Visit Paradise
by Wang Xiaomu
About This Novel
My name is Xiazi. There are many people named Xiazi in our place. This title comes from my mother. I live in Jianghan Plain, which is rich in shrimps. In spring and summer, as long as you go fishing in big ditches and small rivers, you will find a basket full of shrimps. They are so cheap, only a few cents per catty. Once the shrimps stop jumping, they will give them to the dealers for nothing. The dealers then sell it at a low price to restaurants or delicatessens. They braise it with hot pepper, cinnamon, star anise, pepper, etc., Sprinkle some perilla or chives on it, and it is red, fragrant and green. It is placed in a glass cabinet and sold as popular stuffed prawns. My mother was a hawker. She would carry a basket early in the morning and go to the riverside to buy some small fish and shrimps from fishermen. Then she would take the basket to the town, take the No. 9 Bus, and go to the vegetable market in the city to sell it.
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