Reborn in the red years, I am farming in space

Chapter 622
outside the house,
The hairs of Luo Xuan, Zhang Xiaoli and Peng Yong were all icy.

After entering the steaming restaurant and sitting for a while, the icicles on everyone's heads gradually began to melt.
Then it will turn into drops of water, slowly flowing down.

In addition, there is some water, which is heated by body temperature and turns into streams of water vapor, which slowly evaporate.

The tops of the heads of the three people are all steaming, looking like those peerless masters in martial arts novels, practicing exercises.
Unfortunately, at this time,

Martial arts novels are not popular at all, but magnificent war movies.

So Zhang Xiaoli pointed at the top of Luo Xuan's head and giggled: "Your heads are so smoky?

Just like in "Guests on the Glacier", our brave fighters went out to patrol after they went out.

Go back to the cave to enjoy the fire, and all of you are like you on top of your head. "

The reason why Zhang Xiaoli was happy was that she had never seen Saibei, all kinds of unique phenomena in this extremely cold weather.

And just now the flames exploded, and those old drivers were playing hooligans with their mouths open.

In fact, Zhang Xiaoli didn't take it seriously: she was too innocent to hear it.

The driver said he was willing to pay 50 yuan, and the meaning behind it.
As for the stove, why did it burst suddenly?

Zhang Xiaoli thought that it might be because of the poor quality of the coal here.

Yonago's mother-in-law and Han from Suide.

The stone slabs of Qingjian, the carbon of Wayaobao.

In later generations, camel city known as the "energy capital".

The quality of coal here is much better than that in Bashu!
How is it possible,

Will the stove burst suddenly because of the poor quality of coal?

Due to the size of this restaurant, it is really too small.

Usually they prepare not a lot of ingredients.

Wait until there are a few drivers in front of you, after dinner.Now there is only one variety left in the restaurant, "Small Fried Donkey Meat Covered with Yellow Rice".

No choice.

"Let's have 3 servings."

Luo Xuan said to the person in charge of the restaurant, "Can I trouble you to make us some spicy food?"

Peng Yong asked in a low voice, "Small fried donkey meat covered with yellow rice? I haven't eaten donkey meat yet!

It is said that dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground.I didn't expect to be able to eat donkey meat and rice here. It's so good! "

Luo Xuan smiled slightly, "Don't be too happy. After you come up, it's still unknown whether you can get used to eating!"

Zhang Xiaoli was a little puzzled, "Why are you not used to eating?

I'm afraid that donkey meat won't taste good.I have some gravy, and I mix it with rice, and it tastes delicious. "

Luo Xuan shook his head, "Not necessarily."

in one lifetime,
Because of my work, I often come to Saibei for business trips.So I have a good idea of ​​the climate, humanities and eating habits here.
really!

After waiting for 3 servings of "Small Fried Donkey Meat Covered with Yellow Rice", it was brought to the table by the stupid waiter
"This is rice?"

Zhang Xiaoli widened her big eyes, and Great Wall's eyelashes blinked, "What kind of rice is this? Why is it so bright yellow?"

"It's called yellow rice, and it's made from broomcorn millet."

Luo Xuan explained to her, "There are two types of yellow rice, hard yellow rice and soft yellow rice.

Soft yellow rice is sticky and waxy.

It is equivalent to the difference between the waxy corn in our hometown and ordinary corn.

Soft yellow rice has a smoother taste. People here mainly use it to make fried oil cakes, oil buns or to make yellow rice wine. "

Peng Yong picked up a pair of chopsticks.

Then in his pocket, he took out some toilet paper and wiped his chopsticks, "Eat it, you will gain strength after eating."

"Why isn't it spicy?"

The first mouthful of donkey meat,
Peng Yong began to frown, "The taste is not as good as expected. But it is edible."

Immediately afterwards, he took another mouthful of yellow rice.

"Why is this rice full of mouth? It looks too rough."

It was the first time for Peng Yong to eat yellow rice, and he was really not used to it. "Forget it, I took a couple of casual bites and ate the donkey meat inside. I can't eat this yellow rice."

Zhang Xiaoli took a few bites, then stopped eating with her chopsticks.

One is her appetite, which is not big in the first place.

But the more important reason is: Zhang Xiaoli came from Bashu suddenly, and for a while, she really couldn't get used to the taste of yellow rice.

When everyone finished their meal, they checked out: Good guy!

The price of this meal is really not cheap.

Half a catty of yellow rice and 4 taels of donkey meat for one person, and the result was settled: each meal cost 1 yuan, 5 cents and 7 cents!

