?415: Chapter 382: Spring Festival   415: Chapter 382: Spring Festival                                   Evening.


    In the feast special venue of Jiang Vige,rge chunks of beef, half-legs ofmb, whole braised geese, chicken, and duck soups cradling whole birds were sessively served on the tables.


    The people of Jiang Vige are typical nouveaux riches, and they don’t mind being seen as such.


    When the folks from Jiang Vige host a feast, they love to serve these super satisfying meats like chicken, duck, and goose, and beef is considered top-grade fare.


    As for luxurious items like lobsters and shark fins, they do appear asionally but are not really popr, especially among the elderly.


    During the meal, the hottest topic was the thief in the basement.


    Uncle Seven’s phone was passed from table to table as everyone wanted to see Wang Lei’s photo.


    He looked just like an ordinary blue-cor worker, but because of the fact that he hadmitted theft, he seemed a bit cunning.


    As the victim, Uncle Seven stood like a star among the tables, grinning and saying, “His outfit is just like what I wore when I was working on the construction site over a decade ago.


    If he had asked me nicely, I would’ve given him two bottles of wine, no problem.


    Instead, he chose to steal them.”


    Immediately, Auntie Six from the adjacent table put down her chopsticks and said, “What do you mean nicely?


    I’ve been telling you all day.”


    “Auntie Six!” Uncle Seven called out and said, “I was the one robbed here.”


    “You are toozy, not moving the wine from the garage to the house, nor do you secure the door properly.


    I’ve told you before, just because you have a car worth two hundred thousand in the garage doesn’t mean you can pretend to be poor.


    Have you forgotten how poor you once were?” Auntie Six, being an elder rtive to Uncle Seven, began to lecture him thoroughly.


    Uncle Seven could only listen meekly, whispering, “I’m not pretending to be poor…”


    “If you’re not poor, why did you buy a Japanese car?


    Don’t tell me you’ve been gambling outside.


    I’m warning you, gambling…”


    “Auntie Six,” Uncle Seven interrupted Auntie Six, saying, “My car is a Toyota Land Cruiser, it actually cost a million, premium included…


    Jiang Fuzhen also has one.”


    “Jiang Fuzhen bought that car to keep a low profile, but you buying such a car, are you stupid?” Auntie Six’s logic was foolproof, giving her rtives no chance to argue.


    Uncle Three arrived at that moment, and after Auntie Six hadpletely “conquered” Uncle Seven, he exined, “This Wang Lei was a temporary worker called over by the renovation team leader.


    He was about to leave when he saw the wine in Old Seven’s garage and took a box, intending to drink it himself.


    The next day, he came back and found that Old Seven’s garage door was still open, so he stole two more boxes, and after stealing another two boxes the third day, he sold the wine for almost ten thousand yuan.


    Realizing it was too much, he didn’t dare steal any more.


    He’s just unlucky.”


    “He definitely won’t be able to enjoy this year,” Uncle Seven epted Uncle Three’s exnation.


    After all, the renovation was organized by the vigemittee.


    Turning his head, Uncle Seven asked, “How did he end up turning himself in?”


    Uncle Three cleared his throat twice and said, “A bunch of people posted so much on their Moments, making it look like there was a murder, and Wang Lei got scared and turned himself in.


    He’s actually quite lucky, with no prior criminal record; he might even get a suspended sentence.”


    Listening, Uncle Sevenughed heartily, “A murder, what nonsense.


    Who died, huh?”


    Everyone turned their eyes to Uncle Seven.


    …


    The feast was over.


    Jiang Yuan arranged for Liu Jinghui and the others to stay in the guest rooms at his house.


    The dormitory for the criminal police often has rooms for four or eight people.


    Liu Jinghui could only stay in a standard room costing 300 a day at the guest house.


    It wasn’t exactly meager, but surely it wasn’t asfortable as living in a spacious several-hundred-square-meter guest room.


    If it were an official trip with harsh conditions, that would be one thing, buttely, there were no cases to work on, so everyone was more interested in thefort of their amodations and living conditions.


    The next day, Jiang Yuan didn’t even go to the police station but started barbecuing at his home instead.


    Wang Chuanxing and the others didn’t hesitate to choose to help out at the Jiang Family.


