Chapter 36: Reunion (4)
On the way to travel, they often see many malnourished children with big bellies and bare feet, and they can't help but feel compassion.
A small child is running around with a gun, shouldn't such a small child be carrying a school bag?
War is a maelstrom that drags everything into the abyss! The ultimate victims of war are always civilians, who are displaced, separated, disrupted and homeless, and refugees live in a life of insecurity, food and clothing.
In war, a city can be reduced to ruins in an instant! War makes people who were originally kind become cruel; Let the originally cruel people become beasts.
Zisong and Mengshi are extremely fortunate to be born in such a beautiful country as China, and they used to think that this feeling might just be shouting slogans, but at that moment they really felt the peace and strength of the motherland!
On the way to Africa, all the trees along the way are low and low, except for the baobab tree, which is oddly shaped and tall like growing upside down.
This scene is actually quite strange, as if the baobab tree was accidentally planted by aliens. It can reach a height of more than 25 meters, and the canopy is huge, and the branches and branches grow strangely at the top of the tree, just like the roots of the coiled dragon growing upside down in the air.
During the day, the baobabs are majestic against the blue sky and white clouds, and at sunset, the baobabs are draped in red glow, casting heavy shadows on this thick red soil.
The tall, straight baobab trees act like lighthouses, forming a road to the horizon. The aborigines drove ox carts under the trees, kicking up a slight cloud of dust.
Baobab pickers, who specialize in climbing trees, stick hardwood pegs into the trees and step on them. The harvested fruit is peeled and packed into a powder, which can be added to milk and coffee, as well as flavored for soda and popsicles.
Monsey couldn't wait to try the baobab, but found that eating it straight was a very sour taste and needed to be soaked in hot water to add sugar.
The local residents were very enthusiastic to loosen one of the baked fruits in the fire for them, peel off the husks and eat them, Mengshi felt like the smell of wood soaked in light sugar water, Zisong told Mengshi, baobab pulp contains 6 times more vitamin C than oranges, calcium content is 50% more than spinach, and it is very medicinal value, if people here have ten baobab trees, do nothing can live a life without worry, so the streets are full of idlers basking in the sun,
"Murala" (take it easy, don't worry) is their mantra. Baobab is also known as:
"The Tree of Life". Locals believe that the flow of life only stops when the last baobab tree falls to the ground.
When walking through the desert, thirsty people can be saved as long as they encounter baobab trees. Pull open a hole with a knife and sweet juice will flow out.
Although its trunk is very thick, the wood is very loose, and it can be said that it is strong on the outside and dry in the middle, the outside and soft on the inside. This woody sponge resembles a porous sponge and is best used to store water.
During the rainy season, it uses its thick body and soft wood to absorb and store a lot of water like a sponge, and only eats it slowly during the dry season.
A single baobab tree can store thousands of kilograms of water, which is simply more powerful than the water storage capacity of a camel.
In arid Africa, in order to reduce water evaporation, the baobab tree itself has to conserve the growth of branches, and all branches are often bare.
Once the rainy season arrives, the baobab tree uses its large body to desperately store water. When the baobab tree is filled with water, it grows leaves and produces large white flowers
"After the snow, the pine and the clouds change their leaves, and the peach and plum bloom in the spring".