Chapter 35 14. Just this step

On the way back, Hui Hui asked Danny Hagrid: "Can you really smell water?" He said on his camel: "Before this, my expert team has surveyed the source of water in this area, but it has not locked the specific position. I am here to do the last step, to find the dark river. That’s all. As for how to choose the sand dune, how do you know where to start digging sand, and finally you will find caves, you know, where the water flows, there are some similar laws in geology and landforms, and I see these things There are too many." There was a loud bang behind him, and it was Asang who raised his gun and shot an eagle flying in the sky.

He really is good at marksmanship.The thing was hit, and it fell down.Asang laughed out loud. Hui Hui said, "I hope they really let us go like this." Danny Hagrid also looked back: "I hope so." When he arrived at the place, Ah Sang really turned his face: "Who said that if you find the water source, I will definitely let you go?" He was talking to Danny Hagrid, but his eyes were on Huihui, "I said, my brother was almost beaten Die, how do you settle this account?" Danny Hagrid said, "What do you want to count?" "The woman stays and makes up for Salim," Ah Sang said.

Huihui wanted to splash the hot tea on Ah Sang's face immediately. "Okay," said Danny Hagrid. Huihui looked back at him. "She'll stay. She's pretty strong. She can help you carry buckets of water from the dark river, across the desert, and transport it to the city. I was thinking, if you let the two of us be safe If you leave, I can provide all the technical and equipment conditions for free to develop the underground river, build water pipelines and another water plant, and solve the city's water supply problem. Of course, you don't have to choose this way, just let her stay."

This is how he casts the bait, with a nonchalant attitude but determined to catch it. Ah Sang said, "What guarantee do you have?" Danny Haig said: "I can write a contract right away, but I can also turn my face when I go back to France. But you believe in your Allah, I believe in my water, if I don't do what I say I will be punished too." When Hui Hui and Danny Hagrid escaped from Ah Sang's house, she said to him: "It's good to buy your stock, and the shareholders can rest assured that you dare to bargain with people with guns until the last moment. "

Danny Hagrid thought for a while and said, "He's also a smart guy. As you said, he didn't really think about killing anyone. He held the gun to bargain with me and get what he wanted. s things." "Will you really help them build a waterworks?" "meeting." However, the national hero Asan still put them on the last one.He asked Saleem, whose face had been badly injured by Danny Hagrid, to drive them to the Tunisian harbor in a jeep.The two got off the jeep and rushed to the passenger port, happily looking at the timetable and fare of the ferry crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Marseille on the notice board.Huihui looked at it and said, "We'll take a fast boat to France, there will be one tonight, and we will arrive in Marseille in 24 hours. The fare is 250 dinars, or you can pay 150 euros... I'm going to line up, let's buy tickets now."

Danny Hagrid didn't move there. She looked back at him. He took out a handful of fine sand from the pocket of his trousers, and fiddled with it for a long time unwillingly, as if he wanted to dig some gold out of the sand, of course it was impossible, and the sand finally fell to the ground.He raised his head and looked at her, and said helplessly, "Everything has been counted, and this is the only step - I don't have any money." "Where's your wallet?" "I've asked the guerrillas to contribute to their growth. When I was in the desert, Ah Sang took away my electronic map and didn't return it." He had no expression, just looked at Huihui, and asked anxiously, "What about you? Do you have any money?"

"Did you see what kind of robe I'm wearing? I don't even have a pocket." Huihui spread her hands. Her voice fell, Danny Hagrid, who has always been shrewd and calm, leaned his head on her shoulder and almost collapsed: "How could this happen? I haven't been a poor man for more than twenty years." Huihui took a deep breath, put her hands around his shoulders, patted his back, and comforted him: "Don't worry, don't worry, we will definitely find a way." There is no money to eat, and no money to buy water. The most important thing now is to get some money, otherwise let alone go back to Marseille, the two of them may die of hunger and thirst here.

They sat at the gate of the mosque trying to figure out a way, Huihui was desperate for a change, and immediately came up with two ideas: "There are so many people on the street, why don't we start begging for some money from the passers-by and deal with the lunch first? Maybe Tickets can really be negotiated." Danny Hagrid stared straight ahead with a blank face. It seems he disagrees. Huihui said: "How about we try to find the guerrilla's lair and ask Ah Sang for some money?" Danny Hagrid laughed, extremely weak and helpless, and said, "Don't you think it was planned by them? They just want us to make things difficult for us. What if we can't come out after we go back?"

