16. Difficult journey
After leaving the director's Land Rover, Song Wenbin and Huo Yu's faces were not good-looking. The glass of their three cars was smashed a lot, Huo Yu was even worse, not to mention the smashed glass, her car tire also burst, and there was a deep scratch on the rubber countertop, which was stabbed by those black men with knives at the beginning of the accident.
Back in the car, Sutina staggered out of the car, looked at Song Wenbin and Huo Yu with a pale face, and muttered, "It's really dangerous outside..."
"It's okay, just don't believe anyone next time we see it."
Song Wenbin said.
Sutina was sluggish.
"Look at how far we are from the nearest city."
Huo Yu said to Sutina: "Let's have a mobile phone now." ”
"Oh... Oooh..."
Sutina came back to her senses and began to navigate on her phone.
Huo Yu walked over to his MG and began to check the tires. The tires were completely broken, but fortunately, the road out of the town was dirt roads, so the steel rims were not broken.
Huo Yu asked Sutina: "Didn't you say you have a jack?" Take it and use it. ”
"Uh-oh."
Sutina put down her phone again to get the jack, ran to the back of the car and thought that the car was an electric door, so she ran to the front to open the door. Song Wenbin looked at her like a headless fly, it is estimated that this girl has never experienced these things, and she has not come back yet.
The trunk opened, Song Wenbin helped Huo Yu bring a jack, and then touched a wrench from the Hylux on the director team, those photographers just watched him shoot, and didn't stop him or help him.
Huo Yu rolled up his sleeves, took out the spare tire from the trunk of the vehicle, and the three of them returned to MG and began to repair the vehicle.
Huo Yu didn't seem to have done this job, and the jacks were not very useful, but fortunately, Song Wenbin helped Ma Qiang do a car dealership in his early years, and he knew a lot about these things, so he squatted next to her and helped her remove the broken tire.
After changing the tire, Song Wenbin still wanted to help with the screws, but Huo Yu didn't let him help, so he took the screws and screwed them up.
Song Wenbin and the three of them repaired the car, and the film crew was filming not far away, without the slightest intention of taking a hand.
"What the hell is the program group, I've never seen it so big."
Huo Yu scolded while twisting the screws.
Song Wenbin couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw that she was screwing vigorously and that it didn't matter if she had black engine oil stuck to her hands, and immediately quipped: "They are just afraid that you will fight with those black people." ”
Song Wenbin didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said it, Huo Yu immediately glared at him, "It's not that you have to give money!?" If you don't give money, I'll beat them to death! ”
Song Wenbin rolled his eyes: "There are so many people, can you beat you?" ”
"Why can't you beat it, can you try it?"
She said aggressively.
Song Wenbin didn't want to quarrel with her, but just raised his hand: "Okay, okay, you Ye Man." ”
Huo Yu still didn't lose her breath, she broke the screws hard, and scolded while breaking: "There are scum everywhere, there is no trust at all!" Next time I go out, I want it! Strap handles! Katana! Meet this scum again! I'll just put his tongue! Finger! It's all chopped! ”
With every word she spoke, the strength in her hands became greater, as if she was screwing not a screw, but the head of the crook.
Song Wenbin looked at her with affection, he felt that this guy seemed to be serious.
At this time, Sutina suddenly took out a stack of naira from her pocket, counted them, and handed them to Song Wenbin. Song Wenbin was surprised: "What is this for?" ”
"You give money to those people."
Sutina whispered, "Count me in." ”
Song Wenbin was stunned for a moment, and then waved his hand: "Forget it, I was confused for a while, and I didn't let Huo Nuxia make a move, otherwise I would pay less money for this wrongful amount, and it would be mine." ”
At this time, Huo Yu screwed and stood up, saw the stack of banknotes in Sutina's hand, grabbed it and counted it. Then he divided it in half and returned it to Sutina, and the other handed it to Song Wenbin, saying, "Take it, see how lucky you are in negotiation." ”
Song Wenbin was not happy and said, "What's the matter with you, do you treat me with other people's money, so thick-skinned?" ”
"You're thick-skinned, and those five thousand are three people's money!"
Huo Yu said loudly: "I divided half because Sutina gave money to two people!" She gave too much! ”
"Oh~" Song Wenbin understood, he unceremoniously took away the money in Huo Yu's hand, and then stretched out his hand to her: "What about yours, give it to me together." ”
"I said at the time, if you have to pay for it, you will pay out of your own pocket! You agreed, too. Huo Yu said.
