Of course, this was just a small change. He took out a 50-dollar bill and said, "Twenty."
The little girl suddenly smiled innocently and sweetly. "Okay, wait a minute. I'll make it for you. It's delicious."
As she spoke, she quickly took the money and turned on the popsicle machine.
There were still popsicles inside, but there were only about ten of them. It was probably not enough to sell, but she did not say that it was not enough. She said that it was delicious. Li Du could not help but laugh. The little girl was very clever.
He took one first. The popsicle was dark red and had a sweet and sour taste of hawthorn. It was not bad.
The little girl quickly opened a compartment and looked at it. She poured some ice cubes in and sprinkled a packet of salt. There was a socket in the compartment, and a clean cup was inserted into it. All he had to do was pour the soda into it.
She poured in very little soda, less than half, and then closed the lid and shook it vigorously. This reminded Li Du of a tricycle in his neighbor's house when he was a child. Every time it was started, it had to be shaken vigorously.
Seeing that the soda the little girl poured out was in a large Coke bottle, Li Du asked, "Where did this soda come from? Is it clean? "
The little girl nodded vigorously. "Clean, no preservatives, no added coloring. This is hawthorn water, orange water, and pineapple water cooked by my grandmother. It's very clean."
Li Du asked again, "This was cooked by your grandmother? What about your parents? "
The little girl muttered, "They were killed in the explosion. And my brother, he was killed in the explosion."
Li Du was stunned and asked subconsciously, "Were they killed in the mine?"
The little girl shook her head. "No, they were at war."
Li Du did not ask further. It was obviously a sad past.
But Godanwei said, "Sister, your parents and brother were killed in the explosion. How much did the army compensate you?"
The little girl did not speak and pointed to the hand-cranked popsicle machine on the ground.
Li Du did not understand. Godanwei explained, "The compensation was to buy this hand-cranked popsicle machine. This kind of machine is about six or seven hundred dollars in Myitkyina. Do you understand?"
"Only two or three hundred dollars for killing a civilian?" Li Du was shocked. He couldn't be blamed for being shocked. The compensation was too shocking.
Godanwei said, "During the war a few days ago, a shell landed in a village in your country and killed people. Our compensation was 20,000 RMB per person, but it was angrily refuted by the people in your country. But what about the people in my country? We're all human beings, and we only have one life. We might have more, 40,000 Kyat, but that's 40,000 Kyat! That's 200 RMB! "
The Verbal Cannon King began to show his prowess. Godanwei started to criticize the country's policies and social injustice, his face full of resentment.
Li Du looked at him and said, "You earn 600 dollars a day. How about donating your earnings to this poor child?"
The keyboard warrior stopped. He took the popsicle and left without paying!
After shaking for a while, the little girl opened the lid and inserted a bamboo skewer into the unfrozen cup. Then, she poured the soda into the cup until it was full. She closed the lid and continued shaking, sweating profusely.
It took half an hour to make the whole bucket of popsicles. The little girl was panting, but looking at the sweaty fifty dollars in her hand, she was happy.
Li Du beckoned Brother Wolf and the others to come up and take the popsicles. Brother Wolf slipped a roll of hundred-dollar bills into a cup, touched the little girl's head and said, "Go home, go home early today. I'll see you off."
The little girl did not understand English, so Li Du translated and let her go home.
Dollar bills were common in Hpakant, and the little girl knew what was in the cup. She was so excited that her face was red. She handed the rest of the popsicles to Li Du and the others, closed the lid, and dragged the little path. "Let's go home!"
Li Du said to Brother Wolf, "Be careful, we've provoked someone."
Brother Wolf smiled and said, "I'm fine."
Looking at their backs, Young Markelov chewed on the popsicle and said, "Brother Wolf is so caring."
Li Du smiled and said, "When you become a father, you will be like this too."
Young Markelov burst into laughter. "Haha, I won't have children in this life."
"Stupid," Big Markelov sneered.
After settling down in the United States, Big Markelov now wanted to save money to find a wife and have children, so he did not like his younger brother's childishness.
Coming to Hpakant, it would be a lie to say that he did not want to buy ores. Li Du rejected Zhong Da Pao's request to work with him. First, he did not trust him, and second, he did not feel that there was a need to work with him.
However, after staying in the hotel for two days, he realized that he really needed to find someone to work with.
The security at the field area and the field entrance did not allow strangers to enter, even if they had money. The military and police were even stricter. No matter if you were familiar or not, as long as you were a foreigner, you could not enter the field entrance.
For the past two days, Li Du walked around the town of Hpakant. The town was not prosperous at all, and there were no places to eat, drink, or have fun. He ate a lot of popsicles, and with tips, he could eat two to three hundred dollars a day.
The little girl treated him like a VIP client, and she made a batch of popsicles and sent them to the hotel for him.
Li Du could not eat so many popsicles, so he just gave them to others and started his popsicle diplomacy.
This was really effective. Very soon, he became familiar with the hotel staff and the lobby manager. He also got to know some of the Chinese people who were staying in the hotel.
The staff were very familiar with the little girl and knew that she had a pitiful life. Therefore, when they saw Li Du helping the little girl, they felt that he was a good person and were willing to interact with him.
From these people, Li Du understood the local situation.
The town of Hpakant was very famous, but the town itself was not very good. There were many field areas around it, and each field area had its own main town. The bosses, jade merchants, miners, and their families stayed in the main town and did not come to Hpakant often, so the town could not develop.
Among them, Xiangdong, Hpakant, and Longken were the three field areas that were close to each other. This was the main area, and it attracted the most jade merchants from all over the world.
If Li Du wanted to buy jade, he would have to enter these three field areas. The problem was that he could not enter!
Cole helped him get a travel pass, which would give him official permission to walk around in Myanmar.
However, this travel pass would not work in Hpakant. The military and police were reluctantly willing to let him in, but the field area and the field entrance were very strict and would not let him in.
After going around and around, Li Du realized that if he wanted to buy jade, he still needed to find someone with some power in the area.
In the end, he decided to give Zhong Da Pao a call. He had heard some things about Zhong Da Pao in the past two days and found him quite interesting.
Just as he was making this decision, someone knocked on his door. He went to open the door and smiled. Zhong Da Pao was the first to come.
Seeing Li Du, Zhong Da Pao said, "Brother, your patience is really good. I admire you. Don't bother me this time. I just want to bring you out to take a look at a place. "
He was worried that Li Du would reject him, so he started to prepare an excuse.
In the end, Li Du waved his hand and said, "Please."
Zhong Da Pao blinked. The excuse that he had prepared was stuck in his throat.
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