Riverside Police.

Chapter 1332 A Different Spring Festival!

In the blink of an eye, it's New Year again.

In previous years, no matter how busy the family was, the whole family would always get together for a reunion dinner.

This year, my second son was too busy with work to come back, and my second daughter-in-law couldn't come back even though she lived not far from home. My father-in-law and mother-in-law brought Hanhan back for three days in the twelfth lunar month and then returned to Donghai. The school system in Donghai is different from that in Binjiang. There are only fifth grades in elementary school but no sixth grade. My child is in the first grade of junior high school now. If his academic performance can't keep up, he won't be able to go to high school in the future, and he has to go back to attend cram school.

My grandson's wife gave birth to a big fat boy. My daughter and son-in-law went to the army to take care of the child, and they will not return to their hometown to celebrate the New Year this year.

The eldest son and daughter-in-law said that they spent a lot of money to buy a house in Donghai, but they hardly lived in it. This year they also went to Donghai to celebrate the New Year.

The Spring Festival in previous years was so lively, but this year my house was empty and extremely deserted.

Old Han was a little uncomfortable. While playing mahjong with Old Qian, Principal Gao, and Dean Chen, he complained, "I always hoped that my children would have a bright future, but now it seems that it's not a good thing for them to have a bright future. They are busier at work, go farther and farther, and don't even come back for the New Year."

Dean Chen’s two sons are also promising. One works in Donghai and the other went to Shenzhen Zheng, and has been a “left-behind elderly” for two years.

He threw down a piece of "eight strips", looked up and said with a smile: "It's not like Han Shen and Xiao Hong didn't ask you to go to Donghai for the New Year. It's you who didn't go. Who can you blame?"

"The house in Donghai is very small, and I don't know any of the neighbors in the community. What's the point of going to Donghai to celebrate the New Year? There's no one to talk to. It's better to celebrate the New Year in my hometown."

"You can go shopping on Nanjing Road and have some fun at the Bund."

"I don't care about Nanjing Road and the Bund. When I was sailing, I passed by the Bund countless times a year."

Comrade Lao Han has been sailing for most of his life and has been to many places all over the world. He finally came ashore, or to be more precise, he finally has his own home on shore. He really doesn't want to go anywhere else.

Old Qian could understand him and couldn't help but smile, "You'll get used to it. Xiaoyu and Yuzhen didn't bring the little crocodile back this year. Besides, didn't Ningning come back yesterday afternoon to wish you a happy new year? She also gave you so many new year gifts."

Principal Gao asked curiously, "Old Han, didn't Xiang Ning go to Donghai to celebrate the New Year?"

"The Yangtze River Bridge is undergoing acceptance inspection, and many leaders and experts have come. She is from the command center, so how can she leave at this time?"

“Do you know when the inspection will be completed?”

"It should be soon."

“When will it be open to traffic?”

The second daughter-in-law's job is very important. Old Han smiled proudly and said, "I actually asked her yesterday. She said that after the completion acceptance, it will be opened to traffic for trial operation just like the trial operation of a hotel. The transportation bureaus of Binjiang and Jiangbei have already negotiated with the Donghai Transportation Bureau. After the bridge is opened to traffic for trial operation, more than 100 long-distance bus routes from Donghai Long-distance Passenger Transport Terminal to Binjiang and Yanhai areas will change from the original ferry crossing to the Yangtze River Bridge."

I’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time!
The principal of the university said with emotion: "When the bridge is opened to traffic, I will take a bus to Donghai to see my children."

Old Qian was just as happy and asked with a smile, "How many hours does it take to get from Linghai to Donghai by bus across the Yangtze River Bridge?"

"The East China Sea is huge. It depends on where you go."

"Donghai Long-distance Bus Station."

"It will take about three and a half hours."

"It takes three and a half hours to get there. That's too slow." Old Qian was a little disappointed. He looked at the cards and muttered, "In the past, it only took two hours to take a high-speed passenger ferry from Binjiang to Shilipu Wharf and then to the center of Donghai. The transportation facilities are getting better and better. Shouldn't it be getting faster and faster? Why is it getting slower and slower?"

