Chapter 9 First Contact

Everyone began to pack up their things, throw away some unnecessary supplies, wrap the electronic products of modern society tightly, stuff them into their backpacks, and cover them with clothes. Then the gold was divided into five equal parts, and five sausage-shaped cloth bags were sewn from the cloth, and the gold was stuffed into them, and each person wrapped the cloth bag around his waist and tied it firmly. He also sewed several large bags with the accumulated hides, and packed the dried meat and fish that had been made in the past few days.

Nothing was said all night. Early in the morning, everyone got up and had a quick bite to eat, and then left the valley. Zhao Zizhong led the way in front, and everyone crossed the mountains and mountains and marched to the southeast. After resting twice in the middle and walking for about five hours, Zhao Zizhong stopped advancing, turned around and made a gesture, everyone rushed over, Zhao Zizhong pointed to the mountain forest in front: "We have reached the village after crossing this mountain, we have to be careful, don't talk loudly, everyone unload the backpack, Na Zhe is here to guard the luggage." Lao Wei and Xiao Du took the gifts for the natives, Boris, and we prepared our crossbows and opened the way in front. ”

Ten minutes later, the group continued to move forward, Zhao Zizhong and Boris carefully held the crossbow in front of the slow walk, Wei Hongye and Du Dalei followed fifty meters behind.

The terrain gradually rose, and in a short time they reached the highest point of the mountain, and in front of them was a tall birch forest, and the grass between the trees was very lush, and everyone began to march downward, and after more than twenty minutes, they came to the edge of the woods.

The four of them got together, and Zhao Zizhong whispered: "You insert * in the back waist and cover it with a coat, Lao Wei, you take the anti-wolf spray, spray it on his face when you encounter danger, and then run back." Don't run in a straight line, run to the sides first, so that it doesn't block our shooting line. Then run in a serpentine route to prevent the natives from shooting you with bows and arrows, understand? ”

"Understand the boss, you can just look at it, I will definitely get them out." Du Dalei made a big statement.

"Xiao Du, let's be careful. The one I don't worry about the most is you, if you have this attitude, don't go. ”

Wei Hongye glared at the kid: "Don't take it seriously, many of those natives have bows and arrows, if you are too arrogant, people will definitely shoot you like a rabbit." ”

Du Dalei immediately wilted, "I was wrong, boss, I will definitely be careful, you just let me go, please." ”

Zhao Zizhong said to Du Dalei with a solemn face: "It's okay for you to go, but you must listen to Lao Wei, and you can't make your own decisions." ”

"Certainly, certainly, I will be obedient."

Several people continued on and walked out of the woods. Ahead of you, a mountain valley about five square kilometers in size was revealed, and a small river ran through the valley in the low-lying area, and villages sat on the banks of the river. A fence made of tree branches is more than a meter high and encloses the entire village. The village is dotted with dozens of shacks of various sizes, supported by tree trunks and covered with thick branches.

There were figures in the village shaking, mostly dressed in animal skins, and some men shirtless. There was also a group of children chasing and laughing, burrowing through the shacks, and laughing 'haha' from their mouths.

There is a gap in the fence wall of the village, about five or six meters wide, which is supposed to be a passage in and out. Zhao Zizhong said: "We are here on the edge of the woods, about 200 meters away from the gap in the fence wall of the village, and after a while, the two of you will stop when you are fifty meters away from the gap, I estimate that the effective range of the aborigines' bows and arrows is more than 30 meters, and they will not be able to shoot farther away." You stop and shout, draw them out, and Boris and I will protect you forty meters behind. ”

Wei Hongye nodded: "Captain, I understand, we will be careful, Xiao Du, take something and follow me." Du Dalei picked up the animal skin bag containing various items to be given to the natives, and followed * Ye slowly towards the village.

About seventy or eighty meters from the village, there seemed to be four people in the village, some of them running and shouting, and after a while, a dozen people appeared behind the fence wall, looking out, some of them drew their rudimentary bows and arrows, and some of them were holding wooden sticks.

Wei Hongye walked to a stop fifty meters from the gate and shouted in Mongolian, which he didn't know much: "Friend, friend, merchant, merchant." ”

Du Dalei asked: "Old Wei, what are you talking about, is it Mongolian?" ”

"I said we were 'friends, businessmen,' and I didn't know if they would understand."

Wei Hongye shouted a few more times, and at last there was movement inside, about seven or eight people came out of the gate, they walked very slowly, and they were careful as they went, and the procession was outflanked in a semicircle, and several people were always half-open with bows and arrows on the strings.

Thirty meters away from Wei Hongye and Du Dalei, the natives stopped, and two people came out of the crowd in the middle, one was a stout man about 1.7 meters tall, who was bare-chested, wearing animal skin pants on his legs, barefoot, his hair was tied in a bun on the top of his head, and he was holding an iron knife in his hand. Behind him was an old man, thin, dressed in animal skins, with gray hair, a wrinkled face, and no weapon.

