Living in a Siheyuan

Chapter 133 Insights

Li Pingan and Lou Zhenghua chatted in the study until dark.

He returned to the bedroom on the third floor, and Yu Li asked him to go wash up. The two of them smoked in the study room, smelling of cigarettes.

Li Pingan went into the bathroom with a chuckle.

When he came out, Yu Li was already lying in bed, pretending to be asleep.

Thinking about the madness of last night, Yu Li felt a little embarrassed to face Li Pingan alone.

Li Ping'an secretly glanced at Yu Li, then secretly entered Lou Xiao'e's room.

When Lou Xiao'e heard Li Ping'an coming in, she also pretended to be asleep.

Li Pingan picked her up without saying anything and went back to the bedroom.

Yu Li and Lou Xiao'e both closed their eyes and pretended to sleep. Li Ping'an was not polite and just sang like a serf.

In this way, Li Ping'an spent another unforgettable night.

Lou Xiao'e and Yu Li were also exhausted by Li Ping'an's rogue behavior.

The next morning, Li Ping'an woke up feeling refreshed.

After breakfast, Lu Dehua drove Lou Zhenghua to take care of the shipping company's business.

Li Ping'an also drove around by himself.

He has not had a good look at Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Everyone had heard that Hong Kong was in chaos at that time, with gangsters rampant and corruption rampant, but he really didn't know the details.

Driving out of the middle of the mountain.

The roads near here are very busy. Most of the pedestrians on the road are wearing suits and ties. Those who look hurried are office workers.

Occasionally there are a few people in shabby clothes on the roadside, but they are very few.

In the 1960s, Hong Kong was a city of lights, feasting and revelry. The streets were bustling with people and vehicles. High-rise buildings rose from the ground, and neon lights flashed, showing the prosperity of the city. The dazzling array of goods in the shopping malls attracted many customers, and the cafes, restaurants and theaters were filled with people's laughter.

However, behind this prosperity, there are also slums.

Li Pingan drove to the suburbs.

The dilapidated houses here are crowded together, and the streets are narrow and dirty. People live in poverty, and many families are crammed into small spaces. Children play on the streets, wearing tattered clothes, and their faces show the hardship of life. But they are still full of hope and work hard to live.

This is Hong Kong in the 1960s, where prosperity and poverty coexist, showing the multifaceted nature of a city.

Li Pingan drove all the way to Victoria Port, which is currently one of the most prosperous ports in Asia.

After circling around here a few times, Li Ping'an left. He decided to take a look at the situation first.

Then he went to the Kowloon area across the street.

This is where ordinary people in Hong Kong live.

The closer to the port, the more prosperous it is.

The further north you go, the worse the environment becomes closer to the mountains.

Most of the people living here are poor people who have fled from the inland areas. They have come here with great difficulty to make a living, and many families can only build sheds and squeeze together in the wilderness.

Li Pingan continued to drive northward, the road gradually became bumpy and the surrounding buildings became more and more shabby. He saw some ragged people begging on the street, and he couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart.

Suddenly, a group of gangsters stopped his car. They knocked on the car window and signaled Li Pingan to get out. Li Pingan's heart tightened, but he still got out of the car calmly.

The leading thug looked Li Pingan up and down, with a glimmer of greed in his eyes. "You are from another place, right? If you know what's good for you, hand over your money and car, or you can't leave here!"

Li Pingan's eyes turned cold. He would not give in to these lawless men. He moved his hands and feet to prepare for possible conflicts.

Li Ping'an took a sudden step forward, straightened his body, and stared at the gangster with sharp eyes.

"What if I don't hand it over?" His voice was cold and firm.

The hooligans smiled at each other, obviously not taking Li Pingan seriously. They approached Li Pingan, waving sticks.

Li Pingan took a deep breath and dodged the first attack. He quickly grabbed the arm of one of the thugs and twisted it hard, knocking him to the ground.

Seeing this, other hooligans came over one after another. Li Pingan was not afraid at all. He moved flexibly among the crowd and displayed his skills. As he punched and kicked, the hooligans kept falling to the ground and groaning.

After a while, the fight was over, and the gangsters fell to the ground, rolling in pain. Li Pingan clapped his hands and looked at them indifferently.

"Remember, don't mess with people you shouldn't mess with." After saying that, he turned back to the car and drove away.

It seems that the closer we get to this place, the more chaotic it becomes.

When he was passing a street, there was suddenly a crowd of people in front of him, making the road impossible to pass through.

