Reborn in 1985: Starting from Contracting a Ranch

Chapter 54 Feelings Heat Up

Li Baoguo gave Shan Yaowen a detailed explanation of the identity of a special police commissioner.

"Police special commissioners are basically selected from grassroots cadres. They are professional police officers dispatched by the county public security bureau to townships. The comrade Su Lang you just rescued will at least become the head of a town police station after this incident."

The Party Secretary, fearing that Shan Yaowen wouldn't believe him, gave an example:

"Back in the 20s, there was a special police commissioner who walked more than 30 kilometers in sub-zero temperatures to catch a gun thief. After returning, he was promoted from commissioner to head of a township police station."

In fact, Shan Yaowen knew this, especially about Lao Lang's identity as a special police commissioner.

In county-level and above administrative units, public security agencies are called public security bureaus, while in townships and subdistricts below the county level, they are called police stations. This means that they are dispatched by the public security bureau and directly serve the people.

However, at this time, the conditions in grassroots police stations were very difficult, with few staff and even fewer professional police officers, especially in remote police stations like theirs, where there were only a handful of people.

In some places, there is only one police officer per police station. The entire police station has only one officer in charge of one township, and their office equipment is extremely simple: a pen, a notebook, and an official seal. That is all the police station has. Some may even have a horse.

Thus, the position of public security special commissioner was created, which in modern terms is auxiliary police.

However, at this time, public security special commissioners were mostly selected from soldiers who had been demobilized. After working for a period of time and passing the assessment, they could be promoted to formal public security officers.

In his previous life, Old Wolf was promoted from auxiliary police officer to regular police officer after handling a heinous crime. Because he was a former soldier and his abilities and character had been tested, he quickly rose to become the head of the police station in their town.

He hadn't made that connection before, but after seeing Old Wolf, he realized that Old Wolf had been promoted after successfully completing this mission.

However, they were just right in one aspect: the police station didn't have just one person; there were five people in total.

"So, Uncle, you're telling me all this just to tell me that I saved a future police station chief?"

Li Baoguo patted Shan Yaowen on the shoulder, "Yes, as long as you don't make any fundamental mistakes, you'll be fine. No one will bother you with things like fishing that you were worried about before, unless the director is very righteous and Chu Er happens to report you."

Shan Yaowen: ...

"Uncle, isn't your technique a bit too basic?"

"I'm just giving you a heads-up. Chu Er has already guessed that you beat him up. He's been coming to the village committee to report you every now and then. He even said that if our village committee doesn't do anything, he'll go to the town or the county to report you."

After hearing this, Shan Yaowen sighed, "It's like a stubborn plaster; once it's on, you can't get rid of it."

Li Baoguo nodded in agreement.

If it weren't for his position, he would sometimes want to teach this guy a lesson for doing things that harm others without benefiting himself.

In the past, reporting someone could have really ruined their family and even killed them, though they probably wouldn't have lived that long anyway.

It was truly the increasingly open society that saved his life; such a menace would have been eliminated long ago.

After seeing the Party Secretary off, Shan Yaowen tidied up and started to catch up on sleep. He was only woken up when his mother and younger sister brought him dinner in the evening.

"Is everything done?" Mother Shan took the food out of the basket and placed it on the bed board, looking at her son who had just woken up.

She usually doesn't bring meals; the second son usually goes home to eat by himself, unless something comes up.

"It's done." Shan Yaowen ate the pancake with big bites of pickled vegetables, feeling that it was even better than the most delicious food.

"Food tastes best when you're hungry."

While the second son was eating, his mother didn't rest either; she got up to help him tidy up the chores outside.

As for the younger sister, she obediently squatted on the side while her second brother ate, accompanied by three dogs.

After the three of them had eaten their fill, they grew quite a bit. When Shan Yaowen brought them back, they were just little puppies, but now they've grown to be forty or fifty centimeters long and weigh about twenty pounds.

"We can take this dog out for a run next spring." Shan Yaowen tossed some food to each of the three little guys, then patted their heads. They were indeed good dogs.

