Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 253 Is the motherland safe?

"Squeak~Squeak~"

The road was wet, the sunlight was blocked by the densely packed buildings, and the air was turbid, filled with a complex and unexplainable smell.

Primitive tools loaded with grain and oil lined up in a long line and marched deep into the Walled City. Li Jiankun was surrounded by several people from the residents' committee. The leader was a sturdy middle-aged man, about fifty, with flowery arms...

The neighborhood committee here is not an official organization. It is formed voluntarily by enthusiastic residents. It is impossible to manage such a chaotic boundary to a certain extent without a few brushes.

"Boss Li, thank you for your generous donation. The supplies this time are five to six times more than what we ordered, and can help many more needy families."

"You're welcome."

"What about that? I heard Lao Yuan say that you are from mainland China. It's impossible."

"If it's a fake replacement."

Lao Yuan and Effie knew about this because Lin Xinjia reminded Li Jiankun that his identity as a mainlander would be safer in the Walled City.

"Isn't the mainland very poor? Why do you..."

"It's a long story."

Seeing that Li Jiankun didn't want to talk more about this aspect, Uncle Hua Jian stopped at the right moment, suddenly stopped, held Li Jiankun's hand, and said excitedly:

"Then we have to change our words and call them comrades! Comrade Li, welcome to Kowloon Walled City. When you come here, you will feel like you are back on the mainland!"

Motherland... mainland, what a beautiful name.

But Li Jiankun's current mood is really not beautiful.

There were already many people gathered on both sides of the narrow passage, including men, women, old and young. Almost all of them looked disheveled. They stared at the moving supplies with longing in their eyes.

There is also greed.

Along the way, you can always find a few guys behaving strangely among the crowd.

Some of them had runny noses and tears, some yawned repeatedly, some couldn't straighten their backs, some dragged their legs and staggered, some limbs and heads kept twisting, and they no longer looked like humans at all.

The residents of the Walled City are accustomed to this and are not surprised by it.

In the dark corner, some malicious glances were cast undisguisedly, coldly and fiercely.

Li Jiankun understood that the people from the neighborhood committee surrounding him were also a form of protection.

The buildings in the Walled City were built haphazardly, and it looked like buildings were piled on top of each other. Most of the houses looked crumbling, and the space and land were used to the extreme.

The main road below, which cannot even pass by a car, is quite wide here, and in more alleys, only two people can really pass each other.

A few minutes later, a rare empty space appeared in front of them.

About the size of half a basketball court.

Supplies were unloaded here and stacked into a small mountain.

Almost as soon as Li Jiankun and others walked to the side, a huge crowd followed and blocked the surrounding area.

"I want to say a few words. Everyone has seen that the supplies are very sufficient this time and can be distributed to many families in need. Don't fight over them, you won't be able to grab them!"

"Those who have nothing to do with you, get out of here and don't take up space here!"

"Your name will be called later, and you will come and collect it when your name is called. For the needy households whose names were not read, either they have sent it a few times before, or they have to wait until the next time. Don't be so whiny, just behave yourself! If you have any opinions, Keep it and report it later!”

Uncle Duzhuang paused, took a step back, and stood next to Li Jiankun.

"Finally, I would like to introduce to you that this is Comrade Li from Mainland China. Most of the supplies today were donated by Comrade Li. Everyone applauds and thanks!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

There was thunderous applause.

Suddenly, Li Jiankun had the illusion of returning to the mainland.

"From the mainland?"

"Are mainlanders so rich?"

"The mainland is sending people to help us?"

The older people present looked very excited after hearing this, and many even had red eyes and cried with joy.

At this time, the first poor person had already received the "relief food", which included ten kilograms of rice and two kilograms of oil.

He is a skinny little old man.

After receiving the things, he did not leave immediately. He came to Li Jiankun with his back hunched over and raised his head with some difficulty. There was a glint of light in his dim eyes. After thanking him, he asked: "Little comrade, the mainland is getting better now." Already?"

