Watching the drama, I thought of a few clips from a recent business trip in Africa

Shyanne 2022-09-12 16:25:13

1 Chatting with a local driver in Senegal, the driver is good, and the income of the personal driver as the owner of a Chinese-funded enterprise is considered very good in the local area. I once talked about Islam and asked me if I was interested in joining a religion. I said that I was very interested in the history and culture behind the religion, but joining a religion was impossible. For example, according to Islamic teachings, a man can marry four wives. As a girl, I can't accept it at all.

Driver: Marrying a new wife requires the consent of the previous wife

Me: But the wife will agree?

Driver: Why not, it would be easier for her to have one more person to help her with the housework.

Me: If a man can have four wives, why can't a woman marry four men?

Driver: No, if four men want to have sex every day, can one woman stand it?

Me: That man can stand it every day?

Driver: Of course, this is a gift from God

I:....

2 Guinea, an interpreter hired temporarily took us to visit the mosque. He studied for a Ph.D. at the Renmin University of China and teaches at the university.

Translation: When praying, men stand in front, and all women are behind, separated from men. There used to be curtains.

Me: Why do women have to stand behind?

Translation: When a woman stands in front of a man, it will affect the prayer of a man, so that the man will be attracted and will not be able to concentrate

Me: That woman won't be inattentive?

Translation: No, women have magnetic fields that attract men, women don't have that much desire.

3. Had dinner with the owner of a state-owned enterprise and talked about Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Boss: We are not at all surprised that hundreds of female students were kidnapped, and we will never be able to find them again.

Why do I

Boss: Anyone who has been there knows that a local girl can buy her home for 1,000 RMB for her father, and then let her do whatever she wants. I also thought about buying a few back to work for our business.


Thinking about this show, it's really not that surreal.

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