Chapter 92: Jade Garden Mansion
"Ah Xing, drink the soda yourself, I'm not thirsty yet." Although Shen Long liked Master Xing's movies, he didn't want to drink his leftover soda.
"Why isn't Uncle San here yet? Why don't we go to him directly? I have an address here." A Xing took out a piece of paper from his pocket, on which was written the address of Uncle San's residence: 85 Dundas Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon No. Jade Garden Building Phase II... The floor numbers and room numbers at the back are soaked in sweat, and they can no longer be seen clearly. "Oh, it's wet, but it's okay, we'll just ask when we go to the place."
"Then let's go." Shen Long knew that the third uncle was playing mahjong at home with great enthusiasm. He played mahjong for three days, three nights and 200 rounds without a break, so there was no need to expect him to come to pick up Ah Xing.
Shen Long went to have a look, found a minibus leading to Dundas Street, and took Ah Xing on the bus to the third uncle's house. In the car, both of them looked at the surrounding environment through the window curiously.
Ah Xing's eyes are full of envy. Although he is still in Kowloon and has not been to the more prosperous main island, the surrounding buildings are much better than the current Guangzhou.
Shen Long is not quite the same, he is more curious looking for buildings that often appear in old Hong Kong movies on both sides of the street; Jutting into the sea, the place is called Mang Kok Tsui, and the nearby villages are named Mang Kok Village.
In 1909, the Hong Kong British government began to develop Mang Kok. In 1930, it was renamed Mong Kok, which meant its prosperity. The earliest Mong Kok was an industrial area, with many cigarette factories, cotton spinning factories and hardware factories. Signing to Shenzhen, where land and manpower are cheaper, has gradually turned into a shopping area and a residential area.
Mong Kok has an average of 130,000 people per square kilometer, the highest population density in the world; dragons and snakes are mixed together, and sensual dogs and horses make up the day and night of this place full of human fireworks;
Before entering this world, Shen Long deliberately checked the Cuiyuan Mansion, and found that this place really existed in the real world. He also saw someone posting rental information, a house with three bedrooms, one living room and two bathrooms, and one of the bedrooms was rented out. The bedroom area is only 120 feet, which is about 11 square meters, and it costs 19,000 Hong Kong dollars a month.
According to this calculation, this three-bedroom house is estimated to be about 70 square meters, which shows the tension in the living environment of Xiangjiang people.
When they arrived at Dundas Street, the two got out of the car and found the second phase of Jade Garden Building at No. 85. Shen Long saw that there were tall buildings on both sides of the street, blocking the sun. The buildings here were next to each other. Connected to each other, even sunlight has become a luxury for the residents inside.
It feels like the urban village where I lived when I first went to work, except that the buildings here are higher than those in the urban village. When I saw this kind of place, Shen Long felt uncomfortable all over, it was too depressing.
"It's already seven o'clock, don't people here have to get up to work?" Ah Xing muttered, looking at the anti-theft door of Cuiyuan Building, not knowing how to get in.
It just so happened that a gay guy was on the phone with his boyfriend who lived upstairs again, and the boyfriend opened the door only after forcing him to say I love you ten times. Ah Xing was taken aback for a while, thinking "I love you" Just like "Open Sesame", it is a code, as long as the code is reported, the anti-theft door will open.
"That's not the case, it's talking to the resident upstairs, and the resident will open the door for him." Shen Long hurriedly stopped him, shouting "I love you" to the intercom system is really stupid.
"It turns out that Xiangjiang is really advanced; but how do you know, Aaron? You have never been to Xiangjiang?" Ah Xing suddenly realized.
"I saw it in a movie." Shen Long made an excuse.
"Then what should we do now? I'm shouting downstairs, third uncle should be able to hear it?" Ah Xing put down the box and came to the street, looking up at the Cuiyuan Building with his hands on his hips, he was about to shout.
"It's so early now, it will wake people up to rest!" Shen Long stopped him again. It's not that Ah Xing doesn't care about civilization, it's just that the growing environment is different. In Guangzhou, people are all acquaintances of the same unit living together , everyone’s work and rest schedules are similar, just yell when you encounter something, but this is not the case in Xiangjiang, Ah Xing has not yet adapted.
"Then what should we do? Shall we just sit here and wait for the third uncle to come down?" A Xing was sitting on the box, just in time to see the news of the Shenjing massacre published in the newspaper at the newsstand next to him, "Wow, raped and killed a whole family in one night Qikou, so cruel?"
Ah Xing thought about it and came up with an idea, "Hey, Aaron, why don't we tell the police that my third uncle is the murderer of the Shenjing massacre. I have a picture of my third uncle here, so the police should help us find the third uncle's home." Bar?"
What kind of grudge does third uncle have with you? How dare you treat him like this? Shen Long couldn't laugh or cry, "A Xing, even in Guangzhou, you will be punished for reporting a false police report, right? Be careful when the police find you report a false police report and lock you in!"
Waiting here is not an option, Shen Long made a suggestion, "Didn't you say that your third uncle likes to gamble? I guess he forgot to pick you up because he was playing mahjong. When we see people coming in, we will follow them in." , and then take photos from floor to floor, and when you hear the sound of mahjong in that house, just knock on the door and go in and ask!"
"Hey, this is a good idea, but did I mention that my third uncle likes to gamble?" A Xing was a little confused, he didn't seem to have mentioned this to Shen Long.
"You probably forgot! Listen to me, hey, someone just opened the door, let's go in quickly!" Shen Long hurriedly got up and followed in, and helped A Xing to come in by blocking the door.
"It should be either the first floor or the seventh floor. Let's go to the first floor to have a look!" Ah Xing took out the blurred paper again and said after looking at it for a long time.
Walking from one end of the first floor to the other, I heard people making breakfast, beating children, and having sex in the house, but there was no one playing mahjong; in the small courtyard, you can only see the size of a palm a patch of sky that is still invaded and obscured by the laundry racks that people put up to dry.
They took the elevator up to the seventh floor and continued to search. This time, they heard the sound of mahjong from the room in front of them. Shen Long looked at the layout on both sides of the corridor. They seemed to have seen it in a movie. This place should be Uncle Ah Xing's house.
Uncle Da's familiar laughter came from the room, and Ah Xing also recognized it, "This is my third uncle's voice, Aaron, you are so smart."
Before Shen Long could respond, he rushed to the door and shouted, "Third Uncle, I'm A Xing, and I'm here to find you!"
The room suddenly became chaotic.