The area of Tubuai Island is not large, the total length of the road around the island is no more than 30 kilometers, and there are some villages scattered along the way, the large ones are dozens of families, and the small ones are no more than three or two wooden houses. Most of these houses face the sea, which reminds people of the spring blossoms, and there is a feeling of being a happy person from tomorrow.

As we passed through the village, someone shouted to the young man who was driving: "Hey, Kikika, business is good today!" ”

The young man laughed and responded, "Yes, yes, it's a good day!" ”

They don't speak English, but a very mixed language with a thick accent.

Aoki sounded like Malay at first, with some strangely sounding French interspersed in between, but the most amazing thing was that he understood it.

Of course, these natives would not have imagined that guests from far away would understand this less authentic Austronesian dialect, so they spoke unscrupulously.

"Where did these pigs come from? Why does that guy have a strange bird on his head? ”

"I don't know, look like the Japanese, or the Chinese, maybe Mohammed, who knows!"

……

Aoki looked at Su Huilan, only to see that she seemed to be smiling, and I didn't know if she understood.

After a short half circle on the ring road, the car turned into a small road in the island, which was rugged and bumpy.

Passing through a village, the young man was asked, "Kikika, where are you taking your guests?" There's no way ahead! ”

The young man wept and said, "They are going to Tab to find the madman Petru." ”

The questioner shook his arm: "Oh, madman! ”

I don't know if he was talking about the pirate, or if they were really crazy people who were looking for madmen.

There was no way ahead, so Kikika had to stop at the end of the road, then pointed to the jungle in front of her and said, "Go up from here, I don't dare to go forward." ”

"How far up here?" Su Huilan asked.

Kikika said, "Not far away, through the forest in front of us, there is a hillside, and when you turn over, you can see where Petru lived." ”

"How do I know you're not lying to us."

"Oh, I swear to God, he's right there."

"It's useless to swear, I have to meet people."

"That madman has a lot of traps around his house, and when he catches you, he'll find a way to torture you so that you're worse off dead."

Su Huilan took out two dollar bills, dangled them in front of Kikika's eyes, and said, "If you don't take us to the place, the remaining two hundred dollars will be gone, and the one hundred dollars you just took will have to be returned to me, because this section of the road is only worth fifty dollars." ”

Kikika grinned at the bill in front of her and said, "Okay, I'll take you through the woods until you see his house, but I don't dare go up that hillside." I advise you not to go up either, for you may be taken as prey, and you must know that on this island, private territory is inviolable, and if you break into someone else's territory, you will only consider yourself unlucky. ”

"Okay, I'll just need to find Petru, but if you play any tricks......" Su Huilan glanced at Aoki deliberately, "My friend is no better than Petru!" ”

Aoki had no choice but to make a face against the floor, pretending to be a cold and mysterious wizard. The crow on his head showed its talent for acting, and at this time it was half-spread its wings, its deep eyes staring at Kikika, its sharp beak stretched out, and made a pecking motion towards him, the fur on its neck exploded, and an extremely terrible croak came out of its throat.

This cry is accompanied by spiritual power and goes straight into the subconscious of people.

Kikika was really scared, shivering on a hot day, and the sweat on her back soaked her clothes.

"Rest assured...... I...... I'm not going to lie to you...... I will definitely let you meet Pei...... "When he got nervous, he not only trembled and stammered, but forgot to use English, but spoke the Austronesian dialect, which he was more proficient in," Petru ......said.

Su Huilan smiled and said, "It's pretty much the same. ”

Kikika walked ahead tremblingly, and took Aoki and Su Huilan into the woods.

The woods weren't very dense, and at least the sun could still shine on the forest floor, but it looked pristine and smelled of decay.

Kikika pulled the branches and vines in front of her with her hands, muttering something as she went.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Aoki asked Su Huilan if she could understand the indigenous language here.

"They speak Polynesian. However, this language is very complex, distributed throughout the islands of the Pacific Ocean, including Polynesia, Hawaii, Malaysia and Indonesia, and the northernmost part extends to Taiwan Province in China. It is inaccurate to classify them as one language family at such a broad scale, but there is a strong correlation between their languages. What we have just heard is the dialect of the Southern Isles in this language family, and since there are many people in Polynesia who speak French, it is inevitable that they will speak with some nondescript French words. ”

Aoki suddenly, secretly admiring Su Huilan's erudition in his heart. Although he can understand other people's words, he is a little inexplicable, first, he doesn't know when he learned this language, and second, although he understands, he doesn't understand it as thoroughly as Su Huilan.

However, he didn't tell Su Huilan that he could understand it, it was really hard to explain. And although Kikika kept his distance from him, she muttered all the way and scolded him and the coal boss on his head, and Aoki pretended not to understand and remained silent, anyway, he was an evil wizard in the eyes of others.

Su Huilan listened while looking at Aoki from time to time and laughed secretly.

Kikika will avoid seemingly easy paths and instead walk in thick thorns or long grass.

He explained that apart from some places on this island for tourists to visit, the rest of the island is very pristine, infested with various poisonous insects, and there are some poisonous plants. The island's aborigines easily tell the difference, but visitors from outside are often caught off guard and sometimes fatal.

Therefore, most people who come to the island will organize a group to find a tour guide, and the tour guide will be responsible for their safety. Kikika is also a tour guide on the island, but he never takes tours, he only takes the business of individual customers, so that he is free and sometimes can earn a lot of tips. He calls it personalized service.

After passing through a relatively dense section of the forest, the front appeared to be open, and the tall coconut trees could not block the view, and in the distance you could see a bare hillside, on which there was not a single tree, only a few rocks of seven heights and eight lows, built there like trenches in the position.

Kikika stretched out her hand and pointed to the hillside and said, "Turn over there, and this is where you are looking." ”

Su Huilan asked, "What are those stones for?" ”

"Those are the tabs, the temples that our ancestors set up on the island. Tabu means taboo, and according to the rules, we can't go into the range of tab, so I can only bring you here. ”

Seeing that Su Huilan didn't seem to have any intention of paying, he took a few steps to the right, pointing in another direction as he went, and said, "If you must see the house where Petru lives, then I can only go around Tabbar from there and take you around, but you still have to come back and go uphill from here, because Petru occupies a canyon bay with cliffs on both sides, and this is the way to go." ”

As soon as he said this, Aoki heard a whoosh, followed by a thud, and Kikika fell to the ground.