Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Gunshots of the Great River
Everyone has a love for beauty, and there is another important factor why the two attract them.
The two women dressed in the fiery salon are likely to be the new daughters-in-law, young in appearance and hot in shape. This is very uncommon, and the women in the villages on both sides of the river are so burdened by poverty that they can't take care of themselves at all.
In fact, along the Mekong River, they have found such scenes many times. There is a "question" that puzzles them, don't these women wear underwear? But the princesses such as Mei and Suji, the tribal girls who were waiting for them to take a bath at the Cologne base, in the salon or in the tube skirt, were clearly wearing beautiful little clothes.
The two argued in a low voice, and even made a bet, almost red-faced.
The bet is that if Lin Zhumin loses, he will not be allowed to touch Sugong for a month. If Lin Tao lost, he was responsible for washing Liu Guodong's pants and undershirt for a month. They completely let their guard down on the ship, unaware of what was going on behind the tunnel. It was only when Little Fruit rushed up to grab the binoculars to play, and when he turned around, he found that Lingyu and Zheng Shuwen were looking at them with a smile.
It turned out that the two had entered the realm of selflessness, and the voice was heard by the two of them.
"Two big men, they don't sleep at noon just to watch women take a bath? There are so many beautiful girls in the tribe, and you don't wear underwear in the salon, will you not see it? Could it be that Su Ji and Mei and their maids haven't let you see enough, and they are still fighting for red faces, as for them?! ”
Lingyu was gentle and virtuous, pursing her lips and grinning, but Zheng Shuwen reprimanded in a low voice.
Lin Tao and Lin Zhumin were embarrassed, and their faces were already red, like two big apples. How dare they fight back, so they have to teach Xiaoguo to use a telescope to get rid of the embarrassment.
Lingyu smiled understandingly, "Don't be embarrassed, you're just curious about these folklore." In fact, in the five countries of Hungawaddy, Siam, Khmer, Annam, and Lancang, many tribal women in the Mekong River valley did not wear underwear in the past. In some countries, men do not wear underwear in salons, such as Honsavwady. ”
"For what? The salon is just a piece of cloth, pull it on your body, it's too unsafe! ”
Zheng Shuwen was still dressed in a military uniform, and he also raised his hand to give Lin Tao a chestnut.
"Little rascal, always think badly! The salon clothes of women and men in South Asia have evolved several times, and they are no longer all a piece of cloth. For example, in the Lancang Lao people, men's salons have become sand cages, and women's salons have become tube skirts, or cheongsam-like onesy skirts. In Annam, the women's salon became Ao Dai, which was actually a cheongsam with long trousers with wide legs. Siam and Honsavady, on the other hand, have become similar to Chinese cheongsams, how could it have fallen? ”
"Does not wearing underwear have anything to do with the hot climate?"
"Yes. The entire Mekong River basin has a tropical rainforest climate, and the rainy season is humid and hot, and wearing underwear and underwear is not airtight and unhygienic, and it is extremely easy to get sick. The traditional salon was created as a national costume in response to this climate. The salon style is still very traditional only in Honsavady. Men there generally wore primitive salons, and a significant number of women wore traditional salons. ”
"What's so important about the most traditional salon wear?"
"In the urban and rural areas of Honsavady, the most traditional way of wearing it is still common, with a collarless long-sleeved shirt on the upper body and a complete salon cloth on the lower body, like a sheet. Wrapped around the body, the man ties a knot at the front and the woman with a knot at the side. There is no underwear inside, and a pair of slippers on the feet. Moreover, in order to facilitate the peeing, the salon is shorter and only wraps in one circle. The women's salon is very long, and some can be wrapped several times. Therefore, in Honsavady, when husbands and wives fight, it is generally the men who suffer. ”
"Everyone is playing vacuum, why does the husband have to suffer?"
"Stupid, because the knot of the man's salon is in front, as long as a smart woman tears off the salon, the man only cares about protecting his lower body and preventing him from showing his bottom and making a fool of himself, so can he still care about fighting? And the woman's knot was on the side, wrapped a few more times, and it was strong and safe. As soon as the man is distracted, the woman will not prevail. ”
"Sister Lingyu, there are crocodiles in the Mekong River, aren't these women and children in danger?"
"They have lived here for generations and are all too familiar with this mother river. Where there are crocodiles, where to bathe, they are well aware. You see that the places where they bathe are all straight rivers, turbulent currents, and no water weeds, which are very safe. Crocodiles generally gather in places with gentle currents, such as river bays and river beaches. Of course, these so-called safe places are still not safe at night. ”
"Will the crocodiles be here at night?"
"The Mekong River is bottomless and has the largest number of freshwater fish in the world. Dangerous big fish are not only crocodiles, but also big fish that are several meters long and more than ten meters long. Almost every once in a while, fishermen catch hundreds of pounds of fish. According to legend, the largest underwater animal under the river is called Naga, which is tens of meters long, but generally no one has ever seen it. ”
"What kind of fish is Naga, it should be a python to be more reliable?"
"According to folklore, it is likely to be a giant Mekong python. Because no one has seen it, there is no official record, and it is more of a folk culture that is purely passed down by word of mouth. ”
"Sister Lingyu, you are already in good shape, and if you wear this Ao Dai again, oh my God, you are going to murder our eyes! The witch is all demonic, and she also attracts people in military uniforms, which is really sexy. Lin Zhumin complimented.
