Jaffard urged Luo Ye to leave quickly, but Luo Ye sat calmly on his seat, grabbed a big oyster and stuffed it into his mouth... "Xiao De, don't worry, wait until I'm full."
Jafard sat down helplessly. "Xiong Yin, you must not tell my three wives about buying an aircraft carrier and setting up a club in a while."
"Don't worry, don't worry." Luo Ye agreed.
After receiving Luo Ye's assurance, Prince Jafard immediately breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to chat with the navy generals.
Tang Wan felt a little strange in his heart and asked Luo Ye in a low voice: "Your Highness, the prince, is afraid of his wife? This... shouldn't be the case."
"What's wrong with this?" Luo Ye replied casually while breaking off the fat crab claws: "Three women have formed a solid alliance, and I'm afraid of them."
Tang Wan pursed his lips and said: "I know Islam allows polygamy, but our country also had polygamy in ancient times. But in China, wives are always jealous and the husbands don't care. Isn't that the case in Saudi Arabia?"
"One thing you said is wrong." Luo Ye pointed out seriously, "China has never been a polygamous country."
"No?" Tang Wan frowned.
"Strictly speaking, China in ancient times was a country where one man had one wife and many concubines." Luo Ye said: "The status of concubines in ancient times was very low. They were similar to today's pet dogs, or even worse than pet dogs. The owner kept concubines at home.
One is to fill the gap during the days when the wife is unable to sleep with her every month, and the other is to entertain friends and guests. Another name for concubine is Jiajie. For example, when a friend comes to the house, the host will not invite his wife to come out and accompany him for a drink, but
A concubine will be hired to accompany the guest while drinking. If the friend drinks too much and sleeps with the master at night, then the concubine will have to sleep with him. If the friend likes the master very much, he can also buy the concubine from the master or take away the concubine.
This system was followed until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and began to collapse after the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The concubine gradually became more prestigious, and began to be called aunt, nainai, and concubine. Today, she has made the decision. "
Tang Wan nodded, "If you put it this way, China did have a monogamous system in ancient times, and the head wife had a very high status."
Luo Ye continued: "So China is different from traditional Islamic countries. Muslim men can marry four wives, but they can only marry four wives at most. But now most families who can marry four wives
Even if it is a big family, it still requires a certain amount of financial resources to support four women who do nothing. Since it is a big family, a man’s first wife must be designated by the family, and she must marry him even if he is not married. This is as a member of the family.
We must bear the responsibility, just like Prince Jaffad."
Tang Wan asked: "Then can I choose the second wife by myself?"
"Yes," Luo Ye replied, "but you must obtain the consent of the first wife before you can marry him."
"So, the first wife also has higher rights than other wives?" Tang Wan asked.
Luo Ye shook his head, "That's not the case. Before a man marries a second wife, he has already formed a family with the first wife. Therefore, he is adding a new member to a family, so he must go through the marriage of the first wife.
Agree, this has nothing to do with the rights of the first wife. Likewise, if you want to marry a third wife, you must get the consent of the first two wives, even if one wife disagrees. If you want to marry a fourth wife, then
It must be approved by the first three wives, even if one of them disagrees."
Tang Wan smiled and said, "Then they just don't agree on purpose?"
Luo Ye laughed and said, "You have to know that in Islamic countries, the families that can marry four wives are all well-off families with prominent surnames. For such a family, it is necessary to marry four wives to reproduce, unless the man
The master has a physical problem. The good thing is that he can only marry four, and absolutely cannot marry more, so most wives will not deliberately restrict their husbands' behavior of marrying wives."
Tang Wan blinked, "But you said before that Prince Jafard has only married three wives. I think he is in his thirties and his family is the most prominent. Why not marry the fourth?"
Luo Ye took a bite of venison, and then said vaguely: "I was originally going to marry you, but I ended up sleeping with him - don't mention that matter. In short, Xiaode had several candidates, but they were all rejected by him.
The three ladies vetoed it, so I have been unable to get married."
"Isn't this a deliberate restriction?" Tang Wan said.
Luo Ye sighed, "Under normal circumstances, there are reasons why wives restrict their husbands from remarrying. For example, if you have three wives, you can't have sex with each other once a day, let alone four wives.
, another example is dissatisfaction with the woman's innocent family background, unworthy of being a husband with them, etc. As for Xiaode, it is probably the second type. It is not so easy to find someone with a family background worthy of a prince."
"But I heard that Muslim men enjoy very great rights at home. They can divorce their wives and remarry at will, but it is difficult for women to remarry after they are divorced," Tang Wan said.
"That's true, but the question is, your family asked you to marry your first wife. Do you dare to divorce her? She agreed to your second wife. When you want to marry your third wife, you
Can you expect them not to form an alliance? When you want to marry a fourth wife, the first three wives are opposed. No matter how powerful you are, do you dare to divorce the first wife along with the second or third wives? History
The wives who were divorced were either of bad character or too stupid to form a team with other wives."
