Zhao Xin and others had their Mid-Autumn Festival dinner on the Thor. Because the canteen of the freighter is next to the restaurant, Liu Sheng and others went to the kitchen to show off their skills in the afternoon.
Since Beihai Town is close to the sea and forests, there is a lot of fish, shrimp and game. The only thing that is not plentiful is vegetables. So among the dishes for today’s dinner, fish, shrimp and meat account for a large proportion.
When summer first came, Chen Qingsong planted a lot of radishes, cucumbers and tomatoes in a hundred acres of reclaimed land near the town. The refugees also organized trips to the woods to pick mushrooms and wild vegetables during their free time, thus solving the problem of insufficient vegetables in summer and autumn.
But in winter, we can only build vegetable greenhouses. Fortunately, although Zhang Bo was a migrant worker, he was a welder, but he had also worked in a greenhouse before when he was working at home, so he had some experience and could help a lot. Considering that winter starts early in the outer Northeast and the winter climate is extremely cold, Chen Qingsong started making preparations for building a greenhouse after reading some information.
Usually it is rare for everyone to get together to eat together, but after this meal, everyone drank a little too much. During the dinner, Director Liu Da made a request to Zhao Xin without hesitation.
"Mr. Zhao, you said that everyone has been busy day and night for more than half a year. Shouldn't we be given some bonuses?"
Zhao Xin also drank a lot, blushed and agreed without thinking: "Okay! No problem, I will give you three more months of salary as a bonus at the end of the year."
As soon as he said this, everyone laughed. Everyone has not spent money in more than half a year. When talking about salary at this time, they all feel that they are far away from themselves.
After a group of people had dinner, they gathered around each other on the bow of the boat to admire the moon. It was dark now, and a full moon rose from the east. The elderly, adults, and children from every family in Beihai Town also took snacks and came to the seaside to make reservations with straw dumplings, eating dumplings and admiring the moon.
Shen Xuan supported the pregnant Oginoto (Oginoto was her real name) and came to the upper deck of the yacht. The two clasped their hands in front of the bright moon and prayed, hoping that Shen Jingdan and the child in her belly would be safe.
Oginoto is pregnant with a son, which is what Liu Siting told them yesterday when she gave her a B-ultrasound examination. Oginoto cried excitedly when he saw that he was finally pregnant with a baby boy for the Shen family.
Zhao Xin, a good-for-nothing, sat on the deck for a while, and his stomach quickly began to churn when he was blown by the sea breeze. This guy started to vomit while holding on to the low mast.
Oginoto, who was chatting happily with Shen Xuan, suddenly heard no movement beside him. He turned around and saw that Shen Xuan was looking at a guy on the Thor who was vomiting with a worried face.
"What, are you worried? The man is just drunk. He will be fine tomorrow."
"I remember he said that he doesn't drink well." Shen Xuan responded to the other party in a low voice.
"If you are so worried, next time the master comes, can I ask Mr. Zhao to propose marriage to your father?" Oginoto asked with a smile.
"Auntie is joking. How could Mr. Zhao, a fairy-like figure, take a liking to a down-and-out family like me?" Shen Xuan lowered her head in embarrassment, with a blush on her face.
"What you said is so strange. As far as your original background is concerned, it is also a scholarly family in Jiangnan. Besides, if I accept you as my adopted daughter, the Shen family is also a wealthy man in Yangzhou!"
Shen Xuan couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this. It seemed that her adoptive father Shen Jingdan did not tell the truth to Oginoto. As far as Shen Jingdan's net worth is concerned, it can't be compared in Yangzhou! The only people in Yangzhou who can be called rich are salt merchants, and the rest are just moderately wealthy families.
Because of her pregnancy, Oginoto's temper became a bit fierce, and he continued without explanation: "Don't worry about this matter. I'll go talk to that Zhao Xin tomorrow."
"Ah?! Auntie, you don't know..." Shen Xuan became anxious upon hearing this and quickly explained to Oginoto.
Since Oginoto came to Beihai Town, except for going to the clinic to see Liu Siting for medical treatment, Oginoto seldom communicated with others. First, as a female prostitute, she couldn't hang out with people like Zhao Xin for nothing; second, the islanders in Beihai Town were all farmers. Since Oginoto became pregnant with Shen Jingdan's child, her mentality has changed unknowingly, and she seems to regard herself as the wife of a wealthy businessman.
And because Shen Xuan had lived in seclusion for many years to avoid trouble, she read a lot of books when she had nothing to do, and she thought more about things than ordinary women. Ever since she came to Beihai Town, especially after she went to school as a literacy teacher, she felt more and more unfathomable to Zhao Xin and his gang.
