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After the hustle and bustle of Dubai, at six o'clock in the morning at the turn of day and night, it seems quiet.

The streets are empty, with the occasional car passing by, or a hurried passer-by walking briskly, who is in a hurry to get off the night shift.

The wharf across the road from the West Lake Spring, here is Dubai's man-made sea, which can be said to be a canal, and is also an important bulk cargo distribution center in Dubai.

On the cement road by the canal, there are many Chinese, either standing still playing Tai Chi, or running slowly with headphones. It also brings a little popularity to the quiet morning, so that it does not seem so deserted.

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'Click'

The door to Sumon's room was pushed open. It was Su Meng's father who came in.

Looking at Chen Guodong, who sat up in convulsions, Su Meng's father said, "I'll take Xiao Meng to the Chinese church, we have to catch a bus, will you come?"

Chen Guodong shook his head and said that he didn't have any ideas.

Su Meng's father didn't force it, "Then you stay at home, there is food in the refrigerator, you can solve it yourself, and come back at noon to take you out for a walk." As he spoke, he walked straight to Su Mong, who was on the other side of the bed.

Chen Guodong nodded, got up, and since he had woken up, he would no longer sleep.

Pat Su Meng's cheek, "Little Meng, get up!"

Su Meng half-opened his eyes, "Ah, Dad, what are you doing, it's still dark~"

Very reluctantly, he was pulled up by his father.

"Hurry up, we're going to take the bus to church. Su Meng's father urged.

"Oh, I see~" replied in a daze.

Ten minutes later, Su Ran followed his father to the station near the downstairs, where he had been waiting for the bus, and there were many people sitting in it at this time.

casually found a position in the back row to the lower left, Su Ran decided to continue to catch up on sleep, and his father also went with him without disturbing him.

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Although Dubai is an MSL country, for the sake of its reputation as an international metropolis, it has also set aside a piece of land for other religions to build their meeting places, which is what it calls religious freedom. Although this land is already considered a suburb.

It takes more than an hour to drive from Nasha Square to the Chinese church, which is why Su Meng's father forced Su Meng to get up and set off early.

By the way, this bus was also rented by the church itself. It was specifically to bring Chinese Christians to the meeting near Nasha Square.

It's worth mentioning that today is Friday, not Sunday. This is also due to MSL customs.

Compared to Saturday and Sunday, Dubai's holiday is very different from Friday and Saturday. Usually, some companies with only one day off will choose Friday as their day off. Of course, Chinese who work and do business in Dubai, even on Fridays, will only rest for half a day. Chinese are industrious everywhere.

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It is a Christian church built near the Gobi Desert. It's not high, about two or three floors. Next door may be a gathering building for other religions.

The Chinese church is located on the second floor, on the same floor, and there are churches in other European and American countries. They are divided and separated.

This is also because of the language barrier.

Many people think that if they go abroad, it will be difficult to communicate with each other. Indeed, such a problem exists, but it is not as complicated as they imagined, most of the Chinese abroad, their English level, can only speak some everyday language, more complicated, or more professional vocabulary to grasp blind.

However, for the Chinese, there is a peculiar cohesion, and we like to huddle. In this kind of unfamiliar foreign country, it is a different kind of warmth to be able to communicate with compatriots in Mandarin. These people who stay abroad usually deal with their own compatriots, and they really don't need to communicate with foreigners much, and a little English vocabulary is enough.

Of course, I'm not talking about compulsory education. A more vocabulary is still necessary. At least it's a wider path, isn't it?

The number of people is almost there, and it seems that there are only about three or four hundred people, not much. This is already the result of most of the places where the Chinese gather in Dubai sending buses to pick up people. This is probably the number of churches at the level of a small town.

As for the reason for the scarcity of people, the road is far away, and the people are tired, although the heart is willing, but the physical lack is weak.

The bigger reason is that the number of Chinese in Dubai is now declining sharply. Since the introduction of value-added tax in Dubai, its economy has been declining, and the situation of gold everywhere in the past has long since ceased to exist, and the high rent and low living expenses have weighed down this burden. VAT is just the last feather. Too many Chinese people can't live there and find another way out. The large number of immigrants who have passed away has also caused Dubai's economy to fall into a downturn in an instant.

