Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1038: Foreign Bride
Han Li felt that the driver's eyes were a little strange. At first he thought that his outfit was too eye-catching for Kowloon Walled City. He looked again and again, and was thinking about whether he should change his clothes.

The driver had already traveled nearly five kilometers and parked the vehicle far away from Kowloon City.

As Han Li took out the money, he sighed that the pace of life in Hong Kong was so fast, even the driver worked so hard. However, after the driver took the money, he hesitated and said a few words.

"Young man, if you are greedy and want to go inside to see it, just go to Dongcheng. Dongcheng is where ordinary people live and is generally safer.

If you want to go in and have some fun and experience, I don’t recommend you to go in, because it’s really dangerous if you go in rashly.”

(This is the last time I write like this in Xiangjiang. From now on, I will occasionally use dialect words, and all long sentences will be in vernacular. Please understand, everyone.)
Han Li looked at the driver who was speaking seriously and thought that this guy had connections inside and wanted to earn some tour guide fees. At the same time, he also wanted to know more about the situation inside, so he asked with a smile.

"Oh, do you have any connections there? Or do you have any good suggestions?"

"You're kidding. I only go to East City when I want to eat dog meat. I won't even go into West City. I'm saying this to tell you that there is a very safe way to go to West City."

(In the past, most people in Hong Kong loved to eat dog meat. In order to achieve a certain purpose, England asked the Hong Kong government to issue a law banning the consumption of dog meat in the early 50s. From then on, people who wanted to eat dog meat could only come to Kowloon Walled City.)
Han Li: "What method?"

“I can take you to the pier, airport or bus terminal, where there are societies that arrange free buses to Kowloon Walled City.

As long as you take that bus to Kowloon Walled City, those societies will be responsible for your safety inside, and you can do whatever you want as long as you have money.

Even if you have no money left, the gang members will take you back to where you got on the bus, provided you don’t owe money, borrow money or get into a fight.”

Han Li has been staring at the driver since he finished speaking, but there is nothing strange in his eyes or tone.

At this time, Han Li thought, isn't this just like those casinos and technician colleges that were opened in the dark in the future? It's just that Kowloon Walled City is more blatant, and they dare to pick up people at the docks and airports.

However, Han Li had no plans to take any club bus. If he really just came here to experience, have fun, and play cards, this kind of service would be really good.

However, Han Li came here to borrow money from the big brothers in casinos and gangs. Of course, the less noticeable and low-key this kind of thing is, the better. So he smiled and threw ten more dollars to the driver and said.

"Thanks, but I'm just going to go in there to get a feel for it, eat a bowl of dog meat and then come out. I don't dare to go into the territories of those societies."

Han Li learned from the driver that Dongcheng was where ordinary people lived, so when he entered, he went straight to Dongcheng.

East City is just a nicer name because the entire outer perimeter of Kowloon Walled City is approximately 200 meters long and 100 meters wide.

As for a place of this size, the city wall in Shanhaiguan that Han Li had visited was larger than this one, not to mention the city walls in older cities such as Jinling and Chang'an.

What Han Li didn't expect was that the buildings in Kowloon Walled City looked very messy from the outside. The haphazardly built houses and the TV antennas on the top floors gave this place a cyberpunk style of the later times.

But Han Li felt even worse after he entered. His first impression was that the light was too dim.

Those crowded buildings had blocked all the sunlight outside, and even in the middle of the day it felt like dusk to Han Li. The light became darker as he went deeper.

The second feeling is damp. Not only is the humidity in here much higher than outside, but the air is also filled with a strange smell that is a mixture of various odors.

At first Han Li thought it was because of the lack of sunlight, but as he went deeper he found that the high humidity was not just because of the lack of sunlight. The sewage flowing freely on the ground and the water drops dripping intermittently from above were all the culprits of the humidity.

The third feeling is chaos. The situation inside is like a huge beehive. After entering, the first thing most people consider is whether they will get lost.

Moreover, there are messy pipes, wires, and signs everywhere, among which the most common ones are those of hair salons, dentists, and bone-setting clinics.

Although Han Li did not enter some alleys, based on his visual observation, he could only walk forward with his back bent after entering.

Han Li knew that it was not a good idea for him to wander around like a headless fly, so he found an ice cream parlor with more customers and went in.

The sign said Kowloon City Ice House, but after Han Li went in, he found that it was actually a tea restaurant.

How should I put it? Tea restaurants are a hybrid in Hong Kong.

Because there were no tea restaurants in Hong Kong before 1940. At that time, there were two types of restaurants commonly seen in Hong Kong.

