The town of Winterton is not large, the school is built on the outskirts of the lower Tugla River, although the area is not large, but there are not many classrooms, after all, it is a small town with a population of less than 1,000 people, and under normal circumstances there are about 200 students in the school, and some parents send their students to Leidy Smith, 30 kilometers away, where the school is larger and the teaching level is higher.

The attitude of the residents of the town towards education is very different, and the Chinese parents are the most active, as long as the children reach school age, they will send their children to school, and even the Gurkhas, who are on par with the Chinese everywhere, will take the initiative to send their children to school.

European immigrant families are not enthusiastic about education, but they are not opposed to it, and as long as their children are willing to go to school, most parents are also supportive.

Comparatively speaking, Boer families are most resistant to schools, which is related to the fact that schools use English and Chinese, and although Boer is also the official language of southern Africa, few schools outside of Orange use Boer as the language is used, and the number of Boers is decreasing.

Southern Africa has high standards for schools, which do not use the usual wooden structures, but instead use stronger and more expensive masonry structures.

The same is true of Winterton Elementary School, which is built on a relatively high hillside, the main building materials are red bricks produced by Ladysmith, the classrooms are all laid with wooden floors, the windows are bright and clean, clean and hygienic, except for no privacy, the conditions are actually quite good.

Of course, in the eyes of some people, the conditions in the school were extremely rudimentary, and the food brought by Gilbert was not rich enough, only fruit and eggs, canned food, and no fresh meat, which was a far cry from the standard of living of the townspeople.

There is no doubt that the standard of living in southern Africa is still very high, even during the world wars, which were not affected much.

Winterton is surrounded by well-developed farms that were abandoned for a while after the Second Boer War, but with the arrival of new immigrants, they were quickly restored and better than ever.

In Winterton, not only Chinese-run farms, but also white-run farms are actually in good shape.

"Canned, canned, canned, those Orientals stay in warm and cozy rooms and eat barbecue, but we have to eat these cold cans, have you heard, these cans are actually made of offal and carrion, people get sick when they eat them, those Orientals use this way to kill us all, and then Southern Africa is theirs." Halifax chattered that the offal was indeed true, and the carrion was pure rumor, but this kind of rumor was widespread in southern Africa, and there were many people willing to believe it.

"Halifax, don't be alarmist, animal offal may be there, but animal offal is not inedible, and foie gras is also animal offal." Some people are not used to hearing Halifax, and not everyone is dissatisfied.

During the dry season, white people living on the right bank of the Tugla River also proposed to repair the river, but because there were not many people willing to work, it was not implemented.

In previous years, although the water of the Tugla River swelled during the rainy season, it did not flood to the extent of this year, and after the rainy season this year, more people are willing to take advantage of the dry season to repair the river.

It's not too late to make amends.

"Tim, you are too easily satisfied, it is clear that those Orientals have robbed us of the comfortable life that belonged to us, but you accept it all with peace of mind, let Julia and the children live in a simple classroom, you are not a responsible husband and father, you should be ashamed." Halifax has a tricky angle, and Julia is Tim's wife.

"You bastard, I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Tim's face flushed and he stood up with his fists clenched, but was immediately stopped by Julia.

"Don't do that to Tim, he's a bastard trying to provoke you." Julia calmed down, it's no good to do it now.

"Ha, it looks like you deserve to live here, like stray dogs under the fence." Halifax slipped away after speaking, and he was afraid of being beaten.

It was still raining outside the classroom, and there were white raindrops as far as the eye could see, and on the riverbank in the distance, Mayor Winter and Sheriff Gilbert were leading a group of people to patrol the riverbank, and not far from the school gate, several Chinese young people with shotguns on their backs gathered to chat, they were monitoring the people in the school to prevent the people in the school from looking for trouble.

"Look, we're locked up here like prisoners, without even the most basic freedoms." Halifax was still stirring up, but he didn't have the consciousness to go up to the embankment to help.

"Harry, what do you think we should do?" Qin Hui still has a good relationship, and naturally there are people who support Halifax.

"We can't be slaughtered like some shrunken turtles, we must take Winterton back and drive out all the damned Orientals." Halifax's eyes flashed with danger signals, and the faint smell of roasted meat wafted over, Halifax was so jealous that he had lost his mind.

