Having agreed on the duties of the three groups of men, nay, human donkeys, the men did not set out at once, for it was too hot.
While everyone rested on the coolest ground floor of the bamboo house, Li Tiezhu was not idle. His old home was in the big mountains, and the mountains there were slightly less in altitude than these mountains, but the absolute height difference was not too big.
Before the construction of country roads, the most important means of transport are 2.5 kinds, one is the horse, mainly the short and good at climbing Dianma, one is the Sichuan Western donkey jointly domesticated by the Chinese, Tibetan and Qiang people, and also half a kind of mule which is a hybrid of horse and donkey, and the real meaning of the non-insulting mongrel – mule.
There are not many mules, but because they are unable to reproduce offspring, they are at best a half breed.
A contraption like the mule, despite its inability to reproduce offspring, is a much more favoured pack animal because it eats less than a horse and is about as strong. However, it has a low IQ and a bad temper, the same as a donkey.
But no matter which kind of pack animal, in the western region of Sichuan, the way of transport is the same, is the pack transport, because the high mountains and dangerous roads do not have the condition of pulling the cart.
Li Tiezhu is very clear about this, so only after dinner grabbed the sponsorship, began to take the saw with wood to do donkey saddle. In fact, it is very simple, a slightly curved “匚 “字形鞍很快做好了，接上结实的草绳架上驴，前勒脖子中勒腰，后面勒住臀。
Next, Li Tiezhu used bamboo splints to weave two connected bamboo baskets, which are similar to fishing nets, using the thickest bamboo strips to ensure firmness.
Two bamboo baskets, one on the left and one on the right, to the donkey saddle a ride, just right!
This is a kind of bayonet-like existence, the saddle raised on the horizontal wooden bar slightly larger, bracket baskets attached to the wooden bar slightly slaughter, just stuck in.
The bamboo baskets were rough, with eyelets the size of an egg, but that didn’t matter; whether it was a horse, mule or donkey, the main considerations for pack gear were fit and sturdiness, and underneath the baskets was a side of thin bamboo hitches, tied with rope. Things transported to the destination, directly untie the rope, the two sides of the basket of goods fall down to empty, tethered, and can continue to go hauling goods, this is the wisdom of the simple working people.
Li Tiezhu as a child drove horses, mules and donkeys, more familiar, generally two heads and two tails are horses, the middle is a mule and donkey, because …… mules and donkeys IQ is too low do not know the road, the front of the horse to lead the way, the back of the horse to urge the process, the person only need to follow the end on the line.
Donkeys and mules wear metal chews and bamboo braided mouth covers in their mouths to prevent them from stealing crops halfway down the road, but horses never need this stuff, they are very self-disciplined.
For hundreds of years, it was almost the standard way of pack transport in the three southwestern provinces and cities, even the Tea and Horse Trail, which was in full bloom.
(The author’s family used to sell tofu, bean sprouts, holding a mule pack tofu and bean sprouts, run a few big mountains kind of, write here quite emotional, write a few more sentences of nonsense, forgive me!)
Then, three waves of people and donkeys split up.
Zheng Yan Zi said, “Is donkey meat really good? I’ve never eaten it.”
Li Tiezhu smiled, “It’s delicious, but it’s not a matter of whether it’s good or not. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that donkey meat is sweet in flavour, cool in nature and non-toxic. It has health care functions such as tonifying blood, benefiting qi and replenishing weakness. It’s not just meat, it’s medicine!”
Heh!
From a young age, Old Man Li had taught Li Tiezhu pharmacological knowledge to come.
In the far western hemisphere, Odin even had an urge to change his name, Odin Odin is Latin for rough and furious, not elegant at all.
It is still Dawa that sounds good!
He took another sip of the “mixture of five grains”, grimaced, and started taking notes:
“After Armageddon, there will be no oil, electricity, or gas, so we’ll have to find the best pack animals. In my opinion, South American alpacas are stupid! Give up. It will be necessary for the doomsayers to procure a donkey from the East in advance; horses and mules will be left out for the time being; they eat too much, but their meat is not very tasty! Donkeys are the best choice, according to the ancient eastern book “Outline of the Complete Compendium of Plants”, possessing the efficacy of replenishing blood, of course, replenishing gases and filling up weaknesses English can not be accurately translated, doubtful! It is also doubtful why a book on plant medicines would record animal flesh effects …… But let’s learn how to make donkey saddles and bamboo baskets! Remember! Remember!”
The programme continues, with Odin red-faced and even a little light-headed.
Oooh!
This damn Oriental Spirits is so strong without soaking the zombies?
It’s f*cking awesome! It’s even better than a leafy cigarette.
“Tractor, if you’re still pulling crotch like that, I might choose to let you scrap into flames early!”
This was already the fourth time that Zheng Yanzi had pushed the donkey’s arse up the slope, and she was already a little impatient.
The mountain road was steep and without a path, so it would naturally be tougher.
Li Tiezhu carried a hoe to shovel the dirt can just now smoothed some, and the hoe turned one side, the digging down the dirt whacked solid, said: “The donkey can walk on the mountain road, but, too high can or step over, because the legs are short. Xiong Er, you calm down a little, really do not like, let’s slaughter it, although our family is not lack of meat now, but a little effort or eat all.”
