Not to mention that Li Cheng and Claire had just come out of the territory of the Baraf lion colony when they encountered a well-organized poaching organization hunting elephants in order to obtain precious ivory, which made Claire angry, as an animal protector, seeing so many elephants being killed, the mood can be imagined.

This is also related to Claire's education, Claire, who has received higher education abroad, has been instilled with the idea of protecting animals since she was a child, in contrast, Li Cheng has only studied abroad for a few years, and in essence, he still has domestic thoughts, and his awareness of protecting animals is weaker than Claire's, which is certain, the environment is different, and the attitude towards animals is naturally different.

Of course, Li Cheng also condemned the poachers for hunting African elephants without any scruples, and according to the traditional surname of African elephants, they may launch a rather devastating revenge against the poachers. This is not what Li Cheng and others can know, now they have arrived at the tribe of the Maasai people, a group of houses built with mud, with thatched roofs, and many cattle and sheep in captivity, this tribe is called Oromis, located on the border between Tanzania and Kenya, is a people who live by herding, about 500 people, known as "red herders", their clothing is mainly red clothes, and the herders represent them as herding people.

Li Cheng and Claire finally came to the human settlement, and encountered a lot of animals along the way, all of which were full of dangers and extremely difficult, but fortunately, there were many obstacles to escape, and when Li Cheng and Claire were ready to bypass the scope of poachers' activities, they saw a huge African elephant legion united by several elephant groups, crushed the poachers' camp, and as the largest creature on land, formed a legion of hundreds of adult elephants, and its effect was devastating. The poachers' camp was devoid of anything intact, and the corpses were trampled to a pulp, a horrific sight.

The consequence of angering the elephants is to serve as fertilizer in the African savannah, for which the 50 poachers have already paid with their lives, and their bones are left forever on the land of Africa.

After the current Maasai people gradually come into contact with tourists, the locals also use some English, so the arrival of Li Cheng and Claire did not cause much stirring, and they still have a lot of contact with the outside world, and tourists who come here every year will see the mystery of the Maasai people.

"Hello, distinguished guest, is there anything I can do to help you?" An elder from the Maasai walked over, it seemed that his status in the tribe was not low, and he could speak fluent English, Li Cheng took out a few hundred dollars from his backpack and said: "Hello, we are tourists from Canada, and we have disappeared with the team, I want to ask you if you have a car or a means of transportation here?" We're going to the airport in Kenya and we're going to take a flight home. ”

"Oh, that's no problem, one of our tribe's warriors just hunted a lion, and the axe rewarded you with a jeep ready to take you to Kenya." The elder was very surprised, Li Cheng was very surprised, the Maasai people have the right to hunt lions? And it seems that the status of the young man who hunts the lion is not low.

Claire was also curious about what the young man who hunted lions looked like, so she said, "Isn't it forbidden to hunt lions with the local political axe?" ”

"Yes, noble lady, because of the restrictions of the local political axe, we rarely take the initiative to hunt lions, but if lions invade our territory and hunt our cattle and sheep, we Maasai are not cowards, and it is in accordance with the law to kill lions." In the conflict between the lion and humans, if the interests of the Maasai are infringed, as a warrior, killing the lion will be awarded the title of "lion hunter", and the local political axe will also be rewarded, provided that the lion is ready to harm humans or domestic animals, and can also be advanced to a high-level warrior!

The Maasai people are generally divided into low-level samurai, high-level samurai, low-level elders, and senior elders, all of whom have to be promoted through their own efforts, of course, the status is still very equal, but the treatment enjoyed is different, and being able to hunt lions shows that it is enough to build a family, marry a wife and have children, which is a very worthy thing to boast about.

And waiting for the lion hunter to return to the tribe, the two also visited a lot of Maasai bungalows, they are called "Manyata", dim, low, mixed with the smell of cow dung, without any furniture, this is the traditional Maasai house where the people live, the accompanying elder is a senior elder, called Likiriva, a very kind and kind old man, 1.9 meters tall, dark skin looks very healthy, wearing a red bunch, like a fire, this is also the traditional clothing of the Maasai people, Red is the color of expelling wild beasts in the savannah, lions are more afraid of flames, so red can protect the Maasai people from being attacked by lions in the savannah, of course, lions will conflict with the Maasai when food is scarce, which is also the reason for hunting lions, of course, today's Maasai people rarely participate in hunting, in addition to the restrictions of the local political axe, it is also related to their way of life, mainly to graze for a living.

