Chapter 343 Charity Event
"Brother, I want to apologize to you. I doubted you just now!" Xiao Peng said to Ma Chao.
Ma Chao smiled and shook his head. "There's nothing to apologize for. I should thank you. You've helped me a lot. If it weren't for you, I might not have moved all these things here yet! You're really energetic."
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "I've been doing rough work at sea for years, so I have a lot of strength."
"You're a crew member!" Ma Chao shook his head: "I really can't tell."
The reason why Xiao Peng apologized to Ma Chao was because he found that he was truly "judging others by one's own standards".
Ma Chao is not fighting alone, there is a group of people here, most of whom are students of Kyiv National University.
Their organization is called "Kiev Blue Star," a charitable organization that delivers food to the homeless, disabled, and elderly after school every week. They also sell small items like T-shirts, mugs, and nesting dolls, using the funds raised to purchase food and continue their charitable contributions.
Xiao Peng also saw toilet paper with the Russian president's portrait printed on it - this shows the relationship between the two countries.
There are so many people queuing here!
When Xiao Peng arrived, there were at least dozens of people queuing! Overall, the order was good, but there were also arguments, such as people cutting in line, people bumping into each other, and even fights when they arrived. Several young people from the Red Star Kyiv were maintaining order.
Many Ukrainians still don’t have enough food to eat, especially the elderly.
But this can't be entirely blamed on others, as their welfare is there. Although they don't have much money, it's basically enough for food.
However, Ukrainians, especially the elderly, have inherited a trait from the former Soviet Union: alcoholism. Some have even spent their pensions on alcohol. Some have even sold their homes and become homeless, just to ensure they have enough to drink.
When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, many Soviet people rushed to the rescue. On the one hand, it was out of patriotism, and on the other hand, it was because the soldiers and firefighters who went to Chernobyl to rescue could get two taels of vodka for free every day.
For this reason, some people went there to participate in the rescue.
Ma Chao said, "Don't mention it. There are so many people here today. We just brought some food here, but so many people haven't been able to get any food. They almost got into a fight just now, and the girl in charge of distributing food even slapped her. I quickly went back and got some more food. Do you want to try it?"
Xiao Peng didn't know what to say after hearing this. "Don't you think they're pitiful?" They're really pitiful!
These old people were the ones who built the former Soviet Union. With their efforts, they created a glorious and huge country. However, when they got old, they saw the country decline and become like this. It is really sad to see this.
But you say these people are doing this out of kindness, not because they owe you anything. And you're making a scene because you didn't come early to line up and can't get a meal? And you even hit a little girl? That's too much.
Before Xiao Peng could say anything, a blonde girl came over carrying two disposable plastic bowls and said in broken English, "Thank you for your help. Here's some for you to try."
"Thank you so much!" Xiao Peng took the plastic bowls with both hands and handed one to Walter.
The meal was simple: a bowl of rice, a spoonful of mashed potatoes, some salsa, and a small pickle. They say it's difficult to go from extravagance to simplicity, but Xiao Peng felt a little lost looking at the meal.
The key point is that the rice cooked here in Ukraine... Uh. How the hell is this rice?
It's just boiling rice in water, and then pouring out the water after it becomes porridge. It's not as delicious as the rice in China!
But seeing the blonde girl looking at him, Xiao Peng still lowered his head and took a bite.
"Huh?" This 'rice' with Salo is surprisingly delicious! But Xiao Peng could never understand why people here love to eat pickled cucumbers - it's too salty!
"Thank you so much!" Xiao Peng held up the bowl and thanked the girl. "It's delicious!"
The girl nodded at Xiao Peng and turned to leave.
Ma Chao looked at Xiao Peng: "Can you really get used to it?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "This is indeed delicious!"
Ma Chao smiled bitterly and said, "It seems like your life at sea isn't easy either. Let me tell you, my family back home isn't wealthy, otherwise I wouldn't have come to study in Ukraine, right? But here, nothing I eat tastes good. Every time I go home, my parents think I'm here to suffer."
Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this. The pension for an elderly Ukrainian was around 3,000 hryvnia. At that price, it wasn't hard to just eat. After all, this was a major agricultural country, so food was incredibly cheap. One hundred hryvnia could buy three pounds of bone-in beef! Ordinary European items like potatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers were around ten hryvnia per pound (a little over two yuan).
But buying other things is expensive, after all, most of the supplies here need to be imported from abroad. I went to the supermarket and saw that almost all the seasonings were from China, and the prices were three times or even higher than in China.
What if I drink two more glasses? Haha, if I drink too much, I will lose half a month’s pension.
There are not only elderly people but also young people queuing up for meals here. These people are generally those who have not found jobs in Kiev, and there are also many young girls among them.
Arriving in Ukraine, you'll discover a very strange phenomenon: the unemployment rate for women is much higher than for men! Many young girls lack job opportunities.
So these young women have to make a living, right? How do they do it? That's how Ukraine got its nickname, "Eastern European brothels." Walking down the street in Kyiv, people would hand you little cards offering introductions to girls.
I don't know what the Chinese men who came to Ukraine before me did, but it seems like they just handed out small cards to any Chinese man they saw. Xiao Peng must have accepted at least dozens of them along the way. They asked for $200, but Walter told Xiao Peng they were ripping him off. The market price here is 1,000 hryvnia (a little over 200 RMB). . . .
Besides prostitution, Ukrainian women also have another legal way to sell their bodies: surrogacy. Surrogacy is legal in Ukraine! For 1.3 million hryvnia (300,000 RMB), you can take home a mixed-race child.
Although according to the law, a couple must be a legal married couple to do surrogacy, but there are so many illegal things here, not even a small matter like this...
The rice with 'Salo' tasted good at first, but after two bites, Xiao Peng felt it was too greasy and couldn't eat it anymore. However, it would be a bit impolite not to eat it directly. When he was hesitating about what to do, the crowd in the queue suddenly became chaotic again.
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