On June 14, 1982, the Falklands War ended. Under the Prime Minister's order signed by Margaret Thatcher, the British army traveled thousands of miles from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere, and fought the Falklands War with Argentina. Argentina was defeated, and the British Empire declared that the sovereignty of the Falklands belonged to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In September of the same year, Mrs Thatcher visited China with the remnants of the victory in the Falklands War. The leaders of the Chinese state made it clear that there is no room for manoeuvre on the Hong Kong sovereignty issue. So far, the Chinese and British sides have reached a deadlock on the Hong Kong issue.
"Even if you really want to go to Hong Kong, you shouldn't choose this time. Hong Kong is very unstable now, and many young people are very repulsive of inland stowaways. You two children..." Zhang Bingkun's face was full of disapproval.
"Uncle Zhang, my father is gone. My sister and I have no relatives in Qinghe Town. Now my sister has encountered this kind of thing again. Her mental state is not very good now. We want to find my mother." Li Zheng lowered his head, He looked a little lonely.
Of course he didn't want to go to Zhao Qiuhua, but if he told Zhang Bingkun that the two minors wanted to live alone in Xiangjiang, Zhang Bingkun would never agree.
Zhang Bingkun opened his mouth, but was speechless, yes, since the child has no father, he can't stop others from looking for his mother. Not to mention that the child was sent away by his mother. Although it was unintentional, it could not cover up the fact that he caused the separation of flesh and blood.
"Have you figured it out?"
"I figured it out." Li Zheng replied affirmatively.
Zhang Bingkun sighed, "Okay, at half past ten in the evening, my boat will arrive at the bend on time, and the boat will stay for ten minutes. Come on if you are determined."
The corners of Li Zheng's mouth twitched, and his smiling eyes completed a beautiful arc.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhang."
When Li Zheng returned home, Zhou Sitian had already prepared her lunch, and she seemed a little fidgety sitting at the table. Seeing Li Zheng coming back, Zhou Sitian immediately greeted her.
"Xiao Zheng, did you really go to find Uncle Zhang?"
Li Zheng nodded, "Sister, there is a wider world outside. Pack your things. I'll leave a message for Uncle Zheng and Li Chaoyang."
Zhou Sitian's eyes were full of emotion. In her heart, Li Zheng decided to leave his hometown for himself. I heard that Xiangjiang's salary is very high, and she will definitely be able to take good care of her brother. Li Zheng is still young, and Teacher Liu said last time that his grades have improved. Zhou Sitian made up her mind. Even if she arrives in Xiangjiang, she will not let her brother fail school!
Li Zheng didn't like the parting scene, so no one told him when he left. After stuffing the signed fishing boat lease agreement in the crack of Zheng's house, and writing a note on Li Chaoyang's desk, "I will contact you again," the two left in the dark of night.
When the two arrived, there were already several people waiting on the side of the elbow. Most of them were fully armed and covered their bodies tightly. Li Zheng and Zhou Sitian looked at each other and chose to stand beside a large unmanned rock. Certainly.
Minutes and seconds passed, and no one on the shore spoke. Someone took out a cigarette and smoked it silently, the smell of bad nicotine filling the air.
"The ship is here!" Someone suddenly shouted in a low voice with excitement.
I saw that on the sea not far away, someone flashed, turned off, turned on, and off with a flashlight three times in the air, and someone on the shore took out a flashlight and responded accordingly.
A small sailboat was parked on the shore, and several people got off the boat, led by Zhang Bingkun.
The people on the shore hurried up to meet them.
"Brother Kun, you are finally here." Someone flattered and handed Zhang Bingkun a cigarette.
Zhang Bingkun glanced at him, took the cigarette and threw it behind him. The boatman behind him who was as strong as a black tower took it with a smile and said, "Thank you, Brother Kun."
"Go up, the old rule, pay the money first and then board the boat. If you want to fool the past, it's best not to be found by us, otherwise those in the sea are in short supply." Unlike the usual gentle Uncle Zhang, today's Zhang Bingkun read between the lines. It's all evil.
The crowd responded again and again.
After Zhang Bingkun gave a warning, he walked over to Li Zheng and his brother.
"Oh, you guys are still here." He looked helpless, "Okay, come with me."
Saying that, he led the two of them towards the sailboat.
The sailboat is not big, and it can only hold fifteen people when it is fully calculated. Excluding Zhang Bingkun and the boatman, there are only twelve places left for stowaways.
"Why is there only one place? Isn't there three? I can't leave my wife and children alone!" A big man suddenly shouted excitedly.
Zhang Bingkun, who had just stepped on the boat, frowned. He didn't like this kind of shouting guests.
Seeing this, Hei Zhuang boatman slapped the big man with a slap on the face, "Shut up for me, there is only one place, you can go or not!"