Huihui said seriously: "Then you can't sit still like this. I'm going to ask for money. No one knows me anyway. You don't have to go. After I ask for money, I can buy some cakes for you to eat." As soon as she turned her head, she was about to join the local beggar gang in Tunisia.Danny Hagrid grabbed her wrist at once, and said, "Wait a minute, wait a moment, our business is doing well, can't we get two boat tickets? Think of a way first, and then go if it doesn't work." begging." On Saturday morning, the area around the port was bustling with activity.There is a free market behind the mosque, which is very large and noisy.There are people selling everything, Huihui and Danny Hagrid wandered around inside, planning to find some business opportunities.In order not to put too much pressure on themselves mentally, the two tried their best to avoid those stalls selling pasta, cooked food and fresh fruit.

The back of the free market is very fishy, ​​and it is a fresh wholesale market. Sea fish, squid, oysters, and all kinds of shellfish, shrimp and crabs are bought in the car.The merchants yelled in the local dialect, the volume of transactions was large, and the business was done quickly.Huihui was so hungry that when she was watching the oyster miss the lemon, a strong man came up behind him, pushing a prawn cart, and if Danny Haigula didn't give her a hand, she almost missed it. It was he who was going to bump into someone else, and the strong man gave Huihui a hard look, which really made people angry.

