The children on the first day of school were full of excitement and joy on their faces, and even the most active children on weekdays honestly put their arms on the long table at this moment, their waists were straight, and they looked at the new teacher without saying a word.

On the one hand, you can learn here, at least you can read and read, and on the other hand, you can get a full lunch.

Many primary schools in Somalia provide lunch to their students, after all, many families are struggling to get one meal a day, and many children go to school to eat, and even starve to death during long holidays.

At the same time, it is relatively safe to stay in school, not to be disturbed by all kinds of darkness in society, not to worry about being bullied, and even to be miserably flown into trouble, in this lawless country, it is already a great luck to be able to grow up healthily, and many children die for various reasons before they even have time to become adults.

School is paradise on earth, and this has become the consensus of all children in Somalia.

On the first day of the school's opening, all the children took the initiative to report without the mobilization of Li Bai and the mayor of the town, and there were even tribal children from more than ten kilometers away.

It's hard to imagine how they braved the heavy rain, deep and shallow feet and mud and puddles, all the way to school.

Naturally, the school will not turn these children away, as long as they are age-appropriate, they will open the door to convenience.

The interior of the school building has enough space, even if it seats 180 people, it is still more than enough, there is no pressure, and it can even be divided into four classes of classrooms and a library.

The teachers who took over the school were a French couple who were already experienced primary school teachers before joining the international public welfare organization, and after arriving in Somalia, they were escorted all the way from Mogadishu by the Chinese peacekeeping force.

The man's name is Henri Abel Martin, of course, there is more than this middle name, at least seven or eight, it turned out to be the principal of a small town primary school in France, because the town was in economic decline, population loss, and fewer and fewer students, until the last student moved to the big city with his parents, he simply closed the school and took his wife Matilda Atwick Martin to devote himself to international public welfare education.

Ms. Matilda was originally a teacher in her husband's school, and the love in the workplace was ripe, and the two easily came together.

It is impossible to make a fortune on this, and the prestige in this poor country is quite limited, and the meager income you can get is barely enough to make ends meet, and without the optimistic character, I am afraid that it is really difficult to be qualified for such volunteer work.

Even if the mayor of the town takes the lead, and the people in the town put together a lot of money, you have a hundred shillings, and I have dozens of shillings, which can only guarantee that 20 dollars a month will be paid to the couple, even in Somalia, where the consumption level is low, there is no rent and water and electricity expenses, but it is still a little stretched to maintain the lives of the two people.

The economic conditions of the Huaxia peacekeeping force are slightly better, Luan Zhengwei used limited mobility funds, adding another $30 per month, plus a small amount of subsidies from international public welfare education organizations, so that Martin and his wife can get $100 a month of work income, which is barely enough to ensure the daily living expenses in the local area, and it is estimated that they themselves will inevitably pay out of their own pockets to subsidize those students who perform well.

Completely different from those self-interested politicians, volunteers from all over the world are truly unreserved those who need help, there are no boundaries of race and country, they once helped China, and now China has the spare energy to help others, support each other, do not ask for anything in return, and have nothing to do with politics at all.

On the school's public account, Li Bai, the big benefactor, put another 5,000 US dollars, which was specially used for various expenses of the school, which was jointly supervised by the mayor and Martin and his wife, and would be publicized every month, and it was absolutely no problem to maintain this money for two or three years, which was enough to put the school on the right track.

After he leaves Somalia, the international public welfare education organization can also replenish it in a timely manner according to the actual situation.

Even with the greed of the mayor, he didn't dare to fight the idea of this money, and if the people of the town knew, they would have to eat him alive, and in addition, he could only stare at Martin and his wife and be a qualified overseer.

With Martin and his wife moving in, the town's school is on track, and the sound of reading from the classroom makes the locals smile a little more.

Many people in the local area have never read a book since they were children, they don't know a single big word, and no one wants to go outside to look for a job.

It is precisely because they have endured such hardships that they deeply know that everything is inferior, only if they read high, study, and read will they have a way out in the future, and they can learn more skills, not only can they be full, but they can also live a good life, even if they are stupid and stupid, they will yearn for the days when they can eat enough.

With the smooth filling of the first barrel of beer and the first pot of liquor brewed by the local method, the tavern invested by Li Bai also completed the personnel training and officially opened.

