"What are they wearing around their necks?" Mo Bai stared at the people walking around here curiously, and saw that the women here all wore copper rings or iron rings around their necks, whether they were adults or children. , as long as they are women, they must wear more than a dozen iron rings around their necks. Adults wear more, which makes their necks appear to be very long. However, this looks a bit scary.
"Is this the long-necked tribe?" Mo Bai touched his neck and couldn't imagine what it would feel like to have this iron ring around his neck. "What do they do when they sleep, what do they do when they take a bath, and what do they do when they wear this ring every day?" Not tired or heavy?"
Shen Bingning nodded her chin, oh, so that's it, this is the so-called long-necked tribe, and she had heard of it before, and it was true that they knew that long necks were beautiful, and long necks were considered beautiful. The Neck Tribe is composed of a branch of the Padang ethnic group of the Karen ethnic minority on the border between northern Thailand and Myanmar. It can only be seen in Mae Hong Son Town. In fact, the neck length of the "Long Neck Girl" is as long as There is no difference between ordinary people, but their collarbones and shoulder bones sink due to the pressure of the copper rings.
Some people say that the women of the long-neck tribe dress up like this to make themselves look like a long-necked dragon, which is regarded by the long-neck tribe as the father of all things in the world. Others say that this weird dress is to scare away people in the forest. There are hungry tigers wandering around. Some people say that Kayan men deliberately lengthen the necks of their wives to prevent them from being kidnapped by rival tribes.
There is also a theory that this kind of costume is a legacy of patriarchal thinking, because a man can easily kill his wife immediately by removing a copper ring. However, most people think this statement is wrong. Nowadays, the long-necked people live in a matrilineal society, and no one explores the origin of this custom anymore, because people have mainly regarded it as a symbol of beauty and wealth. It is for this reason that the long-necked people continue to give birth to little girls in the family. When they reach their age, they begin to wear copper collars.
However, Shen Bingning really doesn't know what's beautiful about this. However, this is a long-standing habit of this country and it is also their people's valley. It is not convenient for her to say it. However, she does not agree with this approach at all. It is simply destructive. Regarding the physical and mental health of women and children, if she were the king of this country, she would definitely abolish such a thing, but she obviously is not, so she can only watch these women live with this copper ring, from the time they were born to their Death cannot be taken in their lifetime, because as long as they take off these copper rings, their necks will not be able to bear the weight of their heads.
"Ghost, ghost," Mo Bai suddenly screamed, startling Shen Bingning who was deep in thought.
"What the hell?" She turned around and saw people in strange clothes appearing in front of them. Their skin was as white as snow, their hair was golden, and even their eyes were blue.
What the hell, foreigners, they are really ignorant guys.
"Ghost," Mo Bai screamed again, causing many people to look at them as if they were monsters.
Mo Fei tapped his body directly, and suddenly Mo Bai could only make mouth movements but no sound.
"It's so noisy," he snorted lightly, and walked to a stall on the side. He looked at the unique things here, which were all small handicrafts. However, it was indeed as Yao Qi said, the silver jewelry here. It is very exquisite, and it also has the unique totem culture and writing of this ancient nation.
Although it looks a little weird, it is indeed exquisitely made. Yao Qi had to remind them that they could buy some silver jewelry here. Shen Bingning picked up a bracelet. They looked so special. They should take it to Nanyao.
It's better to sell some, she
Jinse was short of these special products, so she asked for them. Originally, they didn't understand the language. Fortunately, Yao also knew a little bit about the language of the Long-necked Country. Although he couldn't speak fluently, it was still a bargain.
Absolutely no problem.
Why is it so expensive? Shen Bingning was shocked when she heard the price. This is equivalent to one to three. Just a bracelet costs three taels of silver. If she buys more, she must give it to her.
You have to be poor to buy it. In their place, these silver jewelry can be sold for 10% more at most, but how can they be doubled here?
Isn't it to bully them foreigners?
"There are large silver mines here, so silver is not very valuable here," Yao Qi told them about the main reasons that affect prices here. The more Shen Bingning listened, the more sad she became. Her money was about to be lost.
, so much, it would be painful to give her.
She was really confused whether to buy it or not, whether to do it or not. She should buy it, because she was afraid that she would have no money to exchange for seeds. If she didn’t buy it, she might not have the chance to come next time. This journey was really too difficult.
It was dangerous, and she was afraid.
Just when she was confused and didn't know what to do, something suddenly flashed in her mind.
"Xiao Qi, go and ask them if they can exchange these things?"
"Well," Yao Qi didn't quite understand what kind of medicine she sold in the gourd, but he still asked these people in the simple language of the long-neck tribe,
"They asked you what you want in exchange?" After Yao Qi understood, he turned to ask Shen Bingning.
"Tea, silk and porcelain," Shen Bingning replied. They brought a lot of these things. Originally, Shen Bingning was going to sell them in distant countries. If these things weren't so expensive, she wouldn't have taken them.
come out.
"Yeah," Yao Qi said to these people again. As a result, these people's faces were all happy, obviously accepting their exchange.
The crew members took out several boxes of tea, silk, and porcelain, all of which were low-grade items. These were only seen casually in Nanyao, but they became rare items here.
Shen Bingning gritted her teeth and kept the price very low. She went up in person and bargained with these people here.
"One box for five boxes," she stretched out her hand and said so brazenly that veins burst out on Yao Qi's forehead. She really dared to say that the grade of these teas was too low.
It's just a matter of dozens of taels of silver, just a few teas, no matter how poor the family is, she can afford it. When she arrived, this box of broken tea leaves had to be replaced by five boxes of silver jewelry.
She really dares to ask for it, she really dares to say it, and she really can be so cruel.
The seller of silver jewelry was a little embarrassed. One box for five boxes was indeed too much.
He held out two fingers and said, "Two boxes, no more."
"Five boxes," Shen Bingning stretched out a hand, "No less, not one box less."
"Three boxes," the man thought for a while and could only add one finger.
"Five boxes," Shen Bingning still had five fingers. If she wanted to make her lose one box, there was no way.