Chapter 15: The Unknown Journey
Soon the semester is over. For everything this semester, I feel that I have gained a lot, from getting to know Ya, to being with Sister Tao and my brother. All this, it feels like it came too quickly, and it feels like happiness came too suddenly. This semester, my parents were under too much pressure because of the family and house, so I went to Guangdong early, leaving the three brothers at home. My brother has his project to do, and he can be said to be away from home for a long time. And what about my brother, the school asked him to participate in the training, and in short, I was home alone. Staying at home for so long is bound to die of boredom. Why don't I go to Guangdong and find some work with my mothers there? Our family is a medicine picker, who gets up early and returns late every day, picks the medicine, and then sells it at the market. The main ones sold are some body tonics, aphrodisiac healing iron injuries, mainly green body nourishment, and have been sold for more than ten years. The family relies on the sale of medicinal herbs as a source of income. Let's briefly introduce one of the herbs. As far back as I can remember, when I was in junior high school, my parents started selling wild Chinese medicine. It can be said that from the snack to the big, there are mainly wild cattle vigorous, Poria cocos, five-fingered peach, chicken bone grass, honeysuckle, and other wild medicinal materials, most of them are picked on the mountain by themselves, every 3 days, take the market for retail, sell almost an hour to sell out, to the second half of the year, and start to sell wild bee pupa, bee candy.
Niu Dali: Also known as pig's foot hat, golden bell root, mountain lotus root, upside-down hanging golden bell, and vigorous potato. It is a medicinal herb. It is a leguminous legume plant, a beautiful bean vine
Niu vigorously uses the root into medicine, and the main ingredients are protein, starch and alkaloids. Name: Niu Dali, aliases: pig's foot hat, golden bell root, mountain lotus root, inverted hanging golden bell, vigorous potato, plant kingdom: phylum: seed plant, class: dicots, family: legume family: cliff bean vine
Medicinal value: [Sexual taste is returned to Jinggan], flat. Return to the lungs and kidney meridians, [Indications]: replenish deficiency and moisten the lungs, strengthen the muscles and activate the meridians. It is used for lumbar muscle strain, rheumatoid arthritis, treatment of lung fever, lung deficiency cough, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, chronic hepatitis, spermatozoa, leucorrhoea.
[Medicinal properties]: tubers are cylindrical or several spindle-like bodies connected into a string, light yellow or earthy yellow, slightly rough, with ring lines. Most of the products are cut into pieces with a length of 4~9 cm, a width of 2~3 cm, and a thickness of about 0.5~1 cm. The cross-sectional skin is nearly white, with an inconspicuous brown ring on the inner side, and the middle part nearly white, powdery, and slightly loose. The old roots are nearly woody, tough, and the young roots are brittle and easy to break. The breath is slight and the taste is slightly sweet. It is better to have large slices, white colors, powdery textures, and sweet tastes. Growth habits
Growing in the deep mountains and valleys, the smell is sweet, the sex is mild, and it has the effects of aphrodisiac, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing deficiency, strengthening the muscles and activating the nerves, flattening the liver and moistening the lungs. Suitable for: Kidney deficiency, lack of blood qi, rheumatism and bone pain, frequent cough, acute and chronic bronchitis, smoking and inhaling kitchen fumes. Niu Dali, also known as mountain lotus root, is a commonly used mountain herb, one of the characteristic wild soup ingredients in Heyuan, and is often used by the Hakka people to make soup. When boiling, mix with Poria cocos, red adzuki beans, etc. The main ingredients are protein, starch and alkaloids.
Niu Dali Pork Bone Soup: Niu Dali, also known as Dali Potato, Mountain Lotus Root, is one of the famous southern medicines, has the effect of flattening the liver, relaxing the muscles and activating the nerves, replenishing the deficiency and moistening the lungs, and has a good effect on backache and leg pain, rheumatism, chronic hepatitis, tuberculosis, etc. Use it to cook pork bones or stewed chicken, not only has a nourishing effect, but also its taste is delicious and delicious, it is a good soup. Use Niu vigorously and some Poria cocos to cook soup together, which has the effect of strengthening the body. Niu Dali Pork Bone Soup Main Ingredients Niu Dali, Pig Bones, Classification: Soup, Nourishment, Taste: Light Taste, Dish Features: Niu Dali, also known as Dali Potato, Mountain Lotus Root, is one of the famous southern medicines, with the effect of flattening the liver, relaxing the tendons and activating the nerves, replenishing the deficiency and moistening the lungs, and has a good effect on backache and leg pain, rheumatism, chronic hepatitis, tuberculosis, etc. Use it to cook pork bones or stewed chicken, not only has a nourishing effect, but also its taste is delicious and delicious, it is a good soup. Use Niu vigorously and add some soil cocos to cook soup together, which has a strong body. Distribution area: Fujian, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hainan and other places, can be combined with five-finger peach, Poria cocos, together to make soup, Cantonese people especially like to buy back to make soup, every time to sell, at most an hour to sell out.
