Of course there are young girls who want to buy them. [Read the latest chapter] In fact, their family was targeted not long after they settled in the temple. First, a few people asked people to come to Guan to tell them. Some said that wealthy families wanted to take concubines, and some said that wealthy families wanted to buy maids, and the price was not low. The wife of the Lu family was moved by what she said - instead of a family like this dying, it would be better to give her daughter a way out in exchange for some money. However, Lu Bai had some knowledge. After hearing this, he struggled and said that it was absolutely impossible.
"Any serious family who wants to take a concubine or a maid does not need a guarantee before entering the house - at least it must be a local person who knows the basics," he gasped, "We are immigrants and we don't have a guarantee, so we can't just buy it if we say so." You are not a good person, you must hold on and don't let your daughter fall into the pit of fire!" He couldn't breathe and rolled his eyes again. The whole family cried, shouted, and got massages, which finally gave Lu Bai a breath of air.
Seeing that Lu was unwilling to sell, Renyazi hired several scoundrels who specialized in seducing women to seduce Lu Cheng in addition to lobbying in every possible way. Fortunately, Lu Cheng was used to this kind of thing since he was a child and was not moved by his sweet words. Lu Shouye also kept a close eye on him.
But the problem of livelihood has never been solved - I want my son to find a place to work as a waiter, but no one is willing to take him in without insurance, so he has to do some casual labor to make ends meet. 6's business is not as good as that of farm children, he can't do manual labor, and he can't earn a few bucks. money.
When the family was at the end of their rope, people from Cihui Hall appeared and took them into the hall without much effort.
Cihuitang is a specialized charity hall run by Guangzhou Station. The reason is that the behavior of the refugees hosted by Guangzhou Station has become noticeable. The number of refugees they host is not only large, but also lasts for a long time, making it difficult to cover up for a long time.
It is the Qiwei Escort Bureau that is currently handling the matter of accepting refugees. But many people know that Qiwei Escort Bureau was sent by Zichengji to handle this matter. Such a large-scale admission of refugees, the whereabouts of the refugees are unknown, and their background of selling Australian goods. Naturally, rumors arose in Guangzhou that Zichengji was trafficking people to Australia. Some people even described their behavior of taking in orphans as using boys and girls to refine the "Australian secret medicine". The crystal mirror was made from this medicine.
Although the Ming government does not care much about the life and death of its own people, it still has to deal with matters such as being trafficked overseas, which "undermines the power of God and insults the national system." Fortunately, the Guangzhou Station took good care of everything on weekdays, and Gao Ji, Liang Cunhou and others spoke up, so the matter did not become a big deal.
But this incident also sounded a wake-up call for them. It is dangerous to continue this pattern. Even if the government does not care, they will not be able to bear the instigation of people with ulterior motives when the people rise up and cause trouble. This is a lesson from the fact that when foreign missionaries came to China to preach and provide charity services to take in orphans and abandoned babies, they were often suspected by the public and cited as "lesson plans".
Zhang Xin, who presided over this matter, had another hidden worry: taking in a large number of refugees, which in ancient times was highly suspected of rebellion. Therefore, Zhang Xin felt that he must find a cover for Guangzhou Station's behavior as soon as possible.
After Zhang Xin discussed it with everyone, he decided to bring Liang Cunhou into the group and organize a public charity event, and stop using Qiwei Escort to come forward - it was too suspicious for Qiwei to do this in his capacity as an Escort.
Mr. Liang usually cared about the old and the poor, and was very enthusiastic about charity. As a son of an official, it was only appropriate for him to provide a protective umbrella for the immigration work.
At that moment, Guo Yi prepared gifts and went to see Liang Cunhou and put forward his own suggestions. Liang Cunhou was indeed very interested in this. Not only did he immediately agree to serve as the director of the shantang, he also donated one thousand taels of silver. The model of cooperation is a typical collusion between government and businessmen: Liang Cunhou is mainly famous, and Zichengji is responsible for paying. Guo Yi also recruited a group of officials' children whom Gao Ju and Pei Lixiu had met at Ziminglou: Wu Zhixiang, Dong Jizhong and others to serve as directors of the charity hall. These officials' sons were originally not interested in charity, but they couldn't stand Pei Lixiu's hard work, and they heard that it didn't cost money and it was just a name, so they accepted it. Guo Yi was willing to spend money again. He spent a large sum of money to become the governor's concubine, and even made an inscription by Wang Zunde to show off.
The charity hall was named "Ci Hui Hall". The specific personnel handling it are still the original team of Qiwei Escort Bureau. Zhang Xin transferred them individually to form this team, which was directly under his control. Later, a number of reliable indigenous cadres were brought in from Lingao to enrich the team.
Zhang Xin learned his lesson and not only made a fuss about taking in refugees, but also carried out common charity activities such as distributing medicines and tea in summer, donating cotton-padded clothes in winter, and donating coffins on weekdays. From time to time, he also organized charity activities in two counties of Guangzhou Engage in repairing bridges and repairing roads. When it comes to hosting refugees, it no longer only focuses on immigrants, but also continues to open traditional charity facilities such as "Orphan Homes", "Nursing Homes" and "Qingjie Hall" to accommodate local poor people who have lost their labor force.
