Chapter 444
The periphery is a model house for tourists to visit. There is basically no one in it, only some daily necessities, reflecting the life of the Hopi people.
In this case, they naturally couldn't carry out the transaction, and they had to enter the residential area to make the transaction.
But the residential area was blocked by a fence, so it was up to Hans to take the two feathers from Li Du, and then went to the Hopi guarding the entrance.
Seeing him approaching, a big man waved his hand and said: "I'm sorry, gentlemen, you can't go inside. Visitors are refused inside. Please respect our privacy."
Turis whispered: "Ha, these guys also know how to use privacy to reject tourists? This is an improvement."
Hans showed two colorful feathers, and said with a smile, "We are our own people, buddy, we are our own people."
The appearance of the feathers made the Hopi people put down their vigilance. The big man checked and gestured to open the fence gate, and said, "Well, welcome to come, although I don't know that you got the Friendship Feather from here."
Hans smiled and said: "It must have been obtained legally and compliantly. By the way, buddy, do your people have any daily necessities they need? We brought some things, maybe you will be interested?"
Hearing this, the big man became vigilant: "Oh, you want to come to seek trade? Sorry, I can't decide this, you have to talk to our tribal secretary."
These Hopi people are not savage, they are more gentle and talkative than many Indians in the city, but they are also more reserved.
The big man took them into a parlor-like room, let them rest, and then he went to the tribal secretary.
Li Du asked: "And the tribal secretary? I thought the chief was in charge."
Hans introduced: "No, Olebi Village is very big and divided into several parts. The patriarch is in charge of the whole area, but usually he doesn't come out. If there is any problem, he will go to the person in charge of each part."
"They not only have tribal secretaries, but also tribal chief financial officer, chief security officer, and vice chairman. The tribal leadership structure is very different from before."
The tribe of the Hopi tribe does not have only one village, but several. They are now in the three major plateaus, which jointly belong to the old Oraibi village. Residential areas such as villages.
Not long after, the Indians who had entertained them came with a dark-skinned woman and introduced: "This is our tribal secretary Martha Li - Snowborn - Hanane."
Li Du came forward to shake hands with her, and Martha Li asked with a smile, "Where did you get your friendship feather?"
This Feather of Friendship is not a very unusual thing, otherwise the woman in the drink shop would not have given them two feathers just because they paid a little more tip.
Li Du explained the way to obtain it honestly. After listening, Martha Li took out her mobile phone and made a call, nodded and said, "You didn't lie to me, what you said is true."
Seeing this, Li Du was stunned. These Indians use mobile phones? Doesn't that mean they've finished building electrification?
He looked at Hans, Haas and the others were also a little dazed, apparently they were not very familiar with the Hopi tribe.
Li Du felt his ass hurt, and they brought a bunch of handmade supplies, I'm afraid they might not be rare.
Martha hung up the phone and said: "I'm sorry, everyone, you are friends of our Hopi tribe, but we can't just let you go in and do business with our tribe, because they are very innocent and easy to be deceived."
Hans said: "Friends will not lie to friends, Martha, please believe in our friendship with your tribe, we are your sincere friends!"
Martha smiled and said, "Sorry, I can't see that."
Hans took out his mobile phone and played a video for her to watch.
Li Du didn't know what he put, so he leaned over to take a look, and then he saw the scene of his previous confrontation with the Navajos recorded on the phone.
The video starts from Hans' arrival and continues until they leave.
Because the camera's pixels are not high and his hands are constantly shaking, the video looks a bit blurry, but it is still possible to see exactly what happened.
After watching this conflict, the smile on Martha Li's face became more sincere, especially after seeing Li Du shoot down a boulder at the end, she said happily: "Great job!"
Li Du understood that the conflict between the two clans was really great.
After watching the video, Martha Li asked: "Can I take a copy? I think some of our tribe would be happy to watch such a video."
Hans waved his hand generously and said, "Of course, we are friends."
Martha Li nodded to him appreciatively: "Yes, we are friends, you can go in and make deals with my clansmen, I believe you will not deceive them by taking advantage of their innocence."
"Absolutely not." Everyone swore.
Marthalie waved to the big Indian and said, "Xin Quah, go, prepare them the Feather of True Love, this is our good friend."
Each was given a feather, which they held in their hands so that they would be welcomed by all Hopi lands.
When going back to drive, Li Du smiled and said, "There is a slang saying in our culture that targets, the enemy of an enemy is a friend."
Turis said: "At first we learned that Boss Li had a conflict with the Navajos. We didn't know what happened, but now we know that there is a special purpose."
Hans said proudly: "You have to thank me. I reacted quickly. After knowing the conflict between Lee and the Navajo, I quickly seized the opportunity to make a video."
Without this video, they might be able to enter the Hopi tribe for trade, but it would be much more difficult, and they would have to spend all kinds of time and effort.
The Hopi people live in small thatched huts. The distribution of the huts is somewhat disorganized and there is no special road. Therefore, if no one guides you when you go in, you may get lost.
It was the first time for Hans and others to drive the pickup truck into the village, and Li Du had a glance. They were also deeply novel about everything in the tribe.
First of all, it can be determined that these things they brought are of little value, and it is difficult to trade with the Indians.
Unlike the Amish, the Hopi like to barter, but they don't like old-fashioned tools like guillotines and pedal looms.
Frese said ruefully: "We should expect that when the Kimu Canyon boarding school was established more than a century ago, the Hopi people learned the use of modern social tools."
Their car was parked in front of an elementary school. Hans wanted to see if there was anything that could be traded in the school, so he knocked on the door and went in to ask a teacher.
The teacher said: "Oh, one of our projectors is broken. Do you have a projector? If so, we can trade it."
Li Du: "It's over!"