After the meal.
Dazhuang and Heizi each had their tasks and went off to work.
It was Jiang Yuan who stayed behind, with no pressing matters to attend to.
Now, with personnel reinforcements coming from various places, they were at least acting as squads. Only police dogs remained scarce, with every place applying for them.
Returning to the large communal sleeping quarters at the dormitory, Jiang Yuan was feeling somewhat reluctant.
He went straight to the local vegetable market in a car, found a vegetable stall, bought a large quantity of vegetables and meat, and then inquired about renting a house with the female stall owner.
The stall owner looked at him uncertainly and said, "Aren't you just staying for a few days? Hasn't the Mining Bureau arranged accommodation for you all?"
Those still working in this small town almost all had relatives and friends in the government and state-owned enterprises, where internal news circulated faster than the internet's adult videos.