The beginning of the dragon race on the Maybach

Chapter 155 "Snow" with a Mysterious Origin ([-] words)
The Inuit guide's house is located on the edge of the glacier. The house is plow-shaped as a whole, with a wide front and a narrow back.

The house is not the igloo they imagined, but built with earth and rocks, and a layer of stones is built on top of the earth and rocks.As for the adhesion problem, in this freezing temperature, just splash some water on the outside.

The front of the house is entered by a semi-underground tunnel about 3 meters long. The sides and top of the tunnel are covered with stones and purchased turf.There is a small window in the south of the house, and a small lookout hole is set on the window.There are platforms around the room, food and daily utensils are placed on the small platforms on both sides, and there is a whale oil lamp with cooking pots and racks for drying clothes hanging on the lamp.The large platform at the back is covered with dried moss and bearskin, where the family sits and lies.The interior walls and ceilings are framed with sealskin, which preserves the indoor temperature well.

However, the smell of damp moss and animal fur can be very unpleasant if smelled for a long time.At this time, the semi-underground tunnel came in handy.

Fresh air will slowly flow in from the tunnel and slowly spread to the floor. When the sub-zero cold air rises to the height of the whale oil lamp, it will be heated and spread to the entire platform, increasing the air temperature of the platform and Stable and fresh.Finally, the vapors and stench escaped from lookouts and holes in the roof.

Everyone was a little surprised by the wisdom of the Inuit, and had to sigh that it was no wonder that the Inuit could survive in such an extremely cold region.

While the Inuit guide was boiling water for them to make tea, a fluffy figure pushed open the door and entered.

"ataata." (Dad.)
If it wasn't for the figure's voice, everyone would almost have thought it was a little polar bear.

"uvanga naalungiarsuk niviarsiaq." (My dear daughter)

The man lifted up the fluffy figure, and his joy was beyond words.

Everyone looked at Chu Zihang in embarrassment. Chu Zihang was a little tired, but he still silently accepted the fact that he was the only "translator" in the team.Just as he was about to speak, Eva's voice came out from the Bluetooth headsets that everyone was wearing.

"Searching language banks, loading Greenlandic and Inuit, instant translation active."

(In the future, I will directly convert the Inuit spoken between Greenlandic and Inuit into Mandarin, otherwise the translation will be too tiring, and it will appear to be a waste of words)
The man tore off the hat that connected the child to the clothes, exposing the little girl's white cheeks, and introduced to everyone: "This is my daughter, her name is Xue, and she is 12 years old this year."

"Good girl, go and help Dad get some tea from the warehouse."

The girl nodded obediently, smiled at everyone, and ran out all the way.

Xia Mi looked at Xue's back with deep eyes.

"I didn't expect you to have such a lovely daughter."

Such teasing words came out of Xia Mi's mouth, and the man felt a little embarrassed, he rubbed his head and smiled innocently: "Actually, Xue is not my biological daughter."

Treat guests with wives!

This is everyone's first reaction after learning about some Inuit culture.

Among the Inuit people in the Arctic Circle, most of the living materials needed by women can only rely on men's hunting.But even for a man to meet the needs of a wife and children is extremely difficult.Summer is fine. In the Arctic region, the temperature is slightly higher in summer and the food is relatively sufficient. Therefore, men can support their wives and children by catching a large amount of salmon.

But in winter, the temperature in the Arctic will drop sharply, and the average temperature of the coldest month can reach -40~-20°C. Prey will either hibernate or migrate to other places to survive.In this case, it is difficult for Inuit men to hunt enough food for their wives and children by themselves.

At this time, in order to maintain the survival and reproduction of the group, they will move together to live in groups and divide the work together to catch prey, because the success rate will be much higher.At the same time, "treating guests with wives" appeared at this time.

Because there will inevitably be unexpected situations of polar bear attacks in the North Pole, so a few men will be left in the living area to protect the elderly, women and children.And the man who stays to take care of the woman's child can have sex with the woman as long as the woman agrees.And women's men are also allowed to do this kind of thing.After a while, the men who take care of the elderly and the weak and those who hunt will take turns again.

In this way, fairness and justice are relatively produced.

In the final analysis, "treating guests with wives" is because the Inuit people have a certain probability of accidental death when they go out to hunt. In addition, the Inuit people are originally sparsely populated, so for the survival and reproduction of the group, this is also considered helpless. move.

