Chapter 138: Charity with a Good Heart

After finding the five species of lemurs, all the family members set off again for their second place of existence, Murondava.

Mrundawa is a city in the Menabé region of Madagascar, near the Mozambique Channel, and is also the capital of the region. One of the most famous attractions of the city is the avenue of baobabs near 20.251000°S 44.418403°E. The baobab trees here are about 800 years old. In recent decades, the forest area has been slowly decreasing due to the increase in the local population, but the baobab tree has been preserved for religious reasons.

Although it is the capital, in good conscience, it is too poor here, which is the feeling of the fourth and fifth tier cities and even the countryside in China.

However, although it is poor, it is well worth a visit, if not for anything else, for the baobab tree, also known as the bobab tree, the monkey tree or the sour gourd tree, which is a large deciduous tree with a short trunk and many branches. The baobab tree has a huge canopy, a thousand branches, resembling tree roots, a spectacular tree shape, and a huge fruit like a football, sweet and juicy, and is the favorite food of monkeys, orangutans, elephants and other animals. When the fruit is ripe, the monkeys come in groups and climb the trees to pick the fruit to eat, hence the name "baobab tree".

Found in Africa, the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian Ocean islands, and northern Australia, the baobab tree is woody and porous, and a bullet can penetrate a shot at the trunk.

Baobab is also one of the oldest longevity trees in the plant kingdom, with a lifespan of about 5,000 years, even in the arid harsh environment of the savannah. According to relevant records, in the 18th century, the famous French botanist Adamsson saw some baobab trees in Africa, the oldest of which had lived for 5,500 years. Due to local folklore, the baobab tree is a "sacred tree" and is protected by people.

It was because of this that Li Yapeng decided to participate in this jungle.

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After arriving at Murondawa, all the family members rushed to the second place of survival, they first got into a local truck, the truck is old, my God, Li Yapeng and Wu Qihui said together, this truck may be older than both of them.

It's really... You would never guess how terrible this truck was, and you would never have guessed how terrible this truck was, and you wouldn't have thought that this capital was not much different from the villages of Huaguo, and that the largest urban area was about the same as a town.

Along the way, in addition to discussing the baobab tree, the family members are studying the poverty here, for the baobab tree, Li Yapeng is the most impatient, all the way to discuss the baobab tree, other jungle members are also in Li Yapeng's narration, little by little to understand the baobab tree.

It was about an hour before our jungle production team finally reached Baobab Boulevard, and to be honest, everyone was shocked when the family saw Baobab Boulevard.

The baobab tree is a strange among the large trees in the African savannah, with a thick and elevated trunk, a huge and magnificent crown, a thousand strange branches, and a variety of tree shapes, full of solemnity and beauty!

When it jumped into the eyes of the family members, it was not only an initial surprise of excitement, but also a shock to the powerful impact of the perspective, the objects and the scenery. Wild during the day, the baobab trees are a thousand charms under the blue sky and white clouds, and at sunset, the clouds are red and the earth is painted with heavy shadows......

The baobab avenue here is more than 800 years old, dozens of 30-meter-high, thick and straight baobab trees stand tall on the original red dirt road, although it is only 260 meters long, but it still makes people feel shocking.

Their tall and majestic posture, like "persistent and lonely guardians of this pristine silent land", is the famous "Baobab Avenue" that must be visited in Laima Island.

The tour guide said that this is the photographer's "paradise", to the east, beside the avenue to take pictures of the sparkling lagoon and the sunrise baobab trees; to the west, the lagoon shore leaves the most moving sunset of the baobab trees beside the avenue; along the charming avenue, under the neatly arranged thick baobab trees, occasionally local villagers drive ox carts, raising a slight dust, maybe intercepting the moment and then disappearing out of sight! Therefore, the real photography group has to run twice from the city here, because of the road conditions, it is hard work to get home.

