Driving wet to the city, on the way back to the city, the coconut grove is actually on the edge of the desert.

On the road, from time to time I saw groups of camels, at first glance I thought they were wild, but after a closer look, I realized that they were raised, but I couldn't see a few people who put camels, Zhang Feng didn't think that this herd of camels would let them walk there by themselves, not afraid of getting lost? Not afraid of stealing?

But if you think about it, most of the camels here are single-hump, you can't ride them, and you don't feel much use if you steal them, and you have to pull them to run.

After returning to the city, I took a shower, packed up, chatted with the English-speaking waiter at the hotel, got to know the city of Salalah, and went out.

I drove slowly to a street called Jinjie, similar to the domestic pedestrian street, surprisingly unlimited vehicles, and there were various boutiques on both sides, mainly selling gold and silver jewelry and souvenirs.

Zhang Feng stopped at a shop selling Arabic scimitars, which were beautifully decorated, and all kinds of shiny stones were decorated, but according to the waiters at the hotel, most of them would not work when they were pulled out.

After entering the store, the boss warmly received Zhang Feng, introduced Zhang Feng to various knives, and also introduced knives that can be consigned, Zhang Feng casually pulled out a knife and asked this Arab who is very good at English: "Is this knife sharp?" ”

"Of course." So says the boss.

"Are you sure?" Zhang Feng asked again, playful.

"Sure."

"Shall I try then?"

"You try."

"Don't look for me if it's broken." The smile on Zhang Feng's face was a little playful.

But the boss who was annoyed by the question naturally said casually: "I don't look for you." ”

But the next moment, the boss was dumbfounded, Zhang Feng used his hand hard, and the whole knife was bent, which was also said to be sharp, cut hard bones, and curled ironclad.

"Boss, you can't cut bones with this knife!" Zhang Feng said helplessly.

The boss was a little scared stupid, the knife that was good just now was bent in an instant by the young man in front of him, and then remembered what he just said, and was extremely embarrassed for a while, but fortunately, Zhang Feng asked very routinely: "Boss, how much is this knife, I will pay for it." ”

"This, how can this make you compensate, we Arabs are the most trustworthy, I said that if you don't let you pay, you won't compensate." The boss replied.

"Then I won't pay for it, boss, you are so nice, do you have a real knife? I sent a knife to cut the fruit. Zhang Feng said with a smile.

The boss didn't expect Zhang Feng to get off the donkey so quickly, so he could only smile awkwardly on his face, and said, "I'm all works of art, works of art, you want a good knife, go to some people who live in the desert to buy it." ”

"Okay, thanks, boss, goodbye." Zhang Feng left the store with a grin, somewhat tricking on success.

After a brief stroll on Jin Street, the time was close to noon, because I was warned by the waiter not to eat out as much as possible, the reason is that the sanitary conditions of many small restaurants here are not up to standard, and the cups used up by the guests in front of the small café are used up with water and give them to the guests behind, and I don't know if the water is clean or not, etc., so Zhang Feng returned to the place of residence for lunch.

Maybe it's because there is no meat, even if it's chicken, Zhang Feng is very happy to eat it.

After eating, we drove to the first stop of the day, the Tomb of the Prophet.

He. This. Orchid. There are many prophets in the teaching, among them, contained in the "Ancient. Orchid. There are 25 of the scriptures, and Muhammad is the last one, because since him, the teachings have been perfected, and there is no need for prophets, one of them is called Anyub, and I am afraid that everyone is the same as Zhang Feng when he sees this name, and he is still confused, but he said that he is in the "Sang. The name of the Scripture may be known to those who are more likely: job-job), and the translation of Anyub from Arabic into English is ayoub, yi. This. Orchid. The prophet of the religion is nabi, which should be called nabi-ayoub when connected, but all the searches on Baidu are nabiayoub without spaces, which caused Zhang Feng to be confused for a long time.

The Tomb of the Prophet is a courtyard, and when you go inside, it looks like a large garden, although there are not many flowers still blooming throughout the season.

But in a city in the desert, being able to see such lush flowers and plants, Zhang Feng had to sigh at the persistence of the locals.

Climatically speaking, Salalah is the best city in the entire Arabian Peninsula, and the year is divided into a dry season, with the rainy season from June to September and the rest of the dry season. On the way to drive to the tomb of the prophet, it can be described as desolate, it seems that there is not much rain in the rainy season, Zhang Feng was not very optimistic about this trip, but as soon as he entered this courtyard, he suddenly felt like a world away, which shows the piety of the Arabs to religion, so that Zhang Feng has a trace of admiration.

Before I went far, I came to the footprints of the prophet, the footprints of the prophet were surrounded by cement, and there was a footprint, which was not very clear, and there were 5 small pits connected to the toes, but they were much larger than the footprints of normal people, if you extrapolated by the toes.

After leaving the Prophet's Cemetery, Zhang Feng drove to his next destination, the Desert Oasis.

The camels along the road are unhurried and leisurely, and there are many signs on the road that ask vehicles to avoid camels, so they do not interfere with each other, and camels are also used to seeing cars, and sometimes they turn their heads to see what the people in the car are doing.

Zhang Feng occasionally greeted the camel stupidly, with a hint of human and natural feelings.

An oasis in the desert is a great place to find "frankincense", which is a specialty of Oman, and one of the incense incense called Frankincense is said to be of the highest quality. It is said to be effective in treating headaches, and the price is also differentiated according to different qualities, with the best quality being in the form of large green granules, priced at 200 OMR/500g.

It may not seem expensive, but considering that 200 times 20 is converted into RMB, you will find that it is really not cheap.

With frankincense, Zhang Feng felt that the taste was not bad, so he bought some, and communicated with the boss about the production process of frankincense, he had always been stupid to think that frankincense was made of milk, but after the boss introduced it, Zhang Feng was literate.

Every year from April to June, the frankincense harvest season has not changed for thousands of years. A special knife-like tool is used to carefully scrape off the ash bark of the frankincense tree, and drops of white resin ooze from the incision.

After a few weeks, the resin solidifies into translucent particles, which are scraped off by workers to allow the incision to continue secreting resin. In early September, as soon as the monsoon rains had passed and the ground had dried up and camels could walk on it, frankincense began to be transported to Salallah, the capital of Dhofar.

Months of hard work paid off, emotions soared, singing and dancing to celebrate the harvest, paying off debts, weddings, buying cattle and sheep and daily necessities, and putting on new clothes for the children.

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It may be that the boss said that it is expressive, so Zhang Feng can actually imagine that kind of scene when he listens to it: "The joy of the harvest makes people's faces full of smiles, their hearts full of joy, and their eyes flashing with hope." ”