Seeing Zhou Jiping coming, the chief seemed very happy. He took Zhou Jiping's hand and introduced the two old men beside him to Zhou Jiping's lame Ejia and the tall Trojan Bei. They were both tribal elders. Seeing that the tribesmen respected them.
Zhou Jiping knew that the chief wanted to take him to visit the tribe and see the dowry the chief had given to his daughter.
"That's fine," Zhou Jiping thought, "I'll observe the environment first. After my body recovers and I find out where Tanzania is, I can run away. I don't want to leave a bunch of bastards in East Africa."
Seeing Zhou Jiping's interest, the chief and Yilin were also very happy. So, under the leadership of the chief, a group of more than a dozen people began to visit the tribe. Zhou Jiping, who had other plans, observed carefully and secretly took notes on the tribe's information.
Layout, road signs and other things worth noting
The entire tribe is oval-shaped, with the wooden shed and open space at the center. Although it is the dry season, because all the houses are basically built under dense trees, the temperature in the tribe is still relatively comfortable. The area of the tribe is not large.
It's not big. There are nearly a hundred thatched houses, large and small, and about 300 people live near the outermost thatched house. Only then did I see a few chickens and dogs running around. The people accompanying me hurried over to pick them up.
get away
Approaching the edge of the tribe, there was a faint, strange fragrance wafting in the air, which made people feel refreshed. For several days, Zhou Jiping had been smelling this vague fragrance, and he only found out its origin today.
The large clumps of plants are so lush that they seem to have been artificially planted. Although it has passed its peak flowering period, the refreshing and unique fragrance still seems far away, deep and long. Even further away, the low flowers and the green swords as tall as a person are still there.
The hemp trees grow together to form a thick green wall, which seems to keep out the heat of the dry season and makes people feel refreshed.
What an interesting tribe, they actually have the leisure and ambition to plant so many flowers! As he approached these flowers, Zhou Jiping sighed in his heart. He noticed that this plant was a bit like a chrysanthemum, but the flowers were much smaller. He picked a flower and smelled it.
The aroma is not strong, but it has strong penetrating power. Crush the flowers and leaves with your hands, and the juice squeezed out from the flower stems emits a unique aroma - what is this?
Seeing that Zhou Jiping was interested in these flowers, Yilin came over to explain, first made a gesture of flying in the air, and then said two words: "Kill, drive away..." Oh, pyrethrum!
Zhou Jiping understood and couldn't help but admire the cleverness of these tribesmen. No wonder they haven't seen a few flying insects these days. Here's the reason! You know, this kind of discovery is no different from a technological invention in civilized society.
How much chance of getting sick can be reduced by being isolated from mosquitoes?
Having been in Africa for almost a year, Zhou Jiping knows that the most terrifying thing on this land is not natural disasters and wild beasts, but diseases. Maybe a cold can kill you; maybe someone accidentally catches dysentery.
, half of the entire village's population will disappear in a short period of time.
Seeing how close Zhou Jiping and Yilin were together, the chief was very happy and pointed at the sisal in the distance and grunted. Yilin frowned. Obviously she couldn't translate these, so she had to speak a few words slowly.
: "Defense, beast, clothes..."
Seeing that he had said a lot, but his daughter only translated a few words, the chief was also a little uninterested. But when he saw Zhou Jiping nodding frequently to show that he understood, he also became happy and pulled
Walking forward with his future son-in-law
"Pretend to be nice!" Seeing the chief's expression, Zhou Jiping suddenly came up with an idea: if he wanted to escape, he had to paralyze them first, so that he would have a better chance.
Not far from the tribal camp, turn east and you will see that the sisal and pyrethrum are much sparse. Here is the tribal livestock pen in the open field surrounded by sisal and wooden fences. There are dozens of cattle and several bodies roaming freely.
The tall tribesmen are waiting here.
Facing the tribesmen, the chief and the elders acted calmly. The nervous tribesmen came over to salute the chief and his party, and then several people worked together to carry a dry tree trunk and asked their distinguished chief to sit down.
