Chapter Seventy-Seven: Sondaban Swamp

As the capital of the Barisal region, the city of Barisal is not very prosperous.

When he came to the city, Zheng Jing saw the restaurants on both sides of the road, touched his stomach, stopped the car and decided to have a meal and rest.

After eating and returning to the car, Zheng Jing rested for half an hour before leaving.

After leaving the city of Barisal, the road conditions outside the city are much more difficult.

Although the road is still asphalted, the road is full of potholes, and from time to time, villagers drive tricycles out of the intersection on both sides.

Because of the fear of accidents, Zheng Jing drove very slowly when passing by here.

After crossing the Hakata River Bridge, the road conditions are much better.

Because the river has many tributaries nearby, there are many villagers living around.

These villages are built along the river and make a living by growing crops.

Most of Bangladesh has a subtropical monsoon climate, which is hot, humid and rainy.

The year is divided into winter (November ~ February), summer (March ~ June) and rainy season (July ~ October).

Winter is the most pleasant season in Bangladesh, with temperatures in the midteens and the lowest temperatures being four degrees.

Because of the country's five large rivers, Bangladesh is known as the "Land of Water" and the "Land of Rivers". It is one of the most densely river countries in the world.

Despite the fact that Bangladesh's infrastructure is very backward, their transportation routes are very developed.

From the capital city of Dhaka, thousands of routes are transported to all parts of the country every day.

In addition to the domestic waterways, river transportation is extremely developed.

Because the rivers all flow into the Bay of Bengal, many small islands and sandbars have been washed out in the southern coastal areas.

It has also washed out one of the largest swamps in the world.

Sondaban Marsh.

Heading south, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Zheng Jing arrived at the small town of Morir Ganje Upazira.

The town of Morirganje Upazila is located in the Bagelhad district of the Khulna region and is a very backward town.

Passing through the town, all the way to the west, it took more than an hour to come to Mengla Port.

Mengla Port is a city built at the confluence of two rivers, and as a port city, there are many cargo ships stopping here every day.

Seeing this bustling port city, Zheng Jing found a gas station to fill up the tank.

Filling up the gas, Zheng Jing did not leave in a hurry, but came to the river and took the camera to shoot a short video.

After filming the video, Zheng Jing returned to the car and drove away.

Continuing west from Mengla Harbor, at about seven o'clock in the evening, Zheng Jing finally came to a village called Kakata in the area where the treasure was located.

The village of Kakata is located in the Sadkila district of Khulna Prefecture.

It is one of the villages closest to the Sondaban marsh.

Seeing the dark village in front of him, Zheng Jing did not go over, but parked the car a little farther away from the village.

Turning off the car, Zheng Jing got out of the car and looked up at the weather.

The sky was dotted with stars, and a crescent moon shone brightly.

I took out a flashlight from the space, found a flat place around, and then with a thought, I released the wooden house that had been sitting for a long time.

"The Exotic Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"

Entering the house, the inside is simple, with only a made bed and a table, chairs, and benches.

Other than that is a solar panel.

Lying on the soft bed, Zheng Jing instantly felt a strong sleepiness attack.

After a day of driving, I finally couldn't hold it anymore.

Nothing was said all night.

At five o'clock in the morning the next day, Zheng Jing was woken up by the alarm clock set in advance.

When he opened his eyes, Zheng Jing took his mobile phone and saw that it was already five o'clock in the morning.

Thinking that this house could not be discovered by the villagers, Zheng Jing hurriedly put on his clothes and came out.

After looking in the direction of Kakata Village, he was relieved to find that no villagers got up and quickly put the house into the space.

Back in the car, Zheng Jing felt the coldness in the car, put down the seat and lay down.

took out a small blanket and covered his body, Zheng Jing closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

When I woke up again, it was already past seven o'clock.

Zheng Jing heard the sound of talking, opened his eyes, and recovered the chair first, only then did he see that at the entrance of the village, there were many villagers chattering about something in front of the vehicle.

Seeing Zheng Jingcong sitting up, the voices of the villagers in the distance instantly became much quieter.

