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Chapter 2524 What are our own people? (One more chapter to come, please vote with monthly tickets)
There's nothing to worry about.

On the day he arrived in Baghdad, Lei Xinghan and more than 700 Malaysian expatriates left Baghdad on a Malaysian evacuation plane.

Although the Malaysian military dispatched transport planes to assist the SEA in evacuating its citizens, it always prioritizes evacuating its own people when assisting the other side.

A few hours later, after Lei Xinghan and his family arrived at the Malaysian Air Force transport base, before he could even worry about his and his family's future, an official said to him:
“Mr. Lei, I noticed you’ve been working in Iran, is that right?”

“Yes, sir. After becoming a citizen, I’ve been working for SEA Construction Company in Iran. As you know, I’m a construction engineer, but due to certain reasons, I don’t have an engineering qualification, so I can only work overseas…”

Lei Xinghan, a graduate of Tsinghua University's architecture department, is a qualified architectural engineer, but he doesn't have a license, so he can only work overseas. After all, the requirements there are not as strict.

"Oh, the engineer's license issue is not something I can resolve."

The young official shook his head and said.

"However, I can help you with your accommodation and work issues."

"Residence? Work?"

Lei Xinghan looked at the other person with some surprise, and Amina, who was holding the child, also looked at the young official with a strange gaze.

"Yes, Mr. Lei."

The young official nodded, then said:
"The government can provide an apartment for your family to use temporarily. After all, you are a member of the National Provident Fund, so you should enjoy such benefits."

However, the apartment environment here in Malaysia isn't as good as in SEA, so I hope you and your family can manage.

The environment isn't very good; is that something we need to overcome?
That environment was so harsh!
Seeing that Lei Xinghan did not speak, the young official explained again:

"Mr. Lei, don't worry, everything you need is there, including air conditioning, a TV, and a refrigerator. It's just that there aren't many rooms; the largest room is only three bedrooms and two living rooms. I noticed you have three children, so... how about we make do for now?"

Ah!
Is this the difficulty that needs to be overcome?
Faced with such difficulties, Lei Xinghan couldn't help but feel somewhat lost.

But the other person's sincere expression made him realize that this was indeed a "difficulty" that he needed to overcome.

However, the greater difficulty lay in what the young official said next:
"As for work, although you have extensive experience in construction engineering, you don't have a construction engineer qualification. So it will be difficult to find you a job in a related field. However, there is a job at a steel company that is related to construction affairs, but it does not require a construction engineer qualification. This job should be very suitable for you."

If you don't mind, we can make relevant recommendations for you.

Faced with all this, Lei Xinghan looked somewhat bewildered. He didn't even know why the other party was taking such good care of him, or rather, why they were helping him in this way.

"that……"

Looking at the other person, Lei Xinghan asked with a face full of doubt.

"Thank you for your help, sir, but... but I'd like to know why you helped me in this way?"

Lei Xinghan looked at him with a face full of questions, and the other person looked at him with the same question in mind. He looked at Lei Xinghan and said with a face full of questions.

"Isn't this how it should be?"

The seemingly simple rhetorical question left Lei Xinghan completely bewildered. Just as he was wondering what to do, he heard the other person say:

"Shouldn't we take care of each other? After all, we're all family."

What seemed like a simple sentence left Lei Xinghan completely stunned. He stood there speechless for a long time.

Yes, because we are a family, we should take care of each other even more.

Because we are a family, we help each other.

Because we are family...

At this moment, everything, or rather everything he had experienced in the past few years, suddenly became clear.

Those who offered him help, those SEA people, did not help him simply because they shared the same blood.

But in their hearts, he was one of them, just like them.

That's why I took the initiative to offer him help, to help him find a job, and to help him resolve his immigration status.

And here?
When he arrived in Malaysia with his family, they immediately offered him assistance, providing him with accommodation and helping him find work.

It wasn't just because he contributed to the National Provident Fund, but because in their eyes, he was family and needed to take care of his family.

So they prepared houses and jobs for their families.

This is exactly how they treat their family.

Without any doubt, without any ulterior motives, Lei Xinghan was in a state of extreme shock after leaving the air force base and moving into his new home that day.

Even though the TV was black and white while the children were watching cartoons, how could one not be moved to be able to live in such a house upon arrival, and even move in with just their bags?
Amina sat beside him, nestled in his arms, and, sensing her husband's restless heart, said...

"You know what? That's why I love it here."

