Chapter 588 Exotic Customs (Very Large Chapter)

Han Li followed the lights and walked far away. After walking for more than an hour, the people in front slowed down, and the shadow of a town was vaguely seen in the distance.

Han Li looked at the distance and it was indeed a town, because there was a large area of ​​light there, not torches, but the light of electric lights.

What place is this? Han Li subconsciously became alert after seeing the light of the electric lights, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

This is because the place where Han Li left the railway was very close to the border, and he had no sense of direction now, and he didn't know where he was at all. If he stepped into other countries and was discovered, it would be terrible.

Although Han Li was nervous, he finally found a town, and he had to go in to understand what this place was, so that even if he went back, he would have a general direction.

Han Li had just gained proficiency in Mongolian and Russian, so he had no problem communicating at all, and his appearance and skin color were not a big problem.

Needless to say, most of them in Mongolia belonged to the yellow race, and Han Li only needed to make himself a little rough.

The problem with the Russians was not too big, because the Golden Horde expanded a long time ago, when it was called the Principality of Moscow, and their tsars all had yellow blood.

Even in this era, there are some yellow faces on the Russian side, but some of them are mixed with too many generations, so it is not so easy to distinguish.

For example: L Ning, and the Russian Marshal Timoshen G, the Cavalry Commander-in-Chief Oka GL Devikov, etc. Han Li only needs to make a fake beard for himself.

After Han Li made up his mind, he squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and continued to rush towards the direction of the light. When the distance was about the same, he stopped for safety.

Han Li dismounted and patted the brown horse, stretched out his mental power and legs to rush forward alone.

When Han Li approached, he found that this was a typical Russian-style residential wooden building. The wooden buildings here were similar to those in China. If there was a difference, the houses here were painted with colors. Most of the walls were white and yellow, and only the frames of the doors and windows and the roofs were painted in various colors. In front of every household, there was a large yard surrounded by a fence made of wooden strips, which was brighter than the wooden buildings in Han Li's clinic and He Mi's house.

After observing the environment, language, and clothing, Han Li quickly returned to the brown horse, and then selected a few clothes with local folk customs from the Russian specialties he seized during his first trip to Bingcheng.

The upper body was a coarse cotton jacket and belt, the lower body was a pair of thickened and velvet skinny pants, a sheepskin shearing leather "Wushan" (L-front hat) on the head, a pair of high-top sheepskin boots on the feet, and a lapel sheepskin long coat on the outside.

The most important thing on the body is the inconspicuous belt, because Han Li just heard the conversation between two girls in the house when he was exploring the environment.

The Russians attach great importance to belts. They believe that belts can not only keep warm, but also bless peace, because belts symbolize the circular shape of sunlight and can bring good luck to people.

Before two people get married in Russia, the first gift given by the future daughter-in-law to the future parents-in-law is a belt embroidered by herself, so most women here have learned embroidery and sewing belts since their teenage years.

Han Li changed his whole body, and finally touched his chin, took out a piece of deerskin and decomposed a lot of short hair from it, then took out the deer antler paste he made in his spare time, melted it, and applied the deer hair to his face, and finally trimmed it slightly, and his image was completely changed.

After a careful inspection, there was no big flaw, so Han Li rode on the brown horse and rushed towards the town.

Only after Han Li came in did he find that only one place in the small town was busy at this time, and there were basically no people in other places. This made it impossible for him to inquire about the news and exchange some currency, so he could only bite the bullet and tie his brown horse to the door of this bar and walk in.

As soon as he opened the door, Han Li heard people inside talking loudly in various languages, Mongolian, Russian, and languages ​​he didn't understand. But think about it, although he didn't know where this place was, it was definitely not too far from Manz, which made it not surprising that there were many ethnic groups and complex environments and various languages.

However, these thoughts only flashed through Han Li's mind, because he seemed to have found the few people he had just followed.

Why? Because most of the people here were dressed in old Russian clothes, and only those few people were out of tune with the others.

But no matter they or the others in the tavern, they didn't care at all. They drank when they should drink, boasted when they should brag, and took advantage of the waiters. From time to time, you can hear the laughter and scolding of the waiters who served the guests.

Seeing this situation, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief. This situation might be caused by the special geography, a tacit understanding formed over a long period of time, or a rule.

Han Li first walked to the front of the bar and ordered a glass of vodka. As for the money, he borrowed it from the pocket of the friend next to him.