Tang Wan shook his head helplessly, "It's really troublesome. I thought Muslim men were all happy."
"Haha," Luo Ye said with a smile: "You pray five times a day, morning and evening, do you think Prince Jaffard can be an exception?"
Just as he was speaking, Prince Jafard's attendants reminded him in his ear. Prince Jafard immediately stood up solemnly, straightened his appearance and left his seat. Several attendants immediately laid some Persian patterns on the passage.
of worship rugs.
Tang Wan asked: "Does this mean praying?"
Luo Ye wiped his mouth and pulled Tang Wan to stand up, "Don't sit down, that's rude."
Tang Wan asked: "Then what should I do? I won't kneel with you. I don't believe in Islam."
Luo Ye whispered: "Just stand quietly with your hands down to show the respect in your heart."
Tang Wan nodded and stopped talking. She noticed that everyone else in the banquet hall also moved to the west, which is the location of the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
Qi Han was still frozen in the distance, unable to move despite several attempts. Seeing that everyone else was giving in, he became more and more anxious and unable to move. Awang hurriedly came over and said, "Master, don't you want to show off at this time?"
"I'm not trying to show off!" Qi Han said in a low voice: "Help me, I'm cramped and can't move."
"Where's the cramp?" Awang asked.
"My whole body is cramping!" Qi Han said.
Awang suddenly realized, "I know, folk people call it ghost fixation. I heard old people talking about it before, but I still didn't believe it. I finally learned a lot today."
"It's been so long and you still have experience!" Qi Han shouted: "Take me away first!"
Awang quickly picked up Qi Han and carried him to the corner. Qi Han finally took a breath, but his hands and feet were cold and his body couldn't stop trembling. "No, I didn't expect that the boy named Luo Ye was here.
So big..."
After the prince's attendants laid out the prayer rug, they brought out a water purification basin for the prince and other Muslim attendants to clean their hands, face, and feet. After the cleansing was completed, Prince Jaffad knelt down facing the west and recited the Quran.
He bowed nine times respectfully to the prayer. The attendant behind him also followed behind and also bowed nine times.
"It's really not easy to kowtow several times every time." Tang Wan said softly.
Luo Ye replied: "This is the night prayer, so it is nine prayers, the morning prayer is four prayers, the noon prayer is ten prayers, the preserved food prayer is four prayers, and the evening prayer is five prayers. They are all different."
After the prayer, Prince Jafard showed a look of peace on his face, "Xiong Yin, can we go? The food here is not for friends. You shouldn't eat too much. I brought a lot this time.
Arabic food, and thirty chefs for the royal family, why not let me treat you and Miss Tangwa to a banquet."
When he heard about the thirty chefs, Luo Ye nodded seriously, "Xiaofa, you are absolutely right. We and Americans can't pee in the same pot. If I had told you to treat me earlier, I wouldn't have to eat like them."
There’s so much stuff – it makes me sick just thinking about what those oysters and abalone look like.”
Tang Wan opened his mouth, wanting to tell the prince that his name was "Tang Wan" instead of "Tang Wa." But then he thought about it, what's the difference? Wasn't even Luo Ye called "Xiong Yin" by the prince?
Prince Jafard laughed, turned to the naval generals and said in English: "Send the aircraft carrier to Paradise Island."
The bald lieutenant general said with difficulty: "Your Highness, we don't know much about the water patterns on Paradise Island. The aircraft carrier is too big and we are afraid of running aground on the rocks."
"Then we'll be stranded." The prince shrugged: "I have nothing to worry about. If it's stranded, you can arrange a ship for me to transport my golden sports car and ingredients."
"Then we try to get as close as possible, and when we reach dangerous waters, can we use other ships to escort His Highness to the island?" the lieutenant general asked tentatively.
"Whatever," Prince Jafard waved his hand impatiently, "I've known for a long time that you Americans are not real."
"Then the contract between His Royal Highness the Prince and the Ministry of National Defense..."
Prince Jafard rolled his eyes at him, "I will think about it."
"That's good, that's good." The lieutenant general wiped the sweat on his forehead and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the oil contract fell into his hands, he would have suffered a lot from it. Fortunately, Jia
Fader did not give up directly, which was fortunate. "If your Highness the Prince has any needs, please feel free to ask."
"I asked you to sell my aircraft carrier and you didn't sell it. I asked you to sail the ship to Paradise Island but you didn't sail it. How stupid must I be to ask you for a third time?" Prince Jafard looked at him with contempt and commented.
Said: "There is no sincerity!"
Just as he was talking, a Chinese attendant hurriedly came over and reported to the prince loudly and in fluent Chinese: "Your Highness, the carriage and supplies have been arranged - ah! Luo, Brother Luo!"