Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 409 Sneer (make up for last night)

Wu Zhen's ancestral home is Zhili. In March 02, he came to Nyasaland alone from the Qing Dynasty to work. After that, he decided to settle in Nyasaland. At the end of 3, he took his wife and children to Nyasaland.

Wu Zhen works in an aquatic product company affiliated to Nyasaland Agricultural Company. His daily task is to go fishing in Lake Nyasa. Wu Zhen’s wife works in a canning factory in Stoudemire. Four children, except the youngest, are still in the nursery. Besides, other children have already entered school, and Wu Zhen is very satisfied with his life in Nyasaland.

So in mid-April last year, Wu Zhen mailed five pounds to his younger brother who was still in the Qing Dynasty, and sent a telegram to his younger brother Wu Wei, hoping that his younger brother and his family could also come to Nyasaland.

At the beginning of this year, Wuwei's family also came to Nyasaland. Wuzhen's family was finally reunited, and Wuwei was also assigned to work in a fishery company.

In Nyasaland, Wu Zhen has worked for 18 months, so now Wu Zhen is paid. Although the monthly salary is only three pounds, it is enough for Wu Zhen's family to live comfortably. Life.

Every Saturday, Wuzhen would go to the store affiliated to the aquatic product company to buy some snacks for the children and a pot of potato vodka produced in Johannesburg for himself, and then he would call Wuwei to have a drink with some acquaintances.

There is no need to buy food and drinks. Wu Zhen's wife works in a canning factory, so Wu Zhen's family has no shortage of canned food. This is the benefit of the canning factory.

When Wu Zhen gets off work every day, he can also bring more than a dozen small whitebait, which is a special product of Lake Nyasa. Whether it is steamed or stewed, it tastes good. According to the usual practice, the last catch before the end of work is the employee's welfare. , Whether it is eaten by oneself or sold, the management staff of the aquatic product company does not care.

Wu Zhen's home is in the fishery company's complex on the outskirts of Little Rock. Because his family is in Nyasaland, Wu Zhen is eligible for a single-family house allocated by the fishery company. Although the house also has to be paid for, it is different from a collective dormitory. Conditions were obviously much better, so Wu Zhen's home became a regular gathering place for old friends.

At eight o'clock in the evening, when the street lights came on, Wu Zhen's house was full of excitement. The men were drinking and chatting in the living room, the women were busy in the kitchen, and the children were running wild outside the house. They always had to play until they were exhausted. Ken give up.

After drinking for three rounds, the topic inevitably shifted to the land redemption just announced by the management committee.

"I've already made up my mind. I'm going to sign up tomorrow. I'll buy fifty acres first. One acre is six acres, and fifty acres is three hundred acres. There is no rent for farming here, and it doesn't matter how much grain you collect. My own, such a good thing, I didn’t even dare to think about it before.” Wu Zhen had ideals, and Wu Zhen in the past must have never imagined that he would still be a landlord in this life.

"Brother, I will guarantee it for you. If you want to buy it, you can buy one hundred." Wu Wei fully agrees with Wu Zhen's decision, that is, Wu Wei is not qualified, otherwise Wu Wei will not let go of this opportunity.

The regulations of the management committee are that each family can buy a maximum of [-] acres of land. If they don’t have enough money, they can get a loan from the Rand Bank. It is estimated that most people need a loan to buy land. There is a problem of guarantee. If there is a guarantee, Obviously more loans can be obtained.

"Okay, if we buy [-] acres, our family has [-] acres, and [-] acres of land is enough for planting. The old landlord's family in our village only has [-] acres of land." Wu Zhen is not a cautious character, otherwise he would Do not dare to immigrate to Nyasaland.

In this era, immigrating at home undoubtedly requires courage. Several colleagues Wu Zhen knew came to Nyasaland for two years and were still alone. These people are not eligible to buy a farm now.

There is such a person among Wu Zhen’s friends. Niu Tiansu also came to Nyasaland with Wu Zhen, and now he is also eligible for an annual salary of 36 pounds, but Niu Tiansu’s family is still in the Qing Dynasty, and Niu Tiansu eats it every day I live in the aquatic company, and my monthly salary will be sent back to Qingguo.

It is said that with the salary sent back by Niu Tiansu, Niu Tiansu's family also bought dozens of acres of land in the Qing Dynasty, and now they can count on food and clothing.

That's not right, the worry-free living in the Qing Dynasty is not the same as the worry-free living in Nyasaland.

In recent years, the Qing Dynasty suffered military disasters in recent years, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, even landlords, their quality of life is much worse than before. The robbers were killed overnight.

Never mind Nyasaland, there is no problem with security. In the past two years, Nyasaland has been fighting continuously, but the flames of war have never reached Nyasaland's territory. On the contrary, every time there is a war, Nyasaland is proud, Agricultural companies, aquatic product companies, and canning factories all reaped benefits because of this, and the whole people shared the dividends of the war, so this worry-free life is the real worry-free life.

