African Nationhood

Chapter 259 Marriage in the Pond (Part )
  "Woo~~"

The nearly 70-meter-long "Zhou Yu" slowly docked at the port. The sailors on board cheered and ran back to the cabin amidst the dismissal of the naval battalion commander and captain Xue Youfu.

As a sailor of the "Zhou Yu", Pond is lucky. From entering the sailor reserve to becoming a first-class private, his military journey has been smooth sailing.

The salary of the Nanhua Navy is very generous. His current monthly salary is 150 yuan in military coupons, and there is also a 100 yuan military coupon as a seagoing subsidy.

In addition, there are two days of vacation every month. During the vacation, they can stay in the camp or go home to visit relatives.

Since Pond joined the navy, his family has settled here in Mapu Port City.

It's just that their military camp is on the south bank of Mapu Port, and his home is in the city on the north bank of Mapu Port.

Today is a rest day in the middle of the month, so Pond quickly packed his luggage, took out his backpack, packed a change of clothes and belongings, and was ready to disembark and go home.

"Pond, want to go home together?"

The person who asked the question was his comrade on the upper bunk, Yu Enyi. This young man had a flat face, no features, and very dark skin. He came from the Fujian Province of the Qing Dynasty.

Because he is a fisherman, he was recruited into the sailor reserve when he arrived here.

When he arrived, he had a severe dialect and couldn't even speak Chinese well. Many people couldn't understand what he said.

This guy forced himself to memorize words every day, practicing word by word, and finally got his Chinese up to standard.

When he joined the army, he was tested on literacy and elementary mathematics. He scored full marks in literacy, but he was only average in mathematics and was almost eliminated.

"Okay, let's go together."

After the two packed up their personal belongings, they left the cabin together.

On the way off the ship, I met many comrades. They greeted everyone warmly. Everyone was in a good mood because it was a holiday.

Walking up the gangway, they found it was very lively below, and the two quickly walked down the gangway.

They found that everyone was crowded around the bulletin board, and they heard someone talking before they even walked over.

"Okay, tonight there is a cultural troupe from the camp to come and perform. Bai Xiaoling will perform on stage. She sings well and is beautiful. We are blessed."

"You know Bai Xiaoling. Wenya will be on stage tonight. I would say Wenya is the real sweet singer and beauty."

...,

The two were discussing the two pillars of the art troupe, and they were studying under Liu Yinhuan, the veteran of the art troupe.

Now both of them have started acting. Because of their rich acting experience, they have gradually gained their own fans. There are scenes of fans arguing over their idols everywhere.

Chi Chi and Yu Enyi looked at each other and smiled, then stopped approaching and walked straight towards the gate of the camp headquarters.

After leaving the gate of the battalion headquarters, they felt a little more relaxed. The battalion headquarters was too repressed, and they had to always be on guard against the supervision and control of the boatswain and other petty officers.

After leaving the camp headquarters, they thought of another world, and the two of them even breathed easier.

"How should we go, by car or by boat?"

Taking a car means taking a tricycle. There are people who provide tricycle services to ride along the coastline to the North Shore.

The only way to take a boat is to take a wooden boat ferry. The narrowest point of the entire Haikou is only 700 meters. If you take a wooden boat ferry, you can reach the north shore in more than minutes or half an hour.

It takes 40 to 50 minutes to take a tricycle, but you can go around the coast and see the scenery in a very decent way.

Pond thought for a while, "It's better to take a boat and save some money."

Yu Enyi nodded in agreement with his suggestion, and they walked towards the wooden boat ferry together.

The so-called ferry is nothing more than a wooden sign on the roadside with the words "Waiting place for the boat" written in red paint.

Because these are all private ferries, there are people selling tickets at the waiting area.

"There are already 3 people on the Ming family ferry, and there are still 7 people to go. It will leave as soon as it is full. Come quickly."

"The Wei family ferry will leave with 8 people. There are 4 people now. Come quickly."

"We have 7 people on the Dahua Ferry. If there are only 2 more people, we will leave."

……

Those who sell ferry tickets do not believe what they say, because their main purpose is to deceive people. Once you sell the boat ticket, you can listen to them. You can sail whenever you want. If people are dissatisfied, don't even think about leaving.

Therefore, people who take a boat usually organize their own groups and choose a ferry to take when there are enough people to avoid waiting for a long time.

The blue navy uniforms of Chi Chi and Yu Enyi were very conspicuous. When they walked over, passengers crossing the sea immediately came over.

"Brother Sailor, let's go together. We are all going to the North Shore."

The name of the navy is very useful. The ferry boss did not dare to let the sailors wait, so people crossing the sea were willing to take a boat with the sailors.

The two of them in Pond did not object to such a convenient thing.

"Okay, let's go together."

Once they heard that the sailor was willing, these people became happy.

"The sailor brother is taking the lead. If you want to leave, come quickly."

This shout was much more effective than the one selling ferry tickets just now, and soon a group of people gathered around the two sailors.

Seeing that there were quite a lot of people here, Chi Chi and Yu Enyi led a team, each chose a boat and paid for a ticket.

At this time, other cross-sea passengers will organize the sailors to buy tickets, and they will pay to help them buy tickets, just because the sailors have brought them a convenient and fast boating experience.

The punters did not dare to neglect the navy sailors, so when they saw the blue uniforms for the first time, they warmly greeted the sailors to sit down and rowed the boat to the other side quickly.

It didn't take long to cross the sea, and the passengers on the same ship would thank the sailor brother.

Chi Chi and Yu Enyi smiled and waved, walked onto the beach, and then walked towards the military family home in Mapu City.

After several years of construction, Mapu Port City has undergone tremendous changes.

At the beginning, the entire port city was empty and desolate.

At that time, there was also a name here called Lourenço Marquez. It is said that it was named in memory of a Portuguese who explored this place early.

The entire bay is like a small village, with only a few buildings, most of which are indigenous wooden shacks.

After Nanhua Company arrived here, it immediately began to plan the place and built a large number of urban infrastructure projects, especially the urban sewers, which were very huge in order to smoothly discharge rainwater during the rainy season.

Fortunately, it is the dry season now, and the temperature in the entire city is not high. The pond likes this season very much.

"By the way, does anyone in your family say goodbye to you?"

Yu Enyi was bored all the way and suddenly raised this question, which surprised Chichi.

"No, what's wrong?"

"You're a good-looking boy, why doesn't anyone propose marriage to you?"

Pond chuckled, waved his hand and said, "I'm still young, so don't worry."

Yu Enyi didn't believe him, "You didn't tell the truth. Do you have someone in your heart, so you lied to me?"

Chi Chi shook his head, "Why are you lying to me? I'm really not in a hurry. Why did someone call you a wife?"

"Well, my neighbor in the family home, Aunt Wang, insists on finding me a white wife.

I immediately became anxious when I heard this. As a Chinese, I don’t want a white woman.

And that white woman is divorced, and I don’t want that. "

After hearing the words of his comrade, Chi Chi immediately became happy, "A white woman is good, she has a good figure and fair skin. After giving birth to a child, she doesn't have to worry about the child having dark skin."

Yu Enyi became anxious after hearing this, "Get out! I'm going to the service center to buy something. See you later."

Pond nodded goodbye to his comrades and walked forward.

It's just that the direction he walked was not the direction of the military family home, but another direction.

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