He got on a big boat in Amoy, and the voyage took at least 10 days, making stops at Hong Kong and Shantou before going across the South China Sea. When he saw the flashing red lights, he knew that this was the "red light dock" of which he had been told, and he felt safe.
不過那時得由廈門登大船，一路顛簸，經香港、汕頭，劃過南海，至少得十天光景；看到閃爍的紅燈，知道這便是過來人所說的紅燈碼頭，一顆心才落地。