Take shop rents as an example, shop rents in Dubai said. Before the economic downturn, the rent was as high as 500,000 Dhs, which is still a shop the size of a dozen square meters, just because it is close to the branch road, and it is only a branch road. As for the sub-rent, that is, the transfer fee, there is no and 1 million Dhs you don't want to get second-hand ownership. Yes, it's second-hand, the property right of the store is still in the hands of Dubai, and all you get is a rental priority. And so there is a huge price to pay.

After that, it is inevitable that the cut will be cut in half, as for the transfer fee, for the same store, if you pay 30,000 Dhs now, no one will necessarily ask for it. And there is also a downward trend.

In general, Dubai's boasting of a strong economy is in vain.

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The meeting lasted only two hours. Su Ran and his dad got back on the bus and prepared to go home.

The way back was very boring, and it was also because he had slept enough, so Su Meng could only look out the window boredly and go backwards to the characteristic scenery.

It may be that the transportation network is developed, or it may be that the surface is too hot, and there are only vehicles coming and going on the road, or there are one or two scattered pedestrians, which looks deserted.

Retract your eyes, you can only play with your mobile phone, because you haven't done a mobile phone card in Dubai, there is no network, and you can play stand-alone games at most.

Finally, the long and boring ride time is over.

When they got home, they found that Wu Feng had already bought them lunch.

Lunch was Shawarma

One of Dubai's most distinctive snacks is the alternating layering of seasoned meat on a barbecue fork (usually vertical), slicing off the desired meat, wrapping the roast and vegetables in pita bread or scones, and serving with a thick salad dressing-like sauce.

The plates on the table are neatly stacked.

Wrapped in white blotting paper.

The air is filled with an enticing aroma.

Grilled to the point of golden oil dripping with creamy white secret juice and dotted with emerald green lettuce.

In terms of this appearance, it really deserves the name of Arabic specialty snacks.

Su Meng couldn't wait to peel off the coat of Shawarma's oil blotting paper, and took a big sip, "Hmm, it's delicious, it's so fragrant!"

Wu Feng looked at Su Meng's devouring appearance, and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, I bought a lot." ”

After a pause, he continued: "I'm going to open a store in the afternoon, and you can go to City CE with Xiao Chen."

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e Shopping, there are a lot of things over there, you can kill time, well, there is also a Carrefour supermarket, you can buy some snacks and the like, and eat while shopping. ”

Su Meng nodded and said, "Hehe, I'm worried about what I want to do in the afternoon." ”

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After the simple lunch, Su Meng's father and Wu Feng left together to open a shop.

Su Ran and Chen Guodong took a taxi to City CE

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e is a large complex mall, which has cheap and people-friendly goods, as well as luxury goods for local tyrants, food, play, everything.

Su Ran and Chen Guodong wandered aimlessly.

There is a way that is just like under the lamp, the old man is thousands of miles, and he returns to the shadow. It was also Su Meng's sharp eyes, and he found that the melancholy figure in front of him was not Ma Tu!

Su Meng shouted, "Ma Tu! Ma Tu!"

Ma Tu heard the shout, looked back, and said in surprise: "Brother Su!"

Su Meng walked quickly, and as soon as he came up, he put his hand on Ma Tu's shoulder, "Why did you come to Dubai!"

Ma Tuhan smiled, immediately took out his mobile phone, and cut out WeChat, "Brother Su, come and scan one." ”

Su Meng took out his mobile phone, but he was so embarrassed that he found that he seemed to have forgotten, and asked Uncle Wu to find a number for himself, and now there is no network to use outside. I can only take a picture first, "I haven't applied for a mobile phone card yet, and I'll add you when I go home and have wifi." ”

At this time, Chen Guodong paced over.

Su Meng also wanted to introduce Ma Tu to Chen Guodong, but he didn't expect Chen Guodong to greet him directly, "Hello Ma Tu, my name is Chen Guodong." ”

Su Meng was surprised: "Eh, do you know Ma Tu?"

Chen Guodong was a little surprised, "Ma Tu is Ah Li Ma Ma's nephew, who wouldn't know it." ”

Ma Tu's identity was revealed, and he looked at Su Ran with some concern, after all, he hid it from Su Ran for his own safety at that time, and when they escaped later, he didn't have time to tell him the true situation. So Su Ran didn't realize until now that the cowardly young man in front of him was a local tyrant with a lot of money.