Huihui still wanted to go on, and Danny Hegera followed her behind the strong man, with a few people in between. Huihui said, "What are you doing?" "Look at the situation." At the edge of the parking lot behind the market, the bearded burly man had a dump truck, and he emptied the stall of shrimp, turned around and went back to the market to stock up.He was not a very popular guy, and suddenly he was grabbed by a young man in a gray robe. The two quarreled a few times, and the strong man pushed the young man away. Danny Hagrid and Huihui stepped forward and saw a lot of prawns in the compartment behind the car. Huihui swallowed and said, "We can't eat so much, and besides, it's still raw." Danny Hagrid looked at her: "Can't eat it? If you can't eat it, sell it." Huihui was still thinking about what he was going to do. Danny Hagrid had already gotten into the dump truck with prawns on it. Huihui hurriedly followed and saw Danny Hagrid put the key in the lock. started. "How did you get here? How did you have the keys to this car?" Danny Hagrid looked at her through the mirror: "God loves kind people. He almost hit you just now and dropped the keys in his pocket. Otherwise, there are so many carts here, why did I just follow him?" Huihui laughed: "If we do this, it's considered stealing, right?" Danny Hagrid drove the car steadily, and explained with peace of mind: "We don't steal the big ones, we only sell the shrimp." For safety reasons, the entrance to the seafood market parking lot was closed, and a large railing blocked it. Danny Hagrid looked at the doorman from the car window, and it turned out to be the young man who had argued with the strong man just now.There was no way he didn't know the car and its owner, but he just took a look at Danny and opened the bars. Huihui felt relieved at the time, the boat ticket was almost paid. Danny Hagrid said while driving: "Now, we just want to see how to sell these shrimps. Did you pay attention to the price on the market just now?" "The ones of this size are three-quarters of the length of the palm, about 40 dinars per kilogram, and there are about 20 kilograms in the back compartment. This is the price in the wholesale market, which is already relatively low. If you sell it later, You can go at this price.” Huihui said. Danny Hagrid was very happy: "That's right, I took a trip and remembered the price." He stretched out his hand to rub her hair. Huihui laughed and pointed out the window for him to see: "Look, look, how beautiful it is." The two came out from the port area in a dump truck, crossed the white street, and saw the blue sea on the right side of the road, with fine waves glowing under the almost extravagantly bright sunlight. She asked Danny Hagrid to look outside, but she secretly looked at his side face, and suddenly remembered that they had agreed not long ago that they must travel to Tunisia, and he should have forgotten it long ago. They found the next free market on the other side of Tunis City, which is not next to the sea, but next to the foot of the mountain. The market is relatively formal, covered by a large pergola, more than 50 meters long, and there are those resident merchants inside.There are also a lot of people at both ends of the street who are practicing stalls, selling everything, and taking advantage of the large number of people visiting the market on Saturdays to get some light and earn some money.In this way, the entrance and exit of the market are formed at both ends of the greenhouse. There is still a place to set up stalls at the entrance and exit, but there is no place in the market for a long time.So they parked the car at the back exit, opened the back of the dump bucket, and the huge sea prawns were displayed naked, which looked like a wholesale seafood. At this time, Huihui felt that the smell was not right, so she went up to sniff it, and then said to Danny Hagrid, "It's been less than an hour, it's not as fresh as before." Danny Hagrid thought for a while and said, "Hey, let's do this..." Almost at the same time, Huihui made up her mind first: "We have to do this to sell quickly." He stopped talking and watched her take out the relatively small prawns and put them in a basket, filling the whole basket.Huihui held the basket on her arm, and turned her head to tell Danny Hagrid carefully: "I'll sell these in front of the market, and I'll sell them for forty-five dinars, and you stay here. These are a little cheaper for you, It sells for thirty-eight dinars. I’ll use it as a comparison, and you’re sure to sell fast here. And Danny, you have to watch out for all the shrimp. This thing is easy to be stolen. As soon as someone stretches out a shrimp, it’s gone. .” Danny Hagrid sat on the dump bucket of the car and looked at Huihui with a smile: "Don't worry, ma'am." The Tunisian housewives who visited the Legir market that morning discussed afterwards that the price of sea prawns was a bit confusing in the morning. The market sold them at 46 dinars per kilogram, and a girl wearing a veil and speaking French at the entrance sold them for 45 dinars. Dinars per kilogram.Fortunately, the housewives are smart enough and have good purchasing habits. They insisted on buying sea prawns until the end, because there was a blond hair and blue eyes at the exit. Big and good, only thirty-eight dinars per kilo. The market ended at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and Danny Hagrid and Huihui's 20kg prawns had already been sold out while they were fresh. The two counted the banknotes very happily, with the joy of harvest and a sense of accomplishment. They found a nice restaurant, ordered real couscous, and had a good meal. During the meal, Danny Hagrid asked Huihui: "How did you sell those prawns?" She said: "Anyway, I sold it expensively, and no one bought it, so I took advantage of my free time to do some deep processing, peeled off the shells and heads of the shrimp, made it into shrimp, and sold it to the restaurant next door. Thirty-five Gnar, are you okay?" "Smart," said Danny Hagrid. "You would do the same, wouldn't you?" she asked. "almost." The two were eating happily, and two women sat down at the next table. The two women were young and beautiful, with heavy make-up and flowing black almond eyes.They are covered with one-piece robes, and their graceful figures can be seen faintly.The two ladies also saw the two foreigners whose table was full of food.They gave Huihui a hard look, then looked at Danny Hagrid and smiled, and suddenly covered their veils, their eyes were full of charm, they still lingered on him unwillingly, and whispered, not knowing what to say. Huihui was so angry that she was treated differently, so she shouldn't show such an obvious face, right?She took a bite of the chicken, and looked at Danny Hagrid again. He was eating something in his mouth, but there was affection in his eyes, and he responded gently to the girl across from him. She said: "Sir, why don't you go to the opposite side to eat?" He looked at her: "what are you talking about?" "I'm afraid your eyes are tired." he laughed. The two came out of the restaurant, and Danny Haig said to her, "Those are two whores." "Oh?" She looked at him. "They wear straw ropes on their thumbs. Because until the beginning of the last century, women in North Africa could be sold in the market like cattle. They tied ropes to their fingers. The buyers paid the money and pulled the ropes. Take them home. Of course, human trafficking has long been banned. However, as a sign of prostitution, this habit has been preserved, because it is simple and safe, and fingers can be hidden in the sleeves at ordinary times. , you can reach out to discuss business.” Huihui thought about it and said, "This is a good way. I think this is much sexier than wearing a short skirt and sticking out your thighs in the street." On this day, Danny Haiger, the owner of Haiger Water in France, and Qi Huihui, a Chinese quasi-elite, were released by the guerrillas. The market shot, with a total profit of nearly 800 dinars.They also ran into two sex workers in the restaurant, and Danny Haig explained to Qi Huihui the decorative features of the prostitutes here. The two stayed overnight in a small hotel not far from the harbour, and fell asleep peacefully in the smell of fish, snoring like thunder. Fortunately, these deeds of Danny Haig did not appear in any of the celebrity magazines.