The big man's eyes were splitting, "Two years, I waited for two full years to get three places!" His voice seemed to come from between his teeth, and he looked around, as if he wanted to find out from the crowd. The person who took away his two places.
Zhang Bingkun turned sideways to block Li Zheng and Zhou Sitian behind him, "You get on the boat first."
Li Zheng nodded, said sorry to the big man in his heart, and quickly got on the boat.
Due to the policy changes of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments in recent years, it is more and more difficult to do business on the black ship. Many black boats have stopped working, which makes it difficult to get a black boat ticket to Xiangjiang, and many people have to queue for several months to get a place. It is not uncommon for someone like Dahan who wants to get three places at a time to wait a year or two.
Everyone got on the boat one after another, and the black strong boatman glanced at the big man and said indifferently: "Can you get on the boat?"
The big man had a struggling look on his face.
"A-Lin, if we don't go, the family is fine." The woman who covered her face with a mask said while dragging the big man's clothes. She was holding a child in her right hand, and she looked like she was only five or six years old.
The big man known as Alin looked at the son in the hands of his daughter-in-law and did not speak.
Seeing this, the boatman Heizhuang smiled and walked back to the boat, "Brother Kun, you can start the boat."
Zhang Bingkun nodded and turned to the bow.
The roar of the engine sounded, and Alin raised his head suddenly, he pulled his wife's hand away, and at the same time quickly ran towards the boat.
"Yue'e, I will come back to pick you up! I will definitely come back to pick you up!" As he said, he got on the boat without looking back.
Yue'e let out a mournful cry, and the child's cry sounded in the dark night...
Zhou Sitian grabbed Li Zheng's arm tightly, with no expression on her face. Since the Zhou Deqing incident, Zhou Sitian has lost the innocence of a girl and matured at once. For some things, you just have to fight for it, even if you are not comfortable with yourself, why should you pay more attention to others with sympathy.
Looking at the lights of Qinghe Town slowly disappearing in front of her eyes, she secretly said, I will come back, Dad, when I come back, I will prove your innocence and let those people know that you are not a murderer but a rescuer!
Li Zheng didn't know that after this discussion, his cheap sister was changing from one extreme to the other. He turned around on the railing of the boat, silently pondering what happened after arriving at Xiangjiang.
Before October 23, 1980, the Hong Kong government implemented the "arrival policy". If illegal immigrants from the mainland could escape the pursuit of the Chinese government and the Hong Kong government and arrive in the urban area of Hong Kong, they could legally stay in Hong Kong. However, as the situation changed, after October 23, 1980, the Hong Kong government announced that it would cancel the policy of arriving at the base and adopt the policy of arrest and release. All illegal immigrants will be repatriated immediately upon detection.
In other words, even if Li Zheng and others arrived in Hong Kong, they were all illegal smugglers. Obtaining a legal residence permit in Hong Kong was the first problem he had to solve before he was found to be deported.
Zhang Bingkun came over and patted Li Zheng on the shoulder, "You're hungry, Uncle Zhang has supper here. Come down with me."
The sailboat is so big, so the cabin can only accommodate seven or eight people. However, ordinary passengers are not allowed to get off the cabin. Usually, except for Zhang Bingkun, only two crew members can get off, so it is still spacious.
"These are the two juniors in my family. You can also help to watch." Zhang Bingkun introduced the two boatmen like this.
The two boatmen nodded with a smile. When they were on the shore, it was dark and could not see clearly. Now that they look closely, the two boatmen have dark skin and slightly curly hair. They should be Vietnamese.
"You can just call them Ada Er."
Li Zheng and Zhou Si sweetened their heads and called out "big brother, second brother", which caused the two to laugh and bend their lips.
After eating some supper on board, Zhang Bingkun took the two to a small compartment in the cabin and opened the door.
"Don't dislike it, Uncle Zhang has already done it again, but it still smells a little bit. Si Tian, you live here, Xiao Zheng, you can sleep with me outside." Zhang Bingkun showed two points of embarrassment, he is a big man, not so much It's a lot of attention, plus the ventilation in the cabin is not good, this smell will naturally not smell good.
Zhou Si smiled sweetly, "Uncle Zhang, you really know how to joke, this is already very clean." Compared with the passengers who can only sleep on the deck in the cold weather, they are already very happy.
Zhou Sitian slept in Zhang Bingkun's room, while Zhang Bingkun and Li Zheng slept outside. In the middle of the night, Li Zheng was suffocated by urine. He looked around and saw no convenient place. He sighed and put on his coat and walked to the deck in resignation.
Just as he was getting ready, a cold voice suddenly sounded behind him.
"It's you, it's you, right! It's you who stole my spot."