Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0728: Sending a girl or digging a hole?
Nan Yi picked up the card directly and took a look. It was an Ace of Spades.
AKJ, in Zhajinhua, is the real king of singles. If the card is big, you can get a credit loan of tens of millions of US dollars from a Swiss bank with this card. Of course, the prerequisite is that the borrower must have the surname Gao.
As for the present situation, Nan Yi's card is definitely not good enough, and at least one of the other three will have a small pair.
"I'm folding my cards, you guys go."
Nan Yi put the cards aside and watched the other three people fight quietly.
"I've set the ceiling, do you want to follow suit?" Sonu said as he put down a hundred-rupee note.
"My cards are good, there's no reason not to follow. I'll follow."
Prabhu also put in a hundred-rupee note.
"Haha, sorry, I'll follow suit. Let's open the cards. I have A23 straight."
At this point, there was no room to lure the enemy, and Niraji didn't need to disguise himself. He just followed up and showed his cards.
"You win."
Sonu's direct cards are not bright either.
"Niraji, you are really good at pretending, but sorry, three fives, leopard." Pabu showed his cards and laughed.
Nan Yi really didn't expect that two big cards would appear in the first hand. According to the probability, let alone a leopard, even cards like A23 are not easy to get.
The four of them joked for a few words and started the game again. No one cared about winning or losing, so the atmosphere was very relaxed. It was just that the stakes might be too small. Except for Nan Yi, the other three played more casually. They would stick with the game even if they had bad cards. After all, a hand of cards only cost three hundred rupees at most.
The four of them played cards all the way as the convoy slowly drove towards Umaria in Madhya Pradesh.
When passing through Chhindwara, the group stopped briefly to visit the Snake Temple where the annual Snake Festival is held.
Only Nan Yi and Priyanka went; the other three used the excuse that they had been there many times and the Snake Festival had no appeal to them anymore, so they did not go.
Before we reached the Snake Temple, we saw many snake charmers gathered outside. They were sitting cross-legged on the ground, playing their flutes, and the cobras were dancing to the music.
Standing next to a snake charmer, Priyanka said to Nanyi: "We Indians don't kill snakes because in the Indian mythology system, snakes symbolize longevity, reproduction and wealth, and the great god Shiva is surrounded by snakes. They are the messengers of the great god. There are many snake temples all over India, and the temples enshrine stone snake statues.
However, this does not mean that we do not eat snake meat. It is just that we usually eat it during sacrifices in snake temples. This is a way of worshipping the snake god. Eating snake meat will transfer the snake god's magical powers to ourselves. "
"In our ancient Chinese mythology, there is also such a saying. We have a deity called Tang Monk. Legend has it that eating his flesh can make one immortal. So many monsters... well, demons are eyeing him covetously, wanting to catch him and eat him. According to Chinese medicine, this is called like cures like."
"Well, do you know how snake charmers control cobras?" Priyanka nodded and pointed at the snake charmer.
"How do you control it?"
Priyanka clearly wanted to show off, and although Nan Yi had watched the mystery show before, he was happy to oblige her.
"Did you know that snakes don't have outer ears, only inner and middle ears?"
"I took it in biology class."
"Snakes cannot hear sounds conducted by air, and are not much different from deaf people. They cannot hear the flute music played by snake charmers at all. Snake charmers are well aware of these characteristics of cobras, but why do cobras dance when snake charmers play the flute?
At first, many zoologists were also puzzled. They found snake charmers' flutes and tried to play them like the charmers, but the snakes did not obey their commands.
Later, after in-depth investigation and research, they discovered that the snake charmer's flute was actually played for the audience. The reason why the snakes danced was because the snake charmer's feet rhythmically tapped the ground when he played the flute, and the snakes could feel the vibrations of the ground. In addition, the snake charmer used his hands and feet to direct the cobra to perform various performances, so the snakes danced along with the swing of the flute.
This kind of snake flute is also quite special. You see, it is made up of a gourd, two poles and a brass tube. There are round holes on the tube, which is no different from an ordinary bamboo flute. However, the snake charmer adds a little special powder to the flute tube. When the snake charmer blows out the hot air from his mouth, it stimulates the snake. When the snake is stimulated, it will sway restlessly up and down, left and right, like dancing.
"This is considered a secret among snake charmers. How did you know this?"
"When I was a kid, I asked a snake charmer and he told me directly without keeping it a secret," Priyanka said disapprovingly.
"Um."
