Chen Xia took the letter and went to the address in it.
Along the way, Gu Lin, Chen Qiu and Chen Dong were curiously looking at all the strange things on the street, such as the double-decker buses that made a clanging sound when they drove, and the young ladies who all exposed their thighs and even half of their breasts could be seen.
This has completely shattered their three views.
China and Hong Kong are two completely different worlds. The buildings here are taller, the cars are more numerous, the clothes are fancier, even Nanjing Road in Shanghai can't compare.
"Alright, alright, watch your step and be careful not to fall into the sewer."
Chen Xia had to remind these three bumpkins.
After coming out of Nathan Road and following a few small roads, I finally found "Mong Kok Fa Yuen Street". It is a small road, but there are many shops on both sides of the road, and it is very lively.
But if you look up, you will find that the buildings here are all old houses.
Chen Xia had an inherent impression that Hong Kong people lived in pigeon-cage houses. He was a little worried. What if the clothing factory run by this old man was just a family workshop and he himself was already living a hard life? How could he help him?
No. 110 Wangjia Garden Street, Chen Dong was the first to discover this house number.
This is an 8-story building with many clothing stores and cake shops on the first floor. Chen Xia looked around but didn't know how to get upstairs.
At this time, Chen Qiu was still attentive, "Second Brother, there are a few old men sitting over there, why don't you ask them?"
"Okay, let's go over there."
Several old men were sitting under the shade of a tree playing chess, not afraid of heatstroke even in the hot weather.
Chen Xia smiled and asked, "Excuse me, gentlemen, is this No. 110 Wangjia Garden Street? Do you know an old man named Chen Defa?"
The three old men all looked up, but before they could answer, Chen Dong called out, pointing at one of the old men with completely white hair and said excitedly:
"This, this, this is the great grandfather."
Well, Chen Xia and the others looked at Chen Dong strangely, "How do you know?"
The old man Chen Dong called "Grandpa" also had a sly smile on his face: "Little boy, when did I become your great-grandfather?"
"Because you look like dad. Look, you both have broad foreheads. Dad said grandpa also had a broad forehead."
After Chen Dong said this, Chen Qiu also observed carefully and found that the old man in front of him was quite similar to his father, especially the full forehead, which was very eye-catching.
Chen Xia was embarrassed. Damn it! He was reborn, but Comrade Chen Bingkun had already died. He didn't even know him, and he couldn't tell anything from just a posthumous photo.
The old man suddenly burst into laughter, threw down his chess piece, pointed at Chen Xia, Gu Lin, Chen Qiu, and Chen Dong, and said:
"Are you Chen Decai's grandchildren? Is your father Chen Bingkun, the eldest, Bingcheng, the second, or Bingpei, the third?"
Gu Lin screamed, "Wow, you really are the great grandfather? Chen Dong, you are so amazing. You can tell at a glance."
Chen Xia quickly bowed and said, "Grandpa, our father is Chen Bingkun, I am the second oldest, Chen Xia, this is the third oldest, Chen Qiu, this is the fourth oldest, Chen Dong, and this is my wife, Gu Lin."
The old man was so excited that he held Chen Xia with one hand and Chen Dong with the other hand.
"My dear grandchildren, I am your great-grandfather Chen Defa. For more than 30 years, I have missed you day and night. I miss you so much."
The old man was so excited that he was about to cry. Chen Xia was embarrassed. As an unqualified actor, he found that he still couldn't squeeze out a few tears to join in his cry.
However, Gu Lin and Chen Qiu's eyes were already tearful, which solved his urgent problem.
The other two old men saw that since their family was reunited, the chess game could not be played anymore, so they said with a smile:
"Defa, your grandchildren are visiting your hometown. Go home quickly. Standing on the street is not the right way to entertain guests."
"Yes, yes, yes. Let's go home with grandpa."
Chen Defa lived on the 8th floor. There was an elevator going up. When he got to the upper floor and was about to open the door, he started yelling:
"Old lady, hurry up, someone is coming from my hometown in Yuezhou. My second brother's grandchildren are here to see us."
When Chen Xia and his companions entered the room, they found that it was much larger than he had imagined, at least 120 square meters. It seemed that the conditions of this great-grandfather's family should be relatively good.
To be able to live in such a "thousand-foot mansion" in the heart of Kowloon, one had to have a net worth of tens of millions at that time.
At this time, an old lady wearing reading glasses came out of the room. She was probably doing some needlework. Seeing several strange men and women coming into the house, she immediately asked in surprise:
"They came from our hometown? Really? Oh, these are my second brother's grandchildren?"
Chen Defa introduced her enthusiastically, "Come here, this is your grandmother." (In Yuezhou dialect, grandmother is also called "mother.")
Chen Xia quickly replied in Yuezhou dialect, "Hello, Madam, we are the grandchildren of Chen Decai, and the sons and daughters of Chen Bingkun."
Women are made of water. When the old lady heard the local accent, her tears started to flow.
"Good grandson, good granddaughter, come here, let the empress take a good look. Oh, indeed, they are all from the Chen family. They look exactly the same."
This made everyone laugh.
Several people sat down, and Chen Xia introduced Gu Lin, Chen Qiu and Chen Dong.
The old man hesitated to speak. Chen Xia knew what he was going to ask. After being away from his hometown for more than 30 years, what he wanted to know most was of course news about his closest relatives.
"My great-grandfather and great-grandmother passed away around 1955. This is a photo of their graves, and this is a jar of soil in front of them. They are buried on Osmanthus Mountain south of the village."
Although they were mentally prepared, the old man and the old woman burst into tears when they learned that their elderly parents had passed away and that they could not fulfill their filial duties before their death.
The old man placed the photo and the soil respectfully on the table, then knelt down with the old lady and shouted, "Dad, Mom, Defa is unfilial, wuwuwu~~~"
Well, the same old cliché of a family reunion drama.
With the help of Chen Xia, Gu Lin and others, the two old people stopped crying.
"Xiao Xia, where are your grandparents? Are they still here? And why didn't your father and uncles come? If they did, would you guys be here?"
"My grandparents passed away around 1970, and my parents passed away three years ago. Now there are only four of us siblings left in our family. Oh, and we also have an older sister who just graduated from university this year. She is a doctor, but she was too busy with work to come.
Also, I haven't contacted my two uncles for a long time. Maybe they are busy. Anyway, I don't know how they are doing now."
The old man and woman felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. All the old members of Chen Decai's family were gone, and the young ones were like orphans. It was really pitiful for them.
The old man suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Then how did you get to Hong Kong? Did you sneak here? Are you not planning to go back?"
These days, there are too many people fleeing to Hong Kong.
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