Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 90

Chapter 90 All the way up the mountain

Several people laughed, only Xiaomei bowed to the Lingquan devoutly, and muttered: "Don't blame the mountain god grandpa, pig worms like to talk nonsense, don't be as knowledgeable as him."

Going all the way up, the primary forests on both sides became more and more dense, and the side of the mountain was full of various strange trees and giant vines. I can’t find any traces of the destruction when the village was built back then. It is a dense fern.

From time to time, a pheasant and a hare sprang out on the road, and the two girls kept screaming for joy.

Suddenly a few strange-looking birds appeared on the road ahead, flew out from the valley on the right, stopped at the side of the road and called, with high-pitched and resonant voices.

The size of the bird is about the same as that of a sparrow, but it is much more beautiful than a sparrow. There are white, chestnut red, and chestnut red. The whole head, forehead, throat and upper chest are blue-black with metallic luster, and the eye circles are cobalt blue. color.

Back, shoulders, loins and tail coverts etc. The rest of the upper part of the back is a deep purplish maroon;
The belly and tail coverts are all white;
Wings also chestnut red, breast and flanks gray, fading away gradually;

The most beautiful thing is the tail, which is also maroon red, but the two central tail feathers are very long, four or five times the length of the body. With the movement, flying, swaying in the air.

The body shape of the white one is similar to that of the chestnut one, but except for the blue-black color of the head and the tip of the wings, the rest of the body is white.

"Hey! What a beautiful bird! It looks like a flower when it flies up!" Xiaomei exclaimed.

Li Junge said: "Xiaomei, you are really mistaken, this bird is called 'a flower' in the dialect."

Then he went on to introduce: "You should often see this bird in traditional Chinese paintings and embroidery. It is called 'Shoudai Bird', also known as Ribbon Bird, Practicing Magpie, Long-tailed Flycatcher, Yizhihua, etc. Our villagers are very fond of 'Yizhihua'. 'There are two names, the white one, we call it 'Liang Shanbo', and the colored one, we call it 'Zhu Yingtai'."

"Ah, another poignant love story." Xiaomei stared at the stars. "Ah, they have a tuft of feather crowns on their heads; they shrug back and forth when they sing, so beautiful!"

The Raptor paused for a moment and continued on the road.

Li Junge recalled with emotion: "When I was young, I heard about this legend, and I specially caught a couple and raised them together."

Xiaomei said: "That must be very fun, a male flies to a female, a natural pair."

Li Junge said: "But it's not. The two birds kept fighting together, and finally we had to let them go."

Ren Xiaoqian laughed and said, "In the daily life of the couple, there is a little conflict, which is an adjustment to life."

Li Junge continued: "It was only later that I found out that Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai belonged to the public."

This scene completely exceeded the expectations of the two girls. Both of them said "ah", and then everyone in the car burst into laughter.

Li Junge said: "Yes, this Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, they are both male. When Zhu Yingtai grows old, the color of his head and the tips of his wings will become darker, and the rest will become white, and finally he will become Liang Shanbo."

Xiaomei laughed until tears came out: "Hahaha, I thought Liang Shanbo was a handsome guy, but it turned out that Zhu Yingtai turned into an old man with a white beard!"

Li Junge also smiled and said, "Beside the two long-tailed birds just now, there are a few short-tailed birds, and that is the mother bird."

Laughing all the way, everyone continued to go up the mountain.

On the way, Li Junge stopped again, pointed to a plant on the hillside and said, "Let's go there and have a look. You got the gifts for returning to the city from there."

Everyone came to the side of this plant and looked at it. This plant looked like half a vine and half a tree. Its branches were brown and covered with fluff. There are also fluff and bristles on the petiole and petiole, which are the size of a palm.

There are a lot of brown wild fruits hanging on it, Ren Xiaoqian knew the fruit at a glance, and said, "Is this kiwi fruit? It's just a little small."

Li Junge led everyone to introduce while picking: "Yes, this is the kiwi fruit. Our local name is 'Mao Lier'. It was recorded in the "Book of Songs" in the pre-Qin period, 'Xi has Chang Chu, and Yi Nuo has its branches. ', this 'Chang Chu' was what people called kiwifruit at that time. Later Li Shizhen also described the shape and color of kiwifruit in "Compendium of Materia Medica". name.'"

"Kiwi is native to China and was originally a wild fruit. It was not until the beginning of the last century when a New Zealand female teacher brought it back to China that it developed into a fruit called kiwi. Now it is New Zealand's 'national fruit' But now we also have a corresponding cultivar in China, called 'Chinese kiwifruit'."

"Kiwi is a large deciduous woody vine. It is also divided into male and female. The male tree has hairy leaves and small flowers, and the male plant flowers appear earlier than the female flowers; the female tree has few or no hairs, and the flowers and leaves are larger than the male plant. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit ripening period is from August to October."

Zhu Chaoan said: "Why are you divided into male and female again! I stayed with you for the past few days, the wild land was divided into male and female, ice powder fruit was divided into male and female, and now kiwi fruit is also divided into male and female!"

