Volume 2 Chapter 17 The Guests of the Gilolo Tribe
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After another two days, the farm was calm. Zhang Dingbian led several team members to explore in the jungle. No signs of outsiders have been found. They were convinced that the mercenaries who had slipped through the net had evacuated the farm.
Thanks to the efforts of the farm management, the mood of the workers has also relaxed and is no longer tense.
Tia's younger brother was frightened and couldn't sleep well at night. Li Sheng planned to send him and Tia back to the tribe first. If you stay here, you might hurt them.
So, Li Sheng and Thomas took Tia and the baby into the jungle one morning from the edge of the hilly area.
The baby was carried by Li Sheng in a wide canvas bag and carried it to his chest.
Thomas cleared the way in front, and Li Sheng let Tia walk in the middle.
The baby may have walked long distances awake for the first time, waving his little hands on the outside of the bag and babbling syllables that only he could understand.
Tia's long hair, which she wore before, is tied in a ponytail today, with bangs on her forehead. She was wearing a denim suit that Anthony bought yesterday, a pair of calfskin boots on her feet, and her face was originally different from that of ordinary aborigines, if she didn't speak, she didn't look like a girl from an indigenous tribe at all.
These days, Tia and Chahi are having a good time. Chahi fulfilled her desire to be a good teacher, and she taught Tia to speak Latin for a few days.
Speaking of which, Chaxi's memory is really good, although she is only five years old, but she has learned seven, seven, eight or eight after learning what Anthony taught her. Tia has been able to say a few more words these days. Words such as "yes, no, eating, sleeping, bathing...... etc.".
For her initiative, Li Sheng thinks it's pretty good. Although it is said that indigenous people have their own way of life, each ethnic group should retain its own culture. But they can't close themselves off either. A tribe with such a small population, close itself off, and one day it will be eliminated.
Integrating into this society may degenerate their culture, but it may make them stronger and more capable of developing their own culture.
As for some people saying that they should not disturb the lives of the indigenous people, Li Sheng heard that he wanted to spit on him. That's typical sitting and talking without backache.
No one is born destined to be poor.
Li Sheng will not take the initiative to seek to change the living habits of that tribe. If they still live like that, he won't bother them too much. The remaining forests can be kept and allowed to live freely in them.
If they have plans to change, he is willing to help.
Tia's performance these days, at least personally, she intends to integrate into modern society. As long as she is willing, Li Sheng is willing to help her.
Because they had a specific destination, Li Sheng and Thomas didn't bring too many supplies, only enough food to go back and forth and the necessary utensils to live in the jungle. They brought more of some sugar and salt, plus some snacks.
Tia was also carrying a backpack containing the clothes she had bought for her and the snacks that Li Sheng had given her during this time—she had basically kept them.
They kept on their way, and there was nothing thrilling on the way. Walking near the indigenous tribe, Tia began to walk faster, still not looking back. This is to lead the way in front. In fact, she just didn't know that Li Sheng and Thomas already knew the specific location of her tribe.
Li Sheng has been scattering energy field monitoring around more than 200 meters.
Their arrival had already attracted the attention of the tribesmen. Perhaps Tia's change made the tribe unrecognizable, and they saw that Tia didn't come out. If it weren't for the fact that there was a little baby dancing in the bag in Li Sheng's arms, maybe they would attack directly.
However, since they did not show obvious hostility, Li Sheng did not say that there was an ambush nearby, but just smiled and said to Thomas: "Maybe there are sentry posts around them." ”
Thomas also nodded and said, "There should be." It's so quiet. ”
Yes, it's too quiet. In such a valley, there should have been a concentration of birds, but they did not hear any bird calls.
When they walked to a place more than five hundred meters away from Tia's tribe, the child in Li Sheng's arms suddenly quieted down, and then stretched out his little hand forward, screaming loudly.
It turned out that a man and a woman came out of the grass on the side of the path. The men are naked, and the women are wearing short skirts made of unknown materials that only block key parts.
Tia shouted as well, and then rushed towards the two indigenous men and women.
Tia hugged the indigenous woman and said something that Li Sheng and Thomas couldn't understand, and pointed at Li Sheng and said something. Seeing that her face was flushed with excitement, she wanted to say nothing bad.
