Soon, the two people walking slowly along the road also reached a nearby commercial street.
It is said to be a commercial street, but it does not have the simple urban business district atmosphere. It is closer to the market in Jiangcheng, a third-tier small city in Guanlang's hometown.
Guan Lang was a little doubtful that he could buy a high-precision compass here, but the affirmative look on the Vietnamese girl's face made him embarrassed to ask his doubts.
Walking into this street where the surrounding buildings were only two or three stories high on average, the Vietnamese girl suddenly showed a tangled expression on her face. After hesitating for a while, she slowly said to Guan Lang.
"By the way, Guan, don't talk when you enter the store later. After you finish selecting, point it out to me and I'll buy it for you. People here...well...many people have negative opinions about Chinese people.
There were some misunderstandings, so the impression was not very good.”
Guan Lang nodded in understanding.
She led him into a store that looked like a grocery store. Guan Lang shook his eyebrows slightly when he saw that the store was crowded with small commodities and there was only a narrow aisle left.
Surprisingly, after Fan Yuhui chatted with the boss for a few words, he actually dug out a few compasses from a pile of debris for him.
Does this store sell everything?
However, Guan Lang did not buy a compass. He looked at the price and found that his money was enough to buy better equipment, so he decisively chose a portable satellite locator that looked like a Nokia old phone, a compass, and an accurate
map of the South China Sea and a waterproof bag.
After buying it, I still had about 100 RMB left.
Guan Lang didn't know whether it was because prices were low in Vietnam or because these things were not expensive in the first place.
All in all, this shopping experience was still very good.
With this locator that can display specific longitude and latitude at sea, and an accurate sea map, he should not get lost this time when he swims back.
Guan Lang debugged some locators and after confirming that they could work properly, he stuffed all the equipment into waterproof bags.
"Are you... ready to go to your friend's place now?" The Vietnamese girl lowered her head slightly, clasped her hands behind her waist, and lightly kicked the roadside with a pair of light-colored canvas shoes that had been washed white.
Pebbles.
However, after only a few hours of contact, she had the illusion that she and the other person were already close friends. Just being able to stand next to the other person and say a few words would make her feel happy unconsciously. Now when parting, she couldn't bear the low mood.
Living slowly creeps into my heart.
It's really strange.
Guan Lang nodded. His explanation was that he had gone to the police station to report the loss and contacted the embassy to get a replacement certificate. In the past few days, he was going to stay with a friend who was studying abroad in Hanoi for a few days.
"It's nice to meet you. Thank you for your help. I don't have anything with me that can be used as a gift to thank you. I only have this small amount of money that I hope you can accept." Guan Lang thought for a while, and he didn't have anything with him, so he put it in his hand.
The remaining Vietnamese dong was given to the little girl.
Without further ado, he was planning to swim back tonight, so these Vietnamese dong were of little use to him, and the money was not much, so he was too lazy to go to the bank to exchange it for RMB.
"No, no... I can't have it." The Vietnamese girl waved her hands repeatedly and pushed all the loose money back to Guan Lang.
Guan Lang also had some hesitation on his face. He had delayed so much of other people's working time today, and the other person had indeed provided him with a lot of help. He always felt guilty if he didn't give something in return.
But he was actually a little embarrassed to give away the banknotes worth more than one hundred yuan.
Looking around, he found a painting stall on the street with no customers.
I walked over and spent 20,000 VND to temporarily borrow the other party's tools and paints.
"In that case, I'll draw a portrait for you. Actually, I'm a pretty good painter." Guan Lang called her to sit on the chair in front of her.
Although the Vietnamese girl still looked a little shy, her suddenly flashing eyes revealed her inner thoughts. She obviously wanted this gift very much.
Guan Lang sat in front of the picture frame with a pen in his hand, and the brush in his hand moved flexibly across the rough paper.
In just twenty minutes, with wonderful strokes, the lifelike portrait was dyed on the paper through the colors of the paint.
This painting is well detailed. The orange beams of the setting sun in the distance outline the traces of the background building lines. Natural and realistic delicate faces appear on the painting paper. The girl in the center of the painting is sitting upright with a slight smile and shyness.
The two piercing eyes are exceptionally bright and soft.
Guan Lang gently handed the painting over: "Let's see how it goes. Do you like it?"
He is somewhat confident in his painting skills, after all, this is where his job lies.
"Is this... is this me?" The Vietnamese girl carefully held the drawing paper that still exuded a few traces of oil paint, with some disbelief on her face, and touched her head in embarrassment. "You...
.The painting is so beautiful.”
"No, no, I'm a realist painter." Guan Lang just smiled and said, "As long as you like this gift."
"I like it, I like it very much, thank you very much, Guan."
"I just want to thank you for your help today. If you travel to China in the future, you can also contact me and let me fulfill my friendship as a landlord. Behind this drawing paper is my contact information." Guan Lang pointed on the back of the drawing paper.
He pointed and said.
He cannot accept help from others without asking for anything in return. This is what he has always believed in.
She paused for a moment, stared down at the wrinkled canvas shoes, hesitated for a long time, nodded and said, "...Well...if I save enough...travel funds, I will go."
"
For her, the concept of China, which originally appeared in TV series, has never become so clear and longing for her.
She made up her mind and decided to dig out the Chinese textbooks piled in the corner of her home to learn Chinese when she went back.
Although learning Chinese is very difficult, as long as you put in more effort, you will be able to learn it well.
Next time...next time I must be able to talk to him more.
After Guan Lang said goodbye to the enthusiastic Vietnamese girl, he quietly returned to the coast.
After checking the tightness of the waterproof bag, he tied it to his body and jumped into the sea.
The waves on the dark sea undulated slightly, and the silvery moonlight made the sea surface sparkle. A nimble figure swam quickly in the sea, and gradually disappeared into the depths of the sea.
Tonight, the sea breeze was clear and the ocean current was particularly gentle. Guan Lang's muscles all over his body were slightly rhythmic under the water, saving his strength to enter a state of long-distance diving.
Every time I swim for a while, I come up to the surface to take a breath. I take out the satellite locator from the waterproof bag and check the direction with the chart. When I'm hungry, I snack on a few slices of flesh and blood to replenish my energy.
This cycle went back and forth, and when the night sky faded away from darkness and gradually turned into a gray state, Guan Lang once again saw the distant coastline in his sight.
Seagulls flew noisily over his head, accompanied by a crisp and high-pitched cry of joy.