After waiting until after dinner, an ambassador called them together and said: "I want to tell you good news, comrades. News has come from China. The plane will take us home directly, and the time will be tomorrow morning."
Everyone was rejoicing, and their hearts that had been hanging for many days were finally relieved, which made everyone very happy.
At 7 o'clock in the morning the next day, they began to line up in groups, waiting to take a bus to the airport. The embassy had already prepared a minibus, several minibuses, and jeeps.
At nearly 10 o'clock, Australian military vehicles and peacekeeping soldiers arrived at the entrance of the embassy. The vehicle slowly drove out of the embassy. Lao Wu saw that the roadside was filled with local refugees.
We waited at the airport until the afternoon. From time to time, people looked at their watches anxiously and looked up at the sky, hoping that the plane would arrive soon.
Finally, the plane arrived at two o'clock. When it arrived, everyone was speechless. Lao Wu thought that maybe after such a dangerous riot, people's hearts had become super calm.
At that moment, Lao Wu's thought was that he finally saw an airplane with a Chinese logo. It felt so kind and warm!
He had never felt that it was such a blessing to have a strong motherland to rely on.
There are two planes in total, both are Boeing 737 passenger planes, each with 124 authorized seats.
Before boarding the plane, the Chinese Ambassador to East Timor shook hands with Lao Wu and the team leaders to say goodbye one by one. When the ambassador shook hands with Lao Wu, he earnestly asked Lao Wu to take good care of the team members and bring everyone back to the country safely.
After hearing this, Lao Wu forgot about the excitement in his heart and just nodded his head.
It has been several days and they have been unable to contact their families in China.
The moment they stepped onto the ramp of the plane, they finally felt at ease. They could finally go home. This was not a dream.
"The flight route was from East Timor to Manila, and then transferred to China. At every stop, officials came to express condolences to us. During the whole process, all fees were waived and we did not have to pay a penny.
We have also talked about this matter, and the consensus view is that China has indeed become stronger, which was unimaginable in the past. The media will report what happened in the future, and we returned home safely. The night I came back
, my wife cried with joy and kept saying: It will be good to come back, it will be good to come back.
The next day I went back to my parents' house. My mother hugged me and cried. She was worried because she couldn't contact her. My parents couldn't sleep all night long in those days. The two of them kept calling my eldest brother to ask about the situation. That time
I stayed at home with my parents for about a week." Lao Wu said with emotion.
"Do you regret it? Do you regret coming here?" Han Peacock asked.
Lao Wu looked at Han Peacock and said with a smile: "Until now, I have never regretted coming to East Timor. I think the occurrence of war is unpredictable. An accident of one kind or another may happen in any country. This is not my decision.
It was a mistake, and it was also a valuable experience for me.
You see, I seem to be quite calm when I say it now. In fact, I have a lot of inner struggles, and my inner feelings can only be understood at that time. When I was in China, I decided that after the situation in East Timor calmed down, I wanted to go at least one more time. I also
There is a second-hand goods store I invested in, and the contract was signed for 10 years, and there are still 8 years left, so now I am back. When I come back this time, I don’t want to leave like the last time.”
"The people around me look good." Han Peacock said.
Old Wu said sarcastically: "That's because we are stronger."
"Strong? We are strong at home, but it is beyond our reach here, right?" Han Peacock asked.
Lao Wu smiled and said: "That's why we need to unite. You should have felt it. You just showed a little bit of the idea of doing business locally, and we are so enthusiastic. This is not without reason."
"To keep each other warm?" Han Kongque thought about it. It was really like this. No matter it was Li Fang, Lao Wang, or this Lao Wu, they all seemed too enthusiastic.
"It's not enough to just stick together. If we want to develop and grow, we must first unite and help each other. Only when we are all strong, the indigenous people here and the remaining Indonesian monkeys will not dare to show their knives to us in the future."
Wu said bitterly.
Seeing that Han Peacock didn't speak, Old Wu hurriedly said: "You're not scared, are you? Don't worry, now that our country is strong, even our local Chinese are strong, and those people don't dare to bully us at all."
Han Kongque said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of this, but if I encounter such bad things every day, I will feel troublesome."
Han Kongque was not joking, he just felt troublesome. Although he had strength and power, he did not want to reveal this strength often, otherwise it would definitely cause some trouble.
"Don't worry, things are not the same now. We Chinese overseas have been bullied so many times. If we can't make progress, we deserve to be bullied. So we have learned our lesson and now have formed several large gathering areas.
Within our Chinese community, there are specialized security guards, as well as schools and martial arts gyms to teach children." Lao Wu said confidently.
