Wu Nanhai stood in front of a kapok sapling that he had just planted more than ten days ago. [Full text reading] [The saplings were taken from the nursery of the farm plantation, and the trunks were already as thick as a fist. Some wilted leaves had turned green when transplanted. Good fertilizer has been buried under the roots of the tree. This tree will surely grow into a towering tree in the future, witnessing the happy life of him and Chu Qing.
A gust of majestic wind blows, and the leaves of the technique are clustered. A smug smile appeared on the corner of Wu Nanhai's mouth.
"Master," Chu Qing called him from behind, "The weather is still cold in the morning and evening, so I need to add some clothes." As he said this, a folk-style clothing was put on his shoulders.
"No matter how cold the weather is, it has to be 17 or 18 degrees Celsius. What are you afraid of?" Wu Nanhai held Chu Qing's skin, which was rough and had calluses. As the earliest employee of the farm, she has always been Wu Nanhai's right-hand assistant. Not only is she personally involved in management work, but she also does many physical tasks herself. The farm cafe grew from scratch into an unofficial leisure place that the elders loved to visit, and Chu Jing played a major role in it.
Chu Qing not only has to carefully manage the tertiary operations of the farm, but also is responsible for the logistics management of the farm employees: she also has to take care of the daily life of the immortals in the biological world who eat, drink, and travel on the farm, and use the farm as a hotel. : Finally, there are all the trivial matters in the life of the "master" Wu Nanhai, from getting up to get face wash to sleeping with him at night to meet all his needs and needs.
Wu Nanhai felt that if Chu Qing could not get a suitable status after doing so much, he really could not face his conscience, so he decided to formally marry her. Although some elders suspected that Chu Qing's background was too humble, as a Wu Lao Wu Nanhai still strongly supports whether his wife is suitable: "The status of this time and space has nothing to do with us!" This not only expresses gratitude and admiration for Chu Qing, but also contains practical considerations: to let a maid come from a maid, free from worries. , a woman who doesn’t even know her last name becomes the first wife, which exempts him from all obligations to his wife’s natal family. The wife’s background is too good, her natal family is too powerful, and she is likely to become a time bomb in the nursing home in the future.
"Master" Chu Qing lowered her head a little shyly, but did not take her hand away. A few days ago, she had officially married Wu Nanhai in the newly built chapel. The wedding was hosted by He Ying. Also present were Xiao Zishan, the Wan brothers from Nongkou, Ye Yuming, Dugu proposed and others "Huang Dashan was a group of people from the biological world who had been eating, drinking and living on the farm for a long time, as well as several fellow Christians: including Renn. [
The backbone of the farm's naturalized workers headed by Wang Tian... Finally, Bai Duolu attended the wedding on behalf of the Catholic Church and presented a leather blue hardcover Bible signed by Wu Shimang and printed under the sponsorship of the Jesuits.
The wedding ceremony was very simple. At Wu Nanhai's request, the couple pressed the "Bible" with their left hand and the "Common Program" with the right hand, and then jointly read the oath. The oath was drafted by Wu Nanhai himself:
In the presence of God and all the witnesses who are here today, I, Wu Nanhai. Chu Qing is willing to marry you as my wife and husband. From now on and forever" I will always love you, cherish you, and be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, rich or poor, in health or sickness, in joy or sorrow, forever and ever. Amen.
Both parties signed the oath. Xiao Zishan then issued a silent "Elder Marriage Certificate" signed by Deputy Civil Affairs People's Commissar Liu Muzhou. After the ceremony, a simple banquet was held in the farm cafe to entertain the guests. The next day, Wu Nanhai personally sent wedding candies to all the elders in Lingao, and also sent wedding candies to all the naturalized workers in the agricultural sector. Everyone was very happy.
"Don't call me Master" call me Nanhai. Wu Nanhai whispered, "We are husband and wife now, not the master's servant girl." "
Although her eyes were no longer exposed to rain and dew for the first time, this time she was famous and had a share, and the nourishment of the rain and dew was naturally different from the past. Her face was like a peach blossom, her eyes were like spring water, and she was indescribably graceful and charming. She whispered, "Nanhai." "
"That's right." Wu Nanhai put his arm around the bride's shoulders. Although the flesh in his arms is very familiar to him, the feeling now is different from the past.
Behind them is the newly built Protestant chapel. It was built by Wu Nanhai with his own money. There were several Christian Protestants among the elders, so from the beginning Wu Nanhai positioned the farm chapel as a place of joint worship, not just belonging to his own denomination.
Wu Nanhai knew that there was a strong anti-religious tendency in the Senate. "Monotheistic religions are all cults" was a mantra of many senators. Had it not been for the fact that collaborating with the Jesuits had brought many practical benefits and benefits to Lingao, as well as considering the need to prepare a religion for the Li and Miao people in the hinterland of Hainan Island, this kind of cooperation would have been difficult to tolerate.
