Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 100 Arrival without any danger

Ma Qing had been staring at the young man's expression at this time, and found that when the car was stopped, the young man still had a calm look on his face, but when he saw the police getting on the car to check, his expression changed.

Ma Qing thought, has his luck become so bad? Fortunately, he was prepared. Take a deep breath, everything will be fine.

The policeman who came up was about forty years old. He checked people one by one from the front and took several people away one after another. When he came to Ma Qing, Ma Qing did not take out the so-called pass. Judging from the young man's face, this pass might not be accepted in front of this policeman.

"Comrade, your ID." The middle-aged policeman stretched out his hand.

Ma Qing opened his trouser pocket and took out the fake ID he had prepared in advance. He was currently an employee of the Guangzhou Agricultural Machinery Company and was sent to the Bao'an County Agricultural Machinery Factory to assist in the maintenance of machines.

The middle-aged policeman held his work permit and letter of introduction in his hand. Ma Qing dared to bet that the products produced by Space were absolutely authentic.

“You’re not from Guangdong?”

"No, my family is a family of cadres who went south. We came back after attending technical secondary school. What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Ma Qing asked puzzled.

"No problem, just asking, do you know Director Yang of the Baoan County Agricultural Machinery Factory?"

"I don't know him. I don't even know the factory manager's name, and no one told me."

The middle-aged policeman stopped talking, returned the ID and letter of introduction to Ma Qing, and continued his investigation.

Just from this one car, the middle-aged policeman took away six people, which shows how serious the phenomenon of fleeing to Hong Kong was at that time.

After the inspection was completed, the car continued to move. Ma Qing breathed a sigh of relief and passed another level.

When they arrived in Guang'an County, Ma Qing and the young man got off the bus. After leaving the station, the two gradually walked together.

The young man said admiringly: "You are amazing. I thought you were doomed this time, but I didn't expect you to have this trick up your sleeve."

Ma Qing said: "Fortunately I was prepared, otherwise I would have been tricked by you. By the way, I have no use for your pass, and it is useless. Can I return it to you?"

The young man rolled his eyes and asked, "Who sold you this certificate?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Of course it's You Lao San..." Ma Qing stopped talking here. He understood what the young man meant.

Ma Qing followed the young man out of the county town and walked closer and closer to the countryside. Seeing this, Ma Qing quickly told the young man that he needed to go to the bathroom and ran into a small woods on the side.

Ma Qing opened up a space in the grove, got a pistol and put it in his bag. Touching the cold iron lump on his hand, he felt much more at ease. One should not have the intention to harm others, but one must always be on guard against others.

After the two continued on their way, Ma Qing really couldn't stand it anymore and said to the young man, "We have been walking for more than two hours, how long will it take?"

The young man was surprised and asked, how could we get there? They would reach their village by dinner time, and it would only take another two hours to walk there. While Ma Qing was driving away the mosquitoes on the path in the field, he vowed never to come to the countryside again.

When Ma Qing arrived at a village exhausted, hungry and thirsty, he seemed to hear the sound of waves.

The young man took Ma Qing back home. Along the way, the people in the village seemed to be used to it. Ma Qing also saw several people carrying bags walking towards the village.

It seems that I have arrived at the industrial park, which is reliable.

When they arrived at the young man's house, he asked Ma Qing, "Do you want to have dinner? It's 5 yuan a meal, guaranteed to keep you full." "..." Ma Qing was speechless. This was no different from the routine in later generations. Ma Qing gritted his teeth and said, "Eat."

The young man became happy and asked his mother to bring him a bowl of porridge, a basket of sweet potatoes, and even seafood. This made Ma Qing wonder whether this meal should be considered expensive or cheap.

However, the young man’s cooking skills were not very good, and the seafood was just some cheap stuff, which was boiled. Ma Qing ate a little and planned to take a rest first and leave by boat in the evening.

After Ma Qing finished eating, he saw the young man looking at him eagerly. Ma Qing then remembered that he had not paid yet. The young man did not even ask for money first. It seemed that this guy was not a seasoned man.

So Ma Qing quickly paid the money and started chatting with the young man.

"What's your name, young man?"

"Miangui's surname is Chen. Almost everyone in our village has the surname Chen."

"Is it safe for us to take a boat to Xiangjiang tonight?"

"Don't worry, our village has been doing this for decades, don't worry."

Ma Qing continued, "Brother Chen, as the saying goes, meeting is destiny. I haven't caused you any trouble along the way, and I haven't bargained for your price. Now, I would like to ask if there is anything I should pay attention to when going to Hong Kong."

The young man surnamed Chen lowered his head and thought for a while, "You are indeed a straightforward person, but there is really nothing to say about going to Hong Kong. If you do hard labor, you can earn more than here, and eat better than here, but other aspects are just so-so. There are gangs over there, and they want to take advantage of everything. Don't force yourself to do it with them."

"But I don't think you're a laborer. My suggestion is that you should live in a more prosperous place. It doesn't matter if the rent is a little bit higher. Don't be afraid to spend money on this. As for the rest, I only know a few words. I haven't been exposed to that area, so I can't say anything."

“Oh, by the way, if you still have money on hand, it’s best to change it into Hong Kong dollars. They can’t use our money over there.” The young man named Chen said a lot in one breath, and finally looked at Ma Qing with hope.

Damn, do you want to make some money from this too? But this did remind Ma Qing.

Ma Qing took out the remaining money from his pocket and gave You Laosan 20 yuan as a deposit at first. He had to pay another 30 yuan after getting on the boat. Ma Qing counted out the 30 yuan and put it aside.

"There are still eighty-three yuan left here. See how much you can exchange it for." Ma Qing took out all the remaining RMB he had.

"Eighty-three yuan is eighty-three yuan, how much more do you want to change?" The young man named Chen said while calling his mother to get the money.

Ma Qing was speechless. The exchange rate at this time should be 100:42.7, but now he directly offered a 1:1. Forget it. He shouldn't have any expectations on this kind of person. He was tired. He decided to change it.

Ma Qing exchanged 83 Hong Kong dollars from the Chen family. He carefully wrapped the 83 Hong Kong dollars with plastic paper and put it in his trouser pocket.

"You are a careful guy. It seems you won't starve to death in Hong Kong." The young man named Chen watched Ma Qing's actions and drew his own conclusions.

"Thank you for your good words. Why don't you come with me to Hong Kong? I will protect you then." Ma Qing joked.

"I need you to protect me. I have a home in Hong Kong." The young man blurted out, then realized that he had said something wrong, so he laughed it off.

After 2 a.m., Ma Qing was woken up by a young man named Chen, "Get ready, it's time for us to set off."

(End of this chapter)