The people in the grass also seemed to recognize Tia, who had changed a lot, and they all stood up. They didn't surround Li Sheng and Thomas, but came to gather around Tia, especially the children, who laughed and talked to Tia.
Li Sheng didn't walk over, but first carefully took the child out of the canvas bag. The indigenous man who had been to the farm before walked over quickly to pick up the child, and looked carefully at the grinning child for a long time before his face was full of ecstasy and kissing the child's face.
The child was kissed by him and cried, looking back at Li Sheng, as if hoping that he could save himself.
The woman also walked over, looking at the child with a concerned expression.
The man reluctantly gives the child to the woman. Then his hands came to Li Sheng's hands, and his mouth was like a machine gun, and he didn't know what to say. In short, he said a lot, and after finishing speaking, he came fiercely and gave Li Sheng a hug. And then Thomas got the same treatment.
The native man thanked the two men, and then carefully took the baby from the woman's hands, raised his hands, and said something aloud to his fellow men with a smile on his face.
The natives cheered loudly "Gilolo" in response.
After a while, the indigenous man held the baby in one hand, pointed to Li Sheng and Thomas in the other, and said something to his kind. As he spoke, the indigenous men took turns coming up and hugging the two of them.
Not to mention, being hugged by about twenty naked men, it felt like goosebumps fell all over the ground.
But Thomas reminded him with a smile: "I think it's a sign of friendship." ”
Whether it was or not, just in case, he couldn't refuse this friendship. Every race or tribe has its own unique thinking, and perhaps if you put on a straight face when the other person is smiling, it will make the other person think that you are hostile to him. So he kept the same warm smile on his face as the other party.
Li Sheng and Thomas were hugged to the tribe.
Both Li Sheng and Thomas knew this place well before. But this is the first time I have been there.
Instead of building straw huts, the tribe built treehouses. No wonder there are still so many trees on their turf.
A small river with a turbulent water passed by, which was different from the last time Li Sheng saw it. But it was the rainy season, and the last time he saw a shallow flowing river was during the dry season.
The wooden houses are concentrated on the banks of the river, and the small skylights in the canopy that have been cut out are small, looking less than twenty meters long, and the length is only about fifty meters, and in some places upstream, there is a bridge made of three large tree trunks. Maybe it's to be able to cross the creek during the rainy season.
Li Sheng and Thomas discovered that the population of this tribe was a little larger than they had imagined. Including the elderly and children, there should be between 150 and 170 people. Li Sheng even saw two elderly indigenous women whose teeth had completely lost their teeth. I'm afraid I'm in my eighties. There are also many older indigenous men, and they may not be in their seventies or eighties.
This should be considered a long life expectancy among the indigenous tribes.
The arrival of Li Sheng and Thomas was welcomed by all of them. Two elderly indigenous men deliver two bowls of cloudy white liquid in polished smooth wooden bowls.
Li Sheng didn't know what it was, his heart was a little hairy, he heard that some tribes would let guests eat food or drinks made from creepy things, but when he saw Thomas grunt, he didn't hesitate any longer.
The natives saw both of them drink the liquid, cheered a few 'gilolo', and then some of the older men commanded and the women began to light a bonfire. Two men carried a large stone pot on the campfire, and then poured water into it to boil.
Li Sheng looked at the small black stone cauldron - I don't know how long it has been. He secretly compared the volume of the pot with his own size and Thomas's, and was very relieved. The pot couldn't hold either of them.
Then Li Sheng saw someone take out an air-dried cow's hind leg.
Thomas saw it and whispered a smile to him, "This should be the beef we airdropped last time." ”
Li Sheng saw some children squatting on the ground with their bare butts watching the adults chopping beef, while others stood far away to watch the two strange strangers. He smiled most kindly and beckoned to them, but the children ran away laughing.
At this time, Tia loosened her hair again, and changed back into the clothes of their own tribe - bare-chested, with a wreath on her head, and a short skirt just covering her chest around her neck, and a short skirt made of unknown fabric, she twisted her fingers and walked to Li Sheng and sat down.
She was very close, which made Li Sheng uncomfortable. What's more, she reached out and hugged Li Sheng's arm.