The chief told Zhou Jiping that almost half of these cows belonged to him personally, and he would use ten cows as his daughter's dowry.
"Old landlord, vampire" Zhou Jiping cursed in his heart, but on the surface he made a grateful expression, which made Yilin look at him in disbelief.
"@#@$$%&$%$..." Following the chief's instructions, several tribesmen worked together to pull out a white cow from the herd. Three tall and thin tribesmen, one holding the horns,
Controlling the cow's head, the other two pressed the cow's body hard. Fortunately, the cow was not big, otherwise the three tall and thin tribesmen would not be able to control it. After several people stabilized the cow, a tribe with a bow and arrow
The people came forward
Killing the cow? Zhou Jiping thought to himself, is it so troublesome?
At this time, the tribesman holding the bow and arrow put the arrow on the string, came close to the cow, and slowly attached the arrow to the vein on the cow's neck...
What is this for? Just as I was thinking about it, there was a whoosh, and the arrow was shot. The arrow nailed a small hole in the vein of the cow, and a line of blood shot out from the blood vessel. A tribesman holding a long gourd in his hand immediately came over.
Go forward, put the gourd's mouth to the bleeding hole, and pick up the cow's blood
Zhou Jiping was dumbfounded by all this.
After a short effort, the blood in the gourd was almost collected. The white bull struggled a few times and was restrained by several tribesmen. The tribesman who had just held the bow and arrow pinched some soil in his hand and pressed it on the wound on the cow's neck.
After stopping for a moment, several people agreed and let go of the white bull at the same time. They backed away far away. The white bull was a little frightened and ran a few steps to hide in the herd.
Judging from the neat hands and feet of these people, it is obvious that they do it frequently, but until now, Zhou Jiping still didn't understand why these people were bleeding the cows - until the long gourd filled with blood was handed to him.
"For me?" Zhou Jiping asked Yilin
"Yes" Yilin explained: "This is good for the body and is only given to warriors and distinguished guests."
Taking the gourd, he looked doubtfully at the chief with an encouraging expression, and then looked at the surrounding tribesmen who looked at him with envy. Zhou Jiping no longer hesitated - all he had to do now was to integrate into this tribe and gain their
trust, and then have a chance to escape
Aiming his mouth at the mouth of the gourd, a thick smell of blood rushed straight to Zhou Jiping's forehead. Although Zhou Jiping had drank raw blood more than once without salt and water, this was the first time he drank so much at once.
I can't help but feel a little overwhelmed.
In order to go home, in order to paralyze them, I drank blood like hair and blood today!
Gurgling... After a few big mouthfuls of cow blood, his mouth was filled with sticky blood. He suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and Zhou Jiping made an expression as if he had tasted delicious food in the world.
"Moujia, Moujia..." Seeing Zhou Jiping's good response, the chief was also very happy and encouraged Zhou Jiping to keep up his efforts.
Cursing secretly in his heart, Zhou Jiping took another sip. Zhou Jiping really couldn't drink anymore, otherwise he would have to spit out the first few mouthfuls. He wanted to return the gourd to the tribesman, but unexpectedly, the tribesman was hesitant and did not dare to pick it up.
At this time, the chief stretched out his hand to take the gourd, took a sip as if drinking water, and then passed the gourd to the elders Aiga and Mumabei beside him. The two elders took it and each took a symbolic sip before taking the gourd.
When the tribe member who handed it back to the original saw the thin and dark tribe member excitedly taking the gourd that was at least half full of cow blood, several other tribe members who participated in collecting the cow blood also gathered around to see the eager expression on their faces.
, Zhou Jiping guessed: The people of this tribe rarely drink this kind of thing.
After visiting the livestock, the group got up and left. The livestock were driven by the tribesmen to the pastures outside the tribe for grazing.
Then, Zhou Jiping, led by the chief, visited the tribe's cultivated land - if it can still be called cultivated land.
In Zhou Jiping's eyes, these grassy lands are not much different from grasslands. At most, some crops that appear to be artificially planted are not neatly standing in the fields.