First of all, summer solstice matinee
To get to the small courtyard, you should climb slowly from Jiangnv Park to Yuanshang, and from west to north, it will be as easy as blowing off dust. It was dirt road at first, then asphalt road, and now the cement road goes straight to the hospital gate. Along the way, you will have different feelings and gains because of the changes of seasons. The sun is shining in the sky, and the flowers and trees in the gully beside the tableland are lush and red. The mountains in all directions are winding and rolling, reaching the sky. The road runs through the mountains. On the silvery white road, the van wriggled quickly or slowly, appearing and disappearing in the mountains. Villages with red, yellow and white walls are dotted with dark green mountains, standing at the end, at the waist, or lying at the bottom of the valley. Fashion and luxury, quiet and eye-catching. Even if you are not a painter, you can feel that this is the most vital scene and the most beautiful picture of the unity of man and nature. ? The western plateau of zhina is one of the best apple growing areas in northwest China. Sheng has placed a bag of fruit and is still waiting to marry the bride. They all sat quietly with their faces down and hung on the apple branches in the terraced fields. Pieces, rows and rows of fruit-bearing fruit trees have already suppressed different kinds of street trees on both sides of the cement road next to the orchard into insignificant foil. Bypassing the orchard and passing the new village, the car finally drove into a familiar and friendly farmhouse near the village.
This is a farm house that is constantly being transformed and upgraded. The four houses with civil structures in the yard were built in the spring of 198 1, which made their owners tired and proud and envied by hardworking villagers for a long time. Up to now, the blue bricks and tiles are red, and the white walls and tiles are beautiful, which is even more simple and calm. In addition, several kitchens and woodhouses sitting east and west have surrounded the small courtyard into a semicircle. The right side of the tile house is next to two cement bungalows built in the 1990 s, which were married by Aiko. The TV, sofa and cabinet in the room are brand-new, and many guests gather here to chat, which shows the care of the host. The yard has been built with bricks, standing in the middle of the yard, with almost no walls. The gate is a standard red painted iron gate popular in rural areas, and two doors are opened near the door wall during the day. The flat-topped cement on the door is mixed, and the solar energy and video surveillance on it shine. Both inside and outside the gate are square, so you can enjoy the cool in summer and bask in the sun in winter. There is no open space on both sides of the gate, which is used. On one side is a bathroom made of colored steel tiles. Solar hot water is continuous all year round, thoughtful and meticulous, convenient and practical. On the other side is a closed iron fence and a mastiff, eyeing up and imposing. Whenever you go to the nearby dry toilet, you should do a cautious action, which is actually very safe. The dog has been tamed and sensible. When you see the host's guests, it's no big deal to just take a look. On the west side of the yard is a row of color steel greenhouses. Under the greenhouse are tricycles and common farm tools that the elderly often ride. Surprisingly, there are several pots of green plants that people in the city often see at home. On closer inspection, it turns out to be a tree of happiness, goose's feet and a cash cow, all smooth sailing. With the different times and the improvement of life, the functions of small courtyard are more and more complete and urbanized. The changes include the hero's sigh over the passage of time and his love and yearning for a better life. At the same time, it also reflects the harmony between the enlightenment of the elderly and the development of the times. The ground paved with red bricks in the yard is flat and smooth, and there are many skilled craftsmen in the countryside. The garden in the middle of the yard is chic and practical, with flowers and vegetables. Wild lily is surrounded by brick walls, and the faucet is surrounded by golden petals, which often makes people argue endlessly. Its color is like day lily, its shape is like lily, and dozens of flowers are clustered together, more like Shandandan. When I was admitted to the hospital, I felt like I had fallen into a flower. The garden faces the gate and is expected to function as a wall. The entrance can be unobstructed, and you can't go straight into the room; It's not deep, it's not deep, and it has to go around the garden. It really feels like a winding path.