"High-speed passenger ships are not safe." Old Han thought about it and said, "Besides, high-speed passenger ships are greatly affected by the weather and they often stop sailing."

"Old Qian, didn't the high-speed passenger ships only go to Wusongkou in the past?"

"At first, I went to Shilipu Wharf, but after half a year, I changed to only go to Wusong Wharf."

"It would be great if the high-speed passenger ferry had not stopped operating and if it could still go to Shilipu Wharf like it did in the beginning." The principal's daughter and son-in-law are both in Donghai, so of course he hopes it will be as convenient as possible.

How could Old Han not know what the principal was thinking? He smiled and explained, "As Ning Ning said, the waterway is also a resource. The Yangtze River is so wide, and the waterway that can sail is so narrow. If the high-speed passenger ship does not stop sailing, the large and small cargo ships will have to give way to the high-speed passenger ship, which will affect the cargo transportation of the long-distance shipping."

“Passenger transport is not as important as freight transport?”

"Of course it's not as important as cargo transportation. How many people can a high-speed passenger ship carry? How much cargo can a 10,000-ton cargo ship carry? Besides, we were just talking about the Yangtze River. The waterway resources of the Huangpu River are even more scarce, and more large and small ships pass by every day. Otherwise, Donghai would not have moved the passenger terminal from Shilipu to Wusongkou that year."

When it comes to shipping, Comrade Lao Han is an expert.

Principal Gao didn't want to talk to him about this anymore, so he turned around and asked with a smile, "Old Qian, why didn't Xiaoyu come back for the New Year?"

"He went to BJ. The Olympics are about to start. Why is he going to BJ to provide security?"

"Is there no police in BJ?"

"Yes, but not enough." Talking about his grandson, Old Qian said with great joy: "At first I thought only Xiaoyu and his friends were going. In the twelfth lunar month, I met Mingyuan, who said that the Binjiang Public Security Bureau and the Linghai Public Security Bureau would organize police officers to go to BJ to participate in the Olympic security."

"Xiaoyu couldn't come back because of something, why didn't Yuzhen bring the little crocodile back?"

"Little Crocodile also has to go to cram school, so he will only be on his first, second and third year of junior high school during this winter break."

"Children nowadays are so pitiful. They don't even have time to play during the winter and summer vacations."

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At the same time, Han Xiangning was looking at the Olympic countdown calendar hung up last year in the bridge command center.

To others, it only means how many days are left until the opening of the BJ Olympics. To Han Xiangning, it also means how many days are left until she is transferred to work in Donghai.

Sister Shen, who had been with them for several years, asked with a smile, "Director Han, what are you looking at?"

"Let's see how many days it will take us to be 'liberated'."

"Director Han, are you in such a hurry to leave? We have worked together for several years, are you really willing to leave like this?"

Han Xiangning pulled out a chair, sat down and said with a smile: "Sister Shen, this is not a matter of whether we want to leave or not, but once the road is officially opened, the command center will be disbanded, and even if we don't want to leave, we have to go back to our homes. But then again, when we came here, it was desolate, and watching the bridge being built bit by bit, it's a bit hard to leave now."

Sister Shen chuckled and said, "You'd better go to the East China Sea as soon as possible. I've already separated you and your salted fish for half a year. I can't let you two be the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl again."

"Even if I were transferred to Donghai right now, it wouldn't be easy for me to see him."

"What do you mean?"

Han Xiangning said helplessly: "Everyone thinks his current job is very easy, but in fact he is even busier after being transferred there than when he was in Binjiang. He is so busy every day that he can't even take care of his children."

Sister Shen was skeptical: "He's so busy?"

"Their jurisdiction is large, there are many things to do, but not many people. When my mother came back in the twelfth lunar month, she said that he had lost more than ten pounds in the past few months since he was transferred there." Han Xiangning felt more and more distressed the more he thought about it, and sighed softly: "The director before him retired early because he became ill due to overwork."

