Chapter 2 Boss Zhang
There are a lot of people in the vegetable market, most of them are residents near the town, there are no big cities in this area, and if you want to buy something, you can only rush to the nearest town. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Buy some meat today, there is no pork here, but you can buy some broiler chickens to go back, Xiaolin, you have to make up for it before you go back, otherwise your body and bones will not be able to stand it, and it will take nearly 20 hours to fly back from here to China." ”
After Lao Wu finished buying vegetables, he went to buy two chickens, the chickens here are very large, a chicken weighs about five or six pounds, but their breeding technology is not good, the time for slaughter is relatively long, it generally only takes more than a month in China, and the broiler can be slaughtered, and the weight will exceed two kilograms, that is, about four catties.
"Uncle Wu, it's better not to do it, the money to buy vegetables is not enough to buy two broiler chickens, I think it's better to forget it!"
Lin Quan was a little hesitant, he had also come out to buy vegetables, so he knew how much money he spent on buying vegetables every time, although there were more chicken farms in Africa, the price of chicken was not cheap, a chicken would cost more than eighty yuan, and two chickens would cost more than one hundred yuan, which would have exceeded their daily food expenses.
"Hey, it's okay, your Uncle Wu hasn't tasted meat for a long time, so I happened to be idle today, so I stewed a chicken soup to satisfy my cravings!"
Uncle Wu waved his hand and said indifferently, Lin Quan nodded silently, he understood that Uncle Wu's explanation was actually to let himself not care too much in his heart, so he didn't say anything anymore, but silently kept that gratitude in his heart.
"It's a pity that there is no pork here, and the vermicelli is only tapioca vermicelli, and there is no Chinese cabbage, otherwise get some flour, wrap some dumplings, make pork stewed vermicelli, and let your kid taste the food of our Northeast!"
Uncle Wu was slightly disappointed, the geographical location of Africa is too far away from China, so there are many things here, such as flour, the geographical location of Africa determines the type of crops here, such as wheat, which is not heat-tolerant, is difficult to survive in Africa, so Africa only has a small area in North Africa near Europe There is a little bit of wheat cultivation, and in the south, especially near the equator, wheat is not.
Lin Quan nodded, there is a lack of everything here, Africa is very backward after all, I heard other masters in the team say that if they want to solve their physiological needs here, they only need to take a piece of soap and go out to the river to bathe, and a black girl will automatically come to the door and change a piece of soap at a time, and I don't know if it's true or not.
There is no running water in the small town of Tamar, and electricity is relatively scarce, so there are no factories in the local area, the houses on the street are very dilapidated, and the roads are just simple cement roads, which seem to be some years old, and the roads are full of potholes.
After the two finished shopping, Lin Quan accompanied Lao Wu to the grocery store, the grocery store is a small shop, in fact, the area is very small, only about two or three square meters, there are few things in it, and there are not many things that can be bought, but because of the relationship between the Chinese engineering team, this small shop will also prepare some tobacco and alcohol, and there are always Chinese workers who come to buy these consumables.
Lao Wu is a smoker for more than 20 years, you can drink less, but the smoke can not be broken, but African cigarettes are not cheap, the main cigarettes on the market are international brand Marlboro cigarettes, the price of this kind of cigarette is more expensive, the cheapest is fifteen yuan, and such a cigarette Lao Wu is probably reluctant to smoke, so he always goes to pick a yellow package, printed with the picture of the Forbidden City cigarettes, this kind of cigarette looks like it is made in China, but it is not marked on it, the price is relatively cheap, a box of cigarettes is five yuan, Lao Wu used to have almost a pack of cigarettes a day, now because he is out of the house, and the price of cigarettes outside is relatively expensive, so he compresses the number of cigarettes he smokes, almost half a pack a day.
"This Africa to this group of blacks, it's a pity, they are lazy to do, we hired a few small workers on the construction site, every day after work to run clean, not willing to work overtime at all, overtime with you to pay overtime, which is like us, if this is our China, such a fertile land, on the top of a piece of land, put up a fence, build a farm, grow vegetables and grain, raise some chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep or something, the days will not soon be prosperous, you see them, every day holding a broken ball, kicking on the ground, not necessarily kicked out of a famous hall, blind fun!”
A group of children on the street are playing football, there are no factories in Tamar Town, so there are not many places to work, so the locals have nothing to do every day, wandering around the street or basking in the sun, playing with women or something, Lao Wu frowned after seeing it, and seemed to be very resentful that Africans have such fertile land, but nothing has been done, a picture of hatred of iron but steel.
In fact, what Lao Wu said is not unreasonable, Africans are not literate and educated, except for the Sahara Desert in the north before it is not suitable for farming, the rest of the land is very fertile, large areas of open space are not dealt with, people live bitterly, but no one wants to change this situation, in their opinion, this is the life of their ancestors, as long as they are not starved to death, it is okay, they can get more comfortable, but to see the Chinese so diligent, like a spinning top life, they feel incredible, and even come to ask, want to know the meaning of Chinese life like this。
After the two of them finished shopping, they quickly returned to the dormitory compound, Lin Quan obviously felt better when he came back than when he went, he felt that his body had recovered a little, but it was a pity that the engineering team had decided to let him return to China, if his body could be better more thoroughly, maybe he could make Captain Liu of the engineering team change his mind and keep him here.
"Boss Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time, you can be regarded as a coincidence today, the vegetables you just bought, and two chickens, stay here for dinner tonight?"
The two returned to the residence, and before they entered the door, they found a strange face in the courtyard, this person was a little strange to Lin Quan, he had been here for a relatively short time, and he had not seen this person during this time, so he didn't know him, but listening to Lao Wu's words, he obviously knew this person, and looking at his appearance, it seemed that the two were still relatively familiar.
"Lao Wu, haha, I didn't plan to stay, but your old Wu has opened his mouth, I have to give this face, hehe, what, what is a festive day today, and I specially bought two chickens, are you going to stew chicken soup for us to drink?"
After the boss surnamed Zhang found out that it was Lao Wu who spoke, he also greeted him with a smile, took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and handed it to Lao Wu, it looked like it was a Chinese brand, Lin Quan didn't smoke, but he also knew that this kind of cigarette was better than the yellow packaged cigarettes that Lao Wu often smoked.
Lao Wu was not polite, took the cigarette and lit it for himself and Boss Zhang, and while the two were talking, Lin Quan also observed a little, Boss Zhang looked slightly younger than Lao Wu, about thirty-six or seventeen years old, not tall, with very tanned skin, but his physique looked quite strong, and he was obviously a person who often contributed his strength, but he had never been seen in the engineering team, so Lin Quan speculated that he should be a foreman elsewhere, because Lao Wu called him the boss.