Holding the wine in his hand, he observed the few people. In order to ensure that he could hear their conversation, Han Li found a place close to them and sat down. Only then did he have the mind to look at the situation in the bar.

It must be said that the waiters here are dressed quite lightly, really in white. There are also many women who are obviously customers who are dressed so lightly, and the number of women in this bar obviously occupies the majority.

When Han Li was giving these scores in his mind, a waitress walked up to those people and said.

"Agudamu, our boss welcomes your arrival. He just came back and asked me to invite you to the office to talk."

"Oh, is Uncle Yevgenyev back? Then take us there quickly. We must cross the black burning zone and return to our tribe before dawn."

When Han Li saw two of them following the waiter upstairs, he immediately stretched out his mental power to not miss any of their movements.

Agudamu and the boss Yevgenyev here started the transaction after a polite exchange of goods, but Agudamu paid for wolf skins, sheep skins, and other supplies, while the boss took out some common daily necessities such as salt, sugar, tea, wine, and offal. Among them, the price of wine was the most expensive, and the offal was almost free.

Han Li thought about it. It was much cheaper for these people to come to Yevgeniyev than in the mainland. At least many things did not require tickets, and there were almost no cow offal. This might be the reason why they took the risk to come here.

At the same time, Han Li also learned about the black burning zone in their casual chat. It was the border between the two countries.

Due to the conditions of this era, the border was not surrounded by high barbed wire, but a "firebreak" about 100 meters wide. This firebreak was plowed half the width of the boundary marker according to the agreement between the two countries. Every spring and autumn, both sides would start to light and plow this firebreak with high-powered tractors.

After plowing, the firebreak no longer grew grass and became soft land. Once there were vehicles and personnel crossing the border, they would leave traces.

In addition, Han Li also knew that the border defense force of this era was very weak. Each border station was dozens of kilometers apart, and some border stations had only three or five soldiers.

The daily task of these soldiers is to lookout and patrol the border. Even though these soldiers are very conscientious, they are limited by the times and their equipment is very simple. Soldiers usually walk, ride horses, or ride camels, and patrol dozens of kilometers.

It is very difficult to patrol dozens of kilometers under such conditions, and people are not machines, and it is impossible to patrol 24 hours a day. This has caused many tribes near the border to run here to exchange supplies during their free time.

The life of the Russians is not very good here, and many of their supplies also need to be rationed by their superiors, which is similar to our current domestic situation.

However, due to the large territory of the Russians and the current transportation and storage conditions, many vegetables cannot be rationed to the whole country, let alone milk and dairy products, so a lot of unnecessary losses were caused at the beginning.

Finally, with the tacit consent of the above, collective farmers' markets for local transactions have emerged in the Russians, and some vegetables, dairy products, perishable fish and meat are allowed to be traded nearby.

Because the collective farmers' markets are all private sellers, they will set prices according to the demand at the time. Although you can bargain, the final price you pay is much more expensive than that of state-owned stores, but the quality is quite fresh.

The rise of collective farmers' markets has caused a reduction in the supply of meat in some small cities, so those urban residents have to go to the farmers' markets in the countryside to buy meat, but the meat here is much more expensive than that of state-owned stores. If you can't afford it, you can choose meat patties made from the leftover scraps.

Where there are interests, there will be all kinds of privacy. Later, residents in the city would bring their unfinished rations to the collective farmers' markets to exchange for supplies. After the market received them, they would find ways to turn these things into their own profits.

As for the state-owned stores on the Russian side, as soon as fresh food is put on the shelves, it will be snapped up by people who get the news and line up.

Only those things that can be preserved for a long time are left in the food area. Things like canned food, canned juice, cheese, milk powder, sausages, biscuits, candy, etc. are still in sufficient supply "at present".

Yevgenyev, the owner of this bar, does this kind of business, but his hands are longer.

Moreover, the people from the tribe do not only choose Yevgenyev to exchange. Most of the residents here can get some benefits from it. For a long time, the tribe and the people here have formed a tacit understanding, or a rule, that no one will provoke anyone. This is also the reason why people like Agudamu can trade here with peace of mind.

At this time, the two groups of people above have completed the transaction. Agudamu was pulled into a room by the waiter who called him just now. The remaining person came down and nodded with a smile to his companions.

At this time, some of them began to drink heavily, while others pulled the waiter to whisper something, and then walked to the back of the bar together.