She turned to look at her husband, her beautiful eyes filled with longing.

"They always do their best to take care of their own people. I originally thought that was the case in SEA, but it's the same in Malaysia, and maybe it's the same in other places as well."

As he nodded, Lei Xinghan also felt a sense of belonging, a sense of belonging he had never felt before.

He had traveled to so many places, but only here did he feel a sense of belonging, and this sense of belonging was not just because he had a house.

In fact, even during the Soviet era, the Soviets provided him with housing.

But he never truly felt a sense of belonging. Why couldn't he?

Lei Xinghan suddenly realized—they were on his side!

Because only those who are one's own people can have this sense of belonging. And this sense of belonging is not literally defined, but rather a feeling, a feeling that comes from one's heart. For Lei Xinghan, this feeling is exactly what he is feeling at this moment.

Perhaps, to this land, he is just a stranger who became a citizen a few years ago, but so what?

From the day he became a citizen, he was already "one of us".

Because he was one of our own, he took an evacuation flight back to "his own country" at the first opportunity. Because he was one of our own, accommodation and work were prepared for him and his family.

Everything stems from the fact that he is one of our own.

These few words alone inexplicably touched Lei Xinghan. Amina seemed to sense her husband's emotion as well, and she nestled quietly in his arms, enjoying the happy time the family spent together.

Meanwhile, the evacuation of citizens from Iran in Baghdad is proceeding in an orderly manner, with hundreds of planes taking off and landing every day to bring citizens back home.

Most of these planes are passenger planes hired from civil aviation companies or even foreign civil aviation companies, because the military is currently engaged in war, so there are naturally not many transport planes available for transporting overseas Chinese.

Just as the expatriates were boarding passenger planes to return home, on the other side of Baghdad International Airport, a C130 military transport plane was loading cargo, with wooden crates being loaded onto the aircraft.

Inside the warehouse, Franz opened a crate and took out a rifle—an AK-47. He raised the gun, aimed it, and then said to his superior:
"This is the famous AK47. In Syria and many other Middle Eastern countries, they are more accustomed to using this type of weapon. The local armed groups we support in Syria have also specifically requested these weapons... However, we do not produce this type of weapon, so our biggest problem now is that we do not have enough weapons."

As officials from the Investigation Department stationed in Baghdad, their task was not to gather intelligence, but to deliver weapons to Syria and to local armed groups, including the Druze. In short, they were to provide weapons to Syrians who opposed Damascus and create instability within their territory.

The Druze, Sunnis, and even the Kurds—in short, their aim is to create instability within Lebanon. The war in Lebanon is escalating, and Syria is the mastermind behind it. Therefore, creating instability within Lebanon is beneficial to the coalition's operations in Lebanon.

"These weapons are all from existing stock."

Lu Bo'an said with some helplessness:

"Although we have acquired hundreds of thousands of AK rifles from Iraq and Indonesia’s stockpiles, these weapons have been used up very quickly over the years. There is a need for these rifles in Ethiopia, in Cambodia, and in many other places. As for Hungary... they have never even produced these rifles."

Since the Hungarian Revolution, although Hungary remains a Warsaw Pact observer, its weapons systems have aligned with those of Western countries, and it has not been authorized to use the AK rifle.

After thinking for a moment, Rupert said again:

“In the past, we could solve this problem by importing from Yugoslavia, but because they needed it urgently, they were charging exorbitant prices. Now, a Yugoslavian AK is priced at over $300…”

"This is simply taking advantage of someone's misfortune!"

Franz stated directly:

"So there are no other suppliers?"

"Other suppliers? Eastern European countries? Would they sell us weapons? Although they need foreign exchange and hard currency, they wouldn't dare risk angering Moscow by selling us weapons. Besides, we need more than just AK rifles; we also need other Soviet-made light weapons."

Lu Bo'an shrugged, looking somewhat troubled, and said:
"The only problem is—who will sell us these weapons? Pakistan? Egypt? They have quite a few, but they all oppose our military operations in Lebanon, so they won't sell us their Soviet-style weapons."

"Therefore, at this point, we need new suppliers..."

Franz thought for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said:

"Then... what about that country? They must have a lot of weapons there, after all, they're going to have a major war with the Russians!"

Although he didn't mention which country it was, Lu Bo'an still understood what he meant. He raised his eyebrows slightly and muttered to himself, "Perhaps, this is also a good choice."

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(End of this chapter)