Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1673 Translation

"There are also transportation restrictions that mean we can only grow varieties with higher value. This will help mitigate the increase in transportation costs." Zhou Zhi continued, "Fengjie in the Three Gorges also produces navel oranges. Although they are not as sweet as ours, it is more convenient. They can be loaded onto ships and sold to Shanghai along the Yangtze River. This advantage is something we cannot compare with."

"The news said that we should develop local industries according to local conditions. Is that what Brother Elbow meant?" Jike Azi is very smart and probably watches a lot of news to understand national policies.

The little girl's ambitions are now evident.

"That's about it." Zhou Zhi began to consciously teach the tricks of being a grassroots cadre: "But it's useless to just talk and watch without practicing. First, you have to be bold, second, you have to be able to take advantage of the situation, and third, you have to be able to cry and make a fuss. As the saying goes, the crying baby gets the milk."

"What we say is 'the chirping baby birds should be fed first.'" Jike Azi said with his hand covering his mouth.

"We are going to the grocery market to buy some things tomorrow. A Zi, do you want to sleep a little longer and wait for us to come back and call you, or do you want to go with us?" Wu Renzhong asked.

"How much time will that waste?" Zhou Zhi said, "Anyway, what we want to buy is not expensive. We are sure that we can find it in Meigu County."

"Let's set off early tomorrow, maybe at five o'clock. We'll have breakfast in Meigu, and then all the shops will be open. We'll buy some food for lunch, and arrive in Lianhe Township just in time for dinner."

Wu Renzhong thought about it and realized that this was the only option, otherwise it would be too late to arrive in Lianhe Township.

But I felt a little sorry for Shama Ricong: "Shama, I can't accompany you tomorrow."

"Does Shama get carsick?" Zhou Zhi asked, "If you don't get carsick, come with us. Come back with A Zi the day after tomorrow and we'll just go for a ride and enjoy the scenery."

"Shama..." This reminded Wu Renzhong, and he immediately looked at her pitifully.

"Okay, then let's rest early and set off early tomorrow morning!" Shama Ricong gave the answer Wu Renzhong wanted without hesitation.

Early the next morning, Zhou Zhi woke them up, then drove the car while the three continued to sleep in the car.

There were very few cars on the road and no one in the cars to disturb us, so Zhouzhi arrived half an hour earlier, reaching Meigu County at just 8:30.

"Hey, wake up, we're here at the county town." It happened to be a market day in the county town, and the streets were full of Yi people in black and blue clothes, and it was very lively.

Shama Ricong also wore ethnic costumes today, but as an Yi person, she has lived in the city almost all her life since she was a child. It is very rare to see the streets full of people of the same ethnic group and no Han people at all.

The Yi people also looked at the car and themselves in the car curiously. The brave ones even reached out to touch the car, but they walked very slowly, which made the car move slowly as well. They looked leisurely as if they were in "this is my home ground, I am the boss".

Zhou Zhi was familiar with this style of behavior. When he drove in the countryside and encountered a market, it was almost the same everywhere.

The Yi people like to gather together at the market, drink and smoke. In a township or village, the women often go out to buy and sell things, while the men gather in a circle, buy a bottle of bulk corn wine, and do not need any dishes. They just take turns drinking, one sip at a time.

Shama Ricong just shook his head and said, "Is it the same in Renzhong and Lianhe Township?"

"We can't come here." Wu Renzhong said, "At most we can go to Jiukou Township to attend the market, but there's nothing good to buy in Jiukou Township, at most we can buy some mutton."

"But now that we have Elbow's car, things will be much easier. We can go to Jiukou Township more often."

The car finally got out of this street full of Yi people and finally came to a slightly wider road. Zhou Zhi breathed a sigh of relief: "Next time when there is a market, I must take the road outside the township market. Wow, it is more lively than the big market in our county."

"Fortunately, the market for raw materials we buy is not on that street." Jike Azi smiled. Soon the vehicle arrived at the street where raw materials were sold. This is a street centered on the store of the agricultural material company. Along the street are small shops selling seeds, fertilizers, feeds, agricultural machinery, and raw materials.

Zhou Zhi found a rice noodle shop and stopped in front of it, "Get off and eat!"

The store sells rice noodles, rice cakes, buns and fried dough sticks.

There is no need to say much about the steamed buns and fried dough sticks. The rice noodles here are also divided into three types: clear soup lamb, clear soup rice noodles, and braised beef.

The most distinctive one is bait kuai. The preparation methods of bait kuai and rice cake are very similar, but the raw materials are different. Rice cake uses glutinous rice, while bait kuai uses rice.

There are many ways to cook bait blocks, the most famous of which is "Da Jiujia" in central Yunnan.

Legend has it that when Wu Sangui entered Kunming, the Yongli Emperor fled to western Yunnan under the escort of Li Dingguo. When they arrived in Tengchong, they were exhausted and hungry. The locals made a dish of fried rice with ham, eggs and vegetables. The Yongli Emperor ate it and said with emotion: "It was this thing that saved me!"

This is how it got its name "Da Jiujia".

However, when the bait arrives in Liangshan, people there prefer to make it into "chicken shredded fire".

Shredded Chicken is made by cutting the bait into shreds, boiling it, scooping it into a bowl, pouring chicken soup over it, and then pairing it with shredded ham and chicken. It has a fresh and delicious taste, and the color is beautiful too, giving it a bit of the feel of high-end Sichuan cuisine.

In his previous life, Zhou Zhi had almost no leisure to taste these delicacies. In this life, his mentality was much calmer, and he felt different. He drank a mouthful of chicken soup and waved to the boss over: "Boss, why is this chicken soup so delicious?"

“Chicken, hotpot, and siese… what we eat is fresh siese…” The boss spoke in a strong Liangshan dialect: “The hotpot I use is all yongte, and the chicken is all haiyin jiese…”

"Wait a minute," Zhou Zhi carefully distinguished the accent: "Are you saying that the ham is made from Yuntiao?"

The boss nodded rapidly.

"What is that chicken?"

The boss pointed to a small fence built by an old Yi man under a big tree at the far end of the street. Inside the fence was a group of chirping chicks. "That one, Aiyinjise..."

"It's cliff eagle chicken." Jike Azi picked up the mutton noodles with chopsticks and said with a smile: "It's a kind of big chicken raised by us Yi people. The meat is very fragrant."

"These two Han people still have to rely on A Zi to act as our translator..." Zhou Zhi held his forehead with his hand, feeling a little amused.

"How about buying a few and asking A Zi's mother to cook them?" Wu Renzhong said, "The chicken cooked by A Zi's mother is very delicious."

"I mean, this thing is worth raising." Zhou Zhi picked up the chicken bait with chopsticks and said, "How about we go buy all the chicks over there?"

"If we really want to raise them, we don't need to buy them." Ah Zi said, "Just tell my grandfather. The chicks he finds are all kept by others for breeding. They are definitely much better than the ones that are discarded and sold."

"That's right, I forgot that having an old man at home is like having a treasure." Zhou Zhi said happily: "Then let's buy the things the chicken farm needs!"