Chapter 31 He Xiao's First Experience in Hong Kong

After leaving the passage pier, He Yuzhu took He Xiao out of the exit and saw Lou Minghe waving his hands, apparently he had been waiting for a long time.

"Zhu Zi, this is my eldest nephew, right?"

When Lou Minghe saw He Xiao, who was almost as tall as He Yuzhu, his eyes lit up.

It is said that nephews resemble their uncles. He Xiao's face shape is somewhat similar to Lou Xiao'e, and Lou Xiao'e is similar to Lou Minghe.

Therefore, He Xiao's appearance looks somewhat similar to Lou Minghe.

"Uncle, I'm He Xiao."

He Xiao had seen photos of Lou Minghe a long time ago. Not only photos of Lou Minghe, but also family portraits of Lou Minghe's family. He had seen them all.

"Well, nephew, you look good," Lou Minghe pulled He Xiao aside and praised him a few times, then exclaimed, "Your father said that you were admitted to a key high school. In this respect, you are better than your uncle and your mother. When you graduate from high school, your uncle will take you to Hong Kong to attend university."

"Thank you, uncle."

He Xiao was a little worried on the way, wondering if he would have any difficulty adapting to the unfamiliar Hong Kong.

I didn't expect that my uncle, who still had the accent of my hometown, would greet me. I felt very friendly immediately.

"Brother, let's go home first."

He Yuzhu saw that Lou Minghe was a little agitated and tried to persuade him.

Lou Minghe then slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, yes, yes, let's go home first. You have been traveling all day, you must be tired."

After leaving the dock, the three got into Lou Minghe's car.

Lou Minghe and He Yuzhu sat in the back row and began to thank He Yuzhu for helping the Lou family solve the big problem.

He Yuzhu laughed and scolded: "Brother, you are insulting me? My parents are being plotted against, if I don't show up, am I still a human being?"

"I'm being polite," Lou Minghe responded to the scolding with a smile and admitted his mistake. However, he still had to express his gratitude. After all, as their own son, he couldn't take care of his parents, and the people in the city relied on his brother-in-law He Yuzhu and his sister to take care of his parents. He felt guilty in his heart.

He Xiao was sitting in the passenger seat. After listening to his father and uncle chatting for a while, he felt it was boring, so he turned his head to look out the window and indeed saw quite a few tall buildings.

In addition to the tall buildings, vehicles on the road, and construction sites everywhere, what dazzled He Xiao the most were the pedestrians on the road.

In the late 1970s, Hong Kong had just experienced a depression and the high-pressure rule of the four major detectives and the four major families was gone. Ordinary people in Hong Kong felt that life was becoming colorful again and they dressed very fashionably.

The weather in August is extremely hot, and tank tops, miniskirts, black stockings, deep Vs, and backless clothes can be seen everywhere.

When He Yuzhu first arrived, he was a little surprised, let alone He Xiao.

Looking out the car window, He Xiao was excited all the way as he took in the sights along the way: Hong Kong is indeed the metropolis that people in the mainland yearn for.

Arrived at the Lou family villa.

Before the car stopped, Lou Minghe's six wives and several children who didn't have to go to school ran out to greet him.

These were all instructed by Lou Minghe in advance. He was afraid that his nephew would be restrained after his arrival, so he specifically told the family to be more welcoming.

"Sister-in-law, sister ... thank you for your help."

He Yuzhu greeted the six women, all of whom were Lou Minghe's wives.

He Xiao was shocked when he saw the huge group of people coming to greet him. His uncle was so good at marrying wives that he married six wives at once. He didn't have many children, seven in total, five girls and two boys.

Lou Minghe introduced them to He Xiao, and He Xiao quickly followed suit calling them aunt, cousin, brother, and cousin.

In fact, several family photos of Lou Minghe were brought back to the mainland, and He Xiaolai had memorized them before coming.

Now that we've met, I can compare him with the person in the photo and I won't make a mistake.

When Lou Minghe married, he was completely independent. In order not to become a henpecked husband like his father, Lou Zhendong, he chose wives and concubines from humble backgrounds.

These six women came from poor backgrounds and most of them came from the old society. They were relatively submissive to the system of three wives and four concubines and usually stayed at home and lived in harmony.

When Lou Minghe celebrated the birthdays of his two children, He Yuzhu came to visit and gave everyone gifts, which were quite expensive.

Therefore, when the adults and children of the Lou family saw He Yuzhu coming, they were very friendly and even prepared considerable gifts for He Xiao.

As soon as He Xiao entered the house, he was overwhelmed with gifts.

The gifts given by adults are usually watches or clothes, all of which are branded goods.

There are also Hong Kong comics, American comics, Japanese comics, pens, calligraphy, oil paintings, etc. given by children.

Fourteen people gave nearly twenty gifts, which were piled up together and took up a large space.

He Xiao couldn't get it either, so he looked at his father for help.

Lou Minghe made the decision and asked his eldest son Lou Zewen, who spoke good Mandarin, to accompany He Xiao to the guest room.

Lou Zewen is eighteen years old this year. He has just finished Form 5 and will go to university next year. He is still very friendly to his cousin He Xiao.

Perhaps it is because they are both the eldest in the family and will have to take over the family business in the future.

The two of them put the gifts in the guest room.

He Xiao was about to go downstairs, but was stopped by Lou Zewen: "Cousin, don't go down yet. It will take a while before dinner is ready. It will be boring to go down now."

"Cousin, don't go down. It's boring upstairs."

