african diary

Things progressed quickly, and the next afternoon, Manager Xu announced happily that the female chief of the Tuareg tribe had called and agreed to reach a relocation agreement at a price of 200 million US dollars.Although the Chinese side also lost a lot of 200 million US dollars, it has been much better than expected.

"That's right, Xiao Hang, do you agree to sacrifice yourself?" The manager patted Xiao Hang's shoulder and teased.

"Fuck you, if you want to dedicate yourself, you are the one to go." Ted must have helped a lot, but there is no need to let Manager Xu know, otherwise Xiao Hang might ask him for something.Although the project went well, Xiao Hang couldn't be happier when he thought of his abnormal thoughts about himself.

"It's rare for that stinky woman in Lalibela to help others regardless of pay. Could it be that you are so handsome that she bowed down under your suit pants?" Manager Xu was still guessing the reason.

"Too lazy to tell you." Xiao Hang walked back to the room alone.

The other party has helped so much, and I should thank him out of politeness.

After calling Ted, Xiao Hang said: "The problem with the project has been solved, thank you for your help!"

"Thank you, but you have to take action." Ted's lazy voice still needed a beating as always.

"Don't even think about it!" Who knows if Ted has any dirty thoughts.

"How do you know what I'm thinking?" Ted laughed lowly, "I'm not a savage, if you don't like me, I won't force it."

"Then how do you want me to thank you?"

"Tomorrow is the weekend, how about going to a place with me?"

"Just shopping?" This request is too simple.

"I promise. I'll pick you up at 08:30 tomorrow morning."

At 08:30 the next morning, when he left the company, Ted was already waiting for him at the door.Standing with Ted at such a close distance, although Xiao Hang's height of 1.7 meters 1.8 is not short among Chinese men, Ted must be more than [-] meters [-]. pressure.

"How do you know the address of our company?"

"Niamey is only that big."

That's right, with the abilities of the Ouattara family, only they want to know about the African continent, and there is nothing they can't find out.After getting into Ted's Land Rover, Xiao Hang was really envious of this young master. The money he spent on stepping on the gas pedal was probably worth as much as he spent working in China for several days.

"You haven't eaten breakfast yet, I have prepared milk and bread for you."

It was a rare weekend to get up so early, Xiao Hang only had time to get up and wash up, and indeed he hadn't had breakfast yet, so he had to admire Ted's carefulness.

Ted drove the car out of Niamey and drove straight along the winding road. In the countryside in the early morning, there were already two or three Nigerian women walking towards the city with goods on their heads.

"where are we going?"

"Speaking of which, you are quite courageous. You haven't known me for long. How dare you get in my car if you don't know where to go?"

Having said that, Xiao Hang felt that it was indeed a bit careless, but Ted should not give him the feeling that he is a bad person.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the thinking man, and Ted showed a trace of tenderness in his eyes: "You can always ride in my car with confidence, but if it's someone else, you should be more considerate."

After driving for more than two hours, there was no sign of arriving at the destination. Xiao Hang was already tired of looking at the scenery outside the window, so he simply admired Ted who was concentrating on driving.Ted's dark blue eyes matched well with his brown hair. Although his skin wasn't very white, he definitely didn't have any black blood.

"You don't look like a half-breed at all."

"Genes are an amazing thing. Not all café aulait look like Michael Jackson, and sometimes they almost only take on the characteristics of the father or mother."

"Don't use words like café aulait on yourself." Café aulait means milk and coffee, and it is also used to specifically refer to black and white mulattoes, but the dean of the department said that this word has a very derogatory meaning.

"Hehe," Ted chuckled, "It's okay, I'm not inferior to my blood when I say this. After all, my appearance prevents me from being discriminated against in the UK, but I'm always a café aulait."

"Have you reached your destination yet?" This topic is obviously not suitable to continue.

"It's coming soon, look ahead."

Following Ted's line of sight, Xiao Hang raised his head and looked ahead, only to see a big tree more than 30 meters high and nearly 20 meters wide standing alone in the wasteland.

"Is this... a baobab tree?" Xiao Hang's amazement was beyond words. The thick trunk and the leaves concentrated on the top branches are exactly the same as the baobab tree described in the book.

"When I drove by here for the first time, I was stunned by this baobab tree. This tree should have lived for more than 3000 years, perhaps older than the history of many countries."

The car stopped under the tree, and Xiao Hang looked up at this African "sacred tree" at a close distance, and the shock in his heart could not be described in words.Thousands of years old tree stands in the wilderness, and it is even as lush as a man in its prime. It has witnessed hundreds of generations of human beings here, and people around it come and go, but it is still young. Life and death are like dust in front of it, which is not worth mentioning.

"The baobab tree can live for more than 5000 years, but most of the ancient baobab trees in Africa were destroyed by the war, and not many survived. Currently, only Madagascar has the whole baobab forest. If I have the opportunity, I will show you to see it in the future." look."

Therefore, the horror of human beings lies in the fact that they can use no more than a hundred years of life to wantonly destroy life forms on the earth that can even be called living history books.Xiao Hang raised his hand and touched the rough tree trunk. Such a thick tree has survived the changes of the earth for thousands of years, but it can only be destroyed by human beings moving their fingers, right?

"Don't be too impressed, it is actually something that is strong from the outside."

"How to say?" Xiao Hang became interested.

"Although the baobab tree is very strong, in order to be able to store water through the dry season, the wood is very loose, hard on the outside and soft on the inside, not the tough guy you imagine."

"Isn't the so-called tough guy just because he has a soft heart? The heart and appearance are sometimes the opposite."

"Oh, so that's the case." Ted looked at Xiao Hang thoughtfully.

"Thank you for bringing me here, I'm very happy." Xiao Hang said from the bottom of his heart. He wanted to see this legendary tree species since he set foot in Africa, but he didn't expect to be with this person for the first time.

At noon, the two ate special hand-caught mutton in a nearby town. There is no shortage of meat in Niger, but Xiao Hang's good food is not this one.

"You seem to prefer vegetarian food?" Ted observed Xiao Hang meticulously.

"I also eat meat, but I do prefer vegetarian food, maybe because I have type B blood."

"By the way, how did you convince Lalibela?" Xiao Hang suddenly remembered the reason for this trip.

"Of course it's not a promise."

"Can't you say it?" Ted's non-confession aroused Xiao Hang's interest.

"How come, I have no secrets for you. I gave her a letter of commitment written by myself, and the Ouattara family owes her a favor."

"that's it?"

Xiao Hang's contemptuous tone drew Ted's smile: "You, a newborn lamb, don't know how rare the Ouattara family's favor is in the African continent, so you can do something."

"What little lamb, we generally like to call it a calf, okay?" Really, the focus of my entanglement should not be this word, I was really blinded by the Niger sun.

"Anyway, thank you very much." Xiao Hang looked into Ted's eyes seriously.

"You're welcome." Ted looked back at him seriously.