Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 98: The Way to Hong Kong

This is a big part of the reason why Ma Qing wants to go out into the world of pleasure and enjoy life. Here, it's like walking in the night in fine clothes, and the charm of wealth cannot be reflected at all.

In the mainland, Ma Qing is just an ordinary person, but when he goes to Hong Kong, Ma Qing becomes a superior person.

On August 8, Ma Qing took a small luggage and greeted the residents of the courtyard one by one, telling them that he was going to Tianjin on a business trip. In fact, in Ma Qing's heart, this was also a kind of farewell.

The current situation of the Siheyuan should not be the same as in the original drama. After the death of Yi Zhonghai's wife and the reform and opening up, when prices increase and his own economic conditions decline, will he still plan to provide for Sha Zhu's retirement? What about the fate of the second uncle, the third uncle, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, etc.; and everyone in the entire compound?

Ma Qing didn't even bother to pay attention to Lou Xiao'e's family who were about to go to Hong Kong, so how could he care about the people in this courtyard?

Under the tide of the times, people all over the country have paid a price and also gained benefits, and the people in this courtyard are no exception.

Ma Qing left the compound without looking back, and rushed to BJ Station with infinite longing. On the way, she found an opportunity to enter the space to dress up and put on makeup again. In fact, she mainly changed her hairstyle by extending her original short hair into long hair.

Ma Qing boarded the train to Guangzhou with the ticket she had bought in advance. Yes, Ma Qing bought the ticket to Tianjin a few days ago, and then put on makeup and bought the ticket to Guangzhou.

Of course, Ma Qing did not plan to go to Tianjin. It would be enough to provide everyone with a reasonable possibility, such as Ma Qing went to Tianjin, encountered a flood and died, and his body could not be found.

There is no need to go to Tianjin. Ma Qing sat on the train, holding his fake ID and fake letter of introduction in his hands. These were made in space and were more real than the real ones.

The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway is a railway that runs from the northern part of Taiwan to the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province. It was completed in 1957, with a total length of 2324 kilometers. It was originally divided into two sections, north and south.

北段从BJ市到HUB省汉口，称为“京汉铁路”( 1949年以前称“平汉铁路”)，于1897年4月动工到1906年4月建成。南段从广东广州到湖北武昌，称为“粤汉铁路”，于1900年7月动工到1936年4月建成。

After the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was completed and opened to traffic in 1957, the two railways were connected and renamed the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway is China's most important north-south railway trunk line, connecting six provincial capitals and many large and medium-sized cities.

Ma Qing sat on the train for almost three days, nearly seventy hours. Apart from the unexpected fatigue, no accidents happened along the way.

When Ma Qing stood on the platform in Guangzhou, he felt that his feet were not on solid ground, but rather on a Simmons mattress.

After walking for a while and leaving the square in front of Guangzhou Station, Ma Qing felt that his feet were finally normal, but was followed by a deep feeling of fatigue. Ma Qing found a guesthouse nearby, asked for a single room and decided to have a good sleep.

"Comrade, I just came from BJ. I'm exhausted on the way. I might take a nap in the room. If there is no special reason, please don't disturb me." Ma Qing gave special instructions to the receptionist at the front desk.

The receptionist seemed to be used to it. Nowadays, taking a long-distance train can really make a person tired. "Okay comrade, you should have a good rest. You will be fine after a good night's sleep. Do you need to eat something first?"

"No, no, I brought some dry food with me. Just eat it for now. I just want to have a good rest in bed."

The receptionist took Ma Qing into the room and left. Ma Qing closed the door and couldn't wait to enter his dreamland. He took a quick shower and went to bed. When Ma woke up, Xiao Qi told him that it was already the next morning. Ma Qing realized that he was very hungry at this time, so he quickly asked Xiao Qi to make him a hearty breakfast.

After finishing the meal, Ma Qing felt like he was alive again. In the hotel room, Ma Qing was thinking about how to go to Hong Kong. He asked Xiao Qi, but Xiao Qi could only tell him a general situation. As for the specific details and how to do it, Xiao Qi said he was powerless.

Ma Qing thought for a long time and decided to go for a walk on the street. When he passed by the hotel entrance, the receptionist from yesterday smiled at him and said, "You slept for a long time."

"Haha, yes, maybe I'm too tired. If I wasn't hungry, I wouldn't wake up. I'll go out for a walk and have a meal."

"Okay, there's a People's Restaurant on the left when you go out. Although it's a state-owned restaurant, the food is pretty good. You can try it." The waiter's service attitude was really good.

Since everyone else was so enthusiastic, Ma Qing couldn't be ignorant. As usual, he bought some food coupons and meat coupons from the waiter, and everyone was happy.

After thanking the receptionist, Ma Qing left the guesthouse and started wandering around Guangzhou. He had just had breakfast in the space and had no intention of having a snack.

After walking around for a while, Ma Qing discovered that the difference between this city and Beijing is that there are more buildings than in Beijing, and many more buildings built with modern reinforced concrete than in BJ. There are many three-story or higher tenement buildings on both sides of the street, and the structure of having beds downstairs and living upstairs is indeed different from the hutong culture of BJ.

When Ma Qing was walking on the street, he found that there were quite a lot of teahouses in Guangzhou. There were countless big and small teahouses. What was he waiting for? These teahouses must have the most people from all walks of life. Ma Qing picked a teahouse that seemed to have more people and walked in.

As soon as Ma Qing entered the teahouse, a waiter came up to greet him, "Hello, Lei, please come in."

"..."

Ma Qing discovered that he had made a mistake. In his previous life, Ma Qing spoke Mandarin wherever he went and it didn't cause any inconvenience.

In this life, I was first in BJ, then traveled to the Northeast, and all of them spoke northern languages.

When they arrived in Guangzhou and entered the guesthouse, the receptionist also spoke Mandarin, so Ma Qing had not thought about the dialect issue in his mind. Now, after hearing what the teahouse waiter said, Ma Qing realized that he really understood nine out of ten things about Cantonese - he knew nothing at all.

But at this time, Ma Qing couldn't show his fear, so he just nodded slightly, followed the waiter to find a table and sat down, while asking Xiao Qi in his mind: "Qi Ge, do you speak Cantonese?"

"..., I've discovered, Ma Qing, when you need my help, I'm Brother Seven, and when you don't, I'm Little Seven, right?"

"Is this the time to care about this? Please, sir, please be magnanimous." Ma Qing begged for mercy.

"I can translate other people's words for you, but I can't let you speak them." Xiao Qi has a deep understanding of Ma Qing's shamelessness.

(End of this chapter)