Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 336 - 238 "Borrow Some Money to Spend

The small path from Yingchuan Port to Bailong Port is one Han Yu often takes.

The main road from Yingchuan Port to Linghai is one that Han Yu has only travelled once.

That was last year, in December, when the eldest senior brother said that the master was diagnosed with cancer; to visit the master urgently with his senior sister, he travelled, encountering the road’s scenery that was both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar, and couldn’t help but think of master again.

Han Xiangning is also walking this road for the second time, thinking of Xu Sanye as well, knowing that her junior brother’s mood is not good, she pretends to speak casually about getting married next year.

"My dad says for sure we have to go back to Dinghu to host the wedding banquet. There are so many relatives in the hometown, and it’s so far from Binjiang, it’s not realistic to bring everyone to Binjiang."

"Okay."

"My dad also asked your dad if you want to have a wedding banquet in Linghai."

"What did my dad say?"

"Your dad said there’s no need, mentioning that the old neighbors are all working on ships away from home, and it would be hard to gather everyone. It’s not good to invite some without inviting others."

Next year he could marry his senior sister; Han Yu felt like he was dreaming, again thinking of his master. If his master were still alive, he would definitely call upon his eldest senior brother and Sister Zhang Lan, and even invite Xiao Yu and Yu Zhen to take another "family photo".

Han Xiangning didn’t know what he was thinking, and as usual, she hugged his waist and leaned on his shoulder with a laugh, saying: "On the Binjiang side, my mom wants us to host the wedding banquet at Wushan Hotel. She said that when she and dad got married, the conditions weren’t good. Now that we have the conditions, we need to organize it well."

Wushan Hotel is one of the most high-end hotels in Binjiang.

Han Yu was startled and asked with a bitter face: "With so many colleagues from your parents’ side, and so many of our leaders and colleagues, how much money would it cost to go to Wushan Hotel?"

"Don’t worry, we don’t need to spend the money, and neither do your parents need to spend again."

"Then who’s going to spend the money?"

"My dad and mom."

Han Xiangning giggled triumphantly, saying: "Mengmeng and Liang Xiaojun got married secretly. My mom wants to make up for their wedding. She asked me to ask you if you’d be willing to have a joint wedding with them."

A mother wants her daughter to be married off gloriously, just like any daughter of a mother-in-law.

Han Yu caught on and hurriedly said, "There’s nothing to disagree with."

"I knew you wouldn’t object."

"But we are different from Mengmeng."

"How so?"

"I’m the one marrying into your family. It’s normal that your family spends money for our wedding. Mengmeng is marrying Liang Xiaojun, their wedding should be covered by Liang Xiaojun’s family."

Han Xiangning burst into laughter, playfully pinching him and asking: "Is it such an honor to marry into a family, that you keep bringing it up?"

Han Yu grinned and replied: "I don’t know what others think, but I feel pretty good about marrying into a family."

"You’re lucky to have met a family as understanding as ours. My parents treat you like their own son, even better than they treat me and Mengmeng, so you think it’s pretty good. If you were marrying into a family like Xu Mingyuan’s and met a mother-in-law like Grandma Xu Yuan, you’d definitely be bullied to death."

"That’s true."

"Actually, I also dislike the extravagant waste, and I think spending so much money is better spent on a wedding trip than on a fancy ceremony, but my parents don’t agree. They say we have to organize it well."

"Now it’s fine to have a wedding trip, but back then, it was suffering."

"How do you know?"

There was a crowd ahead, and Han Yu loosened the throttle, smiling and saying: "Brother Shao did a wedding trip. When he and his partner got married, they needed food coupons even when dining out. He prepared for a long time and managed to exchange dozens of pounds of National General Grain Tickets, but on the way he ran out of tickets."

Han Xiangning, hearing this for the first time, couldn’t help but ask: "And then?"

"Then it was tragic. No matter which restaurants they went to, no matter how much money they had, without food coupons, they could only buy vegetables and soup; they couldn’t get rice, not even steamed buns. How can you go without staples, you can’t always be hungry, but luckily he had been a soldier and had many comrades from all over the place, so he went to find his comrades."

Han Yu thought about it and laughed, saying: "In his words, he begged his way back."

Back in the day, food coupons were tight; Han Xiangning clearly remembered just after her parents transferred jobs to Binjiang, her grandparents and second aunt came to stay in Binjiang for a few days, and that month the whole family’s grain quota wasn’t enough.

Her mother didn’t want her and her sister to starve, so she went to borrow from colleagues.

But then, it was rationed, and who had surplus grain?

With no other choice, they had to use precious cloth tickets to exchange for food coupons.

Later, when the grandparents learned about the tight food supply here, they would bring a large woven bag of rice every time they came to Binjiang.

And even later, when the grandparents were old and couldn’t bear the long journey and transfers, every one or two months they would ask the second aunt to send a telegram to the parents, asking when they would come back home to pick up rice.

Later on, as family and friends in the hometown learned that the mother was the head nurse at People’s Hospital, whenever they came to Binjiang for medical visits, they’d seek help from the mother. They brought nothing but rice, causing the family to barely ever go to the grain and oil store to buy rice in recent years.

Actually, even if family and friends from the hometown didn’t bring rice, they wouldn’t have to worry about not having enough grain now.

