Chandan flew from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to Damascus, the capital of Syria. Khartoum airport is not up to date, people can check in online through the Internet, it has not yet used a computer, and it is still a manual check-in.

Manual handling is not a problem, the problem is that the staff can't find Qian Dan's ticket record, he can only stand in front of the counter and wait, the first time he obviously holds the confirmed ticket in his hand but is "aitglist" at the airport.

The wait time was so long, but fortunately, there was still a seat left for him after everyone boarded the plane.

The flight landed in Damascus at 4 a.m., and the Syrian border control officers did not have Chandan's name on the passenger list, which should have been planted at Khartoum airport. He was once again left to hang out and watched as the immigration procession went from long to short until he was the only one left until dawn before he was allowed to enter the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Dawn brought a Saturday, made up for a morning's sleep, and woke up to go to the old city with a group of colleagues who were also on a business trip in Syria.

The hotel where he stayed was right next to the walls of the old city. They walked in from the Hamidia Market and walked around the winding alleys, and what they saw was the same as it was three years ago, the Umayyad Mosque was still quiet and solemn in the sun, and the old ice cream shop "Bakdash" was still crowded.

Three years is nothing more than a gap for this hundred-year-old ice cream parlor, but it is different for Qian Dan, who first arrived overseas three years ago, and now he has walked through one Arab city after another, accustomed to their black tea and shisha, and even when he is upset, hearing the babbling and prayer sounds from the mosque can already soothe his body and mind.

Qian Dan is no longer like a tourist walking in the scenery, but more like a Saturday afternoon with friends with similar interests in a familiar environment, casually chatting about the present and the future.

The "walk" continued into the evening, when he and three colleagues climbed Kaxiu Mountain outside the city, standing on the hill overlooking Damascus, the sky was dark and gloomy, and the lights on the world were like stars, as if the sky and the earth had changed places. Like all Arab cities, each mosque was lit up in green, reminding him that he was looking at the city in the Thousand and One Nights.

They found a restaurant, sat down by the floor-to-ceiling windows, and continued to gaze at the lights of thousands of homes.

A girl in the same class suddenly sighed, "It's so romantic, it's so TVB!" ”

Chandan remembered the Prophet Muhammad, who did not dare to enter Damascus as a paradise on earth, and how different was the Damascus he saw at the time from what people see today? Will he forever shelter the people who have faithd him for thousands of years?

It was the last day of May 2008, and in the past 20 days or so, they have shed too many tears for Wenchuan and Sichuan, and for their homeland and compatriots who know how to watch each other in their homeland. Today, the Syrian customer has long since stopped disliking Weihua's employees who are so young that they are "beardless", Qian Dan lived in Damascus for two weeks, and the work tasks were completed smoothly, and SY Telecom signed a new upgrade and expansion contract with them.

Chandan returned to Cairo for a few days, and then the third leg of his business trip, Iraq.

Finally a trip to Iraq can take a direct flight from Cairo to Sulaymaniyah without a detour to Dubai. He took off from Cairo at 12 p.m. and landed at Sulaymaniyah at 2 p.m., an experience that was nothing short of the previous two twists and turns.

Every time I arrived in Iraq, I had to take a blood test and go through the procedures for temporary residence. This time, the immigration bureau found that he had a good entry and exit record, exempted him from the procedure of fingerprint, and told him that if he came back in three months, he could get a residence permit.

Qian Dan didn't know if this was the case or if the Iraqis were making fun of him? He thought to himself, "Shouldn't I do it again in three months?" And then hold on until you get your Iraqi green card? ”

He always easily fell in love with every city he visited.

He stayed in the room of a colleague who had just been transferred out of Iraq, and who had either said goodbye in a hurry or left freely, and the room was not cleaned thoroughly.

Qian Dan looked at the photos of him and her nailed on the wall, touched a few old clothes hanging in the cabinet, and took two cold medicines left on the bedside table, wondering which department this brother belonged to? How many years have you lived here? There are obvious traces of a woman in the room, and his lover is used to it here? Although everything about him is unknown to Qian Dan, Qian Dan thinks that they can be regarded as passing by outside ancient Babylon and have a fate.

Liu Tie, who became a father, has been transferred back to China after the Spring Festival, and the leader of the software products and services of the representative office has become Sammy, a local employee.

Sammy was very happy to see Qian Dan, pulled him to his computer, pointed to an email and said "thank you" repeatedly.

