Chapter 987: Borrowing Flowers to Offer to Buddha
The next day something big happened in Akrut!
To express their gratitude to the Chinese for their contributions to Akjut, four local residents, including Ismail, donated three million ouguiyas to the Akjut Animal Husbandry and Greening Base. Not only the Chinese at the base, but even the local residents were stunned. Three million ouguiyas? That was an astronomical sum!
Everyone is wondering: where do they get so much money?
When Ismail and his wives learned of this, they disregarded religious doctrine and rushed to the livestock and greening base to start a scene. The situation was already chaotic. They wanted to refuse the money, but when Ismail and his men heard they wouldn't accept it, they simply held torches, threatening to burn it if they didn't accept it. The livestock and greening base had no choice but to accept the money. They were also a little confused. Where did these people get the money? Did they have a grudge against money in their past lives?
Seeing Ismail and his men donate, their wives were so close to hanging themselves in public that they took turns performing a "wife-beating show" and the entire tree and greening base was filled with ghostly howling and wolves howling.
Xiao Peng sat in the shade of a tree and watched all this with a smile.
Ismail and the others didn't want to donate the money, but there was nothing they could do because Xiao Peng was watching them.
Where did this money come from? Xiao Peng had to exchange the local currency when he arrived in Mauritania, right? He'd exchanged 10,000 euros as usual. This time, he'd exchanged it for over 50,000 ouguiyas! The new ouguiya's largest denomination was only 1,000! His car and bag were overflowing with money.
Xiao Peng was a little confused when he saw all this money! He accidentally changed too much!
According to local city prices, the most expensive food is a roasted whole lamb. A whole adult lamb costs about 50,000 ouguiyas! A freshly baked baguette costs 100 ouguiyas! That means he could eat three roasted whole lambs a day for over a month!
What's even more infuriating is that Xiao Peng has been running around in the desert, unable to find a place to spend his money! He even wanted to leave Mauritania, but he barely touched a cent!
This is really confusing!
In the end, Xiao Peng simply kept the change and gave the rest to Ismail and the others. He bought their silver sacrificial mask and took it back to give to Pascal as a souvenir. However, he had one condition: Ismail and the others should donate 3 million of the money in their names to the livestock greening base.
Why doesn't he donate it himself? Well... the amount is too little to give.
And there's another benefit to doing this: it'll show Abdul and the others how grateful the Akrut people are. In the future, if the Chinese help you with landscaping, you should also pay attention.
Of course, he also threatened Ismail and the others slightly: "If you don't donate? No problem, I'll file a complaint with your government and tell them you stole someone else's antique mask." Xiao Peng didn't care about the mask. At worst, they could give it to the Mauritanian authorities and say they bought it to prevent the cultural relics from being lost. Ismail and the others would be in trouble then. Not only would their money be confiscated, but they'd even go to jail!
Ismail and the others were not unaware of the pros and cons, so they gritted their teeth and donated three million!
How do you know how much pain they're in? Look at how hard they beat their wives! And then their wives' families beat them hard too...
Alas, when will the cycle of revenge end?
Xiao Peng was eating dates while sighing and lamenting, completely forgetting that he was the culprit of this incident!
At this time, Liu Yun walked up to Xiao Peng and suddenly asked, "You're the one who caused all this, right? Huh? Comrade 'Salvage King'!"
Xiao Peng was stunned when he heard this. He was recognized. "Huh? How did you know me? You can't watch the live broadcast here, right?"
He felt that Liu Yun definitely didn't know him from watching the live broadcast.
There's no internet connection, not even cell phone or TV signal! Contact with the outside world is through a landline, and the only entertainment is satellite TV.
Liu Yun smiled and said, "Comrades from the peacekeeping force came to our place, so of course we had to contact the embassy to check on the situation. But as soon as we mentioned the car and your appearance, they immediately knew who you were. It seems you're a big shot! And you even have the nickname 'Salvage King'?"
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "It's just something others randomly gave me. I've never called myself that."
Liu Yun smiled and said, "Alright, thank you anyway. This is really great for our next step. If even a large tribe like Nolida can cooperate with us, we can greatly increase the country's influence here!"
Xiao Peng said, "These matters have nothing to do with me. I'm just doing a favor. Just tell them what conditions you have. It seems they are still willing to cooperate with you."
Liu Yun nodded and said, "Look over there. Such a poor place is giving us cash as a token of gratitude. What will the people of the Nolida tribe think if they see this? How did you come up with this idea to help us improve our image?"
Xiao Peng really wanted to answer that I didn't think too much about it, it was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse, but he couldn't say it. As a man, especially the somewhat patriarchal Xiao Peng, how could he show weakness in front of a girl?
He coughed dryly and said, "Isn't this just like eating hot pot? Looted food tastes better! You need to make them pay attention so you can proceed to the next step, right? You can't work while also guarding against them stealing things, right? I'm telling you, I just came from Nolida. Alas, the environment over there is much worse than here, with more people and less supplies. You must be fully prepared before sending anyone out—oh, and don't forget to bring a doctor."
"Doctor?" Zhou Yun was stunned.
Xiao Peng told Zhou Yun about how they wanted him to help find a doctor: "After seeing your results, they seem to want to do something big."
Zhou Yun smiled and said, "No matter how big the event is, we will just send a few people to guide the work. The key still depends on them themselves."
Xiao Peng stood up and said, "Okay, now that I'm done with my work here, it's time for me to continue my journey!"
"You're leaving?" Zhou Yun was stunned. "I just heard the translator say that Mohande and the others are looking for you. They want to thank you and have prepared a gift for you!"
"Gift?" Xiao Peng asked curiously, "I'm actually looking forward to this."
Zhou Yun replied, "Are you really looking forward to it? I'll give you a hint. They are White Moors. What gift do you think they can give you?"
Xiao Peng slapped his forehead after hearing this. "Fuck! Um... I really can't accept their gift. I'm leaving now! Please tell everyone to forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. Let's have tea together sometime later!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran away without listening to Zhou Yun's answer.
He really couldn't afford the White Moor's "generous gift".
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