted Fish, but he wasn’t empty-handed either, he deliberately wore a tactical belt and tucked a Wusi Pistol at his waist. In the past, to ask for police assistance or joint law enforcement, it required the bureau’s leadership to personally communicate and coordinate with the leadership of the Police Bureau. Sometimes they had to put up with others’ attitudes, asking for help. But at Bailong Port, it was so simple, just a word from Little Salted Fish. Director Jin was shocked, feeling everything was so unreal. Sister Zhu was even more excitedly grateful, "Chief Liu, Salted Fish, thank you so much. With your assistance, there’s no law we can’t enforce in the North Branch Waters!" Such a helpful junior brother, and the leaders at his workplace are so supportive... Han Xiangning felt especially proud and giggled, "Director Jin, Sister Zhu, I didn’t lie to you over the phone, did I? As long as my brother is here, there’s no obstacle to us enforcing the law on the river!"