Chapter 90 All the way up the mountain

Several people laughed, only Xiaomei bowed to Lingquan religiously, muttering: "Grandpa Mountain God is not strange, pigs and insects like to talk nonsense, don't be like him." ”

Continue all the way up, the virgin forests on both sides are more and more dense, the side of the mountain is full of all kinds of strange trees and giant vines, the traces of destruction when the village was repaired, now I can't find a little bit, both sides of the roadbed are full of dense ferns.

From time to time, a pheasant or hare sprang out of the road, and the two girls kept screaming.

Suddenly, several strange-looking birds appeared on the road ahead, flew out of the ravine on the right, stopped on the side of the road, and chirped, with a high-pitched and loud voice.

The bird was about the size of a sparrow, but much more beautiful than a sparrow, white and maroon-red, and the maroon one, the entire head, as well as the forehead, throat, and upper chest, were a metallic blue-black, with cobalt-blue eyes.

The dorsal part of the upper body, such as the back, shoulders, waist, and tail feathers, is dark chestnut-red with purple;

to the abdomen and under the tail are all white;

wings are also maroon-red, thorax and flanks grey, gradually fading back;

The most beautiful is the tail, which is also maroon-red, but the two central tail feathers are particularly long, four or five times the length of the body, and they sway in the air as they move, fly, and sway.

The white ones are similar in size to the maroon ones, but they are snow-white except for the blue-black color of the head and the tips of the wings.

"Yo, what a beautiful bird, when it flies, it looks like a flower!" said Mei.

Li Junge said: "Xiaomei, you are really right, this bird is called 'a flower' in the local dialect." ”

Then he went on to introduce: "This bird should often be seen in traditional Chinese paintings, embroidery, called 'Shou Belt Bird', also known as ribbon bird, Lian Magpie, long-tailed flycatcher, a branch of flowers, etc., our villagers have two kinds of names for 'a branch of flower', the white kind, we call it 'Liang Shanbo', the color kind, we call it 'Zhu Yingtai'." ”

"Ah, another poignant love story. Xiaomei's eyes lit up with stars. "Ah, they have a crest of feathers on their heads, and they shrug back and forth when they chirp, it's so beautiful!"

The raptor stayed for a while and continued on its way.

Li Junge recalled with emotion: "When I was a child, I heard about this legend, and I also specially caught a pair and raised them together. ”

Xiaomei said: "That must be very fun, male and female, a natural pair." ”

Li Junge said: "However, no, the two birds always fight together, and finally have to let them go." ”

Ren Xiaoqian said with a smile: "In the daily life of the two people, there is a little conflict, which is a concoction of life. ”

Li Junge continued: "Later, I learned that it turned out that Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were both public. ”

This segment was completely beyond the expectations of the two girls, both of whom let out an "ah", and then a carload of people burst out laughing.

Li Junge said: "Yes, this Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, they are both male, Zhu Yingtai is elder, the color of the head and wing tips will become darker, and the rest of the places will become snow-white, and finally become Liang Shanbo." ”

Xiaomei laughed so much that tears came out: "Hahaha, I thought Liang Shanbo was a handsome guy, but it turned out to be the white-bearded old man that Zhu Yingtai became!"

Li Junge also smiled: "There are a few short-tailed birds next to those two long-tailed birds just now, and that is the mother bird." ”

Laughing all the way, everyone continued to go up the mountain.

On the way, Li Junge paused again, pointed to a plant on the hillside and said, "Let's go there and have a look, and you will get the gifts for returning to the city from there." ”

Everyone came to the side of this plant, which was half vine and half tree, with brown branches and hairs, and strange leaves, some ovate, some round, and some branched, and the main veins and petioles were also covered with downy and stiff hairs, the size of a palm.

There were a lot of brown wild fruits hanging on it, Ren Xiaoqian knew it when she saw the fruit, and said, "This is a kiwifruit, right? ”

Li Junge took everyone to introduce while picking: "Yes, this is kiwifruit, we call it 'Mao Lier' locally, as early as the pre-Qin period of the "Book of Songs" has been recorded, 'Xi has Chang Chu, Yi Wu Qi Branch', this 'Chang Chu', is the name of kiwi at that time. Later, Li Shizhen also described the shape and color of kiwifruit in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "its shape is like a pear, its color is like a peach, and the macaque likes to eat, so it has many names." ’”

"Kiwifruit originated in China and was originally a wild fruit, but it was not until the beginning of the last century that a female teacher from New Zealand brought it back to China, and it developed into a fruit called kiwifruit. Now it's all New Zealand's 'national fruit'. But now we also have a corresponding variety in China, called 'Chinese kiwi'. ”

"Kiwi large deciduous woody vine. It is also divided into male and female, the male tree has hairy leaves and small leaves, and the flowers of the male plant also appear earlier in the female flower, and the mother tree is hairy or glabrous, and the flowers and leaves are larger than the male plants. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruit ripening period is from August to October. ”

Zhu Chaoan said: "How can you divide the male and female! I have been with you for a few days, the wild field divides the male and female, the ice powder fruit divides the male and female, and now the kiwi fruit is also divided into male and female!"

