1410. Invalids Day
It is not difficult to select fourteen out of forty-nine people, because they have not been exposed to the aquatic industry, so it is even simpler: the navy is preferred, those with a strong sense of responsibility are preferred, those with a harmonious personality are preferred, and those with excellent English speaking are preferred.
To select the good person, Qin Shiou signed a contract with fifteen people under the witness of Yan Donglei, and then took them to the fishing ground, and began to study the work at sea in the team and conduct internships.
The spoken languages of the fifteen people were not very good, especially the fishermen's accents and dialects were very strong, and they liked to speak some abbreviations and slang. The spoken language of the Chinese soldiers was stumbled and stumbled. In this way, after entering the fishing ground, they would talk to the fishermen, and they didn't know what they were saying.
Qin Shiou had no choice but to call Paohai in advance and signed a contract with him to hire him as the commander of the Melon Princess. In this way, with him in the middle of the translation, the two sides could communicate.
But this is not a solution. Qin Shiou opened a teaching class himself and trained the group in English at night. He directly made a strict regulation. He would conduct oral examinations after Christmas and could not conduct basic dialogues. He would be dismissed!
After returning to the fishing ground, Qin Shiou was busy making fishing plans. In the evening, he went out for a walk and saw the bright lights at the entrance of the small warehouse next to the pier, and many people gathered there.
He went over and saw that Heidao and others were wearing sunglasses and using soldering iron and welding torches to welding some iron blocks and iron rods. Some people were watching around him and came up with ideas from time to time.
Qin Shiou was curious and asked, "What are you doing?"
Seeing him, he stood up with a computer-holding bag and waved his hand and said, "We found some gadgets in the town and wanted to use them to create a sculpture that can both decorate the fishing ground and reflect this event."
I don’t know how long the soldiers have been working. Each of them has a welding gun in their hands, and Shaq and others are still helping. But because each person is only responsible for part of it, Qin Shiou couldn’t see what sculpture they were making.
The air-received bag explained: "It is a steel poppy-milli flower. There will be some names on the petals, which can look about two meters high. I think it should be good to stand on the pier or somewhere."
Qin Shiou probably understood that poppy-million is the main raw material for making products. Most countries in the world strictly prohibit planting this crop, but this flower is of unique significance to the Day of the Invalid Army. It is a commemorative flower used in this festival.
This tradition originated from a war between France and Belgium. During World War I, the border between western Belgium and northern France was the most fiercely fought area, and many soldiers died there. In May 1915, a military doctor saw poppy flowers all over the mountains while burying the remains of his comrades, so he wrote the famous work "On the Land of Flanders". Since then, this flower has gradually become a symbolic flower for Britain to commemorate the fallen soldiers.
It is easy to do things. The next morning when Qin Shiou was running in the morning, he saw a huge steel poppies-millet flower erected on the pier. However, it has not been painted yet, so it looks black and steep, not very beautiful, but it does have a solemn and solemn feeling.
In the following days, the fishermen began to install plans to go out to sea to fish. Ten people recruited from the town could go directly to work, while the Chinese fishermen were responsible for some physical work, such as packing fishing boats, transporting fishing catches from fishing boats to ice warehouses, etc.
Starting from the 10th, Nelson and others' comrades came to the fishing ground. Qin Shiou arranged the helicopter to them to pick up and drop off the comrades, and Bird was responsible. The others continued to work, and the work in November was a little nervous.
On the morning of the 11th, everyone who was supposed to come came. Qin Shiou had a vacation for Heidao and others, and booked a restaurant for Mr. Hickson in the town and arranged for the group to use it.
As the boss of seven people, Qin Shiou went over to receive it in the morning. Bird helped him prepare a poppy-milli flower made of velvet and pin it on his chest. This is also a tradition. People who participated in the anniversary of the Invalokitesvara today must wear poppy-milli flower to express their condolences, from the queen to the civilians.
The Day of the Invalides is targeted. For small towns far away from the secular world and war, the atmosphere of the anniversary is not heavy. There are related activities in St. Johns. There are only two owners of the outdoor supermarket in the town, Paul Sagro, and two of his two men, also wore this kind of flower.
After putting on poppy-corn flowers, Qin Shiou gave Bird a check and shrugged, "This is the money I bought the flowers."
In each event, most poppy-mill flowers are made by veterans. Those who participate in the commemorative activities need to buy them, but if they are not priced, they can be given 50 cents or 500 yuan. The purchaser freely priced. The money is from the Veterans Association, which is used to provide pensions to disabled veterans, families of fallen soldiers and war memorial halls.
Bird did not look at the numbers above, carefully folded them into his wallet, and smiled and said, "Thank you, Boss."
After entering my father's restaurant, about thirty or forty people were joking loudly. Seeing Qin Shiou and the others' voices silent, Hei Dao stood up and introduced: "This is our Boss. This event was sponsored by him. He is a good person, a good person who takes great care of us."
After Black Knife introduced, a group of people whistled and waved to Qin Shiou to say hello.
A middle-aged man in a jacket came over and reached out and said, "My name is Ferguson, my name is Ferguson and BBF. Thank you for your care. We have all heard that these guys have lived well in the past two years."
Qin Shiou shook hands with the middle-aged man, and then found that the man had a disabled hand, only his thumb and little finger in his right hand, and thick calluses in his palm. Now he should be doing hard work.
He guessed in his heart and said politely: "This is what I deserve. You have shed blood for the country, and they have shed sweat for my fishing ground, so it is natural that I do whatever I do."
"But many people don't think so!" A middle-aged man with loose skin and unconscious eyes came over and said angrily, "Especially those damn politicians in Maple Leaf City, if they need it, they will send us to the battlefield and then don't care. Fake Squids! Let them get out!"
Nelson grabbed him and said in a deep voice: "Matt, let alone these things, all the people who come today are buddies. We can solve our own difficulties, right? God is always in your hearts."
Matt shook Nelson away and muttered, "Fuck God! God is in your heart, you have a decent job. I heard that you have a beautiful girl girlfriend like a little flower? Where is me? I have nothing, only a broken leg!"
It was only then that Qin Shiou noticed that Matt's walking posture was a bit wrong, but it should not be too serious.
Bird lowered his face and whispered: "Matt, for Barnes' sake, don't fucking say it? Go and drink your wine! How much do you want to drink today!" (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!