The pork was roasted from the skin to the inside. Although the skin was charred, the pork inside was perfectly cooked.
The leaves used to marinate the pork belonged to an unknown plant that could retain the perfect aroma of the pork.
The roasted pork that Li Du ate was very fragrant. It was fragrant and nothing else. He had never tasted roasted meat that smelled so good.
Musa sat at the side excitedly, swaying his body along with his fellow tribesmen who were dancing around the bonfire. Li Du asked, "This meat, what is it roasted with? Is it delicious?"
Hearing his words, Musa smiled happily. He gestured and said, "Panicha, this is panicha. Panicha for pigs. Barbecued panicha. Delicious."
Li Du did not know what panicha was. This plant was very suitable as an ingredient for roasted meat. It tasted good and could perfectly retain the aroma of the meat.
Of course, it could also be that the pigs they reared were usually fed panicha, which improved the quality of the pork. Pigs that grew up on natural weeds would definitely taste better than pigs that grew up on animal feed.
Although the pygmies were small, a few pigs could not satisfy their appetite. Other than sharing the pork, they had to make other food.
Some of the hunters brought back some bamboo tubes. They roasted the bamboo tubes over the fire. After a while, they opened them. The aroma of roasted protein wafted out.
Someone handed Li Du a bamboo tube and motioned for him to eat.
Li Du sniffed it. It smelled a little like the fried grasshoppers and golden cicadas he had eaten when he was young. He asked, "What is this?"
As he asked, he poured some into his hand. When he saw what came out, he knew what it was.
These were big white ants. The ones in the bamboo tubes were roasted ants.
Musa scratched his head and said, "White clothes? This is sucharala. It's delicious. "
What was so delicious about roasted ants? Li Du was not very interested in it, but it was hard to reject their hospitality. He could not be too distant, so he grabbed some and ate it.
This was interesting. The pygmies were becoming more and more fond of him. They all invited him to try their food.
Their food was very complicated. There were all kinds of things. For example, because of the temptation of the fire, some moths would fly over. When they were roasted to death, someone would immediately pick them up and eat them.
Some people picked up moths but did not eat them. Instead, they kindly gave them to Li Du so that he could eat them.
Li Du admitted defeat. If he did not reject them now, who knew what would come his way. Anyway, he had already seen someone get a big bat from somewhere and hang it on the bonfire.
Patting his belly to show that he was full, he went to set up the tent with Godzilla and prepared to rest for the night.
Just like when they were with the Hadza people in the grassland animal sanctuary, they had a good night's sleep. When they woke up, they saw that the local pygmies had already woken up and were preparing breakfast.
Their breakfast was the leftovers from last night's dinner. The men who went out to hunt and the women who went out to gather wild fruits had priority. The others would then rush forward to snatch the food.
The sky was gloomy.
Li Du was depressed. Before he left, he had seen the weather forecast. It said that the weather in the coming week would be good. At least there would be no spring rain.
But looking at the weather, it was already cloudy. It would probably rain soon.
He went to find Musa and asked, "Where did you find the diamond? How far is it from here? "
Musa thought for a while and said, "A day's walk."
When Li Du heard this, he realized that the mine was quite far from the tribe. They had to leave as soon as possible to see what was going on and return to the car before the storm.
During the spring and summer in South Africa, once the rain fell, it could easily become a rainstorm. During this time, the rainforest was very dangerous. It was best to go to the city to avoid the rain.
He asked Musa if they could leave now. Musa nodded happily, took the crossbow and led them out of the tribe.
Li Du was a little embarrassed. Musa had just returned to the tribe and had only been with his family for less than a day. Now he was being taken away again. It was a little unjustifiable.
Musa was loyal. He did not feel that way. He led Li Du and the others on their way and continued to travel northwest.
This time, it was more convenient. The road they took was made by the pygmies during their hunting. Although it was not as convenient as the man-made road, at least they had a place to stay.
There were not as many wild animals in the forest as they had imagined. No wonder the pygmies ate termites, bats, or even anything they came across. It was too difficult to survive.
The group walked in the group. Musa and Brother Wolf led the way in front.
As they walked, Musa suddenly stopped and knelt on the ground. Li Du thought it was some kind of custom, but Musa raised his crossbow and shot at the big tree in front of them.
"Shua", there was a crisp sound, and the sharp arrow was nailed to the tree.
A khaki-colored snake was struggling. Musa went up and smashed the snake's head with a wooden stick. He wrapped the snake around his waist and said happily, "Delicious."
Li Du smiled bitterly. "Eat it yourself."
They continued to walk forward. Musa would stop from time to time. Every time he stopped, he would find something.
Li Du could not help but admire him. He really had a pair of discerning eyes. Sometimes, even Ah Meow had not noticed a wild animal, but Musa had already discovered it.
This was the skill of the Pygmies. They had excellent vision and keen insight. This was an innate ability that was the result of their genes sifting through generations of hunting.
At noon, they happened to come across a big river. They prepared lunch by the river.
Brother Wolf went to catch a few fish and grilled them over the fire.
Musa roasted the two snakes that were wrapped around his waist. However, Li Du and the others did not dare to eat it. He enjoyed it himself.
From the looks of it, the snake meat should be good. After the skin was peeled off, the meat was white and tender. Musa seemed to be delicious eating it.
Even so, Li Du and the others were not interested in tasting it.
After lunch, they walked down the river.
Li Du did not know the name of the river. Brother Wolf looked it up on the map and found that they were still in South Africa. However, they were very close to the border. This river was called the Bopping River. It originated in Botswana and flowed to South Africa.
After walking along the river for a while, the trees became sparser.
Then, at two o 'clock in the afternoon, Musa smiled and pointed ahead. "You, you, you."
Li Du asked in surprise, "What is it? There are diamonds? "
Musa nodded and said, "Yes, you, you."
Li Du waved his hand. Brother Wolf and Godzilla immediately followed. The three of them ran forward excitedly, ready to look for the diamond mine at the edge of the rainforest.
The view in the forest was not very good. As they ran forward, they saw mounds of dirt in front of them. They stood on top of a mound and looked. There was a big pit in front of them!
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