Li Pingan also stopped his car on the side of the road and followed the crowd forward. He wanted to see what was going on.

When we got to the front, we saw people frantically throwing things onto several large trucks that were full of people.

These things are all food and drinks.

The people in the car took the things and kept bowing to express their gratitude to the people around them.

There were more than a dozen trucks, all filled with these ragged people.

The roadsides were also crowded with people, and everyone threw food into the cars.

Although these people were also dressed very simply, some of them were dressed as raggedly as the people in the car.

But everyone was trying to stuff precious food into the car.

Li Pingan was a little confused by this scene. He grabbed a man in his thirties beside him and asked, "Brother, what's going on?"

The man turned around and looked at Li Ping'an, who was dressed in a suit.

"Are you from the inland too?"

Li Pingan did not hide anything and said, "Yes, I have not been here for long and I don't know much about this place. Big brother, please tell me about it."

After saying that, Li Ping'an handed the man a cigarette.

The man took the cigarette, sighed and said, "From the way you're dressed, I know you must be doing well. But most of us who come here belong to the lowest class of people."

"The people in the car ahead also fled here recently, but they were unlucky. Now the government of Little Eagle has begun to drive away these people who stowed here. They are being sent back."

"We are luckier than them because we arrived earlier. Some of them might be relatives or friends of these people. So we organized ourselves to send them some food and drinks. Every bit of help counts. After all, we are all compatriots!"

After chatting with the man for a while, Li Pingan finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that because of the different environments between the two countries, the gap was getting bigger and bigger. Many people secretly came here to work and live.

Those who came early generally lived well. After all, for a place to develop, it needs population.

This also allowed the Hong Kong Island departments to turn a blind eye.

However, as the population has grown, especially in the past two or three years, natural disasters have continued to hit the mainland, and many places have become unsustainable.

This led to a large number of people pouring into Hong Kong, a place full of gold.

Hong Kong is not big to begin with, but so many people suddenly came. Many people can't find jobs.

This also led to the increase of many slums here, and these unemployed people started stealing and robbing everywhere.

This was the group of people that Li Ping'an met before.

They will do anything to have something to eat.

And many people have joined some gangster sects.

This has added a lot of work for the security forces in Hong Kong.

Therefore, this year, checkpoints were set up everywhere to specifically arrest these people who came illegally.

The people in the trucks were unlucky and were caught at various checkpoints. They will be sent back to the mainland.

The lucky people who also came here illegally saw that their compatriots were being sent back.

Although we cannot stop the decision of the Hong Kong Island department, we are all compatriots and we all know what kind of punishment they will receive if they are deported.

Moreover, the mainland is still in the midst of famine, and no one knows how many of these people can hold on to the end and survive.

So everyone bought some food for them, hoping that they could hold out for a while longer after returning.

After being caught in the rain, I also want to hold an umbrella for others.

This is the feeling between compatriots!

As the man spoke, Li Pingan also deeply felt the difficulty of life.

So he also bought a lot of bread from a roadside shop, followed the crowd, and threw them into the store to those who were struggling to survive.

At the same time, he quietly sent a lot of food in his space into the carriage.

Hope this helps them!

After the convoy went far away, everyone slowly dispersed.

Li Pingan returned to the car and continued driving around.

This place is indeed much worse than the peninsula where they live.

The area where they live should be the most prosperous area in Hong Kong.

But that place has been almost occupied. If we want to open a factory or something in the future, we will still have to buy land here.

One is that the land here is cheaper, and the other is that the labor costs here are higher.

Following Li Ping'an's wanderings.

In the afternoon, he returned to Victoria Harbour.

I wanted to ask about the power here, but seeing the weather, I decided to give up today and come back tomorrow to ask.

When it was almost time for dinner, Li Ping'an returned home.

At dinner that night, he told everyone what he had seen and heard that day.

Lou Zhenghua had obviously heard about it, but Lou Xiao'e, Yu Li and Lou's mother all looked sympathetic.

Lou Xiao'e said sadly: "Those people are so pitiful. They finally came here over the mountains and rivers. Now they are being sent back. Can't they be allowed to stay?"

Lou Zhenghua shook his head and said, "Too many people have come here recently. When we came here, I also heard that the top leaders all knew about this. Maybe the country will also take some measures. This is not something we should consider."

With Lou Zhenghua's words, everyone just talked about it for a few minutes.

We soon continued eating as there were still a few little ones that needed to be taken care of.