"Then you just said it was the money of three people."
Song Wenbin said.
"I..." Huo Yu's face blushed for 0.01 seconds: "I didn't say it." ”
"Did she say that?" Song Wenbin asked Sutina.
Sutina scratched her head in embarrassment: "It seems... Should... Perhaps..."
Huo Yu looked at Sutina with wide eyes, Sutina lowered her head and said in a mosquito-like voice, "Said." ”
"Ahh
Huo Yu angrily grabbed Sutina's face with his hand: "Eat inside and out!" I was so worried about you! ”
Su Tina's face instantly had three more black oil marks, Huo Yu had to rub more on her face, Su Tina pushed Huo Yu's hand in a panic and said, "The decision to go was made by us together, and none of us said we wouldn't go at that time." Of course, we should pay this money together, and we can't let him pay it alone. ”
"Do I want you to say it! Do I want you to say it! ”
Huo Yu said loudly, after wiping Su Tina's white face into a panda face, Huo Yu got into the car and took the money hatefully, and after a while, she took some Naira out and threw it to Song Wenbin: "Here you go!" This meal counts as AA. ”
"Okay, I'll treat you next time."
Song Wenbin said.
"If you are poor, there will be no next time."
Huo Yu gave him a disgusted look, jumped on his MG, and buzzed to the car.
Su tina looked at Song Wenbin, looking like she wanted to say something, Song Wenbin looked at her face black and white, and the corners of her mouth kept twitching. Su tina pondered for a while and just wanted to say something, when she found that the cameraman in the distance was filming herself with a machine, she looked at herself in the mirror, her face changed suddenly, she hurriedly jumped into the car, and honked the horn several times in a row at Huo Yu to show her dissatisfaction.
Huo Yu poked his head out of the broken window, "Press what!" You're driving to the front, I'm not navigating! ”
Sutina pressed it again, and then started the car, passed past Song Wenbin, and drove straight ahead.
I don't know why, after making such a fuss, Song Wenbin's mood after losing his mobile phone has changed a little, but he still can't think about it, just thinking about it a little bit will cause a burst of fear.
After fixing their tires, the trio continued along the road, this time not being able to drive as fast as before. As soon as Huo Yu had no navigation, the fastest person in the team had no direction, so he could only follow Su Tina honestly. Second, the windows of the three people were broken, and as long as they drove a little faster, the wind would blow into the car.
If it's just the wind, but this is Africa, in addition to the wind, there is a huge amount of dust, some dilapidated sections of the road have not been repaired for many years, whenever a car passes by, it will roll up a lot of dust, and the dust will drill into the car along the broken glass, making Song Wenbin cough and can't open his eyes.
Sutina was fine, just silently endured to lead the way. But Huo Yu was about to explode, whenever a car passed by, she would honk hard in the car, even if the walkie-talkie was turned off, Song Wenbin could hear her cursing from the wind.
“... I'm dying so soon!! Ahem, ahem... The scum who forgot their ancestors, the who smashed people's glass, and a group of immoral film crews who didn't even deserve masks! ”
"Tell me less."
Sutina sighed over the walkie-talkie, "Eat ash with your mouth open." ”
Huo Yu didn't mean to shut up at all, she even picked up the walkie-talkie and complained: "Why are there such dirty roads, why are there so many gray roads in this country, I can't stand it!! ”
Song Wenbin also wants to scold, the windows are still broken in the endless wind and dust, and anyone wants to scold.
But for some reason, every time Huo Yu scolded, he wanted to laugh, thinking that that guy was also being tortured, Song Wenbin felt that this bit of wind and sand was nothing at all.
As night approached, the road became worse, and even if he drove only thirty or forty yards, Song Wenbin would feel a violent bump, and the potholes in the road became more and more numerous, and in some places the stones were even piled up on small slopes.
Driving on this kind of road, even Huo Yu could only keep his mouth shut, carefully control the vehicle, and try to bypass those potholes.
However, this was not the most unbearable, and when it was close to night, all three of them had already driven for a day and were very tired. However, since they had not yet reached the nearest city, they had no choice but to continue their journey. Song Wenbin had not driven like this since he was born, and he was tired and hungry. He felt that he had already violated the road safety law and entered a state of fatigue driving.
