The hair of Luo Xuan, Zhang Xiaoli and Peng Yong all turned into ice.
After entering the steaming hotel and sitting for a while, the ice on everyone's heads gradually began to melt.
Then it will turn into droplets of water, slowly flowing down.
There is also some water, which is heated by body temperature and turns into streams of water vapor, which slowly evaporates.
The heads of the three people were filled with steam, making them look like those peerless masters in martial arts novels practicing their martial arts.
It's a pity that during this period,
Martial arts novels are not popular at all, but I like magnificent war movies.
So Zhang Xiaoli pointed at the top of Luo Xuan's head and giggled: "Your heads are so full of smoke?
Just like in "Visitors from the Glacier", our heroic soldiers go out to patrol.
Go back to the cave to warm yourself by the fire, and everyone above your head will look like you."
The main reason why Zhang Xiaoli is happy is that she has never seen Saibei, which has various unique phenomena in this extremely cold weather.
But just now the flames exploded, and the veteran drivers were talking unabashedly and playing hooligans.
In fact, Zhang Xiaoli didn't take it to heart: she was too naive and didn't hear it at all.
The driver said he was willing to pay 50 yuan, what did he mean behind it.
As for the stove, why did it suddenly explode?
Zhang Xiaoli thought that it might be because the coal here was of poor quality.
Mizi's mother-in-law, Suide's Han.
The stone slabs of the clear stream and the carbon of Wayao Fort.
In later generations, Camel City was 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 due to poor coal quality?
Due to the size of this hotel, it is really too small.
Usually, the quantity of ingredients they prepare is not very large.
After a group of drivers came to have a meal in front of me, the only item left in the restaurant was "Stir-fried Donkey Meat Covered with Yellow Rice".
No choice.
"Let's have three servings."
Luo Xuan said to the person in charge of the hotel, "Can you please make it spicy for us?"
Peng Yong asked in a low voice, "Stir-fried donkey meat with yellow rice? I haven't eaten donkey meat yet!"
They say dragon meat is in the sky and donkey meat is on the ground. I didn’t expect that you can actually eat donkey meat and rice here. It’s really good!”
Luo Xuan smiled slightly, "Don't be happy yet. It's still unknown whether you can get used to eating after you come up!"
Zhang Xiaoli was a little puzzled, “Why can’t I get used to it?
I'm afraid that donkey meat won't taste good. I'll make some gravy and mix it with rice. It will taste delicious."
Luo Xuan shook his head, "Not necessarily."
In one life,
Because of my work, I often go to Saibei on business trips. So I am very familiar with the climate, culture, and eating habits here.
really!
When I waited for three portions of "Stir-fried Donkey Meat Covered with Yellow Rice", the stupid waiter brought it to the table.
"Is this rice?"
Zhang Xiaoli stared at her big eyes, her eyelashes blinked, "What kind of rice is this? Why is it so yellow?"
"This is called yellow rice, which is made by shelling 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 texture, and people here mainly use it to make fried cakes, fried steamed buns or to brew yellow rice wine."
Peng Yong picked up a pair of chopsticks.
Then he took out some toilet paper from his pocket and wiped his chopsticks, "Eat, you will have strength after eating."
"Why isn't it spicy?"
The first bite of donkey meat enters your mouth,
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.
"How can I get my mouth full of this rice? It tastes so coarse."
Peng Yong ate yellow rice for the first time and was really not used to it. "Forget it, I just took a few 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 that her appetite is not big to begin with.
But the more important reason is: Zhang Xiaoli suddenly came from Bashu, and for a while, she really couldn't get used to the taste of yellow rice.
After everyone finished eating, the bill was settled: Good guy!
The price of this meal is really not cheap.
One person had half a catty of yellow rice and four taels of donkey meat. The result was: each meal cost 1 yuan and 57 cents!
This meal cost Luoxuan 4 yuan, 7 cents and 1 cent in total.
The person in charge of the restaurant, who was very strict in his work, did not even wipe out the 1 cent change from Luo Xuan in the end.
You must know that these 4 yuan and 70 cents would be left in Bashu Province.
It is enough for Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli to order 6 meat dishes and 2 vegetarian dishes on a 5-inch plate of stir-fried vegetables in a state-owned restaurant.
