Chapter 595 Xiao Peng's precious gift
By the time Xiao Peng arrived at the 'resort' of Murondava, it was already midnight.
The so-called 'resort' is actually a few stilt cabins by the sea. The boss is a middle-aged Chinese couple.
In other words, this Chinese person is really good at doing business. Occupy the seashore and build a few stilt houses to dare to say that this is a resort, and the price is very high. Each stilt house costs about 1 or 200 US dollars a night------ in Madagascar, a hotel rent of 1,200 yuan a day is quite good. You can see how dark it is here!
After all, you need to book a hotel in advance for a visa on arrival, but it is really difficult to book a hotel here in Madagascar------ just a few hotels can be booked online, take Murondava as an example, such a large tourist resort, only two hotels accept reservations. Usually it's always full, and it's basically impossible to book.
As a result, some Chinese people saw business opportunities and opened 'resorts' here to accept online reservations, with less investment, more guests, and more moneyγγγγγγ
Xiao Peng booked the largest stilt house, well, the kind that costs $200 a night, with three floors. The three of them were tired from the bumps along the way, so they lay on the bed and slept comfortably.
However, the three of them did not sleep for long, and the next morning, they were quarreled by the sound of the piano. Yang scolded the street angrily, opened the window to look, but saw a woman sitting there playing the piano in the open air not far away. That woman was none other than the proprietress of the resort.
"Damn, it's another immortal. Yang Meng said with a disgruntled face: "How can this be the same as that Yu Pei?
Xiao Peng walked over and stretched: "If you don't find something to do here, isn't that boring?"
Rafa agrees with Xiao Peng's point of view: "Yes, we usually don't think about anything else except how to eat enough. β
Yang Meng shrugged: "Don't lie to me, I know, you have baobabs here, that thing is full of treasures, a few baobabs are enough for the whole family to eat." β
Baobab is a more common number in the tropics, because the fruit is the favorite food of monkeys, elephants and other animals, and whenever the fruit is ripe, the monkeys will climb the tree to pick the fruit to eat, hence the name of the baobab tree.
Yang Meng is not wrong when he says that this baobab tree is 'full of treasures', and in Africa, people call it 'the tree of life'. β
The trunk of the baobab tree is very floppy, with many holes in it, similar to a hollow, which stores water, and when there is a shortage of water, the redbread tree can be found to absorb water from the tree.
Its leaves are rich in vitamins and calcium, and it is also a favorite vegetable of Madagascar, and baobab leaf soup is a common food on the dinner table of the people here.
Baobab seeds are an excellent source of oil extraction and are the most commonly used vegetable oil in Madagascar. You can also fry it and eat it. It is also effective in treating malaria.
The trunk of the baobab can also be used because it is soft and wide enough to be hollowed out into a canoe, which is usually the way the rafts used by the people who live here are made.
Not even the bark of the trees is wasted: weaving, making paper, making ropes, making strings for musical instruments, that's not wasted at all.
Not to mention the magical baobab fruit.
The fruit can be the size of a small volleyball, the calcium content is 50 percent higher than that of spinach, and the vitamin C content is three times that of oranges! What is even more peculiar is that people have found that Africans who often eat baobab fruit almost do not suffer from stomach cancer, and finally after research by scientists, this baobab has a substance that can inhibit the formation and development of gastric cancer cells! Moreover, the juice squeezed out of baobab leaves and juice has the effect of reducing inflammation and fever! Therefore, this baobab is also called a superfruit!
It stands to reason that Yang Meng was right when he said this, but Rafa showed a wry expression: "Mr. Xiao, Mr. Yang, since you have arrived in Murondawa, you can't help but go to the 'Baobab Avenue', otherwise we will take you to see it now?"
"Okay, wait for us to wash up!" Xiao Peng said.
Anyway, wash up here, alas, what a hell!
There is a toilet at the back of the stilt house, and there is a flush toilet in it, and next to the toilet there is a large water tank with a scoop made of baobab shells, which is called the 'Madagascar style bath'.
You know, the peak tourist season in Madagascar is from June to November every year, but this season is also the dry season in Madagascar, and there is a great shortage of water, so it is good to find clean water to wash yourself.
There are not many hotels in Madagascar that provide hot showers, they are all bathed in this way, and they wash with a scoop of cold water!
Xiao Peng finished washing, but found Yang Meng leaning against the door to listen to the woman playing the piano.
"Dude, what are you doing?" Yang Meng asked, "Hey, it's useless to ask you." How do you feel like listening to a piano?"
