The Road from African Chieftains to Europeans Main Volume Chapter 33 Shopping She has lived for a long time and has not done any research in this area.
I can't see the merits of the so-called top gems at all.
At this point, she thinks it's okay to look at gems, but she doesn't want to spend too much money.
In addition, top-notch gemstones, such as pigeon blood rubies, are very expensive and cost too much.
It would be a waste of money to give it as a gift to friends, and they would be too embarrassed to ask for top-notch gemstones.
It seems that the one I chose is a mid-range sapphire with sky blue color, which is more suitable for young people.
It doesn't cost a lot, but it definitely can't be called shabby. It doesn't take up much space, and it's very light.
Ling Xiao finally bought four gems, one for each person in the dormitory. Each piece was about the same size and had its own unique color.
These four gemstones are all polished and can be inlaid in their own style after returning home.
After choosing sapphires, she looked at cheap agates and finally selected a few pieces to take home.
When checking out, the people in the store specially gave her a discount as a thank you to the Chinese who came from a foreign country.
This is thanks to the medical teams aiding Africa who still stick to their posts after the Ebola virus struck.
Ling Xiao didn't want it at first because it felt like he was taking advantage, which was not good.
The people at the store said that there was still some profit after the discount, and it was not a loss-making business.
After Ling Xiao found out, he paid the bill and went shopping elsewhere.
Because the two elderly people haven't bought their gifts yet.
There is a particularly famous Rooibos tea in Africa, which looks like black tea.
But it is a plant unique to South Africa. You can buy some of these and take them back as gifts.
In addition, she also bought some handmade soaps made from Rooibos tea.
In this way, she purchased a bunch of things and had to put a lot of shopping bags. Now she felt a headache. How should she carry so many things?
She turned into a shopping madman. Could she continue shopping with such a lot of things?
She even imagined that scene specifically and felt that the scene was a bit unwatchable.
Carrying these multiple shopping bags, how should I purchase other remaining items?
Fortunately, the shopkeeper told her that she could return the purchased items.
I specially packed it and will pick it up when Lingxiao mails it.
Ling Xiao was very curious after hearing this. It turned out that everyone in the medical team was like this.
The shop owner also recommended an aloe vera tea, which he said was very effective, and members of the medical team also bought a lot of it.
Ling Xiao ordered aloe vera tea as soon as he heard it, and he could buy more of it.
Grandparents can give it as a gift to their friends.
After all, they have been friends for many years.
After payment, the shopkeeper will prepare the big bag.
Put the big bag aside and give Ling Xiao a pair of cards.
Another pair of cards with the same number is hung on the tied bag.
After finishing this, she went to another store to buy some so-called health products.
This is a good thing that my teammates on the medical team bought after a long period of time.
Naturally, Ling Xiao followed suit and bought some, hoping to take them back home for his own use or as gifts.
Carrying a lot of things, she followed the shopping guide to a market where there were dried fruits that tasted very good.
It is said that it is especially suitable for foodies, so Ling Xiao also bought some. After looking at the things he bought, there are really a lot of them.
The people in the city naturally knew the use of Ling Xiao. They knew at a glance that it was someone from abroad who was going to send it away. They also recognized that it was from the medical team outside the city. They were even more happy and deliberately picked the best things.
Ling Xiao pushed the shopping cart out and found someone who did odd jobs to help her transport the items. Then she went to the store just now to bring the specially packed items. After finding the post office, she paid the person in charge of transporting them.
After arriving at the post office, she checked the items she bought and sent them back to her country. She didn't want to carry a lot of souvenirs back to her country and tire herself to death?
You don't have to be a fool if you have money, do you have to be a miser? So she kept a small part of her things and sent most of them away.
In fact, most of his teammates package and send them away directly after completing the purchase. Ling Xiao's approach is not very independent.
Waiting for her to send the things from the post office, it was already noon, and I felt a little hungry.
After looking at the directions, I went to a place around the corner, where there was a cafe.
It provides Western-style simple meals and is mainly used to accommodate female guests.
She was still very grateful to her seniors for finding the place.
Let the female compatriots in the team have a place to eat.
Some stores do not accept female customers due to religious customs.
When Ling Xiao pushed the door open and entered, he heard the sound of wind chimes hanging high up.
The business in the cafe is still very good, and most of the seats are occupied.