In case it doesn't work, my mother and I sell medicinal herbs there, so that I can still do something, or go out to work for the summer, and come back to relieve some financial pressure on my family. Now, Ya is also home. She hardly ever goes back to the city. After much thought, I decided to go to Guangdong. The first time I went to such a far place, I was a little jealous. I called my mother, and she was quite supportive. Tell me to send the fare tomorrow. I've got it all in place, brother.
I gave Ya a call. When she received the call, she felt incredible. I don't understand why I have this idea, so I persuaded her. The thought of going to Guangdong, the first time to go so far, and the need to take a car for more than ten hours, is terrifying to think about, and I am a little afraid in my heart, but more curious. He has lived in this small county for more than ten years. The most ambitious is the small town of Sheep Farm. It's still with those few bad friends, and I went when I was picking up girls. Now that I think about it, it's strange that a person goes so far and is not afraid in his heart.
After I received the money from my mother the next day, I went to the station to buy a long-distance sleeper on the same day. I didn't come into the station to buy a ticket, I bought it privately outside, and it was 100 yuan cheaper to buy outside than inside. Come back and get some clothes. My mother told me that Guangdong is very cool, and there is no need to bring thick clothes. I'm still dressed thickly at home, and Ya may live a lot when he comes home, so he doesn't take much care of me. Calls are made almost only once a day. I'm the kind of person who is easy to get excited, easy to beat chicken blood, as long as there is something and what I care about, I will not sleep well. I was very excited. On the night I went to Guangdong, I really couldn't sleep, my mind was blank, like a vacuum. It's really uncomfortable. It is difficult to fall asleep tossing and turning, mainly because the mobile phone cannot be played, and you have to ensure that the mobile phone is charged, for fear that you will not be able to contact your mother. At that time, unlike now, there was no power bank, at that time it was a direct charge, and there was a universal charger, the mobile phone and the battery could be separated, and the all-in-one machine was not yet fully popularized. I didn't close my eyes until around 3 a.m. I set the alarm clock at 6:30, and I like to do things in advance, and I will always be ready in advance for anything.
Early in the morning, I loaded my luggage and came to the station, which was not a direct train to Guangdong, and got a transfer in Guiyang. In this way, my long-distance journey began alone, when I looked at the bus, MD really TMD foreign atmosphere, how could there be such a foreign car so big, I was a mountain cannon into the city. The car is full of novelty. Everything in the big city, I feel curious. I was sent here and there by car. Finally arrived at a car that looked like a house. This driver is really a bully. Seeing that I was a child, let me sit in the last tank. There are a variety of flavors here. I can't help it, but I still put up with it. I didn't bring anything when I went, I brought some water and some dry food, and MA couldn't bring dry food when he got on the bus. At first, I enjoyed the feeling of riding in the car. The longer it goes, the more unbearable it gets. The smell was really uncomfortable. The worst thing is that the air conditioner of this car is broken, I can't go to the toilet, I can't eat, the things I brought were put in the loading box, only a few bottles of water, with water tad and can't drink, can only open the window to blow the natural wind. Although it was almost winter, it was still a little hot when the weather was fine. With the window open, looking at the dazzling scenery outside, I inadvertently felt a little homesick, thinking about my friends, thinking about my Ya, and thinking about the small county town that gave birth to me and raised me. Anyway, use the phone to play around. Turn on the phone to see the battery, there are quite a lot. So he sent a message to Ya, Ya I miss you, do you miss me? Ya took a long time to reply to me. I was about to fall asleep by the window, and I only reacted when I saw the screen of my phone turn on. What's wrong? Are you going? Tell you not to go, you're going, these things are not yet time for us to do. No, there's always a first step. Are you afraid? I'm afraid, I'll be afraid! What do I have to be afraid of? In fact, I am still a little scared in my heart, and it is somewhat timid to go to such a big city alone. It's just a matter of not saying it. I'm a road idiot, I don't have a sense of direction by nature, and I can't tell the difference between the east and the west. Can I not be afraid? What are you doing at home? What are you doing? Raising pigs and chickens, and cows! You still have cows? One of them was raised by my aunt's house, and I went home on vacation, so I left it to me, and it was fun to herd cattle, oh! Okay! If you don't get used to going there, you will come! Well, I know, it's okay and my mother is there! But you should be careful at home herding cattle. Anyway, my aunt called me. Maybe I was asked to feed the pigs, but I saw that it was already past 18 o'clock, and it was indeed time to feed the pigs. Hmm, leaving my phone, I fell into deep thoughts again. Think about my future, what will I be like in three years, what can I do if I can't get into college? Go to the factory? Can I stand the factory? The future is so unbearable? At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the sunset on the horizon came out again. I think the scenery I have seen the most in my generation is the sunset. I love sunset, and I have an inexplicable affection for sunset. It is both a bad end to the day. A better start to the day.
