"Let it, let it."
Squeezed past the crowded passengers sitting on the TapTap, slapped off the palms of the backpacks that reached out to their chests in an attempt to fish in troubled waters, and got out of the car under the gaze of the locals in the car.The soothsayer watched TapTap, full of passengers, staggering away, before turning his head to look at his surroundings."
So, this is the most famous tourist attraction in Port-au-Prince?"
Frowning over the nearby scene, Amanda couldn't help but whisper.According to the tour guide, San, they came to the National Heroes Memorial Hall, the only attraction area in Port-au-Prince.However, what is happening at the moment, in Amanda's eyes, is not even as majestic as the buildings in any park in Washington."
This should be it."
Following the direction Amanda said, he glanced at the buildings in front of him that were suspected to be small pools, and the expression on Joey's face was also a little speechless.To be honest, if it weren't for Sang's deliberate emphasis, the National Heroes Memorial Hall is currently the only open museum under the sea, which is very valuable to visit, and neither of them can connect the building and the attraction in front of them.After a cursory walk around the attraction and coming out of the National Heroes Memorial, the soothsayer shook his head at Amanda.As it looks from the outside, the objects on display inside the memorial are extremely perfunctory.After all, historically, Haiti was founded for a very short period of time, and the internal political situation was extremely chaotic.The title of hero is even more of a joke in Haiti, after all, what the previous government considered a hero has become a dictator who brutalizes the people after being overthrown, and the only thing that impresses people in Haiti's short history for more than 200 years is the tyranny of the Duvalier family.Leaving the vicinity of the National Heroes Memorial, Joey continued to walk around, Amanda following him, watching the soothsayer's actions.In this way, one after the other, the two soon came to the nearby slum.From this section of the road, the originally flat concrete floor under the feet of the two turned into yellow earth, and the buildings on both sides began to become potholed from the previous relatively intact appearance, and even some collapsed houses can be seen from time to time, and some local Haitian children are naked, playing on the collapsed rubble.This playful behavior is very dangerous in Amanda's eyes, and if she is not careful, she will be cut by the rubble around her and the broken glass in the collapsed house.However, in the eyes of Haitian locals, it is commonplace.It is still extremely difficult for them to make ends meet, and where do they have the energy to take care of their children's play areas.After walking silently for a few minutes, a crowd gathered in a corner caught Joey's attention and made him stop.Behind her, noticing the soothsayer's behavior, Amanda looked in the direction and saw the same Haitian women gathered in the corner carrying buckets.Seeing this scene, the two silently glanced at each other and walked towards the corner.Noticing someone coming, the Haitian women gathered around the corner cast curious glances at the soothsayer and Amanda.Such white faces are still extremely rare in Haiti, and in their gaze, Joey and Amanda have seen the reason why these people are gathered together.In the corner sat the same Haitian woman, in front of whom she was stacked with yellow loaves of biscuits, which the local Haitian women seemed to have come to buy.Seeing someone coming, the woman who was selling in the corner enthusiastically grabbed two yellow round cakes from the basin and handed them to them, speaking in an incomprehensible Creole language, as if to persuade them to borrow them.Joy and Amanda glanced at each other at the woman's enthusiastic gesture, and their gaze swept over the Haitian women around them, all of whom had this round cake in their hands, some of which were even half of them left, and it seemed that this kind of tasting was a common thing.Reacting to this, the soothsayer reached out and took the round cake handed by the woman and gave one to Amanda beside him.Taking what Joey sent, Amanda looked down at the small round cake, which didn't seem to have anything special from the outside, it was not much different from ordinary cookies, but in her hand, Amanda quickly noticed something unusual about this round cake.It was heavier than expected, and gently rubbed the surface of the round cake, and a fine layer of dust fell from the surface of the round cake.Looking at the dust on her fingers, Amanda looked up at the Haitian women around her who were munching on round cakes, and a sense of absurdity came to her heart.Under this inexplicable emotion, Amanda picked up the round cake in her hand and tried it carefully, and the next second, a jerky feeling with a heavy sand instantly filled Amanda's mouth, and she couldn't help but open her mouth and spit out the dirt in her mouth.Seeing Amanda's discomfort, the Haitian women around her burst into laughter, a good-natured laugh from locals who saw that outsiders were not comfortable with food.However, Amanda was not embarrassed or embarrassed by laughter in her heart.She just silently looked at the round cake in her hand, her expression unusually heavy."
This is dirt."
Turning to look at the soothsayer on the side, Amanda spoke in a difficult tone.That's right, the main ingredient of the dough-like round cake that looks like dough to the two of them is the dirt that can be found everywhere.And these Haitian women gathered together and bought these clay cakes.Thinking of this, Amanda couldn't help but think of the breakfast the team had in Port-au-Prince in the morning, when they didn't have much feeling about rice mixed with olive oil, and now it seems that being able to eat olive oil rice is a symbol of a good life in Haiti.Because, for the poorer people in the slums, even the most tasteless olive oil rice may not be able to eat.It's a country of extreme poverty, and it's more poor than Amanda could have imagined.She never knew that in this world, in this era, there are still people who rely on the soil to feed their hunger.Especially in a country like the United States, where waste is the biggest economic driver, this strong contrast has a particularly strong impact on Amanda's heart.After hearing Amanda explain the round cake in her hand, Joey silently put it away and didn't try to sit down and taste it again.While the two were talking, a number of Haitian women had already left with buckets full of clay cakes.Looking at the backs of these people walking away with buckets, Amanda's heart was a little inexplicably heavy.