Chapter 261 New Year in Sandakan (Second update, Happy New Year!)
New Year’s Day is here!
Although it is not the New Year in the traditional sense for Chinese people, if it is regarded as a holiday.
Well, it can also be used as a day of celebration.
For most people, the New Year means snow and cotton-padded clothes, but Sandakan, located near the equator, is like summer all year round.
This does not prevent people here from celebrating the arrival of the New Year under the blazing sun. Although it is only New Year's Day, for many people, they finally have a few days of peace and quiet.
In the past few years, war and death have always shrouded everyone's lives, leaving an indelible shadow in the hearts of many people.
Since last year, under the scorching equatorial sun, the shadows in people's hearts have slowly faded away. Not only the shadows have faded away, but also new hopes and expectations for the future life have been ignited. hope.
On the streets of Sandakan, there is an endless stream of people walking on the road. The dazzling array of products in the roadside shops always attract people's attention. Many people will follow the invitation of the merchants to enter. In the store, people celebrating the festival were just shopping.
Today is a holiday.
Government offices, factories, construction sites and reclamation sites were all given a holiday. The cheerful crowds flowed like lava. The streets were crowded with people. The more people there were, the better business would be.
The shops on the roadside are filled with a dazzling array of goods. It must be said that during the war when supplies were relatively scarce, it was definitely not an easy task to supply such a large number of goods.
In fact, in order to allow people to live a New Year with abundant materials. As early as two months ago, Li Yian requested that sufficient supplies be imported from abroad to meet market demand.
Cinemas, restaurants, and pubs are all crowded. In many places, queues are even required, and the queues even reach the streets.
Every place seemed very lively. As for the amusement park by the sea, it was even more crowded with people queuing up. Men, women, adults and children, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.
In the endless sea of people, a young man with a camera, wearing a white shirt and navy blue shorts, used his camera to take pictures of people celebrating the New Year from time to time.
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! "Chinese News"! "Nanyang Daily"! "Yangcheng Daily"!..."
The person waving the newspaper in his hand is not the common newsboy in China, but He is a newspaper seller at a roadside newsstand. In Borneo, boys and girls under the age of fourteen, regardless of gender, must go to school. The same applies to those over fourteen years old, except that they go to a work apprenticeship school - a training factory. A place for apprenticeship. Naturally, there are no newsboys.
People selling newspapers on the roadside shouted when they saw the crowds:
"Look where Asia will go in 1946?...Look at the Kumamoto city, all of them have been razed to the ground, Kumamoto The citizens are so miserable that they are killed, is it justice?..."
When the young man heard this news, the corner of his mouth raised slightly, and his expression seemed a little proud. This was his article, but he did not stop, but continued to walk forward. When he heard the sound coming gradually from the crowd, Weak shout:
"Look at the news in this city. The first phase of 1,187 houses in Xingfu New Village is about to be delivered. Who can take the lead?..."
"You can follow this up later. News."
Jiang Jiechuan said to himself.
Today, as usual, he came out for an interview with a newspaper camera. Under a pair of sharp eyebrows and a pair of eyes looking directly at everything, he was observing the city. However, as he was in his early thirties, when he was in China In the newspaper factory, he has always been known for speaking out about current affairs. He has been working at Yangcheng Daily since arriving in Sandakan a month ago. He has been eager for big news.
What's the big news?
"Maybe this is it..."
What is the big news? It's something that can turn into a scandal.
Just at this moment, someone shouted.
"Hey, Chengde, you're here too...Are you doing an interview?"
Turning his head, Jiang Jiechuan saw the person coming. It was Cao Shida. They were university alumni, and it was through his introduction that Jiang Jiechuan joined Yangcheng Daily.
"What? The office is also on holiday today."
Cao Shida works in the chief executive's office. He is usually so busy that he doesn't see anyone, but he is actually on holiday today.
"Mr. Li said, what goes up is what follows. If there is no holiday for government offices during the holidays, factories and enterprises will definitely have schools to follow suit. Therefore, the Office of the Commissioner will also take the lead in having a holiday for two days in a row. I am planning to take my family with me tomorrow. Let’s go to Shabin Park to have some fun. Brother Cheng De, would you like to go with us? “It’s said to be two days off, but it’s actually three days off, because New Year’s Day falls on Tuesday, and we have one day off on the weekend, plus Monday and Tuesday, so there’s a total of three days off. Two holidays. It has to be said that although Li Yian comes from the new century, he still has not learned advanced experience. He does not know how to adjust his time off, and he does not even have one.
"How can you not be so free? You are in the chief executive's office, in a central location. I am in the newspaper office, and it is a hard life. There is no holiday."
Jiang Jiechuan directly changed the topic and said:
“By the way, I was just going to ask you about something.”
“What is it, tell me.”
“It’s about Xingfu New Village, listen. Is it true that the Chief Executive’s Office plans to build tens of thousands of houses?”
Jiang Jiechuan asked tentatively.
“Yes, there are more and more immigrants, so we can’t all live in dormitories. There must be a suitable place to live, a place where the whole family can live, don’t you think so.”
< br>Cao Shida said in a low voice.
"You know even if you don't tell me, those houses are not the kind of small western-style houses that everyone talks about. I don't know how many people are envious of them! Nowadays, whenever the big guys in the office have time, they will inevitably have a few words. ”
What are you talking about?
Of course, we are talking about whether there is any hope for the big guys to move in.
“It’s human nature for everyone to be excited about the small western-style building upstairs and downstairs!”
Jiang Jiechuan said with a smile, although he still doesn’t know how those houses will be divided in the future, since sir Everyone in the office is jealous, so this must be big news. No, it should be a "scandal".
The houses built in the name of improving people's livelihood will be occupied by a group of powerful people in the future. If it is reported, it will definitely cause an uproar. By then, Jiang Jiechuan will naturally It can be famous in Southeast Asia!
As a reporter, Jiang Jiechuan can still see the news, and of course he can see what kind of things can trigger big news.
Then the two of them walked and talked, talking about the construction of the industrial zone and the houses in Xingfu New Village that were assembled like cars.
“I never expected that building a house is like building a car. Parts are produced in a factory and shipped to the construction site for assembly. A building can be built in just a few days.”
< br>While amazed, Cao Shida said to Jiang Jiechuan.
“You can go back to the construction site and see those houses. It’s really magical. I’m afraid this is the difference between industry and handicrafts. It’s completely different from building houses as we used to talk about them.”< br>
When he mentioned the difference between industry and handicrafts, his face was filled with wonder. What surprised him was the progress of industry and science. But not everyone can see it all.
"Well, well, what my dear brother said is very true..."
Jiang Jiechuan could only manage a few sentences. He had never had the slightest interest in construction or industry. He only praised the capitalists. Things are things he doesn't bother to do.
What are his responsibilities? Of course, it is to expose the truth and put an end to injustice in the world.
Just at this moment, he saw a lot of people queuing not far ahead. The queue was more than a hundred meters long. There were at least one or two hundred people queuing there. The end of the queue disappeared in In an alley, and there were all men, Jiang Jiechuan asked when he saw this.
"Brother Xian, where is that place? Why are there so many people lining up?"
"Where else could it be? A specially appointed tea room."
Jiang Jiechuan asked with confusion on his face.
"Special tea room? What is this place? Tea drinker?"
Cao Shida grinned at his friend's confusion and said with a rather ambiguous smile.
"More or less, you know, the kind of place that men like to go to the most..."
Happy New Year to everyone!
(End of this chapter)