A sickly bamboo horse dressed as a villain

Because there is no boat and a huge sum of US$200 million, any regular means of transportation cannot be used. The only way to return to Hong Kong City is to take a stowaway boat.

Now that the war in Vietnam is raging, the business of smuggling is booming. In addition, A Zhi’s family used to smuggle to Hong Kong in the early years, and they have often traveled between Vietnam and Hong Kong to make money these years, so they are very familiar with this business.

Several people went to the nearest sea port by boat, and within half a day, they found out that there was a stowaway boat going to Hong Kong City tonight, and they successfully bought four places.

In the evening, the four of them got on the boat among the refugee team.

The boat was a cargo ship barely able to go to sea, with only one cabin, which contained 60 or [-] stowaways of various shapes, ranging from elderly people in their [-]s to [-] years old, down to infants waiting to be fed.

As the old saying goes, gold nests and silver nests are not as good as one's own doghouse. If life is not really difficult, no one would be willing to bet the future on an unpredictable foreign land, on this old ship with an uncertain future.

For these smuggled refugees, Hong Kong City is a prosperous city free from war and famine.As for the four of Qiao Wen who were crowded among them, it was purely for going home.

This short half-month experience of escaping death is really enough. Even Qiao Wen, at this moment, misses the humble and small house in the Kowloon Walled City, and misses the breakfast made by his grandmother and the old man.

Of course, he misses the peaceful times he used to live in even more.

Although there are windows in the cabin, dozens of people are crowded together, and the smell is really sour. Needless to say, it is hot and humid, and there are also various body odors intertwined with each other. Floating in such a harsh environment A few days, it is really not a simple matter.

For more than ten days, Qiao Wen was afraid that his body would lose the chain and drag everyone down, so he kept holding on to his anger, and relied on his firm willpower to keep his body from collapsing.

At this moment, when I got on the boat to go home and left the land of right and wrong caused by war, my whole body gradually relaxed, and various uncomfortable feelings followed.

He was afraid that other people would be worried, so he was going to bring up his righteousness again and endure it, at least until he arrived in the port city before falling down.However, this physical foundation is really bad, and it is already a miracle that he survived until now.Now I have reached the limit, I can't bear it anymore, and I started to feel dizzy and dizzy on the first night.

"Little Joe! Little Joe!"

The shaking of his body and the urgent voice in his ears awakened Qiao Wen who had been in a coma for an unknown period of time.He slowly opened his eyes, saw the twilight of the morning light outside the window, and said in a hoarse voice, "What time is it? Do you want to get up?"

"You have a fever! Is there something wrong?" Chen Jianan pressed his palm against his forehead, his face was filled with anxiety.

After finally escaping from birth, although the cramped cabin and hard deck were uncomfortable, he still slept in the dark last night.

Unexpectedly, he just woke up in a daze this morning, and suddenly felt that the person next to him was hot all over, and he was so scared that he woke up completely.

Qiao Wen replied weakly: "Maybe I'm too tired."

Jiang Yufeng who was on the side didn't dare to sleep too much because he kept the banknotes in mind all the time. Hearing the movement at this time, he naturally woke up, stretched his head and asked, "Ah Wen has a fever?"

Chen Jianan nodded, and said anxiously: "Yes, it's so hot! Xiao Qiao, do you still have any medicine in your bag?"

He was shot before, and he remembered that Qiao Wen gave him antipyretics.

However, Qiao Wen shook his head: "Not anymore."

Jiang Yufeng said, "A'nan, help him get up and drink some water first."

Chen Jianan carefully lifted the limp man up and leaned on his lap, opened the water bottle and pointed it at his mouth: "Little Qiao, drink some water."

Qiao Wen really wanted to look normal, but at this moment, he really couldn't use any strength. He struggled to open his mouth, but he couldn't even swallow.

Several smuggled refugees nearby were woken up, and a mother with two children suddenly took out a small white bottle and handed it to Chen Jianan.

Because it was in English, Chen Canaan didn't know it, so he could only shake Qiao Wen awake and asked, "Xiao Qiao, do you think this medicine can be taken?"

Qiao Wen barely opened his eyes, saw the English words on the medicine bottle, nodded, and said angrily, "It's aspirin, just take one."

