readsfreenovel Chapter 646: Lao Ma also got promoted
Chapter 646: Lao Ma also got promoted
Peking, Lao Ma’s grocery store.
Early in the morning, Lao Ma removed the door panels.
First, he lit the stove and put the teapot on it. Then he took a big broom and swept the door clean, and even swept the doors of the surrounding shops.
The shop owner next door opened a little later. When he saw Lao Ma sweeping the floor, he hurriedly said, "Oh! Shopkeeper Ma! How can you do this? Please take a rest. Please take a rest."
Lao Ma smiled slightly, "It's just a side job, it's just a side job."
Ever since Lao Ma moved to this new shop, he has gotten along very well with his neighbors. He looks ordinary, speaks ordinary, and does ordinary business.
The more ordinary he is, the less of a threat he poses to the people around him, and the more his neighbors will be willing to deal with him.
Some people are asking, saying that Shopkeeper Ma is always alone and no one has ever seen his wife. Does he live alone?
If that's the case, everyone would like to introduce a wife to him!
To be honest, if it weren’t for the special nature of the industry, Lao Ma would have been a little tempted!
After sweeping the floor, the water on the stove boiled. I took out a large covered bowl, cleaned it, put a handful of tea leaves (six small silver dollars per pound) in it, and poured water over it.
After the newsboy brought the newspaper, I sat down and read it while drinking tea.
When it was daybreak, Shopkeeper Ma, with his hands in his sleeves, called out to the shopkeeper of the shop next door: "Excuse me, there is not much business this morning, I'm going to go shopping, please keep an eye on it for me."
"Okay! Go ahead, go ahead. It's a day like this, so why not sit there? You go for a walk in the morning, and I'll go for a walk in the afternoon. Let's help each other!"
Shopkeeper Ma nodded and muttered to himself, why do you want to sneak away again? Do you want to make a meeting too?
Thinking of this, I made myself laugh.
He wandered around here and there, then went to see the radio operator and got a telegram paper.
He went back to the shop, took out a book and translated the code.
Then I couldn't help but tremble a little.
I am......
Got promoted?
Major!
Lao Ma seemed to have lost his soul and translated it several times!
Then the corners of his eyes felt a little wet. He took a deep breath, looked up at the beams and blinked.
How many years have you been doing this business?
His level is not high and his cultural background is average. Although he has a lot of experience, there is a difference between having a lot of experience and having a lot of experience.
He has been struggling for so many years, but no one has pushed him below or praised him above, and he has always been a mediocre liaison officer.
I was lucky until I was sent to the capital!
Lao Ma is not obsessed with power, but people always have to have something in their life. He has lost his children and his wife. He is almost half buried in the earth. What else can he pursue?
This is a major!
He blinked hard a few times and continued translating.
This time, the more he translated, the more he frowned.
If I was promoted, it would mean it was a reward for killing Chen Xianzhou.
I have been promoted as a liaison officer, so why is there no mention of the reward for the team leader in the telegram?
He just left a vague statement that the method of commending the people who made the greatest contributions is still under study.
Damn it, what are you still researching!
Lao Ma stuffed the telegram paper into the stove, put on a pot of water, turned around and went to the corner to buy a piece of donkey meat, and then went to the big wine jar to get a glass or two of wine.
The guy was still disdainful. You are dressed like a decent person, holding a newspaper bag in your hand, which obviously contains meat, and you just drink a glass of wine?
Old Ma was laughing, one or two ounces is not a small amount! It is enough to celebrate!
I'm a major, I can't get drunk!
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Tianjin, Military Police Headquarters.
The weather is getting warmer and the willow trees are sprouting.
Uncle Lin took off his cloak. He didn't want to wear the yellow military uniform of the Japanese, so he wore a black woolen uniform all day.
This was made by Niu Saner. It was hard to tell what type of uniform it was, but it had broad shoulders and a narrow back, a defined waistline, straight trouser seams, and shiny boots.
If I post a short video in the future, it will attract a lot of female uniform lovers.
As the saying goes, people feel sleepy in spring, tired in autumn, and nap in summer. In the past six months, Master Lin has been defeating Osako Michimasa, reorganizing the gendarmerie headquarters, and cleaning up the dock gangs.
It’s really hard work!
Now the headquarters is running in an orderly manner and the streets of Tianjin are in order. It's time to relax.
Secretary Song was almost exhausted these past two days and cried and begged Master Lin to hire another secretary to share the workload.
Mr. Lin was moved for a moment, but then he felt bad.
After all, this is a workplace, so what's the point of having so many women?
Since there's no point in staying at the headquarters, I have no choice but to go home.
As Lin Ze's status increased, the security of the Lin Mansion became increasingly tight.
There are three lines of defense from the inside to the outside. The outermost one is on the far street, half a mile away from Lin Mansion.
This is the elite patrol force sent by Zheng Xiaji.
About fifty meters further in is the outer perimeter of the gate, where people from the gendarmerie headquarters are on guard.
Then there are the patrol posts at the gate and its surroundings.
They were all young men from the Auxiliary Management Bureau carefully selected by Niu Saner. They were armed with guns and patrolled day and night.
Don’t think that this job is hard and boring. In order to grab the opportunity to stand guard for Master Lin, the young people within the Auxiliary Management Bureau almost had a fight.
That's to stand guard for Master Lin!
Do the servants understand?
Mr. Lin's travel specifications have also been upgraded. Niu Saner used the money from the Military Police Headquarters to purchase five Cadillacs with steel plates installed.
Then we use the old method of drawing lots and randomly select a car to ride each time.
The convoy consists of five black cars, and this aura is unique in Tianjin.
At this position, it would be foolish to play low-key. If he doesn't play his cards right, and some blind thug comes out and offends Master Lin, will Director Niu still be alive?
The convoy drove all the way to Lin Mansion, and people were discussing the matter along the way.
Unlike in the past when people would feel envy or ridicule when seeing the vehicles of wealthy businessmen or powerful people, most of the discussions among ordinary people were about how to make Mr. Lin safer.
"See? Look at what Master Lin has been forced to do. He is a very frugal man, but now he has to get five cars to run together! Oh! He is afraid of being assassinated!"
"Ah? Who dares to assassinate Master Lin?"
"You don't understand, do you? Think about it, how many good things has Master Lin done for us ordinary people since he came to Tianjin? He is one of us! But those high and mighty masters, ghosts... and the imperial army don't think so. If we eat more, they will eat less, right? Of course they hate Master Lin!"
"That's right! Think about it, how many bastards were shot at the dock some time ago? But those bastards also have fathers, sons, and lovers! Who knows, someone might want revenge. I don't know how many risks Master Lin has taken for us!"
It is impossible to expect ordinary people to spontaneously generate such remarks, but as long as there are people who are willing to spread them, they will quickly spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and eventually become a consensus.
As for who the person is, Director Niu said it is still unknown for the time being.
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ps. Lao Ma got promoted, give him some gifts to congratulate him and make him more loyal!