Walk through the spectacular Baobab Avenue, into the depths of the Red Dirt Road, and across the lagoon-filled Shore Prairie Trail, and you'll come under the legendary "Lovers' Baobab" tree, where two thick trunks hug each other and stretch out to the sky, creating a world-renowned love pair in this wilderness far from the red dust, attracting thousands of couples who come all the way to make wishes and pray for blessings. In the amazement of people at the same time of admiration, this pair of elves who never abandon and become more and more entangled, lingering is the unforgettable involvement, unswerving is the lingering of a lifetime, witnessing the sunrise and sunset, the stars and hugging tightly, quietly enjoying the "two-person world" that belongs only to themselves in the depths of the dense forest,

"Chu Ran, do you believe in unswerving love?"

Zhao Liying and Zhang Churan stood under the tree of the couple baobab, and then Zhao Liying suddenly looked at Zhang Churan and asked.

"Believe it... Because I want to have a love that will last until death. ”

Just waited for Zhang Churan to finish speaking, Zhao Liying turned around and left, Zhang Churan was confused by Zhao Liying who left suddenly, just now it was obvious that Zhao Liying called herself, but at this time, the other party left suddenly, and didn't say a word, what is the situation, did you say something wrong, Zhang Churan was stunned, no, the two said a word, and his own words did not anger the other party.

Don't know why... Zhang Churan felt more and more strange about Zhao Liying!

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Leaving Baobab Avenue, the family members continued to move forward, but this time the second place of survival was too far away, from noon to night, and at night, it was raining outside, you thought it was raining outside, how could it be, it was raining heavily outside, it was raining lightly inside, and everyone put on their raincoats.

In this way, it was bumpy until almost 22 o'clock in the evening, and finally arrived at the place of survival this time, a primitive tribe called Sakarava.

Sacarava lived in the western part of the island of Madagascar, a sparsely populated area of plains, grasslands and hills, covering one-third of the island's area.

They also sow rice in the riverbed and engage in fairly primitive agriculture. The poverty here is simply outrageous, and you would never think how poor it can be here.

"It's a village...!" In Zhang Siyi's exclamation, all the people showed a happy look.

The families who had been rocking in the truck for almost five or six hours were already about to be shaken and vomited, and now that they finally had a village, how could they make the families unhappy.

When the nine members of the family got out of the car collectively, they saw the lights in the distance, which was the advance team of "Our Jungle".

"Finally come down, oh my God, I'm almost stunned in this truck. As soon as he got out of the car, Zhang Siyi complained, and when Zhang Siyi finished speaking, Huang Zitao on the side also followed behind and said: "Don't say it's you little girl, even I can't do it, this truck is too torturous." ”

"Who do you say, little girl, I think you are a stupid boy, what else will you do besides blowing fire?" Although Huang Zitao can't hunt or anything, he is quite good at blowing fire, probably because he is a singer.

"Hey, hey... I'm just blowing fire, what's the matter, I'll blow fire I'm proud. After Huang Zitao and Zhang Siyi got acquainted with each other, the two began to attack each other a long time ago.

Because one is 93 and the other is 94, they are the same age, so through a period of getting along, the friendship between the two is getting better and better.

Seeing that Huang Zitao was not angry, and was still smug about his own meeting, Zhang Siyi also had no desire to fight again, after all, he was almost tired to death now, and the bickering thing should wait until he had a full meal before continuing.

However, listening to the bickering of the two post-90s, the other big brothers and sisters are quite happy, which can be regarded as a little entertainment program during the lucky journey.

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Walking into the second place of survival, this is a village, the village of the Sakarava people, to the surprise of the family, after they and others entered the village, under a shack, the patriarch of the village was still waiting for him and others with a group of people dressed up.

It's just that this dress is very simple for the family, and after communicating with the other party, the other party actually brought dinner, and it was the hungry and cooing family members, and their eyes lit up one by one.

It's not a sumptuous dinner, just rice and a grilled fish, but it's so simple, but all the family members are feasting, and hunger is the best delicacy for human beings.

What is surprising is that after dinner, there is still fruit to eat, and it is watermelon, you know, to eat watermelon for guests, that is the highest reception of the people of Sakarava.

Later, the village chief invited the members to participate in the zebu competition, which is a very heavy farming tool for the Sakarava people, and I feel that the Sakarava people at this time are a bit similar to the Tang Dynasty people.

