Big Islander 2

Chapter 573 Do as the Romans do
"Uncle Datou, it turns out that this is the tribe of the Hongni tribe." Xiao Xiami finally got more information from these women.

Tang Jide couldn't help scratching the back of his head: "The red mud tribe, that is, the Himba tribe. I remember that they were invited to participate in the second indigenous conference, and they were all black—by the way, it seemed that all the people who went there were men. ,hehe!"

Even Vasily was surprised, so he went up to a woman who was burning cow dung, stretched out his little paws and crushed her twice.It feels like a layer of red substance has been applied, but there is basically nothing on the finger.

Even the braids of those women were covered with a thick layer of red substance, which looked like red mud, which was probably why they got their name.

Brother Big Tou also wanted to get closer to have a look, but he found that the big black men who sent them over had disappeared. They should have gone back to take care of their grazing cattle and sheep. In the whole tribe, except for the women, there were only a few people left. A child running around with his buttocks.

It's really reassuring--Big Brother is not going to move forward too much, but Mr. Pei moved up to make gestures with curiosity, and then walked back frowning, keeping his hands in front of his nose Fanning: "This taste is too strong——"

"Women of the Red Ni tribe never take a bath in their whole life." Xiao Xiami had communicated with the male representatives of this tribe at the beginning, and knew some customs of their tribe.In the area where the Hongni people live, water resources are extremely precious.

No wonder, Mr. Pei nodded while waving away the flies.There are so many flies here, swarms of them, buzzing non-stop, there are more than a dozen children standing around them looking surprised, there are many flies on their faces, just crawling around the corners of their mouths, the children I don't care, it looks like I'm used to it.

Not only that, but the entire tribe is also very dirty, and the sanitary conditions are extremely poor.Big Brother was very skeptical: To survive in this environment, it would be strange not to get sick.

The fact is exactly the same. According to Xiao Xiami, the current population of the Hongni tribe is only tens of thousands, and there are more women than men, and the ratio of men to women has even reached a terrifying 1:10.Because most of the boys will die when they are more than ten years old, so there is a situation in the tribe where yin prospers and yang declines.Generally speaking, a man will marry several wives, so that the race can continue.

"What's the reason? Is it because of a genetic disease or an acquired condition?" Brother Datou was also shocked by this number. Although in the tribe of the Hongni tribe, a few cows can be exchanged for a wife, but if things go on like this, This nation will disappear from the world sooner or later.

Xiao Xiami looked around. According to her guess, it might be caused by the environment and diet here. After all, the hygienic environment is too poor, and it is easy to breed various parasites.

While they were studying, a woman came and yelled at them twice, and then the children all ran to the front of the igloo, and several other women were already distributing food to the children.Brother Datou also saw some clues: These people should be a big family, and the women are all the wives of one of the big black men just now, and then these children belong to different wives. Dare to be affectionate, a family is a small tribe what.

No wonder the grain seeds and grass seeds they distributed were not used. It is difficult for this kind of family tribe to expand its influence.And judging from the primitive way of life of the Hongni people, besides grazing and hunting, they only collect food, and they don't even know how to develop planting. Maybe those seeds were eaten by them!
Mistakes, mistakes, I didn't expect there to be such a primitive and backward place-Big Brother is also a little bit regretful, he thought it would be over after the seeds were distributed.Fortunately, they conducted this hiking tour and found many problems along the way, which can be regarded as after-sales tracking service.

I saw that under the siege of swarms of flies, the children were still eating food sweetly, which was made of goat milk mixed with leaves and roots of some plants.However, Big Brother lost his appetite after seeing a few flies practicing swimming inside.

In the end, Xiao Xiami did it himself, squeezed some fresh goat milk, everyone drank a few sips, and barely filled their stomachs.

"This is simply not a human life—" Mr. Yeji has been to many tribes, but this is the first time he has seen such a miserable one.

Brother Big Head doesn't quite agree with what it said. Looking at the children running carefree and the simple and demure faces of those women, it proves that people are very satisfied with this primitive and simple life retreated to the mountains and forests.Zifeiyu knows the joy of fish?
However, it would be even better if we could pay more attention to hygiene and affluence on the basis of this primitive and tranquility, and this is what Brother Big Head is going to do.Because Brother Big Head has always advocated that the aborigines should preserve their own culture, and at the same time continuously improve the quality of life, and he did the same.

Soon, it was dark, and the tribe under the night looked more peaceful.Although the family has six or seven thatched huts, they are all full, so Big Brother and the others simply live outside in the open air.Another important reason is that Master Pei went into the house for a visit, and then came out holding his nose.

Asking guests to live outside is obviously not the way to treat guests. This family—or the oldest woman in this tribe came and nagged for a long time, but the two sides could not communicate with each other, so that was the only way to go.However, the big housekeeper still asked someone to send some cloths for the guests to keep out the cold in the evening.