When the waiter in the store saw Ling Xiao's arrival, he looked over and saw the sign at a glance.
He adjusted his tie first, and his originally polite smile became more genuine.
Ling Xiao naturally felt the change and saw the waiter walking up.
He said: "Madam, is it one person? Or do you have an appointment with someone else?"
"I want to dine alone, is there a place?" Ling Xiao asked.
"Yes, ma'am, please come with me." the waiter said.
Ling Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Okay."
"Please take a seat." The waiter pulled out the chair very respectfully.
Ling Xiao sat down naturally and said, "Thank you."
"Excuse me, ma'am, what would you like to eat?" After speaking, he handed over a menu.
She looked at the menu carefully and said, "A very well-done steak and a pasta, that's all."
"Please wait a moment." The waiter wrote down Ling Xiao's request. Of course, this was the first time he saw a steak that was requested to be cooked well.
The person sitting opposite also glanced at Ling Xiao. She was a white woman. She also ordered steak. She likes to eat tender steak. When the knife is cut, blood will come out.
Ling Xiao's behavior may look like a big bumpkin to some people, but she doesn't care, she just likes it when it's cooked.
Although cooking it thoroughly cannot prevent the Nguyen virus, it can definitely prevent things like parasites, which is safe and hygienic.
The person on the other side glanced at Ling Xiao and didn't expect that she didn't care about other people's eyes at all.
Naturally, she had no idea of saying anything. She was not familiar with Ling Xiao.
Naturally, I have no qualifications and will not care what other people do.
Being away from home, she knows that it is better to do less than to do more.
Everyone has their own ideas.
The idea of dominating others is unacceptable.
In her early years, if she had seen Ling Xiao's steak that was very cooked.
You will feel that this is a country bumpkin, and then look at her skin.
You will feel that if you sit next to a yellow person, your value will be greatly reduced.
I felt from the bottom of my heart that Ling Xiao didn't know how to eat Western food, and I wished I could draw a clear line with her.
She felt that she was superior and looked down upon that foreigner, but after being beaten up by society, she found that she had changed.
After she recovered from the second grade of childhood illness, she traveled around the world and met more people. Only then did she realize that people should not look at their skin color, but their heart.
She felt that Ling Xiao was young, but she couldn't be sure. Chinese people were younger than white people at the same age.
But Ling Xiao has an indescribable confidence in him, and he doesn't want to be a newcomer.
This made her unable to determine for a moment how big Ling Xiao was? And that mark.
It reminded her of the sick man of East Asia who was now a lion.
Of course she could tell that everyone in the cafe was interested in Ling Xiao.
It is with respect that comes from the heart.
She could tell, even though they didn't know her.
Looking at the mark on Ling Xiao's chest, she suddenly understood.
As a traveler, she was quite curious, so she might as well go to that country and see it.
After all, in many media propaganda, she always thought that Asians still wear braids.
Obviously, this person's various attires are different from the Chinese in the propaganda, and he actually wants to eat steak and pasta.
She had heard before that people in mainland China could not even afford tea eggs. This was something the Chinese themselves said.
She also knew that she couldn't ask her question rashly. The two of them just met by chance, and they would go their separate ways after that.
You shouldn't even look at her with curiosity all the time, but your curiosity is too strong to meet an Oriental in the continent of Africa.
Ling Xiao naturally felt that the person opposite would look at her with some curiosity. When she sat down, she had already looked at the other person. Speaking of which, this woman who looked very strong should have been basking in the sun for a long time. She was honey-colored.
There are some freckles on the skin.
She is not too old, because her brown eyes are somewhat curious, not malicious, but Westerners look older, and it is difficult to tell her age for a while. In addition, Ling Xiao looks at
The wear marks on her fingers showed that this was a fierce person who knew how to shoot.
Ling Xiao was not too surprised by this. A person who dared to travel must have a few brushes. Women would only cause death.
After she finished looking around, even though she was a little curious about the people at the table, she herself started reading as if she had no idea.
This is what Ling Xiao is more interested in right now. It is a fairly specialized computer magazine with an English version.
The person opposite looked at it and was very surprised. She didn't understand what kind of book it was.
The people on the other side looked at it with great interest, ah! They really understood it.
"Ma'am, your dishes are ready," the waiter said.
After Ling Xiao heard this, he put the magazine away.
