631. A different style

Driving the car, Luo Zhiwei began to talk eloquently: "If you like to open a farm, Canada is indeed more suitable, and I have to admit that the relevant policies on agriculture here are much better than those in China." It's good to invest in farms, as the saying goes, money always depreciates, but land always increases. ”

Qin Shiou felt that this made sense, and when he checked the information of the farm before, he found that now with the rise in world grain prices and agricultural and sideline product prices, COFCO and other state-owned enterprises have changed their development strategies and set up farms in underdeveloped countries and invested in overseas farms.

Of course, they chose Africa, because land prices and labor in Africa are much cheaper than in Canada.

But for individuals, if they want to invest in overseas farms, it is better to choose Canada.

It is true that land and labor are cheap in Africa, but the local society is unstable, the laws are not perfect, and the local people are xùstrict and xenophobic, and individuals who have no state as a backer have always felt insecure in that kind of place.

Qin Shiou told Mao Weilong what he knew, and encouraged him to stay in Hamilton, otherwise if he was allowed to go to Montana, it would be more difficult for the two to meet again.

Luo Zhiwei heard that Mao Weilong was also interested in the United States, so he compared: "It is better to open a farm in Canada than in the United States, because Canada is a developed industrial country, and agriculture only accounts for a small part. In order to encourage agricultural development, the Canadian government can formulate a series of subsidy policies for farmers, which is not comparable to the United States, which now has too many large farms and strict land annexation. ”

Mother Earth Farm is very well planned, the farmland is divided into square pieces, and some are planted with corn. Some grow barley, others buckwheat. Some grow soybeans, while others grow rape flowers.

The timing of the cultivation of these crops is not uniform. So some of them have grown luxuriantly, some have just sprouted, and some have not even shown their sprouts, Luo Zhiwei didn't explain that Qin Shiou and the three of them didn't know what they planted immediately.

However, whether it is just growing or already growing luxuriantly, it looks like the growth is good, and it is clear that the land on this farm is fertile enough.

Mao Weilong was very satisfied with this, and he introduced Qin Shiou: "This farm is the best one of these farms I have visited. There was a farm in front of me where the grass was growing well, but when I looked closely, I found that the grassland was shallow, with many rocks, and could only grow grass, which was not suitable for growing vegetables and grain. ”

"There is also a farm, and the farmer is so greedy that he only farms the land but does not care about the land. After more than ten years, the farm land has been destroyed, the rain has turned into a mud pond, and the drought is a desert. If you don't have four or five years of time, don't think about it if you don't invest hundreds of thousands of dollars. ”

Listening to Mao Weilong's words, Luo Zhiwei laughed and said: "Little brother, our farm is not blowing, and the area may not work." But in terms of soil quality, it is definitely among the best in Toadun. ”

As soon as Luo Zhiwei said this, Mao Weilong, Qin Shiou and Ouyang Hai were all stunned. The three of them looked at each other stupidly, and asked together in confusion: "Toad Tun?" Where is Toad Tun? This town? ”

Seeing that the three of them were puzzled. Cai Mingjuan said with a smile: "Toad Tun is Hamilton, and we Chinese have given it a nickname here." If you read Hamilton's English pronunciation separately, you will understand why our fellow calls it that. ”

Qin Shiou read it silently, Hamilton's English is Hamilton, if you read it separately, it is Ha-mil-ton, and reading it slowly is really the pronunciation of Toad Tun.

"It's not just the transliteration, if you look at the old map, you can see that Hamilton was formed by annexing the surrounding towns and villages a few years ago, and the city used to be like a big toad with its claws outstretched on the map." Luo Zhiwei added.

Mao Weilong listened to the ridicule of the two, and thought it was really interesting, he poked Qin Shiou with his elbow and said with a smile: "You have been in Canada for a year, and you don't even know Hamilton's nickname?" ”

Although Qin Shiou passively enjoyed life, after all, he was surrounded by natives, and he still had a deep understanding of many cities in this country, so he smiled and said: "Who told you that I don't know its nickname?" I didn't expect our compatriots to be so talented that they could come up with such a name as Toad Tun. ”

"And another nickname?" Mao Weilong asked curiously.

Qin Shiou nodded and said, "The natives of Hamilton should like to call this city 'Crunch'. ”

This nickname is related to the shape of the Golden Horseshoe area, this urban belt is bent on the map, saying that it is the Golden Horseshoe, which belongs to the literary name, the common name is Hamilton, and the second B name is the squeaky nest, because this area does look like a curved squeaky nest on the map.

Luo Zhiwei and his wife naturally knew this title, so they smiled and listened to Qin Shiou's explanation to Mao Weilong.

After listening to this, Mao Weilong shook his head and sighed: "If you want to talk about nicknames, or are we Chinese good at it, what is it in the squeaky nest?" This explanation doesn't make any sense at all, it's far worse than our toad tun. ”

The group listened to Luo Zhiwei and his wife's introduction to the farm in the car, chatting as they liked, without the freedom and vastness of the fishing ground, but it also had some fun.

When the electric car drove to the southern edge of the farm, a garden was revealed, about twenty or thirty acres, and it was full of stone crosses.

Mao Weilong has seen too many such scenes from Hollywood blockbusters, so he subconsciously asked: "God, this is not a cemetery, right?" ”

Luo Zhiwei said happily: "Yes, this is the cemetery. ”

Mao Weilong looked at Luo Zhiwei's happy face in confusion, and secretly pulled Qin Shiou and said in a low voice: ", buddy, this brother won't have mental illness, right?" Damn the farm is built next to the cemetery and are you so happy? ”

Qin Shiou said with a smile: "It's time for me to pretend to be forced again, you don't understand this, this is a habit in Canada, and most of the locals believe in Christianity." Christianity believes that the purpose is the closest place to heaven, so many of the purposes in Canada are built with parks, and some are built next to residential areas. ”

Mao Weilong was secretly speechless, and asked in surprise: "Next to the cemetery, build a residential area?" Don't panic. ”

"What's this, many people like to live next to the cemetery, and in the dead of night, they can open the window and say that they can see heaven directly." Ouyang Hai interjected and laughed.

This is the cultural surprise that although Canada and the United States are both young and new countries, the inhabitants of both countries have a long and deep cultural history of Christianity, which is closely related to the lives of believers.

It is only when you come to these countries that you can truly appreciate the intermingling between Christian culture and everyday life, and the influence of doctrinal culture on the lives and social aspects of believers is pervasive.

Qin Shiou sometimes wanders around the town of Farewell Town, and meets some people, their casual greetings are from the Bible, Qin Shiou listens to the clouds, in fact, that sentence may be a blessing, a good luck, a sign of peace, of course, there are also some polite meanings.

Anyway, it's very complicated! (To be continued......)