Chapter 436: Indigenous Tribes
Ling Wenjiao lay down in the tent, and Xiao Liang and Xiao Dong also shared a tent with her.
After sleeping peacefully until dawn, Huang Tengxiao called them to get up early in the morning to pack up their things and prepare to move on.
On this day, I drove for another day, ate some biscuits and water to fill my stomach at noon, rested for half an hour, and continued to hurry. It wasn't until before dark that they came to a tribe-like place.
This tribe is quite small, and the surrounding geomorphological environment is all loess Gobi, and you can see a sandy land on the other side from a distance.
When it reached a place more than a hundred meters outside the tribe's city, the convoy stopped first.
Then the guide went to the tribe to negotiate by himself, and after half an hour of his travel, the guide returned.
Then he said to Huang Tengxiao in a broken English: "They say...... An overnight stay here requires a ...... $50 ...... It can then be replenished with other supplies, but it will need to be exchanged for food and water. ”
Huang Tengxiao nodded: "OK." ”
They don't really need any supplies, but they need the intelligence resources here.
So they had to stay here for a day or two, and when they got the information they wanted, they had to find someone with local experience to take them into the desert to find the little fox.
Ling Wenjiao looked around and said, "Haven't you been here before?"
Xiao Liang replied beside him: "Oh, I haven't been here yet." I haven't even seen the shadow of the little fox in the place I've been to before, but I haven't come to investigate it yet. In fact, I am not completely sure of this time. ”
Ling Wenjiao followed them into the tribe, fortunately, the buildings here are not too backward, the houses are all made of loess and stone, and the buildings made of steel are rare.
And the buildings here are not very high, the highest is only three floors.
After entering the tribe, because there were outsiders, it was the chiefs here who came to receive them.
The chief, who spoke Arabic, saw them come in and led them to a mud hut that looked larger than the surrounding houses.
"This is my house, and you can rest here today. The sheikh said to them in Arabic.
The guide is not only a guide for their group, but also a translator for them.
So after hearing what the chief said, the guide dutifully translated a sentence to them.
Ling Wenjiao is not very proficient in Arabic, but she can hear a rough idea. But let her say it, maybe she won't be so fluent.
After the chief invited them into the house, the family still used tables and chairs, not just a carpet for them to sit on the floor.
After Huang Tengxiao and the others sat down, then two women with their heads, faces, and bodies wrapped in a cloth came out with food and put it on their tables.
The food is the specialty scones here, and the drink is like some kind of milk tea.
As soon as the two women brought the food, they immediately retreated.
The chief and his son entertained the guests in the living room, and by the way, they were introduced to the origin of the food and milk tea.
Ling Wenjiao listened to the chief's original words while listening to the guide's translation.
The guide explained to Huang Tengxiao and others in English, but not everyone could understand English.
For example, Xiao Liang next to him leaned into Ling Wenjiao's ear and asked, "I heard that you can speak English, what are they talking about???
Ling Wenjiao said calmly: "They are saying that the cake is only made here to entertain people from afar, and it is made of mutton, flowers and some plants, which is delicious." Then the milk tea is made by mixing camel milk with a plant. I heard that it is very nourishing, you can taste it. ”
After Xiao Liang heard this, his foodie attributes were greatly opened, and he turned his head to look at Huang Tengxiao with a little desire to eat: "Brother Xiao, can you eat this?"
Huang Tengxiao looked at him and said, "You can eat if you want." ”
Xiao Liang picked up a scone and put it in front of his nose and smelled it, then put it in his mouth and took a bite and tasted it.
Then he nodded: "Well, this one is delicious." Won't you try?"
Ling Wenjiao also took a piece and put it in her mouth to eat, then glanced at the cup of milk tea, and said to him: "You can also try that milk tea, it will definitely make you have an endless aftertaste!"
As she spoke, she reached out and picked up the cup of milk tea, put it in front of her nose and smelled it, and a smell of burnt milk came.
She blew twice, then took a soft sip.
Huang Tengxiao stared at her and raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything. However, an unexpected light flashed in his eyes, and he was a little disappointed with Ling Wenjiao's calm expression after drinking milk tea.
This milk tea smells quite fragrant and has a very attractive aroma. But when you drink it in your mouth, the taste is indescribable......
It's bitter, spicy and sour, and there's another punchy flavor that spreads through the taste buds.
That terrible speed...... It can be fought with old Beijing soybean milk.
Huang Tengxiao and others had often looked for little foxes in many parts of Africa before, and they knew a little about the local customs or food in many areas here.
Some places have great dairy drinks, but some aren't.
Before Huang Tengxiao and others came here, they already knew what the taste of milk tea here was. So when he saw Ling Wenjiao drinking this milk tea, he was still waiting to see Ling Wenjiao's reaction.
However, Ling Wenjiao's reaction was so calm, it was not funny at all.
Could it be that the taste of this tea is not as bad as the intelligence says?
Huang Tengxiao, who was a little suspicious of himself, picked up the cup and tried it, and then his whole face turned green. But because of being a guest in someone else's house, you have to give the host a little face.
So Huang Tengxiao was very cultivated, and he didn't squirt out the tea on the spot.
But there are people who don't have the patience as much as he has.
"Poof...... Ahem!" Xiao Dong was the first to be embarrassed.
Then there are Xiaoliang and Ah Jing, Lao Hu and another uncle are very calm.
Xiao Liang covered his mouth, looked at the cup of milk tea as if it was poison, and then turned his head to look at Ling Wenjiao and said, "That's what you said...... Aftertaste?"
Ling Wenjiao said: "This smell can stay in the mouth for several hours, is it considered an endless aftertaste?"
Seeing their reaction to the tea, the chief and his son had obviously expected it, and they didn't mind, but smiled a little playfully.
Then the chief pointed at Ling Wenjiao and said, "This girl is very good, she can drink our Anedin tea." ”
The guide looked at Ling Wenjiao and translated in English: "He said you are very powerful...... Ordinary out-of-towners...... It's hard to accept the taste of this tea. Especially women...... I don't like it anymore. ”
Ling Wenjiao nodded, then continued to pick up the teacup, and then drank it in one go.
It's even worse than traditional Chinese medicine......
Seeing Ling Wenjiao drink it in one go, the corners of Huang Tengxiao's eyes twitched.
Then I heard Ling Wenjiao say: "Oh yes, when people bring this kind of tea out, they are already entertaining us with the highest etiquette." If they don't finish the tea, it will be an insult to them!"
Everyone: "............"