The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 208 The Muddy Mountain Road After the Rain

The day after the fish was sprinkled in the Wujiayuzi Reservoir, there was a heavy rain, and the weather was a bit muggy after the rain.

The sky was not clear, and after two o'clock in the afternoon, the rain became lighter, and gradually changed from the heavy rain in the morning to a light rain.

Seeing that the rain was getting lighter, Wang Shaodong urged Zhao Shihai to go home to help coax the children. On the Songbaishan Chicken Farm, the chickens had just been fed, and the work of cleaning the chicken coop would only be done tomorrow. Nothing to do.So he left Zheng Hui, Zheng Tao and Wang Yuliang to watch the house on the mountain, while he held an umbrella and planned to visit the reservoir.

The water in the reservoir is almost full, and the fish fry have just been released. I don't know if there are fish fry overflowing from the reservoir dam.

When it rains, the muddy path on this hillside is difficult to walk on. After stepping on it, after a few steps, the soles of the feet are covered with mud, which is very uncomfortable to walk on.

In fact, sometimes you will see that on the small roads on the mountain, many farmers carry farm tools and carry muddy cloth shoes in their hands, walking barefoot on the muddy road.

In the past, there was very little broken glass and gravel on the road, but later the whole path was full of broken glass and gravel. If you really dare to bare your feet, you will definitely cut your feet.

Wang Shaodong didn't dare to wear cloth shoes and sandals, but wore long leather boots, which are very useful in the mud after the rain.

However, even wearing long leather boots, Wang Shaodong did not dare to take a shortcut to climb the mountain.The straight-line distance between Wang Shaodong and his chicken coop in Songbai Mountain is less than 500 meters from the reservoir. If you cross the watershed between Wujiayuzi Mountain and Songbai Mountain, it is the shortest distance.However, this road is too steep, there are several places where you need to climb big rocks, it is too slippery in rainy days, and the danger is too great, so Wang Shaodong dare not take that road.

To get to Wujiayuzi Reservoir, Wang Shaodong had to go back to Taohualing Village first, and then turn back to Wujiayuzi Reservoir. In this way, he had to walk three miles.

In the field in August, there are always people coming and going, those who turn the sweet melon seedlings, those who harvest corn, those who watch peanuts and sorghum, and those who pinch millet.

In the past, the main job of rural people was farming, and there was nothing else to do except farming.But after 2003, for the people in Dazhai Township, farming was no longer their main business, and going out to work to make money was the most important thing.

Farming does not make money, just pointing at two or three acres of land for one person can starve to death.

Walking down the mountain, when the villagers met Wang Shaodong, they would smile and say hello, "Going down the mountain, Dongzi."

And Wang Shaodong is so enthusiastic that those who should be called uncles are called uncles, and those who should be called uncles are called uncles.Down the mountain along the mountain road, Wang Shaodong's leather boots were already covered with mud, and he rushed in front of the water tap at the head of the village. Then Wang Shaodong turned around and walked along the South Road to Wujiayuzi Reservoir.

Going south from Nandalu, crossing the ridge east of Wujiayuzi, you will arrive at Qingquanling.The entire mountain range of Wujiayuzi and Songbai Mountain is the dividing line between Taohualing Village and Qingquanling Village.

Wang Shaodong's home is in the easternmost part of Taohualing Village, which is commonly known as Dongpo in the village, but now Wang Shaodong has come to the southernmost part of the village, which is more than 100 meters away from their home, and it takes about three alleys to get there.Wang Shaodong didn't plan to go home. He called his father once in the morning and knew that the chickens would be vaccinated tomorrow, so he had to go back tomorrow, and he didn't plan to go back today.Tomorrow, not only would he have to go down the mountain to the chicken farm, but he would probably have to transfer two people from the mountain, leaving Zheng Hui and Zhao Shihai to look after the house.

After walking a hundred meters along Nanda Road, Wang Shaodong suddenly heard someone calling his name behind him, so he hurriedly turned his head.

"Wang Meina."

Wang Shaodong saw that Wang Meina was holding an umbrella and wearing a pair of red leather boots, running towards him.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Panting, Wang Meina chased after her. Running on this muddy road requires much more energy than usual.It could be seen that Wang Meina was exhausted.

"Oh, look over to the reservoir. What are you doing, girl."

Wang Shaodong and Wang Meina always refer to each other as brother and sister on Koukou, but after Wang Meina arrived in Taohualing Village, this name has not changed.Suddenly a handsome girl came to the Wang family, and the villagers naturally talked about it. When they asked about Zhao Shiling, Zhao Shiling said that Wang Meina was Wang Shaodong's younger sister.

Wang Meina held a plastic bag in her hand, she pointed at Wang Shaodong, and said with a smile: "Auntie said there is land on the mountain, I'm going to pick some, and I will ask my aunt to make egg soup with land in the evening. No, why don't you go home to eat at night, last time Aunt Yujiang gave us some land, cracked an egg to make soup, it was delicious."

Dipier, also known as ground ear and egg skin, is a kind of fungus that grows in the haystack on the mountain after the rain. It has rich nutritional value and delicious taste. It is a delicious ingredient for cold salad and soup.

Wang Shaodong has almost never seen this kind of thing since 2006, but in his childhood, in Wang Shaodong's memory, Dipier was his dream food.

It's only 2003, so there should be such good things on the mountain.

"What? When have you eaten land?" Wang Shaodong asked anxiously.

"At noon today, Aunt Yujiang took advantage of the heavy rain to pick them up on the mountain."

Just when Wang Shaodong wanted to ask why he didn't call to let him try something new, he thought that it was still raining heavily at that time, and his parents must be worried that the road would be unsafe, so they didn't call him.

"Oh, then you picked up the land this afternoon, so I have to try something new."

Wang Shaodong wanted to say that he has not eaten this food for more than ten years.

There are many things from the mountains in my childhood, but later, I have never eaten them, and there are no supermarkets in the city, which is a pity.

For example, in this land, there is also "blind touch" - a small bug the size of a fingernail, and Shanshui Niuzi - a super bug that only comes out of the ground after the first rain after the beginning of autumn. gourmet food……

All of these things seem to have disappeared between 2002 and 2006.Before 2002, Wang Shaodong felt that his hometown, Taohualing Village, was a good place with green mountains and quiet waters, deep in Taoyuan. With the use of high-efficiency pesticides, herbicides, etc., the environment around Taohualing has gradually become different from before, and many species are disappearing quietly.

If Wang Shaodong has the ability to stop these tragedies, he will stop them. If he can't stop them, he can only enjoy them to his heart's content before these lovely species disappear.

(End of this chapter)