After eating this meal, Luo Xuan spent a total of 4 yuan and 7 cents.

The person in charge of the restaurant, who was strict in his work, didn't even wipe out the fraction of a penny for Luo Xuan in the end.

You must know that the 4 yuan and 7 cents are placed in Bashu Province.

It is enough for three people, Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli, to eat a 3-inch plate of stir-fried vegetables in a state-run restaurant, and can order 5 meat dishes and 6 vegetarian dishes.

And you can also get a bowl of free "Sanhe Soup".
But this hotel,

It is opened in the wilderness, and it is specially for the drivers who come and go to eat.

So it is understandable that the price is higher.

Otherwise, who would like to guard this small restaurant alone against the wind and snow in the wilderness?
Running this kind of small shop, it can't go up and down.

In addition, whether there are customers or no customers come to eat, all kinds of ingredients have to be prepared in advance in the store.

The stove in the lobby must be burning red.

In this way, the operating cost is indeed not low.It cannot be judged by common sense whether the price of its meals is high or low.
Check out.

Just as Luo Xuan and the others stood up, they saw the door curtain being raised, and a man with his head wrapped in a white sheep's belly towel walked in from the door.

An old man wearing a ragged sheepskin jacket that was so black that the color could no longer be seen.
"You don't want to eat?"

The old man bent his waist, and squeezed out a smile on his face covered with black grooves.

He asked Zhang Xiaoli in a humble tone, "Girl, if you don't eat it, Erke will just pretend to take it away."

Zhang Xiaoli was taken aback, "Master, it's up to you whether you want to pack it or not. I don't care."

Luo Xuan took over the conversation, "Master, take it away, the yellow rice and donkey meat are given to you."

"Oh, thank you."

The old man pulled out a ceramic basin from his arms, and quickly poured the leftovers on the table into the basin.

Then he took out another, broken bag.

Carefully, slowly put the ceramic basin containing the food into the bag.
"Old man, what are you doing?"

The waiter was dissatisfied, "You come here often, it will affect the business of our store. Don't come here in the future, is it okay? Yimanjie is addicted."

The old man nodded and bowed, "No, no, I was standing outside just now.

From the window, I saw that the young people of the family had finished eating, so they came in.Do not affect your business. "

The waiter muttered a few words and went straight to clear up the dishes.

Waiting for Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli to leave the warm hotel and plunge into the cold north wind and heavy snow
Zhang Xiaoli asked tremblingly, "Why did you say just now, give those leftovers to that old man?
We didn't eat it anymore, so he came up directly to pack it away, isn't it all right? "

"No."

Luo Xuan shook his head, "We paid for those meals, if we don't nod.

The waiter in the restaurant, he will not let that old man take away the yellow rice with donkey meat. "

Peng Yong was curious, "What do the waiters do with those leftovers?
Would he still pack it back and feed it to his family?Or, pick out the donkey meat inside and sell it again? "

Luo Xuan said, "It's all possible."

Zhang Xiaoli was silent for a moment.

He asked solemnly, "The folks here, do they have a hard life?"

"Very, very difficult!"

Luo Xuan sighed, "Suimi County and Zhimi County are a little bit better. If it is in Zhouzi County and Jiajia County, it will be even more poor.

Zhimi County is next to the Wuding River, so there are a lot of Sichuan land.

Because of the land in the river, its soil will be more fertile and less prone to drought.Therefore, the yield of food will be higher. "

"If you go further into the mountains, you will be able to grow a lot and harvest a lot, and you will depend on the sky for food.

In years with less precipitation, they may not even be able to collect the seed money. "

After listening, Peng Yong couldn't help but also sighed: "After a year of hard work, I can't even get back the seed money! This is too much to suffer."

For thousands of years, Saibei suffered.It is beyond the imagination of outsiders
It's not just climate.

And more importantly, whether it is in the selection of food crop varieties or the extreme lack of water conservancy and irrigation facilities.

It simply cannot meet the basic needs of agricultural planting.
It is by no means a lie to plant extensively and earn little, and rely on the sky for food.

As for later generations, Camel City became very rich, and it definitely did not develop through agriculture.

However, these are things for later.

This time, the journey was extremely difficult.Just because of the wind and snow, it was too big!
And as the blizzard lasts longer, the overall temperature drops more severely.Therefore, if you can't walk a few steps, your body temperature will be lost quickly.

His face also became numb and unconscious.
Without any choice,

Luo Xuan, Zhang Xiaoli, and Peng Yong walked for a while, so they had to rush into the nearest small shops on the side of the road.

