Big Islander 2

Chapter 539 The Oasis of Hope

Khalid dejectedly led the unwelcome guests to the village where he lived. Although Tang Jide had reprimanded the pheasant and said that the two camels were just a joke, he deeply knew that "no matter how docile a lion is, it will not be as good as it is." Don't put your fingers in its mouth." In his opinion, the other party obviously has bad intentions.But the baby Falcon is in the hands of others, and he can only submit to it temporarily, hoping that when he arrives in the village, with the large number of people, he can make the other party dare not act rashly.

A small village can already be seen not far away, a river canal flows through the village, and there are tall and straight trees beside the village.The pheasant didn't know what to buy, so it yelled from afar: "There are coconut trees here, Daxing quickly get some coconuts to quench his thirst."

"That's a date palm tree, okay? Don't run away and be ashamed." Big Brother still has some knowledge.In fact, the pheasant has also eaten the date palm brought back by Sha Gu, but has never seen a date palm tree.

I’ve eaten pork, but I’ve never seen a pig go away—the pheasant muttered rather self-deprecatingly, and flew over to find some jujubes to eat, but it’s a pity that the flowers have just fallen this season.As a result, Khalid despises it even more, because in their religious teachings, it is firmly forbidden to eat pork. They think that pigs are a kind of dirty animals, and they will not eat other ugly things. , such as a big crab.

The village is not big, with only dozens of families, most of whom make a living by grazing animals.Most of the houses are white with flat roofs. Tang Jide even saw several families eating on the roofs in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Khalid's home is similar to this, a bit like a castle. His wife and two children warmly welcome the guests when they see them, and the camels also stick out their big lips when they see the owner coming back. greet.And Khalid secretly groaned in his heart, because these guests were really not very welcome.

The pheasant was not polite at all, and landed directly on the back of a camel: "Why is it a dromedary, it's uncomfortable to ride." It seemed that these camels belonged to it now.Hearing what it said, Khalid's expression became even more depressed.

Little Xiami had already combed the falcon's body, and saw the uncomfortable look of its owner, so he stroked the falcon's feathers twice, and then told it to return to its owner.

Khalid was overjoyed when he saw this, and quickly put a blindfold on the falcon, and put it directly on a wooden beam in his bedroom, for fear that the little shrimp would think of it again.Afterwards, the mood finally got better, so he invited Tang Jide and the others to have dinner.

Apart from tortillas, there are some dairy products, not even mutton. It can be seen from this that Brother Big Head and the others are really unpopular.Especially when he took out a lot of banknotes and asked Khalid to exchange them, Khalid waved his hands again and again, indicating that he was a poor man: who knows what kind of money you have, it is hard to say whether it can be used.

The big head brother didn't recruit. It seems that if you want to win respect, you must show some convincing skills.So I talked to Khalid for a while, to the effect that I want to thank the hospitality and give some gifts in return, but I have to go to the Gobi outside the village to get them.

Is this going to seek money and kill like the Forty Thieves? Khalid was so frightened that he quickly called many villagers to be brave.He didn't notice that the chimpanzee's rogue eyes peeked at his camel from time to time.

Tang Jide didn't care, taking advantage of the cooler outside, he walked out of the village, found a sandy field, and scattered it casually.An extremely shocking thing happened, I saw that black and green rice grains condensed on the sand very quickly, densely packed, layer after layer.In the afterglow of the setting sun, it shone with a breathtaking luster.

What is most lacking in the desert is food, especially grain. In fact, most of the wheat in this country needs to be imported.And it is a bit appalling to grow food directly in the desert like this.

An old man with a white beard stepped forward to grab a handful of rice, put it in his mouth and yelled for a long time. He felt that the taste was sweet and refreshing, even better than the white noodles they ate.

Seeing that these people were calmed down, Brother Big Head was very proud: It would be no problem to change to a meal of roast mutton.

Speaking of which, he found this thing in Africa and left some seeds in the pitcher.In fact, it is Gexianmi, whose scientific name is Nostoc pseudoglobosa.It's just that Brother Big Tou used plant essence to speed up their growth process a little bit.

Just as he was thinking about the beauty, he saw the old man pointing at him and yelling something excitedly. After that, more than a dozen villagers all rushed towards him, yelling to kill him.

I have gone too far and been treated as a devil by others--Brother Big Tou is so depressed, if I had known this earlier, I would have saved myself some effort.

But he couldn't stand up and be beaten, so he shook out the cane whip, tied up all these men and put them on the ground, even the old man with white beard was not spared.

Lying on the ground, all thoughts in Khalid's heart were lost: Did the robber finally couldn't help but want to do something?
"I didn't mean anything malicious—" Tang Jide tried to explain, but all the villagers stared at him vigorously.Big Brother lost his temper, "I'll tell you the truth, I'm a scientist, and I specialize in planting grass in the desert."

After finishing speaking, he sprinkled two more handfuls of grass seeds, and soon, a few shoots appeared in the sand, and they grew taller and taller, exceeding one foot in the blink of an eye.Surrounded by long yellow sand, this canopy of green grass is particularly eye-catching, because it represents life and vitality.