"It seems that nothing is easy." Sister Shen sighed.

"Yes, if I had known it would be so tiring, I shouldn't have gone to the East China Sea." Han Xiangning picked up the teacup, thought about it and smiled bitterly, "It's too late to say anything now. He should do his job well. Since he has been transferred there, he should do his job well."

"How are Hanhan's grades now?"

"It's better than before, but not much better. She's barely in the middle of the class. With her current grades, it's going to be difficult for her to get into high school in the next two years."

"We need to think of a way and keep a close eye on it."

"I've thought of all the possible solutions. What can I do if she doesn't study hard?" Han Xiangning felt more and more upset. She said bitterly, "If I wasn't reluctant to give up this job, I really want to have a second child."

Sister Shen understood her feelings and said after a moment of silence, "Xiang Ning, the family planning policy in Donghai should not be as strict as that in Binjiang. If you really want to have another child, you can study the policy and think of a way to see if you can get a second child quota."

Han Xiangning said without hesitation: "No need to study it, it's totally impossible."

"Why is it impossible?"

"I have two sisters, and he has three brothers and sisters. Neither of us is an only child, so our superiors won't allow us to have a second child. Besides, I'm 38 this year. Even if my superiors agree, people will laugh at me for having a child at this age."

"Even your master's wife is not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

"Sister Shen, stop joking. My situation is different from that of my master's wife." Han Xiangning took a deep breath, clenched his fists and said, "Didn't the leader say that we will be given a few months of vacation after the bridge is opened to traffic? By then, I will do nothing but watch Hanhan study. I don't believe that her academic performance will not improve!"

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On the third day of the first lunar month, Li Weiguo invited relatives and friends as he did in previous years.

Fang Zhiqiang, deputy director of Linghai Public Security Bureau, did not have to be on duty today, so he brought his wife and children to pay New Year's greetings to the master early. Lao Zhang and Lao Ding also came as usual, and as soon as they sat down, they talked about the two fish.

"Xianyu can't come back today. He is busy leading a team to stake out on the river to see if he can catch someone stealing navigation battery. I called him yesterday, but there was no signal at the Yangtze River estuary. His cell phone didn't work. Later, I called the satellite phone number provided by the on-duty police officer at his unit and finally got through."

"During the Spring Festival, he has been waiting at the mouth of the Yangtze River?"

"There have been many cases of theft of navigation battery. If we don't solve the case, we won't be able to report to our superiors. The situation at the Yangtze River Estuary is different from that at our riverside section. The Yangtze River Estuary is so wide, the waters are so busy and vast, and navigation marks are so important to shipping. He has no other choice but to do this."

Fang Zhiqiang asked curiously: "Master, didn't his superiors ask him to expand the maritime police force?"

While inviting everyone to eat melon seeds, Li Weiguo explained: "The superiors asked him to expand the maritime police force, but recruiting and training people can't be done quickly. Moreover, the coastline they govern is so long that it is also a problem to set up several police stations to manage it."

"Has he figured out how to manage it?"

"We have thought about it and are communicating and coordinating with the navigation department. We plan to let the police stations that are about to be established and are mainly responsible for navigation safety be under the dual leadership of their Maritime Public Security Bureau and the relevant navigation department. For example, they will set up the sixth police station in Ningbo this year, which will be mainly responsible for ensuring the safety of navigation facilities in Ningbo, Xingjia, Zhoushan and other waters. The sixth police station to be established will serve as an internal organization of the Ningbo Navigation Department and will be under the management of the Ningbo Navigation Department at ordinary times."

"That's good, otherwise he wouldn't be able to take care of it."

"This is the only solution." Li Weiguo said with a smile: "They are directly in charge of the several police stations in Donghai. The police stations that will be established in Yungang, Ningbo and Xiamen are mainly under the jurisdiction of the corresponding navigation mark offices. Their Public Security Bureau is only in charge of the business."

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PS: I wrote it wrong before. Donghai Primary School only has fifth grade but no sixth grade.