Siheyuan: Living in the People's Community, with a Heart for the Red Star

At 6 o'clock in the morning, Lao Yang gets up and goes to Shichahai to exercise. At around 7 o'clock, he goes to a nearby breakfast shop to eat, returns to the courtyard to wash up, and then takes his passbook to a nearby bank to withdraw all the money.

When Lao Yang walked out of the bank, he suddenly realized that the monthly subsidy he had donated to the orphanage would no longer be available after retirement, and he needed to explain this to the orphanage before he left. So Lao Yang went to the orphanage to find the director, Fan Aiqin, who was five years older than Lao Yang and was also an orphan. After liberation, Fan Aiqin asked the organization to work at the Kyoto Orphanage. In 5, she met Lao Yang, who had come to donate money, and they had been friends for 1950 years.

Old Yang came to the orphanage and told Dean Fan about his situation. He had retired due to his condition and might return to the countryside. This might be the last time he came to see the children and it was also a farewell to Dean Fan. Finally, Old Yang took out 4000 yuan in cash and gave it to Dean Fan, saying that this might be his last donation and hoped that Dean Fan would accept it on behalf of the children.

Dean Fan looked at Lao Yang with tears in his eyes. He thought he understood Lao Yang, so he accepted the donation without any hesitation. When he left, he gave Lao Yang a big hug and encouraged him to keep going.

Old Yang thought about what he had done in the past few days and found nothing wrong. He decided to go to Jinshi tomorrow to take a boat to Xiangjiang. When Old Yang returned to the courtyard, he saw the third uncle Yan Bugui sitting at the door, so he went up to the third uncle and told him that he was going back to his hometown in the countryside to recuperate for a while. He hoped that the third uncle would take care of the house and not let others destroy it.

After hearing this, the old man narrowed his eyes and asked with concern: "Shang Jin, what's wrong with you? Can you recover? How long will it take you to recuperate in your hometown? What about your house? Do you want the third uncle to help you rent out or resell your house so that we can pool the money to get your illness cured?"

"Thank you, Uncle. My disease cannot be cured in China. I heard from my colleagues that Britain and the United States now have this technology, but you also know our situation. We can only wait until our country develops. So don't worry about it. I will leave tomorrow. I'll trouble you with the house."

"Shang Jin, don't worry, your uncle will take good care of you. Go back to the countryside and have a good rest. Don't feel burdened. If you have any problems, just write to me and I will help you."

"Thank you, Uncle San. I will go home and pack my things and leave early tomorrow morning."

"Go ahead. If you need anything, just let me know and I'll ask Jie Cheng to help you."

Old Yang returned home and took out a rattan box from under the bed. He symbolically placed a small quilt, two sets of clothes, and a teacup inside, then closed the suitcase and put it back under the bed. Old Yang sat down by the stove to absorb the heat.

In the afternoon, Lao Yang tidied his clothes, went out to eat, and then went to the street office to get a certificate for returning home. Since Lao Yang had a full set of retirement procedures, the street office handled it quickly. While the staff was not paying attention, he secretly collected a few blank letters of introduction into the space. Lao Yang took the opened letters of introduction back to the courtyard.

According to the format on the return certificate, I made a letter of introduction to visit relatives in Hong Kong. I copied a street stamp and stamped it, and it was done! You can't tell if you don't check it.

It only takes one morning to get from Kyoto to Tsu, and it may take several days to buy a ticket and arrange a flight to Hong Kong. It takes about 15 days by sea, and it will arrive in Hong Kong around the end of March. According to the incident of mainlanders fleeing to Hong Kong in the early 3s, hundreds of thousands of people fled to Hong Kong, so it was a good time to enter Hong Kong.

The night passed quickly and dawn came in the blink of an eye.

Old Yang extinguished the fire, packed up his luggage, turned off the power switch, took out the door lock, locked the door, came to the door of the third uncle, knocked on the door and said goodbye to the third uncle. Without much delay, Old Yang went directly to the train station to buy a ticket to Tianjin Port.

After taking a 3-hour train, he finally arrived at Tianjin Port. After getting out of the station, Lao Yang took a tricycle to the ticket office of Tianjin Port. After asking, he learned that a ship would pass through the Hong Kong River on March 3 and could dock. After purchasing the ticket, Lao Yang found a nearby guesthouse, took the letter of certification, and booked a room while waiting for the ship to depart.

At that time, Tianjin Port was also called Dalian Port, with many cargo ships docked there. Xiaobailou was very prosperous, with a large market with a variety of goods and snacks, as well as several performers.

During the two days of waiting for the boat, I wandered around the small market, found a small stall to eat, watched some acrobatics, and listened to storytelling. There were people everywhere in a hurry, and there was really no one else as leisurely as Lao Yang.

At noon on the 4th, Lao Yang arrived at the dock and boarded the cruise ship Guangming. He found his cabin under the guidance of the crew. Lao Yang observed the cabin where he would stay for the next half a month. There were a total of 50 berths, upper and lower berths. Three of the berths were already occupied, a couple with a child, and the other was a -year-old man.

Lao Yang put his luggage on the bunk, got acquainted with the others, and then walked out of the cabin to familiarize himself with the environment. This was a 5000-ton cruise ship with two floors of passenger cabins and the rest for storing cargo.

After walking around and getting familiar with the situation, Lao Yang returned to the cabin and climbed onto his bunk to chat with others. The ship set sail at about two or three o'clock. Lao Yang went to the deck to watch the ship leave the harbor. Looking at the distant land, he thought: I, Lao Yang, will come back!

After 16 days of sailing, the Guangming finally arrived at the Kowloon Pier in Hong Kong. After getting off the ship and queuing up to enter the customs, Lao Yang got the visa without any trouble. Finally, he set foot on the land of Hong Kong.

Walking in Kowloon, Lao Yang looked at the shabby scene around him and knew that this was a slum area. Most of the people living in the shantytowns were low-income people and mainlanders who had fled here. Gang members were often seen in groups of four or five or three or four collecting protection fees on the streets. Lao Yang did not want to have a conflict with them for the time being. He wanted to understand the situation of the local gangs before making any arrangements.

After a few days of understanding, Lao Yang knew that the most chaotic place here was Kowloon Walled City. There were many gangs here, the largest of which were 14K, Chaozhou Gang, and Wo Shing Wo, and there were many other small gangs. They mainly operated drug stalls, brothels, and casinos, making it a good place to make black money. There were a lot of mountainous areas in the north of Kowloon, where you could rent a piece of land and build a small kiln to absorb heat energy.

These days, Lao Yang discovered that Wu Shihao and his friends had just arrived in Kowloon Walled City and were looking for jobs everywhere. It seemed that he should make some friends, as he would be useful in the future. Lao Yang found a Daxin gold shop and sold two large goldfish for 10 Hong Kong dollars.

At the foot of Lion Rock, I found a local grandfather and rented a ready-made porcelain kiln. The previous owner used the kiln to burn artworks, which had three kiln rooms of about 10 square meters. I asked nearby craftsmen to modify the kiln rooms according to Lao Yang's requirements, making it more suitable for Lao Yang to absorb energy. Lao Yang also had the courtyard of the porcelain kiln raised.

After three days of renovation, it was finally completed. Lao Yang also contacted the coal company and bought 10 tons of coal at the price of 1000 yuan per ton.