Chapter 10 Instant noodles have made meritorious contributions

Du Dalei shouted to Zhao Zizhong and Boris: "Captain, old Bao, come here, let's go into the village together." ”

Seeing this, the two people in the back put away their crossbows and bows and walked towards Du Dalei.

Du Dalei put the things on the ground into the animal skin bag, carried them on his back, and said to Zhao Zizhong: "Boss, the communication with the natives is going well, let's go in." ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically, "I saw it in the back, this beginning is not bad, everyone should be careful after entering, you can't relax your vigilance, Xiao Du, you must not drink." ”

"Don't worry, I promise Chairman Mao that I will never drink."

Several people followed the natives into the village, and at this time, the people of the village gathered one after another, curiously watching the crowd. These men, women, and children, kept pointing and pointing, and a few children, carefully walked up to everyone, reaching out and touching everyone's clothes.

The leading man took everyone to a relatively spacious flat ground, faced everyone, pointed to his chest, and said, "Aletan, Aletan." The old man also pointed to himself; batugaer，batugaer。 ”

Wei Hongye said to everyone: "It is possible that they are saying their own names, the young one is called 'Altan', and the old man is called 'Batugar'. Then he pointed to himself, "Wei, Wei." ”

The man came over and patted Wei Hongye on the back and happily called him: "Wai, wai, wai." Du Dalei also leaned over and pointed at himself and said, "Du, Du." ”

The man pointed at Du Dalei, "Block, block, block." ”

Zhao Zizhong rarely quipped: "Xiao Du, people call you 'gambling', maybe you can become a gambling king in the future, haha." ”

Du Dalei was happy, "Boss, you tell them your last name, they don't necessarily pronounce it." You will definitely be depressed for a while. ”

Sure enough, after a while, the natives pointed at Zhao Zi and made a sound of "teach, teach", Lao Zhao's face darkened, and the other three snickered.

At this moment, the man named 'Altan' came over with several animal skins in his hand and stuffed one in each of them. Everyone excused themselves, and Altan shook his head firmly, he must accept it. Everyone was so enthusiastic that they had to take it.

"Wow, this is mink, it feels so good to the touch, and it feels so smooth."

"This one of mine is supposed to be a fox skin, it's pretty one."

"Brothers, look at my one, I don't know what kind of skin it is."

"It's an otter, right?"

Everyone looked at it for a while, and they all felt that it was worth the trip. Wei Hongye took out the gifts given to the natives and placed them on the ground one by one. Then he motioned for the natives to come forward and look at the things.

The natives all gathered around, watching curiously, and some people squatted down and gently touched the objects with their hands. Du Dalei walked over, picked up the table salt in plastic packaging, tore a small bite, grabbed Altan's hand, and poured some salt particles into his palm.

Altan stared at the snow-white particles, not knowing what they were. He looked up at Du Dalei and muttered a few words. Du Dalei dipped a finger in a little salt, put it in his mouth, and smiled at Altan.

Altan also learned to dip his fingers in a little salt, put it in his mouth, and then shouted loudly. The indigenous old man Batugar also came over and tasted it, and looked directly at the plastic bag in Du Dalei's hand. Du Dalei hurriedly handed him the salt bag, and the old man snatched the salt, held it high, and shouted excitedly.

At this time, the atmosphere was very warm, and many natives also shouted loudly, and the eyes of the people became eager. A few other men came over, patted everyone's shoulders, and muttered something.

Wei Hongye said: "It seems that the salt is very useful to them, and these people are becoming more and more enthusiastic about us. ”

Zhao Zizhong picked up a bag of instant noodles, "We should strike while the iron is hot, and shock them again, Lao Wei, set up a pot to cook bags of noodles for them to eat." ”

Du Dalei patted his forehead: "The pots are all in the backpack, so Zhe looks at it, boss, we forgot about that kid, if we don't go back for such a long time, the little master must be in a hurry." ”

"yes, I really forgot about that."

"I'll go back to him." Boris said.

"Let's go back together, there are too many luggage, and there are fewer people to take it."

Du Dalei gestured a few times and said, "You don't have to go back, we can ask the natives to help, and we don't have to be polite to them." ”

Wei Hongye praised him: "Your kid's brain is spinning very fast, this is a good way." Wei Hongye gestured at Altan for a while, pointed to the mountains and forests, and made a movement of carrying things and weights. He brought over a few more natives and motioned for them to follow him.

Altan seemed to understand, nodded, and said a few words to a few natives, pointing to the mountains and forests, and then to Wei Hongye, and signaling the natives to go with Wei Hongye.

Half an hour later, Wei Hongye returned with Na Zhe, followed by several natives, carrying the backpacks of the traversers.

