Chapter 555: A Trip to Southern Xinjiang

In addition to the wild alien races in the 100,000 mountains that stretch for thousands of miles in the extreme south, the people who have lived in the border areas of southern Xinjiang for generations have roughly five main tribes, namely: Miao, Tu, Zhuang, Li, and Gaoshan.

In terms of population, the Zhuang nationality has the largest number, accounting for 40% of the total population in southern Xinjiang; In terms of territory, the Miao people are the most powerful and occupy the most fertile land; In terms of folk customs alone, the mountain people with the smallest population are the most fierce.

These five major tribes have lived in this southern frontier for generations. Each of the five ethnic groups has its own language, but in general, they communicate with each other in a common language similar to that of Middle-earth, but they all have some local ethnic "characteristics".

For many years, there have naturally been times when they communicate with each other and enjoy each other, but there are also contradictions that intrigue and fight with each other. Over the years, a situation has gradually formed in which the five major tribes have their own territory, but their territories are intertwined with each other.

In places where the territories of various tribes meet, there are often villages and towns where people of several tribes live together, and at most five tribes live in the same place at the same time, living together with each other.

Walking on the deserted path, the nine-tailed sky fox Xiaobai looked extremely happy, and introduced everything in southern Xinjiang to Su Zimo with great interest: "Now everyone in the world knows that here in southern Xinjiang, there are a total of five ethnic groups living side by side and living together on this land. But in fact, a long time ago, the five tribes of Miao, Li, Zhuang, Tu, and Gaoshan were actually the same ancient tribe called the "Wu Clan". ”

In this regard, Su Zimo also smiled faintly.

If he didn't really know much about southern Xinjiang, he would never have chosen to come to southern Xinjiang with Xiaobai in this situation.

You know, it's not easy to listen to a guy who has been imprisoned for hundreds of years whispering in your ear, even if the other party is a woman who is too beautiful to talk about.

It seems that although the two of them are moving forward on foot, they are both advanced cultivators.

It is precisely because of this that it seems like a long journey, but it is also a blink of an eye......

"Qilitong is the largest gathering place of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang, according to my impression, this place in the past 20 miles, is a lively place where various ethnic groups live together, called 'Tianshui Village', from there there is a treacherous path to the south, that is, the road to the Miao people's Qilitong."

Speaking of this, Xiao Bai smiled lightly and bitterly, with a hint of sentimentality in his beautiful eyes, and said: "But I don't know if there have been any other changes in the situation here in Southern Xinjiang in the past three hundred years. ”

Maybe it touched some sad things, and on the next way, Xiaobai couldn't stop looking at the mountains and rivers along the way, as if he was recalling the past, and finally made Su Zimo breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly prayed that Tianshui Village could arrive earlier.

When the sky gradually darkened and approached dusk, the two finally walked into Tianshui Village.

Although Tianshui Village has the word "village", it is built on a spacious flat land, and there is a road out of the village in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, which is different from the cottages built on the top of the mountain in Su Zimo's memory.

According to the explanation on Xiaobai Road, this place was originally built by the Tu people, and the original site was not here, but on a mountain not far from the west, because of a clear spring at the top of the mountain, so it was called Tianshui Village.

It was only later that the four tribes bordered each other and the population grew, and the place became a place where the population was mixed.

And the business travel gradually increased, and then lived in the mountains, one came to the place is small, the residence is inconvenient, and the second is quite difficult, even though the people here in southern Xinjiang are generally stronger and healthier than the people of the Middle Earth, but no one is willing to climb the mountain every day to exercise.

As a result, some people began to move to live at the foot of the mountain, from less to more, and after a long time, the people in the whole cottage gradually migrated down, and with the prosperity of the trade of the four tribes, the business travel became more frequent, and the scale also expanded. As for the cottage on the original mountain, it is gradually abandoned, and only the name Tianshui Village has been retained.

At this moment, the sky has just darkened, and there are still many pedestrians on the street, coming and going, the surroundings are noisy, and the languages of various ethnic groups are sounding from time to time, which is completely different from the desertion on the ancient road just now.

I have to admit that Xiaobai's appearance in human form is indeed very beautiful.

Even Su Zimo, who has traveled to various planes, has to admit that this kind of beauty, which does not seem to exist in the world, is indeed difficult for ordinary people to resist......