The garden outside the courtyard gate is where the two old people work. It seems inappropriate to call it orchard, vegetable garden and garden, but it can only be called garden. A cement road built by Murakami is flat and thick with white light, which roughly divides the garden into two parts. Nearly two acres of land form a garden outside the courtyard. All kinds of fruit trees hang their fruits and stretch into the air. There are all kinds of flowers and vegetables between trees. Leek, pepper, beans, eggplant, pumpkin, etc. Strive for progress and compete with each other. There are jade, purple, red and yellow in the cracks. Gerbera jamesonii, Ma Yinglong, sunflower, etc. It's all kinds, for fear of not being seen. There are yellow-green apricots, red edible peaches, bags of apples and walnuts with drooping eyebrows. Perhaps it was the first time I met walnut. At this time, I was still in my youth and I didn't know it. Every time I meet walnuts, I can't help feeling the years and feelings. The cliff on the edge of the garden is covered with walnut seedlings, some are lush and some are beginning to bear fruit. On the east side of the gully, acacia trees are lush and scattered on the edge of the cliff or at the bottom of the gully; Behind the North Yard, there is an ancient stockade wall four or five meters high. E said, when I was a child, I called this place the bunker. From top to bottom, most of the village walls have been covered with shrubs and wild flowers, and the exposed earth walls are uneven, incomplete and mottled. But its earthy color, mixed with porcelain fragments, can be traced back to a long time ago. Living under the wall of an ancient village is a bit quaint and mysterious. E said that the earliest courtyard door of her house opened to the east, which seemed to be a gap in the village wall. Later, the door opened to the south, and a lot of soil was removed. The earth platform outside the gate may be the south wall. The terrace above the ground is flat, with a walnut tree and an apricot tree on it. Because the root spacing is too small, it is in a shoulder-to-shoulder posture. Walnut trees are tall and full of fruits. Only red leaves are left on the apricot tree, swaying vigorously with the wind, which seems to tell us that we will pick another Xinger for you next year. I thought this apricot is delicious, the meat is small, the sand is sweet but not sour. Walnuts are also good. They are small, tender and delicious. However, without the careful service of uncles and aunts, they can't grow good fruits. To the south of the yard is an endless trapezoidal apple orchard. At the beginning of this century, yintai district District Committee and District Government strengthened the development of fruit industry and issued policies to support fruit farmers to actively develop apple production. Superior policies, good market and high-quality apples have made Xiyuan people rich quickly. No matter what season, as long as you see an orchard, you will see neat buildings, spacious and tidy courtyards, cement roads extending to farmers in the fields, and all kinds of busy cars, which will make you feel more hopeful. The path to the west is also paved with cement. On the roadside, farmers lined up from low to high. Every household has brick walls, red-painted iron gates, colorful trees in front of the door and scenery. Perhaps it is branded with the unique scenery here, and I feel that my parents' yard is a paradise on earth. It is also clear that everything in front of us is made with sweat and bought with hard work. For decades, my uncle and aunt led the children to work constantly, filling ditches and slope protection, pulling soil to cushion waterlogged pools, cutting grass and clearing up wasteland, and finally built today's home.
More than once, the moth pointed to the garden on the right and told her stories. A hollow dry pit is planted with corn, green and long, and cherry blossoms are long. On the flat ground next to the gate, two straight old poplars stand upright in the air. Under the tree, there are some seedlings that have just been sent out If you look carefully, they are coriander and spinach. This depression used to be a waterlogged pool, but it dried up at the end of last century. After listening to the story of moths, a picture appeared in my mind. A pool of yellow water appeared in front of us. An old willow tree stands by the pond. When spring blossoms, strips of willow branches are swaying in the wind, and thin willow tips are flapping on the water. Dad, who came back from work, broke off a willow branch and gently peeled off the thin green skin to make a beautiful Mimi. Moth and her siblings, on the way to and from school, are happily blowing Mimi ... Except in winter, cattle and sheep who come back from Shan Ye to work outside the country do not hesitate to put their heads into the water to drink, and the pit marks left by their hooves are mixed with feces, and they walk away. Even so, in addition to eating and drinking water, the whole village can't use waterlogged pool water. The water pool is also the favorite place for children to go. Several pieces of sand and stones crouched by the pool and became tools for villagers to fetch water and wash clothes. Girls naturally like to learn from adults and brush by the pool. Once, washing clothes on a stone, the stone slipped into the mud, and the whole person fell in with it. If