This little dispute seemed to have ended with He He's support and Zhang Zian's lack of support. She also showed a victorious smile and said coyly, "I knew Brother Gao loves me the most!"
Gao Ke's legs went limp. He wished a few blind people would come so he could have a chance to be a hero and save the damsel in distress.
"Come, everyone, let Xiao He walk in the middle. Let's go into the market together." He spared no effort to show his organizational skills. "I'll walk in front, Tianyu on the left, Xuetao on the right, Brother Zian … you'll be in charge of bringing up the rear. As for Jack … you play it by ear. "
As soon as he said this, he regretted it. With such an arrangement, he, who walked in front, would not have a chance to talk to He He, which would benefit Xiao Tianyu and Du Xuetao. But as the deputy leader, he could not go back on his word, so he could only make this decision.
Zhang Zian did not comment. He was quite satisfied with this arrangement. He wanted to walk in the back anyway, so it would be easier to communicate with the elfins. He gave Jack a look, and Jack understood and slowed down to walk beside him.
Jack took the initiative to explain.
It turned out that after Zhang Zian left the hotel first, Gao Ke and the others also came down, but they chose to have their breakfast in the hotel. During this time, He He had not come down. Gao Ke and the others said that she was sleeping in and putting on makeup, which was a waste of time. Later, after deciding to come to the Khan el-Khalili market for sightseeing, Jack volunteered to hail two taxis. He and Xiao Tianyu sat in the car in front and left first. They did not see He He come over dressed like this.
Zhang Zian shook his head. This little girl had been spoiled too much by Wei Kang and her three seniors. She was probably a little princess who was spoiled by her parents in her own home.
In fact, she was not wrong. Women did have the right to choose what to wear, as long as it was not offensive. That was the theory.
A 2013 study by UN Women showed that 99% of women in Egypt had been harassed in some way. Some of these women said that they would be harassed regardless of whether they wore traditional ethnic or Western clothes.
But any normal person would know that the more revealing the clothing, the higher the chance of being harassed.
The more old-fashioned the social atmosphere, the more serious the psychological distortion that had been suppressed for a long time was.
Women had the right to choose what to wear here, as long as they were willing to bear the corresponding risks. After all, their bodies were their own.
Jack noticed the silver hookah in Zhang Zian's hand. It looked like it had been used before, and curiously asked him where he got it.
Zhang Zian said that it was a gift from an Egyptian friend he had met by chance. Jack was dubious, because many Egyptian men were addicted to hookahs. How could they just give it to a stranger?
After chatting for a while, before Jack could ask in detail, He He called him over and pulled him along to ask about this and that. Everything was new to her.
Zhang Zian lagged behind to observe the surrounding situation.
Although he didn't appreciate He He's words and actions at all, he still didn't want anything to happen to her. First, they were all China people, and they had to look out for each other when they were overseas. Second, he didn't want anything to happen to her to cause the expedition to end prematurely. That would be a huge regret for both him and Wei Kang.
Jack was very familiar with the area, and he tried his best to bring them to the cheap shops and help them bargain.
Their group attracted a lot of attention, especially He He, who was walking in the middle. Her two white legs were like walking hormones. Zhang Zian could almost hear the sound of the surrounding men swallowing.
Egyptians liked shiny things very much. Most of the things sold in the entire Khan el-Khalili market were shiny, such as traditional Arab gold and silver jewelry, metal utensils, and a dazzling array of metal handicrafts, and so on. It was dazzling to look at.
The young people felt that everything was new and wanted to buy everything. Anyway, the prices were relatively cheap.
Every stall owner that passed by used different tones of Mandarin to attract them to enter. Sometimes it was "you howl," sometimes it was "pee." No one could say "hello" correctly.
In fact, this place wasn't much bigger than Yiwu's small commodity market. It was just that the items sold were Arab and Egyptian, so the Chinese found it novel. If the items sold were Chinese pots and pans, or pictures of dragons and phoenixes, or big fat babies holding carps, they probably wouldn't even look at them.
"Wow! Is this a cat statue? It's so cute! " He He saw that a shop was selling statues of various Egyptian animals and gods. There were hippos, crocodiles, jackals, falcons, and so on. Of course, there were also cats. She immediately went over, wanting to buy a few as gifts for her best friend.
She had her eye on a small statue that was modeled after the Holy Cat statue. This small statue and the other small statues had all been cartoonized and did not have the sinister aura of the real Holy Cat statue.
"Don't buy it, don't buy it." Jack quickly dissuaded her. "This is made in China, unless you want to buy something made in China."
"What? This is made in China? "
He He was not the only one who did not believe it. The others also felt that it was unbelievable. Such a statue with Egyptian characteristics was actually made in China?
He He picked up the statue and turned it around to look at it. "It doesn't say 'Made in China'!"
Jack explained in a low voice in China. At first, the goods would be labeled "Made in China," but when they realized that Chinese tourists did not buy it, they changed it to "Made in China." However, most of the tourists who went abroad only knew a few words in English and still did not buy it. In the end, it was changed to "Made in China" in Arabic. The Chinese people could not understand it and thought that it was really made in Egypt, so they bought it excitedly.
He pointed to a line of curved Arabic words at the bottom of the statue, meaning that this was "Made in China."
Everyone was speechless when they heard that.
He He held the statue and was a little hesitant. She quite liked this cartoonized Holy Cat statue and felt that it was very suitable as a gift.
Jack added that they could actually buy it back, because the things sold here were all things that were not sold in China, so it was not considered a loss.
He bargained for He He, shouting out a 30% discount on the seller's asking price. In the end, it was about 40% off the asking price, which made He He feel like she had gotten a great deal. Anyway, her best friend did not know Arabic.
Even though Egypt was conservative, they actually saw a shop selling bikinis. It probably specialized in dealing with foreigners.
As they walked, Zhang Zian suddenly realized that Fina had stopped.
It was staring at something in the window of a shop, as if it had forgotten everything in the outside world.
It was a statue of a woman — Cleopatra the Seventh.
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