I Really Didn't Want To Make A Lot Of Money

Chapter 5

Just when Chen Ling was curious about who he was, Lao Li came to Chen Ling and went to the urban vegetable market to buy groceries. Chen Ling happily followed him on a special logistics vehicle.

Although he has been in Algeria for a few days, Chen Ling only walked around the camp and construction site, and had not been to other places. Most Chinese people are like him. If it is not for work, they rarely have the opportunity to contact the outside world.

Constantine was built on the cliffs on both sides of the river valley. It is a historic city and was rebuilt by the Roman emperor Constantine, hence the name. The city not only has the largest mosque in Algeria, but also a steel cable-stayed bridge connecting the two sides of the river valley. This Sidi Mesid Bridge was built more than 100 years ago and was once the world’s tallest cable-stayed bridge.

The company employs several local drivers who are familiar with the road conditions and can help solve minor problems encountered on the road.

Today the driver is called Muhammad, who is in his forties and looks taciturn.

After getting in the car, Lao Li sat in the passenger seat and said, “Quickly, go and buy someone.” Mohammed didn’t say a word, and drove away.

Chen Ling didn’t understand, he asked Lao Li, “Where are you talking about?”

Lao Li turned around and said, “The place we went was called who we bought. The locals say so. That place sells vegetables. We buy vegetables. This is just to remember.”

Chen Ling thought for a while, “who bought” should be a homonym of the French word “market”. It is really easy to remember where to buy and sell things.

There is nearly 5 kilometers of road from the camp to the city. The cars go round and round, going uphill and downhill for a while, and you can see some old buildings on the way, from the Roman period to the French colonial period. They look very historic. Chen Ling saw the majestic Grand Mosque from a distance and wanted to take a look.

Lao Li said, “There is nothing good, a big house. If you want to go, let’s go next time.”

On the first day Chen Ling arrived at the camp, he was given a handful by Old Likeng, which made Chen Ling very prejudiced against him. Later contact made Chen Ling realize that Lao Li is a good person, can take care of others, and is responsible for his work. But you can’t drink, as long as you drink, you like to play tricks and do things.

There are many people who buy a car, and the traffic is heavy. The car stopped hard in front of a slope.

Lao Li opened the door and got off, let Chen Ling go with him, and said as he walked, “This is the largest vegetable market in Constantine. We will come here to buy once a week. We may come here more often in the future because the workers will be more More and more.”

There are many open-air stalls in the market with onions, potatoes and other agricultural products; the shops on both sides are also dazzling, full of things for sale. This is a bit inconsistent with Chen Ling’s previous understanding of Africa. According to the information seen by Chen Ling in China, Africa’s economy is backward and materials are scarce.

Chen Ling is not sure whether this is Constantine’s largest vegetable market, but what is certain is that there are so many people, which can be described by the word shoulder-to-shoulder. He has to keep an eye on Lao Li to avoid losing it.

Lao Li had obviously been here many times, and he was very familiar with it. Walking through the crowd, it was like a fish swimming in the water. The brisk figure made Chen Ling who looked at him a bit unable to keep up.

Chen Ling saw many products with different domestic styles and wanted to stop and take a look.

Lao Li didn’t give him this opportunity, and urged: “Chen Translation, there is nothing good here. Let’s go quickly and go back after we have bought the vegetables. Be careful of this horrible place. There are many pickpockets.”

Chen Ling asked him: “Since I don’t like to come here to buy food, why can’t we let them give us food? We have to buy a lot of food every time, right?”

Old Li sneered: “Give us food, you want to be beautiful, the supply here is in short supply, the seller is the uncle. You will know in a while.”

At this time, Chen Ling felt someone staring at him, and looked back, but found no special person.

Lao Li stopped in front of a vegetable stall, which was piled with potatoes, onions and tomatoes. Behind the vegetable stand was a skinny vegetable vendor, wearing an indescribable robe. Lao Li greeted the dealers skillfully, using the local dialect he learned and used.

Lao Li and the vegetable vendor whispered a few words, and said to Chen Ling: “Tell him, three bags of potatoes, three bags of onions, and 25 kilograms of tomatoes. How much is it.”

Chen Ling translated it to the vegetable seller. The vegetable vendor said: “Potatoes are 2,000 dinars, onions are 1,500 dinars, and tomatoes are 4,000 dinars. Take it yourself.”

Lao Li didn’t bargain, he simply paid, and then asked the driver to carry the vegetables together and walk to the parking place.

Chen Ling carried the tomatoes and asked, “Manager Li, don’t we ask a few more? Shop around.”

Without looking back, Old Li said, “Hurry up, we’re going to buy meat. I’ll talk to you later.”

Chen Ling felt that someone was staring at him from behind, but it was inconvenient to look back because he was carrying something.

who can that be? I have just been here for a few days and I don’t know anyone, and few people know me.

At this moment, “ding–” Dao Huan system started.

Warning level: personal injury

Emergency measures: temporary improvement of hearing and vision

It seems that the noisy voices around have become smaller. Chen Ling heard someone speak with his throat suppressed: “It’s him. When he paid the money just now, he had a bulging wallet and would say our words. It must be him.”

