Portable space

"Cuckoo."

Zhang Taiping was awakened by a rooster crowing.

Zhang Taiping felt that he had an absurd but beautiful dream last night.

In the dream, I am 1.9 meters tall, free from disease and disaster, have a wife and daughter, and own a mysterious space.

Zhang Taiping closed his eyes, recalling the surprise and joy in his dream.Just thinking about it, his brows frowned.This dream was so clear that it felt exactly like the real thing.

He opened his eyes suddenly, and instead of a white checkered ceiling above his head, there was a wooden beam spanning two walls.

A dusty light bulb hangs from a wire on a beam.This kind of [-]-degree incandescent bulb, which has long since disappeared in big cities, can only be seen in remote villages.

He raised his hand and touched the gauze on his forehead, it was not a dream, everything was real.

After calming down and feeling agitated, he sat up, moved to the edge of the kang and put on his shoes.

I have to feel speechless about my previous hobbies, but the authentic old man likes to wear leather shoes, and he must put on shoe polish to make them black and shiny.

Zhang Taiping, who has been sleeping since yesterday afternoon, can't care about these things.With his stomach rumbling and rebellious, he randomly put on the leather shoes that could look in the mirror.Push open the bedroom door, take a step, and rush into the northernmost kitchen.

There is no one in the kitchen, but the pot is slowly steaming, presumably the meal has already been prepared.

Uncover the pot, and on the wooden shelf are white flour steamed buns the size of a fist.Zhang Taipinghou, who was the starving ghost, wanted to reach out to grab it, but his hands were smoked by the steam that overflowed continuously.

Going fast, coming back fast, put his hand to his mouth and blew.Turning around, he picked up a pair of chopsticks from the bamboo basket by the desk.

Put a steamed bun in the palm of your hand, no matter whether it is hot or not, tear off a piece and stuff it into your mouth, swallow it without chewing.It's quite like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, he probably doesn't know what it tastes like after eating it.

After eating four steamed buns in a row, and adding an old bowl of corn porridge with yams, Zhang Taiping patted his stomach and had time to look at the kitchen furnishings.

The kitchen space is not small, as big as a bedroom.In the city where every inch of land is expensive, this is definitely a luxury plan, but it is the most common in large kitchens in the countryside.

There is also an earthen kang here, which is located under the wooden window on the west wall, and the kang is connected to the pot and stove.

This is the most basic kitchen configuration in the rural areas of Guanzhong.The kang connected to the stove is only used for sleeping in winter, and the kang is also heated when cooking, which saves firewood and keeps warm.Generally, the other three seasons are empty.

Two pots were placed on the stove.This is also tradition.

The case stands against the north wall, with chopsticks in one corner, a knife and shovel in the other, and a spoon in the pot.There must be a few nails on the wall above the case, on which commonly used things such as a filter and a colander are hung.Under the table stood a bucket and a kettle, and a wooden ladle was inserted obliquely in the bucket.

Standing next to the case is a high and low cabinet, which has been painted with a layer of varnish.The transparent varnish protects the wood without affecting the natural dark red color of the old red toon wood.More suitable for smokey kitchens than other lacquer colors.

High and low cabinets made of pure wood like this have long been secluded in the history of the city.However, it is a must for dowry in rural marriages.

At the time of the wedding, due to haste, I did not have time to prepare this piece of furniture.This is the time when Zhang Taiping was born after marriage, and he cut wood by himself.

The "low" of the cabinet refers to the place where the bottom can be opened up and down, and rice can be placed on top. "High" refers to the place where dishes and seasonings can be opened left and right.

Looking around in the kitchen, seeing the washbasin stand leaning against the door, I woke up embarrassedly, and didn't even wash my face and brush my teeth.

Scooped a ladle of cold water from the bucket, and after washing his face, he felt much more refreshed.But he couldn't find the toothbrush bowl, so he had to use the most primitive method, sprinkle some salt on his fingers, and wipe his teeth again.

Go out to the front yard and expand your chest.Raising his head, he was immediately shocked.

The majestic mountains lie in front of you, and you can see the greenery as far as you can see.

This is the Qinling Mountains, which start from the territory of Gansu Province in the west and extend to the west of Henan Province in the east.Things stretch for more than 3000 miles.

