Big Islander 2

Chapter 563 Bridal Bazaar
Standing on a hillside outside the village, looking around, the surroundings are ancient wilderness; the wind and sand blowing over the face seems to bring vicissitudes unchanged for thousands of years.Looking at all this, Brother Big Tou also had to sigh: Probably only people who really love this place can stick to this desolate land.

Maybe it's about to change soon, though, and become a real oasis.Because, at this moment, Big Brother and Du Qizi are constantly sowing grass seeds. Their plan is to build a large natural pasture here with a radius of more than ten miles in a few days. Don't dare to expand the scale of farming and worry.

Tang Jide planted seeds, and other people just wandered around when they had nothing to do.In addition to sand, there are also many rocks here.It's just that most of them are weathered by nature, forming piles of rubble.Mr. Pheasant had a whim: "I don't know if there are diamonds in the stone here, let's look for it."

Thinking about money like crazy——Tang Jide despised this money-grubbing guy. Are diamonds so easy to find? Under normal circumstances, diamonds can only be bred in kimberlite, not just any stone.

But after a while, he suddenly heard the weird quacking sound of the pheasant, and Brother Datou also hurried over: Could it be that the pheasant was lucky, and the diamond was really discovered?

"Look, Big Head, this stone looks weird, does it look like your dick?" Mr. Pheasant was just making fun of people. In front of it, there were several blue stones, the more The mouth is the size of a bowl, but the shape is a little weird. They are all ovals divided into two petals. It really looks like a human buttocks.

Your butt is itchy, you guy—the consequences of delaying the big-headed brother’s work are very serious. Just as he was about to lift his foot to kick the pheasant, he suddenly felt the unique vitality of plants from the few stones just now, and the big-headed brother couldn’t help but I was taken aback: Could it be that stones also have life?

Under his gaze, he saw a smear of yellow suddenly appearing from the crack between the two petals of stone. An hour later, a large bright yellow flower unexpectedly bloomed.The petals are crystal clear like jade, and the color is gorgeous. It is almost unbelievable that such beautiful flowers can be seen in such an environment as the desert.

"Big head, your ability has improved. You can make the stone bloom. Try again, can you make the stone talk." The pheasant also looked straight.

As for the others, they were also amazed, Xiao Xiami had extensive knowledge, thought for a while and said: "This should be a plant called Lithops, which only grows in the deserts of Africa. It is a mimic appearance. Look at it. It looks like a rock."

Sure enough, the world is so big, full of surprises, everyone praised it for a while, and then saw that the other piles of stones also began to bloom flowers, the colors were very colorful, red, pink, purple and other colors, for a while, it was originally bare The pile of stones has become full of vitality.

Under the suggestion of Xiao Xiami, Brother Datou accelerated the ripening of these Lithops, and then collected a lot of small seeds, ready to take them back to Peach Blossom Island for planting. Even Professor Hawass also asked for some, saying that he would go back and put them in flowerpots Plant an interview.

When the busy work was over, it was almost dark, and today I had to call it a day. Du Qizi's house couldn't fit, so everyone dispersed among several families.It's just that the water here is very tight. Brother Datou originally wanted to wash his face and soak his feet, but in the end because there was no water, he could only save it.

Fortunately, I could finally brush my teeth and wash my face the next morning, but the water in the washbasin was only a small handful, and everyone used it in turn; when brushing teeth, the toothpaste was made by Berbers.The professor muttered vaguely while brushing: "This toothpaste is not bad, it seems to be made of crushed grass, and it has a grassy smell!"

Du Qizi nodded again and again: "Mr. Professor's knowledge is extensive. This thing was originally made of cow dung!"

The professor was stunned when he heard it, and he couldn't spit out the special toothpaste in his mouth, and he couldn't feel fast if he didn't spit it out.The other people who were about to brush their teeth also stopped and looked at Duqizi blankly.

"The cows here eat grass, and there is no grain to feed them, so the cow dung pulled out is not smelly at all, and some mint is added to it, if you don't believe me, smell it." Du Qizi was still patient I explained it to everyone, but thinking about the main ingredients here, everyone gave up the plan to brush their teeth.

The lessons learned from this incident are: not only do you have to ask about what you eat, but you must also ask about what you use before you use it.

The tribe has been staying in Duqizi for more than a week, and the grassland has finally taken shape.In the past few days, the people in the tribe are also very enthusiastic, killing cattle and sheep every day, and offering delicious food and drink.Although the number of cattle and sheep has decreased sharply, as long as there is pasture, why worry?

Finally, when it was time to part again, the clansmen gathered together and sent Tang Jide and the others away for more than ten miles. Although they could not express their gratitude with gorgeous words, actions were the best language.

The green corridor continued to extend in the Sahara Desert, and Duqizi seemed to be more motivated. Later, his arms were a little swollen, but he still enjoyed it.To be able to join this sacred cause, Duqizi only has glory in his heart, and he doesn't care about other things.

