Rebirth: Outstanding

After the ceremony, it was natural to set off for a few wooden houses in the Kowloon area to give medicines. The route was arranged by Song Tianyao and Anji-Peris. The medicines were carried from the Central Ring by a cargo truck, and the passenger and cargo ferry crossed the sea first. Upon arriving at the Kowloon Wharf, the first stop was the Kowloon Tong Nursing Home, a must-choice place for the British to do charity in the Kowloon area after the war.

He Mingguang, Ge Mulian, and Shi Zhiyi did not retire before the ceremony was over. Instead, they crossed the sea and arrived at the Jiulongtang Nursing Home. They waited for the first stop of the donation at the Jiulongtang Nursing Home before leaving.

The name of Kowloon Tong Home for the Elderly seems to be no different from those self-financed nursing homes in the New Territories countryside where there is light tea and light meal, two meals and one night, but in fact, it is the only free nursing home established by the colonial government in Hong Kong. The colonial government of Hong Kong pays taxes. With hard-earned money, a garden-style home for the elderly with modern equipment covering an area of ​​tens of acres in Jiulongtang has been built, with a small hospital, restaurant, and garden. Each resident can have a fully equipped room with 24-hour electricity supply. The large suites equipped with radios, in addition to three meals a day, will also provide afternoon snacks and supper. Each occupant has a housekeeper and three full-time Filipino maids who are responsible for accompaniment, room cleaning, clothes washing and ironing, and food cooking. , Residents live, perform their own duties. The most important thing is that the residents staying here do not need to pay even a penny for any services they enjoy, and the Hong Kong colonial government will pay for it.

After the establishment of this home for the elderly, the British government specially asked BBC reporters to come to Hong Kong to report. They wrote the report to show the world how good Britain’s social welfare in overseas colonies is. Several Western countries also praised the United Kingdom in their respective media. British citizens who saw this nursing home in Hong Kong also admired it, which is even more enjoyable than the life of these elderly people with children in the UK.

In fact, in addition to the establishment of the BBC to take photos, the Hong Kong colonial government found some Chinese elderly people to come in and act out. As soon as the reporters left, those Chinese elderly were taken out of the nursing homes and were taken by Chinese government employees. My parents took home, all of them were fake.

This nursing home, as announced by the Hong Kong colonial government, does not require residents to spend a penny, but the premise is that this nursing home only accepts foreign unsupported elderly people, and local taxpayers in Hong Kong are exempt from paying homage.

Therefore, in this nursing home built with Chinese money, there are now more than 30 British seniors, more than a dozen American seniors, Belarusians, Dutch, Portuguese and even two Indians, but they just don’t. A Chinese old man.

And just less than a kilometer outside the home for the elderly, is the Bijiashan wooden house area in Kowloon District. Many people lost their relatives during the war, and sold out their labor. Only one of them was left. They could only shrink in the wooden house area and wait to die. The little wish of a death burial is unfulfilled, and it is less than a kilometer away, but it is a great moat that will be difficult to jump through for a lifetime.

Seeing Ge Mulian, He Mingguang, Shi Zhiyi, Angie Peris, Mrs. Beth and even Chu Xiaoxin and others walked into the Jiulongtang Nursing Home with flashing flashes with cordial smiles, Song Tianyao, who was walking at the end, wondered why, looking Looking at the magnificent main entrance of this nursing home, I suddenly remembered the grandfather of the solitary man guarding Longjin Yixue, thinking of the main entrance of Yixue, the couplet that did not change the sharpness of the book and sword although it had been a century-old wind sword and frost sword:

Wash out the smoke and rain, and evenly divide Su Hai and Han Chao.

Before he entered the nursing home for the elderly, he turned his head and glanced at Bijia Mountain not far away, and said in a voice that could not even be heard by Shi Yehui beside him: "There will always be a chance."

Looking back again, it was Song Tianyao, the unremarkable Secretary of Likang Trading Company, who was smiling and inconspicuous in the crowd.

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On Tai Wo Street in Wan Chai, there were two to three hundred women from the neighborhood surrounded by the tenement house where Song Tianyao’s family lived. The large number of people made the street blocked. There were also truck drivers who like to watch the bustle and rickshaw drivers without customers. Stopped and squeezed into the crowd, trying to see what happened.

"Jin's wife! Is it true?"

"It's not that you didn't believe in your new move, sister-in-law, you might as well take the money and show it to everyone!"

"There are three people in my family now! Isn't it thirty yuan?"

"Count me! Zhen's wife!"

Zhao Meizhen stood downstairs with her hands on her hips and looked at the women in the neighborhood around her with a cold face. She was silent for luck. When these voices fell slightly, she spoke quickly:

"Shut up! One by one! If you dare to speak, I will take advantage of the neighbourhood on the next street!"

When she was in the wooden house area of ​​Jialin Pin Road, Kowloon, she was a powerful person who quarreled with more than a dozen people. She had a lot of experience in talking and fighting. These street women in Wan Chai who had a decent life, had a sharp tongue and a sharp mouth, compared to the women in the wooden house area. There was too much difference, and when she seized the opportunity to speak, these women suddenly fell below, and most of them closed their mouths!