And you can also get a free bowl of "Sanhe Soup".
But this hotel,
It is opened in the wilderness and is specially designed for drivers who come and go to eat.
Therefore, it is understandable that the price is higher.
Otherwise, who would be willing to guard this small restaurant alone in the wilderness, in the wind and snow?
If you run a small store like this, you can't afford it.
In addition, whether there are customers or no customers coming to eat, the store must prepare various ingredients in advance.
The stove in the lobby must be burning red.
Calculated in this way, the operating costs are indeed not low. We cannot use common sense to measure the high or low price of its meals.
Complete the account.
Just as Luo Xuan and others stood up, they saw the door curtain being lifted, and a man wrapped in a white sheep belly towel walked in from the door.
There was an old man wearing a shabby sheepskin coat that was black and the color could no longer be seen.
"You don't want to eat?"
The old man bent over, with a smile on his face covered with black grooves.
He asked Zhang Xiaoli in a humble tone, "Woman, if you don't want to eat it, just put it away."
Zhang Xiaoli was stunned and said, "Uncle, it's up to you whether you want to pack it up or not. I can't control it."
Luo Xuan took over and said, "Master, please take it. These yellow rice and donkey meat are given to you."
"Hey, 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 torn robe.
Carefully, slowly put the ceramic basin containing the food into the bag.
"Old man, what have you done?"
The stupid waiter was dissatisfied, "If you come here too often, it will affect our store's business. Don't come here anymore, okay? I'm addicted."
The old man nodded and bowed, "No, no, no, I was standing outside just now.
I saw from the window that a few young people had already finished eating, so they just came in. Don't affect your business."
The waiter muttered a few words and went straight away to clear away the dishes.
Waiting for Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli to leave the warm hotel and plunge into the biting north wind and heavy snow.
Zhang Xiaoli asked tremblingly, "Why did you say just now that you should give those leftovers to that old man?
We stopped eating, so he just came up and took it away, wouldn’t it be fine?”
"no."
Luo Xuan shook his head, "We paid for those meals, if we don't nod.
The waiter in the hotel will not let that old man take away those donkey meat and yellow rice."
Peng Yong was curious, “What did the waiter do with those leftovers?
Will he pack it back and feed it to his family? Or will he pick out the donkey meat and sell it again?"
Luo Xuan said, "It's possible."
Zhang Xiaoli was silent for a moment.
He asked in a solemn tone, "Are the lives of the fellow villagers here very difficult?"
“It’s very, very difficult!”
Luo Xuan sighed, "Sui Mi County and Zhimi County are a little better. If you go to Zhouzi County and Jiajia County, it will be even worse.
Zhimi County is close to the Wuding River, so there is a lot of river land.
Because of the land inside the river, its soil will be more fertile and less susceptible to drought. Therefore, the food yield will be higher."
“If you go further into the mountains, you will see that there is extensive planting and poor harvest, and you have to rely solely on the weather to make a living.
In years with less rainfall, they may not even be able to get back the seed money."
After hearing this, Peng Yong couldn't help but sigh: "I have worked hard for a year, but I can't even get back the seed money! This is such a shame."
For thousands of years, the suffering of Saibei is beyond the imagination of outsiders.
This is not just a matter of climate.
And more importantly, both in terms of the selection of food crop varieties and the extreme lack of water conservancy and irrigation facilities.
It simply cannot meet the basic needs of agricultural cultivation.
Planting extensively and harvesting little, relying on the weather to survive is by no means a lie here.
As for later generations, Camel City became very wealthy, and it was definitely not developed through agriculture.
However, these are all things for later.
This time on the road, the journey was extremely difficult. It was just because of the heavy wind and snow!
As the snowstorm lasts longer, the entire temperature drops more sharply. Therefore, if you can't walk a few steps, your body's body temperature will be lost quickly.
His face also became dull and numb.
Without any choice,
After Luo Xuan, Zhang Xiaoli, and Peng Yong walked for a while, they could only quickly get into the nearest small shops on the side of the road.
Go and escape the wind and snow for a while.
The composition of these roadside shops is relatively complex:
It has dealership stores, car repair shops, and small restaurants.
Some houses are even purely local residential housing.
Fortunately, the locals are used to seeing huge traffic jams like this.