Na Zhe shouted excitedly: "You have been going for so long, but you have made me anxious, and I have to come back to Lao Wei, otherwise I have to go to you." ”

Du Dalei hugged Na Zhe's neck, "Little Master, we miss you too, look at your delicate skin and tender meat, didn't you let the female goblin arrest you to be your son-in-law?" ”

At this time, more than a dozen natives entered the village, carrying a lot of prey, which should have returned from hunting.

They put their prey on the ground, and there was a sika deer, several pheasants, and an animal that resembled a deer, with brownish-yellow body hair, no horns, and no tail.

"What is this?"

"It seems to be a roe deer, I've seen it on TV."

Altan shouted a few words, and several men came over, picked up their prey and walked to the creek, where they began to skin them. A few more women took pheasants to remove their feathers, then disemboweled, entrailed, washed the meat, put it in a large earthenware urn, and boiled it with water. A couple of other women approached and added some wild herbs and mushrooms to the soup.

A few men who had gone to collect their prey also returned, and they set up whole deer and roe deer, lit a fire and started a barbecue.

Wei Hongye said: "Let's also cook some instant noodles and let the indigenous people taste modern junk food." ”

Na Zhe stopped drying, "What junk food, instant noodles here are high-end food, I'm also hungry, I always eat meat, fish or something these days, I really miss the taste of instant noodles." ”

"If you don't eat it, you won't daydream." It's Du Dalei again.

The crowd began to light a fire and cook noodles. After a while, the noodles were ready, and everyone beckoned the natives to come over to taste, and Altan was the first to come, looking curiously at the steaming noodle pot, and was about to put his hand into the pot.

Du Dalei grabbed his hand, "Na Zhe, give me the chopsticks." After taking the chopsticks, he picked up a few noodles and brought them to Altan's mouth. Altan opened his mouth to eat the noodles, tasted them for a while, and said a lot to the other people.

The natives were in an uproar, and five or six men came up to fight for the pot, and Altan punched and kicked the goods, and the people scattered and fled, not going far, giggling and laughing. After maintaining order, the natives stepped forward to eat the noodles in turn, and in a few minutes they ate all the noodles, and the pot was as clean as if it had been licked by a dog.

Wei Hongye looked at the pot and said, "There are still a few bags of instant noodles, let's cook them." ”

Half an hour later, all the instant noodles were eaten, and the natives were very satisfied, smirking around the crowd, and a few young girls were flattering at everyone.

Du Dalei shivered and said to Na Zhe: "Xiao Na, it's all yours, aren't you going to build a harem, these girls are very good." ”

"Come less, I don't want it, you are tall and big, these girls are quite sturdy, and they are just right for you."

After a while, Altan came and gestured for the people to follow him, and they followed him to the place where the meat was roasted. The venison and roe deer were cooked, dripping with grease from time to time, and 'creaking' on the flames.

Altan beckoned everyone to sit down, and the old man of Batugar, with a knife, began to cut the venison. Each piece is cut off and handed to the traversals, then to the young men, to the children, to the young women, and finally to the elderly.

Na Zhe was a little puzzled: "Why are the old people at the end of the queue to eat, don't they know how to respect the elderly?" ”

Wei Hongye explained: "According to some historical records, some tribes in the ancient north were strong and weak. They believe that the ethnic group mainly depends on the young and middle-aged to thrive, while the elderly are weak and do not need to eat too much food. When there was a shortage of food during the famine, they even expelled the old man from the tribe and left him to fend for himself. ”

"That's cruel, isn't it?"

"They also have no choice, in the face of the harsh natural environment, when there is a shortage of food, they have to give up some people, and the frail elderly are the victims."

Everyone began to eat meat, Du Dalei took a few bites, and sprayed again: "Why is this meat so unpalatable, there is no salt at all, and there is a fishy smell." ”

"You just make do with it, the salt here is very precious, and there are no spices, you think it's still in the barbecue restaurant in modern society."

Du Dalei rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't we bring some salt?" Give me something, okay? ”

Zhao Zi glanced at him again, "We don't have much salt, most of it is given to the natives, and the rest should be saved a little, and it will be used on the road when you go south, you kid can bear with it." ”

Du Dalei muttered a few words and began to deal with venison.

And when they had eaten some meat, and drank the pheasant and mushroom soup, they were full. Wei Hongye asked: "How many bottles are there in the second pot?" ”

"And eight bottles."

"We'll give them four more bottles and they'll be really happy. Communicate with the natives and ask them to send guides to lead us and help us go south, do you say okay? ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically: "I think it's okay, Xiao Du, you take four bottles and send them to them." Du Dalei got up and took the wine, walked up to Altan, put the bottle on the ground with a smile, and gestured to him, meaning to give it to him.

Altan was so excited that he stood up and patted Du Dalei on the shoulder, and the other natives also happily gathered over to watch these rare objects.