This kind of beauty seems to be soaked into the bones, with a smile and a smile, all of which have a intoxicating charm, and together with the three-tailed demon fox of the fox clan, it seems that it is also lacking.

I'm afraid that only this kind of nine-tailed sky fox that has been accumulated over the years can reach such an extent.

Walking with beauty is undoubtedly a thing to be happy about.

However, for Su Zimo, if he could have less trouble, he would be happy to go on like this.

It's a pity that God doesn't seem to hear his heart.

Soon, as the two of them continued to go deeper into Tianshui Village, the commotion caused by Xiaobai's appearance became more and more obvious, even if Su Zimo deliberately released his own breath, it was inevitable to encounter a few people who were in the brain and did not know whether they were alive or dead.

Three people walked out of the crowd, almost printed out of a mold, wearing ordinary southern Xinjiang costumes, tall, rude, tiger-backed, with an undisguised obscene look, looking at Xiaobai.

"Little sister, go with my brother, I promise to take you to eat and drink spicy ......"

"Giggles."

In response to him, Xiaobai's coquettish smile was a pair of bright eyes, as if they were about to flow out. I saw that she first looked at the three of them a few times, and said jokingly: "Sounds good, but I have a good person, what should I do?" ”

As she spoke, she took two steps back, holding Su Zimo's arm with one hand, indicating that she was not talking nonsense before.

The crowd was in an uproar, and the faces of the three of them suddenly became darker than the bottom of the pot, as long as they had a little brain, they could hear the teasing of Chi Guoguo in Xiaobai's words, and it was no wonder that any woman, in the face of this situation, would not give these three people any good looks.

And next to him, Su Zimo could only spread his hands helplessly, acquiescing to Xiaobai's practice of causing trouble.

And the three of them were not stupid, and after glancing at each other, they quickly made a decision.

Solve this kid first!

This is also their consistent style, "a wife out of the fist" is a proverb in southern Xinjiang, which is still vibrant after thousands of years and is practiced by the people of southern Xinjiang.

It's a pity that they ran into an iron plate.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Three times in a row, and suddenly the three of them flew out upside down and landed in the corner. At this moment, the eyes of the people around him looking at Su Zimo completely changed.

The strong are respected!

This is an eternal iron rule, even if it is very xenophobic Southern Xinjiang, it is also very respectful of the strong, after seeing Su Zimo's strength, many people who originally had the same thoughts as the three of them dispelled their thoughts and ran away.

"Let's go, find a place to stay first, and continue to set off tomorrow." After swatting the three of them like flying three flies casually, Su Zimo's expression remained unchanged, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Bai, not at all annoyed by what had happened before.

"Hmm."

Xiaobai nodded, the two of them just did it as a concoction, and there were no emotional fluctuations.

For a lion, he would never be angry with a few jumping ants, because they are not worthy at all, and the only ones who can arouse their anger are people of the same rank.

Immediately, Xiaobai came to Su Zimo, smiled, and said, "You see that I have been imprisoned for three hundred years, so I am not old, right?" ”

"You don't say I haven't found out yet,"

Hearing this, Su Zimo carefully looked at Xiaobai's smiling face, and said thoughtfully: "It turns out that Xiaobai, you are already more than a thousand years old!" Shall I call you, old woman? ”

"Die!"

In response to Su Zimo, it was Xiaobai's pink fist, and the two of them laughed and came to the inn not far away.

The southern frontier is very different from the customs of Middle-earth, but after many years, although it is located in a remote area, after all, there are exchanges with Middle-earth. The furs, ores and other specialties produced in the southern Xinjiang region have always had an excellent reputation in the Central Plains, attracting many merchants from China to trade.

Over time, inns that did not exist at all in southern Xinjiang also appeared in the most lively towns under the influence of Middle-earth merchants.

And the two of them are now in such an inn, and the name is directly in the local name - "Tianshui Inn".

Entering the inn, it is obvious that the tables and chairs are very influenced by the Middle-earth culture, but the boss and the guys are local Zhuang people.

The Zhuang people in southern Xinjiang, the population is the largest, the relative life is also relatively rich, the most deeply influenced by the Middle Earth, no more than other ethnic groups still adhere to the hunt-based life, the Zhuang people have gradually begun to farm and do business.