Although their voices were low, Han Li heard them clearly, but at this time he did not care about being surprised, and silently counted the spoils that he got from his first trip to Ice City, which were like small shops.

Television, radio, various clocks, watches, pocket watches, turntable phonographs, vinyl records, instant coffee, vodka, etc.

Among this batch of things, only the "Commander" watch has commemorative value and can be saved. I don't dare to use other things, so I might as well take this opportunity to replace them all.

Black and white? If that were the case, Han Li wouldn't be polite. After all, they were all foreigners here, so he wouldn't feel guilty if a few of them died. It would also help him save these things.

A cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes. He went to the front desk and asked for a pen and paper. He quickly wrote down on the paper in Russian the items to be redeemed from the decomposition space, and then reached out to greet a waiter.

"Please help me give this to your boss Yevgenyev. If he is interested in the above things, we can meet and discuss it in detail."

The waiter took the folded paper from Han Li's hand, reached out and touched his chest, and gave him an ambiguous look before leaving.

Even if it is a big horse, Han Li is not in the mood to ride his horse and whip his whip at the moment. The transaction is the most important thing for him now.

As soon as the waiter left, a rather plump and blond young woman approached Han Li and whispered.

"Friend, it seems that you want to exchange supplies with Yevgenyev."

Han Li glanced at the other person warily and wanted to step aside. Unexpectedly, this person was not embarrassed at all and put his hand on his shoulder and continued.

"Don't get me wrong, friend. My name is Diana and I am the person in charge of the nearby collective farm. I also have a lot of things in my hands that I can exchange with you. If your needs are greater, the person in charge of the twenty farms in the Zakalisky area I am familiar with them all, and some of them are still my good friends for many years. I can help you contact them. Under normal circumstances, they can definitely satisfy you. Don’t be in a hurry to refuse. The second house with blue walls in the east of the town is my home. You If you think about it, you can come to me anytime."

After Diana finished speaking, she gave Han Li a charming look, twisted her plump body, and left.

Han Li didn't say a word during the entire process because his mental energy remained in Yevgenyev's office.

After the waiter went in and handed the note to Yevgenyev, the other party took one look and asked Han Li to come up without much change in his expression.

Han Li frowned when he saw this situation, but when the waiter came to invite him, he still followed him upstairs.

When Han Li came in, Yevgenyev greeted him warmly. After the two sat down and asked Han Li's name, they began various tests, including smoking cigars, tasting whiskey, wine, etc.

Although Han Li lived an average life in his last life, he had seen many selfie videos of people showing off their wealth. He was not troubled by these basic things for the time being, not to mention that Yevgenyev was at best a country rich man. , he also knew a little about many things, and was coaxed by Han Li to be stunned on some issues.

After some testing and competition between the two, Yevgenyev determined that Han Li's identity was extraordinary, and he already had preliminary intentions for this transaction.

Don't look at it. At this time, the penetration rate of TV sets in urban households has reached more than 65%, but it is still a rarity in remote places.

Moreover, a black-and-white TV is expensive. It requires an ordinary worker to save money without eating or drinking for a year to buy one.

So the two people used the TV as a rough standard and began to discuss the items and quantities for the transaction. After some haggling, they quickly reached an agreement. In addition to all kinds of beef and mutton, there were actually two complete tigers and There are some bear bile, tiger bones, tiger whip, etc.

Unfortunately, in order to maintain his own mystery, Han Li had no way to ask for those cattle and sheep that cost almost nothing, so he could only find a solution elsewhere.

But in the end, Yevgenyev said that it would take him three days to mobilize these items, and that he would need to use too many manpower and material resources during this period, so he asked Han Li to pay a small deposit for the insurance period.

Han Li was not afraid that the other party would lie to him. Even if he was cheated, he could get it back in multiples with his own hands, so he directly reached into his pocket and took out a few pocket watches and put them on the table.

Yevgenyev looked through these brand-new pocket watches with a happy smile on his face. After the two of them decided on the time and place for delivery, Han Li was about to leave.

But Yevgenyev pulled Han Li and refused to let him go. He said that since Han Li had paid the deposit, they were now partners, and he had to express his feelings no matter what.

After saying that, he immediately rang the bell in the room, and then five beautiful horses walked in for Han Li to choose from.

Han Li's mental strength did not see any other situation, and if he did not choose this stance now, Yevgenyev would not let him leave.