Aspirin can be regarded as a miracle drug in this era, and Chen Jianan naturally knew it. He immediately showed joy, emptied one and put it into Qiao Wen's mouth, then turned his head and returned the bottle to the woman, thanking her repeatedly.

After taking the medicine, he laid Qiao Wen flat, just as two smugglers came in to check the situation in the cabin.

Chen Jianan thought that there must be a kerosene stove on board, and he had to boil some hot water for Qiao Wen, so he asked kindly, "Brother, can I borrow your kerosene stove to burn some water?"

One of the men glanced at him and said angrily, "No!"

Chen Jianan suddenly became angry and was about to roll up his sleeves to beat someone up, but the half-conscious Qiao Wen held him back and said weakly: "Forget it, I'm fine, just sleep more, don't cause trouble, I will go home after two days."

Chen Jianan also knew that now was not the time to cause trouble, so he had no choice but to give up reluctantly.

The two smugglers walked around the cabin, then returned to Qiao Wen and stopped.Of course, the two of them didn't come to care about his patient out of sudden kindness, but saw a girl who just woke up sitting next to him.

That girl is the eldest daughter of the woman who gave Qiaowen the aspirin just now. She is only thirteen or fourteen years old. With big eyes and a vaguely undulating body, she is a very beautiful Southeast Asian girl.

One of the men leaned forward and grabbed the girl by the chin. The girl screamed in fright and hid behind her mother.

The two men looked at each other tacitly, then left the cabin and went to the rear cab.

The girl was so frightened that she was about to cry when she left.The mother hugged her daughter tightly to comfort her, because she didn't know what the two of them were going to do just now, and she also looked terrified at the moment.

There is no man beside him, except for this daughter, there is only a son who is sleeping soundly next to him, who is only four or five years old.

In this chaotic stowaway, this is a family at stake.

After a while, when those two came back, there was a man in his 30s and 40s who was the boss of their group of snakeheads.

This boss has a very rough appearance, with dragon tattoos on his two muscular arms, he looks like a social brother who is not easy to mess with.

In fact, those who do this, even if they are not desperadoes, are by no means good.

Under the guidance of Ma Zai, the boss of the snake head came over and looked at the mother and daughter who were hugging each other with a half-smile. Under the dim light, his eyes shone with a lustful light.

The mother probably guessed what was going on, hugged her daughter tightly, and pressed that beautiful face to her chest.

Sitting on the side, Chen Jianan lowered his head and was peeling a piece of candy. He moved over silently, sat in front of the mother and daughter to block people, and then reached out and fed the peeled candy into Qiao Wen's mouth: "Xiao Qiao, hello! Is it o'clock?"

Although Qiao Wen was groggy, he was not completely unconscious. With a sweet taste in his mouth, he nodded and said, "I'm fine."

"What are you doing?" Ma Zai said in a nasty voice when he saw someone in the way.

Unmoved, Chen Jianan continued to ask Qiao Wen, "Sleep well, don't worry about it."

Ma Zai probably has never seen such a blank-eyed person, so he simply slapped him on the head: "Are you talking to me? Get out!"

It's just that when he got started, Chen Jianan turned his head lightly, and the hand barely brushed the ends of his hair.

He raised his head to look at the three people opposite, and said expressionlessly, "What if I don't get out?"

"Are you fucking looking for death?" It was the boss of the snake who spoke, and when he said this, he raised his foot and kicked Chen Jianan's handsome face directly.

5 minute later.

In the cockpit at the stern, Chen Jianan found a kerosene stove, lit it, put a small pot of water on it, and took out a few packs of noodles and vegetables from a cardboard box. He snorted: "These bastards The eggs are quite complete. Xiao Qiao, let me cook some hot noodle soup for you."

As he said that, he took out another pack of cigarettes and threw them to Jiang Yufeng and Ah Zhi who were at the helm: "Still smoking American cigarettes."

Jiang Yufeng leaned against the bridge, took out a cigarette and lit it, and looked at the deck outside. There were seven or eight people tied up there, all with bruised noses and swollen faces, in a state of distress. Obviously, they had just experienced a brutal beating.

