944 Food, clothing, and parents
All morning, Hugo has been fighting wits and courage with Indian workers, some go to the toilet for half an hour, some hide in the corner of the warehouse and smoke, get caught and die and refuse to admit it, and the most excessive thing is that there are people who deliberately hurt themselves and want to take half a month off, of course, the kind that is still paid.
At lunchtime, Second Lieutenant Duke took Hugo directly to the second floor of the cafeteria, and Hugo, as a manager, did not have to eat with the Indian workers on the first floor.
Lunch was quite hearty, with the classic goulash with potatoes, the traditional German fried ham, and a glass of wine to accompany each person, because he had to continue working in the afternoon, Hugo chose a German dark beer.
Hugo asked the Indian-American employees during the meal, and Second Lieutenant Duke was not at all surprised.
"Those Indian workers do have a lot of problems, but we can't help it, their salaries are very cheap, and India is a colony of the British Empire, so we can only hire workers of Indian origin, and the salary of a southern African can hire four Indian workers, and even those Africans are paid more than those Indians." When Ensign Duke ate the potato goulash, he only ate beef, and the potatoes were left on the plate, which made Hugo very uncomfortable.
Little Gretel hadn't eaten goulash with potatoes since he was born, and Hugo really wanted to ask Ensign Duke if he could take his share of the goulash with him, but Hugo would rather not eat it himself.
Of course, Hu Ge didn't do that in the end, his self-esteem and education didn't allow him to do that, and Hu Ge could eat more so that he didn't have to eat when he got home.
"After a while you'll get used to those Indians, our caretakers in other warehouses, all having to carry a stick with you, do you know why?" Ensign Duke is accustomed to seeing that Indians believe in reincarnation in the afterlife, so they don't care about the difficulties of life itself, and they don't have much strong desire to change themselves.
"Why?" Hugo satisfied Ensign Duke's desire to express himself, and with those Indian workers, he really had no interest in chatting.
"It's a habit that has been passed down from the Indian colonies, and you need to keep pumping the butts of those Indians with a stick to make sure they don't get lazy." Second Lieutenant Duke was outspoken, and there was not much embarrassment about his own shortcomings, only the Indians thought they were British.
Hugo was dumbfounded, he had almost no contact with Indians, and it was really difficult to understand the Indian mind.
People really don't want to lose face.
Ensign Duke still retains the dining habits of a soldier, and quickly eats what he wants to eat, and then prepares to leave the dining room.
Hugo stuffed the last piece of beef into his mouth and followed Ensign Duke.
Leave the used utensils alone, there is someone in the restaurant who is in charge, the same worker hired from India, and it is an Indian woman.
The strange thing is that even those Indian women are more diligent than Indian men, which makes people have to sigh.
On the way back to the warehouse, Hugo suddenly remembered something: "In the morning, when I was at work, there was a box that was damaged, and some canned boxes were broken—"
Hu Ge was quite guilty in his heart, after all, this was a mistake in Hu Ge's work.
Unexpectedly, Ensign Duke didn't care at all, and just asked casually: "How much?" ”
"Fifteen boxes."
"Then it doesn't matter, it's normal attrition, as long as it's not too much, it's fine." Ensign Duke doesn't care, there are hundreds of boxes coming into storage every day, and it's normal for something to go wrong, as long as it's not intentionally damaged.
"And what do you do with those cans?" Hugo's heart suddenly beat violently.
"Whatever you do, send it to the canteen, or you and the workers will share it casually - no, the families of those workers are not here, you can take it home after work, go and taste it for your family, it will be regarded as a benefit on your first day of work." Second Lieutenant Duke didn't care, a dozen boxes of canned food were just that, and the Relief and Reconstruction Agency wasn't so stingy.
All afternoon, Hugo's mind was full of cans flying around, so much so that he almost made a mistake at work.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Hu Ge finished counting, carefully locked the warehouse door, and looked at the fifteen boxes of cans in a daze.
These fifteen boxes of canned food are all luncheon meat, in fact, only the outer packaging of the canned food is damaged, and the canned food has not deteriorated, so it is no problem to eat normally.
In Munich now, not to mention that the cans themselves have not deteriorated, even if they are spoiled, there are many people who are willing to eat them.
"Why don't you go back? Waiting for someone to drop you off? Ensign Duke drove his multi-purpose military vehicle past Hugo, obviously it had passed, and slowly reversed: "Ha, I almost forgot, come on, I'll send you back, where do you live?" ”
"Thank you, lieutenant, my home is very close to here, only two blocks, I can go back myself." Hugo was taken aback and thought that Ensign Duke had changed his mind.