So Han Li selected all five with a wave of his hand. Yevgenyev was surprised. He thought Han Li was trying to slap the fat man in the face, so he smiled and asked these five people to greet the guests. No matter what, you must satisfy the other party.

The room that Han Li was taken to was very large, with all kinds of things in it, especially the bed and sofa, which were very large, and the fireplace was burning brightly, which made the room very warm.

Han Li would never make fun of his body at any time. After taking and checking the pulses of the five of them one by one during the fight, the room suddenly became lively.

At first there was only the crackling sound of the wood burning in the fireplace, and the whirring sound of the flame rising into the sky.

When many sounds blend together, it becomes a beautiful symphony.

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When Han Li left, it was still dark. He felt refreshed. To be honest, he had never been so reckless since he practiced the Spring Breeze and Rain Art.

This was also a new experience, but wouldn't life be more meaningful if you constantly experience all kinds of life?

As for the five big horses whose names Han Li didn't even remember, they were now sleeping in various postures.

When Han Li left, he certainly didn't forget to use his mental power to check if he was being followed. He didn't find anything unusual until he left the town, but Han Li still didn't feel relieved. He set up several suspicious formations on the road before riding into the nearby forest.

And after entering the forest, the first thing Han Li did was to catch a few unknown birds.

After performing the "Primary Beast Taming Technique" on them, he immediately sent them to monitor Yevgenyev.

Only then did Han Li feel at ease to find a suitable place for himself to rest. Not long after, a small wooden house appeared in a hidden valley, surrounded by a fence made of tree trunks to ensure the safety of the brown horse.

When Han Li was lying on the bed in the wooden house with his eyes closed to rest, he began to count his recent gains in his heart.

The first is Han Li's mental power. Before he came out this time, he had reached 33 meters after many blessings.

Li Hongxia may have given birth to a child, so she only gave half a meter of blessing that time. Of course, that was just Han Li's initial guess.

But what Han Li didn't expect was that the five big horses last night were young and beautiful, and there was no sign of having given birth after examination, but each of them only gave Han Li half a meter of blessing.

What is the reason for this? Is it a racial reason?

Han Li scratched his head a little puzzled. It seems that he can only confirm what the reason is by doing more experiments.

However, Han Li looked at his current mental power coverage, which had reached 36 meters, and fell asleep with a smile on his face.

It was already afternoon when Han Li woke up. After getting up, he simply washed up, fed the brown horse first, and then made food for himself.

After doing all this, Han Li didn't want to stay here. The offal of cattle and sheep was good stuff. He had to find a way to get some back. In addition, he also needed to return to the town to communicate with the birds that he had released to monitor Yevgenyev.

Han Li changed his clothes and changed his beard to look like a brand new face.

However, the brown horse was too obvious to ride, so Han Li locked it in the wooden house, put enough grass and water, and then got up and returned to the town again.

Han Li came to the edge of the town and communicated with the birds sent over first, but found that none of the birds were here, but they were not dead.

Then Han Li figured out that Yevgenyev should have gone out to adjust supplies, and these stupid birds didn't know to leave one to report the news, and all of them followed him.

Han Li shook his head and walked into the town. There were quite a few people on the street now, which was much more lively than last night.

Han Li didn't expect that the first store he saw when he entered the town was a bookstore, and there were many people reading books and newspapers inside.

But after a little thought, it became clear that in this era, there were no computers, no online games, and no smart phones. Reading and reading newspapers became one of the necessary choices for people to kill time.

Next, Han Li saw the state-owned store here, which had a lot of canned food, sausages and other things. Unfortunately, he didn't have the local currency in his hand, and the gold bars and jewelry were too cheap, so he could only take a look from a distance.

Han Li walked slowly and admired the people and buildings full of exotic customs, just like a tourist. The distance between the buildings in this town was even more exaggerated than that in Shanghe Village, giving people a very empty feeling.

Even so, Han Li didn't expect to reach the end of the road while walking and walking.

When he turned around, he saw a house painted with blue paint in front of him, which reminded Han Li of the young woman named Diana who had chatted with him last night. She seemed to be the head of a collective farm.

Thinking of this, Han Li used his mental power to explore the house, and found that only Diana was inside. She was sitting in front of the table and writing something.

PS: I forgot to divide the chapters, and I will "try" to write a chapter later.

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This is a super long chapter with more than 6,000 words. Mao Sui will try to update another chapter later.