Quiet bedroom.
Buzz buzz~
The moment the cell phone rang, the thrush sleeping next to the plum tree slowly opened its eyes.
"Tweet~"
The blackbird was almost eaten by the terrifying giant tiger shark that jumped ashore. It was frightened. Now after taking a rest, the panic in its heart completely dissipated.
"Tweet~"
The thrush jumped on the plum tree's chest, jumping nimbly, and then tilted its little head to look at the plum tree.
Brush~
It suddenly flew to Li Shu's head and stretched out its mouth to grab the latter's hair.
"Hey, you stupid bird, don't hold my hair in your mouth." Li Shu said.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp~"
Answer the phone quickly. Someone is calling you. It’s really noisy!
Li Shu touched the phone, and the afternoon sunlight poured in through the window, illuminating half of the pillow.
"It's Xu Hao calling. I saw Xu Hao's WeChat account before, saying that he went to Angola. I sent him a message but no reply. Did you see the message?"
Thoughts flashed through Li Shu's mind.
He connected the phone, and Xu Hao's voice came from the phone instantly:
"Ashu, I'm in Angola now, visiting a village here."
There was still the sound of wind whistling on the phone.
Southwest Africa.
Angola
Angola is one of the least developed countries in the world, but the country has a vast territory and abundant resources, especially untapped resources.
Moreover, there are not only diamonds but also oil underground. It is one of the important oil exporters in the world and China's third largest source of oil imports. It has frequent trade with China.
Xu Hao was walking in a tribal village accompanied by a black man in military uniform, followed by a dozen soldiers in military uniforms holding rifles.
Of course, there was a Chinese translator with a middle-parted hair next to him.
The soldiers looked grim.
The black men and women in the village looked at them timidly with fear on their faces.
"Village? Can you take a video? Let me see what kind of village it is." Li Shu rolled over from the bed and sat up, smiling.
With the help of a translator, Xu Hao asked the officer beside him, who made a please gesture.
Obviously the other party allowed the video to be taken.
Xu Hao felt slightly relaxed.
He was already prepared to be cautious in his words and deeds before coming, and many Africans have a deep sense of inferiority when facing international visitors.
If you take a video without permission, the other person may think that you are deliberately filming their ugly behavior, and then they will do something extreme in anger.
Just get permission from the officer.
As for whether the villagers are willing or not, it seems to no longer matter.
Xu Hao hung up the phone, opened the video call, and focused the camera on the village next to him and moved slowly.
Li Shu saw that the so-called village was just a few wooden houses scattered on the open land.
There are no neat roads, no vegetable gardens, and the villagers seem to have no clear division of homesteads.
It's like setting up some wooden tents in the wilderness.
The houses are made of wooden sticks and wild grass. The bottom is cylindrical, with a fence made of wooden sticks about 2 meters long and of different thicknesses.
The roof is similar to a straw hat with a spire, made of wooden sticks, and covered with wild grass, animal skins, etc.
"This... is quite surprising." Li Shu said with a smile: "Maybe they won't fight over the homestead. Each household seems to be about ten meters away from each other, and no one seems to want the open space in the middle."
Xu Hao also noticed this problem.
Xu Hao comes from the countryside. He has also seen many fights over homesteads and land fields, and some of them were even quite brutal.
"Hey!? I just discovered this problem."
Xu Hao spoke to the officer through an interpreter. The officer told him that houses can be built for free anywhere on the land here. There are no restrictions on laws and regulations, and you can build whatever size you want.
Xu Hao asked again: "What if we build a manor of thousands of square meters?"
After being translated and narrated, the officer showed his big white teeth and said with a smile:
"Who among the rich would come here to build a house? There are no police here. I'm afraid the building materials will be stolen before the house is built.
As for the poor? He couldn't build it even if he wanted to. Even if it could be built, the surrounding villagers might snatch his things or burn his house - there are no police here. "
Only then did Xu Hao realize that he wanted to be simple.
"No police" seemed to be far more terrifying than he thought. It meant that even if a group of other people did something extremely bad to you, there would be no one to seek justice.
Xu Hao also walked into a house and took pictures of the scene inside the house with his mobile phone.
There is no earthen kang or bed here, just a few pieces of animal skins thrown on the ground, and men, women, and children lie on the animal skins to sleep.
The weather is hot, and there is no need to cover yourself with a quilt. There are many flies flying around.
"The sanitary conditions are so poor, no wonder the mortality rate is so high." Xu Hao said helplessly.
Li Shu asked: "Xu Hao, did you find the jade mine there?"
Xu Hao smiled and said: "Not yet, but there are a few places where jade is suspected. I plan to go there to have a look in the next two days."
After talking to Xu Hao for a few more words, Li Shu hung up the video.
He got up and washed his face. He looked at himself in the mirror, with water droplets dripping down his face. He said slowly: "Xu Hao is really capable of hard work. He dares to fight and fight hard."
He left the villa and walked towards Baicao Garden. The setting sun dyed the clouds on the horizon red, and a flock of seagulls flew back from the horizon. Many of the seagulls had fish in their mouths.
That's food for their children.
"Brother, brother, I want to eat kiwi fruit!" The little girl ran over from behind on short legs and grabbed Li Shu's right arm.
"Look at you running, sweating profusely."
"Hehe~ I was playing hide-and-seek with the big cat just now. If it lost, it would chase me like crazy, and I would run like crazy."
"Cat? Where is the big orange cat!?"
Li Shu looked towards the balcony on the third floor of the villa. He saw that the big orange cat was not lying on the railing with his paws in his arms. The setting sun was shining on the empty railing, and the shiny surface of the latter reflected the sunlight.
Li Shu looked around.
Sudden
He saw the big orange cat quietly hiding in the grass next to a peach tree on the right side, observing secretly.
"Brush~"
The big orange cat jumps out from the grass in the shape of a bat—a sneak attack! !
"ah!"
The little girl was so frightened that she hid next to Li Shu and said with a smile: "Big Cat, don't chase me!"
"Meow~"
Li Shu looked helpless. His sister and the big orange cat were really too childish, but he also thought that his sister was a child after all, and it would be abnormal for her to be mature and steady.
"Don't you want to eat kiwi fruit? Come on, I'll take you to pick kiwi fruit." Li Shu said with a smile.
Warm breeze.
Li Shu took his sister and the big orange cat along the stone road to the Baicao Garden.
When they were still 2 meters away from the wooden gate of Baicao Garden.
Pa da~
The door suddenly opened, and the big yellow dog with a round belly came out, licking the corners of his mouth. Looking at his cheerful smile, he must have eaten a lot of good food.
"You silly dog! What did you steal again!" Li Shu scolded with a smile, walked over and rubbed the dog's head.
"Hmm~"
You're such an ugly person, how can I steal something to eat
However, the big yellow dog felt somewhat guilty. He just wanted to get out of here quickly.
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