Chapter Seventy-Nine: Gentleness on Horseback
Bunedy-Imida glanced at Zhu Xianlong, then lowered her head and sighed: "Alas, women still have to put gentleness and elegance in the first place, for the man who will marry in the future." β
Zhu Xianlong closed his eyes and pondered, and muttered: "After talking for a long time, you said it again." Alas, you're such a traditional girl. However, what I want to say is that girls don't have too much pressure in life, life is fleeting for decades, so why not relax. β
Zhu Xianlong approached Bunedy-Imida, put his lips close to her ear and whispered: "You may not know the Tao, you yourself have been influenced by your folk culture in the past, and you have formed an atmosphere of elegant characteristics, which should be the first character that every woman should have, with such a character trait, she will not lose her temper and deteriorate wherever she goes." β
Zhu Xuanlong retracted his head, looked at Bunedy Imida's eyes and faintly smiling lips, and continued: "Therefore, you are now living freely and happily, and you have not betrayed anyone at all, or have the responsibility and obligation to maintain some tedious customs in the world. In fact, it is normal and appropriate to be active in the mind. Come to think of it, you're going to travel around the world before you get married, and you're much luckier than your sisters and friends. β
Zhu Xianlong leaned his face closer to the face of Bunai Dai Imida, and said solemnly: "When you marry someone in the future, especially in the lonely years, when you recall the good times when you have traveled around the world, it is good to pass the ordinary days. Life isn't too boring this way, is it? So you can see more of these mountains and rivers now. β
Zhu Xianlong picked a wild flower, spun it in his hand and blew it into the air with his mouth. After a few turns, the little flower turned. It actually fell into the hands of Bunede Imida. Bunedy-Imida picked up the flower and put it to her nose and sniffed it. She looked at Zhu Xuanlong and smiled.
Zhu Xianlong looked at her, deliberately concealing his complicated feelings, and continued the topic just now: "Actually, I think that the Arab world is a very good melting pot, how pure and innocent you are smelted." β
Zhu Xuanlong said, deliberately glancing at Bunaida Imida's face a few more times. Bunedy-Imida's face was buried in the black robe at this time, and she didn't look at the landscape, but only looked at Zhu Xianlong with her big eyes, and there seemed to be a particularly inexpressible emotion in her eyes. This emotion should have love and resentment.
This situation made Zhu Xianlong feel uneasy. In this uneasy state, he seems to have more pity for her, and if there is no one else around at this time, he really wants to take her in his arms to kiss her and care for her. But when he came to his senses, he made people compromise and give up, not for themselves, but for the pure and kind Bunedy-Imida not to be frightened by a kiss that he had not prepared for.
At this moment, Mengzi Butterfly and Mujitana Gerla walked towards this direction. The two had to temporarily distract their ambiguous eyes.
In order to break this situation, Zhu Xianlong deliberately pointed to the mountains and said with emotion: "The Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan are not far from the edge at a glance, and its north side. Will it extend all the way to Tajikistan?"
Mengzidie diverted the topic and said, "You were so involved in what you said just now, have you discussed what to do next?" We had to go to Calikar first and then to Kabul. β
Mujitana Gerla hurriedly said: "This place is relatively close to Kabul, it should be three hours away. β
Zhu Xuanlong seemed to be excited, and hurriedly said: "How to go, just listen to the two of you." Burnaida and I were close behind. β
Zhu Xianlong hurriedly went to the river to wash up, and turned back to eat breakfast. Bunedy-Imida had already handed over the peeled apples and warm water, and Zhu Xianlong felt deeply warm, and Zhu Xuanlong knew that there were still a few apples in her duffel bag.
After the four of them packed their bags, they mounted their respective BMW mounts, and everyone pulled their horses and galloped towards the capital Kabul in the halo of sunshine.
On the way, there is a sea of people, a herd of camels, blocking the way, it turned out to be a camel fighting competition, its lively and extraordinary, the scene is spectacular. Bunaida Imida and Mujitana Gerla were eager to see it up close, and as soon as they whipped their whips, they rushed into the ring. At this moment, the arena was dusty, the camels were furious, and the voices were boiling. Because of the imminent danger, the two girls shuttled and tried to come out.
