Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1206

The town of Winterton is not big, and the school is built on the outermost edge of the lower reaches of the Tugra River. Although it covers a small area, there are not many classrooms. After all, it is a small town with a population of less than a thousand. Normally, the school has There are about 200 students, and some parents send their students to a school in Ladysmith, [-] kilometers away, where the school is larger and the teaching quality is better.

Residents of the town have completely different attitudes towards education. Chinese parents are the most active. As long as their children reach school age, they will send their children to school. Study in school.

European immigrant families are not enthusiastic about education, but they are not opposed to it. As long as their children are willing to go to school, most parents support it.

Relatively speaking, Boer families are the most resistant to the school, which is related to the school’s use of English and Chinese for teaching. Although Boer is also the official language of southern Africa, few schools outside Orange use Boer for teaching. The number of Boers also dwindled.

Southern Africa has very high requirements for schools. Schools do not use common wooden structures, but use stronger and more expensive masonry structures.

The same is true of Winterton Elementary School. The school is built on a relatively high hillside. The main building materials are red bricks produced by Lady Smith. All the classrooms are laid with wooden floors. The conditions are actually quite good.

Of course, in the eyes of some people, the conditions in the school are extremely simple, and the food that Gilbert sent is not rich enough. There are only fruits, poultry eggs, canned food, and no fresh meat. Very different.

Don't doubt that the standard of living in southern Africa is still very high, even during the world wars it was not affected much.

Around Winterton are well-developed farms, abandoned for a while after the Second Boer War, but quickly revived with the arrival of large numbers of new settlers, and better than ever.

In Winterton, not only the farms run by the Chinese, but also the farms run by the whites are actually in good condition. Not to mention bungalows and cars in every household, it is still possible to have wine and meat.

"Cans, cans, and cans, those orientals eat barbecue in warm and comfortable houses, but we eat these cold cans, have you heard that these cans are actually made of offal and carrion, People will get sick if we eat it, those Easterners use this method to kill us all, and then southern Africa will be theirs." Halifax chattered, the internal organs are indeed real, and the carrion is pure rumors, but this Such rumors are widely spread in southern Africa, and many people are willing to believe them.

"Halifax, don't be alarmist. There may be animal offal, but animal offal is not inedible. Foie gras is also animal offal." Some people are not used to Halifax's words, but not everyone is dissatisfied.

During the dry season, some white people living on the right bank of the Tugra River also proposed to repair the river, but because there were not many people willing to work, it was not implemented in the end.

In the Tugra River in previous years, although the river surged during the rainy season, it did not flood to the extent this year. After the rainy season this year, there should be more people willing to repair the river during the dry season.

It is not too late to make amends.

"Tim, you are too easy to be satisfied. It is obvious that those Orientals took away our comfortable life, but you accepted it with peace of mind and let Julia and the children live in a simple classroom. You are not You should be ashamed of yourself as a responsible husband and father.” Halifax has a tricky angle, Julia is Tim’s wife.

"You bastard, I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Tim blushed and stood up with fists clenched, but was immediately pulled back by Julia.

"Don't be like that Tim, he's just an asshole, trying to provoke you." Julia calmed down, it's no good doing it now.

"Ha, it looks like you deserve to live here, like stray dogs living in a fence." Halifax slipped away after speaking, he was also afraid of being beaten.

It was still raining outside the classroom, and there were white raindrops in sight. On the river embankment in the distance, Mayor Winter and Sheriff Gilbert were leading a group of people to inspect the embankment. There were several people not far from the school gate. Several Chinese youths with shotguns on their backs chatted together. They were monitoring the people in the school to prevent them from making trouble.

"Look, we are locked here like prisoners, without even the most basic freedom." Halifax was still provoking, but he didn't have the consciousness to help.

"Harry, what do you think we should do?" Qin Hui still has three friends, and naturally there are people who support Halifax.

"We can't be slaughtered like some turtles. We must take Winterton back and drive those damned Orientals away." Halifax's eyes flashed with dangerous signals, faintly The strong smell of barbecue wafted over, and Halifax was so jealous that he lost his mind.