At this moment, a camel ran out from the village. The speed was not too slow, and its four hooves raised a pile of yellow sand, galloping towards this side.The big star was riding on the back of the camel. It lightly stretched its long arms, and from time to time it hit the camel's buttocks twice, and the camel ran even more vigorously.

After rushing to the front, Daxing lifted the rein, and the camel stopped, and when it saw the green grass on the ground, it began to gnaw unceremoniously, with its mouth twitching cheerfully from time to time.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of the villagers headed by White Beard shot ecstasy.What is most lacking in the desert is undoubtedly aquatic plants. Because of the limitation of pastures, they dare not raise too many cattle and sheep.But if this desert is turned into pastures, they don't have to worry about this issue at all. At that time, they can even compare with those chiefs, who has more camels-according to tradition, camels are the standard to measure wealth.

As a result, their eyes on Tang Jide also became extremely hot: As long as they can bring them lush pastures, what can they do even if they are devils?

Seeing the expressions of these people, Tang Jide happily loosened the cane whip for them: "Don't worry, as long as I make a phone call, the grass seeds can be delivered in ten and a half months. Although they can't grow like this quickly, But as long as it develops for a few years and continues to expand, you will soon have a large pasture and graze freely!"

People cheered for a while. Although they did not advocate personality cult, they respected and appreciated Tang Jide from the bottom of their hearts.This is also very useful to the big brother: it means that the arid areas of Africa need help, but the situation here is also serious, so let's come together.

It is Tang Jide's character to do what he says, so he immediately asked Xiao Xiami to call Friday and ask him to deliver a batch of grass seeds from Qingqing Grassland.Considering that there is still a long journey ahead, and most of the places we go are deserts, we might as well ask Friday to use transport ships to transport more.In the end, he specially asked Friday to send a special person to deliver a few more bags of grass seeds to this small village called Erhard.

Surrounded by the villagers, Tang Jide returned to the village.I don't know how much the treatment has been improved this time. The white-bearded old man sharpened his knife and made a roasted whole lamb with his own hands to entertain the most distinguished guests.This kind of roasted whole lamb is different from what the big head brother has eaten. The head and feet are removed, the internal organs are hollowed out, and then rice is stuffed inside, as well as raisins, almonds, pine nuts, etc., and then they are roasted on the fire and eaten. It tastes fragrant and tender.

"It would be better if it had some wine—" Tang Jide muttered, and then he saw that none of the villagers were afraid of burning their hands, and they quickly and deftly grabbed the rice, and tore off strips of mutton and put them in in the mouth.If you start slowly, it is estimated that there will be only sheep bones left in a while.

So he didn't care about the wine, and hurriedly joined the ranks of grabbing food.Besides, alcohol is strictly prohibited in this country, and there is nowhere to get it if you want to.

Finally had a full meal - Tang Jide patted his belly, satisfied.

In the next few days, he lived in the small village of Erhad. In less than a week, the vehicle for delivering grass seeds arrived here on Friday, with five sacks full of grass seeds.Brother Datou also instructed them to plant grass, not to cast a large net first, but to plant densely around the village around the center.Wait until the grass seeds are mature, and then slowly expand to the surrounding area.

While Tang Jide was busy in the small village, His Majesty the King also cordially received Mr. Black Jack, a friend from Peach Blossom Island.Because of Sha Gu, the "Arab princess", these Arab countries have a good relationship with Peach Blossom Island, and the two sides have also had some cooperation.

The reason why Friday received grand hospitality from the king was mainly because he delivered dozens of tons of grass seeds for free.Since the conclusion of the Second Indigenous Congress, the media has initially ridiculed for a while.But the facts speak louder than words. When the distributed plant seeds took root and germinated in the Gobi Desert, the media immediately changed their direction, and turned to advocating how magical these seeds are, and they were all dubbed "Golden Seeds". .

Originally, His Majesty the King wanted to get away from the silly girl and buy some grass seeds.After all, for the world's largest oil-producing country, money is not short, what is lacking is grass.

If you just want to sleep, someone will give you a pillow, and free grass seeds will be delivered directly to your door on Friday. How can this make the king dislike it?

Although the number of these seeds is far from enough, a single spark can start a prairie fire. With the reproductive ability of pasture, within a few years, their country will be full of oases. Thinking about that situation, the king can't even sleep up.

During the meeting with Friday, His Majesty the King specifically asked him to convey his most sincere thanks to the owner of Peach Blossom Island and his wife Amir, also known as Shagu.

Friday didn't know that Tang Jide had entered the country secretly, so he let it slip: "My master arrived in your country one step ahead of me. He ordered me to do all this. Doesn't His Majesty know?"

The king was also stunned: I haven't heard of it. If it's a state visit, I'm sure I'll be the first to know. If others don't say it, as for the owner of Datou Island, please still invite him!

How did he know that the owner of Datou Island was fighting with a group of ordinary herdsmen in the poorest village of his kingdom to roast a whole sheep——

(End of this chapter)