As for going to work, tomorrow is the day he reports to the railway police force.
As for the life of the police force, he doesn't have to worry at all. Not to mention his own abilities, just because he was born in a railway compound and has a father who died heroically as a police officer, he will not face difficulties in his future life in the railway police force.
, but will be taken care of.
The railway children in the Northeast are a special group of people. Even decades later, many people across the country will know how special the railway children are, let alone in this era.
It is no exaggeration to say that in this era, 80% of the jobs on the railways are inherited and held by railway children. If you are not a railway boy, it is really difficult to integrate into this circle.
So in terms of work, Zhou Chen is not worried at all. Even in this era, food is naturally incomparable to what it will be a few decades later.
Living alone and being a teenager, his life skills are naturally relatively poor. There is not much food stored at home. Zhou Chen found a roll of dried noodles and took two eggs to make an egg noodles.
He has rich life experience, and the coal stove and the fire are naturally not a problem for him. Soon, a hot pot of egg noodles is ready.
He had just filled a bowl and before he had time to eat, there was a knock on the door, and then he heard a cry.
"Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen, are you up? Open the door quickly."
Zhou Chen only paused for a moment before he knew who was knocking on the door, so he walked over and opened the door.
A young man walked in from outside the door.
"Zhou Chen, you haven't eaten yet."
"Wang Xin, why did you get up so early today? Today is a holiday. Shouldn't you sleep until noon?"
That's right, the young man who came to see Zhou Chen was the male protagonist of the drama "South and North", Wang Xin.
Zhou Chen lives in the railway compound where Wang Xin's house is located in the plot. The location is just behind Wang Xin's house. The room type is similar to Wang Xin's house, but the orientation is different.
Their family has lived here for more than ten years, and they are considered one of the oldest residents in this compound. He is two years older than Wang Xin, and the two are close friends who grew up together.
Not only did the two of them know each other for more than ten years in the same compound, they were also classmates in the same police academy, except that Zhou Chen was one year older than him.
Wang Xin shook his vest and muttered: "How can it be possible? It's so hot. Who can sleep? Oh, egg noodles are delicious."
Zhou Chen said: "On the hour? It happens to be more."
"Okay, it just so happens that I haven't had breakfast either. My dad went to work early in the morning and didn't even mention cooking me anything."
Wang Xin was not polite at all. He took a large bowl from Zhou Chen's cabinet and happily went to fill the pot with noodles.
"Hey, there's another egg, Zhou Chen, I won't be polite to you anymore, I'll just accept it."
"You are really not polite at all."
Zhou Chen cursed angrily, and then the two of them sat at a table and started making noodles.
"Well, not bad, Zhou Chen, your cooking skills have improved. It tastes much better than before."
Wang Xin ate while praising it.
"I can't stop your mouth even if I eat it."
Both of them were good at cooking, and they quickly finished Zhou Chen's pot of noodles.
Wang Xin burped and asked, "You will report to the police force tomorrow. How are you preparing?"
"What do you need to prepare when you take office? You will graduate next year. Do you have any plans to go?"
"Then I must go to the Railway Criminal Police Team. With my grades and abilities, I am definitely an elite member of the Criminal Police Team." Wang Xin began to boast.
Wang Xin is not yet eighteen years old now, but schools in this era are different from those in the future. Both Wang Xin and Zhou Chen went to the police academy before graduating from junior high school, so they were able to graduate early. In addition, they were born as railway children.
It is a natural thing to work in the railway public security department.
For workers in this era, young people can start working very early, and there is also a shift system. Many people start working when they are fifteen or sixteen years old, and retire later. There are many people with forty or fifty years of service.
Hearing Wang Xin's words, Zhou Chen sneered and said, "You have a pretty good idea. You can join the criminal police force right after graduation. You can think about such a good thing in your dreams when you go home at night."
Whether it is the criminal police team of the future or the criminal police team of this era, you cannot join it as a freshly graduated police academy student. Unless your relationship is really bad, most of them will have to start from the grassroots level.
rise.
And he has watched the drama "Nan Lai Bei Xiang", so he naturally knows that Wang Xin will become an honorable policeman after graduation next year, just like him, and after a few days of working, he will be injured in a very honorable manner.
It is said that he died before he was born.
"Come to our house for dinner tonight. My dad and I will have a drink with you to celebrate." Wang Xin sent out the invitation.
This era truly embodies the saying that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, especially in the extremely united railway compound, the relationship between neighbors is quite good.
