Chapter 36: Guest
After having lunch with the crew on the ship, the two drove the base jeep into Rio de Janeiro, which was already one of the largest cities in South America. The two sat in a jeep for sightseeing, and De la Torre introduced Fang Lang to the scenery and characteristics of Rio as he drove the car to his home.
De la Torre's home is under the statue of Jesus in the City of God, the world's largest slum, where criminal activity is so high that the police are afraid to come in to enforce the law. Of course, the government has not officially relocated all the poor people, so the world's largest slum is still in sight. But Fang Lang could see at a glance that the environment here was very poor, and he couldn't help but say:
"I said Lao Lei, does your family live here?"
"Yes, sir, the house is the cheapest. Our family has too many people, and all our income depends on my salary, so we can only afford to live in such a house. De la Torre said with a little embarrassment and a matter of course.
"It stands to reason that with your income, you shouldn't be able to live in such a poor environment!"
"It turned out that my family's environment was a little better, but my mother had a serious illness a few years ago, and the family's savings were used to see a doctor, plus my son was infected with pneumonia after a swim, because it was not treated in time, it took too long, so now I have to take medicine every day, fortunately, there is penicillin now. It's a bit more expensive, but it's much better now. Thanks to your allowance this time! The last time I went home, if it weren't for the allowance you gave, my son probably wouldn't have been gone. ”
De la Torre said it very easily, but Fang Lang listened very heavyly, the current level of medical care is not high, and the common people can't afford to get sick at all. But there was one word in de la Torre's words that really caught Fang Lang's attention.
Penicillin, a special drug anti-inflammatory drug, is a miracle drug in the current era, and it has always been more expensive than gold in Fang Lang's impression, and Fang Lang's impression that this special drug has no patent restrictions, and I don't know if Brazil has mastered the production technology of this drug.
"What are you talking about, this is all in exchange for your hard work, I know the penicillin you just said, it is indeed an anti-inflammatory medicine, I don't know where you buy it in Brazil, you know?"
"At present, only a few countries in the United Kingdom and the United States have mastered the production technology of penicillin, and everything we can buy in Brazil is made in the United States. It seems that I have not heard of a factory in Brazil that produces this drug. ”
De la Torre's words made Fang Lang fall into deep thought, and he began to think silently in his heart. The two chatted and watched the endless crowd on both sides, and soon arrived at De La Torre's house.
De la Torre's family has six people, in addition to their husband and wife there are parents and two sons, the eldest son is 12 years old, but because of the pneumonia is not in good health, the younger son is only seven or eight years old, his mother has been bedridden for a long time, and his father is over 70 years old and cannot work, so the conditions of the family are very poor, the wife has to take care of the family at home, basically relying on the salary of De la Torre alone.
When the family heard that it was the chief de la Torre who came to the house as a guest, they were very enthusiastic, and Fang Lang also handed over the gifts he had already equipped in a timely manner, and visited the sick mother and son of de la Torre.
De la Torre's wife is a typical Brazilian mixed-race, with the enthusiasm that is unique to Brazilians, and she very warmly invites Fang Lang to bathe together. Fang Lang knew that the highest etiquette for the hostess to treat guests in Brazil was to take a bath with her, although the original body had been staying in Brazil and was accustomed to this kind of etiquette, but as a child born in a Chinese family, he couldn't accept this kind of etiquette.
What's more, Fang Lang, who came through the crossing, felt very embarrassed, but Fang Lang knew that he couldn't refuse, which would hurt his master's heart. I could only reluctantly rinse it and run out quickly. De la Torre, who was still on the side, explained:
"Lao Lei, I'm really sorry, we Chinese think that taking a bath is a very private thing, and we are not used to this kind of etiquette in Brazil, please believe me, I don't mean to look down on your family!"
"Haha..... Sir, I know what you mean, don't care. I'll explain it to my wife. De La Torre looked at Fang Lang with an embarrassed face, although he felt strange in his heart, he didn't care too much, he just thought that Fang Lang rarely visited other people's homes.
Seeing that de la Torre was not dissatisfied because of his faux pas, Fang Lang relaxed slightly.
After the two of them had a dinner at De La Torre's house, which was not particularly sumptuous and not particularly sumptive, Fang Lang suggested that de la Torre return to the ship tomorrow to report, and he prepared to drive back to the base.