Moreover, if the head of a family dies, the entire tribe is responsible for caring for the women and children of the family.Therefore, in the eyes of the Inuit, it is not important whether the child is their own, but how to reproduce their own ethnic group is important.As for ethics and morality, they don't care much about it, and they can't manage it.After all, only by surviving first can we have the energy to implement moral control.

"My wife died of illness very early, and I picked up the snow." The man's eyes were full of reminiscence, "At that time, when I was hunting, I accidentally discovered a scream coming from not far away. There were sounds and cries, and after chasing it, I found that a group of arctic wolves surrounded a little girl. At that time, Xue was only five years old, and I didn't know where the courage came from. I shot and killed one arctic wolf, and the others The arctic wolves all scattered and fled, so I saved the snow.

I didn't know until I touched Xue's side. Maybe it was the blessing of God Sira and Sedna. The one I shot and killed was the wolf king of the pack of arctic wolves, so I was able to bring Xue back to the city without incident. village.But the strange thing is that no one knows Xue, that is to say, Xue is not a child of our village.But looking at the appearance, Xue should be us Inuit, so we all left Xue in the village.As the one who rescued Xue, I also became Xue's father. "

Xia Mi's focus was a little different. He saw a trace of fear and awe in the Inuit man's eyes.

"Have you ever tried to find Xue's biological parents?"

"No. Xue seems to have lost his memory because of this terrible encounter. He doesn't remember anything, he just speaks Inuit. Then, we took Xue to visit two villages that were still within ten kilometers of here at that time. , but no one knows her. It is impossible for a five-year-old girl to cross more than ten kilometers of ice and snow alone to come to another village. Then there is only one possibility, that is, Xue may come here with her parents , or a solitary household around here, but encountered arctic wolves on the way, and was killed in the middle of nowhere, while Snow was ignored, fled the wolves for a time, but was eventually caught up. This kind of thing happens in our Inuit It's very common in people."

As the man said, the snow boiled in the iron pot began to melt and gradually began to boil, emitting hot steam.Xue also bouncingly fetched a bag of tea leaves and sprinkled them in the wooden teacups in front of everyone.

When scalding hot water is poured into the cup, a fresh fragrance gushes out from the teacup.

In such weather, drinking a sip of hot tea is an extremely luxurious and enjoyable thing.

For the Inuit, tea is very precious.

It’s not how high the price of tea is, they pay attention to barter, even though it is extremely difficult to transport tea to the Arctic Circle, honest Inuit businessmen did not kill their own people .

However, due to the difficulty of transportation, the goods that the Inuit merchants brought in each time were mainly daily necessities, and the tea as a non-essential item was not prepared too much, and it was not very good tea.

The Inuit man was not stingy with his collection of tea. He didn't want to leave a bad impression on his employer. After all, the remuneration this time was 30 US dollars. This price was paid by the scientific expedition teams of those world powers in the past. More than six or seven times the reward.

As for the tea, he wasn't interested in it. It was not as tasty as fish soup, and he wouldn't buy it if it was for entertaining guests.

Everyone picked up the cups containing tea and just wanted to take a couple of polite sips, but was stopped by the Inuit man in a hurry.

"Before eating and drinking tea, some must be sprinkled on the ground to worship the goddess Sedna, in order to pray for her blessing and get more prey."

Following the example of the man, everyone spilled some of the water in the cup on the ground, watching the man meticulously recite the prayers that even Eva could not translate.

"The sea goddess Sedna is in charge of those sea fish, seals and walruses. She decides whether we Inuit will suffer from hunger. Only when she releases those creatures can we have a chance to hunt them. And the goddess Sedna also Controlling the ferocious beasts on this land, such as polar bears, arctic wolves, etc., only those who have received the blessing of the goddess can return to the village safe and sound, otherwise they will be injured at least, or die tragically."

When the man introduced the sea goddess Sedna in his mouth, a trace of fear appeared on his face.

To a large extent, their belief system is based on fear, especially fear of hunger and death.

Fear makes them choose faith, and they are very religious.

Especially when he was about to accompany Schneider and his party to the depths of the Arctic Circle, this man dared not be careless.

The group stayed at the man's house for an hour, and the man also treated them to a meal of Inuit grilled fish until noon.

For the Inuit, noon is when the temperature starts to rise and it is also the most suitable time to go hunting.

The man entrusted the Inuit girl named Xue to a neighbor, which made the little girl who had never been separated from her father feel a little bit reluctant, crying and wanting to go with the man.

In the past, men would take her with them when they accepted various guide tasks, even hunting.And the man is like being blessed by the goddess Sedna. He has never encountered dangerous predators such as polar bears and arctic wolves. Every time he easily catches a large number of fish, posters, etc. through a blizzard.