"Martial Arts Hall?" Han Kongque was really surprised this time. These people were really determined.
"To the outside world, it is the Confucius Institute. You see, I have a portrait of Confucius here. The locals think this is our belief, but our belief is written in one hand and sword in the other. This is not because we advocate force, but to learn from Confucius.
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There are two Chinese in this shop, so we enshrined two swords in front of the portrait of Confucius." As he spoke, Old Wu opened a door curtain in the shop, revealing a portrait inside, which was of Confucius.
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Holding a book in one hand and a sword in the other, this portrait of Confucius is a bit different from the others. It must have been printed as needed.
There are three plates of fruit in front of the portrait, and in front of it is an incense burner. There is a lot of incense ashes on the incense burner, which is obviously often worshiped. In front of the incense burner, there are two swords crossed. Of course, more vividly speaking, they should be called knives.
"There are a lot of Japanese people here, and many people know this kind of sword and call it a Japanese sword. But our sword has no curvature and is straight. As long as the Chinese know it, this is what we usually call Tang sword.
After all, the sword is not that easy to use, so I finally thought of this single-edged sword. The blade is ultra-thin so it is very sharp, and the back of the sword is thickened, which is more convenient for cutting. It is a long knife for actual combat." Pulled out a Tang Dao,
Lao Wu handed it to Han Peacock for a closer look.
"The martial spirit should never be forgotten!" Han Peacock sighed.
Old Wu was stunned and said: "Yes! God helps you, and it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself, so we have taken so many measures. However, as the peace lasts for a long time, some people begin to forget the danger. I hope you can support us, Xiao Han."
"Don't worry, I will definitely support you. Not only knives, if you want guns, I can also provide them." Han Kongque said as if he was joking.
"If you can really get it, we really need it." Old Wu said as if he was joking.
Han Peacock kept staring at Lao Wu's eyes. Although Lao Wu seemed to be speaking casually, Han Peacock could see the seriousness in his eyes.
"Guns are not allowed in East Timor." Old Wu was still so casual, but his words had a different meaning.
Han Peacock nodded and said: "I do have a way to get a gun. As you know, fishing boats fishing at sea may encounter any situation, so naturally they need some weapons for self-defense. My fishing boat will come here recently.
They have some guns, and I can let them keep some if you need them."
"It would be great if this is true. Don't worry, I know the local peacekeeping force and it's easy to apply for a gun license." Old Wu said.
"Peacekeeping troops? Can they still apply for gun licenses?" Han Kongque asked.
Old Wu smiled and said: "This country is built on peacekeeping. If there is no help from outsiders, can they be independent?"
Guns are not allowed in East Timor, and every local resident has firearms and bombs.
The peacekeeping forces here can often find guns, rockets, barrels, grenades and grenades from local residents' homes.
"In those years, setting off guns in the local area was as common as setting off firecrackers in China. Our place is relatively remote, and management over Dili is very strict now, so foreign tourists will not notice it." Lao Wu said.
In East Timor, the situation faced by the peacekeeping troops is also not optimistic. When they were patrolling the streets, their gun holsters were opened and bullets were loaded.
There was a mutiny in East Timor that attempted to assassinate the president and prime minister. The peacekeeping police and the local police participated in enforcing the curfew and setting up checkpoints.
"There are Chinese peacekeeping police here, and they have a good relationship with us. They help each other." To prove this, Lao Wu also talked a lot about the local peacekeeping police.
Things have gotten better in recent years. In 2008, when patrolling in the local area, dangers could occur at any time. Things have improved a lot now, but peacekeeping police officers have to worry more about their own lives.
In the mission area, each peacekeeping police officer has to solve his or her own food and accommodation problems, and the United Nations agency is only responsible for distributing subsidies.
In local supermarkets, there are almost no foods suitable for Chinese tastes, most of which are beef.
When many peacekeeping police officers return to China, what they want to eat most is vegetables.
His experience was taken as experience. In the subsequent peacekeeping police, vegetable seeds became a must-have. Almost every Chinese policeman who came here to perform tasks would bring some.
Therefore, a large part of the vegetables produced in Timor-Leste are domestic varieties. This is not without reason. At that time, every Chinese policeman who came here would bring more than a dozen kinds of vegetable seeds to prepare to grow their own vegetables.
Compared with other places that require peacekeeping, East Timor appears to be more "backward". East Timor is located in Southeast Asia, with a hot and humid climate, and mosquitoes are rampant. Therefore, the incidence of malaria and dengue fever is quite high, and both infectious diseases are fatal.
These two infectious diseases are mainly transmitted by mosquitoes, so preventing mosquitoes has become a top priority, because no one dares to take their own lives seriously. (~^~)