After chatting with the old man, Wells learned that this was a veteran who had retired from the army, which is very common in East Africa, especially the placement of soldiers, which is also considered East African characteristics.

Just as the two were about to continue talking, a familiar but unfamiliar voice came from behind Wells.

"Big brother!"

Wells turned around and saw a young man in his early 1.7 meters standing behind him.

"You're Mel?" After being away from home for so long, Wells is also a little in a trance about the changes in his family.

"Big brother, it's me, I haven't seen you for so many years, you haven't changed much, but if you look closely at your temperament, you can find that it's different, is it good to live in Germany!"

Wells was greeted by his second brother, Mel.

"Your voice is a little different from before, I didn't even dare to think it was you, if it weren't for the fact that there was no one else around, I definitely wouldn't think it was calling me." Wells said.

After so many years of not seeing each other, Mel's appearance and voice have changed to a certain extent.

Melhan smiled: "Have I grown up, I was only in elementary school when you left home, and now I am about to graduate from middle school." ”

"Really? So how are you doing academically? "Wells came up and was a lore.

Mel's smile froze and said, "That's definitely not as good as you, big brother, you're the only college student in our village." ”

"Because of this, I also hope that you can improve in your studies, and I didn't give you any less make-up lessons back then."

"Oh, of course I know this, but think about it, it's estimated that studying abroad like you is very suspenseful, and there is a high probability that I will go to a professional technical school or university in East Africa, I originally wanted to work directly, but our mother attaches so much importance to education, so she can only study hard."

"Mom did the right thing, the benefits of going to school are not something that can be described in one or two sentences, if you know it in Europe, in East Africa it is also very respectful of knowledge, and the country needs more highly educated talents in the future."

At present, there are three kinds of higher talents in East Africa, one is the scholars and technicians who are famous in Europe, the other is the overseas students, and finally the talents cultivated by the local higher education in East Africa.

While Wells was chatting with his brother about family affairs, Mary also noticed it, so she took her son Wiggins out to inquire about the situation.

"This is your sister-in-law, Mary, and this is your nephew Wiggins." Wells introduced his brother.

"Hello sister-in-law! And the cute little nephew. Mel picked up Wiggins, Wiggins Jr. is only three years old this year, and it is not heavy to hold at all, and when he is at home, Mel often hugs his younger siblings.

"Hello, Mel." Mary also greets Wells' brother.

"By the way, what about Mom and Dad?" Wells asked.

"They were outside the station, and I came to the platform to pick up the train." Mel said.

Adlis also came back, and said on the side: "Mr. Wells, this train will leave tomorrow at eight o'clock, so you should reunite with your family first!" I can leave my luggage temporarily, and I will lock the door of the box. ”

Once the arrangement was made, Adlis slipped away and stopped bothering them.

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Outside the station, Wells met his parents and two other younger siblings, the youngest of whom was not as big as his son, Wiggins.

"Wiggins will have to take care of my little aunt in the future!" Wells' parents quipped.

Wells's mother was from the Far East, so she was very enthusiastic about pulling Mary aside to chat, but Wells's father was more reticent and not like a traditional German.

"Let's go, we are staying in the hotel for the time being, which is arranged by the government, brother, I will help you get your luggage." Mel said.

So the family got into a horse-drawn carriage and headed for the hotel next to the city hall of Iringa, which was one of the treatments in Wales, and which was usually reserved for public servants.

Along the way, Mel, a middle school student, tells his eldest brother about the development of his hometown over the years.

"At present, the urban area of Iringa has a population of just over 4,000 people, and together with the surrounding areas, it has become a distribution center for tobacco, cereals and livestock, which is a special crop grown locally and is also our most important production area, and other industries are not distinct from the whole Plateau Province."

"When I left Iringa, there were just over 2,000 people in the city, but now Iringa's population has tripled and it looks more prosperous than it used to be." Wells said.

"After more than ten years of development, all cities will develop, such as all kinds of buildings and facilities are slowly accumulated, so this kind of development is very common in small and medium-sized cities in East Africa, unless there is a war, these are destroyed, but this obviously will not happen, as long as there is peace, the development of a region will always accumulate slowly."

"In the past, many old houses were demolished and rebuilt, but now the city government and other government offices have been changed to brick and stone structures, and the public facilities in the city are much better than in the countryside, but the village has also changed a lot."

"Now the main crops at home are wheat and tobacco, but compared with wheat, tobacco planting is more complicated, especially in the harvest season, it is easy to get oily, but the salary is also higher than wheat, and you can get more daily necessities."

"The roads in the village have been widened and reorganized, and a reservoir has been built at the west end of the village, which has greatly solved the problem of water use."

Wells listened with great interest to the changes in his family, and in general it was stable and improving, and the living standards of the people of East Africa had been further improved, which was a common phenomenon, of course, the most important thing was the industrial development of East Africa, which provided more ways for the people to consume.

This can be seen from the clothing and mental outlook of the family, probably because when they came to the city, even the father and mother changed into new clothes, and the father and mother were very frugal.

Of course, Iringa City is not a place where the poor love the rich, and the urban and rural areas are more well-equipped than the countryside, but the income gap between the rural and urban areas is not large.

Of course, at present, East Africa will certainly not be able to take into account the development of rural areas, because the urbanization rate of East Africa is too low, and if it is dispersed, it is easy to cause a waste of resources.

In the future, when the degree of mechanization increases and the integration of villages and towns can be realized, East Africa will basically be able to carry out a major transformation of the infrastructure in rural areas, which is unimaginable in the current East African society.

The family arrived happily at their temporary home, and Wells brought back some special products from Germany, especially food and industrial products from his father's hometown of Bavaria, which were hard to come by in East Africa.

However, international cities such as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa should also be sold, after all, the German region is one of the main trade objects in East Africa, and East Africa is culturally inclined to the German region, many things have a market in Germany, and it is also true in East Africa, and it is more convenient to write letters or send telegrams in China.

This reunion is rare for Wells, but the only pity is that they can only stay here for half a day and one night, so the family did not sleep, but chatted all night, and tomorrow morning Wells and his wife and son will go to the station and go to Bulawayo, of course, you can take the railway during the holidays and reunite again, which is not possible to study and work in Europe.

(End of chapter)