940 Hope is just around the corner
After Jr. became director of the Relief and Rehabilitation Agency, large quantities of southern African goods began to pour into Europe.
Not only Britain and France, but also Germany was covered by the work of the Relief and Reconstruction Agency, and with the influx of food from southern Africa, the food shortage in Germany was gradually easing, which led to the French government's dissatisfaction with the work of the Relief and Reconstruction Agency, which insisted that Germany should not be relieved until Germany signed the Peace Agreement.
As long as Germany did not sign for a day, the Entente and Germany were at war.
However, now Germany has opened its borders to the Entente, especially the merchant ships carrying food and daily necessities, and they do not even have to pay taxes when entering German ports.
Xiao Si is kind and angry, and France will not save Germany if it does not let it be relieved, but the things that should be sent cannot be stopped, and food and daily necessities can be stored when they are sent to Germany, and then distributed after the German government signs the "Peace Agreement", and there is a lot of work to be done.
Storing supplies requires warehouses and requires a lot of staff, and the Southern African officer offered Hugo the job as a storekeeper for storing supplies.
I have to say that as long as it is gold, it will shine wherever it is, and Hu Ge is an excellent scientific researcher in research, even if he carries a bag, he is also an excellent worker.
At dinner in the evening, Mr. Heslin finally came down from the attic, and was surprised to see the bacon sausage on the table.
"Bacon sausages produced in southern Africa, do you eat them or not?" Mrs. Heslin did not let Mr. Heslin go.
Hugo and Emma pretended not to hear it, little Gretel had just tasted a piece of bacon sausage, and immediately fell in love with the taste of bacon sausage, and now she was staring at the bacon sausage on the table, and her eyes could literally burst into flames.
Mr. Heslin pretended not to hear and went to the kitchen to wash his hands.
It's important to wash your hands before eating, and to be hygienic at all times –
Although Mrs. Hesling was mean-mouthed, when it came time to divide the meal, she gave Mr. Heslin as much as Emma, more to Hugo and little Gretel, and only a thin slice to herself.
That's why Mr. Hesling's family loved Mrs. Hesling.
"Mom, you usually have to take care of Emma and little Gretel, you need to eat more-" Hugo gave the largest piece from his plate to Mrs. Hesling, and then the second largest piece to Emma, "The doctor said you need to take more nutrition, and you should eat more-"
Hugo gave the last piece to little Gretel, the daughter of Hugo and Gretel, who was now severely malnourished, with a large head and a small body, almost no blood on his cheeks, and only two large eyes that perfectly inherited her mother's merits.
"You eat yours, you are now the only pillar of the family, unlike someone who will only hide in the attic to escape reality, you have to take care of the family, but also take care of your body, now your body is the most valuable asset of our family." Mrs. Hesling returned the bacon sausage to Hugo, knowing very well what the family was now sustaining.
"Ahem-" Mr. Heslin's expression was slightly embarrassed, and he coughed dryly twice to brush his sense of existence: "My research is almost complete, this is not at all what Professor Philip called 'unnecessary gaps', it is an important supplement to the Department of Physics, and once the paper is published, I can book next year's Nobel Prize in Physics-"
"Teacher, really?" Before Mrs. Hesling and Emma could react, Hugo exclaimed.
"What's the use, you've been studying for ten years, but you can't bring a good dinner to your granddaughter!" Mrs. Hesling chattered, but no one hated her.
"Mom-" Emma reminded Mrs. Hesling not to go too far, Mr. Hesling was fine, and Hugo had tears in his eyes.
"It's true, it's almost finished, and there are also your contributions in it, and I will write your name on it when I publish the paper." Mr. Heslin was overwhelmed by the fact that Hugo, once his best student, was now forced to do manual work at the train station to take care of Mr. Hesling's family, which was an insult to a brilliant scientist.
"Teacher, I'm proud of you, everyone will be proud of you, you're the greatest—" Hu Ge's voice choked, and only Hu Ge himself knew how many grievances were contained in this sentence.
"You're also very good, you're my best student, even in the most difficult times, you have the courage to take responsibility, and I have never regretted marrying Gretel and Emma to you-" Mr. Heslin was also emotional, as a husband, as a father, as a man, Mr. Hesling was not capable of bringing a better life to his family, and he could only hide in the attic every day to study, and the pressure he was under can be imagined.
"Dad~~" Emma's father's call is nine twists and turns, Emma married Hugo not because of Mr. Heslin's arrangement, but because Emma loves Hugo.
This is the purest form of love.
"Alright, alright, let's talk about something happy, Hugo, what's the matter with that Southern African officer you were talking about?" Although Mr. Hesling hid in the attic every day, he was not ignorant of what was going on at home.
