The true meaning of labor 4. Respect the laborer
"Hahaha-" He laughed happily."A crane flew to the foot of the bed, empty shell during the day and full at night. Guess what this is? Haha, how was it?" The male angel smiled proudly. "Hehe, what 'old grandma'? You're singing in the clouds for half a day-the pitch is too high. We can't reconcile." Miss Xiaoying said. Miss Yulu also said,"I've never heard of it either-""Hahaha, jabbering-it's over, it's over-the manure pot rolled away: Ji ji gu lu, ji ji gu lu-bang!-- Aiyo, my 'great-grandma'! "Hahaha!""Hahaha! So it's a manure can! You're really something!"”"Ha ha-humorous and elegant-Great Grandmother!”"In our hometown, the dung pot is called the old grandma. Due to the steep slope, the manure tank could roll at any moment. So the adult ordered: Yazi pay attention to your old grandmother ha, roll away can be broken. Back then, we used to burn our dung pots. It accidentally fell to the ground and was broken.”"You drink shit. Can you lift half a bucket of shit with one hand?”Miss Yulu asked. "Let's work together. First, we'll drink almost all of the feces in the bucket, then each of us will scoop half a can. Each family will carry the bucket with one hand and the other hand will carry the half can of feces. When drinking manure, you must bend down and carefully drink the clear manure into the corn pit. If you rush from afar, you will wash the seeds and base fertilizer in the pit everywhere. Remember not to flood the golden mountain. If the pit was too small, he would have to dig out some soil with his hands to fill it up. At this moment, he was a little careless and put down the manure can. Oh my god, my grandmother. Oh no, my grandmother ran away again. Hahaha. The weather is too hot, sometimes drinking excrement to the ground to see the leaves of tung tree, so want to use its leaves to make a sun hat, good shelter. "Haha, how many manure cans do I have to spare for that day?”"I specially hired someone to buy you a manure can.”"The adults said that Yazi tied the manure can to his shoulder with a strap, so hehe-- Haha. Don't say that I really did it. This is the old lady helping me to snatch the broadcast. As long as we rest, we will gather under the tree to set up the Dragon Gate Array and talk about everything. What everyone was most interested in was the story of the corn.”"Yes, I might as well blow on you-" the goat-nosed angel played again in the mirror-and boasted:
As one of the three major food crops in the world, corn was recognized as the world's golden food. It originated from South America's peru. It had been planted more than 7,000 years ago and was the only food crop of the local Indians. It was seen as a gift from the "Goddess of Maze." In 1942, after Columbia discovered the New World, he regarded corn as a divine product and called it "Indian seed", which was spread all over the world. The introduction of corn into our country was in the 16th century. At that time, when foreigners went to see the emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty, they used corn ears as tributes, and the Chinese regarded them as "imperial wheat." Because corn matured quickly, had high yield, strong cold-resistance, and had high nutritional value, it quickly became a global food crop. Especially in the past century, with the development of food science and technology, as well as people's increasing understanding of health and diet, the importance of corn nutrition became more and more important. The American Food Association hailed corn as the "pearl on the crown"; Japan regarded corn as a national treasure. Yu Ruomu, a famous nutritionist in China, said bluntly."Cob is a long-lived food, so it has the qualifications to be a staple food. The World Health Organization (Who) also called corn the ambassador of the balance of human diet. There were many other names for corn. Some places called it jade wheat, cob, corn, and other different names such as jade kaoliang, wrapped reed, pearl rice, and six-grain rice. Because the corn was once tasted by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, it won the good name of "Royal Mai". The ancestral home of corn is not in our country. It was generally believed that corn originated in South America. In the Indian language, there was a saying called "granary of corn" in the well-known Mexico. Archeologists had found the oldest wild corn ear in the ruins of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico. The ruins of ancient cities were still preserved near the coast of peru. On the pottery and buildings unearthed, there were a large number of corn grains and ear patterns. After analyzing these ruins, archaeologists speculated that the earliest native inhabitants of South America, the Native Americans, began to plant corn extensively as early as 4000- 5000 AD.
In 1492, the Italian navigator, Colombus, arrived in the American continent and discovered corn. He brought it back to Spain that year. In his voyage report, he enthusiastically introduced corn, a crop worshipped by the Native Americans as a natural god. He wrote: "There is a kind of grain called corn. It is sweet and delicious.”From then on, corn gradually spread throughout Europe and the world. There are two possible ways for South American corn to be imported into China: The first was brought to China by the Portugal at the end of the 15th century. The other was from the Arabs through Spain and Central Asia. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, corn was also known as "Fanmai".
For a long time after corn was introduced into China, it was only planted in coastal areas and mountainous areas such as Zhejiang and Fujian. Since the 18th century, China's corn cultivation began to develop rapidly. Because corn could resist drought and cold, it could be sown in thin soil. It was very adaptable and soon became a widely cultivated field crop in the plains.
Today, the corn cultivated by the South American Indians in the past has become a high-quality, high-yield cultivation plant with rich nutritional value after long-term natural selection and artificial domestication. It occupies an important position in food crops.