Originally, I didn't intend to cause trouble, not because I was afraid, but because I was physically and mentally exhausted, and I just wanted to go home in peace.But this group of people don't do human affairs, so they have no choice but to roll up their sleeves to do justice for the sky.

Qiao Wen, who was lying on the bed, lifted his heavy eyelids, and seeing the three calm and relaxed people, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

Just now because of his drowsiness, he didn't know exactly what happened. He only heard a burst of crackling and various screams. The snake head and his party knelt down and begged for mercy under the force of the three, and then they were tied up. Throw them on the deck in a string, and accept the baptism of the sun and sea breeze.

After that, he was carried to the cockpit by Chen Jianan.

To put it simply, three people used force to directly snatch the boat containing dozens of stowaways.

When a gangster meets a gangster, it depends on whose fist is harder.

After Chen Jianan finished cooking the noodles, he put the pot on a stool and brought it in front of Qianwen: "Little Qiao, I'll help you get up and eat the noodles."

"No need, I can get up by myself." Qiao Wen struggled to sit up, maybe because of the medicine, he seemed to feel better.

Don't look at Chen Jianan as a rough boy, but the poor child has already been in charge of the house, and his craftsmanship is not bad. With limited ingredients, he actually made a pot of seafood noodles with good color, fragrance and taste.

Qiao Wen picked up the chopsticks and ate slowly.

Ah Zhi came over and sat on the floor to rest, and casually fumbled under the pillow. First he found a few US dollar bills, stuffed them into his pocket with a smile, and then took out two colorful magazines.

"Ah Nan, good stuff!" He smiled and threw a copy to Chen Jianan next to him.

Chen Jianan picked it up and looked at it, then threw it back to him in disgust: "It's boring."

Ah Zhi held up the magazine, looked at the hot and sexy girl on the cover with bright eyes, and said, "This foreign girl has a good figure! Looking at the big breasts, do you know how to appreciate them?"

Chen Jianan waved his hand and said, "To tell you the truth, I'm sick of milk."

Not to mention Ah Zhi, even Qiao Wen, who was eating noodles, couldn't help laughing.

Ah Zhi came to his side, hugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "I said, Ah Nan, don't you still be a young chicken?"

Jiang Yufeng interjected with a smile, "A'nan is only 19 years old."

Ah Zhi said: "19 years old is not young, and being a father is enough." He smirked, "A Nan, you don't look shy, you don't sleep with women when you are so old, tell Brother Zhi the truth, are you has a problem?"

Chen Jianan said, "What's my problem?"

Ah Zhi thinks about it too, how can there be any problems with a boy who can pee two or three feet against the wind?And it's not that he hasn't seen this guy's stuff before, he just envied others He smiled and said: "That's not right, I miss women every day when I'm 19, and I can drool when I see beauties in magazines, why do you even have pornographic magazines?" not interested?"

Chen Jianan thought about it seriously, and replied: "Because I don't like vulgar fans."

Several people were amused by him, Ah Zhi said: "Then what kind of girl do you like? Brother Ah Zhi will help you pay attention later." Then he glanced at Qiao Wen, "By the way, Ah Wen hasn't dated before, has he?"

Qiao Wen said with a smile, "Not yet."

Ah Zhi said: "You too, it's time to find a girlfriend. But Ah Wen is so good-looking when he studies, as long as he has this intention, I'm afraid girls will fight for you."

Qiao Wen shook his head amusedly.

Chen Jianan glanced at him, and the image of Qiao Wen being scrambled by several girls floated in his mind, and the alarm sounded suddenly, and he said solemnly: "Brother Zhi, don't talk about such nonsense, you will teach my brother badly. "

Ah Zhi looked at the caring brother with a speechless face, and said in his heart that with your younger brother's ability, I can teach you to ruin him?

After drifting at sea for four full days, the stowaway finally arrived at the old pier near the Walled City of Hong Kong City.

Because several people lived in the cab of the snake head and ate the rich food stored by the snake head, not to mention the three young and strong men, even Qiao Wen, a delicate and weak sick man, soon recovered to normal.

It's just that the seven or eight guys who were tied up all the way suffered, they couldn't eat enough to sleep well every day, and they had to accept the baptism of the sea wind and scorching sun.When the boat docked and was let go, it almost became a few pieces of thin and black charcoal, and I didn't even have the strength to scold my mother.