"I warn you, old man, you are not allowed to make any demands on Hu Ge, I can allow you to hide in the attic every day to study your quantum physics, but you can't interfere with Hu Ge's work, in order to maintain this family, Hu Ge has worked very hard, he has to do ten hours of physical work every day, you have your choice, Hu Ge also has his life." Mrs. Hesling resolutely reminded that, with her knowledge of Mr. Heslin, it was feared that Mr. Hesling would not allow Hugo to accept the job offered by a Southern African officer.
"I'm not pedantic—" muttered Mr. Hesling, arguing that when one of them is strong, the other must be tolerated, or else life will not be possible.
"You are! Otherwise, you should accept Professor Abu's recommendation, and look at Professor Abu, the Nobel laureate in biology and the president of the University of Nyasaland, who can get hundreds of thousands of pounds a year for patents, and you-"You can't blame Mrs. Hesling for being in a hurry, hundreds of thousands of pounds a year, how much is Mr. Heslin's annual salary—
Now one pound is worth about 37 gold marks.
Mr. Hesling's annual salary was less than 2,000 gold marks, which translates to about 54 pounds.
"We're looking at different fields, and we can't measure them in monetary terms." Mr. Heslin patiently explained that Abu is in the field of biology, and he can earn more than 100,000 yuan a year by casually researching a traumatic medicine, and his ability to realize money is not comparable to Mr. Heslin.
Mr. Heslin's field of research is basic physics, which is really difficult to perform, except for the funds allocated by the state and the university, it is probably to try his luck at the Nobel Prize.
"But money can make life better for your family!" Mrs. Hesling does not study quantum physics, she only worries about the family's dinner every day, and if there is spring and snow, there must be a lower riba person, and a person who studies quantum physics must also eat.
"Everything will be fine! Is it, little Gretel—" Mr. Hesling could only find solace in little Gretel.
Little Gretel would only cry, she had eaten all her bacon sausages, and now she was eyeing Emma's share.
"Don't get used to her, yours you eat by yourself." Mrs. Hesling was more worried about Emma's health, and Emma treated little Gretel the same way she treated her own daughter, and Mr. Hesling's family decided not to tell little Gretel the secret that her mother had died, and to wait until little Gretel was older.
Now that little Gretel is too young to form a complete set of values, telling little Gretel about this fact when she is too young may make little Gretel have the wrong idea that "mom died because of me".
Even if it was only a one-percent risk, Mr. Hesling's family was not willing to take it.
"I'm sure everything will be fine, the officer from southern Africa wants me to be a storekeeper because I'm good at math—" Hugo said with a bitter look on his face, and as a brilliant researcher, Hugo had better grades than just math.
"What is the warehouse? Is it these bacon sausages and chocolate? "Mrs. Hesling has a knack for getting to the point.
"So what, Hugo, you have to be a man of integrity and set a good example for your children." Mr. Heslin is demanding, and even if life is so difficult, he will not lower his demands.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't ask Hugo to do anything, a warehouse with bacon sausages is better than a warehouse with machine guns-" Mrs. Hesling had a clear idea, and now in Germany, with the mark greatly devalued, Hugo works for officers in southern Africa, and is more likely to be paid in kind than a salary, so if the warehouse is filled with bacon sausages—
Let's just say that's excellent.
"Yes, the warehouse is indeed filled with bacon sausages and chocolate, and there is coffee and all kinds of cans, and the southern African officer invited me to a cup of coffee, sorry, I was too embarrassed to ask the southern African officer for some." Hu Ge is also a person who wants face, and Hu Ge can't do this kind of thing when he reaches out to ask for it.
"You should indeed ask the southern African officer for some, and I haven't had coffee in a long time—" On the contrary, Mr. Heslin was not pedantic in such a matter, and it was indeed ungentlemanly to take advantage of such a thing, but if it was to take advantage of southern Africa—
This should be regarded as serving the country!
Look, the professor's mind is so open-minded, alert, and not bound by formality, otherwise people would study quantum physics.
Coffee may be Mr. Hesling's only hobby, especially when he is working late into the night, and he often makes a cup of coffee to refresh himself, but after the outbreak of the World War, this became less and less common.
Hugo didn't speak, but his eyes were strange.
Professor Heslin's heart moved, and immediately he couldn't sit still under his ass like grass had grown.
"Come up with me, Hugo, I have something to teach you—" Professor Hesling said seriously.
Emma and Mrs. Hesling's faces were as usual, they knew their husbands well.
PS: The last chapter in June, the next chapter may be at midnight, or it may be tomorrow morning - tomorrow more brothers have the final say.