    In the evening, another feast was held.


    Jiang Yuan, with over twenty officers, went to support the event.


    Jiang Fuzhen joyfully brought two stacks of banknotes, gave his contribution money, and then took several young people with him to cut the meat.


    Jiang Fuzhen was still the chief red meat chef at today’s feast, and in fact, from today until New Year’s, someone would hold a feast every day, and each day Jiang Fuzhen would be the red meat chef.


    In days of bliss, enjoying the food is enough; this is the human touch of Chinese-style living.


    A few dayster, everyone attended the year-end summary meeting of Ningtai County Bureau together.


    Jiang Yuan’s umted Case Team, most of whose members did not belong to the Ningtai County Bureau, still had no trouble receiving awards at the Ningtai County Bureau’s annual summary meeting.


    The only difference was a slight change in the awarding body.


    Moreover, once the Ningtai County Bureau’s annual summary meeting was over, everyone could go back to their respective homes and then attend another summary meeting if necessary.


    Director Guan Xi, full of vigor, presided over the Ningtai County Bureau’s annual summary meeting.


    For Jiang Yuan’s umted Case Team, the most important event was the awards ceremony.


    Jiang Yuan received a second-ss merit.


    The team received a collective third-ss merit.


    Wang Chuanxing, Tang Jia, and others received either third-ss merits ormendations, with about half receiving each.


    Apart from Liu Jinghui, who was from the provincial office and arrivedte, thus missing out on the rewards, everyone else basically had their share of the spoils, each of them beaming with joy.


    On the spot, Jiang Yuan converted his newly awarded second-ss merit into Forensic Material Evidence (LV4).


    Forensic Material Evidence mainly refers to the use of various physical specimens from the human body to prove the facts of a case.


    This includes blood, seminal fluid, vaginal secretions, breast milk, saliva, mucus, urine, amniotic fluid and its stains, hair, fingernails, bones, and teeth, as well as various other tissues and organs of the human body, and their fragments…


    Of course, what everyone is most familiar with is DNA technology, which represents the most prominent branch of Forensic Material Evidence at this stage.


    Considering Jiang Yuan’s approach, the next time he encounters something like bone fragments, he won’t just have the help of Forensic Anthropology.


    Given his abilities, it is cases like these that presented a certain level of challenge, naturally necessitating preemptive measures.


    With the various awards distributed, it was time for the county bureau’s internal power rankings to be announced.


    As expected, the Criminal Police Squad topped the list.


    With a score of 2470 points, they were directly three times ahead of the parallel units below.


    Yet all anyone could do was admire them, as no one could voice any discontent.


    Most of the categories on the power rankings had a cap, such as homicide or the eight major types of serious crimes, whoseplete solution would score 300 points each, with points deducted for unsolved cases.


    Only by solving cold cases could the score increase without a cap.


    Last year, Jiang Yuan had solved so many cold cases, along with cases he worked on outside, which also reflected in the points.


    The county bureau could indeed make use of these points.


    After the nned ceremony was done and it was time for the triumphant conclusion, Director Guan Xi raised the microphone again.


    “Well, let me say a few words,” Guan Xi held the microphone, paused for a few seconds and said, “After the New Year starts, I’m going to be transferred away…”


    Jiang Yuan, among others, all raised their eyebrows at this.


    A change in the transfer of the big BOSS of the county bureau could signify a significant shift in the ecosystem.


    However, such political changes were beyond the control of ordinary officers, who could only ept them as they came.


    Guan Xi himself was filled with emotion and spoke for three or four minutes before concluding his speech.


    He had grown up in Ningtai.


    Although he had been away from the front line for a while, the n was to retire here.


    Unexpectedly, the mboyant development of Ningtai over the past year had also lifted Guan Xi higher, catching the eye of the higher-level leadership.


    When the meeting ended, Guan Xi specifically called Jiang Yuan aside to engage in a heartfelt exchange.


    …


    During the seven days of the Spring Festival, most officers had to be on duty.


    It was not until around the fifth or sixth day of the holiday that the police station gradually returned to normal operations.


    The new Director Chai Tong assumed office and began to survey the departments, starting with Jiang Yuan’s umted Case Team.