At this time, the crowd moved as the camels fought and chased with all their might, and the scene immediately became chaotic, and many people fell off their horses. Seeing this scene, Zhu Xianlong was so anxious that he flew away, and he looked down in the air looking for his two younger sisters.
When the two sisters managed to rush out, Bunede Imida broke her foot and almost fell off her horse. Mujitana Gerla also suffered a head injury. Mengzi Butterfly knew that she only took care of Mujitana Gerla and put medicine on her forehead.
Zhu Xianlong felt sorry for Bunedy Imida, and he immediately picked her off the horse and immediately helped her injured foot to be put back in place and fixed it with a tree bandage. From then on, Bunaid-Imida's eating, drinking, and Lazar seemed to be in charge of Zhu Xuanlong. Due to injuries to Bunedi Imida and Mujtana Gerla, Zhu decided to stay in the town for the night.
The next day, everyone made a detour south and continued to the capital.
Near noon, everyone had arrived in Kabul, but Kabul was not as beautiful as Zhu Xianlong and his sisters imagined. There were a lot of soldiers running around the city with guns, and many houses collapsed in the burning.
Some soldiers fired at Zhu Xuanlong's side, and the houses on the left and right were also destroyed by bombs. The White Moon Rabbit who dreamed of butterflies was suddenly frightened, so he rushed over the ruined wall and over the fire, and ran desperately towards the outskirts of the city.
Mengzi Butterfly hurriedly shouted, "Burning Dragon, my horse is frightened, follow me?"
Zhu Xianlong immediately responded: "Okay, you must be careful! Mujitana Gerla will come with me!"
Zhu Xianlong sat down Bunai Dai Imida, he put his arm around her waist with one hand, and spurred the horse to chase after Mengzi Butterfly with the other. Mujitana Gerla's horse was fast, she followed closely and said loudly: "Sister be careful, clamp the horse's belly with both legs, don't panic!"
The white moon rabbit continued to run wildly, and the horse Xiao Xiao raised his head and whined, running faster and faster. The run to Sharan did not stop. Zhu Xuanlong's Red Fire Dragon was really like a raging fire chasing after him at this time.
Zhu Xianlong was worried along the way. I'm afraid that there will be an accident in the dream. At this time, I deeply realized how important the position of Mengzi Butterfly was in my heart.
Then. It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and it was already dark. The White Moon Rabbit of the Dream Butterfly gradually slowed down a lot, and finally it couldn't run anymore.
Mengzi Butterfly breathed a long sigh of relief, and when she looked around, there were a few more question marks in her heart, there were almost no tall buildings here, all of them were small square buildings with low earthy yellow. There were not many passers-by, except for a few donkey carts hurrying past with grain.
Soon. Zhu Xuanlong rode a horse with Buneda Imida in his arms and followed Mengzi Butterfly, and walked slowly side by side with Mengzi Butterfly. Zhu Xianlong hurriedly asked with concern: "Zi'er, you are fine, right? Thank God!"
Mengzidie made a grimace and said with a wry smile: "I was so scared just now, but now there is nothing to do." Actually, I like to go crazy like this once, but I'm sorry for the sudden danger that worries you!"
Zhu Xuanlong smiled bitterly: "No need to say sorry. Seriously, we're so worried about you, I'm scared of you for the first time. For the first time, I felt that I couldn't live without you, and for the first time, I felt that you were important. β
Mengzi Butterfly made a look at her and said, "You said this. Not afraid of Bunedy-Imida sister jokes. β
Bunedy-Imida smiled: "Brother is talking nonsense, Sister Meng is very important. Don't talk about that, let's see what kind of place this is?"
