Chapter 48 (1/2)
”Damn it! shit!”
The car came to a lurch to a stop. Roberts swearing down the steering wheel, but still to no avail.
Nick got out of the car in silence, went to the front of the car and lifted the front cover.
”The engine burned out.”
“fu-ck! It's useless. We're all finished. ” Said Roberts with a wry smile.
At the moment, Jiang Chen is considering whether to go back to the end of the world for a while, and then get a maglev car to drive back.
But he just thought that he would not have done it if he had not reached the point of complete despair.
Because that means he's ready to leave them. In that case, however, his plan to get rid of gold would be ruined, and his trip to Iraq would be meaningless.
”Can you fix it well?” Jiang Chen asked.
”I'll try.” Nick took the tool box out of the back of the car, grinned his dry lips, and went to work.
However, after a long time, the car still did not improve at all.
Just when everyone was about to despair, Jiang Chen suddenly found a truck coming from the distance.
”Is's pursuer?” He felt the pistol in his pocket.
Roberts also noticed the truck, but showed a completely different ecstasy from Jiang Chen.
”Put the gun away. Ha ha, we are saved. Come on! Shout with me! Ha ha, stop! here! help!” Roberts waved his arms and yelled at the truck, trying to get the car's attention.
It seems that the car really noticed the three people and slowly drove towards them.
When the truck stopped, Jiang Chen noticed that there were some yellow and skinny refugees behind the awning. They were dressed in rags with few salutes. Their faces were numb and tired.
Roberts went to the driver and talked with him for a moment. Then he went back to Jiang Chen and Nick with a happy face.
”The driver promised to give us a ride. It's a tradition to help each other in the desert, and I promised to share with them the fresh water stored in our cars. The car's going to have to be left here anyway. Get the gas out, Nick. Help me
”Good boss.” Nick nodded and followed.
Jiang Chen and Nick sat in the hood behind the truck, while Roberts and the driver almost sat on the copilot. As only Roberts could speak Arabic, the two men sat with the refugees and looked at each other with wide eyes and small eyes, without saying a word.
Women are wrapped in very tight headscarves, men are mostly listless, children do not see the slightest bit of vitality. Everyone is tired and they should have suffered a lot.
The atmosphere was weird.
A Belarusian and a Chinese sitting in this kind of place are not very suitable.
”These people are estimated to be Syrian refugees, because Turkey has blocked the border, and some of them will choose to make a detour to the Kurdish autonomous region, and then sneak into Turkey. I didn't expect to meet you here. ” Fortunately, Jiang Chen can speak English and have a chat with Nick.
”Can they speak English?” Jiang Chen asked casually.
”Someone should, but they don't seem to have the energy to chat.” Nick shrugged.
It's crowded and bumpy. Sitting next to Jiang Chen is a child who can't see his gender. His dirty face has no look. His long hair is full of sour smell, which is bigger than Roberts.
Besides, he didn't care too much about the smell in the car.
Take a look at that Nick. This Belarusian man has snored. His years of war have made him used to keeping his physical strength at any time. Only this snore attracted waves of discontented sidelights.
Jiang Chen had a bitter smile, and then he adjusted his sitting posture with his hands around his chest, ready to have a rest for a while.
The car drove for a while.
It was probably lunch time. Many refugees took food out of their bags and ate with a little water. The child sitting next to Jiang Chen was holding a small piece of black bread like thing, and opened his mouth and bit it.
Perhaps because of the herd effect, Jiang Chen began to feel a little hungry, so he put his hand behind his back. While everyone was not paying attention to him, Jiang Chen opened the storage space, took out a box of Oreos, tore open the bag, and ate it as a staple food.
It is in view of this emergency, so Jiang Chen usually stores some emergency food and medicine in the storage space.
At this time, Jiang Chen suddenly noticed that a pair of eyes were secretly looking at himself.
Exactly, looking at yourself chewing?
”Do you want to eat?” The noticed Jiang Chen smiles and hands over the box in his hand.The eyes quickly ran away, however, it seems to be aware that there is no malice in Jiang Chen's voice. The man took half a box of biscuits that Jiang Chen handed it. Just hesitated for a moment, then gobbled up.
This guy, the way he eats, is like sun Jiao. Jiang Chen can not help but show a smile.
”Thank you...” the man whispered in English. It seemed that he had eaten all the biscuits, and his face showed a look of guilt and bowed his head to Jiangchen, ”I'm sorry...”
”it's OK, I have a lot more.” Jiang Chen said with a friendly smile, ”may I know your name?”