120 Lotus root diggers
Da Bai squatted in front of the board, salivating and looking at the meat on the plate, his paws moved, and he wanted to eat a piece secretly, it was delicious to watch.
"Look at your pitiful energy, take it to eat, hide away, don't be seen by Qingli, otherwise I will say that I am a waste." Looking around, I saw that everyone was busy with their own business, and no one noticed this side.
Yiyan quickly divided a large piece of meat, threw it to Da Bai, and jumped, Da Bai grabbed the meat and glanced at him, and ran towards the fruit forest.
"By the way, do you want to eat mussels and snails?" Putting potato chips on bamboo skewers, Qingli suddenly remembered the river mussel soup she had eaten when she was a child.
A river mussel only takes a little meat on the edge, slices it, adds water, puts in ginger to remove the smell, and slowly simmers over low heat, and waits for the aroma to come out of the soup.
The color of the soup is milky white, it is refreshing and delicious to drink, and the main thing is freshness.
She ate it when she was a child, and the water quality was better at that time, it was not polluted, and she didn't have to worry about bacteria and viruses.
Later, after the water pollution, I was reluctant to do it, for fear of eating problems.
The main thing is that the soup stewed in this way is delicious, but it is too wasteful.
Dozens of river mussels, using only the meat on the edges, can't hold a small bowl.
"Is it one of those big snails?" Chen Ziyao clumsily put on the green pepper in her hand and asked curiously.
Nodding, Qingli picked up a skewer and continued to thread the leek, "Yes, I remember that you like to stuff meat into the snails and then stew them out to eat." ”
"Well, that's how we eat it, how are you going to make snails?" That's right, their place is relatively light because of the taste. I am not used to dishes that are too heavy in taste.
Before she came here, she didn't touch any chili peppers, for fear of getting acne on her face if she ate it. How do you know that I have only been playing in Lotus Village for a few days, and I am actually not happy.
When I go back, my parents will definitely be scared to death, but this place has good feng shui, and the food is so heavy that it doesn't catch fire.
What Chen Ziyao didn't know was that for the sake of their group of tourists, they wouldn't get angry because of taste. Qingli and Zhang Qingyuan held the medicinal materials and studied them for a long time.
Finally, I found a slender herb called Qingliangcao and used it to boil water.
Drinking it not only reduces the fire, but also removes the odor in the mouth, and each room is equipped with a tea bag. When you wake up in the morning, you will not be afraid of getting on fire.
"How to do it, keep it a secret first, and make sure you like it." I saw a few people interested in snails. I don't wear it anymore. Stood up and walked in the direction where Mo Yu and the others were.
If she wants to eat snails, she has to go into the water, it is impossible for her to let the old man go into the water, if she goes into the water herself, Mo Yu will definitely not agree.
She was embarrassed to call the people in the village, it was she who mentioned eating snails, and she didn't have such a thick skin to let the villagers go into the water with peace of mind.
As for the guests, forget it, how can there be a reason to let the guests go into the water to touch the snails.
So Mo Yu, they are the best choice. Mo Yu was her boyfriend and commanded him to go into the water. Confidently.
Yiyan and Mingyuan, who have eaten and lived in her house for so long, are almost ripe, and she has no burden to let them go into the water.
"What's going on?" Mo Yu, who was installing a barbecue grill, saw Qingli coming over and asked.
Wiping off the dust on Mo Yu's face, Qingli smiled and said, "I'm looking for your help." ”
"Sister, what do you help, tell my brother." Clapping his hands, Yiyan walked over with a bag of charcoal, very curious about what Qingli needed their help with.
In his eyes, Lili doesn't look like a girl many times, in the summer, she runs to the field to remove the grass, not afraid of tanning, not afraid of heat stroke.
It's not like some girls at all, a little sun is sunscreen and a parasol, and you have to wear big sunglasses, as if a little sun can tan.
In the future, when he is looking for a wife, he will also find a wife like Lili, which is not hypocritical and worry-free.
"Go to the river to touch the snail and mussel, will you go?" After thinking about it, he continued, "If you don't go, I'll touch it myself." ”
"Let's go, you are not allowed to go into the water, stand on the shore and watch, understand?" As soon as she heard that Qingli wanted to go into the water to touch the snail mussel by herself, Mo Yu stopped pretending, pinched her nose and admonished.
"Well, well, I'm very good, I'll just watch you touch it." Nodding, Qingli smiled so much that she couldn't be more well-behaved.
Dragged Mo Yu's hand and walked towards the river, "Let's hurry up and give you a fresh dish later." ”
As soon as they heard Qingli's words, Mingyuan and Yiyan's eyes lit up, glanced at each other, and followed the two of them towards the river.
Delicious, they like it the most, fresh, I don't know if it will be delicious, with the craftsmanship of the glass glass, I want to be not bad, I must touch it more, otherwise it will not be enough to eat.
"Where are you going?"
"I'll say far away, the little couple are going to fall in love affectionately, what are you two super big bulbs doing with you?"
"Brother Fan, they are not light bulbs, they are now coolies, going down to the river to touch the snails, and the mussels." Holding Mo Yu's arm, Qingli explained with a smile.
"Really, I'm going to join in the fun." As soon as he heard that he was touching the snail, Fan Gaoxin smiled, stood up and walked in front of a few people.
"I'm going too, the last time I went to the river to touch these things, it was when I was a child, and it's been decades now."