When disembarking, Jiang Yufeng was quite kind. In order not to let them suffer in vain, he frankly reported his identity: "If you want to get revenge, you can go directly to Kowloon Walled City." mountain wind."

These smugglers traveled between Hong Kong City and Vietnam, so they knew the notoriety of Hexing Society, and they also heard about the famous Guoshanfeng.Where is the courage to think about revenge, it is a great fortune to be able to save a life.

After eleven o'clock at night, on the way back to the Walled City, there was no one there.Because Ah Zhi and them were not on the same road, Jiang Yufeng stopped when the road forked, and put a handbag looted from the snakehead boat on the ground, which contained the 200 million US dollars they had exchanged for their lives.

He took out a few stacks of banknotes from inside and handed them to the three respectively: "The commission for this trip is 50, and each of the ten of us is [-]. This is yours. I will give it to the families of the brothers who are gone."

Mentioning the few brothers who were buried in a foreign land, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.A Zhi took the money, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Brother Feng, I won't take this, I will distribute it to those brothers and their families."

Jiang Yufeng chuckled lightly, and patted him on the shoulder: "Just a few brothers and family members can make up for it from me. Didn't you fancy an apartment that was short of money? Take this money to buy an apartment and put your woman Take it back and live a good life, and you won’t be asked to do such dangerous jobs in the future, and don’t eat, drink and have fun like you used to make money.”

"Brother Feng—"

Jiang Yufeng interrupted him: "I'm a lone family who is full and the whole family is not hungry, and besides, I have a lot of time to make money."

Qiao Wen looked at the money in his hand and said, "Brother Feng, I went to Vietnam with you just to accompany Brother Nan, not to help you with work, so I can't take the money."

Jiang Yufeng closed the handbag, stood up and said with a smile, "Ah Wen, if you hadn't followed me this trip, I'm afraid we would have already ended up in Vietnam, and I should reward you for this favor. I know you don't want to have anything to do with the society, but this trip is not a bad job, and the munitions went where they should go, so you have to keep the money." He paused and said, "Brother Feng I know that you are a capable person, but you have no money, and no matter how capable you are, you will be unable to move a single step. I think you will be of great use with this money."

Qiao Wen stopped being pretentious, smiled and withdrew his hand, and said, "Brother Xingfeng, since you say that, I won't be polite to you."

Jiang Yufeng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "That's right."

Chen Jianan didn't intend to be polite from the beginning, and finally came back with his life. If he didn't take the money, he would be a fool. After taking the money, he happily stuffed it into his bag.

Jiang Yufeng thought for a while, and said: "A'nan, this time we get the money and come back smoothly, I will make an agreement with Lord Bao for you, and the matter between you and A Fei will be settled."

Chen Jianan smiled and said, "Thank you Brother Feng."

Jiang Yufeng also smiled: "You don't need to thank me, you have the ability." He waved his hands, "Okay, go back early and have a good rest."

The four said their goodbyes, Ah Zhi went back to the nearby Yuwu District, Jiang Yufeng went to the East District of the Walled City, and Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan returned to their West District.

It turned out that every time he set foot in this dark slum, Qiao Wen felt indescribable depression and resistance. This feeling came from both his original memory and his own incompatibility.

But tonight, after returning here after half a month, even though he could still hear rats and cockroaches rustling in the dark, and could still smell the dirty and rotten smell, he had a rare steadiness and peace of mind.

So much so that it seemed that the past half month suddenly became unreal, as if it was just a dream, a dream that could be called a nightmare.

Because it is unbearable to look back on, everything in the Walled City looks lovely.

The two walked side by side in the darkness, neither of them spoke.

It wasn't until the tenement building that Chen Jianan said, "Little Qiao, go home and have a good sleep, and I'll come to see you tomorrow morning."

Qiao Wen nodded: "You too, keep the money well, don't let your family see it, lest they worry."

"I understand."

Going up to the door on the second floor, Qiao Wen took the key to open the door and was about to push the door in, when Chen Jianan suddenly hugged him and sighed deeply: "Little Qiao, we are going home."

