Foreword:
Introduction: It is commonly known as "Urinda Bead", and I used it as a door curtain when I was a child, remember? The current value is not low
The old saying goes well: rely on mountains to eat mountains, and rely on water to draft.
In the countryside, the mountain is a huge treasure, and there are all kinds of valuable "babies" hidden inside. It depends on whether you will "turn waste into treasure".
In the past, when there was a crop failure and there was not much food to eat, the people would go to the mountains to dig all kinds of wild vegetables and pick wild fruits to satisfy their hunger. As long as you have strength, you will generally not starve to death.
Previously, Xiaomao introduced a lot of wild vegetables and wild fruits to everyone. Today, I will talk about a kind of wild fruit that is "not useful". It is beautiful, but it cannot be eaten, but it is still not useful. Small, especially today is even more valuable.
It is the grass bead that was used to string curtains 30 years ago. Do you remember it?
What are grass beads?
Today's young people, it is estimated that many people do not know the grass beads. Many people have seen it and may regard it as a kind of food- barley .
It is true that grass beads and barley grow very similar, because the two are originally "close relatives".
Grass beads are the seeds of the wild Coix, which is a very old food crop. As a gramineous crop, it has at least 6000-10000 years of cultivation and domestication history in China.
However, although grass beads and barley are close relatives and look almost the same, they are of the same genus and different species. When the grass bead matures, it has a hard shell, which is very smooth, like a ball, but as hard as a stone. In addition, the plant grows like a weed, hence the name "grass bead".
is also called bodhizi, lai urine beads, Huihui rice, barley beads, Guanyin seeds, etc. in the folks.Thirty years ago, it was a more sought-after "good thing". Many people picked its seeds when the grass beads were mature.
The value reference of grass beads
At that time, grass beads were still called "urinary beads", because the older generations often told children that this kind of bead string bracelets could not be worn by children, otherwise it would be at night Will wet the bed. There are even more horrible sayings in some places, saying that when children wear urine beads, they will slowly suck human blood.
Now think about it, these claims are nonsense, but at the time they made many children believe it. Perhaps there is such a saying among the folks because they are worried that children will eat it by mistake. It is also possible that children are still young and should not wear some decorations.
Grass beads are a kind of natural beads. They are small in size and smooth and round. They are generally black, black and gray, and there are also a few yellow and white beads. Although they are hard, there is a small hole in the middle. Just use a needle to thread a thread, and it's easy to pass through.
Twenty or thirty years ago, many people used it to make door curtains, curtains, etc. It was very popular. At that time, door curtains made of grass beads were available in almost every household, and even many people in the city had to go to the countryside to pick grass beads and then go back to string the door curtains.
I have to say that the curtain made of grass beads is indeed very good-looking, in current terms, it is "high-end atmosphere and high-end". After all, materials were scarce in the past, and there are not many things that can be used to decorate the home environment, and grass beads are a gift from nature. Some ingenious people will string together grass beads of different colors, and then hang them on the curtains, and there will be very beautiful patterns.
The value is still not low today
Today, although few people pick grass beads to make door curtains, they occasionally see them in the countryside, and no one picks them anymore. However, as everyone knows, the value of this kind of thing is still not low. On the online platform, it costs 10 to 20 yuan a catty, and if it is stringed into a curtain to sell, it costs 300 to 400 yuan a piece.
In fact, grass beads can not only be used to make door curtains,It has a wide range of uses, such as bracelets, rosary beads, necklaces, etc. that many girls like. Even in the Wenwan market, grass beads have gradually emerged.
In fact, in recent years, it has become very popular to use some plant fruits and rattans to make decorations, such as diamond vine bracelets, hairpins, and spatholobi ornaments. They are all very popular. of.
Concluding remarks
However, nowadays, wild urine beads are rare. Like in the past, some wet rivers and water pools in Fujian have patches of urine beads growing, and they can cut back dozens of catties at a time. But now it's hard to see it. In many places, you can't even see the urine beads anymore. This is the case in my hometown. I haven't seen any urine beads for more than ten years.
Some old people in the village said, now that we have herbicides, where are the urine beads? Many plants have become rare.
Also because of demand, there are many people selling on some e-commerce platforms, and they are still very popular. People in some places have already started to plant grass beads. This kind of plant has strong vitality, is resistant to barrenness and has no pests and diseases, and it can be planted no matter what. Therefore, the planting is very simple and extensive, and the harvested plants can also be used to feed cattle, sheep, fish, etc., so the economic benefits are still good.
Dear friends, do you still have this kind of "grass beads" in your hometown? Did you ever string grass beads when you were young? Welcome everyone to leave a message to discuss!
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