He didn't! He wasn't!
Li Chuchu nodded slightly in satisfaction and said with a smile, "No need. You go do your business first. I'll... when I get back tonight."
"I'll go with you!" Shen Yanshan said immediately.
If he didn't go with her, it seemed an enormous unjust accusation was about to be placed on him.
The two first went to a hotel to get a room.
Li Chuchu glanced at the room rate. For a slightly better hotel, the room price started at 150 Hong Kong dollars, which was more than 40 yuan.
It was equivalent to half a month's salary for her.
Many mainlanders came here to make money.
When Li Chuchu first transmigrated here, she might have had such an idea, but now she had completely given it up. Relying on herself alone, not only could she not even come to Hong Kong, but even if she managed to come by chance, seeing the prices here, she might have to sleep under a bridge.
Shen Yanshan booked a king - size bed room and paid the room rate for three days directly, which was a total of 110 yuan. At this time, ID cards were not yet popular. As long as you paid the money, you could get the room key and go upstairs.
When they entered the room, Li Chuchu was shocked again. "This... the bed is right at the entrance?"
The room was incredibly small, only big enough for two people to stand. One more person would make it crowded. There was a bathroom beside it, which could barely accommodate one person.
Shen Yanshan frowned slightly. He had booked a medium - sized room. "Should I go and change to another one?"
"Forget it. The houses in Hong Kong are basically this small. Changing to another one will cost more. Let's just make do for two days."
Hong Kong had a good economic development, but its geographical location was very small.
It could be said to be a place where every inch of land was extremely valuable.
Li Chuchu stuffed her luggage under the bed and went to the bathroom to change into a blue waist - cinched dress.
When she went out again, she seemed like a different person.
At this time, even though her dressing style was slightly different from others on the street, people wouldn't think she was a rustic girl from the mainland.
At Li Chuchu's strong request, Shen Yanshan also changed into the newly - bought clothes. Li Chuchu looked at Shen Yanshan in his new clothes with satisfaction. The more she looked, the more she felt that her taste was unique and her aesthetic sense was excellent.
"Now what should we do? Go find that boss surnamed Qian first?"
"No. We'll go find him on the last day."
Shen Yanshan first wanted to find out the nature of the electronics factory and the company under Factory Director Qian's name. Some companies in Hong Kong seemed very imposing, but in fact they were just empty shells. Their accounting books and profits were all fake. These companies specifically defrauded the mainland. Once something went wrong, the bosses could immediately escape abroad.
So Shen Yanshan had to come here in person this time and take the initiative, or he wouldn't be at ease no matter who came.
Downstairs was Xingwang Street.
People were coming and going on the street in a hurry. For a moment, they didn't know who to ask for directions.
Li Chuchu and Shen Yanshan looked at each other, and they both saw the headache of not knowing where to start in each other's eyes.
"Okay then. Food is the most important thing in the world. Let's go to that wonton stall up ahead and get two servings of wontons."
Li Chuchu said seriously.
"Okay."
Shen Yanshan readily agreed.
The wonton vendor was a middle - aged woman with a one - year - old baby on her back. She was busy making wontons in front of the stall alone.
Li Chuchu stood in front of the stall. "Boss, two servings of wontons."
She spoke Mandarin. Only after she said it did she realize her mistake. There were many Cantonese speakers here, and few people understood Mandarin. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the vendor looked at them in surprise. "Are you from the mainland?"
Li Chuchu was a bit surprised. "Yes. Are you too?"
"Of course. I've been here for almost three years. Most of the street vendors on this road are from the mainland doing business. Where are you from?"
"Ningcheng."
"Ningcheng? That's quite far from here. I'll give you one more wonton."
The landlady enthusiastically threw two more round wontons into the boiling pot.
Unexpectedly, on the first morning in Hong Kong, Li Chuchu received kindness from a stranger.
When the landlady brought the two steaming bowls of wontons to the table, Li Chuchu's hungry stomach was awakened. The wontons here were very big. You could almost see the filling through the thin skin. The meat was very chewy when bitten, and there seemed to be a shrimp in it.
She didn't know what ingredients were used for the soup base. There was some seaweed and dried shrimps in it, and it was very delicious.
After taking a sip, Li Chuchu felt that half of her body, which had been frozen by the sea breeze, had warmed up.
Generally speaking, the taste of the wontons was very different from that in the north.
But the wontons tasted really good.
Even Shen Yanshan, who had rarely been exposed to southern food before, stuffed one wonton after another into his mouth. He must have been really hungry.
There were still a few wontons left on Li Chuchu's plate, and Shen Yanshan came over to help finish them.
After they finished the wontons, they started to get down to business.
Li Chuchu looked at the vendor. She was wiping the stall repeatedly with a rag while using one hand to coax the baby.
Shen Yanshan asked, "Boss, do you know Rongxing Electronics Company?"
"Sure! My husband works there as a porter. What are you going to the electronics factory for? Looking for a job?"
Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence.
Li Chuchu was greatly excited. She didn't expect to find a lead so smoothly. Coming to this stall for wontons was really the right decision.
"Yes. I heard from relatives that this company has good benefits, so we want to come here to look for a job." Shen Yanshan's expression remained unchanged.
The vendor said with a smile, "Oh, the cost of living in Hong Kong is high, and the benefits are just barely okay. But many companies in Hong Kong don't hire mainlanders. When we first came here, we faced rejections everywhere. Only Rongxing Electronics Company doesn't have this restriction. You can go and try."
Shen Yanshan aligned the two chopsticks on the table. "That's quite good. But what kind of business does this Rongxing Electronics Factory mainly do? What kind of people do they recruit?"
The vendor was stunned.
"I don't know about that. Since it's an electronics company, it should be related to electronic software, I guess. My husband's job is just to load and unload goods every day. I'm not very clear. I'll ask for you when he comes back."
It seemed she really didn't know.
Shen Yanshan didn't continue to ask.
"Boss, the bill."
"Sure. Two bowls of wontons cost eight yuan in total."
Eight yuan was equivalent to 2.6 yuan on the mainland. Wontons in Ningcheng only cost 0.2 yuan a bowl. It was nearly six times more expensive here.
Shen Yanshan took out a 50 - yuan note from his wallet and put it on the table. "Please let us know if you get any news about Rongxing Electronics Company. We're in a hurry to find a job."
The landlady quickly refused. "Oh, everyone has difficult times. If I can find out, I'll definitely tell you! Mainlanders here help each other. You've had a hard time too. I won't take your money."
Unexpectedly, people who were money - grubbing on the mainland would actually refuse money in Hong Kong.
Shen Yanshan was silent for a while. "Okay, then I'll leave the meal money here."
"Okay! You can go!"
The landlady was busy adding water to the pot and didn't even turn back.
Shen Yanshan silently sandwiched the 50 - yuan note between the aligned chopsticks.
Then he took Li Chuchu and left.