However, despite this, the Zhuang people are relatively peaceful, and most of the people have less of that fierceness, so they are not as strong as the Miao people with a population less than them.

Of course, compared with the inn in the Central Plains, which can be called carved railings and jade masonry and is extremely exquisite, this place called "Tianshui Inn" is really simple...... Except for a small two-story wooden building that has been around for an unknown number of years, there are no other buildings.

Fortunately, neither Su Zimo nor Xiaobai are the kind of people who pay attention to enjoyment.

It was getting dark, but there weren't many guests in the inn.

Seeing the two of them coming, the innkeeper's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked over and said warmly: "Two guest officers, do you want to eat something, there are clean rooms here in our store, and the price is the most fair, and it is famous far and wide." ”

"Two clean houses, we stayed for one night."

The guy smiled and nodded, and then said, "Two guest officers, you shouldn't have eaten yet, can you order some food?" ”

Today's Su Zimo has already reached the realm of Bigu, so naturally he doesn't need to be like ordinary people, but after looking at Xiaobai, he still decided to ask for something to eat, and said: "You bring us two bowls of rice, and a few more ......."

"Slow!"

Xiao Bai, who was sitting on the side, suddenly spoke, smiled, and said, "Do you have a "stuffy yellow finch" here? ”

Hearing this, the guy was also stunned, and couldn't help but glance at Xiaobai, and said, "Girl, haven't you been to our southern Xinjiang, we naturally have this signature dish." ”

The smile on Xiaobai's face was even stronger, his eyes flashed, as if he was recalling something, and said slowly: "Well, by the way, there are also 'Three Sections of Snake Intestines', 'Roasted Bear Tail', 'Roasted Autumn Leaves', 'Five Little Worms', 'Black Heart Fruit'......"

Her eyes twinkled, and she thought as she spoke.

At first, the speed was relatively slow, and the name of the dish was said one by one, but later it became faster and faster, and the name of the dish was even more bizarre.

Su Zimo was stunned.

And not only the guy in the store, the smile on his face gradually turned into an embarrassing expression with his mouth wide open and couldn't close it, and even the shopkeeper who was settling accounts in the distance couldn't help but come over.

After saying nearly thirty dishes in one breath, Xiaobai stopped to rest, turned his head to the boss and his buddy and smiled: "Do you have these dishes here?" ”

The boss and the guy looked at each other, and after a while, the boss laughed dryly, and said: "Girl, you are really well-informed, the many dishes you just said, all of them are famous dishes that are special products of southern Xinjiang, but there are many ingredients that are not easy to find. Sorry. ”

Xiao Bai couldn't help but show a trace of regret on his face, but then smiled: "Then let's cook these three dishes first!" ”

The boss and the guy hurriedly agreed and went busy.

Xiao Bai Mei rolled her eyes, but saw Su Zimo looking at herself, smiled, and said, "It's been hundreds of years, and I somehow suddenly want to taste these flavors of the past." ”

"I see."

Su Zimo suddenly said quietly: "I can probably guess the stuffy yellow finch, what is the black heart fruit?" ”

Xiaobai said with a smile: "This is a unique fruit in southern Xinjiang, the appearance is green, the meat is white and tender, but the heart of the meat is black, fried in an oil pot, the taste is delicious." ”

Su Zimo nodded, and then said: "What is that 'roasted bear tail', is it the tail of a black bear?" I've heard of bear's paws and bear bile in the past, but haven't heard of bear's tail can also be used in dishes? ”

"This bear is not another bear, there is a unique beast in southern Xinjiang, called "long-tailed bear", which is far smaller than the black bear and white bear we are familiar with, but the meat is delicious, far from being comparable to them. In particular, a long tail is the essence, and it is famous in southern Xinjiang! Xiaobai smiled: "How is the food in southern Xinjiang better than those delicacies in your Central Plains?" ”

"It's got its own flavor."

In this regard, Su Zimo couldn't help but admire.

Although he is not the kind of person who cares about appetite, he also appreciates these unique styles of southern Xinjiang dishes.

Tianshui Inn has two floors, and the second floor is the guest room.

Although it is lively here, but at this time, the world is in chaos, and there are not a few merchants from China who come to southern Xinjiang, and the local people in southern Xinjiang generally do not live in stores.

Because of this, the entire inn is also extremely deserted.

(End of chapter)