Chapter 1129 Canned fruits
This is an era when fruits are scarce but canned fruits are extremely abundant. Almost every county in the fruit-producing areas has its own canning processing factory.
For example, Jiachuan Cannery produces canned sugar water including canned oranges, canned lychees, and canned white fungus.
In fact, people in Jiachuan generally don’t eat canned food very much. When there is not enough money for the New Year’s dinner, there will be a final dessert at the New Year’s dinner - rock sugar and white fungus soup. People in Jiachuan will pour a can into it. After having a refrigerator, Also add ice cubes for a cold, sweet and smooth experience at the end of the Chinese New Year dinner.
When Father Xu saw Zhou Zhi walking out of the canteen with a satisfied look on his face and holding a pile of cans, he couldn't help laughing: "Why did you buy these things? What's the point of this thing?!"< br>
The cans in Zhou Zhi’s arms are all specialties from Northern Xinjiang, including canned pears, canned grapes, and even funnier, canned diced tomatoes produced by the Corps!
Zhou Zhi is very ashamed. His current behavior is just like people from Hainan who see someone buying canned pineapples in Hainan and people from Jiachuan who see someone buying canned tangerines in Jiachuan. They feel incredible.
During the season when Jiachuan red tangerines are in abundance, they only cost a dime per catty. The farmer uncle carries a hundred catties of red tangerines into the city, and even if he sells them all, he only gets ten yuan. He goes back and forth. For a train and boat ticket, plus a meal of bean curd rice, not only can you earn nothing from a hundred catties of oranges, but you may even need to pay for a few more.
So everyone just didn’t bother to sell them, so they just let them hang on the trees, and they looked pretty red.
When people passing by or naughty children want to pick, the owner often provides them with a bag and helps them pick a big bag for them to eat on the way.
Jiachuan people who are accustomed to this kind of market situation, if they see someone spending money to buy canned red tangerines, their expression will probably be similar to Uncle Xu's current appearance.
Sun Gong hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "We in northern Xinjiang have fewer fruits and vegetables in winter. We can't compare with Shuzhong. People from the south are particularly uncomfortable coming here. It's good to buy these for the money. We used to. Ignore it."
"But isn't that the diced tomatoes produced by the Corps..." Father Xu said.
“Is there something wrong with the diced tomatoes produced by the Corps?” Zhou Zhi asked.
“No, of course it’s no problem.” Xu’s father quickly explained: “They recently exported a batch to Europe.”
"What Lao Xu means is that basically no one buys this thing here." Sun Gong said with a smile: "In the summer, the Corps used a big truck to pull it to the vegetable market, and it fell to the ground with a crash. The large area was full of tomatoes. , two cents per kilogram, you have to pay two kilograms, no one cares."
"There are also grapes." Xu's father also laughed: "Who can buy canned grapes in the Urumqi market? I don’t have many relatives in rural areas. Which relative doesn’t bring Portuguese? From vineyards and melon fields?”
Zhou Zhi was also happy, the situation was just as he guessed: “The main thing is that I have never seen grape tomatoes can be canned, and I want to try them.”
"How about replacing the grapes with fragrant pears." Sun Gong said: "The grapes will not taste good when they are canned."
"No need to change, I will buy two more for the elbows! "While talking, Xia Mili ran towards the canteen.
After buying the cans, everyone got back on the road, and there was still the last 560 kilometers to go.
This section of the road is the famous old line of the Niya Silk Road. There are several important oases along the way, each oasis is a village.
One of the very famous ones is called Yatungus Village.
Without the newly built Tarim Desert Highway, this village would probably not be known to the public today.
This is a real-life "Peach Blossom Land" in northern Xinjiang. Before the road was built, the people living here had almost no contact with the outside world. They had to rely on camels and horses to get to the nearest county town, Minfeng. It took three to five days to ride a camel. Many Yatungus people had never left the desert in their lives.
They graze sheep in the Populus euphratica forest, hunt wild sheep in the desert, and raise camels and horses. They trade sheepskins and wool for daily necessities, and stick to their homeland and beliefs with hardship and perseverance.
“It is said that when this village was discovered, the people in the village didn’t know that New China was outside, and they thought it was in the Qing Dynasty.” Da Bawang stayed in Yatongus Village for a while, because Zhou Zhi wanted to take pictures of some Desert Populus euphratica. photos.
“The melons here are pretty good in the summer.” Sun Gong said, “I have been here many years ago. Before the desert highway was built, we had to take the western route, which was a long way around. . ”
It’s similar to how it is going around now, Zhou Zhi cursed while pressing the shutter.
After driving more than a thousand kilometers from the capital, we still have about three hundred kilometers to reach our destination, another city in the autonomous region.
Can you believe this in Bashu? Jiachuan is the border of Bashu, and it is only 350 kilometers to the capital of Shu!
Putting away a few pieces of "specimen ingredients" of sugarcane, everyone went on the road. After passing Yaguston, the road ahead became easier.
The ease of walking does not mean that the road has become better, but that there are more people and cars on the road. There are also some ethnic minority fellows driving large carriages on the road. It is no longer as desolate as the desert road in the morning.
Every fifty kilometers you walk, you will encounter a county town, Minfeng, Yutian, Cele.
This area was very prosperous in ancient times. There once was an ancient country - Jingjue Ancient Country. Near MF County, there are the ruins of the Andil Ancient City, the ruins of the Xiayangtak Ancient City, and the ruins of the Tanglan Ancient City.
“In the country of Jingjue, the king ruled the city of Jingjue. He went to Chang’an for 8,820 miles, with 480 households, 3,360 mouths, and 500 victorious soldiers. The capital of Jingjue There is one captain, one general on the left and one post commander in the north. One hundred and twenty-three miles, it reaches the Shulu Kingdom in the south for four days, and the road is empty, and it leads to the west for four hundred and sixty miles. "
This is the ancient Silk Road, which will be discovered in the near future. The tombs of two generations of Jingjue kings were unearthed, and rich funerary objects were discovered. Among them are high-end and exquisite Chinese-style five-color brocades from the royal workshops of the Central Plains.
There are also texts on the brocade, one is "The king and his wife will be together for a long time, and the descendants will live forever", and the other one will be very famous in later generations - the "Five stars come out of the east and benefit China" armrest, It's simply doubtful that there might be some divine will.
The name of the Niya Dynasty comes from the Niya River. This name is still used today, but it is used for agricultural products-two local specialties-Niya black chicken and Niya sheep.
Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. The once prosperous ancient city declined due to the drying up of the rivers. When the rivers became droughts in spring, floods in summer, shortages in autumn and dryness in winter, "People's Feng", a city that entrusted hope and beauty, The county with a new name has now become a poor county in the country.
Also belonging to poor counties are Yutian and Cele along the way.
When Big Overlord entered HT City, Xia Mili discovered that there was a BJ Cherokee with license plate number 0002 parked under the "Open Hotan Welcomes You" sign at the intersection.
Seeing the Overlord coming, the Cherokee blew the horn lightly.
“Uncle Ayiguli’s driver is waiting for us here.” Xia Mili turned around and smiled at everyone.
(End of this chapter)