In the afternoon of the same day, I went directly to the Exit and Entry Administration Bureau with the materials for applying for the Hong Kong and Macao permit, there are quite a lot of people, and now there are more and more people traveling abroad, after all, the living conditions of the people are getting better and better. After submitting all the documents, the handling staff told me that it was being reviewed, and there would be a notification after the review was passed.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be quite fast, just three days later, the other end called me to inform me that it was done, and after taking the pass back, I told Chen Lao, he bought the ticket that afternoon, but we have to take a plane to Shanghai first, and then transfer from Shanghai to Hong Kong.

The next morning, Chen Lao and I rushed to the airport, got on the plane to Shanghai, the plane arrived in Shanghai after half an hour of transit time, I took this opportunity to run to the airport outside to take a look at Shanghai, but unfortunately the airport is not in the city, except for a few breaths of fresh air in Shanghai, I didn't see anything, so I had to wait for the next opportunity to come to Shanghai to have a good look.

In the evening, Mr. Chen and I finally arrived in Hong Kong, and I want to say that Hong Kong's prosperity is several grades stronger than that of the mainland, after all, I have never been to any big city, and Hong Kong is simply the most prosperous metropolis I have ever been to.

After Chen Lao and I got off the plane, we called a taxi, went directly to his friend's residence, sat in the car and looked at the bustling metropolis in front of me, and felt a lot of emotion, the high-rise buildings everywhere I saw, the endless stream of travelers passing by on the street, and the bright alleys made people think about it.

After about half an hour, we finally arrived at a very ordinary tea restaurant near Mong Kok, and I thought to myself that Chen Lao must be hungry, otherwise how could he take me to the tea restaurant as soon as he got off the bus.

As soon as I got out of the car, an old man who was about the same age as Mr. Chen greeted him warmly, and the two hugged each other tightly after meeting, and I found that the old man's eyes were filled with tears.

"Brother Sheng, we finally meet again." The old man said a little emotionally.

To my surprise, the old man did not speak in a strong Hong Kong and Taiwan accent, but in authentic Mandarin.

Chen Lao patted the old man's shoulder and sighed, "Yes, it's been thirty years. ”

"Is Sister Lian okay?" The old man asked, wiping tears from the corners of his eyes.

Old Chen was slightly stunned and said softly, "I passed away three years ago." ”

I was a little surprised when I listened to it, it turned out that Chen Lao and the old man in front of me were friends when they were young, and they hadn't seen each other for 30 years, Sister Lian was Chen Lao's wife, and I had seen a photo of the two when they were young on Chen Lao's desk.

"Come, brother Sheng, come into the house, by the way, this is your grandson?" The old man obviously regarded me as a descendant of Chen Lao.

"Ah Liang, this is my assistant Xiao Meng, my granddaughter didn't come with me this time." Chen Lao introduced.

"Hello, young man, let's get inside." The old man shook hands with me cordially, and then led Mr. Chen and me into the tea restaurant.

After entering the tea restaurant, I found that there were very few people dining, and the tea restaurant was not big, there were only seven or eight tables in total, so we found a random place to sit down, and the old man instructed the kitchen to make me and Chen Lao a few Hong Kong dishes, as well as fried noodles and xiao long bao.

I was already hungry, and I was not polite, and listened to the two old men talk about the old days while eating.

"Ah Liang, how is your business in this tea restaurant?" When I heard Mr. Chen say this, I realized that this tea restaurant was opened by an old man.

"Business used to be good, but now it's not good." The old man sighed.

"You said on the phone that something strange happened recently, who will listen to it." Old Chen asked in a low voice.

Hearing Old Chen mention this, the old man's expression suddenly became a little nervous, "Wait for me, I'll go get something over." ”

Not long after the old man left, he came back, took a black waist bag, put it on the table, and said to Chen Lao with a panicked face, "Brother Sheng, you open it and take a look." ”

Chen Lao opened the waist bag in confusion, I also leaned over curiously, only to see Chen Lao opened the waist bag, put a pile of money in it, when Chen Lao took out the money, I was surprised to find that it was a pile of money.

Under the puzzled gaze of Chen and me, the old man Ah Liang slowly told what happened.

"One night last month, I was just about to close the store, suddenly four young customers came in to eat, they looked like they should be employees of a nearby company working overtime, because the people in the back kitchen had already left work, so I personally cooked a bowl of noodles for each of them, they looked very hungry, the whole process they didn't speak, they gobbled up the noodles with their heads down, and even drank the soup. I don't think it's easy for them to be young people, and I was going to stop collecting money, but the four young people left without saying a word. ”

"When they left, I picked up the money and saw that it was all dark coins, which scared my legs, but then I thought that it might be a prank by young people, and I didn't take it seriously. But another week later, or at that time, two more people came, and they also wanted to eat noodles after they entered the house, so I cooked two bowls of noodles for them to eat, and they didn't say a word after eating noodles, and put down the money and went out, but when I saw that the money was still a dark coin, how dare I chase it out. ”

"After that time, I was scared and sick, and I was hospitalized for more than a week, and I asked my daughter to help take care of the tea restaurant, but after I was discharged from the hospital, my daughter suddenly told me to let me close the shop."

"You must know that this tea restaurant has been built little by little since I came to Hong Kong, how can I say that it will be closed? So I asked my daughter what was wrong, and finally she told the truth when I pressed her. The old man Ah Liang said nervously.

"After I was hospitalized, people often ordered takeout at night, and they were all at the same address, so my daughter asked my son-in-law to help deliver food, and every time I delivered food, I delivered takeout to the door, and the money was handed out through the crack in the door, but when my son-in-law came back, he took out the money and saw that it was a dark coin." The old man Ah Liang said with a very bad face.

"My daughter doesn't believe in evil, that time she and my son-in-law went to deliver food to that address, and the money was handed out through the crack in the door, my daughter said that she was very sure at the time, and the one she gave was Hong Kong dollars, definitely not the stygian currency, but after returning to the restaurant, it inexplicably became the stygian coin." The old man said with a sigh of relief.

"Now my daughter and son-in-law don't dare to come to me to help, and I can't help it, brother, what the hell do you say is going on?" The old man Ah Liang asked with a sad face.