she hadn't shouted desperately and someone had arrived in time to pull her up, I'm afraid there would never be today. Terrible things have happened. Although they will never be forgotten, people will become open-minded and sincere. It is this personality that moths possess. Childhood memories are both scary and thrilling, as well as joyful and willful. Although I didn't climb up and down like boys, catching birds and catching rabbits, picking grass and stealing melons, I still had a good time. I led my siblings to pick up wild vegetables, play hide-and-seek and swing until the sun went down and I heard the shouts of adults. When I first moved from the cave at the bottom of the ditch to the newly built house, my father planted two poplars beside the waterlogged pool in front of the house. Perhaps in my father's mind, the future yard size has been planned. Trees by the water grow faster than people. When the two trees were not tall, the children walked around them and blinked for years. Both trees are as thick as bowls. Flourishing, soaring into the sky. The children tied the rope to the swing between two trees. Then the tree grew on the fence. These two trees are not only the same height and thickness, but also the bark color and texture are almost the same. You can also shade the yard in summer. Slowly, the children went out to school and work, and stopped climbing trees and swinging. Uncle and aunt untied the rope tied to the trunk. Once, my aunt told me vividly what happened on two poplar trees, where birds were fighting for positions. At first, a pair of magpies built a nest in a poplar tree on the left. Suddenly, a crow flew in and wanted to settle down in a tree on the right. Crows, like magpies, began to build nests with dead leaves, but magpies didn't want to. Then, I heard the chirp in the tree. The noise was loud and fierce, and neither side was afraid. Magpies and crows live in the same tree, craning their necks to open their sharp mouths and flapping their wings. You are talking bird by bird. After several quarrels, the construction of the bird's nest was stopped. Finally, the magpie drove the crow away and lived in the tree for more than ten years. Looking up, magpies nest about five-fifths of the height of the tree. Because of the long time, it kept adding branches and leaves, and the bird's nest soon connected the two trees together. This is a miracle among birds! In the fruitful autumn, going to the yard again is still different from what you feel when flowers bloom in summer.
Second, the solstice yard in autumn
Near Chongyang, go to Xiyuan and go to the yard. Autumn harvest is not only crops, but also labor, joy and hope. Fruitful and elated. Just as the "China Good Apple Competition" was held, the Indo-Pacific Apple Festival opened in the neighboring village. Wechat circle sends out spectacular pictures from time to time. The red arch presents a scene of celebration and the crowd is crowded. The contestants are full of energy and listen to the opinions and reactions of the judges. The participation of government officials has pushed the popularity to a hot spot. Dishes of fruit are colorful, tangible, bright and eye-catching, and mouth-watering. From the label, we know that the once familiar varieties such as Wuxing, Guoguang, Qin Guan, Wang Lin and Fuji still exist, but their descendants are a dime a dozen, or hybridized or grafted, which makes the layman overwhelmed and dazzled. Some names are interesting, personified and fashionable, such as Lady Pink, Yimei, Jazz, Magic Flute, Liangxiang, Camio, Runqi and so on. Some names are very common and simple, such as Shaanxi Rich Series, Yuhua Zaofu, Shenguo and Australian Green Fruit. It is difficult to tell the name of the variety when buying fruit in the market. As long as the color is good and the taste is good, it will be considered as a good fruit. But what I really like is the apples in Yintai Xiyuan. The skin is thin and the juice is sweet, and the smell of the mouth comfortably fills the whole body. The apples in the hands of uncles and aunts are more delicious. Nowadays, I really can't tell which kind of ripe fruit is far away. I only know that Fuji has gained the most this season, and the most sentences that come to mind are described by red lanterns covered with branches like primary school students' writing.
In autumn, the sun shines all over the yard. Knowing that we were coming, the two old people prepared walnuts and apples as the fruits of their labor. During the "Double Festival", my son Tiehu began to clean up the leaking kitchen and woodshed. Although the project was not big, it was delayed because of the rain. The kitchen is temporarily placed under the color steel shed, and a small amount of materials are piled up next to the garden. This project is over. Thick blue color steel replaced thin rafters and rotten tiles, making the roof beautiful and strong. The kitchen and dining room have been separated, and the tile wall, hollow brick floor and gusset ceiling are a little new. In addition, a guest room has been cleaned and a kang has been set up, combining fashion with tradition to the fullest. Iron door practice, from beginning to end with craftsmen, moving bricks, mixing cement, shoveling sand. His hard-working spirit is inherited by his parents, and his filial piety of creating convenient and superior living conditions for the elderly is touching and admirable.
