Chapter 9: Isles in the Sea
"Senior Nan, look, that's the logo of Nanmu Group. Ye Zhenzhen excitedly pointed to the pattern on the door of the store.
"I know that Nanmu Group has branches in many places, a sugar cane plantation, a sugar cane processing plant and several retail stores here in Liberty City, and a wood processing plant in Kenema. ”
Ye Zhenzhen felt that her concept had been refreshed again, and said with emotion: "Grandpa Nan is really hard, and he has to take care of so many things. ”
"Well, grandpa is very hard, however, Nanmu Group is transforming, hiring professional managers, stripping the ownership and management rights of the group, and dealing with it step by step, Nanmu Group will move towards a modern enterprise model, and when the time comes, he will be able to really retire. ”
Ye Zhenzhen didn't seem to understand it, but listening to Nan Zhiqiao's tone, Nanmu Group will get better and better, and the people of the Nan family don't have to be so tired, Senior Nan can continue to pursue his ideals, which is enough.
Coming out of the diamond shop, Nan no Qiao is complimented by Zhen Zhen as the "Elf Prince", and the elf prince who grows up in the forest is ready to take Zhen Zhen to the scenic Banana Island.
Banana Island, located in the western part of Villefranche, is the closest resort island to Villefranche, and when viewed from the air, it looks like a curvy green banana floating in the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
More than 400 years ago, Banana Island was used as a place of captivity for black slaves, and now it is a resort island with an indigenous village and a small resort open to the public.
These introductions to Banana Island were all introduced to Zhen Zhen on the way to Banana Island.
From Liberty City to Banana Island, you have to pass through a potholed mountain road, but fortunately Nan Zhiqiao drives an off-road vehicle, otherwise the ordinary car will have to break down along the way.
After walking through the potholed mountain road, I finally reached the coastal beach, where there was a small harbor with six or seven small boats.
The boats are all slender cano-like with motors attached to the sterns.
Ye Zhenzhen asked the locals on the beach, how to get to Banana Island, the locals pointed to the boats, and enthusiastically added that they were not far away, and they could be reached in more than 40 minutes.
Ye Zhenzhen looked at Nan Zhi Qiao in disbelief, and Nan Zhi Qiao replied with an affirmative look.
"Wouldn't it be possible for such a small boat to last forty minutes in the Atlantic?"
Nan Zhiqiao: "It's a bit dangerous, but if you want to go to Banana Island, there are only these small boats, and I took it last time, so it's safe to go back and forth, no problem." ”
Ye Zhenzhen mustered up her courage and looked like a hero going to death, "Okay, anyway, I learned to swim, it's a big deal to swim over." ”
Two people got on the boat, and there was a white tourist, two locals, who gathered a boatload of people, and the owner of the boat turned on the motor and was ready to go.
With the rumbling of the motor, the boat moved quickly, and with the waves, the boat shook a little, but not as much as expected.
After sailing on the Atlantic Ocean for more than 20 minutes, surrounded by vast water, there was no banana island in front of her, and you couldn't see the shore in the back.
"Senior Nan, there won't be sharks in the sea, right?"
"I've heard of it, but I've never met it. ”
Zhen Zhen's hand grabbed the side of the boat tightly and asked, "Senior Nan, how many times have you been here?"
"This is the second time. ”
Zhenzhen's hand gripped even tighter.
Forty minutes passed quickly, and there were no capsizing, no sharks encountered, and a boatload of people reached Banana Island without incident.
Standing on the beach of Banana Island, looking at the dense rainforest, Ye Zhenzhen sighed: "There are trees everywhere, where to start?"
Ye Zhenzhen was worried, and an enthusiastic local guide came over to solicit business, and Nan Zhiqiao took the initiative to greet him and greeted him in English.
After negotiating the price with the local guide, Nan Zhiqiao returned to Zhen Zhen and said, "It's necessary to have a local guide, if it's just the two of us, it's easy to get lost in the rainforest of the island." ”
The guide, a young black man in his twenties, first took Vera Ye and Nan Zhiqiao to the resort on the shore.
The so-called resort is a small hotel run by locals, with several blue holiday cottages with tables and chairs in front of the cottages for tourists to eat and rest.
The guide took the two of them from the lodge and took them on a tour along the coast of Banana Island.
The coast of Banana Island has sandy beaches, reefs, and tall tropical plants on the shore.
After walking on the beach for a while, encountering a reef and having no way out, the guide turned around and entered the dense forest on the shore.
At the beginning, there was a path in the dense forest, but the further you went, the less obvious the path became, and finally disappeared completely, Zhen Zhen felt that if she walked back, she would definitely not be able to find the original way, and if there was no guide, the two would definitely get lost here.
Just when Zhen Zhen was bitten by mosquitoes in the dense forest, a small house, an ancient church, and a rusty cannon barrel appeared in the dense forest, all of which were the relics left by the British colonists.
The guide gave a brief introduction and walked forward.
Ye Zhenzhen applied the mosquito repellent ointment to her body again, and handed the mosquito repellent ointment to Nan Zhiqiao, who shook her head, "I have a special physique, and mosquitoes don't like to bite me." ”
Ye Zhenzhen looked at Nan Zhiqiao's exposed skin, and sure enough, there were no traces of mosquito bites, Ye Zhenzhen asked: "We are both human beings, why don't mosquitoes like to bite you?"
"I don't know. Nan Zhiqiao said honestly, "I am occasionally bitten by mosquitoes, but when I am surrounded by others, the probability of me being bitten by mosquitoes will be reduced, and the specific reason may be related to my personal physique." ”
Ye Zhenzhen could only sigh in her heart, and applied another layer of mosquito repellent ointment to her body.
After leaving the ruins and walking some distance through the dense forest, a small village appeared in front of me.
This village is also the only one on Banana Island, and there are not many inhabitants, and the guide is one of them.
The houses in the village were rudimentary, the better ones were made of rammed earth stone, and the worse ones were made of iron plate branches and hay.
There are many trees in the village, and in the open space between the trees and the houses, there is a group of children playing.
The guide had a wife and two children, and when the children saw a foreigner entering the village, they all gathered around.
Nan Zhiqiao gave the chocolates in his pocket when he went out in the morning and gave them to the children, and the children got the chocolates, scattered in a hurry, and went to play with each other.
In the center of the village there is a tree three or four meters high, with slender branches, small leaves, and white flowers, which are different from the tall and stout tropical plants around it.
The guide found that Zhen Zhen was looking around the tree, so he introduced: "This is a moringa tree, a sacred tree in the village, which can enhance physical strength and cure all kinds of diseases." ”
Ye Zhenzhen once read an introduction on the Internet about the moringa tree, which is native to Africa and has the effects of treating anemia, repelling worms, and preventing infections.
The guide plucked a leaf from the tree and put it in his mouth to chew, "I often eat the leaves of the moringa tree, so I rarely get sick, and my son used to have malaria and was cured with this tree. ”
Ye Zhenzhen also picked a leaf and put it in her mouth, the entrance was refreshing and slightly sweet, but after chewing twice, it was full of spicy.
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