Xiao Peng was not happy to hear this, and after listening carefully, he replied: "This is a piano piece changed from Berlioz's "Rakosi March". β
"Damn, do you really know?" Yang Meng's eyes widened.
"Otherwise, why do I have a special listening room in the room? I have to understand what kind of songs, music can cultivate my sentiments, and listen to different music according to different moods. Symphonies and piano music are good to listen to. Xiao Peng said.
Yang scratched his head violently: "I only know Beethoven, Mozart, oh, and a Liszt, isn't it? I don't know anything else, what is this Berlioz?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "This, how to say it, Romain Rolland has only written biographies of two musicians in his life, one is Beethoven and the other is this Berlioz, we think this name is strange, in fact, he has an important position in the history of music in the West and even in the world." A Gallic musician, or rather, a madman. It can also be called the first 'love species' in the music industry. β
"Love?" Yang Meng became interested.
"Yes, this guy doesn't look at life well, but he is definitely a lover, from his first love at the age of twelve to his death, he was still picking up girls. At that time, he was optimistic about a woman named Gamil-Mock, and the two fell in love, but Gamil's mother said to Berlioz, "You want me to marry my daughter?" The Rome Awards were the equivalent of the 'Oscars' in the music industry at the time. Xiao Peng said.
Yang Meng smiled: "Isn't this 'my husband must be the best talent' in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er"?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, this Berlioz is also serious, he went to study in Hedali, and finally won the Rome Prize when he was 26 years old, when he came back with the trophy, he learned that Gamir had married the son of a luthier! This made Berlioz angry, and Berlioz, who had lost his mind at that time, wanted to kill them, and he really did it!"
"Huh, did he kill someone?" Yang's eyes widened.
Xiao Peng shrugged: "This musician's brain circuit is different from ours, people have to make a careful killing plan if they want to kill, right? First of all, he went to the women's clothing store and bought a set of clothes worn by the maid. β
"What are you doing, what are you doing with the maid's clothes?" Yang Meng was puzzled.
Xiao Peng explained: "People are very thoughtful, they think that it is easier to approach the target in women's clothes, and then they bought weapons and even prepared suicide poison, and rode to Paris in a carriage overnight, ready to deal a fatal blow to the pair of 'dog men and women'." β
After hearing this, Yang Meng asked, "What is the result?"
As a result, while resting on the way, he was moved by the sound of the babbling stream, and then thought about composing the music for a long time, and then rushed back to Rome overnight to compose it. Xiao Peng gave the answer.
Yang Meng sneered: "This brain circuit is really good!"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Since ancient times, those who play music say that they have thoughts, and if they don't sound good, they call them lack of brains." Nine out of ten women who like Berlioz are the kind of people who live in their own world and are good at fantasy. Now when you see her playing the piano there, you don't know where to go in your mind and fall into some fantasy. Having said that, when I came to Madagascar to do business, I really don't know whether to say that the two of them have ideas or lack of brains. β
"Looking at the business here, there should be a lot of money!" Yang Meng asked puzzled, the business in this resort is still good, all the foreign tourists who come here----- locals can't afford to live.
"Who will spend the money, and how will the money be spent?" Xiao Peng asked.
In other words, what Xiao Peng said is really right. In Madagascar, you don't know how to spend your money, but it's γγγγγγ Ahem, it's so 'raw'γγγγγγ
"Okay, don't look at it, let's go play!" Xiao Peng said.
Yang Meng nodded: "Let's go! Rafa, take us to Baobab Avenue." By the way, how do you solve breakfast?"
Xiao Peng took out an alcohol stove, an oven, and charcoal from the room: "Mengzi, carry it, buy some food, let's make it ourselves." β
"Where did this come from?" Yang Meng was puzzled.
Xiao Peng said: "You also know that the food here is often mixed with sand, and our boss here has prepared these things for Chinese guests in order to take care of the Chinese people, and he buys his own ingredients and eats them by himself." β
Yang Meng was speechless: "Is this special or a tour?
Xiao Pengle said: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, unless you are used to eating things here, hurry up and move things up." That's right, Rafa, give you something good. β
Rafa was about to help move things, when he heard Xiao Peng's words. saw Xiao Peng take out a small box and hand it to him. Rafa opened the box and looked at it, with a shocked expression: "Wow, Mr. Xiao, how embarrassing is this!
Xiao Peng smiled: "It's nothing, you still need to work hard all the time in Madagascar." β
Rafa nodded desperately: "Mr. Xiao, I will do my best to serve you and bring you a different journey." β
Yang Meng put the things in his hand to the side and came over curiously: "What is it? uh? What is this? Is there a mistake? Cooling oil?"