The atmosphere in the church is more solemn. There are many black-and-white photos in the exhibition room, mainly during World War II, and there were also in the 1950s and 1960s. The more modern times, there are fewer.

  Qin Shiou looked at these photos to understand Canada before, while Auerbach was even more emotional, sighing: “There are many things in it, I haven’t seen them for many years.”

  Qin Shiou smiled and said, "Time is fast, isn't it?"

   Auerbach patted him on the shoulder and said, "So you have to cherish the time when you are young. I think the next time you say this, you may be the same age as me, haha."

After seeing them in the first exhibition hall, Simmons must take them to the second exhibition hall. At this time, Hamley came over and said hello: "Hi, Qin, Mr. Auerbach, Winnie, sweetheart, just left out You guys, I have to apologize to you."

  Qin Shiou shook hands with him, and smiled: "This is not necessary, just treat your subordinates better in the future."

  Simmons thought that he was aggrieved, and quickly explained: "No, Mr. Hamley is very good to me."

  Qin Shiou pulled Winnie and said: "You misunderstood, Mr. Simmons, I'm talking about my wife. She is also Mr. Hamley's subordinate, isn't she?"

After    converged with Hamley, someone came again, Yan Donglei, the head of the Newfoundland Chinese Mutual Aid Association, and he was naturally indispensable for such occasions.

  After Yan Donglei found Qin Shiou, he gave a brief greeting, and then took him to another exhibition hall that Simmons was going to take him to, the WWII Chinese Contribution Memorial Exhibition Hall.

  Many in this room are black-eyed and yellow-skinned Chinese, as well as old soldiers in military uniforms and medals. There are a total of five such old people. They are all in their old age, accompanied by someone by their side.

  Qin Shiou's reputation in Newfoundland is quite big. Almost all these people know him, even if they don't know him, they know Yan Donglei. The latter's network seems to spread throughout the Chinese community in Canada.

  These people greeted the two one after another. Qin Shiou returned the gift and met everyone under the introduction of Yan Donglei.

  When he entered the room, an old man with a cane on a dragon head looked at him carefully. When he heard Yan Donglei introduced his identity, the old man asked first: "Young man, your surname is Qin? Are you a descendant of Qin Hongde?"

  Qin Shiou heard him say this, and quickly corrected his attitude. He was obviously familiar with his second grandfather, so he would be his elder: "Yes, uncle, I am his grandson."

  The old man laughed. He seems to be in his nineties, with thinning hair and pale color, but his voice is clear and loud, but he is not fluent in Mandarin. Fortunately, he has a northern accent, which Qin Shiou can understand.

  The old man took out his wallet, and there was a group photo in it. It was all a group of young lads, pointing to a tall young man in the middle and said, "This, can you recognize this?"

  Qin Shiou has seen photos of Grandpa Second many times, and the two look alike, which may be related to the inheritance of the next generation. So he recognized it at a glance, and the man the old man was referring to was his second grandfather.

  Qin Shiou helped the old man go out to find a place to sit down, and asked, "Are you comrades-in-arms during World War II?"

  The old man laughed and said, "Yes, it's a comrade-in-arms. Although I haven't fought a war together, I have trained together."

  Yan Donglei introduced: “Mr. Chen was a combat hero at the time. He was a member of the 136 Task Force recruited by the British military in Canada. There were 80 outstanding soldiers, but now he is the only old man left.”

   heard this. Qin Shiou was in awe of Task Force 136. Before he came, he had deliberately learned that this unit is made up of all Chinese, and its mission is to go deep behind the enemy line to do reconnaissance and sabotage work. In the current words, they are all special forces.

  The reason why this combat team is all Chinese is because at that time, the Asian battlefield needed scouts with Asian characteristics so that they could be more easily deployed behind the Japanese enemy. At that time, the Asians in Canada were mostly Chinese.

The old man patted Qin Shiou's hand and said, "Your grandfather and I met at this time. We were both enlisted and joined Task Force 136 to train in Vancouver. Later, the British governor thought that Qin Shiou was good at water and went to war in East Asia too. Waste, so we can separate."

  Qin Shiou heard from Auerbach about this. His second grandfather did not join the army, but was responsible for the transportation of the Allied forces in the North Atlantic during World War II. He once had a transport fleet in his hand.

Before the 1980s, the Chinese had a very difficult life in Canada, and the discrimination was very serious. It was almost impossible for the Chinese to open private fishing grounds. His second grandfather was able to create Daqin fishing grounds because he had made merits during the war. , And a fleet of transport ships accumulated his first wealth.

  The old man likes to remember, and then the old man began to talk about some of his past with Qin Hongde and those things he experienced on the battlefield.

  From the mouth of the old gentleman, we can particularly feel the discrimination suffered by the Chinese at that time. At the beginning of the war, young Chinese of Chinese descent were not accepted if they wanted to join the army, especially the Air Force. During World War II, the Canadian Air Force did not accept a Chinese.

With the continuation of the war, more troops were needed in the front. Only in 1940 did they start accepting Chinese Americans into the army. At the beginning, they mostly joined the Canadian army to the European battlefields. Later it was discovered that they were more effective in the Asian battlefields. Later, there were 136 special forces. The establishment of the contingent.

   "What did you mainly do at the time?" Qin Shiou asked.

The old man explained with a smile: "Most of the time, it is before the military operations of the large forces to carry out reconnaissance missions behind the enemy lines to see the deployment of the Japanese defense line. The military operations have begun and some damage has been done. I have also been to Burma. The Americans and General Dai Anlan's armies acted as interpreters, so they were all Allied forces at that time."

  Speaking of this, he paused and said: "General Dai Anlan is a good man and dares to fight tough battles. The American chief at that time admired him very much, it's a pity."

Mr.    shook his head. Dai Anlan was one of the highest commanders of the Myanmar Expeditionary Force at the time. The expeditionary force’s death rate abroad was very high. As the commander of the 200th Division, General Dai Anlan also failed to return home alive.

  Yan Donglei wanted to take Qin Shiou to continue to get to know the Chinese compatriots who participated in the commemorative event. Qin Shiou was not very interested, and said that it was time to meet him later, so he would chat with Mr. Chen first.

  The only hobby of people is chatting when they are old. It is estimated that the old man usually has no people who can talk. Yan Donglei told Qin Shiou once he met that he did not marry a wife after he retired and was alone.

  Yan Donglei left, Qin Shiou chatted with the old man alone, he found a topic, it was very easy, just talk about the medal on the old man.

   chatted for more than an hour, at this time Yan Donglei found him and said that the activity was about to begin, and asked them to participate together.

Qin Shiou helped the old man to stand up. When he was about to leave, the old man patted his forehead and said, "Oh, my mind is out of my head. I used to prepare a gift for Qin old brother. If I can meet the descendants of my old brother, I will bring him." (To be continued~^~)