Between the Shan Ye that connects short for Weihe River, have fruit of a kind of former zoology, local is kind call it gourd ladle (Pier) , also call it " weed berry " . Weed berry renown gourd ladle child, be one kind distributing extensively the vivacious herb at the Northern Hemisphere. Weed berry to foreigner it is ambiguous very, but to the local born and bred person that connect short for Weihe River, it is however a kind cannot of give up nostalgic.
The field of outskirts, wheat seeding grain is full, corn unplugs successively tall, as if to blink, can hear meet appetizing new wheat steamed bun. Then day finds to grow between hill Fu child when sloping field, burning hot broil is baking noonday sunshine the earth, mature Fu child be basked in so that bent the waist is small head, in the leaf that hides below the body, if do not go attentively,search to look for its footprint really hard still. The person that has experience knows, pick Fu child optimal time is morning and dusk, and go from the small part of sloping field high is ordinal and picked, look up when you so, the Fu that can see whiteness child scatter on the careless slope like green blanket like pearl, stretch his hand gently, can pick that the whitest the biggest.
Gourd ladle grow in hillside, meadow commonly, forest below, the season that matures in Min county is the traditional Chinese calendar in May around, build is small, topmost circle is blunt, have red and white two kinds of color, when remembering put ox, mow in one's childhood, plunge into go to in brushwood full eat, adult also should meet us to take only some come back.
In one's childhood, the land of home town scatters on the hillside mostly, of very few well-regulated level off land, father generation people arduous on that barren land fatigue is done, those who change is short of money day forever. Arrived a few days especially, uncover almost in the home not boil lid, the aunt that lives in dam fortunately can more or less give financial help to we a few. Aunt home lives richly, also attracting me like sweet candy. The wheat seeding of our home still is when extensive is green, the wheat of aunt home already start harvesting, my home that carefree the donkey of much half an year, be lent their home to grind by the cousin, when be being faced, father exhorts repeatedly the cousin cannot make donkey tired wear, draught animals and person are same, day hot work is tired, eat to it is better. Donkey is like also very expect to go to cousin home working, did not wait for father to say a word, already self-conscious forward that downhill alley side the village goes.
Before wheat harvest, village person arranges big over and over, shovel grass, grind pressure, grind hook, twist cord, make elaborate preparation for coming summer harvest. Children all over the mountains and plains is mad run, have those who pull greenfeed for pigs, have those who put a sheep, also have those who do not have a heart to do not have lung to play accordingly, the lamb that one be free is like a circle gallop Shan Ye, then thickly dotted bunch is giving birth to Fu child hillside, became the paradise of children, everybody is the edge picks an edge to eat first, satiate, conveniently folds bract of a carry on one's shoulder, both ends is 50% discount, with lever of a Hao secure two leaf, form a cuppy container, skill palm is worn bract of carry on one's shoulder, pick Fu single-handed child, very fast, bract of carry on one's shoulder is replete, the Fu in bract of carry on one's shoulder child enter basket, continue to pluck again, young associate people resemble launching the contest general, who is emulative. The sun is basked in get intense, braid cap of a sunshade to wear with pediment and leaf, abdomen is hungry, take out the steamed bun steamed bun that brings from the home to be worn Fu child allay one's hunger.
The village that aunt home lives draws near according to hill water, though be apart from our village to be less than 10 lis hill road, but many height above sea level is relatively low, cultivating land is the plain dam ground of even exposed to the sun more, and the cousin goes to work in an unit in the city at that time, the wage that earn deals with the daily expense more than sufficient in the home, busy season when, the cousin asks for leave come home help sow, reap, ferial in, aunt and watch elder brother's wife do in perfect orderly outside the home in the home.
The life of redneck is plain and enthusiastic, go to aunt home every time, she can leave me live a few days more. Summer harvest at the beginning, it is the day with the busiest farmhouse, but without giving thought to again busy, aunt can give my roll twice the noodle of new wheat area, and fry a few flour even, fry ripe flour and Fu child mix together eat, do not have taste one time.
After a few days, the wheat of aunt home has closed almost, I also should come home. Early in the morning rises, wave from the direction of the kitchen Chen Zhen fragrance, aunt is doing Qiao Juan to encircle to me, resemble iron bowl armet same, a hole with bowl large mouth is dug among, comb, thimble is used on the edge, cap by extrude all sorts of beautiful graphs. The cousin sends me to come home, aunt exhorts repeatedly let me pass a few days to come again. The hill of curved turn on the road, the cousin helps me carrying two oily circles on the back, pulling donkey, there is the flour that one bag grinds newly on horseback, still him donkey earns asinine grain ration...
Be enmeshed in in the memory when, years seems wave the catkin that fly, from distant spatio-temporal in come, wide bit by bit the footmark that buries people to walk, change way finally, abreaction disappeared. And the person's memory, always be keep in storage of the ground like the miracle a few hard the thing of dismiss from one's mind, can be waked up by the thing of certain other people in the life at any time.
Nowadays, full ave is the fruit vegetables of full of beautiful things in eyes, hide in all sorts of potherb in remote mountains, wild fruit, be come to by the old hand clutch like people scissors, place to the ave to exchange 1 currency, no matter the price has many costly, it is suffering no matter it is sweet, it is acerbity it is acerbity, be regarded as hill precious cate to hold in both hands by people on mensal.
Be filled with joy in people the body that the ground is shaking day of beneficial grow stout goes reducing weight, when take exercise, those belong to the children of nature, bearing gather up the ache of leather cramp, probably, their familial still will multiply not urgently haunt, had moved toward die out stealthily. Pick Fu child, the good time of circle having a group, also resemble the mental crazy talk in life, in countless age in the past, in a certain inky night of future, resemble a wind of a Wen Run, had fostered our spirit gently.
When the teenager, ride donkey, in , at the meadow flourish place depastures. Pick some of morning glory on slope, inside replete Fu child, slowly chewing even the flower eat, that flavour, light acerbity inner tube is worn thick sweet, the sort of sweet tender cannot decorate with the language, really the aftertaste is boundless, extremely delicious!
We are the children of big hill
How much to know to big hill presented us after all
No matter where walk along
The share is then great nostalgic cannot give up
Connecting short for Weihe River
It is a year of gourd ladle when maturity
Young associate people
You still remember those years
The gourd ladle that had we eaten together?
Did not say more!
Greedy dead small made up, I am eating ~ first