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Chapter 58 Leaving Hometown (3)

"I said why can't I find you? I ran up to the second floor. You liked to lie on it when you were a child." Father Li Qiantang took a bench and sat next to Li Chong.

The father and son sat quietly, and after a long time Li Chong said, "Father, you don't have to worry about it when you go outside. Apart from the family income, I also have a lot of income in Hong Kong. When I was in Nanjing, I received the wire transfer. I'll go down and get it to you later."

Li Chong in Hong Kong did have some deposits, but no one knew about them, and no one helped with wire transfers.Although I got the name of "Brother Li" in the land between Xiyingpan and Shitangzui in Hong Kong, I became the first brother in the land, and there are many younger brothers, but I only have my own private vault to store the password and key I know, where did the wire transfer come from?The money Li Chong wanted to hand over to his father was nothing more than his income from patronizing the Chiba Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Li Chong reluctantly found such an excuse to transfer the money to his father.

Li Derun was very puzzled, "Where did you get the money in Hong Kong?"

"The cost of living in big cities is very high, and you have to spend money everywhere, but it is much easier to make money. You can live comfortably in school with the money given by your family, but you can't afford to spend a lot when you go out. So in Hong Kong, I There are also those who give out to make money.”

Father Li Qiantang nodded, and then asked the question he was most concerned about, "Why do you have to go to the Whampoa Military Academy? After all, it is a military academy and you are going to enter the army. The photos in the newspapers are all labeled as Shanghai It's too dangerous to join the army!"

Li Chong put his hands behind his head and exhaled, "Dad, you know, if you don't have an identity background outside, you will live at the bottom of society. Any idle gangster may bully us, so I We need to weave a protective umbrella for our family. In Hong Kong, I have formed my own social organization by my side, and I have made some money in the past two years, and I have some savings and I will give it to my father together.”

"Hey, you've worked hard." Father Li Derun sighed and stood up, and Li Chong also stood up. On the second floor, you can see the entire low-rise village soaked in the bright moonlight.

"It's all because of my incompetence. As your father, I'm really worthless. You need to take risks to run around for everything, but I can't help you. The burden of this family is on your shoulders. As a father, I really feel guilty."

"Father, don't say that. I'm an adult. I should contribute to my family."

"Yeah, he's already bigger than my father!" Father Li Qiantang reached out and patted Li Chonghou's shoulder, "No matter what happens in the future, I hope you will have a better life than me in the future, and your son will be more promising than me as a father. .”

"Come down, we have to leave tomorrow morning, let's rest early." The father picked up the bench and walked down the second floor along the side of the wall.After staying for a while, Li Chong also carried the chair and went downstairs. On the way back to his room, the oil lamp in his parents' room was still on.Li Chong walked in, took three thousand pounds from his purse and asked his mother to pack it up.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, I drank two sips of tea with my grandfather Li Qiantang.

Outside the house, Hang Seng and the maid Xiao Liu followed the decorated carriage with a thick package on their backs.

"Yuanxiu, go and see your father and elder brother. Why are you still not well? Don't miss their boat." Li Chong said when he came back that he would take the Lin's boat when he left, so he picked it up from the pot while he was in the kitchen. The boiled eggs were packed, and at the same time, I asked my daughter Yuanxiu, who was circling around me, to go to the house to urge the father and son who hadn't moved at all.

The third younger sister Li Yuanxiu ran to the table holding the box of milk candies, "Brother, Dad, Mom said that everything is packed, and she is urging you outside, don't miss the boat, hurry up."

"Okay, let's go." Grandpa Li Qiantang and grandma stood up and sent them to the gate.

"Blessed, I'm going to go to the big city now, and I have to bring so many things!" The second aunt brought a couple of children over to watch the fun, with a bit of envy in her tone. She also never went out of the city, and she was thinking My husband and son can take me out for a stroll, but it would be nice if that bastard bastard didn't beat me up. My son is only this tall, and he is still in his hands. I don't know when I will be as lucky as Chen Yueying. .

Of course, there is no second uncle. He is still undergoing ideological reform at the village protection team.As for what will happen in the future, Li Chong can't care about it, forcing the second uncle to live a bachelor's life these days, the anger that should be given to the younger sister is almost exhausted.Now it seems that even the second aunt's complexion has improved a lot these days.

"Let's go, let's go, it's not like we won't come back." On the steps, grandfather Li Qiantang waved his hand, stopping what his father Li Derun was about to say.

"Say goodbye to grandpa and grandma." Mother Chen Yueying said following her second brother and third sister in the carriage.

"Goodbye, grandpa and grandma." The child's voice was so clear that grandma wanted to wipe away tears.

"What are you crying about? It's a good thing. Go to the mayor of a big city and see." Grandpa Li Qiantang swung his cane and scolded dissatisfiedly.However, I also felt a little uncomfortable in my eyes, and the pretended rigidity was all just holding my breath.After living under one roof for so many years, I don't know if we can meet again after leaving.My health is not good, and my children and grandchildren should have been around my knees, but the devil soldiers came, and the family had to face the situation of being separated in two places.

"Hey! Hey! It's a good thing." Grandma stood on the steps wiping her tears and shook her hand.

"Wait a minute." The little girl Yuanxiu jumped out of the carriage suddenly, and stuffed the milk candy box in her arms into the arms of the second aunt's daughter, "Huijiao, this small half box of milk candy is all for you, wait for me Come back, and I'll bring it back to you."

"Drive~" Hang Seng flicked his horsewhip, and drove the family along the soft dirt road, leaving a rut.

The old willow tree is getting farther and farther away in sight. This time, Li Chong doesn't know when his return date is, and his parents' faces are also blank, or bewildered. I haven't traveled far in half my life, but this time Thousands of miles away.

"Brother, when we leave home, we can see jet boats, iron lumps and tin birds that can run on their own?" Third sister Li Yuanxiu asked while sitting next to Li Chong's legs with her face up.

Li Chong stroked the head of his third sister Li Yuanxiu, "Yes, when you arrive in Nanjing, you will see these things when you go to Chongqing from there."

"Chong'er, what kind of banknotes was that stack of thick banknotes you gave me yesterday? It also has a woman's head on it, and women can also be printed on banknotes? Is it worth money?" A stack of banknotes, if you take a closer look in the morning, there is still a foreign woman printed on it, so is it worth money?
"Mom, that's called British pounds, and it's worth more than the dollars I gave you before!"

"Ah? Does that make sense? Can a note with a woman's head on it be worth more than a note with a man's head on it?"

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The carriage was pressed on the soft ground, and the conversation between Li Chong and his mother washed away some of the sadness of leaving his hometown. Birds sang in the fields, and it was unknown when this land would return.

(End of this chapter)