Li Jiankun leaned over and replied with a smile, "Well, it has gotten better, and it will get better and better in the future." "Okay, okay!"

The little old man said "good" three times in a row, his eyes sparkling, and when he turned to leave, he was still muttering "good".

The second person from a poor family saw the same example and came over to say thank you. She was a grandmother with a face full of ravines.

"Little comrade, let me ask you, how is Nanjing now? Are there still many people? Have they recovered? Have the bombed towers been repaired?"

A certain string in Li Jiankun's heart was violently stirred, and he nodded heavily, "Grandma, it's okay. The streets are full of people. The situation has eased a long time ago. Construction is going on everywhere now, in several big cities across the country!"

Grandma was so happy that she burst into tears and murmured: "My family lives by the Qinhuai River... It used to be very beautiful."

"It's also beautiful now."

"That's fine, that's fine."

When grandma left, Li Jiankun heard a faint voice in his ears.

"I really want to go back and take a look..."

He looked at his grandma's stumbling back, at her pale silver hair, at her starched white clothes...his eyes were slightly red.

He looked around, and countless old people's eyes fell on him.

A certain impulse in my heart finally turned into a long sigh.

Next, every needy household would come forward to say thank you after receiving their items. The elderly people would always take the opportunity to ask questions related to the mainland. When they received positive answers, they all looked excited.

Li Jiankun estimated their age, and they probably fled from the war years.

Over the years, times have changed, but what remains unchanged is their concern for their homeland.

Chinese people pay attention to returning fallen leaves to their roots, but the elderly here will probably never have the opportunity to return to their hometown...

"Mr. Li, are you okay?" Effie handed over a tissue.

Li Jiankun waved his hand and said with a smile, "I'm fine."

Effie asked curiously: "Is the mainland so good? The old people in the Walled City miss it very much, and so does my grandma. She always said that if I could go back and take a look again, it would be worth my while to die."

"If you were thrown outside and not allowed to return to the Walled City for decades, would you miss it?" Li Jiankun asked.

Effie thought for a while and said: "I'm not sure whether I will miss her to the extent that my grandma will definitely be gone by then...but I should always want to come back and see her."

"The same truth. I can only say that the mainland is not even a bit better than your Walled City. Let me tell you this, there are six people in my family, and the homestead is almost as big as two basketball courts including the front and back of the house. There are two and a half acres of farmland, and this is because our area is hilly, and there are more people in other areas."

As he described, Effie's eyes slowly widened.

It's unimaginable how rich a living space it is.

It is a space that everyone can have, ordinary people!

The home she and her grandma lived in was less than 3 square feet.

"You can help your grandma realize her wish."

Effie smiled bitterly, "I thought so too, but it's not easy. It took me several years to get out of the dark side and get an ID card, which cost me all my savings. I thought I could find a high-paying job with an ID card." It’s a bit of a job, but in fact it’s quite difficult. I don’t know if it takes years and years to save enough spare money to complete such a trip. I’m afraid my grandma... can’t afford to wait.”

"I can give you a job."

"Ok?"

Effie's eyes were bright, and when she was about to inquire, there was a noise in her ears. Uncle Shuzhuang and the people from the neighborhood committee seemed to have a conflict with someone.

Effie and Li Jiankun looked at each other at the same time, and the former recognized the person at a glance.

It's Uncle Jiu's man, Brother Bao.

"Abao, don't make trouble!"

"Uncle Hui, I'm so busy that I came here to cause trouble? I want to find that girl and the gentleman next to her."

Effie promptly told Li Jiankun about her visit to Uncle Jiu in the morning.

As soon as he finished speaking, A Bao came to him and said politely that Uncle Jiu invited him.

Li Jiankun touched it, but he didn't expect that someone was secretly protecting him. From Effie's words, it could be heard that Uncle Ninth was the most particular boss in the Walled City.

Most likely there is no danger.

They had specially sent someone to invite him, so it would be unreasonable not to go there.

(End of this chapter)