Volume 1 The Beginning of the Edge Chapter 102 Play

(Note: The citation in the article comes from Baidu Encyclopedia.) )

When traveling to a place, tasting the local food is naturally the first choice for tourists, not only to feast on it, but also to get closer to the local residents through the world-universal exchange of "eating", killing two birds with one stone.

Cairo's local specialties are mainly Middle Eastern cuisine, and there are also many delicacies, such as the fragrant, crispy and delicious crispy and tender whole lamb, which is a very famous dish, and also such as the national dish, which is loved by the people for its cream and fruit puree, and the falafel made with chickpeas or broad bean puree with seasonings, which mixes macaroni, pasta and white rice, adds beans and onions, drizzles with tomato sauce, and mixes kushali, etc., which are cheap and close to the people. Cairo's local freshly squeezed beverage stalls are also a major feature, so you should definitely have a good taste when you arrive in Cairo.

But there are almost no dishes related to "pork" on the menus of all restaurants in Cairo, because there are many Muslims who believe in Islam, as can be seen from the mosques that can be found everywhere in Cairo, Muslims generally think that pigs are ugly, weird, greedy, lazy, stupid and dirty, their living environment is dirty, and their food is also dirty, so for Muslims, not only do they not raise pigs and do not eat pork, they think that not eating also means staying away from these bad habits.

Today, Su Ying took Mu Kong and Mu Nianci to enjoy a luxurious breakfast at The Lobby Lounge, which provides international flavors in the hotel, and then wandered around Cairo City, without following Su Ruilin and his gang to participate in the meeting with local dignitaries to discuss cooperation matters, after all, the three of them can't help, this is an international business exchange and cooperation.

There were three foreign tourists coming to a freshly squeezed juice stand, one was a young man with sloppy long hair and a face like a crown of jade, the big watery and bright eyes could not hide the brilliance even if the long hair was long, the young man was protecting the little girl who thought she was petite, and the size was just to the belly of the young man, the little girl was holding a cup of freshly baked banana juice in her hand, with a smile on her face, and a girl with a long black cloth bag on her back and a beautiful appearance gently took a cup of freshly squeezed orange juice and carrot juice handed over by the stall owner. He handed the carrot juice to the young man next to him, then took out six Egyptian pounds from his Hermès satchel and handed it to the stall owner, who smiled and stretched out his hands to take it, and folded his hands to thank the customer.

"Sister Su Ying, this is the best orange juice I've ever drunk." Mu Nianci gulped down the drink in the cup, and then wiped the corners of his mouth, revealing a look of feasting.

"Really?" Su Ying stroked Mu Nianci's black and bright hair, her eyes smiled like a crescent moon, she has always liked Mu Nianci, a sensible, well-behaved, innocent and cute little girl, in Su Ying's heart, if there are people in the world who don't have that kind of good feeling for Mu Nianci who want to protect, it will be a strange thing.

"Well, of course, because this is what Sister Su Ying asked Xiao Nianci to drink." Mu Nianci said as if he had smeared honey, causing Su Ying to smile even more, and he could see that most of the pedestrians in white robes on the street were stunned and couldn't take their eyes off.

Mu Kong gulped down the carrot juice in his cup roughly, revealing a somewhat uncomfortable expression, "Shall we go to the Kangombo Temple in Aswan first today, and then go to the Giza Pyramids?" ”

Su Ying nodded, "There is a temple in Aswan that I want to visit, and if you take a plane, the back and forth is very fast, and the time is completely enough for us to wander around slowly, anyway, my father and they are not in a hurry to go back in the next day or two." Then let's go to the local Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and finally visit the Giza pyramids, so that you can also avoid the noon sun, otherwise the high temperature is not to mention Mu Nianci, even a strong adult like you can't bear it. ”

Mu Kong's face showed a look of affirmation and appreciation for Su Ying, the other party was able to take into account the factors of temperature and time, presumably he had already done his homework as a "tour guide", and sure enough, she was a careful and cautious little girl just like the memory left by the Buddha of Dou Sheng.

The distance between Aswan and Cairo is 982 kilometers, but it takes only an hour and a half by plane, and about three hours to go back and forth.

Once in Aswan, another hour's drive will take you to a small hill where the temple of Kang Ompo was built.

The temple of Konombo is one of the few twin temples in Egypt and is dedicated to both the gods Horus and Sobek, with a central axis dividing it into two symmetrical parts, each dedicated to one god. The temple of Kangboon has tall stone pillars and a slightly desolate temple, and from the entrance to the gate, you will find that the left and right sides are self-contained and unrelated to each other. The dilapidated temple still preserves the knowledge of medicine and fertility from more than 2,000 years ago, and if you visit it in the evening, you can see a breathtaking "golden splendor" scene.

At this time, the temple was still crowded as usual, Su Ying and his entourage saw the traces of the fire in the well-preserved Horus Temple, and the exquisite murals carved the picture of Horus fighting with the enemy who killed his father, which made the visitors secretly surprised.

At the entrance of the temple, there are some local old women selling a kind of amulet, perhaps the reason why some people are cheating, so each amulet is asked by the old women for five Egyptian pounds, and the charm is embroidered with a strange left eye, according to the old woman's introduction, this amulet is called "Eye of Horus", according to legend, it has extraordinary magical powers, can distinguish good from evil, and defend health and happiness.

Su Ying is naturally not interested, if the Egyptian sky and the god of revenge Horus appear in front of Su Ying, if she doesn't slash the other party with a knife, Horus will be lucky, as for buying a talisman to pray for Horus's protection and blessing, Su Ying will be even less favorable.

