What's the use of straw
Straw is a by-product of rice harvesting, the most worthless and despicable thing. One of the reasons for being cheap is because there are many. Things are rare, and people often compare straw to gold. In fact, gold is rarely used except for gold jewelry. Straw, however, was widely used in farmers' lives in the past. Now I say that this topic is just a good memory and a historical evaluation. There is still a little nostalgia, which is a helpless nostalgia. Nostalgia is due to regret, and regret is due to turning useful things into useless waste. Farmers have always regarded grain as pearls and straw as gold bars, and are reluctant to throw away a handful and a half. First, cherishing and frugality are the characteristics of working people. Second, straw does have many uses, and it can be used for food, clothing, housing and transportation. In rural areas, the most extensive use of straw is cooking with fire. The burnt straw ash can be used as fertilizer to act on crops, which produce agricultural products and by-products, so it goes back and forth in the idea of eating. In our south, straw can also build houses. This kind of house is called a straw house, commonly known as a grass factory. The construction of the grass factory is very simple, with walls built around it, bamboo as the framework and straw woven into a "grass fan" to cover it. Building materials, such as mud and stones, bamboo and straw, are local commodities and are very economical. Leather factory is very affordable because of its good shelter from the wind and sun, warm in winter and cool in summer, which is most suitable for people to live in. Grass factory and grass factory scenery. In the rural areas of the south of the Yangtze River, there are often pale yellow grass factories with "scattered culture" and the artistic conception of "crow frost bridge in thatched cottage" on the muddy ground by the river. Rural landscape, like human feelings, is true, simple and natural. Especially when it snows in winter, the snow on the grass factory is particularly thick, just like cotton wool, covering the grass house tightly and peacefully. If smoke rises from the roof, it is a living snow scene, cold warmth and grass factory warmth. Straw will only help others, not ask for help. Just like farmers, there is a proverb: "It is hard to find a human face, but it is easy to find a soil surface." Not wanting to ask for help is noble, Dont Ask For Help is striving for self-improvement, and civilization is the key. When transplanting rice seedlings in spring, the seedlings are tied with straw. Yellow straw, that is, last year's seedlings, green seedlings will become next year's straw. The relationship between straw and seedlings is hereditary. There is a couplet describing the deep affection of calves: the straw is the father holding the child and the bamboo basket is the mother holding the child. Straw can also be tied with ropes, which are widely used for binding. A straw is fragile and easily broken. If you twist the straw into a rope, it will be tough. The small one is called rope, the big one is called rope, and the thick one is called cable. In particular, tying a boat in the water shows great power. In the past, farmers' labor shoes were straw shoes, which were made of straw. In the farming era, farmers were versatile. They take advantage of their work breaks to make their own sandals without spending a penny. Moreover, the function of sandals is good, and it is easy to step on no matter whether it is rain or shine, no matter whether the thorns are uneven. Even worn straw sandals can be burned as fertilizer, and farmers will not "throw them away". As the name implies, hemp fiber is also made of hemp grass, that is, straw. Hemp fiber is the "armor" of farmers in rainy days, especially in the cold season of spring ploughing, which can not only keep out the rain, but also warm the body. Although the times have improved, there is no more ideal rain gear. This hemp fiber also has the gift of hemp fiber, "green bamboo hemp fiber, green hemp fiber, don't have to go to the oblique wind and drizzle", "don't take off the hemp fiber and lie in the moonlight after dinner at dusk". Didn't I say that straw is related to farmers' food, clothing, housing and transportation? Straw is cheap, what is cheap? It should be said that all valuable things are expensive. To change a concept, it is necessary to clarify it. The uses of rice apples are far more than these, and some will not be described. Straw, straw, whenever the autumn wind comes, after the autumn harvest, farmers will bundle the straw into a scarecrow and stand in the field. This overwhelming lineup, under the irradiation of autumn sunshine, looks quite magnificent. The huge scenery of this field was transported home by farmers one by one, and piled into piles of "rice dry pavilions" in front of and behind the house. Or round, or square, or rectangular, each has its own skills and aesthetic requirements. When stacking the "straw pavilion", the remaining rice fragrance is also piled inside, so that it can be used slowly. ...