Chapter 305: Inside and Outside the Great Wall (First update, please subscribe)
For big people, they are always worried about national affairs, but for small people, they are more willing to enjoy life.
It’s a rare time!
On the huge grassland, the green grass was full of half a person, a group of people, two horses, and two people were grazing on the grassland.
Mu is a cow!
The cattle are Angus and Hereford introduced from Europe. After years of breeding, these beef cattle have long become the most common beef cattle on the prairie.
At the shepherd's whistle, several sheepdogs barked and drove the cattle towards another meadow ahead together with their owners.
"Dongjie, look past this grassland. To the west is Argentina's territory!"
Si Dongli rode his horse and took his cousin to the edge of the grassland.
“This is the trench the Argentines dug!”
What appeared before Si Dongjie's eyes was a trench that stretched for nearly a thousand miles. All the soil was piled on the other side of the trench, forming an earthen embankment several meters high, covered with green grass.
"Did those foreigners have nothing better to do than dig such a deep ditch?"
Si Dongjie, who was riding a horse and standing at the edge of the ditch, looked into the ditch. The ditch was about 3 meters wide and 2 meters deep. It was more like a small river than a ditch. The accumulated water in the ditch was about one or two feet deep.
"Decades ago, the Argentines occupied the opposite land. In order to protect the conquered territories, they built this 374-kilometer-long trench. This trench system will theoretically become a boundary between the unconquered territories. The reason for digging it is to prevent Indian attacks. It has become an obstacle for Indians when driving cattle. In my opinion, it is similar to the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. It is useless."
Shrugging his shoulders, Si Dongli said.
"But now those Mapuche people have changed their jobs a long time ago. They work on farms just like us. Although they don't know how to raise cattle, they are all good cattle herders. They are much more skilled than us in using crescent shovels to herd cattle on horseback. To be honest, I learned horse riding from them..."
Unlike the "conquest" by the Argentines, although the Mapuche people on the grasslands surrendered to the South China, the South China did not kill them all. Instead, they made full use of their strengths and recruited them as workers to graze on the farms. The wandering gauchos on the grasslands also became cattle herders on the farms. They not only got a relatively stable job, but also had a good income. Of course, more importantly, tens of thousands of immigrants married Mapuche women or gaucho women as their wives. Inadvertently, the actual integration has begun, and the results are remarkable. After several years of hard work, most of the Mapuche and gaucho people on the grasslands can speak a few words of Chinese.
In another ten or twenty years, they will be completely integrated into this big family. Not only will they speak fluent Chinese, but even their descendants will gradually integrate into China and eventually become a part of China.
"It's a pity that I came late. If I had come two years earlier, I might have married a local wife. But now I don't need Yoko..."
When mentioning "Yoko", Si Dongli turned his head to look in the direction of home and said with great pride.
"Yoko has a good temper, she doesn't have a bad temper, and she's good at taking care of children. Now she's pregnant again. I never thought that I would get married and have children here so soon."
When talking about the present days, there was only satisfaction on Si Dongli's face. Seeing this, Si Dongjie said.
"That's big brother's blessing! If big uncle knew about it, he would be so happy."
"Yeah, I don't know how Dad is doing!"
Then, Si Dongli thought about it and said again.
"Dongjie, I plan to go back soon."
"What? Go back? Go back where? Tangshan?"
"Yes, it is Tangshan."
Si Dongli said seriously.
"I've inquired about it. If I take the immigration ship back, the ticket is only 20 yuan. As long as I have a passport issued by the government, I can buy a ticket and pass the customs. Although it is not easy to apply for a passport, if I have a wife and children, I can definitely apply for it. In the past two years, I have raised more than 20 cows at home, which can be sold for a few hundred yuan a year. Although it is not much, it can be regarded as worry-free food and clothing. I was thinking, can I take the children, um, take the photos of my wife and children back to my hometown and show them to my father?"
Taking photos in Nanhua is not a rare thing now. Every farm has a photo studio. They certainly don't use the latest Seagull F1 35mm camera. That thing is very expensive, costing nearly 300 yuan, which is almost equivalent to a farm worker's annual income. However, cheap wooden leather-cased cameras are very popular in Nanhua. Even taking photos is very cheap. Many immigrants take a few photos every year as a souvenir, or send them to their families in Tangshan, if they still have family in Tangshan.
Looking at his cousin beside him, Si Dongli smiled.
"When the time comes, you can also take a photo and I will bring it to Fourth Uncle when I return."
"My father has already collected it."
Si Dongjie smiled.
"When I was taking photos for my ID in the army, I printed out a few extra photos and mailed them home. I used them to send letters from the army... It was free."
This is the benefit of soldiers. Even if they are across the ocean, letters they send are free. Although they can only send one letter per month, compared to civilians, this is an extremely rare benefit.
"Brother, if you have any photos or anything else to send, I'll put them in an envelope and send them to you when I go back this time. It's the same if I send one letter or a few more sheets of paper."
Si Dongjie said with a smile.
"That's great, if we can save one, we can save one."
Si Dongli nodded.
"Dongjie, here in Nanhua, we are just brothers. If you have a vacation in the future, just come to our house. Let's go out more often, okay?"
"I understand, I understand..."
Suddenly, Si Dongjie felt as if someone was staring at them in the distance. He immediately pulled out a Type 62 rifle from the gun bag next to the saddle. While he was loading the rifle, Si Dongli also took out his rifle. Then both of them looked across the trench and saw several Argentine soldiers standing on the earthen embankment of the trench opposite. They seemed to have noticed these two people while riding horses. They just looked at each other across the trench.
The two sides just stared at each other, but no one spoke. A trench separated the two sides on the grassland, and they looked at each other.
Holding the gun and looking at the other party vigilantly, Si Dongjie asked.
"Brother, did they come here in the past?"
Si Dongli shook his head and said.
“I haven’t seen it…”
Suddenly, he stopped talking. They actually crossed the trench...
(End of this chapter)
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