Hong Kong Giant Owl: Rebirth

Chapter 16

Early the next morning, Qin Haoran and Gu Xiangling left the Qin family mansion.

Originally, although cars are an absolute luxury in this era, with the Qin family's financial resources, there are no less than ten cars exclusively for private use, but the Qin family did not arrange for even one car to send Qin Haoran, and whether it is Qin Haoran Neither Zhongyuan, Qin Jiangshan nor the servants below came to see Qin Haoran off.

Although Qin Haoran never expected these people to see him off, he could see the indifference of the Qin family, which was really chilling.Walking out the door slowly with Gu Xiangling, the two of them are really like the abandoned sons of the Qin family.

It's just that Gu Xiangling's face didn't look lonely or sad at all, instead she accompanied Qin Haoran happily.

Qin Haoran glanced back, and faintly saw a slender figure standing behind the window in the Qin family mansion in the distance.He knew who it was, and he also guessed that she must have surrendered to Qin Zhongyuan, Qin Jiangshan and others' despotic power, so she dared not come to see her off.

Looking at the sky outside, it was cloudless and blue, and the air was refreshing.

Qin Haoran took Gu Xiangling's weak and boneless hands, and said with a smile: "Xiangling, from now on, we are truly free, and this sky is truly ours!"

"En!" Gu Xiangling nodded heavily, she didn't have so many emotions as Qin Haoran, she only knew that wherever Qin Haoran was, the sky was bright blue.

Taiping Mountain is the place where Hong Kong's rich live together, and the Qin family's mansion is located on the height of Taiping Mountain, so Qin Haoran and Gu Xiangling have to walk a long distance to go down the mountain, and they can see many other places along the way. The wealthy mansion and the cars that go in and out of it, but almost no one recognizes Qin Haoran, the second son of the Qin family, because compared to Qin Haoyuan and Qin Haohan, the heirs of the Qin family who are so eye-catching, Qin Haoran is much humbler and smaller.

Even, if Qin Haoran hadn't injured those rich children last time, their parents would not have known that Qin Zhongyuan had such a son as Qin Haoran.

It took a full half an hour before the two arrived at the foot of Mount Taiping and saw the situation outside.

Although Hong Kong in [-] was much more prosperous than China at the same time, compared with the world-famous international metropolis in the future, it still had the shadow of a fishing village near the port. Even in the urban area, most of the buildings were There are only a few floors, and many of them are tenement buildings built before the war, and those buildings with more than [-] floors are already considered outstanding here.

Although the streets and streets are not as clean and tidy as the international metropolises in the future, they are still very lively. There are shops and vendors, some of them are neighbors who are wearing Xiangyun gauze Tang suits and wooden planks, and some are wearing western clothes. , "early" white-collar workers with handbags, as well as foreigners in bright clothes and laughing and laughing, it can be said that society is full of various forms.

Gu Xiangling sometimes goes out with other servants to buy vegetables and shopping, so he is no stranger to this, but it is the first time for Qin Haoran to see the social environment outside the Qin family's mansion. Before, at most, he was overlooking the Qin family's garden. But it's not like being directly in it like it is now.

Gu Xiangling pointed to a station on the opposite street and said, "Master, there is a bus going to Wan Chai Ferry Terminal over there. Let's take the bus to the Pier first, and then take the ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon."

Qin Haoran nodded, and was about to pick up the huge suitcase and walk forward, but saw a tricycle suddenly coming to the front and blocking the two of them, on which was a young man with a naked upper body showing dark muscles.

The coachman wiped the sweat from his face with a towel around his neck, opened his mouth to Qin Haoran and Gu Xiangling, showing his white teeth, and said with a smile, "Master, Miss, do you want to take the car? Where do you want to go?"

Such rickshaws are relatively rare even in Hong Kong in this era, but taxis in Hong Kong are still in the early stages of development, and the price is very expensive, not everyone can afford it, and these rickshaws are to some extent Another kind of "taxi", and more acceptable to the general public.

Gu Xiangling was naturally unwilling to let her young master take this kind of rickshaw. Just as she was about to say no, Qin Haoran stopped her and asked the driver, who looked only in his early twenties, "How much is it to go to the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal?"

The coachman raised three fingers, showing his shockingly white teeth again: "Bamao."

Qin Haoran turned his head and smiled at Gu Xiangling: "It's just this car, and I can also see the surrounding scenery by the way. I haven't come out for a long time."

Since it was Qin Haoran who spoke, Gu Xiangling would naturally not refuse, and the young coachman hurriedly got out of the car to help them carry their luggage into the car, and thoughtfully patted the seat with the white towel around his neck, inviting Qin Haoran and the two of them boarding.

It is quite a distance from here to the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, and Qin Haoran happened to take a look at the surrounding scenery.Although Hong Kong at this time is far from being a modern city, it can be considered very prosperous compared to the other "Asian Tigers" at the same time. Singapore has not yet become an independent country at this time.

