Mia was trying to collect the rainwater, which seemed to her to be at least clean. Because it came down from heaven. In Mia's less knowledgeable brain, she always felt that the farther away the water source was from the mine, the safer it was.

It was because she was lazy when she was pregnant that she did not receive rain from the sky, but drank tap water directly, which caused Xiao Lina to suffer from lead poisoning. If you're trying to collect some rainwater and get Lina to drink......

Mia worked hard, she picked up a lot of mineral water bottles, removed the bottom of them, and tied them up in rows with wire and put them on the roof. When it rains, these bottles of mineral water act as a reservoir of water. I also made a dew collector out of mineral water bottles, so that I could harvest the dew in the air in the morning.

Mia works hard, and she is busy getting [clean] water sources every day, which can ensure basic water sources for her family.

Little Lina came back from school, and when she saw Mia, she smiled and shouted happily: "Mom, I'm back!"

Mia, who was packing up the tomatoes she had grown in the courtyard at the door, looked up and saw her daughter, and she opened her arms: "Come here, my baby." What did you learn in school today?"

She hugged her daughter and picked her up easily.

Lina is seven years old, but she looks small and thin compared to normal seven-year-olds in other countries around the world. Although she has beautiful long chestnut hair and lake-blue eyes, she looks like a delicate doll. But as soon as she opened her mouth and smiled, it would spoil that sense of refinement.

Because she has a rotten tooth that is not fully developed, and there are blue blood lines on the gums.

This made her, who was supposed to look very delicate, become ugly when she laughed.

However, Mia doesn't think her daughter is ugly, she only thinks she is the most beautiful child in the world. She hugged Lina in her arms and pressed her forehead against Lina's forehead, which made Lina giggle.

Mia's home is not big, the house is built of concrete bricks, and the white plaster putty on the walls was painted by her husband himself when they got married, and they don't have the money to paint it. Therefore, white ash putty will inevitably peel off after so many years in the past. However, Mia and her husband are very diligent and will take the initiative to repair the damaged parts.

There were no decent appliances in Mia's home, and the only one that was considered large was a 21-inch Sony color TV, which her husband bought when he got married.

Because Mia's husband works hard, he is a journeyman in the mines, and he gets a little more money than the average person for his work. So he was able to afford to buy this TV. Although this TV can only receive a handful of local Peruvian TV stations, it is enough to make Mia proud. (Although the power supply in Cerro de Pasco is unstable, and the TV series is waste most of the time)

Other than that, there is nothing to praise in the home.

Although the house is surrounded by walls, Mia keeps the whole room very clean. On the walls are portraits she bought from the bazaar, cartoon portraits of unicorns, and drawings of some animals. The clutter in the house is well organized.

She could do everything she could. Cerro de Pasco's economy was not good, and most of the men went to work in the mines. There are very few jobs that women can do, and there are not many jobs for women other than going to strippers and bars.

Of course, Mia knew that this place could not be stayed long because it was not suitable for habitation.

So she and her husband have a plan, which is to save a sum of money and get out of here. They calculated that they would need to save about 20,000 soles (Peruvian currency) before they could leave here and live in a new city.

Her husband works hard, and Mia grows as many fruits and vegetables as possible at home to reduce the family's expenses, so that they can save more money. Now they have saved almost ten thousand soles, and in a few years, they will be able to save twenty thousand soles.

Then they can move and go to a better city, like Lima. Then find a doctor for Lina to treat her blood lead.

Lina is drawing her own drawings in the living room.

Mia cooks tonight's dinner in the kitchen, fried potatoes with scrambled eggs, and some cucumbers grown in her own garden.

She heard some movement next door, and looked through the kitchen window, and the neighbor Yahana's family seemed to be in a panic, and they hurried out of the house with their father at home, and they didn't know what was happening.

Mia's husband, Drew, came home a little later than usual. Mia doesn't blame him, because he needs to earn money to support his family, and it's very hard.

Drew was a strong, rugged man who spoke hoarsely and was generally taciturn and rarely spoke.