Qiao Wen was stunned for a moment, then hugged him with his backhand, and said with a smile, "Yes, we're home."

Chen Canaan didn't know why, he was a little reluctant to let him go, he hugged him for 2 minutes before he reluctantly let go.

Qiao Wen: "Hurry up and go upstairs."

"I watched you enter the house."

Qiao Wen laughed, pushed the door and walked in. After closing the door, he heard the sound of footsteps going up the stairs outside, and then continued to walk in on tiptoe.

At this time, Grandma had naturally fallen asleep, and the room was still tidy, and the quilt on her little bed was also neatly arranged.

Looking at everything that was familiar to him, Qiao Wen was inexplicably moved.He casually wiped his body with water, returned to his little bed, and fell into a deep sleep within three seconds.

This sleep was extremely peaceful and sweet. It was not until he heard Grandma calling him that Qiao Wen woke up in a daze. Seeing the old man beside the bed, he showed a big smile: "Grandma, good morning!"

Grandma Qiao looked at her grandson who hadn't seen her for half a month on the bed, she couldn't believe it: "Ah Wen, when did you come back?"

Qiao Wen sat up, rubbed his eyes and said, "Last night."

Grandma Qiao said, "Why didn't you wake me up when you came back?"

Qiao Wen said with a smile, "I didn't call you when it was too late."

Grandma Qiao sat down beside him, held his face with her hands and looked left and right: "It seems a little dark."

What Qiao Wen told grandma when he left was that he went abroad to investigate the market because of work, which could be as short as ten days or as long as half a month.This is the first time for the grandson to travel far and abroad, even though he knows that the child will always fly when he grows up, but as a grandmother, Grandma Qiao is still very worried these days. Now seeing Qiao Wen lying on the bed, raising It took more than ten days to finally let go of my heart.

Qiao Wen laughed and said, "It's better for boys to have dark spots."

Grandma Qiao also laughed, and asked again: "Did you suffer any hardships these days?"

Qiao Wen said: "That's not true, it's just that I haven't eaten the food cooked by my grandma for so long, and I think about it very much."

Grandma Qiao patted his head lovingly and said, "Grandma will cook a bowl of lard noodles for you."

Qiao Wen didn't mean to please the old man by saying this. The purpose of eating for the past ten days was entirely to preserve his energy and live well, and he didn't even think about whether it was delicious or not.At this moment when I got home, the greedy insects that had been suppressed for a long time couldn't help but ran out.

A bowl of steaming lard noodles brought him back to the world of fireworks.

Grandma hasn't seen her grandson for so long, so she stared at him after he finished eating the noodles before walking slowly to the stall.

When only Qiao Wen was left in the room, he took out thirty thousand dollars from under the pillow.For him now, this is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, in fact, it is also a huge sum of money for any ordinary person.Because I can soon buy a small apartment with an ordinary area of ​​[-] to [-] square meters.

Although when he came back last night, he felt a sense of steadfastness when the dust had settled, but when he woke up and returned to reality, he still hoped to move out of the city as soon as possible, and live a life with running water, flush toilets, water heaters, gas, TV, air conditioner, washing machine .

The essence of human beings is nothing more than the pursuit of a better life.

But compared to letting this money make money, there is no need to worry too much about buying a house and moving.

Just as he was thinking, someone knocked on the door: "Little Qiao!"

It's Chen Jianan.

Qiao Wen put down the money and got up to open the door.

Chen Jianan held a newspaper in his hand, his handsome face was full of exaggerated excitement.

Qiao Wen smiled and said, "Brother Nan, you've been reading newspapers since you came back. It seems that you plan to study hard and learn knowledge."

Chen Jianan choked for a moment, and hurriedly said, "No, this is the newspaper my uncle bought. I glanced at it and saw this." He walked in, spread out the newspaper, and pointed to the stock quotes on it, "I After comparing it, the stock we bought has risen a lot, 1 yuan has become [-] yuan, should I sell it?"

Qiao Wen glanced at the newspaper and said, "Don't worry, it will continue to rise." He returned to the bed and handed him three stacks of banknotes, "By the way, the money Brother Feng gave you yesterday, if you are fine today, Help me go to the bank to convert into Hong Kong paper, and buy all of these two stocks."