Through conversation, I learned that the old man's name was Qiao Bo. His wife didn't talk much, but she was quick and nimble. She quietly went to fetch water and gave these people a simple wash.
I also took out four or five sets of clean, loose summer clothes from my home and lent them to change into, as I didn't have any more.
After all, I took so much money from them and even cooked a pot of porridge for them.
This is pretty good. Lian Xiaomin and others can make do with anything now. They just eat some porridge and some biscuits wrapped in oil paper that they brought in a plastic bucket on the way.
Everyone went back to their rooms to rest and hang up their clothes.
All the men were allowed to sleep shirtless in the house, and clean clothes were given to Tang Yuzhi, Wang Huiqi, Pei Ziqiu and the two cousins.
Lian Xiaomin said that she wrapped two pieces of clothing in plastic cloth and put them in a sack, so they were not too wet and could still be worn.
After scrubbing, he changed into a blue cotton short-sleeved shirt and a pair of black linen cropped trousers.
After a night of tossing and turning, everyone was very sleepy and soon lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
This was their first night after arriving in Hong Kong, but they were too tired to think too much and soon light snoring could be heard in every room.
Early the next morning, Lian Xiaomin woke up slowly while the others were still asleep.
Uncle Qiao and his wife had already gotten up and made another pot of porridge, adding some fish fillets to the porridge. Lian Xiaomin thanked them and ate a bowl first.
I also asked carefully how to get to the urban area of Hong Kong Island.
The other party showed her the way and said that if she walked a little further, she could take a bus and get off in Mong Kok, Kowloon.
Around seven o'clock, everyone got up. They slept so soundly that night that day came in a flash and they didn't have any dreams at all.
We had a meal of fish porridge, which we found quite delicious.
I changed into the clothes that were almost hung out to dry and prepared to leave.
Lian Xiaomin gave Uncle Qiao another two hundred yuan, thanked him, and led everyone away.
After walking about two miles, they finally found a place to get a ride. These people got on the bus, exhausted, without caring about other people's looks.
As long as you don’t encounter the police, it doesn’t matter what other people look at you. Just look at them if you want.
The fare is 50 cents per person, and 3 dollars for twelve people.
Fortunately, I had about 2,000 Hong Kong dollars from the previous night's miscellaneous savings, and I used just three dollars to pay for the fare.
We arrived at Mong Kok, got off the bus, and immediately went to the police station to apply for an ID card.
There are many British people working in the police station here, so Xiaomin has no problem communicating in English. The Pei family is a wealthy capitalist family, so it is no problem for them to know a few foreign languages.
First you fill out a form and pay HK$50 per person, then you are taken to take a photo, and you can get your ID card right away.
This way you can have legal residency in Hong Kong.
Although they are not in the same time and space, Lian Xiaomin feels that the processes and systems are similar.
In the world of the previous life, the "resistance policy" only began in November 1974, and before that people could actually travel freely.
However, the border management on the mainland side is strict, and they will definitely guard it strictly and not let anyone come in.
As long as the illegal immigrants can cross the blockade and successfully reach the urban area of Hong Kong Island without being caught on the way, they can surrender themselves at the police station and fill out a form to receive an identity card.
Lian Xiaomin and Sun Xuefeng have also applied for ID cards. The former must have applied for it for this purpose, but as for the latter, since he has already come here, there is no guarantee that he will not come again in the future.
Just do what the little boss says.
Lian Xiaomin was the first one to go in and apply for the registration. Before coming in, she dressed up in advance and looked a few years older, so she wrote 18 years old on the form.
This way she can buy a house in Hong Kong, which is something she is looking forward to.
Knowing the terrifying housing prices in Hong Kong in later generations, who would not want to buy and buy and stock up two houses in 1969!
The others wrote their ages truthfully without too many concerns.
Everything was done very quickly, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they received their freshly-issued ID cards.
It was not until this moment that the Pei family finally felt that their hard work had paid off!
They are no longer the big capitalists and elements of the five black categories who were in prison a few days ago, waiting for misfortune to befall them at any time. They are new people, free people.
Sun Xuefeng's heart was also in turmoil. As the child of the five black categories, he had experienced a lot and had mixed feelings at this moment.
The person everyone was most grateful to was Lian Xiaomin. Without her, the Pei family would have been destroyed and all killed by Hu Yixun. How could they be where they are today?
The biggest capitalist in Shanghai spent all his wealth and fled to Hong Kong with only this small amount of money.
Compared with those old friends who had made plans and left early, he was in a very miserable state.
However, as long as you survive, you will always have hope. After going through so many things, I don’t ask for wealth and honor, I just want my family to be safe.
Is there anything more important than a family being together and being able to stay together, especially when there is also a property?
Seventy-six kilograms of gold, at the rate of about HK$10 per gram, is worth HK$760,000, or US$80,000, which is about HK$500,000.
Adding the value of the diamonds and jewelry, this money is enough for a family to live a worry-free life here.
Maybe, I can start a business again.
After coming out of the police station in Tsim Sha Tsui, everyone went straight to the hotel. There is a famous Peninsula Hotel nearby. I heard that it was built in 1928 and has a charming view of Victoria Harbour.
Lian Xiaomin asked for directions and went straight there to experience it.
When we arrived at the hotel, we saw the bright and spacious hotel lobby, which had remained the same as it had been for decades.
Lian Xiaomin had seen pictures online in her previous life that introduced the history of the Peninsula Hotel, so she looked around with curiosity.
The two young female staff at the front desk were quite decent and did not show any disdain for the shabby attire of these people.
We checked in first, but forgot about the presidential suite and asked for six ordinary rooms, each costing HK$120 per night.
Pei Zhaojia and his wife lived in one room, Pei Yaohui and his wife lived in one room, Pei Zixi and his younger brother lived in one room, Cao Baojiang and Sun Xuefeng lived in one room, Ashan and A Ke lived in one room, and Pei Ziqiu and Lian Xiaomin lived in one room.
We took the elevator upstairs. The Peninsula Hotel has seven floors in total. Their rooms were on the fifth floor, from 501 to 506, and were all together.
Entering the tidy room, Pei Ziqiu took off his shoes and stepped barefoot on the soft carpet. Oh, he felt so happy.
After days of running around, her whole body relaxed. She lay on the bed in a big letter shape and didn't want to get up anymore.
Lian Xiaomin was sitting on the bed next to the window, gazing at the beautiful view of Victoria Harbour outside the window, and sighing in her heart.
In my previous life, I often went to Hong Kong to eat, drink and have fun, and I also liked sightseeing nearby. I didn’t expect that in 1969, I would see the same scenery again, but with a different mood.
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