The granfino looked around with a sneer. He passed several tables until he came to a man sitting alone, quietly eating his lunch. This man was Black, wearing worn, rumpled clothes that looked as though they had seen years of hard labor. The granfino didn't even stop; he simply laughed with contempt.

He peeled them off one by one, laying them on the table. "Forgive me for not having your change earlier," he said softly.

The sun was high over the dusty roads of the Paraná countryside when a sleek, expensive car pulled up to a simple roadside restaurant. A man dressed in fine clothes—a "granfino"—stepped out, his movements hurried and impatient. He burst into the diner, waving a thousand-cruzeiro bill, and demanded that the owner change it immediately.

"You must be joking," the granfino told the owner. "You think that 'poor wretch' has a thousand cruzeiros? If a man like that is anyone in this world, then I’ll be the Governor of the state!". He assumed that because the man looked like a drifter, he was penniless.

Feeling small and embarrassed, the granfino asked where he could find such a "hidden treasure." The farmer simply pointed toward the fields of Paraná. "It's no secret," he said. "If you're strong enough to swing a hoe, that earth is worth its weight in gold". Terra Roxa - Tião Carreiro e Pardinho - LETRAS.MUS.BR

"I’m sorry, sir," the owner replied calmly, "I don't have change for such a large bill. But I have an important customer over there who might help".