Not long ago, Sammy won the company's gold medal employee award, and Qian Dan sent an email to congratulate him, flattering him as the "gun" of the product line. Baha said he took the email to his new girlfriend, who was a dentist, and told her that he was the company's "gun," and that the girl was happy and proud of him.

Qian Dan didn't expect that a two-sentence compliment in an email would not only encourage Sammy, but also help him get extra points from the girl he loved, and he reflected that most people are still too stingy with praise in their habits.

Lao Han, the head of delivery and service of the representative office, left, he left Weihua, left the communication industry, and went to the cosmetics business. Bu is a Chinese agent who signed a Dead Sea mud mask in Jordan.

Qian Dan remembered the high-spirited old Han on the shore of the Dead Sea that year, and remembered the old Han who asked him "what is the meaning of life" on Mount Azma.

On the occasion of the annual cooperation meeting between Weihua and AC Telecom, the largest mobile operator in Iraq, the conference collected classic photos from the cooperation process in the past few years and made "slides" on the big screen in front of the venue.

Weihua entered Iraq as soon as the war ended, and the customers here were friends in trouble. In fact, whether in China or overseas, Weihua has taken the road of "rural areas surrounding cities", and it is the mainstream customers who first enter the remote markets that Western friends do not look down on, and then break through the mainstream market in one city and one pool.

Because of this, the young people engaged in sales and service in the front line of Weihua have paid more than their peers, and they have shed too much sweat in the difficult environment around the world, but also left a solid footprint.

After running through Sudan, Syria, and Iraq, Chandan finally returned to Cairo.

On the afternoon of August 8, 2008, Qian Dan, Lao Xie, Lu Wentao and a group of Italian restaurants in Chaojie watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.

Counting young people, among the great Chinese people in Egypt, they can be regarded as old men. Weihua is a young company, and they have too many newborn calves around them.

August 8 happened to be Lu Wentao's birthday, and they shared the cake. Qian Dan asked, "Why hasn't your wife come yet?" You've been running for almost half a year, haven't you? Sperm motility should be enough, right? ”

Lao Xie stuffed a large piece of cake in his mouth, and said indistinctly: "You have been on a business trip for too long, and you have no time to care about your brothers, he has long stopped running, and his wife is not coming." Xiaolu, you reported too little to Mr. Qian! ”

Qian Dan was surprised: "What's wrong?" Got married? ”

Lu Wentao kicked him and said triumphantly: "Marriage changes your size!" Lao Tzu has done it, my wife is pregnant, and she can't come! ”

Qian Dan didn't understand: "Your wife is August 8th today, who helped you deal with it?" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Lu Wentao gritted his teeth and said, "Who told you that you are pregnant now?" It's been four or five months. ”

One of the most common topics for a group of brothers to talk about is all kinds of jokes about "making people", and when they have dinner together, they will always meet someone who is full of pride, and this meal will turn the wine glass upside down, declaring that "the mountains are closed and the forests are being cultivated".

In order to give birth to a bodybuilding baby, Lu Wentao listened to the teachings of "experts" from all sides, quit drinking for more than two years, and everyone would let him go every time he had a dinner. The client here does not drink alcohol because of his faith, and he does not need to use alcohol to socialize. However, the two of them have not been able to get their wish, and Lao Xie joked that they had been confusing the safe period and the ovulation period for a long time.

On the eve of saying goodbye to Yemen, a colleague from the representative office saw him off, and someone took out a private collection of Wuliangye, and he got angry and drank several cups. When I returned to the dormitory, I was drunk and had sex, but I hit it with one blow. The little couple was a little worried, not knowing if the Wuliangye they drank would have an impact on the baby's health, but as time went by, anticipation and joy had replaced their worries.

As the Olympic flame burns out and the opening ceremony ends, Qian Dan receives a call from Su Lin, who asks him to have dinner and eat ramen at a newly discovered Lanzhou ramen restaurant.

Qian Dan drove a black Renault car to the dormitory of China News Agency to pick up Su Lin, and the two of them went to the Lanzhou ramen restaurant not far from Luo's "City of the Dead".

Lao Xie learned to drive during his time in Northwest Africa, Qian Dan just learned to drive under Lao Xie's teacher, and he found someone to buy an Egyptian driver's license, and finally didn't have to rely on the "black cat sheriff" every time he went out.