"Honey eats. Mia smiled and kissed Drew. And the dinner was served.

Fried potatoes with scrambled eggs, and raw cucumbers. Mia and Lina's plates didn't add up to more than half of what Drew had on their plates.

"I saw the Yahana family next door today and they ......"

"Old Baha is dead. Blood lead poisoning, multi-organ failure. He had been struggling in bed for a long time. I can't stand it. I had already heard about it on the way back. Drew spoke indifferently about the death of a thirty-year-old neighbor who had been living next to him, as if he had died from another world.

"Oh. Mia scooped up some fried potatoes with a spoon, and she was a little absent-minded: "Drew, when are we going to move?" ”

Drew gulped down a bite of fried potatoes, then was silent for a while: "It costs a lot of money to go to Lima, and it takes a lot of money to treat Lina." You know, I don't have the craft. If you go, you may starve to death. I inquired and went to Lima to rent a house, and I could rent it for more than six hundred soles. We have 10,000 soles now, you and Lina go to Lima first, I'll make some more money here, and then I'll go." ”

"I don't worry about you, you're here. Mia touched her husband's shoulder with her hand, but Drew looked impatient.

"I'm done eating, I'm going to go to little Joel's house in the evening. With that, Drew put on his coat and walked out of the house.

Tick tock.

The rain began to drip and it rained. Drew put his hood on and looked back at the rain collector his wife, Mia. He didn't know how to tell his wife that the air in Cerro de Pasco was filled with lead dust, and it filled the air. When it rains, the lead powder will fall along with the rain.

Therefore, the lead content in the rainwater is also exceeded.

I can't stay here because I heard the news. The Ors Group is ready to increase production.

The Yankees don't plan to put any environmental protection equipment in here. Because that would require a lot of money. Why do we want to set up environmental protection equipment? It is the Peruvian land that is polluted and the Peruvians are killed, and does this have anything to do with the American Ors Group? No.

In the future, the lead content here will be higher and higher. I had to get Lina and Mia out of here as soon as possible. Just money......

Knock knock.

"Little Joel, it's me, Drew. ”

Drew knocked on little Joel's house two blocks away. Little Joel is also a miner, but his family is better off than his own. Because three of them all work in the mines.

"Hey, Drew. You're here, come in quickly. I thought you'd be late. Little Joel let Drew into the room, and he peered down the street to make sure there were no trackers.

"Little Joel, I don't know what to say. I'm going to send Lina and Mia away, you know. But I have ...... on hand"

"Lack of money, huh?" Little Joel glanced at Drew, who was much more handsome than Drew, and he looked less like a miner and more like a clerk.

"Yes. Drew was not good at words, so he could only nod.

"Hey, Drew. Listen, I'm not asking you to come to my house tonight, but I'm not going to make you worry about something like money. I told you that something very important is going to happen tonight. I'm sure you're a man who keeps his promises, that's why I'm looking for you, are you worth trusting?"

Little Joel stared at Drew.

Although Drew always thought little Joel was weird when he was at work, he always believed in little Joel's personality. Did he say that he had found some opportunity to make a fortune?

Drew nodded slowly, although he didn't know why, but he believed that little Joel should not harm himself.

Little Joel laughed, and he patted Drew on the shoulder: 'Let's go. ’

"Where are you going?"

"Liu Kee Hotel. ”

Inside the Liu Kee Hotel.

Zhang Moxuan looked at the boss Liu Fuquan in the tea room on the third floor. This is a man in his forties, with a slender build, but a resolute appearance.

"Are you kidding?"

"No, I'm not kidding. I've lived here for 20 years, and I've lived here before I crossed over, and I'm still living here after I crossed over. I know this place better than anyone. So I know what is needed here. I also know what I need. That's why I got in touch with you, Mr. Zhang. I need your help. ”

"But I think you're kidding. You say you want to make a country out of here?!"

"Revolution, to be precise. Liu Fuquan nodded: "I want revolution." ”

ps: Monday ~ ask for tickets ~