About ten meters away from Wei Hongye and Du Dalei, the man stopped, the beard on his face was very thick, his eyes were not big, they were elongated, his eyes were sharp, he looked at the two repeatedly, and from time to time he looked at Zhao Zizhong and Boris behind him.

At this time, the old man opened his mouth and said a few words, and his tone was very calm, as if he was asking them what they were coming for.

Wei Hongye smiled and said in Mongolian: "We, Han Chinese, friends, businessmen. There is food for you. He repeated it several more times, slowly.

The old man and the man looked at each other a few times and shook their heads, probably not understanding.

Du Dalei rolled his eyes, showed a bright smile on his face, grabbed a few pieces of candy from his pocket, stretched out his hand in front of the old man, and said in his mouth: "The front wheel does not turn, and the back wheel turns Smecta, do you have Missymisi?" This is a big delicacy! ”

Wei Hongye was full of black lines, thinking, this product is too out of tune! Now he is still in the mood to be full of firewood, his heart is really big! In the Northeast dialect, this goods are all glass ballast in their hearts.

The old man's face was confused, he didn't know what this little thing looked like a colorful little thing, Du Dalei immediately peeled off the candy wrapper, broke a piece of sugar into two petals, threw half of it into his mouth, chewed it hard, and showed an intoxicated expression on his face, "Yo Xi Yo Xi, it's delicious!" ”。

Then the candy was brought to the old man's mouth, and the gesture was made to make the old man open his mouth and eat the sugar.

The old man hesitated a little, and then rushed out of a native from behind, shouted a few words, snatched half a piece of sugar from Du Dalei's hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it.

After chewing a few times, the native's eyes lit up, his hands danced, and he said a lot to the old man, and the old man nodded again and again after hearing this, and stretched out his hand to Du Dalei, with an expectant expression on his face.

Du Dalei hurriedly peeled off a piece of toffee and put it in the palm of the old man's hand. The old man put the candy in his mouth and chewed it slowly, as if nothing had happened, but the slightly upturned corners of his mouth betrayed his heart. The smile on Du Dalei's face became brighter and brighter, and he was secretly proud in his heart: "Sample, let you pretend to be 13, just your turtle, one is counted as one, and all of them have to be scavenged by the master, and I have to lose all the good things, and even the pants have to be lost." Oh, it seems that none of these natives have pants to wear, which is a difficult question. It's a bit nerve-wracking. ”

The old man said a few words to the leading man, and the man looked at Wei Hongye and Du Dalei, and his face softened a lot. He opened his mouth to say a few words and gestured a few times.

Du Dalei took out a flat glass bottle from the animal skin bag, which is commonly known as 'Bian Er' in the Northeast - the 'Red Star Erguotou' liquor in two or two.

When the natives saw the crystal clear wine bottle, their eyes straightened, their eyes widened, and some of them shouted "ahhhh

With a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, Du Dalei slowly unscrewed the lid of the wine bottle, then poured a little bit of the wine in the bottle into the small wine bottle cap, raised his neck, and poured the wine into his throat. He clicked his lips casually, then poured a little more wine, brought the bottle cap to the old native's mouth, and motioned for him to drink.

The old man took the bottle cap and carefully sipped it a little, and then his facial expression was very complicated, and he opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue and gasped for breath. The leading man asked the old man a few words suspiciously. The old man pointed to the wine bottle and said.

Seeing this, Du Dalei poured a little more wine and handed it to the man. The man took the cap of the bottle, looked at the liquor that was as transparent as water, and drank it carefully. Then his eyes lit up, and he said a lot of words with excitement, and he gestured again and again.

Du Dalei stuffed the small wine bottle into the man's hand, looked at him with a smile, and made a gesture of drinking. After the man took it, he turned back and shouted some words to the natives behind him, who put down their sticks, bows and arrows and ran over, and scrambled for the wine bottles.

Wei Hongye breathed a sigh of relief, took the animal skin bag in Du Dalei's hand and put it on the ground, and took out the same gifts for the natives, and the old natives came over and squatted down, looking curiously at these things that he had never seen before.

Wei Hongye picked up a few things, put them in the old man's hand, and pointed to the things on the ground, meaning to give them all to them. The old man smiled and shouted a few words back. Several natives agreed to go to the village. Soon after, he returned, with some animal fur in his hand. The old man pointed to the fur and Wei Hongye, which meant to be exchanged.

Wei Hongye waved his hand, indicating that he did not want these furs. Then he pointed to the village, walked a few steps towards the village, and looked at the old man with inquiring eyes. The old man seemed to understand his intentions, and talked with the leading man for a while. In the end, the man nodded, pulled Wei Hongye and walked towards the village.

Wei Hongye said to Du Dalei as he walked: "Xiao Du, there should be no problem, you greet the captain and Boris, let's go in and have a look." ”