Chapter 36: Ingots
Seeing that the little kid was tired of playing, Li Cheng took out a few pieces of chocolate, and the little grizzly bears ran over to eat it, and the chocolate the size of two fingers was not enough for them to stuff between their teeth, of course, this was just a regulator.
Seeing that the grizzly bears were eating happily, the little kid habitually instigated his fingers and looked at Li Cheng with big watery eyes.
"No, I still have it." Li Cheng took out another piece of chocolate, probably because the little kid played with Xiong Da and Xiong Er, so he has always regarded chocolate as his own heart and soul baby, except for his brother, no one can touch it, even if Li Cheng eats chocolate in front of him, Xiong Da and Xiong Er will also come to fight, which shows the importance of chocolate to them, the strange thing is that the little kid came to eat, but Xiong Da and Xiong Er did not react.
"Sure enough, there is a generation gap! The age between the little kid and Xiong Da and Xiong Er is not more than 5 years, so it's not a problem to communicate......" Li Cheng muttered, picked up the little kid, scratched his dark little nose, and said, "How about I call you ingots in the future?" ”
Li Cheng said in English with the alto of "ingot", only to see the little kid nodding, as if he liked the name very much, and babbled: "Yuan...... Leopard"
"You can't pronounce it accurately, continue to read it with me a few times, ingots, ingots......"
"Yuan ...... Treasure. ”
"That's right, that's ......"
Li Cheng held the ingots, went to the bonfire in the center of the tribal village, and sat next to the leader of Noah, this position can only be done by distinguished guests, and the others kept a certain distance from Li Cheng and Noah, the class status of the primitive tribe is more obvious, Noah's identity is special and noble, and it is a symbol of glory to be able to sit with him!
Eskimos believe in heaven and earth spirits and totems, shamans thousands of years ago and the Indians in the exchange and fusion, and gradually believe in the Itchana sun god, so Noah's great shaman status has been unconditionally respected by the clan, to the level of almost gods, faith in this thing, once firm, it is indestructible, as long as the faith of any nation on shijie is positive, it should be affirmed, people without faith are actually very sad, fortunately, Li Cheng has cultivated an unswerving belief in Grandpa Mao since childhood, I am proud of this, maybe this is due to the influence of my father, Grandpa Mao was a sacrosanct existence in that era, and even now, there are still many people who believe in Grandpa Mao in China.
For example, during the Qingming Festival, there was an endless stream of people from all over the country who went to worship, which shows that Grandpa Mao is influencing and forming a belief, and this liliang will become stronger and stronger.
Without faith, there is no purpose of struggle, just like a fly without a head, faith does not only refer to believing in a certain religion, but also a trend of thought or reverence for great people, which is not different in essence, and is moving towards a positive xiangshang level.
Yuan Bao sat in Li Cheng's arms, like a good baby, snuggled up to Li Cheng, shivering, Li Cheng thought that Yuan Bao was cold, took off the sky blue denim jacket, and put it on, but found that Yuan Bao did not get better because of this, as if he was afraid of something.
Li Cheng, who looked around, found that the Eskimo women, middle-aged people and children sitting opposite were all staring at the ingots, if their eyes could kill, then the ingots would have been riddled with holes a long time ago.
Li Cheng, who didn't know why, asked Noah in English: "Weishenme, your people seem to hate ingots?" ”
"No, it's just that according to the customs of our tribe, children are not allowed to sit around the big shaman at will, and the life experience of the ingots is somewhat ...... It will bring disaster to the tribe......" Noah's words paused, as if he was afraid that Li Cheng would not be able to accept it, but Li Cheng smiled and said: "There is an old Chinese saying called 'follow the customs of the country', since this is your rule, I naturally have to respect it, I and Yuanbao stay away from you, it's always okay, right?" ”
"No, no, it's okay, I'll talk to the clansmen." Then Noah stood up, pointed to the scepter of the snake's head, and shouted, and the men, women, and children of the tribe immediately bowed their heads and chanted something silently, similar to prayer and clasped hands......
He spoke an Eskimo native language that Li Cheng couldn't understand, and the atmosphere changed in an instant, and it was no longer the feeling that enemies were red-eyed when they saw each other, and they were in a harmonious mood.
A young Eskimo woman in a short dress dressed in animal skins respectfully carried a wooden tray on which the most delicious part of the leg of lamb was cut.