The coachman's car was fast and stable, Qin Haoran and Gu Xiangling sat in the car, enjoying the cool breeze blowing towards their faces, and admiring the scenery on both sides, it was not fun.

"Brother, aren't you a local?" Qin Haoran asked looking at the back of the young coachman and the pulsing dark muscles on his back.

"Yes, I just came to Hong Kong the year before last." With his back to Qin Haoran and the two, the driver said heartily.

Qin Haoran recognized his accent: "It's from Chaoshan."

The coachman smiled and did not answer, which was regarded as acquiescing, and then said: "The times at the top are not good, so I come here to fool around."

Qin Haoran knew that these were the so-called "Hong Kong escapees". At that time, the domestic situation was very bad, there were natural disasters and man-made disasters, but Hong Kong, a British colony, was relatively stable and developed year by year. After wandering around Hong Kong, the escapees found that life here is much more comfortable than in China, and it also attracted many other people to come to Hong Kong.

However, because of the prohibition by the domestic government and the Hong Kong British government, it is not easy to smuggle from China to Hong Kong. Many people died at sea or in the mountains on the way to smuggling, or were shot by border guards.

But it is also these "Hong Kong escapees" that have supported the prosperity of Hong Kong. Almost half of the many Hong Kong rich people in the future will come from these "Hong Kong escapees".

The coachman was not very willing to mention the smuggling issue, but he was very lively about other topics. It can be seen that he is a very cheerful person.

From the chat, Qin Haoran knew the driver's name—Zhou Chaosheng, who happened to be 21 years old this year, and had an 11-year-old sister Zhou Luohong at home. The two siblings have been dependent on each other since they came to Hong Kong.

Zhou Chaosheng also told Qin Haoran that he and his younger sister Zhou Luohong lived in a wooden house area in the east of Kowloon City. He was originally in the business of carrying passengers in Kowloon City, but because he offended the gangsters there, he had no choice. I can only make a living here on Hong Kong Island, but I will still go back to my home in Kowloon at night.

"It turns out that you are going to do business in Tsim Sha Tsui, Young Master Qin. Hehe, I knew it. I knew that you are a big boss at a glance." Zhou Chaosheng smiled heartily. His laughter was like the bright sunshine in the sky. People's moods brighten up.

Qin Haoran noticed that Zhou Chaosheng was holding a thick callus, and smiled casually: "I may also need some manpower there. When I stabilize, I will hire you to come and help me, so as not to prevent you from being like this now." It’s convenient for you to take care of your sister in Hong Kong and Kowloon, don’t you think this is good?”

Zhou Chaosheng's back was facing Qin Haoran, so he couldn't see his expression, he just smiled and said: "I'm afraid that I will be clumsy to trick Young Master Qin, and you will dislike him."

Qin Haoran also knew that Zhou Chaosheng looked bold and straightforward, but he was actually very wary of strangers, and would not easily believe what he said.And Qin Haoran was not in a hurry, because if he acted too nervous, it would only make Zhou Chaosheng more wary of himself.

Soon, Qin Haoran and the others came to the Wanchai pier, and from here they could take a ferry to Kowloon.

It's just that Zhou Chaosheng didn't directly load Qin Haoran and Gu Xiangling into the pier, but put them down on the street opposite the pier: "Master Qin, I'm sorry, it's not convenient for me to take you in, can you just get off here?"

When Qin Haoran saw several taxis parked outside the entrance of the pier, he knew what Zhou Chaosheng was worried about.

Due to conflicts in business, taxi drivers and rickshaw drivers like Zhou Chaosheng are often hostile to each other. Especially nowadays, most taxi companies have gangster backgrounds, and those drivers are naturally not good men and women.

Qin Haoran didn't want to cause any complications because of the distance of these few steps, so he nodded.But just as he was about to pay Zhou Chaosheng, he saw several taxis on the other side of the pier had spotted Zhou Chaosheng and were driving towards him.

It was too late for Zhou Chaosheng to leave, there were four taxis in total, and Zhou Chaosheng and Qin Haoran in the car were soon blocked.

Qin Haoran frowned, and saw a driver get off from each of the four taxis, and all of them stared fiercely at the three of them.

Zhou Chaosheng took the lead in cupping his fists at the four unfriendly drivers, and said, "Four big brothers, everything is our own business, it has nothing to do with my two guests, let them leave first. "

But one of the taxi drivers sneered: "If you say it's irrelevant, then it's irrelevant. You fucking dare to steal customers from us, and now you dare to pretend to be a hero?" Then he looked at Qin Haoran and Gu Xiangling, and said with a smile: "I said, do you two have a problem with your brain? You don't have a comfortable car, but you just patronize these cheap rickshaws? Aren't you afraid that your mother will be hit by a car?"

The other driver looked at Gu Xiangling with ill intentions, and said with a lewd smile: "I said that this little girl likes rickshaws so much, maybe it's because she wants to try 'riding' a car, or I'll be your car , How about letting you ride a ride?"

(End of this chapter)