Han Xiangning was reflecting on the improving living conditions when suddenly, a bicycle darted out in front.

Han Yu was already driving slowly, immediately steering to dodge.

To their disbelief, even though they had clearly steered away, the cyclist twisted the handlebars and aimed straight toward them.

There was a snap—the front wheel of the bicycle hit the head of the light motorcycle.

"How are you cycling?" Han Yu gripped the brakes, feet firm on the ground.

"How could you drive like that!"

"You damaged our car, pay up!"

It’s only then that Han Yu noticed that the delinquents who intentionally bumped into his car were two stinky teenagers around sixteen or seventeen. As he was thinking about how these youngsters were bold enough to extort money from others, two more stinking kids aged about fifteen or sixteen followed, panting heavily as they caught up.

Han Xiangning also realized they had encountered troublemakers, but couldn’t believe that a bunch of kids would dare to do this. She quickly helped her junior off the car.

In broad daylight, a group of stinking teenagers actually dared to extort money on the street, and they were right before Linghai City District. This was lawlessness at its worst.

Han Yu didn’t know what to say to them when the chubby kid chasing them grabbed the nylon rope tied to the small trunk, putting on a fierce demeanor, and demanded, "You injured my big brother, hurry up and take him to the hospital!"

"Who’s your big brother?" Han Yu asked without betraying his emotions as he parked the car.

The chubby kid looked up at the same boy who was riding the bike earlier: "This is my big brother."

After parking the car and removing the key, Han Yu took off his helmet and stared at the "big brother" who was glaring at him: "Are you their big brother?"

"So what if I am, pay up!"

"Pay for what?"

"My bike is broken!"

"Where is it broken?"

The "big brother" looked down at the front of his bike, realized it wasn’t damaged, and considering he hadn’t fallen over in the crash, he couldn’t pretend to be injured. So instead, he simply pulled out a switchblade from his pocket, pressed the button, and the blade sprung out.

Han Yu instinctively pulled his senior behind him and feigned nervousness, "What are you doing?"

"Just borrowing some money to spend."

"This is highway robbery!"

"I’m robbing you, hurry up and give me all the money you have."

"We don’t have money?"

"You can afford a light motorcycle, obviously, you have money, hurry up, or don’t blame us for getting rough."

As soon as the "big brother" finished speaking, the chubby kid and another kid covered in freckles reached out to grab Han Xiangning’s bag.

A bunch of stinking kids even daring to threaten them with a knife, Han Yu couldn’t believe that the security on the shore was this bad. Seeing that they were actually going to start a fight, of course, he wouldn’t be polite with them. He kicked the chubby kid away, then swung the helmet he had just taken off, and fiercely smashed it towards the "big brother".

"Ah!"

"How dare you hit someone..."

The "big brother" couldn’t believe this wealthy couple would dare to fight back. Caught off guard, his switchblade was knocked out of his hand.

Since a fight had started, Han Yu certainly wouldn’t give them a chance to escape. He grabbed the kid with the freckled face by the hair, dragged him out a few meters, and kicked away the switchblade that had fallen to the ground.

Then, he dropped the helmet, grabbed the neck of the still dazed "big brother", and dragged both of them to the side of the chubby kid who was trying to get up, shouting, "Don’t move, I’m with the police, now everyone stay put!"

One against three, his actions were swift and decisive.

When Han Xiangning finally realized what was happening, she quickly grabbed the fourth kid and said through gritted teeth, "You’re so young and already robbing the police, do you not want to live anymore?"

The instructor was not in the squad today, so they couldn’t enter the instructor’s office or open the safe inside. The gun couldn’t just be left in the office, so Han Yu had to carry it on his person.

Seeing the fourth kid trying to run away, he quickly lifted his shirt: "Squat down, did you hear me!"

The fourth kid, taking a closer look, suddenly turned so frightened that his legs went weak.

The "big brother" and the chubby kid also saw Han Yu’s issued gun, realizing they had hit a wall. They hastily squatted down obediently, with hands over their heads, just like in the movies.

"Daring to rob on the street, just borrowing some money to spend, who taught you that?"

"Uncle officer, we dare not again..."

"Don’t dare? This shouldn’t be your first time, right?"

From their skilled behavior earlier, the more Han Yu thought about it, the angrier he got. Without hesitation, he slapped the "big brother" across the face, leaving "big brother"’s head buzzing.

Han Xiangning was also filled with anger, kicking the chubby kid who had tried to snatch her bag: "You even dared to rob me, do you know what I do?"

"Auntie, I was wrong, I won’t dare again, please let us go."

"Now you know you’re wrong, too late!"

Today they dared to rob with a knife, tomorrow they might dare to kill.

How could Han Yu let them go? He drew his gun and handed it to his senior, then searched each of them.

After finding two daggers, he pulled off their belts and used these to tie their hands together. Then he untied the nylon cord that secured the luggage on the light motorcycle and strung the four lawless teenagers together.

"Ningning, you drive."

Han Yu took back the gun, secured the holster strap, picked up the switchblade from the ground, and then helped set the bicycle upright again, saying coldly, "Let’s go, follow me to the Police Bureau. Line up, one after another, don’t even think about running, you won’t get away."

"Uncle officer..."

"Quit your babbling, aren’t you ’big brother’? You lead the way."

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