"yes, we're going to re-experience it today."
Qi Muyang and the others all stood up, like a child, and ran to the river with great interest, and did not forget to turn around and shout to the slow people, "You guys are hurrying up, grinding, hatching eggs!" ”
"Haha, look at your anxiousness." Shaking his head, Fan Gaoxin said with a smile.
"You don't understand." Qi Muyang shook his head with an unfathomable expression, sat on the wooden chair on the water pavilion and began to take off his shoes and socks, and roll up his trousers.
"Remember, you are not allowed to go into the water, you are waiting on the shore." Touching Qingli's face, Mo Yu took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trousers and walked down the slope.
Standing next to Qingli, Chen Ziyao looked at the people who happily touched the snail and mussels in the river, and her eyes were full of envy, "I want to go down too." ”
Qingli touched her nose, glanced at her, and turned her head to stare at Mo Yu in the river.
The sleeves of Mo Yu's white shirt rolled up to his elbows, revealing the smooth and perfect lines of his arms. The suit pants were also rolled high, and the slender calves kept walking in the water.
Bend down and feel a mussel out of the water. With a bright smile, he shook at the clear glass on the shore.
Facing Mo Yu's expression of inviting merit, Qingli sneered and laughed, and gave him a thumbs up.
Everyone hasn't touched it yet, only he has touched a river mussel, her man is amazing, she must be praised.
After watching it for a while, Lan Peipei looked at Qingli suspiciously, "I saw a lot of them in the river a few days ago." Why can't I touch it once I go down? ”
Qingli leaned against the pillar, her eyes staring at Mo Yu's walking figure, and explained, "The water you saw a few days ago was clear. Where there are mussels and snails at a glance.
Today, so many people go into the water, and when they walk around, they bring up the silt in the river, and the water is so muddy that they can't see clearly. You can only touch it with your hands and by feeling. ”
Listened to Qingli's words. Lan Peipei nodded suddenly, remembered a news he had seen before, and continued to ask, "Is there a lotus root in this river?" ”
"Yes, yes, that's not it!" Pointing to the lotus leaf sticking to the water, Qingli pointed to her.
"I've heard that people who dig lotus roots will have deformed hands and feet, but there are lotus roots in your village. I haven't seen anyone with deformed hands and feet, so I can't trust the news. "Look at the lotus leaves. Lan Peipei's words made Qingli fall into deep thought.
The news is right, digging lotus root for a long time will not only deform people's hands and feet, but also get severe rheumatism and herniated disc in the waist.
Especially those who have been digging lotus root for more than ten years, although the salary is high, it is all at the cost of overdrawing their lives and health.
It's not that there is no way, no one wants to be a lotus root digger.
In her last life, she had a cousin who gave birth to a child with cerebral palsy, and both cousins were honest people in order to treat the child with cerebral palsy.
My cousin-in-law has done everything, coolies, picking up garbage, going to the coal mine, as long as he can make money, it is estimated that he will sell his body organs.
In the year I went down to the coal mine, there was an accident in the mine, and several people in my cousin's village were buried in it, except for my cousin's husband.
That time it was my cousin-in-law's luck that he happened to have diarrhea and didn't go to the mine, otherwise he wouldn't have come back.
The frightened cousin refused to let her cousin-in-law continue to go to the coal mine, and a person in their village contracted hundreds of acres of land to dig a pond to plant lotus roots.
Lotus roots are usually dug during the Chinese New Year, but it is too cold at that time, and no one wants to go into the water to dig in the mud.
The boss found his cousin-in-law, and his cousin-in-law agreed, he was not afraid of coldness, as long as he could make money, he would support his children and wife.
In this way, his cousin-in-law began his fifteen-year career of digging lotus roots, and when Qingli left that world, his cousin-in-law's health was no longer good.
After being immersed in cold water for more than ten years, his organs have begun to fail, hey, it can only be said that it is not easy to live.
This is also why she can accept that she lives in another time and space after she dies, because she knows that it is easier to die than to live, and her parents know and would rather her live well.
"It's true, it's just that you can't get in touch with this kind of people, and the lotus root diggers are all at the cost of their lives and health in exchange for their own remuneration."
Qingli, who said this, was very conflicted, with endless anger and injustice in her words.
Why is there so much injustice when people live, rich people, a piece of clothing, a car or a piece of jewelry can make a poor family live for many years.
Poor people are willing to do all kinds of tiring and dirty work in order to have a good meal, to be able to see a disease, to buy medicine.
Because they know that there is another point after doing it, if they dislike this work and that work is tired, there will be nothing.
In this world, no one will be good to anyone for no reason, and there will be no return if there is no effort.
Of course, what you pay doesn't always pay off.
In a few years, a large number of migrant workers will pour into the city, and they are doing dirty work, a straw mat, a quilt, bridges and holes, and remote parks are all places for them to rest.
With their own labor and their own hands, they left their hometowns and came to the big city just to make a living, not stealing or robbing, and working in a down-to-earth manner.
In this way, you have to endure the white eyes, contempt and pointing fingers of the people in the city. (To be continued......)
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In the author's hometown, many people are working as lotus root diggers, holding shovels for a long time in the cold winter and bending over to dig lotus roots in ponds full of silt and cold water, and their hands and feet are seriously deformed.
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Title: The Rebirth of the Last Days
ISBN: 3651509
Introduction: Dark Apocalypse......
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In this life, even if she does everything, she has to have a long life......