Zhu Xuanlong looked around and guessed, "This should be the suburb of Kalat, right? β
Mujitana-Gerla also arrived on horseback, she grabbed the reins of the horse, and said worriedly: "Sister Meng, you really scared me to death, is it okay? β
Bunaid-Imida snuggled up to Zhu Xianlong and answered: "Well, I really didn't expect that Sister Meng's horseback riding skills are very superb, and it is the first time I have seen a girl who is so familiar with horseback riding, but the speed is too fast, which makes me nervous and anxious, scared, and worried about my sister." β
Mengzidie's expression was apologetic, and she smiled: "It's okay, two sisters." If it weren't for the frightened horses, we would be in Turkmenistan by now. Bunedy-Imida's mouth is so sweet, it's really good at complimenting, I can't talk about any riding. Hehe, the riding skills of the two younger sisters are impressive to me. Are we going to find a safe place to eat and stay, and then we're going tomorrow?"
Everyone nodded and looked around, vaguely looking like a restaurant in the distance, Mengzi Butterfly waved his hand, and everyone raised their whips and urged the horses to gallop over. When I got closer, everyone was ecstatic, with food and shelter, but the environmental sanitation was too poor, and we had no choice but to settle for it.
No one slept well that night, because of the rumbling of cannon fire in the distance. Zhu Xuanlong naturally needless to say, he either comforted this or took care of that overnight, for fear that they would be frightened.
Zhu Xuanlong also had to run to the window to check the location of the shell explosion and make preparations to evacuate here at any time. Among her sisters, Bunedy-Imida was the least daring, because she had never heard the violent sound of shelling in the war, so every time a bomb exploded, she would hold her head on the bed and tremble, so as soon as Zhu Xianlong left, she waved her hand to let Zhu Xuanlong stay on the edge of the bed. Sometimes, she was so frightened that she hugged Zhu Xianlong and refused to let go.
The next day, everyone woke up and realized that it was close to noon, and they were all hungry. These circumstances were due to the unpalatable food here last night, and everyone was tired, so they hastily stopped eating.
Mengzidie didn't want to stay here for a moment, she hurriedly said: "Let's go immediately, I have to find a better authentic restaurant for this meal, and I must let the two sisters eat well, eat well, and drink enough, because the next journey is relatively long." β
Everyone got on the horse and galloped, although the wind and dust were heroic all the way, but they showed their heroic nature. After a burst of dust, they slowed down and stopped next to a dilapidated restaurant in Debur Maza Baglang. Zhu Xianlong and Mengzi Butterfly jumped off the horse one after another, and then Zhu Xuanlong dismounted with Bunaida Imida in his arms.
Mengzi Butterfly helped Mujitana Gerla to dismount. There are restaurants to drink horses and waiters to greet them, put on the reins and take them to the courtyard to drink horses.
The four of them entered the restaurant in Debur Mazabaglang, which was almost full of diners, mostly locals in long robes with cloth toveins around their heads. Only two Britons and one black South African dined here, and it was immediately clear that they were both journalists, as they also carried photographic camera equipment on their backs. It is conceivable that the equipment must be stored with precious content and rare news of war scenes.
When the three reporters saw Zhu Xianlong, Mengzidie, and a group of other foreigners coming in for dinner, they looked like they had met a good friend who had reunited after a long absence, and was greatly surprised! So they enthusiastically vacated their seats and dragged a few more chairs for Zhu Xianlong and the others to sit down, causing these Afghans to look at each other.
Zhu Xianlong understood that there were so many locals that three or two foreigners seemed to be single and weak, and when they suddenly saw a few foreigners, they naturally regarded them as their own people, and they were immediately divided into the same kind of people in their hearts, so they actually had a relative sense of security. In addition, American and European people also have this habit, whether they go to a hotel or a big restaurant, when your eyes are inadvertently met with them, they will always smile and nod like friends, which is appreciated.
Zhu Xianlong and the others were about to sit down after thanking the British and South Africans, but they all stood up and began to introduce themselves. First of all, the most enthusiastic Englishman, who introduced himself as Harold.
The other was a little shy and wiped the grease on his mouth before introducing himself as Isaac, and the muscular South African put down the grilled chicken nuggets in his hand and happily introduced himself, only to learn that his name was Tanda, and all three were war correspondents.
Harold said happily, "Nice to meet you! It's a lively place, and there are gunshots everywhere." The Americans came first to join in the fun, followed by the Europeans and Australians. I tell you, Kandahar is even more lively these days, and if we go, we can go together tomorrow morning......?"
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