Chapter 169: Naxiang Commune is not peaceful
Zhanjiang, Xuwen, Qianshan Town.
Lin Sanqi was sitting in a small wooden house on the beach, listening to the sound of the waves, and eating the famous Zhanjiang white-cut chicken, which was delicious for everyone.
As a Dongguang person, there is no one who doesn’t crave this bite.
Zhanjiang is simply a world of plain-cut delicacies. Be it plain-cut chicken, plain-cut dogs, plain-cut geese, and plain-cut ducks, it feels like everything can be made plain-cut. If he is happy, he will hire Hu Jianren to help him for free.
Just like the plain-cut chicken in front of you, its characteristics are that the skin is elastic, the meat is tender, golden in color, tender and juicy, and the main thing is that it melts in your mouth.
In addition, the uniqueness of Zhanjiang white-cut chicken lies in the preparation of its sauce, a soy sauce base of garlic, sand ginger and peanut oil. This combination can enhance the flavor of the chicken.
On the contrary, Lin Sanqi was too lazy to move his chopsticks on the seafood next to him. He was really tired of eating it during this period and would vomit if he continued to eat it.
Lin Sanqi ate happily, and a little girl of about seven or eight years old next to her burst into tears.
"Dad, he ate the only chicken in our house, oooooo~~~"
The child didn't know how to lower his voice, and then Lin Sanqi heard it clearly. He happened to be holding a chicken leg in his hand. It was not good to eat, and it was not good not to eat, so he was embarrassed.
The little girl’s father, Zeng Changqing, the team leader of Zengjia Village, was even more embarrassed:
"Go, go, let's play. This Comrade Lin has helped us a lot. What's wrong with eating a chicken? Comrade Lin, you can eat, you can eat. Children can't talk, so don't mind."
Lin Sanqi thought to himself, there is no phoenix grass anywhere, so he went all the way to Qianshan Town to buy it. He was really helping the farmers in Qianshan Town. What happened to asking him to eat a chicken?
Ta Lin's buyer has a lot of money, but he doesn't get a penny in kickbacks.
This time the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine gave a very high purchase price for ferns, 50 cents per pound, or 5,000 yuan for 5 tons. This is definitely a huge sum of money.
As for why it is necessary to use Zhanjiang ferns? Lin Sanqi is also confused about this. Maybe it's Zhanjiang Feng Shui, right?
Just like the most authentic Longjing tea can only be found on the hills in Longjing Village by the West Lake?
If I ask again, that is metaphysics. Anyway, Chinese medicine has a set of theories and requirements of Chinese medicine. Perhaps this is the best answer that our ancestors have come up with for thousands of years, and future generations can just follow it.
But when Lin Sanqi saw the little girl in ragged clothes, wiping her tears and looking aggrieved, and then looked at the onlookers drooling and looking yellow and thin, she couldn't chew the chicken drumsticks in her hands.
Lin Sanqi took out a few candies from his pocket and waved to the little girl:
"Little sister, come here, these are the prawn crispy candies from Beijing J, for you."
The little girl stopped crying when she heard that there was candy. She blinked and looked at Lin Sanqi, and her previous dislike for him immediately turned positive.
"Is this candy? Is it delicious? Give it to me?"
Lin Sanqi pulled the little girl over and put all 5 candies in her hand:
"This is a specialty of the capital. It's called prawn crispy candy. Every kid in the capital loves to eat it, and great people especially love it too."
“Wow, it’s true, I can eat the same thing as the kids in the capital~~”
"Little sister, let me ask you, what do you usually eat? Can you eat rice?"
"Brother, we can only eat fish, lobster, abalone, wild vegetables and sweet potato porridge. Rice and meat can only be eaten once during the Chinese New Year. I really envy you children in the capital who can eat meat every day. Buns.”
Lin Sanqi thought to herself, the children in the capital still envy you for eating lobster every day.
At this time, it seems that people all over the country have a blind worship of the capital, thinking that it is the center of the world, the place with the most abundant materials, like heaven.
If they knew that people in the capital ate sweet potatoes every day and had to queue up for public restrooms with excrement basins in their hands early in the morning, would their outlook on life collapse?
"Comrade Lin, we have completed the purchase of ferns, 5 tons, no more, no less. When are you going to inspect the goods?"
"Oh okay, I'll go there now."
Lin Sanqi responded, grabbed another handful of candies and gave them to the little girl, then picked up her bag and walked away.
The moment he walked away, the unfinished chicken on the table was quickly snatched up by local children, who even almost started fighting over the chicken.
Fortunately, the little girl was smart and ran into her house with the candy, otherwise she might not have been able to save her life.
Lin Sanqi ran to the purchase point and watched the local villagers weigh the ferns before piling them onto a large truck. In less than half a day, the truck was packed to the brim.
Lin Sanqi immediately handed over the 5,000 yuan he had already counted from his backpack to Zeng Changqing:
"Captain Zeng, please spend some money, and we will clear both money and goods."
"Okay, okay, Comrade Lin, thank you so much. You have helped us a lot."
Although Lin Sanqi gave the money, it was still difficult to exchange the money for food, and there was still a lot of trouble in the process.
Originally, Zhanjiang was close to the sea and very close to Nanyang. It was very easy to get some food from overseas. Unfortunately, the farmers at this time were so poor that they had no supplies to trade.
