Chapter 191: Transformation and Blessing
"Little Appleman, welcome back. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" An elder took the food and water, and said to the grandson of the old priest in a suit who looked out of place in the crowd as he ate, "Your grandfather Old Appleman is looking for an heir, and if you change your mind, the elders of the tribe have your share, child!"
"I'm not coming back to inherit the Elder's seat, Elder Purzis. Appleman shook his head and looked around: "Please stop, when I was little, you taught me how evil the human beings living in the lands outside of Africa are, but I just came back from outside, elders. ”
"Yes, on the continent outside, in that distant foreign land, there are indeed many evil people living in it, and the governments of certain countries are indeed evil from beginning to end, such as the United States, which you told me about before, which slaughtered and robbed a large number of African tribes, and that country has been doing evil constantly, and has never stopped destroying and killing through war, and feeding its own people with the blood and lives of the people of other countries, but ah, elders, not every country has ever harmed the people of Africa, and not every human tribe that left Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago is evil。 ”
"I went to China, and this country should not be strange to you, right? Because when I was a child, I heard you tell stories about that country. "Hundreds of years ago, many years before the 'white-skinned devils' of the West, came to Africa was the huge super fleet of China, you can't tell me clearly when I was a child, but I only learned after I went to China that the leader of that fleet was named 'Zheng He', and he was stationed in our east coast port in Kenya. ”
"He brought a lot of things, paper, silk, tea, porcelain, everything that you are full of, and such praise has been passed down from generation to generation, so I have been full of longing for that country since I was a child, so I chose to study in that country, just to see what kind of country it is and what kind of people live there. ”
"Elder Purzis, isn't the porcelain bowl you like the most for divination the same one that Zheng He left behind? I have been there for three years, and I want to say that compared to those white countries, China is definitely a peaceful and tolerant society, although they are also more and more impetuous, but that is the sequelae of their humiliation by the Western powers, because they are not confident in their inferiority, but in essence, they are the best people I know, such a country, such a people, should they all die? Do you want to let them bear your hatred and anger against white people?"
"So, stop, elders, before things get out of hand, even if you represent the gods behind the totem, you can't hurt the innocent. At this point, Appman paused, waiting for an answer from the elders.
Although he is the grandson of the old priest, his tone just now is hurried, and there is some disrespectful "education" tone in it, he can't be presumptuous anymore, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
The elders were not as cautious as he had imagined, and about half of them stopped eating and listened attentively to what he was saying.
"Since you have been out to see the world for a few years, you should also know how huge the gap between us in Africa and other places is, and this gap will become wider and bigger with the development of science and technology in those countries outside...... This is the only chance to turn us over, kid. We are one of the oldest tribes of mankind, and it is not good to be respected by others, and to be crushed into ashes as the bottom of the whole world, what do you say, child?" said an elder, puffing his pipe.
"That's why there are so many people like me who go out to study and return to their homeland to serve their hometown!" Appman breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the elders were still willing to communicate with him, "Do you know something? More than 300 kilometers south of our tribe, there is a railway that has been repaired, which was built with the help of the Chinese, and the railway is called' Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, it will be the starting point of the railway network connecting all the countries of Africa, in the future, we in Africa will also have the opportunity to develop into a scale not inferior to those white-skinned countries, my classmate, is the son of the chief of the tribe next door, he personally went to the railway engineering team as a worker, very hard to learn knowledge and experience from the Chinese people, not only that, the Chinese people also opened a lot of schools and hospitals for us, they are just like Zheng He came here hundreds of years ago, imparting skills and kindness!"
"There are always some kingdoms and nations that have not changed since ancient times, they are a great nation, they should not be implicated, even if there is no disaster in half a year, with their help, our kingdom will develop better and better, and there is no need for the elders to use such unwise methods to achieve their goals!"
"What do you mean...... Is it all true?" asked an elder hesitantly.
"It's true!" said Appman in no uncertain terms, "the school I run in the city is actually supported by the Chinese, and do you remember the 'Ebola' virus that you prayed for no matter how hard you prayed to the totem? I remember that more than a dozen people in the tribe died because of the virus." In the city where I stayed, there was a Chinese medical institution stationed there all the year round to help people get rid of the torment of the virus, and they even developed a vaccine!"
The elders were silent for a long time, and Appleman said no more.
"We're old, old Appleman. After a long time, Elder Purzis knocked the ashes from his pipe, turned to the old priest and sighed.
The old priest looked at his grandson with complicated eyes, this child who was born and prayed for blessings through sacrifices, and was favored by the gods, he was originally the best priest seedling, but now he is on another road to serve his hometown and compatriots, this grandson walks, old Appleman can no longer understand.
A wooden staff was inserted into the ground, and the old priest recited the oldest of the rituals along with the other elders.
The locusts in the sky dispersed, and the flying colored spiders landed.
"Forgive our rudeness, great rainforest elves!" all the elders prostrated on the ground, repenting in sincere voices.
"Go on your journey, though we are not in a position to say anything more, but we would like to suggest that you cross the ocean and go to that ancient country of the East, a land that deserves to be redeemed!"
"Offending your wrath, we are willing to take it,
The mistakes we have made must be corrected.
From now on, with our right eye as a sacrifice,
We pray to God:
The wind is your wing,
Hurricanes can't stop you in your way;
The sea is your hotbed,
No matter how big the waves are, they can only be used for you to stop;
The sky will carry the blessings of the gods,
Shade you,
Please fly high again,
Great elves!"