Wu Zhen, whose ancestral home is Zhili, came to Nyasaland from the Qing Dynasty alone in March 2002 to work. Later, he decided to settle in Nyasaland, and at the end of 2002, he brought his wife and children to Nyasaland.
Wu Zhen works in an aquatic products company affiliated with Nyasaland Agricultural Company, and his daily task is to go fishing in Lake Nyasa. Wu Zhen’s wife works in Xiaosi’s cannery, and their four children, except for the youngest child, are still in nursery school.
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 Wuwei, hoping that his younger brother and his family could come to Nyasaland.
Wuwei's family also came to Nyasaland at the beginning of this year. Wu Zhen's family was finally reunited, and Wuwei was also assigned to work in a fishery company.
In Nyasaland, Wu Zhen has been working for 18 months, so Wu Zhen is now paid. Although the monthly salary is only three pounds, it is enough for Wu Zhen and his family to live without worries.
Life.
Every Saturday, Wu Zhen would go to the store affiliated with the aquatic products company to buy some snacks for the children, buy himself a pot of potato vodka produced in Johannesburg, and then ask Wu Wei to have a drink with some acquaintances.
There is no need to buy food to go with the wine. Wu Zhen’s wife works in a canning factory, so Wu Zhen’s family has no shortage of cans. This is a benefit of the canning factory.
When Wu Zhen gets off work every day, he can also bring a dozen small whitebait, which is a specialty of Lake Nyasa. Whether it is steamed or stewed, it tastes good. As a rule, the last thing before the end of the day is a welfare for employees.
, whether you eat it yourself or sell it, the managers of the aquatic products company don’t care.
Wu Zhen’s home is in the Fisheries Company community on the outskirts of Little Rock. Because his family is in Nyasaland, Wu Zhen is eligible for a single-family house allocated by the Fisheries Company. Although the house also has to be paid for, compared with collective dormitories
The conditions were obviously much better, so Wu Zhen's house became a regular gathering place for old friends.
At eight o'clock in the evening, when the street lights turned on, Wu Zhen's house became lively. 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.
Willing to give up.
After three drinks, the topic inevitably shifted to the land redemption just announced by the management committee.
"I have already thought about it. I will sign up tomorrow and buy fifty acres first. One acre is six acres, and fifty acres is three hundred acres. There is no rent for farming here. It doesn't matter how much grain you harvest.
My own, I never dared to think of such a good thing before." Wu Zhen had ideals. The former Wu Zhen must have never thought that he would one day become a landlord in his life.
"Brother, I'll guarantee it for you. If you want to buy it, just buy it for one hundred." Wu Wei fully agreed with Wu Zhen's decision, that is, Wu Wei was not qualified, otherwise Wu Wei would not let this opportunity go.
The regulations of the management committee are that each family can purchase a maximum of one hundred acres of land. If you don't have enough money, you can seek a loan from Rand Bank. It is estimated that most people need a loan to buy land. There is a guarantee issue here. If there is a guarantee,
Obviously you can get more loans.
"Okay, if we buy 100 acres, our family will have 50 acres. Three hundred acres of land is enough for farming. Our old landlord in Zhuangzi only has 300 acres of land." Wu Zhen is not a cautious character, otherwise he would be too cautious.
Don’t dare to immigrate to Nyasaland.
In this era, home migration undoubtedly requires courage. Several colleagues that Wu Zhen knows are still alone after two years in Nyasaland. These people are now not eligible to buy farms.
There is such a person among Wu Zhen's friends. Niu Tiansu also came to Nyasaland with Wu Zhen. Now he is also eligible for an annual salary of 36 pounds. However, Niu Tiansu's family is still in the Qing Dynasty. Niu Tiansu eats every day
He lived in a fishery company and his monthly salary was sent back to the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that with the salary Niu Tiansu sent back, Niu Tiansu's family also bought dozens of acres of land in the Qing Dynasty, and now they have no worries about food and clothing.
That's not right, the Qing Dynasty's worry-free food and clothing is not the same as Nyasaland's worry-free food and clothing.
In recent years, the Qing Dynasty has suffered from military disasters year after year, coupled with constant natural and man-made disasters. Even the quality of life of landowners is far worse than before. The "old landlord" Wu Zhen just mentioned was in trouble because he had a little surplus food at home. He was arrested the year before last.
The robbers killed them all in one night.
Don't worry about Nyasaland, there is no problem in terms of security. Nyasaland has been experiencing constant wars in the past two years, but the war has never burned into the territory of Nyasaland. On the contrary, Nyasaland is proud of every war.
Agricultural companies, aquatic products companies and canneries all benefited greatly from this, and the war dividends were shared by all the people. Therefore, having no worries about food and clothing is the real food and clothing.
"Lao Wu, you still have the foresight to bring your sister-in-law and children to Nyasaland early. My wife and children came three months late, and now they have to wait in line for qualifications." Wu Zhen's colleague Qian Jiang took a picture.
