Chapter 1129 Cats and Dogs
The laziness of modern Egyptians is notorious, and in developing countries, only the Asan brothers may be comparable.
It doesn't matter if you are poor, everyone came from a time of poverty, then you should work hard to get rid of poverty and become rich, and build a beautiful homeland with hardworking hands. But, to put it bluntly, modern Egyptians do not have the lives of Europeans, but they suffer from European diseases.
Even the most basic courtesy in modern society - punctuality, few people are willing to abide by it. Except for a few departments such as government, tourism, shipping, finance, etc., it is common for ordinary Egyptians to be half an hour late for appointments, and they don't feel it at all. Shy, low work efficiency can be imagined.
Of course, there are always exceptions to everything, like the Jack I met just now, he is a very rare punctuality among the locals, he came to the hotel lobby early in the morning to wait for Zhang Zian and Wei Kang and his party, probably because he himself is of mixed race , and have received a good higher education, so they are different from most locals.
It seems that the professors at Cairo University still value Wei Kang's scientific expedition team, and specially selected a shrewd and capable student to come.
After Fina figured it out, she returned to her usual high-spirited tone, picking her nose and eyes, not satisfied with everything she looked at.
Xinghai is not afraid of being dirty or hot, no matter how thick the dust it walks on, its four feet are still spotless, and it has no complaints about the scorching sun. It ran at the front excitedly, looked around, was curious about everything, but still carefully avoided pedestrians.
π is also very curious, with big round eyes, he spares no effort to observe this strange country like a sponge absorbing water, and everything he observes can be written into its future novels. It was even more timid and shy, it never left Zhang Zian's side, and grabbed the hem of his shirt, for fear of getting lost.
Old tea likes to jump vertically at a high place to get a better view, and at the same time use the shadow of the building to block the sun.
"Meow~ There are cats."
Xinghai, who was running at the front, suddenly stopped and said.
Cat?
As soon as cats were mentioned, Zhang Zian immediately thought of the most important task of this trip to Egypt - to find the traces of the original Egyptian cat. The first thought was, could it be luck that the original Egyptian cat appeared?
Immediately, he dismissed this unrealistic idea. Even if the original Egyptian cats really existed, they would not appear in Egypt, a megacity with a population of more than 20 million. Eighty percent of the cats Xinghai saw were stray cats.
"Cat? Where? Where?"
When Vladimir heard about the cat, he also cheered up.
"It's just ahead." Xinghai raised one of his front paws and pointed forward.
Zhang Zian was tall and had a long vision, so he could see it too.
It was a well-proportioned orange cat, lying lazily and yawning in the shade at the door of a shop.
It also seemed to have noticed Zhang Zian and Fina, and immediately stood up, with expressions of vigilance and fear alternately appearing in its eyes.
Judging from this attitude, it is probably a stray cat.
Zhang Zian has seen too many stray cats in the country. Stray cats are usually very afraid of people and run away when they see people. Unless they are fed frequently and cooked, they will always be more wary of humans than close to them.
But this stray cat in Cairo does not seem to be afraid of people, allowing locals and tourists who come and go to walk past it a few steps away, unmoved at all.
Even though times have changed and the world has undergone vicissitudes of change, the Egyptians living in this land are no longer the Egyptians of two thousand years ago, but cats still receive extra preferential treatment here.
Even the "Instructions for Chinese Citizens Going to Egypt" specifically mentioned: Egyptians dote on cats, respect cats as gods, and regard cats as holy elves. In the eyes of the Egyptians, the cat is a symbol of the goddess in the world, a lucky mascot, and a revered national animal.
The implication is probably to say, pay attention to what you say and do when you are in Egypt, whether you like cats or hate cats.
National beast!
You can think of Egyptian cats as giant pandas that walk the streets of China.
The modern Egyptians are still like this,
The attitude of the ancient Egyptians towards cats can be imagined.
Because of this, this stray cat is not only not afraid of people, but also has a fierce look in its eyes.
However, when it saw Fina, it stood there trembling for a moment, and then ran away quickly.
"Wait! Wait a minute!"
Vladimir can't let it run away, every stray cat can become a member of the Meow Meow branch, so it also quickly chased after it.
"Vladimir, don't run away! Remember the way back!" Zhang Zian knew it would definitely do this, so he had to remind him later.
"Know it!"
Its voice came from afar.
As we walked forward, stray cats appeared more frequently, but they all ran away in panic when they saw Fina.
Fina doesn't care about this, it cares more about where to fill its stomach.
"There are a lot of stray dogs here."
Femus gestured in another direction.
woof!
Zhang Zian followed the prestige and saw two or three stray dogs coming out of a temple and running across the street in a stately manner. They were not small in size, and several foreign female tourists ran away in panic.
You know, this is almost the city center of Cairo. If it is the city center of China, it is basically impossible for stray dogs to exist.
These two or three stray dogs are not alone. The more you are in the alleys of Cairo, the more you can see groups of stray dogs trotting forward with their tongues sticking out, or gathering together to rummage through trash cans. Even on the busy streets, from time to time there are stray dogs ignoring the traffic and suddenly jumping across the road. Fortunately, the road conditions in Cairo are too bad and the speed of the car is slow, otherwise it may be dangerous, both for humans and dogs.
Although dogs do not enjoy the noble treatment that cats do, they are basically well-fed. The garbage on the street provides them with sufficient food.
Few people know that Egypt is the country with the most stray dogs in the world, not one of them.
There are more than 15 million stray dogs wandering throughout Egypt, but 95% of Egypt's land is desert, that is to say, most of these 15 million dogs are concentrated near a few large cities and suburbs, while Cairo's The population is just over 20 million.
Dogs are different from cats. Stray cats will only destroy the ecology, but chaotic stray dogs will pose a huge threat to humans themselves.
These stray dogs are also not afraid of people, and even show their fangs menacingly to tourists who get too close to them.
On top of that, they come here with shit all over the place.
Dogs are not as clean as cats and will bury their own feces. Dogs are more used to pulling away.
Of course, it's a bit arbitrary to say that, after all, some dogs will eat them after pulling them.
From these stray dogs, we can know how chaotic the management of the city is by the modern Egyptians.