The two of them each ordered a bowl of noodles and added a large plate of chicken. Qian Dan was still reminiscing about the opening ceremony, but Su Lin was not interested in this topic, she asked Qian Dan: "You have been in love for seven or eight years before getting married, and you have insisted on not giving up, because you really love your wife very much?" Or is it because you love yourself so much? ”

Qian Dan didn't know how to answer: "What kind of strange question are you?" ”

Su Lin's face didn't have her usual light smile, and she curled her mouth slightly: "I was thinking about this time that I have persisted for so long despite the opposition of my family, is it because I really love him?" Or is it actually love for myself? ”

Qian Dan still didn't know how to answer, and asked her: "What do you mean?" ”

Su Lin said: "He came to Cairo for the New Year, and the two of us were together every day, the sky was high and my parents were far away, and no one was talking, but I suddenly had questions." I think I went against my whole family and insisted on being with him, because I loved him too much? Or is it because you love yourself too much? I have to give myself an explanation for my persistence for so many years. I've been doing everything well since I was a kid and I've never lost anything. ”

Qian Dan understood, and said: "The story of the prince and the princess often ends when the princess gets in the prince's carriage, and he doesn't dare to continue to explain the story after that. But don't dwell on these questions that challenge humanity! ”

Su Lin nodded and said, "My parents are starting to accept him, one reason is that he has grown into a responsible man since the earthquake; Another reason is that he sells lo-mei on Taobao and sells well, which is a little bit of his own business. ”

Qian Dan wondered: "Can you still sell lo-mei on Taobao?" ”

"UT it, almighty Taobao, there is everything on it. His income is finally higher than mine, and my mom still loves to eat their lo-mei mile. ”

Su Lin suddenly laughed again: "You said that the clothes that Liu Huan wore to sing the theme song today are too casual!" ”

Qian Dan thought that this girl's thinking was so fast, and she was happy to change the topic

Back to the Olympics.

After chatting for a while, Su Lin looked at him, a little naughty, and seemed to change the channel again seriously, saying, "Maybe I'm comparing him to you!" When we went to Alexandria and El Alamein for the Spring Festival, I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if we went to play with you. He was very good to me and hoped that I would go back to Chengdu. However, I like the work here, I like Cairo and the people in Cairo, and I don't want to leave. ”

Qian Dan pretended to be calm: "It's normal for him to urge you to go back to Chengdu, who can rest assured that you are so far away?" ”

After eating, I got in the car and went back to Maiadi, where the new driver, Qian Dan, accidentally got lost.

The two men walked around the dimly lit streets of Cairo, and the road ahead became stranger and stranger, and Qian Dan became nervous. The police officers on weekdays fill the streets, and it is really difficult to find a checkpoint when they need it.

Qian Dan asked, "Excuse me, how do I get to Maiadi?" ”

A policeman looked in the car and pointed at Su Lin inexplicably: "Is this your wife?" ”

Qian Dan thought about it for a while, I haven't heard that Egypt is not allowed to travel with the opposite sex, right? He said, "No, how do I get to Maiadi?" ”

Su Lin's face flushed slightly.

The police began to show the way, crackling and talking, it seems that the two of them have gone too far apart, and Qian Dan can't figure out the complicated route in the policeman's mouth.

Su Lin asked, "How to get to the Nile?" ”

The policeman pointed to the back of the car: "Turn around, keep going, don't turn around, and you will see the Nile." ”

Su Lin said to Qian Dan proudly: "Let's go, go to the river first, you can find Maiadi along the Nile, I'm smart, right?" ”

Finally back in Maiadi, the two returned to their respective dormitories.

The two roommates were already in their respective bedrooms, Lao Xie's room was quiet, and Faye Wong's singing voice was faintly heard in Lin Han's room.

Qian Dan had just pulled out a can of "sakara" beer from the refrigerator, and the mobile phone rang, and it was a text message prompt, Su Lin said: "If there is a next life, I hope I can meet you as soon as possible." ”

Qian Dan's heart fluttered, and Su Lin put her finger on the layer of cellophane between them, maybe it was a momentary emotion, maybe she was really thinking about it.

He was sure that his persistence for many years was because of his love for Qin Xin, not for his own "getting". However, another question that challenges human nature: "Can a person fall in love with two people at the same time?" ”

He didn't reach out in response, pushing this side of the cellophane. Just replied with a bland message: "It's late, go to bed early, good night!" ”

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