[357] Acquaintances
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Put the woman on a broken bed, there are only wood chips on it, not even a simple futon, but there is no need to use a futon in such a hot weather, Zhao Qiang rummaged through the family's property, but he didn't even find saliva! There are only a few pieces of furniture that are so old that they are almost unusable, and I don't know if they are cultural relics, Zhao Qiang has the intention to return to China but also understands that it is impossible at all, he sat on the ground casually, his eyes began to squint, since he can't replenish his physical strength from food, then he will rest first, not to mention that it is not safe to run around, it will also consume energy.
The woman who was finally lying on the bed moved, and then slowly opened her eyes, if it wasn't for her physical strength, she should have woken up early, licked her chapped lips, the first action after the woman woke up was to touch her body, and her clothes were intact This relieved, and then looked up and looked around, while slowly getting up from the bed.
Soon the woman found Zhao Qiang sitting on the ground sleeping in a corner of the room, she looked around for the fruit that had not been eaten, but when she rolled down the steps, she didn't know where she fell, touched her hungry stomach, the woman struggled to get out of bed, she also began to look around the house, and then started to rummage, then a voice said in a low voice: "Don't bother, there is not even a mouse droppings." โ
The woman stopped her hand in embarrassment, and she didn't care about her face when she fell into begging on the street, otherwise she would be ashamed to drill into the mouse hole at this time, and she said to Zhao Qiang: "Thank you for saving me back." โ
Zhao Qiang shook his head: "Let's sleep for a while, it is conducive to saving physical strength." โ
The woman sat back on the bed, and she couldn't think of a better way. And it seemed that the man who made her feel familiar couldn't have a better idea, otherwise he wouldn't have to sit on the floor and sleep.
A rather large mouse sneaked out from under the bed, it probed its brain, the woman on the bed was motionless, and the man on the ground was motionless, the big mouse thought it was safe, so it decided to search the house that had been tossed by the two of them again, maybe with its keen sense of smell can find out the hidden food.
The woman originally closed her eyes, but suddenly felt something in her heart, her eyes swished open, and there was a big mouse at her feet, and the woman was frightened: "Mouse!" This shout was a bit abrupt, so it was not in the local language, but in standard Chinese.
Zhao Qiang suddenly heard this sound of Chinese, and a person flashed in his mind, and he also asked in Chinese: "Reporter Chen?" โ
The woman was stunned, "You, who are you?" Originally, the woman was worried that she would reveal her identity by speaking Chinese, and she might be hurt by a man, but she didn't expect the other party to talk to her in Chinese, which reassured her that she could meet her fellow countrymen in a distant foreign country, and she had hope in her heart.
How could Zhao Qiang have time to pay attention to the woman, the big mouse jumped under the bed, but there was no good place to hide, it was about to slip out of the room along the root of the wall, the dagger in Zhao Qiang's hand was thrown out, the big mouse was stabbed in the head, slammed into the wall, and was not dead for a while and desperately scratched the dagger on the head with its front hooves, but unfortunately its strength was not enough to pull the dagger out.
Zhao Qiang got under the bed and took out the mouse and the dagger together, and pulled out the dagger with his foot on the body of the mouse, the mouse twitched on the ground for a while and finally swallowed his breath, Zhao Qiang casually touched a piece of torn clothes and wiped the dagger, and then reinserted it back into his waist, and then he had the time to pay attention to the woman.
"Chen Xinyu? It's you, I'm Zhao Qiang of Huaxia University of Science and Technology in Donghai City, the person who stunned your special photographer, and then was arrested by you as a laborer for a few days as a temporary photographer. Zhao Qiang explained, no wonder I felt familiar with her before, and everyone got along day and night in the past few days of the interview, but Chen Xinyu's appearance has changed a lot now, and it is completely subversive compared to the previous image, plus her face is full of ash, otherwise Zhao Qiang would have recognized her.
The woman jumped up with a snort, and then pounced on Zhao Qiang and hugged him, "It's you!" You are Zhao Qiang, I recognize you, you are really Zhao Qiang! Woo woo...... "The woman didn't know whether she was happy or sad, she hugged Zhao Qiang and cried bitterly, of course she felt the same way, the previous familiarity turned out to come from here, she suddenly ran into an acquaintance without relatives, and the grievances in her heart could be vented at this time.
Zhao Qiang pushed Chen Xinyu out with some embarrassment, not that her chest was in close contact with herself, nor that she was holding a woman to make Zhao Qiang feel sorry for Xu Xiaoya, but that Chen Xinyu was a beggar at this time, and the smell on her body was even worse than his, her hair was dry and yellow, and her clothes were dry as if they hadn't been washed for decades, and Zhao Qiang couldn't accept it for a while.
"Reporter Chen, why are you here, it seems that you haven't been filming our show for a long time."
Chen Xinyu didn't seem to be very conscious, Zhao Qiang pushed her away and hugged him again, and tightened so tightly that Zhao Qiang couldn't push anymore. She is afraid that Zhao Qiang will disappear suddenly, now Zhao Qiang is her lifesaver, what men and women have to prevent giving and not kissing, for Chen Xinyu, who almost died in U City in the past few days, it is all bullshit! It's more important than anything to have someone to rely on and keep her alive.
"I came to Africa to cover the news, but who would have thought that the city of U was occupied by [***] militants, my teammates were scattered in the chaos, and I had no transportation or money, so I could only struggle here to live and wait for rescue."
Zhao Qiang has a headache, he has met an acquaintance, although it is said that it is a great joy in his life to meet him, but he has no time and energy to take care of this reporter, and there are more important things waiting for him to do.
