Cartoonist's Dream

We narrowly divide races into yellows, blacks, and whites. In fact, there is another kind of people that is distinguished, and they are called Arabs.

Even Libya, located in North Africa, is not a large area of ​​black skin as imagined.The streets of the UAE and Libya are mostly typical Arab handsome men and beautiful women.The man is wearing a white coat, with a well-proportioned and straight figure, and his face shape can catch the eyes of people from all over the world; the woman's figure is excellent, although she wears a coat and a turban, she is still unavoidably beautiful.

As a manga author, Li Mu needs to carry a small notebook with him at all times to record various images that he has never seen before.However, the meaning of "material" is not limited to this. Perhaps for painters or photographers, it is enough to draw or photograph the things they think are beautiful, but cartoonists need to dig deeper while recording images.

The cartoonist's small book can not only record various characters, but also add notes next to the images to mark their cultural connotations——

[...Arabs think that women will be exposed in white, so women generally wear dark clothes. 】[

Li Mu wrote the explanation of the truth and falsehood into the notebook.In fact, it is indeed one of the reasons for women to wear dark clothes. Under Li Mu's continued questioning, Mu Man and Sura each gave several different reasons.

One of the more credible is that colors have symbolic surnames in Muslim religious beliefs.

Another way of saying it is that men chose white, so they lost the right to choose white.

The climate in the Arabian region is hot, and white can reflect light of various colors, absorb less heat, and feel cool.And Muslim male surnames have higher rights than female surnames,

The first time I met with the Mu family, before the sun set and Hongxia disappeared, Li Mu was in the surprised eyes of these old antiques.Raise your hands, place your hands on your earlobes, and pray with your fingers separated naturally

"Allah Akbal (???????: Allah Akbar)."

His demeanor makes the family think he is really a Muslim, even if it is fake, it shows that he is studying hard, and Muslims will add another brother soon.

So, with his own efforts and Mu's help, Li Mu was quickly accepted by Mu's family... This is a later story.In fact, there are many Muslim believers in China. According to the teachings of Allah: Muslims are brothers and sisters, and they are a family. Therefore, it is taboo to lend usury to each other, play gambling, break alliances, and seize other people's property.

Limu performed five prayers on time every day. Regardless of whether he was sincere or hypocritical, he had tried his best to express his respect to the head of the household.

The next day, Mu's father gave her enough pocket money to take her Muslim brother and classmate out for fun.But Li Mu wanted to wait until Mo Moxin came before taking her out together, so the first week was basically spent chatting with Mu's family, talking about customs, talking about his own experience, and showing off his talents in front of them.

Oil in the UAE is cheaper than water. You can buy one or two barrels of refined oil at any gas station, and you can buy a container at two or three gas stations.It was not until Limu came here that finding oil sources was not a problem. The biggest difficulty lay in the transportation channels. He knew that the domestic market was monopolized by PetroChina and Sinopec, and any illicit oil was smuggled.

Even if it is private oil, as long as it is shipped to the country, there is no need to worry about selling it... What is worrying is the transportation channel.

In the second week, when Mo Moxin came to the UAE, Li Mu finally started traveling with two roommates.

The UAE is the richest country in the Middle East.It relies on the Persian Gulf peninsula, and it was the Gulf commercial area thousands of years ago. The prosperity of maritime merchants will naturally breed pirates.It wasn't until the middle of the twentieth century that rich oil resources were discovered that the emirates in the Middle East began to develop rapidly into the richest countries in the world.

Going to the streets, what Limu saw in Dubai were all ultra-modern buildings, which were transplanted into reality like science fiction films, without any reason or trace of history.Dubai is the myth of the entire Middle East. Shangri-La in the desert is synonymous with luxury everywhere in the eyes, and the magnificence of the world is gathered here.

Gold seems to be worthless here. All kinds of trinkets and big ornaments are either gold-plated or pure gold. Gold and oil make this luxurious and dazzling land.Muhammad's people are proud of the myth of the purple, intoxicated and golden desert.Of course, behind the tens of thousands of prosperity is the result of busy workers from India and Pakistan sweating profusely under the scorching sun.