She prides herself on reading more than the average scholar, but the endless mechanisms and equipment on Beihai Town and the Thor have not been seen in any ancient book. Not only her, but Shen Jingdan and Lao Huang have never heard of it.
There are also the simplified characters and pinyin.
Zhao Xin gave her the feeling of being separated by a thick layer of gauze. Who is he? !
Many children in the school say that people like Zhao Xin are from the fairy world, but this is only what they heard from their parents at home. No one has seen the specific "fairy" method.
From ordinary verbal conversations, Shen Xuan discovered that people like Zhao Xin were very disdainful of the Qing Dynasty, and sometimes even the emperor would scold them without any scruples. Especially Liu Siting, sometimes she actually made fun of the emperor! These words made Shen Xuan frightened. That's the emperor, the real dragon emperor!
However, Shen Xuan also discovered that people like Zhao Xin were very kind to the refugees from the island countries under their command. During the time Shen Xuan came to Beihai Town, she had never seen people like Zhao Xin beating or scolding anyone for no reason. I didn’t rob someone’s woman just because she looked good-looking.
How can there be such a government in the world?
She remembered what her father once said in private, these people seemed to be trying to dominate the world!
But she looked at how people like Zhao Xin behaved differently. Since they defeated Marshal Fu's soldiers last time, these people have done nothing except letting the refugees build a road leading to the western harbor. Every day I was either teaching or reclaiming wasteland. A while ago, I thought I would go to the big island in the southeast to fight the Matsumae clan, but they were barbarians! Are you going to fight the barbarians just to conquer the world? Shen Xuan couldn't understand.
At this time, on the deck of the Thor, several time travelers also raised the same question.
"Zhao Xin, we have been here for so long. Can you tell us today what exactly do you want to do in this time and space of the 18th century?"
Zhao Xin had almost vomited at this time, and drank half a bowl of Chen Qingsong's hangover soup cooked with bean sprouts and garlic, which made his stomach feel better. After hearing Hong Tao's question, he casually replied: "Save people."
"Just to save people? Do you think we can believe this?" Hong Tao and his wife, Liu Zheng and others said disdainfully.
"At first, I really didn't think so much about it. I want to say that it was out of conscience. Do you believe me?"
Zhao Xin then briefly described his initial mental journey, which was due to the involution of his thoughts after suddenly getting rich. He wanted to help to make himself feel at ease, but the more he helped, the deeper he got into.
"Then why don't you go to China to do it? Do you have to help the islanders?!" Liu Zheng was also a bit drunk today. After hearing Zhao Xin's explanation, he pointed at Zhao Xin's nose with great dissatisfaction.
"Brother, do you think we can appear in today's Qing Dynasty like this?" Zhao Xin explained. "You've seen those prisoners too. Let's not even talk about getting a money rat tail hairstyle. I just can't get past the level of speech and behavior."
In fact, Zhao Xin's reason is too simple. If a modern person appeared alone in the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong period, it would be difficult to move forward. Not to mention the strict security system in the countryside, just those bridge fences, water fences, and road fences are difficult to pass.
(Speaking of this, some people may say that we can take a detour. But we still have to eat and stay, right? You said I have silver. Sorry, no one uses silver in normal market transactions, it is all about making money. What needs to be explained is, The Qianlong period was the peak of the Manchu Qing Baojia system.)
Chen Qingsong interjected: "Xiao Liu, you may not understand. The people in the mainland under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would never take in a foreigner of unknown origin. However, it is precisely because we brought back Shen Jingdan and Huang Maocai from Nagasaki, Moreover, these two people currently have such close business ties with us, so we can enter the Manchu-ruled areas with their help. "
"If you ask me, the people of the island country love them to death, and the accounts of World War II have not yet been settled!" Liu Zheng said angrily.
Zhao Xin said with a smile: "Don't worry, we will get back everything we owe. If the future government defaults on its debt, we will ask their ancestors for it."
"It's only 150,000 taels of gold coins, which is far behind!"
Liu Sheng responded: "I agree, that little money is not enough. But you can't spread your grievances on these people who have starved to death in history, right? If it weren't for Zhao Xin, the 20,000 refugees in Beihai Town would be Some of them have a hard time surviving; what do these people have to do with the future Japs?"
Liu Zheng argued anxiously and with a white face: "Which of your eyes saw me venting my anger on these refugees?!"
When Zhao Xin saw that he was in a hurry, he quickly persuaded him: "Don't worry, don't argue. Don't you want to save the victims of the Qing Dynasty? It will be done soon. But Liu Zheng, if you want to go around the land of the Qing Dynasty, You have to shave your head and wear a disgusting fake pigtail."
"Ah?" Liu Zheng touched his "hair" with a hair that was parted and fell into a tangle.
After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Just shave it off! I can still keep it when I get back."
(End of chapter)