Starting the vehicle, Zheng Jing came to the entrance of the village in the curious eyes of the villagers.

Stopping the car, Zheng Jing touched the pistol on his waist, then opened the door and walked out of the car.

Seeing Zheng Jing get out of the car, a middle-aged man with dark skin and wearing a Bengali costume walked over.

"Where are you? Why come here? ”

Seeing the curious and vigilant eyes of the surrounding villagers, Zheng Jing showed a harmless smile and said, "Hello, I am a traveler from Huaxia, and I came here this time to take pictures of some of the scenery of the Songdaban swamp."

As he spoke, Zheng Jing opened his passport and showed it to him.

As the head of Kakata Village, Haru also went to school.

Although I only went to elementary school, I know a lot of words.

After seeing that it was indeed a passport, Haru instantly showed a smile and stretched out his hand to shake Zheng Jing.

"Hello, welcome friends from Huaxia, I'm Haru, the village chief of Kakata Village."

"Hello Village Chief Halu, my name is Zheng Jing, you can call me Zheng."

The surrounding villagers saw that the village chief was suddenly so friendly to Zheng Jing, and when they heard what he said, they understood that there was no problem with the identity that Zheng Jing had just said.

These three words of foreign country instantly occupied their minds.

As a poor and backward villager in Kakata who lives on fishing and land, they could not have imagined that one day foreigners would come to them.

The village chief of Halu thought that Zheng Jing drove the car from a distance just now, and asked, "I saw you driving the car from there just now, you didn't sleep in the car all night, right?"

"Yes, it was late when I came here yesterday and didn't bother you, so I slept in the car for the night,"

Hearing that Zheng Jingzhen had slept in the car all night, the village chief of Halu asked the villagers to get out of the way, and walked towards the village as he spoke.

"It's definitely not comfortable to sleep in the car for a night on such a cold day, me, drink some hot water first."

With his backpack in hand, Zheng Jing said hello to the surrounding villagers, and then followed the village chief Halu into the village.

As a village that feeds on the water, many of the houses here are built on the shore.

The advantage of this is that it will be convenient when fishing.

There are more than 50 households in Kakata Village, each with three to eight people.

The village chief's family was the smallest one, with him and his wife the only ones except for his son.

The wife and son of the village chief of Haru were also in the crowd, and when they heard that their husband was going to take the foreigner to his house, they happily led their son and walked quickly to the house.

Seeing the two people walking by, the village chief of Halu smiled and said to Zheng Jing: "It was my wife and son who passed just now."

Seeing the back of Village Chief Halu and his wife, Zheng Jing said enviously: "Village Chief Halu is really good, he can marry such a beautiful wife."

The sister-in-law should be holding your son in her hand, which is really enviable. ”

When Haru heard Zheng Jing, a foreigner, say this, the smile on his face never disappeared.

Although he knew that what Zheng Jing said might be false, Haru still felt that his face was very face-saving.

The surrounding villagers heard the conversation between Zheng Jing and Haru, and looked at the back of Halu's wife with envy.

When he came to the bottom of a big tree, Zheng Jing saw Haru's wife and children waiting outside the house in front of him.

The village chief of Halu originally decided to go to the river to catch fish today, but the arrival of Zheng Jing made him decide to go again in the afternoon.

Haru turned around and said to the surrounding villagers: "Today there is a friend from Huaxia in our village, I won't go to catch fish in the morning, let's go over in the afternoon."

Now that you're all at home, each family prepares and eats together at noon. ”

Hearing that Haru was not going to catch fish in the morning, the surrounding villagers did not say anything, but turned around and went home, ready to take out the food, tables and chairs.

Zheng Jing stood aside and didn't know what to say, because he didn't understand the rules of Bangladesh, so he could only decide to take out some snacks from the space later.

"Come on, let's go sit down at home."

Entering Haru's home, Zheng Jing found that the entire house was made of wooden planks, and the house was not very big, only two rooms, the living room and the inner room.

He was the only one in the house, and Haru's wife and son had already gone out with food to prepare ingredients with the villagers.