These measures have greatly diluted the original situation of Guangzhou Station's massive recruitment of manpower. But Zhang Xin never heard of the search for refugees for a moment. He ordered Cihuitang to organize a special reception team to go through the streets and alleys every day and visit various temples and temples to take in the refugees. As long as they are suitable, they will be taken away immediately with coaxing and coaxing.
Guo Yi was not stingy with money in this regard. He bribed all the petty officials in Panyu and Nanhai counties as well as Guangzhou Prefecture, such as Yamen and Dianshi. In addition, he also had the support of Liang Cunhou, a young man from an aristocratic family, to collect the population. It has been going very smoothly.
Although the Lu family looked poor, they did not appear to be farmers with mud-legged backgrounds. The people in the reception team knew that Australians were very interested in "city people", especially this family with young girls. Without much effort, the six families were taken in, and the rest was out of their control. First they were "purified", then they signed a deed of betrayal, and finally they went directly to Lingao.
Lu Bai was carried into the dedicated medical center of the quarantine camp, which was isolated separately. This place is specially designed to accommodate and treat sick refugees. On the one hand, it is to avoid human loss and infection; on the other hand, it is for doctors to practice their skills. The Ministry of Health has designated this place as a designated internship unit, where doctors, nurse trainees, and pharmaceutical manufacturers gain experience in various new drugs.
Patients who survived the combined abuse of Mongolian doctors, inexperienced nurses, and various new drugs with unknown efficacy, toxic and side effects were cured, and those who could not survive were finished. Of course many people died, but many were saved. It was here that the first batch of crude sulfonamides manufactured in the Coal Coking Complex proved its effectiveness, side effects, and the dosage required to be effective without killing the patient.
Lu Bai once again proved that he was a person with great vitality. Although he was very skinny when he was discharged from the hospital, he still survived and recovered. After a month of rest, he was even able to participate in the basic military training that every refugee must undergo.
After the quarantine period, the six families were resettled in the newly established Calais commune. Before the resettlement, there were several people in blue cloth who were in charge of the whole family. They asked about all the affairs of Liu Cheng's family, no matter how big or small. Even the affairs of Lu Cheng's husband's family, which he failed to marry, were also thoroughly questioned. Ichiban.
Calais Commune is the fourth commune established by the Civil Affairs Committee, focusing on agricultural development. It is also the second Tianyangkai opened by Wu Nanhai's Agriculture Committee after the American and Taiwanese Yangkai. About 3,000 immigrants were settled in five newly built settlements here.
The 6 families once again have their own house - although the area is not large, at least it is their own. As for the mortgage loan to buy a house, it can be repaid in 20 years. It's just free money to them.
In addition to houses, the commune also gave everyone basic daily necessities and enough clothes. I started eating in the cafeteria, but later I changed my salary. The ladies of the 6 families started cooking by themselves. The first time the family sat around the table to eat, they couldn't help crying, feeling as if they were having a nightmare.
After being homeless for several months, I finally lived in a clean house again, protected from the sun and rain, and could eat hot meals normally every day. For the ordinary citizens in the past, it really felt like crawling out of hell. But Australia The elder is the Bodhisattva with great mercy and compassion who saves all living beings.
Life gradually becomes stable, and the surprise of many new things we see in our daily life gradually fades away. In the blink of an eye, the six families have been in Lingao for eight months. In the past eight months, life has been smooth and quiet. The Liu family is a small businessman. The father and son of the Liu family know nothing about farm work, but they both know some writing and abacus. After simple training, they became clerks and clerks in the commune. Accounting.
Even though the clerks and accountants were small cadres, Lu Bai was very satisfied with the status quo. I just made preparations to arrange the marriage for my children. But getting married is not easy - there are more men than women in Lingao, and the large number of immigrants who immigrate are mostly men. The price of bride price is astonishingly high.
In order to earn enough for the betrothal gift and pay off the monthly mortgage, the six fathers and sons did some extra physical work to earn a few work points after get off work. Lu Cheng's mother signed up to work as a worker in a textile factory. After get off work, she planted a small plot of land at home and raised a few chickens on credit from the Tiandi Society to supplement the family income.
But such subsidies are still a drop in the bucket in terms of the amount of betrothal gifts. After Lu Bai made some calculations, he realized that even if the price of betrothal gifts stopped rising, he would still have to work like this for five years to raise the cost of marrying his son - and this would not include the payment needed to buy a house for his son-in-law in the future. According to the rules set by Wu De: the first house for immigrants is zero payment, and the second house must be paid 30% in advance. This is no small sum!
Lu Cheng felt that she had to play a role in her brother's marriage. After thinking about it, I realized that my current work-point income based on the work assigned to me every day was too small. It would be more cost-effective to work in a factory and get paid as an employee. v! ~!
