My village can't be like this

Chapter 125 Entering the Mountains to Pick Wild Fruits

"Brother An Zi, go up the mountain to pick sheep and peaches."

Not long after dinner in the afternoon, Huang Ming and Zhou Yang came to the yard to call for someone.

"What are you doing on the mountain now, the sun is so big."

"The sun is bigger here, let's go to the mountains to pick sheep, peaches and wild walnuts."

Looking at the two of them carrying a basket, it seems that it is impossible not to go today.

"You just go with them, what are you doing sitting at home every day?"

Before Zhang An said whether to go or not, Wang Fang next to him asked Zhang An to go for a walk in the mountains with them.

Zhang An used to go to the town or county from time to time.

Now Zhang An just sits at home when he has nothing to do and doesn't go anywhere.

Wang Fang feels that her son is now like a big girl who doesn't go out of the door and doesn't go out.

"Okay, okay, wait for me to go home and look for things."

Zhang An went home and found a basket, and after thinking about it, he took a small medicine hoe, which was easy to dig for anything he encountered on the mountain.

There is no need to take the sickle, because Zhou Yang has already brought it.

Sheep peaches are kiwis, but the kiwis in Zhang An's mountain are all wild.

Some kiwis are red hearts, while others are green hearts.

Some are long and big, and some are smaller and round.

During this period of time, there are many things that mature in the mountains, such as sheep peach, carambola, wild walnut and so on.

Every year at this time, everyone will go to the mountains to pick some after finishing their work.

Especially wild walnuts, which can be stored for a long time after being picked and dried.

Everyone will go to the mountains to pick a lot and bring them out to treat guests with melon seeds and peanuts during the Chinese New Year.

In the past two years, many families in the village have planted walnut trees.

Zhang An found all his things, and found a bamboo hat to take with him.

Zhou Yang and the others joked that Zhang An was afraid that the sun would wipe off the flowers on his head.

"Let's go, where are you going today, you take the lead."

Seeing that Zhang An finished cleaning up, a group of spirited guys from the village also went out to the mountains.

The mountains at this time are a little different from summer, because the corn in the mountains has been taken home.

Now there are no patches of corn bushes in the field, it looks a bit bare, only piles of corn haystacks.

The ditch behind the village is the only way to go out of the village and into the mountains.

No matter which hill you want to go to, you must first follow the river ditch.

Although there is still water flowing in the ditch this season, it is no longer comparable to that in summer.

It is estimated that because the rainy season has passed long ago, and there has not been much rain recently, the amount of water flowing out of the mountain springs on the mountain is getting smaller and smaller.

Until winter, there is only such a small stream of water flowing in this ditch.

Huang Ming was a little erratic when walking, walking in front and behind, and there happened to be a piece of land in front of them that belonged to their family.

He ran over to chop some corn stalks with a sickle, took them, and distributed them to Zhou Yang and Zhang An.

This corn stalk has a lot of water and is sweet to chew.

Zhang An and the others often cut and eat them. As long as the outer skin of the corn stalks is peeled off, it tastes just like sugar cane.

However, it can only be eaten in these two days, and after a few more days, these corn stalks will be dried and cannot be eaten.

"I said big brothers, which way are you leading the way?"

Zhang An looked at Zhou Yang and Huang Ming and walked forward with Zhang An buried in his head without saying where they were going.

"Go to the opposite side of the Guanyin Bridge. There is a big piece of sheep peaches there. My grandfather told me about it."

Guanyin Bridge is a place in the mountains, where it looks like a suspended natural bridge.

Like the bridge across the big river at the entrance of Zhang An's village, it is naturally formed.

Zhang An understands that a natural bridge can be formed at the entrance of the village.

Maybe the entrance of the village was a big mountain a long time ago, but because the water in the big river has been flowing.

After a long time, from a small cave, it was slowly washed by the river into such a big cave, because the current bridge appeared.

But Zhang An at the Guanyin Bridge couldn't figure it out, maybe it was the crustal movement mentioned in the book.

The names of Guanyin Mountain and Guanyin Bridge all come from a cave on the mountain.

Many, many years ago, someone found a cave on this mountain, and there was a natural human-shaped stone statue in the cave.

Because it looks like the Avalokitesvara statue in the temple, everyone calls it the Avalokitesvara Cave.

Many nearby villagers often go to worship the Guanyin statue.

Especially those families who have not had children for a long time will go to Guanyin Cave to seek a child.

But there is one thing to say, after many people go to Guanyin Cave to pray, they basically get pregnant shortly after returning home, which is quite mysterious to say.