"Reporter Chen, can't you try to use a communication tool to get in touch? I guess you must have a satellite phone. โ
Chen Xinyu said: "My satellite phone was trampled in the chaos. โ
Zhao Qiang said: "Then you didn't agree on a place to meet after you dispersed?" โ
Chen Xinyu said: "Yes, I went to the capital K city, but I can't go, there is no transportation." โ
Zhao Qiang said: "What are you going to do now?" โ
Chen Xinyu said very truthfully: "I don't know, follow you, you are a man, you are better than us women, by the way, how did you appear here?" You should still be studying, what are you doing in the chaos of Africa? โ
Zhao Qiang said: "I came here to travel, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing. โ
Chen Xinyu was puzzled: "Travel? You don't have a problem with your brain, there are no tourist resources in this country at all! And the civil strife has been going on for a long time, and it has long been reported in China, what do you think! โ
Zhao Qiang shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything, otherwise how could he explain it, he couldn't tell the truth.
Chen Xinyu said: "What should we do now? โ
Zhao Qiang said: "I'm really sorry Reporter Chen, I have other things to do, and I can't be with you for the time being." โ
Chen Xinyu originally let go of Zhao Qiang, but when she heard Zhao Qiang answer like this, she hugged his arm again: "You, you want to leave me alone?" The tone seemed to be Zhao Qiang's chaos and abandonment, but in fact, the relationship between the two was not very familiar.
Zhao Qiang pulled his arm out: "It's not that I left you alone, but I'm going to do something else, and I may have to wait until the matter is dealt with before I can come back and take you to K City." Since it is a hometown and an old acquaintance, if he can help, Zhao Qiang will not be stingy, he is willing to leave with Chen Xinyu, but on the premise of completing the task.
Chen Xinyu said: "What do you have to deal with?" This is a foreign country, is it possible that there are your friends here? โ
Zhao Qiang shook his head: "I don't have any friends, I just go around." โ
How could Chen Xinyu believe it: "I don't care, in short, I rely on you, as long as you can take me to K City, or find a way to let me make a phone call to return to China, I will definitely thank you in the future." โ
Zhao Qiang felt that there was still some time before the evening, and when Chen Xinyu's mood stabilized, she had just grabbed a life-saving straw at this time, and if she was to leave her to do something else, it was estimated that she would not agree.
"Okay, I'll do my best to help you figure it out, but the most important thing right now is to get something to eat and drink, or you won't be able to live." Zhao Qiang diverted Chen Xinyu's attention.
Chen Xinyu's stomach gurgled, she blushed and covered her abdomen and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really hungry and can't stand it, you, can you lend me some money?" When I return home, I will repay you tenfold, no, no, hundredfold. โ
Zhao Qiang took out all the local currency in his pocket, in fact, because the currency of the country has been seriously depreciated due to civil strife, Zhao Qiang's money is only enough to buy some fruit, and luxury goods such as bread dare not imagine.
Chen Xinyu grabbed the money and ran out, there was no food to sell in the house, Zhao Qiang hurriedly followed, and the two returned to the market, but naturally they didn't find anyone to sell food, and Chen Xinyu was so anxious that she was about to cry, she used to have no money, but now she has money but can't buy food, she said that it is a real tragedy to live like this, how can you imagine this kind of life in China, peace, at this moment for Chen Xinyu is so longing, without peace, there is no food and clothing, how can people in a peaceful and prosperous world experience this.
There was a smell of boiling soup in front of him, Chen Xinyu followed the taste like a cat to find it, the source of the fragrance was not in the market, but in the courtyard of a family, a small fire was slowly burning, there was a small pot on the fire, the soup inside was already boiling, goo, goo, from time to time there were vegetable leaves and pieces of meat coming up, I can't see that there is such a life in this environment.
Chen Xinyu swallowed her saliva, there were four black people in the courtyard, two of them were exceptionally strong, they were also eager expressions, they all gathered around the pot and stared at the broth inside, Chen Xinyu walked across the courtyard and said, "Hello." โ
The blacks turned their heads to look at Chen Xinyu and Zhao Qiang, who were uninvited, and a black man replied, "Hello, is there something wrong?" "The other party is quite polite, in fact, most Africans are friendly, but sometimes everyone has different beliefs and aspirations, so they have to fight to the death.
Chen Xinyu held up the money in her hand and said to the black people, "Can I buy your food?" โ
The negroes laughed, and the last older negro said, "You can't buy us this pot of soup with this little money, young man, go quickly, don't disturb our dinner." โ
Chen Xinyu begged: "I really need food, you can just give me a bowl of it." Saying that, Chen Xinyu put all the money in front of the black man, and there was incomparable pleading in her eyes, making this kind of expression is a debut in Chen Xinyu's world.
Four black people, you look at me, I look at you, and finally ask the older black people to decide, they are also hungry, but the temptation of money is also very great, the older black man put away the money and said, "Okay, we will sell you a bowl, if you have more, you will not be able to." โ
Now as long as there is food, even half a bowl of Chen Xinyu won't care, she nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, give it to me quickly." Chen Xinyu didn't even think about whether it was ripe or not, but looking at the soup tumbling, it should be cooked.
The old black man went back to the house to find a broken bowl, and then scooped a spoon in the pot with a spoon, this black man had a good heart, scooped a total of three spoons, almost filled the broken bowl, and specially scooped up two pieces of meat in it, and then handed it to Chen Xinyu with both hands.
Chen Xinyu grabbed the bowl and didn't care if it was hot or not, picked up the meat pieces and gnawed them first, the meat was not very big, there were small bones in it, and it tasted a little strange, Chen Xinyu asked the older black man while gnawing: "What kind of meat is this?" โ
(To be continued)