Chapter 986 Never Forgot (Fourth update, please subscribe)
In fact, the first time many people learned about Nanyang was through an airplane.
This is the same even at Dongda University. It can only be said that there was a mistake of yin and yang - the last foreign aircraft to leave Dongda University was the C95 made in Nanyang. And its departure even made the newspapers.
It was precisely because of this that Wang Ruijun cut out a photo from the newspaper and pasted it in his diary. "When we get to Hong Kong Island, we can take it to Nanyang!"
Sitting on the train going south, although Wang Ruijun talked about Nanyang to his wife, son and daughters, his tone was full of longing. , but when looking at the scenery outside the window, his eyes were full of reluctance.
"Dad, what is Nanyang like?"
Listening to his daughter's question, Wang Ruijun groaned, not knowing how to answer. He had never been to Nanyang at all. He was just working in a labor service company. When the company evacuated, the company issued passports to him and his family.
Until now, his understanding of Nanyang is only a geographical term.
Just at this moment, a police officer came in to check the tickets. Because it was a sleeper car, he seemed very polite. After all, sleeper tickets can only be purchased with a letter of introduction from the unit.
When the police found Wang Ruijun, his face immediately darkened when he saw him dragging his son and daughter with him. Normally, passengers on a business trip would not drag their children with them, making the whole family look like they were traveling.
"Tickets!"
"Comrade, here, here... there are five tickets in total."
Wang Ruijun quickly took out the family's tickets and handed them over respectfully.
The sullen police officer took the ticket, checked it carefully for a while, and then said after confirming that it was a genuine ticket.
“Where is the letter of introduction from the unit?”
Wang Ruijun quickly explained:
"Letter of introduction? We are going to Hong Kong Island, and there is no letter of introduction."
"Going to Hong Kong Island? There is no letter of introduction?"
Police officer His face turned even darker and he asked loudly.
“How did you buy tickets without a letter of introduction!”
Listening to the police officer's questioning, Wang Ruijun quickly explained.
"Comrade, comrade, we are foreigners, yes, yes, we are foreigners. This, this is our passport."
He said to his wife quickly.
“Quickly, take out our passports.”
Hearing that they were foreigners, the originally sullen policeman became pleasant.
"You are such a serious person. You didn't tell me earlier. There was almost a misunderstanding."
Although the five of them only had three passports, he still listened to Wang Ruijun's explanation with a pleasant expression.
“...these two children were born in China. Although they do not have passports, the British agency has issued a certificate, which is recognized by the Hong Kong City and they can pass the customs.”
< br>The reason why it was a certificate issued by the British agency is because Nanyang... is a member of the Commonwealth. In the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the United Kingdom must of course take responsibility.
“I know, I know, we are all international friends!”
After that, the policeman said to the passengers beside him.
"Everyone should speak in a lower voice. There are international friends sitting in this carriage, they are foreign guests. Don't disturb others' rest."
After finishing speaking, the policeman said again.
“Hey, you international friends are really like this. You have to sit on hard sleepers instead of soft sleepers. It’s so noisy here.”
“I’m really sorry. Trouble, no, for a family of five, soft sleepers are really expensive, and we don’t have enough money to buy that.”
After hearing what he said, the policeman said again.
"That's right. I'll go back and ask the train conductor, if there are berths in the soft sleeper, you can go over there. It's quieter over there."
After the police officers left, they The family couldn't help but sigh that this police officer was really nice.
In this way, the train went all the way south, from Wuchang to Suicheng, and Wang Ruijun and his family enjoyed an upgrade because of their status as "foreign guests".
A few days later, they finally arrived in Suicheng. Dongda in 1956 was full of vigor and hope. Large-scale construction was going on here. New look. The same is true in Suicheng. Exciting music is played on the radio, and firecrackers sound from time to time on the streets, which are firecrackers to celebrate the listing of the joint venture.
But all this has nothing to do with Wang Ruijun. As others said, he and his family are already international friends and foreign guests.
The next day, Wang Ruijun and his family took a boat from Suicheng to Hong Kong. It was just an ordinary third-class cabin, and there was no upgrade treatment. After all, the people on this boat were either outsiders or foreign guests. After arriving in Hong Kong Island and passing the customs, Wang Ruijun took his family and took the address left by the company back then and went to the company's office in Hong Kong Island for inquiries. When the company evacuated Zheng County, not only did they apply for passports, And also left a contact address.
"Dad, will they really wait for us here?"
"Yes, yes. When the company evacuated, the manager said that the company I’ll definitely be waiting for you guys.”
In fact, when he said these words, Wang Ruijun also had no confidence in his heart. After all, sometimes some words are just said to be heard, so how can it be possible to abide by them?
The company took special care of them when they gave them passports. Are they really here waiting for them to go back?
“But it’s been seven years.”
Yes, it’s been seven years!
Many things will change in seven years, but the only thing that has not changed is that the Hong Kong office of Nanyang Labor Service Company is still open for business on Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay. For Hong Kong people, the work here is like a fairy tale Work - 9 to 5, no work pressure. In fact, people here have no jobs at all. They just drink tea, chat, read newspapers every day, and then... wait for the return of the old employees.
Once again, when the door was pushed open, Sun Yingli said without raising his head.
"Ali, you came very quickly today. I just made a call here, and the takeout was delivered over there..."
The words stopped abruptly, and he looked at entering the work As a guest here, Sun Yingli's eyes lit up and he said.
"Sir, he came from the mainland."
"Yes, sir, is this the Hong Kong office of Nanyang Labor Service Company?"
Wang Ruijun asked.
"Yes, sir, who are you?"
"I am a former employee of the Zheng County Office of the labor service company..."
Sun Yingli stood up before he could finish speaking. said excitedly.
"Oh, you are finally here. My name is Sun Yingli, and I have been waiting here for you."
"Wait for me?"
Wang Ruijun was dumbfounded. Faced with the sudden enthusiasm, he was a little confused, and he almost felt that he had arrived at some den of thieves.
After the office arranged the hotel and bought the air tickets for them, Wang Ruijun was still in a daze. That night, lying on the comfortable Simmons mattress in the hotel, looking at the ceiling, he still couldn't help but murmur.
"The company has really been waiting for me!"
He couldn't sleep for a long time that night, thinking about too many things in his mind, thinking about Sun Yingli's words.
"The company has been waiting for your return. Counting you, there are still 1,175 employees stranded in Tangshan. The existence of the office is to take you home."
Go home!
"Go home..."
As he said this, Wang Ruijun hugged his wife tightly, and she looked at her husband with eyes full of longing.
“Ruijun, they really haven’t forgotten you!”
"Yes,"
"Mr. Sun said that the company will arrange air tickets for us."
"Yes."
"There is also a house."
“Yeah.”
"And..."
While the couple was lying on the bed chatting and looking forward to their "home" in the distance, the children were sitting on the carpet, watching the TV eagerly. Even the youngest, who is only two years old, is watching the TV honestly now. Although the TV is black and white, the world shown in it is novel to them, let alone them. Even Wang Ruijun, perhaps because he was too excited and couldn't sleep, sat up. He looked at the program on the TV, his eyes full of disbelief, and murmured.
“I didn’t expect that there would be a TV.”
“Dad, is this what Nanyang is in this TV? The building is so tall!”
“There are so many cars. Ah,”
"Those people seem to have cars in every household!"
In this way, the family sat in front of the TV, talking about TV and the world shown on TV, a world they had never imagined. ……
(End of this chapter)