On a Friday in early October, Qian Dan meticulously cleaned up in their dormitory on Maadi Street 200 Street. Qin Xin applied for a leave of absence from her company and was about to come to Cairo.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Su Lin came over.

A few days ago, Lin Han opened a drawer in the living room that he had never opened before, and found the "Sichuan Cuisine Collection" that Lao Xie passed to Lu Wentao, and Lu Wentao left in the drawer for more than a year.

After Xiaoyu left Cairo, Lin Han, the god of food in Guangdong, once felt bored with soup, until that day he opened the "Sichuan Cuisine Collection" that reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and the desire to challenge Sichuan cuisine arose.

Su Lin, a girl from Chengdu, studied with an Egyptian named Moses as her teacher and learned to play tennis at the Maadi Club.

In fact, the distance from the Maadi Club to the "China News Agency" dormitory by the Nile is about the same as the "Weizhong" dormitory to the 200th Street, and the direction is completely different, but she is used to coming to the 200th Street to play after playing every weekend, especially after Lin Han began to challenge Sichuan cuisine, she subconsciously felt that it was more natural to come in the name of food.

Before she came this day, she went to the butcher shop downstairs of "Longxinzhuang" on 9th Street to buy some pork from Germany, and planned to challenge the pot meat with Lin Han. Egypt is a secular Arab country, and there are always places in Cairo where you can buy pork.

She raised her hand and was about to knock on the door when the door opened, and Qian Dan was about to walk out with his computer bag on his back. Su Lin saw him: "Hello, you want to work overtime?" ”

"Hello, the leader made a temporary phone call and said that he would have a short meeting. Lin Han said, "Are you going to challenge back to the pot today?" ”

"That's right, you should come back early to accept our results."

The UAE's telecom operator "ES Telecom" is a multinational operator, they have recently entered Egypt, the most populous country in North Africa and the Middle East, with a population of nearly 100 million, and obtained a "3G" operation license, and is about to start from scratch to build a new "3G" wireless communication network in Egypt, with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in the first phase of the project.

"ES Telecom" tendered to select the equipment vendor and contractor of this network, and "Weizhong" and "Ericsson" each won half of the share.

The "ES Project in Egypt" is not only a huge amount of money, huge scale, and extremely difficult to deliver, but also a "turnkey project" to draw on a blank piece of paper. "Weizhong" and "Ericsson" will not only provide the equipment, but also be responsible for the construction of all related infrastructure such as trenching and erection towers, and after the network construction is completed, they will also provide "management services" to help customers operate the network before handing it over.

This project is the world's top super project of "Weizhong", and it is destined to face all kinds of difficulties that are not even foreseen.

Although there are still two months before the start of the project, and they still have a quiet time before the unveiling of the big show, Lao Han felt a huge pressure as soon as he got the news of winning the contract, and called everyone to discuss the delivery preparations.

The "short meeting" lasted from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., and in the middle of the meeting, I just ordered "KFC" to eat in the conference room.

Towards the end of the meeting, Qian Dan saw a string of missed calls on his muted mobile phone, and Lin Han and Su Lin were taking turns calling him, thinking that he was telling him to go back and eat back to the pot meat.

When Qian Dan returned to the dormitory, he saw Lin Han and Su Lin sitting silently on the sofa, looking at him with a pitiful look.

Qian Dan asked, "Su Lin hasn't gone back yet?" You're past your legal bedtime again. Why are you two so serious? Did you leave me back the pot meat? ”

Lin Han said with a bitter face: "Boss, we must change dormitories within three days." ”

Qian Dan was inexplicable: "What's the situation?" ”

Su Lin said flatteringly: "Brother Qiandan, you didn't smell anything, did you?" ”

"What smell? No, I don't. ”

Su Lin looked at him nervously: "You really didn't smell anything?" ”

Qian Dan sniffed: "No?" ”

Lin Han couldn't help it: "Unlucky! There is a problem with this recipe, I completely follow the above to make back to the pot meat, the smoke is too heavy! It happened that the landlord came back from abroad and wanted to come over to say hello, but he was extremely unhappy as soon as he entered the door, and the more he looked at it, the more unhappy he became, saying that our Chinese food had smoked his house bad, saying that the house was not rented to us, and asked us to move immediately! How can it be smoked? It's just that the oil smoke is a little heavier. ”

Qian Dan was dumbfounded: "Damn! Moving immediately? Last time, I heard that someone was learning to cook and learned that the Egyptian next door called the fire alarm, you old cook, how much smoke can you have? ”

Lin Han said unconvinced: "The German meat she bought is not good, and this recipe must use domestic meat." Moreover, what is the heavy oil smoke? What is the baseline for smoke weight? For the broken landlord, as long as he sees Chinese stir-frying, he will feel heavy. Boss, the administrative old horse said that it is vague whether the smoke in the rental agreement is our fault or not, and he is unwilling to go to court with the landlord, saying that he just found three new dormitories last week, and we can choose them first tomorrow. ”

Qian Dan looked loveless: "Alas! It's rare that I get up early in the morning to clean up, and you tell me I have to move right away after cleaning. ”

They moved the next day, and the new dormitory was on the sixth floor of the first unit on 199th Street, a nice house, with a great view, on a clear day, standing on the balcony you can see the Pyramid of Khufu at the end of the city, from the kitchen window you can see the Pyramid of Saqqara, and when you open the bedroom curtains, you will meet the red pyramid on the edge of the desert.

