Global Food Tour

Chapter 246 The boundless loneliness at this moment.

Thinking of this, Zhang Feng had the slightest urge to go into the mine, but below, there was a 700-meter abyss. Suddenly, he was a little dizzy, but then Zhang Feng walked to the tour guide, stuffed two hundred dollars again, and asked The tour guide contacted him. For the sake of money, the tour guide added the hundreds of dollars that Zhang Feng had given him before. Finally, he nodded seriously and said that after he took everyone to visit, he would go find him during the free tour. Ask people you know well.

"Thank you."

"Should be."

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Then the team continued to visit.

The Cullinan diamond mine was acquired by the diamond industry trust DE BEERS since World War I and was developed until 2010. Most of the diamonds produced in Cullinan are used in jewelry processing.When he was a teenager, DE BEERS placed an advertisement for diamond rings in China, "A diamond is forever, a diamond will last forever." The very beautiful slogan is still fresh in people's minds.

Later I learned that behind the beautiful diamonds there are many unbeautiful stories.Using diamonds to represent eternal love is entirely just a commercial means.In fact, nothing in this world is eternal.

Later, after Zhang Feng paid a part of the fee, he agreed that if Zhang Feng picked the diamonds with the workers within two days, Zhang Feng could buy them at half price. The answer I got was accurate, but everything had to start at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

After leaving the Cullinan Diamond Mine, Zhang Feng and his car kept driving east.

Outside the window is the endless withered yellow farmland, which is said to be dominated by corn fields.Contrary to the northern hemisphere, it is rainy season in South Africa, but this year it has suffered the worst drought in decades.

At the same time, many parts of Europe and Asia have suffered floods that have not been seen in decades.

In recent years, global climate variability has been increasingly felt. Winters no longer snow, summers are getting longer, and earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and natural disasters occur frequently.Whenever I think of these things, I always feel a sense of powerlessness.It would be great if there really were superheroes like those in movies who protect the earth.The unprecedented era of comfort, modernity, and material abundance that mankind is enjoying has come at the expense of large-scale destruction of the natural environment.

Humans are really smart, but also really stupid.While building the paradise of his dreams, he is also digging a grave for himself.

The gray asphalt road, the blue sky, and the withered yellow cornfields stretch endlessly into the distance.Many of the roads are newly built, even with the sheen of asphalt.Suddenly there will be a few huge smoking chimneys, some factory-like messy buildings, stacked together in a dusty manner, as if a lonely city has emerged from a thousand miles of wasteland, but there is no trace of people, which is inexplicably surreal means.

Occasionally, a lone car drives oncoming, mostly white or blue.However, whenever there is a red car, the whole picture seems to suddenly come alive and become brighter.

Occasionally, a solitary tree will appear on the side of the road. Even though it is solitary, it seems that it was born in this wilderness for no reason, but it still strives to grow and is beautiful.I have a natural affinity for all trees, as if I have a spiritual connection with them.They are always so silent, yet full of vitality and poetry.I also want to believe that every tree that grows on the roadside when I pass by is a mortal relationship that I cultivated after praying in front of the Buddha for 500 years.

At 15:[-], Zhang Feng and the others arrived at a farm for lunch.Privately owned farms are ridiculously large.The central building is a huge restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows, which can accommodate dozens of people to eat at the same time.

Surrounding the restaurant is a well-manicured garden with gurgling water in the fountain, lush plants and colorful flowers, just like an oasis in the desert.The restaurant and the garden were full of French, Americans, and Italians shouting.

After finishing his meal in a hurry, Zhang Feng walked out of the garden and came to the open field.Zhang Feng couldn't tell at a glance what kind of crops were planted here, anyway, there were only dead grass that could not be seen at this time.

Standing alone in the wilderness, with the wind whizzing by, cool and warm, I was very confused for a moment, feeling like I don’t know what day and night it is, as if an astronaut is standing on some unknown planet.

However, Zhang Feng enjoyed this moment of boundless loneliness very much.

A small Nedbeles folk village has also been reproduced on the farm for visitors to visit and sell souvenirs. The Nedbeles, an indigenous people of South Africa, are known for their fondness for painting colorful geometric patterns on their houses and for wearing heavy metal collars around women's necks.

Legend has it that when the male ancestors of this nation encountered fairies descending to earth, they would put heavy metal hoops around their necks to prevent them from flying away, so this custom has been passed down.In comparison, Chinese legends are more romantic. Mortal men who want to keep fairies just want to fall in love with them.

It seems to remember that there are also ethnic groups with similar peculiar customs in Southeast Asia, and the long neck is the beauty.In order to increase the length of the neck, women have added layers of collars to their necks since childhood.Regardless of the inconvenience in life, if you take off the collar, you will break your neck and die.

Perhaps it is unknown what origins these peoples of Africa and Asia had in ancient times.But it can be seen that men all over the world persecute women in order to possess them, and the imagination they have exerted is amazing.

The most amazing thing is that these abnormal persecutions can be upgraded to the aesthetics of a nation, country, and era, and even women themselves agree with it.

In fact, I have some complicated feelings about such folk villages.The descendants of these ethnic groups no longer live in their traditional way, and modern society does not allow them to live in this way anymore.

The folk village has left an empty shell without any vitality.This is actually just a theater where some actors come to perform and sell some performance souvenirs.However, if even this shell is no longer preserved, what will be left of the human past?Of course, I want to say that the ancient traditions of many countries and nations in the world have disappeared, but the persecution of women continues in one form or another.

In the evening, the car drove into the mountains and stopped in a small town called the resting place of pilgrims. At the end of the 19th century, gold mines were discovered nearby, and gold prospectors came in droves, and the town was formed from this.But it may be that the scale of the gold mine is not large, and the town has not further developed into a city. However, the architectural style of the 19th century has been preserved, and it has become a national cultural heritage site in South Africa.

When Zhang Feng found out that time did not allow him to play anymore, he had to go back to drill a small town and live there. The next day he could go down to dig diamonds with the workers in the mine. Most of the work was done manually. Humans have some abilities , No matter how powerful the machine is, it can't replace it.

(End of this chapter)