"You seem to be drooling, Mei's country is fragrant, are you still not satisfied? Do you have to think about sexiness when you see a beautiful woman, can you be a little promising?! ”
Zheng Shuwen is a hedgehog, and he was a little annoyed when he heard the words. Her eyes were wide open, with a gun in one hand and a gesture about to move in the other.
Seeing this, Lin Zhumin hurriedly begged for mercy and patted his ass, "No, no, no, two beautiful sisters, don't be angry." The little brother is not that blessed, he doesn't dare to be delusional, and he thinks in vain, and he doesn't mean to offend you at all. I'm telling you the truth, what you two wear is quite distinctive, and the country is beautiful. That's right, that's definitely what you just said. ”
Both women laughed happily, and it was naturally the happiest thing to be complimented, especially to be beautiful.
Zheng Shuwen said, "Annan's 'Ao Dai' has a history of hundreds of years, and the original style borrowed from the characteristics of Chinese Hanfu. Later, after continuous modification by fashion designers, it was finally basically shaped in the 30s of the 20th century. Ao Dai usually uses soft fabrics such as silk, and the top is a long gown, similar to a Chinese cheongsam, with well-fitting sleeves that accentuate the feminine curves, with high slits at the sides to the waist. ”
"The prototype of 'Ao Dai' was born from the Chinese cheongsam, incorporating a variety of cultural elements of various eras, simple and lively, which can show the feminine figure of women, the front and back two skirts flutter in the wind when walking, and the lower body is equipped with a pair of bell trousers, so it is very convenient to walk, live, sit and lie down in daily life."
I thought it was a false alarm, and the return journey would always be so smooth and poetic, but what should have come came suddenly!
In the early morning of this day, the armed boatmen who were not on duty were still sleeping, Lin Zhumin was on duty, and the rest of the brothers' team, together with Zheng Shuwen, sat behind the bunker and took a nap to provide vigilance for the fleet. Less than an hour after Bachinben, a "bang" of gunfire broke the early morning silence on the river, and a group of river bandits had blocked the river.
It was the time when the people were laziest before dawn, and the crisp sound of gunfire instantly caused chaos in the entire fleet.
In the dry season, the water in the Mekong River is getting less and less, and the river channel continues to retreat towards the center of the river, revealing patches of yellow sand on both sides of the bank. Along the way, I saw many places, on the beach by the river, during the day, many bare-bottomed children were playing happily on the sand, playing in the water for fun.
At this moment, in the center of the large sand pile on the left, it can be faintly observed that two improvised trenches have been dug up, and in them there is a faint platoon of armed soldiers with guns and above, all of which are aimed at the fleet.
Long Ji lay on his stomach in the bunker, watching in horror. Mei Xue and Su Ji got out of the cabin, showed their heads, and quickly hid in the cabin in fright. Xiao Guo was still sleeping, and Lingyu lay down beside Yu Songyuan, "Captain Yu, it doesn't matter, there are so many people?" Are they going to do it? ”
"They're here to get revenge on us, and the only way to get rid of them is to destroy them. You protect the little fruit, and Mei Xue and they quickly prepare for the rescue! ”
On the river, three small boats blocked the way, and it was only seventy or eighty meters away from the fleet. In the small boat in the middle, a soldier with a bazooka on his shoulder aimed at the first large ship of the flotilla. On each side of the small boat, a soldier with a rifle was aimed at the people on the big boat.
Here, in the middle of the Mekong River, there is a large sandbar overgrown with reeds and weeds. The river channel is divided into two parts, and the right channel near Lancang is only a few tens of meters wide, and the river is shallow. The main channel is on the left side near Siam and is about 200 meters wide.
Due to the special topographical structure, the river is wide both upstream and downstream of the sandbar. In particular, the upper part of the sandbar is a shallow cement beach, with gentle currents and abundant aquatic plants, and you can see from the boat that there are a large number of Siamese crocodiles moving in the shallow water, waiting for sunrise to climb onto the beach to bask in the sun.
At this time, the water surface was filled with white fog and gray. Because the fog was too great and the distance was too far, it was not clear how many people could see exactly how many people were on the shore. With Longji's righteousness and name, especially some time ago, he also destroyed a group of Siamese stragglers, and the ordinary bandits in Lancang no longer dared to provoke Longji's fleet easily, but this bandit didn't care about it, and it was fierce.
There is only one possibility, this is a group of bandits, and the stragglers of the Siamese Army are seeking revenge.
The river has been blocked, and the fleet does not dare to break through. Otherwise, a rocket fired by a person on a small boat may be reimbursed for a large boat. The people lying on the beach on the shore are also terrible, and the dense rain of bullets will cause great damage to the people on board. The large boat, which is only wrapped in a thin layer of iron sheet, will be beaten into a sieve.
But the boatmen did not panic, the brothers were on board, and they knew the bottom of their hearts.
The flotilla stopped, and the shipwrights of several large ships were holding guns and lying quietly behind the iron plates on the deck, no one fired indiscriminately, everyone was waiting for the leader's order. Of course, I'm also waiting to see how the brothers team will clean up this gang of bandits who don't know whether they are alive or dead.