Su Lin arrived with an Egyptian-style glass vase. She looked around and placed the vase on the table: "I will give you a gift to congratulate you on the housewarming." You don't have to go to the flower shop on the edge of Digra Square to buy some flowers, your girlfriend will love it. ”

He showed her around the new home, pointed out the pyramids in the distance, and finally stood on the balcony.

Su Lin said: "It's good, it's good, Seon lost his horse, your new dormitory is much better than the old one, although the 'Pyramid View' is still a certain gap from my 'Nile View'." Someone told me that talent is the best scenery that day, and as soon as your girlfriend arrives, you will have unlimited scenery every day. However, you're always so busy, won't she be bored? ”

"No, she won't stay long, we have a lot of family members here, moreover, I specially talked to the landlord, he will install the Internet, and there is a satellite TV that can receive a lot of Chinese channels."

Su Lin seemed to be heartily approving: "Brother Qian Dan, you are so careful!" ”

Qin Xin arrived as scheduled, and she and Qian Dan were naturally "newlyweds".

Shishi was even happier than Qian Dan, and she simply gave herself a few days off. Qin Xin's programs in the first few days were all arranged by her.

Qin Xin's adaptability is not weak, and she became familiar with the streets and alleys of Maadi in less than two days with Shishi, she brought back a Turkish roast chicken from the local vegetable market on 7th Street today, and went to get two bottles of freshly squeezed mango juice and sugarcane juice tomorrow, and found a shop selling seafood the day after tomorrow.

Before Qian Dan could find time to accompany her, she had already gone to the desert outside Cairo to search for the pyramids, and ran all over the Saqara pyramid, the red pyramid, and the curved pyramid; went to the El Khalili Market in the old city of Cairo to treasure the Tao, and changed the chain pendant around his neck from the Chinese "Jade Ruyi" to the Egyptian mascot "Scarab"; I also went to "Asver" to buy crystals and "City Star" to buy clothes.

Since the regional department caught the inner ghost Lao Zheng, the mustard in Qian Dan's heart seemed to be small when he saw Zeng Zijian, but it still seemed that there was something wrong there. Qin Xin's arrival made them meet more often, and he gradually forgot the doubts in his heart.

On weekend nights, Qian Dan, Qin Xin, Zeng Zijian, and Shishi went to the "Pharaoh" together.

After watching the belly dance and Sophie dance, Qian Dan took Qin Xin's hand and went to the deck, and Shishi pulled Zeng Zijian to stay in the cabin to watch the rest of the show.

There were very few people on the deck, and the bright moon sprinkled the cold light on the two of them, their hands clasped tightly, and no one opened their mouths to break the silence, just standing under the clear moon in a foreign land and on the river, listening to the sound of each other's heartbeats.

The Pharaoh was about to cross a bridge over the Nile, and there were many people standing on the bridge, and when Qian Dan saw the nearest boy of fifteen or sixteen years old laughing and pointing at them, he wondered with caution if these bear children would throw things down.

The boat quickly approached the bridge, and sure enough, a boy raised his hand, and Qian Dan shouted "Be careful", but he saw clearly in an instant that what the boy threw down was actually a rose, and it turned out that there was a child selling flowers on the bridge.

The red rose drew a graceful arc in the silver moonlight, landing right at Qian Dan's feet. He bent down to pick up the flowers and handed them to Qin Xin: "Borrow flowers to offer Buddha." ”

Qin Xin didn't reach out to pick it up, thought for three seconds, and said coquettishly: "That's how you stretched out your hand?" ”

Qian Dan hurriedly put his other hand on the other hand, deliberately looking at her, trying to learn the discharge eyes of Brad Pitt and Tony Leung.

She cocked her lips: "Don't you say something?" ”

"Make!" After all, he is a science and engineering man, and he has to mutter a sentence before he can say the fleshy words: "I love you."

She didn't care, and said to him softly, "I'll marry you!" ”

He glared at her, "What did you say?" ”

Her voice was still not loud, but it was more firm: "I said I will marry you, you hurry up and propose!" ”

Qian Dan laughed for a while before he spoke: "Classmate Qin Xin, the bright moon of the Nile is a witness, you can marry me!" ”

Qin Xin took the flower, didn't speak, put his head up, kissed him lightly on the lips, and flashed away shyly.