It turned out that it was Lao Li who had leaked money and was targeted.

If people around you are in danger, can the Dao Huan system also warn you? This feature is good.

Chen Ling’s first thought was to leave as soon as possible. There are too many people here, and the other party can easily succeed.

Chen Ling shouted: “Manager Li, someone is eyeing your wallet, hurry up.”

Lao Li didn’t say a word, speeding up his pace, and Muhammad quickly followed.

But there were too many people, and they couldn’t walk fast at all. The three of them were dispersed by the crowd, and Chen Ling fell behind. There are too many people, no matter how good Chen Ling’s physical fitness is, he can’t do anything about it.

Seeing a few people surrounding Lao Li, he seemed to be holding a murder weapon in his hand. Chen Ling thought badly, and Lao Li was going to die.

Chen Ling put the tomatoes on the ground, opened the bag, grabbed a ripe tomato, and threw it at the people surrounding Lao Li.

With a snap, the tomato accurately hit the back of a person’s head and exploded. The tomato juice splashed on the people around, causing the bustling crowd to commotion.

Seeing the effect, Chen Ling grabbed a few tomatoes one after another and threw them at them like arrows. The crowd became more chaotic, many people cursed, and others squeezed towards Chen Ling: “It’s that Chinese, bastard Chinese, who littered tomatoes, grabbed it, and sent it to JING to investigate.”

Chen Ling pointed to the person next to Lao Li and shouted, “It’s not me, it’s not me, it’s the pickpocket in front. They want to grab my friend’s wallet!”

Several brawny men surrounding Lao Li had already caught Lao Li. Lao Li struggled desperately and shouted “Chen Fan, help me, Chen Fan, help me”. He immediately received a few sticks on his body and screamed with pain. The driver Muhammad came up to help, but was blocked by two other big men.

Poor old Li, it really hurt himself!

But as soon as Chen Ling spoke in French, the big guys exchanged a few words, then let go of Lao Li and squeezed towards Chen Ling.

what happened? Chen Ling couldn’t understand it, and it was too late to think about it. He hurriedly squeezed into a crowded place and shouted: “Brothers, help, they are armed men, help! Help!”

Most Algerians believe in Allah and are brothers to each other.

The effect of Chen Ling’s voice is much better than that of throwing tomatoes. The shoppers, sellers, squeeze around for fun and fun are all running around like headless flies. The result is a rush to disperse and give way to the militants. When they came out, Chen Ling was exposed to them.

The common people are not afraid of stealing or snatching, but they are absolutely evasive to armed militants.

Chen Ling actually didn’t know who the other party was, and regretted it all. But he can be sure that this is no ordinary pickpocket, the pickpocket is not so arrogant, this group of people should be an organized society.

It’s too late to think about it at this time, it’s important to escape. He jumped down from a step more than one meter high, and got into another crowd. The big man behind was chasing after him. There were so many people, Chen Ling couldn’t run fast, couldn’t get rid of chasing soldiers, and felt a little flustered.

Who are these people and what they are looking for? It’s really inexplicable! He wanted to stop and ask to understand, but thinking of hearing Lao Li’s screams just now, he immediately dispelled the idea.

Frightened and angry, Chen Ling squeezed in the crowd, and soon came to the edge of a church with a small door hidden. Chen Ling glanced back. The people hadn’t followed, so he walked sideways through the small door and entered the church wall. Then he turned a corner and entered the church through a small door.

It’s dark inside!

Separated by a wall, there is a blue sky and white clouds outside, a clear sky and a sea of ​​people, but inside this church is pitch black!

Chen Ling almost tripped over an object on the ground, squatted down, adjusted his breathing, his eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness, and he could see more and more clearly.

This church should be abandoned. Except for the small door, all doors and windows were nailed tightly, and the podium and chairs were covered with dust.

With a bang, the small door was pushed open, and several chasing soldiers rushed in, panting heavily.

Several people discussed a few words, and one shouted: “Mr. Chen, don’t hide, we know you are here. We are not malicious, we just want to invite you to talk.”

Chen Ling hid behind the podium and looked at the system panel. Lao Li was personally injured, but the system warning was still there, indicating that the warning should not be on him, it should be on himself.

Hearing the call from the chasing soldiers, Chen Ling thought to himself: “A ghost believes you.” He looked at the little door.

There are a total of six big men, and five of them are holding sticks in their hands. The one who was speaking was a tall and thin man about 1.8 meters tall, dressed in a robes unique to the local area, with his hands free.

He continued: “Mr. Chen, if you don’t come out, then we have to come to you and hurt you by accident. Please don’t blame it.”

That’s what they said, but they just walked a few steps forward and stopped. Instead, they stretched out their hands and touched them.

Chen Ling felt strange. They have been in for so long, haven’t their eyes adjusted to the darkness?

The leading man whispered a few words, and a man withdrew from the church. The others guarded by the light coming in by the small door.

Chen Ling reacted, his eyesight improved, the church was pitch black, it was just bad light for him, but the big guys didn’t have this special ability.

Chen Ling guessed that the man went to find the source of the fire. You must leave the church before that person returns, or settle this group of people.