Chapter 597 Baobab Avenue

Xiao Peng now knows what a toad is called lying on the instep of his feet------ it doesn't bite, it is disgusting.

He wanted to call the police, but Rafa told him that it was useless to fight, that such a thing was an open secret here, and even if they called their superiors, their leaders would forcibly support these people for the sake of their own image.

Xiao Peng was so angry that he wanted to call the embassy------ when he encountered such goods, he couldn't scold himself and relied on himself like this, he was still playing a fart!

However, this made Xiao Peng helpless, but Rafa solved it in minutes------ three policemen, one person and one box of cool oil, and it was done!"

Looking at the eyes of the three black Shu millet holding the cool oil the size of their thumb nails, Xiao Peng and the others were startled. This Nima is just a cooling oil, is it so exaggerated?

When he came to Africa, Lao Pan asked him to bring more cooling oil, and he didn't understand why, but now he understands, this Nima artifact!

The black millet got the cool oil, and the expressions of Xiao Peng and the others changed, and even a black Shu millet took the initiative to wipe the windshield for them, not to mention that the dust on it affected the sight and drove unsafely, when Xiao Peng and the others drove away, they almost waved a small handkerchief and sang 'Sprinkle Nala' in the back. What's going on with this Nima?

Rafa, who was driving the car, saw Xiao Peng's puzzled expression, and explained with a smile: "In Africa, this cool oil is a treasure! If someone occasionally gets such a box, they usually take it home and give it to their parents, but in fact, they are reluctant to use it when they give it to their parents, but take it out to give it to relatives and friends on important days, which is a valuable gift!"

"Is this a valuable gift?

Rafa shrugged: "I'm considered a high-income person in our country. But it's not always time that people need a tour guide, and the competition is fierce, and it is possible to receive a few tourists during the peak tourist season in a year, so my average monthly income is about 200 US dollars. ”

Xiao Peng nodded after hearing this, Rafa is indeed a high income, you know, in Madagascar the per capita monthly income is less than 35 US dollars, Rafa because he can speak French and some English, can receive foreign tourists, so the income is much higher than ordinary people, this is the standard 'knowledge changes destiny'.

"Of course, I'm also under a lot of pressure, I have five children, and each of them costs money, doesn't it?"

Xiao Peng continued to nodded, this is really the case, this is also a very interesting phenomenon on the earth, that is, the poorer you are, the more you can give birth.

"Mr. Xiao, do you know how much the cool oil sells for us?" Rafa asked a rhetorical question.

"How do I know. Xiao Peng smiled.

Rafa said: "In Africa, only relatively wealthy countries in North Africa such as Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco can import this cool oil on a large scale, and then slowly spread to southern Africa. In North Africa, a box of cool oil costs more than a dollar. In our case, only those who can afford it on the black market can get a box of cool oil, and the price of a box is more than five dollars! You calculate our income, do you think it is affordable for ordinary people?"

Xiao Peng took a breath after hearing this, he was a little stunned, he bought sixty big boxes of cool oil, and one big box was only fifteen yuan. The average one is only more than two cents, but it turns out that it is so expensive here?

Xiao Peng told Yang Meng about this, but Yang Meng grinned: "Brother Peng, how did you prepare for it? You don't even know about it?"

Xiao Peng was stunned: "Huh? you know?"

Yang Meng nodded: "That day, Lao Pan told me about this, in fact, it is divided into places, if you really go to Egypt, you will find out, in fact, it is not so mysterious." ”

Xiao Peng was puzzled: "Lao Pan only told me to bring more cool oil, but he didn't say what was going on." ”

Yang Meng said with a smile: "Isn't our country rich now? There are a lot of tourists to foreign countries, and when they travel to Africa, many people will choose Egypt, and Lao Pan has been to Egypt to play." ”

He told me that all Chinese tourists who go to Egypt will bring a large box of cool oil at a time, which is a small expense, and it is said that it is more effective than giving money directly. Do you think, let's buy this cool oil for only two or three cents, so isn't it easy to take it out and give it away? So these Chinese tourists will give it to anyone they see, and they won't give it to the waiters, street vendors, tour guides, customs police, and they don't give it away. ”

"Someone has helped? Send cool oil to thank you; There are hawkers pestering? Send a cool oil to let them go away; even if you want others to make it convenient, they will send cool oil to bribe, anyway, let's put it this way, the itinerary of Chinese tourists in Egypt is to put it bluntly, it is a trip to send cool oil, from entry to exit. Anyway, it's just sending and sending it. ”

"Who wants to travel to Egypt now? Those travel agency guides will tell you that if you want to have a smooth time in Egypt, you must bring more refreshing oil! Now 99 out of 100 Chinese tourists who go to Egypt are carrying refreshing oil. The police don't need to count the people in the car, they only need to look at the large bags of cool oil on the car to know the number of Chinese people on it. ”

Xiao Peng scratched his head: "Why do these Chinese people like to send Egyptians cool oil?"

