There is some kind of drug that seems to be very legal here all over Hainan. Little old women are selling it all over the island. They put some kind of white paste into a leaf, fold it and sell it with some other part of a fruit shell. The person who is buying this chews it for some time and then spits out some kind of red liquid. It seems that women use this more than men as you see them everywehre buying and chewing this substance.
Their lips and teeth are stained in red and it looks quite terrible, to be honest, but I guess as everyone is doing it, it doesn't seem to matter much. Apparently it gives the same effect that alcohol does.
A bag is about 5 jiao, which is very little for buying drugs. This afternoon we tried to talk to a beautiful young lady who used it and she offered us some to try. Leng tried it and looking at his face it was sure that he was not going to use this stuff ever again in the future. He read online that it was supposed to have some medical properties that are meant to be good for the stomach etc. but after talking to the girl she told him that it was basically good for nothing.
Why do people use it? Habit. Tradition. Something that needs to be sold and is selling.
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