Chapter 1361

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

Qin Shiou looked at these photos only to understand the former Canada, while Auerbach felt more and sighed: "there are many things in it that I haven't seen for many years."

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

Auerbach patted him on the shoulder and said, "so you should cherish your youth. I think the next time you say this, you may be the same age as me, ha ha."

Qin Shiou has a great reputation in Newfoundland. Almost all these people know him. Even if they don't know him, they also know Yan Donglei. The latter seems to have contacts all over the Chinese circle in Canada.

These people greeted them one after another. Qin Shiou saluted back and met them under the introduction of Yan Donglei.

When he entered the room, an old man with a leading crutch looked at him carefully. When he heard Yan Donglei introduce him, the old man asked, "young man, your surname is Qin? Is it the descendant of elder brother Qin Hongde? "

Qin Shiou listened to him and quickly corrected his attitude. It was obvious that he was familiar with his second grandfather. In this way, he was even his elder: "yes, uncle, I'm his grandson."

The old man smiled. He looked about 90 years old. His sparse hair was pale, but his voice was clear and loud, but his Mandarin was not very fluent. Fortunately, Qin Shiou could understand the northern accent.

The old man took out his wallet and there was a group photo in it. It was all a group of young men in their prime. He pointed to a tall and straight young man in the middle and said, "this, can you recognize this?"

Qin Shiou has seen many photos of two grandfathers. They look very similar, which may be related to intergenerational inheritance. So he recognized it at a glance. The man the old man was referring to was his second grandfather.

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

The old man smiled and said, "yes, we are comrades in arms. Although we haven't fought together, we have trained together."

Yan Donglei said: "Mr. Chen was a combat hero at that time. He was one of the 136 contingents recruited by the British military in Canada. There were 80 excellent soldiers at that time, but now only his old man is left."

After hearing this, Qin Shiou was awed. Before he came to task force 136, he specially learned that this force is composed of all Chinese. Its task is to go deep into the enemy's rear to do reconnaissance and destruction. In today's words, they are special forces.

The reason why this combat team was all Chinese was that Asian scouts were needed in the Asian battlefield at that time, so that they could be more easily sent behind the Japanese enemy. At that time, the most Asian in Canada was Chinese.

The old man patted Qin Shiou's hand and said, "your grandfather and I met at this time. We were all recruited into task force 136 and trained in Vancouver. Later, the British chief thought that brother Qin was good at water and it was too wasteful to go to war in East Asia, so we separated. "

Qin Shiou heard from Auerbach that his second grandfather did not join the army, but he was responsible for the transportation of allied forces in the North Atlantic during World War II and had a transport fleet in his hand.

Before the 1980s, the Chinese had a hard time in Canada. They were severely discriminated against. It was almost impossible for the Chinese to open a private fishing ground. His second grandfather was able to establish the Daqin fishing ground because he had made meritorious contributions in the war and a transport fleet had accumulated chat for him for more than an hour. At this time, Yan Donglei found him and said that the activity was about to begin, Let them go 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, I'm out of my mind now. I prepared a gift for brother Qin before. Oh, I would have brought it to him if I knew I could see his descendants."