Chapter 46 There are kangaroos in The Gambia
Jiang Li replied very easily: "The second child has that kind of incense that attracts mice, didn't I tell you about it before?" When we came down, we saw this kind of rat running, so we caught some, and we thought we were going to eat it raw, but in the process of catching the rat, we found this kind of burning stone, so now we have barbecue to eat. ”
Jiang Li mentioned eating rats raw, Yan Qiu couldn't stand it anymore, and directly stood up and ran a few meters away to retch.
I ran to find Yan Qiu, filming her behind her back while trying to persuade her.
Every meal here has a direct impact on the result, if I don't eat rat meat, I don't know how long it will be after the next meal, even if I can't bear it, I have to make sure that she eats it and replenishes enough physical strength to move forward.
This is not only so that she can go home safely, but more importantly, it will not drag the team back, I can accompany her to the sea of swords, but there is no reason for others to do this, they can't be affected on the road in the future because Yanqiu can't eat rat meat.
Yan Qiu's retching sound made my stomach twitch, and I forcibly endured a feeling of upsurge, and said to Yan Qiu: "We just saw that Liu Bowen's stele is genuine, so do you think there are other ancient steles here?" If you can still find it, it will be very helpful for your archaeological research. ”
Yan Qiu wiped her mouth and said to me very seriously: "I'm also thinking about this problem, the key is that I don't know what the purpose of these stone tablets is when they are placed here?" This is helpful not only for myself, but also for the study of the development of world history as a whole. Judging from the style of the steles, these steles can represent almost the historical development of the whole world, and the value of those inscriptions is far greater than the stele itself. I knew that I would bring tools and do some rubbings to take them out, which must be very valuable for research, and it will be more effective than the discovery of the terracotta warriors. ”
I saw that Yan Qiu was coming to the spirit, and immediately said: "If you want to study the function of these stone tablets and the purpose of collecting people, the first is to observe more, maybe there are more Chinese tablets in it, and the second is to ensure that you can go out safely, so that you can bring enough tools and manpower to re-enter here for research." ”
Yan Qiu looked at me and nodded, probably guessing that I still have something to say.
I didn't beat around the bush anymore, and directly pointed to the rat meat in Yan Qiu's hand and said, "The premise of doing this is to eat it." ”
Yan Qiu didn't hesitate, and at the same time as my voice landed, he took a bite and chewed hard in his mouth, chewing while holding back the tears.
Fortunately, Jiang Li's craftsmanship is reasonable, if the taste is not good enough, I am afraid she will have to spit it out after eating it.
The problem of eating was finally solved, I took Yanqiu's back and walked back to the campfire with her, watching her eat every bite seriously.
It's true that I'm hungry, and I can't hold it when I open my mouth, and more than half of the roast rat meat divided by two has already entered my stomach.
The fat brother had already finished eating, spit out a lot of bones on the sand next to him, and said to Yan Qiu with a smile while sipping the oil on his fingers: "How is it?" Doesn't it taste bad, right? Sometimes you can't just ask the ins and outs, just accept the results. ”
I was afraid that Yan Qiu would be disgusted by the fat brother again, so I hurriedly glared at the fat brother, stopped him from continuing to talk about the philosophy of life, changed the topic and asked Jiang Li: "What is this animal called?" Are you sure you won't have any side effects? ”
Jiang Li was eating happily, swallowed hard, and said to me with a satisfied expression: "Eat with confidence, there will be no problem, this is much better than rabbits, this is called Gambia kangaroos." ”
"Gambia? Is it a country? I remember we were in Mongolia. "I don't understand.
