Chapter 60 iranian white beard, black beard

Finally left Iraq. If you think about it roughly, you will feel that the trip to Iraq was disappointing. The ruins of Babylon, which was full of expectations, have been ruined into a poor modern model, let alone others.But over time, I feel that it cannot be generalized. For example, last night we were taken to a mysterious place by an old man. We entered through a small door in the street and walked down the stairs. Looking up, we saw a dark place similar to a medieval castle. It was huge and terrifying, but it was full of people. people.There are crazy bands and singers in the middle, singing sad and exciting Arabic songs. There are many small cave-like rooms on the four sides filled with cultural relics of various periods for people to buy, and the central hall can also be used for dining.

I looked in the corner with one foot up and one foot down, and a middle-aged man came over and said to me in English: You should go upstairs and have a look.I followed his directions to the stairs, which were small, steep, and dark, and I was a little nervous.The upstairs is even more medieval. I saw many caves but no one was there. The lights were all flooded from the ground floor. I was so frightened that I hurried downstairs, cutting and roasting whole sheep and drinking pomegranate juice with my companions like a dream. At this time, I thought, on the monotonous street during the day, how could I imagine that there would be a small street branching out, and there is such a frighteningly large space hidden in the small street?

The social structure of Iraq will also be like this. All kinds of singing at night, underground passages, intergenerational collections, and strange excitement must all dive deep in their own way. No one dares to say that they have seen through this. place. There are many possibilities for how the Chinese will appear in this place in the future.A few days ago, it was said that Chinese merchant ships had been moored at the mouth of the Euphrates River more than a thousand years ago. I went to that river mouth specially. An advanced irrigation and power generation system happened to be built by China. Due to the war, it failed to pay. Hundreds of millions A few people are left to guard the dollar debt.One day a young Chinese couple stopped our convoy on the street and warmly invited us to their home for dinner. They were sent by another company to protect their debts.After international sanctions are lifted, many Chinese companies do not want to stand idly by in the competition for Iraq's oil resources.Therefore, maybe one day, many Chinese will appear on the streets of Baghdad.

But today, we are still happy to leave.Because this means that our sealed mobile phones can be returned, and maritime satellites can be launched in a grand manner. It also means that we can finally get rid of the photos of the same person that are shown in front of us thousands of times every day, and get rid of countless begging hands in front of and behind the car.It’s just that the ladies are a little worried, because Iran, which we are about to enter, has much stricter requirements for women to cover their heads and faces in public places than Iraq, and we women just have to work in public places.

We were driving on the desert road from Baghdad to Iran, knowing in our hearts that this was a fierce battlefield in the Iran-Iraq War.The war is over, but security remains high.The eight-year Iran-Iraq War suffered heavy losses on both fronts. In Iraq alone, if you see a monument at random, you will mourn 50,000 martyrs. How many such monuments are there in the country?What is the total population of the country? The border is here.There is no isolation zone between the Iran-Iraq border, which is very different from the road we took from Jordan to Iraq.A huge portrait of the head of state was erected at the border of the two countries as a national symbol, looking down at each other's land from a high position.Because they both want to fight for every inch of land, the two portraits are very close to each other, and their eyes are facing each other.

This scenario is very interesting.One has a big white beard and the other has a black moustache. Neither of them smiles, just relying on their eyes to make a fuss, staring at each other motionlessly.The whole world watched them fight for many years, but they didn't expect them to get close to each other face to face here.From dusk to moonlit night, there will be no other people here, and the temperature is low, only these two elderly men, who can breathe hot breath at each other. On November 19, 1999, traveled from Iraq to Iran and stayed at the Resalat Hotel in Bakhtaran