Chapter 1222: Ready to Go

"ready to go!"

"ready to go!"

"ready to go!"

Like a boulder thrown into the center of the lake, the originally peaceful Bedouin tribe suddenly became agitated. The roar of the large-displacement diesel engine resounded through the entire village like the beating of drums before the start of an ancient war.

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang, get in the car, it's time to go." Wei Kang urged through the walkie-talkie.

"OK."

Zhang Zian gave all the last remaining snacks to the Bedouin children who surrounded him, and then raised his empty hands, meaning there were no more.

He has prepared for his return to Siwa this time, and bought a lot of snacks in advance to ensure that every child can have a share.

All the children in the village are here, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. No matter the big children or the children, everyone is holding colorful snacks in their hands. Even though he said that the snacks have been distributed, they still surround him. He won't let him go.

It may be because of their race, the eyes of these children are big and energetic, reminding him of the puppies in the display cabinets of pet stores, and the expression of staring at him is very similar.

Zhang Zian doesn't know how many children among them want to leave the tribe like Salim, go to the vast new world, and see the outside world - there must be, but they won't say it, they can only use this kind of look Express silently, like puppies in a display case expecting guests to take them home.

But he couldn't help. Children are not puppies after all, and they can be taken away casually if they can't spend money. That's the behavior of human traffickers.

In Western movies and TV, those child protection organizations seem to have a lot of power, and they can deprive parents of their parenting rights if they disagree with each other. Unfortunately, the sphere of influence of those organizations does not include this place.

"I'm leaving." He gestured and pointed to the convoy, "Everyone is waiting for me."

The children didn't speak or move, they just glanced at the convoy, as if they didn't understand.

Wei Kang called again on the walkie-talkie.

He was extremely sorry and eager to get away, but in this situation, he couldn't forcefully push the children away.

"That..." He patted his chest, pointed to the distance, and then to this place, "I will come back, and I will bring you more gifts then."

The older children blinked, moved aside silently, and pulled the younger children away to make way for a narrow passage.

It turned out that they could understand, at least the meaning of gestures.

Living in isolation for a long time, they have developed an intuition like a small animal, knowing who treats them well, who ignores them, who is laughing at their shabby clothes and dirty faces, and they will instinctively avoid them. The latter two are closer to the former.

Salim was in the same car as Nabari. He saw Zhang Zian being surrounded and unable to escape from a distance, thinking that something had happened, he quickly got out of the car and ran over to rescue him.

He yelled a few words in local dialect, and the children ran away with a whoosh.

As they got closer, he noticed the various snacks in the children's hands, and understood why Zhang Zian was surrounded.

He shook his head and said: "Jeff, you shouldn't have given them such a thing, let them know that the outside is good, but most of them don't have the courage to leave, it will only make them suffer more. I rarely go back to the tribe, every time Let them see me empty-handed when I come back, so they don’t have to live in the gap between tribal traditions and the outside world like me.”

What he said was actually correct, but Zhang Zian said: "But at least they have longing for the outside world. If there is no longing, it is even more impossible for them to leave the tribe, so even if there is even one child who is curious about the outside world and wants to leave The impulses and desires of the tribe, it is possible to put them into action as you do. After all...times change, and in the few years before they grow up, maybe the world and your tribe will change."

Salim lowered his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Maybe you are right, but it's best not to let the chief hear it."

Zhang Zian shrugged,

"Maybe I've heard it."

Salim was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Zhang Zian was referring to one of these children, who might become the chief of the tribe one day in the future - this is very possible, children of all sizes in the tribe here it is.

drop--

The leading off-road vehicle honked its horn, urging them to get on the vehicle and set off.

Zhang Zian didn't have time to express his emotions, he smiled at Salim, ran to the off-road vehicle he was allocated, closed the door, and blocked the noise of the team's engines from the vehicle.

"Car No. 4 is in place! Sorry for the long wait!" he reported through the walkie-talkie.

"The second team is all in place!" Wei Kang announced.

"The first team is all in place! All vehicles report back, check supplies, check equipment, and check the condition of the vehicles." Lipett said on the intercom.

"Car No. 1 is ok!" Nabari said.

"Car No. 2 is ok!"

"Car No. 3 is ok!"

"Car No. 4 is ok!"

...

One after another, there were reports from the walkie-talkie, with different accents, male and female, all of them were ok, and they reported back one after another according to the vehicle number, which sounded orderly.

Zhang Zian's mood became more and more excited, as if he personally participated in a big event.

Regardless of Lipett's thinking, and regardless of his impression of Lipett, he has to admit that Lipett's team has rich experience in collective action, and there are retired soldiers in the team. They really achieved unity of command and prohibition. The action efficiency is extremely high. If you say assemble, you will gather, if you say go, you will go, and you can do whatever you want.

On the other hand, Wei Kang and the others... they are what they are talking about freely.

Gao Ke and Xiao Tianyu even had a small dispute over whose car He He should get in. In the end, Wei Kang worried that the two of them were unreliable. He would try to dissuade her on the surface and then indulge her in essence, so Wei Kang simply discussed with Li Pitt, let He He get in the female detective's car, and let the female detective restrain her instead.

Wei Kang and Lipett only talked for a short while, and he was impressed by Lipett's words and the style of Lipett's team, and agreed to let Lipett be the leader of the entire team.

Zhang Zian didn't object either, after all, he did have two skills in leading the team.

"Car No. 12 is ok!"

"Car No. 14 is ok!"

The voice on the walkie-talkie temporarily quieted down, not because Zhang Zian missed one, but because there were 13 cars in the convoy, but there was no number 13, probably because foreign friends thought this number was unlucky.

Li Pete also asked Zhang Zian if he wanted to change his car number to 5, but he didn't care about these things at all.

"All vehicles are ok, let's go!"