Jiang Li explained: "It's just a name, this kangaroo is abundant in the sub-Saharan Desert, and the environment here must be suitable for the breeding of this species, so we have to eat it." If you can train, it's not bad to catch a live pet. ”
The fat brother laughed at Jiang Li: "I didn't expect your taste to be quite unique, people raise cats and dogs, and you raise a big mouse." If you want to raise it, I'll get a cat and play with your mice every day. ”
Jiang Li patted the fat brother, but the fat brother dodged him, and then she said: "You don't understand, this is not an ordinary mouse." Because of the need to find and store food for a long time, this kind of rat has a very sensitive sense of smell, comparable to the nose of a police dog, and it is more convenient to carry and transport, and the feeding is very simple, and it is very docile and will not hurt people if it is trained, so in the army of Gambia, this kind of mouse is trained to do demining work, called hunting thunder rats. They are familiar with the smell of landmines, and it only takes half an hour to detect mines and dangerous explosives within 100 square meters, and they can help sappers to clear mines. ”
Su Rina showed an expression of admiration and said to Jiang Li: "You know a lot, I have never heard of rat demining, so if our armed police are equipped with such a thunder mouse, it will be easier to defuse bombs and search for drugs." ”
Jiang Li was a little embarrassed: "I didn't know at first, but when I was bored at work, I accidentally read in a magazine that there is a company that specializes in training this kind of thunder mouse, and they detected more than 10,000 explosives during a mission in 2013, and this kind of thunder rat was used." ”
After a while, everyone was full, leaving behind the wreckage, and everyone took out the kettle to replenish the water, but they only drank a small sip, not because of saving, but because the water was too unpalatable, and the pot was filled with salty water, which was extremely salty, and the throat was a little prickly when drunk, and it was more difficult to swallow than spirits.
At Yan Qiu's strong request, we extinguished the bonfire with sand.
The reason she gave was: "Even if we walk in the dark, we can't leave a fire, and the soles of our feet are burning. Bullets, a load of burning, none of us can run, not even this monument can escape the doom. ”
Although I didn't think that the things buried under the sand could not be burned, I still listened to Yan Qiu's words and beckoned everyone to extinguish the bonfire.
When I re-packed my bags, I realized that Jiang Li had stuffed several roasted mice in my bag, and the weight had increased significantly, which was much heavier than before.
We chose a direction, and I led the way with the light bag in front of us, and we started the journey again.
The slope we had slid down was long gone, and it was pitch black, with no stars or moonlight to be seen, and I guess it was still airtight, but the roof was too high for our light to shine there.
The route was chosen according to the placement of the steles, and although the stelaes looked different and did not even have the same duplicate, the direction was exactly the same, so we went from the front of the stele to the back of the stele, presumably to go to the next exit.
There are not many words along the way, maybe they are attracted by the dazzling inscriptions, the words on those stone tablets are all kinds of foreign languages, I can't understand a word, just like reading the book of heaven, occasionally there is a sentence that can roughly understand the literal meaning, but I still don't know what to say.
The fat brother is more concerned about the patterns of the inscriptions, and some of the inscriptions may be for decorative purposes, and some abstract patterns will be carved, which look very exquisite.
Like a tour guide, Yan Qiu tried to tell us the religious meaning represented by the pattern and the approximate age of the stone stele.
Slowly, we found that the older the stele is, the older it is, and there is still a certain regularity in the arrangement of the stele here, which should be sorted from the inside to the outside according to time.
After walking about a kilometer, we found a second Chinese stone stele, which, as I know, still has many poems engraved on it, but it is neater than the writing and format of the "Song of Baked Cakes".
There are ten poems in total, each with four sentences, and each sentence has seven words, I don't know much about poetry, maybe it's the standard seven-character quatrain.
The poem is signed by Fan Yang Kangjie. Judging from the form of the inscription, similar to Liu Bowen's Wencheng Qingtian, he is also an ancient man who does not want to reveal his name, are these poems also prophetic poems?
Although I still can't understand the meaning of these verses, I believe that Yan Qiu must have the answer.
Yan Qiu still read the ancient poems silently, and said casually: "Northern Song Dynasty, italics." ”
I walked around and waited for Yanqiu to browse the inscription, and I knew the words on it.
Looking at it, my attention was attracted by a poem, which reads "The fire dragon stung up the Yanmen Autumn".