Haru took out the kettle prepared by his wife, took out a cup, and poured a cup of hot water for Zheng Jing.

"Come, drink some hot water and warm up a little bit."

"Thanks, I'll do it myself."

Taking the water, Zheng Jing asked, "I heard from you just now that you are going to catch fish today?"

Haru also poured himself a glass of water and said, "Yes, it's dead winter now, and we're going to catch more fish and sell them for money."

In any country, winter is a time when farming is not working, and at this time, many people will go out to work or start some small businesses at home.

And in the village of Kakata, they are surrounded by rivers of various sizes and the Sundaban marsh.

The Sundaban marsh was too dangerous for them to consider, so they could only look at the fish in the major rivers.

After taking a sip of water, Zheng Jing opened the system map and looked at it, but he didn't see the treasure light.

Silently turning off the map, Zheng Jing took out the camera and said, "I don't know if I can follow you to take a look in the afternoon?" I'd like to take a picture of your fishing and put it online. ”

Haru looked at the camera curiously and said, "I agree, but I also have to ask the people who went with me if they agree."

As a village chief, Haru did not make decisions for the villagers, but called the villagers who were going to ask them.

There were two villagers going this time, and with the addition of Haru, there were three people on one boat.

Because the fishing was separated, Haru only called the two people on their boat.

He didn't call anyone else.

Zheng Jing didn't think about shooting several boats, but only photographed the boat of the village chief Halu.

When the two villagers heard that Zheng Jing was going to film them fishing, the two villagers agreed without thinking.

For them, it's a big brag thing to have to pay attention to when they take pictures of their fishing and put them online for others to see.

It's also something that can increase the chances of courtship.

That's why the two young people agreed so quickly.

Although the three of them agreed to shoot, at this time one of the young men named Hamid said: "We can only carry three people on our boat, and there is not enough space for four people now."

The two who were happy also understood when they heard this.

Yes, their boat can only carry three people, and it is too small in the last person place, and it must be inconvenient when fishing.

It was the young man, and another young man, Kari Hatch, said, "Otherwise, wouldn't we have another boat?" Shall the four of us row two boats? ”

Although this attention is very good, when fishing, one person should row the boat, two people should hold the net, and one less person will not work.

Haru thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll go outside and ask if anyone who doesn't go fishing today can take Zheng Jing with him."

As village chiefs and big brothers, Hamid and Kari Hatch nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the three of them were so concerned about his affairs, Zheng Jing was grateful again and again.

In order to be able to get on the Internet, the two young people hurriedly ran out, and they were going to ask if anyone could take Zheng Jing to follow them to shoot a video in the afternoon.

Outside, the tables and chairs had been set up, and the men who had finished the work sat together, talking about Zheng Jing,

Seeing Hamid and Kari Hatch coming out of the village chief's house, they asked,

"What did Haru tell you to do just now? Isn't it about that foreigner? ”

"What did Haru tell you to go in? Did you talk to the foreigner? ”

“………”

Hearing the various questions in their ears, Hamid and Kari Hatch looked helpless.

He just crossed his arms and looked at them.

The people around them stopped talking when they saw the two of them like this.

Seeing that the people around him were not talking, Hamid said: "When we went in just now, Mr. Zheng was going to follow us to take pictures of fishing, but our boat can only carry three people, so the two of us came over and asked, can any of you take Mr. Zheng with us in the afternoon?"

"I'm going to shoot a video of you fishing, what's there to shoot here."

"It's just, isn't this fishing normal? I can't figure out what this is going to shoot for. ”

"You two won't tell you to be false, will you?"

When Kari Hatch heard this, he said, "How can you tell a lie, this is what the village chief of Haru and Mr. Zheng said personally.

Mr. Zheng also said that what he filmed would be posted on the Internet for people to see, don't blame me for not reminding you. ”

As soon as they heard that the video was going to be put on the Internet, the young people in the crowd instantly became excited.

"I'll go, I'll be fine in the afternoon, I'll take that foreigner with me."

"Let me go, I'm good rowing."

"I'll go, let me go."

