In the aftermath of a winter tropical storm, the slums of Surabaya are already a sea of Indonesians, who have been unemployed for a long time, crouching high in their shacks, numbly staring at waist-high sewage and garbage, and sometimes children crying out for hunger and cold.

Hey, how are you spending your days? In the past, there were still many Chinese shops and factories to work, but now those hateful Chinese would rather go to northern Java to hire Madura people, or go to the west to hire Sundanese people, and would rather arrange extra food and lodging for them than have Javanese who don't have to care about anything.

"Ali, Siti has a fever again, what should I do?"

What to do? The black and thin Ali, who was squatting at the door in a daze, let go of his hands holding his head, and looked at his wife guiltily, his eyes red. I borrowed everything I could, and even my cousin Yunus, who looked down on him, borrowed 10 million rupees (equivalent to 5,000 yuan).

Alas, the wife who took care of her daughter sighed helplessly, wrung a wet towel and put it on Siti's forehead, praying to Allah to let her get better soon.

There was a motor sound, and Ali, who was squatting at the door and losing his mind, raised his head blankly, just in time to see more than a dozen red cargo ships heading towards his house, on which stood some Chinese young people wearing white shirts and black trousers, and the badges on their chests were very dazzling in the sun.

"Fadima, hide quickly, those Chinese have come to take revenge!"

Ali was stunned for a moment, hurriedly jumped up, picked up his daughter, who was still in a high fever, and dragged his wife in a daze to the back room.

"Ali, what's wrong?"

Ali, who had seen the members of the Xingtian Society attacking the police station, trembled with fright, hid his wife and daughter under the bed, and trembled: "Someone must have robbed them of their things, and they came to take revenge!" Those people are unreasonable, and if you don't like you, they will kill people! If Cousin Yunus hadn't taken a vacation that day, he would have killed them! ”

However, something unexpected happened to them, and after a noisy electric sound, a loudspeaker sounded.

"Please pay attention, please pay attention.

We are the 'Chinese Freemasonry Surabaya Branch', and the day after tomorrow is the Spring Festival of our Chinese. We have prepared a New Year's gift for the children, wishing them a happy Chinese New Year. Come out, children, my uncle has prepared a lot of sweets for you. ”

The radio sounded twice, but Ali's family did not dare to speak out, and no one in the entire slum area dared to speak out, and the riots half a year ago frightened these Indonesians at the bottom of society. Those Chinese people in white shirts and black trousers are demons, and they even dare to kill the police!

Wang Zhongsheng, who was standing at the bow of the boat, wiped the oil and sweat on his fat face, and looked helplessly at the silent slums, the chairman personally planned an action for national reconciliation, but he didn't expect these Indonesian monkeys to be so uncooperative. , I don't know what to lift!

But thinking of Sun Ziming's death order, Wang Zhongsheng, who was helpless, had no choice but to wave at Lu Guisheng and ordered: "Ah Sheng, call your police brothers and ask them to invite an Indonesian police officer over." ”

"Yes"

A few minutes later, trainee policeman Zhang Maozai led his captain Yunus and came in a small boat. Wang Zhongsheng shook hands with the officer whose hands were trembling, stuffed a red envelope into him, and pointed to the piled up of gifts on the boat and explained, "Officer Yunus, you have high prestige here, and I hope you can help us with this." ”

"No problem, no problem", as soon as he heard this, Yunus, who had frightened Lu Guisheng and them, agreed repeatedly, and stuffed the red envelope he had just received into his trouser pocket. The red envelope that was not thin made this Indonesian police officer completely relieved, Zhang Maozai did not lie to himself, this is an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune!

These Chinese are so generous, as long as they recommend this Zhang Maozai for promotion in the future, will they still treat themselves badly?

Yunus is worthy of being a police officer in the slums, and he can no longer be familiar with the residents of these slums, leading Wang Zhongsheng and them to kick open the door of his cousin Ali's house, and suddenly saw the Chinese fat man next to him with a dissatisfied face, and hurriedly said happily: "Ali, Ali, come out quickly, I am cousin Yunus." I have a good thing to find you, come out quickly! You coward, just hide under the bed, don't think I don't know. ”

After shouting loudly, Yunus took Wang Zhongsheng and walked directly inside, and introduced in a low voice: "Mr. Wang, this is my cousin's house, he has a daughter, who is just two years old this year and is sick. Ali was frightened last time, but he is a good person, and his popularity here is good. ”

Hearing that it was his cousin's voice, Ali crawled out from under the bed tremblingly, and stood on the side of the bed with a pale face, not daring to look up at Wang Zhongsheng who was smiling all over his face.

Regardless of the stinky coaxing of this short, dark and thin Indonesian man, the well-dressed Wang Zhongsheng happily hugged him and said happily: "Mr. Ali, today is our Spring Festival, we have prepared a small gift for your child, and I wish your child a happy Spring Festival!" ”

Lu Guisheng next to him hurriedly handed over a red cardboard box, Wang Zhongsheng glared at him, took the cardboard box and handed it to Ali who was at a loss, bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Ali, Officer Yunus just told me about your difficulties." Our company has contracted the reconstruction of the Surabaya Bridge, if you don't mind, you can come to work with us. ”

Yes? Ali looked at the gift in his hand in a daze, not even knowing when the guest had said goodbye, until his wife, Fadima, crawled out from under the bed with her daughter in her arms, and he was a little sober.