The fact that Priyanka was able to obtain "industry secrets" so easily is probably inseparable from her caste and her surname.
The two men passed the snake charmer and came to another place where a crowd was gathered. When they got closer, they saw an Indian man holding a cup and scooping milk from a basin and pouring it over the cobra's head.
Indians are accustomed to offering flowers and precious milk to their snake gods, but they may not know that milk is a deadly poison to snakes. Once a snake is poured with milk, it will either become severely dehydrated or allergic, and will either die or be half dead.
Walking into the Snake Temple, Nan Yi saw many Indian women placing bronze vessels next to the stone snake statues. After Priyanka's explanation, he learned that these women were praying for children and the bronze vessels were dedicated to the snake god. It turned out that the snake god also served part-time as the fertility-giving Guanyin in India.
Nan Yi thought about what Priyanka had just said about the symbol of the snake. Perhaps he had misunderstood. What Priyanka said was not "reproduction", but should be understood as "reproduction".
“People believe that the snake god is a symbol of vitality, and can make infertile women pregnant and weak children live longer, so those couples who cannot have children will bring offerings to the snake temple to ask the snake god to give them children.
Moreover, there is a rule that once a child is successfully conceived, the couple who want to have a child must return here together and use the bronze vessels they offer to cook milk and rice porridge to share with the believers of the snake god. "
Perhaps knowing that what she just said was too simple, Priyanka explained in more detail.
As soon as Priyanka finished her words, a priest appeared next to the snake statue and started talking for a long time. The priest did not speak Hindi, and Nan Yi did not understand a word he said.
But it was nothing. Priyanka immediately explained to Nan Yi, "Because there is a wedding here today, a priestess from the temple will come out to perform the snake dance for everyone. It's rare. The priestesses in the snake temple usually don't come out to perform."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "Is the snake god a man or a woman?"
"A man."
"Then maybe he will be the groom in a while."
"Well, it's possible."
Priyanka said, turning around to ask someone nearby.
"You are right. The bride is an eleven-year-old girl from a nearby village. She said that she had recently dreamed about this snake temple and that the snake god told her that he wanted to be her husband. When the village elders learned about this, they urged her to marry the snake god as soon as possible, otherwise it would bring disaster to her and the entire village."
"Please call me Boss."
"Okay, Boss, you are right." Priyanka rolled her eyes at Nan Yi and said.
Nan Yi dreamed about the snake god and wanted to marry her. He always felt that there was something strange about this matter and it seemed that it was done intentionally. Perhaps the bride wanted to marry the god just to protect herself and to have a backing for herself.
Not long after, a slim priestess walked out. Her face was covered with a veil, so her appearance could not be seen clearly. However, through her curvy figure and delicate skin on her waist, one could tell that she was not very old.
At the beginning of the performance, she knelt down towards a basket with a coiled cobra in it. Then, she slapped the edge of the basket hard, and the cobra jumped out of the basket. Then, the priestess crawled on the ground and stuck close to the cobra, as if dancing with the god of death. The snake and the human were in harmony and swayed together with the singing.
At the climax of the entire dance ceremony, the priestess coiled her body, with her head facing the snake's head, and slowly kissed the cobra's head standing in front of her three times. The singing ended and the priestess's dance movements paused. After staying still for a few seconds, she began to twitch like a madman with epilepsy.
Then, two shirtless men appeared, lifted the priestess up like a sacrifice, walked around the snake statue, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
After the crazy snake dance, the little bride, wearing a pink sari and a bright red scarf on her head, led by her brother, walked into the snake temple and slowly came to the side of the snake statue. After standing still, her brother took the little bride's hand and placed it on the snake on the statue. It looked like a handover ceremony.
Then, the young bride burned incense, offered clean water and flowers to her "husband", the snake statue, and the priests in the temple chanted scriptures and prayed for blessings.
After all the ceremonies were over, the bride's family members and guests came forward to express their blessings.
After the people who came to wish her well left, the young bride still sat there, facing her husband, without saying a word and showing any sign of leaving.
Nan Yi didn't know whether this was a normal procedure or the young bride wanted to spend more time with her husband and reveal her identity as the Snake God's wife to more people.
After watching the wedding, Nan Yi and Priyanka returned to the parking lot and met up with Sonu and the other two who were drinking tea under a big tree. They got back into the car and continued on their journey.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Nan Yi and his team arrived at their destination, Bandhavgarh National Park.
Bandhavgarh National Park is noted for its biodiversity, with the highest density of Bengal tigers in India, and also home to several leopards.