Tractor also do not know if it can understand human language, instantly increased horsepower, towards the front crazy run away.
Zheng Yanzi said, “Observe it again! It is at least one that has been given a name and enlightened by me. If I kill it directly and eat the meat, how would I lose face?”
Li Tiezhu: “You still want face in front of me? Flying over Luding Bridge and Thousand Mile Ride are forgotten?”
Zheng Yan Zi suddenly blushed, bah!
Disgusting!
Thousands of miles, is Li Tiezhu carrying one of her legs, dragging her to jump two rounds of the playground, fly over the Luding Bridge is more simple, Li Tiezhu legs forked from Zheng Yanzi head to jump over,
This is a great shame ah! The kind that has no hope of revenge.
Zheng Yan Zi gas puffing, kicked the donkey a foot: “Now it is on TV! Give me face. People all over the world are watching, what if I go to competitions all over the world in the future?”
Li Tiezhu also knew how to change the topic, “In fact, if I top it up two more times, you’ll kick the donkey to death yourself, without me even having to do it.”
Anyway, Serene Brother never knew what it meant to pity a woman.
And ah, a woman of Jung Yeon Zi’s stature, fragrant as she is, but not jade, is a furious, one-punch-a-boing-monster big sister, and the entire zoo put together is not even a match for her.
Zheng Yeon Zi said, “I have a measure, before the last instalment, I won’t get it dead, the tractor is still useful.”
The donkey climbed upwards even more vigorously, panting.
Digging for fern roots was a tedious task because, on the mountain, there were so many Crested Ferns that there was no difficulty in just digging through them in order. Crested ferns are a species older than the dinosaurs, they not only have a long history, but they are also …… very tasty.
Of course, eating alone is not possible.
Zheng Yanzi then asked, “Can’t we bake the sweet potatoes and make vermicelli with the fern roots alone?”
“No!”
Li Tiezhu was incomparably firm.
“Why?”
Zheng Yanzi asked again, she really wants to eat baked sweet potatoes, because baked sweet potatoes …… are fragrant.
Li Tiezhu said, “Simple fern root is slightly toxic, easy to be irritable, headache, throat discomfort, gastrointestinal discomfort, discomfort from old injuries, etc., and will also cause pain in the tendons and bones, and long term consumption may cause a decrease in the self-control ability of the nervous system. Therefore, fern root flour must also control the proportion of fern root and sweet potato, or it will go wrong!”
Zheng Yanzi: “Huh? Then if we eat fern root noodles, aren’t we eating poison?”
Li Tiezhu said, “Non-toxic. Taking off the measurements and ratios to say toxicity is being a hooligan.”
The two of them plus a donkey worked most efficiently, so the digging of fern roots was fast, only because it was not yet autumn, the portion of fern roots was seriously insufficient, so it took more time.
The two who worked second most efficiently were picking lobsters in Lower River Bay.
Qin Tao was obviously much more reliable than Yi Xing, who had idol baggage, and one of the two was holding a modified rubbish bin with a wooden lid, made by Li Tiezhu.
Qin Tao’s bucket is almost full, while Yi Xing’s bucket is still empty.
Pop-up normal style:
“Spicy crawfish! No thanks!”
“Garlic crayfish! No thanks!”
“It’s impossible to make garlic crayfish, a lot of garlic from primitive people have been taken and planted ……”
“Southwesterners never eat garlic crawfish, only spicy ones.”
“Poor! The invasive species froze and was eaten as an endangered species!”
“Crawfish are delicious!”
“Doggone show, made me order another $100.20 crayfish takeaway!”
“With hot pot base, can crayfish be far behind?”
Overseas netizens commented in very different styles:
“Is this crayfish? Oh! God, bless them.”
“I’ve heard that the North American crayfish invasion of Asia has brought many countries to the brink of collapse, bonobos, South Korea, Annam, etc. ……”
“I think they are putting on a show on the programme to catch Crayfish to protect the ecosystem!”
“Is this Chinese political correctness? Honestly, I love this programme, but, now I’m a bit disappointed!”
“Hey! Guys, why don’t you be bold, this might be a food dish.”
“Oh my dear, are you serious? Can you eat crayfish? Even if the Chinese eat everything, this animal is overloaded with heavy metals!”
“Crayfish have a great ability to survive, they transfer heavy metals to their shells and reduce them by shedding their shells. But, honestly, I don’t think this stuff is edible.”
“Like the Asian carp that floods North America, this thing belongs in the category of an insoluble being.”
“Oh! Come on! It’s an Asian show, let’s see how Asians eat crayfish! Believe me, they are more fanatical about eating it than we are about cricket! Especially Iain Pella Lee, he’s like the God of the chef world ……”
On the programme’s camera, Superstar-Yi was scared by a huge Crayfish, but Wave-Qin was undaunted and grabbed it into a bucket, saying, “Brother! Don’t waste such a big one! It’s sure to have shrimp yolk again, it’s super tasty.”
In front of the screen, Dawa Odin shivered, “I knew it! I knew it! This must be food, the Chinese are the ones at the top of the food chain! I want to see how you guys eat crayfish, this thing, there is absolutely no way it can be tasty! Unless Lee performs another miracle ……”