After lunch, everyone gathered at Liu Siming's dormitory. Shen Tong's luggage was simple, just two pieces of clothes and toiletries. The appearance of Zhang Yisheng from the Agricultural Economics Station really surprised everyone.
I saw the gray suit he had found somewhere, and it was wrinkled. The trousers were obviously a bit shorter, and the red socks were completely exposed. What was even more surprising was that he actually wore a tie. The ill-fitting attire made people feel uncomfortable. It was hard to laugh or cry. Liu Huiman on the side had already laughed so much that she couldn't bend over. Liu Siming and Shen Tong looked at each other and burst into laughter.
After laughing for a while, Liu Siming still asked with a smile on his face: "I said Zhang Yisheng, what are you going to do dressed like this? Go on a blind date?"
Zhang Yisheng was puzzled by their laughter. He lifted up his trousers and said, "Aren't you going out to attract investment? My wife said that you should dress up nicely and don't go out to make people laugh, so she took my suit from more than ten years ago." It’s out. It’s a little small, but it’s manageable.” After saying that, he tightened his tie.
Liu Siming couldn't help it any longer, turned around and burst into laughter. After a while, he wiped the tears from his eyes and said, "I mean, Lao Zhang, you only make people laugh when you go out dressed like this."
Zhang Yisheng smiled and said, "I think it's pretty good-looking. Do you think it's Shen Tong?"
Shen Tong tried his best to restrain himself, smiled brightly, and said to Zhang Yisheng: "Well, it's pretty good-looking."
What's even more strange is that Zhang Yisheng actually carried two large bags. Shen Tong kicked his feet and asked: "Director Zhang, we are going out to attract investment, why are you carrying so many things?"
Zhang Yisheng bent down and opened the zipper of the bag, and said with a smile: "My wife told me that she was afraid that I wouldn't be used to eating out, so she baked some cakes for me. I told you to bake more cakes, and I won't bring these to you either. A little more."
After hearing this, several people looked at each other and burst into laughter again.
After a while, Li Maoshan, the head of Qiaobei Village, also arrived after a long journey. Completely opposite to Zhang Yisheng, Li Maoshan was dressed casually, wearing a red vest, gray jacket, polyester cardigans, and old cloth shoes, and he looked like a rural person. appearance.
When other people in the town government looked at such an unusual investment promotion team, they pointed and made jokes to Liu Siming from time to time. Liu Siming looked embarrassed and spread his hands to express his helplessness.
As the first team to go out to attract investment, Ma Guotao paid special attention to it. He personally saw off Liu Siming and others, and made an exception to ask the driver to take them to the entrance of the village. The grand investment promotion work was officially launched. Ma Guotao stood in the yard very excited, regardless of Success or failure is always one's own political achievement.
To get to the capital, they had to go to Longzhong City to take a train, so they boarded the shuttle bus to the provincial capital like migrant workers. Going to the provincial capital was not unfamiliar to Shen Tong, but for Zhang Yisheng, This was his first time traveling far away. Along the way, Zhang Yisheng was as excited as a child. He climbed to the window and looked at the scenery outside. Seeing the beautiful scenery along the way, he would shout loudly from time to time to make the whole car laugh. People cast disdainful glances.
It was already past 8 pm when we arrived in Longzhong City. Due to Liu Huiman's motion sickness, Liu Siming had to reconsider the itinerary. After getting everyone's consent, he decided to stay one night in Longzhong City and set off early tomorrow morning.
Shen Tong was very familiar with Longzhong, and at his suggestion, he found a nearby hotel to stay in. Due to tight funds, the four men registered for a large common room, while Liu Huiman registered for a hotel room. A slightly better standard room.
Although the car ride was a bit tiring, Li Maoshan and Zhang Yisheng were no less interested in the city. As soon as they took a break, Zhang Yisheng suggested that they go out for a walk and have a meal. Liu Huiman seemed to have a fever, so Liu Siming took the initiative to stay and take care of her. Liu Huiman, ask Shen Tong to take Zhang Yisheng and the others out for dinner, and just bring them food when they come back.
After packing their luggage on time, Shen Tong took two rural people in "fancy clothes" and went out. Along the way, the two looked left and right, sighing from time to time, and asked Shen Tong this and that. . Shen Tong was a little helpless, but patiently explained to the two of them.
Just then, two policemen appeared in front of them...
"You guys, take out your temporary residence permit and ID card, hurry up!" A tall policeman said fiercely to Shen Tong and the others. Another shorter policeman held a baton in his hand, like a leopard seeing food. He stared at each of them eagerly, as if he was afraid that the fat in his mouth would slip away.
"Oops!" Shen Tong's first instinct was that he was in trouble. He had to calm down at this moment. But he didn't carry his ID card with him and left it in the hotel. So Shen Tong hurriedly took out a cigarette from his pocket and smoked it. Bian said: "Comrade police, we are from Dongquan County, Longnan City. We have just checked in at the hotel. We have just come out to have a meal. Our ID cards are all at the hotel. How about I go back and get them now." After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave.
"Ahem, what are you going to do? Come back here." When the short policeman saw Shen Tong was about to leave, he grabbed Shen Tong's collar from behind and pulled him back forcefully.
Shen Tong was a little angry. He swung his arm and knocked the policeman's hand off. He said angrily: "I'm going back to get my ID card now. Don't you want to see the ID card?"
The short policeman was beaten by Shen Tong, and he was a little annoyed. He raised his baton and was about to hit him. The tall policeman gave him a sign, and the short policeman gave up.
"Who asked you to get your ID card? If you don't have an ID card, just come with us." After saying that, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said in a hurried tone.
Zhang Yisheng and Li Maoshan were frightened by this scene. Their legs kept shaking and their foreheads were sweating. They looked timidly at the police's every move.
Only now did Shen Tong understand what was going on. He thought they were called "blind flow". Blind flow can literally be understood as blind flow. On a deeper level, it refers to the blind influx of rural people into big cities. The root cause of this problem is the imbalance of the urban-rural dual structure. In order to survive, a large number of remaining rural laborers have no choice but to leave their hometowns and go to big cities to find employment opportunities. However, a large number of farmers have poured into the cities, resulting in an increase in the city's comprehensive carrying capacity. , so the "shelter" came into being.
The shelter-and-repatriation system was established in the early 1990s to provide shelter and relief for unemployed people and disaster victims who poured into cities. It was a social welfare measure funded by government finances. However, by the late 1990s, blind migration gradually increased, and some places The shelter is far from being able to meet the financial allocation, so it is trying to find ways to get benefits from it. The specific manifestations are: one is to contact some companies, the shelter is responsible for providing free labor, and the company pays a certain fee; the other is to charge Dispatch fee. Take the initiative to contact the families of the inmates, pay a certain fee, and the shelter will be responsible for sending the inmates back. Of course, there are more upgraded versions, but these two are more common.
Dongjiang Province, as a resource-rich province in the country, has a huge demand for cheap labor, so there is naturally a lot of blind flow into Longzhong City, the provincial capital, every year. Shen Tong used to be very clear about the detention situation in Dongjiang Province at the newspaper office, and he never expected that there would be It happened to me.