Chapter 986 Pygmies (1/2)
The rough diamond was dirty, stinky and stained with black and yellow, and stinking,
and Li Du could guess without any explanation where it had been hidden
The guards were not squearabbed the diaht it back to Re He looked darkly at the rowl in a language that Li Du did not understand
”What is he talking about?” asked Li Du
Lu Guan said, ”Explaining the rules of thethese miners He will
punish the poor man”
The lion hunter looked at hiuese?”
Lu Guan shrugged his shoulders and said, ”Understand a little”
Li Du thought Li Guan chose the wrong career path With his aptitude for foreign
languages, he should have engaged in diploerating to say that he was a linguistic genius
The rily Soround and threatened to hit him Many shouted at him with furious faces
Li Du was surprised, and said, ”Is the general so popular in this place?”
It was unexpected to see that the workers were so protective of Re is that the general implements collective punishment All
people's food stamps for today will be confiscated”
The lion hunter added, ”The general has made it a rule that if someone steals diamonds
and no one tells, he confiscates everyone's food stamps as a punishment if he finds
out”
Li Du understood that this act was harsh enough
The boy shuddered with fear Ree, powerful
hand A guard drew out his bayonet and handed it to the general
The others no longer looked angry, but a little frightened
Li Du knew the punishment would be cruel
He wanted to stop it, but he could not This was not China or America This was not the
civilized world If he tried to interfere, he would be considered a busybody The diamond
lordsthe precious stones
Remonin hit the boy on the shoulder with his bayonet The boy shi+vered like a lamb
under a butcher's knife Occasionally he looked up, his face contorted with fear
Knohat Remonin meant to do, Li Du deliberately threatened the boy and
humiliated him to teach the other miners a lesson
The boy looked up and saw Li Du, and seemed to see the difference between hi man who found a straw, he stretched out his hand and
cried, ”Save me!”
Li Du was stunned Is this Chinese? The accent was very thick, but the words were
recognizable
Li Du, Reht that the boy could only speak the local
dialect
Now, hearing him speak Chinese, Li Du looked surprised Remonin and the others
didn't understand They had never heard Chinese spoken before
The youth realized Li Du understood him, and he called louder, ”baba, savethis, Li Du was now quite certain that the boy was speaking Chinese, although