However, Su Meng did not react.

Ma Tu said cautiously: "Eh, Brother Su, I didn't mean to hide it from you......" For Su Meng, Ma Tu is willing to make friends from the bottom of his heart, and this friendship is made by blood and Han Tie, so he is very afraid of losing it because of his deception.

"Oh, and then. Su Ran said indifferently: "I have befriended you Ma Tu, what impact does your identity have on me?"

Ma Tu's mood changed from cloudy to sunny, put down his burden, and said happily: "Well, Brother Su, let's go shopping together." ”

paused, "Actually, I was brought to Dubai by my mother this time, but she has a meeting to attend today, so she doesn't have time to care about me, so I secretly ran out to play~"

Su Meng: "......"

"Let's go, the clothes store in front looks good, let's go check it out!" Ma Tu pulled Su Ran and walked forward.

Chen Guodong glanced not far from the corner, where there were three strong men with Bluetooth headphones and sunglasses.

Although they seemed to be looking at the goods on the stall, they actually paid attention to Ma Tu's side, and it seemed that they were Ma Tu's bodyguards.

Half a day was spent in a hurry.

Su Ran and his entourage will also be City CE

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e walked around, carrying large and small bags in his hands, which were their abundant loot.

Passing by a shop that sells large LCD TVs, Su Meng suddenly skimmed and was attracted by the program on the TV at this time.

The broadcast content should be local news, broadcast in English, Su Meng can't understand it, but the picture is filmed with a clear dividing line.

On one side is the normal tropical climate, sunny and dry air.

On one side, there was a lot of fog, and I couldn't see the situation inside.

At this time, Ma Tu also noticed that Su Ran did not follow, and looked back.

Looking at Su Meng's eyes, Ma Tu exclaimed, "Isn't this the one from the Divine Fox Dark Sand!"

Chen Guodong listened carefully, and said softly to Su Meng: "There should have been an accident on the Sha Jia side, the report says that the communication is completely interrupted, electricity and water can still be maintained now, a large number of Sha Jia people and outsiders have fled, but there are still many people staying inside." It's been closed outside for a long time, and now it's time to send the police in to clear the area. ”

Su Meng nodded, "At that time, I didn't feel it when I was in the dark sand of the Divine Fox, but in the desert climate, this fog can really be well received by it at a glance." Even sending troops is not an exaggeration now. ”

At this time, a Shagan man suddenly appeared in the picture, he burst out of the fog, and crawled forward. The policing police immediately surrounded him. The reporters who had been waiting for a long time were like sharks smelling blood, and hurriedly followed up.

It can be seen from close shooting that the man wearing the Arabic coat can no longer be called a coat, the lower half of the coat may have been torn by himself, probably because he can run, and the white coat itself is now also a gray and simple color, which should be the reason for rolling and crawling on the ground.

When the man saw the police, his panicked expression calmed down a little, but his mouth was still chattering.

Su Meng asked Chen Guodong, "What is this foreigner talking about?"

Cheng Guodong frowned, "He said that there were demons in it and killed a lot of people? I don't understand it either, this English is not standard, with too many accents, it sounds like Indian English." ”

Su Meng was stunned, "Don't say it, this really looks a bit like the third brother." ”

"Tick! tick!"

It was Chen Guodong's phone ringing. Cheng Guodong picked it up.

Su Ran was surprised: "Damn, why do you use your mobile phone as a signal?!"

Ma Tu whispered: "Brother Su, the card of the global pass can also be used abroad." ”

Su Meng: "!!"

This is a loss of no money......

Chen Guodong hung up the phone without saying a word.

"I'm going to gather tomorrow, well, the holiday is finally over~" Chen Guodong said to Su Meng.

Su Meng sighed, "Eh, that's why you can be so optimistic,"

Turning his head to Ma Tu, he said, "Ma Tu, I'll go here today, and next time I have a chance, it may be in China, let's make an appointment." ”

Hearing this, Ma Tu could only reluctantly say goodbye to Su Meng.

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SaGa, the night that ushers in.

The fog is thick and the shadows are heavy.

Life or death,

or flee, or hide.

It could be a crisis, or it could be an opportunity.