He Xiao looked puzzled. He didn't know much about the customs in Hong Kong, and he still had the vigor and vitality of his country. Lou Zewen pointed at the gifts and said, "How can it be boring? Open the gifts. First take a look at the gifts my mom and the others gave you. You must have never read these comics. I tell you, they are super exciting..."

Hong Kong comics, American comics, and Japanese comics do have many exciting contents, all of which are designed to attract the attention of young people.

Under the guidance of his cousin, He Xiao opened the gifts and looked at a few of them. His eyes were attracted by them and he suddenly thought that the comics outside were much better than the comic strips in the mainland.

Seeing that he had attracted his cousin's attention, Lou Zewen smiled and started chatting normally: "Cousin, are you coming back to Hong Kong this time?"

"Go back. My dad said he would take me out to play for a month as a graduation trip."

He Xiao raised his head politely when he heard Lou Zewen's question. Seeing his cousin's regretful look, he put down the comic book in his hand and said with a smile, "Cousin, is there any fun place in Hong Kong? My dad told me to make a travel plan by myself, but I don't know anything about Hong Kong."

"There must be a lot of fun places in Hong Kong," Lou Zewen was about to brag about the adult world he had just discovered recently, but suddenly he remembered that He Xiao was only fifteen years old and some parts of the world were off-limits to him. So he quickly stopped talking, his eyes rolling around.

"Cousin, how about I take you shopping? It would be a shame if you come to Hong Kong and don't go shopping."

"Shopping? That's fine," He Xiao doesn't like shopping. When Lou Xiao'e goes out with her friends, He Xiao doesn't like to follow them.

However, thinking about the scenery he saw on the way, He Xiao felt that shopping in Hong Kong might make him happy.

Lou Zewen began to give He Xiao advice on which commercial streets were prosperous, which amusement parks were fun, which merchandise brands were complete, and which were the places young people liked to play the most.

The two of them were chatting for an unknown amount of time when suddenly cousin Lou Zeru came up and knocked on the door, saying that dinner was ready.

Lou Zewen and He Xiao then reluctantly went downstairs.

After a satisfying meal and a good drink, He Yuzhu said goodbye.

He Xiao was going to stay in the Lou family, which was what Lou Minghe had agreed on in advance.

He Yuzhu couldn't stay, after all, he had a lot of things to do.

"Dad, why are you leaving?"

The Lou family gave the father and son their own space, and He Xiao was reluctant to see them part.

Part of the reason was that I was curious about where He Yuzhu would live after leaving the Lou family.

When they were in the old city, He Yuzhu's family often lived in his grandfather's house. In He Xiao's eyes, the He family and the Lou family were one family.

He Yuzhu has already moved to Lou's house, why does he want to live outside?
He Xiao was very confused.

Secondly, He Xiao was a little reluctant. It was the first time for him to completely leave his parents after growing up. Although he was a little excited, he also had some fear.

"Didn't Dad tell you? Dad also has work to do in Hong Kong. I've been back in the mainland for almost two months and have accumulated a lot of work. Dad always has to go to work."

He Yuzhu said a few words, and seeing that his son was still a little sad, he had to persuade him again: "Don't worry, I have made an agreement with your uncle, and I will ask him to send someone to take you to Dad's company to play tomorrow."

He Yuzhu tried his best to persuade and comfort his son, then asked Lou Minghe to arrange a driver to take him away.

The place where the Lou family lives is an upscale residential area, and it is not very convenient to get a taxi.

He Xiao didn't feel sad for too long after watching He Yuzhu leave, because Lou Zewen took him upstairs to play video games. While going upstairs, he started to tease him:

"Cousin, please don't bother your uncle. Adults have their own entertainment activities, and we have ours. I'll take you to play the video game."

"My dad went to work," He Xiao heard the sarcasm in his cousin's tone and felt a little unhappy.

"Tsk, uncle just said that, you really believed it," Lou Zewen said, using his poor thinking to explain, "Do you know what uncle's company does? It's a foreign trade company. Foreign trade companies deal with people. To deal with men, you have to go to nightclubs, karaoke bars, and massage parlors. As a big boss, uncle must be a frequent visitor to these places... Well, don't you know what a nightclub is?"

Seeing He Xiao looking at him in confusion, Lou Zewen quickly explained the names of these places.

What places like nightclubs mainly do is also described.

It was just a coincidence that Lou Zewen just turned 18 this year. During the summer vacation in July, he secretly took money and went there with a few classmates and friends to have fun a few times.

The young lady in the nightclub made Lou Zewen experience what happiness is.

He Xiao's eyes and ears turned red. He had never expected that Hong Kong would be so open. He subconsciously whispered, "Isn't a place like this a brothel?"

"It's about the same," Lou Zewen couldn't tell the difference between the two. He pulled He Xiao to his bedroom and took out the electronic toy.

He Xiao wanted to learn more new knowledge, but was soon attracted by electronic toys.

Electronic toys connected to the TV have become popular in the past two years.

The minimum selling price of an electronic game is several thousand Hong Kong dollars.

There are also very few games in it.

Lou Zewen's computer only has six tennis games.

It was the first time that He Xiao had seen such a simple video game. The two of them played until the early morning, and then they were so sleepy that they washed up and went to bed.

The next day, He Xiao was still thinking about playing video games. After breakfast, Lou Minghe called him over and said, "Nephew, come with me. I'll take you to see our company."

"Okay, uncle."

He Xiao couldn't resist the adults' arrangements.

Fortunately, Lou Zewen was very loyal and actually accompanied them out.

(End of this chapter)