The ancestral family of Anhui female "medicine farmers" caught centipedes

Original title: Anhui female "medicine farmer" over mountains and mountains to catch centipedes

On May 14, 2016, on Niujiao Mountain in Chaohu City, Anhui Province, female "medicine farmer" she Dexiu used an iron hoe to look for centipedes in weeds. On that day, 50-year-old she Dexiu and Zhang Songlan and other companions, a total of three people in Chaohu City Niujiao Mountain to find and capture centipedes. The picture shows a female "medicine farmer" she Dexiu introducing the skills of catching centipedes.

She Dexiu, 50, is a villager of Xiage Town, Chaohu City. "relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, the centipede is a very valuable Chinese medicine." She Dexiu said that their ancestors began, and every year after Grain Rain, people in the village began to look for and catch centipedes in the mountains. After catching them, they usually sold the centipedes to drugstores or drug dealers, and sometimes transferred to several dealers, earning money to subsidize their families. The picture shows three female drug farmers showing the results of their centipede capture.

"at the most time of the day, you can catch 90." Although Zhang Songlan is 66 years old, she also joins the team of catching centipedes. She said that now each centipede can buy two yuan and a few cents. However, we will not be able to catch it after Grain in Beard season. Catching centipedes is a seasonal job, and those who can earn up to 10,000 yuan in a season can earn ten thousand yuan, so from their ancestors, catching centipedes has become one of the sources of income subsidized by local farmers. "for security reasons, we usually travel together with three or five people." Zhang Songlan said that because of the high mountains and deep valleys around them, they are afraid of unexpected situations, and sometimes they are afraid, so they always go over mountains and catch centipedes together, and even if they encounter emergencies, they also take care of each other. The picture shows a female "medicine farmer" she Dexiu showing her centipede capture results.

She Dexiu said that they come out at six or seven o'clock in the morning and end at 03:00 in the afternoon. Sometimes they can catch centipedes and they only run on one mountain. If the harvest is not ideal, people will run to several hills a day. Over the years, she has run at least a hundred mountains. The picture shows a female "medicine farmer" she Dexiu introducing the skills of catching centipedes.

They have been able to catch centipedes from an early age, which has been passed on for generations. Today, in their existence, teenagers also dare to catch centipedes, and everyone is not afraid. Zhang Songlan said that sometimes when they are accidentally bitten by a centipede, they will be red and swollen, very painful, but not fatal. In order to avoid being bitten, they all wear thick gloves to catch the centipede. After catching it, they put it in a mineral water bottle with needles piercing several holes in the bottle cap to maintain good ventilation. In addition, the skills of catching centipedes are also fastidious, as long as they are not close to the position where the teeth and claws can reach, they will not be bitten. However, non-professionals who have not caught centipedes should not take this risk. The picture shows a female "medicine farmer" she Dexiu looking for centipedes in weeds on Niujiao Mountain in Chaohu City. (author: Zhang Faping, according to QQ.com)