Li Du also had a small Nokia phone. He took it out and said, "We can trade now."
The old man shook his head. "No, no, not this kind of phone. I mean a smartphone — Apple, Samsung, phones that can install software!"
Hans twitched his mouth and said, "You're quite fashionable. You have a lot of contact with the outside world."
The old man laughed. "We Hopi are not Amish. We don't reject progress."
Li Du said, "If that's the case, why can't you use dollars to trade in your tribe?"
The old man said, "This is the rule of our ancestors!"
Li Du sighed and waved at Hans. Hans reluctantly took out his phone and handed it to him.
Seeing the brand new iPhone, the old man's eyes lit up. "Yes, this is it, this is it!"
Li Du said, "I can give it to you, but only for one copper? Unless I'm crazy, I won't do this kind of business. "
"What else do you want?" the old man asked.
Li Du put away all the scrap metal in the drawer and said, "You have to give all of this to me."
The old man shook his head. "No, no, you're too greedy."
Li Du said, "Then give me half of it."
He divided the scrap metal into two halves. The copper glove model was in the half that he drew.
The old man touched his beard and thought for a while. After a while, he sighed and said, "Alright, you guys are good friends of our tribe after all. Deal!"
There were many good things in the Hopi's territory. Many of the handicrafts, especially the sculptures, were very old. The little bug was very interested in the time energy in them.
Li Du tried his best to get some wood carvings and handicrafts that the little bug was interested in. After storing them, he let the little bug absorb the time energy.
However, he didn't take any of the time energy from the things that didn't belong to him.
Li Du had his own principles. As long as no one provoked him or bullied him, he would treat them like a gentleman. If they bullied him, then don't blame him for being ruthless!
In the evening, a bonfire was lit in the open space between the second and third platforms. The treasure hunters were brought to the open space. This was the Hopi's Kavalala.
The soil of this empty space was red and black in color. The ground was very solid, and it was obvious that it had been tamped repeatedly. Walking on it was like walking on a highway.
Li Du looked at the ground. It was very flat and there were no gaps. He was puzzled and could not help but ask, "Is this a whole red rock? I mean, we're standing on a huge red rock? "
The security chief shook his head and said, "Oh, no, this is soil."
Li Du nodded and said, "This place is really hard. Is it red soil?"
The security chief said with a smile, "No, it's ordinary land. The blackish-red color on the ground is dyed red with blood. The reason why it's so hard is because we irrigated it with blood and repeatedly tamped it. "
Li Du looked around in shock. This piece of land was more than a hundred acres, and could be considered a large square. The entire square was this color. If it was dyed with blood, how much blood would that be? How many people did they have to kill?
What they saw later proved that the security chief was right. He was wrong.
Some people slaughtered all kinds of livestock, including cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, and fresh fish. They slaughtered them in the square and then collected the blood into buckets.
Some big men carried buckets and sprinkled the blood on the ground as if they were watering flowers. Then some people spread a layer of soil, and some people drove a road roller to repeatedly grind the ground.
The security chief said, "In the past, we used to tamp the land manually. Now that we have machines, it's much more convenient."
Li Du could not help but say, "What's the purpose of doing this? When the blood soaks into the ground, it's easy to breed bacteria and viruses, and it's easy to cause an epidemic. "
The security chief said, "No, we'll roast it with fire. The bacteria and viruses won't survive, and we can tamp the ground better."
"As for the purpose? This is our training ground, the training ground for our warriors. Blood can stimulate them to be more brave, and it can also bring the blessings of the Goddess of War! "
There were piles of firewood dozens of meters apart in the square. They were sprinkled with gasoline and ignited, and the raging fire soared into the air, making the square very hot.
Sheep, pigs, and intact chickens, ducks, and geese were placed on the fire. The cows and deer were divided into two halves and roasted over the fire.
The security chief asked, "You guys bought a pair of knives. Do you have the knives with you?"
Li Du shook his head. The security chief waved his hand and gave an order. Soon, someone brought over a dagger-like knife.
He passed it to a few people and said, "Whatever you want to eat later, cut it with the knife and eat it."
Li Du sighed, "That's wild enough. Very good, a real man!"
There were even more real men. Someone gave them a piece of rough, pale, semi-pure stone.
"What's this?"
Big Quinn looked at it and said, "This is a salt brick. It should be rubbed on the meat later. Add as much salt as you want."
Li Du had never eaten like this before. He said, "More real men."
The Hopi brewed their own wine. The wine was very cloudy and had a light green tinge. It looked a little strange.
Some treasure hunters were shocked and said, "What wine is this? Grass wine? Fruit wine? Why is it this color? "
Most of the treasure hunters could only look at each other when faced with this question. Li Du knew the reason. He said, "They should have used the original method of brewing wine. They ferment the grains, steam them, and cool them. They don't filter them. That's why it looks cloudy and green."
He knew this because he had learned an ancient poem before. There was a line that went, "Green ants make new fermented wine, red clay stove." When he saw the word 'green' to describe the wine, he felt strange and went to search for related information.
The wine barrel was a very coarse pottery with a beak-like opening. It could be poured into a bowl.
Li Du poured a bowl and tasted it. The wine was very strong and had a fruity aroma. The taste was more complex, but it was better than pure white wine or red wine.
As the night fell, the number of people in the square increased.
Some women in traditional Hopi costumes went on stage to dance. The men below raised their bowls of wine, drinking and cheering.
More and more people came, and more women went on stage to dance. In the end, there were two to three hundred women in the square. They surrounded the bonfire and danced happily.
Li Du thought that the kavalala would sing, dance, eat meat, and drink wine. However, after the women danced for a while, the men took out their knives and danced.
After a mixed dance, all of them suddenly knelt on the ground and started to worship the highest bonfire.
Li Du and the others quickly put down their bowls and knelt on the ground.
The Native Americans also prayed when they knelt. Li Du and the others didn't understand the Hopi language, the Shoshoni language, and didn't know what they were saying.
After kneeling for about a minute, some of the older Native Americans stood up. Then the others stood up and a new program began.
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