Phoenix tail grass is only used in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals. If it is used elsewhere, it can only be burned on fire.
After completing the acquisition, Lin Sanqi drove a large truck to Zhanjiang Railway Station, took out his work permit and letter of introduction, and successfully consigned the ferns to the railway.
The next day, Lin Sanqi took a train from Zhanjiang to Guangqi Yulin. Yes, that’s Yulin where the Dog Meat Festival is held.
(The author is not opposed to eating dog meat, as long as it is a raised meat dog, but he is opposed to eating domestic dogs, and is extremely disgusted with dog thieves)
The railway network at this time was really strange. There was no railway from Huadu to Zhanjiang in the province. On the contrary, there was a railway from Zhanjiang to Guangqi Province next door.
The process of purchasing chicken bone grass in Yulin was also smooth.
Next is the last stop of this acquisition of three provinces and six places, Qin County. Qin County is located in the south of Guangqi Province, very close to the southern border. It is also a focus area for ethnic minorities, with 27 ethnic groups including Yi, Bai, Dai, and Zhuang.
Border and Shaomin District.
An area with the above two characteristics is definitely a poor and backward area, with limited information and inconvenient transportation.
Let's put it this way, Guangqi is one of the poorest provinces in the country, and Qin County is the poorest county in Guangqi. This is simply extremely poor.
There is only more than 200 kilometers of road from Yulin to Qinxian County. Decades later, it would take at most two hours on the expressway. But in 1959, Lin Sanqi drove a big truck and walked for a full 10 hours.
You can see how bad the roads are.
Lin Sanqi was driving a big truck, and he was sweating all over his body. There was nothing he could do about it. Qin County was classified as tropical in terms of climate. It was stuffy, hot and humid, and his whole body was sticky and very uncomfortable.
When the big truck was rebuilt, the power, brakes, chassis, etc. were all changed, but there was no way to install air conditioning.
Lin Sanqi drove to the urban area of Qinxian County, found a state-owned restaurant in the car and jumped out of the car.
The most famous thing in Qin County is of course the "Pig's Trotter Noodles", which Baidu made before Lin Sanqi came here. Going to a place to eat the most special local delicacies is one of the conditions for Lin Sanqi to be a buyer.
It's said to be a restaurant, but it's actually just a few bungalows. There are some tables and chairs inside, and a few waiters are sitting there chatting feebly.
Lin Sanqi entered the store and looked up at the order menu on the wall:
"Hello, comrade, give me some pig's trotter noodles."
When the waiter heard that it was a foreign accent, he didn't even bother to smile: "Pig's trotters powder, right? But let's make it clear first, there are no pig's trotters, only powder."
Lin Sanqi frowned: "What is pig's trotters rice without pig's trotters?"
The waiter said indifferently: "Ask God, why have we gone back as time goes by and even the pig's feet are gone?"
Lin Sanqi was defeated by this bad attitude, and thought that she should not cause trouble in other places. Who knows if the other party will take out a kitchen knife and hack you to death if you get angry.
"Then bring me some dustpan powder."
"No..."
"What kind of water cake is this? Come on."
"No..."
"Is there a McDonald's?"
"No..."
The waiter didn't even raise his eyelids and just said no, just like the voice repeater. Lin Sanqi was sure that this guy didn't listen carefully to what he said.
If you don't tolerate this arrogance and don't eat, with this kind of service attitude, if the private restaurant had closed down long ago, you would have lost your job.
Lin Sanqi restarted the car and prepared to find the guest house of the local government.
Based on his experience along the way, government hostels not only have the best accommodation conditions, but they also often have a shortage of food that is not available outside.
Early the next morning, Lin Sanqi came out of the guest house room and was going to the front desk to ask for a map of Qin County.
There is no mobile phone navigation these days. When traveling on business, I rely entirely on maps, which are still very simple handmade maps.
The attitude of the female staff at the front desk of the government guest house is different. She is very upright and polite. She looks like she has read a book.
The two chatted while helping to find a map.
"Comrade Lin, when you came to our Qin County on a business trip, which factory were you going to? Is there any other factory in our Qin County that could be favored by the people of the capital?"
At this time, the industry in Qin County was almost zero. Although there were many overseas Chinese, it would be more than 20 years before they could return home to invest in and set up factories.
"Hi, I'm not looking for a factory. I'm from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I've come to Qin County to purchase traditional Chinese medicine called Curcuma. Today I'm going to Naxiang Commune, where Qin County is located."
"What about Xiang Commune?"
The waitress stopped what she was doing, straightened up and said softly:
"Comrade Lin, I have heard that Xiang Commune has not been peaceful recently..."
Lin Sanqi, who was originally lazy, suddenly became energetic. Is this a bandit attack, a supernatural event, or a natural disaster? The gossip in my heart quickly ignited.
So he also whispered in cooperation: "What's wrong?"
Just as the waitress was about to speak, she heard someone cough, and a middle-aged man who looked like a young leader walked out of the room:
"Axiu, are you done? Go and clean up the guest room after you're done. It's just a waste of time to go to work."
When the waitress heard this, she stuck out her tongue at Lin Sanqi and ran away.
(End of chapter)