The married man saw the excited look of these young people around him, smiled and did not speak.

They also have to support their families, and they will definitely not waste their afternoon time taking Zheng Jing to shoot videos.

But young people who are not married have no such concerns and rush to go.

Hamid and Kari Hatch finally chose two companions with a steady personality, and asked the two of them to row with Zheng Jing.

After choosing the people, the four of them came to Halu's house and let Zheng Jing and Halu see if the two were okay.

Haru introduced Zheng Jing to these two young men.

"These two people don't look at them young, but they have a steady personality and good rowing skills."

Zheng Jing didn't know if the two of them were good or not, so he could only believe what Haru said.

"Okay, just the two of them."

The rowers were identified, and several of them were much more relaxed.

After another conversation, Haru took Zheng Jing back outside.

The women who were sorting out the ingredients outside and the men who were sitting together talking saw Zheng Jing come out, and they all looked at them curiously.

Especially the women who wash the vegetables say something to the girls around them who are not yet married.

I don't know what they said, but the girls turned red one by one.

Haru took Zheng Jing and sat down at a table, then beckoned to the villagers in the distance.

"Come, sit down, talk."

Hearing this, everyone asked about Zheng Jing's video,

Zheng Jing took out his mobile phone, opened the video he had taken before, and put it on the table for them to watch.

"I've been to several countries, and I shot these videos in those countries."

Everyone looked at the mobile phone curiously, and as the video began, everyone stopped talking, just the picture in the mobile phone quietly.

Soon two hours passed.

Haru saw that his wife said that the ingredients were ready, and said, "Okay, don't look at it, the ingredients are ready, hurry up and start cooking."

Hearing Haru's words, everyone realized that two hours had passed.

Putting away his mobile phone, Zheng Jing said to Haru: "I still have some things in the car, I'll take them down."

"No, no, you're a guest, how can you possibly let you take something."

Hearing that Zheng Jing wanted to take something down, Haru hurriedly refused.

"How embarrassing is this, I bought a lot of things, I can't eat them all by myself, and now the weather is not very good, it's broken for a long time, and it's a pity to throw it away if it's broken?"

Hearing Zheng Jing's words, Haru didn't know whether it was true or false.

said: "Then I'm going to follow you to see if it's okay, right?"

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "Then why can't you do it, just take something."

When he came to the front of the car, Zheng Jing moved his mind and put some snacks in the space in the trunk.

Haru saw so many things in the trunk, and then he knew how much he said a little more.

Seeing the words on the snack that he didn't recognize, Haru asked curiously, "What is this?"

Zheng Jing glanced at it and said, "This is a kind of biscuit in our country."

"What about this?"

Haru asked, pointing to two large bags of colorful candy.

"It's sugar, fruit candy. This is for small children. ”

Hearing that these candies were to be given to children, Haru was very moved.

Halu was holding a bunch of things, and when he saw that Zheng Jing was still going down, he hurriedly said, "Didn't you pass it just now, you can't take it all down, these are enough."

Zheng Jing opened the back door and let Haru take a look.

"There's so much more in my car."

When Haru saw the things in the back seat, he looked at Zheng Jing in a complicated way, and he didn't persuade him.

There were too many things for the two of them to take, so Haru could only go back and call the two of them out.

When the people in the village saw that Haru had come back with so many things, they all gathered around them curiously.

"Stop hugging around, go and two more people to help get things."

Zheng Jing took down all the snacks in the trunk, looked at the space, and there were a lot of things, and the things taken out were not even a dime.

Because of the snacks that Zheng Jing took out, the attitude of the villagers of Kakata Village towards Zheng Jing was very good.

After eating and resting for a while, Zheng Jing followed Haru to the river behind the house.

In these rivers, there are many wooden fishing boats moored here.

As she was leaving, Haru's wife began to pray and bow down with a small altar and some food.

This is to pray for their safe return and a good harvest.

After praying, the six of them separated into two boats, then untied the ropes and left to see the village.

Leaving the village, Zheng Jing finally saw the appearance of the Songdaban swamp.