Northern Kenya.

In the early morning, the sun is rising, there is silence in the African wilderness, on the vast grassland, more than a dozen small houses made of stones, set up alone in the wilderness, and there is no end to the grassland within a radius of 100 miles, only these dozen families are particularly eye-catching.

One of the small stone houses is the Hornface house, where Hornface's Southeast Asian wife, Maria, wakes up early and begins to prepare breakfast for Hornface.

Mary came from the Dutch East Indies Colony (Indonesia) and was sold to the East African colonies by the Dutch at a low price.

People in the backward tropics are very similar, women are much more industrious than men, and Maria is such a type, and their mothers have been working to support the family since childhood.

Of course, Mary's father had three wives and a dozen children, and the family had to work except for her father.

As for Maria's father, relying on the inheritance left by his ancestors, he originally had a small family in the local area, but in Maria's father's generation, his father did not inherit the glorious traditions of his ancestors at all, but was proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling.

Soon, the family lost all his property, and he was supported by three wives and a bunch of children, but even then Maria's father remained stubborn, and was soon blocked by creditors because he could not pay his gambling debts.

After a flurry of punches and kicks, Maria's father sells his youngest three daughters to pay off his debts, and Maria is one of them.

When she was sold by her father, Maria was fifteen years old, average-looking, working in the fields with her mother all the year round, her skin was slightly dark, she was not tall, and she was malnourished like a hemp stubble.

Maria, who was not very good-looking, was sold to the Dutch at a very low price by creditors, who in turn sold her to East Africa for twice the price, mainly as a middleman to make the difference.

Of course, in this era when the slave trade has ended, of course, Maria and others cannot be sold to East Africa under the banner of human trafficking, but imported into East Africa in the name of women textile workers.

Hornfiss, an Austrian in his early 20s, came to East Africa a year and a half ago and, like many Austrian immigrants, was a young and strong young man.

After all, most of the European immigrants who came to East Africa, except for those who had already started families, were male bachelors.

According to the custom of the East African colonies, the Chinese distributed whites and the whites distributed the yellows, and Hornface asked for an Indonesian daughter-in-law.

Of course, in addition to assigned marriage, free love also exists in East Africa, but only for immigrants who arrive in East Africa through the normal immigration route.

For example, the women and widows of Paraguay are quite respectful of the wishes of East Africans, and Paraguayan women have become the objects of courtesy among East African bachelors.

There was a tie between the Chinese and the European immigrants, and basically the unmarried young Paraguayan women would choose the young Europeans, while the widows with children would generally live in a partnership with the Chinese.

Once the relationship is confirmed, the wedding ceremony takes place and the East African government issues a marriage certificate.

But after all, there are relatively few women in Paraguay, and the population of Paraguay as a whole is only a few hundred thousand, and East Africa has so far worked hard to get 80,000 or 90,000 from the local area, which is a scarce resource.

Paraguayan immigrants in East Africa have been placed in areas that have long been developed, and there is none of them in newly developed areas like northern Kenya.

Therefore, Hornfis's marital problems can only be solved by immigrants who arrived in East Africa through irregular routes.

In Mombasa, Hornface and his competitors drew lots to get a spouse, although the East African colonies had already established a well-established process.

Hornfis's competitors were also Europeans, and their selection was also confined to the yellow race, and the Chinese immigrants were the opposite.

In East Africa, there are few options for immigrants, and Hohenface can only ask Allah to forbid him not to draw too ugly.

Hornface finally got the number seven card, that is, Maria, and Hornface felt good at that time, after all, he looked like that, and it would be very good to be married in this life.

On the same day, the local government of Mombasa applied for a marriage certificate for these newlyweds, and a symbolic wedding ceremony was held, and Hornface led Maria home.

As of today, Hornface and Maria have been living together for more than six months, and Maria is sixteen years old.

Hornface lived a very comfortable life, and was very satisfied with Mary, and the husband and wife were on the same page.

Born in the Austrian countryside, Hohenfith was a relatively simple person, and he was only 18 years old when he first arrived in East Africa.

Because there are several brothers in the family, it is destined that the family business has nothing to do with him, and it happens that East Africa recruits immigrants, so he goes to East Africa with a few partners in the village.

Maria has also been taught by her mother since she was a child, hardworking and capable, and the housework is well organized, so that the two of them are simply a natural match when they meet together.

The name Maria was given by Hornface, and at first the two people did not understand the language, and Hornface asked what Maria's name was, but Mary did not know what Hornface meant.

Maria didn't have a proper name, and she was not treated well by her father at home, who generally called her "Black Monkey".

Seeing that the two could not communicate, and that Maria was too timid to speak, Hornface took it upon himself to give her the name "Maria".

For the first month, Hornface and Maria communicated largely by body language and guesswork, but as the days passed, Maria gradually learned some basic German.

After half a year together, Maria was able to communicate with Hornface normally in German, which was not very fluent.

Maria made noodles in the kitchen, simply baked a few cakes, boiled a pot of millet porridge, cooked a few cold dishes, and a simple and simple breakfast was ready.

"Honey, it's time to eat!"

Hornface had already dressed, washed up briefly, pulled over the stool, and sat down at the table.

"Maria, don't be busy, sit down and eat together!" Hornface said as he greeted his wife, who was still cleaning up the house.

"It's okay, you still have to work in a while, I can't be idle anyway, and I won't delay eating for a while." Maria said as she cleaned up her bed.

"Family, you still have to eat together to have an atmosphere, in Europe my family and I also sit at the same table to eat, you also said that I will go to work for a while, so much time in a day, it's not too late to clean up, come and accompany me first." Hornface said to Maria.

When Mary finished her work, she came to the table, looked at Hornfis, who was munching on bread, and said, "Eat slowly, don't choke." ”

Hornface smiled slightly, this is the meaning of his life.

(End of chapter)