"Erguo, can that puppy catch rabbits now?" The younger sister looked at Shan Yaowen with bright eyes after hearing this.

"Not yet."

The simplest way to train a hunting dog is to have it take a novice dog on a run in the mountains a few times.

Shan Yaowen plans to take his three dogs to his brother-in-law's house for a couple of days, or ask his brother-in-law to bring his dog Xiao Hei to the ranch to play, and let Xiao Hei teach the three dogs how to hunt.

Imagine riding a horse, with silly birds soaring in the sky, three hunting dogs chasing you on the ground, and a gun in your hand—it would be incredibly cool.

"Erguo, aren't you full yet?"

As Shan Yaowen was daydreaming about his future life, a soft sound interrupted his sweet dream.

"No? What's wrong?"

"You're drooling." The younger sister blinked and stared at her second brother's mouth with curiosity.

"No, it's just that I didn't wipe my mouth after eating, it wasn't drool."

Shan Yaowen rubbed his little sister's head and got up to prepare to clear the dishes.

"I'll do it!" Seeing her second brother about to clean up, the little sister immediately reached out and snatched the bowls and chopsticks from Shan Yaowen's hands, acting incredibly diligent.

After rescuing the old wolf, Shan Yaowen's life returned to normal.

He had originally wanted to inquire about the gang of bandits and Old Wolf, but he found out nothing.

During these times, Shan Yaowen gradually calmed down.

When there's something to do, they do it; when there's nothing to do, they hold hands with Lin Nian and wander into the woods.

Behind the ranch.

Shan Yaowen held Lin Nian's hand, and the two walked forward while shoveling snow.

They didn't need to clear all the snow from the entire forest; they just needed to clear a path for people to get in and out.

"Mosquito, do you really think you can find pheasants here without setting traps?"

Shan Yaowen was about to take Lin Nian to the other side when he heard Gou Dan's voice.

The two of them remained silent, exchanged a glance, and then put down their tools and made their escape.

When Gou Dan ran out to see what was happening, he only found two shovels on the ground. The person had disappeared, but the silly bird next to him was preening its feathers on a branch.

"Damn it, those two ungrateful bastards! I came out with her to cover for you two, and they just ran off without saying a word!"

Dog Egg grumbled and walked away to hunt for prey.

Shan Yaowen pulled Lin Nian to the other side of the sheep pen. Seeing that Gou Dan hadn't chased after them, he magically pulled a box of face cream out of his pocket.

"A gift for you."

Lin Nian looked at the face cream that Shan Yaowen took out in surprise, then looked at her own hands and immediately tucked them into her sleeves.

"This...is too expensive, isn't it?"

Shan Yaowen reached out and grabbed Lin Nian's hands, then stuffed the face cream into her hands.

"It's alright, the wedding date is set anyway, we're getting married soon, it's just a box of face cream."

The villagers, both men and women, have worked since they were young, so their hands naturally can't be as fair and delicate as those of city girls.

Shan Yaowen was a straight man in both his lives and had little contact with women. It was only when Lin Nian came to help him shovel snow last time that he noticed her hands were frozen red and cracked.

Then he went and bought a box of face cream.

"Remember, don't be stingy. Apply makeup as needed. I can earn money, and life will get better and better in the future. Don't worry about spending a little on food or thinking you should eat less in winter. Once you marry me..."

As Shan Yaowen was speaking, he suddenly heard a sob. He looked up and saw that Lin Nian's eyes were already filled with tears.

"What's wrong?"

"without."

Lin Nian lowered her head and wiped away her tears. Her parents and older brother had always been very good to her since she was a child, but it seemed that no one had ever cared about these things about her.

"Things will get better from now on." Shan Yaowen casually put his arm around Lin Nian.

Lin Nian leaned in close, and their eyes met. Their hearts raced, and their lips somehow ended up touching.

The moment their lips touched, they both felt as if they had been electrocuted, instinctively wanting to separate yet not wanting to, and then clinging even tighter.

The two not only touched lips, but also held each other tightly, as if afraid the other would run away.