After performing hard for a long time, there were more and more crowds of onlookers on the shore, but they all watched Hong Tao eat and drink there like fools, and no one was willing to come down and try it. It doesn't matter if you can't make a plan, we still have a back hand, this time we don't need daggers and knives, there are too many people on the other side, this has to be pulled out of the knife, maybe dozens of pike darts will fly over, it's too dangerous. This time, Hong Tao changed to play matches, this thing must have never been seen by the Indians, right?

"¥%#%......" Sure enough, when the first match flashed out, there was an exclamation from the crowd, and when Hong Tao lit a small branch with a match, finally a shirtless, middle-aged Indian man wearing a crotch cloth and a big braid walked down the river bank, approached Hong Tao, and stretched out his hand.

"Match...... Fire...... Firewood...... Big drops are easy to use! Hong Tao hurriedly handed over a box of matches, and then began to teach him how to operate it hand in hand. After he paddled one by himself, he stretched out his thumb and praised it, as if the other party had solved the problem of manned spaceflight.

Sincere smiles and novel objects have made communication with people smoother, at least the initial uneasiness and hostility have been temporarily alleviated, and according to Hong Tao's theory, it is time to enter the stage of substantive contact. At this time, Hong Tao can take out the knife, and he no longer has to worry about being pierced into a hornet's nest by the shuttle dart. The Indians also dared to come and taste the taste of sugar and rum, and while exchanging with their companions whether they were delicious or not, they tried the magic matches and short knives. So there were more and more laughter, more and more frequent exchanges, and fewer and fewer shuttles.

Although the Indians are not a single ethnic group, and even have different languages, their habits are similar. Took your goodies. There must be compensation. It's basically unclear to them what the value is. A bag of old corn beans is also exchanged for a short knife, and a bag of chili peppers is also exchanged for a box of matches. After the high-five, the deal is done, and no one is allowed to go back.

“…… Hiss...... Whoa...... Sick ...... "Hong Tao is not here to do business, the previous set of procedures is just to increase the goodwill of both parties, when he and more than a dozen casual slave soldiers were invited to the village. After meeting the elders of this village, it was time to get down to business. How so? Hong Tao has a way, he definitely can't draw pictures, he doesn't have the ability to use pictures to express the difference between a patient and a normal person, so a unique pantomime performance began, and the actor is Hong Tao himself. He shrunk up and lay on the ground shivering for a while, and then he couldn't stop wiping his sweat with his sleeves, pretending to be dying.

"Issuance...... The hairpin ...... "Obviously, the elder understood what Hong Tao meant, and he pointed to the sky with his finger. That meaning is probably similar to Karl's, blaming God for the disease. In fact, it is not easy to be a god. How many injustices you have to suffer every day.

“…… Issuing...... Medicine...... Medicine ...... "Hong Tao simply took a small tree trunk, cut off a piece of bark with a dagger, and threw it directly into his mouth and chewed it for life, the taste was similar to eating poison, bitter and astringent. In fact, it's not easy to listen to a bug, how many kinds of bark can be delicious?

"%¥%*......" It's a pity that no matter how much he tosses, his mouth is about to chew foam, and the elder still hasn't taken out what he wants, but it doesn't look like a refusal, and Hong Tao can't figure out what it means.

"Swap ...... Ten short knives! Although I didn't understand what people were saying, Hong Tao felt that they should use this kind of medicinal material in the future, as for why they didn't take it out, it must be that the price was not negotiated. How could such a precious medicinal herb be used casually by an outsider, so all the short knives on the entourage slave soldiers were disarmed and placed side by side in front of the elders.

"%%......&**" There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, Hong Tao's generosity made the elder a little vague, he picked up the rum he had just exchanged for corn with Hong Tao and took a big sip, and fell into deep thought.

"Hairpin ............%&......%%%" At this time, a **** Indian woman with a top body stood out from the crowd, walked directly to the elder, whispered a few words to him, and then said loudly to several older Indians next to him, his expression was a little excited, and after getting the approval of those old men, he picked up a short knife from the ground, cut a hole directly on his forearm, and swore with his palm stained with his own blood and high-fived and swore to those old men, as for what oath was made between them, Hong Tao was still confused.

After making the oath, the elder spoke a few more words to the woman, and then took out a small wooden cylinder from the small leather bag on his waist, poured some red powder from it, reconciled it with some kind of grease, and began to draw lines on the woman's face and body. The surrounding crowd tapped the shuttle dart and body in their hands, and jumped in circles around the fire pit with a beat, as if it was some kind of ritual.

