Chapter 11 Chapter nine

Liu Jing skillfully drove the Unimog, Thomas' favorite horse.With one hand on the steering wheel, she turned her head to talk to Xianyun from time to time.The scorching sun in Africa had peeled off her skin, revealing a small white nose, which looked very funny.Her lips were also chapped, and the French lipstick she brought had long since been thrown into the glove box. The drought demon is still raging, and there is only the last waterhole left in this lake, full of wildebeest, panhorn, zebra and even the skeletons of young lions and leopards.Only the vultures, which specialize in carcasses, prosper abnormally.They came flying in black crows, paced arrogantly on the ground, and flew away in black crows.Of course, their death is only slightly behind other animals.

The only remaining puddles were densely packed with wild ducks.This is their breeding season.The instinct left over from thousands of years made them choose this time to hatch, because the ducklings can catch up with the rainy season when the food is abundant as soon as they are born.But this year they are in a desperate situation.Flocks of ducklings waddled on the ground, weakened by hunger and thirst, squawking mournfully.Adult wild ducks flap their tired wings as hard as they can, looking for food for their children in vain. Unimog moved slowly around these dying wild ducks, and Xianyun filmed silently.Although she was used to life and death in the animal world, this absolutely hopeless collective death still made her heart heavy like iron.

Suddenly several adult wild ducks flew into the sky, circling and screaming, and then they flew away resolutely to the southeast.It was like an order, and in an instant all the adult wild ducks rushed into the sky, black crows spread all over the place, and their mournful cries merged into a deafening noise.After a while, the ducks all flew into the distance, and soon disappeared. Xianyun took these shots nervously, and she murmured: "Great mother, in order to continue the race, they have the courage to abandon their mother's love." Only the weak and helpless chicks remained in the hollow.They screamed in panic, slamming around like headless ropes, looking for their parents.Liu Jing said in a low voice:

"Too pathetic." She didn't look back, but Xianyun caught a glimpse of the sparkle in the corner of her eyes.After a long period of confusion, suddenly a duckling rushed out of the flock, flapping its wings and walking straight ahead.The ducks hesitated for a while, but followed closely. Thus, tens of thousands of ducklings began a tragic death march.They didn't know that the front was even harsher—there wasn't even this cloudy lake, but their survival instinct made them move forward desperately, and the first duckling became their leader invisibly.Xianyun was deeply shocked by this grand tragedy, she said hoarsely:

"Follow them quickly, but don't disturb them. Call old Thomas and tell him to come quickly. It's a rare occasion." By the time Thomas arrived in another off-road vehicle, the ducklings had already walked several kilometers on the dry and scorched grassland, and they were obviously exhausted.Only being supported by the desire to survive inspired by the momentum of the huge group, did not fall down.Beside old Thomas was the black Masai, and he could be heard screaming from a distance. When the off-road vehicle screeched to a stop, Thomas jumped out of the car, pointing to the sky and shouting:

"Look! Cumulonimbus!" Sure enough, a pile of dark clouds had quietly climbed up the horizon.Xianyun does not believe that it can rain. The so-called dry weather is difficult to rain. There have been similar situations several times before, but the dark clouds were blown away by the dry and hot trade wind.But she soon knew that the black man's instincts were right.Almost instantly, thick black clouds suddenly stretched across the sky.The ducks felt the first cool wind blowing from the sky, they stopped hesitantly, stretched their necks and waited and watched. A flash of extremely bright lightning, and a moment later, a clap of thunder exploded overhead.Hundreds of lightning strikes one after another, from the bottom of the cloud to the ground, dividing the sky and the earth, and connecting the sky and the earth, recreating the spectacular scene in the early days of the earth's birth.There was a flash of lightning that ignited a giant Bobab tree, and it immediately turned into a huge torch, and the flames spread rapidly across the grass and spread in all directions.

Amid the continuous thunder, Xianyun shouted anxiously: "Mr. Thomas, fire!" She knew that on this scorched grassland, the fire was extremely rampant, and even cars had difficulty escaping.The ducklings stared blankly at the red light in the sky, and they also instinctively knew that this was the god of death showing off his might.Thomas anxiously shouted: "Get in the car!" But before the car started, a gust of wind whizzed in with pea-sized raindrops.Soon, hundreds of millions of rain pillars poured down from the sky, extinguishing the prairie fire and submerging the world in the sound of violent rain.

The black tour guide twisted his body crazily in the rainstorm, with his hands facing the sky, singing a song, the melody twisted and danced like that twisted and dazzling lightning.The ducklings quacked and flapped their wings happily in the rain.Many animals suddenly emerged from the ground and danced in the rain in dense rows; zebras ran excitedly; lions strolled leisurely in the rain, looking at their prey friendly; dozens of ecstatic antelopes kept jumping, The movement is light and stretched, drawing graceful arcs in the electric light. A few hours later, the young grass has emerged from the soil, and wild flowers have emerged, and even with the naked eye, you can see that they are slowly expanding.All four laughed non-stop, trying their best to capture these precious shots.They were just as brimming with joy as the animals who survived a desperate situation.