So even if you knock on the houses of those residents, the locals will open the doors enthusiastically and let everyone in to get warm.
But when I leave,
Everyone would tacitly give someone 35 cents in cash.
to express gratitude
If you encounter a roadside store, it's better if it's a restaurant.
Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli could also go in and have a steaming bowl of Silipu mutton noodles.
But if they encounter a consignment store in the production team, Luo Xuan and his party will have no choice but to go in and squeeze in with others.
Warm yourself by the fire and stamp your feet.
When my body felt a little warmer, I quickly set off again.
Seeing that it is getting later and later, there are more and more cars stuck on the road.
corresponding,
More and more people are going to the small shops on the roadside to warm themselves by the fire.
Sometimes, when I encounter smaller sales outlets, it is really crowded and crowded.
There isn't even a place to plug in the pins.
Just walk and rest along the way.
After struggling for 7 or 8 hours, Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli completed the 32-mile journey from the drop-off point to Suimi County with great difficulty.
By the time everyone arrived at Suimi County, the sky was completely dark.
This is Suimi County,
It is a famous city in history!
In the Qin Dynasty, it was called "Shangjun".
In the Han Dynasty, the Qin system was followed and Shangjun was still established.
It governs 23 counties.
The administrative seat of Shangjun is Suimi County, also called Fushi City.
Come to this ancient city that has been famous for thousands of years.
Peng Yong and Zhang Xiaoli, their high expectations suddenly turned into deep disappointment.
I saw that the streets in Suimi County were dilapidated, with a lot of coal ash and melted snow water that had been trampled by people. The streets and alleys had all become muddy and difficult to walk on.
In the county town, the street lights are dim.
In this dim night, under the dim lights, countless travelers carrying packages and bed rolls walked in the mud with dejected expressions.
There are many coal mines in Saibei.
With the strong development of the country's economy, various industries have increasing demand for energy.
Therefore, the production volume of coal mines in Saibei is also increasing.
This has made the environmental pollution in Saibei increasingly serious. In addition, from time to time, sandstorms rage.
And when winter comes, residents use coal and firewood for cooking and heating.
Therefore, in winter, the city here is covered in a kind of gray black soot.
It makes people feel extremely suffocated and makes them feel extremely depressed.
This traffic jam on the national highway seems to be particularly serious, which can be described as "unprecedented".
therefore,
Tonight, the entire Suimi County was plunged into chaos! Even though the wind was biting and the roads were muddy, it was difficult to travel.
Therefore, in Suimi County, on the streets late at night, there are still groups of travelers looking for a place to stay.
All state-run guesthouses were packed to capacity.
The only high-end hotel in the city does have some spare rooms.
It's a pity that in this period, if you want to stay in a hotel of this level, you need to be of a higher standard.
What if you only have money and want to stay overnight?
There is no way!
Ordinary people can't even enter the hotel door.
Luo Xuan took Zhang Xiaoli and Peng Yong with him.
With the help of the dim lights on the street, I walked hard on the muddy road, one foot deep and one foot shallow.
I don’t know how far I walked.
Finally, after searching for 7 or 8 guest houses, I found a "Sui Mi County Forestry Bureau State-owned Guest House" in a small alley.
Go to the duty room,
Luo Xuan asked, "Comrade, are there any rooms left? There are two men and one woman."
The person in charge raised his head and glanced expressionlessly at Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli who were standing outside the iron fence of the duty room.
Then he said coldly, "Datong. There are no beds, so you can squeeze in. The same goes for the lesbians."
"How many beds are there in Datong, and how many people are already living there now?"
Luo Xuan wanted to confirm the accommodation conditions tonight, "Also, how much does it cost to stay for one night?"
"A large berth has 12 beds. Now 26 people have been squeezed into it, right?"
The man's attitude was very cold, "The accommodation fee per person for one night is 1 yuan and 70 cents. Hey, uh, can't you live here, young man?!"
If you want to stay, please take out your letter of introduction and let me see it.
Then pay the fee and deposit first, and then I will check you in."
Well.
There are 12 bunks, and 26 people have been squeezed into them.
If you add yourself and Peng Yong, there will be a total of 28 people!
This. Even if it sleeps with people piled on top of each other, it can't sleep.
