Artemisia selengensis picking

When Artemisia selengensis goes on the market every year, it is the time when every household in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province basks in bacon. Fresh Artemisia selengensis and delicious bacon can be eaten until March. When Artemisia selengensis is old and the bacon is finished, this dish will wait until next year. Perhaps it is to look forward to a more coveted year.

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In the annual picking season, if you stand on the dam of Poyang Lake in Hukou County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, and look across the beach of Poyang Lake, sparse people are bowing their heads to pick something. These people are the local "Artemisia selengensis" in Hukou County. Every February and March, the green Artemisia selengensis by Poyang Lake grows wildly. The "customers of Artemisia selengensis" began to take action, and the small Artemisia selengensis brought considerable economic income to the local people.

Although Artemisia selengensis is good, it still needs hard work to get those hard-working "Artemisia selengensis customers" to pick it before serving it on the table. There is not much rain, so the operation is more convenient. In the spring rain of previous years, homework was more difficult. Every morning, the ferry at Ximen Old Ferry in Hukou County is crowded with "Artemisia" from Shuangzhong Town in Hukou County. A team of 100 people went to the lake stall on the other side of Poyang Lake to pick Artemisia selengensis. Most of the people who pick Artemisia selengensis are middle-aged women, but some young people also take their children with them on weekends. Usually leave in one day, with food. Only a few people came back at noon. You can pick hundreds of pounds at the end of the day.

There are two kinds of Artemisia selengensis women. One is to make a living, pick it and sell it to hotels or vendors. One is to pick it from your own home and fry it. These people are mainly elderly women with better economic conditions, who are idle at home, just like a large army coming to pick them up. One does exercise and the other does some original wild vegetables. In the past, the living conditions of ordinary people were poor, so they went to the wild to get some wormwood to eat. Now they are returning to nature.

The weather is cold, Artemisia selengensis froze to death a lot, and naturally it was born later than in previous years. When Artemisia selengensis is scarce, that is, a few days before and after the Lantern Festival every year, Artemisia selengensis is very tender and belongs to the top grade with good quality. After removing the leaves, it can be sold to 15 yuan for a catty. It's March in the lunar calendar, and the price has come down. Generally, wild ones began to appear on the market around the Lantern Festival, but in just two or three weeks, they were rare, because the elders were gone.

After the boat arrived at Meijiazhou Ferry in Poyang Lake on the other side, everyone began to prepare for picking. There are three or four snakeskin bags under the belt, holding a curved sickle. Everyone goes to Cao Zhou. Everyone has a vigorous figure and agile movements. Looking around, more than 20 people spread out, waving sickles and cutting them one by one. A large area of grassland in Meijiazhou is covered with Artemisia selengensis. There are many such grasslands in Xingang Town, Jiujiang County along Poyang Lake to Xing Zi County. Artemisia selengensis is experienced and specializes in cutting those green and shiny leaves. The cut Artemisia selengensis is thick and tender.

At noon, everyone set out their meals, ate pickles and shoveled them. After dinner, I sat on the grass for a short rest, saved my strength and continued mowing. Until five o'clock in the afternoon, the last ferry from Meijiazhou back to Hukou County docked, and then I took a tightly tied snakeskin bag back to Hukou by boat. The bag is naturally filled with suppressed Artemisia selengensis. Talking and laughing all the way, driving a full load home, full of joy after work! (Source: China Duchang Net Food Channel)