Golden Fishing Village

Ao Muyang greeted the young man again. No matter what he said, the young man did not respond. He just looked at the sea alone with his arms and knees.

"What does he seem to be looking for?" Jiang Caoqi asked.

Zhong Cang frowned and said, "I think he is deaf and can't hear anything."

"How is this possible?" Ao Muyang shook his head. He approached from behind the young man. The young man immediately turned his head to look at him, his eyes still very alert.

Looking at the young man, Ao Muyang showed a friendly smile and said: "Hi, hello, can you understand Chinese?"

The young man looked at him expressionlessly, still showing no reaction.

Ao Mudong was dissatisfied and said: "What the hell is this? Why are you pretending to be cool after we rescued Mad? How cruel is he? Damn! If it can't be done, throw him back into the sea. We don't care about him!"

It's not that he was angry. If the young man always didn't respond, it would be very difficult for them. They couldn't take the young man back to the country, right? When the time comes, the young people still don't speak, and they can't enter the customs.

Zhong Cang went to get a bottle of wine. He said behind the young man: "Hey, buddy, how about a drink?"

The young man did not respond and was still looking at Ao Muyang.

Zhong Cang raised his voice: "Brother, look here, LOOK-ME..."

"LOOK-AT-ME, that's how it should be said in English." Ao Wenchang corrected.

The young man still didn't respond.

Zhong Cang stamped his feet vigorously, and the young man immediately turned back to look at him.

Seeing this, Zhong Cang said to Ao Muyang: "My guess is correct, he should be deaf, but his senses are very sensitive and he can feel changes in the environment through the vibration of the soles of his feet."

Hearing what he said, Jiang Caoqi slapped his forehead fiercely and said: "I know, Bayao tribe, this person is a member of the Bayao tribe among the sea nomads!"

Ao Mudong wondered: "Bayao people? What kind of ethnic group is this? Yao people's father? I know the Yao people."

"The Yao people will be beaten if they hear what you said." Ao Muyang said, "The Bayao people, this nation has nothing to do with our country. It is a nation in Southeast Asia. The people of the tribe spend their whole lives diving into the sea to fish. They are called ' Sea Gypsies', the world's last sea nomads."

Jiang Caoqi nodded and said: "Yes, in fact, the word Bayao means 'son of the ocean'. It is also translated as 'servants of the sea god'. Malaysians call them people of the sea."

"How did you see it?" Ao Muyang asked.

Jiang Caoqi said: "In order to adapt to the underwater environment and dive better, the Bayao people will take the initiative to pierce their eardrums when they were children, and they are all deaf."

Ao Wenchang smiled and shook his head: "Xiao Jiang, are you talking about something from street stall literature? I read an introduction about the Bayao people in college, and there was no such thing at all. They can talk and sing. The Bayao people have a unique Folk song, what is it called?”

"Iko-Iko, an epic folk song of the Bajau people. If sung without interruption, this song can last for two days and two nights. The lyrics record the history of the Bajau people, including where they have been and what marine life they have seen. What kind of message is the soul of the sea sending to them? It's very complicated." Jiang Caoqi continued.

Ao Wenchang said: "It seems like this, you know the Bayao people quite well."

Jiang Caoqi said: "When I was an anti-poaching volunteer, the captain was a strange man who traveled around the world. He had dealt with the Bayao people in the sea. The Bayao people are now divided into two categories. One is those who have entered the public eye. For example, some people now live on the coast of Indonesia. The government built stilt houses for them and forced them to live ashore. "

"There is another type, the traditional Poseidon servants. They will not go ashore. They stay in the sea all their lives. It is difficult to survive after going ashore. Just like people on land will get seasick when taking a boat, they will also get dizzy on land. "

Ao Mudong was delighted: "Is there such a thing?"

Jiang Caoqi smiled and said: "Yes, the servants of Poseidon are the orthodox Bayao people. They have had their eardrums pierced since childhood."

Zhong Cang handed the bottle to the young man. The young man did not accept it, but took a cautious step back.

Jiang Caoqi continued: "Actually, it's not difficult to tell whether he is a member of the Bayao tribe. There is one interesting thing that the public doesn't know. That is, what do you think the totem creature of the Servant of Poseidon is?"

"Shark!" Ao Wenchang reacted immediately.

Ao Muyang shook his head: "Xiao Jiang said that the public doesn't know that it is definitely not a creature in the sea. The totem creature they worship should be a land animal or a bird."

Jiang Caoqi snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "You are so smart, raptor. Their totem is a raptor, especially a sea eagle!"

Ao Muyang understood what he meant, and Jiang Caoqi wanted to use this to verify the young man's identity.

He looked up at the sky and waved his arms vigorously.

The queen hovering in the air quickly flew down after seeing it. Its wings rubbed against the space and made a hunting sound. The sound was silent and was completely suppressed by the waves. But when it descended, the young man immediately raised his head. .

The queen eats a little gold drop every day, and her body is transformed by the gold drop. She looks extremely powerful, and her feathers seem to have a layer of oil, and the sunlight shines on them, making them sparkle.

When its trace became clear, the young man immediately stood at attention, his expressionless face finally changed, and he looked intoxicated!

The queen landed on Ao Muyang's shoulder, Ao Muyang pointed at the young man, and then it took off and flew towards the young man.

Looking at the Steller's Sea Eagle flying towards him, the young man suddenly knelt on the ground.

Jiang Caoqi went up and used simple sign language to tell him that the reason he was saved was that the sea eagle spotted him and guided the crew to rescue him to the shore.

After understanding what he meant, the young man quickly knelt on his knees, with an extremely pious expression on his face, and gestured with his hands on his head and body, leaning over to face the queen with the force of his knees.

Jiang Caoqi turned around and said, "That's right, the Bajau people, this is the servant of the sea god."

Ao Muyang knew the Bajau people, but he didn't know much about this ethnic group.

So, he looked at this scene in amazement and said, "What's going on? How can this sea nomadic people use a fierce dog as a totem?"

Ao Wenchang was also puzzled: "Yes, according to convention, they should use fierce fish in the sea as a totem."

Jiang Caoqi said: "This is a long story. First of all, let's explain it from the origin of the Bajau people. It is said that a long time ago, the most beautiful princess in Johor, Malaysia was washed away in a flood. The King of Johor was very sad, so he sent his most elite guards to sea to search, and issued a death order that they were not allowed to return until the princess was found!"

"The guards went out to sea with their families, and they could not find the princess after traveling on the sea for many years. The captain of the guard was ashamed and led his men and his family to never return to land. Eventually, he became the ancestor of the Bajau people."

"On the way to find the princess, they still had to contact the King of Johor. There were no telephones and telegraphs at that time. What did they rely on? They relied on carefully trained birds of prey as messengers."

"In other words, in history, their entire tribe relied on birds of prey to connect with the land, so they naturally developed a raptor worship!"