Chapter 953 Tribe Feud (2/2)

belched out a cloud of smoke and said, ”Not bad.”

The old man kept smiling and nodded. ”Welcome, welcome, guests from afar. In the

evening we will have a fest in honor of your arrival.”

”You are very kind, Mr. Chief. We appreciate it very much,” Li Du said.

The chief spoke English, although with some accent, but there was no communication

barrier, which was good.

The lion hunter nodded and took Li Du and the others away, apparently not too keen to

stay around the chief.

He led the group of people around the fourth floor, towards the back of the building,

where they saw a Zulu mud house.

Zulu mud houses looked a bit like big mushrooms and were made of clay paste covered

with long thick grass to shelter the inhabitants from wind and rain.

The lion hunter gestured at the tidy-looking hut, which was completely overshadowed by

the building in front of him. He smiled and said, ”My friends, please come in.”

Li Du nodded and said, ”Cool. Is this your original home? It's more interesting than the

buildings and the houses outside.”

The lion hunter smiled and said, ”Li, you have culture. That is nice of you to say.

Actually, among the Zulu tribes, only the poor live in Kanda.”

Kanda was the name of this kind of earth house, which was also known as honeycomb

house.

It was interesting that in Zulu, Kanda meant a mother's arms, which showed the

people's attachment to this kind of dwelling.

However, with the economic growth and the influence of outside culture, there were not

many people still living in these small mud houses. Everyone strove to earn money to

build a big, modern house.

Li Du said, ”You are not poor.”

The lion hunter sat down on a log and said slowly, ”My father was poor, my grandfather

was poor, and our family has always been poor.” As if recalling memories, he touched

the tables, chairs, and other furniture in the hut and asked, ”Can you see that I have a

bad relationship with the chief?”

Li Du nodded and stopped talking. Obviously, what the lion hunter wanted him to do

now was to listen.

The lion hunter said, ”When I was sixteen years old, I fell in love with a girl… ha ha ha,

for real, I fell head over heels with her. Well, you saw our family house. We didn't have

eleven cows, so I couldn't marry her. Do you know who married her?”

Sophie said quietly, ”The old chief?”

The lion hunter nodded. ”Wise lady, may I ask, what degree do you have?”

Sophie did not understand why he asked. She hesitated and said, ”A master's degree.”

The lion hunter nodded again and said seriously, ”So I made sure that my daughters

went to school. I gave more property to the ones who earned a higher degree, to give

them the incentive to study. You see, women who have received higher education are

more intelligent.”

He continued, ”The woman I loved, she had not gone to school, and neither had her

parents. They were too stupid to choose me and married her to the chief, and do you

know what happened?”

Li Du shook his head.

The lion hunter said, ”A month later, I stole the tribe's beef jerky, got into the trunk of a

car and left. When I came back five years later, the girl I loved had been dead for four

years due to a difficult delivery.”

”This is a real tragedy,” said Li Du regretfully.

”Yes. I have always wanted to find her, to see her again, and to thank her when I saw

her. If she had chosen to marry me, I would have become just as stupid as those fools

out there. And I would not be what I am now!” said the lion hunter.

Li Du did not know what to say.