Erin came over and translated: "Father said: 'The Damon people must be able to make their own fire'"
Smart! Zhou Jiping has to admire the chief's foresight. Indeed, if the people really only know how to make fire with lighters, it will be troublesome in the future if the lighters don't work.
The chief was obviously not very interested in the few remaining small items, so he pushed them away and returned them to Zhou Jiping along with his backpack.
The loss was huge! Zhou Jiping calculated: the bright flashlight, m9, compass, lighter, first aid kit, oh, and the revolver that he had not seen from the beginning to the end were also confiscated, and these items,
And it is exactly what is necessary for survival in the wild.
Before Zhou Jiping could think too much, the chief issued a new order. This time it was the wizard's turn.
Today, Kundala is more like a master of ceremonies. Under his greeting, several older tribal women gathered around to look at the complicated accessories on their heads and necks. Zhou Jiping estimated that these people should have the highest status in the tribe.
Several women hugged Yilin and Zhou Jiping out of the wooden shed and asked them to sit on the ground. Then a lot of wood, bone, stone, and metal accessories were put on the two of them. Yilin was okay.
, Zhou Jiping was "the first time a Chinese became an African son-in-law." He was either stabbed in the neck by a sharp thorn or scratched on the face by a stone flake.
After finishing all these useless things, Zhou Jiping felt that he was even more tired than when he was fully armed during military training. After all, they were all tied up on his body, and these things were hanging on his body, making loud clattering sounds when he walked and looking at the attention of the people around him.
In his own eyes, the chief in the wooden shed was still sitting there with a black face on his face. Zhou Jiping did not dare to make any move and was just at the mercy of others.
Taking a peek at Irene, this black girl had no joy or happiness on her face. Instead, she had a solemn and peaceful look that was inconsistent with her age, as if the ongoing wedding was a very sacred thing, maintaining a kind of martyrdom.
How old is she with such a look? Is she seventeen years old? Zhou Jiping sighed secretly
After finally waiting for the women to get their belongings ready, Kundala gave an order, and everyone gathered around the two newlyweds in costumes and walked out of the tribe.
What are these things he is wearing? Zhou Jiping couldn't help lowering his head and taking a closer look: some were animal teeth, some were seashells, and various grass beads and wooden beads that he didn't recognize; some larger hangings had abstract paintings on them.
Clumsy patterns, geometric figures, dots or circles, with a hint of the natural wildness of the African grasslands in their changes in curves - these handicrafts of primitive tribes would be worth a lot of money if placed in a big city! Along the way
, Zhou Jiping could only focus on the bits and pieces and strange accessories on his body, and he made another mistake without even knowing it.
When he discovered that the sisal bush in front of him had disappeared at some point, everyone had already left the tribe. Zhou Jiping, who was regretful and angry, secretly cursed himself as a waste - he never married a wife, how did he get out on the way?
I didn’t remember the mark at all, but I felt relieved in an instant. Anyway, I’ll be back soon, and it’s not too late to remember it then.
The group of people walked noisily for two or three minutes, and a small river appeared in front of them. The river was slightly narrower than the river where Zhou Jiping met the crocodile that day. Is this the same river where he met the crocodile that day? Yilin said it was that river.
While you were rescuing me, you must find out clearly when you go back - now Zhou Jiping has regained his calm thinking
Several tribal hunters walked to the river with spears in hand. They waited for the wizard behind them to finish reciting a spell, then raised the spears in their hands, held the tip of the spear in their hands, and smashed the spear shaft against the water...
Pa - Pa - Seeing them smashing them more than ten times in a row, causing water to roll on the water, Zhou Jiping, who was still confused just now, suddenly woke up, hey - why didn't I think of using this method to crocodile
I was scared away a long time ago, do you still need to worry about the danger?
Smart, really smart - there is no way, this is the home field of these tribesmen, of course I am no match for them
Then, a hunter scooped a bowl of water from the river with a wooden bowl and brought it to the wizard. The wizard recited a spell in a pretentious manner, took out some medicinal powder from the small cloth bag he carried with him and poured it into the bowl, and then asked Yilin to pour it into the bowl.
He took the bowl and handed it to Zhou Jiping
"Drink, drink it," Yilin said with a sacred expression on her face as she spoke and gestured to Zhou Jiping, "Drink it and you can become a member of the tribe."
"It's whatever you say..." Zhou Jiping showed a laissez-faire attitude, took the wooden bowl and drank it in a big gulp
After Zhou Jiping finished drinking the water, the wizard began to recite the spell again. Yilin walked down the river surrounded by several tribal women. The women scooped up the water from the river with water utensils in their hands and kept pouring water to Yilin.
After the water was poured on the head for a short while, the ceremony that seemed to indicate the end was over. A few women walked ashore first, and then several tribal hunters walked toward the river with Zhou Jiping surrounded.
When they arrived at the river, the hunters gestured for Zhou Jiping to enter the water, but he stood still on the bank.
"What are you doing? Taking a bath in public?" Why is this happening here!
While hesitating, Yilin was already a little anxious. She gestured to Zhou Jiping with her hand and said, "Hold, take me out!"
Zhou Jiping walked over hesitantly, looked back at the chiefs on the shore, and saw the expectant looks in their eyes, then slowly picked up Yi Lin.
So light! This was Zhou Jiping’s first feeling
The skin is so thin! This is Zhou Jiping’s second feeling
"Crocodile! Crocodile!" Seeing Zhou Jiping's slow and unhurried look, Yilin looked at him with reproachful eyes in Zhou Jiping's arms and said anxiously in English. "Understand Yilin's words," Zhou Jiping immediately speeded up.
, stepped to the shore in three or two steps, put Yilin down, and looked at everyone. Everyone seemed to be obviously relieved, but Zhou Jiping was confused.
Amidst the concerned eyes of everyone, Zhou Jiping keenly caught a look of hatred. Although the look only flashed for a moment, the owner of the look turned his head away, but there was strong hatred and murderous intent in that look.
It had aroused Zhou Jiping's alert - it was him! The tribe hunter who looked the strongest was the man who came to Yilin that night when he was pretending to sleep.
"Danger! Be careful of this man!" Zhou Jiping labeled this hunter as a terror in his heart, thinking that he must take the time to ask Yilin what was going on between her and that man. His trip to East Africa was not
It's going to be smooth sailing, just be careful everywhere
Suddenly, a strange feeling came from his stomach. Zhou Jiping felt a flow of air rising up in his stomach, as if something was fermenting in his stomach. Then he felt the swelling feeling in his stomach.
He was getting more and more uncomfortable, nauseous, dizzy, and wanted to vomit. Strangely, this fatal feeling was like an electric current, flowing rapidly through his body, and quickly drained away the little remaining in Zhou Jiping's body.
His body, which had not yet fully recovered its strength, could no longer bear it anymore, and his legs could not help but tremble. Zhou Jiping suddenly fell to the muddy ground by the river, and the filth in his mouth spurted out...
Several consecutive vomitings, the feeling of suffocation, stomach acid burning the esophagus with food, and dizziness caused by lack of oxygen made Zhou Jiping's eyes flash with stars, and his mind was a little unclear. What was going on? Could it be that he didn't deal with what he ate at noon?
?Why did it take so long for you to react? You didn’t eat much?
When he was feeling dizzy, a pair of hands holding a wooden bowl filled with water was handed to Zhou Jiping. It was Yilin.