Today, as I was drinking my morning coffee, I found this. A slithering snake along my front door.
I posted the photo to WeChat as I tried to figure out what to do. Some of my students gave responses I would expect:
“That’s horrid – did you finish it off?”
“OMG!!!”
“What the f…”
“Holy cow!!!”
“It is terrible”
“So scary~”
But then, I started getting some comments that reminded me that I am in Peace Corps China…
“Capture it alive, and we can use it to stew!”
“It tastes good, u can try”
“Cook it”
“Do you want to eat it?”
“wow! if it is nonpoisonous, you can cook it for a soup or bake it with some pepper and garlic! to be delicious!”
Well, I caught her! I’m not sure what to do next, but I may try to coax her into my wok with some oil and garlic. Cultural integration, right? 😛
The Bougie Backpacker 