282. Blue and White Cheongsam
Now the fishing grounds on the island have exhausted resources. Only Daqin Fishery has gained some vitality because of continuous investment. The remaining three private fishing grounds are left. Now the bosses have left the farewell island and went to St. Johns or Toronto.
Qin Shiou had to buy Mr. Rose Fishing Farm in the southwest of the island and the cod hometown fishing Farm in the west as soon as possible. One of the two fishing Farms is next to the Daqin Fishing Farm and the other has a giant algae jungle, and the fishery resources have begun to increase.
If the two fishing owners understand this, it will be more troublesome if he wants to buy two fishing grounds.
When he thought of it, he went to do it. Qin Shiou asked Hamley to help contact Robinson Ross, the owner of the fishing ground of Mr. Ross, to discuss the issue of purchasing Mr. Ross' fishing ground.
The Ross family lives in St. Johns, and is a relatively large family in the local area. Like Hughes' ancestors, they also fled to Newfoundland during the American War.
They are all from the upper class community of St. Johns, and Hamre easily helped Qin Shiou find an opportunity.
On August 25, the Inuits in St. Johns had a party. Robinson Ross's wife was an Inuit, so their family would attend the party. Hamre called and got a letter of invitation for Qin Shiou, asking him to bring Winnie to the party.
Just so happens that Qin Shiou's Tang suit is brand new and can be worn to attend this party.
When Winnie learned that she was going to attend this banquet, she took Qin Shiou to buy two dresses. Many of her clothes had not been mailed to her and was staying in the United States.
Qin Shiou said: "Didn't you bring a few beautiful skirts? Don't you buy them?"
Winnie laughed and said, "You are so cute, Qin, those skirts can't be worn to attend the Inuit summer carnival. Unless you don't want to do business with Mr. Ross."
Seeing that Qin Shiou was a little confused, Winnie sorted out her collar for him and explained: "August 25, this is the second important festival for the Inuit people after the March Muskrat Carnival. The summer carnival is also called Seal Carnival."
After listening to Winni's introduction, Qin Shiou understood what was going on. Inuit people lived in the bitter and cold land of the Arctic for generations. Their living environment was particularly harsh and it was difficult to survive.
Two of them are very important to them every year. One is that in March, the ice and snow melt when spring arrives. At this time, they will have a three-day celebration called the "Mushrat Carnival".
Another thing is the day in late August, because from this time on, seals enter the mating period, and a large number of seals go ashore to find mates. Seals are an important food for the Inuit people, and they will catch seals during this period, which leads to this carnival.
For the Inuits, these two festivals are particularly important, meaning they can hunt and reserve food, muskrat carnival and seal carnival. They all represent their desire for life.
Everyone wears costumes and sings and dances during festival celebrations. If outsiders want to participate, they are welcome. But they must wear costumes to show respect for this festival, otherwise don’t blame the Inuits for being indifferent.
When Winnie saw Qin Shiou, she said in a daze: "You don't understand the Inuit people, do you?"
Qin Shiou smiled bitterly and said, "I knew that their other name was Eskimo..."
"God!" said Winni anxiously, "This title must not be in front of the Inuits! They do not like to be called "Eskimos" because this statement comes from their enemies. The language of the Indian Algonquins means "people who eat raw meat". And "Inuit" is their self-proclaim, meaning "human race."
Qin Shiou was so depressed. The Eskimos were the title he learned from geography textbooks in junior high school. It turns out that our socialist country has never respected others.
Winnie introduced a lot to Qin Shiou. Inuits are a "minority" in Canada and have many taboos. The most common one is the name, and they cannot be called "Eskimos".
Because they believe that "man" is the supreme representative of the kingdom of life, and the term "raw meat eater" is extremely insulting - what is the difference between this and a wild beast?
Canada’s ethnic composition is a very complex issue. Not to mention the current immigration issue, there are three categories of indigenous peoples: First-Ethnic Indians, Metis, and Inuits.
There are 800,000 of these people, accounting for about three percent of the total population of Canada, of which 69% are the first ethnic group, 26% are the Metis, and only 5% are the Inuits. Among them, there are less than a thousand Inuits in St. Johns, which are a small race.
But often, the smaller the race, the more you value your beliefs, culture and traditions, and once you are insulted, you will definitely resist fiercely.
This is normal. People generally say that a big country has a big mind. Why? If the country is bigger, there are more resources and stronger strength, then you will be confident and free and easy. It doesn’t matter what insult you encounter.
Just like people, those who are very awesome, don’t care about other people’s evaluations. When the boss occasionally encounters people and things that don’t respect themselves outside, they just laugh it off. On the contrary, the smaller the person, the stronger the self-esteem, which is also because these people often have poor self-confidence.
So on the way, Winnie kept emphasizing to Qin Shiou that, in addition to discussing business, don’t express your opinions easily, otherwise it will be easy to make enemies.
In the largest clothing mall in St. Johns, Winnie picked a handmade cheongsam to make a dress in the Dragon and Phoenix Cheongsam Store to match Qin Shiou's Tang suit.
The cheongsam that Winni chose was a long cheongsam in the Republic of China style, with a white base, embroidered with restrained and clear blue and white.
The blue and white flowers of this cheongsam are not blue flowers, but a saying in Chinese ceramic art, such as Yuan blue and white, blue and white porcelain, etc. In the Canadian ceramic art world, blue and white are also known as the national flower of China. In fact, this color is blue.
The snow-white background and azure blue cloud patterns complement each other, full of elegant charm. The tall Winnie wore this cheongsam, tied her black hair and inserted a milky white lotus hairpin, paired with flesh-colored crystal stockings and sky blue fish-mouth high heels, which can only be described as shock.
Winnie walked out and walked around, and the eyes of several men in the mall burst out. Qin Shiou kept shaking her head, Winnie frowned and said, "Don't it look good? Or don't like it?"
"No, it's unbelievable!" Qin Shiou said.
Winnie reached out to pick Qin Shiou's chin and said with a smile: "You have a sweet mouth, and you will get a reward when you go back."
The owner of the Longfeng Cheongsam Store is a gentle young woman with exquisite makeup. When Qin Shiou paid the bill for Winnie, she kept asking Winnie if she was interested in taking promotional photos. She praised Winnie's beauty in wearing this cheongsam.
Winnie politely refused, and walked out of the mall with Qin Shiou's arms in her arms, regardless of men and women along the way, and the turnaround rate was up 100%.
Qin Shiou raised his head and raised his chest, feeling so proud that he felt more respectful than driving a Porsche 918. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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