Therefore, Wu Nanhai was extremely low-key about the problems of his church. He built this small church with his own money and talked with Mei Wan over the dinner table. Mei Wan heard that it was a small project and that Wu Nanhai would pay for the construction costs himself. He immediately agreed that as long as it did not involve the use of controlled materials and tools, Lingao Construction Corporation had the right to undertake local general construction projects on its own.
The church is a colonial-style wooden house with a single floor and a small bell tower. It was designed by Zhang Xingpei, a construction engineer living in the United States and an authentic American turtle. It is extremely small and can only accommodate fifty people for worship at the same time. The colored decorative glass was bought from Mo Xiaoan, and Wu Nanhai found a carpenter to make the cross himself. Apart from this, there are no other decorations. Fortunately, among the Protestant denominations, except for the Anglican Church, they don't pay much attention to decoration, so they can just make do with simplicity.
There is a sign nailed outside the church door, which is the "Religious Place License" issued by the Religious Office. All religious places must register with the Religious Affairs Office in He Ying. After paying the registration fee, information collection fee, and certificate production fee charged by the office, they must also sign a guarantee to pay the religious tax, religious site use tax, and believer head tax. Three taxes." At the same time, he signed a statement: stating that he agreed to accept the "Religious Affairs Officer of the Senate" as the "protector of the church." Only after paying the "management fee" every year can the registration be considered legal.
Wu Nanhai spent a whole day running about this matter and invited the sign marked "oo6" back to the farm. Give this chapel a formal identity. On the night before the wedding, Wu Nanhai performed a Protestant baptism ceremony for Chu Qing in the chapel in the presence of several church members. Of course, he had reported to He Ying in advance - believers must register one by one as a basis for collecting religious poll taxes.
"Dean Wu is very unhappy." He Ying said with a smile after completing the report.
"He is a hypocrite," Wu Nanhai sneered. "I don't care whether he is happy or unhappy during his visit. He just wants to establish the state church. If he really wants to be the Pope of Lingao, Ren and I will have to give in." Barbecue.”
He Ying laughed and let the matter pass. However, this incident reminded Wu Nanhai that it would do no good to him if he became more vocal. Now we should keep a low profile and keep a low profile.
"Chang, Chief Ye is here, waiting for you to go to the meeting." A maid appeared from the side of the church and reported respectfully.
"Okay, let him wait for a while, I'll be there soon." Wu Nanhai agreed and let go of Chu Qing.
Ye Yuming is sitting in the small conference room of Nanhai Farm. Wu Nanhai here is that the farm and department are not separated. Rather than saying that the farm belongs to the Ministry of Agriculture, it is better to say that the Ministry of Agriculture is located in the farm. This small conference room is where the core meeting of the entire Chuanchuan Group Agricultural Portal is held.
As the leader of Tiandihui, Ye Yuming has an independent Tiandihui office in Dongmen City. However, the roots of Tiandihui are in the farm, and he still mainly works in the farm.
"Old Wu, you are really in high spirits during happy events." Ye Yuming noticed the joy of rescue on Wu Nanhai's face and joked.
"Stop making fun of me, let's get down to business." Wu Nanhai sat down and felt that there were only two of them in the conference room, "What? We are having a meeting."
"Brothers Dugu and Wan will be here soon. Let me talk to you first." Ye Yuming said, "The Hong Kong development project has been approved at the executive committee's work meeting. It has been determined that the temporary management is by the Ministry of Colonial Trade. Take the initiative. The Qi Ge Institute is compiling the entire regulations."
"Isn't that Lao Si's business?" Wu Nanhai didn't remember anything about modern agriculture in Hong Kong. "I've been to Hong Kong many times. This place lacks water and is not suitable for large-scale agriculture."
"If it's not suitable, we still have to do it. What Skaide means is to build some agricultural settlements, carry out appropriate agricultural development, and increase Hong Kong's self-sufficiency ratio."
Wu Nanhai nodded: "There is enough sunshine for agriculture in Hong Kong, and there is still some land suitable for planting. The key is to build reservoirs to store water. This is not the responsibility of our Ministry of Agriculture. I think we still have to produce non-staple food: Start growing vegetables and raising chickens.”
"Why don't you raise..."
"You are still the person in charge of the Tiandihui. Pig raising is a water-intensive industry and there was not enough water to support it at the beginning." Wu Nanhai said, "But Hong Kong has an advantage. It is backed by the Pearl River Delta, an agricultural area in this time and space. , it is very convenient to obtain feed, and we can carry out large-scale breeding in the local area. Let’s start with poultry such as chickens and ducks. I think the bird is very good and easy to raise. It can be promoted and intensively farmed in Hong Kong.”
"Let's not talk about agriculture for the time being." Seeing the problem, Ye Yuming began to turn to the professional field, fearing that it would be lost once she started talking about it, "I want to establish a farming system."
Wu Nanhai became more energetic, but remained calm on the surface: "Oh, you are engaged in farming?"
Ye Yuming nodded excitedly: "Isn't it appropriate for agricultural reclamation to be opened in a place like Hong Kong?" (To be continued.
