Unexpectedly, his original words were:
“When I lived in Hong Kong, I was very satisfied with the relationship between my neighbors.”
"I've never seen the neighbor in the next unit, never heard his voice, and he never said a word to me. He's just like a dead person. He's the most reliable neighbor, no doubt about it."
Hong Kong later became a highly urbanized "stranger society".
This is very similar to Japan. In a modern urbanization system that emphasizes high efficiency, "order" and "mutual respect" are important features.
Hong Kong people don't talk loudly on the phone in the lobby, don't play around in the corridors, and don't ask about their neighbors' backgrounds, salaries, marital status or even birth dates.
They won’t introduce girlfriends to your neighbors, nor will they care about why you came to Hong Kong alone, or why you are still not married at the age of 30.
This is not actually "indifference", but people living in a mature society understand that there are boundaries between people.
This sense of boundaries reminds them at all times not to intrude or "care" about other people's lives.
This is respect for others and respect for yourself.
Just like what the Taiwanese band sang in their song: "Not disturbing you is my gentleness!"
Zhao Zitong likes and enjoys this "cold" big city, but Sun Shaofen doesn't like it at all.
So Aunt Huang, her next-door neighbor, is one of her few friends.
Aunt Huang knew the situation of the mother and daughter. The husband was a gambler, so it was not surprising that they encountered a debt collector.
But I didn’t expect that the man who came today actually brought his old mother with him.
Zhao Zitong's father is such a bastard!
He even cheated grandma out of her money!
"Are you here to look for Zhao Zitong's father?" Aunt Huang saw Gao Feng and Grandma Gao shouting at the door for a long time. Seeing that they were not as ferocious as those debt collectors, she came out from the next unit and said to them.
"Sister, you misunderstood. I don't know Zhao Zitong's father. I'm here to look for Zhao Zitong."
Gao Feng explained.
Looking for Zhao Zitong
Aunt Huang looked Gao Feng up and down.
He looks quite gentle, but he is not even a bit better than that lawyer!
"What are you looking for her for?"
Aunt Huang's eyes were full of disdain. She really wanted to remind him that she already had a boyfriend, so he should stop thinking about her.
"I'll ask her to pay me back!" Grandma Gao couldn't stand it anymore. They were all women, how could she not understand what was in Aunt Huang's eyes
What
Is his son bad
Even if she falls in love with Zhao Zitong, it would be her blessing!
Living in such a shabby little house and being a real estate agent, apart from being a little pretty, she is worthy of his son.
After all, my son graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
If it weren't for that little bitch's instigation, my son would be a glorious middle school teacher now.
With such conditions, how could he not be worthy of Zhao Zitong
And what about Zhao Zitong
Which college student goes back to work as a real estate agent
He is most likely a high school graduate!
He didn’t even get into college, and you still have the nerve to look down on your own son
snort!
It’s true that a horse doesn’t know how long its face is, and a cow doesn’t know how thick its skin is!
When Aunt Huang heard that someone was asking Zhao Zitong for money, she didn't dare to say a word.
Who would have thought that Zhao Zitong actually owed them money
How strange!
Didn’t you find a boyfriend who is a lawyer
My boyfriend is so rich, there is no reason for him to be in debt
Could it be that the lawyer refused to admit the debt and was unwilling to help his girlfriend bear the debt
"The mother and daughter have gone to work and are not at home during the day. It's useless for you to wait here. Come back in the evening."
After hearing this, Gao Feng and Grandma Gao had no choice but to go back.
As soon as Sun Shaofen got back from get off work, Aunt Huang pulled her aside and whispered, "Sister, it's not that I didn't remind you, why don't you go out and hide for a few days?"
Sun Shaofen was immediately horrified.
She was too familiar with this sentence.
This is what my neighbor tells me every time someone comes to collect a debt.
She originally thought that after her husband died, no one would come to collect debts.
But she did not forget what Gao Feng’s wife said yesterday, that her daughter still owed her mother-in-law the balance of the house.
I was totally at a loss at that moment and didn't know what to do.
I had originally planned to borrow money from Ma Dandan's parents, but I happened to hear them saying that they had just lent 100,000 yuan to Yu Wenyin's mother to buy a house.
I didn't dare ask them for money again. I was upset that I didn't get any money today.
"Mom, I'm back. Let's go out for dinner tonight. I'll treat you to a big meal!" Just when I was worrying, my daughter Zhao Zitong came back.
"What a feast! The peak is coming again today!"
Sun Shaofen really didn't know what sins she had committed in her previous life that she had to keep borrowing money after coming to Hong Kong.
"Here you come, I'll give him the balance of the fucking house today!"
Zhao Zitong put down the bag on her shoulder and prepared the check.
Seeing her daughter's ability to lie with her eyes open, Sun Shaofen was worried to death:
"Zitong, didn't you say you were still short of the 70,000 yuan? Why don't you sell the shop? We can't do business..."
Sun Shaofen had never thought about doing business. Although her father used to do some small business, he had dealings with people from another camp.
It is said that there is no political stance in doing business, and we sell to whoever can pay.
Besides, given the situation back then, no one knew the other camp would be defeated and flee to Taiwan!
Later he was labeled a traitor and a capitalist, which was really unfair.
Because of this, she never thought about doing business.
To do business, one has to get to know a lot of people from all walks of life, and one might offend the authorities one day. She just wants her daughter to go to college safely and find a stable job in the future!
"Oh, Mom, please believe me. Let's go out and eat. I'm starving!"
Zhao Zitong knows that her mother truly loves her, but to be honest, communicating with her is really difficult!
As soon as I went out, I met Aunt Huang and her son Ye Shaohua.
"Hey, why are you back? Hurry up and hide at my house. I just saw your creditor downstairs who came to look for you during the day!"
Although Aunt Huang is a bit gossipy and likes to worry about other people's things, and she has repeatedly said that she wants to introduce me to a boyfriend, she is a bit annoying.
But at this moment, in Zhao Zitong's eyes, she was particularly cute.
Zhao Zitong hasn't felt this kind of care from her neighbors for a long time.
She was a little confused: Has the advent of the Internet age brought people closer together, or has it really alienated them
It is now 1991, and even in a prosperous international metropolis like Hong Kong, only a few people have computers.
Not to mention making friends online and spending time playing games.
Computers are basically used in corporate offices and government work.