1148th Ramadan

the next day.

"Quack! I'm not happy! Why are there only ♀♀ amulets, but no ♂♂ amulets? Sure enough, there has been gender discrimination since 6,000 years ago!"

Early in the morning, Richard landed on the table, playing with the encore amulet Zhang Zian bought from Lazart's jewelry store with his bird's claws. It placed two ♀-shaped amulets side by side, making a lot of noise.

"Your Majesty! This must be the will of the gods, representing the hundred-year union between my family and Your Majesty, referred to as Lily!" Snow Lion excitedly rolled on the carpet with the other two Ange amulets in his arms.

Zhang Zian browsed the news on his mobile phone while brushing his teeth, he was already unable to complain about their words.

"Hey! Cheapskate A-Ze'an! Why don't I have a share? I want a gold bracelet with my name written in hieroglyphs too! Those ghosts in the live broadcast room don't believe that I have arrived in Egypt, I must Prove it to them! Hey! Do you hear me? Talking to you!"

Seeing that he ignored him, Shihua angrily picked up water from the bathtub and splashed him.

Snow Lion and Shihua slept on their mobile phones all day yesterday, and they were too energetic. Although Richard followed the whole process, it has been standing leisurely on Zhang Zian's shoulders without being tired. kind of rowdy.

As for the other elves, they visited the Khan Khalili market in the morning and other nearby places in the afternoon. They were a little tired, but they saw a lot of new things and learned a lot of new knowledge, even though the people and things they encountered were not 100% delightful.

Traveling is like this, you will encounter good things, you will encounter bad things, as long as the good things far outweigh the bad things, the trip is worthwhile.

The one who was the most tired was Vladimir. He didn't come back until night after tossing around yesterday. He was ashamed and fell asleep when he came back, which reminded Zhang Zian of the days when he first arrived in Binhai City.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he announced to the elves: "Today, let's go to a farther place, starting from the Great Pyramid. While sightseeing, we will see if there is any way to keep the statue of the cat god inside the pyramid."

One of the most important things about coming to Egypt is to solve the problem of the cat god statue once and for all, not just for fun.

"Quack! Who is going with us today? I think Jack flirted with you yesterday. Is there any adultery?" Richard said narrowly.

Zhang Zian automatically ignored the second half of the sentence, and said: "Today we are the only ones, the others will follow Professor Wei Kang to Cairo University for academic exchange, but I will go to their morning meeting first, and you will wait in the room Well, I'll bring breakfast back."

"Meow meow! You stinky man, the roast pigeon I brought back for my mother yesterday was cold!" Snow Lion protested with his eyes wide open.

"What's the matter? Let it cool down and put it in the sun to dry. You don't even need a microwave."

Zhang Zian's answer actually made Snow Lion speechless. After all, the Egyptian summer sun at noon was more than enough to heat up food, even scrambled eggs on a stone.

"Meow~ There were a lot of people yesterday..." Xing Hai said timidly.

People came and went in the Khan Khalili market, Xinghai had to hide and stay away from people as much as possible, and had little time to play.

"Actually, the Khan Khalili Market is not the most crowded during the day, but the most crowded is at night after the sun sets." Zhang Zian comforted: "But don't worry, it will soon enter Ramadan in Egypt, enter Ramadan After that, the custom here is not to eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, and not to eat until the sun sets. Therefore, most of the locals will reduce going out during the day, lie down at home and enter the energy-saving state, and do not come out to wander until after sunset and eating. So after Ramadan, there are not so many people outside."

"You can't even drink water?" Fei Max turned his head to look at the scorching sun outside, "Will you die?"

"Actually, many people are not so pious now. They just secretly eat and drink less in private, instead of going on a complete hunger strike during the day." Zhang Zian explained, "Even so, people still spend less time going out."

After Ramadan,

There will be a very strange phenomenon in the local area. During the day, the city is deserted and deserted. Many shops are closed, or the opening time of the business is postponed to 9:00 at night, and the closing time is postponed to 3:00 in the morning. People eat and drink at 3:00 in the morning. Just started falling asleep.

Government civil servants cannot stop work, but they will also end their work day early, and will go home from get off work at around three o'clock in the afternoon.

As soon as the sun went down, people came out of their homes to look for food like hungry wolves. Let alone those who ate food secretly during the day, the eyes of those who followed the customs piously were almost green with hunger.

The streets are brightly lit, and long tables are set up everywhere, which can even block the entire street. This is a free iftar meal given by the rich to the poor, like the common running water mats at weddings and funerals in rural China. Poor people who have been hungry for a day can clean up all the food on the mat in ten minutes, similar to locusts crossing the border. They cannot hear the sound of talking, only the sound of chewing and swallowing and the clanging of plates and bowls Instantly.

Ordinary people from decent families do not compete with the poor for food, but order takeaways or go to restaurants, chatting with their neighbors while eating, and a meal may last for several hours.

As for why you don't cook by yourself - it's too inhumane to spend an hour or two cooking by yourself after you've been hungry all day, smelling the smell of food wafting from outside, it's a punishment!

A large international city with a large population like Cairo will become deserted during the day after entering Ramadan, while other small and medium-sized cities will almost become dead cities.

Ramadan has an impact on foreign tourists, but it is very small, because Ramadan is the off-season for tourism, and restaurants and other facilities that are open to foreigners will not be closed. Outdoor tourist attractions such as temples are all open as usual, but there are many fewer Loud locals.

Don't forget that there are still 10% Copts in Egypt who don't have to observe the customs of Ramadan. If they can't find anything to eat during the day, they go to the shops opened by Copts. The convenience will not be greatly affected.

Zhang Zian explained the characteristics of Ramadan to the elves, and the elves felt incredible about this ritual of showing piety by torturing themselves.

Xinghai was very happy to hear that, which meant that he could play to his heart's content on the empty street.

Even so, Zhang Zian still planned to stockpile more food today, so as not to have to search for food when he was hungry.

He asked the elves to wait in the room for him to come back, and then left to attend the morning meeting hosted by Wei Kang.