The tall and thin Maasai did not drink blood as Li Cheng imagined, on the contrary, it was still very peaceful, when visiting the tribe of the Maasai people, Li Cheng saw many cows, a young man wearing a red bundle card, seemed to be very talkative, talked to Li Cheng and others in Maasai language, took a dagger, and pulled Li Cheng, as if he wanted to share something.

Li Cheng said inexplicably, "Elder Likiriva, what does this young warrior want to share with me?" ”

"Oh, he told you to drink ox blood together, which is a tradition of our Maasai people, and when you come to the door of a distinguished guest, you must drink ox blood.

Saying that Elder Likiriwa and the young warrior lay down together, stabbed into the neck of the cow, and the two drank the blood of the cow, Li Cheng looked at the Elder Likiriwa and the young man, who was attentive, and there were many Maasai people around who joined the team of sucking the blood of the cow, and the women and children also cheered, Li Cheng couldn't stand their enthusiasm, so he had to go out and squat and drink the blood of the cow.

For the Maasai people, ox blood is a necessary food in daily life, and the Maasai people believe that ox blood can bring them infinite strength, and replenishing ox blood at any time is a thing that every Maasai warrior will do.

"Happy!" Li Cheng came to the human habitat for the first time after storming the East African savannah, drank a lot of cow blood, and was indeed in a much better state, Claire looked at it and wanted to give it a try, but she still suppressed her curiosity, after all, as a woman squatting and drinking cow blood with many big men, that scene seemed a little indecent.

Elder Likiriva also understood that the two distinguished guests might be hungry, so after disposing of the cow, he began to roast beef, so that Li Cheng and Claire feasted on the process of waiting, in the process of marching, in order to avoid attracting the attack of carnivores, they have not eaten cooked food, because the aroma of the food will attract large predators, so they all eat dry food, Li Cheng's mouth is about to talk about birds, it is so happy to be able to eat fresh beef, Li Cheng and Claire are about to bite off their fingers.

I had a beautiful meal and learned some about the traditional customs of the Maasai people with Elder Likiriva, but unfortunately I didn't bring a camera, otherwise it would be a memorable thing to take this precious photo group of Maasai tribes.

After a while, the lion hunter in the jeep returned, a Maasai man in his 20s, who, unlike the traditional Maasai people, wore modern clothes and looked similar to modern people.

"Hello, my name is Orolil, it's a pleasure to meet you." Obviously in contact with the outside world, and with a jeep that allowed him to traverse the barren land and reach the nearest city, bartering the things peculiar to the tribe for some necessities of life, the Maasai are now a walking tribe with tradition and modernity, not completely isolated from the grasslands.

After Li Cheng and Claire introduced them to Orolile one by one, they learned about the needs of Li Cheng and others, and Orolile didn't say a word, unloaded the goods on the car, and took the two of them out of the tribe of the Oromis Maasai and went to Kenya.

On the way, Li Cheng communicated with the young lion hunter, and found that he only pierced the lion with a spear, and the lion was a lioness, looking at his relaxed appearance, it seemed that killing the lion was a very common thing, and the lion and the Maasai had conflicts from time to time every year, so there were still many opportunities to hunt lions, and in the case of the local political axe, the hunting of lions was a link that the young Maasai people had to go through. Only by hunting lions can they have the right to marry and have children, and start a family, the tribe of the Maasai people is polygamous, and the position of men in the tribe is more important.

After driving the jeep for a few hours, they came to a city in the south of Kenya, Li Cheng and Claire were finally safe, found the Canadian embassy, issued an identity and reissued a passport, Li Cheng and Claire successfully boarded the plane to Canada.

Sitting on the plane, the two recalled their experiences in the East African savannah these days, which was really dangerous, Claire still couldn't believe that she could come back safely, and the embarrassed Claire still couldn't calm down, and saw too many tragic things.

Li Cheng took Claire's hand and comforted: "Don't think about it so much, sleep well, I'll tell you when I get to Canada." Claire took an eye patch, put it on, lay down in her seat, and fell asleep for a while. (To be continued.) )