In fact, the summer in the capital certainly has a restless side, but it also has a refreshing side.

This is because the capital is a place with four distinct seasons, and people pay attention to the season. What to eat and what to wear throughout the year, you have your own set of "scores" that should be in season, and you must not mess up the first inch.

There is a word called "summer in the old capital", which is really to be talked about in detail, but the content is too rich.

Of course, some people will also find it too trivial and think that these things are meaningless. Paying attention to these and managing these things is far less important than work, study, and housework. It would be a great waste to spend time and energy on this.

But in reality, this kind of reasoning is biased. Because everything is multifaceted, and none of them is absolute. All this is determined by each person's own conditions and mentality.

For a person who is constantly troubled, has a bad career, and has a restless family, these things may be superfluous, or even annoying.

On the contrary, for a person who eats and drinks without worry, works smoothly, and has a harmonious family, it is in turn a kind of life interest.

For example, in the summer when I sweat on my neck, I also have a lot of free time every day. But those young people on the street who don't have enough money in their pockets to buy a bottle of soda, and they don't know where to go in the future. Compared with Hong Yanwu, who already wants a house and a house, wants money and money, wants a daughter-in-law to have a daughter-in-law, and wants friends to have friends, the taste they feel is definitely different.

As the saying goes, the mind is calm and naturally cool.

If it is purely based on Hong Yanwu's personal experience, then the summer in the capital is really cute enough.

First of all, the suburbs of Beijing have water and mountains, Haizi and hills, and the terrain is complex and diverse. All kinds of fresh goods are rich in resources and have many varieties.

Unfortunately, production has been limited. And during the decade of the "movement", these things were basically cut off from the market.

But now, now that there is a farmers' market, all the fresh goods in the suburbs of Beijing are like a big public stage.

Whether it is melons, fruits, plums, or water chestnut fresh lotus roots, they have a chance to emerge, although there are still few things, but the high price has set a certain threshold, and it can also make Hong Yanwu such a willing ticket and know the owner of the goods to enjoy the mouth.

Look, white apricots, almonds, peaches, red plums, jade plums, flower reds, fragrant fruits, "champagne", "tiger carts", come without stopping.

These are the real "home" goods or "mountain goods". Each fruit is brought to the farmers' market by the villagers at the foot of the mountain, carrying long baskets on their backs.

Despite the bells and whistles and variety, the old people of the capital can tell whether it is produced in the west or the north of the green mountains at a glance.

(Note: fragrant fruit: because of the fragrance Qingyuan, also known as hawthorn, fragrant fruit, pear.) The scientific name is quince quirt. But this thing is not the same thing as the 'quinque' that the capital said can make candied fruit. Because the quince that the old Beijing people say is actually the Altai mountain hawthorn, also called the yellow fruit hawthorn. This pronunciation comes from the transliteration of the Manchu language "sweet and sour", which was originally called "Wenpu" or "Wenpu", and later became quince and quinckey. Many people today don't know that online articles are almost entirely false. What's more, there are people who confuse quince with tiger carts and champagne. )

(Note Champagne: also called sour betel, smell fragrant fruit.) It is smaller than an apple, purple-red when ripe, and has a sweet and sour taste. It is a hybrid of apple and sand fruit, and it is slightly astringent. The fragrance is intense. ）

(Note: Tiger cart: sweet betel is commonly known.) It is also known as Hula Pin, Tiger La Bin. The fruit shape is slightly larger than that of sour betel seeds, and it is cylindrical in shape, sweet in taste, similar to the taste of colored apples, and has a red halo on the sunny side. The aroma is also strong. )

Pears, jujubes, and grapes all came down late, but the people of Beijing are very proud of their big white jujubes, gourd jujubes, Beijing white pears and milk grapes. These native varieties have a unique beauty that will not be given a cold reception even if they are late.

Even every year, several neighbors in the East Courtyard of Guanyin will have a feeling of "knowing autumn with a leaf" when they see the "Yingluo dates" in front of Hong's house ripe. While people are sharing sweet and crispy, they should also prepare to dry their bedding or unwash cotton clothes and cotton pants.

When it comes to the deepest time of the mouth, it is precisely the hottest time. Because in addition to the fruit, there are also fruit roots, water chestnuts, chicken head rice, lotus flowers, these river freshness and all kinds of melons!

The capital has always produced good melons. In the south, there are many good melon fields in the area of Yongding Gate, outside the Dahongmen and Shaguo Gate, and Shunyi and Shahe in the north. It's not like now, only Daxing's "Jingxin" and "Hangxing" watermelons are famous.

At this time, there are many kinds of watermelons in the suburbs of Beijing.