In the early morning, they returned to the barracks. Although exhausted, Xianyun still dragged his feet and sent a fax to his mother. Three days later, Xianyun bid farewell to Mr. Thomas with a suitcase: "Mr. Thomas, the filming has been completed, so I'll take a step ahead." Thomas said with a smile: "Let's go, this shooting is very successful. I plan to finish the editing as soon as possible and give it to your husband for the first time to watch." Xianyun smiled slightly: "Thank you." "Where's Liu Jing? Is she going back too?" "Well, she and my mother are going to compose the theme song for this documentary. After seeing so many lives and deaths, I think she will be able to write a moving piece of music."

"I believe it too, let alone Professor Zhuo. Goodbye." "goodbye." Three hours later, a Boeing 797 roared off from Nairobi Airport.There were not many passengers in the cabin, and many people went to rest in the empty seats in the back row.Liu Jing also went to the back to find a few empty seats, and fell asleep in a few minutes. She was really tired these days. Xianyun sat alone in front of the porthole, staring at the flaps of the plane shaking slightly in the airflow.Against the clear blue sky, the clouds were dazzlingly white.She slowly pulled her mind out of the excitement of the past few days, and her thoughts began to fly home. She was happy for Chong Zhe's success, but worried about the gloomy undercurrent in the fax.Why did Dad object to Zhong Zhe announcing the results?This is totally against reason.She knew that over the past 37 years, Yuan Yuan had become an unhealed wound in her father's heart and a symbol of his failure. Therefore, the old man's perverted, irritable and gloomy psychology were inseparable from the root of this disease.

But, does Dad really hate Yuan Yuan?Since the age of eight or nine, Xianyun has often discovered that his father often secretly watches Yuan Yuan play through the cracks in the curtains of the study.There is endless pain in his eyes, but also wordless love... At that time, Xianyun felt that the "adult" was really the most mysterious, strange and incomprehensible creature in the world, even now, although she has already become an adult, She still couldn't understand her father's complex and grotesque emotional context. A black stewardess came over, leaned down and asked softly: "You are Ms. Kong Xianyun, right?" Xianyun nodded with a smile, and the stewardess said happily: "Hello, you and Mr. Thomas have loved to watch the wildlife series since we were young. Let's play one now to show your welcome." "thanks." A few minutes later, a transparent ocean appeared on the screen directly in front of the cabin.Coming out of the rough and wild Africa, it is refreshing to see the blue water at first glance.This is one of her earliest films, and it's about marine life in the South Pacific.Liu Jing woke up at some point. She yawned and snuggled up to Sister Xianyun. As soon as she saw the camera on the screen, her eyes lit up and she looked intently. Several sharks were swimming on the screen, acting with regal dignity.It occasionally opens its huge mouth, and the two rows of sharp teeth are frightening.Xianyun told Liu Jing: "This is a fish with a ferocious temperament. Its struggle for survival begins from the mother's womb. Sharks are viviparous, and the strong elder brother begins to eat the weaker younger siblings in the mother's womb. I have seen it with my own eyes. A mutilated baby shark." Liu Jing shuddered, and asked with bright eyes: "Really? That's cruel." "Well, but there is no such thing as cruelty and kindness in God's moral code. As long as the race can be successfully continued, its code of conduct is correct. It happens that sharks are a very successful race. They are very strong and almost never get sick or get injured. Sharks drag their intestines and swim in the water without inflammation. Scientists have extracted a drug called squalene from it, which can make human wounds heal quickly. Some people even say that sharks are alien creatures.” Liu Jing asked with a smile: "Is it true?" "Of course it's nonsense. Hey, look," the camera focused on a strange creature on the bottom of the sea. Its translucent fleshy feet supported an oval-shaped shell, just like a bean sprout. "What is this? Bean sprouts?" Liu Jing asked with a smile. "Yes, it's called sea bean sprouts, a tongue-shaped shell. Don't underestimate it. It has survived successfully on the earth for 450 million years, while most other races have died out in millions or tens of millions of years. Yes. You think, 450 million years, it’s an incredibly long time, I don’t think even human beings can last for 450 million years.” She said jokingly. The stewardess came over to serve them drinks, Xianyun smiled sweetly, put his hands together to thank the stewardess, and showed two rows of white teeth.Liu Jing suddenly realized that Xianyun's beauty was natural, graceful and luxurious, and she admired sincerely: "Sister Xianyun, I just realized that you are so beautiful, just like Professor Zhuo. Our classmates often secretly say that Professor Zhuo has a particularly noble and quiet temperament. Sister Xianyun, you must have been more beautiful than Mother Zhuo when you were young. beauty!" Xianyun's face was slightly red, and she laughed and cursed: "You little brat, what nonsense are you talking about. You are a beautiful girl."