African Nationhood

Chapter 318 Skilled Immigrants
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  "Ah sneeze, ah sneeze~"

The thin Yuan Asheng sneezed several times in a row. He couldn't help but murmured, who is thinking of me again?

Mother, sister, or younger sister?

It was not what he wanted to make a living overseas. He was an apprentice and was often ostracized by his master after he became a master.

He didn't understand it at the time, but later the master once confessed the truth after drinking, just because his sand casting skills were better than the master's, but the master needed this livelihood more to support his family.

He thought about it all night and resigned from his employer the next day, not to compete with his master.

However, he never made much money while working outside. His mother was sick again and had no money for medical treatment.

He heard that he could get more money by working overseas, so he applied for a job at the Nanhua Commercial Store in Shanghai on the recommendation of a friend.

There he was warmly received by the Nanhua Merchant Store. The people at the store heard that his mother was sick and offered to help his mother see a doctor.

He naturally desires such a good thing.

After the female doctor from Nanhua Commercial Center diagnosed and treated his mother, he told him that the cause of her mother's illness was a bad heart.

This disease is a chronic disease, and you can no longer do heavy work or worry about fatigue.

If you take a good rest, you may be able to live a few more years.

After hearing the news, Yuan Asheng felt a little sad.

But if the family's life depends on the meager salary of him and his sister, it will not be able to support the life of a family of four.

The Nanhua Business Center told him that as long as he was willing to work in Southwest Africa, the business store could advance his salary and help him take care of his family.

If his family immigrated to Southwest Africa, the Nanhua Merchant Office would also provide them with settlement allowance, and they would be given free land after three years there.

After hearing this policy, Yuan Asheng was very moved, but his mother did not agree. She believed that going overseas was too risky and it was better to be safe at home.

Not long after this incident, Yuan Asheng's mother fainted while helping people wash clothes.

In order to make his mother feel more relaxed, Yuan Ah-sheng secretly signed a working contract at Nanhua Commercial Store, handed over the advance salary to his mother, and then set foot on the cruise ship alone.

……

"Caught a cold? Although the temperature here is gradually getting higher, you can still catch a cold accidentally."

Yuan Asheng turned around and saw a woman with short hair who was slightly older than him.

This woman is ugly by birth, but not ugly by appearance.

Instead, she had a palm-sized red birthmark on her left eye.

At first glance she is a bit scary, because she often lives alone on the ship.

Yuan Asheng smiled and said, "No, my mother must have missed me!"

"Mom, you're pretty good then. I've been so old and no one has ever cared about me."

After hearing what the woman said, Yuan Asheng couldn't help but look at her, "You, you don't have a family?"

The woman smiled and said, "Well, I had no family when I was 6 years old, because my birthmark was too scary, so no one took me in.

I could only compete with wild dogs for food near the garbage dump, and eventually grew up.

I have lived alone for the past few years, and I want to find a man to marry, but men are afraid of me and no one dares to marry me.

I just gave up the idea of ​​getting married. I originally wanted to work as a worker in a cotton mill to earn some money to survive, but I couldn't do it because I was squeezed out by other stinky women.

I happened to hear that there is a place here that wants people to immigrate, and if they go there, they can get jobs.

If you get married, you can get land for free, so I wanted to go and have a look.

Even if I can't marry a man there, I can still make money with my skills to buy dozens of acres of land, and I won't be in a bad position to support myself in the future.

I see that you are often alone, so I came here to talk to you. "

Apart from talking to a few women at home, Yuan Asheng rarely interacts with the opposite sex outside.

But this woman with the birthmark made him feel relaxed because of her appearance.

He smiled and said, "Are you a direct immigrant?"

"Well, yes, no one wants me in the Qing Dynasty. Maybe I can find a man who wants me when I come out." Hearing this, Yuan Asheng didn't know how to answer, he could only smile awkwardly.

"What's your name and why are you going to South West Africa?"

Yuan Asheng directly informed the woman of his situation, and she expressed support for his decision.

"As a man, you should shoulder the burden of supporting your family.

Besides, I am not a woman afraid of the long waterways abroad, and you should not be afraid either.

This Nanhua company is so eager to recruit skilled workers, which shows that they must be in short supply of skilled workers.

When we get there, they will definitely pay attention to us, and our wages and benefits will be very high by then. "

Hearing what the woman said, Yuan Asheng also felt that his future was bright. He smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

The woman smiled and said, "My name is Hongye, Hong from flood, Ye from Yezi."

After hearing the woman's introduction, Yuan Asheng couldn't help but become interested, "Are you still literate?"

The woman smiled and said, "Why is it difficult to read? When I was a child, I was picking up garbage in the village and met a kind-hearted grandfather.

He asked me to work as a maid in his private school, helping him bring tea and water, and then teach me how to read when I had free time.

It's a pity that he died after staying with him for 2 years, otherwise I could know more words.

Then, I worked as a scribe for two years based on my literacy skills, and then I entered a cotton mill.

I worked there as a cotton mill team leader for two years, and later became a technical supervisor. If it weren’t for those women..."

At this point, Hong Ye stopped talking and chuckled: "It's all over. It's time for me to let it go. What about you?"

Yuan Asheng scratched Xu Qing's scalp and said with a smile: "I only know how to make sand molds."

Hearing this, Hong Ye asked, "What does sand casting do?"

"'Sand foundry' is a term that is mainly used for building machinery. It can be used to build large-scale castings or to make exquisite small-scale castings. This is a test of the craftsman's skills. I wonder how my brother's skills are?"

Yuan Asheng and Hong Ye turned around and looked at the speaker behind them. He was a dark and fat man.

Yuan Asheng smiled sheepishly, "My master said I'm better than him, but I don't know how much better."

The fat black man bowed his hands to the two of them, "I, Liang Baoyou, a first-level craftsman from the artillery workshop of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, have met two of them."

Hearing that the man in front of him was from Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Yuan Asheng couldn't help but become curious.

"I heard that the wages at Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau are 4-8 times that of ordinary people. Why did Master Liang leave there?"

Liang Baoyou sighed when he heard this, "Oh, it's a long story, it's all because I, Liang, like to get what's in the cup.

Having caused trouble, he had no choice but to go far away to avoid the trouble.

Don’t talk about it anymore, this is all in the past.

When we arrive in Southwest Africa in the future, we will all be in the same boat, and we will need more care in the future. "

Seeing the man's slick mouth, Hong Ye felt unhappy, so he hummed, "You two chat, I'm going back."

Seeing Hong Ye's graceful figure leaving, Liang Baoyou looked at her back for a long time before he clicked his tongue twice with unfulfilled interest.

"This woman is ruined by her face. If it weren't for that birthmark, she would be a romantic beauty!"

Yuan Asheng felt a little disdainful to see this guy appraising the woman he had just met, so he did not agree and just wanted to find an excuse to leave.

"that……"

Liang Baoyou didn't let him speak and continued: "This woman is quite capable. She became the team leader of the spinning factory when she entered the factory, and later became the technical director of the spinning factory. She has no spinning skills.

But the bad thing is that she wanted to start a family so much that she was targeted by a small businessman who not only defrauded her of all her money, but also caused trouble in the factory with the young businessman's wife. She could no longer work in the cotton factory, so she Will come overseas..."

Hearing this, Yuan Ah Sheng couldn't help but sympathize with Hong Ye. What's wrong with her?
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