"There is a place called Emochil in front of it. It is the gathering place of Berbers around here. There are also some outsiders who come to travel. It is very lively." Du Qizi pointed to the sand sea in the sky.

Everyone has basically understood what he said. The front he said must be the front, but the specific distance is not necessarily the same. In the desert, it is also a dead horse looking at the mountains.

Sure enough, it took two days to see the town. This is a relatively large oasis. Although it is also very desolate, there are some sparse ground buildings, but most of them are cave dwellings dug out along the slope.

In front of the cave, you can see tethered camels, and occasionally a few tourists hanging around with cameras, taking pictures of everything they see.

"The tourism industry is doing well." The big head brother gave a praise.

But Du Qizi shook his head: "It's just these few days, because tomorrow is the annual bridal market, so there will be more tourists."

What the hell, the bridal market, is there still slave trade in Africa?Brother Datou was stunned when he heard it, as if he hadn't heard anything about it from the natives of that tribe.

"Is the bridal market full of brides, so I can just buy a few back and make them wives for Datou!" Of course, the pheasant will not let go of the opportunity to tease Tang Datou.

Du Qizi couldn't explain it clearly when he was messing around with it, so he directly led everyone to a cave dwelling, which was the home of his brother Hayz, not an outsider, basically similar to his own home.Duqizi's brother is more than ten years younger than him. There is a seven or eight-year-old boy in the family, and a girl who looks to be twelve or thirteen years old, who has just developed.

This family also fully embodies the warm and hospitable character of the Berber people. As soon as the guests entered the house, the sheep began to be slaughtered outside.These days, Brother Big Head is getting tired of eating roasted lamb, and it smells like mutton every time he burps, so he hastened to do it himself and prepared to change the way of eating.

How could he bother the guest, especially the guest who seemed to be respected by the elder brother—Haiz was also stunned by the big brother's anti-customer.But Du Qizi comforted him a few words and briefly introduced the experience of this trip, Hakiz was dumbfounded, how could he care about Tang Jide.

Brother Datou tidied up the lamb intestines and tripe in a calm manner, then filled a few blood sausages with lamb blood, and put them in the haggis to cook together; as for the lamb, of course, it was boiled in plain water, with some added Secret seasoning, just add some salt.

After the mutton is rolled in the pot for two times, it can be taken out to eat. The meat is tender and authentic, and everyone applauds after eating it; and drinking a pottery bowl of thick haggis soup, it is simply unbelievable to a god. Change—well, the main reason is that the gods do not agree to change.

Professor Hawass also discovered the New World. It turns out that there are other ingredients besides barbecue ingredients, so he put the big head brother on it again.

After eating and drinking, he returned to the cave to rest.It wasn't cold anyway, so I fell asleep with a blanket on the floor.When I woke up the next day, it was still daylight, and I saw Hayiz’s wife grooming and dressing up her daughter. She even washed her hair, which was a rare occurrence, and carefully picked off all the lice on her head—it couldn’t be helped However, due to the limitation of water sources, washing and rinsing has become a luxury, and people will inevitably get lice on their bodies.

When they were still at Du Qizi's house, Tang Jide and the others saw that the family washed their hair with cow urine, saying that it could kill the lice in the hair, but they didn't dare to try it anyway.

After Hayz’s explanation, I realized that I was going to send my daughter to the bridal market. Big Brother couldn’t help scratching the back of his head: “Isn’t this age too young? You haven’t reached adulthood yet. Give it to someone as a child bride?”

"According to the customs of the Berbers, girls can go to the bridal market at the age of 12. If a boy likes her and the parents of both parties agree, then they can formally communicate." Hayz gave a general introduction for a moment.Brother Datou felt relieved: it turned out to be a relationship, so it seems to be early, it is purely puppy love!
But this is the custom of people. Fortunately, the so-called bridal market is not selling brides all over the street, but just providing a place for young people to get to know each other.This is also related to the way of life of the Berbers. Most of their gathering places are small. If only the tribes intermarry, it is easy to cause inbreeding, so this kind of bridal market gradually came into being.

Now that I've caught up, of course I'm going to see the excitement, so I accompanied the Hayz family to the bridal market.It is said that it is a market, but it is actually a scale of hundreds of people, and this also counts the tourists who come from afar to hunt for novelties.

There are quite a lot of girls in the market, and each one is more immature than the other, but they are all well-dressed, and they look more pleasing to the eye; After a while, he discussed something with his family in a low voice.

"Big head, do you want to mix it up?" The pheasant started to make fun of Brother Big Head again.

As soon as the words fell, a young man came to them, and then gave a Berber courtesy to Xiao Xiami: "You are so beautiful, it must be because of eating fish."

Xiao Xiami nodded with a smile. She knew that in the Berber language, if you see someone else’s child looks beautiful, it can be said that it is because of eating fish, because fish is a symbol of auspiciousness in their minds.

Unexpectedly, the boy's next words made Xiao Xiami completely stunned, only to hear the boy say loudly: "Then can you be my bride?"

(End of this chapter)