Chapter 3679: : Small town

This is a small town in Tanzania. The population may not be very large, maybe tens of thousands. There are Chinese-supported schools nearby, including primary and secondary schools, as well as health centers.
In addition, it should be the local government building. As for the other houses, none of them are decent. They are all low-rise houses.
It may be a one-story building, at most it may be two stories, and then there is a dirt house, and even those with grass on it.
It can be said that it is really poor.
But why is it so poor?
Ye Chen is not very clear yet.
However, when they first came, they hadn't arranged to treat the patients so quickly, and it might be really uncomfortable for Dr. He and the others to come by military plane.
It was almost until lunch time, Ye Chen saw the black pearl woman interpreter again and asked Ye Chen and Doctor He to eat in the hospital dining room.
The conditions here are still relatively difficult, but Ye Chen and the others are support personnel, and the food conditions for them are much better.
Here, many Africans can’t eat, and they really don’t know what to fill their stomachs with.
And here, there are chicken, fish, and vegetables.
Because it is close to Lake Victoria, there are a lot of tilapia here.
However, the chefs here make these dishes, which are really not tasty. They seem to be cooked, and then add some other tomato sauce and other things in.
Dr. He and the others had never eaten such unpalatable food, and they almost vomited it out at first.
When they saw the black doctors looking over, Doctor He could only hold back.
Here, wasting food is really shameful.
Ye Chen simply ate two bowls of white rice and an egg soup, and then ate a la carte. After eating, he also wanted to go outside.
The black pearl female translator wants to take Ye Chen out.
Outside the hospital, the dirt and dust billowed.
Every year, China provides a lot of support to Africa, but Africa is too big. If you divide it here, you don’t have much money.
I'm afraid that those African officials are not greedy, and they really can't do much in such a poor place.
However, Ye Chen knew that this was not something he could solve.
Like many other places in the country, which are very poor now, can Ye Chen also be able to change? He can change only some people around him.
In addition, like his hometown of Zhaojia Village and the small town, Ye Chen can still make changes. As for other places, no matter how much money he has, he is powerless.
In the dusty soil, there are many black elder brothers and black elder sisters riding bicycles, and there are also many black children with big stomachs and barefoot without shoes.
These black children, in fact, Ye Chen could see that they should also be sick, otherwise their stomachs could not be that big.
What is causing this?
The details still need to be checked carefully.
However, it can be seen that these children are happy from the heart, revealing the white teeth, making the black skin look more happy on their faces.
Although very poor, I am very happy. At this point, it is hard to see in China again.
When Ye Chen and the black pearl female interpreter walked forward, Ye Chen said, "These little kids, they look poor, but they are very happy."
"They are very happy, they never worry about poverty, disease, war, plague, hunger, they live like that every day."
"how about you?"
"I, I haven't experienced this."
The family of the black pearl female translator is definitely not simple. According to her situation, her parents should be high-level Tanzanians, and the other party used to live in Dar es Salaam.
The children of such families have the opportunity to study in Europe, and they can also study in China.
Therefore, from this point, the identity of the other party is destined to be not simple.
Ye Chen didn't ask more about the identity of the female translator, and it seemed that the other party couldn't tell.
This small town is really the same as those poor mountain villages in China.
Of course, these children may be happy, but adults may be different. Their most worry is the problem of hunger. Three meals a day must be solved, or they will starve to death.
"Are they looking for work? Are there a lot of jobs here?"
"Will look for work. However, in some places, there are more jobs, some places are few, and they are all very dangerous, like mining jobs, and most of them here should be in Victoria. Fish fishermen, after they catch the fish, they sell the fish to others."
Ye Chen had just arrived in this small town, and when he saw the shabby-dressed Africans, he already smelled an unpleasant fishy smell.
There are many fishes here.
They are basically tilapia and sea bass.
Like domestic tilapia, it was probably first introduced from here.
When Ye Chen walked over, a black man immediately sold those fish to the two of them. These tilapias were all large, but after they died, they had attracted many flies to fly around.
The dead fish can be used for drying, but if there is no salt in this way, it will easily rot and even grow maggots for a long time.
Like these fish, maggots may grow in two or three days.
Ye Chen rarely eats tilapia, nor does he like to eat it. On the contrary, those bass are not bad.
There were also in the hospital canteen just now, but the chefs there didn't do it well.
It seems better to cook and eat by yourself.
When the black pearl female translator said no to the black people, Ye Chen asked, "How much do they say?"
"They said two thousand shillings."
One yuan is about two hundred to three hundred shillings, and two thousand is about six to ten yuan.
A tilapia weighing several kilos at ten yuan is indeed not very expensive.
In China, tilapia may cost ten yuan a catty.
Of course, that is still alive.
After Ye Chen learned about the shilling and RMB exchange rate from the black pearl female translator, he probably understood the money here.
It seems that the prices here are not high, but it may still be related to this Lake Victoria. After all, so many fish are sold when they are caught.
Moreover, most of the people here are very poor, so there must be no too much money to spend in this area.
Going all the way to the front, there are not many daily necessities in this small town. Most of them sell fish, and moreover, those daily necessities.
Like slippers, belts, glasses, these are basically shipped back from China.
On the contrary, these are not cheap.
Ye Chen asked about the price and found that the slippers here are much more expensive than domestic ones.
One is because it is not cheap to ship from China to this side, and also because it changes hands a lot of money, these Africans also have to make money.
Now he understands, why so many adults and children don't wear shoes anymore?