Moreover, when paying the guide fee, the reward is paid according to the number of people. If there is an extra snow, the reward will be more.

But this time was different. He wanted to take Schneider and his party [-] kilometers deep into the North Pole. Even an experienced hunter and guide like him would not dare to be careless.

With red eyes, Xue hugged the man's thigh, refusing to let go no matter what.

For some reason, she always felt that this was a dangerous journey, and she didn't want her father to go.But her father said that the reward for this trip would be enough for them to eat and drink for a year, and she must go. She couldn't dissuade her, so she had to choose to go with her father.

Kassel and his team didn't persuade the man to take her because Jianxue was so reluctant to part with her father. After all, they knew how dangerous this mission was.And these Inuit are just ordinary people, even if a man changes his mind temporarily, no one will force him, let alone a weak little girl, no one will make fun of a child's life.

After some tossing, the little girl was still left in the village.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

A group of sled dogs happily ran out of the large kennel prepared for them by the man, rolling and jumping happily on the snow.

Sled dogs are commonly known as huskies, which is what we call Erha. (Manually @一切头世中的帝王 here!)
Of course, huskies that enter the city as pets are experts at tearing down houses, and they are basically non-aggressive dogs.

When the girls saw Erha rolling in the snow, most of their hearts melted in an instant.

The huskies lay on the ground obediently with all fours in the air, allowing the girls to rub their stomachs and dogs' heads.The fluffy fluff and thick fat layer not only make them able to withstand extreme cold, but also bring excellent hand feeling to girls.

But don't look at them laying obediently on the ground one by one and letting the girls do their best, they can also surround and bite the girls to death in an instant.

You know, Erha in the Arctic Circle is a dog that can fight with Arctic wolves.

The earliest huskies were the product of the mating of arctic wolves and Inuit hounds, with the attack power and endurance of wolves and the loyalty of dogs.In addition, huskies are small and strong, have a small appetite, have no body odor and are cold-resistant, which makes huskies very adaptable to the polar climate.Huskies can not only be used as a means of transportation, but also as hunting dogs, and can also play a role similar to sheepdogs to help the Inuit raise reindeer. Because of these characteristics, huskies have become important partners and property of the Inuit.In the Arctic Circle, the number of huskies a family raises also symbolizes the family's financial strength.

With the help of an Inuit villager, various materials were loaded onto the sled, which were fuel oil for heating and various high-calorie foods, such as marinated fish, walrus and seal meat, etc. Enough for him to squander a month in the Arctic Circle.

There are also a few pieces of clothing made of the fur of various animals. Don't look at the primitive style full of crude fur, but in fact its thermal insulation effect is not inferior to the thermal clothing worn by Kassel and his party.The raw hides made by the Inuit chewing method are still warm and soft even at minus 50 degrees, and their adaptability far exceeds that of leather tanned by modern methods.

The men "snatched" the erhas who enjoyed being touched by the female animals from the hands of the girls, and tied them one by one in front of the sled.The Erha who had been trained by the man instantly understood what the man's actions meant, and they all fell silent one by one, sitting motionless on the ground, waiting for instructions from the master.

With the man's yell, accompanied by the barking of the dogs and the sound of the snowmobile running, the group of people started to set off to the depths of the Arctic Circle.

　PS: Inuit beliefs:

　　According to legend, seals, walruses, and sea lions are scarce because the Sea Woman imprisoned them at the bottom of the ocean. Angakkuq must use a shamanic ritual to summon the ama and have her release the animals for hunters to hunt.

　　Furthermore, all Inuit fear starvation, especially the Netsilik Inuit.To a large extent, their belief system is based on fear.They carry and use a large number of amulets; in some cases, they even use amulets on dogs.Tattoos are another form of protection for women.They believe that tattoos will affect the fate of the next life.

　　One of the central mythological figures of the Inuit.The Netslik call her "Nuliajuk" and believe she was initially mistreated by her tribe.In other mythological versions, she is the sea goddess "Sedna", the mother of the deep sea "Sassuma Arnaa" and so on.Silla is the god of the sky, the universe, or the weather, and is usually imagined as a masculine figure.In the legends of the Netslik and the Copper Inuit, he was originally a giant baby whose parents died in a battle with other giants.Conceptually, Syrah is similar to "divine power" or "heaven", the essential ingredient of all souls.Syrah also means "universe," "space," or "wisdom" in some contexts.

　　
　
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