After a long time, the news spread, and many people from far away would come to pay respects.

So the mountain where the cave is located is also called Guanyin Mountain.

The suspended bridge at the entrance of Guanyin Cave is also called Guanyin Bridge.

The Guanyin Bridge connects the two hills, and below it is a very large valley.

Standing on it, you can see a large area nearby.

Zhang An doesn't know how this place was formed, he can only say that nature has a magical creation.

The three of them went all the way into the mountain, and now they had staggered away from the river ditch, and started to drill into the woods.

"Look, there is a big goat's milk Mengle over there."

Suddenly, Huang Ming, who was leading the way, stopped and pointed to Zhou Yang and Zhang An.

Zhang An looked in the direction Huang Ming pointed, on the road ahead.

There is a goat's milk dream, which has turned from golden yellow to red.

Zhang An didn't even need to think about it, this goat's milk dream was already ripe.

Goat milk dream is also called goat milk fruit, which is a kind of wild fruit in the mountains.

It blooms and bears fruit every summer, and it begins to mature in late summer and early autumn.

Zhang An and the others often went to the mountains to pick them.

And it doesn't matter who's land is on the edge, as long as this kind of thing grows.

When we hoe the ground, we don't dig it up as weeds.

On the contrary, sometimes when fertilizing the field, I also give it a little bit.

Because in this time of lack of fruit, goat milk dream is liked by both adults and children.

Goat milk fruit begins to mature in August and September, and it is a yellow fruit at the beginning.

It's not very delicious at this time, because it tastes a bit astringent.

When it starts to turn red, just like what Zhang An and the others have encountered now, it will be a very delicious time.

But when the goat's milk dream grows to red, it will easily fall to the ground.

There are younger brothers and sisters in the three families. When they saw it, they must want to pick it up and take it home to coax the children in the family.

"Why don't we go up the mountain and pick it when we come back, or it will be crushed in the basket by then."

Anyway, I still have to go into the mountains now, so I'm not in a hurry to pick them off.

After listening to Zhang An's words, they just picked a few and tasted them before continuing to enter the mountain.

The mountain at this time is the real paradise.

At that time, Zhang An's family had not yet separated, and Grandpa Zhang An raised a big buffalo.

Every day when Zhang An came back from school, he would go to the mountains to graze cattle with the villagers.

The cattle herding brigade in the village at that time had a lot of people, ranging from seven or eight to more than a dozen, both men and women.

But in fact, in a group of people, there are only four or five families with cattle.

The rest of the people followed to the mountains to play and cut pigweed, because there are more people raising pigs.

But after so many years, Zhang An still has a deep impression on that time.

On the top of Yanziyan, there is a mountain called Sandy Land through the woods.

The place is full of sand, and that place was Zhang An's paradise at that time.

As soon as they reach the mountain, these cows will find a place to graze on their own.

Everyone rushed into the woods, all going to hunt for wild fruits.

And the younger children can only stay and watch the cattle.

After finding something and returning, everyone is willing to share some with those who stayed to watch the cattle.

At that time, Zhang An and the others even brought a rope with them.

When we got to the woods, we tied it to two trees and played on a swing.

Thinking about it now, although I was poor before, I was actually quite happy.

Until now, the cattle herding brigade in the village is still passed on, although the captain of the cattle herding brigade has changed from generation to generation.

It's just that in the past few years, there have been more and more people raising cattle and horses in the village.

The cattle herding brigade has become a real cattle herding brigade, instead of a dozen dolls herding a few cows as before.

"Uncle An Zi, you built a loess slope for the village, what are you going to use it for? Do you have any big plans?"

The three of them walked slowly on the path between the mountains.

The mouth is also casually looking for some interesting topics, otherwise this mountain forest is too quiet.

"I'm going to use it to plant some fruit trees. Didn't you ask me what I'm doing behind the scenes a while ago? That's the cherry sapling I'm going to plant on the Huangtu slope."

"Is it the cherry planted in your old yard? That cherry is so delicious, when the time comes, share some with me and I'll take it and plant it in the yard."

When Zhang An's cherries were ripe, they gave some to many families in the village.

Huang Ming ate it at that time, so he missed it now.

"Okay, just come and get it when the time comes."

Anyway, it was just a few seedlings, Zhang An gave it to Huang Ming if he wanted it.

"Are you planning to plant it this year?"

"Yeah, anyway, this period of time has been planted, and it just has time to grow up. When the cold weather comes, there is no need to be afraid. Hurry up sooner rather than later."

