Qiu Fengyu didn't talk to this man much, and after paying the room fee for two days, he was led to the second floor by a veiled woman. In fact, this is not a hotel, but a private house. In fact, some people here have rebuilt their houses in order to attract customers. There are usually only two or three rooms, and each room is very simple.

Qiu Fengyu came in, and the woman handed him a key. And then it was gone. Rooms here are not cheap, and you can stay in good hotels even in Baghdad. But Qiu Fengyu didn't care about this, and the people who could come from Baghdad didn't care much about this.

When it was almost dark, Qiu Fengyu's room brought dinner. Qiu Fengyu didn't think that staying here also included food. It was a bit of a surprise, but the dinner was simple. It looks like it's all some common local food. Scones are the main ones and topped with pepper, sugar and olive oil. There is also a soup. But there is no such thing as knives, forks, chopsticks, etc.

It's their tradition. They like to grab food with their right hand. So you don't need these things at all. Qiu Fengyu thanked the veiled woman who sent the things. I went in with a plate in hand. Doing as the locals do, he grabs food with his hands without any psychological barriers.

At night, there is basically no urban vibe. There was darkness everywhere, and even if there was light, it was scattered very sporadically. Many people stop going out after dark. And the power supply here is very tight, and many people don't have electricity at home if they don't have their own generators.

The family has a generator. There is no problem with that kind of small generator to drive the electricity of a real home. But if you want to turn on the air conditioner or refrigerator or something, it will be very problematic. Even if you have these appliances, you don't dare to turn them on. If the load can't be pressed, it can't be carried at all. Even if you put a fan in the room and turn it on to the maximum gear, it is still turning slowly. The wind was very small, but stronger than nothing, Qiu Fengyu took off his coat and only wore his underwear in the house.

In the evening, there was a knock on the door, and it was the little boy.

"Above...... We have a lot of food ...... if you want" The little boy's English expression is not very complete, but the meaning is basically understandable. He was trying to say that on the rooftop deck, they were having a party. So I would like to invite Qiu Fengyu to participate.

"Of course, thank you very much, I'll be right away!" Qiu Fengyu smiled at the little boy and said, then made a wait gesture to the little boy, then went to the bag in the room and got a box of chocolates, handed it to the little boy and said, "This is what I brought from Baghdad, it tastes very good, French goods." ”

The little boy took it, smiled at Qiu Fengyu, turned around and ran. Qiu Fengyu cleaned up a little and headed towards the rooftop upstairs. There were already a lot of people on the rooftop, and in addition to the little boy's family, there were two people, a little less like the locals, but also with the characteristics of the Arab race.

Qiu Fengyu couldn't tell the identities of these two people, but it was obvious that they were also tenants living here. It's nice to be able to spare two rooms as guest rooms in a family-run hotel. The two lived together, and they talked very well, but they also spoke as if in French.

The reason for this judgment is because of the unique pronunciation of French. It is relatively unique among European languages. Of course, the French always think that their language is the most beautiful in the world, which is an estimate of how narcissistic it must be to say such a thing. Although the grammatical structure of the French language makes their pronunciation sound a bit flavorful.

"Greetings, distinguished guests, please sit here!" The man in his thirties, who was the head of the family, greeted him, asked Qiu Fengyu to sit down, and several people gathered in a circle, "At night, this is the coolest place. Saying that, he made a love gesture to Qiu Fengyu and let him enjoy the fruits here.

The two people who spoke stopped talking and looked at Qiu Fengyu, and one of them smiled at Qiu Fengyu and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm glad that we can live together, this is Allah's will." ”

"Hello, my name is Weidong? Money. It's a Chinese, an engineer, who came here to prepare to work in the Baghdad Green Zone. Qiu Fengyu said his false identity and shook hands with the two people separately, "We recently have a project in Baghdad, and I made a special trip to transfer it from the engineering base in Kuwait. Hell, the conditions here are much worse than in Kuwait. He grumbled.