There are still many varieties of sheep raised in grizzly bear pastures, including sheep and goats, mainly meat sheep, and the main introduction of South African Boer goats, this time it is this breed that is brought in.
Boer goats native to South Africa, the meat is tender and juicy, many pastures in Canada have introduced Boer goats as a breed, breeding, crossbreeding, and Boer goats have also begun to be introduced in China, and the highly adaptable Duber sheep has been bred.
Li Cheng took this plate of mutton and smelled it, the smell was very little, it was all the fragrance of wood, specifically the tree species above, Li Cheng couldn't say it for a while, anyway, Li Cheng basically saw the whole process of roasting, and did not add any seasoning, probably to take care of Li Cheng's taste, Noah deliberately asked the clansmen to add salt, under normal circumstances, the Eskimos do not put salt, mainly this kind of salt is very expensive, usually not willing to eat it, and it depends on Noah to transport it from the town to the national forest alone, You can imagine the hardships.
And the Eskimos still like the original food, generally roasted to 5 ripe below, eighty percent is very little, this time is eight ripe roast leg of lamb, after all, there are distinguished guests coming, the Eskimos are a hospitable people, so they will consider the feelings of the guests.
Looking at the little ingots in his arms, his face was yellow and thin but extremely clever, his big black eyes were staring, his hair was as messy as a chicken nest, like a little beggar on the side of the city street, he was very cute, and his saliva was flowing down very uncompromisingly, but he still didn't reach out to grab it, staring at the plate of mutton a little aggrieved, and his expression was very rich.
After Li Cheng picked it up, he put it down again, thought about it and picked it up again, and then put it in its original position again......
At this time, Noah was unceremonious, chewed the mutton, and praised: "It's better to eat mutton at home, by the way, boss, Yuan...... What does treasure mean? I don't think there's such a word in English. ”
"Well, ingots are the currency in circulation in ancient China, that is, the largest denomination of the knife, the dollar, the soft sister coin, in that era, the ingots are a symbol of wealth, but also a yearning for a better life, meaning auspicious, healthy, happy and happy......" Li Cheng named the ingots is also considered, the name is catchy, and known to Shijie, but also expresses a blessing for complaints.
"I see, why don't you eat it, boss?"
"Haha, I'm teasing ingots, and you big shaman don't eat first, how dare I do it?"
"Make fun of me again, my leader seems to be infinitely beautiful, but in fact Alexander!"
"It's not Alexander, it's Yali Mountain! How many times have I said it......" Li Cheng corrected the meaning of Noah's Chinese, he always thought it was a name, and after Li Cheng's explanation, he understood that it was the meaning of excessive pressure.
Chinese is indeed broad and profound! Noah learned to fur and basically speak some basic Chinese everyday language, such as "Have you eaten?" "Xiexie", "Zaijian", "Hello".
The tone is quite accurate, at least faster than the average white man, he is a tribal leader anyway, and he has a yellow heart in his bones, and of course his skin tends to be yellow.
There is the blood of China in the blood......
This is also the reason why Li Cheng feels cordial to Noah, and he also admires the perseverance of the Eskimos very much, recalling the feat of crossing the Bering Strait during the Ice Age, Li Cheng can't even think about it.
Li Cheng teased the ingots for a while, looked at his pouting appearance, smiled, handed the plate of mutton that was still hot to the little ingots, and expressed the meaning of letting the little ingots eat with an open belly with expressions, gestures, feelings and other aspects.
"Yuanbao, you're welcome, try to eat as much as possible, it's not enough for Brother Li Cheng to ask for it for you!" This sentence is in Chinese, it seems that Xiao Yuanbao understood the meaning, stretched out his thin black little hand, took a piece, hesitated and looked for a moment, as if he was a thief, gobbled up, if it wasn't for the mouth can't be stuffed in, Li Cheng can imagine that Xiao Yuanbao will swallow this plate in one bite.
"Slow down, slow down, Noah will bring me some water, you see how hungry the little ingots are, don't your tribe have a perfect system for treating orphans?" In fact, it is a miracle that the little ingots did not starve to death, and the people of the tribe themselves can't eat enough, so they will give some to the little ingots to eat, but they really can't share much, so the little ingots have always been hungry, so they are more than three years old, but they are not even 20 catties, and they should have a fat face, but they are extremely thin and basically not human.