Chapter 1014 I Want to Become a Disciple

Kambu woke up and found his arm was fixed with a wooden board. Papa and others were anxiously surrounding him, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him wake up.

"What happened?" Kambu asked the people around him in confusion.

Papa said, "It's nothing. You just let Xiao grab your arm and throw it to the ground like a sandbag. Xiao used too much force, and your right hand was dislocated, and then your forearm was fractured. It was Xiao who cured you."

Cambu looked around at his friends.

His friends started talking at once.

"That guy is stronger than a gorilla!"

"Gorilla? It's obviously an elephant!"

“I was completely stunned!”

"Yeah, this is the first time I've seen someone throw someone like that!"

Kambu sat up, but frowned because of the pain from pulling his arm. "Where is he?"

Papa said apologetically, "Kambu, Xiao left after healing you. He asked me to apologize to you because he didn't control the strength well and caused you to get hurt. He also asked me to tell you that if you don't do strenuous activities on your arm for the next month, it should heal. He didn't know how to compensate you, so he could only give you this and let you have this."

He handed Camb an envelope.

Kambu opened the envelope and found ten West African CFA franc notes worth 10,000 each.

He was stunned when he saw the money.

Why is France so influential in West Africa? They control the economy here, for example, the West African franc is the best example.

There are a total of fourteen countries in Africa whose official currency is the West African franc, including eight countries in West Africa and six countries in Central Africa. The West African franc is commonly used in these countries. The West African franc is the product of cooperation between the Bank of France and the West African Economic and Trade Union.

The CFA franc exchange rate is fixed. Regardless of the euro's appreciation or its par value, one euro always converts to 656 CFA francs. This is why the CFA franc is currently the most popular currency in West Africa. One hundred thousand CFA francs isn't a lot of money, converting to less than 1,200 yuan. To most Chinese, this is a small sum.

But what does 100,000 CFA francs mean here? The rainy season is the off-season for fishing, and that's when fish prices are highest. In the markets of Dakar, the capital, where prices are highest, five kilograms of fresh fish, minus the head and bones, costs 2,000 CFA francs. Converted into RMB, that's less than 2.5 yuan per pound.

This is still the place with the highest prices. In these rural areas, there is basically no place to spend money. The average daily cost of living is about 30 West African francs, which is about 30 cents in RMB!

One hundred thousand West African francs is a huge sum of money here!

But Kambu's focus wasn't on the money. He was stunned and asked, "Why did he leave?"

Papa said, "Xiao said that because of him, our wrestling festival couldn't go on, and he felt very ashamed. So he left."

"Where did he go?" Cambu asked hurriedly.

Papa said, "Momodo's classmates helped him find a way to go to Gambia, but he has to go to Dakar first to handle some formalities. He also wants to take a few people from our village to Sangalekam Town."

"Sangalkham Town? What are we going there for?" asked Kambu.

Papa's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Kambu, did you know there's a Chinese vegetable demonstration garden in Sangalekam? They're specifically teaching us Senegalese how to grow vegetables! I heard they're even looking for someone to teach them how to make the delicious food we ate yesterday!"

After hearing this, Kambu stood up from the ground.

It turns out they were quite disdainful of vegetables. They could find plenty to eat in the forest, so why bother growing them? They were so difficult to care for.

As a result, after tasting Xiao Peng's cooking skills, they all wanted to grow vegetables at home - well, they also had to learn how to cook Chinese food!

"No, I want to go find him!" Kambu said, "I've never met such a strong man! I want to be his student! If I could be as strong as him, oh no, if I could be half as strong as him, I would be the most powerful wrestler in our country!"

"Huh?" Papa was stunned after hearing this: "Why didn't I think of it?"

Kambu's eyes widened as he asked, "Do you have a pig brain? How could you miss such a good opportunity?"

Papa slapped his forehead and said, "Damn it! Why didn't I think of this? What should we do now that they're gone? We can't contact them!"

Here, you can't just call someone on the phone like you can back home. There's no electricity here, so Kambu didn't know about Xiao Peng knocking down so many people in Kabrus Village yesterday. If he knew, who would dare challenge Xiao Peng?

Kambu thought for a moment and said, "We can catch up with him!"

"You've got to be kidding!" Papa said, "He has a car! How are we going to catch him?"

Kambu said, "It's because he has a car that we were able to catch him! If he has a car and wants to go to Dakar, he definitely can't drive or take a plane. He can only go to Ziguinchor and take a boat! And there's only one boat a day from Ziguinchor to Dakar. If he goes now, he'll definitely miss it and have to stay in Ziguinchor for a whole day!"

They were in southern Senegal, and Dakar was in the north, with Gambia in between. Driving would require a huge detour, and flying wouldn't allow Xiao Peng's car to board the plane, so they had no choice but to take a boat to Ziguinchor. If they missed the boat, they would have to stay there for a day. In other words, they just had to stop Xiao Peng at the dock before he could board the ship.

Papa's eyes lit up. "Just get to Ziguinchor before tomorrow. We still have time!"

His brother next to him quickly stopped him: "Papa, you and Momodo are the strongest wrestlers here! What will we do if you two leave?"

After hearing this, Papa hesitated. He really couldn't leave. Other villages would come here to participate in the wrestling festival soon. Momodo had already left. If he didn't leave, their performance in the wrestling festival would definitely not be good, and they would be the laughing stock of the nearby villages for the whole year!

Kambu said nothing but stood up and said, "I'm going to find him! At least I have to apologize to him for my rudeness! I didn't give a strong man the minimum respect!"

After hearing this, Papa asked, "What about your hand?"

Kambu stood up and said, "My hand is injured, not my foot! I'm going to find him in Ziguinchor."

Papa hesitated. He also wanted to be like Kambu. If he could truly become a disciple of a master like Xiao Peng, his future would be limitless.

But even if he went, could he really become Xiao Peng's disciple? Throwing everything away to find Xiao Peng for such an uncertain outcome would be foolish, right?

Kambu, however, was not as hesitant as Papa: "Papa, I'll go first. I don't have time to waste!"

After he got up, he said goodbye to the people he was traveling with, refused their requests to go with him, and left the village alone.

Watching Kambu leave without looking back, Papa always felt as if he had missed something.