Chapter 359: The Sad Camel
Chu Qingchen jumped out of the car and took a breath of fresh air, the air here is really fresh, with the fragrance of green grass in the air, you can't breathe such fresh air in Haihua. Although it is a small dirt road, the road surface is smooth, and the trees on both sides of the road are shady, and rows of neat and tall palm trees are on both sides of the road.www.biquge.info
On both sides of the road are planted sugar cane, the towering sugar cane is like a green wall, the breeze blows, making a rustling sound, but this breeze blows with heat, not cool at all, and now the sun has just risen, and it is hot for a long time.
Chu Qingchen put his hand on the pergola and looked around, there were several children standing under the palm tree, hiding behind the trunk, only a few small heads were exposed, looking at them curiously.
Chu Qingchen took out a few grains of candy from his bag very friendly, stretched out his head to look at their children, and several children timidly looked at Antoka who got out of the car in front of him, Antoka's attention was on the Haihua medical team behind, and he turned a blind eye to a few children.
The children didn't notice them when they saw Antoka, ran out from behind the trunk, grabbed the candy from Chu Qingchen's hand and ran, this time they didn't hide behind the trunk, but stood under the tree not far away. The children smiled sweetly at Chu Qingchen.
Chu Qingchen's bag often contains candy, candy is a good thing, it is a medium to communicate with strangers, especially children and the elderly, if you give them candy, they will show a friendly smile to you.
"Isha went back with the children. Antoka yelled at one of the girls.
The girl named Isha heard Antoka's roar, and her body hid behind the tree, she wanted to hide her body behind the trunk, Chu Qingchen winked at the girl named Isa, and then followed Antoka in the direction of the banquet.
Chu Qingchen walked all the way, observing the surrounding scenery all the way, Antoka and their tribe have a history of hundreds of years, although their tribe is not the largest in terms of land area and population, but their tribe should be regarded as a rich tribe in Ethiopia, in addition to their own land, they also have their own oil fields. Having oil fields in any country is a symbol of wealth.
So in their tribe agricultural products are just a side hustle. Abbas told him that many of the people in Antoka's tribe had their own houses in Addis Ababa, that the young people of the tribe did not want to stay in the tribe, and that many of them joined Johns's army.
Thinking of Johns, Chu Qingchen felt that his back was gloomy, and he always felt that there were a pair of eyes peeping at them. Chu Qingchen couldn't help but look behind her, except for Isha and a few children, she didn't see anyone.
Abbas said that the Antokar tribe was a Semitic people who had migrated from the Arabian Peninsula a long time ago, so they believed in Islam.
Most people in Ethiopia believe in Orthodox Christianity, and people believe in Islam in the minority, Ethiopia is also a very unique country, and it is surrounded by countries that believe in Islam, but Ethiopia can stick to its own position and insist on going its own way.
Abbas, who was silently walking beside Chu Qingchen, suddenly said: "Sister, you are a distinguished guest today, and old Antoka treats you as guests." ”
Chu Qingchen glanced at Abbas curiously: "Why, before we arrived at the place, you knew that Old Antoka treated us as honored guests, maybe there were other distinguished guests." ”
Abbas: "I heard the camels crying. ”
Chu Qingchen didn't care, and said with a smile: "What kind of fallacy, is the camel barking a distinguished guest?" This argument is untenable. ”
Looking at Chu Qingchen's smile, Abbas was a little distracted, "No... It's not that the camel cry will come to the guests, but the camel's sad cry. Abbas stammered as he explained.
Chu Qingchen looked at Abbas curiously, Abbas's little face turned red again, and this little kid blushed more and more.
"Why do camels cry out when they see us, do camels predict the future, or do camels welcome us with a sad voice?"
Chu Qingchen deliberately teased Abbas, the little kid's Chinese is not very fluent, and his speech is not very coherent, and every time he speaks Chinese, he has to brew for a while before saying it.
Abbas's face turned even redder: "No, it's the people who are killing the camels." ”
Chu Qingchen's mouth couldn't close in surprise: "Kill camels? Why? You won't say that you killed camels for a banquet for us, right?" ”
Chu Qingchen also heard that in many countries in Africa, the distinguished guests who are invited to the banquet will kill camels and make camel banquets to entertain the guests to show their respect for the guests.
But when he heard Abbas say that the tribesmen were killing camels, the goosebumps on Chu Qingchen's body fell to the ground. Killing chickens and slaughtering sheep, Chu Qingchen can still accept it, but when he hears about killing camels, there is always a lot of intolerance and rejection in his heart.
Camels are not like poultry, they are born to be slaughtered and eaten by humans, but camels are friends of humans, they are born to be used as labor tools, especially in this land of Africa, camels and people's daily life is inseparable.
The slaughter of camels is equivalent to unloading people's tools of labor.
Chu Qingchen grabbed Abbas's hand and whispered in Abbas's ear, "Can we go and see how to kill camels." ”
Abbas looked at Antoka, who was walking in front, in embarrassment, and looked around, and saw that there was a path on the left not far away, and Abbas took Chu Qingchen's hand and quickly turned into the left path.
Abbas: "Their people did not allow women to watch the camels killed. ”
Chu Qingchen was surprised: "Why, I'm a doctor, and my methods of killing camels are much better than them." ”
Abbas: "The people of the tribe will recite the sutra before killing the camel, and then they will kill the camel." The camel is human, and it knows that its owner will kill it today, so the camel's cry just now is very miserable, and it is a cruel thing to kill a camel, so it is not allowed to be seen by women. ”
Chu Qingchen: "Oh, that's it, but why didn't I hear the camel's cry just now, I... Chu Qingchen suddenly remembered that he hadn't heard the camel's cry a few times at all, how could he distinguish the camel's emotions.
Chu Qingchen stared at Abbas: "How can you distinguish the sound of a camel, it means that you often hear the sound of a camel, in other words, your family will often kill camels for treats." Chu Qingchen pointed his finger at Abbas, you must know that in this land, killing camels for hospitality is a symbol of wealth.
Abbas blushed: "A few years ago, my family would often kill camels for treats, but since my father was betrayed and arrested by traitors. ”
It was the first time Chu Qingchen had heard Abbas talk about his father: "Betrayed by a traitor, should your father be the head of a political party?"
Abbas hesitated, looked around, and whispered: "Dad follows uncle, uncle is the leader of the Democratic Alliance Party, and he was only recently commanded by Qin to come out with them and the United Nations rescue force. ”
Abbas said just a few words, so shocked that Chu Qingchen's mouth couldn't close, his uncle is the leader of the political party, his father has been following his uncle, and he was only recently rescued by Qin Mubai and their special combat team, what is the situation, Chu Qingchen has to slowly digest Abbas's words, and the information that Abbas brought her today is too amazing.