Then share my trip to Ningxia Zhongwei. After playing in Yinchuan for two days, I ran to the central defender on a whim. Haha, this central defender is not a midfielder on the football field. Zhongwei, a desert city on the edge of the Yellow River, has both the grandeur of the long river setting the yen and the graceful beauty of the south of the Yangtze River. How can I put it? You will know when you come. Words from the railway station, according to the guidance of mobile navigation, ten minutes to the scheduled youth travel. At the first sight of youth travel, I was attracted by this agency on the wall of the hall. What is wormwood noodles? Lentils? The characteristics of Zhongwei are interesting. Ask the innkeeper where I can eat it. The boss told me that I would see it when I went out to the intersection of Gulou West Street. Walking along Yingli North Street in front of the inn, you will see this handmade noodle restaurant at the first intersection. The facade is a bit antique, and the word "handmade noodles" on the signboard is more attractive. It wasn't dinner time when I came, but the noodle restaurant was open for business. Look at the menu at the front desk and figure out what to eat. The popular noodles in the noodle restaurant are plain rolled noodles and wormwood noodles, and the signboards are lentil noodles, mutton mushroom noodles and mutton wormwood noodles. An elder brother who just came in was familiar with the place and made plain rolled noodles for one night. I have to have a bowl of noodles with meat. Ok, I'll choose the mutton and wormwood noodle set meal in 25 yuan today. There is a notice posted here selling handmade noodles, one for 3 yuan and one for 4 yuan. I also explained the reason for the price increase, which is really not expensive. Locals pass by here after work, buy two noodles and have a simple dinner. The display screen on the wall has been scrolling and playing the video introducing wormwood noodles, and I am fascinated. As a folk snack, Zhongning Artemisia noodles have a history of more than 36 years. According to historical records, when Zhu Fang, the sixteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, became an official in Ningxia, some of his relatives moved to Ningxia. The relatives who moved here were mainly Zhu and Wan, and several of them were retired chefs in the court. They passed on the technology of making wormwood noodles to the local people, which has been passed down to this day. Zhongning Artemisia noodles have unique cultural value and contain cultural connotations such as "sustenance" and "blessing". For example, wormwood noodles eaten for the birthday of the elderly are called longevity noodles, which means that the elderly are healthy and longevity. The wormwood noodles eaten on the second day of marriage are called hi noodles, which means that the couple are constantly in love. The wormwood noodles eaten when the child is 1 days old (or full moon) are called Geely noodles, which means wishing the child a long life. Artemisia noodles eaten on the seventh day of the first month are called soul-pulling noodles, which means happiness for a long time. Wormwood noodles eaten at banquets for VIPs or friends are called VIP noodles, which means that friendship will last forever. The chef's operation room here is the cleanest in the small shop I have ever seen. Artemisia scoparia is the fruit of a wild plant, which is dried and ground into powder in autumn and becomes Artemisia scoparia flour. Artemisia seed has a special smell, Artemisia surface is sticky when it meets water, and Artemisia seed has the effects of promoting digestion, strengthening stomach and clearing heat. My noodles are out of the pan. Artemisia seed noodles are made of high-gluten flour and Artemisia seed noodles, with refined salt, bitter fleabane ash, sesame oil and medlar. After a series of procedures, the soup made of diced mutton, tofu, daylily, etc. is transferred into a noodle bowl, and a bowl of fragrant Artemisia seed noodles is served on the table. My set meal has a table all over the floor. My set meal of mutton wormwood noodles is actually a bowl of mutton wormwood noodles, two dishes of pickles and a small bowl of mutton. The price of a set meal is the same as that of a la carte. Thin noodles are very strong and have a special faint fragrance, which should be the taste of wormwood. Large pieces of mutton are marinated and delicious, and the radish pieces and diced tofu inside are full of mutton soup, which is especially delicious. Of course, you should add some Chili oil, which will instantly improve the taste of this bowl of wormwood noodles. I sometimes dare not comment on the taste of food. I remember that there was a scene in the Japanese TV series "Samsung School Meal" starring Yuuki Amami, and the laid-off school meal female chef went to interview the food experiencer, and the evaluation was that your evaluation was worthless for such a person who ate everything delicious. I don't know if I'm such a person, I can't do anything, I can't eat enough! Artemisia noodles have a long history, but the production process is complicated. Nowadays, people rarely make handmade noodles, and the dough press is more convenient, which makes the Artemisia noodles taste a lot worse. This noodle restaurant in Zhongwei, which is rare, still sticks to this lonely position of "handmade noodles". When I left the noodle shop, I saw the process of making wormwood noodles by the noodle shop master in the glass window at the corner of the street. Mix flour with a little ground powder of local wild plant wormwood seeds, and add a little refined alkali powder used in local fermentation of flour into the water of flour mixing. After mixing the flour, repeatedly wake it up and knead it for many times, and roll it into extremely thin noodles with a diameter of about one meter. When cooking the noodles, fold the large noodles in a fan-shaped way and cut them as thin as vermicelli with a knife.

After eating, I went shopping. Not far ahead is the Drum Tower of Zhongwei, which is also the most prosperous downtown of Zhongwei. By the way, this handmade noodle restaurant also has lentil noodles, so I'd like to try them.