I took out an unopened bottle of purified water and started eating.
Seeing Ling Xiao's appetite, the people opposite were a little curious.
To put it bluntly, she thought this person was going to be packed up and taken away.
You must know that Ling Xiao looks very slender, and women with a figure like her eat bird food.
Unexpectedly, Ling Xiao actually ate it, and she felt a bit happy that she was part of the eating family.
She has become curious about Eastern countries, and she has visited many hospitals on the African continent before.
She once met a doctor from the East, who impressed her deeply because he had to see so many patients.
As a person from a developed country, I am surprised to see a doctor seeing so many patients in a day.
The advantage of the public hospital in her home country is that the cost is low, but if you want to see a doctor, you have to queue up.
Doctors in public hospitals can only see a very limited number of patients in a day, and they cannot see you at any time.
If you want to go to a public hospital to see a doctor, you must make an appointment with a doctor in advance before you can see a doctor.
It is normal to wait for seven or eight days, so please wait.
If you have a particularly urgent illness, you can go to the emergency room.
But going to the emergency room for medical treatment will definitely cost a lot of money.
Or go to a private hospital.
As a result, she went to some hospitals in Africa.
Now you can see me whenever you want, and the doctors are very busy.
She recalled meeting an Oriental doctor with superb medical skills who also had this mark on his chest.
I'm afraid that the particularly young woman I met today is from the same organization.
Ling Xiao naturally felt the other party's attention. This person was really very direct. Because she didn't feel any malice, she didn't pay too much attention.
After lunch, I found that the cafe was doing good business, and some customers even lost their seats after coming in.
Now that she has finished eating, give up her seat and she goes out to take another look.
She is going to get some more fruits and vegetables to give everyone a change of taste.
Ling Xiao walked out of the cafe and walked along the road.
As I was walking, I saw a small stall.
There were a lot of bananas on it, so I went over to it.
There are many places in Africa where fruits are the staple food.
When she was in China before, she knew how to use bananas to make sweet soup or fry bananas.
It wasn’t until I arrived in Africa that I learned that there are people who specialize in grilling bananas and that bananas are the staple food.
This is unacceptable to the medical team because bananas are just fruits in the eyes of Chinese people and are not considered as food at all.
This is a habit that cannot be changed. In fact, people who like to eat rice will not feel full after eating steamed buns.
And those who like to eat steamed buns will feel heartburn if they eat rice all the time. This is a matter of their own habits. Anyway, people in the medical team will not regard bananas as their staple food.
But everyone still liked to think of it as fruit, so Ling Xiao bought two large skewers from the stall and carried them in her hands. Fortunately, she was very strong and didn't feel tired at all.
After walking forward for a while, I saw a car stopping in front of me. A person got out of the passenger seat and opened the door for the seat behind. The person who followed him also looked around after getting off.
For some reason, at this moment, Ling Xiao felt something was wrong, as if something bad was about to happen. Should she continue walking forward, or should she stop? Another person got out from another car door.
When Ling Xiao saw this, she felt like she was seeing a big shot. She understood that it was a normal reaction to move forward. As a passerby, she shouldn't be able to feel anything wrong.
Ling Xiao kept his eyes straight and kept moving forward at an unhurried pace. At this moment, the big shots on the car in front finally started to appear.
Just after he appeared, Ling Xiao suddenly felt terrified, threw the fruit in his hand to the side, and jumped forward.
After seeing Ling Xiao's evasive action, the big shot reacted quickly. Naturally, he felt something was wrong and shrank his neck.
Hearing a pop, a deep bullet hole appeared where Ling Xiao was walking.
Then there was a burst, and fortunately it shot into the ground, causing the ground to turn up.
Several people standing next to the car also knew that something was wrong.
They don't know if more bullets are coming.
Just squat down quickly and don't dare to move.
Ling Xiao didn't have time to see the result of that shot at the moment.
Her body was rolling forward, but it didn't mean she could stand still.
She felt more crises coming, and she felt as if something was aiming at her heart.
Without any hesitation, she kicked her foot to the side, changed her direction, and tilted her body.
There was another popping sound, grazing her body, causing her clothes to almost be torn, and then the late gunfire was heard.
Ling Xiao felt that if he slowed down his movements for a few seconds, he would be cut into pieces. It would be really dangerous.