Chapter 715 Brief Reunion
After chatting with the old man, Wells learned that this man was a veteran who had retired from the army. This is very common in East Africa, especially the placement of military personnel, which can be regarded as East Africa. feature.
Just as the two were still chatting, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from behind Wells.
“Brother!”
Wells turned around and saw a young man over 1.7 meters tall standing behind him.
"Are you Mel?" Wells was a little confused about the changes in his family after being away from his hometown for so long.
"Brother, it's me. I haven't seen you for so many years. You haven't changed much, but if you look closely, you can see that you are different in temperament. Are you living a good life in Germany?"
Come and greet me! Wells's is his middle brother Mel.
"Your voice is a little different from before. I didn't even dare to think it was you. If there were no other people around, I definitely wouldn't think it was you calling me." Wells said.
After so many years of not seeing each other, Mel’s appearance and voice have changed to a certain extent.
Mel said with a silly smile: "Have I grown up? I was only in elementary school when you left home, eldest brother, and now I am about to graduate from middle school."
"Really? How about your academic performance? ? "Wells came up with a sure kill.
Mel's smile froze and he said: "That is definitely not as good as you, eldest brother. You are the only college student in our village."
"Because of this, I also hope that you can succeed in your studies. You have made some progress, and I gave you lots of extra lessons back then."< br>
“Oh, of course I know that, but thinking about it, it’s very difficult to study abroad like you. There is a high probability that you will go to a technical school or university in East Africa. Originally, I wanted to work directly, but our mother values education so much, so I can only I can study hard.”
"Mom is right. The benefits of going to school cannot be described in one or two sentences. If you are in Europe, you will know it. In East Africa, knowledge is also respected. The country will need more highly educated talents in the future."
Because of the direct popularization of secondary education in East Africa, Wells can only talk about highly educated talents. Currently, there are three types of high-level talents in East Africa. One is famous scholars and technicians in Europe, the other is people who have studied abroad, and the last is Judging from the current situation, the talents cultivated by local higher education in East Africa are definitely like this, and may be improved in the future.
While Wells was chatting with his brother about home affairs, Mary also noticed it, so she took her son Wiggins out to inquire about the situation.
"This is your sister-in-law, Mary, and this is your nephew Wiggins." Wells introduced his brother.
"Hello, sister-in-law! And we have a cute little nephew." Mel picked up Wiggins. Little Wiggins is only three years old this year and is not heavy at all. When he was at home, Mel He also often hugs his younger siblings.
"Hello, Mel." Mary also greeted Wells' brother.
"By the way, where are mom and dad?" Wells asked.
"They were outside the station, and I came to the platform to pick them up." Mel said.
Adliss also came back and said from the side: "Mr. Wells, this train leaves at eight o'clock tomorrow, so you should reunite with your family first! Your luggage can be temporarily stored, and I will take it to you. Lock the door of the box.”
After the arrangements were made, Adlis slipped away and stopped disturbing them. ……
Outside the station, Wells saw his parents and two other younger siblings. The youngest sister was not as old as his son Wiggins.
"Wiggins will have to take care of his little aunt in the future!" Wells' parents joked.
Wells's mother is from the Far East, so she enthusiastically took Mary aside to chat. On the contrary, Wells' father was relatively taciturn and not like a traditional German.
"Let's go, we are temporarily staying in the hotel, which is arranged by the government. Brother, I will help you carry your luggage." Mel said.
So the family got on the carriage and headed towards the hotel next to the Iringa City Hall. This was also one of Wells's benefits. Generally, hotels in inland areas were provided to public servants.
Along the way, Mel, a middle school student, introduced the development of his hometown in recent years to his elder brother.
“At present, Iringa City has only a population of more than 4,000 in the urban area. Together with the surrounding areas, it has become a distribution center for tobacco, cereals and livestock. Tobacco is a special crop grown locally and is also our most important production area. Others There is no clear difference between the industry and the entire Plateau Province.”
“When I left Iringa City, there were only more than 2,000 people in the entire urban area. Now the population of Iringa City has tripled, and it seems to be more than 2,000 people. It was more prosperous before," Wells said.
“After more than ten years of development, all cities will develop. For example, various buildings and facilities are slowly accumulated, so this kind of development is very common in small and medium-sized cities in East Africa. , Unless there is war, these will be destroyed, but this will obviously not happen. As long as there is peace, the development of a region will always accumulate slowly.”
"Many old houses used to be overthrown and rebuilt. Now the city government and other government agencies have been converted into masonry structures. The public facilities in the city are much better than those in the countryside, but the changes in the village are also quite big."
< br>"Now the main crops grown at home are wheat and tobacco. However, compared with wheat, tobacco cultivation is more complicated, especially during the harvest season. It is easy to get greasy all over the body, but the salary is also higher than that of wheat, and it can We received more daily necessities.”
“The roads in the village were widened and reorganized, and a reservoir was built at the west end of the village, which greatly solved the water problem.”
Wells listened to the changes at home with great interest. Generally speaking, it was stable and improving. The living standards of the East African people have been further improved. This is a common phenomenon. Of course, the most important thing is the industrial development of East Africa. , providing more consumption channels for citizens.
This can be seen from the clothes and mental outlook of the family. It may be because when they came to the city, even the father and mother put on new clothes. Both father and mother are very frugal.
Of course, Iringa City is not a place that hates the poor and prefers the rich. Compared with the rural areas, the facilities in the urban area are better. In fact, the income gap between rural and urban areas is not large.
Of course, the development of rural areas in East Africa is definitely not taken into account at present, because the urbanization rate in East Africa is too low, and scattered construction will easily lead to a waste of resources.
When the degree of mechanization increases in the future and villages and towns can be merged, East Africa will basically be able to carry out major transformation of the infrastructure in rural areas. This is something that the current East African society cannot imagine.
The family arrived at the temporary residence happily. Wells specially brought back some specialties from Germany, especially food and industrial products from his father's hometown of Bavaria, which are difficult to buy in East Africa.
However, international cities like Dar es Salaam and Mombasa should also have sales. After all, the German region is one of East Africa’s main trading partners, and East Africa is also culturally inclined In the German region, many things have a market in Germany, and the same is true in East Africa, and it is more convenient to write letters or send telegrams in the country.
This reunion is rare for Wells, but the only pity is that he can only stay here for half a day and one night, so the family did not sleep, but chatted all night. Wills and his wife will meet him early tomorrow morning , my son will go to the station and head to Bulawayo. Of course, he can take the railway during the holidays and reunite again, which is something that cannot be achieved by studying or working in Europe.
(End of this chapter)