"Ali, what those Chinese said just now, is it true?"

"I don't know."

Fadima took the carton and opened it, and it was full of 'Xu Fu Chi' saqima, ingots, crisp candy and other foods. At the top, there is also a small red envelope that reads in Indonesian: Child, I wish you a happy Spring Festival and a healthy life.

'Hey', the two exclaimed in a low voice, and in the red envelope were eight brand-new dollars, enough for them to buy the cheapest antipyretic medicine for their children, and they could also buy dozens of catties of rice for a month.

With Yunus's help, Wang Zhongsheng's gift-giving became more and more smooth, and the children who accepted the gifts chewed delicious candy and happily brought more than a dozen cargo ships to deliver them from house to house. From time to time, there were also excited children who jumped from the shack to the boat, helping Lu Guisheng and them to distribute gifts, and preventing those cunning children from receiving more.

The whole slum began to come alive, and those timid Indonesian poor people also stood at the door to thank the guests.

"Thank you for your gift and may Allah bless you."

"Thank you, thank you, Allah will bless you."

When these apprehensive Indonesians thanked the guests who gave gifts to their children according to Islamic etiquette, Yunus, who had been flushed with the stimulus of promotion and wealth, came to the door with a group of his men. These Indonesian policemen, contrary to their usual condescension, enthusiastically and loudly greeted these poor compatriots to come and get the recruitment sheets.

"Hurry up and register, Surabaya Road and Bridge Company has recruited workers, working eight hours a day, 100,000 rupees (equivalent to 25 yuan) a day, and overtime pay of 20,000 rupees per hour!"

"No, only one person is allowed to sign up in a family!"

"Don't make any noise, everyone has a share!"

By the time Wang Zhongsheng and the others left, the gloomy slums were plunged into a sea of joy, and the excited people crowded at the door of their homes, shouting thanks to the Chinese who had not taken any of their past suspicions.

The same thing happened in the slums of Jakarta, where the Chinese youths who used to be terrified of Indonesians, wearing white shirts and black trousers with shaved heads, at all times, began to be welcomed by them.

Looking at those Indonesians with sincere smiles on their faces, Lu Guisheng, who was standing next to Wang Zhongsheng, suddenly said: "Brother Sheng, these Indonesian monkeys don't hold grudges so much? ”

Wang Zhongsheng, who waved to both sides, still had a smile on his face, but scolded in a low voice: "Ramming!" Only by standing up can these Indonesian monkeys thank us. If they're not afraid of us, why don't you send them gifts?

, these people don't have any brains, and they don't have high requirements for life, so they just use us as coolies. ”

The boat happened to come out of the narrow and dirty slum, and Lu Guisheng patted a sycophant, "Brother Sheng's wisdom!" ”

Wang Zhongsheng remembered Li Chengkai, an old classmate who was in his office, organizing all kinds of materials and tomorrow's celebrations, sighed secretly, and scolded with a smile: "You know a fart, how can I be wise?" This is all arranged by the president, Ah Sheng, remember, it is always better to send charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake. These Indonesian monkeys are also human and emotional, so let our members get along with them, after all, this is someone's territory. ”

The "Overseas Chinese Daily," which had just been published not long ago, used the pictures of those slum children rejoicing and added a bold headline -- a qiē for the children. It was reported in a large way that the 'Chinese Freemasonry' distributed more than 300,000 Spring Festival gifts to children in the slums of Jakarta and Surabaya before the Spring Festival, which caused a sensation throughout Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

President Subbibi, who was good at seizing the opportunity of performance, also immediately seized the olive branch of national reconciliation thrown by the Freemasons, and ordered television stations and newspapers to vigorously publicize the righteous deeds of the Chinese Freemasons, saying that they were the forerunners of national reconciliation, and calling on all the people to take action to realize the equality and freedom of all ethnic groups with practical actions.

In the early morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, President Subi was still at the presidential residence, facing TV reporters, expressing his congratulations to the first legal Spring Festival for the Chinese in Indonesia in more than 30 years.

"Dear Chinese Nationals,

On behalf of the people of the whole country, I would like to extend my blessings for the Spring Festival to the Chinese people of the whole country!

The past year has been a year of sorrow for us, and it is also the year we have begun to move towards greatness.

This year, we repealed all laws that discriminated against ethnic minorities and legislated that Indonesians of all ethnic groups are moving towards equality and freedom. This year, we also experienced some sad moments, but those were gone and forever became history. Like you, I miss those compatriots who unfortunately lost their lives and wish them all the best in heaven.

The Spring Festival is here, and so is spring!

In the future, we will move towards the rule of law in an all-round way, use the law to protect the rights and interests of the people, safeguard social fairness and justice, and promote national development. Our future is bright, albeit with a slight setback.

Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Chinese people who have sent happiness to the children of poor families in Surabaya and Jakarta. Thank you for reaching out a kind hand, for being with the government, and for doing a good job for this country.

Chinese people, the cause we are engaged in is great, perseverance can lead to victory, and giving up halfway will surely achieve nothing. Our blueprint is grand, our struggle will be arduous, and we, the people of Indonesia, must unite as one to meet the challenges and make our country more and more democratic, free, equal and prosperous

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