Thigh expressed regret. Wu Zhen’s family came to Nyasaland at the end of 2002, and Qian Jiang’s family came to Nyasaland at the beginning of 2003. In just three months, the fate of the two families was decided.
"Don't worry, old man. Among the first batch of people who are eligible to buy land, there may be some who won't buy it. You may be eligible by then. Besides, the committee's announcement also said that this is only the first time, and there will be more in the future.
If you have a chance, wait slowly, don't be anxious." Wu Zhen comforted him repeatedly, picked up the glass and offered the wine. If there is something that cannot be solved by one glass of wine, then two glasses.
At this time, Wu Wei's little daughter waddled over and brought a plate of potato chips. Wu Zhen laughed loudly, took the plate, and stuffed a piece of fried whitebait into the mouth of the little girl who looked eager.
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 with his head and tail wagging.
"You guys just made two bucks and burned it. Haven't you seen the tricks above? In the past, we had to do long-term work to pay off debts. This was reasonable. Now that we finally have some money, the bosses have started to buy land again.
, to put it bluntly, let us return the money and continue to work for nothing for the boss. This acre of land costs one pound, and buying one hundred acres of land costs one hundred pounds. Maybe we will work in vain for three to five years, etc.
In another three to five years, I don’t know what will happen from above, so I’d better be careful and don’t get sold and pay for it.” Niu Tiansu did not agree with buying land in Nyasaland, and Nyasaland
No matter how good he is, he is still 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 tacit glances. Niu Tiansu was good at everything, but his words were a bit weird. For this reason, Niu Tiansu was once demerited by the aquatic products company, but Niu Tiansu was still stubborn.
change.
Apart from this point, Niu Tiansu is actually a nice person. When colleagues need help, Niu Tiansu never refuses. In addition, Wu Zhen and Niu Tiansu are old friends, so they have not fallen out with each other until now.
"Brother Niu, the one acre we are talking about is one acre, which is different from the one acre in our hometown. How much land does our hometown buy per acre?" Wu Wei and Niu Tiansu don't have the same feelings as Wu Zhen and Niu Tiansu, so Wu Wei said
He was not polite when he spoke.
"You can't settle the accounts like this. I heard that if you go to Rhodesia, the land will be given away for free. Do you dare to ask for it?" Niu Tiansu still insisted that money is what you put in your pocket, and land in Nyasaland is cheap.
But in Niu Tiansu’s opinion, it’s still too expensive.
"Hey, my eldest brother is in Nyasaland, otherwise I would really go to Rhodesia. After I pay off the immigration fees, if our land in Nyasaland is sold out, I will really go to Rhodesia."
"We can go to Rhodesia by train." Wuwei is also a quick-thinking person. The conditions in Rhodesia are indeed better than those in Nyasaland, but Rhodesia is full of foreign devils and is not as good as Nyasaland.
They are all Chinese, so even though Stoudemire is promoting it in Nyasaland, there are still not many people willing to go to Rhodesia.
In order to attract the population, Stoudemire did everything possible. If Nyasaland people were willing to go to Rhodesia, Rhodesia would pay for the new immigrants to pay off their debts and help the new immigrants settle down in Rhodesia for free.
Allocate land.
Of course, the land allocated to Rhodesia must not be developed, and land reclamation is not an easy job, so very few people are willing to go to Rhodesia.
"Haha, what's so good about trains? They go over mountains and build bridges over water. The train's feng shui is ruined. I heard that the locomotive is filled with boiling water. What's the point of riding on it?" Niu Tiansu doesn't know how to do that.
Be easily persuaded.
It is really a wonderful thing about this Feng Shui. Someone once tried to use a compass to read Feng Shui in Nyasaland, but the compass lost its effect. Therefore, there are rumors in Nyasaland that the Feng Shui here has changed.
Everything was destroyed, and the train was naturally the culprit.
"Haha, Brother Niu, what you mean is that you are smarter than our lord!" Wu Wei stabbed calmly.
"I don't dare to say whether he is smart or not. Your Majesty is an Englishman now, not from the Qing Dynasty. There is no comparison between you and me." Niu Tiansu carelessly fell into the trap.
"Old Niu, you can't talk nonsense." Wu Zhen's face was obviously dissatisfied. There were no taboos in chatting, but there were some things that really couldn't be said.
To put it bluntly, don’t forget the well digger. Without Roque’s efforts, the Chinese people in Nyasaland would not have the good life they have today. As a human being, you cannot pick up a bowl to eat, put down your chopsticks and scold your mother. The police in Nyasaland
It's not for nothing. If Niu Tiansu's words get out today, Wu Zhen, Wu Wei, and Qian Jiang won't be able to live a good life.
"Can I still talk nonsense? Your title was given to you by the British." Niu Tiansu argued with his neck.
"You drank too much, you drank too much"
"I just said drink less!"
Both Wu Zhen and Qian Jiang were trying to smooth things over, but Wu Wei was the only one who sneered.
