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Among them, there is a place called Tamar Town, where a foreigner with different skin colors lives.

His name is Lin Quan, he is twenty years old this year, many people of his age may still be in school, more may be working in China, but few people have traveled so far as him, not to mention that this is still far away from Africa.

Lin Quan came to Africa only half a year, he was born poor, from a small city in the far east, he lost his parents since he was a child, and his sister followed his grandparents to depend on each other, and because of this, his family conditions have not been good, in order to support his sister to go to school, to complete his unfulfilled college dream, Lin Quan began to work after graduating from high school.

Dropped out of school at the age of seventeen, counting the time, he has been out for three years now, but because of his lack of experience and lack of skills, he has barely earned a little money in the past three years, and this money is very reluctant to support himself, and it is a dream to support his sister to go to college.

And with the deterioration of the economic environment, the employment situation in the south has also become severe, my sister is seventeen years old, and she is about to go to college, so Lin Quan can only choose a high-risk, but high-reward job, that is, African aid construction.

Lin Quan has no skills, so he can only go to the construction site to make efforts and do some rough work, which is nothing, but because the environment in Africa is very different from the domestic environment, so after he came here, he soon fell ill, this illness was more than a month, not only did he not earn the money, but also spent all the money he brought.

The infrastructure company saw that he was sick and couldn't work, and was afraid that he would die of illness in Africa, so they were ready to send him back to China, just because he was weak, so he let him recuperate in Tamar Town for a while, and when his health improved slightly, he was allowed to take a car to the capital Dodoma to take a plane back to China.

Alas!

Lin Quan half lay on a chair and sighed unwillingly, he was very distressed in his heart, the pain caused by his physical discomfort, plus the fact that he didn't earn the tuition fee for his sister, and he had to worry about them, these things were mixed together, which made him feel very depressed in his heart.

"Xiaolin, are you feeling better today?"

Lin Quan looked back, and it was Lao Wu on the construction site who spoke, Lao Wu is in his forties this year, and his child is about the same size as Lin Quan, because in order to earn tuition fees for his children and money for marrying a daughter-in-law and buying a house in the future, he has been working in Africa for several years.

"It's better, Uncle Wu!"

Lin Quan reluctantly squeezed out a smile, Lao Wu has taken great care of him during this period of time, and he has lived here for a relatively long time, so he has some experience and can help Lin Quan in life and work, and Lao Wu is also a kind-hearted person, and he is also very protective of a young man like Lin Quan, who is about the same age as his own child.

Lao Wu nodded when he heard this, looked at Lin Quan, and found that his face was indeed slightly better than before.

"It's my turn to go to the town to buy groceries today, how about it, do you want to go out with me, and come back with some dry goods by the way!"

Several people living in this place where they live are Chinese, and everyone is not used to eating the food here, so they generally go out to buy vegetables by themselves, and then cook by themselves, so that although everyone comes from different places in China, they can always eat a little more harmoniously, so as not to be so uncomfortable.

Because of the language, the workers don't usually go out very often, and their country is in TSNY, a former British colony and now a member of the British Commonwealth, so the local population speaks English, and more broadly, Swahili.

Naturally, the workers don't speak Swahili, and as for English, everyone has been here for a long time, and they know a little bit, and Lao Wu has been here for a relatively long time, so he is often arranged to go out to buy groceries.

Usually when you live in China, it may be a very convenient thing to go out to buy vegetables, after all, there are more vegetable markets, not too far away from where you live, at most two or three miles, but in Africa is different, Africa is sparsely populated, the economy is very underdeveloped, it is better to live in a town, at least there is a market, and if you live in the countryside, it will be miserable, to buy things you have to go to a far away town, which is likely to be dozens or even hundreds of kilometers away, and there are many wild animals in Africa, poisonous snakes and beasts, lionsThere are many animals that can pose a threat to people, such as coyotes, so when you go out, you usually have to drive.

But fortunately, Lin Quan lives in Tamar Town, so if you go to the vegetable market, you can walk for about ten or twenty minutes.

Lin Quan's body had not recovered before, and he was very weak, so he did not go out in the courtyard where he had been living, and at this time his health was slightly better, and he also wanted to go out for a walk and relax, so he did not refuse Lao Wu's kindness.

The small town of Tamar is small, with only a small market selling ingredients, groceries and some local products, similar to the one in rural China, but on a slightly larger scale.

The dry goods mentioned by Lao Wu mainly refer to some consumable items, such as towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc., there is only one small store in the town, and there are not many goods in it, and the Chinese workers come here mainly to buy some tobacco and alcohol and other things.

Interestingly, most of the alcohol and tobacco purchased here are sold from China, but because of shipping costs and tariffs, they are much more expensive here than at home.

It took the two more than twenty minutes to walk to the vegetable market, originally this road would not take so long, but because Lin Quan's body was still relatively weak now, the two walked slowly on this way.

TSNY's domestic material is relatively lacking, productivity is relatively low, and the price of agricultural products is not very expensive, but other things, but anything that needs to be processed is very expensive.

There are many types of vegetables in the market, but Chinese are not used to eating many vegetables, such as cucumbers, carrots, garlic, peppers, green beans and other vegetables are also available here, but the price is not cheaper than the domestic one.

The price of cucumber is three yuan and five pounds, carrots six yuan and five pounds, garlic fifty yuan a pound, carrots five yuan a pound, it is worth mentioning that there are more farms here, chicken farms are not said to be everywhere, but many people will raise chickens, after the number of chickens comes up, the price of eggs, and the price of broilers are not very expensive, and the domestic price is about the same, such as eggs, is a dollar a piece, but the eggs here are slightly larger than the domestic taboo, I don't know if it is because of the relationship between the variety.

The currency of TSNY is the TSNY shilling, which comes in denominations of five hundred, one thousand, two thousand, five thousand, and ten thousand.

The face value of the currencies of these African countries looks very large, but the value is very low, for example, the TSNY shilling, the exchange rate between this thing and the US dollar is about 2000:1, and the exchange rate with the RMB is about 250-350:1 floating, that is to say, the TSNY shilling with a face value of 10,000 yuan is actually equivalent to less than 50 yuan in China, and you want to buy something more expensive, although it is not packed in a sack, but at least you have to take a handbag......