Chapter 1189 Inquiring About the Situation

In villages in remote places in China, families often live close together like a group, so that they can take care of each other if something happens, but the Bedouin huts are relatively scattered-this is understandable, After all, no matter how poor a Chinese village is, it is still a mud-and-tiled house, and here are all thatched houses that are ventilated on all sides. If you are too close, you can smell the fart next door at night, let alone those shameful things...

There is no electricity, no generator, no WiFi, no running water, and no books or newspapers. Even if there are, few people can read and write. All the conveniences of modern society are not here. What else can we do when the sun goes down? Of course, doing what everyone loves to do.

The consequence of not having a small umbrella is that there are a lot of children in the tribe, from those who have just learned to walk to those who are a little older, running around dirty and carefree.

The quiet little girls gathered in two or three to weave handicrafts, and the smaller ones were playing with colorful glass beads.

Every man here often has three or four wives and ten or twenty children. Raising children is like herding sheep in a free-range state.

I didn't see many teenagers like Salim in the tribe. It may be that when the tribe happened to be nomadic near the Siwa Oasis, they all went to the town or the farther Mahru Port to work and earn money.

Except for children running around, most of the rest are middle-aged and elderly people over 30 years old-although in other places, 30 years old is not considered middle-aged, but here, the harsh environment and long-term hard work It makes people age very quickly. People in their twenties look similar to people in their forties in China.

Salim led Zhang Zian to one of the huts, and said in a low voice: "Just now I asked my cousin, it seems that just before we came, another wave of guests just arrived here, it seems that they are rich and powerful As soon as he came in, he went straight to the chief, not knowing what to do."

Zhang Zian nodded, the off-road vehicles parked at the entrance of the village must be the cars of another group of guests.

I don't know what these uninvited guests are here for. I hope that there will be no extra complications that will affect the actions of the scientific expedition team.

But he vaguely felt that things would not be such a coincidence, and that whatever he was afraid of might happen.

When he came to a hut, Salim did not knock because there was no door to knock. The hut was made of date palm branches and reed stalks, and it was built on only three sides. The roof was covered with palm leaves, and the rest Only a rag hung on one side for the door.

Salim nodded towards the largest hut in the tribe, implying that that was the home of the chief. Even the huts of the chiefs are at best bigger than the huts of ordinary people, with tree trunks or pillars made of mud bricks to make the huts stronger.

The chief's shed door is wider,

There are no curtains, so you can vaguely see the crowds inside, but because the indoors are dark and the outdoors are bright, you can't see who they are.

Salim yelled into the house in the tribal dialect, Zhang Zian couldn't hear what he was yelling, only heard the pronunciation of "Nabali" in the words.

Zhang Zian guessed that Salim probably meant that he was going to bring guests in, if there was anything he shouldn't do in broad daylight, he should stop first and put on his pants.

Just kidding of course.

After speaking, Salim raised the curtain and went in, motioning for Zhang Zian to come in too.

Since Egypt is dry and hot, no matter how hot or sunny it is outside, it is still quite cool once you enter the house, and ventilation from all sides is an advantage at this time.

Sitting in the room was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, whose real age was unknown, smoking with a hookah.

In addition, there is a middle-aged woman in a blue-black robe, only her eyes and her exposed hands are visible. Sitting cross-legged on the blanket, she skillfully flattened the dough with a rolling pin. A hole was dug in the ground next to it, surrounded by stones, and red flames burst out of it.

There were two three or four-year-old children crawling around on the blanket, staring at Zhang Zian with bright eyes.

Several large plastic buckets for water dispensers are lined up on the side of the house, filled with liquids of different colors, including water, camel milk, and there seems to be milk wine.

Zhang Zian reckoned that this middle-aged man was probably the legendary guide of the tribe in Salim's mouth - Nabari, as well as his wife and child.

Salim muttered a few words and introduced Zhang Zian to Nabari.

Nabari put down the hookah and stood up, looked at Zhang Zian a few times, stretched out his hand to Zhang Zian, and said in English: "Welcome! Friends from China!"

Zhang Zian noticed that Nabari was also wearing a good-looking light kinetic energy watch on his wrist, which may be the most technologically advanced thing in the tribe, coupled with a more standard English than most Egyptians, it is obvious that he has seen the world Salim said that he took a scientific expedition team or tour group into the desert more than once and returned safely, which should be true.

The Bedouins are very hospitable to guests. When men meet, they not only shake hands, but also hug.

After the hug, Nabari asked with a smile: "Friends from afar, what can I do for you?"

Zhang Zian got straight to the point, and explained the request of the scientific expedition team to hire him to lead the team into the desert. At the same time, he didn't forget Salim's request, saying that it was Salim's repeated recommendation.

Salim also chimed in, making it look like Zhang Zian had been a good friend with him for many years, and said that Zhang Zian had helped him a lot, and begged Nabari to help him repay the favor no matter what.

Nabari pondered for a moment, and did not rush to agree. Instead, he first asked the scientific expedition team where they planned to go, because the Great Western Desert is part of the Sahara Desert. Life is not enough to send.

Zhang Zian nodded secretly. Nabari agreed without hearing the generous reward, which more or less proved that he was a calm and cautious person.

In fact, Nabari also just asked about the difficulties of the scientific expedition team, because the scientific expedition team did not have a clear goal. Wei Kang asked Bedouin as guides, just to find out from the Bedouin population who are familiar with the desert conditions whether they are Species similar to the original Egyptian cat have been witnessed in the depths of the desert, otherwise it is really a needle in a haystack.

"Cat?" Nabari frowned and thought for a while, "You went to the desert to find cats?"

"Yes, but it's not an ordinary cat." Zhang Zian said.

It was troublesome to explain what a primitive Egyptian cat was, so he simply turned around and pointed to Fina who came with him, "A cat like this."

Fina didn't go into the shabby hut, she squatted lazily outside and looked around.

Nabari stared at Fina for a few times, and said uncertainly, "It seems that I have seen it before."