Yang Meng laughed: "I guess this Egyptian is also confused, why don't Chinese tourists tip and give cool oil! Back then, the Wall Street Journal went to Egypt to interview Egyptians specifically for this issue, and even they couldn't understand why Chinese tourists didn't send cool oil for consumption. ”

Xiao Pengle said: "Damn, this has become an international issue? What did the Egyptians say?"

The answer given by Yang Meng made Xiao Peng speechless: "What do the Egyptians say? The Egyptians themselves can't figure out that the cool oil that the employees in the resort attractions receive every day can't take it with both hands, and most of it is distributed to relatives and friends. The Egyptian people and the Chinese people thought that it was each other's tradition to send cool oil, and at the same time, the people of both countries expressed their gratitude to each other with bewildered eyes. I even asked those Chinese tour guides specifically for this question. As a result, do you know what the Chinese tour guide said?"

Xiao Peng shook his head and motioned for Yang Meng to continue.

Yang Mengle said: "The Chinese tour guide said that this is a 'tradition', anyway, it is all kinds of pit Egyptian brothers, and the cool oil received by those Egyptian tour guides has been piled up. ”

Yang Meng lit a cigarette: "But these tour guides are actually not wrong." It's really traditional. I remember Lao Pan told me at the time, it seems that the Chinese diplomatic corps visited Egypt back then, at that time, we were poor in China, and we couldn't afford to send too valuable things when we visited, so we would bring some gadgets with Chinese elements, including this cool oil, and slowly this tradition continued. ”

Xiao Peng pouted after hearing this: "According to my analysis, this matter is not so complicated, maybe at the beginning some tourists who went to Egypt to play stayed in the cool oil, originally intended to use it themselves, but they slowly found that the Egyptians like this kind of gadget very much, after all, the climate is hot there, and the cooling oil is very useful, so the tradition of sending cooling oil was formed." ”

Yang Meng smiled: "Actually, Egyptians really like this cool oil, all the way to that side you can hear people shouting 'kiss to dry again, kiss to dry again' chasing people for cool oil, especially children, after all, not everyone is working in tourist attractions, isn't it? They don't know what the original price is. ”

"Rafa, what can this cool oil do with you?" Xiao Peng asked Rafa curiously.

"Mr. Xiao, you don't know what the use of this is your country's stuff?" Rafa asked rhetorically.

Xiao Peng scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "This thing has other functions besides repelling mosquitoes?"

"Of course!" Rafa raised his voice: "This is the most amazing medicine! When the heat is unbearable, apply cool oil to the whole body, it will make people feel refreshed and refreshed; cold at night causes diarrhea, take out some cool oil and rub it on the navel repeatedly, you can get an immediate antidiarrheal effect; when there are boils on the body, apply the cool oil to the affected area, and it will reduce swelling and relieve itching in a few days. And we have a lot of Muslims here, and during Ramadan, the fasting Muslims put some cooling oil on their mouths to relieve hunger, and what other swelling pains, burns, wounds, bruises, etc., etc., anyway, this is the most miraculous miracle medicine!"

Xiao Peng was stunned when he heard this, are you sure you are talking about cool oil? Isn't it the elixir refined by Taishang Laojun?

In other words, the African continent is really worthy of being a good brother of China, the traditional Chinese medicine of China is really well received in the African market, this cool oil is just one of them, and now even South Africa, the most economically developed region in Africa, traditional Chinese medicine has a legal status, and Chinese herbal medicine is also the South African government included in the list of supplementary drugs for the sale of legal medicinal materials. Even South Africa has done the same, let alone other countries and regions that are more backward?

As a strange molecule cooling oil in traditional Chinese medicine, the annual export value of this gadget accounts for one-tenth of the export value of all traditional Chinese medicine exported to Africa by China! It can be seen how popular this cool oil is in Africa! Even rich people can take this thing as a snack to eat and drink, who dares to believe this Nima?

Xiao Peng and the two were still jolting in the car, but Rafa stopped the car, pointed ahead and said, "Mr. Xiao, Mr. Yang, we have arrived, this is the famous baobab avenue!"

The baobab trees of Murondawa are one of Madagascar's most famous botanical attractions, and visitors from all over the world must visit Madagascar once.

However, Xiao Peng was a little disappointed when he saw this, because this 'baobab avenue' is really not long, less than 300 meters, but all seven kinds of baobab trees in the whole Madagascar can be seen here.

There are also a number of vendors selling baobabs or handicrafts made from baobab shells.

Yang Meng looked at the baobab, his eyes lit up, he jumped out of the car, and he was about to buy a few to taste with the money, Xiao Peng was also full of curiosity, because he had already heard that this baobab tasted as soft and delicious as bread.

Yang Meng broke open a baobab fruit and handed it half to Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng just wanted to take a bite and taste it, but Rafa grabbed him and winked at him.

"What do you mean?"