"If we do, then Ladysmith's garrison won't let us go." The Halifax partners were worried, and although they also wanted to eat the barbecue, they didn't want to die for the barbecue.

"Don't worry, as long as we all work together, the Leddy Smith garrison won't do anything to us, don't you understand the law!" Halifax sneered, it was a good excuse not to hold the public accountable.

"But there are too few of us—" There were still some people who were worried, and there were not many people willing to take risks with Halifax, only a dozen or so.

"We can be taken by surprise." Halifax is confident that he has lost his family, lost all his possessions, and has nothing to lose.

A little later, Halifax and his companions put on raincoats and headed straight for the riverbank.

On the embankment, Wington and Gilbert are patrolling.

During the dry season, the inhabitants of the left bank of the Tugla River raised the height of the entire embankment by at least two meters during the renovation of the river, and the width of the top of the embankment was about three meters.

There was a large amount of high-quality timber around Leddy Smith twenty years ago, after these years of development, the high-quality timber has basically been mined out, and the previous forests are now replanted with high-quality timber and fast-growing forests, these golden silk red sandalwood saplings are provided free of charge by the Leddy Smith City Council, which not only has economic value, but also has high ornamental value.

"It's a good thing we didn't forget to fix the river during the dry season, otherwise we would have suffered this year." Winter looked at the roaring water of the river and was terrified that this year's rainy season was too heavy, and the residents on both sides of the Tegra River suffered heavy losses.

Interestingly, as long as there are Chinese settlements, the losses are not too large and are acceptable.

"Halifax is crazy, and after the rainy season, I want to send Halifax out of Winterton." Gilbert had long looked at Halifax unpleasantly, those Gurkha people had already established themselves in Winterton, the farm was thriving, and Halifax had become a disgrace to the white people of Winterton.

"Where can you drive him? This man is a bastard and will not be popular anywhere. Winter didn't like Halifax either, but he couldn't help it.

Although Halifax hates it, he doesn't do anything like that, in other words, he doesn't make big mistakes and makes small mistakes, this kind of person is actually very annoying, like a toad, people are afraid to avoid it, but they haven't realized it, or they are proud.

In fact, Halifax used to be a very good person, but unfortunately he was obsessed with gambling and alcohol, and the whole person was completely degenerated, and he fell to the point where his wife and family property were scattered now, and the residents of Winterton often taught their children that Halifax was a negative example to stay away from gambling and alcohol.

Don't believe in any small gambling pleasure and big gambling hurting your body, big gambling starts with small gambling, people are self-aware, people who don't have too much self-control ability simply don't touch, don't overestimate your self-control.

"Mr. Mayor, is there anything we can help with?" Halifax came to the embankment at this time.

"What are you doing here?" Gilbert's expression was indifferent.

"I'm here to help—"

"No, just take care of yourself, you don't need your help here." Gilbert refused, not giving Halifax a chance to "help".

"Hey, Mr. Sheriff, please don't refuse our enthusiasm, we want to do our part for Winterton, too." Halifax spoke lightly, and he came to the bank of the river and kicked hard at a rock with his foot.

The stone does not move.

Halifax shook his head in regret, and sighed in his mouth: "It's really strong, how much cement is used, and it takes a lot of money——"

"Harry, you're such a bastard, what do you think you're going to gain even if you bring the river bank down?" Gilbert really couldn't figure out what was going on in Halifax's head, this person was not normal at all, and the more he looked at it, the more he looked like a madman.

"Hahaha—it's no good, and I don't want the embankment to be washed away—" Halifax laughed, not wanting a stone to suddenly come loose under his feet.

Halifax screamed, and his body suddenly lost its balance.

Gilbert was standing beside Halifax when he fell into the river.

For a moment, Gilbert subconsciously reached out to Halifax, wanting to pull Halifax back.

But just as Gilbert was about to grab Halifax, Gilbert suddenly stopped and watched Halifax fall into the river.

The river roared, and Halifax was swept to the bottom of the river without any struggle, leaving only the stunned crowd on the shore and an indifferent Gilbert.

It was really an accident.