It was said that when the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi fled in panic with Emperor Guangxu and the others. That night, she stayed in Xiguan City Village on the outskirts of Beijing. Cixi suddenly came to Guan City, and the first thing she wanted was food. Cai Wanchun and the others hurriedly prepared meals. The most convenient thing was to cook fresh corn for the hungry Cixi, Guangxu, and the workers. After a while, the villagers served steamed cornbread. After a long journey, Cixi, who had not eaten anything, had never been so hungry. At this time, she ignored her dignity and ate the hot bread, which was very delicious. So she asked what it was made of, and Li Lianying replied that it was made by a stick. The Empress Dowager said,"Why is such a delicious thing called a stick? Change it to" Imperial Rice." From then on, the Koreans had a new name for the imperial seal. Over time, they wrote "corn".
The coarse grain cornbread was made of natural green grains as the main raw material. The content of fiber in it was very high. It had the characteristics of stimulating stomach and intestine movements and accelerating feces secretion. It could prevent and treat constipation, intestine cancer, and so on. The corn oil contained in it could lower serum levels of Chols and prevent the occurrence of high blood pressure and coronary-heart disease. "Hehe, I also know about the legend of corn."”
Legend had it that there was a great drought in the southwest one spring. The river opposite the village had become shallow, and the place where the torrent had once run was now so shallow that the cows could not pass over their backs as they crossed the other bank. Every night, the dull heat of summer blew from the hills into the village, and the wind blew the fragrance of the grass into the air. The dried wormwood in the mountains was on fire, and the sweet wormwood covered both sides of the river like an invisible tent. At night, the sky across the Don was covered with dark clouds, thunder rumbled and thundered, but not a single drop of rain fell on the steaming earth, and the lightning cut the sky into sharp blue patches. Owls howl on the riverbank every night. Horrible hoots passed over the village, and owls flew from the bank to the graves trodden by calves and hummed on the brown, grassy tops of the graves.
The cracked earth was like the wrinkles on the face of an old man who had experienced wind and frost, so clear and deep, so helpless and sad. The common people had sowed the sorghums, soybeans, and millet, but the heavens had not let a drop of water fall for more than a month. The seed had just sprouted and died of thirst. The farmers felt their hearts ache. The solar term did not wait for anyone. What could they do? The farmers were anxious and anxious. Each and every one of them sighed with a helpless expression.
Fortunately, the Heartless Path of the drought was blessed by the heavens. When the drought demon enveloped them, when they were waiting for the spring rain, a miracle appeared, adding hope to this spring. At this critical moment, two businessmen, an old man and a woman, came to the village. They were driving an ox cart with a big-bellied water tank. Hehe, isn't he selling water? It attracted the attention of the villagers. No one had ever seen such a huge vat. The two of them couldn't even hold it together.
The villager asked,"Is this tank for sale?"”The man said,"No. We buy seeds on credit." "Hehe, seeds on credit. This was really sending charcoal in the snow! How?" "How much is on credit? If you plant our seeds, regardless of drought or harvesting, there will be a harvest. At the very least, you will be able to eat your fill and not starve.”Everyone looked at the seed. It looked like a golden tooth.
"What is this called? He had never seen it before. It looked like a human's big teeth.”"It's called full rice. Full rice was edible. The rice pole can feed the cows." This was really what he wanted. Therefore, the villagers would give you three liters and he would give you two buckets. They had been on credit for several days, and all the land within a radius of a hundred miles came to credit.
The attentive villager muttered in his heart. He had bought so much on credit, but the rice in the jar was not less. He was very puzzled. He went to ask the knowledgeable scholar in the village. The scholar shook his head and thought for a long time. He didn't have an answer either. He said, I'll go and interrogate him.
This scholar was a person who paid attention to etiquette. He did not dare to speak carelessly and said,"May I ask where the two of you are from and how should I address you?”
The old man said,"My two junior sisters are from Lingshan.”The scholar thought as he said,"Two, two junior sisters---the grandmaster of Lingshan." The mountain is a human immortal. Could it be that you're the Spirit Mountain's immortal master?!”As soon as he finished speaking, the old man and woman disappeared. He threw down a large water tank. The name of this place was "Big Water Tank Mountain". Let's talk about the common people again. After autumn, there was a bumper harvest of rice, and every family had enough to eat. The name of this rice was used for many years, but it was later used in white: Rice. It's corn. It was said that corn was the treasure of food. It was rich in all kinds of nutrients that the human body needed, and was favored by the people in the city today. However, in the 1970s and 1980s, people did not think so. They classified it as a different species and called it a miscellaneous grain. It was actually difficult to be elegant.
The family called corn jade wheat. In those years, rich people did not eat corn. They scoffed. The corn was rustling, because they had thin throats. Their staple food was mainly white rice and fine flour. Occasionally, they would eat it for a change of taste. It was called "thin stubble". It was mainly made of cornflour. This rice was commonly known as "water besieged city" or "coax uphill". It meant that it was easy to digest and not resistant to hunger. It was funny to say that there was once a guest who came to Hualu City. The host specially used the special food of his hometown to entertain him. However, the guest did not know how to start. He hurriedly drank a bowl of "Stirring Ball" and cried out because it was hot. He even said,"The rice you eat is like paste and tasteless!"”
In fact, the best way to eat cornmeal was to steam it into a steamed cake, commonly known as cornmeal cake. Now, there were people hawking it on the streets. It was extremely sweet, and because it was rare, it was very popular with those who had eaten it in the past.
Miss Xiaoying said,"The immortals are sending seeds to show their love, and the commoners of the animal kingdom are sowing in spring." I'll let you share the story of mother bear and cubs sowing corn."
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