"Thrush", "Black Devil", "Big Three White", "Green Three White", "Flower Peel Melon", "Brocade Peel Melon", "Pillow Melon", "Black Jumping Tendon", "Six Tendons" and so on.

Some are white, some are green, some are black, some are yellow, white and white, yellow and black, red and black, golden and red, or they are all in one, or they are distinct.

Similarly, the variety of melons is no less than that of watermelons, and the names are more vivid and interesting.

Because of the shape of the name of the "white sheep horn honey", "green horn", because of the color of the name of the "dry three white", "big water white", "white gourd crisp", "lantern red", "dry gold pendant", as well as because of the strength of the mouth for the elderly, and won the "old man's music" nickname "toad crisp", and because of the taste of the dough, often people from the opposite treatment, mistaken for the "old man's music" of the "face monkey".

Seriously, in Hong Yanwu's feelings, the summer heat in the capital was cooled by at least one-third of these fresh goods.

Make a big bowl of ice, covered with Zhang tender lotus leaves, and the leaves hold all kinds of river fresh, with melon, fresh walnut kernels, fresh almonds, that is the best appetizer.

As for the largest watermelon head, it can be used to dispel water, and it is poured with cold water, and it can be eaten in summer, which can make the mind feel refreshed.

But although the watermelon is beautiful, when it comes to the fragrance, it can't help but lose to the melon. Moreover, the melon can be cut and served on the table, and it can also be chewed with your hands, which is far more convenient than eating watermelon.

It's just that the melon is also a little bad, it can hurt the stomach and drain the stomach, so people with a bad spleen and stomach can't enjoy it.

Of course, the most interesting thing is the fruit with its rich aroma.

Fragrant fruits, champagne seeds, and tiger carts, put a few in the room, and the house will be fragrant, and because the smell is long-lasting. It can even be used as a fragrance in your wardrobe.

As long as it is overnight, the clothes taken out are fragrant, enough to hide the smell of sweat during the day.

I really have to say that if you don't consider the problem of production, compared with today. This year's summer season melons and fruits are more interesting, more fun, and more able to show the charm of summer.

Yes, meals are always easier due to the heat at this time, but these fresh goods make up for the loss of meat.

"Sugar Heart" has stated to Hong Yanwu more than once, "It's so hot that I don't want to eat anything, I just want to eat an ice bowl and mung bean porridge......"

Hong Jun also made bold words similar to Sun Dasheng at home. "I want to eat 300 peaches a day, and if I don't eat, I'll do it too!"

It doesn't feel so aggrieved. Don't look a little light-tongued, but don't you have "salted peas" and "boiled peanuts" and "boiled edamame" to spice up the taste.

If you can, go to the non-staple food store to cut some garlic sausages, powder sausages, get some bone-splitting meat, or eat a bowl of sesame sauce noodles or fried sauce noodles, and your tongue will be completely soothed, and there will be no regrets.

Some people say you have to have money!

Not necessarily. Because even people from poor families can also taste cheap and large amounts of melons and fruits. In a way, there are more options than today.

Can't afford watermelon and melon? It doesn't matter, there are also shorty melons and old melons. Although these two melons have no sweet taste, they can only be used to quench their thirst. But if it is cold food, there is also another refreshing taste, which makes people not lose the melon season.

It doesn't matter if you can't afford to eat ice bowls, in the Sorghum River, Shichahai, and the Tube River, there are wild water chestnuts, lotus roots, and chicken head rice, as long as you know how to water, both adults and children can go into the water to take themselves.

Take 10,000 steps back, and there are non-staple food stores to support it.

It is precisely because of the centralized listing that after the "middle ambush", the cucumbers and tomatoes in the non-staple food store are becoming more and more cheap, and they can often be bought for a few cents. When it is time to pull the seedlings in the end, you can buy them in baskets. This is enough to meet the needs of children and the working class.

In short, Hong Yanwu's biggest feeling is that the capital in summer is already comparable to Huaguo Mountain. It is not difficult to rely on this side of water and soil to feed the immortals who only eat fresh fruits and do not touch fire food.

But when it comes to this, there is a key point that he can't figure out. With so many dazzling and unique flavors of melons and fruits, why will they be gone in the future?

If nothing else, it's the "Yingluo Jujube" in their yard. The jujube is also known as "the eagle does not fall", which means that the yield is large, and it is difficult for the eagle to find a place to put its feet. And the jujube is crisp and sweet, the water head is big, and it will fall to the ground, and the taste is excellent.

But he forgot what year it was after the demolition, and the newspaper actually published a news that a botanist was spending 200,000 yuan to find this jujube tree. But no one ever got this bonus, so it should be completely extinct.

What a loss of blessing this has made the people of the capital beyond.

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