I picked up my phone and was excited to send a message to Ya. Ya, I will definitely marry you in the future, will you marry me? Is it appropriate to post this message? Thinking about it, it still didn't send it, and deleted it back. Can I give such a promise that it feels like we are all too young. I swear that I can't give Ya yet. My stomach growled. TMD doesn't know if it's impossible to stop and eat, don't let people eat! This will starve people to death, and people won't be allowed to go to the toilet. It's also weird. I want to sleep and there is the cry of a child. The most bizarre thing is that I don't know which talent is looking at yellow in this kind of public place, and without headphones, the sound is still very loud. Alas, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.
After getting out of the car and getting out of the car, I ate all the way, and I held my urine all the way, and it was finally solved. I looked at the license plate number well. rushed to the toilet one by one. MD actually asked for money to go to the toilet. The first time I heard that I had to pay for going to the toilet. A meal of 60 is really tm pit people. No way, I had to eat. Because I still have to hurry. When I saw that the rice was a lump of food, I had no appetite to eat. After the first bite, I didn't want to eat the second bite at all. It's really a black shop, I want to buy a bottle of Coke, since it costs 18 yuan. Decisive choice not to buy. I still finish the food I bought, like taking medicine. We didn't have to eat for 30 minutes before we were called into the car again. Still lying in that smelly tank seat. In the middle of the night, I couldn't help it, and finally I threw up. Fortunately, it was the middle of the night and no one saw it. In fact, I wanted to vomit for a long time, and I have endured it. I simply didn't cover the quilt, wrapped the dirty things in the quilt, and pressed them under my back. It's not my home. After a few hours, I stopped and sold food, this is a black car that pits people, and I keep scolding the driver in my heart. The stuff here is the opposite of the first station, the stuff is affordable and the taste is good. These are definitely cooperative. I just threw up, I was so hungry that I got out of the car and went to buy something to eat, not caring about how much money I had. It's too boring, and I take my phone to listen to songs. Nothing matters, the moment is the most important. In the end, something happened because of my stupid behavior.
I don't know when I fell asleep, and when I woke up the next day, I only heard the driver say: Dongguan, get off here, Huizhou, have to wait for a while. I got to the place where I got off the bus around 11 o'clock. It's in a hurry, and it's still on the side of the road. It's my first time here, and it's not clear. There was a middle-aged woman who had a few dollars and told me to get out of the car. Then he told me to get on the bus. Within a few moments, she told me to get out of the car. And she said, "Yes, yes, pretty boy, you can just take a ride here." In less than a second, she was no longer visible. Finally, I went to ask passers-by, and passers-by told me that this is Guangzhou South Railway Station. It's still far from freshwater, you have to take a car, and MD is not good for teachers. I kept cursing at the driver and the woman. I took out the money and looked, oh my God, there were only a few dollars left, what should I do? Then I thought about taking my mobile phone, and when I saw that the phone was out of battery, I couldn't make a call, and I thought to myself, I really became a wandering boy. Take a look at the pockets that are just over 4 pieces. I couldn't go buy some water to drink first, but fortunately I had dry food, and when I went to the station and asked how much the fare was, I actually asked for 50, and cursed the driver again. It seems to be some distance. I didn't buy tickets outside this time, I didn't have any protection at all, and I didn't want to be cheap anymore. It was outside that I bought my long-distance ticket, which led to this result. After I had my stomach full, I continued to walk and walked out of the station, I didn't expect that in this big city, there were people selling clothes at stalls, and I squatted aside and watched for a long time. He couldn't sell a single one.
In the end, I took the initiative to talk to him, big brother, how can you sell it like this, then what good way do you have! You just set up a stall! Hmm! You hand it over to me, I will help you buy 5 pieces, you give me 50 yuan, if you can't sell it, I will give you 50, he hesitated for a long time. Ignored me for a long time. Listening to the accent, he is not a local. Finally he agreed to my request, and I asked him to give me 10 yuan, and the weather here is still quite hot. He bought 10 bottles of water for 10 yuan, and began to shout and drink, and gave water for free! It was not very far from the station, and there were quite a lot of people, and most of them were outsiders. With such a shout, many people came to watch. It's so hot that I actually send water. More and more people came, and when the second bottle of water was delivered, some people asked about the clothes, and the reason was very simple, who was not thirsty when he just got off the bus? After sleeping on it for so long, the clothes were not dirty? There were more and more people, and in less than one hour, he sold more than 10 pieces of clothes, mainly because others took water for free, and he had a good impression of the water. He gave me a thumbs up. Give me an extra 10 dollars. I didn't ask for it, as long as I said 50 before, he kept telling me to sell with him for a while, I understood that this kind of person couldn't be entangled, and he left after getting the money. I borrowed his phone and called my mom back. Said the car broke down, it was late, and it might be very late.