Golden Fishery

phone-reading

The atmosphere in the church is rather dignified. There are many black and white photos in the exhibition room, mainly during World War II, and also in the 1950s and 1960s, but there are fewer of them in modern times. △￠,

Qin Shiou looked at these photos only to understand Canada in the past, while Auerbach was more touched and sighed: "There are many things in it, and I haven't seen them for many years."

Qin Shiou smiled and said, "Time is fast, isn't it?"

Auerbach patted him on the shoulder and said: "So you have to cherish the time when you were young. I think the next time you say this sentence, you may be the same age as me, haha."

After seeing it in the first exhibition hall, Simmons must have taken them to the second exhibition hall. At this time, Hamley came over and said hello: "Hi, Mr. Qin, Mr. Auerbach, Sweetheart Winnie, just now You guys, I have to apologize to you."

Qin Shiou shook hands with him, and said with a smile, "It's not necessary, just treat your subordinates better in the future."

Simmons thought he was talking about himself, and with a grievance on his face, he quickly explained: "No, Mr. Hamley is very good to me."

Qin Shiou pulled Winnie over and said, "You've misunderstood, Mr. Simmons, I'm talking about my wife. She's also Mr. Hamley's subordinate, isn't she?"

After meeting Hamley, another person came over. It was Yan Donglei, the leader of the Newfoundland Chinese Mutual Aid Association. He was naturally indispensable for such an occasion.

After Yan Donglei found Qin Shiou, he greeted him briefly, and then took him to another exhibition hall that Simmons planned to take him to, the Memorial Exhibition Hall for Chinese Contributions to World War II.

There are many Chinese in this room with black eyes and yellow skin, as well as old soldiers wearing military uniforms and military medals. There are five such old people in total. They are all octogenarians and have someone to accompany them.

Qin Shiou's reputation in Newfoundland was quite large. Almost all of these people know him, even if they don't know him, they know Yan Donglei. The latter's contacts seem to have spread throughout the Chinese community in Canada.

These people greeted the two of them one after another, Qin Shiou returned the gift, and got acquainted with everyone under Yan Donglei's introduction.

When he entered the room, an old man with a dragon head and a cane looked at him carefully. When Yan Donglei introduced his identity, the old man asked first: "Young man, your surname is Qin? Is it from Brother Qin Hongde?" Descendants?"

Hearing what he said, Qin Shiou quickly corrected his attitude. He was obviously familiar with his second grandfather. In this way, he is regarded as his elder: "Yes, uncle, I am his grandson."

The old man laughed, he looked to be in his nineties, his thinning hair was pale, but his voice was still clear and loud,

It's just that he is not fluent in Mandarin, but fortunately, Qin Shiou can understand it with a northern accent.

The old man took out his wallet. There is a group photo inside, all of which are a group of young men in their prime, he pointed to a tall and straight young man in the middle and said, "This, can you recognize this?"

Qin Shiou had seen photos of Second Grandpa many times. The two look very similar, which may be related to atavistic inheritance. So he recognized it at a glance. The person the old man was referring to was his second grandfather.

Qin Shiou helped the old man out and found a place to sit down. Asked: "Were you comrades-in-arms during World War II?"

The old man laughed. Said: "Yes, they are comrades-in-arms. Although we have not fought together, we have trained together."

Yan Donglei introduced: "Mr. Chen was a fighting hero at that time. He was a member of the 136th Task Force recruited by the British Army in Canada. There were 80 outstanding soldiers back then, but now he is the only old man left."

Hearing this, Qin Shiou was in awe. Regarding Task Force 136, he had learned about it before he came. special forces.

The reason why this combat team is all Chinese is because at that time the Asian battlefield needed scouts with Asian characteristics so that they could be sent behind the Japanese enemy lines more easily, and the most Asians in Canada at that time were Chinese.

The old man patted Qin Shiou's hand and said, "Your grandfather and I met at this time. We both enlisted in the army and joined Task Force 136 and trained in Vancouver. Later, the British chief thought that Brother Qin was good at swimming, and it was too much for him to fight in East Asia." Waste, so we are separated."

Qin Shiou heard from Auerbach that his second grandfather did not join the army, but he was in charge of the transportation of the Allied forces in the North Atlantic during World War II, and had a transportation fleet in his hands.

Before the 1980s, the life of the Chinese in Canada was very difficult, and the discrimination they suffered was very serious. It was almost impossible for the Chinese to open a private fishery. His second grandfather was able to establish the Daqin Fishery because he had made great contributions during the war. , and a transport fleet accumulated his first wealth for him.

The old man liked to recall, and then the old man began to tell some of the past when he was with Qin Hongde and what he experienced on the battlefield.

From the mouth of the old man, I can especially feel the discrimination suffered by the Chinese at that time. In the early days of the war, Chinese youths who wanted to join the army were not accepted, especially the Air Force. During the entire World War II, the Canadian Air Force did not admit a single Chinese.

With the continuation of the war, more soldiers were needed in the front, and only then began to accept Chinese enlisted in the army in 1940. At first, they mostly joined the Canadian army to fight in the European battlefield. Later, they found that they were more effective in the Asian battlefield, and only later did the 136 special Formation of the contingent.

"What were you mainly doing at that time?" Qin Shiou asked.

The old man smiled and explained: "Most of the time, before the military operations of large forces, they went to the enemy's rear to perform reconnaissance missions to see the deployment of Japan's defense line. The military operations started and caused some damage. I have also been to Myanmar. The Americans and General Dai Anlan’s army acted as interpreters, and they were all Allied forces at that time.”

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "General Dai Anlan is a hero who dared to fight tough battles. The American chief at that time admired him very much. It's a pity."

The old man shook his head. Dai Anlan was one of the top commanders of the Myanmar Expeditionary Force at that time. The death rate of the expeditionary force abroad was very high. General Dai Anlan, who was the commander of the 200th Division, did not return home alive.

Yan Donglei wanted to take Qin Shiou to continue to meet the Chinese compatriots who participated in the commemorative activities. Qin Shiou was not very interested, and said that he would have time to get to know each other later, so he would chat with Mr. Chen first.

The only hobby of an old man is chatting. It is estimated that the old man has no one to talk to at ordinary times. When he met Yan Donglei, he told Qin Shiou that he did not marry a wife after retiring and was alone.

After Yan Donglei left, Qin Shiou chatted with the old gentleman alone. It was easy for him to find a topic, just talk about the medals on the old gentleman.

After chatting for more than an hour, Yan Donglei found him at this time and said that the event was about to start and asked them to participate together.

Qin Shiou helped the old man stand up, and when he was about to leave, the old man patted his forehead and said, "Oh, I'm out of my mind now, I prepared a gift for Brother Qin before, alas, I should have known If I can see my brother’s descendants, I will bring them to him.” (To be continued..)