Tina is a young Kenyan beauty with a wheat complexion, a tall figure, and a beautiful face. Like other black buddies and black sisters in Chawei Town, she can speak fluent Chinese. Unlike other Africans, she grew up under the teaching of "Eternal Flowers" and studied abroad for four years, so her behavior was more acceptable to me and my colleagues.

Since the secretary came to the project department to inspect, he was very satisfied with the work of Comrade Tina, the only female comrade in the project department, and put forward higher requirements, that is, Tina was required to be responsible for monitoring the behavior of all the people in the project department, and resolutely not to damage the image of the country and the unit.

In my second year in Africa, I had a lot of relationships with project management, engineers, and constructors, as well as mercenaries and salesmen from all over the world.

Like all small-town bars in Africa, it has a crooked façade made of adobe and tin sheets, and sells only moonshine brews made from corn, wheat and sorghum, as well as imported water-mixed pots.

So on this drizzly Saturday night, Tina walked through the smoke of handmade cigarettes, homemade paper cigarettes, and Cuban cigars, kicked over the fifth Engineer who sneakily stretched out her groping hand to her black stockinged thighs, smashed the empty bottle on the head of the third mercenary who was panting and staring at her with blood-red eyes, and finally found me in the corner of the bar watching a small movie on a tablet with the mercenary leader of the project department next door, the German Hans.

I was discussing with Hans whether the heroine in the movie should use Wing Chun or Baguazhang to slash over the bald man who pounced on her, and suddenly felt a chill in my heart, and a murderous aura came straight to my back from two meters behind me, I instinctively jumped up, but unfortunately because I drank too much inferior water and wine, my feet couldn't help but be soft, I felt that my collar was grabbed, and at the same time, a faint fragrance hit me.

Hans, who was beside me, noticed my change, immediately got up the bench next to him, turned around and threw it behind me, but suddenly saw Tina who was holding my collar and facing him coldly, so he forcibly twisted the direction of the bench to the side, and flew straight to the construction team members who were looking at Tina with pigs in front of him.

After a few screams, Hans smiled and said, "Miss Tina, are you looking for Lao Xu? After saying that, I ran away with a few of my subordinates in the project department and the leaders of the two project departments next door in a hurry.

When Tinati carried me out of the bar and onto the dimly lit, drizzly, deserted Cha Tail street, half of my wine was awake, and when she said a word, the other half woke up. Because what she said was, "The Immortal Flower has come to you." ”

When I came to Tina's room in the apartment, I saw Chen Cuihua with big wavy hair and a long white dress, holding a red wine glass, standing by the window and looking out of the black window.

I coughed softly, and she turned her head to look at me quietly. I also looked at her delicately made face and lipstick-coated lips, as well as the glittering gold earrings hanging from her ears and the sparkling diamond necklace on her chest, and laughed twice.

In addition to the outside, in fact, I feel that her temperament has also changed a little, but I can't say what has changed. After a moment, she suddenly laughed too.

"I've been to a lot of places in the past year or so. She burst out of nowhere.

"How does it feel?" I asked, walking over to the couch and sitting down.

I thought I knew a lot about the world, but when I went out, I realized I was wrong. She also walked over to the couch and sat down, and said.

"Although you are treated like a queen in the commune of Sheila, you are also confined to that cage-like place, knowing that it is human nature to yearn for freedom. I said, pulling out the cigarette case and saying to her, "Is that okay?"

"I didn't smoke in my time. She said, rolling her eyes.

I took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff, and watched as the smoke from my own breath spiraled up, dispersed, and vanished.

"Why are you looking for me?" I asked.

"After all this time, I finally accept your claim. She said.

"I accept that I'm still a young man. Because I'm new every day, I shouldn't always feel like an old man, so I try to forget my age and blend in with the life of a young person. She raised her glass to greet me.

I laughed and said, "You're really young. ”

"I've come to you this time to confirm a hypothesis you've made. She said.

"What assumption?" I asked.

She ignored me, took a sip of red wine to herself, and continued: "Actually, after I left the Hira Valley, I could clearly feel the change in myself. ”

Seeing me staring at her, she said, "I have another period." I looked at her in amazement, and she smiled and said, "I am an eighty-year-old woman, and you don't have to wonder why I told you this." ”

After a pause, she continued, "Since I became an immortal flower, I have not had a period. In the second month after I left the valley, I had my period again, does that mean I'm getting older?"

I was silent for a while, then raised my head and said, "I really don't know this, why don't you go to the hospital for a check-up?"

"The examination showed that everything was normal, even my bone age was 25 years old. She shrugged and said.

"Would you like to go back and see the changes?" I asked.

"Yes, I want to go back for a while and see how my body has changed. And then decide later in life. But before that, I'd like to hear your advice. She shook the wine in her hand, picked up her glass and drank it down.

I thought for a moment and said, "I don't have a suggestion, because it's your own life, after all, freedom is not only limited to space, but also to thought. ”

She laughed and said, "Okay, but thank you again, I will ask Tina to transfer the good reward to your account last time." ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "Well, I wish you a happy life in the future." ”

When I went to work the next day, Tina told me that Treisa was gone. I was secretly relieved that I hadn't told her all my assumptions, or guesses, that time would tell what the truth was.

In the days that followed, I signed all kinds of bills and wrote novels in the office, went to the rainforest with barbecue grills and shotguns to inspect construction sites, drank beer and watched a little movie at a bar with Hans and his gang, was caught by Tina from the bar and wrote her a letter of guarantee in case she sent an email to the secretary, and waited for the time of the biennial vacation to return home.