But just as Fang Lang walked out of the narrow alleyway and was about to go out to pick up the car, he collided lightly with a figure passing by, and both of them looked back at each other, Fang Lang found that the other party was an Asian face like himself, about forty years old. Apparently, the other party also noticed that he also had the same Asian face, and was also wearing a military uniform.
The other party hurriedly bowed his head and bowed to express his apology. And what this person didn't notice when he bent over was that Fang Lang's eyes shrank slightly. But without waiting for the other party to get up, he walked away directly.
After the Japanese got up, he saw that Fang Lang had already left, and muttered in Japanese: "Bastard, it's really rude!" He turned around and walked on.
He didn't notice that after he left, the rude guy in his mouth secretly followed him, because there were many houses in the slums, and alleys were connected to alleys, Fang Lang didn't dare to follow too closely in his military uniform, for fear of being discovered by the other party, but after turning two corners, he lost the other party's figure.
After Fang Lang looked around, he didn't dare to startle the snake, and quietly retreated. knocked again, de la Torre's door, and when de la Torre saw that Fang Lang was back, he thought that Fang Lang was lost, and hurriedly welcomed Fang Lang into the house. Seeing Fang Lang make a silent gesture, De La Torre was stunned, but his vigilance as a soldier made him immediately understand what Fang Lang meant, this is a situation.
After looking out of the door vigilantly, he saw that there was nothing unusual, so he closed the door, walked into the room with Fang Lang, and asked in a low voice, "Captain, what's wrong!" ”
"Call your family out and I'll ask something."
Soon De la Torre's parents, wife and children all walked out, looking at Fang Lang, wondering why the guest who had just left had come back. I only heard Fang Lang ask:
"I'm sorry to bother you again, but I want to ask you if you have noticed two Japanese people in the neighborhood recently, who are Asians of the same skin color as me."
Seeing that several people shook their heads, it was obvious that this family was the kind of people who rarely went out. Just when Fang Lang thought that there was no gain, De La Torre's youngest son said timidly: "There seem to be two people next door to Toby's house. ”
Fang Lang was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Little friend, have you seen them?" ”
"Hmmm! I saw them yesterday when I went to Toby's house to play. ”
Fang Lang turned his head to look at De La Torre and said, "Do you know where this Toby's home is?" ”
"Of course, Mr. Captain, is there something wrong with these two Asians you are talking about?"
"Yes, you take me to identify the road first, and let's confirm the specific location together, maybe we can improve the living environment of your family."
Fang Lang's words made De La Torre stunned, what does it mean that two Asians can change their family's living environment! However, De La Torre didn't ask, but got up directly and was about to go out with Fang Lang. Fang Lang hurriedly stopped; "Let's change into casual clothes and don't let them find out."
That's right, the person Fang Lang accidentally ran into this time was one of the two Japanese spies who escaped in São Paulo, Seiichi Ono, and the right-hand man of Takaichi Kato, the president of the Brazilian Black Dragon Society. Fang Lang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he really had nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it didn't take any effort to get there.
Originally, Fang Lang was still thinking about whether to fund his first mate. As a result, now it's okay, and the 5,000 dollars for walking have come to the door.
Soon after the two changed into civilian clothes, they went to Toby's house in his youngest son's mouth under the leadership of De La Torre, Fang Lang looked at the surrounding environment, isn't this exactly where he lost his target?
The two of them did not stop, and looked inside as they walked directly in front of the house like passers-by. After another great circle, he returned to the house of de la Torre.
Fang Lang explained to De la Torre in a low voice: "When I returned to São Paulo this time, the São Paulo Police Department cracked a Japanese spy case, in which two spy leaders escaped, and the São Paulo Police Department is offering a reward for the arrest of two people. Just now I was going back and I accidentally bumped into a person, one of the two. You work a little harder tonight and stare at this yard a little. I went to inform a friend from the Intelligence Bureau that I knew. Strive to catch these two bastards in the urn tomorrow and take them down in one fell swoop. When the time comes, we both earn some bounties. ”
When De la Torre heard that there was such a thing, he couldn't help but get serious, nodded quickly, and climbed onto the roof, apparently preparing to spy on them directly from the roof.