"Old Wu, you have the foresight. You took my sister-in-law and children to Nyasaland early, but my wife and children came three months late, and now I have to wait in line to qualify." Wu Zhen's colleague Qian Jiang patted The thigh expressed regret. Wu Zhen's family came to Nyasaland at the end of 02, and Qian Jiang's family came to Nyasaland at the beginning of 03. In just three months, the fate of the two families was decided.

"Old Qian, don't worry. The first batch of qualified land buyers may not buy it. Then you may be eligible. Besides, the committee's announcement also said that this is only the first time. In the future, you will be able to buy land." If you have a chance, wait slowly, don't worry." Wu Zhen continued to comfort him, holding up a glass to let the wine go, if there is something that cannot be solved with a glass of wine, then two glasses.

At this time, Wuwei's youngest daughter came over with a plate of fried potato chips. Wu Zhen laughed and took the plate, and stuffed a piece of fried whitebait into the mouth of the eager little girl.

The little girl happily shouted "Thank you, Uncle", and then went out to show off to her friends. The fat dog under the table probably smelled it, and followed the little girl out the door wagging its head and tail.

"You guys, you just earned two dollars and burned it. You haven't seen the tricks of the higher-ups? In the past, we had to carry long-term labor to pay off the debts. To put it bluntly, let us return the money and continue to do the work for nothing. One acre of land costs one pound, and one hundred acres of land costs one hundred pounds. Maybe it will be for nothing in three to five years. In another three to five years, I don’t know what’s wrong with it, so I’d better be careful, and don’t get sold for money.” Niu Tianxiu disapproved of buying land in Nyasaland, Nyasaland No matter how good it is, he is thousands of miles away from home. Niu Tiansu is now determined to make money in Nyasaland, and then buy a house and land in his hometown. When Niu Tiansu gets older, he will return to his hometown to enjoy the happiness.

Wu Zhen and Qian Jiang exchanged a tacit look. Niu Tiansu is good at everything, but his speech is a bit eccentric. Because of this, Niu Tiansu was once punished by the aquatic product company, but Niu Tiansu is still stubborn. change.

Apart from this point, Niu Tiansu is actually a good person. When colleagues need help, Niu Tiansu never refuses. In addition, Wu Zhen and Niu Tiansu are old friends, so they haven't turned their backs until now.

"Brother Niu, the acre we are talking about is an acre. It is different from the acre in our hometown. How much is an acre of land in our hometown?" It's not polite to talk.

"You can't settle the bill like this. I heard that if you go to Rhodesia or something, the land will be given away for free. Do you dare to ask for it?" Niu Tianxiu still insisted that the money is in the pocket, and the land in Nyasaland is cheap. But in Niu Tiansu's view, it was still too expensive.

"Hey, that means my elder brother is in Nyasaland, otherwise I would really go to Rhodesia. When I pay off the immigration fee, if our land in Nyasaland is sold out, I will really go to Rhodesia. If you want to go to Rhodesia, you can also take the train.” Wu Wei is also a quick-witted person, Rhodesia’s conditions are indeed better than Nyasaland’s, but Rhodesia is full of foreign devils, not as good as Nyasaland’s All of them are Chinese, so even though Stoudemire is promoting it in Nyasaland, not many people are willing to go to Rhodesia.

In order to attract the population, Stoudemire is doing everything possible. If the people of Nyasaland are willing to go to Rhodesia, then Rhodesia will pay for the new immigrants to pay off their debts, and also help the new immigrants settle in Rhodesia, free of charge. Allotment of land.

Of course, the land allocated to Rhodesia must not have been developed, and reclaiming land is not an easy job, so very few people are willing to go to Rhodesia.

"Hehe, what's so good about trains? They pass mountains and open mountains, cross waters and build bridges. The feng shui is destroyed by trains. I heard that the locomotives are filled with boiling water. What's there to sit on?" Niu Tiansu didn't know. easily persuaded.

About this feng shui, it is really a wonderful thing. Someone once tried to use a compass to look at feng shui in Nyasaland, but the compass lost its effect, so there are rumors in Nyasaland that the feng shui here has All were destroyed, and of course the train was the culprit.

"Haha, brother Niu, what do you mean, you are smarter than our lord!" Wu Wei stabbed indifferently.

"I dare not say whether you are smart or not. The Sir is now an Englishman, not from the Qing Dynasty. I have nothing to compare with the Sir—" Niu Tiansu fell into the pit carelessly.

"Old Niu, you can't talk nonsense about this—" Wu Zhen's face was obviously dissatisfied, there are no taboos in chatting and talking, but there are some things that really can't be said.

To put it bluntly, don’t forget the well diggers when drinking water. Without Roque’s efforts, the Chinese in Nyasaland would not have a good life today. A man can’t pick up a bowl to eat, put down his chopsticks and scold his mother, the police in Nyasaland It wasn't for nothing, if Niu Tiansu's words got out today, Wu Zhen, Wu Wei, and Qian Jiang wouldn't even think about having a good life.

"How can I talk nonsense? The title of Lord Sir was originally given by the British—" Niu Tiansu pulled his neck and raised the bar.

"You drank too much, drank too much—"

"I said drink less!"

Both Wu Zhen and Qian Jiang were smoothing things over, only Wu Wei sneered.

(End of this chapter)