One type is an ice cream parlor opened by locals, which mainly sells cheap drinks and fast food such as sandwiches.

The other type is the high-end Western restaurant, which serves expensive Western food such as steak, coffee, and red wine.

As time went by, cheap, single-variety ice houses could no longer meet people's needs. High-end Western restaurants were too expensive and simply not affordable for ordinary people.

Thus, tea restaurants in Hong Kong came into being.

Although the environment of tea restaurants is still not as good as those of Western restaurants, the variety of food they offer has increased a lot.

Silky-smooth milk tea, slightly charred toast, hot and juicy pork chop rice. It can be said that basically all the food on the market can be found in tea restaurants, and some foods can be mixed and matched according to the tastes of the guests.

In this way, tea restaurants with increasingly rich varieties of food soon became the darlings of Hong Kong people.

No matter they are business tycoons, workplace elites, ordinary people or community leaders, they all find a tea restaurant they like as their long-term canteen.

Therefore, in various Hong Kong dramas, it is often seen that male and female protagonists date in tea restaurants, business elites forage for food here, and members of the community negotiate here.

Han Li ordered a bottle of cold beer and a pork chop rice, and while eating he listened to the conversations of the people around him.

Maybe Han Li was lucky, as he had almost understood the situation of Kowloon Walled City in just one meal.

The situation here is the same as what the driver said, divided into two areas, east and west.

East City is where ordinary people live, while West City is the territory of various social groups.

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In addition, some prominent people in Kowloon Walled City jointly organized a neighborhood welfare promotion association.

The first thing this promotion association did after its establishment was to convert the only nursing home in Kowloon Walled City that could see sunlight into a youth activity center, which was actually a primary school.

The slogan of the Promotion Association at that time was that although this place was poor, there was hope as long as the children studied hard, which established the Promotion Association's position in Kowloon Walled City.

It also prompted all the parents here to pay attention to their children's education. Families with better conditions sold their belongings and tried every possible means to send their children to school outside the city.

Those from poor families or orphans can also learn some basic knowledge in the youth activity center and will not become blind people who cannot even write their own names or read the horse racing newspaper.

(Horse racing newspaper: A newspaper that specializes in reporting horse racing in Hong Kong.)
The second thing the Neighborhood Welfare Promotion Association did after its establishment was to clean the streets except for sewage.

Of course, this will require charging residents a portion of management fees.

In addition, the promotion association is also responsible for mediating conflicts between local residents and community groups, as well as negotiating with officials.

In addition, Han Li also heard something more interesting, that is, the "immigrant bride".

Although Kowloon Walled City is considered terrible by some people, it is a blessed place in the eyes of people in many countries.

Especially young girls from some Southeast Asian countries, in order to have a better future, are introduced to Hong Kong for blind dates by special matchmakers. Once the man is satisfied, they will become a foreign bride.

It may be due to the aesthetic taste of Chinese people. Among those who go on blind dates here, the most common brides are young girls with relatively fair skin and Chinese blood from the Land of a Thousand Buddhas.

At the same time, Han Li also learned about the situations of some social groups here, as well as the approximate locations of some casinos, clubs, "leaf" and "flour" exchanges.

After Han Li left the ice cream parlor, he strolled to an empty alley, then walked into a building, and after several turns, he arrived at the rooftop.
Although there are messy antennas, many crisscross clotheslines, and some shabby furniture here, it is a place in Kowloon Walled City where you can enjoy the sunshine and breeze.

Han Li certainly didn't come here to bask in the sun or enjoy the breeze, nor did he climb the stairs to enjoy the scenery for no reason.

The reason why Han Li came to the rooftop was because the road below was as difficult to navigate as a honeycomb maze.

Even though he already knew the approximate locations of those places, he would need to ask for directions frequently if he wanted to get there. However, if he did so, it would definitely attract the attention of the gangsters in the society.

Although these thugs might not necessarily affect Han Li's efforts to borrow money from others, after Han Li borrowed the money and left, those social groups would definitely list him as a key suspect during their subsequent investigations.

Moreover, Han Li is likely to ask Hong Kong societies for help in investigating Hao Jiangdong's past. What if the society that asked for money today happens to be the society he approached for help? Wouldn't it be considered that he, as the key suspect, has walked into a trap?

Although Han Li was not afraid of the society's overt tactics with his skills, he was not afraid even if many people besieged him.

But Han Li could not withstand the hidden guns and shady tricks, so he quietly entered the village, did not shoot, and made a fortune in silence was the right choice.

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(End of this chapter)