Children may be a little scared of life, timidly hiding behind their parents, or hiding behind a thatch, looking at Chen Rui with curious eyes.

Chen Rui saw all the old people, women, children, and people in the prime of life.

At that moment a guide named Barbara walked over and whispered.

Then, an elder in the village also muttered a few words.

Barbara said to Chen Rui in English, "He is the patriarch of this village, Baburu, and he said that he welcomes your guests. ”

"Thank you very much." Chen Rui said.

Barbara translated Chen Rui's words to Baburu.

Chen Rui took out a bag of candy from his backpack, opened the package, and gave them one by one, regardless of the elderly, women, and children, it was three pieces of candy.

Giving gifts is the best way to get in touch.

Wait for a packet of candy to be delivered.

The people in the village immediately became very enthusiastic about Chen Rui.

At this time, Chen Rui asked a question that was held in his heart, 'Why didn't you see a man in the prime of life in the village?' ’

Barbara translated Chen Rui's words.

Bablu replied, "They fish by the river. ”

Chen Rui was very curious about how they fished, you know, the river here is very fast, it is a torrent.

Baburu took Chen Rui to the river.

Only then did Chen Rui figure out how they fished in a very rapid, rapids river.

Their way of fishing is very special.

They built a wooden rack in the rapids and placed some fishing baskets on the wooden racks.

As for fish, the Congo River is very strong. Even a large fish like the tiger fish cannot withstand the strong currents, and the fish that are pushed back by the current will fall into the fishing basket.

Bablu muttered beside him.

Barbara translates the words of Baburu.

"Every day they take a raft to where the fishing baskets are placed in the rapids. Check the fishing baskets, twice a day, once at 6 a.m. and once at 5 p.m. ”

"They are risking their lives very much by fishing. When they are in the fishing basket, if the fishing basket falls into the water, they will not be able to get out, and every year 1 or 2 people die while fishing. The victim will be swept away by a strong current. ”

Chen Rui nodded.

Chen Rui also noticed that they were used to holding fish in their mouths, and asked Barbara curiously.

"It's because they think they're offspring of turtles." When they catch a turtle, they release it immediately. ”

Chen Rui saw them harvest all the fish in the basket.

They immediately distribute the fish on the shore, and they divide the fish they catch equally, regardless of the size of the contribution. The fish caught are divided into piles evenly according to their size and quantity.

Seniors are selected first.

Then. Barbara said to Chen Rui, "Sometimes, in the process of distributing the fruits of labor, they will have disputes. When there is a quarrel, neither fishing nor dividing the fish, they will hold a ceremony by the river, and the patriarch of the village will worship the ancestors with a chicken.

They believe that there are spirits in the Congo River who control their fate, and Vatha is one of them. Watha looks like a mermaid, and the awesome Watha controls 7 snakes. The people who live along the Congolese coast are in awe of Watha. Locals would even ask for missionaries from afar. Chicken heads were offered to Wata, who lived in the rapids of the Congo River and was very feared by the locals. ”

In the evening, night falls.

Ba Blue, the patriarch of the village, led the people to warmly entertain Chen Rui and his party.

In a clearing in the village.

A huge bonfire was lit.

Villagers dance arm in arm around a campfire.

Two village men are wrestling to show their strength.

After that, the food was brought up.

Fish is a better food.

And in the other two 'pots' (the pots are actually tin cans), I don't know what kind of food they contain.

When they eat, they don't have utensils such as bowls, chopsticks, knives and forks, and when they eat, they grab the batter from the "pot" with their hands, knead it into a ball, and dip it in the soup in the other "pot" to eat.

The other 'pot' contained soup from unknown leaves.

"What is this?" Chen Rui asked.

Before Barbara could speak, Rabachi. "This is cassava, our main food, the roots of cassava are rich in starch, and the leaves of cassava are the main vegetable. After the cassava is harvested, we cut off the tubers of cassava, put them in sacks and tie them, put them in the silt of the river to ferment, dry them and grind them into flour, then put the flour and water into a 'pot', while heating it, we stir it constantly with a stick until it reaches a certain consistency, and then, add salt, pepper and tomato paste. "With that, Rabac. Pointing to another 'pot', Kamba continued, "This pot is made of cassava leaves, onions and tomato sauce. ”

"It tastes so good, you can taste it." Barbara said to Chen Rui.

Chen Rui grabbed a ball of batter, kneaded it into a ball, dipped it in the soup in another "pot", and put it in his mouth.

The taste, how to put it, is very unpalatable!

There is a strong smell, like the taste of stinky ditch, and then, it is very spicy, the spiciness far exceeds the domestic millet pepper, and finally, the salt, chili, and tomato sauce are inexplicably wonderful seasonings, and the mouth is like overturning the seasoning box, and the five flavors are mixed.

This is the most unpalatable food Chen Rui has ever eaten.

Forcibly swallowed the dough in his hand, and then, never touched the so-called delicious food again.

Chen Rui did not forget the purpose of this trip, and took out a watch from the rucksack and handed it to Baburu as a gift.

Bablu put away his watch, visibly very happy.

Chen Rui said to Baburu, "Can I ask you some questions?" ”

Barbara acts as an interpreter on the side.

"Yes." Bablu said.

Chen Rui took out some pictures from his rucksack, handed them to Baburu and asked, "Have you seen animals or birds in the jungle or in the river that look very similar to the animals in the pictures?" ”

Bablu took the picture and looked at it, and said, "I haven't seen it." ”

Hearing this, Chen Rui was a little disappointed.

"However, there has been a legend in our tribe for hundreds of years that there is a great man-eating bird that lives far upstream, called the horror bird, which is very large, very tall, standing much taller than us, with a very large beak and a very hooked upper beak, and the horror bird often attacks humans, pecking open people's heads with their very hooked upper beaks, and then eating people. The horror bird bears a striking resemblance to the animal in this picture. Baburu pointed to a picture and said to Chen Rui.

Chen Rui took the picture and looked at it, it was a picture of a velociraptor dragon.

"Can you draw a picture of a horror bird based on a legend?" Chen Rui said to Baburu. (To be continued......)