There are many mountains in the Qinling Mountains.Precipitous and peculiar Huashan Mountain, Lishan Mountain with rich historical heritage, and beautiful Maiji Mountain are all part of it.

Among them, the highest Taibai Mountain is more than 700 meters high. It is the highest peak in the eastern half of China and is known as the crown of peaks.

And the mountain in front of me is more than 1000 meters high at least. One can imagine the impact on Zhang Taiping who has been hiding in a small building in the city.

Although the memory has the concept of the high Qinling Mountains, it does not have the shock of facing it directly.

This place is called Xiaofeng Yukou Village, and it lives in the surrounding mountains.Standing at the foot of the mountain, like a little ant, there is a feeling of a mayfly shaking a tree.

I don’t know if those donkey friends in the city who have to take pictures for a long time when they see small mounds will be so shocked that they can stuff an egg into their mouths when they see such a breathtaking mountain.

Zhang Taiping came back to his senses, breathed in the fresh and slightly earthy air in the morning, and his heart was open.This natural taste is hundreds of times more comfortable than the so-called oxygen bars in the so-called most livable communities in the city.

Looking at the smoke rising from the sparsely located roofs, Zhang Taiping knew that he never wanted to return to a city full of tall buildings and polluted air.

The weather in early autumn does not cool down instantly. According to the long-term experience of the working people, there are still 24 fire mice at the end of summer.

The term "fire mouse" is a rural saying, which means that the heat in early autumn will last for more than 20 days.

So you can hear the rooster crowing at five o'clock, and the sky dawns around six o'clock.It's past seven o'clock, and there are scattered people who get up early and work in the terraced fields on the slope.The rising sun dyed everything golden, casting a faint halo on them.

Zhang Taiping smiled self-deprecatingly: "The one named Ming just now must be a lazy chicken, he only woke up after the sun came out."

After moving around the door for a while, I began to look at the courtyard facing west and east.

The front yard is flat, and there is a stone roller on the side, which must have been used to flatten it.

In rural areas, especially in small villages like this deep in the mountains, concrete floors are rare.The front of the door is flattened, and it can be used to dry wild vegetables, mushrooms and other by-products on the mountain picked in leisure time.During the busy season, the main crops such as wheat, corn, soybean and millet can be dried.

The front room is divided into three rooms.The southernmost room is the bedroom, which is the room where Zhang Taiping rested for half a day and a night.The northernmost is the kitchen, and the middle is the large living room.

Zhang Taiping opened the door of the front room, and the sun shines on the empty living room.With the flow of air, the haze of golden light images diffused and rippled.

On the north and south walls near the gate, there are doors to the bedroom and kitchen.On the south wall in the back is a table for the Eight Immortals cut from Zhang Hongchun wood.Other than that, there is nothing else.

At the far end of the living room is another door, leading to the middle courtyard.

Pull out the long wooden door lever, and with the creaking sound of the wooden door being pushed open slowly, step into the middle courtyard.

The first thing that catches the eye is a laurel tree that is not round with one hand.In the memory of the body, this tree was planted by my grandfather when he built the courtyard, and it has been more than 50 years at least.

According to Zhang Taiping's previous understanding of the Huafen tree market, such an aged osmanthus tree is worth at least a dozen or 20 yuan.

Under the osmanthus tree is a stone table with chess scores engraved on it, surrounded by four stone benches.The osmanthus trees are full of shade, and the chess table is the best place to enjoy the cool and chat in summer.

On the north and south sides are guest rooms retracted to the outside.In ancient times, it was called a wing room.The front eaves of the house are flush with the north and south walls of the front and rear houses.Four houses just form a courtyard of more than 150 square meters.The ground is paved with blue bricks in a criss-cross pattern.

Breaking open the iron buckle on the eaves of the door of the South Wing, and just pushing the door open, a mildewy smell hits the face.Apparently uninhabited for many years.

There is only an earthen kang and a large cabinet in the room.Exit and look in from the window, the arrangement of the north room is also the same.

Stepping on the spots of light coming through the gaps in the osmanthus trees, I came to the door of the back room.

Zhang Taiping felt that this door should not be hidden in the inner room, but should be placed in the front yard.Because this door looks more decent and more atmospheric.

Perhaps this is the expression of different ideas in different ages.People nowadays tend to put the good part in the most conspicuous place, no matter whether it is jade or dross inside.However, the older generations who have experienced the barbaric age like to put a dark and ordinary cloak on the distant and exquisite connotation.

