The next morning, Song Wenbin was woken up by the vibrating sound of his cell phone. He looked at the palm leaves outside the window, and it took him a while to confirm the fact that he was in Africa.
After sitting on the bed and being dazed for a while, Song Wenbin took out his phone and looked at it. He found that many letters were sent to his mailbox while he was asleep, and there were also many text messages sent at the same time.
Song Wenbin opened the emails and text messages and looked at them, and found that the text inside was all in English. He was too lazy to read or find a translator, so he ignored the information, got dressed and went downstairs.
The pace of life in Africa is unusually slow. Song Wenbin saw few people in the hall, only a few program staff debugging their Hilux.
Song Wenbin wanted to say hello to them, but thought of their strange and cold attitudes, so he gave up the idea.
Before anyone else got up, Song Wenbin walked around the hotel alone.
It was getting brighter now, and Song Wenbin saw many African women passing by with baskets on their heads on the street, and he also saw African men urinating everywhere. Song Wenbin wanted to see if he could find any breakfast shop. After all, he hadn't eaten since he got off the plane. He went shopping with two women yesterday and was very hungry now.
But after walking around, he only saw a stall selling fried bananas. Although it looked like that, but thinking that his goal was the 100,000 yuan, Song Wenbin finally chose not to take the risk and test his stomach. , returned to the hotel.
After sitting in the hotel restaurant for a while, the boss finally prepared breakfast. It was quite rich, including some egg pancakes, fried fish, boiled eggs, rice, pickles and noodles. There are also some exotic fruits and vegetables.
Song Wenbin was already hungry after waiting for so long, so he took a few egg pancakes and drank a bowl of porridge. While he was eating, the film crew also got up to eat one after another. As usual, the people in the crew kept their distance from Song Wenbin and were not at the same table with him.
After a while, Huo Yu and Su Tina also came down. Since there were not many tables, they sat across from Song Wenbin. As soon as she sat down, Sutina's cell phone rang.
Sutina took a look and threw the phone back with some disgust.
"Never ending..." she muttered.
Song Wenbin was curious and asked, "What's wrong?"
Huo Yu yawned: "No, there are too many princes."
"What's too many princes?"
Song Wenbin was puzzled.
Huo Yu didn't answer and went to serve breakfast.
"Didn't you receive the message?" Sutina asked.
"I received it, but my English is not good and I can't understand it."
Song Wenbin said.
"have a look."
Su Tina reached out to Song Wenbin.
Song Wenbin gave her the phone.
Sutina looked at Song Wenbin's text message box, pulled out a text message with a little swipe, and translated it to Song Wenbin word for word: "I am a Nigerian prince, the son of King Sani Abacha. Now because of the opposition, I was driven out of the country during the coup. Now I plan to transfer domestic assets out of the country, but I don’t have a bank card. Now I am going to transfer the assets to your bank card. You only need to provide me with an account information. After that, I’ll pay you twenty percent in return.”
Song Wenbin laughed out loud after hearing this.
"Isn't this a replica of Qin Shihuang's money making?"
"Yeah, it seems like this is very popular here."
Sutina sighed helplessly.
"I really don't understand why I would send such a message. Will anyone really be fooled?" Song Wenbin said.
"It must have been sent in groups. If there are too many people, there might be some idiots."
After Sutina finished speaking, she went to get breakfast.
After breakfast, the three started their cars. Today, they will drive all the way south to Lagos, which is located on the Atlantic coast. Although I am unfamiliar with this country and these cities, this is no longer the era of Columbus. Ubiquitous satellite navigation can plan routes to any corner of the earth.
After spending 8,000 naira to fill up the tank at a gas station near Abuja, Song Wenbin and the other three sped off along the path planned by the navigation system. Soon, Song Wenbin's Wuling Hongguang was driving at more than 80 kilometers per hour.
The eight-hundred-mile journey is not long, but it is not short either. Song Wenbin looked at the stopwatch and thought that at this speed, it would only take ten hours to drive to Lagos, plus there are many twists and turns on the road. , or take pictures of the scenery, it only takes two days at most.
This job doesn't seem to be as difficult as imagined. If this Wuling Hongguang could be a little quieter, it would be perfect.
In fact, this Wuling Hongguang has been making creaking noises since the speed exceeded 60 yards. The glass was shaking and the frame was shaking.
At this time, Su Tina's voice came from the intercom, "Song Wenbin, how is your car now?"
"Not bad." Song Wenbin said, "Very good."
"My car's gearbox seems to be a little hesitant, especially in first and second gear."
Sutina said.
Song Wenbin smiled and said: "If you are shocked too much, there must be something wrong with you."
"You're going to die!"