Seeing these women shut up because of her own voice, Zhao Meizhen's expression became even more arrogant, with one hand on her hips and one hand with a halberd pointing: "I've seen the market! I'll say it again. At 4pm, I set off from my downstairs and walked to Taiping. Flowers are presented in front of the villa of Guilao in the mid-levels of the mountains. Someone will lead the team. Those who are willing to go, pay ten yuan for the car. When the flowers are presented, they cry and weep. Some people will remember that they will give an extra bag of soy sauce at that time! Only 1,000 people Don’t want to take advantage of my elder mother, and think about paying first or over-reporting your head. You go to the factory to work, and you have to finish paying the bill! A few days ago, someone had eaten the medicated candy sent by Shi Yehui. That’s what Guilao gave you for free! All the worms in your stomach are expelled. It’s okay to say thank you to Guilao, and you have money to get it. However, you are not allowed to just mention that you received money, all are Volunteer! Understood! If someone asks, don’t say that you live in Tai Wo Street. It can be Kowloon City, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Causeway Bay. In short, it can’t all be one place! If someone messes up this matter Don’t blame me if the messenger comes to the door! Keep your mouth tight, don’t be looser than the shamisen chicken belts of those hookers on the street!"

After she shouted, most women in the neighborhood fell silent or whispered, but there are always some women with strong personality that are not so easy to be yelled at. A woman shouted in the crowd: "Sister-in-law! Your family is a newcomer." Ah! If we are done and come back, your family moves away or you don’t admit it, let’s try it? Is anyone daring enough to find a ghost?"

If the first person speaks, there will be the second: "That's right! It sounds good, ten yuan per person, what if you don’t admit it? For a thousand people, ten yuan per person is 10,000 yuan, and you have a cheap neighborhood of 10,000 yuan. , Zhonghui lives in this kind of old building? I have already rented a one-thousand-foot bungalow!"

"Sister-in-law, you take the money out for everyone to look at, and we are also relieved that we have to climb the mountain after more than a dozen miles. The older ones are simply using their old life to make this ten yuan."

On the third floor, Lou Fengyun was helping Song Wenwen comb her hair. Shi Yehui was borrowed by Song Tianyao to run errands. Lou Fengyun had trouble traveling by herself. Although Zhao Meizhen didn’t like widows, she finally lived in the tenement house bought by Lou Fengyun, and Shi Yehui went to help again. Her son ran errands, so she sent Song Wenwen up to take care of Lou Fengyun. In the past two days, Song Wenwen was caught by Lou Fengyun. The snacks, her daughter’s trinkets, the toilet water from Guangshenghang, and rouge powder took turns to bribe Song Wenwen. My brother eloped and never came back.

Lou Fengyun, who was sitting next to the bed in the bedroom, heard the quarrel downstairs clearly, especially Zhao Meizhen’s sturdy voice, which was like shouting in the street. People standing in the public toilet at the end of the street could not urinate in fear. .

"Wenwen, help me get the crutches." Lou Fengyun said to Song Wenwen after helping Song Wenwen comb her hair with a beautiful side braid.

Song Wenwen took the crutches and helped Lou Fengyun want to walk towards the bathroom. Lou Fengyun waved her hand: "No, help me to the end of the bed."

At the end of the bed, Lou Fengyun leaned down slightly with difficulty, took out a multi-treasure box from the end of the wooden bed and opened it. Inside were several stacks of Hong Kong dollars, both new and old. Lou Fengyun took a look, closed the multi-treasure box and handed it to Song Wenwen next to him: " Take it, and accompany me downstairs. Auntie Zhen has a big tone but has a lack of confidence. She can't pay to show it to the neighbourhood now."

Although Song Wenwen was young, she also worked in a women’s teahouse. The daughter of a poor family was sensible early. When she saw the money, Song Wenwen’s first reaction was: “Sister Yun, if so much money is exposed, she might be snatched away by someone with a heart. , The neighborhood will not be all good people."

"It's okay, let's go." Lou Fengyun smiled and walked downstairs, accompanied by Song Wenwen.

Zhao Meizhen was repeatedly questioned by women who questioned that she could not afford the money. She was already sweating on the temples of her forehead. Although Song Tianyao asked her to ask some neighbourhoods to offer flowers, she did not give her the money first. Understand that she must first see that she has the capital before she can give up. It makes her very embarrassed. When she was thinking about whether to find a silver account to borrow some profit, Lou Fengyun leaned on her double strands and dressed in a small jacket. Dress and high-heeled clogs came out, behind him was Song Wenwen, who was holding the Duobao box tightly with both hands.

"I'll talk back to Sister-in-law again, I will let her family be killed immediately." Lou Fengyun slowly walked to Zhao Meizhen's side, with a pretty face as cold as frost, looked around the people in front of him, and said to everyone in front of him harshly. .

Even Song Wenwen behind him and Zhao Meizhen next to him were shocked by these words. The little widow had spoken softly to Zhao Meizhen, Song Wenwen and others in recent days, carefully, so that the two of them almost forgot. This was Song Tianyao. There were two policemen guarding them with guns, and both dared to speak directly to let people hack Song Tianyao's woman to death.

The former Fuyixing old lady, Lou Fengyun, the proprietor of the Huayun Mahjong stall in the wooden house district of Jialinbian Road.

With just a word and a look, all the neighbourhoods in front of the tenement house all stepped back, lowered their heads, silent!

Lou Fengyun looked at the movements of the people around him, and then went on after a few seconds of silence: "Wenwen, open the box and show them clearly to those who have never seen money. After they see clearly, let them go away and change people. To do things, there are many poor people in Hong Kong, so there is no need to waste Zhen's wife's kindness on some people who don't know how to praise."