Chapter 1501 No Way Ou (1/2)

Of course, that was a small amount of money. Li Du pulled out a fifty-dollar note and said, ”Twenty of those.”

The young lady immediately smiled. Her smile was pure and sweet and she said, ”Alright, please wait for a while, I will start making it now. It's tastier if it is made on the spot.”

As she said that, she pocketed the money and switched on her popsicle machine.

There were popsicles inside, but only about ten of them. That would not be enough to sell to Li Du. However, the girl had said that it was tastier if it was made on the spot and did not phrase it as insufficient stock available. Li Du could not help but laugh. The young lady was smart.

Li Du took a dark red popsicle. It had the sour-sweet taste of hawthorn candy and was quite tasty.

The girl pulled open a compartment of the machine in a practiced manner and looked in. Then she poured some ice inside and sprinkled it with salt. There were some openings within the compartment that had clean cups inserted. She would just have to pour some soft drink into them.

The drink barely filled half of the cups. Then, she covered the compartment again and started shaking the machine. That made Li Du think of his old neighbor's trishaw. Every time it was started up, the trishaw would shake vigorously.

Seeing that the soft drink came from a huge coke bottle, Li Du asked, ”Where is this drink from? Is it clean?”

The lady nodded fervently. ”It's clean, and there's no preservatives or artificial coloring. This is hawthorn juice, orange juice and carrot juice that my granny made. It's very sanitary.”

”You granny made this? How about your dad and mom?”

The girl said quietly, ”They were killed by a bomb, along with my brother.”

Li Du froze for an instant and then asked, ”Did it happen in the mine?”

The girl shook her head. ”No, in a war.”

Li Du stopped his questions. It seemed like there was a sob story behind this.

However, Godanwei decided to take over. He asked, ”Little girl, you had lost all your family. How much did the government compensate you?”

The girl did not reply but pointed to the manual popsicle machine.

Li Du did not understand. Godanwei explained, ”They spent the compensation money on this popsicle machine. Such a machine costs around six or seven hundred RMB. Do you understand now?”

”Is that all the compensation they give for the loss of innocent lives?” Li Du was shocked. He could not be blamed. Such compensation was beyond comprehension.

Godanwei said, ”Previously, there was a war. A bomb landed in a village in your country and killed some people. We paid up 20,000 RMB for each casualty. However, the people in your country criticized us badly. But what about our own people? They are all human, they all have lives. The compensation the government offered amounts to 40,000 Kyat. That amount, when converted, is just two hundred dollars!”

The Big Mouth King started to share his two cents' worth. Godanwei had started to analyze the injustice of government policies and society. His face was full of frustration.

Li Du looked and him and said, ”You made six hundred today. How about donating a day's earning to this poor child?”

The keyboard warrior stopped talking. He picked up a popsicle and walked over without paying.

After shaking the machine, the girl lifted the cover and stuck bamboo sticks into the cups that were not frozen yet. Then she filled the cups to the brim and put on the cover again to continue shaking the machine. She was perspiring furiously as she did so.

All in all, that batch of popsicles took half an hour to prepare. The girl was so tired that she was panting, trying to catch her breath. However, as she held the fifty-dollar bill in her sweaty palm, her face was full of joy.

Li Du waved for Brother Wolf and the rest to come over and get their popsicles. Then Brother Wolf quietly slipped a hundred-dollar bill into one of the cups. He patted the girl's head and said, ”Go home earlier today. It's my gift to you.”

The girl did not understand English. Hence, Li Du translated his words and told her to go home.

Hundred-dollar bills were a rare sight in Hpakant. However, the girl seemed to know what was in the tin. Her excited face turned red and she passed the rest of the popsicles to Li Du and his men. Then, after closing the machine, she said, ”Time to go home!”

Li Du said to Brother Wolf, ”Be careful, we've offended some people.”