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007 Promoted to Intern Farmer!

At the airport, in the old and primitive terminal, Li Wei followed Sharif and went out with his luggage. The outside of the airport was very crowded and chaotic, and the traffic was not very good.

Just like the station during the Spring Festival travel rush, there are crowds of people, many hawkers, taxi drivers, and people coming to the airport to pick up the plane, which looks quite lively...

It makes Li Wei feel familiar!

Compared with the airport, the streets outside are more dilapidated and the architectural style is different from China. They are very monotonous. There are the most yellow buildings with two or three floors, and the decoration is relatively simple.

There are shabby billboards, including those selling home appliances, online communication equipment, clothes, and restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, KTVs, like in the 1990s in China.

Although poor, backward and chaotic, the Somalis are not decadent and their lives continue. Li Wei nodded and expressed his appreciation and affirmation. The war cannot defeat them!

There are many snack stalls on the roadside, barbecue and fried beef, mutton, camel meat, and corn cakes. They look pretty good, but they smell very fragrant anyway.

"China Lee, do you want to try it? I'll invite you!"

Sharif smiled and invited, pointing to the barbecue. These barbecue are not expensive or cheap. A plate of beef and mutton costs fifteen dollars and one hundred yuan.

Camel meat is more expensive, twenty-five dollars, tortillas, bananas and the like, and there are also types of pancakes. Two dollars can buy a large plate full of one hundred dollars, and the portions are all very sufficient.

These things are pure natural. Beef and mutton have not been fed feed and corn has not been used in pesticides. They must taste better than the meats in China and are more natural and purer.

With four thousand dollars on his body, a barbecue would not take advantage of Sharif. Li Wei said boldly: "Let me treat you this time! Please help me~"

"No, no, no, I must treat you. The Somalis never let the guests pay. You are here for the first time, of course I should treat you. Don't be polite!"

Sharif was determined and unquestionable. He stepped forward to greet the boss with a plate of roasted lamb, camel meat, a plate of corn pancakes and banana pie, and two large glasses of drinks.

The total of $44.50 is probably a bit expensive for Li Wei, but Sharif doesn't care. He will definitely not lack this amount of money if he can go to Dubai to sell camel fur.

"Okay then! Thank you for the hospitality, thank you very much!"

Li Wei was not pretentious and accepted it with a smile. At worst, it would be fine if he invited him next time. When we met by chance, Sharif was a little moved to be able to entertain himself so enthusiastically.

"Don't be polite, China Li, I would like to thank you for telling me about the commodity market in Yiwu. I decided to take the time to go over and check it out in person to see the specific situation!"

Sharif does not understand Chinese, but knows English, so there should be no problem in communicating in the past; if the situation allows, he plans to export Chinese frankincense, myrrh, and import clothes and electrical appliances.

Those clothes that are affordable, mobile phones, network communication kits, TVs, electronic watches... are definitely very popular in Somalia, cheap, and profitable.

"Look at it more, there must be something suitable, don't worry!"

Li Wei was embarrassed to say that Yiwu Small Commodity City is higher than the entire Somalia's GDP and has a wide variety. If you want to buy electronic products, you must look at more and buy less!

After all, the brand is of varying quality, and the quality must be good and bad. After the introduction, Sharif felt that he had gained more knowledge and admired Li Wei very much.

After a while, the fragrant banana pie, corn pancakes and two plates of barbecue were served on the table, sprinkled with unknown seasonings, red and green.

There are sauces, leaves, spices, things like chopped onions and garlic, and the tortillas are golden in color. It is obvious that olive oil is used, not Chinese rapeseed oil.

"Try it quickly, Li, don't be stubborn, be generous!"

"Well~ It's so good, then I'm welcome." Li Wei is not used to using knife and fork. Africans are more heroic. They can directly hold it with their hands to eat, but it's limited to home.

In public places, you must pay attention to your image! Somalis pay great attention to civilized etiquette; when dining outside, they usually use knife and fork to make tableware according to the customs of Western countries.

Of course, roadside stalls are the exception, just like the night snack stalls in China, where a few tables are set up, and knife, fork or even chopsticks are prepared for customers to choose for themselves.

More people choose to do it, corn cakes with barbecue, which tastes very good! Li Wei also ate it like this, and it feels like Chinese donkey meat is roasted, not so greasy.

“good! Absolutely delicious, amazing!”

The fragrance of corn cakes is wrapped in greasy and tender barbecue and tastes great! It is worthy of being a natural free-range beef and mutton, and the feed is incomparable.

The lively food stalls, including blacks, whites, and Asians, were all very satisfied. They held a corn pancake and feasted on them.

Sharif is quite elegant. He ate with Li Wei while talking about Mogadisha style. Although it is very chaotic, there are definitely fun places, and the travel and entertainment are good.

Beachfront beach, nightclub KTV, gambling casino...

At present, the situation in Somalia is that heroes in the north compete for territory, the south is relatively stable, the capital of Mogadishu in the central region has stabilized and the economy is recovering.

The upper part of the country has temporarily left the official control and the central and western regions have been divided, but it has agreed to be incorporated into the state government, and the capital is in the central and eastern regions.

The lower Juba State in the south, the central Juba State and other places are relatively stable but poorer. Because they are far away from the Gulf of Aden, they have no economic advantages, so Kismayu is a big port.

In recent years, the prosperity of the pirate industry has driven the Somalia economy and promoted consumption. The business of selling weapons and speedboats is definitely good, and the AK-47 is super cheap!

How cheap is it? Russian goods are $400, and the minimum imitation costs only $200. The price of the Chinese 56-style charge is cheaper and the performance is pretty good.

After dinner, Sharif took Li Wei to visit the underground black market nearby, AK, 56, RGP, satellite phone and small speedboat, forming a "pirate suit".

If you go to the south and buy AK-47 self-defense, it should be completely enough. The situation there is stable. Somalia officials do not prohibit holding guns and do not have the energy to care about it.

However, Li Wei did not buy it, so he went to the black market with Sharif and left; then he went to the telecommunications company to register a phone card, which cost $35.

It is quite expensive to make a phone call, 0.12 yuan/minute, and international long-distance is even more expensive, 0.55 USD/minute. However, Li Wei’s mobile phone is turned on Global Connect, which is half the cheaper.

The network format of China Unicom mobile phone is the same as that of Somalia's network communication system. There is no need to change the phone. Xiaomi mobile phones can support dual-slot 3G Internet access, which is very convenient.

There are 3G in the capital, and 2G in the Kismayu, so there must be no signal in the territory! Don’t expect to go online...

After leaving the contact information, Sharif said goodbye and rented a car to return to his hometown in the western part of the capital. Li Wei's plane will not take off tomorrow morning, so he will stay in the airport tonight.

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The next day at noon, after some trouble, I took a plane to Kismayou, rented a car to Galasley, the small town of Bitley near the territory, and then rented a camel to go...

"Did~ the user enters the territory, will he accept it?"

"Receive! Receive! Receive!"

"Congratulations to the user, advance to the intern farmer..."
Chapter completed!
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