Li Junge laughed and said: "There are still many male and female plants! It's just that you don't usually pay attention to it! But this time it's not difficult, only the mother tree bears fruit, and the male tree does not bear fruit, so you don't have to worry, you can pick it with confidence." ”

Then he said: "Originally, the kiwifruit tasted good after frosting, but now we can artificially ripen, and now it is conducive to preservation, bury the fruit that is picked now into the rice bran, put a few apples and seal it, and the fruit will be soft and ripe in half a month and you can eat it." ”

Ren Xiaoqian said: "This gift is good, I know that kiwifruit not only contains organic matter, trace elements and a variety of amino acids required by the human body, but also rich in vitamin C, grape acid, fructose, citric acid, malic acid, which is delicious and nutritious." Then let's pick a little more. ”

A few people picked for a while and then moved to the battlefield, there were several wild kiwi trees in this area, and everyone picked a large bag.

After getting in the car, Xiaomei was very excited and said, "I heard that kiwifruit is the king of vitamin C among fruits, so can we eat more?"

Ren Xiaoqian said: "Xiaomei, you have been misled, in fact, although the vitamin C content of kiwifruit is not low, the content per 100 grams is actually about 60 mg, which is not as good as the pepper in vegetables. The sour taste of kiwifruit is mainly caused by other sour substances and has little to do with vitamin C. ”

"But there is one kind of fruit that is really worthy of the name of the king of vitamin C, that is, prickly pear, the content per 100 grams is as high as nearly 3000 mg, by the way, two skins, prickly pear seems to be a wild fruit, is there any in this mountain?"

Li Junge said with a smile: "There are too many things, more than kiwifruit, what's the matter? I can take you to pick them, but that thing is more sour and astringent, not very tasty, we usually soak in water in summer to drink, clear the heat." There is also a wine brewing service. ”

Xiaomei slapped Zhu Chao'an's thigh and said, "If you want to summarize it, whether it is delicious or not, you must always see the demeanor of the king." ”

After driving for a while, Li Junge stopped the car again, pointed to a rose-like plant on the side of the road and said, "Look, that's a prickly pear." ”

The prickly pear on the side of the road is similar to a rose, but now it is gone, and there are yellow-green thorny wild fruits hanging on it.

Xiaomei took one off, pulled the thorn off, took a bite, her eyebrows and nose were wrinkled, and shouted: "What, it's sour and astringent!"

Li Junge hurriedly handed her the water, and then said: "Hahaha, I told you that it is not delicious, you can pick a few, and when we get to the forest farm, we will boil the water, this thing can be soaked and drunk, and it can clear the heat and relieve the heat." ”

After walking for a while, there was a small fork in the road in front of him, which was paved with gravel, this was the way to the forest farm, and Li Junge turned around.

Many years after the implementation of the policy of returning farmland to forests, the workers of the forest farms have long since dispersed, and the vacant land that used to be full of wood is now empty, and it is no problem to park dozens of vehicles.

Li Junge drove the car directly to the edge of a wooden board and green tile house at the end of the clearing, and was so shocked that the big yellow dog barked, and someone heard the dog bark out of the wooden house and saw a big pickup truck, and was also surprised.

But as soon as Li Junge jumped down, he shouted, "Old wood!" The man smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyebrows.

"Ouch! Driving such a beautiful car, if it weren't for your head, Uncle Wood wouldn't have dared to recognize you! Okay, you baby! How long has it been since you've been here?!"

This person is about fifty years old, wearing an old-fashioned cadre's Zhongshan suit and an octagonal cloth hat on his head, which directly makes people travel back to seven years, which is similar to what Li Junge is wearing.

Then a woman came out of the house, also in her fifties, with an apron tied around her waist, and it was Aunt Wood.

Everyone entered the house, and Li Junge introduced it to everyone.

Uncle Mu slapped Li Junge's back and said, "You kid haven't seen him for seven or eight years, have you? ”

Li Junge said with a smile: "I have been working in Yuzhou since I graduated, and I have not come back for the past few years, now I will not leave Li Jiagou, and we can meet often in the future." After speaking, he said to the car: "Now that I have a car, it is convenient, you have to go to Lijiagou, a phone call." ”

Uncle Wood said: "The baby went out to work, Uncle Wood didn't care about it, he still likes the cleanliness of the forest farm, raising pigs, growing vegetables, and going down the mountain every year to exchange some food for mountain goods, which is very good." ”

Aunt Mu scolded: "Okay, good! No one has come for a few months, except for Miao Wa, who is a mountain runner, and I am really happy to see you here today! ”

Li Junge took out two bottles of 1573 from the car, pushed them into his aunt's arms, and said: "Then I won't be polite to my aunt, these two bottles of wine are filial to Uncle Mu, you keep them for him, and I will take my friends to walk around the forest farm later, this is the time for mushrooms, don't miss it!"