An annoyed voice came from the intercom: "You're serious!"
On the other side, in the Harvard H6 car, girl XJ was wearing a pair of silk gloves, holding the steering wheel, chattering into the intercom: "This car overall feels great, it has a lot of space, and it is very comfortable to drive, but the gear shifting is a bit awkward." Ying, maybe...maybe something happened before, but generally speaking, at this price, some problems are normal..."
"Find someone to fix it at the next stop."
After saying that, Song Wenbin threw away the walkie-talkie, opened the car window, held the steering wheel with one hand, and stretched out the car window with the other hand, feeling the hot air of the African continent and looking at the tropical scenery, which made him feel relaxed and happy. Although Wuling Hongguang has some abnormal noises, at least the engine and gearbox are normal.
There were many cars on the way out of Abuja, the capital. Most of them were Japanese cars, many were Japanese pickup trucks, and there were a few European cars. Of course, there were also some license plates that Song Wenbin didn't recognize at all. That license plate was a five-pointed star. He has never seen it in China.
Song Wenbin was enjoying the wind, when suddenly there was a buzzing sound behind him, and a white figure passed by Song Wenbin. When he passed by, the owner of the car smiled provocatively at Song Wenbin.
Needless to say, that was Huo Yu.
Song Wenbin felt unhappy, but he couldn't catch up. After all, his car only had 112 horsepower.
Huo Yu sat in the MG car, wearing sunglasses, holding the steering wheel and said: "1.8T, 162 horsepower, not only the fastest car among these three cars, but also the fastest car in the 100,000 yuan class. My current car is a 2014 model, but among the newer models, the MG 6 accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in only 7 seconds, 7 seconds, what kind of concept is this, the legendary Shadow Leopard is just like that."
While talking, she passed one car after another.
Song Wenbin, who couldn't see the taillights of Huo Yu's car, picked up the walkie-talkie and said coldly: "You are speeding."
"Really? Are you sure your pickup isn't too slow?"
Huo Yu said happily.
Song Wenbin stopped talking.
"Catch up with all the courage of a divine chariot."
Huo Yu laughed.
Song Wenbin gritted his teeth.
At this time, Su Tina's H6 also passed Song Wenbin. Song Wenbin was annoyed and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. Wuling Hongguang trembled violently and kept making strange noises on the not-so-good roads in Africa.
After pedaling for a while, Song Wenbin had no choice but to slow down the car. He didn't want to break down in such a ghost place. Slow down was slow. Anyway, the outcome was not determined by acceleration.
The three of them drove from morning to afternoon. Song Wenbin finally caught up with the two girls in front of him. It was not that his speed had become faster, but that the two girls gradually slowed down.
"Get off the car and rest."
Huo Yu said: "It's been going all morning."
Sutina said: "Okay, okay, I'm going to starve to death."
Song Wenbin said: "You really can't bear the hardship. It's only 800 kilometers. You can get there in one day with hard work."
"You take your time and endure the hardship, brother."
Huo Yu said lazily: "It will only take a minute for us to catch up with you."
Song Wenbin felt that Huo Yu's words made sense, and he decided to continue driving forward. After all, his car was slow. But at this time, the director's voice came from the intercom: "You guys stop the car first, we are going to shoot a vlog about African food here."
African food vlog...
Song Wenbin was speechless. Is this program group here to promote African culture or Chinese culture?
Although they slandered the program team in their hearts, the three of them still reduced the speed of the car and taxied slowly.
At this moment, they were far away from Abuja and came to an unknown small town. If Abuja still felt a bit 21st century to Song Wenbin, then at this moment, he felt like he had returned to the time when he was born in the 1990s.
The streets are filled with dirt roads, potholes, crooked telephone poles, and tin sheds and plastic houses everywhere.
There are not many cars on the streets, but motorcycles and bicycles can be seen everywhere.
"Where can I find delicious food on this thing?"
Song Wenbin asked, looking at the shacks on the roadside.
"I'll look at foreign navigation and I should be able to find reviews about the hotel." Huo Yu said calmly.
"Safety first." Sutina looked at both sides of the street and said warily: "Don't have diarrhea. You must know that this is Africa, and malaria kills many people every year."
Although Song Wenbin didn't deal well with Huo Yu, he still warned him at this time: "It doesn't matter if it tastes good or not. It's for the show crew anyway, but it must be clean and hygienic."
"I know, I know, don't teach me how to do things!"
Huo Yu said angrily, stopped the car, took his mobile phone and started rummaging around.
Song Wenbin wanted to check his phone to help him find it, but as soon as he took it out, he saw hundreds of fraudulent text messages on the phone. They were so densely packed that he felt a little nauseous, so he picked up the phone and didn't want to read it.
