Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1921 Fishing is a Sport

I don’t know if it’s due to their eating habits, but most of the Yi people I saw in Zhouzhi had great figures, with well-proportioned bones and flesh, and both men and women had a “fit” feel.

The buckwheat they often eat is similar to Polygonum multiflorum and rhubarb. It contains a substance called rutin, which is a bioflavonoid. It can soften blood vessels, lower blood sugar and urine sugar, and enhance the peripheral effects of insulin.

Rutin is almost non-existent in other grains. In addition to rutin, bitter buckwheat is also rich in iron, zinc, manganese, magnesium and potassium. I wonder if the health of the Yi people is also related to this.

However, the taste of buckwheat is only average. The Yi people's custom is to use "mother and child ash", which is fire pit ash soaked in water and fermented buckwheat flour to make dough, which is then boiled in water, or steamed or baked as a staple food.

City dwellers generally find this method unpalatable, so the Yi people usually put a plate of honey next to the buckwheat cake to dip it in.

However, Zhou Zhi still didn't like this way of eating, so he found a way to improve it. The improved buckwheat cake can be steamed into fluffy "honeycomb eyes", the taste is much softer, and the bitterness is also neutralized a lot, so Mai Xiaomiao now feels that it is "delicious".

"Don't listen to Renzhong's nonsense. This is a healthy food. You can't get it outside if you want to." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Now we use the puffing process to make it into buckwheat tea. As a substitute for tea, plus it has health benefits, it sells quite well in Japan and South Korea."

"Does the grain station have it? If so, I'd like some." Mai Xiaomiao raised the buckwheat cake in his hand and said, "This should be very good with mayonnaise or mustard sauce."

"Can it be eaten with mustard?" Wu Renzhong frowned. As someone who had received foreign guests at Qionghai Hotel, he knew that Japanese and Korean businessmen liked to eat sashimi with mustard. That time Zhou Zhi asked the hotel to try to make Ya fish into sashimi, which was quite popular.

But Wu Renzhong himself feels that it is far inferior to the drunken shrimp from Qionghai.

"Xiao Miao is talking about French mustard sauce, the kind you usually use to spread on bread." Zhou Zhi said, "Xiao Miao, if you are not picky, I can still make mayonnaise, but for other things... I'm afraid I can't do anything about it."

“No, no.” Mai Xiaomiao waved her hand: “I think I prefer Chinese food now!”

"In fact, Chinese breakfast is rich enough, and you still have many kinds you haven't tried." Zhou Zhi said: "But take your time."

"As for the buckwheat tea made from buckwheat flour through the puffing process, it is actually for the sake of production and quick brewing. If you want a better taste, I would just stir-fry the buckwheat grains over low heat and then boil them into tea, which tastes better."

"Yes!" Wu Renzhong praised Zhou Zhi: "Now we all drink this kind! The puffed kind is only used to appease foreigners!"

After breakfast, the children have arrived at school and it is time for class.

Now Zhou Zhi is in charge of Chinese, English, music, and moral education, and Li Lu is in charge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Physics and chemistry are actually a bit beyond the syllabus. In elementary school, they should be called science courses. However, as a graduate student from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Li Lu’s science courses are a little more complicated than elementary school science courses, but they are all popular science content, so the children can generally understand them.

Physical education was directly cancelled due to local conditions. All the children were little athletes. After school, they played ball, wrestled, chased sheep and fetched water. Their amount of exercise was several times more than that of children in the city.

After Mai Xiaomiao came, Zhouzhi transferred the English class to her. Lianhe Township Primary School is really great as it now has a real "foreign teacher".

Mai Xiaomiao was actually a little nervous at first, but Zhou Zhi told her that there was no need to be nervous, and that she could just take everyone to the riverbank to play games, eat cold dishes, and chat in English. For example, in this class, she took everyone to play the game of "Eagle Catches Chicken", and they learned several words, which was considered completing the class task.

Mai Xiaomiao felt that some foreign courses were similar to this. This kind of course was something she was good at and familiar with. The stress was gone all of a sudden, and she had a lot of fun with the kids.

Zhou Zhi taught the music class and used guitar for accompaniment. Actually, he couldn't play the guitar very well and could only play accompaniment. Guan Tingting teased him that he "conquered the world with three chords".

The so-called "three chords" actually refer to the three basic accompaniment patterns used as song accompaniment, which are much simpler than instrumental solos. Then, they are simplified again and again, and a "universal formula" is picked out from each pattern to form the "three chords" that Guan Tingting ridiculed.

With these three chords, you can basically adapt to all types of songs. All that remains is to adjust the rhythm and tone.

If he encounters a song that doesn't quite match the accompaniment, Zhou Zhi will change his singing style, adjust his voice to match the accompaniment, and use a gangster approach to solve the problem.

The ethnic minorities are good at singing and dancing, and almost all of them are musical geniuses. They have been influenced by the environment since childhood and have completed the stage of warming up their voices and training their voices. They are naturally good at using their breath and cavities.

Therefore, Zhouzhi's music class can be taught in a relatively complicated way. A popular song is picked out, and the girls and boys are divided into two teams according to their timbre, forming a total of four parts to sing in harmony.

The kids are familiar with solo singing and find this singing method novel, but the effect of this kind of collaborative singing is amazing, so everyone has a lot of fun.

In the past, every time this happened, Li Lu would listen and applaud on the side, focusing on the output of emotional value.

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Now with Mai Xiaomiao, not only do we cheer but we also record videos, and the emotional value output is directly maximized for the children.

But Zhou Zhi was indeed proud. If he were to teach the children in Shudu, it would take a long time just to teach them how to find the pitch, not to mention how to pronounce and breathe.

This is easy. We just need to remind everyone not to over-express themselves and to integrate into the collective voice. After two or three lessons, we can basically practice a song well.

"I came from the mountains, bringing orchids with me and planting them in my garden, hoping that they would bloom soon..."

"Orchid Grass" is too easy for children to play. It is an entry-level music class in Lianhe Township Primary School. However, since Mai Xiaomiao's crazy applause and praise have aroused everyone's enthusiasm, Zhou Zhi simply asked the children to gather around her and Li Lu for a "performance report", and sang all the songs they have learned so far.

Classes in rural primary schools only last until two in the afternoon, and many children have to walk a long way home, or go back to do housework and farm work, so classes end early. After lunch, they take a short nap, and then have a music class or moral education class. The rest is the "physical education" class that they have to take voluntarily after staying in school.

The so-called moral education is actually Zhou Zhi’s storytelling, from ancient times to the present, from China to abroad. In this respect, Zhou Zhi is unmatched.

As for sports, the children who stay at school are reluctant to go home and play ball, games, even chess and fishing.

Yes, chess and fishing are now also under the jurisdiction of the Sports Commission, so there is nothing wrong with calling them sports.