Chapter two hundred and ninety first grass and trees are soldiers
Hong Yanwu didn't have time to witness the tragic scene.
When he and Chen Liquan came back half an hour later, the family's emotions had returned to normal.
Everyone was sitting together, making out and talking as usual.
The atmosphere in the room was like a warm spring breeze, which had already melted away all of Chacai's bad emotions.
As soon as they entered the door and saw the scene in the room, they were stunned for a moment.
This cousin from Hong Kong, whom they met for the first time, had already stood up and came over to greet him.
Then under Hong Yanzheng's recommendation, he extended his thick hands to them one after another.
"Quanzi, Xiaowu, I am Hong Yankang, your eldest brother..."
Especially for Hong Yanwu, he didn't just shake hands, he hugged him hard and thanked him repeatedly.
He said that if it weren't for him, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to meet today.
Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan were stunned in embarrassment on the spot, and neither of them understood where to start.
But everyone obviously already knew the inside story, and seeing their confused and confused look, they couldn't help but chuckle.
It wasn't until Hong Yankang explained it again that Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan understood what was going on.
Then I couldn't help but feel happy.
We have to start talking about this when Hong Yankang set off from Hong Kong.
Since he decided to come to the mainland to find his relatives, Hong Yankang began to pay close attention to the policies and news on the mainland in Hong Kong.
But let’s be honest, with many sources of conflicting information and generally negative news and coverage.
This reminds me of his father's argument that "united front propaganda cannot be trusted."
Before he even started, he was already a little confused.
In fact, after he had taken care of his family affairs, completed the "returning procedures" and actually set off, his personal experience during the journey was also very bad.
You know, there were no direct flights between Kai Tak Airport and Capital Airport at that time.
You must first go to Huacheng and transfer from Baiyun Airport to fly to Beijing.
As a result, Hong Yankang was waiting for a connecting flight when he witnessed a Hong Kong citizen who was on the same plane being forcibly deported by the mainland just because the back page of the return introduction letter was different from what he was actually carrying.
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In particular, the attitude of the mainland staff was quite indifferent and they did not listen to explanations at all, which made him feel very unhuman.
As a result, I flew to Beijing and stayed in a hotel, which made me feel angry.
Something went wrong with the hotel he had booked. For some reason, the date was wrongly given to him by one day.
The most annoying thing was that the hotel actually gave the remaining suite to a European guest who came behind him in front of him.
And even if he complained to the hotel management about the discrimination he suffered, it would be useless.
Because the store owner actually told him that this was the instruction from his superiors and that foreign guests should be given priority.
So in the end he had to settle down and take a taxi to stay somewhere else.
But even during such a short car ride, he was shocked by the information he received.
Because after chatting with the driver, he realized that situations like the one he encountered had become a common phenomenon in the capital.
Everywhere, white people are ranked first, Japanese are second, overseas Chinese are third, and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao are fourth. People are not surprised.
The local people in the capital are even worse off, and they don't even get a chance to win.
What's more, what he didn't expect was that all the old city walls in the capital had been demolished decades ago.
The reason was that he couldn't understand it at all: "Only by breaking the old feudal shackles can we develop better."
Later, after he finally settled in the hotel, he wanted to go out to the bank to do some business, but it was just as awkward.
In his impression, the people in the capital should be the most polite, polite, courteous, and kind-hearted.
But as soon as I left the hotel, there were cold faces everywhere.
Not to mention the employees at the service desk, there is no smile on their face, they are all arrogant, giving the impression that they don't bother to talk to you.
Even the old people on the street are very aggressive.
If he accidentally dropped a piece of white paper while wiping his nose, he would be fined.
The old lady with the red armband was punished. She didn't know what her position was, but her temper was several times worse than Dr. Tea in Hong Kong.
Moreover, the large-character slogans on the walls "Serve the People" and "Long Live the Proletariat" are even more shocking, constantly reminding him of his identity as a class enemy.
Especially near Chang'an Street, there are always some bright-eyed soldiers coming and going.
There was a red star on these hats and two red collar badges, which he had only seen in movies before.
The first time it appeared in front of him at close range reminded him of what his father had said about soldiers who could drink blood to quench their thirst.
Naturally, my heart was beating with fright.
What was even more unexpected was that once on Nanlishi Road, he was stopped by some soldiers and checked carefully.
Later I learned that people like him have a range of activities.
Once the foreigners stop sign is posted, you cannot enter the restricted area.
In this way, when he went back, he was frightened and started to have thoughts.
He felt that this place was too evil. The capital was really not what he knew when he was a child, and he couldn't even walk around casually.
So what should we do?
He really thought about his father's suggestion for him to change his clothes. He felt that he really couldn't be so conspicuous anymore so that he could find the whereabouts of his relatives in the capital.
So, he bought a mainland Chinese "people's clothing" and put it on.
Keren's temperament cannot be changed, and he is dressed in a nondescript manner, which makes him more likely to attract vigilance and scrutiny.
Just like on May 27th, although he found the old house, he happened to encounter the Hong family's door being closed.
Didn't Li Fu go to Xiaoyanglou to help today?
But Hong Yankang didn’t know.
As a result, after photographing the door for a long time, he did not open the door. Instead, he called out several neighbors across the street.
When these people saw him like this, they all felt suspicious, so they naturally came over to question him.
What's even more ridiculous is that almost all of these neighbors moved here after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they don't know much about the Hong family's background.
After finally figuring out his identity, I heard that he came to look for relatives and asked about who lived there.
These people self-righteously told him that a high-ranking official lived inside.
He said that this family doesn't usually live here, maybe they have more rooms at home.
However, in the first two years, the children of this family got married with great fanfare, and the door was full of cars.
Come to think of it, he is at the deputy department level.
This was so good that Hong Yankang was so frightened that he didn't dare to knock anymore. He really thought that his house had been taken away, so he hurried away.
After running out of options, he had no choice but to use the relevant civil affairs departments of the government to help find him.
I didn't expect to get the letter very quickly.
Because the Hong family received a deposit returned from a foreign bank a few years ago, the civil affairs department in the capital kept a record of it, so he had a public phone in Furuli and successfully contacted the Hong family.
But who could have imagined that Hong Yanzheng actually hung up the phone again due to a strange combination of circumstances, and now Hong Yankang was thinking wildly again.
He just wondered whether the second uncle was afraid of being implicated and didn't dare to recognize me?
Will my return cause trouble for them?
He was quite confused. He really thought that he could not drag down his second uncle's family and planned to return to Hong Kong first.
If Hong Yanwu hadn't then made a missing person advertisement like a text message on the TV station.
Let him see it and get rid of doubts.
He really didn't have the courage to come to the house again. He might have already been on the plane back.
Isn’t this Hong Yanwu’s contribution?
All in all, this happened because of many coincidences.
It's also because Hong Yankang is too arrogant.
It's just a guilty conscience, I scared myself.
Fortunately, it was a false alarm and I finally got back on track.
Otherwise, it would really become a big regrettable and helpless joke.