Fortunately, Big Brother and the others are used to it. No matter how bad the conditions here are, can it be worse than the hinterland of the Sahara?
Early the next morning, the group of children ran over. For them, they rarely saw outsiders, let alone two rare animals, Daxing and Pheasant.

"Come on, little girl, let me check your body for you." The big-headed brother pulled a little doll with braids, and the braids hung down on its head, like two horns.Unexpectedly, after scanning under his bulging belly, he found a little bird, which turned out to be not a girl, but a little man.

Brother Big Head couldn't help scratching the back of his head. When these babies haven't started to develop, they really don't know their gender.It was Xiao Xiami who observed carefully: "Uncle Datou, look at their braids. Boys' braids are combed backwards, while girls' braids are combed forward."

"Hey, both boys and girls have to be investigated." The big head brother grabbed the little boy's arm, and then sent a stream of plant essence to check the situation in his body.

After checking a few men and women, Brother Datou frowned and discussed with Xiao Xiami: "These dolls are very healthy. It just feels like there are parasites in their stomachs, maybe in their blood. This requires a more professional The equipment is gone, it’s best to send a medical team from Peach Blossom Island to prescribe the right medicine.”

The pheasant hit the nail on the head: "Big head, your skills have improved. Do you know if other people have roundworms in their stomachs?" But he was kicked by the big head brother: "I knew you had worms in your brain!"

"It's better to transfer people from Qingqing Grassland. Isn't Sister Anna a member of the medical team back then, just ask her to help you make contact." Xiao Xiami is definitely better. It looks like a thousand miles.

Tang Jide also nodded. There is no rush for this matter, and it may take a long time. What he can do now is to make some grain seeds and grass seeds for them, and improve their material life first.

When they went to the housekeeper to discuss the matter, they found that the women of the tribe were dancing around some burning logs.Brother Big Head couldn't help scratching the back of his head: "It doesn't seem to be cold today?"

That's right, it's probably February now, and it's the end of summer and the beginning of autumn here, far from the time to warm up.But seeing Mr. Bei keep sucking his nose, Brother Big Head felt a faint fragrance in the air, which should be some kind of resinous smell emanating from the wood.

Xiao Xiami went up to make gestures for a while, and probably figured it out. It turned out that they were bathing in this way, using aromatherapy to dispel the peculiar smell on their bodies. After all, these women never took a bath.

After the incense was over, the women sat on the ground and began to grind a kind of ocher on a large stone. Soon, a layer of red ocher powder was left on the stone.After stirring with goat milk, start to apply it on the body.It seems that this layer of red on the red clay figurine woman's body is just like this.

"This method is good. It is equivalent to adding a protective film to the skin, which can prevent the sun and mosquitoes!" The pheasant was full of praise, and urged Tang Datou to try it, saying that it is what you do when you go to the countryside.

Brother Big Tou couldn't stand it fooling around, so he also smeared a layer of red mud on both arms, but it was a bit difficult to get it off, and it couldn't be wiped off no matter how much he rubbed.I hated the big head brother to catch the pheasant and insisted on dyeing its feathers.

"I'm a male!" Mr. Pheasant struggled hard.

Big Brother got even angrier: "I'm not a mother either!"

The pheasant simply turned to the old story: "You have pretended to be a woman several times before, who knows whether you are a man pretending to be a woman or a woman pretending to be a man!"

Xiao Xiami and Mr. Bei watched Zhile from the side, and then Xiao Xiami also touched a layer of red mud on his arms, legs, and face, and Big Tou finally found his balance.According to Xiao Xiami, this layer of red mud can be easily washed off in about a week.

After Daxing braided Xiao Xiami more than a dozen braids in the style of a red mud woman, look at Xiao Xiami again, she looks like a beautiful girl of the red mud tribe, full of health and youth.Even those women were talking non-stop around her, it must be praise.

But the pheasant is not at ease: "Isn't it for our small shrimp to protect the media?"

Brother Big Head curled his lips: "Even if I give them all their cattle and sheep, I can't exchange them for shrimp—"

That is to say, laughing is laughing, the work that should be done still has to be done, Tang Jide asked the housekeeper to call all the old and young, and then taught them how to grow grass and food.Planting grass is relatively simple, and a child can complete it as if playing.Planting food is a bit more complicated, so Brother Big Head just taught them to grow corn, which is the easiest thing, since there is cow dung in their tribe anyway.

In order to make them remember the whole process, they simply came to the whole set, from sowing to harvesting, and then to grinding the corn into cornmeal to make porridge. The big head brother came one by one, which made the eyes of the women and children shine.

Drinking the sweet and fragrant corn paste, the women showed simple and sweet smiles on their faces, and then followed Professor Tang Jide's method to start a new round of sowing, looking very energetic.As for those children, they were lying on the ground one by one, looking intently at the ground that had just been planted.Probably they were all puzzled: Why hasn't Miao Miao come out yet, she came out in the blink of an eye just now?

(End of this chapter)