...Dubai sells oil when there is oil, and goes sightseeing when there is no oil.

Their transformation has been very successful. There are famous super shopping malls, the world's largest indoor ski resort, and shopping centers with many international brands.

The fly in the ointment is that most of the people you see when you go to the store are old men. For Li Mu, who is used to seeing the domestic beauty and has a shopping guide, he is really frightened by their yang evil spirit.

AM, ubmll, Dubai Mall.

Li Mu, who was wearing a white robe, walked in front, and the three women in black robes followed suit, and behind the four of them was a man full of shopping bags.

That is a mid-range bodyguard who enjoys an annual salary of 50. He can scare people, block people, and hang bags.His practical surname is higher than Isa's, and his combat power is not bad, but compared to Isa, he is just a fighter. This person's name is Bot.

A group of five people, like a little man with three older wives, and an accompanying servant walking around the mall.

In fact, Limu didn't order Bot to do the hanging bag.Bot, who was originally not interested in oriental women, is now fascinated by Mu Man and Sura.All the bags on his body belonged to them, and Mo Moxin and Li Mu rarely bought anything. [

Looking at the big bosses (beautiful men) guarding the store along the way, Li Mu couldn't resist the desire to enter the store to buy.With so many old men grabbing easy jobs, do all the women in Dubai sit in offices?

Or be a tailor at home?To sew black robes on them?It's a bit unrealistic to guess, they can't make a living from it.

Suspicious Li Mu turned to the right and asked two Arab women

"Mm, Su La, all the old men here are doing service work? The division of labor is a bit strange, shouldn't women do light work and men do heavy work?"

"Our women don't need to work. Apart from enjoying high government subsidies, marrying a good man and becoming his exclusive product is their greatest life goal."

Tom was speaking dully in English in the gauze.Consciously, she and Sura have long been deviant, wishing to take off the black robe in the street now, or take off the branded clothes under the black robe, it is best to create a relaxing vacuum.

The United Arab Emirates has 12 months a year, 6 months of summer and 6 months of spring.The season is very similar to Nanhua, but it is 7 or 8 degrees hotter in comparison.

The sun is shining brightly in Dubai today, just like the summer in Nanhua.

Mo Moxin also put on a robe to show her respect for the local beliefs, but she wore very little under the robe, a sleeved shirt and a pair of cool and breathable thin silk trousers.

Her outfits were all selected by Limu, the fluffy trousers were cool and cool, and could cover up to her ankles, instead of suddenly revealing her white thighs under the robe like wearing shorts.

If the white thighs in the robe were all gone, the child might report loudly: "This woman doesn't wear pants."... or something like that, Mo Moxin would have to hide her face and flee back to the country in shame.

By the way, Mu's robes cost tens of thousands of dollars.In terms of tradition, her family is quite willing to spend money.As for the tuition fees, accommodation fees, and living expenses for studying in Cambridge, they all used the pocket money she had saved.

"Women don't have to work and all get subsidies? You also use subsidies to go to school?"

Limu's values ​​have been subverted by this country.It is not difficult to judge that there are not many jobs in Dubai. As long as there are men, it is enough to handle everything, and women are enough to live a happy life by staying at home and receiving money.

"Please listen to my pronunciation 'high subsidy', not the ordinary subsidy in the UK."

There seems to be no difference between the two in their understanding of subsidies.The mainland's subsidy is...well, let's not talk about it; the British subsidy is to keep people from starving; Dubai's subsidy is to eat enough to make people rich.

"Poor people! By the way, there are always poor people here, slums and rich areas..."

Unwilling Li Mu had a flash of inspiration, raised his head and said with certainty.The gap between the rich and the poor is a common problem in any country. The rich and the poor can distinguish social classes, and it can satisfy the nobles.

"Would you like to see it? The slums."

Seeing Li Mu confidently mentioning the slums, a smile appeared in Mu's exposed eyes, and Li Mu also saw a little pride and proud temperament in her eyes.

"Yes!" he said firmly.

Traveling is naturally about appreciating beautiful and spectacular scenery, but as a manga artist, Li Mu still needs to cultivate his own life experience and pursue a comprehensive understanding of things and culture. (To be continued.)