Li Junge laughed and said: "There are still many plants that are divided into male and female! It's just that you don't pay attention to it! But this time, it's not difficult. Only the female tree bears fruit, and the male tree does not bear fruit. So you don't have to worry, you can rest assured. pick."

Then he said: "Originally, the kiwi fruit tastes better after being frosted, but now we can artificially ripen it, and now it is easier to preserve it. We will bury the picked fruit in rice bran, put a few apples on it, and seal it for half a month. Afterwards, you can eat the fruits when they are soft and ripe."

Ren Xiaoqian said: "This is a good gift. I know that kiwi fruit not only contains organic matter, trace elements, and various amino acids needed by the human body, but also rich in vitamin C, grape acid, fructose, citric acid, and malic acid. It is delicious and nutritious. Then Let's get a little more."

Several people picked for a while and then moved to the battlefield. There were several wild kiwis in this area, and they picked a big bag.

After getting in the car, Xiaomei was very excited and said, "I heard that kiwi fruit is the king of vitamin C among fruits, so can we eat more?"

Ren Xiaoqian said: "Xiaomei, you have been misled. In fact, although the vitamin C content of kiwi fruit is not low, the content is actually only about [-] mg per [-] grams. It is not as good as pepper in vegetables. As far as fruits are concerned, fresh dates The vitamin C content in jujube is also as high as hundreds of milligrams per hectogram, which is much higher than that of kiwi fruit. The sour taste of kiwi fruit is mainly produced by other sour substances, and has little to do with vitamin C."

"However, there is a kind of fruit that is truly the king of vitamin C, and that is the thorn pear, with a content of nearly [-] mg per [-] grams. By the way, Erpi, the thorn pear seems to be a wild fruit. Are there any in this mountain? "

Li Junge smiled and said: "There are too many things, more than kiwi fruit, what's the matter? Are you interested? I can take you to pick them, but they are sour and not very tasty. We usually soak them in water in summer to clear the heat. .And it’s used for brewing wine.”

Xiaomei slapped Zhu Chaoan's thigh, and said, "If you want to pick it up, it doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not, you must see the demeanor of a king."

After driving for a while, Li Junge stopped the car again, pointed to a rose-shaped plant by the side of the road and said, "Look, that's a prickly pear."

The prickly pears on the roadside are similar to rose flowers, but they are not in bloom now, and there are yellow-green prickly wild fruits hanging on them.

Xiaomei took one off, pulled the thorns off, took a bite, wrinkled her eyebrows and nose, and shouted: "What, it's sour and astringent!"

Li Junge quickly handed her the water, and then said: "Hahaha, I told you it's not good to eat, you can pick a few, and we'll boil the water when we get to the forest farm, this thing can be drunk after soaking, it can clear away heat and relieve summer heat of."

After turning around and walking for a while, a small fork appeared on the side of the road ahead, which was paved with gravel. This was the way to the forest farm, and Li Junge turned on it.

After many years of implementation of the policy of returning farmland to forests, the workers in the forest farms have long since dispersed. The vacant land that used to be full of logs is now empty, and it is no problem to park dozens of cars.

Li Junge drove the car directly to the side of a wooden house with blue tiles at the end of the open space, and the big yellow dog barked in shock. Someone heard the dog barking coming out of the wooden house and was surprised to see a big pickup.

But when Li Junge jumped down, he shouted: "Uncle Wood!" The man laughed so hard that his brows couldn't see.

"Ouch! Driving such a beautiful car, if it weren't for your head, I wouldn't dare to recognize you, Uncle Wood! How long have you been here?!"

This person is about 50 years old, wearing an old-style Zhongshan suit for cadres, and an octagonal cloth hat on his head, which directly makes people travel back to the [-]s.

Then a woman came out of the room, also in her fifties, with an apron tied around her waist, that was Aunt Wood.

Everyone entered the house, and Li Junge introduced it to everyone.

Uncle Mu Mu slapped Li Junge on the back, and said, "You haven't seen each other in seven or eight years, have you? Or you came here with He Orion once a year when you were in college."

Li Junge said with a smile: "I have been working in Yuzhou since I graduated, and I haven't been back in the past few years. I'm fine now. I won't leave Lijiagou. We can see each other often in the future." : "Now that I have a car, it's convenient. You're going to Lijiagou, just a phone call away."

Uncle Mu said: "My son has gone out to work. Uncle Mu has nothing to worry about. He still likes the cleanliness of the forest farm. He raises pigs, grows vegetables, and goes down the mountain every year to exchange for some food. That's pretty good."

Aunt Mumu scolded: "What is it? No one has come here for several months, except for Miao Wa, who is a mountain craftsman. I am so happy to see you here today! What do you want to eat, Piwa? Auntie will make it for you. go."

Li Junge took out two bottles of [-] from the car, pushed them into his aunt's arms, and said, "Then I won't be polite to my aunt. These two bottles of wine honor Uncle Mumu, so you keep them for him. I'll bring them later. I took my friends to take a stroll around the forest farm, this is the season when mushrooms grow, don’t miss it!”

(End of this chapter)