After a month, the day of vacation finally arrived. I happily whistled to write a debriefing report, humming "The end of the world is my love, the black girl around me is so cute" in Tina's white eyes, while packing up my things, going to the grocery store in town to pick out crafts and specialties printed with Kilimanjaro patterns for my son and Lao Fan's family, and then packing large bags and small packages onto Xiao Zeng's pickup.

The day before leaving, Tina handed me a fist-sized cardboard box, saying it was a gift from the Immortal Flower for my son.

When I opened it, I saw that it was a crystal clear, carved into the shape of Mount Hilla. I smiled and put it in my bag and said to Tina, thank her for helping me.

When I returned to the dormitory on Shunhe Street with a large bag and a small bag, Lao Fan's daughter-in-law was carrying a basket and was about to go out to buy groceries.

Seeing me, he hurriedly took the bag in my right hand and said, "Lao Xu, you are finally back, your son was on vacation yesterday, Lao Fan went to pick him up, the young man went out with his classmates today, and he may not come back until noon, you can eat at my house at noon, Lao Fan is also coming back, he asked for leave for a physical examination in the afternoon." ”

I pulled out the key in my pocket and said, "Okay, thank you." I have brought you gifts, and I will send them to you later. ”

She helped me put my bag in the hallway and said, "Thank you, thank you, then I'll go grocery shopping." Then he turned and went downstairs.

I put down my bag and looked at the dormitory where I hadn't been back for nearly two years, in fact, since my son entered boarding school, I have made it my home, I spend most of my time here, my books, sports equipment, and all kinds of robot toys that I have collected since elementary school.

The house is very clean, go to the balcony, my crab claw orchid is still open well, before going to Africa, I took advantage of Lao Fan's enthusiasm for being grateful because I helped him did not fade, please ask him and his daughter-in-law to take care of my home and my son, he said that anyway, his daughter went back to his hometown to go to school, as my only friend in the unit, he will definitely help the two ribs, it seems that he has fulfilled his promise.

After sitting on the couch for a while, I began to pack up the things I brought back. A processed antelope skull and a silk cloak printed with a snow-capped mountain pattern were brought to the entrance cabinet, which was a gift for Lao Fan and his family. Put two beautifully wrapped sandalwood boxes in the drawer of the cabinet, which are gifts for the leader and secretary of the crayon Xiaoxin. He placed the crystal mountain and a lockable storage box made of hard mahogany on his son's desk.

I picked up the last ebony box, which contained a gold necklace with a pendant set with a one-carat diamond, thought about it, walked to the bedroom, and locked it in the drawer of the large closet.

"Aunt Lao Fan's daughter-in-law, Aunt Lao Fan's daughter-in-law, I'm back. I hurriedly opened the door and saw my son carrying a balance bike and banging on the door of Lao Fan's house.

Turning his head, he saw my look of surprise, but quickly calmed down. I smiled and said, "Surprised, surprised?" He reached out and patted me on the shoulder and said, "Xu is three years old, you are not too young, what kind of surprise and accident are you doing?" Why don't you make a call?"

I knocked his hand off, looked at my son, who was already about the same height as me, smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not big or small, your old Aunt Fan went grocery shopping, let's go home and sit down first." ”

Walking in the door, he went around each room, returned to the living room and said suspiciously: "Hey, Uncle Fan said that you would bring a black aunt back, what about people?" I kicked him in the ass and said, "How stupid are you, you believe everything others say." He rubbed his ass and smiled and said, "Dad, the key is to use your style, I believe it." ”

Just as he was speechless, Lao Fan's loud voice came from the door. "Old Xu, Old Xu, you're finally back. Lao Fan shouted as he came in through the door, hugged me, and gave me a big hug. I laughed and broke free and said, "I'm so sick of you." He looked up at me and said, "Tut-tut, look at you, the equatorial sun hasn't tanned you, and you're getting younger and younger. ”

I raised my leg to kick, but he turned sideways and beckoned to my son and said, "Let's go, let's go home and let your dad think about it here for a while." The son smiled and said, "Okay." I kicked my son in the ass again and said, "Get something." ”

At the dinner table, Lao Fan raised his wine glass and said to me: "Lao Xu, this glass of wine is to welcome you back for vacation, take a good rest, and get along with your son, don't call your black secretary to answer the phone again." ”

I raised my glass and said, "It's really my fault, this glass of wine is my gratitude to you and your daughter-in-law, and it can be regarded as my reparation for my son's sins." ”

Lao Fan and I raised our heads and drank the wine in each cup, and Lao Fan's daughter-in-law said to him, "Aren't you having a physical examination in the afternoon?" Lao Fan turned his head and said, "What is the physical examination? Didn't you see Lao Xu come back?" I laughed and said to Lao Fan's daughter-in-law, "Let him kneel when we leave." ”

Lao Fan laughed twice, turned his head to look at my son and said: "Your son, I don't know how my head grows, no one cares, I still rank first in the back exam, what mathematics and physics, all full marks, you talk about it, you talk about it, people are more popular than people, my daughter, she can't even get into a key high school, and she has to leave her hometown to go back to school, alas!" I laughed and said haha, and said in my son's white eyes: "This is up to me, follow me, hahaha." ”

At this time, the phone rang, and I took it out to see that it was Tina. Pressing the answer button, Tina's slightly cold voice came from the same as before: "I'm at the airport, can you pick me up?" Tina said.