Different experiences lead to different thoughts.What they do their best is to protect us, and what we are in the peaceful age is to show our individuality and publicity.

The back room is also divided into three rooms.

There are two large cabinets in the south to store grain.The rest of the space is lined with all kinds of farm tools.

The north room is like a study and a pharmacy, with a medicine cabinet more than three meters high against the back wall.There is also a desk directly in front of the medicine cabinet.On the corner of the table are bamboo pen holders, pen holders and an inkstone covered with dust.

The table was clean.Open the drawer facing the medicine cabinet, and there is a stack of small notebooks and a pencil lying inside.

Picked up the book and flipped through it, there were three in total.A pinyin book, an arithmetic book, and a small print book.I remember it was given to Auntie Yaya when she came back last time.

Pinyin letters are standardly written in the pinyin book, and 1, 2, 3, and 4 are written in the arithmetic book. The small characters are written in capital letters one, two, three, and four. Seeing this, I couldn’t help but smile. Used as a writing desk.

There is also a wooden box under the table, which contains my grandfather's medical books and years of experience in practicing medicine.Zhang Taiping casually flipped through it for a while, and found that some were written a long time ago, and some were written a few years ago.

Under the window on the west wall is the only wooden bed in the house, and the head of the bed is next to the vertical wardrobe.

In the middle, there is also an Eight Immortals table made of no visible wood by the west wall.The bow-backed wooden chairs are symmetrical on both sides.

On the wall on the table is a picture of a cliff with strange pines, with couplets on the left and right sides.Upper couplet: Blessing is like the long flowing water of the East China Sea.The second line: Shoubi Nanshan is not old.It is a very vulgar sentence for the public, but it is very popular with the rural people.

During the holidays, the map will be replaced with a family tree.Tables are used to place memorial tablets, offerings, candles, and incense stands.

Against the back wall was a small door leading to the back yard.

After entering the backyard, Zhang Taiping thought he had entered a vegetable garden.

The back yard is enclosed by a stone wall stacked with stone strips.In the middle there is a path [-] to [-] centimeters wide, and the two sides are divided into vegetable beds, where all kinds of vegetables are neatly planted.

Lu Nan is a summer heat-loving vegetable that is being eaten right now.

The tomatoes hadn't been taken off the shelf yet, they were covered with white and white fruits, and small yellow flowers continued to bloom on the top.

I found a red one, and I didn't wash it anymore, I just wiped it with my hands.The rural areas pay attention to "do not clean, eat without getting sick", so they do as the Romans do.What's more, I use farm manure in my vegetable garden, and I have never applied pesticides, so there is nothing to worry about.

Take a bite, the sweet and sour juice overflows your mouth, and there are some cold silks in the morning, which really challenges people's appetite.

Three or two bites to solve one, and then find a big one, and start to visit while biting.

That's a lot.Fist-sized black-purple eggplants, most of the eggplants in the north are round and short, while those in the south are mostly long.

The lentils and cowpeas are entangled on the shelves built by bamboo poles, one by one, and the whole shelf is hanging down.

There are two kinds of hot peppers: short fat shape and long line shape.After the thread-shaped hot peppers are picked, they will be threaded and hung on the wall in front of the door.After it is air-dried, it is fried and crushed, and it is used as a seasoning for rice.The short spicy peppers are usually fried and eaten.

The green onions and leeks are neatly arranged.Both of these dishes are perennial.After winter, it can be eaten until next winter.When leeks first grow, they look like winter wheat, so many children in the city will make jokes when they go to the countryside and mistake wheat for leeks.

Lubei is a cold-resistant vegetable.

Obviously planted not long ago.Two sprouts of radish and cabbage have just emerged, and coriander, spinach, lettuce and the like are still inedible.

There is also a small piece of land that has been refurbished and the surface is pulverized with an iron rake.The field may have been, or will be, planted with garlic.

After turning around for a week, I was really surprised.Although they are all home-cooked dishes, there are more than a dozen kinds of them.

The toilet is in the southeast corner of the courtyard, under the eaves behind the room where grain and sundries are stored, surrounded by wooden boards.Next to the toilet is a shed made of planks and thatch, which is a sheepfold.There are still chicken coops in the pen.

There are no sheep or chickens in the pen, so they must have been taken out to graze.