The good girl Mu Nianci is different, the innocent little girl always likes these delicate and mysterious little things, so she borrowed five Egyptian pounds from Su Ying, although the other party said that there is no need to pay it back, but Mu Nianci still said in a heartfelt manner, "No merit, I will definitely return it to Su Ying's sister in the future" before taking the Egyptian pound handed by Su Ying, and then pretending to be an old-fashioned adult handed the money to an old woman with a dark complexion, Mu Kong next to him heard the words of his niece Mu Nianci, smiled and nodded at him.

Mu Nianci took the "Eye of Horus", then hung it around his neck, and swaggered a few steps like a treasure, like a general of the autumn soldiers on the ancient battlefield, which caused some tourists around to hide their mouths and snicker, and they didn't know where such a funny little girl came from.

After visiting this twin temple, Su Ying didn't notice anything wrong or noticed any strange aura, so she took Mu Nianci and Mu Kong back, and also returned to Cairo by plane.

It was close to noon, and the sun was moving toward the highest part of the sky, and the scorching sun was baking the earth with light smoke, and some of the pedestrians who wore white robes that absorbed the weakest light felt hot on their bodies.

After returning to Cairo, Su Ying and his entourage did not return to the hotel directly, but first found a small restaurant on the side of the street, although the decoration was not noble and luxurious, but at least clean and tidy. Su Ying ordered a mallow soup, which is made from the leaves of "mallow flowers" that are abundant on both sides of the Nile River, and then the leaves are crushed and cooked together with mutton, chicken, butter, garlic, etc. Mu Nianci wasn't too hungry, so he just partnered with Su Ying to ask for an extra flatbread, but Mu Kong was different, he didn't look like he was not accustomed to the water and soil, but he was even more hungry when he arrived in a foreign country, so he directly ordered a roast lamb and two roast pigeons and devoured them, Mu Kong, who didn't care about the appearance, even scared Mu Nianci, feeling that this was not the uncle in his memory.

Three times five divided by two to solve the roast mutton and roast pigeon, Mu Kong happily burped, and then took a toothpick in his mouth, revealing a happy expression of life.

After enjoying the perfect lunch, Su Ying took Mu Kong and Mu Nianci to Tahrir Square for a ride to Tahrir Square, where they continued to visit the ancient city of Cairo, where they arrived at the Cairo National Museum, the world's most famous and largest museum of ancient Egyptian antiquities.

The Cairo National Museum is a twin city stone building, the appearance is ancient and luxurious, the museum gate is arched, there is a pharaoh relief in the niches on both sides of the arch, one of them holds papyrus, which is the material of ancient Egyptian writing, and the other is the "national flower" of Egypt——— lotus, which represents the north and south of ancient Egypt, implying the unity of the country. The museum houses more than 100,000 artifacts from the time of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt to the Roman rule of the 5th and 6th centuries AD. The exhibits are arranged chronologically on the first floor, and on the second floor, they are displayed by theme, displaying the most valuable collections.

Su Ying and his entourage walked into the courtyard of the museum and saw many sculptures and sphinxes, and there were many tourists around them, which made Mu Nianci feel like she was in the middle of a vast ocean, so she was a little scared, she timidly grabbed the corner of Mu Kong's clothes, and Mu Kong could only helplessly carry Mu Nianci behind his back to relieve his niece's uncomfortable feeling.

Su Ying first looked around the first floor, and felt that there was nothing worth paying special attention to, so she walked through the bustling crowd with Mu Nianci holding Mu Nianci to the second floor, the collection on the second floor is obviously more precious, and the historical significance is even more significant, which can be seen from the surge in the number of security guards and staff, such as some well-preserved mummies that can even clearly see beards, and some sarcophagi that you can know at a glance that they are built with countless energy and painstaking efforts, Some of the sarcophagi are carved with the same pattern as the "Eye of Horus" on Mu Nianci's chest.

Because today's visitors are surprisingly hiding, Su Ying and the three of them can only wander around for a while, but they also browsed most of the collections in the museum, and even visited the national treasures of Egypt in the deepest part of the museum - Tutankhamun Golden Mask and Golden Coffin.

Mu Nianci ended the visit to the Cairo National Museum on his back with satisfaction, and left one of the world-famous museums with Su Ying.

Mu Kong begged for mercy and said, "No, Xiao Nianci has grown up, uncle can't hold it, Xiao Nianci will come down and go by himself." ”

So Mu Nianci jumped off Mu Kong's back quite proudly, with the demeanor of a heroine, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, it seemed that it was because of Mu Kong's sentence "Xiao Nianci has grown up", so Mu Nianci felt that her mother would definitely come back soon.

Even a few dozen meters away from the Cairo National Museum, the flow of people in the vicinity is still weaving, and most of them must be admired, which shows the scope of influence of this museum.

Su Ying continued to act as her "tour guide" to lead the way ahead, while Mu Nianci took her uncle's hand and followed behind.

A light wind that seemed to be mixed with tiny sand and gravel blew, causing Mu Nianci to rub her eyes with her small hands while following Mu Kong's slow pace, and then she seemed to see a strange-looking old man mixed with the crowd on the left - wearing a crown, lapis lazuli hair, golden flesh and silver bones could be seen through the skin, Mu Nianci's mouth widened in surprise, and then rubbed her eyes vigorously with her small hands again, looking in the direction of the old man before, but the old man disappeared out of thin air.

"My people are doing well."

A faint sound of mosquitoes and flies rang out.