"If we do this, the Ladysmith garrison will not let us go." The Halifax companions were worried. Although they wanted to eat barbecue, they didn't want to die for it.

"Don't worry, as long as we all work together, the Ladysmith garrison will not do anything to us, do you understand that the law does not blame the public!" Halifax sneered, the law does not blame the public is really a good excuse.

"But there are too few of us—" Some people are still very worried. There are not many people willing to take the risk with Halifax, only a dozen or so.

"We can surprise." Halifax is confident that he has lost his family, lost all his property, and has nothing more to lose.

Later, Halifax and his companions put on their raincoats and headed for the embankment.

Winterton and Gilbert were patrolling the embankment.

During the dry season, the residents on the left bank of the Tugra River raised the height of the entire embankment by at least two meters when repairing the river, and the width of the embankment top was about three meters. It is a very precious wood, but its growth rate is very slow, and it takes about five to sixty years to enter the vigorous growth period.

There was a lot of high-quality wood around Ladysmith 20 years ago. After these years of development, the high-quality wood has basically been exploited. The former forests are now replanted with high-quality wood and fast-growing forests. What the Ladysmith City Government provides free of charge not only has economic value, but also has high ornamental value.

"Fortunately, we didn't forget to repair the river during the dry season, otherwise we would have suffered this year." Looking at the raging and roaring river, Wen Te was afraid. The rainy season this year was too heavy, and the residents on both sides of the Tegra River suffered heavy losses.

What's interesting is that as long as there are residential areas where Chinese live, the losses are not too large, within an acceptable range.

"Halifax is crazy. After the rainy season, I want to send Halifax to drive out of Winterton." Gilbert has long disliked Halifax, and those Gurkhas have already Standing firm in Winterton, the farm thriving, Halifax had become a disgrace to the whites of Winterton.

"Where can you drive him? This guy is a jerk and he won't be welcome anywhere." Winter didn't like Halifax either, but there was nothing he could do.

Although Halifax hates it, he didn't do anything like anger or grievance. I haven't realized it yet, or feel complacent.

In fact, Halifax used to be quite a nice person, but it’s a pity that he was obsessed with gambling and alcohol. As a negative example, Si educates his children to stay away from gambling and alcohol.

Don't believe that small bets can make you happy and big ones can hurt you. Big bets start from small bets. People have self-knowledge. Those who don't have much self-control ability should not do it at all. Don't overestimate your self-control.

"Mr. Mayor, is there anything we can do for you?" Halifax came to the embankment at this time.

"What are you doing here?" Gilbert asked indifferently.

"I'm here to help—"

"No, just take care of yourself, I don't need your help here." Gilbert flatly refused, not giving Halifax a chance to "help".

"Hey, Mr. Sheriff, please don't reject our enthusiasm. We also want to contribute to Winterton." Halifax said in a frivolous tone. He came to the river bank and kicked a stone hard with his feet.

The stone did not move.

Halifax shook his head to express regret, and sighed in his mouth: "The repair is really solid, how much cement was used, and it will cost a lot of money——"

"Harry, you're such a bastard. What do you think you'll get if you break down the embankment?" Gilbert really couldn't figure out what was going on in Halifax's mind. It's not normal, the more he looks more like a lunatic.

"Hahaha—it's no good, and I don't want the embankment to be washed away—" Halifax laughed, not wanting a stone under his feet to suddenly loosen.

Halifax let out a strange cry, and suddenly lost his balance.

Gilbert stood by Halifax when Halifax fell into the river.

For a moment, Gilbert subconsciously reached out to Halifax, trying to pull Halifax back.

But just when Gilbert was about to catch Halifax, Gilbert stopped suddenly and watched Halifax fall into the river.

The river roared, and Halifax was swept into the bottom of the river without any struggle, leaving only the stunned crowd on the bank and the indifferent Gilbert.

It was really a surprise.

(End of this chapter)