Chapter 709: Chapter 709: Post-Spring Festival Work Adjustments
Holidays are always short.
This Spring Festival, after spending New Year’s Eve at home, Lu Chuan and Forensic Doctor Shen left Haizhou City on the first day of the New Year.
When they returned, it was already February 15th.
Just two days before the Lantern Festival.
Over a dozen days of vacation, the two of them practically had a mini honeymoon.
It seemed like everywhere was crowded during the Spring Festival.
Their first stop was a trip down south.
The climate there is warm, and you can enjoy the sea.
But it was a bit crowded.
A few days ago, Lu Chuan saw in the news that tens of thousands of cars were stuck at the docks, unable to leave.
A plane ticket could go up to 20,000 yuan.
Even so, tickets were still hard to come by.
Some calculated that it was better to fly out of the country first and then transfer back domestically.
Even spending two days abroad wouldn’t cost 20,000 yuan.
Someone suggested traveling during off-peak, and Lu Chuan thought those people were out of their minds.
People can stagger their vacations, but can the Spring Festival?
The Spring Festival lasts only a few days, and the holiday is just that long.
Not everyone can leave work to travel whenever they want.
Moreover, the Spring Festival is traditionally a time for family reunions.
Companies are closed, and students are out of school.
Given the longer break, seven or eight days is enough for a long trip.
However, Lu Chuan and Forensic Doctor Shen apparently had none of these worries; they flew on a private jet.
A rich person’s happiness isn’t something everyone can understand.
For instance, while ordinary folks are stuck by the beach because they can’t afford a 20,000-yuan ticket,
the wealthy can fly anywhere they please on a private jet worth tens of millions.
After leaving the south, the two went to the far north, to the City of Ice and Snow.
No one knows why, but the City of Ice and Snow suddenly became very popular this year.
Since the beginning of winter, news stories about southern potatoes taking over the City of Ice and Snow kept coming in.
Although Lu Chuan is from the north, he grew up in Haizhou, which is neither north nor south.
He’d never been to the City of Ice and Snow before.
This time, with Forensic Doctor Shen, he got to visit and experience it firsthand.
And indeed, it had its unique charm.
When Lu Chuan and his group went, the weather wasn’t particularly good.
The whole City of Ice and Snow was buffeted by fierce winds and was hit with a blizzard.
But it was precisely this that gave the city an immediacy of the northern realm.
The coming of winter seemed to become a reality.
Forensic Doctor Shen was absolutely delighted, staying up north for four days before leaving.
During this time, they also tried some northern specialties.
Like candied hawthorn skewers.
For some reason, the candied hawthorn in the City of Ice and Snow seemed tastier than those in Haizhou.
In addition, there’s the chicken stewed with mushrooms, iron pot stewed goose, and slaughtered pig dishes that are must-tries.
This winter, hundreds of thousands of southern potatoes nearly ate all the geese in the City of Ice and Snow to extinction.
It’s said that they implemented a goose protection plan there.
They expanded the area for goose farming, ensuring a supply of one million geese by the end of next year.
The geese probably never imagined that they might be eaten to extinction.
During the Spring Festival, aside from those super big cities, everywhere in the country seemed crowded.
But Lu Chuan enjoyed this feeling.
In his view, this was a sign of national peace and prosperity.
When returning to the Criminal Investigation Team, Lu Chuan brought back lots of local specialties for everyone.
Everyone got some, and the Crime Scene Investigation office especially received a big gift pack for each person.
"Any cases recently?"
In the crime scene investigation office, a few people were chatting.
Yang Lin was munching on a large mango that Lu Chuan air-freighted back, shaking his head, "No cases during this time, it’s been calm."
"This mango is really great, fragrant and sweet. How much is one?"
Yang Lin felt like he’d never eaten such delicious mango in his entire life.
"It’s a new variety, no need to worry about the price. If you like it, I’ll get you more."
The mangoes that Lu Chuan brought back were indeed a new variety with very low yield.
They tasted fantastic, though they weren’t without faults.
They were very expensive.
One mango cost about 100 yuan.
yuan may not be much, but buying a mango with 100 yuan was really quite expensive.
"This Spring Festival, for some reason, the crime rate in the whole city reached a record low."
Old Bai shook his head as he brewed some Da Hong Pao tea that Lu Chuan brought back.
"During the entire Spring Festival, there were 102 fights, three thefts, no robberies, and no other serious crimes."
"We really had a good year."
Hearing these numbers, Lu Chuan was stunned.
It wasn’t like this during past festivals.
For ordinary people, festivals are a time of celebration, but for police, it’s a tough period.
While others are enjoying family reunions, police officers can’t, as they need to patrol the streets and are busier than usual.
Yang Lin had deep insights from his years at the police station.
Whenever there was a festival, everyone at the police station would cancel their leave to patrol the streets.
And with more people, there would be more issues and frictions; who was fighting, whose cat went missing, whose dog disappeared.
The police station’s phone would ring off the hook every day.
Of course, the grassroots police stations were still busy this year.
It’s just that Yang Lin was on loan to the Criminal Investigation Team, so he didn’t need to patrol the streets on New Year’s Eve.
"Over a hundred fights, that really isn’t much."
Lu Chuan remembered that last Spring Festival, there were over a thousand cases of fighting alone.
This year, only just over 100, a 90% drop.
After some casual chatting, the office phone rang.
Lu Chuan answered it; it was Qin Yong.
"I’m going to Captain Qin’s office, you all keep chatting."
A moment later.
Lu Chuan was perplexed, "What? Temporary duty?"
Qin Yong nodded, "Yes, the city bureau just issued the document; you’re going to the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team as the acting captain."
"That’s not right; what about Yuan Shaokang?"
Yuan Shaokang, the captain of the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team, is only in his forties; he couldn’t be retiring.
"He went to the city bureau, so the position opened up. The bureau leadership decided yesterday that you would be the acting captain at the Criminal Investigation Team there."
Qin Yong was a bit helpless too.
Having Lu Chuan under his leadership was great.
With Lu Chuan in the Crime Scene Investigation, Qin Yong didn’t have to worry.
And over the past two years, Lu Chuan’s contributions to the Criminal Investigation Team have been evident to all.
Many big cases were solved smoothly because of Lu Chuan’s involvement.
Qin Yong initially planned for Lu Chuan to further hone his skills in Crime Scene Investigation this year, then gain some experience in the action group.
In two or three years, who knows, he might be promoted to deputy team leader.
But plans can’t keep up with changes.
Unexpectedly, Lu Chuan was now asked to take up a temporary position.
Actually, Qin Yong understood that so-called temporary duty usually meant a permanent shift.
No one knew Lu Chuan’s capabilities better than Qin Yong.
The High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team, though having the highest case incidence under the Haizhou City Public Security Bureau and the heaviest case investigation workload,
posed no challenge for Lu Chuan.
It’s foreseeable that this year in acting position, Lu Chuan will do exceptionally well.
By next year, he might just get officially appointed.
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