The name is called: "Li Bai's Tavern"!

Like his old man, he has serious difficulties in choosing a name.

100 tables and chairs surround a small circular stage, with all the lights and sounds, and a long bar counter on the side.

Behind the bar, the entire wall is a diagonal lattice of liquor, which contains all kinds of fine liquors from Mogadishu, whiskey, rum, vodka, dry red, dry white, there are always forty or fifty of them.

These wines are not for drinking, but are placed here to pretend to be forced, showing off the strength of the tavern, within a radius of 100 miles, there is no more compelling field than "Li Bai's tavern".

In fact, there are very few locals who can afford to drink these good wines.

But it's also quite face-saving to come here and order a cheap drink.

There are three main types of alcohol, the first is beer, which has no technical content, and is packed in a large stainless steel barrel that can be poured into a cup by turning on the faucet.

The second is a low-alcohol sake made from rice, which is brewed without sugar, and when poured out a bit like a translucent milky white, the alcohol content is about 20 degrees.

The third is based on the second wine, adding local honey, which smells more sweet, has a slightly higher alcohol content, and the wine color is a little yellowish, like light-colored amber, and the price is naturally a little higher.

In addition to these three kinds of wine, there are also some kinds of food, such as small potatoes with salt and pepper, small pancakes, fried peanuts, egg fried rice, noodle soup and cold noodles, which are basically Chinese-style meals, which can not only serve alcohol, but also fill the stomach.

On the whole, the prices are relatively low, and the local people can afford them.

After finishing the school and the tavern, because of the low labor costs and the material support provided by the peacekeeping forces, in addition to the additional public account reserve for the school, it only cost a little more than 5,000 US dollars.

I gave the mayor 5,000 dollars as a deposit, and although I didn't refund it more, I didn't need to make up too much, and it didn't exceed 100 dollars in total.

The mayor of the town, who had planned to take advantage of the opportunity to hack his heart and liver, finally deducted only five hundred dollars, and said that it was a salary reserve specially set aside for Martin and his wife, so that when the townspeople could not make up the money for a while, they could take it out in time to pay in advance, after all, the two Frenchmen came from afar, and it was not easy to volunteer in a foreign country.

Human nature is like this, there is no extreme good, there is no extreme evil, even the most heinous person, there is also its full of human side.

In order for the children in the town to be able to study, the mayor of the town spontaneously restrained his greedy nature, and this conscience made Li Bai almost underestimate him.

The rainy season has officially begun, rain after rain, from morning to night, almost never stopped, in some low-lying places, the depth of the water is enough to drown people's heads, into a puddle and pond that does not know the depth of the depth, if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is easy to stumble and fall into these deep waters, and it is dangerous.

However, the rain was heavy and the vision was not clear, but not many people dared to take this risk.

Li Bai and Luan Zhengwei are both rejoicing, fortunately, the tavern and the school did not use too complicated design, everything was simple, and the completion was timely, otherwise it would fall into heavy rain, and even if there were more people, it would be difficult to construct.

Those employees who can't get on the job may have a lot of complaints, and if they don't work, they won't have enough wages, and everyone understands this simple truth.

If the heavy rain ruins the business, I don't know how many people will be disappointed, and those tribes are not so easy to appease.

After the opening of "Li Bai's Tavern", even the pouring rain could not stop the enthusiasm of the customers.

By word of mouth alone, the tavern soon became the liveliest place within a radius of twenty miles.

Those local blacks made a little money, so they braved the heavy rain to come to buy drunk, and some came to eat, and the craftsmanship handed down by the Chinese people was much better than the bad cooks of the locals anyway.

A few scary black girls on the stage, under the accompaniment of music, happily twisted their waists, sang in harmony, and sometimes there will be aunts with big shoulders and round waists, although they are spicy, they can still let the guests who eat and drink to play the rhythm together, sing in harmony, and the atmosphere is always so cheerful.

Although life is not very good, these blacks will entertain themselves whenever they have the opportunity.

Since the business opened, with two weeks of work, Li Bai became the shopkeeper again.

It's not because I'm lazy, but the body smell of black people is too unbearable, especially when there are too many people, and the smell is a little worse than the smell of the pit, which can almost make people faint.

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