"I'd like to stay in Kuwait if I could." The man who stretched out his hand was a thin fellow, but he was very capable, and the two shook hands, and the man laughed, "I'm a French-Arab, Adwall?" Girard, my friends like to call me Aggie. You can too. ”

"I'm Aggie's friend, you can call me amoeba." The man was relatively strong, almost the same height as Qiu Fengyu, and nodded at Qiu Fengyu, his expression was very calm.

Qiu Fengyu shook hands with him, and then smiled: "You can also call me Weidong." After getting to know each other, the three of them began to chat, and the man went down to bring a few bottles of beer, and each opened a bottle and began to drink. Originally, Arabs were forbidden to drink, but although alcohol is banned in Iraq, there are still many people who drink behind their backs, but if they don't openly call for their drinking, no one will come out to meddle.

The two young men didn't seem to be averse to drinking, they were French Arabs, and they weren't very particular about it. So it's a strange country that adheres to certain Arab doctrines on the one hand, and secretly violates them on the other. Especially in recent years, the impact of Western culture has greatly affected many young people.

Nowadays, there are also young women who dare to go shopping without a veil on the street. Qiu Fengyu did not have any psychological barriers to drinking, and the two French Arabs did not have any strong resistance. Drinking and chatting at the same time seemed to make the atmosphere more harmonious.

Several people chatted in English, which was so that Qiu Fengyu could understand, and they could also see that Qiu Fengyu did not understand Arabic. The two young Frenchmen would occasionally communicate with each other in Arabic or French.

"Why did you come here from Baghdad?" The man named Aji took the initiative to ask Qiu Fengyu, "I heard that there is indeed a project in Baghdad, which is contracted by the Chinese. You're an engineer in their company, why did you come here from over there? ”

As soon as Qiu Fengyu heard this, he poured bitter water and said: "Who knows, what a hell, I promised me when I went so that I could arrive smoothly." Who knew it wouldn't be the case when you got there. Martial law was almost all over the city, and the streets were filled with American GIs, local government troops, and police. ”

"I know......" As soon as Amoeba spoke, he suddenly saw Aggie winking at him, and he was silent.

"Of course, who doesn't know?" Qiu Fengyu didn't seem to notice this detail, but said with some anger, "I heard that a big man is coming, and it's already been hyped." It's a deputy secretary of defense in the United States, and you can see that old guy in the news every day. What's it called......"

"Stoneff? Carter. It's that guy......" Amoeba couldn't help but say again. But it came to an abrupt end.

"Yes, yes, that's the name." Qiu Fengyu nodded, then shook his head and snorted twice, "I don't like this guy, he made me have no air-conditioned room and no hot shower." There is no good TV and good food. To be honest, I can't get used to eating here...... Sorry, I didn't mean you here. The latter sentence was addressed to the man.

"No, I don't mind at all, it's true!" The man smiled and nodded at Qiu Fengyu, not minding what Qiu Fengyu had just said, "The material here is already relatively poor. ”

"Haha, the things of the big guys will affect us little people a lot of the time." That Aji laughed, patted Qiu Fengyu's arm and said, "Don't mind, your company will definitely arrange for you to go back as soon as possible." Do you know how long you'll be staying here? ”

"Five days, I'm going to stay here for five more days." Qiu Fengyu nodded and said, "My superiors said that that damn old man might be in Baghdad in three days, stay for two days, and then go back to the United States." I think I'll be able to go to Baghdad in five days at most. I suggest you stay here for a few more days. If you're going to Baghdad. ”

"No, we're not going anywhere, we're going to take it here for two days and then we're going to Talmie. In fact, that's where my father left for France. Aji smiled at Qiu Fengyu and said, "I grew up in France, and I don't have a very deep impression of Iraq. So...... I'm just trying to fulfill one of my father's wishes. ”

"Everyone who settles abroad has this mentality." Qiu Fengyu nodded at him and said very understandingly, "I want to go back to China now." Come, let's toast so that we can stay here together......"

This was a bit speechless, but it still got an eager response, and several people raised the wine bottles, collided with them, and made a crisp sound of "ding".

This simple party lasted until more than eleven o'clock in the evening, and Qiu Fengyu went to sleep first. The two French-Arabs remained on it, and when even the man went down, the two young men were the only ones left on the balcony. As for when they came down, no one cared. (To be continued.) )