Zhang An had planned long ago, as long as the land was covered, he would plant it this year.

By next spring, the tree will grow up.

"Alright then, when you're about to fall, come and shout, and I'll help."

Zhou Yang's family has made a lot of money this year, not bad compared to Zhang Xinmin's.

So when Zhou Yang heard that Zhang An was going to plant trees, he would definitely go to help.

"And me, I'll come when the time comes."

Hearing what Zhou Yang said, Huang Ming was not far behind.

Now that Huang Ming is like this, everyone in his family is happy.

Including Huang Ming's mother, although Huang Ming usually doesn't listen to what his mother says.

But now Huang Ming doesn't go fooling around in the streets, and he doesn't ask them for money every day.

"Okay, the two of you will definitely be indispensable at that time, and I will give you wages at that time."

Zhang An will definitely call them both. Zhou Yang and Huang Ming are two young laborers.

"What? You still need to pay wages?"

Both Huang Ming and Zhou Yang wanted to help out, and they didn't plan to be small workers.

"We must start paying for people, otherwise there will be so many, how many days will it take us to plant it."

"Even if I go to hire human workers, our family will not be able to come here in the future. It is better to pay some wages, and everyone will be happy to do it."

Anyway, Zhang An intends to find more people at a time, and it will be enough to fall down in two or three days.

"Anyway, I don't want it. Brother An Zi, you don't have to pay back to my family."

Zhang An rolled his eyes when he heard what Huang Ming said.

"Come on, everyone wants it. If you don't want it, I won't invite you. Your mother will have a big opinion at that time."

"Besides, if you don't make some money yourself now, you don't even have the money to buy a popsicle for a little girl on the street. Our family has spent tens of thousands of dollars, and you can lose your wages of dozens of dollars."

The three of them walked for more than half an hour, and finally arrived at Guanyin Mountain.

Because people often come here, the road conditions are relatively good.

There are no big thorn tents or other weeds on the road, it is clean.

When they got here, Huang Ming took the lead leading Zhou Yang and Zhang An forward.

A few people climbed up Guanyin Mountain, walked through the entrance of Guanyin Cave, and wanted to go up to Guanyin from here.

When Zhou Yang passed the Guanyin Cave, he went in to pay his respects.

"Oh, Zhou Yang wants to ask Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless you to give birth to a fat son soon."

Huang Ming and Zhang An made fun of Zhou Yang's actions.

"Go ahead, you pig bug can't spit ivory out of your dog's mouth. My mother used to come and beg when she was injured. Now that my mother is well, I just meet her and pray."

The relationship between the three is very strange. Huang Ming, Zhang An and Zhou Yang are of the same generation, and Zhang An is Zhou Yang's uncle, who is closer.

Anyway, it's a bit messy to calculate, but it's like this in rural areas, and each has its own name.

"Come on, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is specially worshiped by people who want to have babies, and you still care about us."

In the end, Zhou Yang stared straight at Huang Ming, so Huang Ming didn't mention it.

But in fact Zhou Yang is not young anymore, he himself is two years older than Zhang An.

Among the three, Huang Ming is the youngest, but he is also 19 years old.

And during this time, Zhou Yang's family was also talking about marriage to him.

"Okay, okay, stop making trouble, Huang Ming hurriedly lead the way, don't you want to take us to pick sheep peaches?"

Hearing Zhang An shout, the two stopped fighting.

When I came to the Guanyin Bridge, the whistling mountain wind above felt very comfortable on my body.

This mountain wind is not like the strong wind on many mountain tops, it blows very softly.

Standing on the Guanyin Bridge, you can see what Changqing Village looks like.

The view here is very wide, but people who are afraid of heights are best not to come here.

Because the valley below is really deep, Zhang An felt a little dizzy just looking at his head.

After walking across the Guanyin Bridge for half an hour, I finally arrived at the place Huang Ming said.

This is a sunny slope. Although there are many trees growing, most of them are sparse.

It's quite far from Guanyin Bridge, no wonder so many people come to Guanyin Cave, but they don't come to pick wild fruits.

And in this forest, there are many sheep peach trees.

The wild sheep peach tree does not grow very tall, and generally grows under other tall trees.

So the fruits of these sheep peach trees in front of me look relatively small.

Zhang An picked a ripe sheep peach and plucked it from the tree.

Peel off the fur that is full of fluff, stuff it into your mouth and eat it.

This is really delicious, pure natural, no medicine, naturally cooked.

(End of this chapter)