"That's good, go back early, and don't forget to go to work tomorrow morning at eight o'clock." Second Lieutenant Duke did not insist and drove away on his back in a multi-purpose military vehicle.
Back home, Hugo still doesn't feel real.
A dozen boxes of canned food, which under normal circumstances cost more than 15 gold marks, in the mouth of Ensign Duke, this is just a benefit of a day's work!
Mrs. Hesling and Emma were also in a daze, and only little Gretel was feasting.
Mrs. Hesling cut a box directly for little Gretel, so that little Gretel could eat enough.
"Why is that Ensign Duke so generous, is there some conspiracy?" Emma's angle is strange, pregnant women do like to be cranky.
"What do I have that deserves Ensign Duke's use of conspiracy-" Hugo smiled bitterly, if it was Mr. Hesling, then it was indeed worthy of Ensign Duke's currying, but Hugo-
Hugo had never mentioned Mr. Hesling to Second Lieutenant Duke, Mr. Hesling's paper had not yet been published, and Hugo did not think there was any conspiracy in the matter.
In other words, even if there is, Hu Ge doesn't want to believe it, and even Hu Ge has a faint expectation in his heart.
As he learned more about southern Africa, Hugo became more and more curious about southern Africa, and if he could, Hugo really wanted to go to southern Africa to see what was so magical about that land that could become so powerful in just ten years.
During the Second Boer War, the German news media also carried out a series of reports on the Boer War, Hugo did not know about southern Africa, but he knew that Tanganyika and Southwest Africa, both of which were African colonies of European countries, were also located in southern Africa, Hugo really did not want to admit that the Germans had such a big gap with the British in terms of operating overseas colonies.
"I just learned today that in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Melk, Mr. Delano and Mr. Clark have also died, as well as Alain, Franklin, Andrew—" Erwin was not in a good mood, he had learned too much bad news today, Alain, Franklin, and Andrew were all Erwin's playmates, and they were all killed or missing in the World War.
The disappearance of this year is basically similar to a death in battle, and Otto was originally missing, so it was attributed to a death in battle.
"Erwin, don't think about that, think more about the living, life has to go on." Mrs. Hesling's sudden wisdom was astonishing, and it was normal, and if Mrs. Hesling could only quarrel, then Mr. Hesling would not have married her.
"Today a few of us are talking about the Peace Agreement, and we all agree that the Peace Agreement will not bring peace at all, and now we have no way to continue, so we have to be forced to surrender, and in a few years, when we breathe a little lighter, then there will be a Second World War, what should we do then, let our children continue to experience this?" Erwin's voice was full of confusion, the uncertainty of the future and the difficulties of life, leaving this young man who had just escaped from the prisoner of war camp at a loss, Erwin had thought that the end of the war would be a new beginning, but he never expected another tragic reincarnation.
"No, Erwin, all will be fine, if life deceives you, don't be sad, don't be anxious—" Mrs. Hesling was indeed well educated, and the poems quoted were suitable.
"—Calm down in the gloomy days, believe it, happy days will come!" Emma was certainly not uneducated with the Heslins, and their family's level of education was unmatched in 1917.
"Thank you, Mom, I feel better—" Erwin finally smiled, temporary confusion was normal, and people with strong hearts were always good at adjusting.
Bang Bang Bang –
There was a sudden knock at the door.
Hugo went to open the door and was surprised to see that it was Ensign Duke.
When he saw Hugo, Second Lieutenant Duke was also surprised.
"Hugo, why are you here?" Ensign Duke held a bouquet of flowers in his hand and a bag at his feet.
"Second Lieutenant Duke, this is my home-" Hugo really didn't expect Second Lieutenant Duke to be so enthusiastic, he just gave a dozen boxes of canned food, and now he came to deliver flowers-
This seems to be a bit over-zealous.
"Isn't this Mr. Heslin's home?" Puzzled, Second Lieutenant Duke leaned back slightly and looked at the door number again.
Yes, it is indeed Mr. Heslin's home.
"Mr. Heslin is my father-in-law and my teacher, and I live here." Hu Ge suddenly realized, that's right, the flowers are indeed not for themselves.
"Ha, I said—" Second Lieutenant Duke also suddenly realized, no wonder they could live together with different surnames.
"Hugo, hurry up and let the guests in, don't be so rude." Mrs. Hesling reminded Hugo that Second Lieutenant Duke, dressed in a Southern African officer's uniform, was still conspicuous in front of the door.
"I'm sorry, please come in-" Hugo is enthusiastic, this is food and clothing, not enthusiastic.
ps: The brothers are also the food and clothing parents of the fish head.,The first chapter plus more is delivered.,The second one is estimated to be midnight.,If you can't hold it, it's tomorrow -