Even if the living conditions of each family are not that good, it is common for them to visit each other for meals. Especially for those who have family changes like Zhou Chen, they are often taken care of by the people in the courtyard.
Zhou Chen said: "Forget it about having dinner and drinking. I have to report for work tomorrow. I have to take a good rest tonight and adjust my state. After all, starting from tomorrow, I will officially go to work, and it can't be the same as before."
Not to mention the past, now, he still doesn't want to owe any favors. Although one meal or two meals doesn't matter, in comparison, he would rather cook it at home.
"It doesn't matter. We don't drink too much. We just have two glasses to celebrate."
"I really don't want to go. I'll do it later. When I'm stable, I'll invite you to a restaurant for a drink. I'll also call out Cai Xiaonian and Niu Dali."
"Then, okay, it's up to you."
Seeing that Zhou Chen refused to go, Wang Xin didn't pay much attention to it and sat here with Zhou Chen for a while before going home.
Zhou Chen carried the bucket to the only pool in the courtyard to collect water. A group of women had gathered here. While washing and washing, they were chattering non-stop, making all kinds of gossip and laughter from time to time.
"Hey, Zhou Chen is here to fetch water. Have you had breakfast?"
"Have eaten, Aunt Cai."
"Xiao Zhou, are you going to report to the police force tomorrow?"
"Yes, Aunt Lu."
"Zhou Chen, you are going to start work tomorrow. You are not young at this age and are capable of dating. Can I give you a couple?"
"Oh, Sister-in-law Wu, I'm still young. Let's just go on a blind date. If there is any need in the future, I will definitely ask Sister-in-law Wu to help introduce me."
"…………"
Zhou Chen turned on the faucet to fill the water and talked to them with a smile. They were all neighbors who had lived in the same compound for many years. They met every day and had a very good relationship with each other.
Aunt Cai said: "Zhou Chen, you will be a policeman tomorrow. I think you can discuss it with the leader. You might as well share a car with Uncle Cai, Lao Wu and Dali from now on. We all belong to the same hospital.
We can still take care of each other a little bit."
Before Zhou Chen could speak, Aunt Lu said with a smile: "Aunt Cai, this is arranged by the leader, it doesn't matter what you say, but it would be really nice if I could have a car."
"Yes, yes."
Many people in this compound are workers on the train route from Ningyang to Harbin, so they said this to Zhou Chen. After all, it is much more convenient to work together as a group than to work alone.
Zhou Chen kept smiling and replied a few words. Although these women were quick to gossip, they were also very enthusiastic. The relationship between neighbors now is completely different from that of a few decades later. The enthusiasm is true enthusiasm, not false.
Fake love.
"According to me, Xiao Zhou is tall and handsome. He will be a policeman again soon. He has a decent job and has a house. He won't be able to find a wife in the future. He will be picked soon. Don't be in a hurry."
"Yes, yes."
After the bucket was full, Zhou Chen said hello and went back with the bucket. These aunts and sisters-in-law were so talkative that they would not be able to leave until they left.
After returning home, Zhou Chen washed the pots and pans and began to tidy up the belongings.
Although he is the only one in the family, he still has receipts for attending the police academy, and the work unit takes care of him, so there are still a lot of various receipts at home.
There are a lot of meat stamps, cloth stamps, food stamps, industrial vouchers... There are a lot of them, and the deposit is as small as two thousand yuan. Such a lot of money is a huge sum of money in this era.
Because he was the only one in the family, and he was studying at the police academy, so he didn't have any big expenses, so he was able to save so much money.
He has a house, money, and a job. Just like Aunt Cai and the others said, his current conditions are really a bargain.
In addition, he is tall and handsome, and he is definitely the best blind date in the minds of countless young girls and young wives.
The job of a police officer is good, but you are often away from home. If you work on a train with a relatively long route, it may take four or five days to get back home, and it may even take longer.
But this is not a problem for Zhou Chen. Let alone four or five days, seven or eight days, even ten days and a half month, it doesn't matter to him. His physical fitness is nothing more than endurance.
After staying at home for a while, there were still more than a dozen episodes of the TV series to watch, but Zhou Chen was not in a hurry to finish them, but got dressed and went out.
Familiarizing himself with the surrounding environment and integrating into this world is what he needs to adapt to as soon as possible. The last time he traveled to a period drama like this in the 1970s and 1980s was hundreds of years ago, especially in the Northeast of this era.
Been away for a long time.
Walking on the wide street, Zhou Chen looked at the houses and facades on both sides, feeling a sense of age and familiarity.
To be continued...