Qian Dan hugged her tightly and asked, "How did you figure it out?" I'm still wondering when I'll propose to you again! ”

Qin Xin snorted: "I still want to remind you first." Haven't I been getting older and gaining weight recently, and I'm afraid that if I don't get married, I'll miss out on the best figure in a wedding dress? ”

Qian Dan shouted: "Okay, it turns out that this is the reason!" ”

Qin Xin said: "Do you know that the first time you kissed me, what you said on Yuelu Mountain made me feel uncomfortable all the time. ”

He realized that this was the reason why she had been hesitant to get married, and asked in wonder, "What am I talking about?" ”

"You said that you don't know the future, it's quite tangled, and I'm afraid that I've been waiting for you, but you won't come back. You were very domineering when you kissed me that time, and you were cowardly when it came to the future? looks like ugly things are in front of him, and he doesn't dare to make promises. ”

Qian Dan was hit directly in the heart, and suddenly felt guilty: "How dare I not promise, I quit my job in the bank at that time, went to Shenzhen alone, felt that the whole future was uncertain, and I had no confidence in whether I could survive well, didn't I go to you later?" ”

Qin Xin said dissatisfiedly: "Are you embarrassed to say that? Later, it was obvious that I left my hometown and went to Shenzhen to find you, okay, I have more courage than you, just like Bai Suzhen has more courage than Xu Xian. ”

Qian Dan muttered: "Your metaphor is too exaggerated!" I should have begged you to come to Shenzhen, and then you came over to admire your face, right? You've been haunted by this sentence for a long time? ”

"Isn't it that people are afraid of marriage in their hearts", Qin Xin has let go, she doesn't want to be entangled anymore, she said softly: "Later, you said that you wanted to go overseas for permanent residence, I think it's very good, first, I am also willing to have the opportunity to come out to see, will you definitely take me out to play; Second, I thought to myself, either we should separate and see what the result would be? ”

Su Lin's appearance flashed in Qian Dan's mind, just a flash, and he looked confident: "It turns out that I have withstood the test!" ”

Qin Xin said: "As a result, I feel that I am slowly at ease. I recently like a poem in the afterglow, called 'Find That Tree', during this time when I am alone in Shenzhen, I will miss you, every time I think of you, I think of this poem, I think, maybe we really promised each other in our previous life, right? ”

He was about to ask, what was that great poem? Shishi's voice disturbed the world of the two people: "I'll let the two of you stay for a while, Zijian has to come up and see what you are doing?" Didn't bother you with your good deeds, did you? ”

She took Zeng Zijian's hand and appeared at the staircase on the deck.

Qian Dan said: "The good thing has just been done. ”

Zeng Zijian and Shishi laughed ambiguously, and Qin Xin hurriedly said, "It's so beautiful on the Nile!" Someone just proposed to me, and I was so enchanted by the scenery that I accidentally agreed. ”

Shishi screamed: "Oops, I missed the big show!" Great, I just told Zijian that the two of you have been in love for six or seven years and have not gotten married, and if you continue to talk, you will get used to it and have no enthusiasm for getting married. ”

Qian Dan confessed: "How is that possible? I'm always on fire. ”

Zeng Zijian said: "Otherwise, Qin Xin won't go back, and the wedding will be held in Egypt." ”

Shishi followed him excitedly: "Yes, yes, I will accompany you to take wedding photos, one group of pyramids, one group of Nile rivers, and one group of temples in the south." ”

Qin Xin replied seriously: "It's impossible, then you still have to go back." ”

"Then we don't have to have enough time, can we? I did it once in Egypt first, and it was about the Eid holiday, and I talked about going to the south together, which happened to be a honeymoon trip. ”

"Who didn't have a honeymoon first?"

Shishi glanced at Zeng Zijian and said, "The two of us also have good news to announce!" ”

"What's the good news?"

"I have a baby!"

"Ahh How long has it been? ”

"It's been three months!"

"It's been three months! You just told me? ”

"People say that you should keep a low profile in the first three months, you can't talk about it. I'm not the first to tell you! ”

The four of them were excited and happy together, as if they had returned to Yuelu Mountain on the last night of the last century.

Back in the dormitory, when Qin Xin was taking a bath in the bathroom, Qian Dan found the song "Find That Tree" in the afterglow on the Internet:

Zizhan and Ziyou of the Su family, you say

I still want to be brothers in the next life

Let us remain husband and wife in the next life

It was in the early hours of the morning that you woke up

Muttered idiots while worried

Say you were in a trance last night's dream

Lean against me under a tree

The events of the previous life were forgotten as soon as I turned over

I just remember that the shade of the trees is so deep

And I said a word to you

"I will wait for you", in the shade of the tree

The shadows of the trees are in the window, and the birds are not singing

In the half-unknown dawn, I said

Maybe that's our past life

As soon as I crossed the bridge, I forgot about it

As for the details, they should have been vague a long time ago

At this moment, we may be exactly

At that time, the afterlife of the foolish promise of each other

You say with a sigh

Just find that tree

Maybe at the time

Something left behind at the roots