First I wish you all a happy National Day and a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Please ask for flowers and monthly passes by the way.
Everyone is celebrating the festival, but Lao Niu has to continue to work hard. How pitiful——This kind of European-style hemispherical food box, Zhou Jiping has only seen it on TV. Only a few girls took it from the big food box.
Take out large and small plates and other tableware and place them on the table in front of a few people. Inside the plates: bread, roasted fish, steak, salad, roasted sweet potatoes... they are all clearly freshly made, exuding an alluring aroma and even
A girl also took out a dozen cans of beer and placed them in front of several people
As soon as the things on the dining table were placed, several girls stood up, saluted Zhou Jiping three times, and then exited very politely. Finally, Huan who was guarding the door gently closed the door.
"Let me just say, Chief Lila is a generous man. Chief, let's raise a toast together..." Welf said exaggeratedly, raising a can of beer. With the help of Zhou Jiping, Duka also
I followed Welf and Zhou Jiping's example and raised a can of beer...
Just when the three of them had finished eating, Elder Muba finally came back. Elder Muba's briefing actually took an hour. Either the castle was too big or Chief Lila was doing something important.
Seeing Elder Muba come in, Welf and Zhou Jiping hurriedly asked the old man to sit down. Welf also asked the old man in a serious manner if he wanted to eat something together. Elder Muba waved his hand and refused. Zhou Jiping had not yet touched the lips of Elder Muba.
Judging from the oil stains that were too clean in time, the elders must have eaten better than the others.
"After eating in a while, let's go to see Chief Lila." When he said this, Elder Muba had a smile on his face, obviously very happy. "The chief said: Although it is a little late, since we have come so far,
I just want to see the discourtesy first, and hope that Chief Damon will not take offense. In addition, the chief has also ordered that a grand welcome ceremony will be held in the castle square tomorrow, and all distinguished guests in Ngro Mountain will come to attend.
——This is a grand event that has not happened in Mount Ngro for many years.”
After hearing this, Zhou Jiping and Welf continued to eat while being polite to Elder Muba. They inevitably said a few more explicit polite words, which made Zhou Jiping feel a little nauseous.
As Elder Muba waited, none of the three people who had something on their mind couldn't eat. The dinner ended hastily and Elder Muba ordered Juan to bring a clean towel. After a few people wiped it briefly, they got up and walked towards the backyard of the castle with Elder Muba.
By this time, the setting sun had dyed the sky red and the sky was getting dark.
Along the way, I occasionally met some waiters wearing white robes like Juan. They would immediately retreat to the roadside and bow to Elder Muba and Zhou Jiping. Obviously Elder Muba has a high status here.
Going out from the side door of the hall, passing through a garden and a wall, everyone came to a two-story building guarded by two guards. In front of the door, Zhou Jiping and others were stopped. The guards asked Zhou Jiping and others to hand over their weapons.
come out
Duka hesitantly looked at Zhou Jiping, but Zhou Jiping found that Elder Muba turned his head secretly, obviously not wanting Zhou Jiping and others to break the rules.
Nodding to Duka, Zhou Jiping took the lead in handing over the beretta and a dagger to the guard. Then Duka also handed over the dagger and ak and handed over the weapons. Only then did Zhou Jiping and his party were allowed to enter. A waiter left.
At the front, lead Elder Muba and Zhou Jiping to the door of a room on the second floor.
Zhou Jiping noticed: In this simple European-style building, there is a guard with a sword standing on each floor. Looking at their faces, no one will doubt that they will not take bullets for their chief when they are in danger.
The waiter who led the way took everyone to a carved wooden door. He knocked on the door lightly for a few times and waited until someone opened the door. Then he led everyone in.
I thought I could see Chief Lila as soon as I walked in, but Zhou Jiping discovered after he came in that it turned out to be just a suite. The waiter in the outer room just brought himself and the others here, then completed his mission and returned.
There were two people in charge of receiving Zhou Jiping and his party outside, a boy and a girl. The boy was tall and muscular; the girl was voluptuous and charming. Although these two people were dark-skinned locals, Zhou Jiping could be sure that they
Even if two people go to Paris, they can still get a good job based on their figure and appearance alone.
After the tall male waiter carefully checked the identities of Zhou Jiping and others, he directly invited Zhou Jiping and Welf to sit down on the sofa next to them, and then "invited" Duka very politely to another middle room next door.
Jiping knew that Duka had been asked to take a "rest". It seemed that Chief Lila was not prepared to meet too many people.
After watching the male waiter finish all this, the female waiter took Elder Muba and knocked on the door behind them. After receiving a response from the door, Elder Muba walked in alone.
This time, Elder Muba came out very quickly. He signaled Zhou Jiping and Welf to follow him in.
This is a small office with a large table on a platform about 1 foot high. Sitting behind the table is a thin young man in his thirties wearing a white robe.
Seeing Zhou Jiping and others coming in, the young man stood up with a smile on his face. As he stepped off the platform, he extended his hand to Zhou Jiping - he was Lila, the chief of the Bushmen.
When Lila stood up, Zhou Jiping realized that he was very tall, about 1.85 meters tall, almost the same as Duka, but Lila felt much thinner than Duka.
"No better, no better!" Lila said to Zhou Jiping in French. Welf was busy acting as a translator. Zhou Jiping hurriedly answered in English, but hesitated in his heart: Didn't Welf just say that Lila could speak?
English?
Holding their hands together, Elder Muba introduced Zhou Jiping to each other in a very formal tone, but he felt that Lila's hands were soft and wet, almost as soft as a woman's hands.
After the introduction, the two parties took their seats. Lila joined him behind his desk. He was already very tall, so he looked even more condescending.
After a few brief greetings, Lila directly returned to the topic: "Mr. Welf and Elder Muba have told me your purpose of coming, and I am also very interested." Lila spoke very slowly, giving people the impression that
She has a sense of superiority after being in a position of superiority for a long time. And for some reason, Zhou Jiping also feels that Lila has a special temperament that only actors or people engaged in art have.
Of course, Zhou Jiping has never had direct contact with these two types of people, but he has seen actors who came to perform condolence performances in the army. They all held up their airs and held their chins high, as if they were indifferent to the world.
When we arrived at the door of Chief Muba's "palace", we saw a tall, tall man wearing a white robe and black wide-rimmed glasses sitting in the middle. When we came in, he stood up and stretched out his hand.
I held these big hands and said repeatedly: "No more, no more!" (which means "hello" in French). The elder also replied repeatedly: and motioned for Li Gong and I to sit on the sofa opposite him. I looked around and saw the hall.
There was no one there except the elder. This elder must be Chief Muba.