The car drove all night, and when we arrived near the Goljing Farm, the desert in front of us finally turned into a normal-looking farm town. However, this town seemed very barren, surrounded by green spaces, and could be seen surrounded by trees. You can also see a lot of people working hard on the various crops there, all busy in twos and threes.
Feng Ling drove over and found a young man with dark-yellow skin. He looked at the skin and facial bones that were typical of this country, and then looked at other people. They were all like this. It seemed that this Goljing Farm The people here are all ethnic groups born and raised here, not foreigners from other countries.
The young man was a little confused when he saw Feng Ling. Feng Ling tried to talk to him in English, but the other party obviously didn't understand. He turned back to chat and laugh with a few old people next to him, and then left her here in the blink of an eye. , just ignore it.
Feng Ling guessed that they might not understand English, but she didn't know the language of this country. When she drove past the barren and desolate town of Gorjing Farm, many old people and their children were watching with eyes. I don't know if it's fear or curiosity.
After all, this is a country at war, and everyone is afraid of any external interference. Judging from the situation here, it must have been affected by the war. When I just passed by there, I could see some traces of old smoke and black soil. It's just that this place has been peaceful for a long time and has not been disturbed by the war anymore, but the old people here are still scared when they see a strange and large off-road vehicle driving in, and everyone's eyes show various emotions.
There was no way to drive on the road ahead, so Feng Ling had to get out of the car. In order to prevent these people from being wary of her, she took out some biscuits and food from the car and handed them to the children around. The children were about to get excited. She came over, but was almost forcibly pulled back into her arms by the old people. Then she turned around and walked away with a defensive look on her face, not allowing them to get closer to her.
There was only one boy, about twelve or thirteen years old, who looked like he had no one to take care of him. He was dark-skinned and skinny, and walked over. He must have been hungry, so he stepped forward to see that she seemed to really want to give him a biscuit, so he quickly took it. , and after taking it, he stuffed it into his mouth desperately.
Feng Ling looked at him and took out another bottle of water for him. The skinny boy took it again and just ate biscuits and drank water. After he had eaten both packages of biscuits, he squeezed the mineral water bottle in his hand hard. , looked at her again with a pair of bright black eyes, and finally spoke.
But the language was still incomprehensible to Feng Ling.
She asked the boy softly in English: "Don't you people here know any English? Or do they know other languages?"
The little boy looked at her for a long time, then took another sip of mineral water, and then looked at her again with his bright black eyes. Feng Ling paused, understood what he meant, and gave him two more packages of biscuits and two bottles of water. .
The little boy was smiling happily, holding all the food and drink in his arms, and suddenly spoke a Chinese that was not very fluent but could still be understood by Feng Ling: "Can you, know... Chinese?"
Feng Ling's expression was startled: "I can."
The little boy nodded vigorously and suddenly pointed to the road in the town: "There..."
"What's going on there?"
"There is... a mother-in-law... who can speak Chinese..."
When Feng Ling heard this, he didn't ask any more questions. He nodded gratefully to the little boy and parked the car in an open space nearby that wouldn't affect their entry. Then he took out some food and gave it to the little boy, asking him to help him look at it. After driving for a while, she explained that she was not a bad person and would not hurt them. She asked him to tell people here not to be afraid of her, and then walked quickly towards the direction he said.
When I arrived outside that family's house, I didn't expect to see a typical red word "福" posted in front of the family's yard, which is only found in China. It looked a bit old. It should have been posted during the New Year, but now it has been After many months, the red background and black characters have faded due to exposure to wind and sun.
And it seems like the character should have been written by the owner of this place himself. It’s not very pretty, but at least it’s Chinese characters.
Feng Ling knocked on the door. After a long time, about four or five minutes, an old man with gray hair, about seventy years old, came out. The old man's back was very hunched, and he needed to raise his head to look at her, so he looked at her like this She stared at her skin color and hair for a long time, and then said in Chinese with a surprised look on her face: "You..."
"Hello, mother-in-law, sorry to bother you." Feng Ling said, "I just heard someone said that there is a mother-in-law here who can speak Chinese, so I came here rashly. I'm sorry to disturb you, but I have something urgent, so I have no choice but to..."
Seeing that she was quite polite, the old woman nodded, turned around slowly, and walked into the yard with her cane: "Come in and sit down."
Feng Ling was in a hurry, but seeing that the old woman couldn't rush her, he walked in directly.
"This little farm has been really interesting recently... There has never been a place where Chinese people come in and out, but here comes another Chinese..."
Feng Ling's brows jumped when he heard this.
The old woman turned around and looked at her again: "What's your emergency?"
"A friend of mine was affected by the war in Jerusalem and was seriously injured. He must have been washed down the river there. Everyone thought he was dead. I was unwilling to accept this result, so I searched all the way. When I came here, I found that the end of the river was around here, so I..." Feng Ling paused and reorganized his emotions and words: "I wondered if he would be here and wanted to look here, but The people here don’t understand the language and can’t communicate in English, but I didn’t expect that there would be a mother-in-law who can speak Chinese... "
"Ah, I came here when I was very young." The old woman's voice was old, and she still spoke slowly: "When I was young... We didn't have free love at that time. I was forced to get married by my family, and I ran away in anger. I used that little money to escape to Europe, and then wandered all the way here... At that time, there were many people in the Gorjing Farm, and it was a very prosperous large farm. But later, wars became too frequent, and many people fled to death. After fleeing, it became so deserted. I married a farmer here, had children, and had a granddaughter. In this way, generations of people have lived here. Have you come into contact with the wandering children here? Only those children Children will often come to my place to find something to eat, and they will also learn a little Chinese."
Feng Ling nodded: "Yes."
The old woman also nodded, then stood there with a cane, thoughtfully for a while and then said: "Is the person you are looking for a man?"