Chapter 638

631. Different customs

Driving the car, Luo Zhiwei began to talk confidently: "if you like to open farms, Canada is really more appropriate. I have to admit that the relevant policies on agriculture here are much better than those in China. It's good to invest in farms. As the saying goes, money always depreciates, but land always increases in value. "

Qin Shiou thinks this is reasonable. When he checked the farm data before, he found that with the rise of world grain prices and agricultural and sideline products prices, COFCO and other state-owned enterprises have changed their development strategies to set up farms in underdeveloped countries and invest in overseas farms.

Of course, they chose Africa because land prices and labor in Africa are much cheaper than in Canada.

But for individuals, if they want to invest in overseas farms, it is better to choose Canada.

It is true that land prices and labor are cheap in Africa, but local social unrest, imperfect laws, serious xenophobia among local people, and individuals without a country as a backer always have no sense of security in that place.

Qin Shiou told Mao Weilong what he knew and urged him to stay in Hamilton. Otherwise, if he went to Montana, it would be more difficult for the two people to meet again.

After listening to Mao Weilong's interest in the United States, Luo Zhiwei said: "it's better to open farms in Canada than in the United States, because Canada is a developed industrial country and agriculture accounts for only a small part. In order to encourage agricultural development, the Canadian government can formulate a series of subsidy policies for farmers, which can not be compared with the United States, because there are too many large farms and serious land annexation in the United States. "

Mother earth farm is well planned. The farmland is divided into four parts. Some are planted with corn, some with barley, some with buckwheat, some with soybeans and some with rape flowers.

The planting time of these crops is not uniform, so some have been flourishing, some have just sprouted, and some have not even revealed the signs. Luo Zhiwei did not explain that Qin Shiou and the three did not know what to plant immediately.

However, whether they are newly grown or have grown luxuriantly, they all grow well. Obviously, the land of this farm is fertile enough.

Mao Weilong was very satisfied with this. He introduced Qin Shiou: "this farm is the best one I have visited. There is a farm in front of me. The grass is growing well, but I later looked carefully and found that the soil layer of the grassland is shallow and there are many miscellaneous stones. It can only grow grass. It is not suitable for growing vegetables and grain."

"There is also a farm. The farmer is too greedy. He only cultivates the land but does not cherish the land. Over the past ten years, the farm land has been destroyed, the rain has turned into a mud pond, and the drought is a desert. If you buy that farm to transform it, you don't have four or five years and don't think it will be useful if you don't invest hundreds of thousands of yuan. "

After listening to Mao Weilong's words, Luo Zhiwei laughed and said, "little brother, our farm is not blowing, and the area may not be good, but in terms of soil quality, it is definitely among the best in toad village."

When Luo Zhiwei said this, Mao Weilong, Qin Shiou and * * * were stunned. They looked at each other foolishly and asked, "toad village? Where is toad village? This town? "

Seeing that the three people were puzzled, Cai Mingjuan said with a smile: "toad Tun is Hamilton. We Chinese give it a nickname here. If you read Hamilton's English pronunciation separately, you will understand why our villagers call it that."

Qin Shiou read it silently. Hamilton's English is Hamilton. If you read it separately, it is ha mil ton. If you read it slowly, it is really the pronunciation of toad tun.

"It's not just transliteration. If you look at the old map, you know that Hamilton was formed by annexing the surrounding villages and towns a few years ago. In the past, the city was like a big toad with its claws outstretched on the map." Luo Zhiwei added.

Mao Weilong listened to their ridicule and thought it was really interesting. He stabbed Qin Shiou with his arm and elbow and said with a smile: "you have been in Canada for a year. You don't even know Hamilton's nickname?"

Although Qin Shiou passively enjoyed life, after all, he was surrounded by aborigines. He knew a lot about many cities in this country, so he smiled and said, "who told you I don't know its nickname? I didn't expect our compatriots to be so talented to come up with the name toad tun. "

"What other nicknames do you want?" Mao Weilong asked curiously.

Qin Shiou nodded and said, "the aborigines of Hamilton should like to call this city 'creak nest'."

This nickname is related to the shape of the golden horseshoe area. This urban belt bends on the map, saying it is the golden horseshoe, which belongs to the literary name. The common name is Hamilton, and the second B name is the creak nest, because this area really looks like a curved creak nest on the map.

Luo Zhiwei and his wife naturally knew the name, so they smiled and listened to Qin Shiou explain to Mao Weilong.

After listening, Mao Weilong shook his head and said with emotion, "if you want to talk about nicknames, we Chinese are good at it. What's in the creaking nest? This explanation is meaningless. It is far from our toad village. "

While listening to Mr. and Mrs. Luo Zhiwei's introduction to the farm, the party chatted at will. There was no freedom and vastness of the fishing ground, but it also had a different interest.

When the electric car drove to the south edge of the farm, a garden was exposed. The garden was about 20 or 30 mu, full of stone crosses.

Mao Weilong saw many such scenes from Hollywood blockbusters and asked subconsciously, "God, this is not a cemetery?"

Luo Zhiwei said happily, "yes, this is the cemetery."

Mao Weilong looked puzzled at Luo Zhiwei's happy face, secretly pulled Qin Shiou and whispered, "lying in the trough, man, won't this brother have mental illness? Is it so happy that the mother's farm is built next to the graveyard? "

Qin Shiou said with a smile, "it's time for me to pretend to be forced again. You don't understand. It's a Canadian habit. Most local people believe in Christianity. Christianity believes that the purpose is the place closest to heaven, so in Canada, many purposes are built together with parks, and some are built next to residential areas. "

Mao Weilong was surprised and asked, "next to the cemetery, is there a residential area? Don't panic. "

"What's the matter? Many people like to live next to the cemetery. It's said that they can see heaven directly when they open the window in the dead of night."*** Cut in with a smile.

This is a cultural surprise. Although Canada and the United States are new countries of young age, their residents have a long and profound cultural history of believing in Christianity, which is closely related to the lives of believers.

Only when we come to these countries can we truly realize the blending between Christian culture and daily life. The influence of doctrinal culture on believers' life and social level is pervasive.

Qin Shiou sometimes strolls around the town of farewell town and meets some people. Their casual greetings come from the Bible. Qin Shiou listens to them in the clouds. In fact, that sentence may mean blessing, good luck and peace. Of course, it also has some polite meanings.

Anyway, it's very complicated!