To escape the snow for a while.

The composition of these roadside stores is relatively complex:

It has a consignment store, a car repair shop, and a small restaurant.

There are even some houses that are purely local residential buildings.

Fortunately, the locals are used to this kind of traffic jam.

So even if you knock on the houses of those residents, the locals will open the door enthusiastically and let the big guys go in to get warm.

Only when you leave,

Everyone will tacitly say that they will put a cash of 3 cents and 5 cents on them.

in thanks
If you encounter a roadside shop, it's okay if it's a restaurant.

Luo Xuan, Zhang Xiaoli and the others could go in and eat a bowl of steaming Shilipu mutton noodles.

But if they met the consignment store in the production team, Luo Xuan and his party could only go in and squeeze together with others.

Roast the fire and stomp your feet.

When my body was a little warmer, I hurriedly set off again.

Seeing that the sky was getting later and later, more and more cars were stuck on the road.

corresponding,
More and more people came to the small shop on the side of the road to enjoy the fire.

Sometimes, when encountering smaller consignment outlets, it is really crowded with people.

Not even a place to plug in.

Just go all the way, walk all the way and rest.

After tossing and tossing for a full 7 or 8 hours, Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli finally completed the 32-mile journey from the drop-off location to Suimi County with great difficulty.

When the big guys arrived at Suimi County, it was completely dark at this time.

This Suimi County,

It is a famous city in history!
In the Qin Dynasty, it was called "Shangjun".

In the Han Dynasty, following the Qin system, Shangjun was still established.

Jurisdiction over 23 counties.

The seat of Shangjun is Suimi County, also known as Fushi City.

Come to this ancient city famous for thousands of years.

For Peng Yong and Zhang Xiaoli, their original sense of anticipation suddenly turned into deep disappointment
I saw the dilapidated streets in Suimi County, a large amount of coal ash and melted snow, being trampled on. No matter the streets and alleys, all became muddy and difficult to walk on.

In the county town, the street lights were dimly lit.

In this dim night, under the dim light, countless passengers carrying packages and carrying bedrolls walked in the mud with dejected expressions
In Saibei, there are many coal mines.

With the strong development of the national economy, the demand for energy from all walks of life is also increasing.

Therefore, the production of coal mines in Saibei is also increasing.

This made the environmental pollution in Saibei more and more serious.In addition, from time to time, there are sandstorms raging.

And in winter, residents use coal and firewood for cooking and heating.

So the cities here, in winter, are all shrouded in a kind of gray black coal ash.

It makes people feel extremely suffocated and extremely depressed.

This time, the traffic jam on the national highway seems to be particularly serious, which can be described as "unprecedented".

therefore,

Tonight, the entire Suimi County is in chaos!Even at this time, the wind is biting and the road is muddy and difficult to walk.

Therefore, in Suimi County, on the streets late at night, there are still groups of tourists who come to find a place to stay.
All the state-run guest houses are full.

The only high-end hotel in the city has spare rooms.

It's a pity that in this period, if you want to stay in a hotel of this class, you need a class.

If you only have money, do you want to stay overnight?
None of the doors!
Ordinary people can't even enter the door of the hotel.
Luo Xuan took Zhang Xiaoli and Peng Yong with him.

With the help of the dim lights on the street, on the muddy road, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

I don't know how far I have come.

Finally, after looking for 7 or 8 guest houses, I found a "State-run Guest House of Suimi County Forestry Bureau" in a small alley.

to the duty room,
Luo Xuan asked, "Comrade, is there any room left? 2 men and 1 woman."

The person in charge raised his head and glanced blankly at Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli who were standing outside the iron fence of the duty room.

Then he said coldly, "Datong bunk. There are no beds, so you can squeeze. The same goes for the lesbians."

"How many beds are there in Datong, and how many people are there now?"

Luo Xuan wanted to confirm the accommodation environment for tonight, "Also, how much is it for one night?"

"A Datong bunk has 12 beds, and now 26 have been squeezed in?"

The man's attitude was very cold, "One night, the accommodation fee is 1 yuan and 7 cents per person. Hey, um, you can't live in the next generation?!
If you want to live, just take out your letter of introduction and let me have a look.

Then pay the fee and deposit first, and then I will check in for you. "

Uh.
There are 12 bunks, and 26 people have been squeezed into them.

If you add yourself and Peng Yong, there are a total of 28 people!

This... even if it is sleeping on top of each other, it can't sleep.

To live, or not to live?

this is a problem.
(End of this chapter)