At this time, Lijiang was still just Lijiang. It was not yet a developed tourist city, nor did it have those messy nicknames. The folk customs were very simple and the scenery was very beautiful.
Most of the towns they passed along the way were small towns, which were worse than what they were in Lijiang. The Lijiang in front of them was like the international metropolis Tieling.
They ate sour potatoes along the way, but they couldn't stand it any longer. They tried their best to get some instant noodles, but they also made them nauseous.
Lijiang has been an important town on the Tea Horse Road since ancient times. It also brings together delicacies from southern Yunnan, such as chicken bean jelly, Naxi grilled fish, Lijiang cakes, and cured pork ribs hot pot. The group of people walking with their hands on their waists while eating.
"After a month and a half, my stomach finally feels what is delicious and what is food." Zhong Yuemin said happily: "It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After enjoying this blessing, my
My appetite has changed. When I was in the army, roasted potatoes dipped in salt were simply delicious. If I were doing wilderness survival training, the insects would even taste delicious."
The little girl who was traveling with me covered her mouth and said: "Brother Zhong, can you not tell me, I just finished eating, you let me savor the aftertaste, how disgusting it is to eat bugs."
"Young girl, you are so pretentious." Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "You have been hungry for three days, and I see you will eat everything."
Jiang Hua smiled and said: "Little girl, let me tell you, we are in southern Yunnan now. There has been a saying in southern Yunnan that three mosquitoes make one dish. And there is also a traditional insect feast here. Scorpions, centipedes, and grasshoppers are all delicious.
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Zhong Yuemin continued: "When we get to the capital of southern Yunnan Province, I'll treat you to a feast of insects."
If Zhong Yueming and Jiang Hua were to have three or four little girls chasing them around, they would be disgusting bugs. How could they put them in their mouths and eat them?
"What a beautiful scenery." A girl said with emotion: "This is an original scenery that you can't see in the capital."
"Did you know? Original ecology is actually synonymous with poverty and lack of development." Jiang Hua said with a smile: "The poorer the place, the more original the scenery. It looks good to us, but the locals may not like it."
The little girl stuck out her tongue and hid behind her sisters.
They were so full after just eating that they walked along the road to eat some food.
There is not a small stall on the roadside, but the vendors are either elderly people or just a little older children.
Passing by a stall selling wild mushrooms, the stall owner was a thin little girl holding an infant child.
Jiang Hua shook his head: "This is the purpose of our investigation this time. Look, such a young child has to bear the burden of the family and take care of her younger siblings. How can she have time and money to receive an education?"
A woman next to him interrupted and said, "This is not his brother, this is his son."
"Impossible." A little girl on Jiang Hua's side shook her head: "She looks like she is only thirteen or fourteen years old at most. How can she have a son?"
"She is sixteen years old this year. She has been malnourished since she was a child, so she looks small. She turns out to be my student. She dropped out of school last year and went home to get married. She just gave birth to a son this year." The woman who interrupted said: "Her grades turned out to be in the class.
She was one of the best in the family and should have had a bright future, but her family was really poor, so she exchanged marriages with her brother."
The little girl stall owner looked at the woman and lowered her head in embarrassment, and whispered: "Teacher Zhang, do you want mushrooms?"
Teacher Zhang sighed: "Give it all to me."
After finishing speaking, Teacher Zhang took out a handkerchief from his trouser pocket with great effort and opened the handkerchief package. Inside were several zero bills, one for one, two for five, and only one for ten.
The little girl wrapped up the mushrooms on the ground and handed them to Teacher Zhang, but did not reach out for the money.
"Take it, you don't need money, and your son also needs money to support him. Your life shouldn't be like this."
The little girl held her child in her arms and walked towards the outside of Lijiang City while crying.
That teacher Zhang picked up the fungus and walked towards the other end of the street.
"Teacher Zhang, please wait a moment." Jiang Hua shouted, "Can we have a chat?"
Teacher Zhang looked at Jianghua and said with a smile: "You are not locals, not even from southern Yunnan. What are you doing in Lijiang? Are you traveling?"
"How do you know we are not from southern Yunnan?"
Teacher Zhang smiled and said: "Your Mandarin doesn't even have a southern Yunnan accent."
Zhong Yuemin smiled and said: "Yes, we are from the capital."
"The capital is a great place. Before I supported the frontier, I once visited the capital."
Just this sentence made everyone stand in awe.
Teacher Zhang said with a smile: "I am from the Northeast. I came here with my sister in 1974 to support the construction. It has been 25 years now."
"Twenty-five years is not easy. How many twenty-five years can a person have in his life?" Jiang Hua said with admiration, "When I heard your words just now, you seemed to be a teacher."
"Yes, I have been a teacher for more than ten years."
A little girl stood up and said: "Hello, Teacher Zhang, we are a charity organization in Beijing. We are here mainly to inspect the education situation in the southwest region."
"It's a good thing to do charity." Teacher Zhang said with a smile: "Education in the southwestern region is really lagging behind and needs further support."
"So we want to talk to you." Jiang Hua said to the girl: "Xiaofen, please hold on to Teacher Zhang. Teacher Zhang is not in good health."
The little girl didn't have as good eyesight as Jiang Hua and Zhong Yuemin, so she let out a confused sound.
"I didn't see Teacher Zhang carrying the medicine bag in his hand." Zhong Yuemin said quickly: "And look at it, Teacher Zhang's face doesn't look good either."
Immediately, two little girls were supporting Teacher Zhang, one on the left and the other on the right, and another girl took the bag from Teacher Zhang's hand.
"You don't have to hold me up like this, I can walk."
Although Teacher Zhang did this, the two little girls still held Teacher Zhang steady.
"Let's find a place to sit."
I found a snack bar and talked to the boss. The boss was very polite and asked a few of them to sit down. They were too embarrassed to sit down for nothing and asked for some snacks and tea.
"Teacher Zhang, we came all the way from western Guangdong and it was shocking." Zhong Yuemin shook his head: "So we want to communicate with people in the industry like you to see how we can support local education."
Teacher Zhang sighed: "The reason is very simple. It boils down to one word: poverty. The poorer you are, the more ignorant you are. The more ignorant you are, the poorer you are. Knowledge is the only way they can change their destiny, but they give up easily because of ignorance and poverty."
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The girls were sentimental and sighed along with Teacher Zhang.
Zhong Yuemin smiled and said: "Why are you sighing? Aren't we here to change everything?"
