Esikhathini esiningi, amakhasimende awafiki kithi ekhululekile. Bebelokhu bezungeza ibhlokhi. Bazosithumelela imiyalezo bathi, “NgidingaUmshini Ojikelezayongejezi elilodwa,” noma “Lokhu kumele kube yi-Interlock Machine—imakethe yami ngeke yamukele lutho olungaphansi kwalokho.”
Kulungile. Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi kulo mdlalo, iningi lalaba bathengi liyazi kahle ukuthi bakhuluma ngani.
Kodwa sinalo mkhuba owodwa esingenakuwuyeka. Ngaphambi kokuba sicaphune, ngaphambi kokuba silungiselele, cishe sihlala sibuyela emuva ngesicelo esifanayo:
"Sithumelele indwangu."
Ngokuvamile kuqala nge-WhatsApp Ping
Konke lokhu kuvame ukuqala ku-WhatsApp. Othile uthumela izithombe ezimbalwa noma i-clip enyakazayo yemizuzwana eyi-10. “Yilokhu okudingeka sikwenze.”
Ngizokhuluma iqiniso—lezo zithombe zokuqala ziyasiza. Ngokushesha, singakwazi ukubona ukuthi sisendaweni yoMshini Ojikelezayo noma ukuthi isakhiwo simemeza uMshini Ovaliwe. Kodwa kuncane kakhulu ongakufunda esikrinini sefoni.
Ingxoxo yangempela iqala lapho leso sithombe esincane sivela eposini.
Kungani Sisafuna Isampula Ebonakalayo
Ngoba izithombe ziqamba amanga. Hhayi ngamabomu, kodwa zilula izinto. Azikubonisi ukuthi indwangu ikhululeka kanjani ngemva kokuyelula. Azikutsheli ukuthi lokho kuqina kuvela ekusethweni kwekhamera eqinile noma entanjeni ejiyile. Futhi azikuvumeli ukuthi uhlikihle ubuso phakathi kweminwe yakho—futhi yilapho ingxenye yendaba ikhona.
Ngakho-ke silinde imvilophu ukuthi ifike eQuanzhou.
Kwenzekani Uma Sesinakho
Yilapho ithimba lethu lobuchwepheshe lithula khona isikhashana. Abagcini nje ngokubheka isampula—balihlukanisa nge-magnifier. Jikelezisa nge-loop. Bayabuza: Ingabe lo ngumsebenzi we-Circular Machine oqondile, noma ingabe ukuzinza okuhlanganisiwe kabili kusho ukuthi sibheke i-Interlock Machine ene-cam track arrangement ethile?
Uma sesiqonda isakhiwo, sibuyela kumakhasimende. Hhayi ngencwajana. Sichaza ukuthi yikuphi ukucushwa okuzothinta lowo muzwa wesandla, yiziphi izinguquko esizodinga ukuzenza, nokuthi yini abangalindela lapho umqulu wokuqala uphuma.
Bese Siyakha. Bese Siyahlola. Bese Siyahlola Futhi.
Ukusuka lapho, uMshini Ojikelezayo noma uMshini Wokukhiya uhlanganiswa phansi kwethu. Futhi lena yingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu kithi:
Asikhethi ibhokisi bese sithi seliqediwe. Sisebenzisa uboya. Sithunga iphaneli. Bese silibeka eduze kwesampula yokuqala ethunyelwe yikhasimende.
Uma ingasebenzi—ngisho noma incane—siyabuyela emuva. Hhayi ngoba ikhasimende lizoyibamba ngempela. Kodwa ngoba thina besizoyibamba.
Ngibuke omunye wabadlali bethu abadala echitha intambama yonke ejaha umehluko omncane kakhulu kusethi ye-Interlock Machine. Akacelwanga ukuba enze njalo. Wayengafuni ukuvumela leso sampula sinqobe. Lolo uhlobo lwenkani ongalutholi encwadini yesandla.
Lokho sikubiza ngokuthi ubuciko. Ngezinye izinsuku kuzwakala sengathi uyaziqhenya.
Isinyathelo Esincane Esishintsha Konke
Ukucela isampula yendwangu—ngisho noma ikhasimende selivele liyazi uhlobo lomshini—kubonakala kuyinto encane. Kodwa kusindisa wonke umuntu ekuqageleni okuningi kamuva.
Ngoba uma sesiyiqonda kahle indwangu, konke okunye kuyangena endaweni yayo: igeyiji, inani le-feeder, uhlobo lomshini. Futhi ikhasimende lingayeka ukukhathazeka ngokuthi umshini "uzokuthola" yini ngemva kokufakwa—ngoba sesivele sikwenzile lokho lapha.
Ngakho-ke yebo, noma ngabe bazi ukuthi bafunaUmshini Ojikelezayo noma i-Interlock Machine, sisaqala endaweni efanayo.
Indwangu.
Ngoba yilokho umthengi wekhasimende azobe ekuphethe ngezandla zakhe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kusukela manje. Futhi sifuna lowo muntu amamatheke.
I-MORTON — Izixazululo Zokuluka Ezithuthukisiwe ezivela eQuanzhou, eShayina.