Hong Tao was very annoying, and when they finished tossing, all the people who were seriously ill died, and they were cured of a fart. But there is no way to be on other people's turf, so I can only wait for them to toss, not only for them to toss, but also not to be idle, to dance together, so as to show respect for other people's traditions.

"What do you mean? She took me to ...... Go to the doctor? OK, OK, I'll talk about this in the future, I've been dancing for a long time, and it's still manual work to find a doctor! When the elder had finished drawing the pattern on the Indian woman, and the ceremony was over, he stopped Hong Tao, who was sweating tired, and motioned for him to go with the woman.

The woman did not take Hong Tao to the doctor, but walked into a small grass hut, picked up a bow, a shuttle dart, and the short knife she had just picked up, and packed a small package, as if she was going to go out of the house. Hong Tao also couldn't understand with her, so he could only think that the doctor lived far away or was simply in a nearby tribe, and he needed to walk to ask for it, so he hurriedly called the slave soldiers over, leaving three to watch the guard Karl and the boat, and the rest set off with him.

"%¥¥......&**............%%" When the Indian woman saw that Hong Tao had called so many people, she immediately stopped doing it, grinning at something, seeing what she meant, the doctor couldn't go too many people. Famous doctors have strange habits, Hong Tao can understand this matter, yes, then go on your own trip, send slave soldiers to definitely not understand, whether it is dead or alive, it doesn't care much, you can't see Carl die of illness.

Hand crossbows, one large and one small! Two daggers, a short knife, two first-aid kits, a small pot of alcohol, a moisture-proof mat sewn from whale skin and deerskin, a pair of sleeping bags, a pair of leather shoes, a change of clothes, matches, sugar, biscuits, and a number of dried fish...... The Indian woman had a head-sized bag on her waist, and Hong Tao carried a large backpack like a hill on her back, with all kinds of bits and pieces hanging on it. This posture directly made the Indian woman dumbfounded, she didn't know most of the things, and then looked at the short knife in her hand, it didn't seem to be very precious.

"Hong ......" followed the Indian woman out of the village, along the cornfield to the distant woods, Hong Tao was not idle when he walked, he planned to get to know each other with this Indian woman.

"Tu......" The Indian woman was very smart, and quickly understood what Hong Tao meant, and said her name, I don't know if it was surnamed Tu or called Tu.

Figure ...... Hong ......" Hong Tao confirmed a few more times, and after getting the woman's nod to confirm, he took out a piece of dried fish from his pocket, gave half of the picture, and asked her to throw it into her mouth and chew it according to her own appearance. This kind of thing was invented by the Li women of Jinhewan, they are good at drying all kinds of jerky, so many whale meat throw away they feel a pity, so they use sugar and wine to marinate these fish meat, after drying it is a small snack. The taste of dried fish is very good, but it is a little hard, and it is very boring to throw it in your mouth and chew it. The important thing is that it can be stored for a long time, as long as it is not damp, it will not taste good for two years.

"Hong ......" should also think that the dried fish tastes good, and finally showed a bright smile, but with her big flower face and a mouthful of white teeth, it is more ugly than not smiling, like a living ghost.

According to Hong Tao's eyesight and judgment, this Indian woman is not very old, to be precise, she should be a young woman, and she must have never given birth. Why? Because she didn't wear a top, just look at the shape and sag of the pectoralis major muscle, and you can roughly tell the woman's age and experience. Of course, after artificial processing in the later stage, that thing Hongtao has not studied. In addition, the approximate age can also be seen from the waist of the woman, and the body lines of youth, adulthood, and old age are different, especially the waist. But these judgments are only approximate, because her face and body are all painted with heavy pastels, it really can't be seen clearly, and she can't look at people's heads and eyes.

As for where she wanted to take herself and how far she needed to go, Hong Tao couldn't ask, and her body language was not enough to express these meanings. Anyway, it's coming, let's go, it is estimated that it will not be too far, otherwise there should be male warriors in the tribe who go along the way, and they will not let a girl be their guide, ten short knives, you can't be so tricky.

If you miscalculate, relying on body language to communicate, it is easy to misunderstand. After an hour of walking into this rainforest, I still haven't reached the place. There is a path in the rainforest, but it seems that people don't often walk, and many branches have grown. But the road seemed to have no end, and the slashing arms were sore, and there was still a rainforest in front of it. Several times Hong Tao wanted to ask how far the picture was, but unfortunately it was in vain to ask, how to express clearly with gestures and expressions from the distance unit, it was indeed a difficult problem, and even Hong Tao himself did not figure it out.

(To be continued.) )