Shenhao UP Lord

Chapter 306 The Best Inflation
Ding Xu heaved a sigh of relief. Although he knew the result a long time ago, he was really relaxed after hearing it with his own ears.

The next afternoon, a large German propeller cargo plane without seats like the Y-12 landed at the airport, and everyone started lining up to evacuate.

At the airport, I saw the military attache of the embassy chatting and shaking hands with the person in charge of the German military plane. Then three soldiers were lying on stretchers and were moved to the military plane one by one and fixed at the tail of the cabin.

I am very happy that I have done something for my comrades in the motherland.

Later, we evacuated to the capital of Uganda and then transferred back to Germany.In the capital of Uganda, we also took a photo. We were thankful that everyone escaped. We all jumped into the air and took a photo together.

For half a month after returning to Germany, I kept having the same nightmare every night.In the dream, countless artillery shells exploded around us, and we ran for cover. I found myself separated from everyone, and the last shell exploded next to me, waking me up.

During that time, I felt that I had severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Even when I heard the sound of a balloon bursting on the street, I would subconsciously squat on the ground and hold my head.Life back in Germany often feels a bit unreal.

On the second day back to Germany, I bought a cup of coffee, sat in the square in the city center, and watched the pedestrians coming and going on the street. There was an old lady walking the dog, and a father was holding his baby in his arms, making his child laugh. The sun was shining on the ground, and the corners of everyone's mouths were filled with peaceful and happy smiles.

I didn't think this kind of life was valuable before, but after I came back from South Sudan, I sat in the square like this all day, looking at every pedestrian passing by. I felt that peace is so good, peace is so good.

I still have contact with those colleagues who have experienced life and death together, and they have all returned to their home countries.July 7 is called survival date. At this time of year, everyone greets each other.

I have returned to China for several years now and am currently working in a foreign company related to flight rescue.Although I still don’t want to think back on the experience of those days, I have never regretted going to the war zone, and I will always love flying.

“Have you guys heard of Zimbabwe?”

“Do you know what the most awesome inflation is?”

"Today's guest, Mr. Jin, is invited!"

"Since the beginning of the 21st century, the country, which had just been independent for 20 years, has encountered unprecedented economic turmoil. Severe currency devaluation has spawned outrageous inflation."

"Here you can find the largest denomination banknote in the world - 100. You may not even know how to pronounce this number. It reads 000 trillion, which is 000 trillion!"

Ding Xu watched Mr. Jin, who was over forty years old, go to that magical African country when he was 13 years old. At that time, his mother and uncle had been engaged in the used car and catering business there for several years.

Later, I spent my entire teenage years in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and happened to witness the most magical contemporary history of this country in the past 20 years.

“When talking about inflation, the first thing that comes to my mind is Zambia. When Zimbabweans laugh at Zambia’s inflation, they say this: “Why is Zambian money not valuable?”Because I didn’t pick the name right! "

"Zambia's currency is called Kwacha, and the pronunciation sounds a lot like the onomatopoeic word in Chinese, "Crack", like the sound of something falling on the ground."

"That's why Zimbabweans laugh at Zambia's inflation, because the name of the currency is not chosen properly, and the money is worthless. If you take a lot of it, it will "collapse" and fall to the ground."

"30 years east of the river and 30 years west of the river. After 2000, Zimbabwe also began to suffer from inflation, so Zambians sent back a joke to Zimbabwe."

"A Zimbabwean went to the supermarket to buy something and put a big bag of money in the trolley. When he was about to enter the supermarket, a robber rushed over to rob him. Unexpectedly, the robber poured out the money in the trolley and put the trolley into it. Robbed."

In Mr. Jin's family, his aunt's brother was the first to go to Zimbabwe. In the 90s, he came to this distant country because of the company's expatriation, and found that there were many business opportunities in the local area, so he brought Jin's uncle.Later, Kim's mother also came to Zimbabwe in 1996.Their family is mainly engaged in the business of second-hand cars and Chinese restaurants.

Historically, Zimbabwe is rich in resources and products, and its agriculture and mining are well developed. It is known as the bread warehouse of southern Africa.During the colonial period, the economic development level of the capital Harare even far exceeded that of China at that time.

Until the fathers of the 90s came here, the business environment in Zimbabwe was not bad, and it could even be said to be a pure commercial land without competition. As long as you focus on a certain industry and work hard for a few years, you can get a fortune considerable accumulation of wealth.

"The first time I arrived in Zimbabwe, I was 13 years old. Before I left, my domestic classmates asked me, "Why did you go to Africa? Africa is so poor, the land is dry to cracks, and the local people are wearing animal clothes and skins, holding bows and arrows to hunt ..."

"To be honest, I don't know what I'm doing there, it's just because my mother is there and I'm going to find her."

"I remember it very clearly. It took a three-day train ride from my hometown in Liaoning to Hong Kong Island. Cathay Pacific's plane had a small screen in front of each seat, and I could play games. It was very novel to me."

"When I transferred to South African Airways, the small screen on the plane suddenly disappeared, but the cabin crew gave me a pair of headphones to listen to music, which was not bad. But after arriving in Johannesburg, South Africa, I transferred to Air Zimbabwe, and what happened after I got on the plane? No more, no more TV, no more headphones.”

"You imagine that the whole journey is great, and then when you get out of Zimbabwe's airport, it's like arriving at a factory. The airport is very small and the facilities are very old. I feel cold in my heart."

"But when I walked out of the gate of the airport, the feeling changed again. Zimbabwe's national average altitude is about 1500 meters, and the capital Harare is actually a small plateau."

"I can see that the sky outside is very blue, and the clouds in the sky are floating very low. As a Northeast native, I came from a place where the sky was high and the clouds were high, to a place where you can catch clouds like cotton candy with your hands. The ground is full The green grass, the air is fresh, and it feels quite fresh.”

"Driving from the airport and passing through the urban area, I saw some high-rise buildings and thought they were pretty good. After leaving the urban area, the farther I drove, the better the houses looked, because the farther away the houses, the richer the houses. I myself started imagining what our family’s house would look like.”

"When I got home and opened the gate, I found that the yard inside was very large, maybe 4000 square meters. There was also a large lawn in the yard, and there was a swimming pool behind the house. This [-]-square-meter yard is actually considered a small yard in Zimbabwe, but for those who just came from For me who came from China, this place is simply heaven.”

"From the outside, the house is very inconspicuous, because it is an old house left by the British in the past. The appearance is very old, but once you go inside, you will find that the living room is very big, and the kitchen is also very big."

"We all lived together at that time. This big family included my uncle, my mother, my aunt and three sisters, plus my little cousin, and more than 20 dogs?"

(End of this chapter)