Most of these GIs' retirement lives are unsatisfactory, although they are still far from committing suicide, but according to Qin Shiou's observations, these people usually have suicidal thoughts at least occasionally.

He could tell from the crazy way some people looked when they drank that they had self-destructive tendencies.

The GIs were noisy together, and Daddy Hickson left his shop after preparing the food, and before leaving, he called Qin Shiou over and said, "Listen, young man, help me take care of my home, I don't want to come back and find my lovely old nest made into a pigsty by these guys!" And, seriously, if it weren't for your sake, I wouldn't be accepting these guys! ”

Qin Shiou hugged the old man and said with a smile: "I know that my father is good to me, and I feel five guilty." ”

Father Hickson laughed happily when he heard this, patted him in the face and said, "You just know that, all right, go ahead and play with you young people, and hopefully those bastards will die drunk in the bottle." ”

Qin Shiou didn't stay here for long, at eleven o'clock, the commemoration of Invalids Day officially began, Bird turned up the TV in the restaurant to the loudest, and the group stood up and watched the commemoration on the screen.

Ottawa, the capital of Canada, celebrates this day every year with a solemn commemoration in front of the War Memorial.

How grand is their commemoration? The British royal family will have to send someone to preside over the procession, and the prime minister, accompanied by MPs, will inspect the troops in front of the war memorial, certainly not a Chinese-style military parade, but it will already show the importance they take to the event.

The ceremony began with the sound of a cannon salute, and representatives of elite troops, but only infantry. The navy, army, and air force all formed a guard of honor to be reviewed.

Qin Shiou looked at it and shook his head, and Bird turned his head sideways and asked, "Do you think this is bad?" ”

Qin Daguan said frankly: "I'll show you the scene of our country's military parade when I go back." You can look for gaps. ”

A brief review of the troops was followed by the singing of the national anthem by the participants at the event. A few warplanes flew over Parliament Hill, a Scottish military band in tartan skirts blew bagpipes, and countless small national flags waved in people's hands, just like a military parade at home.

Ferguson looked up and sang, "Hey! On the battlefield of Flanders, red poppies are in full bloom. Our land of blood is now full of crosses......"

The others sang along: "The lark flapped its wings and screamed, the guns rarely rang out again, we had time." There is also human affection, which has drifted away from the world, and now we are sleeping on the battlefield, and our hands are lowered. ”

"Brother, please take the torch and continue to fight to the end, if we break our last wish, even if the flowers bloom all over the field, how can we rest in peace?"

The poem became so famous that some people began to commemorate the deceased soldiers with poppies. It is also the reason why the poppy flower later became a symbol to commemorate the fallen soldiers......"

There was nothing to do with Qin Shiou next, he left quietly and put the poppy-poppy he was wearing before on the table at the door, which was traditional. After the event, poppies are offered to the event.

In the afternoon, Bird and the others returned to the fishing ground to work, and Qin Shiou said: "You don't have to be in such a hurry, I will grant you a day off." You can have a good chat with your comrades. ”

Nelson smiled wryly, "What is there to talk about?" We have to work hard and make good money. Now I was killed very badly. ”

Qin Shiou frowned and said, "What do you mean?" Are you gambling? ”

Nelson shook his head and said, "No, it's not gambling. It's given life money. ”

Bird also explained to Qin Shiou that the life money was an agreement between some of their well-connected comrades-in-arms, and they went to the front line together, and they said at that time that if anyone survived, they would do their best to help the families of the war dead or disabled.

The two of them are comrades-in-arms with Matt and others, and Matt did not find a job after retiring, nor did he have social security, and he almost relied on them to support him.

Qin Shiou asked, "Then how much do you need to pay?" ”

Bird said: "There is no rule for this, I gave sixty thousand." ”

Nelson shrugged and said, "Me too, 60,000 yuan, half a year's bonus, it's not much, right?" ”

Black Knife and the others said that they should be less, and each person only took out 25,000 yuan, because there were twelve people in their mercenary team at that time, and only one person was killed in battle, one person was injured, and ten people took on less pressure.

Qin Shiou was quite surprised, and said, "Wow, this is not a small amount of money, each of you is twenty-five thousand?" That's 250,000 for 10 people? ”

The black knife said, "How so? We make a lot of money and give a lot, and some brothers can't take care of it themselves, so they don't have to pay. ”

Qin Shiou asked, "Then do you have to be responsible for this part of the money?" How long will they be cared for? ”

The seven were all calm, and Bird said indifferently, "They die or we die." ”

Qin Shiou couldn't understand it, and Bird and the others also understood this, so they smiled and said: "This is the agreement at that time, BOSS, don't look at those bastards who said that they would rather die on the battlefield, in fact, it's just their nonsense!" Throw them on the battlefield one more time, and they'll definitely want to live more than anyone else! ”

"If we survive, then we have to fulfill our promise to the dead, and we can't cheat the dead out of their money, boss, then we all despise ourselves." Angry Bao smiled.

"Of course, if we hadn't had meat with you, if we hadn't been able to eat bread ourselves, then we wouldn't have done it, and then we would have to rely on others to help us." Black Knife added.

Qin Shiou suddenly realized, in fact, among these people, it can be said that there is an invisible insurance, and whoever mixes well will maintain this insurance to ensure that the brothers at that time can at least eat and survive after retiring.

This is something he can't understand, different cultures, different experiences.

The GIs continued to take care of security, and Bird and Nelson continued to teach the newcomers about working at sea.

Qin Shiou was still strange, and asked Bird: "Then you so many comrades-in-arms, have you ever thought about seeking a position for them?" You see the fishery is hiring, and a lot of them don't have suitable jobs, right? ”

Bird said calmly: "Of course I think, if the fishery is mine, I will let them work, but this is not mine, I can't trap you, BOSS, those guys are not the material for work, they are different from the black knives, otherwise they will not even find a job that can survive." ”

Qin Shiou laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Then I really didn't misunderstand you, my buddy." ”

Invalides Day ended, and the only traces it left were the stubborn steel poppie on the seashore, which was later brought to life by the black knife and the Byrd, painted in red. (To be continued......)