There is a huge cow peak above the neck of the zebu cow, some even weigh dozens of kilograms, like a large tumor, and the loose flesh skin of the throat extends to the meat lobe, up to the abdomen. The ears are large and overhanging, and have obvious resistance to heat and disease. Heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, and rough-fed, we have also introduced zebu cattle to improve local cattle.

For the patriarch's invitation, the family members who didn't know anything agreed without saying a word, but the family would never have thought that this zebu was really speechless.

Soon the people of Sakarava left, and the time was almost early in the morning, this shack was where the families camped, compared to the wild, this is paradise, but for Huang Zitao, it is almost like hell, because Huang Zitao is afraid of insects, and there are really many thieves here.

Fortunately, Xiao Fuyang brought a mosquito net, and after Huang Zitao saw the mosquito net, he no longer had any doubts, and squeezed into Xiao Fuyang's mosquito net, and everyone laughed.

However, the laughter soon ended, and in their place was a slight snoring, because they were really tired.

In this way, he arrived the next day without any danger, early in the morning, Sun Yizhou got up, he went around the village, and when he came back, the other family members also got up, and the first thing Sun Yizhou said when he came back was that it was too poor here, as if it was ancient.

As we all know, Africa is a relatively poor and backward country. And in this ancient village, it seems to be the poverty of the poor, and the housing conditions here, the houses are so shabby that people are stunned when they look at them.

The roofs of all the houses are made of straw. Women and children hiked long distances to fetch water. The Sakarava tribe has about 87 people in the village, and they make their living mainly by growing a sweet potato-like crop, Kasaba.

It can be said that poverty is outrageous.

After listening to Sun Yizhou's words, everyone also got up and explored the village, as Sun Yizhou said, the poverty is outrageous, when Zhang Churan and others walked around the village, all the black people looked at Zhang Churan and others like cherished animals.

The children here have been grazing since the bottom, and it is very difficult to go to school, and there is only one primary school within a radius of hundreds of miles on this plain, and to be honest, the poverty here deeply touched Li Yapeng and Wu Qihui.

After the end of this episode, Li Yapeng said: "I am especially glad that I can come to your tribe, I have gained a lot of things, only I know, it was you who gave it to me, I am very grateful to you." The living conditions of the people in the village are very difficult, but they have a high happiness index, and Li Yapeng is deeply shocked by the stark contrast. After being warmly welcomed by the locals, Li Yapeng also wanted to help them. Therefore, after Li Yapeng finished filming from Murondava, the first thing he said when he returned to the capital of Mada to see his agent was: "You should contact the travel agency of Mada's local reception as soon as possible to see if you can donate some living materials to the tribe where the program team has stayed." ”

Wu Qihui was also infected by the optimistic attitude of the local residents: "When I first came, I was shocked, it turned out that we had come to a very primitive tribe. But if you think about it from another angle, they actually live a happier life than we do. After seeing the scarcity of medicines, food and daily necessities for the villagers, Wu Qilong hopes to make some changes for the villagers in terms of health and living conditions. When I learned that Li Yapeng had the idea of making a donation, I communicated with him as soon as possible and jointly launched a charitable donation.

Through the joint efforts of both sides, the charity donation program raised a total of food, clothing, daily necessities, stationery and other materials. Among them, nearly 5,000 kilograms of grain including rice and flour, 500 pieces of shirts, sportswear, and sneakers, and 1,300 pieces of daily necessities, including toothbrushes, toothpaste, plastic basins, plastic buckets, and some solar energy equipment.

In addition to donating to the tribes where they lived, Li Yapeng and Wu Qilong also donated a large number of stationery and books to a local primary school, including more than 2,000 pieces of school bags, pencils, erasers, homework books, teaching supplies, children's books, as well as sports goods such as football and basketball. Due to the rainy season in Madagascar during the filming of the program, there were many inconveniences in the purchase and transportation of materials, so the specific donation time was arranged after the arrival of the dry season in Madagascar, and the donation was finally completed in early July. The people of Sakarava who received the donated materials said in Chinese: "Thank you, Mr. Li Yapeng, thank you, Mr. Wu Qihui." ”

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