In the garden in late autumn, seasonal vegetables are silent, and the bustling summer is calm and mature. Qiu Ju showed her talent at this time. Everyone wants to be the king of flowers in autumn. June chrysanthemum has withered, and September chrysanthemum is gearing up, stretching its graceful posture and holding up the single-layer petals of ginger, which is eye-catching; Marigold blooms in groups, and the multi-layered petals of different shades gather in a cluster, which is even more noble and rich, making people want to stop; Wild chrysanthemums can be seen everywhere, all over Shan Ye, touching the courtyard. The whole autumn is a stage for wild chrysanthemums, which are clustered, leafy, yellow and petite, and full of fragrance. Walking through a path full of chrysanthemums, I came to an apple under the care of two old people. The tree is covered with fruits. After taking off the bagging, it is enjoying the sunshine. Looking at the neat, big and bright fruits, I can't help but think of two old people bagging young fruits of different heights in the scorching sun. Dense leaves and irregular branches will hit the old man on the cheek. It is useless for children to dissuade them repeatedly. They say they can't farm, there is little farm work, and people are idle and uncomfortable. Bagged all the fruits from several fruit trees in the garden. At the urging of the old man, he only picked a few apples.
Third, small courtyard food
No matter in summer or autumn, as long as you walk into the yard, you can enjoy the unique food of farmers, which is also the most delicious and safest food in the world. Handmade steamed buns full of wheat and chopped green peppers can't stop eating one. Gluten dough does not need to be washed. Auntie personally mixes the dough, uses firewood to boil water, and spreads it one by one. In a large pot, cut a bowl one by one, pour in tomato juice, garlic juice and sauce vinegar, and mix well at the entrance. It's beautiful and refreshing. Red bean corncob porridge, with shredded potatoes and shredded radish, fills the stomach without a crack. There are also pot helmets, handmade noodles, donkey hooves and so on. , all in line with the taste. Sometimes when several families get together, they help themselves and mix some vegetarian dishes with cold dishes. I took out my brother's precious white wine to entertain everyone. Everyone toasted the two old people. Old father is not good at drinking, so he uses tea instead of wine. The old mother comes to all, and the cup bottoms out. This scene is really exciting. Alcohol, rich words, warm atmosphere, songs and laughter filled the whole yard. Every time I bid farewell to the old man, I brought a bag full of gifts, stale peaches and apricots, dried walnuts, steamed bread, dough and other foods. Seeing that the old man was satisfied and determined, he had to do it.
Fourth, enlightened old people.
The owner of the small courtyard is an old man who can bear hardships and has good taste. They have been dealing with the land all their lives and always remember the old saying that "people are diligent and not lazy". Every corner of the garden has been fully utilized, and even gesang flowers, June chrysanthemums and sunflowers have been planted on the cement roadside. People used to want to grow crops because they didn't have enough to eat, but who wants to grow flowers and grass? Now, an old farmer has a world of flowers and plants in the courtyard, outside the courtyard and in front of the house.
Every time I go to the yard, my uncle and aunt will meet me at the door early as long as they hear the sound of a car. Smile and greet with excitement and joy. My friends, like me, will be warmly welcomed and entertained. I also like to go home, give the elderly a little token of appreciation, and then coquetry to say some false modesty.
Uncle and aunt are not only enthusiastic about others, but also keep pace with the times. They are very successful in educating children. All three children were admitted to the school and became cadres, which had a great influence in the village. They won everyone's respect for their virtue. They take the lead and insist on reading newspapers and studying. When they are over eighty, they are still clear-headed and have no doubts about their words. They are reasonable and open-minded about people and things.
They all cultivated their hobbies. Uncle likes listening to and telling historical stories and has a strong memory. He didn't read much, but he insisted on reading books and newspapers brought back by his children. He told us about Yang Liulang, Jinsuo Pass, Xuejiazhai in Zhao Jin, Liu Zhidan, the Red Army in northern Shaanxi and so on, which was as vivid as the storyteller on the radio. My aunt likes watching the news. She watches the news broadcast every day. She knows all the state affairs, principles and policies published in the newspaper and communicates with us very smoothly.
When they mentioned the present day, the two old people were filled with emotion. Repeatedly: Don't forget the kindness of * *, but remember the benefits of the government. In which dynasty and generation, no government gave money to farmers. They said they were lucky, had a good time and had a good child. Do nothing every month and have a pension. Old people like uncles and aunts are everywhere in the countryside. They enjoy state subsidies and live a dignified life. But few people can stick to their jobs like uncles and aunts.
Looking at the ever-changing yard and the more beautiful yard, I sincerely admire the two old people in the yard. They love everything here, including the past and present. They don't want to give up the land and water here. They want to create their own unique life with hard work. They want to realize their value in this affectionate land. The two old people, with their kindness and labor, lived a wonderful life and a dignified life, winning the love and nostalgia of their children and girlfriends. Looking at the happy old people, I stepped forward and hugged them tightly, silently wishing them and the old people in the world happiness forever!