This mysterious national park is home to 22 mammal species and more than 250 bird species, with langurs and macaques being the most prominent primate species.
Carnivores in the park include Asiatic jackals, Bengal foxes, Indian sloth bears, honey badgers, black-striped grey hyenas, jungle cats, etc.
In addition to animals, the most famous cultural landscape in the park is India's oldest Bandhavgarh Fort, located on a 2,000-foot-high cliff overlooking the mountains. There is also a huge statue of Vishnu in Seri.
Bandhavgarh National Park is open to the public from October to June of the following year. The best time to watch tigers is from April to June. There are two main roads in the park. You can rent a jeep to enjoy the pristine scenery, natural beauty and ferocious wild animals of the entire national park.
Of course, this is for ordinary tourists, and special people can often enjoy privileges.
The camp of Nan Yi and his men was built on a flat mountain area next to the Bandhava Fortress. Twenty or thirty meters to the north was a thousand-foot cliff. At first glance, this was a very suitable place to kill people and dump bodies.
In addition to an RV, Niraji's servants also drove two jeeps. As soon as the camp was set up, the servants began to prepare food in front of a campfire, while Nan Yi and his four companions sat around another campfire chatting and laughing.
"Adam, is your labor group still short of people?" After taking a sip of rum, Niraji suddenly asked with a bitter face.
Nan Yi pouted at Priyanka and said, "You shouldn't ask me this question. Priyanka is the chairman and president of the Labor Group. If you want to introduce someone to work in the Labor Group, you can ask her."
"My daughter only knows how to shop, go to bars and attend various parties. I arranged a position for her in United Cement, but she doesn't care whether she goes or not. She rarely shows up in the office. She is spoiled by her mother and I have no way to deal with her.
Adam, if it is convenient, please arrange a position for her in the labor group, an ordinary position will do. I plan to stop her living allowance and let her learn to support herself. "
"That's not difficult. Priyanka can arrange a more tedious job for her, with a higher intensity and longer . Then find more reasons to deduct your daughter's salary. After a period of time, she should soon understand that making money is not easy and will have a correct understanding of money."
"Yes, I just want her to have a correct view of money. Adam, when we return to Mumbai, I will let my daughter report to Priyanka."
"I'm fine."
Nan Yi agreed readily, but in his mind he was wondering if Niraji had any other special intention in doing so.
After signing the equity agreement, Sonu quickly introduced Pabu as a "dry" shareholder. The labor group had connections in the City Hall and the Mumbai Police Department. Then, Nan Yi told Sonu to operate the shares of United Cement, and Sonu immediately brought Niraj to the bureau.
Things seemed to be going smoothly, but the extra eyes in Peacock Villa cast a shadow on the cooperation between Nan Yi and Sonu. It was hard to say whose idea it was to put the eyes there.
It could be Sonu’s idea, or it could be Prabhu’s idea, or it could be the result of a discussion between the two, or it could be the work of a third party, although the possibility of a third party’s involvement is unlikely.
Afterwards, Sonu and the other two tacitly gave Nan Yi and Priyanka a chance to be alone together. The meaning behind this is very intriguing.
Sonu has been to New York, so it is impossible for him not to know that the relationship between Scarlett and Nan Yi is not simple. Priyanka has also met Sayuri Hagiwara and Sophie Marceau at Peacock Villa. Putting the two together, Sonu should be very clear about Nan Yi's virtues when it comes to women.
Based on the information revealed so far, Nan Yi cannot grasp Sonu’s true thoughts for the time being, so he can only wait and see.
"Master, dinner is ready."
Just as Nan Yi stopped thinking, one of Niraji's servants came over to report.
"Everyone, let's go over and have dinner first, and then go to bed early. We will start hunting early tomorrow morning. I suggest that we have a hunting competition to see who can kill the most prey and the heaviest weight." Niraji said.
Pabu smiled and said, "I agree. I have served in the army for many years. It is obvious that I will win tomorrow."
"Not necessarily. Although I have no military experience, I have many years of hunting experience. It's hard to say who will win." Sonu said lightly.
"Ha, I'm probably at the bottom. Not to mention hunting, I don't even have much experience shooting moving targets."
"Adam, hunting is actually shooting at a fixed target. The moment the prey is still is the best time to shoot. If the prey runs, it is difficult to hit their vital points." Sonu said: "You can stay with me tomorrow, and I will teach you some hunting experience."
"That's great."