After searching for a while, Huo Yu chose a restaurant that looked quite clean on the map, and the three of them drove there with her.
After the three of them arrived at their destination, they found that the African restaurant was not as clean as it looked in the picture. It was at least much worse than domestic restaurants. The floor of the restaurant was still paved with broken wood, and it was unknown how long it had not been repaired. pass.
But looking at the surrounding restaurants, most of them were almost the same as a ball. Song Wenbin and the three of them had no choice but to not be picky and entered the restaurant.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, Song Wenbin saw a long string of dried monkey heads hanging on the wall, just like the chili peppers hanging on the wall in rural northeastern China.
The three of them were stunned when they saw the bunch of monkey heads.
At this time, a sleepy cook appeared in the back kitchen and asked the three of them in native English what they were doing. Sutina communicated with the cook in English for a moment, and then the cook went down to prepare the food.
When Song Wenbin saw Sutina pointing at the monkey heads during the conversation, he was frightened and asked Sutina: "What is that thing for? Is it an ingredient?"
Sutina nodded slowly.
Song Wenbin was shocked and turned around to leave.
But Sutina grabbed him and said, "That food is not for us to eat, but for their children."
Song Wenbin's eyes widened.
Sutina said: "She said this is medicine. Grinding it into powder and eating it can improve your academic performance."
Song Wenbin:......
With an uneasy mood, the three of them sat at the dining table. Huo Yu frowned and kept wiping the table with a tissue.
After waiting for about half an hour, the cook finally brought the food.
Song Wenbin and the other two people all looked over and fell silent.
The pot in front of me was filled with some kind of black-green mushy substance, which had a pungent smell. If I looked carefully, I could see that there were some fish bone-like things in the slurry.
Song Wenbin stared at it for a while and asked cautiously: "What is this?"
"Okra stewed with fish, it seems..."
Sutina said uncertainly, "I can't understand the other recipes, so I ordered one that I can understand."
"Okra stewed with fish..."
Song Wenbin couldn't think of any connection between these two ingredients.
At this time, the cook brought out another plate of staple food. This is a plate of yellow goo, and it is just a plate of yellow goo.
The three of them gathered together and looked at Mu Mu again. Huo Yu asked, "What is this?"
Sutina hesitated for a while and said: "Maybe... it's a mixture of banana and cassava mashed... I'm not sure, there are similar records in the book, I don't know if it's accurate."
"Where are the cutlery?"
Huo Yu asked with some trembling.
After thinking about it, Su Tina took out her hand and made a gesture in front of Huo Yu.
Sutina's fingers are very beautiful, slender and white. To be fair, Song Wenbin thinks that such fingers should be used for dancing and should not be used as tableware.
At this time, the cameraman from the program team came in and started filming with a camera. When the three of them saw the camera, they showed a reluctant smile.
Song Wenbin pushed Mu Mu in front of Huo Yu and said with a fake smile: "You must be hungry after running all the way. Eat something."
Huo Yu also smirked and pushed back the plate: "No, no, no, you should eat first. The traditional female virtue of the Chinese nation is to let men eat first."
Song Wenbin gritted his teeth and pushed the plate back and said, "Times have changed, now ladies are given priority."
Huo Yu shook his head like a rattle: "The Western style is over. Have you forgotten our purpose? This is to promote Chinese culture. You eat first."
"Is that culture of yours? It's dregs." Song Wenbin pushed the plate back and said, "You eat first."
"We agreed that men and women are equal, let's eat together."
Sutina said softly.
Song Wenbin and Huo Yu were silent.
Finally, thinking of his compatriot far away in India, Song Wenbin suddenly gained great courage. He took the lead in picking up a spoon and poured some okra stewed fish, and then made some yellow paste. He said to the camera: "It's done, brother." them."
After swallowing it in one bite, the fish meat was much stickier than expected, maybe it was the mucus of the okra or the smoothness of the fish skin. Song Wenbin felt the sliding movement in his mouth, and suppressed a frown as he swallowed. The taste was neither unpleasant nor delicious. It had a strong spicy taste and was the smoothest food Song Wenbin had ever tasted.
So he took another bite of the yellow paste. The paste was very sticky, with a faint sweetness, and was much stickier than expected. It took Song Wenbin a lot of effort to swallow it, and the aftertaste was a bit bitter.
Seeing that Song Wenbin had difficulty swallowing, Su Tina said, "It will be easier if you dip it in some fish soup."
Song Wenbin:......
He really didn't want to experience the extremely smooth taste of okra stewed fish. At this moment, he missed the bottle of Laoganma in the trunk.
