Chapter 3 Runaway Gamblers, Boat to Tai O
When Lin Yi practiced to the point of forgetfulness, he suddenly moved his ears to the generous little monk, and then climbed out of the cabin lightly.
By this time, it was already dark, and the moon was bright and starry in the sky. The two sides of the strait are gone, and they should be out of the mouth of the Pearl River. The waves on the sea were not big, and he looked at the left side of the boat for a while, and said to Uncle Xiang, who was at the helm: "It seems that someone is calling for help over there?"
The boatman listened carefully, and then turned the rudder and steered the boat to the left. About a quarter of an hour later, a man was found, floating and sinking at sea. He stretched out his oars to the uncle, and when he saw that the man could hold on to himself, he pulled him up with all his strength.
"Thank you. The man seemed to be blistered, and even got the wrong direction when he thanked him.
At this time, Lin Yi and Xiang Yanghua were both alarmed and came out of the cabin to see what was going on.
After a while, seeing that the victim was breathing, the four people on the boat surrounded him and asked about the situation.
Lin Yi couldn't understand Cantonese, so he had to ask the girl.
It turned out that this person was from Hong Kong, and he owed a loan shark because of gambling and wanted to be smuggled to the mainland. It is said that it is only there that the underworld does not dare to collect debts. So he got a swimming ring and risked his life to float north in the sea.
Lin Yi sighed that the world is so big that there are no surprises. In his previous life, he had heard that during this special period, there were foreigners who emigrated to China. But that's an idealist, and the person in front of him is a gambler, and he won't go to the mainland now unless he judges that there is no life elsewhere.
Xiang Yanghua explained to Lin Yi: "When the tide is high, if you can't swim to the shore, then when the tide is low, you will be taken to the open sea. The swimming lap was a big obstacle to speed, and he couldn't swim to the shore anyway. ”
I heard Uncle Xiang say that he agreed to the request of the Hong Kong people and wanted to send him to Shekou in Bao A County (Shenzhen). Lin Yi joked with the girl: "In just a few days, your father and daughter have saved three people, and you are about to become Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves suffering!"
The girl replied solemnly: "We Tan family beg for a living on the water, and we always have to face the sea and storms. This tiny fishing boat is as fragile as an eggshell. When it comes to the victims, the people on the water must lend a helping hand. Otherwise, when you are shipwrecked, how can you expect others to help you?"
The moon slowly climbed into the middle of the sky, and the boat arrived at the desolate Shekou mangrove forest. The Hong Kongers got off the boat, thanked them and were about to leave. After thinking about it, he turned around and gave advice word by word: "If you are going to Hong Kong, you must remember when you get there - Mi has to gamble, Mi has to gamble, gambling kills people!"
With that, the runaway gambler turned around and staggered off into the distance.
Uncle Xiang turned his head and took off his hat. Under the bright moonlight, the face that was blown by the sea breeze was displayed in front of Lin Yi for the first time, reminding him of the fisherman in "The Old Man and the Sea".
Uncle Xiang opened his mouth rarely, and asked in unintelligible Mandarin: "Hou Shengzi, do you want to stay, or do you want to go with us?"
Lin Yi looked at Uncle Xiang's determined eyes, and then turned his head to look at Sunflower.
The changing moonlight shone on the girl's face, making her eyes look hazy, and there seemed to be a glint of antiquity inside. For a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, escaping Hong Kong is really a fateful event. How she wished that her friends could be by her side so that they could get through the hardships and dangers ahead, even if she had only known Lin Yi for three days.
"Let's go, let's go. Lin Yi's words made the girl breathe a sigh of relief.
The mainland's strict hukou system can deter Hong Kong gangsters. It also made the inexplicable traversers lose the opportunity to wait for reform and opening up.
Lin Yi thought optimistically - I didn't have the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong in my previous life, so now I should travel independently!
Lin Yi really doesn't know much about Hong Kong. Except for the return of 97 and the richest man Li Ka-shing, all other information comes from hearsay. Using the grapevine to guide the future is the rhythm of death.
After getting on the boat, Lin Yi began to think about what strengths he had and could use to gain a foothold in Xiangjiang. The crossing was an unexpected gift, but he had to find the right position to open it first.
I went through the time travel novels I had read in my mind. First of all, Cantonese songs are no longer good, and I can't understand them. I've seen a lot of movies, but it's OK if it's fun, where will I deliberately remember the content. Entertainment programs, not what he loves, it seems that film and television songs are difficult to get through.
novel, Lin Yi was impressed. But his writing is not good, there are 24 semesters in primary and secondary schools, and it seems that the composition is not full of 50,000 words. And it is also uncertain whether the novel decades later will meet the appetite of this era.
I've played some games, but Lin Yi is not a programming ape, and what year was the computer invented? I really didn't notice it in my previous life, but now I think about it carefully, he is dead and ruined!
Lin Yi entered the cabin and found that the little monk couldn't stay up all night and had fallen asleep. In the glimmering cabin, the sound of smacking lips echoed from time to time, making him inexplicably happy.
Lin Yi practiced the breathing method for a while, and after calming down, he quickly fell asleep.
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"To Tai O!" a crisp girl's voice came from outside the cabin, waking up the sleeping passengers.
When Lin Yi climbed out of the cabin, his consciousness was still confused, and he asked suspiciously: "Tai O, isn't it Hong Kong, why did you get to Macau?"
Hearing this, Xiang Yanghua immediately laughed. After a while, she told Lin Yi: "Tai O is not Macau, it is a fishing village on Lantau Island, and Abba said that it is the largest island in Hong Kong. Hurry up and tell the little master to get up, I'm going to see my sister, and I don't know if she has a baby girl for me to play with?"
The girl shouted for joy, and spoke as fast as a lark, and did not see the anxiety of the previous night.
Lin Yi sneered: Could it be that your sister gave birth to a baby just to play with you?
He turned around and went back to the cabin to wake up the little monk, looking at the snotty bubble Dafang, he couldn't help but complain again: two fools.
When I got out of the cabin, I saw a river bay. The boat had just crossed a small bridge and was heading inland along the river. The river is not wide, and the banks are crowded with shacks. The shack stands half on the shore and half stands in the water with a bracket, which is really distinctive. From time to time, someone came out of the house, got down the wooden ladder, and went directly to the boat. Looking at such a situation, Lin Yi remembered the water city of Venice.
Walking to a pier with stone steps, several people got off the boat. After mooring the fishing boat, Uncle Xiang led the three of them along a path to a traditional style of large tiled house. The house was not far from the sea, and it was already mottled by the erosion of the salty and humid sea breeze. The mountains in the distance are undulating, if it weren't for the fact that there are a lot of buildings around, Lin Yi would have the illusion of going to Lanruo Temple.
The door of the tiled house was open, and a woman was sitting in the doorway picking vegetables.
Calling out to the uncle: "Ah Nu!"
The woman raised her head and shouted in disbelief, "Daddy?"
She stood up and wiped her hands, and was about to walk this way, when a figure flashed, and Sunflower crashed into the woman's arms.
Then there was a cheer of "sister, sister", and then a hug and cry.