To make matters worse, there were no lights on either side of the road, so they could only rely on the headlights to move forward in the dark, and they didn't know if it didn't work or Song Wenbin broke the headlights when he knocked over the two black men earlier, and his car could only see five meters in front of him, and he couldn't see anything clearly beyond five meters away.
Huo Yu's taillights in front of him were like red eyes floating in the dark, appearing and disappearing, and Song Wenbin had to use the walkie-talkie to slow them down from time to time, which invisibly slowed down the car.
Only when passing by the pickup of the program group, Song Wenbin will get a clear vision, which is the spotlight at the top of Hilux, which shines far away. But along with the spotlights, there are all kinds of mosquitoes that drive light, buzzing and buzzing into the car, and occasionally crashing into the car through the broken glass.
Those fellow photographers are really dedicated, and every time Song Wenbin passes by the program group Haylux, he can see them standing in the back of the pickup truck, shooting under the spotlights.
But Song Wenbin felt that he was more dedicated than them, because they were all hiding behind black insect-proof gauze, and he even had broken car windows.
At this time, he finally understood why Africans had to wrap a piece of cloth around their heads. Because at this moment, the tablecloth clothes purchased in Abuja have played a huge role, this tablecloth can cover the head, block most of the mosquitoes, and keep Song Wenbin awake while tired.
I don't know how long this trip lasted, and when Song Wenbin saw the street lamp again, he almost burst into tears. Eventually, the road surface stopped potholes and the dust gradually disappeared.
At the moment when he saw the road sign above the road, Huo Yu, who had long been unbearable, rushed out with a throttle, almost rushing towards the city with the lights on at the limit acceleration of the car. Song Wenbin was also like being beaten with chicken blood, the accelerator pedal was stepped on, and Wuling Hongguang trembled and flew to the distant light.
In the end, when the three of them parked in front of a restaurant in the center of the city, not even the Land Rover, in which the director was riding, did not catch up with them.
Song Wenbin stopped behind Huo Yu's car with a sudden brake, almost climbed out of the car sideways, and stumbled into the unknown restaurant.
The black girl at the cashier was stunned when she saw the three people who broke in, except for the eyes around the sunglasses, all three people's faces were covered with dust and insect corpses, and Sutina even had black engine oil on her face, like a refugee from the Middle East.
"Hot water."
Huo Yu said in English: "A lot of hot water. ”
"Don't you order?"
Song Wenbin lay on the table and panted and said.
"How can you be empty-handed?"
Huo Yu gasped and said, "Where's the instant noodles!?" What about the old godmother? ”
Song Wenbin reacted at this time, and he stumbled into the car again and brought instant noodles and the old godmother.
Huo Yu asked the store if he wanted hot water, so he wanted instant noodles.
However, Sutina maintained a surprisingly sane at the moment, she stopped the two who couldn't wait to do a big job, took out a bar of soap from her pocket, and said, "Wash your hands, wash your hands first!" ”
Song Wenbin and Huo Yu glanced at each other, the dust on Huo Yu's face and the insect corpses in his hair made him almost laugh, and he was quite awake out of thin air for a while. Huo Yu saw that Song Wenbin looked like he had been dug out of the soil, and he was also cold, so he hurriedly threw away the instant noodles and began to look for water.
Fortunately, there is a faucet in the back kitchen of the restaurant that is used to wash dishes, which is completely open-air. There were also a lot of dirty bowls piled up next to it, but at this time, the three of them had long been careless, so they squatted down and began to wash their faces and hands with the water in the pipe.
When the thick dust rushed down from under Song Wenbin's head, it almost stained the ground yellow. The other two didn't go much better, and their sun protection was child's play for the dust of the African continent.
After a good wash, the three of them finally washed away the dust and insect corpses visible to the naked eye, but just when Song Wenbin wanted to hurry up and make noodles, Huo Yu suddenly squatted on the ground and couldn't get up.
Seeing this, Sutina quickly squatted down, looked sideways at Huo Yu's face and said with concern, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"It's only the first day..."
Huo Yu, who had been scolded for a day, covered his face with sadness: "The first day was like this, what will happen later..."
Huo Yu's words rarely resonated with Song Wenbin.
Bumps, mosquitoes, dust, darkness, exhaustion, hunger and thirst... Coupled with the fact that he had been robbed once during the day, he had never experienced such a miserable day in his life, and he never thought that he would experience such a life.